Wall Street waits for word on presidential voting.
Forget a post-election rally. Stocks now appear likely to retest their most recent lows—and possibly head even lower.
A big Election Day rally led some to think that market psychology was improving due to the dramatic election victory of Barack Obama. But stocks have sold off sharply since then as worries about the economy overshadow enthusiasm for an Obama presidency.
"Now the focus is squarely back on the economy—and the economy stinks," says Matthew Tuttle, president of Tuttle Wealth Management. "The (economic) numbers that are going to be coming out are not going to be encouraging, so we think there is some more downside here."
The three major stock indexes are now approaching near the recent lows of early last week, when the Dow Jones Industrials (Dow: .DJIA) was at 8,176, the S&P 500 (Chicago: .spx) was at 849 and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ: .ncomp) at 1506. Since then, the market had been trying to claw its way back.
"We had a nice little bull rally in a bear market, up 18, 20 percent in six days—pretty impressive," Warren Meyers, of Walter J. Dowd, said on CNBC. "That's not sustainable, obviously. The trend is still down in this bear market. And because of that, you're going to have this massive volatility that we've been seeing. It's going to continue for the foreseeable future."
Surging unemployment and a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season have helped pushed the market lower since Tuesday. And investors are expecting more bad news on Friday, when the October employment report is expected to show at least 200,000 jobs were lost last month.
In such an environment, the best investors can hope for is to break even for a while, with stocks bouncing along the bottom, and perhaps a sustainable recovery coming next year when the worst of the economic and earnings reports pass.
"There's some kind of realization that the economy's worsening and I think that's going to be with us for a while and working on the downside of this market," says James Paulsen, of Wells Capital Management, an analyst who forecasts more of a flat market. See full interview at left.
"I think the lows we've put in are about as low as we're going to get even if the economy does get worse," he adds. "But I'm just saying for a while there may be a struggle to go a lot higher until we get further into this recession."
Indeed, that seems to be most optimistic view for now.
What could take things from bad to worse, then, are economic numbers that come in significantly beneath expectations—a distinct possibility in the wake of a sharp increase in layoffs foreseen for the biggest Wall Street firms and an auto industry teetering on the brink of major destruction.
"The market's already factored in bad news," Tuttle says. "So it's just: 'Is the news worse than the market has factored in? Is the news better than the market has factored in?'.."We'll have to see a string of numbers coming out that are starting to look better. We don't have that euphoria about the election, and the sole focus now shifts to the economy."
As such, traders are watching technical levels closely. Should the markets successfully break the late-October low range, some analysts see bigger trouble ahead.
"I am not surprised that equities are coming off the boil. You don't sustain 30 percent in a 10-day period," Tom Hougaard, analyst at City Index, told CNBC. "Where you go from there? I say you probably have to go back and retrace a little bit." See the video at left.
Actually, Hougaard thinks the market could retrace a lot. A move below 850 in the Standard & Poor's 500 could trigger a tumble to a sub-7,000 Dow by mid-December, he said.
But even someone as pessimistic as Hougaard sees the market movement as only natural considering the various dynamics at play.
And Tuttle says he's a bit less bearish than he'd been a few weeks ago, even taking a long bet on the Standard & Poor's Depository Receipts (AMEX: SPY) exchange-traded fund which pays off for moves upwards in the S&P 500.
At the same time, though, he is betting the tech-barometer Nasdaq will go lower, using the Short QQQ Proshares (AMEX: PSQ) ETF to capture gains on the inverse of the index's performance.
"I'm not as convinced that the market will be going down a lot from here as I was maybe a couple of months ago," Tuttle said. "We're playing it a little more cautious now to see how things go."
Paulsen is no optimist either, but he thinks there could be glint of hope in the markets.
"Anything short of the Great Depression and we probably don't go much lower than we've already been," he says. "If we lose 250,000 jobs here Friday, most of that is already known. And out there the question is when do the reports start getting a little better than feared. At that point I think there's considerable upside."


From WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to a larger-than-life billionaire who is rebuilding the Titanic, the Australian election boasts a cast of unlikely candidates who are shaking up the political scene.
When Australians go to the polls on Saturday, a mandatory exercise for all adults, they will have 1,717 candidates from more than 50 parties to choose from.
They include the usual sprinkling of former sports stars, far-right fringe groups and everything from the Animal Justice Party to the Smokers' Rights Party and The No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics Party.
From Ecuador's embassy in London, the Australian-born Assange leads a party that hopes to bring "transparency, accountability and justice" and potentially become a global movement.
Assange, who has been living inside the embassy since June 2012 as he fights extradition from Britain to Sweden, has been unable to campaign Down Under but has got into the spirit with a spoof video.
Sporting a blond mullet wig -- short on top but long in the back -- and with Australian rock star John Farnham's 1986 hit "You're the Voice" playing, Assange sings of making things "leak so we can get much bolder".
The WikiLeaks Party, the lyrics say, is "the light that the world's demanding, make it bright and make things clear".
The 42-year-old, who co-founded the whistleblowing WikiLeaks website which went on to dump hundreds of thousands of US military and diplomatic documents online, says his chance of winning a seat in the upper house Senate was promising.
"There's many Australians who support us," his father John Shipton, who helped form the party, told AFP at a recent Sydney fundraiser.
"The Senate of Australia is one of the world's finest political institutions. It's a house of review and has, despite the two major parties trying to fill it up with cabbage heads from time to time, had an excellent influence on politics generally.
"So we wish to extend that influence... and bring accountability and transparency and thus justice to issues."
Playing on deep dissatisfaction with the major players -- the ruling centre-left Labor Party led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the conservative opposition Liberal/National coalition headed by Tony Abbott -- new parties have emerged to take their share of the vote.
"They are so boring those guys," said Clive Palmer, the flamboyant businessman best known for his project to rebuild the ill-fated luxury liner the Titanic. He is standing for a seat in the lower house of parliament.
"You've got Kevin Rudd that is more concerned about his hair than the benefit of the Australian people and Tony 'Rabbit' who just doesn't want to talk at all," he said, using his nickname for opposition leader Abbott, the election frontrunner.
"Everyone knows they're boring and everyone now is searching for a solution. And we've got that solution."
His fledgling Palmer United Party is standing a candidate in each of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives and teams in the Senate as it spreads its populist message, which includes changing company tax rules.
Another renegade is Bob Katter, a 10-gallon-hat-wearing rancher from far north Queensland who has been in parliament for more than a decade as an independent, but who formed his own party in 2011.
"I know how to play this game and we will play it with a fair degree of ruthlessness," Katter, who champions rural issues, said recently.
Pauline Hanson, founder of the anti-immigration One Nation party who rose to prominence in the 1990s, has also thrown herself back in the ring, saying Australians deserve better than "selfish, dysfunctional, egotistical political parties".
Rob Manwaring, a lecturer in politics at Flinders University in South Australia, said there was "no chance of any significant vote breakthrough" for WikiLeaks and that the smaller parties would struggle for any influence.
But he said: "In general, the share of the vote for minor parties has been increasing for a number of years... so we are seeing a shift in voting behaviour."


