The cradle of Western civilization makes no empty boasts of its artistic and cultural prowess. The fact is that many of the concepts we take for granted today, including democracy, first originated thousands of years ago among the Greeks. Greek culture is a result of centuries of evolution and contains influences of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Turks besides legacies of the famed Classical Age.
The first recorded works in the western literary tradition are the epic poems of Homer and Hesiod. Early Greek lyric poetry by Sappho and Pindar defined the genre and Aesop wrote his Fables in the 6th century BC, another genre-defining work. The birthplace of theatre, Classical Greece gave rise to Aeschylus, who introduced the idea of dialogue, as well as Sophocles and Euripides. Aristophanes practically invented the idea of comedy as a theatrical form. Herodotus and Thucydides are often attributed with developing the modern study of history while Polybius first introduced into study the concept of military history. Philosophy entered literature in the dialogues of Plato, while his pupil Aristotle laid the foundations of literary criticism.
Modern Greek literature includes names like Constantine P. Cavafy, Giorgos Seferis (whose works and poems aimed to fuse the literature of Ancient and Modern Greece) and Odysseas Elytis, both of whom won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Nikos Kazantzakis and Vassilis Vassilikos are also world renowned.
The ancient Greeks developed the Doric and Ionic styles of architecture. The latter eventually evolved into the more ornate Corinthian style. The style of ancient Greek temples, a rectangular shape, surrounded by colonnades surmounted by a triangular pediment, built from limestone or marble, remains popular even today. The Parthenon and the Erechtheum in Athens command awe and attract tourists from all over the world.
The Golden age of Greek cinema is universally considered to be the 1950s, in which productions such as Stella, directed by one of Greece's most famous directors Michael Cacoyannis, shot to prominence internationally. Notable actors and directors from this period include Alekos Sakelarios, Nikos Tsiforos, Ellie Lambeti, Dinos Iliopoulos and Irene Papas.


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To Respect Human Rights, The Government Should Strategise To Coexist First, Not To Evict
By Neema Pathak-Broome & Eleonora Fanari onMar. 13, 2018in Perspectives
Helping gram sabhas recognise their rights and discharge their conservation responsibilities will do more to ensure long-term wildlife security than forced relocations ever will.
Santhal women carrying firewood in the buffer area of Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha. Credit: Eleonora Fanari
On September 29, 2017, at the inauguration of Global Wildlife Plan, Harsh Vardhan, the Union environment minister claimed that "India is playing a leadership role in management of wildlife through involvement of local communities" and that "five crore people living around national parks and sanctuaries are working as partners in environment conservation".
This statement contradicts the situation on the ground. Communities living in and around protected areas remain excluded. Their rights and dignity are continuously violated, their livelihoods disrupted. They are often relocated under coercion, with unsatisfactory facilities at the new site – or they're simply evicted without any notice.
By November 2017, over 700 local families (mostly belonging to the Mising tribe) were evicted from their homes situated on the fringe of Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, many beaten up. Forest officials escorted by over 3,000 personnel of the Assam Police used elephants and bulldozers to destroy their houses. All this despite a petition filed against their eviction, ordered by the Guwahati High Court in August 2017. These flood affected landless people were applicable for a rehabilitation package under the Assam Special Scheme for Rehabilitation of Erosion Affected Families but instead were left homeless, to struggle through cold winter nights without any notice, dialogue or compensation.
A similar scenario played out in Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, where 300 families were evicted; children, women, and elderly left by the side of the road. While the field director argued that these families had encroached upon the forest, the local people claimed that they were local inhabitants whose names were erroneously left out from the list of people to be relocated and compensated, prepared in 1998. A few kilometres away in Ramnagar block, within the buffer zone of Corbett National Park, the houses of van Gujjar families were destroyed without notice or explanation, and people beaten up by forest officials. Some of them continue to face harassment and face false cases while their common property rights are denied.
At the moment, dozens of adivasi and Dalit people sit on a dharna in Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh, demanding action against a forest officer engaged in unprovoked violence against the local villagers. These families refused to move when the rest of their village was forcefully relocated, and have in the last few years had their employment opportunities eliminated, schools broken down, and access to development benefits denied.
Existing legal provisions
A camp of 47 Khadia primitive tribal families, relocated on December 2016 from their ancestral homes in Khejuri village in the buffer area of Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha. Credit: Eleonora Fanari
Similar brutalities impacting nearly three million tribal people in 2002 were triggered by a letter issued to the chief secretaries of all states by the environment ministry, directing them to evict all 'encroachments' in a time-bound manner. Subsequent local adivasi struggles and a national campaign by various adivasi networks and sangathanas led to the Parliament enacting the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 (FRA).
Among the various provisions related to land and forest rights, the denial of which has led to injustice faced by the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (OTFDs), section 4 of the FRA details the conditions under which relocation can take place from forest areas. It states:
… no forest rights holders shall be resettled or have their rights affected for the purposes of creating inviolate areas for wildlife conservation, except when it has been scientifically established that their activities or presence is causing irreversible damage and threatening the existence of wildlife and their habitat.
