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by B&D NZ | Aug 28, 2013 | Media, News | 0 comments
B&D Doors (NZ) Ltd has made the finals of the 2013 Champion Canterbury Awards in the Champion Producer/Manufacturer (Medium/Large Enterprise) category.
The announcement was made during the official Champion Canterbury Awards function at the Canterbury Club on Thursday 22nd August where New Zealand's Governor General, Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah "Jerry" Mateparae GNZM QSO was the guest speaker.
We were nominated by the business community and judged by 30 business leaders. Now widely recognised as the premier business Awards in New Zealand, the Awards Ceremony is being held on the 2nd of October at the CBS Arena. It is expected there will be 1150 people attending this black tie event.
The necessity to relocate our main manufacturing plant gave rise to a number of alternative business plans however our loyal and steadfast local workforce weighed heavily on a renewed 10 year commitment to our Christchurch staff and the wider Canterbury community.
We recognise that it is our staff that contribute greatly to our high levels of product quality and service that is enjoyed by our dedicated Nationwide Dominator & Garador dealer networks and have taken this opportunity to incorporate modern "Lean Manufacturing" methods & philosophies, into the business through training and on-going education of our team members.
The Award – Champion Producer/Manufacturer
Recognising innovative primary production/agribusiness, through to sophisticated, high end manufacturing.
Medium/Large Enterprise 2013 Finalists:
B&D Doors
Cookie Time Ltd
DataCol Group
Winstone Wallboards Ltd
The Champion Canterbury Business Awards are New Zealand's largest business awards and to make it this far is a great honour.
If you would like to find out more about these awards, previous winners and what it means to be a finalist then please check out www.championcanterbury.org.nz
B&D's Paul Dryden and New Zealand's Governor General, Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah "Jerry" Mateparae GNZM QSO


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On the charts of financial instruments you may save the set Indicators and Graphical objects (with their current settings) and other chart settings. This is called a Chart template. The chart templates are stored on the user's PC with a name specified by the user. You may easily transfer the settings of one chart (indicators, objects and other settings) to another one through the templates.
1. Working with chart templates
To work with chart templates right-click on the active chart window and choose the "Templates" in the opened context window.
The window with the "Save the chart as a template..." function will open in the first line with the list of already existing templates, and, after the horizontal line, the names of template groups in subsequent lines. Any subset of templates can be combined into a named group. When you move your mouse over the group name, a window opens with the list of group templates:
a)Left-click on "Save the chart as a template ..." to open a dialog box "Adding a chart template", type in template name in the opened window, and also in the group of templates, if necessary, and press "OK" to save the template.You can add a new template to the existing group or create a new group or not add it to any group.
b)In case of choosing the template name from the list by the left-click, the current chart will accept all the template settings including indicators and graphical objects.
2. Exporting templates
To export chart templates open "Settings" tab in the main menu and choose the "Export..." option in the opened window.
Then, in the "Export settings" dialog box you may tick the settings you need to export. In the example all chart templates are chosen for the export. You may write a file with "tte" extension of the chosen templates on your CD after pressing the Export button.
3. Working with the list of chart templates
To delete the template from the list (from the database of terminal templates) go to the "Settings" – "Chart templates...":
In the opened dialog box it is necessary to mark the template to be deleted and press the "Delete" button, then "Yes" and "OK" to close the window.
Additionally, in this dialog box you may set the visibility of the templates in the list of terminal templates, move the template up or down on the list. In the column "Group" you can add the template to any group, or remove the template from all groups. Besides templates created by user, you may use the system templates - the terminal has four system templates which serve as examples of possible chart settings and cannot be deleted.

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What's the difference of first time calling and a repeat caller.
First Call Resolution is a good concept not a good measure.
So if I phone in to report a technology problem with my broadband, the company may need to send an engineer to my house. So if you try to measure First Contact Resolution on the call - was my problem resolved? No. Three days later the engineer calls and fixes my problem. Now has it been resolved. The only way to measure this is to send a survey, which now my broadband is working again, I may not complete.
What you can measure better though is the number of repeat calls.
But there may be many reasons why a caller may need to call back, for instance to get extra information that may need to be provided.
The measure that you can influence on First Contact Resolution is the number or percentage of repeat callers. If you are good at First Contact Resolution then the Repeat Caller Rate will fall.


The Detroit Master Plan of Policies delivered to the City Council in 1990, contained a vivid depiction of how the city might look in the 21st Century. The futuristic document saw empty downtown streets transformed into bustling commercial boulevards, new office buildings, high-tech industry, skywalks, and commuter cars crammed with people. Restaurants, theaters and cultural events would be unlimited. Neighborhoods would be safe and vibrant. Each element in this quixotic showplace environment would enhance and complement the other.
Sadly, this strategic dream produced only islands of hope. Revitalization throughout the city has been characterized by starts, stops and disappointment.
Fast-forward to 2012 and a new group of reformers led by Quicken Loans head Dan Gilbert who are again trying to convert Detroit into a primetime economic powerhouse. Gilbert has purchased nine downtown buildings to create a hub for technology. Quicken Loans, Blue Cross Blue Shield, DTE Energy and Chrysler Group LLC have collectively committed to relocating close to 10,000 workers from suburbs to the central business district.
The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. (DEGC) recently announced exciting plans for the section of downtown called the Capital Park District. The DEGC has other "hot" development plans in the hopper. The M-1 Rail group of private firms and philanthropic foundations committed millions toward a light-rail project they hope will link downtown with the New Center area.
These renewal efforts, while encouraging, mostly represent wistful thinking. A lack of realism undercuts what amounts to scatter-shot developments that will likely end up like other monuments and relics from trying to force-feed economic growth.
The RenCen underlines the vulnerability of a redevelopment strategy that relies too heavily on politically spectacular building projects. When Ford Motor Co. built the $350 million edifice complex in the 1970s, it was proclaimed as the keystone in the revitalization of Detroit's riverfront. GM subsequently bought it for a fantastically cut rate price.
Almost four years after the Westin Book Cadillac hotel opened with a $180 million restoration, it narrowly missed defaulting on a $15 million loan. The original lender pulled out, the luxury condo market collapsed and occupancy rates fell short of projections.
While the Doubletree Hotel also struggles with raised expectations and low occupancy, developers are planning to reopen the old Ponchartrain Hotel, which went bottom up several years ago. A Canadian company just purchased the venerable Penobscot Building as other companies play musical chairs from one downtown location to another, as in the case of Comerica Bank.
Economic nirvana, it would appear, is not just around the corner. What planners won't say publicly is that if downtown Detroit was a desirable place for hotel expansions, shopping malls, a Mecca for residential lofts, apartments, etc., investors would have already made them happen. Clearly, the market for these amenities is not here.
In a very basic way, Detroit is no longer a geographic, economic, social and politically important city. And in the 21st Century, it may no longer be meaningful to talk about restoring the downtown to one we fondly remember.
A high-tech, highly mobile society requires a downtown center radically different than the traditional big city. Today, banks and other corporations operate electronically from almost anywhere. With exception of the poor, shoppers have the finances and the means of transportation to take them to retail venues near and far.
The contemporary downtown regional model may be in Troy. It includes the upscale, mega-Somerset Collection mall surrounded by new glass-walled corporate headquarters, hotels, residential homes, apartments, restaurants, etc. Troy also is an attractive location for middle-class families, the social glue of any growth area. Troy reaps the benefits of planning that comes from the understanding that neighborhoods – not downtowns — define most cities .
It is more romantic than feasible to try and rebuild downtown Detroit into one that is again business rich and commercial active. But Troy offers a useful benchmark in mapping Detroit's recovery effort.