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Cultural Beliefs May Keep Blacks From Hospice Care
ByBy E.J. Mundell
HealthDay Reporter
Mar. 23 -- TUESDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- End-of-life hospice care is used much less often by American blacks than whites, and certain cultural beliefs may explain why, a new survey finds.
An historical mistrust of the health-care system and a strong preference for curative treatment compared to palliative care encourage many black Americans to avoid or delay hospice services, the researchers found.
"Blacks in our sample compared to whites clearly had less favorable beliefs and attitudes about hospice care," said study lead author Dr. Kimberly Johnson, a geriatrician and palliative care specialist at Duke University Medical Center.
She presented the findings over the weekend at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, in Orlando, Fla.
Over the past few decades, a growing number of terminally ill Americans have opted for hospice services, which focus on easing physical and emotional suffering in life's final stage rather than curative treatment.
And yet a clear racial gap has emerged in terms of who is using hospice care. According to Johnson, data collected in 2006 found that just 8 percent of hospice enrollees in the United States were black, even though they make up 12 percent of the population. That's compared to whites, who comprise 81 percent of hospice patients, even though they make up 74 percent of the population.
"If you consider that blacks have higher rates of death from cancer and heart disease, which are still the top causes of hospice admissions, then it seems that there is a significant gap there," said Johnson, who is also an assistant professor of medicine at Duke.
To find out why this might be so, her team surveyed 205 white and black adults aged 65 and older (average age 74) on their knowledge and opinion of hospice care.
First of all, older whites were much better informed about hospice compared to their black peers, the study found. While 4 percent of whites said they had never heard of hospice, more than 21 percent of blacks said they were unfamiliar with the concept.
Certain spiritual beliefs also seemed to work against hospice as an end-of-life choice for blacks. "African-Americans were more likely to believe that pain and suffering is sometimes 'part of God's plan' for your life," Johnson said. "Something like that would be inconsistent with the hospice philosophy."
Blacks were also much more likely than whites to press for continued treatment of the underlying disease -- even when the chance that it would help was slim. These individuals may view hospice as "giving up" and therefore resist enrolling in such care, Johnson said.
The biggest factor at play seemed to be a widely held mistrust of the health-care system, coupled with the sense that the system is generally less accessible to black patients. Issues of "trust seemed to explain the racial disparity more than any other factor," Johnson said.
None of this surprises another expert in the field, Ronald Barrett, a psychology professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
"The [historical] stigma and the mistrust of the health-care system is still there," Barrett said. "So, hospice institutions have opened their doors and they are wondering why blacks aren't coming? It's because they have this long history of feeling unwelcome, disenfranchised and marginalized."
Income and insurance concerns also play a role, Johnson said. More than one-third (34 percent) of blacks in the survey thought they could not afford hospice care even if they wanted it, compared to 20 percent of whites. The truth is that the service is typically covered by Medicare, Johnson pointed out.
"Still, among my own patients I'm often asked that -- well, how much will it cost us?" she said.
Barrett's research also suggests that black Americans often consult at length with family and friends on end-of-life decisions, while white patients typically view these choices as something best left to the individual.
Still, racial disparities in hospice care have narrowed somewhat over the past decade, both experts said. "People are more open to the idea, so we are making some progress in that regard," Barrett noted.
For her part, Johnson said notions of hospice may need to become more inclusive to draw in a wider range of patients. That could mean becoming more open to a broader range of attitudes on sickness and dying -- whatever the patent's race or ethnicity.
For example, allowing some amount of curative treatment into the hospice model might help, Johnson said.
"To allow people to receive good palliation while they are still receiving some cure-directed therapies -- that might make for a smoother transition that might be more attractive to African-Americans," she said.
There's much more on hospice care at the Hospice Foundation of America.
SOURCES: Kimberly Johnson, M.D, assistant professor of medicine and geriatrician/palliative care specialist, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; Ron Barrett, Ph.D, professor, psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; Feb. 1, 2008, presentation, annual meeting, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Orlando, Fla.

