Blue Ice Books of Quebec City launched Ross Murray's second book Don't Everyone Jump at Once on May 8 to an appreciative audience at the AngloStore. Murray is an award-winning humorist and radio contributor, and the author of You're Not Going to Eat That, Are You? Raised in Nova Scotia, Murray has lived in the Eastern Townships since the early 1990s.
During your Spring cleaning, have you come across a bicycle collecting dust in your garage? Cyclo Nord-Sud are calling on the residents of Quebec to donate any used bikes which they will send to Haiti to support their fight against poverty.
As long as I can remember, playing with soap bubbles has been a fun activity at my home. Every summer a cousin, a niece, a grandchild or a visiting child was initiated to this creative fun.
The Minister of Public Security, Stéphane Bergeron, held a press conference at the National Assembly on May 8 to announce the formation of a three member commission to investigate the Liberal government's handling of the 2012 Maple Spring (printemps érable) student protests against tuition hikes.
For the 13th year, YES! (Youth Employment Services) presents a day of inspiration and information for artist-entrepreneurs from all artistic disciplines on Monday, June 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Marché Bonsecours, 359 St. Paul E., in Old Montreal. The cost of the conference is $25 if you register before May 17 or $35 after May 17.
The president of Les Patriotes de Québec Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Cillian Breathnach talks about his homeland sport and the Gaelic football team he founded.
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Richárd Bicskey (Budapeste, 4 de outubro de 1936 – 21 de junho de 2020) foi um ciclista húngaro que competiu no ciclismo nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1964, representando a Hungria.

Morreu no dia 21 de junho de 2020, aos 83 anos.

Ciclistas olímpicos da Hungria
Ciclistas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1964
Naturais de Budapeste

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Episode 130 of Real Black News ends the year and begins 2022 with tips on manifesting and tapping into the moment with Therapist Camille Banks-Lee who gives guidance on everything from how to deal with anxiety and Intuitive eating to adolescent brains and mental health. This is an inspiring free therapy session. Other good news topics include the doula grants to help Black mamas, Black dads taking over schools, the indigenous fight to find the missing, and Africa's award-winning adolescent girl reporters, plus more of the top 5 empowering Real Black and Brown good news stories! #RealBlackNews
Real Black News Raqiyah Mays
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Writer and director Reggie Rock Bythewood drops knowledge and discusses everything from his coming-of-age Apple TV show "Swagger" and dedicating his work in film and TV to spotlighting and uplifting the Black community, to learning from Sidney Poitier, elders like James Earl Jones and Harry Belafonte, telling the story of Emmett Till, working with his wife, director Gina Prince Bythewood, teaching his son Black history and empowerment, along with powerful tips for writers and producers.
Ep. 130 - Therapist, Camille Banks-Lee
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The new season of Real Black News launches with Ep. 129 and the dynamic power couple behind ABFF (The American Black Film Festival), Jeff & Nicole Friday. Celebrating twenty-five years of lifting Black Hollywood, Jeff & Nicole join Real Black News to discuss the history and success that's landed ABFF in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC, finding talent before the mainstream like Ryan Coogler, Halle Berry, & Will Packer; and how they juggle parenting, marriage, and business as a Black power couple. (Interview starts: 9:12) Other topics include Howard University's student protest, Jay-Z's job fair, Tanzania's billionaires, Indigenous History Month, Leonard Peltier, and 5 empowering Black & Brown News stories. #RealBlackNews
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Ep 128 of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week's two guests. The first is writer and director Malcolm Lee who discusses his new mega movie Space Jam: A New Legacy. He talks the ins and outs of directing for animation, plus his new journey and lessons in television as he writes and produces his upcoming TV show The Best Man: Final Chapters based on his classic film The Best Man (starts 13:27). While Sascha Penn, the Showrunner of one of this summer's hottest shows, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, joins the podcast to break down the making of the latest installment in the Power franchise with Courtney A. Kemp and 50 Cent. Plus he shares golden, must-listen advice for writers (starts 36:25). Other topics include Jamaica's reparations, Black Girls Lead, the NAACP's Bail Fund, Virginia's entrepreneur fair for youth business owners, plus more of the top five empowering Black News stories of the week. #RealBlackNews
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Ep 127 of Real Black News features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week's guests: Entrepreneur, commercial real estate investor, and CEO of The Chicago TREND Corporation, Lyneir Richardson, who discusses his work empowering urban retail development via Black and Brown real estate investors. Balancing his mission while working as a professor at Rutgers Business School, Lyneir joins the podcast to discusses his success partnering with Black and Brown investors via crowdfunding to buy shopping malls nationwide to take reclaim our power. While real estate attorney Darryl Scipio shares three crucial tips for working with a real estate attorney. Other topics include the business man pushing for Black-owned social media platforms, Kenya's electricity milestone, Prairie View A&M University's partnership with multiple colleges in Africa, and more of the top five empowering Black News stories of the week. #RealBlackNews
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Ep 126 of Real Black News focuses on adolescent mental health and features the top five empowering Black news stories of the week and this week's guests: One of history's youngest Emmy-nominated actors, Asante Blackk, discusses life as a Gen Z'er and bringing attention to adolescent mental health with his fiction podcast "Here Comes the Break". Asante discusses life after starring in "This is Us" and "When They See Us". He provides tips to both parents and teens for communicating and managing mental health (starts 42:07). While actress Jasmine Carmichael, star of the new film "Real Talk" with Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, and Macy Gray, discusses the movie's bold take on everything from herpes to adolescent depression. Other topics include the three-year anniversary of Real Black News, the indigenous tribe that bought a 140 acre Island, Newark's Business Hub for Black women, and more of the top five empowering Black News stories of the week.
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package org.hbase.async;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.hbase.async.DeleteRequest;
import org.hbase.async.GetRequest;
import org.hbase.async.HBaseClient;
import org.hbase.async.KeyValue;
import org.hbase.async.PutRequest;
import org.hbase.async.Scanner;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.slf4j.Logger;

import com.mapr.fs.ClusterConf.ClusterEntry;
import com.mapr.fs.MapRFileSystem;
import com.mapr.fs.proto.Dbserver.ColumnFamilyAttr;

public class TestM7Client {
  private static final Logger LOG = Common.logger(TestM7Client.class);

  private static final String TABLE_NAME_STR = "/~~async_unittest_tmptable~~";
  private static final Path   TABLE_PATH = new Path(TABLE_NAME_STR);
  private static final byte[] TABLE_NAME = TABLE_NAME_STR.getBytes();

  private static final String FAMILY_NAME_S = "info";
  private static final byte[] FAMILY_NAME = FAMILY_NAME_S.getBytes();

  private static final int    ROW_COUNT = 50;
  private static final int    VALUE_SIZE = 10;
  private static final int    MAX_COL = 5;

  private static MapRFileSystem maprfs = null;

  private static final HBaseClient dbclient = new HBaseClient("localhost");

  private final Random random = new Random();

  private final Map<String, KeyValue> insertedKeyValueMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, KeyValue>();

  private static boolean initialized = false;

  @BeforeClass
  public static void initTestEnvironment() throws Exception {
    String mapr_home = System.getenv("MAPR_HOME");
    if (mapr_home == null || !new File(mapr_home).exists()) {
      throw new RuntimeException("${MAPR_HOME} is not set.");
    }
    if (!new File(mapr_home, "conf/mapr-clusters.conf").exists()) {
      throw new RuntimeException(mapr_home+"/conf/mapr-clusters.conf does not exist.");
    }