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Jake Vokins
'Jake Vokins needs to get up to speed quickly' says Kevin Phillips
The youngster has made two appearances since signing for the Black Cats on loan
Matty HewittFootball Writer
Jake Vokins of Sunderland
Sunderland legend Kevin Phillips has delivered his frank assessment of Southampton loanee Jake Vokins.
The young full-back was caught out of position as Harry Chapman volleyed in Shrewsbury's winner in midweek.
It's clear the 20-year-old has quality having made his Premier League debut for the Saints in the weeks before moving to Wearside.
The Black Cats have struggled in the left-back position after the injury to Denver Hume. Callum McFadzean started well at the Stadium of Light but has struggled in the weeks prior to his injury.
Speaking to Football Insider, Phillips said: "Vokins needs to get up to speed quickly.
Kyril Louis-Dreyfus brushes up on his Mackem ahead of proposed takeover
Sunderland goalkeepers will admit they need to be better, says Lee Johnson
"It can be a big challenge coming from Southampton to League One. It was not long ago that I was watching him in a cup game for Southampton. He has gone from playing in a Premier League side to League One and physically it is very different, it is tough. He needs to adapt quickly.
"I have seen too many players move to Sunderland and not perform. I hope he is not one of those.
"He needs to adapt and get used to the hustle and bustle of it. The games will come thick and fast.
"I will not judge him on one of two games. I will give him four, five, six and hopefully he will improve. He is a good little player. He just needs to adjust."
RIP Meat Loaf: How the Bat Out Of Hell star rocked Tyneside audiences over the years
Newcastle upon TyneTexan-born rock superstar Meat Loaf, who has died aged 74, performed in the North East many times over the years, including one memorable night at Whitley Bay Ice Rink in 1993


A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
N159 is located over 160,000 light-years away. It resides just south of the Tarantula Nebula, another massive star-forming complex within the LMC. It was previously imaged by Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, which also resolved the Papillon Nebula for the first time.
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I'm a day late. But how can I hope to give praise to the Lord through this blog and skip this holiday of giving thanks? It was a great week having family in town, going to a school praise night on Tuesday, going to a Thanksgiving eve service at church on Wednesday, and celebrating Thanksgiving with extended family yesterday. What a full few days it has been!
been given access by one Spirit to the Father.
My mind can't totally comprehend, my eyes don't often clearly see, and my heart too often fails to even acknowledge it. I too often sit "full, but unfulfilled," a phrase I just picked up from a book called Making All Things New by Henri Nouwen. Nouwen suggests we are full, meaning busy with our lives, yet unfulfilled, as in bored or depressed in the midst of our being busy.
Nouwen urges his reader to seek the things above and His kingdom, and set our hearts on Christ through the spiritual disciplines of solitude and community.
Solitude. Time alone with God in a small room or area of a room or prayer closet where we close out the distractions, begin reading Scripture, pray, and allow ourselves to hear the voice of God's Spirit. Even just 10 minutes a day — it can be in small doses, but needs to be consistent & regular. It's something we can dread to start until we begin to see what God does through time spent with Him.
I need to go back to cultivating the discipline of solitude. (Although since "solitude" is about being alone, I guess it's not really solitude since the Lord is there!) But time with Him to read the Bible and pray and let His Spirit lead and speak.
I find I am forgetful, just as the Israelites of old were. Thus the many reminders throughout Scripture to "remember:" "Remember what great things He has done for you." I want to remember. I want to meditate on His greatness and power, on who He is, and on who I am because of Him.
And in remembering His great mercy and love, lavishly poured out on me through Christ, I want to give Him thanks and praise Him today and always.
That's really a good point about solitude. I need to find that kind of solitude as well. What a blessing you are to everyone around you! Keep praising His name!


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Audio Book Review-Hot Asset by Lauren Layne
Hot Asset by Lauren Layne
Published by Montlake Romance on May 22, 2018
Narrator: Samantha Cook, Zachary Webber
Length: 7 Hours and 39 Mins
A sexy agent hounds Wall Street's hottest new wolf in an exhilarating novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne.
Ian Bradley is the definition of a Wall Street hotshot: seven-figure salary, designer suits, and a corner office. His drive off the floor is just as potent. Every woman who knows him has felt the rush. But now he's met his match in Lara McKenzie—a woman with the power to bring Ian to his knees.
An ambitious, whip-smart daughter of FBI agents, Lara is a rising star in fighting white-collar crime. Her latest case—the investigation of Ian Bradley for insider trading—could make her career. She knows a scoundrel when she sees one. Ian fits the bill: a cocky, ridiculously handsome bad boy with a slick swagger.
She'll do anything to prove he's guilty. He'll do anything to prove he's not. But it's only a matter of time before their fierce battle of wits gets oh so hot and personal. Now, taking down Ian has become more than business for Lara. It's become a pleasure—and there's more at risk than she ever dreamed.
Hot Asset by Lauren Layne, is the first book in her Wall Street series and when I saw this Audiobook available on Libby I just had to grab it up. I have been wanting to read more of this author and I have to say this is my favorite book of her's so far. Now I can at times be picky about the enemies to lovers trope that is written but boy she NAILED it on the head with this book and I adored every single minute. There was something so unqiue and fresh about this story that drew me in completely and within just a few minutes of listening, I was hooked into it.
Our story begins with our lovely hero and heroine, Ian and Lara get into it in the most delicious ways. Ian is one of Wall Street's most successful men, a self made hero that has wealth and prestige and any pick of women in his bed. But is shocked when all his hard work and determination might be put at risk, when he comes under investigation and the woman after him is none other than Lara McKenzie. Lara is determined to get her ticket into the FBI. Both her parents are agents, and its been her dream. And now she is only one job away from achieving her dream. But Ian is proving difficult and challenging, and despite herself, she is beginning to admire his tenacity. The chemistry between them is explosive but will her feelings get in the way of her job and finding her dream career? Or will she be able to do what is right even at the cost of her dream?
"I don't give a damn about right and wrong, or black and white, or rules and protocols. I only give a damn about him, about the way he makes me feel."
Hot Asset was such a delicious romance and I had such a blast with this book. I first want to touch on the narration of this story. Now Zachary Webber is known among all of #romancelandia for sure. His voice is so yummy….that is all I can say. The way he narrates romance is just on tune with the character and he always nails it perfectly and he did so with Ian's character. I really adored the dual POV. if its 1st person I really prefer dual so we get both protaganists side of the story. And Zachary did a tremendous job in showing the true character of Ian. Then we have Samantha Cook. I am not sure if this is the first time that I have listened to her or not. But she did a perfect Lara in my opinion…the way these two narrate together was flawless in the most perfect ways.
Now if you love enemies to lovers at all…..you NEED this book in your life for sure!! I have read a ton of this trope in the past and honestly, Lauren Layne does it BEST. It had just the right touch of angst without coming on too strong. The angst had that more "fun and sexy" feel to it and the tension between them was so engaging. I really adored the way their interactions just built up the story. We see the goodness in our hero. Now what I didn't expect was his past, and I really loved seeing a man who was a foster child, who really came from the worst situation and through hard work and self determination cultivated his own future and that was really beautiful to see.
The friendship between his friends was truly entertaing and endearing. There is something about male friendships that I am really drawn to, in the same way I am drawn to in female friendships. The way they support each other, even if business wise they can be at odds, but when one of their own is in trouble, they really come together in unity and love and show that selfless support. I adored being able to see that in this book.
Overall Hot Asset is a story that will deliver in the witty humor, self determined characters, an unsuspecting plot and a love story to quench your romantic thirst in the utterly satisfying way! TRULY A DELICIOUS MEAL OF DELIGHTS!
About Lauren Layne
Lauren lives in New York City with her husband (who was her high school sweetheart--cute, right?!) and plus-sized Pomeranian.
Five years ago, she ditched her corporate career in Seattle to pursue a full-time writing career in Manhattan.
She writes smart romantic comedies with just enough sexy-times to make your mother blush, and in her ideal world, every stiletto-wearing, Kate Spade wielding woman would carry a Kindle stocked with Lauren Layne books.
When not bringing The Sexy, she likes to blog about her Instagram addiction, and why mean girls are the worst.
Website | Twitter | Goodreads