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Medium' 3-D Episode on NBC -- Starring Emmy Winner Patricia Arquette -- to Be Introduced by Legendary 'Twilight Zone' Host Rod Serling on Monday, November 21
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�MEDIUM� 3-D EPISODE ON NBC -- STARRING EMMY WINNER PATRICIA ARQUETTE -- TO BE INTRODUCED BY LEGENDARY �TWILIGHT ZONE� HOST ROD SERLING ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Nine Million Pairs of 3-D Glasses to be Distributed Throughout United States
BURBANK � November 17, 2005 � NBC's special 3-D episode of "Medium," starring Emmy winner Patricia Arquette, will be now introduced by the legendary late "Twilight Zone" host Rod Serling. The episode entitled, "Still Life," will be telecast Monday, Nov. 21 (10-11 p.m. ET).
Owing to the miracle of modern technology, the episode will be introduced by none other than Serling himself. The producers of "Medium" have acquired rights to Serling's footage from "The Twilight Zone" and have digitally manipulated the image with voice artist Mark Silverman -- the only voice artist recognized by the Serling estate -- providing the creative genius' voice.
In traditional black-and-white footage evocative of "The Twilight Zone," Serling will let the audience know what the cue is for them to put on their 3-D glasses (an enhanced image of Arquette's eyeball) and will explain that if they don't have glasses, their viewing experience of the episode will not be altered from the traditional 2-D image.
"The 'Medium' 3-D episode provides a great way for fans to enjoy a heightened perspective of Allison's intriguing visions," said Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment.
The various opening narrations of the original "The Twilight Zone" featured Serling's voice and always alluded to entering "...a new dimension."
"I first began exploring the possibility of doing a 3-D episode of television over a decade ago when I was working on 'Moonlighting,'" said "Medium" executive producer Glenn Gordon Caron. "When 'Medium' became successful, I realized that in many ways it was an even better vehicle for 3-D.
"Additionally, technology seems to have finally caught up with me. (Directors) Jim Cameron, Robert Rodriguez and a host of other innovators have pushed the medium (you'll pardon the pun) into the 21st century, and our show and our viewers will be the beneficiaries of that. I think people will be surprised by how vivid and dynamic 3-D has become."
SENSIO 3D was brought on board to oversee all 3D-related aspects of the "Medium" episode, from storyboards to digital high definition shooting, state-of-the art visual effects and broadcast encoding in SENSIO'S proprietary S.A.F.E. 3-D format, which uses advanced color management algorithms to produce an exceptional improvement in quality.
"By converting an empirical craft into an exact and applicable science, we are the first and only company in the world to ensure the creation of high-quality, cost-effective 3-D content," said Pierre-Hugues Routhier, Vice President of Professional Services at SENSIO. "Working with the 'Medium' crew was an extraordinary experience and we are very proud of the final visual result that we have obtained together."
In the 3-D episode "Still Life," Allison (Arquette) comes to realize that there is an added dimension to the way she experiences art. When Allison encounters the work of one artist, disturbing, three-dimensional images emerge that lead her to believe that the man behind these alarming canvasses may have a deadly secret.
Viewers will be able to get the 3-D glasses in this week's TV Guide, which features "Medium" on its cover. In addition, millions of glasses will be distributed by Sprint street teams in major cities throughout the country and at Universal Theme Parks in Hollywood and Orlando. Viewers can go to http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Medium/3d/ to learn how to get 3-D glasses in their areas.
"Medium," which premiered last January, comes from award-winning executive producer, creator and director Glenn Gordon Caron ("Moonlighting"). The chilling drama is inspired by the real-life story of research medium Allison DuBois. Emmy winner Arquette ("Stigmata," "Flirting with Disaster") stars as a young wife and mother who, since childhood, has been struggling to make sense of her dreams and visions of dead people. Arquette was awarded the Emmy in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category after the telecast of the initial 16 episodes of the critically acclaimed series.
Jake Weber, Miguel Sandoval, David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva and Maria Lark also star.
Caron is creator and executive producer. Kelsey Grammer ("Girlfriends"), Steve Stark and Oscar winner Ronald L. Schwary ("Ordinary People") are executive producers. "Medium" is produced by Picturemaker Productions, Inc. in association with Grammnet Productions and Paramount Network Television.
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Chuckle Time
Chuckle Time is a British television series which was broadcast on Channel 5 in 2018.[1][2] The show was hosted by the comedy duo Barry and Paul Elliott, best known as The Chuckle Brothers.[3]
Clip show
The Chuckle Brothers
Original language(s)
No. of series
No. of episodes
6 (12 originally commissioned)
Executive producer(s)
Graham Stuart
Robert Katz
60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)
So Television
ITV Studios
Original network
16:9 1080i
16 June (2018-06-16) –
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)