    ClusterEntry cluster = MapRFileSystem.getClusterConf().getClusterList().get(0);
    LOG.info(String.format("Connected to cluster '%s' at %s:%d",
                            cluster.getClusterName(),
                            cluster.getIpList().get(0).getAddr(),
                            cluster.getIpList().get(0).getPort()));

    maprfs = (MapRFileSystem) FileSystem.get(new URI("maprfs:///"), new Configuration());
    if (maprfs.exists(TABLE_PATH)) {
      LOG.info("Table exists, deleteing.");
      maprfs.delete(TABLE_PATH);
    }
    maprfs.createTable(TABLE_PATH);
    maprfs.createColumnFamily(TABLE_PATH, FAMILY_NAME_S, ColumnFamilyAttr.newBuilder().build());
    initialized = true;
  }

  @AfterClass
  public static void cleanupTestEnvironment() throws Exception {
    if (initialized) {
      dbclient.shutdown().joinUninterruptibly();
      if (maprfs.exists(TABLE_PATH)) {
        maprfs.delete(TABLE_PATH);
        LOG.info("Table deleted.");
      }
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testAllInOne() throws Exception {
    // let's start with putting some rows
    try {
      insertedKeyValueMap.clear();
      int keyIndex = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < ROW_COUNT; i++) {
        keyIndex += 10 + random.nextInt(100);
        String key = getKey(keyIndex);
        final KeyValue kv = new KeyValue(key.getBytes(), FAMILY_NAME, getCol(i % MAX_COL)
            .getBytes(), getRandomValue());
        final PutRequest put = new PutRequest(TABLE_NAME, kv);
        LOG.info("Putting key=" + key);
        dbclient.put(put);
        insertedKeyValueMap.put(key, kv);
      }
      LOG.info("Flushing puts");
      dbclient.flush().joinUninterruptibly();
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      LOG.error("Put failed", t);
      fail();
    }

    // now let's get those rows back
    try {
      for (String rowkey : insertedKeyValueMap.keySet()) {
        final GetRequest get = new GetRequest(TABLE_NAME_STR, rowkey);
        LOG.info("Getting key=" + rowkey);
        KeyValue get_kv = dbclient.get(get).joinUninterruptibly().get(0);
        KeyValue put_kv = insertedKeyValueMap.get(rowkey);
        put_kv = new KeyValue(put_kv.key(), put_kv.family(), put_kv.qualifier(),
            get_kv.timestamp(), put_kv.value());
        assertEquals("Comparing KeyValue", get_kv, put_kv);
      }
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      LOG.error("Get failed", t);
      fail();
    }

    // how about a scan over the entire table?
    final Scanner scanner = dbclient.newScanner(TABLE_NAME_STR);
    LOG.info("Start scanner=" + scanner);
    try {
      ArrayList<ArrayList<KeyValue>> rows;
      while ((rows = scanner.nextRows().joinUninterruptibly()) != null) {
        for (ArrayList<KeyValue> arrayList : rows) {
          LOG.info("Scanned row=" + arrayList.get(0));
        }
      }
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      LOG.error("Scan failed", t);
      fail();
    }

    // time for a partial scan
    runPartialScan(2, 7);

    // It's crazy time
    ThreadPoolExecutor poolExecutor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(4, 4, 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
      new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>());
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      poolExecutor.execute(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
          int start = random.nextInt(ROW_COUNT);
          runPartialScan(start, start + random.nextInt(ROW_COUNT-start));
        }
      });
    }
    poolExecutor.shutdown();
    poolExecutor.awaitTermination(Integer.MAX_VALUE, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

    // lastly, let's cleanup after ourself
    try {
      for (KeyValue kv : insertedKeyValueMap.values()) {
        final DeleteRequest delete = new DeleteRequest(TABLE_NAME, kv);
        LOG.info("Deleting row=" + kv);
        dbclient.delete(delete);
      }
      dbclient.flush().joinUninterruptibly();
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      LOG.error("Delete failed", t);
      fail();
    }
  }

  private void runPartialScan(int start, int end) {
    final Deque<String> rowKeys = new LinkedList<String>();
    final Scanner partial_scanner = dbclient.newScanner(TABLE_NAME_STR);
    Iterator<String> keys = insertedKeyValueMap.keySet().iterator();
    for (int j = 0; j <= end; j++) {
      if (j < start) keys.next();
      else rowKeys.add(keys.next());
    }
    partial_scanner.setStartKey(rowKeys.getFirst());
    partial_scanner.setStopKey(rowKeys.getLast());
    LOG.info("[" + Thread.currentThread().getName()+"] - Start scanner=" + partial_scanner);
    try {
      ArrayList<ArrayList<KeyValue>> rows = null;
      while ((rows = partial_scanner.nextRows().joinUninterruptibly()) != null) {
        for (ArrayList<KeyValue> arrayList : rows) {
          KeyValue row = arrayList.get(0);
          LOG.info("[" + Thread.currentThread().getName()+"] - Scanned row=" + row);
          assertEquals(rowKeys.pop(), new String(row.key()));
        }
      }
      LOG.info("[" + Thread.currentThread().getName()+"] - Scan complete");
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      LOG.error("Scan failed", t);
      fail();
    }
  }

  private String getKey(int i) {
    return String.format("testrow%08d", i);
  }

  private String getCol(int i) {
    return String.format("testcol%08d", i);
  }

  private byte[] getRandomValue() {
    byte[] bytes;
    random.nextBytes(bytes = new byte[VALUE_SIZE]);
    return bytes;
  }
}