Also in 2006, the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA) was amended to include these guidelines, stating that relocation can take place only "after it has been established with the consent of the concerned communities that their presence and activities cause irreversible damage and threaten the existence of tigers and co-existence of these communities with tigers is not possible".
Both laws make the following conditions mandatory for relocation:
1. It has been established scientifically that co-existence is not possible,
2. The process of recognition and determination of rights under FRA has been completed,
3. Free, prior, informed consent of the gram sabhas has been sought in writing
4. Relocation is voluntary and on mutually agreed terms and conditions, and
5. A resettlement package has been prepared to the satisfaction of the people being relocated.
The National Wildlife Action Plan 2017-2031 also asks for speedy recognition of forest rights of communities living inside tiger reserves. It also emphasises that long delays in the settlement of forest rights and payment of compensation have been "a major source of alienation of the local people from wildlife conservation". It seeks to review past cases of relocation from protected areas and tiger reserves by 2019, stressing that relocations in the future should happen only if essential and if the people are willing.
These provisions are in keeping with India's conservation commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity, which promotes "… full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities, and also their prior and informed consent to or approval of, and involvement in, the establishment, expansion, governance and management of PAs…".
Forced by adivasi struggles but not always liked by hardline conservationists, these provisions indicate a shift in the way conservation is being envisioned in postcolonial India: based on coexistence rather than conflict; on respect for fundamental human rights and responsibilities; on justice in the distribution of conservation costs and benefits; and, most importantly, on undertaking relocation only in exceptional circumstances.
Continued atrocities
Bokrakachaar people evicted in 2009 from their ancestral land for the creation of Achanakmar Tiger Reserve. They receive concrete houses and some barren land as compensation. Now, they migrate in search of work. Credit: Eleonora Fanari
In 2017, Kalpavriksh (the NGO to which the authors are affiliated) conducted a survey in 30 protected areas – 22 tiger reserves and eight wildlife sanctuaries and national parks – to understand the extent to which the legal provisions were being implemented on ground.
The survey found few protected area where rights under the FRA had been fully and effectively recognised. In most cases, the people were not even aware of these rights; in some, only one out of 13 kinds of rights under the FRA – individual land rights – had been recognised suo moto, facilitated by the forest department but without following legal procedures, mainly to complete legal requirements for relocation. The Simlipal tiger reserve, Odisha, was one of the few of its kind that had recognised land and community forest rights.
However, the communities whose rights were recognised have subsequently been relocated. The Kharia, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), was relocated in December 2016 from Khejuri village in the buffer zone. "After having received the community forest rights, we got funds under MNREGA to build a road," a local man from the village told the authors. "The forest department came and destroyed all the work, saying that this is a protected area and we are not allowed to stay any more."
Relocation was found to be either ongoing or planned in at least 23 of the 30 protected areas. In most cases, FRA and WLPA provisions were not being followed. In no protected area – barring pockets around Simlipal – were there any efforts towards coexistence by the forest department. No records were found of any scientific studies to prove that coexistence was impossible, nor had local communities been consulted.
People from Amchang, Kaziranga, Rajaji and Manas were found to have been evicted from lands they owned or to which they were claimants under the FRA without rehabilitation or compensation. In response, the forest department maintained that there had been no evictions and that all relocations had been 'voluntary'. Debabrata Swain, additional director general of the National Tiger conservation Authority (NTCA), told Reuters, "We are only relocating those people from core tiger habitats who are willing to move; there are no evictions."
In reality, such 'voluntary' relocations were often found to be forced. In Achanakmarg, Nagarhole, Simlipal, Barnawapara, Chondaka and Debrigarh, people reported that police cases had been filed against them; that they had been physically threatened and denied access to basic health and education facilities and livelihood. The process of seeking gram sabha consent was also found to be fraught with irregularities and often deceit.
In protected areas like Rajaji and Kailadevi, people reported inconsistencies in the lists of families to be relocated and compensated. Some families were not recorded, particularly those headed by women. Some lists had also been made long before the date of relocation, thus excluding the names of those who became adults in the interim. In many protected areas, such as Simlipal, Satkosia and Achanakmarg, the facilities at the relocation site were found to be unsatisfactory and sometimes nonexistent.
On March 28, 2017, the NTCA overstepped its jurisdiction and issued a since-criticised letter-cum-order stating "no recognition of rights" be granted in tiger reserves until guidelines for the notification of critical wildlife habitats (CWH) were issued. This completely halted the already limited implementation of the FRA in tiger reserves. In Tadoba, the community forest rights claims of about seven villages had been accepted and were about to be distributed by the collector when the NTCA order came. Understandably disturbed villagers saw this as a conspiracy to sustain corporate tourism supported by the forest department.
On January 4, 2018 the environment ministry issued a set of guidelines for declaring CWHs under section 2 (b) of the FRA. There are widespread fears that this will only increase atrocities unless accountable monitoring systems are installed to ensure existing legal provisions are followed in letter and spirit. These fears emanate from the manner in which 'inviolate' has been used in the context of CWH i.e. to mean "absolutely free of human presence".