It was based off a similar style to that of You've Been Framed!, America's Funniest Home Videos and Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, where fans upload online videos. It was dubbed by the official press releases as "fails, flops, and funnies", which The Chuckle Brothers watch and react to. The duo also performed sketches between the clips.[4][5][6][7][8] It was the duo's final television programme together.
Although twelve episodes were originally scheduled, the series was cut short following the sudden death of Barry Elliott on 5 August 2018 aged 73, meaning only six were broadcast. The final episode was shown in tribute to the comedian. It is unknown whether further episodes were recorded, as it was later stated that Barry had been forced to pull out of filming part-way through due to illness.[9]
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Antibiotic resistance genes a growing problem in chinese ...
Antibiotic resistance genes a growing problem in chinese estuaries
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Large amounts of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have been found throughout estuaries in coastal China, and scientists say they're causing potentially dangerous changes to local bacteria.
When bacteria mutate and become resistant to antibiotics, it endangers human health and life. If antibiotics can't work properly, infectious diseases will increase, and health-care costs will rise.
A team of international researchers, led by Professor Zhu Yongguan of the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the estuaries — areas where land, fresh water, and seawater meet — contained both antibiotic agents and antibiotic-resistance genes, which entered the waterways via human activity.
Water along roughly 4,000 kilometers (about 2,500 miles) of China's coastline was surveyed and 90 sediment samples were taken. Scientists found that estuaries generally had levels of antibiotic resistance gene pollution of about 1 million resistance genes per gram of estuarine sediment. In other areas, the levels approached 100 million per gram.
Environmental Filters
The health of estuaries is vital to both terrestrial and aquatic environments. They often act as environmental filters since they are located between fresh and salt water. The NOAA Ocean Service Education explained:
One reason that estuaries are such productive ecosystems is that the water filtering through them brings in nutrients from the surrounding watershed [T]hat same water often brings with it all of the pollutants that were applied to the lands in the watershed. […] Estuaries are some of the most fertile ecosystems on Earth, yet they may also be some of the most polluted.
This team of researchers — which also included scientists from the University of Hong Kong, Tsinghua University, and Macquarie University — found more than 200 types of resistance genes. Eighteen of those were found in all the sediment samples tested, which they say indicates a variety of genes that could lead to the formation of superbugs in the estuaries.
On average, there was about one ARG able to trigger resistance in each bacterial cell examined.
ARGs in Wastewater
A previous study found bacteria with an ARG tied to severe infections may be spreading through wastewater treatment plants in northern China. The gene is called New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase, or NDM-1. In the United States, the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, discovered antibiotic-resistant bacteria in its reclaimed water system; however, opinions diverge as to whether the bacteria could ultimately harm residents
That report explains:
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem and is a major challenge to human medicine because it results in drugs losing their effectiveness for treating bacterial infections.
"Contaminants of emerging concern" is a term generally used to describe potential water pollutants that aren't monitored or regulated in the U.S., including ARGs, as well as hormones, personal care products, insecticides, and prescription and over-the-counter medications. Pharmaceutical wastes and other contaminants of emerging concern are causing unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality worldwide, which scientists have said makes additional research into this issue essential.
Human Activity Blamed
In this recent study, no specific geographical patterns were determined from the analysis. The researchers say human activity is to blame for the prevalence of these genes in the waters. They added:
[T]he major cause of the accumulation of these genes in the environment is human activity, and the failure of waste water treatment plants to remove these genes during processing — something that we need to focus on achieving in the future. Otherwise, we could find ourselves facing dire environmental, agricultural and medical consequences.
These findings — "Continental-Scale Pollution of Estuaries With Antibiotic Resistance Genes" — were published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
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I hate to write such a great review for fear of not getting such quick appointments anymore. :) I have had several dentists that I have stayed with for approx 10 years, but I have finally found the best office yet. Dr. Lopez is an incredibly skilled, caring and warm professional who always knows what's best. The dental assistants are amazing and Natalie and all the front desk people are so nice and extremely efficient. Love this place!!
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Mycyny () ist ein Dorf in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren. Es gehört zur Gmina Olsztynek (Stadt- und Landgemeinde Hohenstein i. Ostpr.) im Powiat Olsztyński (Kreis Allenstein).