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Kids missing out on essential school trips due to cost of living crisis
CHILDREN are missing out on essential educational school trips – due to the cost-of-living crisis, lack of funds and staffing issues.
Studies polling teachers and parents revealed school trips are swiftly on the decline, with cost of travel and parents not being able to afford to cover additional expenses key reasons.
Youngsters are missing out on school trips – for a number of reasonsCrédit: HYUNDAI THE GREAT SCHOOL TRIP
Also cited were the cost of entry fees and lack of staff.
The research of 433 teachers across the UK found, of those who organise l'école outings, 61% are less likely to plan trips now compared to five years ago.
Too much paperwork or 'red tape' is also a key factor into why trips aren't going ahead, in addition to teachers not having the time to organise excursions and having difficulty getting sign off.
As a direct response to the study findings, Hyundai, which commissioned the research, has announced its 'Great British School Trip' programme which has been designed to inspire school children aged seven to 14 and to support shaping their future goals.
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Through the ambitious initiative, the car manufacturer is investing £1million to send 25,000 students on school trips across the UK throughout this academic year, kicking off from January 2023.
It will offer bursaries to help the schools most in need to fund their school trips, including booking fees and travel costs.
Ashley Andrew, managing director, Hyundai Motor UK, mentionné: "School trips should provide some of the most exciting and memorable times for our young people.
"They help to bring their learning to life, encourage greater engagement and inspire their future ambitions.
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"I know that's what they did for myself and for my children.
"I firmly believe that they are an essential part of our young people's development and something that every child should have access to.
"As a company that strives to support humanity and to foster an ambitious next generation, we are delighted to launch this pioneering initiative, which will deliver these life experiences as well as supporting teaching staff and parents."
L'Etude de 1,600 parents of school-aged children also revealed 60% agreed more needs to be done to ensure all children have an equal opportunity to go on school trips.
Plus de la moitié (52%) of children have intentionally not told a parent about an upcoming trip, avec 54% of mums and dads under the impression it was over their child's concerns of their ability to afford it.
It also emerged three in 10 parents said their own finances and being able to afford school trips is the main barrier to sending their children on these outings.
The study of teachers also found 56% of educators who organise school trips have had outings cancelled or not approved in the last 12 mois.
And so more funding to help cover the costs would benefit them hugely in supporting them to run more school trips.
The research has subsequently drawn attention to the benefits of school outings, according to teachers, with the opportunity to visit places outside of the classroom cited as the main advantage.
As well as being able to link topics and subjects in a more meaningful way and allowing children to contextualise their classroom learnings.
School trips are an integral part of a child's education.
Tim CampbellMBE
Parents also acknowledged the pros of educating children outside of the classroom, avec 38% saying the new experiences it gives them beyond the classroom is a huge plus.
As well as this, they also listed that creating fond memories (34%), building confidence (34%) and it simply being more fun for their children (31%) were other advantages.
Et 39% of mums and dads recognise there is a chance their youngster won't be offered the opportunity to go on school trips during the 2022 à 2023 academic year because of a lack of school funding and volunteers.
As many as 70% of the parents polled via OnePoll said their children enjoy the visits they go on, with science museums, the zoo and adventure activities, like kayaking or climbing, among the favourites.
The Great British School Trip has been shaped around Hyundai's vision for the future, Progress for Humanity, which focuses on how connections and collaboration can help accelerate progress and innovation.
All trips on the programme will cover important subjects such as art, maths and STEM.
As part of the initiative, the brand is working with Tim Campbell MBE as its Educator in Residence.
Il a dit: "School trips are an integral part of a child's education and not only are a fun day out but allow children to properly cement their learning outside of the classroom.
"I firmly believe in education as a facilitator of social mobility, therefore it's shocking that so many of our younger generation are missing out on this opportunity due to circumstances outside of their control.
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"I'm thrilled to be involved with this programme and feel that it is exceptionally timely, not to mention necessary, to put school trips firmly back on the agenda."
Teachers can now register their interest ici to be among the first to access the full programme when bookings open in January 2023.
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Cet article présente les résultats d'une étude portant sur l'analyse des pratiques de gestion d'emploi des travailleuses et des travailleurs vieillissants en regard de la situation économique à laquelle sont confrontées les entreprises depuis quelques années. H traite des pratiques dominantes axées sur l'exclusion de la main-d'oeuvre vieillissante et met en lumière quatre facteurs permettant de mieux comprendre la stratégie d'éviction encore largement utilisée. Il présente en outre quelques pratiques novatrices mises de l'avant par les entreprises à l'égard de leur main-d'oeuvre vieillissante.
Because of the aging of the Canadian population, the accelerated aging of the workforce is a reality in the Canadian labour market. In such a context, firms that try to keep their workforce young will have some difficulty in doing so, and some may not succeed. Studies show that Canadian firms presently tend to get rid of their aging workforce, and this is generally done through early retirement policies. Some studies have indicated that it may be time for socio-economic actors to modify their strategics in the context of an aging population and workforce.
Our study seeks to identify innovative practices which firms have developed in the present economic context. As we found that few firms actually had developed innovative practices, and that very few try to retain their aging workers, we also explain what economic factors may have influenced firms to adopt the common early retirement strategy. The research is based on case studies carried out in six firms, firms that were considered to be performing well, and that have been solidly established for many years. Four of the firms are from the communications sector, one is a public health institution and the last is from the clothing industry. Five of the six are unionized and count more than 200 employees. Average age in these firms is older than the average age in the Canadian workforce, which indicates that these firms should be concerned with the aging of their workforces. Data were collected through two methods. General data on the workers, their careers, their employment situations, and their aspirations regarding retirement and the end of their working life were collected through individual questionnaires distributed to the workers in all of the firms. We also conducted interviews with human resources managers and union representatives in each of the firms, and studied firms' documentation on retirement policies, strategic planning, collective agreements, etc.
This completed the information on the firms' strategics, the reasons for these, the perceptions of management as regards the expeetations of workers, and union strategics on these issues. As we wanted to identify the firms' practices concerning aging workers, we used a typology of practices including the following: career management (planning and development, labour mobility); adaptation of the working environment (working time arrangements, work adjustment or changes in tasks, wage adjustments and marginal benefits); exclusion of aging workers.
As can be seen, the first two categories are strategics which aim at maintaining workers in the firm, while the last does the opposite. Our results indicate that there are few strategics adopted to maintain aging workers in employment. Measures aiming at early retirement are still more frequent even though the six firms have an aging workforce. Some managers and union representatives indicated that they were starting to consider the issue, but few innovative strategics were observed, and in most cases these were not used explicitly to manage aging, but rather to solve different problems such as labour shortages or high turnover. In any case, there were some firms which did some career planning and tried to introduce continuous training and multiskilling, elements which can permit aging workers' to stay longer in employment. Some firms did adopt some new working time arrangements, and these do correspond to workers' expeetations as was revealed by our survey. Arrangements to work part-time before retirement, and a leave without pay for educational purposes are amongst the examples observed. However, part-time or progressive retirement is offered in only one firm, the public health institution, and only on an ad hoc basis.
How can we explain why Canadian firms still tend to exclude aging workers when the economic and demographic trends indicate that they should start considering strategics to keep these workers? Our research indicates four possible explanations. First, the macroeconomic situation and policies of recent years created financial pressures which led firms to adopt strategics of minimization of labour costs. This meant reductions in personnel, use of temporary workers and subcontracting, as well as early retirement options.
The second factor influencing human resources management strategics concerning aging workers is the labour market situation. The chronic surplus of labour in the Canadian labour market may have led firms to use early retirement as a way to rejuvenate their workforce. This chronic surplus, composed largely of skilled youth and women, facilitates this rejuvenation process. Without such a chronic surplus, it can be hypothesized that firms would have to find ways to keep their aging workers, as is often the case in countries with close to full employment.
The employment System and work organization are the third factor influencing firms' practices. New product and technological innovation strategics are often accompanied by organizational changes such as a reduction in management, multiskilling and similar new production concepts. In such a context, firms often view their aging workers as less adaptable. Given the elements present in the collective agreement concerning work rules and worker mobility, it may be easier for a firm to do away with older workers rather than try to integrate them in the new organization.
As Canadian firms do not have a strong tradition of training and recycling human resources, the exclusion of older workers is often seen as an easier solution, all the more so since firms may worry about recuperating their investment in the training of older workers.
Finally the workers' expectations constitute the last element favouring the exclusion of aging workers. Firms' practices have surely influenced workers' expectations and there is therefore some interaction between the two. Nevertheless, workers are inclined to view themselves as "old" or "aging" at an earlier age than was previously the case, as was indicated in our survey. Public and private policies regarding early retirement have brought many workers to see retirement as a positive situation, a period of rest which is due to them; of course this is the case only for those who have good pension plans, but early retirement policies over recent years have tended to make this situation financially advantageous for those who retired. This in turn created expectations in the minds of other aging workers. In our survey, some 55.8% of respondents indicated they would like to leave their job before the normal retirement age, with financial compensation.
In conclusion, even if human resources management practices should obviously adapt to the demographic changes which are inevitable, a séries of factors, amongst which the macroeconomic situation and policies, the labour market situation, the changes in work organization, and workers' expectations, tend to favour the strategy of exclusion of aging workers.