The Silent Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Sabhi Bhai of the van gujjar community milks his cow in Tumadhia village, Nainital district, just outside Corbett National Park. His family and community have been receiving eviction threats since 2016. Credit: Eleonora Fanari
It's surprising that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), the nodal agency for implementing the FRA has been ineffective in addressing these violations of the rights of STs, OTFDs and PVTGs. Instead of demanding that the NTCA order be withdrawn, the MoTA simply issued a letter to the environment ministry on May 29, 2017, stating that it considers the NTCA order a "temporary measure". On January 2, 2018, the National Commission on Scheduled Tribes (NCST) called for a meeting to discuss the NTCA order. The minutes of the meeting suggest that even for the NCST, these fundamental violations constitute an issue of "inadequate compensation" to be addressed by doubling the compensation package. Neither the MoTA nor the NTCA have questioned the rationale for relocations, their forced nature, the lack of recognition of rights under the FRA and the absence of coexistence strategies.
The bases of relocation from protected areas and the eviction-based model of conservation need to be reviewed immediately. Otherwise, there are likely to be serious long-term consequences for wildlife conservation itself.
The MoTA and MoEF need to ensure that:
The NTCA order is withdrawn,
All illegal relocations and evictions from protected areas are stopped immediately, and
No relocation is carried out till a participatory review of past relocations and evictions is done and an effective, inclusive monitoring system is installed to ensure that all legal requirements are followed
For situations where relocation may be necessary and has been agreed upon without coercion, the relocation package must be revised based on the 'Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013', and officials must ensure all recognised community forest rights are reinstated at the new location without affecting the rights and with the consent of existing rights holders. The cash compensation must also be in addition to and not in lieu of any individual and community land and forest rights.
Most importantly, in accordance with the FRA and the WLPA, steps need to be taken to build and strengthen the coexistence of human and wildlife communities in all forest landscapes, including protected areas. The first step in this agenda would be to recognise all forest rights per the FRA and use section 5 (empowering gram sabhas to protect wildlife, forest, biodiversity and their own habitats from any destructive practices affecting their cultural and natural heritage).
FRA rules 4 (1) e and f also direct gram sabhas to form a committee to fulfil the above mandate and work out conservation and management strategies for their forest rights. These plans should be incorporated into the forest department's overall plan, including in protected areas. Helping gram sabhas recognise their rights and discharge their conservation responsibilities will do more to ensure long-term wildlife security than relocations and evictions ever will.
First published by The Wire
Story Tags: community-based , conservation , ecological , ecology , human rights , livelihoods , participatory management , sanctuary , social accountability , social issues , sustainability , village forest , wildlife

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Q: ubuntu support to backup plus 1TB external hard drive I have installed ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop .as my internal storage is very less (80gb) ,I am planning to by Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB External Hard Disk for use .
Will ubuntu will support to this exterbal drive to use ?
Is there anything i need to do affter connecting to my desktop ?
My system specs are :processor :intel core 2 duo , 1.5 gb ram DDR2 ,Ubuntu 12.04 OS.
Thanks ,Satish

A: Shortly, yes.
On the other side, it depends what file system you're using. If, by default, you instaleld your ubuntu with ext4 file system, then it supports up to 1 EiB and it should be alright.

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Ubuntu is a plug and play so as soon as you will plug your External it will be detected automatically and will be mounted(by default) in /media directory.

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There will be a National Premier Soccer League Founders Cup in 2019 and the Cosmos will compete in it.
The NPSL made it official Thursday as 11 clubs have launched the new pro soccer league.
The clubs will compete in the first NPSL Founders Cup competition that will run from next August to November. That competition will lead to a full league schedule in 2020m, which will run from spring to fall.
The 11 founding members include ASC San Diego, Cal FC, California United Strikers FC, Chattanooga FC, Detroit City FC, FC Arizona, Miami FC, Miami United FC, Milwaukee Torrent, Cosmos and Oakland Roots.
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These 11 clubs will include professional players, coaches and staff.
United States Adult Soccer Association president John Motta gave his support to the fledgling league.
The format, player roster information, schedule and additional details of the Founders Cup will be announced later this winter.
The number of games each team will play has not yet been determined.
A professional NPSL season would not commence until the spring of 2020. That would be a full season and run through November.
According to national soccer sources, the 2020 season could see several more teams added to the league, which is entertaining ownership possibilities from Jacksonville, New Orleans Jesters, Virginia Beach, Asheville and a team in Seattle, primarily all NPSL teams.
Later, it was discovered that three other NPSL teams are possibilities for 2020 — the Fort Worth Vaqueros, FC Buffalo and Cleveland SC.


Truebil, the ecommerce platform for purchasing and selling used vehicles based out of India, recently fund raised $14 million in both equity and a Series B round that was led primarily by Joe Hirao, an investor out of Japan. The company intends to expand into five new cities within India and bolster their technology as well.
With the latest funding, Paix Technology-owned Truebil has announced its total funding to have reached $22.4 million. The company had announced revenue of $7 million for the FY 2017-18, and aims to generate 5x growth in revenue for the current fiscal.
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Monastic monks and nuns, high lamas, dignitaries, and lay devotees from all over the world have gathered in Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi in anticipation of the sacred 'kudung' of His Holiness the 14th Gyalwa Shamarpa.