Geographische Lage
Mycyny liegt 1 Kilometer westlich des Meitzen-Sees () im Westen der Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren, 21 Kilometer südöstlich der einstigen Kreisstadt Osterode in Ostpreußen (polnisch Ostróda) bzw. 20 Kilometer südwestlich der heutigen Kreismetropole und Woiwodschaftshauptstadt Olsztyn ().

Geschichte
Das ursprünglich Myetze und vor 1785 Meytzen genannte kleine Dorf wurde 1410 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Es bestand in seinem Kern aus mehreren kleinen Höfen und Gehöften.

Die Landgemeinde Meitzen war zwischen 1874 und 1945 in den Amtsbezirk Manchengut (polnisch Mańki) im Kreis Osterode in Ostpreußen eingegliedert. Die Einwohnerzahl des Dorfs belief sich im Jahre 1910 auf 74,, 1933 auf 104 und 1939 auf 85, Im Jahre 1939 lebten sie in 16 Haushalten, und von ihnen arbeiteten 60 Einwohner in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft und 16 in Industrie und Handwerk.

Meitzen wurde 1945 in Kriegsfolge zusammen mit dem gesamten südlichen Ostpreußen an Polen abgetreten. Das Dorf erhielt die polnische Namensform "Mycyny" und ist heute als Sitz eines Schulzenamts (polnisch Sołectwo) eine Ortschaft im Verbund der Stadt- und Landgemeinde Olsztynek (Hohenstein i. Ostpr.) im Powiat Olsztyński (Kreis Allenstein), bis 1998 der Woiwodschaft Olsztyn, seither der Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren zugehörig. Am 26. Oktober 2020 zählte Mycyny 60 Einwohner.

Kirche
Bis 1945 war Meitzen in die evangelische Kirche Manchengut (polnisch Mańki) in der Kirchenprovinz Ostpreußen der Kirche der Altpreußischen Union, außerdem in die römisch-katholische Kirche Hohenstein i. Ostpr. (polnisch Olsztynek) eingepfarrt. Heute gehört Mycyny katholischerseits zur Pfarrei Olsztynek (Hohenstein i. Ostpr.) im Erzbistum Ermland, evangelischerseits zur Kirchengemeinde Olsztynek, einer Filialgemeinde von Olsztyn in der Diözese Masuren der Evangelisch-Augsburgischen Kirche in Polen.

Verkehr
Mycyny liegt westlich der einstigen Landesstraße, die die Städte Hohenstein i. Ostpr. (polnisch Olsztynek) und Mohrungen (Morąg) miteinander verband. Heute verläuft sie als Nebenstraße von Olsztynek über Samagowo (Sabangen) und Mańki (Manchengut) bis nach Podlejki (Podleiken) und verbindet die Schnellstraße S 51 (Anschlussstelle: Olsztynek Wschód) und Landesstraße 58 mit der Landesstraße 16. Eine Anbindung an den Bahnverkehr besteht nicht.

Weblinks
 Polska w liczbach: Wieś Mycyny w liczbach (polnisch)
 Bildarchiv Ostpreußen: Diashow Meitzen/Mycyny
 Bildarchiv Ostpreußen: Ortsplan von Meitzen Kr. Osterode Ostpr. (Stand vor 1945)

Einzelnachweise

Ersterwähnung 1410
Ort der Woiwodschaft Ermland-Masuren
Gmina Olsztynek

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Please be informed that as announced earlier, classes WILL RESUME tomorrow, July 18, for the Junior High School. We shall have regular classes for Grade 8 and the Science iPSLExam for Grade 7. The school grounds were checked earlier this afternoon to ensure the safety of the students.


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Explore The Fermanagh Lakelands, Fermanagh is a county of open horizons and opportunity for all those who love the outdoor life. The landscape is an intricate patchwork quilt of woodland, forest, parkland and wetland. Here the glorious views and stunning panoramas of the natural environment are guaranteed to entice you into the fresh, cleansing country air.
From Golf To Fishing, Hiking To Boating Rushin House is ideally placed for exploring West Fermanagh and the surrounding areas of Cavan and Leitrim. Belleek Pottery and Marble Arch Caves Geopark are two world famous attractions within a short distance of the park. Other local attractions include Florencecourt House, Castlecoole, Corralea Activity Centre, the Ulster Way Walking Path, Enniskillen Castle & Museum and MacNean Sculpture Trail. There are many other local events and festivals throughout the summer.


