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The Hotelier Edit: Elsemiek Giskes of BOAT&CO
HOTEL BOAT&CO is nestled in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of the Houthavens, an area that like the hotel, has entrepreneurship and eco-friendly ideas at its core. The Independent Hotel Show team hopped over the channel to meet up with General Manager, Elsemiek Giskes, a member of the IHA community to learn more about the hotel which has had sustainability built in from day one.
How has Amsterdam's hotel industry evolved over the past two years?
Covid has had a big influence on the hotel industry, I think it made us all entrepreneurs and you always learn a lot from a crisis, you have plans but suddenly in a crisis you quickly implement things because you have to, and that's been the good part of the last two years. If you have to close your restaurant then you work out what to do: sell dinner boxes or do takeaway, every day we came up with new ideas which made us all entrepreneurs.
We're also an aparthotel, so all our rooms are apartments and are fully equipped with a kitchen. They're rooms that you can stay in for longer, you can actually live here. We discovered that even in a lockdown that works very well because it means you're self-sufficient and you don't have to rely on restaurants to have dinner.
Of course, we had the impact of covid but maybe it was lessened because we had people moving to the Netherlands or who were having their houses rebuilt, and they needed a place to stay. We were lucky because we already had this product, we knew what to do and we've seen the demand for aparthotels grow over the past two years.
What does a great guest experience look like at BOAT&CO?
I would say we're not a typical hotel, even though we have the mindset of a hotel where everything is possible, what we want when a guest enters is that they calm down and feel amazed. It's an impressive hotel and we want everyone to say 'wow' and want to spend time here.
We work with a guest service team, and they are in charge of everything around the hotel. We don't have a separate reception team or concierge or luggage porters everyone is hands on. From the moment you arrive to the moment you leave, the guest service team are there for you and we really try to connect with our guests, especially since they stay a bit longer, we want to get to know them whilst they are staying with us. That connection, which grows during a stay, is something that is in our DNA, and we like to think a stay here feels like home. There's a lot of attention to detail and accessories which help make the rooms really feel homely and we feel that distinguishes us as well.
What inspired the hotel's design, and what are the benefits of being a new building?
The building is sustainable and BREEAM certified and because it is new you can do everything from scratch, the moment we came in with the idea for this hotel we were involved and could have a say in everything.
If you look at the design itself it has a 60s vibe with a modern touch, and quite art deco, nothing is standardised; everything has been thought about.
How do you approach the question of sustainability?
If you look at the neighbourhood of the Houthavens itself there's no gas, it is all heated with city heat, generated from waste and the cooling is with water from the river. The building has an innovative thermal energy storage system for sustainable heating and cooling. Just like the neighbourhood we have solar panels, and we also have nesting boxes and water-saving showerheads, toilets and taps.
We are always looking at everything and thinking 'how can this be more sustainable?'. We've just started working with the Hotels for Trees Foundation, which plants a tree each time a guest skips daily room cleaning. Our guests are really involved in this initiative which we see by the the number of trees we have already planted.
What part does technology play in the future of hospitality?
We look at things that we can change for our staff and our guests. Technology helps with sustainability for example, you can do paperless check in and if you look at the guest side, there's demand from the guests for technology in the rooms (everyone wants Netflix) so we're looking at systems that have it all, but we're not there yet.
We have a tech manager within the company who is responsible for deciding what technology solutions we implement in the hotel. Citizen M is an example of a hotel chain completely tech-based, and we want to take the best practices of that and implement it here while maintaining the personal touch - it has to be balanced out.
Are there any products or services you would recommend to other hoteliers?
We look at local products, it's important to look around at what's close to you and how you can work together. We work with Roetz Bikes for example, they use old frames and make them into new bikes.
We aim to work with as many Dutch suppliers as possible and give them a stage in our hotel and our restaurant. We really see the importance in finding partnerships with people who are in close surrounding to the hotel and that is something we would recommend other hoteliers look out when they can.
How important is health and wellbeing to your guest experience?
It's very important, for everyone - both our employees and our guests. We always strive to create a healthy environment within the building, we have a gym, we have bikes, and our menu includes a variety of healthy and delicious dishes, we always offer healthy options and promote being flexitarian.
We are definitely a place for the neighbourhood itself to utilise, we say we're the living room of the neighbourhood and we have a lot of external guests visiting the restaurant, for a coffee or to work here, or for lunch or dinner. Our restaurant also has a shared dining concept so you can experience several types of dishes and it's a place to relax and hang out with really nice food and good company. It's a very nice vibe.
Staffing is a major concern for the industry, can you tell us about your internship programme?
We work with several schools and universities offering internships in every department. What sets us apart is that we're quite a flat organisation so there's not such a difference between the intern and employer. We believe in innovative ideas, so if an intern has a good idea, then we'll implement it, for me that's what sets us apart from the companies I've worked in before. There's a lot of entrepreneurship and now we have a team of interns and other young professionals who work with us, and we ask them 'what do you need, and what do you want to see?' so we feel they get quite a big stage to share their views and the result is that employees feel valued and either people stay working with us, or they come back to us.
A big part of our team started working here as interns and they're still with us and I think that's exceptional within the hotel industry. We believe in entrepreneurship - if you have a good idea then let's do it.
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Over a cliff: The Brexit bus, with all its claims of a new Golden Age for the UK, teeters on the edge. Boris Johnson, in the driver's seat, says: "Boys? I've got an idea." Then Philip Hammond walks up and pushes bus, Boris and Britain over the precipice.
Probably because there are very few people around with the economic expertise to know that outrage is the proper way to respond.
Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement – his first real contribution to UK politics as Chancellor of the Exchequer – was a long admission that the Conservative Party has ruined the country, hidden behind an attempt to blame it all on Brexit.