A contingent of high lamas and dignitaries will be at the New Delhi airport at the early hours of 22nd June, 2014 to receive the sacred 'kudung' of Gyalwa Shamarpa. His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa had travelled to Germany and will be personally accompanying the 'kudung' on its journey to New Delhi.
After a week of fervent preparations, Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI) will receive the sacred 'kudung' and also host the many high lamas, monks and nuns from many sects of Buddhist who have congregated here to receive the sacred blessings of the 'kudung', and pay their final respects.
The 'kudung' will be open to devotees from all over the world and the general public from 22nd June to 30th June. Thereafter, the 'kudung' is scheduled to be escorted to Shri Diwakar Institute, the 'shedra' founded by Gyalwa Shamarpa in Kalimpong, for the benefit of all Himalayan Buddhist monastic and populace.
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Dogs can easily be SPOOKED by loud noises and become SCARED or THREATENED by strangers dressed up in costumes. It's always a good idea to have your family dog in another room or separated from the stream of Trick or Treaters arriving at your front door to collect their candy. It is not only safer for your pet but also for young children who may not be used to being around animals. Music or the noise from the television can help block out some of the unfamiliar noises for your pet as children arrive at your door. The ringing of the door bell will annoy your dog; often it is suggested that placing a sign or even a piece of tape over the door bell will avoid the constant ringing of the bell that will upset your dog.
Halloween is all about the treats, more so than the tricks, but Halloween treats can be very dangerous for your dogs. Candies can make your dog very ill and in some cases cause diarrhea and vomiting. Too much and over indigestion of certain candied products or chocolate could lead to more serious illnesses. Candy wrappers, decorations and glow sticks could become lodged in your dog's digestive track or even worse are toxic once swallowed. It should be a priority to keep your pets safe this Halloween by keeping candy, chocolate, candy wrappers and all decorations that may look fun for your dog to chew on out of harm's way of your pet.
Costumes can be fun for everyone, including dressing up your dog but precaution should always be taken when anyone is wearing a costume. Making sure that the costume fits properly so that no one trips over long garments, masks or make up does not block visibility and that costumes are not too tight to restrict movement or circulation.
Halloween is a fun time of the year and everyone in the family can enjoy it provided precautions are taken and safety is always a concern.
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Gender diversity on MENA boards
By Sanaa Abouzaid – IFC Corporate Governance Lead, MENA
Let's start with a story. A leading retailer operates department stores in malls across the Middle East. The company's customer base is overwhelmingly female – in fact, women make up more than 80 per cent of its customers.
It would stand to reason, then, that the team building strategy for this company, whose fortunes are so intertwined with catering to the tastes of its female customers, would include several women. But, no. On a nine-member company board, only one director was female.
This begs the question: for a company playing in a competitive industry so heavily reliant on being right about fast-moving fashion trends and consumer tastes, how could they make good decisions if they didn't have representation from among the ranks of the very people who would – or would not – buy their products? The point here is not to single out one company. Rather, the point is that having more female representation at the board and senior management levels enables companies to make better decisions, which will drive stronger performance, increased profitability, improved valuation and greater potential for growth.
Qualified women bring strong skills, fresh perspectives and a different way of handling issues than their male counterparts. Numerous studies have shown that diverse boards enable companies to operate more efficiently and perform more effectively, helping them improve profit margins, return on equity and valuation, while reducing their risk of exposure to corruption, fraud and scandal.
Such evidence of outperformance is making investors sit up and take notice. Recently, US-based State Street Global Advisors, one of the world's largest asset managers, announced that it will be issuing new gender guidance to increase female representation on the boards of companies in which it invests. It's not merely because women comprise 50 per cent of the global workforce and it's the right thing to do. Rather, the issue is achieving strong financial performance, determined in large part by the direction the board sets.
"As the third largest asset manager in the world and a significant shareholder, we believe that board diversity enhances board quality – bringing together directors with different skills, backgrounds and expertise," said Jill Mavro, senior managing director at State Street.
On women in leadership positions, MENA lags behind other regions
In 2016, publicly traded companies in 16 countries worldwide averaged three or more female directors – considered the critical mass needed to optimise the positive benefits of diversity. Of these 16 nations, all but two – Canada and South Africa – were in western and northern Europe, according to research from executive search firm Egon Zehnder. Other regions, such as Latin America and Asia, aren't doing all that well.
The Middle East and North Africa region lags behind them all. Here, the lack of diversity is severe. The numbers are actually quite alarming. A 2016 study of nearly 1,500 publicly listed companies in 13 countries across the MENA region by Shareholder Rights and the EuroMena Funds found that only 17 per cent had some female representation on their boards. Out of the 249 companies that did have female representation on their boards, only four per cent had female board chairs. "Arab markets on average have female board members in one of six companies. This is much lower than the ratios in most developed economies," the report noted.
Of the industry sectors reviewed, the banking and financial services industry had the highest female representation, with 93 companies reporting that they had at least one female director. Among the worst performers were media companies, none of which had a single woman on their boards.
Another study, this time by IFC, of just one country – Jordan – revealed similar findings. Of more than 1,200 Jordanian companies surveyed in this IFC study, nearly 80 per cent had no female representation on their boards. Of the companies that did have women directors, fewer than four per cent had more than one woman on the board.