Change can not occur without conflict. Resistance to change should be expected and orchestrating the conflict created by the change process should be seen as a necessary part of building a better future. Get 2 minutes of practical tips on surfacing conflict and moving it toward resolution.
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Office politics are a part of working life whether you like it or not and handling them well is an important part of being successful in the workplace.
While the term office politics is surrounded by endless negative connotations it isn't all bad. Our navigating office politics training course will help you to recognise the differences between good and bad politics as well as the best and worst ways to exert power and influence. Knowing the skills and techniques to deal with certain behaviours and situations will help you to handle workplace politics appropriately without getting involved in any of the negative tactics associated with bad politics.
On the other hand, good work politics will help you to endorse yourself in a fair and honest way. Good office politics are more frequently associated with networking, effective leadership skills and stakeholder management.
In the work place some people have more authority and influence than others, usually based on where they sit in the hierarchy of the company. However, office politics will often go beyond the official organisation chart. Understanding and accepting this is imperative in making office politics work for you. You'll need to be observant and appreciate the informal network. Who gets along with who and who has conflict with who?
Build relationships with people but avoid forcing fake friendships, empty flattery and negative politicking. Make sure the relationships you build are with people at all levels within the company and are based on trust and respect.
If you are someone in the business who holds power know when and how to use it. There are times when it will be necessary for you to exercise your authority but you must be careful how you do so. If you are seen to be someone who loses their temper easily you are likely to lose a great deal of respect. Keep your cool, focus on the situation and don't get personal. Keep calm and carry on.
Another important note – using your power might not always be the best action for you to take. Learn when to take a step back, don't be seen as someone who is overpowering, this will only leave others feeling like their thoughts and opinions don't matter because you will only override them anyway.
Don't get involved in gossip, if you have been told things in confidence keep them to yourself and don't lose trust. Avoid talking about issues within the company and definitely don't talk negatively about your boss. In reality, these things only make you look bad. Sure, there might be things you don't like about the company you work for, there might be things you don't like about your boss, but there is an appropriate time and a place to bring these matters up.
When the time is right for you to voice criticism make sure you do so in a professional manner and from the perspective of the organisation, not from a personal perspective. Try to take a positive outlook and suggest solutions rather than just whining and complaining for the sake of it.
If you are a manager, consider whether you are actually encouraging teamwork or are you unintentionally setting your team members up to work against each other. Too much competition between team members can create animosity and conflict. Encourage your team to work collaboratively to reach shared goals as well as their individual ones and they are much more likely to get along than to get caught up in unhealthy rivalry. We have training courses which can help you with effective team building.
One of the best ways to stay out of negative workplace politics is to avoid conflict. Keeping the peace doesn't have to mean sucking up to everyone or being a push over but always be pleasant and professional. You can still get your point across and be assertive whilst staying agreeable. If you are unable to satisfy someone's request, make sure that you give a clear and reasonable explanation as to why and try to provide them with an alternative contact or solution.
If there is a conflict in the office it is important that you try to avoid picking a side. Choosing one side or the other is likely to make things difficult for you if you need to work with people from the other side and could hinder your productivity and performance. Instead, try to work with both sides and avoid talk about the issue that divides them.
It is often a good idea to get things in writing, especially if you believe someone could change their mind on a matter that you have agreed to. It might be that the matter is more important to you than it is to them and they are likely to forget, if this is the case, finish your conversation with a request for them to put it in an email for you. This way you will have a record to refer back to and avoid any confusion.
This is an especially important point if you are in a position of authority. Discourage negative politics within your team through effective leadership skills. Lead by example, maintain your integrity and others should follow suit.
As much as you try to avoid negative workplace politics sometimes you just can't help but cross paths with an 'office politician'. If this is the case it helps to know who you are working with. Below we've outlined the 8 types of office politician to look out for and how to deal with each of them.
Office Politics, the politician's profile.
The Gossip: This is the person who knows all the ins and outs of the office, who's dating who, who's got problems at home and who's had a falling out with their boss.