Have you ever wanted to do a chocolate course? Wondered what tempering chocolate was all about or how to make ganache or truffles? As some of you may know, I have been struggling with tempering chocolate for a long time now. Occasionally it's worked, but more often than not it hasn't and the chocolates I've made with love just don't look very good. Not only that, they don't last very long and I don't mean because I have scoffed them all. The chocolate is dull and often produces a white bloom after a couple of days. This not only looks unappealing, but just doesn't taste right. So when given the opportunity to attend a morning's chocolate session with Cornwall's top chocolatier, Nicky Grant, I was determined to attend.
Nicky Grant, patissiere and chocolatier, has won several awards for her delectable fresh handmade chocolates; I've tasted them on a number of occasions and reviewed them here on my blog. Flavours I haven't tried yet but am particularly keen to include, cardamom & pistachio, lime & chilli, honey & cinnamon and Cornish Blue & port. Nicky's fennel & ginger won an Academy of Chocolate Gold in 2011 and her Cornish seasalted caramel, which is to die for, won a Gold Great Taste Award. Behind every great woman there is a great man and husband Tom is sous chef and business manager. The couple have recently branched out into hosting bespoke chocolate courses. If you want to learn a specific aspect of chocolate making, cake making or decorating, give them a call. For those unable to attend a course in a remote (but very lovely) part of the country, there are plans afoot to run various courses online.
We all know that Cornwall is God's own country, but it was a thoroughly awful day weatherise. The cold driving rain, made for an unpleasant journey, but the allure and aroma of melted chocolate soon eliminated all other thoughts. A select band of Cornish bloggers along with a journalist and photographer gathered in the Grants' farmhouse kitchen and dried out in front of the Aga. Nat of the HungryHinny I knew, but the others I was meeting for the first time: Rachel of Saffron Bunny, Sadie Phillips from Cornwall Food and Drink, Jessica of FishWifey and journalist Eleanor Gaskarth.
Tom is knowledgeable and quite passionate about the science behind chocolate. Nicky is the artist and creator of flavours and is highly adept at her chocolate craft. Both were very keen to impart their knowledge and expertise. In the short time we were with them, I learnt loads and now have a much clearer understanding about how chocolate works. We listened, asked questions, watched, tasted and then got to play with chocolate. The session was divided into three main parts. I am not going to include everything that was imparted to us as that would be a book in itself, but I've noted one particularly useful tip for each part.
Tempering – The transformation of chocolate from molten goo to a stable, shiny substance, that has a good snap to it. This is very temperature dependent and if you don't get it right, your finished chocolate is likely to develop a white bloom, look dull and have a rubbery consistency. It's all to do with polymorphism, Tom's favourite word. What this means is that chocolate can take many forms depending on how it is treated.
Top Tip – Test the chocolate before using. Dip a piece of greasproof paper in the chocolate and leave it for a few minutes. If it is tempered you will soon start to see the chocolate crystallising and in about three minutes it should be set and shiny. The chocolate will continue to crystallise for the next 48 hours. What you're after is Beta 5, apparently, chocolate in its perfect state. Untempered chocolate will take ages to set, we did two strips and compared them; it was easy to see which one was tempered and which wasn't.
Tasting – We, er, did get to try some chocolate whilst we were there. A high cocoa content milk chocolate is my favourite so I was delighted to be trying a Venezuelan 44% milk – it was truly good. A dark 73% was also rather good and not particularly bitter.
Top Tip – 11:00 is apparently the best time of day to taste test as that is when our tastebuds should be at their optimum.
Making Chocolates – We left the cosy kitchen and headed for Nicky's chocolate studio. There we saw how to make ganache and how to pipe it, including how to fill a piping bag which is something I always struggle with. Nicky did a demo of how to make a piping bag out of paper – she made it look very easy, but I suspect I've already forgotten what to fold and where. At this point we were allowed to get our hands dirty and we all had a go at rolling the dark tear drop ganache shapes in cocoa powder (Red, Extra brute). We then dipped the milk chocolate ganache forms in tempered milk chocolate and rolled them in milk chocolate shavings – what a pleasure.
Top Tip – Making ganache seems to be a hit and miss affair with me, my ganache splits as often as it doesn't. I learnt that the varying temperatures of ingredients and implements might be one of the causes. This could explain why it happens so often to me; it goes back to my kitchen again where the cold implements probably give the ganache an unwelcome shock. We were told there are two ways of rescuing split ganache: 1) cool the mixture and whisk with a balloon whisk, 2) add a little additional hot cream to the mixture and whisk with a balloon whisk. As it happened, the ganache Tom was making split and he was then able to demonstrate the first method – to my amazement, it worked.
I have yet to put the tips I learnt into practice, but I'm actually looking forward to my next tempering experience. As I suspected, my kitchen makes working with chocolate particularly difficult as it is usually too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer; the ideal working conditions are a temperature between 18C and 20C and a humidity of less than 70%.
Working in the studio was a feast for the eye, beautifully crafted chocolates, Easter eggs, and decorated cakes covered virtually every surface. The massive tray of melted chocolate was so inviting I just wanted to dive straight in. How Nicky and Tom remain slim is a mystery, although they did say something about intensive workouts. I must try this myself.
Thanks to Nat for organising the course. Getting five busy bloggers and a journalist to agree on a date which would fit in with Nicky and Tom was quite a feat in itself. Thanks also to Sadie who kindly allowed me to use some of her photographs – she's a much better photographer than me. And of course thanks to Nicky and Tom who generously gave of their time, expertise and chocolate.
I've also been too intimidated to try this. After reading 'Chocolat,' the desire was strong but alas, I fear it will be a disaster! How brave of you!
Excellent write up! So glad we managed to find a day everyone could do… Look forward to hearing how your next chocolate making attempt goes, hopefully all the tips will help!
I can never be bothered to temper my own chocolate – I'd rather spend the time baking and leave it up to the professionals with so many gorgeous shops in London. That said, I'm sure people say that about cakes and baking too!
This looks like a fab course – if I'm ever in your part of the world I may just have to book myself in!
Very informative and interesting post. I see, there is often a lot more to it doing things right.


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Inosemzewo () ist eine Siedlung städtischen Typs in der nordkaukasischen Region Stawropol in Russland mit  Einwohnern (Stand ).

Geografie
Die Siedlung liegt am Nordrand des Großen Kaukasus knapp 200 Kilometer südöstlich der Regionshauptstadt Stawropol am Oberlauf kleinerer rechter Zuflüsse der Kuma.

Unmittelbar westlich von Inosemzewo erhebt sich der 1400 Meter hohe Berg Beschtau, südlich der 993 Meter hohe Maschuk. Gut fünf Kilometer südwestlich von Inosemzewo liegt die Großstadt Pjatigorsk.

Inosemzewo gehört zum Stadtkreis des acht Kilometer nordwestlich gelegenen Schelesnowodsk und hat letzteres mittlerweile in der Bevölkerungszahl überholt.

Geschichte
1802 wurde das von Tataren, Kabardinern und Abasinen bewohnte Dorf Karras an Stelle des heutigen Inosemzewo erstmals von den schottischen Missionaren Henry Brunton und Alexander Paterson in Begleitung des Susu Jellorum Harrison (aus dem heutigen Guinea) besucht. Diese gründeten hier mit Erlaubnis des Zaren Alexander I. 1806 eine Missionssiedlung, um die ansässigen moslemischen Einwohner zum Christentum zu bekehren. Die Mission bestand bis 1835 und nannte sich offiziell Schotlandskaja kolonija (Schottische Kolonie), umgangssprachlich Schotlandka, eine Bezeichnung, die auch später noch benutzt wurde.

