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Q: Oracle.EntityFrameworkCore 3.19 Mapping to a view I am trying to map to a view with latest EF Core provider for Oracle
This is my view
create view samson.CustomersContacts as
select c.ID       CustomerId,
   c.NAME     CustomerName,
   ctype.NAME CustomerType,
   ct.NAME    ContactName,
   ct.EMAIL   ContactEmail,
   ct.PHONE   ContactPhone
from CUSTOMER c
     left outer join CUSTOMER_TYPE ctype on c.CUSTOMER_TYPE_ID = ctype.ID
     left outer join CUSTOMER_CONTACT_MAP map on c.id = map.customer_id and map.CONTACT_TYPE_ID =  1
     left outer join CUSTOMER_CONTACT ct on ct.ID = map.CONTACT_ID
 order by c.NAME;

In my DbContext
 protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder b)
    {
        b.HasDefaultSchema("SAMSON");
        b.Entity<CustomersWithPrimaryContacts>().HasNoKey().ToView("CustomersContacts");
    }

This should work, but I get the error
    Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Client.OracleException : ORA-00942: tabel eller view findes ikke
    at OracleInternal.ServiceObjects.OracleConnectionImpl.VerifyExecution(Int32& cursorId, Boolean     bThrowArrayBindRelatedErrors, SqlStatementType sqlStatementType, Int32 arrayBindCount,  OracleException& exceptionForArrayBindDML, Boolean& hasMoreRowsInDB, Boolean bFirstIterationDone)
   at OracleInternal.ServiceObjects.OracleCommandImpl.VerifyExecution(OracleConnectionImpl connectionImpl, Int32& cursorId, Boolean bThrowArrayBindRelatedErrors, OracleException& exceptionForArrayBindDML, Boolean& hasMoreRowsInDB, Boolean bFirstIterationDone)
   at OracleInternal.ServiceObjects.OracleCommandImpl.ExecuteReader(String commandText, OracleParameterCollection paramColl, CommandType commandType, OracleConnectionImpl connectionImpl, OracleDataReaderImpl& rdrImpl, Int32 longFetchSize, Int64 clientInitialLOBFS, OracleDependencyImpl orclDependencyImpl, Int64[] scnForExecution, Int64[]& scnFromExecution, OracleParameterCollection& bindByPositionParamColl, Boolean& bBindParamPresent, Int64& internalInitialLOBFS, OracleException&  exceptionForArrayBindDML, OracleConnection connection, OracleLogicalTransaction&  oracleLogicalTransaction, IEnumerable`1 adrianParsedStmt, Boolean isDescribeOnly, Boolean isFromEF)
   at Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Client.OracleCommand.ExecuteReader(Boolean requery, Boolean  fillRequest, CommandBehavior behavior)
    at Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Client.OracleCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
   at Oracle.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.Internal.OracleRelationalCommandBuilderFactory.OracleRelationalCommandBuilder.OracleRelationalCommand.ExecuteReader(RelationalCommandParameterObject parameterObject)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Internal.QueryingEnumerable`1.Enumerator.InitializeReader(DbContext _, Boolean result)
   at Oracle.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.Internal.OracleExecutionStrategy.Execute[TState,TResult](TState state, Func`3 operation, Func`3 verifySucceeded)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Internal.QueryingEnumerable`1.Enumerator.MoveNext()
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 collection)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at Samson.Test.Integrations.FrontPageQuery.GetCustomersWithPrimaryContactsIfAny() in C:\Projects\samson\Samson\Samson.Test\Integrations\FrontPageQuery.cs:line 22

Maybe it's a bug in the current provider.
I am using Oracle db v. 12.2

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One of the most desirable spots on the outskirts of Leeds, Adel is only around four miles from the centre of West Yorkshire's biggest city. A little more than double that to Bradford, new homes in Adel are around a 20-minute drive from Harrogate and also close to other Yorkshire favourites like Huddersfield and York.
With Leeds Bradford Airport close by for those holidays abroad, as well as a range of local golf clubs, you can also make the most of Golden Acre Park on the edge of town and head north to explore Nidderdale. All of this is on your doorstep with our developments closest to Adel, shown below.
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With Bedquilts Recreation Ground and York Gate Garden close to your home in Adel, Golden Acre Park, Breary Marsh and Adel Dam Nature Reserve are only a short walk north. A selection of golf clubs make good use of the pretty local setting, while EccupReservoir is also nearby. If you're feeling adventurous, you can head further from town to explore Otley Chevin Forest Park and the Yorkshire Dales.
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Q: Unable to use 'NSKeyValueObservation' in Swift Docker 5.1.3 I am attempting to use NSKeyValueObservation in a Swift executable I am running on Docker. I am using the following swift version: 5.1.3
I stripped down everything and I literally just declare in main.swift:
var observer: NSKeyValueObservation?

The error returned is:
/package/Sources/TestPackage/main.swift:30:19: error: use of undeclared type 'NSKeyValueObservation'
    var observer: NSKeyValueObservation?

Since the error does not occur locally, my hunch is that Docker is running linux and linux doesn't know about NSKeyValueObservation but this isn't documented anywhere. If so, how do I get around this issue?
The relevant Docker version information is:
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           19.03.5
 API version:       1.40
 Go version:        go1.12.12
 Git commit:        633a0ea
 Built:             Wed Nov 13 07:22:34 2019
 OS/Arch:           darwin/amd64
 Experimental:      false

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          19.03.5
  API version:      1.40 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.12.12
  Git commit:       633a0ea
  Built:            Wed Nov 13 07:29:19 2019
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v1.2.10
  GitCommit:        b34a5c8af56e510852c35414db4c1f4fa6172339
 runc:
  Version:          1.0.0-rc8+dev
  GitCommit:        3e425f80a8c931f88e6d94a8c831b9d5aa481657
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.18.0
  GitCommit:        fec3683

A: Your hunch is correct.  NSKeyValueObservation relies on the Objective-C runtime, which does not exist on non-Darwin platforms.  You will need to use an alternative, such as some flavor of Rx.