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If you want someone to follow your directions, you must first earn his or her trust. Trust develops when you meet your child's needs. A child who trusts Mom or Dad to give food and comfort when needed will also trust Mom or Dad when they say, "Don't touch!" or even "Time to pick up your toys and get ready for bed." Authority is vital to discipline, and authority must be based on trust. If an infant can trust his mother to feed him when he's hungry, he will be more likely as a toddler to listen to her mother or dad".


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Q: ComboBox WPF + ObservableCollection<>() В общем есть ComboBox в который нужно передать значения через binding из ObservableCollection. Пробовал сделать так, но выводит "First.Model.Workers". Подскажите в чем проблема и как это исправить?
.xaml
<ComboBox Margin="100,10" Height="30" Width="100" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Workers}"/>

.cs
namespace First.Models
{
    public class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        private ObservableCollection<Worker> _workers;

        public MainWindowViewModel()
        {
            Workers = new ObservableCollection<Worker>()
            {
                new Worker {Name = "Сергей", Number = "+375(29)999-99-99", Pay = 5000},
                new Worker {Name = "Вячеслав", Number = "+375(29)888-88-88", Pay = 4000},
                new Worker {Name = "Франц", Number = "+375(29)777-77-77", Pay = 3000}
            };
        }

        public ObservableCollection<Worker> Workers
        {
            get => _workers;
            set
            {
                if (Equals(value, _workers)) return;
                _workers = value;
                RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(Workers));
            }
        }
    }

    public class Worker
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Number { get; set; }
        public int Pay { get; set; }
    }
}

A: Кроме ответа данного ヒミコ есть ещё способ: указать в атрибуте DisplayMemberPath имя свойства который вы хотите отобразить. Этот способ подходит если есть такое свойство у целевого объекта.
<ComboBox
   Margin="100,10"
   Height="30"
   Width="100"
   ItemsSource="{Binding Workers}"
   DisplayMemberPath="Name" />

Резюмирую. Возможные способы решения:

*

*Задать атрибут DisplayMemberPath. Подходит если есть соответствующее
свойство.

*Реализовать метод ToString в классе VM. Подходит, если строковое представление устраивает и метод ToString не занят для чего-то другого.

*Задать ItemTemplate. Подходит в оставшихся случаях (не устраивает строковое представление, метод ToString используется для другого и его менять нельзя). С этим способом можно задать собственное представление: элементы управления, расположение, цвет, и т.д.

*Создать свой контрол. Это тяжёлая артиллерия. В большинстве случаев это не нужно.

A: Ваша проблема:
<ComboBox Margin="100,10" Height="30" Width="100" SelectedItem="{Binding Path=Workers}"/>

Вы задали привязку коллекции на выделенный элемент, т.е. как пример результат выбора элемента пользователем.
Для того что бы вывести данные в ComboBox вам необходимо привязать коллекцию элементов на поле ItemsSource.
<ComboBox Margin="100,10" Height="30" Width="100" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Workers}"/>

Но, тут есть одно но, когда вы привяжите коллекцию, то в ComboBox'e вы увидите подобие: First.Models.Worker. Для того что бы вывести какие-то данные, вам необходимо будет задать для ComboBox DataTemplate о котором я надеюсь вы знаете.
Для решения проблемы вывода данных в каждый элемент ComboBox есть несколько решений, самое подходящее вы должны придумать сами.

*

*Задать DataTemplate для элементов ComboBox

*Переопределить метод ToString() класса Worker.

*Написать свой контрол, который сможет без преобразований и всего подобного работать с вашими данными.

Самое простое это переопределение метода ToString:
public class Worker
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Number { get; set; }
    public int Pay { get; set; }

    public override string ToString()
    {
         // Данные не являются такими как нужны вам, придумайте сами как хотите их выводить.
         return string.Format("{0}, {1}, {2}", Name, Number, Pay);
    }
}

Задать DataTemplate, тут потребуется поработать с xaml ComboBox'a:
<ComboBox Margin="100,10" Height="30" Width="100" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Workers}">
    <ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <!--[ Пример является примитивным и служит лишь для показа ]-->
            <TextBlock>
                <TextBlock.Text>
                    <MultiBinding StringFormat="{0}, {1}, {2}">
                        <Binding Path="Name" />
                        <Binding Path="Number" />
                        <Binding Path="Pay" />
                    </MultiBinding>
                </TextBlock.Text>
            </TextBlock>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>
</ComboBox>

Ну контрол для сего я не стану писать, это муторно и отнимает много времени.

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The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) policy which came info force 15th April requires 5% of all UK fuel sold on UK forecourts to consist of biofuels by 2010. This prompted the World Land Trust to write to Ruth Kelly, MP, Secretary of State for Transport (see letter below). The government is now reviewing these targets, with a report on the review expected in May.
It has become clear from a wealth of recent research that biofuels at best offer marginal net carbon emissions savings and in most cases create more emissions than they save. Large areas of land are needed to meet even the low current targets for fuel substitution. This is causing, directly and through displacement of other crops, conversion of forests and grasslands destroying the natural fauna and flora, destabilising local climate, water supplies and livelihoods. Moreover, existing arable land, if it is not used for food, can often be more effectively used for emissions reduction by restoring it to forest than by growing fuel crops.
We urge the UK government to reject the RTFO and seek a moratorium on imports of biofuels unless and until it can be shown (i) that they provide clear emissions savings after accounting for land use change caused directly and indirectly by their production, and (ii) that the other environmental impacts of their production have been assessed and criteria for sustainability applied. Within Europe, a review should be carried out of the ways in which arable land not needed for food production can contribute to emissions reductions, including reversion to natural forest, fen and grassland.
You can write to Ruth Kelly via Greenpeace UK to ask the government to drop the biofuels targets.


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Q: Unable to connect to sql server from tsql I am able to connect to remote sql server using SQLpro for MSSQL. However, When I am trying to use tsql to connect, i am not able to connect to the database
OS: Macos x
My freetds.conf
path: /usr/local/freetds.conf
[global]
    # tds protocol
    tds version =8.0

[MyserverName]
    host = sqlservername
    port = 1433
    tds version = 8.0

When I run tsql command it is throwing me an error
commands as follows:
tsql -S MyserverName -p 1433 -U username -P password

or
tsql -H sqlserver -p 1433 _U username -P password

Below are the errors, when I tried to play with above commands
MSG 18452 (severety 14, state 1):
"Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with windows authentication"

Error 20002(severity 9):
"Adaptive Server connection failed"

I believe that sqlpro uses jdbc driver to connect to sqlserver, but however, I think this should even work.
Any suggestions?