Bereits ab 1809 trafen zudem die ersten wolgadeutschen Umsiedler ein. 1819 gründeten diese in der Nähe eine selbständige Kolonie mit Namen Nikolajewskaja. In Folge stellten Deutsche den weitaus größten Teil der Einwohner der beiden Siedlungen.

Bald wurden die beiden deutschen Siedlungen zu beliebten Ausflugsorten für die Kurgäste aus dan nahen Heilbädern Pjatigorsk und Schelesnowodsk. Hier weilten u. a. die Dichter Alexander Puschkin und Michail Lermontow. Lermontow verbrachte hier im Kaffeehaus der Deutschen Gottlieb und Anna Roschke den Abend vor seinem Duelltod am Berg Maschuk 1841.

Im September 1941 wurden die deutschen Einwohner der Siedlungen (zu diesem Zeitpunkt 90 Prozent der Bewohner) in den asiatischen Teil der Sowjetunion deportiert.

1959 wurden Karras und Nikolajewka vereinigt und erhielten den Status einer Siedlung städtischen Typs. Gleichzeitig erfolgte die Umbenennung zu Ehren des Ingenieurs und langjährigen Direktors der Wladikawkaser, später Nordkaukasus-Eisenbahn und Initiatoren des Baus der Zweigstrecke nach Kislowodsk Iwan Inosemzew (1843–1913), welcher in seinen letzten Lebensjahren hier lebte.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Anmerkung: ab 1897 Volkszählungsdaten

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
Inosemzewo ist heute wie die umgebenden Städte hauptsächlich Erholungs- und Kurort, wenn auch weniger bedeutend und bekannt. Daneben gibt es Betriebe der Bauwirtschaft und der Lebensmittelindustrie.

Die Siedlung liegt an der Eisenbahnstrecke Mineralnyje Wody–Pjatigorsk–Kislowodsk (Stationen Inosemzewo und Maschuk).

Durch Inosemzewo führt die Fernstraße M29 Rostow am Don–aserbaidschanische Grenze.

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Police kill Reynaldo Parojinog and wife in drug raid
Ozamiz city mayor was among list of officials publicly shamed last year by President Duterte of being linked to drugs.
Philippine police have reported killed nearly 3,200 people in drug raids since June 2016 [File: Francis R Malasig/EPA]
Phillippine police have killed a city mayor, his wife and 10 others during a series of pre-dawn anti-drug raids in the south, officials said.
Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of Ozamiz city, is the latest official to be killed since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a drug war.
Officers were to serve warrants for the arrest of Parojinog, his daughter, and four other officials of Ozamiz city when they allegedly opened fire on Sunday.
READ MORE: Philippine police 'dumping bodies' of drug war victims
The officers were "met with volleys of fire from [the mayor's] security, prompting the Philippine National Police personnel to retaliate," Chief Superintendent Timoteo Pacleb said in a statement.
Parojinog was among the more than 160 officials Duterte publicly linked to drugs in August last year as part of a shame campaign.
Parojinog's wife, a provincial board member who was also a relative, and four security guards of the family were among those also killed, Pacleb said.
Parojinog's daughter, Vice Mayor Nova Echaves, was arrested.
WATCH: Philippines - Family of slain Mindanao mayor demand answers (2:09)
Officers recovered grenades and ammunition, as well as illegal drugs, in the raid, according to police provincial chief Jaysen De Guzman.
Parojinog, who also faced corruption charges, had denied any links to illegal drugs.
He becomes the third mayor to be killed in Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs, which has left more than 3,000 dead since June 2016 and drawn wide criticism by human rights groups.
In November 2016, police officers killed Rolando Espinosa, the mayor of Albuera town, shooting him inside a jail cell in the central province of Leyte.
A week before that, Samsudin Dimaukom, the mayor of the southern town of Saudi Ampatuan, was killed in a gun battle at a police checkpoint on suspicion he and his security personnel were transporting illegal drugs, authorities said.
UPFRONT: Duterte's drug war won't save the Philippines (2:33)
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A group of students from the Master of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of the University of Adelaide has participated to an outreach urban design studio in Port Augusta, between the 19th and 23rd of September 2016. The studio was aimed at developing designed proposals and a public space regeneration strategy for the CBD areas of Port Augusta. The projects were based on studies and researches developed last year during a similar study program and were focusing on five main themes: green resilience, uses and no-uses, heritage and memory, water and energy, community and culture. The students presented the researches and the design proposals during two meetings with local stakeholders and the representatives of the residents, including a group of elders from the Aboriginal community. Mayor Sam Johnson and Community Planner Tung Pham have been also attending the workshops. The program was funded by the Indigenous Course Enrichment Project of the Faculty of Professions, supported by the Wirltu Yarlu office, University of Adelaide, and the Port Augusta Council.
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Q: Change background color of Colorbox using JS, based on Node ID? I have a Drupal site which uses Views to show a list of nodes, which when clicked, is shown in a Colorbox.
Now, I'm trying to change the background color of this Colorbox, and it should be different depending on which node the user clicked on.
I'm trying to follow this example: http://jsfiddle.net/UFtrK/112/ ;
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The Monkeys have been named as a finalist in the NSW Creative Achievement Awards.
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After Boar and his friends completed their mission, locating and stopping the prisoners who were trying to escape from Planet Alcatraz, few people doubted that Sergeant Hartman, one of the special agents who got lost during the initial infiltration, was dead. However, in reality Hartman was captured by a gang of criminals known as "Policemen", and brought to their outpost in the northern part of the planet. Now this trained military man must find a way to escape from their clutches and gain back his freedom. This sequel to Planet Alcatraz despite being a standalone game, it is highly similar to its predecessor, to the point of resembling an add-on. With the exception of one location, all explorable areas are the same as in the first game. The gameplay is nearly identical as well: visually resembling Neverwinter Nights 2, this role-playing game utilizes a Fallout-like skill system and overworld traveling, while opting for real-time-with-pause combat. The player starts with Hartman alone, but three other characters can join him over the course of the game. Differences include slightly improved graphics, tweaks applied to combat engine (e.g. player-controlled characters can now turn around and pick up dropped weapons automatically), random mobile encounters on the world map instead of pre-set ambushes, and a default mode that eliminates character creation, manual character-building, friendly fire, and a few other features. The player, however, can opt to switch to the more advanced mode when the game starts.
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Home » Newswire » Indigenous communities impose curfews, set up checkpoints to keep out COVID-19 – CBC
Indigenous communities impose curfews, set up checkpoints to keep out COVID-19 – CBC
Leaders concerned outsiders will bring virus into communities
Some Indigenous leaders in B.C. are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to minimizing the spread of COVID-19 within their communities.
The Witset First Nation has set up checkpoints outside of the community to monitor who goes in and out. Only members are allowed to enter the community, and they can only leave to go to work or pick up essential supplies.
"We have some [members] that didn't like it at first, but now they understand," said Lucy Gagnon, executive director of the Witset First Nation.
"I think more and more people are aware that we have to work together. Right now, it's just adding on a few minutes to your day to go to a checkpoint."
Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-curfews-checkpoints-1.5525078
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AFIMDA was established by concerned Americans dedicated to enhancing the public dialogue on comprehensive missile defense in Israel, and in the United States. AFIMDA recognizes that -- in the wake of the Second Lebanon War -- Israel faces a new, and unprecedented threat from missile attack by its neighbors, which raises serious concerns for the United States.
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Read on if you don't mind some relatively minor spoilers about Avengers: Age of Ultron. I won't be giving away any big surprises or major plot points, but nor can I promise to reveal nothing new about the content of the movie. So, the choice is yours!
With that warning duly given, the first point to make is that Avengers: Age of Ultron hits all the notes. If I had a serious criticism of its predecessor, Marvel's The Avengers, it was a certain tameness or going through the motions - a lack of felt danger - in the climactic battle scene where the Avengers take on Loki and the Chitauri. Loki is given a pretty good showing in that scene, but the Chitauri do not seem like worthy opponents for the Avengers. They appear hopelessly incompetent. Things are very different in the equivalent scene in Age of Ultron.
Once again, we are shown a climactic battle between the Avengers and a horde of enemies for them to smash - this time it's an army of robots animated by the malevolent artificial intelligence, Ultron. Once again, the good guys shine: we see what they can do when they truly unleash against their enemies. But the framing and handling of the scene are very different this time, building a sense of real danger. Unlike the Chitauri, Ultron appears truly intimidating, a genuine threat to the Avengers and the world, to the bitter end.
A movie like this thrives by breathing life into extraordinary characters, making them seem plausible, outrageous as they are with their fantastic back stories and their superhuman powers (even superheroes who are presented as, fundamentally, merely human, such as the Black Widow and Hawkeye, possess fighting skills and other abilities beyond those we'd expect, in real life, of Olympic athletes). Age of Ultron is going to please fans because - as with The Avengers - it makes the characters live on the screen. It makes their powers seem real, and highlights their distinctive personalities and emotional drives, and, most notably, the fears that haunt them. It grants the heroes and the villains badass moments, never diminishes any of them, and is (usually) highly respectful of the source material.
We are given some touching (in more ways than one) moments between the characters, and these are generally presented tactfully (though some viewers may find it a bit much when we're served up tender King Kong/Ann Darrow interactions between the Hulk and the Black Widow - oh well, they really didn't bother me, but they pushed the envelope of my tolerance just a little bit; with these scenes, your mileage may vary).
We are also treated to plenty of humour. I laughed aloud several times, although the comedy depended, in some cases, on extensive background understanding of the Marvel universe. That's fine: it rewards the long-standing fans. The comic effect often depends on masculine competitiveness between the heroes - something that is gently mocked. At one point, Iron Man/Tony Stark even gets into a bragging match with Thor about the respective merits of their girlfriends, Pepper Potts and Jane Foster (it's refreshing, though, that the merits in question relate to the absent women's intellectual accomplishments, rather than their physical beauty).
Age of Ultron could easily have been a technophobic movie, based as it is on the creation of a powerful and inimical artificial intelligence. To my relief, it doesn't play like that.
I owe the media critic J.P. Telotte the insight that seemingly technophobic science fiction tends to find a place within its value set for the technology that it simultaneously presents as frightening. Age of Ultron is a fairly extreme example, since the general direction is far more technophilic than technophobic. The technophobia/technophilia theme comes to the surface - it is made explicit - at one point in a debate between Tony Stark and Bruce Banner. Stark acknowledges that they are, from others' viewpoints, mad scientists, but he insists they must use their superscience skills to help the world and correct their own mistakes.