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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an exhausting experience. It's an assault on the senses, a visual blur of incomprehensible, never-ending action. It's like standing in the middle of a dust storm and opening your eyes to let the grit pour in. Car parts fly around the screen as if in a scrap metal tornado, a tornado which we're told is a group of robots beating the hell out of each other, but without a pause button it's impossible to comprehend where one robot's fist ends and the other's face begins.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an exhausting experience. It's an assault on the senses, a visual blur of incomprehensible, never-ending action. It's like standing in the middle of a dust storm and opening your eyes to let the grit pour in. Car parts fly around the screen as if in a scrap metal tornado, a tornado which we're told is a group of robots beating the hell out of each other, but without a pause button it's impossible to comprehend where one robot's fist ends and the other's face begins. It is of course accepted practice that any sequel must take everything the original did and make it bigger, faster, and more explosive. Revenge of the Fallen does that and takes it much, much too far.
This is probably a good time for a positioning statement. I'm not some critical snob who sneers at Michael Bay movies and only gives good reviews to films in which people stand around talking. I grew up with the Transformers, I love the Transformers, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I loved the first movie… Michael Bay mega-ego and all. By using the simple, somewhat universal story of a boy and his first car as a starting point, Transformers connected with the audience and drew us in. Perhaps even more importantly in this kind of film, the action was exciting, interesting, and in its own way innovative.
Enter the sequel. Remember all those minor problems in the first one? Sometimes the camera would move too fast or occasionally our view would be too zoomed in to really tell what was going on. Or what about those random subplots involving Jon Voight and the world's hottest computer nerd, which never really went anywhere? Take all of those flaws, make an entire movie out of them, and you'll have the sequel. Where the original film was held together by the simple notion of a boy and his car, the sequel is all over map. There's Sam, back again and off to college. That would have been the perfect thing to hang this movie on, the idea of a kid growing up, leaving home, and becoming a man. Revenge of the Fallen explores that for all of five seconds before yanking Sam off on some endless chase across the desert in pursuit of we don't really know what to stop some vague, ancient, evil Autobot nemesis.
Truthfully the plot is impossible to sum up. Suffice to say there are bad robots and there are good robots and Sam Witwicky is the key to which side will end up winning. Sam brings his girlfriend along with him, for no particular reason other than that she's Megan Fox and she's really hot. Fox's character in this film couldn't be more superfluous. After the first hour or so she serves no purpose in the story and if Sam were even a halfway decent boyfriend he would long ago have forced her to go home rather than repeatedly throwing her in the face of machine gun fire. The film's robot side characters rarely receive any better treatment than their human counterparts. Jetfire, a fan favorite from the cartoons, is introduced and gets a fully fleshed out storyline, but with the exception of Optimus and Bumblebee everyone else is merely background noise. Characters step on screen to take the spotlight and then suddenly vanish for no particular reason, never to be seen again.
Luckily the impotence of most of the movie's supporting cast is rendered all but irrelevant since so little of the film is devoted to character development. Mostly it's two and a half hours of non-stop, absolutely endless action action action. There's not a five minute stretch in the entire film that isn't filled with guns being fired, metal colliding with metal, and buildings being blown to hell. Unfortunately at no point in this violence fog is it ever entirely clear what's going on. There's a decent sequence towards the middle of the film in which Optimus single-handedly takes on three Decepticons. It's fun, but that's the last fun to be had in the movie as it quickly devolves into characters, both human and alien, standing around in the desert and shooting endlessly at each other.
You'll see robots grappling, blasting, screaming… but most of the time you won't know which robots are screaming or shooting or dying or grappling. The first movie at least had the decency to give some of the main transformers names, gave us a few minutes to see them and figure out what each different character looked like. The sequel has dozens and dozens of basically interchangeable robots who exist primarily as cannon fodder to get shot, fall down, and then be replaced by another robot who magically falls out of the sky and looks pretty much the same.
This isn't a just problem of the way Bay chose to edit Revenge of the Fallen, but also in the way most of the transformers are constructed. When they change into their robot forms they're all crevices and creases and gears and constantly changing parts. They're all extremely complicated designs. It's not the sort of thing you can see flash in front of the camera for only a microsecond, and still understand exactly what it is that you're looking at. Bay though, treats them as if they're all basic flat surfaces and flashes past robots in battle as if we already know what each bot looks like and so he doesn't really need to waste much time showing it.
It's actually a huge relief when the robots transform into their vehicle mode, since it allows you to stop straining and struggling to figure out what that is flailing around in front of you. When they're in their vehicle modes you can sit back, relax and whisper to your friend "oh yeah, that was Bumblebee all along". Except you should have known it was Bumblebee all along, otherwise how do you know what's going on? It's frustrating and burdensome, laboring to figure out what that is in front of the camera when you should be sitting back, relaxing, and enjoying.
It's almost as if standard film projectors aren't up to displaying the level of detail Bay uses in his action sequences or keeping up with the speed at which he runs them, and so it all ends up as a useless battle haze. Worst of all, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen clocks in at over two and a half hours. It's unforgivably long and a brutally tiring, unrewarding experience; a torrent of random action thrown up against the screen without purpose or thought for the audience sitting there watching it.
This time Michael Bay has gone too far. While it's hard not to be at least a little impressed with the sheer volume of effects wizardry going on here, and while fans will almost certainly still find something to love simply in seeing their favorite characters back up on screen, it's hard to consider Revenge of the Fallen anything but a failure. What should have been the ultimate summer spectacle is the ultimate in blockbuster over-indulgence, an already excess prone director given too much freedom and too much money to do everything he wants all at once. Someone put a muzzle on Michael Bay, before he eats his audience.
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Ribbons in remembrance of S. Africa's virus dead
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South Africans mourn their coronavirus dead in many ways, but one of the country's most poignant memorials is a simple display of ribbons tied to a church fence in Johannesburg.
Blue and white ribbons flutter from the fence surrounding St James Presbyterian Church in the suburb of Bedford Gardens, providing a striking visual reminder of just how many South Africans have died from the virus.
Each blue ribbon represents ten victims, and each white ribbon represents one.
The church fence isn't big enough to keep pace, so officials have resorted to tying ribbons on both sides of the railings.
"When motorists stop to ask why we're putting up ribbons, we tell them that it's to pay respects to those who have been affected by that worldwide virus," explained church caretaker Rhudzani Makuya.
While each death is first and foremost a calamity for family and friends left behind, it often has an economic impact too.
Thoko Ramutlalani from Soweto is still mourning her mother, who died from the virus four months ago.
But Ramutlalani, who's unemployed and has three children, is also struggling financially as a result.
"My mom was the one who did everything for us around the house," she said. "I'm struggling without her. Now I have to find a way to get food for us," she said.
South Africa's death toll now stands at more than 89,000 - the highest in the whole of Africa.
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1916 The Irish Rebellion ›
Why this Story
With the centenary of the Rising in 2016, it is timely to take a fresh look both at the events themselves and their significance in world history.
"We aim in the series to present this pivotal historical event to a broad audience in an accessible manner that is both serious and informative but also highly visual and evocative," says Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, the Thomas J. and Kathleen M. O'Donnell Chair of Irish Language and Literature at the University of Notre Dame, who conceived of, wrote, and produced the documentary.
"The 1916 Irish Rising is not only an event with historical and current ramifications, it is also a story of real men and women, people of flesh and blood who participated or witnessed epoch-making events, with many leaving first-hand accounts of their experiences. This is a specific story but one with universal echoes. It is a story of heroism and of cowardice, of moral courage and of venality, of mercy and of cruelty, of victory and defeat. These very human stories are at the heart of history, and as Ken Burns showed to incredible effect in The Civil War and The War, they provide a means of bringing serious historical issues to a broad audience in a way which deepens historical, cultural but also human understanding."