No, Philip; your party's policies are responsible.
So it seems the UK is going to have to borrow an extra £59 billion – just to cover the cost to the country of Brexit.
This means the claim on the side of the famous red Brexit bus, that we could put £350 million a week into NHS services was definitely a lie. Let's not beat around the bush any more – it was a lie and the people who made that statement are liars who cannot be trusted with anything.
Oh – but Boris Johnson, one of the arch-liars, is now Foreign Secretary and has a huge responsibility to deliver the best possible exit from the European Union for the population of the UK. Honestly, how do you think that's going to work out?
We now know there will be less money available for the NHS and other public services than before, due to lower productivity growth (because foreign countries aren't buying from us) and – yes – lower immigration.
Your wages and prosperity will suffer like never before, because of this. But I bet your right-wing neighbour still thinks immigrant-bashing is a worthwhile activity.
And all as a result of the vote for a Conservative Government last year.
It is worth emphasizing, as many commentators have, the almost-complete failure to mention the National Health Service or provide any more money for it, even though it is in a funding crisis of horrifying proportions. Mr Hammond says announcements about extra funding for the service have already been made, ignoring the fact that his government has not provided enough.
Perhaps one reason for this is the pitiful increase in public investment announced by Mr Hammond, at a time when interest rates are at an all-time low. There will never be a better time to borrow money and invest it in the UK's infrastructure, but instead we're getting 0.3 or 0.4 per cent of GDP, in each financial year leading up to 2020 – slightly more than from New Labour in the years before the financial crisis.
This tells us – although Mr Hammond will never say it aloud – that the Conservatives are continuing their squeeze on public services, started back in the dark days of the Coalition Parliament. One might say it is all part of the plan to take everything away from public hands, as started by Margaret Thatcher and her cronies back in 1979 – if only one had the experience and understanding to see that far.
There's more – we could discuss the hidden policy not to increase fuel duty, that throws out all the economic predictions but gives the Tories a favourable headline in their poodle press; or we could mention the new fiscal rules which set the scene for panic cuts in public investment as we approach the now-fixed (rather than rolling) date for the deficit to be cut back to a new level set by Mr Hammond.
But it is all too depressing, really.
Someone recently said that, with a May as prime minister and a Hammond as chancellor, all we need is a Clarkson for the UK's government to emulate the former Top Gear presenting team, now relegated to internet TV on their Grand Tour. It is true that Clarkson once considered standing in the 2015 election.
Some might consider that a good idea – a brand behind which to market the UK's flailing government.
But let's be honest: Clarkson, Hammond and May were successful because they presented themselves as three petrol-headed idiots.
With May, Hammond and Boris Johnson in the UK's driving seat, we don't need any marketing.
We already know they are idiots. Sadly, we also know that their calamities won't just be television entertainment – we'll have to live with the consequences.
But the response to the Autumn Statement has been muted. Some have even claimed that John McDonnell was wrong to challenge it by demanding more investment.
This is because we do not – as a nation – know enough about economics. Otherwise we would be on the streets in front of Parliament, right now, demanding a change of direction – or a change of government.
It amazes me that many people still believe that Tories have some sort of gift for economic competence. It is something which has puzzled me for some decades because their record is abysmal. I have always assumed that it is decades of misleading and dishonest propaganda.
The books can never be balanced! Currency is created, so when the tories or anyone says there is "no money!" They are lying! It is in possible to pay the bank of England what we owe! And the tories know this! These are cruel people allowing disabled people to die based on a lie! Truly terrible.
I think you might have pointed out before, that if the government borrowed, gave much more money to councils, who in turn could set up the services that were stolen from the public. Then people would be working, earning money and paying taxes, wages could go up and the taxes could be flowing into the NHS.
I am probably totally wrong, I often am, but I wasn't furnished with much education, Though I have now gained a GCSE and next year I am going to do "Access into Law".
We should all be up in arms, the Tories Dont know anything apart from killing the sick and disabled and ripping the life out of BRITAIN, OUR HOMELAND.
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If it were not for the ruination of the country, yes, it would be funny. We have what can only be described as morons in charge, morons who are in denial, or just playing it out until the end of term. Mays appearance and pre budget speech was visibly fraught, many must have noticed the look of anguish on her face, I must admit, though I'm not a fan of hers, I was afraid she was on the verge of breaking down. How much longer she can carry this charade must be first in her mind. The Tories are on the verge of losing credibility even among their own MP's, I suspect another change of leader is on the cards, and lets face it, there are enough idiots around to pick up this chalice.
I can only comment Mike, that I agree with every word you have written.
And, if the media moguls who run our daily rags maintain their grip on the dissemination of news and views most people will never really understand economics. What is more likely, is that they will believe they know enough about economics to make choices; as does every housewife when she tots up the weekly shopping bill (Cameron and Osborne, et. al 2010.).
"G4S. Major shareholder TMs husband", that's interesting, if true.
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It was in 1858 that the cabinet making and furniture broking business established by Leonard Wathall in Siddalls Lane decided to diversify into funerals. Leonard's son, George, established G Wathall & Son, originally in Green Street, Derby.
Since those early days, the business has gone from strength to strength, six generations of the Wathall family have been involved in the firm, still to this day remains a family affair with Leonard's great-great granddaughter Helen Wathall at the helm. Helen's two daughters, Bec and Charlotte, have recently joined Helen, being the sixth generation to work at the firm.
It is the longest established independent funeral directors in Derby and was the largest single-site Independent undertakers in the country until the opening of the Ashbourne Branch in 2007. The business has witnessed many changes during the last 160 years, most recently the addition of two new branches in Alvaston and Borrowash in early 2016.