Ironcult » Inspiration » What, Women Lift Weights At Ironcult?
What, Women Lift Weights At Ironcult?
The adjoining video, which was filmed in the gym yesterday is an example to show that even women can weight train. I know that many of you would be thinking that lifting weights by women folk is needless. You should know that weight training by far is one of the most efficient means for women to lose weight and be shapely. Moreover, women cannot build muscle the way men do. I have discussed about it several times earlier, and I would like to brief here that women lack the much needed hormone–testosterone–which they possess in a lesser degree in relation to men to build muscle.
I have been an aggressive proponent of weight training from the day I learnt that weight training when performed properly would benefit one and all. It was difficult to draw attention in the earlier days, as women never showed up in my gym, for aerobics seemed to be the rage. A noticeable number of women now frequent the gym, and many of them continue to reap the benefits of weight training.
For example, Madhuri and Roopa, who feature in the video frequent the gym earnestly. They both have lost considerable amount of fat in the recent times. By the way, as you can see in the video they have approximately deadlifted–trap bar–180 pounds including the bar.
PS: If permitted, I would like to post their before and after pictures in the coming days.
Excellent effort by the ladies.
I think you should highlight the fact that no straps were used as well.
One thing from the video was i felt the ladies should be squatting a bit more at the bottom of the lift.
Especially the second person it looked more towards a stiff legged lift.
Keep up the hard work!! You will get there!!
Yeah, Sujay, they have to squat more. It was quite heavy for them. You know that when the bar is heavy the technique may have some glitches. Anyway, thanks for the appreciation. It will be better if you can post your comment in the blog. These ladies will feel glad.
Great going Madhuri and Roopa!!!
Truly inspiring video!! It is not that easy to lift such a heavy bar. They both have done a great job!!!
Hope I will also do it someday!!
Yeah, Deepthi, pretty soon you will be handling such weights.
Hay roopa, nice to see that.