The same IFC study draws a link between greater diversity and improved financial performance, as reflected by return on assets and equity: the Jordanian companies with female directors had three times the return on assets and double the return on equity compared to companies with no women on their boards. One female Jordanian executive – the founder and general manager of a confectionary company – summed up the business case for more women in the boardroom this way: "Diversity leads to excellence in business, less corruption and more proactive and productive boards."
Why the stakes are so high for MENA countries
Simply put MENA countries really need vibrant private sectors. In a region where many countries struggle with instability, unemployment is high, opportunity is limited and the public sector is overwhelmed, growing the private sector is the path to economic progress. However, this requires attention to the factors that are getting in the way of private sector growth, including an overall gender gap in the labour pool and lack of female representation at the highest levels of business leadership.
The International Monetary Fund recently quantified the value of increased women's participation in the global workforce at all levels. Among the statistics cited in this paper, one stands out: closing the gender gap in Egypt's labour market would raise that country's GDP by more than 34 per cent. Imagine what that would mean in real terms: higher personal incomes, reduced poverty, more manufacturing and services output, greater private sector growth and increased tax revenue to support critical public sector projects and social welfare initiatives.
Understanding root causes of inequality is key
The reasons for MENA's poor performance on measures of gender parity, particularly when it comes to board and senior management, are many, complex and inter-related – too lengthy to detail fully in this short article. However, it's important to share a few of these issues, because any effort to create lasting solutions requires an understanding of these underlying causes. For instance, the region still has a long way to go in ensuring equal access to quality education. While this is not the case region-wide, female literacy remains a huge challenge in many countries. If you can't read and write, very little will follow.
In other countries, even though educational attainment is quite high and more women than men graduate from university, fewer of these women enter the workforce. In Kuwait, for example, women comprise 60 per cent of university graduates and only 22 per cent of the workforce. Several dynamics play into this disparity, including cultural barriers, family wealth that obviates the need for two incomes and struggles with work-life balance.
Other factors include attrition at the mid-management levels, with women often dropping out of the workforce during their child-bearing years. The result is that the female talent pipeline, which may have been closer to equivalency at the entry level, begins to narrow mid-way through. With a smaller pool of qualified women who have come up through the ranks, more of the senior management positions go to men. A similar phenomenon seems to occur in other professions, creating a shortage of qualified women who could potentially serve as independent directors, such as bankers, accountants and consultants.
Also playing into the problem is lack of training for potential directors and limited information on available female candidates. In addition, the nature of boards, with very little turnover and static composition – drawing from the same small group of male professionals – means that on the rare occasion when an opening does occur, the seat is quickly filled by someone well known to everyone else who is within the same male-dominated networks.
Progress requires solutions that address underlying problems
How to address such complex problems? The answer requires multipronged approaches tailored to the specific country, industry and market context. Just as there are many factors contributing to the problems, the responsibility for solving them must be shared.
To begin, we need to raise awareness on the issue. It always comes as a surprise when smart, capable and effective male leaders, who are otherwise acutely tuned in to indicators, such as declining share value, revenue shortfalls, or failure to hit profitability targets, don't realise that the lack of diversity in the boardroom could be a reason for disappointing performance.
In particular, leaders of family-owned companies have an outsized role to play, given the predominance and size of such firms in the MENA region. These leaders – often the family patriarchs – are in a powerful position and can bring about significant change. By encouraging a steady career progression for their female family members, they are nurturing a growing talent pipeline, ensuring that these women develop the qualifications and experience to eventually assume senior-level responsibilities.
At the company level, individual firms must get better at providing career planning, coaching and mentoring to keep women from dropping out of the workforce or falling behind at the mid-point in their professional lives. Meanwhile, their boards need to make room for the women who are coming up through the ranks by setting term limits, mandatory retirement ages and a mechanism to evaluate performance. If directors are not doing the job, they should be asked to step aside.
Training is a critical aspect as well. Training for all board directors, particularly in emerging market countries, has proven helpful in providing grounding in board fundamentals. For women, additional modules focussed on soft skills, such as making one's voice heard
and dealing with strong personality types, will increase their effectiveness as they perform their directorial duties. Local corporate governance institutes can provide such programmes, as well as networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities. They also can serve as central clearing houses, maintaining databases of qualified female candidates so that companies in search of more diversity can easily access lists of potential directors who could meet their needs.
Regulatory bodies also have a part to play in this. To be sure, quotas are a controversial topic. However, regulators can still take steps to prioritise gender diversity, even if they don't want to go the quota route. For example, encouraging more gender diversity on the board aligns well with the growing international push for more independent directors as a way to broaden perspectives and add complementary skills.
Finally, women themselves need to own the issue. Rather than sitting back and blaming others for lack of opportunity, they can do their part by working hard, moving up through the ranks, being prepared and actively seeking out ways to build their skills and networks – signing up for training, joining professional organisations, networking and reaching out to others who have made it.