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How our building supplies and acoustic fencing business came about
Poly-Tek Australia Pty Ltd are a family owned and operated manufacturing business, based in Brisbane. Poly-Tek was formed in 2003 by a team with over 40 years' experience and expertise in the building industry.
We began by providing labour and expertise in cutting marine, road, bridge, and other building materials from polystyrene, for one of Australia's leading polystyrene plants. We then acquired Polyurethane spraying equipment and branched out into supplying the building and constructions industries with various 'render style' coated building products.
What makes us experts in rendered building products such as acoustic fencing, retaining walls, Letterboxes, Sun Hoods, flooring & external cladding.
Poly-Tek is now one of the most trusted and recognised names in the manufacture and supply of Pre Rendered building products and modular acoustic fencing in Australia. In our hometown of Brisbane, we are the 'go-to' company for suppling builders, mining sites, government departments, and domestic clients with simple to install, cost effective product solutions.
Neil Allen – Managing Director
Neil has owned 3 small businesses over the past 25 Years, starting with a successful startup and sale of an individual off premise licensed liquor shop. He then successfully operated a Capt'n Snooze franchise for a period of 3 years during which it became the number one store in Queensland.
After selling the franchise Neil moved into the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) industry where he has been involved with all facets of production from the moulding of the EPS to the production of the end products. Suffice to say he is extremely knowledgeable and credible in this industry.
For the past 14 years Neil has been Managing Director of Poly-Tek encompassing sales, management and new product implementation.
Jim Garrow – Director
For the past 14 years Jim has been responsible for Financial Control and Product & Equipment Development at Poly-Tek and he brings many years of experience in these areas.
For the proceeding 10 years Jim held the role of Chief Financial Officer & Operations Manager of J.L Leutenegger Pty Ltd which is a subsidiary of the publicly listed company HGL Limited. J. Leutenegger's turnover was $20m with more than 30 staff under Jim's direct control.
Natasha Allen – National Marketing Manager
Natasha has been in the role of National Marketing Manager for the past 14 years.
Natasha has over 20 years' experience in sales with her previous position being National Major Accounts Manager at CSI Doors (now B&D Doors). This role saw her dealing and having strong business relationships with owners and high-level managers of Australia's top 10 building companies.
Through these relationships and contacts Poly-Tek were able to get a strong foothold into the competitive residential building industry including acoustic fencing amongst other products.
We have a valued team of long term employees who are all specialists in their roles and whom we consider family.
In November 2017 we are excited, through our continued growth and success, to be moving into a modern 3000 m² factory at Acacia Ridge.
For provide quality building products including acoustic fencing, call our Brisbane office Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 4:00pm.
Call Us on 07 3323 3666 or contact us using the form below. Order a Poly -Tek fence this month and receive a $100 Bunnings gift card.
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To our valued users:
YOU make it possible for us to do what we do. That's why we want to do the best we can for you as well. The amount of support and progress that we have made in recent weeks have been both exciting and motivating. With the first round of beta users on the app, we have been taking your feedback and using it to improve our product. We have been working extremely hard on our product so that it is both functional and visually appealing!
Since our first beta launch, we have added improvements in the first two weeks of updates. These include visual updates on the general design of the application as well as functional changes. With every update we aim to improve the capabilities of our platform from simple interactions to never before seen features! Our Development Team has been hard at work building this app from scratch and we are only getting better from here.
In addition to app updates, as a team, we have progressed as well. We are extremely happy to announce that we have been accepted into the Go Stage of IDEA: Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator! This opportunity has granted us a great number of resources, one of which includes $30,000 in Gap Funding! With this milestone, we have been connected with the Venture Mentoring Network, and we will soon have an experienced mentor to help us move even further along on this journey! We want to use this chance to continue to improve ShowNxt and help you aspiring college soccer players to achieve your dreams.
Not only that, but we have also added two new members to our team who are incredibly passionate about what they do. Lynne Khouri has joined us as Head of Design to help develop our brand image and Rohil Javeri has joined our Development Team to assist in the continuous buildout of our product.
Further, as some of you may have noticed, we have begun building out our social media presence as well! On Instagram, we are seeing hundreds of users viewing our posts, and, on Joaquin Rodriguez' Top Bins Volley, we amassed over 1,000 views. This demonstrates to us that you guys are interested in this content and we will keep pushing to create a consolidated platform for your viewing pleasures!
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Alastair Gloag studied history at Nottingham University before training as a teacher. Through his career, Alastair has worked in selective, non-selective, single-sex and co-educational day and boarding school settings. Alastair has been the Head of Saint Christina's since September 2018.
You have been Headmaster at Saint Christina's since August 2018. Please tell us what attracted you to the school in the first place and what the biggest changes you have undertaken so far are.
It is easy to say that Saint Christina's felt special, but it just did. I have worked in six different schools, all of which have been for children aged 3-18, and they have all had their charms. However, there was an authenticity and warmth to Saint Christina's that was deeply attractive to me when I was invited to discuss taking up the role. It felt as if the school was serious about the business of 'growing children' and not just teaching them.
There have been some very big changes over the last two or so years. The first was being able, in September 2018, to confirm the decision to move from part to full co-education. Allied to this, and in line with our desire to make our co-educational offering the very best available, we have also made the decision to have two classes in each year group where we have traditionally had a single class. In order to achieve this, we have been exploring ways in which we can expand our capacity and I am delighted to say that we have been granted planning permission to replace our current EYFS classrooms with a new state of the art facility which will include lovely features including cooking, break out and enhanced outdoor learning areas. Above the EYFS area will be four new classrooms that will include outdoor learning spaces. So, at the end of the project, we will have an incredible new facility that will allow us to expand our provision and achieve our vision of providing the best co-educational prep school education that anyone will be able to find in Central London.
What future plans do you have for the school?
The plans that we have revolve around our decisions to go fully co-educational. We will see the main extension to the school completed by spring 2022 and we are really excited that we can achieve such a massive upgrade in such a short space of time and are already planning how we will kit everything out.
As part of our move to full co-education we have been keen to have a thorough deep review of the curriculum to ensure that it is as engaging, stretching, fun and ambitious as it should be for both boys and girls. Some of the more exciting headlines that have emerged from this review have been a new emphasis on STEM that has included an entirely new science curriculum, the introduction of numerous STEM, coding and robotics' clubs and, most recently, engineering, in the form of our Formula 1 in Schools provision.
We have been keen to explore the things that we might do from the perspective of the environment, to make the world a better place to live in. We began making and collecting 'Eco-bricks' just over a year ago, and on the back of that, were pleased to appoint Susannah Wheatcroft as 'Sculptor in Residence' in October 2020. She was commissioned to make a dolphin out of our 'Eco-bricks' and this has now been installed in the playground with the very simple message: "our single-use plastic is in our dolphin and not a real one." At the same time, we installed a green wall to underline our commitment to softening the space around the school. At the heart of these initiatives, however, has been a regard to 'Laudato Si'; the Pope's call for all people to become better stewards of the world that we all live in.
Taking things forward, we are currently engaging with students from Imperial College and with Westminster Council to look at ways we can both engage with, and set a template for other schools to engage with the issue of air quality. We understand that we can't change the whole world, but we believe we can change the 'world where we live' and if we can encourage a generation of children to think in a similar way, then we can make a very profound impact in time.