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Science, the frog girls should actually kiss
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The UN has declared February 11th the International Day of Women and Girls in Science to promote female scientists and engage women in engineering, research, mathematics and technology. In celebration of this day, BBVA explains its passion for numbers in hopes of inspiring new generations.
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Where have all the women gone?
Alarming numbers of both men and women of prime working age (25-54 years old) have been exiting the labor force. There were 4.3 million more prime-age working people who opted out of the workforce in 2016 compared to 2000. The number of males age 25-54 not in the labor force has been increasing since the late 1970s, but the same couldn't be said of females until 2000. What is behind this historic break in the female labor force trend? To properly analyze the female labor force, it needs to be separated into different cohorts — married vs. unmarried, with children vs. without — since each of these groups exhibits different employment patterns and wage change.
If Marie Curie were still alive, she would surely be proud to see that nearly 30% of the students in technical degree programs are women. Recent years have brought significant progress, but the gender gap remains considerable in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
What can we do to engage women in sciences? To find out, we asked María José Jordá, industrial engineer and the Head of Customer Experience Transformation; Marisol Menéndez, also an industrial engineer and the Head of Open Innovation; Carmen López, a computer engineer and the Head of Architecture in the Engineering division; and Elena Karsheninnikova and María Hernández, both mathematicians and data scientists at BBVA Data & Analytics.
From above right to left: María Hernández, Carmen López, Marisol Menéndez, María José Jordá and Elena Krasheninnikova.
They all chose their careers because they felt it was their calling and being a minority never seemed like a problem to them – not even being the only woman in class, which happened to Carmen López, when she chose to specialize in hardware. Having few female colleagues in class led to great friendships that she still maintains to this day. Only María José Jordá has a very precise memory of the first time she felt that being a woman could be a problem. In her final class at school, a teacher who was looking for students to work at an electronic company specifically asked women not to apply because the company only wanted men.
"I remember that after I heard those words I stopped listening for the next ten seconds. I couldn't understand someone not wanting me to work in their company because I was born a woman. That's when I realized that I would be a girl in a technical working world," Jordá reminisces. But that was not an obstacle for Jordá to start working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) shortly after finishing her degree. She considers the four years she worked there one of the best experiences of her life, although at first, her colleagues took her for a secretary. "Things changed over time. They talked to me about volts and amps. I felt just like everyone else, doing my part," she explains.
I remember that after I heard those words I stopped listening for the next ten seconds.
Knowing how to think
One thing these BBVA professionals have in common is their enormous passion for their work, science and numbers, which they say "teach you to think". "Although I don't use mathematics or mechanics on a daily basis, for me, the methods I have acquired to think and solve problems are the most important," Marisol Menéndez notes.
"Careers in science teach you ways to reason that can be applied to everyday life. They help you present arguments with logical reasoning. They're even useful for politics! It's very easy to see when someone is trying to convince you of something that's not true because they don't follow a logical sequence and make up a step along the way to get to the point that interests them," says María Hernández, who says that when she was little she preferred playing with the computer pieces her dad had around the house to build her own equipment over dolls or cars.
In addition to an analytical way to see life, sciences provide unconventional, well-paid work opportunities and make it easier to find a job. "I was professionally part of the creation of the internet and helped to make it accessible to Spanish society. That alone is the most rewarding regardless of the positions I have held," stresses Carmen López.
More experiments and fewer taboos
However, all of these advantages do not seem convincing enough. The question is, what can be done to get women to decide to kiss the so-called frog of the technical careers so they see it turn into something much better than a prince: a promising future.
The female voice of 'Data Science'
Of the 1,586 craters in the Moon named after scientists, only 28 of them have been named after a woman. A revealing figure to kick off the Women in Data Science (WiDS) event in Madrid, organized by Stanford University to promote women's work in a new field that is disrupting industries across the world.
Engaging girls in science through games and experiments is a priority. "We need practical activities in schools: experimenting, designing, and building something by hand or with technology. If you do it when you're little and play with it, it becomes a tool that you have on an everyday basis," reflects Menéndez.
But we also need to break down taboos. "There are stereotypes surrounding most careers. There's nothing wrong with programming on a black screen or writing mathematic formulas. I would like to encourage the girls who don't know the words program, compile or create a mathematic model to find out what they mean before closing the door to a world of opportunities. There are no limits or prejudices," says Elena Krasheninnikova, who says it was a teacher at school while she lived in Russia who inspired her. She showed Krasheninnikova the beauty of the laws of math and how they could be found in anything around you.
We need to shake the idea that math is boring and hard
"We need to shake the idea that math is boring and hard," adds María Hernández, her colleague at BBVA Data & Analytics. "In mathematics and science, the learning pace is much more diverse than other subjects. There are some students who will get it right from the start and others who have a harder time at first, but after that, it doesn't take as much effort. We have to support this second group so that they don't assume that sciences are hard," maintains Hernández, who also believes that calling everyone who likes technology a freak scares off girls.
Convincing girls to study technology and science is about more than making progress in the battle for equality. It's a challenge and a need for society as a whole, which will watch as the fourth industrial revolution brings increased demand for these professions.
"In ten years, 80% of jobs will require knowledge of technology – knowing how to developing and implement it. Are we going to live in a world where our daughters can't work? Parents, guardians, teachers and those committed to progress should foster environments where girls can try technology through workshops, contests and experiment days. We need the other half of the population to make the planet evolve," concludes Jordá.
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Family first for the late Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay
Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay was a humble man who was always focused on his family. Pic by NSTP/KHAIRULL AZRY BIDIN
By Teh Athira Yusof
October 19, 2017 @ 11:44pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay was a humble man who was always focused on his family.
Datuk Mark Yeoh said in his eulogy, his father was a selfless man, always teaching him and his siblings to put their family first.
"The last time I met him, which was last Thursday, was when we had dinner. He told me to take care of myself. He always took care of everybody else and made sure that we maintained our health," said Mark at his father's wake on Thursday.
"What I have learned from him is how important the unity of our family is. I have felt so much love from my siblings," the youngest of seven children said.
Mark noted that his father's passing came as a surprise to the family but he took comfort that his father is in a better place now.
He said that his father often spoke fondly of his friends and valued his friendships.
Datuk Yeoh Soo Keng added that the late billionaire had taught his children to be humble and resilient.
"He never treated us, daughters and sons, any differently. He always cared for us equally. He let me take up engineering since I had always wanted to pursue it," Soo Keng, the youngest daughter said.
She added that her father was unique as he only allowed his children to lead his company with him assisting them from behind the scenes.
She also said that her father took his job seriously especially as a philanthropist.
"Dad has touched many hearts but fulfilled his public duty attending events until we had to stop him due to his deteriorating health," she said.
Family, friends and acquaintances had come to pay their last respects to the late founder of YTL Group at the wake service held at the family's residence in Damansara Heights, where many spoke highly of the business mogul and prominent philanthropist, sharing stories of his humility and contributions to the society.
Federation of Malaysia Yang Association deputy president Datuk Yang Tian Pei said the passing of Yeoh is a great loss but his spirit will always be with them.
"The late Tan Sri was a very humble man and he cared greatly for the Chinese community especially when it comes to education.
"He was a good role model and contributed so much to society despite his busy schedule as a businessman," Yang said.
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"He was also a great mentor for entrepreneurs. According to him, not everything is about money. We were treated with humility and he never fails to ask me about my family," he said.
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Agriculture Entrepreneurship degree designed for next generation farmers
Sept. 28, 2021 LA GRANDE, Ore. – A year from now, the first cohort of Agriculture Entrepreneurship students will begin their studies at Eastern Oregon University.
Reflecting a major change in the national and international agricultural markets and the trade of agricultural products, this unique undergraduate degree program will equip the next generation of food producers to find success across this essential industry.
"Entrepreneurship refers to the ability to problem solve to prosper, manage and organize a new or existing business to earn profits," Dean of the College of Business Ed Henninger said. "Agricultural entrepreneurship or agripreneurship refers to applying those same skills but to the unique production, marketing, and distribution needs of different agricultural products and services. Agricultural entrepreneurs bring unique insights and innovative thinking into growing a common vision for investment in their enterprise."
Agriculture is one of the largest employers in the country, and is integral to rural economic development in the many rural communities EOU serves. Agricultural entrepreneurship promises to improve the quality of life for families and individuals.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Agriculture Entrepreneurship Chad Mueller explains how, " this degree provides graduates with the tools to reinvigorate and sustain the small towns they hold dear."