The first premises were in Green Street, and then later there were offices in London Road, Normanton Road and Gerard Street. At the turn of the century premises were acquired in Macklin Street and this is where the business is still situated today. The stables, which were used to accommodate the horses, now house the fleet of Mercedes Hearses and Limousines that are used today, and which offer families comfort and dignity.
The firm, proud of its long history, still has records of funerals dating back to 1881. Five generations of the Wathall family have succeeded to the business. They have absorbed and adapted to changes and over the years have built up a reputation for the care for the deceased, concern for the bereaved, attention to detail, reliability and fair costs.
We are the longest established independent funeral directors in Derby and until the opening of the Ashbourne office, the largest single-site Independent undertakers in the country.
Henry, who died at the age of 61 in 1918. His sons, William and Henry (Harry) took over at a very young age and it was during their time at the helm that the firm witnessed the significant change from using horses to motor vehicles. Prior to the introduction of motorised vehicles, the firm had about eight horses stabled at its Macklin Street premises. Wathall's was one of the first funeral directors in the area to use a motorised hearse. The change in the mode of transport brought with it major changes to the Macklin Street premises with the stables being converted into garages. The lay out today remains the same as the one that was brought about by the change in horsepower.
During the First World War, the black Flemish horses were called up to serve with the Army and Harry, who fought in France with the Army, was captured by the Germans and held as a prisoner of war. He won his freedom at the end of the war.
All coffins were made on the premises until the 1980s when the machinery was removed. They are now bought in, although they are still lined on the premises. The firm no longer owns any horses but hires them from a Derbyshire firm when they are requested for funerals.
During the Second World War the firm became part of a joint effort with other businesses in Derby to cover the possibility of civilian deaths due to any air raids on the town. Premises on Abbey Street were altered into a temporary mortuary and G. Wathall & Son Ltd held coffins in stock for the duration of the war in the event of Derby being targeted in large scale air raids. Records of military funerals carried out during the war are still held by the firm. Petrol rationing created many problems both during and after the war. The number of vehicles used for funerals was minimalised in order to conserve fuel.
The Management team currently comprises of Helen Wathall, who has been with the company since 1985, as Company Secretary and Managing Director and Paul Edwards as Finance Director since 2001.
The firm is proud of its association with the National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors. It represents over 1000 Independent Funeral Directors from all over the UK. SAIF's overall objective is to promote and protect the interests of the Independent Funeral Director. It has a well-established and respected voice listened to by National and Local Government, Consumer Groups, Bereavement Services, Religious Organisations and the Media, on all the diverse issues facing the funeral sector. In 2002 Helen became the first woman to be elected President of the Society, which was a great honour.
Proud to provide and accept Golden Charter Pre-Paid Funeral Plans, in 1995, G. Wathall and Son Ltd won the Golden Charter National Funeral Planner of the Year Award for outstanding service, beating 1900 other independent firms and over the years have won the Regional Planner of the Year award 5 times. The sale of Pre-Paid Funeral Plans has increased year on year, as more and more people see the sense in putting their wishes down on paper, and paying at today's prices. In November 2015 Helen became the first woman to be appointed to the board of directors at Golden Charter.
As times have changed the firm has found itself dealing with traditional and non-traditional funerals. It caters for a wide diversity of families of all denominations. Since 1858, loyal and dedicated staffs have supported the company. Today there are over 30 members of staff providing the traditional, dignified, quality of service, which the people of Derby and the surrounding areas have come to expect.


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Joanna Gaines' Fool-Proof Guide to Light Fixtures
Jessie Quinn
Lighting might not be the most exciting thing about home decor, but to Joanna Gaines, it's everything. "Good lighting can transform the look and feel of a space, not to mention what it does for its usability," the former Fixer Upper star shared in the Winter 2018 issue of Magnolia Journal. With that kind of pressure, choosing the right light fixture to tie in a space or make a statement can be confusing. Fortunately, Jo Jo shared her fool-proof tips to sconces, chandeliers, and pendants in the magazine so we can finally stop second-guessing our lighting woes.
We break down Joanna Gaines' light fixtures guide, ahead. But first, a few notes on lighting in general:
Joanna Gaines uses light fixtures as a focal point and accent pieces in her designs. | HGTV
Layer the light
When adding light fixtures to a space, one of the first things to think about is how the light layers. "Most rooms need a variety of ambient, accent, and task lighting to strike the right balance of dimension and brightness," says Joanna. "For example, in a kitchen, you might have recessed ceiling lights (ambient), pendants over an island (accents), and undercabinet lights for the counters (task)," she continues. Depending on the room, she suggests varying the light fixtures by type, size, and location to give it a more layered appeal.
Focal point versus accent
When it comes down to it, you can use light fixtures as a focal point (like you would a couch or coffee table) or intertwine it into the decor as more of an accent piece. No matter what its purpose may be, keep that in mind when choosing a light fixture. If you want an accent piece, look for fixtures that tie the room decor together or add an additional element to the design. And, if you're going for that focal point feel, make your light fixture choice first and select items based around it.
Lighting falls into three categories
If you want to get into the nitty-gritty of light fixtures, "lighting generally falls into three categories: ambient, accent, and task," says Joanna. "Ambient lighting acts as your foundation, and it includes recessed or flush-mounted fixtures that blanket a space with soft, even light," she adds. Her example of this type of lighting is likened to an outfit — ambient is the "jeans and t-shirt," or the blank canvas if you will. As far as accent lighting (think: chandeliers and sconces) is concerned, she believes it's the jewelry of the room. Task lighting, aka functional lights, "are like the shoes you choose to go with your outfit — you want them to look good and work hard," she explains. Accent lighting has a very specific purpose to fill such as a reading light or light above the stove.
Joanna Gaines' guide to light fixtures
With a little of Joanna Gaine's light fixtures background knowledge, you're now ready to dive deeper into the world of surface mounts, chandeliers, sconces, and pendants. Here's Joanna Gaines' guide to light fixtures in this month's issue of Magnolia Journal.