You have now gone fully co-ed. Why did you decide on that?
Saint Christina's has always been co-educational but you are right to say that people have generally perceived us as a girl's school because the boys used to leave at 7+. So our decision to go fully co-educational in 2018 is really the fulfilment of what we have always wanted to be: a school filled with happy, confident successful boys and girls.
Over my time in education, I have worked in both single-sex and co-educational settings and have always felt that whilst I have enjoyed all of the roles that I have had in the different schools, co-education reflects the world we live in. There is no widely respected body of research that can prove that single-sex schooling is better than co-educational. Most of the research that does exist to support the assertion has been written or commissioned by schools and organisations with an interest. It is certainly true that many of the schools at the top of league tables are single-sex, however, this is as much to do with a high level of selection and great teaching as much as the school being single-sex.
As a father of four children, I have made the decision to place my children in non-selective co-educational settings throughout their schooling and they have thrived both academically and socially. As a teacher, I have found that boys can be better boys when they are in a co-educational setting and that girls can be better girls simply because they are together.
What is the balance between boys and girls at Saint Christina's?
At the moment, over the whole school, the balance remains in favour of the girls, however, I am delighted to say that we will see our first cohort of boys move through into Year 3 in September 2021, so it is only a matter of time before we will be where we want to be. It is possible that boys may even marginally outnumber the girls in some of our lower years next September!
What do you do to prevent Year 5 and Year 6 from becoming too exam centric?
This is a great question because it is essential in the very competitive London 11+ environment that the children perform well at 11+. I think that we get a really good balance here because our outcomes have been excellent, however, I would be really sad if someone said that we achieved these outcomes by being an exam factory. The first thing that we do is to create a journey from Year 4 through to Year 6. There is a gradation of emphasis and concentration on the things that the children need to master well in the 11+ process. Our curriculum remains rich and broad with a strong emphasis on specialist subjects and the provision of lots of extra-curricular activities. English and Maths are prioritised so that every child in the School has an hour of each a day. In Year 5, our preparation becomes more focused and there are lots of opportunities to engage with learning outside of class time and through the holidays via online applications such as BOFA and the Atom Learning Platform. However, even at this stage, we ensure that the children are fully involved in all the things that a child should be able to do at this age, such as playing in sporting fixtures or take part in one of the many school instrumental groups. Most children sign up for a good number of clubs and activities after school which, I think, only helps.
I think too, that the emphasis we have on the development of the whole child and the time we spend thinking about who we are and how we might want to live also helps the children to feel confident, safe and mentally resilient at a time when they are under quite a bit of pressure.
What are your views on boarding? What type of student does it suit best?
As someone who has worked in three boarding schools, I guess I am always going to say that I think it's got its benefits; however, I would also say that it suits some children and not others. Boarding can be a really rich experience because there has to be a 24/7 provision and the children need to be kept active and engaged. There will normally be a very powerful provision in sport, music and drama, but beyond these, a very large range of activities that should ensure that every child finds something that they like. The boarding experience is great for character development too. The simple fact that children interact in a more independent way leads to the development of confidence and maturity.
In my experience, the children who thrive most in boarding schools are those who are prepared to throw themselves into everything that is going on. They should be comfortable in their own skin and have a level of confidence in themselves. Children who relate well to others and who want to make friendships settle in quickly. It probably goes without saying that the key to ensuring a good boarding fit with a child is to ensure that they want to be a boarder and that they are comfortable with the idea of being away from home.
Boarding in the 21st Century is different to the sort of experience that we might have had as parents, and children can opt for weekly and flexi boarding in addition to the traditional offering. I found, as the Head of a day and boarding school that day children who attended the school also benefited from the boarding provision. They would often opt into all sorts of different activities that might not have been provided within an exclusively day-school environment and many would find their day was long and rewarding without being resident. In addition to this, parents of day children who had need, could book their children in to board on an occasional basis – some even used the facility to take a mid-term break in the sun!
What does it mean to be a religious school these days?
Educating children in the Catholic tradition means being part of a warm, caring and compassionate community in which everyone is encouraged to think about others and care for our environment. Our core values are love, joy, peace, faithfulness, patience, goodness, gentleness, kindness and self-control, and these are what we seek to find in our daily lives in school. You only have to look at social media to see how easily people in society can slip into intolerant and abusive behaviour. I believe that our ethos gives us a reference point and an anchor to who we are and who we would like to be – and I truly believe that our community allows the children to grow in a safe and nurturing environment that allows them to express themselves in a way that they might not be able to if they did not feel so safe in doing so.
For families of different faiths or for those who are unsure of sending their child to a Catholic school, what would you say to them about applying to Saint Christina's?
Saint Christina's is a school that has, within its community, children from many different backgrounds and who practise their own faith. I suppose it might be easy to think that a Catholic school will want to set out to influence the children to a particular set of beliefs; however, that is not how it works and, it is not how we believe Christ operated when he had his ministry on earth. Christ took people where they were and he loved them. We are called to do the same. We do not set out to convert but we do pray. We say grace at dinner time to express our gratitude for the things that we have and could easily take for granted. We encourage the children to reflect and think about who they are and who they would like to be. We emphasise kindness and compassion and we would hope that these things are both desired and desirable to families, whatever their faith (or non-faith) might be. The fact that we have so many families who actively practise a different faith to our own within our community is a good signal that we achieving the right balance. I would say to any family who may want to understand what our being a Catholic school means, to come and speak with me directly and to come and see us.
What are the biggest challenges both parents and schools are facing right now when bringing up and educating children?
Aside from the pandemic, I think that a key challenge is the pace of change in the world that the children are growing up in. The reality is, that many of the jobs that the children who are currently at the beginning of the educational journey will go on to have, have probably not even been invented yet. The evolution of the technological world that the children already inhabit is rapid and it is essential that schools realise that children need an education that will develop them as flexible, agile, highly independent, analytical and confident learners. Schools need to adapt to the new world and ensure an educational provision that emphasises the powerful development of skill and character over an ability to know a lot about something and pass an exam. Easy access to all sorts of information and material through the internet and the influence and the power of social media in the development of the children around us is also very significant as parents and schools find that our voices are perhaps not as dominant in the formation of our children as they might have been in the past.
At last! An easy question! The children. Seeing them smile and enjoy school! When you work in a school as I do, the children accept you for what you are and no idea is too crazy, so we can achieve a lot of things in a day. My job is, quite simply, the best in the world.
Karin Thyselius is one of the Co-Founders of Magus Education. She is also a professional opera singer and has a particular interest in the crossroads of music and education.
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Die Gattung Ensete aus der Familie der Bananengewächse (Musaceae) ist mit etwa zehn Arten in Afrika und Asien verbreitet. Wegen ihrer Bedeutung für die Fasergewinnung wird die Art Ensete ventricosum, die Zierbanane, auch Abessinische Faserbanane genannt. Die Ensete-Pflanzen tragen keine essbaren Früchte.