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"The reality is that in ag you need to have both the business know-how, and fundamental science background," he said. "It's unique that we're balancing both science and business in this curriculum, and we anticipate developing much more balanced professionals."
The program includes courses on marketing, finance and human resources, as well as courses in biology, chemistry and intensive agriculture management. Leadership and experiential learning support and flow through both areas, Mueller said.
"They will put everything they learned into play," he said. "We expect active participation from these students as they build communication, problem-solving, planning, and decision-making skills. They'll be engaging with peers and industry professionals at the nexus of business, science and leadership."
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Agriculture Entrepreneurship opens for enrollment in Fall 2022. Learn more at eou.edu/agrient.
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Is political Islam dying?
Dec 20th, 2007 by MESH
From Hillel Fradkin
Jon Alterman, in a piece for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (also here), addresses what he sees as a growing number of obituaries for political Islam. Alterman's judgment about this trend is sober and reasonable: It is far too soon to tell. Although Alterman does not cite by name those who anticipate the impending death of political Islam, he does report their evidence. It consists chiefly in the travails of certain organizations—the Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD), the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF) and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood—during 2007. In the first two cases, Islamist parties failed to increase their electoral position in the Moroccan and Jordanian parliaments respectively. In the case of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the issuance of its new political program is regarded by him and others as a sign of internal disunity and thus an obstacle to the advance of their political fortunes.
As he might have said, this is far too short a period to reach a firm judgment about the future of these organizations, let alone the future of political or radical Islam. Indeed, since he cites the French scholar Olivier Roy, it is worth noting that he—as well as his French colleague Gilles Kepel—announced the death of political Islam more than 15 years ago in several publications. In this they proved to be extremely premature, and the same may well prove to be the case with current proponents of the demise of political Islam.
At all events there is much counter-evidence. As Alterman notes, whatever the organizational travails of the movement, the Muslim world is presently in the grip of a very powerful trend of a "return" to Islamic sensibility and practice. As he puts it, "A growing number of Muslims start from the proposition that Islam is relevant to all aspects of their daily lives, and not merely the province of theology or personal belief." Alterman defines this tendency as "neo-traditionalism" rather than as "traditionalism" simply.
This is a fair and proper distinction but it leads to a more trenchant conclusion than Alterman is willing to draw. For the proposition he cites is none other than the one propounded by political or radical Islam in all its forms from its effective beginning with the founding of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928. The fact that it is now widely embraced—its shorthand formula on the streets of the Muslim world is the slogan "Islam is the Solution"—demonstrates the enormous mass success that political or radical Islam has already achieved. It is true that various circumstances have contributed to the popularity of this view—for example the discrediting of various modern alternatives such as nationalism. But the embrace of this view would be inconceivable without the tireless work of political or radical Islam.
What are less clear are the issues surrounding the translation of political Islam's vision into actual political power and rule. There are, as Alterman notes, places where that has been accomplished and still exists—his examples are Iran, Gaza and Saudi Arabia. One might add Afghanistan under the Taliban, Sudan for a period, certain parts of Northern Nigeria, a near-triumph in Algeria in the 1990s and, for the moment, certain parts of Northwest Pakistan. Skeptics of the future of political Islam point to the unhappy experience of the inhabitants of countries and places now or recently under "Islamic" rule as a sign of the general incapacity of political Islam to provide "a coherent theory of governance."
But that has not prevented several "Islamic regimes" from maintaining themselves in power. Nor has the experience of such regimes prevented people in other parts of the Muslim world from seeking to emulate them in some fashion or other. In the latter case, the failures of political Islam may often be attributed to the abiding power of autocratic regimes and their disinclination to surrender control to Islamist (or any other) alternative form of rule.
Indeed, the criteria—"tolerance," "dealing with difference"—by which Alterman and others seek to define the deficiencies and weakness of contemporary political Islam belong to Western conceptions of the requirements of politics. The absence of these concerns may well be deficiencies. But that they will constitute a weakness for political Islam is less clear.
The most recent and clearest example of this ambiguity was provided by a case cited by Alterman: the program announced by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. According to unnamed observers, this program was evidence that the "group was beset by intellectual contradictions and infighting." Exactly what they meant is not indicated. But one is entitled to guess that they are referring to the fact that the Brotherhood leadership rejected the desire of some members to put forward a more "liberal" vision of governance in Egypt and effectively affirmed its past positions, prescribing a government which would implement Sharia and place non-Muslim Egyptians in a somewhat inferior political status.
It is not at all clear that this decision bespeaks a weakness in the Brotherhood even if it was preceded by an internal debate. Still less is it a sign of intellectual contradictions. For the Brotherhood maintained the coherence of its ideology as first laid down by its founder Hasan al-Banna. And it is this vision, and what has followed from it, to which the Brotherhood attributes its success to date, and through which it apparently believes it will continue to progress towards its goals. It is not easy to say that the Brotherhood, rather than the skeptics, is wrong.
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on 02 Jan 2008 at 5:40 pm1 Jon Alterman
Thanks to Hillel for such a thoughtful post. One (but by no means the only) obituary for political Islam was written by my friend Khalil al-Anani, a talented and rising analyst in Egypt. You can read a version in English here. What is, unfortunately, not available in English, but is on Khalil's Arabic site, is the transcript of his 2.5-hour live chat via Islam Online, run by the major Brotherhood figure (and al Jazeera personality) Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi, also available here.
What becomes clear from Khalil's post and the questions he gets is the rich diversity within the Brotherhood, and the very real challenges to the old generation being waged by the new. I'd argue, in fact, that there are three fairly distinct generations at work in the Egyptian Brotherhood now—roughly the eighty-somethings, the forty-somethings, and the twenty-somethings. Each has a distinct approach. Going beyond Egypt, Brotherhood offshoots in the Levant, the Gulf and elsewhere all proclaim their basic fealty to Banna, but each has (at least one) distinctive take on his legacy.
One can certainly select Brotherhood texts and point out their roots in the thinking of Hassan al-Banna in Ismailiya sixty years ago. After all, it is association with Banna's work that gives today's theoreticians and practitioners credibility and authenticity. However, arguing that the Brotherhood across space and time continues to maintain a coherent ideology is, it seems to me, a stretch. Successful political movements are dynamic and adaptive, as the Brotherhood has been. They also tend to run out of steam. It is not at all clear to me that the Brotherhood has done so, and much less that political Islam is on its last legs.
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Painted Leaf
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Painted leaf, photographed at Pawpaw Natural Area, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach County, in March 2014.
Painted leaf, Euphorbia cyathophora, is also known as wild poinsettia, and if you take a close look at the plant — the shape of the leaves, the colorful bracts and the flowers — you'll see the similarities with the domesticated plant that adds so much to the holiday season.
And if the physical resemblance isn't enough to convince you of the relationship, consider this: one of Its alternative scientific names is Poinsettia cyathophora.
Painted leaf is Florida native and a common one at that, found in most of the state, and pretty much every county from Alachua south to the Keys. It's found throughout much of the United States as far north as Minnesota and on both coasts. It's also native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and South America. Painted leaf is also grows in the Pacific and Indian Ocean basins, Asia and Australia, both as a cultivated plant and as a naturalized weed.
It's also related to the scourge known as fiddler's spurge, but painted leaf has a slightly more benign reputation. Both are sometimes called wild poinsettia, and both are often confused with each other. Fiddler's spurge, however, lacks painted leaf's colorful bracts.
Painted leaf can be more than three feet tall, with a thin stem. Leaves can vary in shape and are clustered at the top, along with the flower parts. The flowers themselves aren't much to look at, but they are surrounded by those bright reddish orange bracts.
Habitats include hammocks, pinelands, clearings and disturbed areas such as roadsides.
Painted leaf also has a poisonous milky sap that can irritate the skin. Some of its cousins are known to kill grazing animals and there's some fear that they might be cancer-causing as well. But little is known about the harmful potential of our guy. The odd thing with painted leaf is the sap contains agents that have been shown in lab tests to aid in healing wounds. According to a 2014 study done at a university in India, researchers found that painted leaf had both antibacterial and antifungal potential, including against both staph and salamonella germs. In the same study, an ointment prepared from painted leaf extracts aided in healing by reducing scarring.
It is used in gardens as an accent plant, but it can be overly aggressive. It can be grown from cuttings or seeds, and once established it will self-seed. Butterflies are attracted to the flowers; it is a host plant for the Ello sphinx moth. It's so aggressive, that in parts of the Pacific and Indian oceans, it has become a highly invasive pest, particulary in Australia and Fiji. It quickly spreads and can dominate an area, outcompeting natives for nutrients, water and space.
Other common names include fire-on-the-mountain, painted leaf spurge. Both painted leaf and fiddler's spurge are members of the spurge, or Euphorbiaceae, family. All members of the family have that latex sap, and most are poisonous, but some are also useful. The family produces rubber, castor and tung oils, and tapioca.
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