Focus on diversity yields results
The retailer I mentioned at the start is but one of many companies in MENA that are now paying more attention to board composition as part of a broader corporate governance strategy aimed at strengthening the company. Another firm, a Jordanian microfinance institution with a 96 per cent female customer base, recently worked with IFC on an overhaul of its board of directors, in addition to other governance upgrades. The company weeded out poor performers and brought on more women and independent directors, among other actions. Today, the board is comprised of 42 per cent women, while 70 per cent of its workforce and 80 per cent of its branch managers are women. The firm's top three executives – general manager, chief operating officer and chief financial officer – are all women. These changes have yielded significant benefits: increased access to capital, lower cost of financing, improved decision-making, expanded product portfolio and enhanced market reputation.
The bottom line here is that for MENA, failure on the diversity issue truly is not an option. Increased female representation in the boardroom and among the ranks of senior management is an absolute must to boost private sector performance and improve economic growth across a region that desperately needs it.
Sanaa Abouzaid is the Regional Corporate Governance Lead for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. In her capacity, she is responsible for corporate governance work in IFC's investment operations and advisory services across the MENA region.
Ms. Abouzaid also leads IFC's corporate governance work with other Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). She was a founding member of the 2011 "Corporate Governance Development Framework" initiative. This Framework provides signatory institutions with a common platform for evaluating and improving governance practices of their investee companies. 33 DFIs signed the Framework to date.
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Every country other than the US with a developed judicial system entitles the winners in civil suits to recover their litigation costs from the losers.
Why You Won't Get Your Day in Court from the November 24, 2016 issue
Judge Jed S. Rakoff's excellent article on the eight factors that prevent us from getting our day in court leaves one factor out [NYR, November 24]. Except for the United States, every country in the world with a developed judicial system entitles the winners in civil suits to recover their litigation costs from the losers. Our so-called "American Rule" does not.
Not only is the American Rule a massive obstacle to a person's getting his or her day in court, it has also made ours the most litigious country on earth. Under it, plaintiffs with no evidence to support their claims can sue and nevertheless expect to recover a substantial settlement, because it will cost the defendants more to defend than it is worth. Likewise, defendants with no legitimate defense can nevertheless refuse to pay what they owe, because it will cost the plaintiffs more to sue them than it is worth.
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Professor Slawson's point is well taken: the "American Rule" both deters meritorious suits and encourages frivolous ones. It should be noted that in a growing number of instances Congress has reversed the rule and adopted an English-style "loser pays" rule, such as in lawsuits alleging employment discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, and the like and in lawsuits alleging violations of minimum pay requirements and other fair labor standards. While these statutory reversals of the American Rule are not without problems—such as lawyers seeking payment of exorbitant fees when their clients' recoveries were quite modest—on the whole they have had the salutary effect of making it easier for genuinely aggrieved plaintiffs to obtain some judicial relief in the areas to which these statutes relate. But broader proposals to reverse the American Rule overall have so far met with defeat.
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The role of granulation in a changing pharmaceutical landscape
David O'Connell, Director of Scientific Affairs at PCI Pharma Services, discusses the advantages and general principles of dry granulation roller compaction as an alternative to traditional wet granulation manufacturing — particularly for the development and production of oral solid dosage forms, including tablets and capsules containing highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
Granulation is a process in which primary powder particles adhere to each other, resulting in larger, homogenous multiparticle entities or granules.
When performed without adding a liquid binder, this process is called dry granulation — whereby the powder blend is compacted by applying a force to the powder, which then causes adhesion and considerable size enlargement. The subsequent uniform granules can be further processed into tablets, capsules and powders for bottles or sachets.
Dry granulation can be achieved in two ways: slugging, in which a large compact is formed and then broken down into granules using a mill; or roller compaction, when material is compressed into a ribbon prior to the production of granules.
Dry granulation is required when wet granulation may be unsuitable as a manufacturing method. For example, if you have a moisture-sensitive compound, wet granulation would be challenging because of the need to add a liquid. In addition, any granulation technique that includes a drying stage would be unsuitable for a compound that either has a low melting point or is sensitive to heat.
What is roller compaction?
Roller compaction is a method of dry granulation that's based on the aggregation and densification of dry powders into a solid mass known as a ribbon. This densification process is achieved by feeding a powder by gravity or auger screws through a set of directly opposed, counter-rotating rollers whereby the gap diameter between the rollers is decreasing.
The gap diameter is a key processing parameter; the powder is subjected to high pressure, resulting in an increased powder density and particle size within the milled granule.
The powder blend is actually compacted by the application of force, turning the dry powder into a solid mass. The purpose of dry granulation is to increase the bulk density of powders and increase the particle size to ensure a better flow of distributed material — an important factor in the production of tablets and capsules using high speed manufacturing equipment.
The process avoids the use of liquids and the high temperatures associated with wet granulation and subsequent drying methods, turning powder blends into densified sheets using the two compacting rollers. The ribbon is broken down into a specific granule size via a milling system, such as an oscillating mill.
The most important parameters in the dry granulation process are powder feeding, the applied compaction pressure and the gap diameters. The powder is fed into the rollers and — depending on the feed rate of powder, the gap diameter and force — the powder will be compacted into a predefined ribbon thickness. To ensure an end result of suitably uniform granule properties, precise process control is critical, and this is determined by the pressure at which the powder is forced through the rollers.