A: To connect via tsql with Windows authentication, using DOMAIN in place of the domain name and USERNAME in place of the Windows user, you need to use this format:
tsql -S yourmssql.server.com -p 1433 -U DOMAIN\\username
It should then prompt you for a password and log you in. If you enter the wrong domain password, you'll get the 'untrusted domain' error, and if you don't use two backslashes, you'll get this error: Login failed for user 'DOMAINusername. followed by Adaptive Server connection failed. This has been tested with FreeTDS 0.95 against SQL Server 2014.
If you're still having issues, you may wish to add this to our freetds.conf file:
ntlmv2 = yes

Good luck!


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Austrian NGOs give FIFA 'red card'
Staff reporter - [email protected] • 11 Jun, 2014 Updated Wed 11 Jun 2014 23:24 CEST
Austrian NGOs and unions have taken the opportunity one day ahead of the FIFA World Cup kick-off in Brazil to renew their criticism of the human rights violations surrounding the sporting event.
On Wednesday, guests and activists from the "Nosso Jogo" initiative ("Our Game" in Portuguese) complained in Vienna about the treatment of workers and civilians ahead of the games.
President of the construction and woodworker union of Rio de Janeiro, Nilson Duarte Costa, reminded listeners that nine people were killed in the construction of the World Cup stadiums. The deaths were mainly due to bad working conditions, he said. "We blame the Brazilian government and FIFA for everything that happened," said Costa.
Leila Regina da Silva from the Institute for Sustainable Development in Belo Horizonte complained about the treatment of people who had been living where the stadiums were built. There were many forced displacements, she said. Current estimates said 250,000 people were forced to leave their homes and businesses, and were not even properly recompensed for their losses, she added.
The head of the Austrian construction and woodworker union, Josef Muchitsch, showed solidarity with his Brazilian counterparts. In a historical comparison, he pointed out that slaves were used in ancient Rome more than 2,000 years ago to entertain visitors in the Coliseum. Now, 2000 years later, workers were forced to go over their physical limits so a football game could be shown on TV on time.
The organisation also pointed out that during the preparations for the next World Cup in 2022 in Qatar, 1200 construction workers had already been killed. FIFA should commemorate the dead workers at the opening ceremony tomorrow, said Nosso Jogo.