You're probably already familiar with chandeliers. But, not all of them equal bedazzled crystals with an impressive — read: expensive — price tag. These works of art feature a host of different styles that help amp up the design without sacrificing the functionality. "Chandeliers are a popular choice for living areas, dining rooms, or open-plan spaces because they make a stylistic statement while also providing ample light," says Joanna. When it comes to choosing a chandelier, she recommends taking a close look at the room's size, as that will help determine how big or small the fixture needs to be. "A large loft might require a 60-inch-diameter chandelier, while a 16-inch fixture might be just right for a cozy breakfast nook," she notes.
Joanna's chandelier tip: Need help figuring out size? Joanna suggests leaving at least "48 inches of space between the chandelier and surrounding walls." She also says utilizing your dining room table for measurement can make a big difference. "A good rule is to install a chandelier that's about 12 inches narrower than your dining table," she notes.
Confused about what light fixture would go best in your small space? A surface mount is a great place to start. "Designed to sit flush or semi-flush against a ceiling surface, these fixtures help to illuminate small spaces," says Joanna. Surface mounts should go in the center of a room or hallway and can either be small or large focal points. "As with all light fixtures, match your surface mount to the size and style of your room," Joanna notes.
Joanna's surface mount tip: If you aren't sure about style, Joanna says to consider brass and glass for a more traditional abode and "a factory light with a metal shade" for a modern farmhouse home.
Sconces are an excellent way to open up a room and are super easy to incorporate in your home. Joanna says "they're ideal for framing windows, doors, mirrors, or artworks," but they can also go on either side of a bed for extra reading light or above a mantel. Just be sure to "install them at eye level, with at least 36 inches of space in between."
Joanna's wall sconce tip: If you rent your space and want to change a few light fixtures — including sconces — Joanna says you can easily find plug-in options for a less permanent upgrade. "Conceal the cord behind furniture, or choose a cord that's attractive enough to be on display," she suggests.
Pendants are another stylish way to bring light into a room. "A pendant is a single light source that hangs from the ceiling. They can be helpful for anchoring a 'floating' space, like a kitchen island, and work especially well in pairs and multiple," notes Joanna. "Pendants should hang 24 to 38 inches above the countertop of 84 inches from the ground," she adds.
Joanna's pendant tip: If you need more space on your nightstand, Joanna suggests hanging pendants on either side of the bed "as an unexpected element." She also says you can "cluster them in a stairwell or above the dining table for a sculptural focal point."

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Comedian Rosie Wilby discusses the pros and cons of monogamy at Edinburgh International Science Festival
Is monogamy dead? When posing this question as the title to my 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show, I had no idea that I was embarking on a monumental emotional journey. The time constraints of the Fringe comedy format meant that I could only really scratch the surface of the deep philosophical ideas I found myself reading about, touching on such human essentials as who we are and how we connect.
At 5pm in the beautifully polite surrounds of Assembly Hall, couples seemed a little wary of me quizzing them on fidelity. I considered quietly retiring the show after the festival, wondering if it was a subject too serious to joke about and a debate that mainstream audiences weren't ready for.
But then something happened. I started getting enquiries and bookings from science festivals. One sell-out performance followed another. Post-show discussions raged healthily. Audiences at these events contained a higher proportion of people who had successfully negotiated open and / or polyamorous relationships and were more than happy to question the construct of monogamy. They often spoke to me appreciatively afterwards about my balanced, non-prurient presentation of these alternate structures.
One monogamous woman ran across the room towards me, saying she'd had a 'moment' and was rethinking her approach to intimacy, friendship and the grey areas in between. I realised that I'd stumbled upon an important field of enquiry with genuine links to our emotional wellbeing. If a comedy show was an accessible route into lovers communicating better about boundaries, then it was one worth honing and persevering with.
At the same time, a number of books investigating the subject were published including Daniel Bergner's What Do Women Want and Helen Croydon's Screw the Fairytale, while my fellow comedian Sara Pascoe included a section on monogamy in her 2014 show. The debate was opening up. Bergner's book found that women are the ones who are particularly dissatisfied with monogamy and crave sexual novelty more, yet society conditions us to deny and bury these feelings.
An intriguing window into gendered behaviour is offered by studying the test case scenario of same-sex relationships. What do men do with no women around to muddy the picture and vice versa? At first glance, the patterns of activity would seem to flip Bergner's proposal on its head. Gay men are the ones who typically negotiate sexually open partnerships.
My friend, the poet Nick Field, could only think of one long-term couple he knew who didn't have such an arrangement. While a vast number of lesbians lend an echo of truth to the stereotype that we move in on the second date and immediately start to fuse our identities and lives. A San Francisco study found that in the year 2000, sexual activity outside a relationship was down to 8% among gay women and 59% among gay men with heterosexuals around 14% (intriguingly after much higher stats across the board in the swinging 70s).
Yet sadly, while lesbians try the hardest at exclusive lifelong commitment, we also fail the hardest and are the most rapidly serially monogamous group, periodically switching the full force of our devotion to an exciting new person. This is reflected in civil partnership dissolution rates which are twice as high for female unions as they are for male ones. For these reasons, I advised caution in embracing same-sex marriage in a Woman's Hour discussion. Dr Anna Einarsdóttir of Hull Business School, who completed a doctorate about same-sex marriage, conceded that evidence suggests women across all orientations were more likely to end relationships than men but that we should allow more time to gather meaningful data.
The important thing to note is that this doesn't mean that lesbian relationships are failing per se. They work brilliantly for a finite time. The trouble is that we tend to measure relationship success in length rather than quality. This yardstick is dangerous. If we adapt our expectations and models to better fit with our natural behavioural patterns then we could avoid this routine disappointment. We should also keep an eye on whether an increase in lesbian parenting acts as a glue to keep more couples together.