Beschreibung
Die Ensete-Arten sind krautige, hapaxanthe Pflanzen. Sie bilden einen Scheinstamm aus den eng zusammenliegenden Blattbasen, der Scheinstamm ist an seiner Basis oft deutlich verdickt. Das Blatt setzt sich über einen Blattstiel fort zur länglichen Blattspreite.

Der Blütenstand besteht aus vielen, grünen, meist lange haftenden Brakteen. Sie stehen zuerst dicht rosettenförmig beieinander, im Laufe der Blütezeit streckt sich der Blütenstand und hängt über. An der Basis des Blütenstands befinden sich weibliche oder zwittrige Blüten, weiter vorne rein männliche. Die einzelne Blüte besteht aus zwei Tepalen: eines ist aus fünf Blütenblättern zusammengewachsen, sehr schmal und an der Spitze oft dreizähnig, das andere Blütenblatt ist meist breiter. Die Frucht ist eine ledrige, recht trockene Beere.

Verbreitung
Die meisten Ensete-Arten kommen in Afrika vor, einige auch in Asien. Das Hauptverbreitungsgebiet von Ensete ventricosum ist das Hochland des südlichen Äthiopien.

Nutzung
Vor allem Ensete ventricosum wird in Äthiopien vielfältig genutzt. Typisch ist die Ensetekultivierung vor allem für die folgenden ethnischen Gruppen: Gurage, Hadiyya, Silt'e, Sidaama, Wolaytta, Kambaata, Aari und Käfa. Genutzt wird nahezu jeder Bestandteil der Pflanze. Zur Ernährung dient die aus dem Scheinstamm, aus dessen verdickter Basis und aus der Knolle gewonnene Stärke. Pseudo-Stamm und Blattrippen liefern Fasern zur Herstellung von Seilen, Matten, Säcken.

Einige Ensete-Arten sind auch für Züchter von Dessertbananen von Interesse, da die weltweit angebauten Dessertbananensorten (Cavendish, Gros Michel u. a.) stark durch Pilzerkrankungen bedroht sind. In wildwachsenden Bananengewächsen erhofft man sich, eventuelle Resistenzgene gegen diese Pilzerkrankungen zu finden und diese dann in die kommerziell genutzten Bananensorten einzukreuzen oder einzubringen.

Systematik
Weltweit gibt es etwa zehn Arten, die nach ihrer Herkunft eingeteilt werden können:
Afrika
 Ensete gilletii  (wird auch als Synonym von Ensete livingstonianum  gesehen)
 Ensete homblei : Sie kommt von der Demokratischen Republik Kongo bis ins nördliche Sambia vor.
 Ensete livingstonianum : Sie kommt vom tropischen Westafrika bis Malawi vor.
 Ensete perrieri  – in Madagaskar endemisch, aber starke Ähnlichkeit zu Ensete glaucum
 Zierbanane oder Abessinische Banane (Ensete ventricosum ): Sie kommt von Äthiopien bis ins nördliche Südafrika vor.

Asien
 Schneebanane oder Elefantenbanane (Ensete glaucum : Sie kommt in zwei Varietäten von Nepal bis Neuguinea und dem Bismarck-Archipel vor.
 Ensete lecongkietii : Die 2012 erstbeschriebene Art kommt in Vietnam vor.
 Felsenbanane (Ensete superbum : Sie kommt im westlichen Indien vor.
 Ensete wilsonii  – Yunnan, China. Sie wird auch als Varietät Ensete glaucum var. wilsonii  zu Ensete glaucum gestellt.

Literatur
 Alke Dohrmann, Manfred Metz: Ensät. In: Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. 2: D-Ha. 2004, S. 316–318.
 Alke Dohrmann: Die Ensete-Gärten der Hadiyya in Süd-Äthiopien. Kulturelle Bedeutung einer Nahrungspflanze. Lit-Verlag, Münster 2004

Weblinks

 Steven A. Brandt, Anita Spring, Clifton Hiebsch u. a.:  The Tree Against Hunger. Enset-Based Agricultural Systems in Ethiopia. Hrsg.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington 1997. Einzelne Kapitel oder PDF-Datei; 1,7 MB
 Roger Blench: Enset culture and its history in highland Ethiopia. (PDF; 346 kB) Proceedings of the Cushitic and Omotic Conference, Leiden 10–12. April 2003. Erschienen in: Azeb Amha u. a. (Hrsg.): Omotic and Cushitic Language Studies. Rüdiger Köppe, Köln 2007