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How Portugal's oldest national daily switched to digital
August 23, 2019 • Latest stories, Media Economics, Newsroom Management • by Catarina Carvalho
Diário de Notícias cartoonist André Carrilho's take on the history of the paper
We knew it wouldn't be easy. Innovation is never straightforward in traditional newspapers like Diário de Notícias (DN) – a legacy daily with a conservative newsroom. But on the other hand we had innovation in our DNA, and that may have made it slightly easier for us.
The launch of Diário de Notícias 154 years ago marked the beginning of the Portuguese newspaper industry. It was the first to be published using a modern industrial process and the first to adopt a new business model reliant on advertising, so that readers didn't have to pay the full cost of the paper. It was also the first to set great store by objectivity, prioritising facts over opinions.
These were the novel ideas that lay behind the founding of DN. And they all contributed to the expansion of the news market in Portugal in the nineteenth century. The price – ten réis – remained the same until well into the next century. The paper's motto was "available to every budget, easy to understand by everyone".
For the first time in Portugal, a newspaper relied for distribution on a network of paperboys, who used to shout the news throughout the streets of Lisbon – another key innovation that contributed to DN's popularity. A famous statue outside the paper's original headquarters today pays tribute to the iconic figure of the DN paperboy or ardina.
An overnight shift
But times change and in the media business things became tough, especially in recent years. The circulation of the paper version fell, but online audiences were growing steadily. So in 2018 the board made the decision to pivot to digital. DN would from then on concentrate its resources on the online edition, publishing on paper only the weekend edition.
Innovative practice: DN was the first Portuguese paper to use paperboys to deliver the news
It was a radical decision, but in the event the shift proved to be more straightforward than we had expected for the newsroom staff. They didn't all find it easy, of course – but they did it.
We changed everything overnight – a slightly unorthodox approach, according to generally accepted ideas on how to manage change. On 1 June, the workflow switched to focusing on the digital production. This meant that two main things changed. The first was the publication schedule: news stories appeared online as soon as they were ready to go live. The second was the way in which stories were told – with integrated video, charts, etc.
Before the change, we had a small breaking news department and the rest of the team worked mainly on the paper edition. The online version consisted mostly of adaptations of agency news and stuff that was trending on social networks. After the change, everyone – from the newest trainee to the roving reporters – worked round the clock on breaking news.
The newsflow had to be reorganised. The senior editors decided what should be published and when, and which stories to hold over until the next day's edition. Such decisions were much more informed than would have been possible before, thanks to the latest analytics.
Keeping a balance
The most important change to have taken place in newsrooms in the last few years is the use of dashboards for measuring audiences and analytics. At DN we made sure that everyone could see them – on a screen in the newsroom. At first it was a shock for the journalists. But they soon wanted to know more: who had read their articles, for how long, and whether their pieces had played any part in converting readers into subscribers.
As Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Federica Cherubini put it in their study for the Reuters Institute, "Editorial Analytics": "what emerges from our interviews is not resistance, but the challenge of helping journalists achieve a real understanding of what the data mean and how to act on this."
Nielsen and Cherubini concluded that this can be a very addictive and dangerous game to play. It flips the model from the production point of view to a very reader-oriented one. It also arises out of a contradiction that has long been familiar to journalists: "to keep a balance between what the audience needs to know and what the audience wants to know", as Raul Ferrer-Conill and Edson C. Tandoc Jr write in their study "The Audience-Oriented Editor".
Thinking strategically
We were determined not to allow a simplistic interpretation of analytics to dictate our editorial policy. As we underwent the transformation from print to digital at Diário de Notícias, we made sure that we stepped back and gave ourselves time to think strategically.
We decided to pay less attention to meaningless figures and instead look at the more interesting ones: engaged time, how many new readers become loyal ones, churn and conversion rates. We created new roles such as an "off-platform editor" – an editor who handles distribution of the paper's content on social media channels and any other platform not owned and operated by it. We discussed numbers in an editorial context. And this certainly helped to get us to the next stage of our digital evolution.
Journalism 1.0
Maybe it is "time to step away from the bright shiny things", to quote the title of a Reuters Institute report written by Julie Posetti. While we need to be aware of the latest developments in the media, especially when it comes to technological innovation, it's important not to chase innovation for its own sake, without bearing in mind the practical repercussions. Producing better and more useful journalism should always be the primary goal.
At Diário de Notícias, we took the aim of delivering good journalism very seriously. This meant going back to basics. As American digital journalist Kim Bui – who first coined the phrase "shiny things syndrome" – put it, the biggest danger of these shiny things is that they take us "away from storytelling, and we risk forgetting who we are."
The whole disinformation and fake news phenomenon which became so pervasive in the media actually helped us focus on what we had to do. It was the moment for getting back to Journalism 1.0, to verification, to taking time and looking at things from different perspectives. The way things used to be at a time when we looked for scoops and didn't just copy what was trending on social media. When we only published what we could confirm.
What's it all for?
Before embracing change, you have to ask the right questions. The only point of innovation is to help you produce more efficient and interesting journalism. We had to improve efficiency because of market changes. We had to cut costs and find better ways of doing things. This helped us to do a better job and be more useful to our readers.
For Diário de Notícias, being useful means being more accurate and more rigorous. This is our brand – not being fast, but being thorough. As Nic Newman noted in his Reuters Institute paper "The rise of social media and its impact on mainstream journalism", "news organisations are already abandoning attempts to be first for breaking news, focusing instead on being the best at verifying and curating it." We are making a contribution to this effort with our fake news investigation project (supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation and in partnership with the University Institute of Lisbon/ISCTE) and our new media literacy programme.
To have a far-reaching impact, innovation has to be a grassroots process. It hasn't always been this way in the news media. Journalistic outlets often haven't adapted quickly enough, and certainly haven't led the way. All too often, digitalisation has come about as a result of market pressure. And perhaps this was also the case at Diário de Notícias. A bit.
As Lucy Kueng says in her Reuters Institute report "Going Digital", "Legacy organisations can't pivot but they can shift". We are after all working in a very old and traditional area of human activity – storytelling. And at Diário de Notícias, storytelling is still at the core of what we do.
Opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views, policies or positions of the EJO.
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Top image: Double-spread illustration by André Carrilho for special edition of Diário de Notícias celebrating the paper's first century and a half. Reproduced with permission.
Second image: Statue in Lisbon depicting Diário de Notícias paperboy. Photo by Vitor Oliveira / Source: Flickr / Licenced under CC BY-SA 2.0
Tags: analytics, bright shiny things, Diário de Notícias, Digital innovation, digital production, fake news, Media Literacy, Newsroom Management, Reuters Institute
Catarina Carvalho
Catarina Carvalho is executive editor of Diário de Notícias (part of Portugal's Global Media Group), where she led the digital transition of the legacy newspaper. She was previously head of editorial at Global Media's magazines division. She has worked in many newsrooms – including Visão, Expresso, Diário Económico and Sábado – during her 30 years of reporting and leadership.
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What do cats and a milk bowl have to do with your business?
When I was a kid, I loved to go to my uncle's dairy farm and watch the farm hands milk the cows. Every morning and evening, before they left the barn they would pour plenty of fresh milk in a large flat bowl on the ground. The first time I saw this I was quite curious about what I observed must be the last step in the cow-milking, but could not imagine why. Then I found out.
In no time at all, cats appeared, racing in from all corners of the farm. I will never forget that scene of fifteen cats of all colors stationed around the milk bowl—it was like a starburst of cats! The farm hands knew what the cats wanted, and the cats were not shy about showing their enthusiasm.
Years later I started my first company. As I was struggling to find clients, my mind was drawn back to the cats and the milk bowl. I started thinking about how that milk bowl was like a powerful magnet, attracting and satisfying the much-loved rodent dispensers, the farm cats. I wondered if my business was that attractive, and to whom? Who were my cats?
That's an excellent question to ask yourself if you're a business owner or in marketing. Ask: Who is my target market? What do they do, where do they go, how and what do they buy? What's their favorite eating establishment? Do they love milk? You get my point. You need to know your target market as much as you can!
In my cleaning company, we determined that our target market is women aged 40-60, who drive high-end cars and live in gated communities. You may be thinking that I am limiting myself and my company if I market only to this profile—not at all!
In a different analogy, let me ask: If your goal is to catch a lake trout, where is the only place you would go to fish? And, let's say you are not interested in lake trout; you really have your heart set on grouper. Would you not go precisely where you know the grouper hang out? Also, are you more likely to get a trophy fish with a net or a spear gun? You may not get as many fish with a spear but when you're very intentional and focused in your fishing (marketing), your chances of landing the big one increases greatly.