Among the women I interviewed, the most enduring and fondly discussed relationships were lifelong platonic friendships. One even described particular connections as 'love affair friendships' as a way of marking their significance. I wondered if that for women in particular, it would make more financial sense to marry a platonic best friend, set up a stable home to raise children and keep the transient unstable rollercoaster of romance separate.
My own primary partnership has progressed to this deep companionate stage yet we've agreed not to sacrifice it. It could be that writing a comedy show has provided a very precious insight.
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We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.
British High Commission is recruiting to fill the job position below:
Job Title: Administrative Officer, Counter-Terrorism (18/16 ABJ)
Grade: A2 (L)
Type of Position: Fixed Term
Duration of Post: 12 months
Job Category: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Policy & Political roles)
Job Subcategory: Political
Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
This is a new position as an administrative officer for counter-terrorism (CT) colleagues within the British High Commission in Abuja. The jobholder will provide support across the mission's CT work. This will include support for First Secretary CT (line manager for the postion, also a new slot), First Secretary Home Affairs, SO15 Counter-Terrorism Police Liaison Officers (CTPLOs) and Criminal Justice and Crisis Response Teams.
They will need to be proactive (for example, resolving issues by a telephone call or visit where more appropriate), have good judgement (including knowing when to escalate issues to team members) and be highly organised, keeping track of deadlines and requests.
This will be a varied and interesting position – the jobholder can expect to get a good background on CT work across the mission. As well as the core duties set out in the job description, there will be scope to get out and about and more directly involved in your CT colleagues' work, from helping them to deliver training or crisis exercising, acting as a note-taker at external meetings, and helping to look after official visitors that might range from senior UK judges, police or counter-terrorism experts.
There will be numerous opportunities to learn and develop, including by shadowing colleagues dealing with policy, financial, and programme management work.
The successful candidate will need excellent administration skills, and to be able to prioritise and cope well under pressure. On any given day, they will be working to a variety of Chancery colleagues and across various projects, with changing circumstances and priorities.
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Routine administrative support including bulk printing/photocopying/collating briefing or training packs
Information management including managing the shared folder and ensuring paper and electronic filing, storage and security of documents (particularly key documents such as briefings, contracts, invoices)
Establishing and maintaining a contacts list for Chancery CT colleagues.
Supporting the team's move to the new BHC premises in May 2016, including ensuring assets & documentation moved over securely and keeping track of colleagues' contact details.
Supporting operational deployments of CTPLOs within Nigeria and the Lake Chad region including travel and accommodation bookings, and processing of expense claims.
Overall, co-ordinating administrative activities to ensure that the day-to-day operational needs of the team are met.
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Arranging programmes for official visitors, including making flight and hotel bookings, facilitating visas, and passing on information to visitors on issues such as security, invoicing etc.
General support to the team including co-ordinating stationery orders, transport requests, IT requests, drafting of meeting agendas, invitations or other documents as required.
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Experience of providing administrative support in a busy working environment
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Percy Grainger, 3 books
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Charles Ives, 2 books
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Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate Park, situated in the piedmont area between the provinces of Como and Varese, covers an area of about 4,586 hectares.
Historically, the area is the result of continuous changes of both human and environmental origin.
The alternation of different settlements has left us several evidences scattered throughout the territory.
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Nature, preserving secrets and tales, has always been witness to the human events throughout the centuries.
The protected area shows itself in its many-colored diversity, but to understand the historical events leading to this result we need help, we need an image to place between the beginning and the end of a thread describing the territory from a historical point of view.
The concrete evidences of the historical passages are what we call "vegetable architectures", that is the group of natural giants so big to the extent that they are considered in an architectural context: they are wise spectators of dozens and dozens manipulations by man. The Park is full of them, it is a great book telling the tales of great men in their magnificent villas we can still admire today.
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Messier13 Astronomical Observatory Foundation in Tradate
"It is not enough to look, it is necessary to look with eyes that want to see": this famous sentence by Galileo Galilei perfectly reflects the spirit animating "FOAM13" Astronomical Observatory Foundation in Tradate; a real advanced technological jewel, a promotional and scientific research center known all over the world.
The Astronomical Observatory in Tradate, inaugurated in May 2007, consists of the three below-mentioned elements.
The Main Telescope has a 65cm diameter and a f/5 focal (3,250mm), the glass frame is in carbon fibre with "Closet Serrourier" structures (the same technology used for the Formula 1 chassis). The steel-fork frame has motorized and computerized movements on both axes to have an automatic aiming control directly from the PC. The dome, protecting the main telescope and providing a climatized area, has a diameter of 7.5 meters and its interior is beaded with 1,700 wooden ledges.
The Solar Tower, the one and only solar tower in our Region and the second one in Italy, consists of a siderostat conducting a beam of light to a refracting lens situated in a completely dark room. In this room, the beam of light is broken into various directions, observing our star, the Sun, in various wavelengths on two screens.
The Radio Telescopes are used to study the Sun, the biggest planet of the solar system Jupiter, the center of our galaxy, and the meteor showers. Moreover, the Center takes part in the SETI project (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intellingence) in association with "Medicina Radio Astronomical Station".
Near the Observatory there are an accommodation structure, a multimedia Conference Hall with 60 seats and computers, a giant-screen video projector, an audio system, and microphones.
FOAM13 has already started study, research, and collaboration projects at a national and international level with famous and historical Astronomical Research Institutes including Brera Astronomical Observatory, Arecibo Radio Telescope, the University of Geneva, the University of Indiana, the University of Helsinki, the Observatory of Mt. Palomar, and the Radio Telescopes in Bologna.