Einzelnachweise

Bananengewächse
Musaceae
Stärke als Thema

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January 25, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver
How often have you shaken your head in disbelief when learning that a decades-old, successful family-owned business has filed for bankruptcy protection, the result of decisions which were supposed to help it survive and keep the children at its helm?
It is a common reality, and, as Lyle Sussman, Ph.D. former Chairman and Professor Emeritus of Management, College of Business and Public Administration, at the University of Louisville observes, "There is a life cycle to any family-run business, and some of the most difficult decisions about its future come at a time when the founders are trying to ease themselves out, looking forward to retirement. Often, owners are pressured by relatives into an expansion mode instead of keeping things small and manageable."
Three Brothers – Competent Jimmy, Weakling Roy and Con Artist Dave
Some years ago office was proud to have as clients, "Jimmy" his wife, "Katherine," and their restaurant, simply called "Jimmy's Place" with a following of customers who would drive over an hour just to dine there.
Great steaks and lobster – a restaurant which consistently offered good food, lots of it at an attractive price would succeed and Jimmy's did. Then brother "Dave" who had been absent from their lives for years suddenly reappeared and with an idea.
"You two aren't getting younger and can't keep this pace up forever, so why not open a second location that I'll manage, and it will be an exact copy of what you now have. Roy can take over operations of Jimmy's Place and we will buy you two out?" he suggested, offering no money to invest, but boasted a superior management ability, by virtue of having graduated at the top of his class from law school at the University of California at Irvine.
But there was only one problem with Dave's educational accomplishments: A law school at U.C. Irvine would only come into existence 15 years later. Dave was a con, a narcissistic, sociopathic con, but Jimmy refused to believe it and over my objections, accepted Dave's offer, mortgaged everything to build a second restaurant called–you guessed it–"Dave's Place" in a nearby farming town.
Dave–considering himself a true Restauranteur–wanted it to be a classy place, and so had a "No Hats Policy," ordering patrons to remove their hats. This, in a farming community, did not go over well, plus his arrogance, led to a boycott of the restaurant, while at home, brother Roy–who had taken over management of Jimmy's Place–one day didn't show up. He had checked himself into a mental hospital, unable to take the stress of running a busy restaurant.
Within months, Jimmy had a heart attack, the couple lost their home and all they had worked so hard for wound up in bankruptcy court. How they stayed married was testimony to Katherine's love.
To Dr. Sussman, what happened was predictable, could have been avoided, and is a good example of the saying, "A family business often goes from rags to riches to rags."
You Can't Clone Yourself
"While your example was an established business, so often whenever a startup is successful at one location, owners assume it can be cloned at another. This is especially true with restaurants. But what works now and here, can never be exactly duplicated. You cannot clone success, and even well-established franchise companies will have the occasional failure.
"By increasing scope and scale, problems are created, regardless of how good the concept is. The moment you hire other people to put your vision into practice invariably you are hiring people who are not you. Over time the passion and the vision dissipates. That is the norm and not the exception. They will cut corners and do thing that you would not, in large part because they do not share your DNA, your vision, or the depth of your passion.
Why Small is Beautiful
How often have you seen a restaurant in town open a second location a few miles away, and then in the blink of an eye, they both fold? "Why do they do this? What's going on with them?" You no doubt wonder. Sussman explains what leads to these awful outcomes:
"Don't assume that small is bad. Keeping things small and manageable gives you peace of mind and balance in your life. It allows you to run your business without too many accountants and attorneys, providing enough profit to give you the live you want.
"Also, don't assume that increasing revenues through opening a second or third location will give you more satisfaction. Increasing revenue has a cost – a human cost."
Sussman wraps it all up with his philosophy that, "Small is beautiful."
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This was made before the quarantine started.
We are more than 6 months into school. Everyone agrees school this far has been amazing, even the people who hate school – believe it or not. We decided to interview a few people from each grade and ask them 'what is something you've learnt this academic year?' or 'what's some advice you would give people?' Almost everyone had something to say.
Jeongwon Choi from 6th Grade said she's learned a lot of Spanish and really enjoys it. As for Lakshya Agarwal (also from 6th grade), he said he's learnt how to make a circuit and is certainly very good at it (he won the $M check at the 6th Grade Shark Tank.) Anya from grade 6 says; she's learnt the importance of research and keeping things organized. Like, keep track of all HW.
"I really like the precautions they are taking with the whole coronavirus is going on but I feel like in some unit the time management is not as good and it is hard to keep up sometimes. I love the method the teachers are taking to teach about different units. Socially I feel like there are a lot of ups and downs but overall school is going great!" Said an anonymous student from the seventh grade.
"School can be really fun and we learn so much. Sometimes I feel like school can be slightly overwhelming because we have so many summatives in every single subject along with extracurricular activities it can be a little hard to manage all of it at once." Says Kavya Hebbar, a new seventh grade student who joined at the beginning of this academic year. "Something I feel like balances this out is the freedom we have in school, we have the choice to do things which I think is really what makes Ascend special. We also get a lot of opportunities which expand our learning and really deepen our school experience," she said.
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Rishi from 9th grade stated that he learnt Research Skills, it can be really helpful for people's careers. Arthur also from Grade 9 said he learnt how to trust people. It will be very helpful when working in teams.
Siya from tenth grade advised young prodigies to start making their college resumes from 6th grade!!! As for Mihika she put in a very philosophical point, "One bad test does not define your career." Our last Interviewee Aaryan Gondal said he learnt time management skills which can be a very valid skill to use as you go forth – in any forte.
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October 1, 2012 /in NETS News, Press Releases /by NETS Pat Gibson
Vienna, Va. — The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) launched today its national Drive Safely Work Week™ (DSWW) campaign. The campaign is officially recognized this year from October 1- 5 and promotes safe-driving education and awareness materials for all employees and their families.
According to a 2010 CDC report, the annual cost of medical care and productivity losses associated with injuries from motor vehicle crashes exceeds $99 billion, much of which falls on employers.
This year's DSWW theme, Back to Basics – Your Keys to Safe Driving, provides information and activities to address some of the most common types of traffic crashes across the general population, fleet drivers and teen drivers.
NETS provides a free comprehensive toolkit for employers to help plan their campaign activities. The materials encourage employees to refresh their own safe-driving skills, as well as to share the tools and resources provided with family members, particularly new or up-and-coming drivers in the household. The campaign also encourages employers to redistribute existing safe-driving policies or use the week as an opportunity to prepare employees for new policies that may be forth-coming.
"Having safe-driving policies in place is a crucial component of an organization's safety culture," said Sandra Lee, NETS Chair and Director of Worldwide Road Safety for Johnson & Johnson. "Drive Safely Work Week™ is an ideal time for employers to take a look at their policies–particularly those covering issues such as mobile device and safety belt usage—update them if necessary, and redistribute them to employees to renew attention and focus on safe-driving behaviors."
The DSWW campaign focuses on the following issues:
Buckling up all the time and encouraging others to do the same;
Recognizing and preventing fatigue-impaired driving;
Driving distraction-free;
Safe parking and backing; and
Fine-tuning the fundamentals to avoid some of the most common types of crashes.
"Much is being said these days about the dangers of distracted driving, yet responsible driving is more than driving distraction-free. This year's Drive Safely Work Week™ campaign reinforces the wide range of skills needed to be a safe, responsible driver," said Lee.
About Drive Safely Work Week™
Drive Safely Work Week™ has been sponsored by NETS since 1996. The campaign is held nationally each year during the first full week of October; however, the materials are not dated and may be used anytime throughout the year. In 2010 and 2011 combined, Drive Safely Work Week™ was downloaded by over 7000 employers, representing an estimated 25 million employees.
NETS is a 501(c) 3 organization, a partnership between the U.S. Federal government and the private sector. The Board of Directors members include Abbott, AmeriFleet Transportation, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, The Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Monsanto Company, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Group, and UPS, as well as federal liaisons from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Established in 1989, NETS is dedicated to improving the safety and health of employees, their families, and members of the communities in which they live and work by preventing traffic crashes that occur on and off the job. For more information on NETS, visit www.trafficsafety.org or contact jhanley@trafficsafety.org.
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3 Ways Interoperability in Law Enforcement Improves Response
Posted at October 26, 2021
When responding to emergency situations, sharing rich, multimedia information is critical to saving lives – both police and civilians. Here are three ways interoperability in law enforcement improves police response and brings people together to make communities safer.
by Dan Willingham, Mutualink Executive Director SLED Sales
Traditionally, police officers roll up to emergencies with little information. Despite best efforts by dispatchers, in many situations, officers only have minimal information provided by the caller and shared over the radio by the dispatcher. They don't truly know what they are facing until they get there – and that hasn't changed in decades.
Today, technology has created a new reality in law enforcement. Officers no longer have to guess about the situation they are racing toward, and they don't have to go it alone. In a world where police leaders are being asked to do more with less, putting more and better information in the hands of first responders has become a powerful force multiplier.
Here are three ways interoperability in law enforcement can improve police response.
1. Accelerate Notification to 911
According to American Police Beat, the national average police response time for an emergency call is 10 minutes. That ten minutes can seem like a lifetime in an emergency and the clock can't start ticking until the 911 process is initiated.
When lives are on the line, the fastest way to alert911 goes beyond making a phone call. Now, the technology is here to deliver emergency notifications directly to the 911 center. 911 receives direct information about when, where, and what the emergency is occurring and can create immediate interoperability between responders.
School Safety Panic Button: There are two types of panic alarm buttons. One is a "hard" button that can be in a fixed location or placed in a pendant or keychain. The other is a "soft" button, which is typically a smartphone app.
Many institutions implement both, and because both soft and hard buttons do the same thing, it makes sense to integrate them into a single platform that also triggers interoperability among the responding agencies, public or private. Whether soft or hard, the panic alarm automates the 911 emergency response to shorten response time
IoT Sensors: Integrating IP-based sensor information is another way to get a jump on emergencies. Environmental flood sensors could detect a flash flood and trigger a response that establishes interoperability between public works and first responders to shut the road down before the flood traps a citizen in their car. The collision notification feature of the GM Onstar system was an early example of faster notification time. In the event of a collision, the system automatically connected with emergency personnel, who could then determine whether the passengers required medical assistance.
2. Preprogram and Automate Response
Emergencies are unpredictable; the who, what, when, and where of police work are unknown until the incident unfolds. Emergency environments are not static events - new threats are rapidly emerging requiring a "whole of government" response. This is why collaboration plans need to be in place with first responders, secondary responders, and community partners before emergencies occur. Societal expectations of police require a law enforcement communications approach that looks beyond jurisdictions to bring all resources to bear when needed.
Public safety agencies need to meet the expectations of citizens who live in a "real-time" world and have voice, data, and video constantly available and at their fingertips. Interoperability in law enforcement goes beyond just bridging voice communications. The community needs public safety to be able to share data and video that creates better situational awareness for the safety of the public and the responders. Now, these information sources can come together into a single pane of glass for public safety and be shared across agencies and jurisdictions.
True interoperability begins by connecting disparate land mobile radio (LMR) systems, so a user on one public safety network can talk or message someone on a different radio network. But to push more intelligence to first responders, interoperability in law enforcement must go further.
It's critical for agencies to leverage broadband to improve the performance and extend the coverage of their radio systems by connecting radio and smartphones with LMR to LTE interoperability. This powers Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MC-PTT) applications and delivers not just voice but files, imagery, and video to the first responder. Coordinated communications make for stronger and more effective police, whether they are responding to emergencies or building community relationships.
Read how the State of New Hampshire implemented interoperability here.
3. Superior Situational Awareness
There is an old expression "to be forewarned to be forearmed." Rich media delivery means police can know what they are heading into and be better prepared. That's the definition of superior situational awareness.
For example, access to cameras in a mall shooting could arm police with the critical information they need to overcome the shooter minutes faster- saving lives. With True Interoperability, not only can an image of the shooter be shared with those arriving on-scene, but police will be better prepared when they get on the scene with information about what direction the shooter is traveling, what type of weapon he/she is armed with, how many people may be injured and more. It is unprecedented to share this type of information across agencies in the few minutes of a mass casualty event. Once LMR to LTE interoperability has been set up, police agencies can push all the intelligence once trapped inside a Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) to the first responder.
School emergencies are another example. With the right technology, responders can be talking to personnel inside the school, sharing video, floor plans, and the location of the intruder(s) – all before arriving at the scene.
Bridging voice, video, IoT systems, and data communications into a single platform that instantly bridges voice communications and creates data and video interoperability among first responders improves situational awareness and makes for improved police response - every day and in any emergency.
LNK360™ - Delivering Interoperability That Helps Police Protect Communities
Mutualink's LNK360™ is the leading interoperability solution for smart communities, public safety agencies, schools, private enterprise security, hospitals, and critical infrastructure. Our technology and quality of service enable police to customize and configure advanced interconnectivity solutions.
Available as a software download, LNK360 is not a "rip and replace" solution. It uses an agency's current communication assets and can be scaled to incorporate new devices as needed. Connect to our network via public or private LTE, satellite, or terrestrial broadband.
Voice Communications - bridges all forms of government and commercial radio systems, LMR to LTE, mobile phones, Push-To-Talk apps, and IP and analog phones.
Multimedia Sharing - Collaborate using group messaging, pictures, video - HDMI sourced VoIP.
Creates on-demand communities and teams in managed talkgroups – within a city, a facility, an operational site, or across the nation.
Offers secure end-to-end communications- encrypted using federally approved AES ciphers, mutually authenticated using standards-based public-key cryptography.
Controls information sharing - control of communications and data assets through our peer-to-peer distributed architecture.
Available on both IOS and Android platforms.
The Freedom to Control Your Information Sharing
Mutualink's technology is unique because it allows agencies to keep exclusive control over their communication assets by deciding in real-time what is shared, with whom, and when. Mutualink solves the most complex interoperability challenges while giving agencies total freedom to improve response:
Freedom to Unify communications across agencies, divisions, or field teams while maintaining control of information.
Freedom to Connect across devices, systems, applications, and data sources to drive collaboration and information sharing.
Freedom to Act by automating processes and response, drive decisions with meaningful data and real-time communications.
A Trusted Public Safety Solution
Mutualink is trusted by thousands of public safety agencies nationwide and manages FEMA's Interoperable Gateway System (IGS), which is part of the U.S Government's National Continuity Program (NCP). Mutualink is the only multimedia interoperable communications product that is Safety Act certified by the Department of Homeland Security.
There has never been the ability to deliver more on-scene intelligence to the officer. Bridging voice, video, and sensor data through interoperability in law enforcement make for safer officers and more resilient communities. For more information on our public safety solutions, click here.
Dan Willingham is Mutualink's Executive Director of SLED Sales. Dan's experience includes 7 years of active duty service in the US Air Force specializing in Logistical and Operational Support throughout many operations in USAFE and 15 years of public safety solution leadership.