We came up with a list that included the delicatessen, the car wash, nail salons, hair salons….then it hit me! Hair salons were my magnet—my milk bowl! Why would I waste my time tracking down individuals in my target market when they already gathered at hair salons—specifically, salons which were in the local upscale neighborhoods?
The next step was to brainstorm about how to entice the cats to not only drink the milk they came for, but to become interested in another offering as well. Related to my business, I asked, "How do I attract the middle-aged female customers in hair salons to my company?" If only I could get the hair salon owner and employees to refer them to me… After all, they have my cats (target market) in their chairs all the time! And they do hair; my company cleans homes—so there is no competition, no reason not to send their customers to me. But why would they?
I had heard that people do business with those they KNOW, LIKE and TRUST. But nobody knew me, which certainly had to come before they could learn to trust me. I wasn't so sure if they even liked me….this was my first rodeo! So, what did I do? I made them like me! I would walk in with a box of fresh donuts and a smile and say, "Good morning! I'm Dave with Got-A-Maid and I brought everyone donuts!" I would set the box down on the counter and start to walk out.
Every time, someone would stop me before I got to the door. "You're WHO? And you brought us donuts?" I was their new best friend.
I was able to tell them about my service and share with them my mission statement for the company. I offered to clean their place for free just so they could see our quality and attention to detail. I would also tell them that I would be bringing them more donuts next month and—"Here are some 'referred by' cards. Just write your name on a card and give it to your favorite client. We will reward you for every client that you send to us." Each hair stylist took a stack of cards, which they could turn into cash quite easily. "Oh, and by the way," I would add, "would it be okay if we send our high-end clients to you?" I collected their cards to pass on to clients. Now I was practically family!
This is how one of the most powerful marketing strategies in the world actually works. What are you going to do with it? Comprehensive teachings on this and similar sales concepts can be found in the work of the late Zig Ziglar. He became the top sales person in several organizations before striking out on his own as a motivational speaker and trainer. With lessons grounded in Christianity, Ziglar wrote over twenty books and amassed a following of millions who were encouraged by his lessons for success. He has had a profound influence on me. One of his famous sayings was that you can have everything in life you want, if you will just help others get what they want in life.
The lesson is to look for ways to give rather than only focusing on how to gain. The really neat thing about this approach is that any business can attract more (and more qualified) customers with a milk-bowl-and-cat system in place. Do you know who your target is?
Once you are clear on that, determine who they already connect with frequently. Build a relationship with those companies who already serve your target market and help them grow. The Bible says cast your bread upon the water and [in] many days it will come back to you! We are called to serve others and that is the best way to build relationships—and when you build meaningful relationships, good things happen!
Is having a good relationship marketing strategy only in order to attract new business? No, it should be employed with existing customers as well. When was the last time you cooked breakfast for your clients? You see, the number one mistake small businesses make is not marketing to their present and past clients. Taking care of your clients is the best form of marketing you can ever do.
"Word of mouth" …you've heard it hundreds of times. What do you need in order to have people talking about the greatness of your company? Great relationships! When I started my first business, I went to a friend of mine who had a very successful retail business serving local, high-end clients—the exact same clients I was looking for. I was not in competition, as my company provided a totally different service from what he did. Since we had the same target market, I came up with a strategy to get his clients to also be my clients.
I started to add value his business, to him, and even to his family. I developed a deeper relationship with him, first by referring people to his store. I then asked him if I could put my business cards in his shop at the check-out counter (where every customer would see them). He agreed.
Before long, I started getting phone calls from people saying they picked up my card at that store. (By the way, always find out where someone heard about you so you can assess your marketing efforts.) It was working so well that I started to really focus on building relationships with other companies that had my ideal clients as their clients already. This is known as relationship marketing or referral source marketing.
Can you see that as well as being effective, it is also a highly efficient approach? Instead of going after one client, build a connection with a company that already has dozens of your ideal clients. Imagine what could happen when you build relationships with enough people and companies that know, like and trust you, and are willing to send their clients to you.
I started out telling you about a simple milk bowl and the cats that were drawn to it. Use that image to help you as you define your ideal customer and the best strategy to attract them. Feel free to contact me about my personalized coaching and success strategy programs for small businesses like yours.
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Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Covid-19: why vaccine mistrust is growing | The Economist
A vaccine is the worlds best hope of overcoming the covid-19 pandemic
More than 20 vaccines are in development, globally...
...but as scientists move closer to success...
Possible breakthrough in the development...
...of a coronavirus vaccine
...theres a problem
A growing number of people say they wont take a vaccine
I dont want to inject anything like this into my body
This is linked to declining trust in scientific experts and political leaders...
...problems brought into even sharper focus by the pandemic...
I call it covid bollocks
...and fuelled by a spiralling infodemic
Take off your mask
Anybody who has trusted the president has been lied to...
...and many people like my dad have paid with their life
This crisis of trust could have catastrophic consequences
So, what can be done to rebuild trust in vaccines...
...and to protect the world from future disasters?
All vaccine advocates need to be more tech savvy
We have science and evidence and right and fact on our side
This is the front line in the race to find a covid-19 vaccine
Professor Jonathan Heeney is one of those leading the charge
It has very much been a race against time...
...and sometimes I wish time could stand still
The professor has been developing vaccines for over 25 years
Now we have representatives of those viruses...
...that are closely related to SARS-1 or SARS-2
But finding one to fight a virus...
...which has brought the world to its knees, feels different
I do know people whove had covid and its a terrible, terrible death
It is an agonising disease
This project in Cambridge is about to begin clinical human trials...
...and the stakes could not be higher
If we dont have a vaccine, we will be stuck in this lifestyle of isolation...
...social distancing, masks for a long, long time
For a vaccine to immunise populations effectively against covid-19...
...around 70% of people need to be willing to take it
Trust is absolutely critical
If only part of the population is onboard...
...were never going to bring this virus to its knees...
...and control this epidemic
Choose your side, choose your side
But, in the rich world especially...
...polls suggest that persuading people to take vaccines...
...may be as difficult as producing them in the first place
Are you gonna take it?
Are you gonna let your kids have it?
Many of these protesters belong to a growing minority...
...who believe a covid-19 vaccine...
...would actually be harmful to their health
Do I worry about vaccinations, this one in particular?
Its been rushed and imposed on us...
...and I know I want to have my choice...
...and I dont want to inject anything like this into my body...
...and into my childrens body
Some here see a vaccine as part of a wider government conspiracy...
...to exaggerate the dangers of covid-19
We do not consent
Many of these people have lost trust in their government
Take off your masks
I call it covid bollocks, what do you call it?
Covid bollocks
We want the truth
And we will not give up until we get the truth
Were not going to stand for being lied to by our governments...
...by people that we should trust
They want us to trust but we cant trust them
The views being expressed here are extreme and belong to a minority
The proportion of the global population opposed to vaccines generally...
...is estimated to be well under 10%
But anti-vaxxers, as they are often called...
...are a vocal minority and their views are increasingly...
...influencing broader society
Distrust can be infectious
A poll carried out in America in September...
...found that only 36% of adults said they would take a vaccine...
...when one becomes available...
...with 64% saying they wouldnt take one or werent sure
In another survey under four-fifths of people...
...in 16 countries responded positively to the idea...
...of taking a covid-19 vaccine, if proven safe and effective
In the context of covid, I think empathy is absolutely crucial
Professor Heidi Larson is an anthropologist...
...and a leading expert on why significant sections...
...of the global population feel hesitant about vaccines
She says a failure to confront the root causes of vaccine hesitancy...
...as she calls it...
...is driving more of these people towards anti-vaccination views
The majority of the public that is questioning...
...theyre hesitant, theyre anxious
These are people who have genuine questions...
...who are open to vaccination...
...but are feeling theyre not getting their answers...
...and then migrate more to the more anti-end...
...that seem more acknowledging their concerns...
...endorsing their concerns
Professor Larson argues that one of the historic problems...
...has been a failure by the medical establishment to listen...
...to the concerns of parents who have doubts...
...about inoculating their children
A lot of parents feel like theyre being judged...
...called names for even asking questions
And thats not at all been helpful...
...in trying to support people in their decision-making...
...and positive sentiments towards a vaccine
Its really fundamentally about trust, relational trust
Breaking news...
...testing has been paused for one of the leading...