This surprising structure is open to the public, on Sundays or in the evenings when observation activities are organized. It is also open to visits and didactic projects for schools.
Via ai Ronchi - Loc. Abbiate Guazzone - Tradate (VA)
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Constructed Wetland Facility for Wastewater Treatment
The progress of mankind includes solutions in which nature can help making up for the damages that it has suffered. The facility built in Pineta Park aims at exploiting this opportunity, offering the possibility to personally discover this reality through a unique experience carried out in one of the few constructed wetland facilities for wastewater treatment.
Water purification is a natural process taking place in wetlands, where, thanks to animal and vegetable organisms, a series of purification mechanisms take place through physical, chemical, and biological processes. The wastewater treatment facility in the town Pianbosco exploits this concept and mainly treats the urban sewage effluents coming from the eastern part of the town. Pineta Park and the Municipality of Venegono Inferiore, with the essential collaboration of Fondazione Cariplo, have dealt together with a serious problem of local pollution threatening the water resource.
The structure is formed by four basins planned in order to enable the spontaneous water flowing; the soil represents the vegetation support and plays a filtration role; the microfauna degrades the organic material transforming it into nourishing substances available for the vegetable species of the system. The vegetation, through the root apparatus, brings oxigen in depth, absorbs nourishing substances from the soil, and reduces the total quantity of the waters.
The didactic enhancement of the facilities gives the opportunity to enjoy the particular features of the structure: an outdoor didactic classroom, the accessibility to all basins and to the final drain, and a path giving an overview of the facilities are only some of the possibilities enabling the clever visit to the site.
The visit, led by qualified staff, is carried out on demand for school groups (thorugh related didactic projects) or during the events organized by the Park Authority.
Via per Pianbosco - Loc. Pianbosco - Venegono Inferiore (VA)
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'A. Stoppani' Natural History Museum
Pio XI Archiepiscopal Seminary can be seen from a distance in all its imposing and austere symmetry. The planning of the structure, surrounded by a park covering 30 hectares and able to instil sensations of peacefulness, dates back to 1925 and was inaugurated ten years later. The will of the Apostolic Visitor Ildefonso Schuster was to "build the seminary on the model of a small tidy world, with the house of God in the middle of it". The northern wing of the "floor of the halls", in the former High School of the Seminary of Venegono, houses the Natural History Museum dedicated to the famous naturalist Antonio Stoppani: Ambrosian priest, teacher in the Seminary and afterwards in Pavia and Florence, he became the director of the Natural History Town Museum of Milan in 1883. The Museum in Venegono, created thanks to the generosity of the Diocese of Milan, is formed by a large exhibit hall with 98 display cases housing paleontological, zoological, mineral, and petrographic collections. However, this is not the only scientific resource of the seminary, which also houses two equipped didactic labs, a science and a physics lab, and a hall for interactive games.
"The contingent reason leading to the decision to carry out didactic activities for external school groups has been the closure of the minor Seminary (middle and secondary schools), to which the scientific equipment was originally dedicated to. We therefore decided to enhance the precious scientific heritage the Seminary could offer."
(don Elio Gentili, director of "A.Stoppani" Natural History Museum).
The passion and the experience of the priests who believed in this project and who have been supported by a few volunteers, has given the opportunity to continue with the activities over the years: physics experiments, naturalistic observations with the microscope or other equipment, scientific interactive games, guided researches in the Museum.
"Of course, the Museum does not also deal with the above-mentioned activities, but also with a non-stop updating of the material, determinations, cataloging, presentation, and conservation maintenance work. For this reason, the collaboration of volunteers is always welcome."
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Firefighters Face Increased Risk of Developing Cancers
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Some might consider firefighting an admirable career choice, but it also increases the long-range risk for various cancers and more than doubles your chances of developing mesothelioma, the rare but aggressive cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
A team of researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) studied the health history of almost 30,000 firefighters from three major American cities to complete its findings.
It was the most comprehensive study done regarding cancer risk and the firefighting profession. It was also the first that definitively linked this prevalence of mesothelioma in U.S. firefighters. NIOSH released the findings, which covered the last 60 years, earlier this month.
The rates of various cancer incidences were measured against those found in the general U.S. population. Cancers of the digestive, urinary and respiratory systems significantly rose among firefighters, but increased rates of mesothelioma were the highest among all cancers.
A Dramatic Risk Increase
The risk for mesothelioma, which affects the thin, protective membrane surrounding the lungs, heart or abdominal cavity, was 2.29 times higher for firefighters. Cancers of the esophagus (1.62 times), kidney (1.27), breast (1.26) and intestines (1.21) were the others with the highest rate increase among firefighters.
"[The rate increase for mesothelioma] is surprising somewhat," Robert Daniels, Ph.D., NIOSH lead researcher in the study, told Asbestos.com. "But we've known about asbestos for some time, and the exposure that firefighters have to it. So we shouldn't be too surprised. The study is important from an awareness standpoint."
The study analyzed cancer deaths among 29,993 career firefighters from Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco from 1950 to 2009. The findings were consistent with smaller, previous studies. The cancer incidence estimates are only from 1985 to 2009. The mesothelioma observation didn't begin until 2000 when it was first officially coded.
Of the 4,461 cancer incidence reports among the firefighter pool from 1985 to 2009, only 36 were listed as mesothelioma.
Firefighters often are exposed to known carcinogens and combustion by-products like formaldehyde and benzene, along with materials like asbestos, which was used extensively throughout the 20th century.
The inhalation or ingestion of microscopic asbestos fibers is the only known cause of mesothelioma.
Awareness Helps Prevent the Problem
Daniels believes the importance of the study to firefighters is that it will raise increased awareness to the dangers in the job. Although the profession has become safer in recent decades with better, more sophisticated equipment, there also is the human element involved in taking the necessary precautions.