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As you know, employers are always on the lookout for talented professionals that can bring new skills to their business.
As a student, you don't only start building your portfolio when you have a job. You can begin doing work that will complement your academic studies and showcase your talent. With digital platforms and tools, you can prepare to seize the opportunities that come your way.
Being tech-savvy and active on different online platforms can contribute positively to your career success. Not only does it allow you to grow as an expert through the knowledge you gain, but you learn more about how to achieve greater success. The exposure you get online also helps you be more aware of opportunities through communities that you join.
You also get to follow other successful people that you learn from. This is a great way to make industry connections that can get you far in your career.
Let's look at a few online sites and tools you can use as a student to prepare for your career and what each platform offers.
Instagram is a great photo-sharing outlet that allows you to promote your work using imagery. As a student, you can document your learning experiences, a classroom practical and projects that you are working on.
You may be studying and also getting work experience on the side, you can share this on your Instagram stories, highlights and profile. This becomes a visual record of your work displaying your talent. You can learn how to tailor your Instagram page for business and attract similar audiences, which attracts success. You can turn your passion into a business or you can show this to impress potential employers.
As you might know, most companies do a background check when interviewing people. Not only do you want to have a 'clean' social media record, but you can also use social platforms to advance your success.
Twitter is a great platform to focus on your niche interest and share expert advice on that area. You can share your thoughts, ideas and engage with other people you can learn from. You can grow your following by engaging with similar people on Twitter and start conversations that get people talking.
For digital media roles, showing your social media activity and skills can be advantageous.
Pinterest is a great platform to create storyboards of visuals that you love. This is a creativity-driven site where people share pictures of anything from arts, crafts, and fashion to DIY tips. It has tons of resources and links to blogs if readers want to learn more. It is also a great way to connect with people who share the same interests as you and you can follow them for inspiration.
When working on a project or looking for inspiration, Pinterest is a great go-to platform to look at related visuals that resonate with your ideas. With every social site including Pinterest, you can build your professional profile. When you use the guidelines for visual branding on Pinterest, you enhance your personal brand.
Facebook is one of the world's most utilised social media site. Creating a Facebook page can give you the ability to share your interest with millions of audiences. You can use the platform to connect with others who have the same interest and share content, tips and ideas based on the classification of your Facebook Page.
For example, this can be a Beauty Tips page, a page for Cretaives or Interior Design Tips page. Working on your page and growing the community can help you develop as a professional and discover opportunities for your talent to become a business. The Facebook page can be something you share with employers to reveal your passion and ability.
Behance is a network of websites and online portfolios that allows you to exhibit your best work.
For creatives in the field, you can present your visuals creatively and build an exciting collection. As a professional this allows you to promote your unique gift and skill-set.
Canva is a great platform to access design templates that can be used for your resume, posters, Google headers, Twitter posts, Facebook headers etc. The great thing is that you don't need to be an expert graphic designer to create a design. You can choose any of the easy-to-use templates and customise it for the design you want to make.
This platform allows you to be visually creative and innovative with the concepts you have, for any purpose.
Wix is a free website builder that enables you to have your own website. You can personalise your site and set it up to speak about who you are as a professional and what you do. You can choose a suitable website template that echoes your brand. You can also tailor the design of the website, create tabs and pages that you need.
This is a great tool for building your image as a professional. You can share your website link on your social media bios or resumes.
No matter which profession you are in, having a blog is a great outlet to share your interests and ideas with other people. WordPress is a free blog platform that can be tailored to a food blog, sports blog, fashion blog or anything you want to focus on.
Not only is it a great writing platform where you can share your creativity and thoughts, it allows you to reach millions of audiences with the same interest. With SEO features for blogging, your content is visible to anyone looking the topics and categories you blog about.
You can appeal to diverse audiences and build a following if your blog content is good. You can also connect with other bloggers and expand your knowledge as you craft and share content.
Google Plus allows you to create an online profile, with your basic information. You can insert links to other platforms and incorporate links to your about page. You can add in platforms where people can find your work, blogs, websites, social media platforms etc.
You can also make connections in Google circles and share information with them. You can also get to know more about the people you follow and become searchable on Google through this visibility.
As you build up your portfolio, it is also beneficial to increase your digital skills capacity. For example, doing a short online programme to specialise in digital skills such as Adobe Design, Digital Marketing or Social Media Marketing, will broaden your expertise. You might have studied a different programme, but adding to your qualifications allows you to have more to offer, which inevitably leads to success. The great part is that you can complete a short programme in a short amount of time and the cost is affordable.
Advancing your digital expertise is always advantageous in this tech-driven era. It will open you up to a wider variety of employment prospects that you can explore.