Benefits of roller compaction
The benefits of roller compaction compared with a wet granulation method really depend on the compound itself. If you have, for example, a moisture-sensitive compound, wet granulation could prove very difficult in terms of inducing potential impurities.
By contrast, the roller compaction process does not require a liquid binder and therefore, in principle, would be a more suitable option. In addition, should a compound have either a low melting point or be heat-sensitive, wet granulation with a drying stage would not be appropriate and roller compaction would be a more suitable process.
It is also safe to assume that roller compaction is both more energy and time-efficient: the absence of a drying stage delivers lower energy costs and a more efficient means of processing as it requires less time to produce the granules.
Other forms of dry granulation exist, such as slugging. Slugging involves producing a large compact on a tablet press prior to milling and further processing.
This method may cause some inherent challenges, however, as material with a low bulk density and small particle size will generally not flow (efficiently) into the die of a tablet press, which may lead to inconsistent and fluctuating compaction results after the milling stage.
This is one explanation regarding why this method of dry granulation is being used less and less in practice, particularly given that roller compaction is able to offer an effective alternative.
Another advantage of roller compaction is that the continuous processing design means development and pilot batches can take place on the same machine as commercial batches. This mitigates the scale-up issues that can occur during process development or GMP bulk production.
Different types of roller compaction and advantages
The two main categories of roller compaction are essentially based on the gap between the rollers. The first being fixed gap rollers and the second being when the gap is described as "floating," meaning that it's possible to change the distance between the rollers depending on the powder properties.
A generally accepted opinion is that the floating option is more advantageous. A fixed gap can lead to inconsistent powder flow and, consequently, the production of a non-homogenous ribbon. With technology that offers a floating gap option, the distance between the rollers will alter depending on the amount of powder provided; the force applied then remains constant.
This ensures that fluctuations in the granules are minimised, resulting in a more uniform or homogenous granulate.
Following compaction, the ribbons are milled using a screen with a sizing mesh that limits the upper particle size. Oscillating milling provides a gentle process that avoids creating fines within the resulting granules. The granulate can then be further processed into either a tablet or capsule dosage form with increased confidence of dose uniformity.
Increasingly specialised and potent medicines
The pharmaceutical landscape continues to evolve, with more products being deemed to be potent. The reason for this is that as the biological activity and specificity of the API increases, the dosage strength decreases. Any compound classified as potent requires specialist handling to protect the scientists/operators from a predetermined exposure limit.
Traditional techniques that rely on personal protective equipment (PPE) are being replaced with the use of contained engineering solutions to ensure operator protection. With this in mind, fully contained roller compaction should form part of any decision process when a company is looking to outsource development or manufacturing operations … or the company should consider building its own such internal capabilities using existing technologies.
At PCI, a decision was made to invest in technology to safely process potent, multi-API compounds in a purpose-built facility. The dedicated unit was built according to the philosophy of utilising fully contained engineering solutions, eliminating PPE and processing molecules with an occupational exposure limit (OEL) down to 0.01 µg/m3.
As a service provider, PCI had seen and responded to the increase in the potent development landscape by offering best-in-class solutions. Within the first 12 months of opening the facility, however, a number of customers specifically requested potent dry granulation — owing to their compounds being sensitive to either heat and/or moisture. PCI took the decision to install a fully contained roller compactor to meet this growing need.
The roller compactor (Figure 1) was designed with a stainless-steel plate positioned against the rollers and, contained within a negative-pressure isolator, an oscillating mill. Integrated spilt butterfly containment valves handle material transfer from intermediate bulk containers.
Figure 1: PCI roller compaction technology
In terms of post-process cleaning, the PCI roller compactor contains numerous spray nozzles that are used to wet down the gross contamination prior to a machine strip down and placement into a parts washer.
In summary, there are many different types of granulation techniques available. The decision regarding which method is selected will depend on multiple factors, including the physiochemical characteristics and potency of the compound. In each instance, it is important to use all known information and available experience to make the most informed choice … and ensure the greatest chance of success for any development project.
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Today we are excited to introduce a treatment with coconut, rice and brown sugar.
Here are the ingredients you will need for this week's Beauty and Health Wednesday.
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Tonight, when you get home, pause outside of your door and wait until you feel calm before you enter.
Sit or stand in front of your home, close your eyes, paying attention to your breath.
Slowly change your breath and count 9 on the inhale, hold your breath to the count of 9 and then exhale on the count of 9.
Do this breathing exercise till you feel calm and you are no longer thinking about your day and all other mind chatter has dissipated.This exercise can sometimes take five minutes or longer.
When you are calm, enter your home feeling how great it is to come back to your own sanctuary, where you can be yourself, where there are no demands and no obligations.
Now get your skin care products and a "quiet time" space ready. Maybe you want to eat before you start this regimen tonight. Or you may prepare a meal that you can enjoy during the ritual. Allow yourself to make the ritual your own.
I recommend starting with a shower so the water can act as an additional helper to wash away the stresses of the day. When you are ready, cleanse your face and body with the Scentsible Life Cleansing Powder. Afterward, step out of the shower and apply the facial mask.