"I think fire departments do a great job in providing the equipment, but the use of it often depends on a person's perceived own risk," he said. "One of the concerns is whether or not a firefighter wears the respiratory protection during certain job tasks."
Daniels believes that firefighters will be more inclined to take full advantage of their equipment if they understand all the risks. A firefighter, for example, might remove respiratory gear when a fire has been reduced to smoldering embers and the obvious dangers have passed.
Breathing in any amount of asbestos fibers, though, from even the faintest amount of smoke, could present a long-term danger to a firefighter.
"If you don't see the cancer risk, you're probably less likely to take all possible precautions. There are a whole lot of things they can do to minimize their exposure [to asbestos]," he said. "It's a lot easier to prevent cancer than to cure it."


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We sat down with Andrew to learn more about his role at Centrality and what he enjoys most outside of the office.
Before you started at Centrality, what led you to the IT industry?
Before making the move to the IT industry, I worked at a logistics company for about 9 years. I pursued IT because I wanted a more intellectually stimulating work environment, that provided better opportunities for personal development and career advancement. While working full time I pursued and earned a degree in Computer Science and an industry-respected certification from CompTIA.
What are your main duties at Centrality?
As a Managed Services Specialist, my primary duties consist of monitoring clients' backups, anti-virus, patching and updates. I also assist end-users with technology issues that they report using Centrality's MSP helpdesk agent.
My job allows for me to have the opportunity to learn and grow as an IT professional. Every day is something new. With technology constantly evolving, we will continue to face new challenges whether it be software or hardware related. I also really enjoy the positive work environment we have at Centrality. Everyone from our co-workers, management, and the owner make Centrality a great place to work. And lastly, the satisfaction of being able to help others with their computer issues. When a user calls or you go onsite, the user will explain their issues and I am able to sense their urgency and distress. Being able to resolve their issues and see the relief you have given them is an awesome feeling.
What do you think differentiates Centrality from other IT service providers?
We constantly meet new challenges that push us to better ourselves and expand our minds to new ideas. This is not only on an individual level, but we do a great job as a team communicating and sharing the challenges we face and the steps we took to overcome them. Our team is dedicated to providing the best service, and customizing our offerings to meet the needs of the client.
Outside of work, what kinds of things to you enjoy most?
I really like spending time outdoors, fishing and playing disc golf. Watching live music, playing PS4 and watching Netflix are among other hobbies that I have. Most of all, I enjoy spending time with my friends and family.
If you'd like to learn more how you can sign up for Managed Services to work with members of Centrality's team like Andrew, contact us today!


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Hardcover, 7 x 10 in. / 120 pgs / 50 color / 25 bw.
Edited by Christian Dehli, Andrea Grolimund. Text by Ryue Nishizawa, Shin-ichi Okuyama, David B. Stewart.
The story of Shinohara's exquisite modernist gem, a residential home drawing on Japanese vernacular and religious architecture
Built in Tokyo in 1961, the Umbrella House is the smallest residential home created by Japanese architect and mathematician Kazuo Shinohara. More than 60 years later, a stroke of good fortune made it possible to save the Umbrella House from demolition and move it to a new location, where it now stands on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The wooden house's post-and-beam construction references traditional Japanese domestic and temple architecture. Experts from Japan and Europe supervised the dismantling of the house in Tokyo and its reassembly in Weil am Rhein.
This concise volume traces the long journey of the Umbrella House, in lavish illustrations including impressions from 1960s Japan, architectural designs and plans, and photographs documenting its dismantling and reassembly at its new location. Texts by Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), Shin-ichi Okuyama and David B. Stewart discuss the Umbrella House against the background of Japanese architectural discourse between 1960 and the present.
Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006) was one of the greatest and most influential architects of Japan's postwar generation, forming what is now widely known as the Shinohara School alongside Toyo Ito, Kazunari Sakamoto and Itsuko Hasegawa. He was awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan's (AIJ) grand prize in 2005. In 2010 the Venice Biennale awarded a special commemorative Golden Lion in memory of Shinohara.
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DEPOE BAY — Volunteers are gearing up for thousands of curious visitors to whale watching sites over Spring Break.
Locals and visitors alike can expect a whale of a time when scanning the water off the Oregon coast this week. Saturday, March 23 marks the beginning of the spring Whale Watching Week, which highlights a migration of roughly 20,000 gray whales making their way north for the summer.
Parsons serves as an interpreter at the Whale Watching Center in Depoe Bay — a town known to many as the whale watching capital of the Oregon coast. While many spots make for great whale watching, he explained that Depoe Bay is a particularly great place to park and look out for the giant mammals.
"We have the visitor center open year round, looking for whales," said Parsons. "It's also an excellent spot to look for them all summer-long — really any time of the year, you can see a whale here. Our harbor is a little bit different than other coastal communities; it's pretty deep and there's a lot of food here for these gray whales. So especially in the summertime, June through October, there will be maybe 10 or 12 whales everyday in the bay, feeding."
And while the whales are out in the ocean 24 hours a day, Parsons has some advice for those eager to experience that joy: come in the morning. It's easier to spot a whale when the sun is rising behind whale watchers, where as it can glare and make seeing whales difficult when it sets over the ocean in the afternoon. In addition, there's less wind coming off of the ocean in the mornings, also making it easier to look out over the water.
"But don't be surprised if you see whales at any time of day," Parsons added.
All along the Oregon coast, there are rangers and volunteers willing and able to talk about the whales and the journey they are making from Baja, Mexico up to the arctic. There are 10 sites in Lincoln County that will be manned by volunteers of the Whale Spoken Here program, which was started in 1978 by Don Giles of the Hatfield Marine Science Center in an effort to educate visitors during peak whale watching times.