...candidates developed by Oxford University
In September a volunteer from a leading...
...covid-19-vaccine trial was admitted to hospital...
...and the project was temporarily halted
Professor Larson says an opportunity was missed...
...to build trust with the public
I wish in the news instead of just this is normal process...
...safety events happen, were taking care of it...
...that the voice of a participant said...
...I appreciate the care and the attention...
...that the clinical team gave to me during this uncertain time
The message is sent that there is a caring team
That theyre not just putting vaccines in people to count numbers...
...and get to the perfect vaccine
That there is human empathy in this
The medical and pharmaceutical professions...
...have been far from immune to missteps...
...during the history of vaccines...
...and this has helped fuel todays climate...
...of vaccine hesitancy and opposition...
...not least the legacy of a British doctor...
...named Andrew Wakefield
In 1998 he published research in a highly respected medical journal...
...claiming there was a link between a measles vaccine and autism
Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about patients in their studies
But his research turned out to be highly compromised
Studies have shown no connection between the MMR vaccination and autism
The journal eventually retracted the research...
...and Wakefield was struck off the medical register in the UK in 2010
But, many members of the public continued to see Wakefield...
...as a credible expert
This guy has been set up, its nothing but lies
And millions across the world still have reservations...
...about taking the measles vaccine
Its symptomatic of a wider decline in trust in traditional experts...
...and governments in rich-world countries
Dr Jonathan Kennedy is an expert in global public health...
...and has investigated the link between trust in government...
...and authorities and hesitancy about vaccines
In this class were going to talk about...
...the question of how to think critically about global health
Dr Kennedy analysed voting data and surveys on public confidence...
...in vaccines across 14 countries
He found a broad pattern
Where levels of electoral support for populist parties were higher...
...levels of mistrust in vaccines also tended to be higher
Populist sentiment, this distrust of elites and experts...
...isnt just isolated in politics
The forces driving scientific populism...
...are all very similar to those that drive political populism
Dr Kennedy argues theres a strong relationship...
...between vaccine hesitancy and political, social and economic crisis
At a time when trust between people and politicians...
...has been breaking down...
...a number of countries have seen a resurgence of measles
You trying to punch me sir?
I did not
How dare you
Yes, you racist
It certainly wasnt a coincidence that the UK last summer...
...lost its measles-free status
How about that
At a time where there was massive conflict over Brexit
During the covid-19 pandemic...
...the response of governments has further decreased trust...
...in public-health experts and politicians...
...not least in some countries with populist leaders
If test and trace isnt improved significantly...
...there could be a second wave
In Britain, under Prime Minister Boris Johnsons leadership...
...public-health guidance has changed constantly...
...and confusingly
Were constantly working to improve that delivery system...
...buying PPE from around the world
Creating a sense that the government is failing and incompetent
In a huge policy reversal affecting hundreds of thousands of pupils
Whats more, senior political figures...
...have failed to follow their own health guidelines
Trust in the British government as a reliable source of information...
...about coronavirus fell from 67% in April to 44% in August
Dont let it dominate you, dont be afraid of it
In America, false information about the virus...
...has flowed from a president...
...whose contempt for truth has done more than anything else...
...to sow distrust in politicians and experts
One month ago today President Trump said...
...that the coronavirus was dying out
Ive read a lot about Hydroxy, I happen to think that it has an impact
And then I see the disinfectant, it knocks it out in a minute
Researchers at Cornell University analysed...
...38m English-language articles about the pandemic
They found President Trump was the single largest driver...
...of misinformation around covid-19
This is me and my mum and my dad in New York...
...where I graduated from college
For some this has had lethal consequences
In June, Kristin Urquiza lost her father Mark to covid-19
65-year-old Mark was a life-long Republican voter...
...and Trump supporter from Arizona
He died after Arizonas governor reopened the state...
...encouraged by the president
When the governor and the president went around...
...pushing a reopening strategy and saying to the public...
...it was safe if you didnt have an underlying health condition...
...it was safe to go out, resume normal activities...
...my dad listened and thought it was safe
Mark contracted covid-19 after visiting a karaoke bar
His daughter says placing trust in his political leaders...
...proved a fatal mistake
Both the president and the governor of Arizona...
...are on record through that time, downplaying the virus
...has been misled and many people...
...like my dad, have paid with their life as a result
While the actions of populist politicians have undermined trust...
...in public-health advice and institutions
There is another factor which has driven this trend...
...the unprecedented speed at which misinformation can spread
In February, the World Health Organisation warned of twin dangers...
...a global pandemic but also an infodemic
A crisis in accurate public-health information
These insufferable globalist elitists like Bill Gates
He tells us we need a nationwide shutdown for months
This foundation is leading the charge to lower the worlds population
Much of this infodemic is concentrated online
Social-media users...
...who may not hold strong views about particular issues...
...can rapidly be exposed to misleading and extremist content
Folks, I think theyre trying to force a vaccine on all of us
Neil Johnson is a professor of physics...
...at George Washington University
His research shows how fake news can gain the upper hand...
...in the online battle for hearts and minds
What we expected to find was that thered be a core of communities...
...maybe public-health agencies...
...that were promoting vaccines and establishment-health thinking
And that around this central strong core...
...thered be other opinions, sort of extremes
But thats not what we found
We found that that was actually sort of inside out
Professor Johnsons team mapped conversations on Facebook...
...about vaccines between 100m people all over the world
They discovered that misinformation...
...was exerting more influence than accurate information
In some sense its almost like a network of trust...
...and if they flipped either way of course...
...they could become red, they could become blue...
...and that completely changes the battlefield
On this battlefield map...
...red represents Facebook pages and members...
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Blue represents pages and members with pro-vaccination views
While green signifies the all-important groups of people...
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The undecided greens are more engaged...
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And Professor Johnson believes this kind of content...
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Within a few years, red with the concerned greens, will rise...
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...to stop the spread of untruths about vaccines and covid-19
In April, Facebook put warning labels...
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The platform partnered with reliable sources...
...like the WHO and the NHS
And in October, Facebook banned anti-vaccine ads
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...and is failing to take down...
...the majority of harmful content about vaccinations
More broadly, Facebooks own algorithm...
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...says Fadi Quran, from the online political campaign group, Avaaz
Facebooks algorithm is sabotaging the efforts...
...of the platform to fix the misinformation problem
It cares about keeping individuals engaged, interested and online
Sensationalist, outrageous content, not the CDC guidelines...
...but QAnon, for example, gets more engagement...
...and hence the algorithm pushes it up in your news feed
One solution might be to detoxify the algorithm
What Facebook isnt doing is redesigning its algorithm...
...redesigning its business model...
...to ensure that its not continuing to amplify this content
And this does not mean that the algorithm...
...should be designed to censor content
It just means that the algorithm would downgrade...
...instead of putting this malicious content...
...at the top of ones news feed...
...the platform would make sure that it is at the bottom of the news feed
Social-media platforms could save lives
They have the power
This is a problem that Mark Zuckerberg...
...and Jack Dorsey could literally say...
...were going to solve this right now
Yet redesigning algorithms and tightening regulations...
...on tech companies is unlikely to get to the root causes...
...of mistrust in vaccines
To do that health bodies and experts...
...will need to be proactive about building relationships...
...with the public, in person, and especially online
According to doctors at this paediatric practice in Pittsburgh...
...the key to tackling distrust, and misinformation...
...is to fight fire with fire
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How are you guys doing today?
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While it might look like any other childrens surgery...
...the Kids Plus practice has its own in-house video production suite...
...getting messages out to patients constantly and quickly
Vaccine advocates are online using our voices...
...not the same way we are in the office...
...were saving lives, were protecting them against mistruths...
...and disinformation that can literally kill people
I think all vaccine advocates need to be more tech savvy
Kids Plus routinely post evidence-based videos...
...and information about vaccines on all major social-media platforms
Ill start things off until we see our questions start rolling in again...
...hello to TikTok, hello to Facebook live
And this presence allows them to respond to questions...
...from parents and families, who feel uninformed and concerned
Our parents, our families are living their entire lives right here...
...on their phones, on their tablets, on their laptops, their desktops
If people hear good evidence-based information...
...before they hear the mis- and disinformation...
...that mis- and disinformation is much less likely to affect them
What youre essentially doing is inoculating them against that bullshit...
...before it can take root in them
These doctors also argue that its vital to take on the stream...