Sit quietly in your dedicated area, close your eyes and enjoy the quietness in your home. Appreciate your home and feel how it provides you with safety and nurturing. Relax and let the mask stay on your face for at least 20 minutes before you rinse it off.
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Could this giant straw be the solution to the problems with wind turbines?
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by Michelle Kennedy Hogan
Could a bladeless wind turbine answer the issues with clean energy and save a few bird lives in the process? It can if you believe that the same technology we use to get your milkshake to your mouth could also power a community. Vertical designs for wind generators are not popular, but designers continue to come up with new plans for the idea. This vertical straw is one of the latest inventions.
The Vortex wind generator is a completely different type of wind turbine design. It has no spinning blades—or any moving parts to wear out at all—and looks like a ginormous straw that oscillates in the wind. It doesn't spin the wind, but instead takes advantage of "a phenomenon called vorticity, or the Kármán vortex street, which is a 'repeating pattern of swirling vortices.'"
The maker of this crazy straw, Vortex Bladeless, says that it can reduce the costs of manufacturing by 53 percent and cut the cost of maintenance by up to 80 percent, all with this tall, skinny design. The design would also represent a 40 percent reduction in both the "carbon footprint and generation costs," compared to conventional blade wind turbines. The Vortex is quieter too, according to Vortex Bladeless and presents a lower risk to birds and the local environment overall.
Related: Global wind energy production increased 44% last year!
The straw-like generator can also, according to the company, be used to generate more power in less space. This happens because the wind wake is narrower than a regular turbine so installing them closer together is possible. "We tested in a wind tunnel to put one Vortex just in front of another and the second one actually benefits from the vortices given off by the first structure," said David Suriol, co-founder of the Spain-based company.
The Mini is slated to be the first model that Vortex introduces. It's a 4 kW unit that is 12.5 meters (41 feet) high and it is intended for residential and small scale wind energy usage. The Gran is also in the works which is 1+ MW model that can be used for large-scale power generation. According to an interview in Renewable Energy Magazine, "the company has already raised over 1 million Euros from both private and public funds in Europe, and is expected to roll out its pre-commercial prototype within the year." At today's exchange rate, that's about $1.1 million USD.
A crowdfunding campaign may begin in June according to the company website although no solid plan has yet been stated.
Via Treehugger
Images via Vortex Bladeless
One thought on "Could this giant straw be the solution to the problems with wind turbines?"
Anonymous August 11, 2016 at 4:30 am
The top is hollow right? So how do you think they aim to keep birds out, or do you think they would be put off by the movement? Current wind turbines have to be turned off in high wind speeds for fears of breaking apart, would these be able to withstand those high wind speeds as there's no way to turn them off?
Can this giant straw solve the problems of wind generation technology?
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Diversifying Talent in Quantum Computing
With British Columbia emerging as a leader in quantum computing, this project works with K-12 and Indigenous education leaders to ensure that young people are aware of the career opportunities in quantum computing.
Project Budget* - $0.5M
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The field of quantum computing is exploding with the power to solve many challenging problems that standard computers are unable to tackle. The demand for talent in this emerging field is already high and Canada needs to step up or risk being left behind.
With British Columbia emerging as a leader in quantum computing, the 24-month Diversifying Talent in Quantum Computing project works to ensure that young people are aware of the career opportunities presented by this revolutionary technology.
Led by the University of British Columbia, along with D-Wave and UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach, the project delivers ready-to-use education kits and curriculum targeting K-12 students, workshops, summer camps and public forums, including specialized programming for girls and Indigenous students. The project also provides teacher training through an online quantum computing resource hub and will include the Quantum Bits podcast, featuring conversations with international academics and industry experts.
The computing kits and curriculum tools include software that connects to the D-Wave quantum processor, a teacher's guide on quantum computing and its applications, as well as a basic handbook to enable students to create their own software experiments. All materials use evidence-based best practices, with content designed for a diverse audience. With Indigenous people underrepresented in STEM careers, the project team also works with Indigenous education leaders to deliver proactive community-based outreach.
There are two ways that your organization can join the Supercluster and start to get involved in collaborative projects designed to build world class digital technologies while growing our ecosystem and capacity as we become a world leader in the digital transformation of our economies and our society.
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В воскресенье 13 декабря в Аланье состоялась Международная Рождественская ярмарка.
Continuing an annual tradition, on St Nicholas Day, Sunday December 6, 2015, Orthodox pilgrims from Alanya and Antalya traveled to Myra (in Antalya Prefecture). These pilgrims and other supporters participated in the Divine Liturgy, which was celebrated in the ancient Basilica of St Nicholas in Myra.
Taking advantage of the blessed opportunity to have Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW in Alanya for the door opening of the Holy Church of the Theotokos Pisidiotissa, a Great Vespers was celebrated on Saturday, 14 November 2015, at the Holy Church of St. George of the Mountain, which has recently been renovated by the City of Alanya.
On Sunday, 15 November 2015, Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW celebrated the door opening of the newly-constructed Holy Church of the Theotokos Pisidiotissa of Alanya, near the border of the state of Attaleia.


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