They know it all, and they get a buzz off spilling secrets. Be careful when revealing confidential or personal information around them because it probably won't stay confidential for long. Try to keep conversation related to business when dealing with a Gossip. If conversation does start to stray away from work don't believe every word they say and definitely don't get sucked into spreading any rumours they might share with you. When conversation starts to drift in the wrong direction quickly but subtly try to bring conversation back to safe ground.
The Climber: This person is ambitious and determined, they want to see their career progress, but their ideas of moving on up could come at a cost. The Climber is so absorbed on advancement that they will run over anything and anyone in the way. A Climber tends to focus only on themselves rather than the team. They will often take full credit for a group effort or even others people's work. To avoid this happening to you, don't be afraid to share what you're working on in front of your team so that it's transparent who's working on what and credit comes back where credit is due. If you're in a managerial role keep an eye out for team members who talk about "I, me and mine" rather than "we, us and ours." If you think one of your team members could be trying to take credit from others, make sure you ask all of your team for frequent updates so that you're clear on who's really doing what.
The Yes Man: This person will pretty much always say yes. They'll agree to any task even if they don't have the time to fit it into their schedule, even if they don't have the right resources to complete it and even if it's not necessarily the right thing to do. Be wary of a Yes Man because they might not be as reliable as they seem on the surface. A Yes Man will often struggle to prioritise their workload because they're trying to cater for everything their boss wants.
The Grumbler: This person never seems to be happy. A Grumbler is always whining about something, complaining and moaning but never bringing any solutions to the table. A Grumbler is usually averse to change; they will often talk about how things were in the past and how things are not done 'like we used to do it". Be careful not to be dragged into a negative way of thinking if you're working with a Grumbler. Make sure you keep a positive attitude and where appropriate encourage them to look on the bright side too. If you're managing a Grumbler encourage them to come up with a feasible solution to each of the things they moan about. If they have to do this every time they might soon reconsider what's worth moaning about.
The Backstabber: This is not someone you want to get involved with in the workplace. Unfortunately, with a backstabber you probably won't know you're dealing with one until it is too late. A backstabber is like The Climber in that they are ambitious and want to progress their career, also similar in the way that it doesn't matter what this costs. The difference being, a Backstabber will go one step further than taking credit for your work, they will also throw you under a bus too. A backstabber is unlikely to take responsibility for their mistakes and will pass the blame wherever they can. If you do end up in this situation make sure you stand up for yourself and confidently refute false claims.
The Taker: The Taker is someone who asks for help, advice, favours and ideas. All fine, but when they are reluctant to reciprocate this can be rather annoying. They'll ask a lot of questions and take up a lot of your time. If a Taker says that they're too busy to help you out, ask them if you can put some time in the diary for a later date. Time in the diary should mean that they can't really use the "too busy" excuse. It might be annoying but don't give up, keep chasing them for what you need and don't let yourself feel like a burden. You've helped them out so it's only fair they return the favour.
The Box Ticker: The box ticker is someone who will do the bare minimum. They'll get the box ticked and the job done but they won't go any further than that. While not necessarily harmful, they're not likely to use their initiative and go a step further no matter how beneficial it might be for themselves, the team or the business. If it's not with in their remit, it's probably not going to get done. If you're managing a box ticker, try to encourage them to see the benefit in going the extra mile. It might be worth putting rewards or incentives in place for work which isn't necessarily on their to do list.
The Micromanager: Micromanaging is bad managing, it will leave staff feeling incompetent, it will stifle opportunity to grow and quash innovation. A micromanager will delegate work to employees and check up on them every step of the way, to the point where it's counterproductive. If staff are spending so much time reporting on their progress they are not getting as much done as they could do. A micromanager will rarely be satisfied with deliverables because they would have completed the task in a different way. One way to cope with being micromanaged is to provide your boss with the information required before you're asked. Take it upon yourself to communicate your own progress and accomplishments to avoid being pestered for information just because you haven't been asked in a while. If you are micromanaging, it's time to reconsider your management style. Working Voices leadership skills training courses can help you to develop your management skills in a much more effective way.
Office politics are not something you can really avoid but knowing how to manage them will help tremendously. Our office politics training course will teach you the strategies you need to handle them effectively and can be tailored towards your business.
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