For those who can't make it out to the shoreline to catch a glimpse of gray themselves, for the third year running, the Oregon State Parks YouTube page will have a livestream filming from the Depoe Bay center during Whale Watching Week.
To view a map of Whale Spoken Here locations and read more information about the volunteer program, visit whalespoken.wordpress.com.
The Whale Watching Center in Depoe Bay is open year round, Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More information about the center can be found at oregonstateparks.org.


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Project MAC
Alternate titles: Project on Mathematics and Computation
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MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab - Project Mac
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Project MAC, in full Project on Mathematics and Computation, a collaborative computer endeavour in the 1960s that sought to to create a functional time-sharing system. Project MAC, founded in 1963 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and the National Science Foundation. The goal for the project was to allow many users access to the programs of a single computer from various locations. Project MAC's pioneering exploration of the working methods of multiple-user access became a foundation for modern computer networking and online collaboration.
Project MAC was first directed by MIT computer scientist Robert M. Fano, with computer scientist Fernando José Corbató as a founding member. The term project was used rather than laboratory to inspire individuals at MIT to join the effort without disaffiliating themselves from their current laboratories. One of the project's first contributions was to expand and provide hardware for Corbató's 1961 Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) software, which permitted multiple users at dispersed terminals to run programs centrally located on one machine. Innovative computer scientist and ARPA group leader J.C.R. Licklider contributed immensely to the expansion of that system and believed that CTSS would facilitate greater efficiency, reduce costs, and save time by permitting many users to share one large computer instead of employing individual small machines.
Within six months of Project MAC's creation, 200 users were able to access the system in 10 different MIT departments. By 1967 Project MAC had become its own interdepartmental laboratory, separated from its earlier Department of Electrical Engineering home. In 1969 Project MAC, Bell Laboratories, and General Electric jointly developed Multics, the Multiplexed Information and Computing Service. Multics evolved from computer time-sharing into an online computer system and incorporated features such as file sharing and management and system security into its design. The complex system could support 300 simultaneous users on 1,000 MIT terminals and prompted Bell Labs to employ a simpler form of the UNIX operating system.
Project MAC became the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) at MIT in 1976 and broadened its focus. Lab director Michael L. Dertouzos pushed for developing more-intelligent programs to run on the computer systems. In addition, to promote computer use, the laboratory studied how to develop cost-effective user-friendly systems and explored the theoretical foundations in computer science that sought to understand limitations on space and time. Advancing the role of the computer system, the LCS focused on creating applications that would foster online computing in several academic disciplines, including architecture, biology, medicine, and library sciences. LCS joined with MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab) in 2004 to become the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the largest research laboratory at MIT.
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Wave hanger designed by Nanni Holén for Design House Stockholm offers a scurrilous appearance to every room and simultaneously is pleasant to observe.
Behind the strange external appearance from Wave Hanger, hides a practical wardrobe with numerous potential hooks. Furthermore you can enlarge Wave Hanger as much as you want. The hanger is made out of two pieces that can be mounted together or separated.
This makes it possible to decorate every room with Wave Hanger: it has the fitting size no matter where, for long halls or a small sleeping room. Wave Hanger can me mounted everywhere you want to hang your clothes, bags or coats.
Nanni Holén's organic design turns a hanger into something more, as well as creating a pattern of pointing shadows.
DImensions of each piece: Length 45 cm, Height 11.5 cm, Depth 5 cm.


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Borja Prieto Valera es un deportista español que compite en piragüismo en la modalidad de aguas tranquilas. Ganó una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Europeo de Piragüismo de 2009, en la prueba de K1 4x200 m.

Palmarés internacional

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Lista de medallistas olímpicos y mundiales en piragüismo (1936-2007): parte 1, parte 2. Federación Internacional de Piragüismo (en inglés).

Prieto Valera, Borja

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What clients and prospects want has changed. Well, really, that's not true, but what's available to them has changed – there's a lot more information out there these days – so their levels of expectations have changed.
Marketers in 2012 need to realize that they are on a new playing field and the old game plan won't be a winning one.
We wrote last week about the new era of preference marketing, in which customers have much more control of the buying process – they begin their research and self-education about your products and services way before you know that they're thinking of making a purchase. High-quality, news-oriented content on your website is a significant piece of this new marketing puzzle.
A new study from consulting firm Copernicus shows that a brand's message drives perception and conversions as much as any other element of their products and services. At a core level, when prospective customers are researching your products or services, they're looking to see if you have their best interests at heart. Do you care about them? Are you trying to help them, even before you know them?
As Joseph Pine and James Gilmore wrote in 1999, this is a new economic era in which all businesses must orchestrate memorable events for their customers. Business is theater, and customers want to be thrilled. They will buy accordingly.
Will you deliver? Are you thrilling them? Or are you selling on price and overly focused on your competitors? Are you making award-winning ads that make people laugh but that don't deliver ROI?
Brands that focus on old school tactics are very likely doing more harm than good. They're often showing themselves to be tone deaf, unaware of what their customers really want. As this infographic from email marketer Help Scout points out, there are new numerous social psychology studies that show very clearly what your potential customers are looking for. Take a look, and you'll see that a lot of this pretty obvious to you. But many brands come up short in connecting this thinking with their marketing actions.
To do so does not, frankly, require great strategic thinking. It requires making a decision, and then getting down to work. The rinse-and-repeat action is what makes the difference in today's marketing reality.
Content creation is about rolling up your sleeves and getting to work, and then doing it again and again. Engaging with your clients and prospects on social media is about being present all the time. Providing thrilling experiences is about a mindset change that empowers your team to give the client a little extra.
Thrilling your clients happens in the little spaces between the big events. It happens because your team is on its toes and focused on your clients' business. And it happens because you never stop focusing on delivering that great experience.