Our goal in the UAMS Department of Biostatistics is to help improve the quality of research conducted at UAMS by providing expert statistical guidance to clinical, health services, and biomedical scientists. We strive to meet this goal: (1) through our collaborations with UAMS investigators, (2) through our education and training endeavors, (3) through our methodological research and (4) by our service to the local and national research community.
Our collaborative efforts generally fall into one of three areas: protocol/grant development, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.
We believe that well-designed studies are essential to successful research. Statisticians play a vital role in helping investigators design studies that address their scientific questions. Specific areas where statisticians are useful include ensuring that study objectives are clearly stated, proposing appropriate randomization procedures, clearly defining primary and secondary endpoints, proposing appropriate statistical analyses that address each research objective, and providing sample size estimates that ensure the study will have a high probability of meeting its objectives. Developing grants and protocols is a time consuming effort. We strongly encourage investigators to contact us as early as possible. For large, multi-project grants, we need to be involved at least four months (one NIH cycle) before the submission deadline. For less complex protocols, we require at least six weeks.
UAMS biostatisticians possess the resources to complete even the most complex of analyses. The expertise of our faculty and staff represent many areas of the statistical sciences, including survey statistics, psychometrics, clinical trials, signal detection, and bioinformatics. This expertise is essential in determining the appropriate methods to use and in applying them properly. Just as important as the analyses is the ability to communicate the results in an understandable way. In addition to providing written reports, our statisticians discuss these results during one-on-one meetings with the investigators.
Our statisticians will assist in writing the manuscript when the study is ready for publication. In addition to providing succinct descriptions of the statistical methods, we can provide publication quality tables and graphics that help summarize the data. Co-authorship is expected on studies where substantive input on design or analysis is provided.
Throughout the academic year, the Department of Biostatistics offers several courses through the College of Public Health and the UAMS Graduate School. These include Biostatistics I, II and III, Nonparametric Methods, Categorical Data Analysis, Clinical Trials, Survey Methods, and Application of Microcomputers to Data Management and Analysis. The College of Public Health also offers an MPH degree with a concentration in Biostatistics. In addition, Biostatistics faculty and staff participate in various educational venues through regular participation in journal clubs, seminar series and short courses related to their collaborative interests and involvement. They also guide and participate in preceptorship and integration project courses.
When new problems arise out of data analysis or when existing methods are not adequate, our biostatisticians have the capability of developing new, more appropriate methods or creatively modifying and applying the existing ones, to meet the research needs and to contribute to our profession. Some of our recent research includes areas of non-parametric methodology, non-linear modeling, Bayesian methods and longitudinal data problems.
The UAMS Department of Biostatistics is committed to improving research quality, as evidenced by our service to the local and national research communities. Locally, our faculty members are actively involved in research review committees, such as the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) which reviews protocols involving the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and the animal use committee (IACUC). Nationally, our faculty members serve frequently on NIH review committees and Data Safety Monitoring Boards, and are active in the American Statistical Association and other professional organizations. Our members also actively participate in the publication peer review process and have recently reviewed manuscripts for a number of journals including Clinical Epidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness Research, International Journal of Women's Health, PLOS ONE, Environmetrics, Journal of Statistical Computing, American Journal of Pharmacy, American Journal of Managed Care, Cancer, JAMA, Genetic Epidemiology, Dose Response, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Open Access Medical Statistics, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Statistical Education, Bioinformatics, and Lancet Oncology as well as numerous others.