...of highly organised and targeted viral attacks from anti-vaccine forces
The reality of online vaccine advocacy right now is if you post it...
...they will come, the anti-vaxxers will find you and they will attack you
They want to terrorise providers into silence
Its a challenge the practice knows all about
Together we can prevent cancer in your children
In 2017 Kids Plus released a video...
...promoting an HPV vaccine that prevents cancer...
...and faced a barrage of hostility
They attacked our posts
They attacked our Facebook page
They attacked the private pages of our families...
...and our patients who defended us on our post
They came right after our reputation
Kids Plus has since created a toolkit for health professionals...
...and built a digital cavalry of global-vaccine advocates...
...who can quickly come to the aid of those under fire...
...from anti-vaccine forces
Now, as a vaccine for covid-19 grows closer...
...Kids Plus and its self-styled keyboard crusaders...
...are steeling themselves for a bitter, but all important new fight
There is no vaccine yet
Theres no herd immunity for covid
And look, this is what life is like without herd immunity
This is what life is like without vaccines
Past evidence suggests some people could end up taking vaccines...
...after saying they might not
But herd immunity to covid-19...
...may require around 70% take up of a vaccine...
...and just a six percentage point decline in acceptance...
...could endanger this goal
And for many, alarm bells are ringing
Were losing in large part...
...because the anti-vaccine forces are much more passionate...
...and organised than we are
There are far fewer of them than there are of us
We have science and evidence and right and fact, on our side
Thats how we win
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Alt-week 8.18.12: Graphene sponges, zero-g athletics and tweets in space
James Trew, @itstrew
Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days.
We see a lot of crazy stories here at Engadget, especially when we spend our week poking around in dark and scary corners of the internet specifically in search of them, just so you don't have to. We consider it a service almost. One that we're delighted to provide, we must add. When else would we be able to share such delights as an astronaut triathlete, soft, color-changing robots and a recent response to a thirty-year-old alien broadcast? Exactly. This is alt-week.
Our love affair with graphene is a complex one. It's a material that offers so much promise, but has yet to fully leap from the drawing board out into our everyday reality. Some recent research from the University of Texas, however, might finally change that. And, it's probably in a form you weren't expecting. By reducing graphene oxide and then applying a hydrothermal molding procedure, the scientists were able to fabricate a sponge-like structure, which can absorb upto 86 times its own weight. The testing was done with petrochemicals in water (to replicate oil spills), and the rate of chemical uptake is the highest they've seen. Best of all, 99 percent of the hydrocarbons absorbed were able to be recovered, meaning the sponge could be redeployed up to ten times without a drop in performance. If this is the first commercial implementation of graphene, we're not going to grumble, even if it's not the science fiction-like super product we'd been hoping for.
Space-age materials are one thing, but what about space-age triathletes? Not a term you find yourself using every day, granted. But, thanks to ISS-based astronaut Sunita Williams, one we get to use today. Not content with being the record holder for the longest space flight by a female, Williams wants to compete in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon next month. A taxing feat for most people, but even more so when you consider that over-achieving Williams wants to do it while still very much in Space. The ISS has a treadmill (with harness!) and static bike, which makes two of the three disciplines pretty straightforward, but the distinct lack of a pool, makes the swimming part a little harder to mimic. As such, Williams will perform bench presses that will act as the microgravity equivalent of the water-dependent sport. This isn't the first time our wonder-naut has done such a thing, either, having "ran" the Boston marathon in 2007, clocking in a time of 4:23:10, which frankly, is just showing off.
While competing in space might mean fewer joggers to dodge, it does come with its own hazards, such as dodging tweets and videos sent out from planet earth. Okay, it might not be a physical message in bottle, but it is something almost as ambitious. The project directed by the National Geographic Channel and Arecibo Observatory is sending a response to the "Wow signal" some 35 years after the event. Over 10,000 tweets were collated, as well as videos from comedians, which will be beamed into space using a transmitter with a signal 20 times stronger than that of typical commercial radio transmitters. We're just really hoping that aliens have a sense of humor, or at least know what RLRT stands for.
If anyone, or anything does receive our messages, there's every chance it might look like one of the critters below. These creepy little monsters are the result of research undertaken at Harvard to develop nature-inspired soft robots. The "soft machines" (as they are dubbed) themselves aren't new, but this time they have been modified to posses color changing camouflage skills, as seen in cephalopods such as squid. While the form and function may be very much inspired by nature, the practicalities are very much in the human realm. The color layers in the machines start as 3D printed molds, micro-channels are then created with silicon that allow colored liquids to be pumped in to match the robots surroundings. Practical applications are said to include search and rescue missions (these can also glow in the dark) as well as helping doctors perform complex surgery (though we're not exactly sure how). We, however, think this is a smash-hit Christmas toy waiting to happen. Keep up the research!
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Ms. Wang Haiying of Dalian City Recalls Her Suffering in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
May 30, 2013 | By Wang Haiying
(Minghui.org) My name is Wang Haiying. I was arrested and taken to Dalian Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province around October 2000. Masanjia Forced Labor Camp sent around 30 people to the Dalian camp to help persecute Falun Gong practitioners.
They tortured me in an attempt to "transform" me. They beat me, locked me in small cells, and did whatever else they could think of.
Guard Su Jing from Masanjia went all over the country to give presentations to share her "expertise" in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Other facilities also sent people to Masanjia to learn their tactics. When people from the forced labor camp in Beijing went to Masanjia to learn, they brought the practitioners from their camp to Masanjia to be persecuted there at the same time. Then they took them back to Beijing after they were "transformed" so that they could "transform" others. This is how Masanjia exports its cruel tactics all over the country.
Because I refused to write the three statements, the Dalian Forced Labor Camp transferred me to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp on March 19, 2001. There I endured, witnessed, and heard many crimes.
On March 19, 2001, 11 of us practitioners were put on a large bus. They handcuffed us to the seats, assigned each of us two guards, and drove us to Masanjia.
The day we arrived, guard Qiu Ping dragged me to her team. She had two inmates watch me and pressure me to write the three statements. When I refused, she told them to beat me, dig into my eyes, and cut my hair. They almost cut my head with the scissors. Because I refused to budge, I was forced to stand and crouch every evening till early the next morning.
One evening, guard Su Jing came to inspect. She asked, "How is she?" Guard Wang Naiming said, "She refuses to write it. Let's give her some help." I then heard another practitioner dragged out, followed by her screams. The guard sitting next to me cursed at me when I was too tired and fell down. I banged my head on the concrete floor with a thud. I later was forced to sit on a small bench and face the wall every day for about six months.
I was forced to work in the fields. In the fields in knee-deep water I had to pull weeds under the hot summer sun. The guard sat on a couch on the shore, and inmate heads yelled at and hurried us because we were exhausted an sweaty.
I was assigned to pick corn. The rows of corn seemed endless, and each of us was assigned a row. I also had to pull garlic and dig holes for trees.
Sometimes we worked indoors making slave labor products, such as cake boxes, wreaths, and other handcrafts. It was said they were all for export.
The forced labor camp later built a two-story sewing shop to make clothes, mainly military overcoats. There was no heat in the winter, and the insulation was very poor, with cold air leaking in everywhere. Despite frostbitten hands and feet, we had to finish many items of clothing until midnight every day. Not finishing your quota meant a beating. Either that or the guards would extort money from you. You were tortured if you refused to do the work.
Force Feeding
My family came to visit me, but because I refused to write the three statements, they were not allowed to see me. I went on a hunger strike to protest. The guards ordered five people to hold me down on the bed and force feed me. They threatened to tie me to the bed and leave the tube in me until I began eating.
Practitioner Du Shuhua from Lingyuan City had a feeding tube in her. They brought her in front of the other practitioners and humiliated her by asking them, "Doesn't she look like a pig?"
Witnessing the Staged Interview for "Focus Talk"
Around September 2001, people from the program "Focus Talk" came to make videos. They asked Qiu Ping and a few other "transformed" practitioners to act and videotaped it for showing to the nation. I was in the room right across, and I saw the staged interview very clearly.
"Storm the Fortifications"
At the end of December 2002, the Communist Party in Liaoning Province formed an "assistant group" of about 20 people who came to Masanjia to "storm the fortifications." Three fourths of the group were sturdy men. With about a thousand practitioners in Masanjia at the time, they were summoned and tortured, one after another, day and night, over about two weeks.
I remember one horrifying night, guard Zhang Lei took me to a small building. After a person in doctor's coat checked my blood pressure, I was taken to a room with a table at the corner. I sat in the corner, and four male officers took turns in two-hour shifts to interrogate me. They took out a piece of paper and wanted me to sign it. It was the "five statements" this time. Screaming could be heard from next door, which I knew were practitioners suffering. It lasted from 6:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. the next morning.
The next day, Zhang Lei locked me in a room and deprived me of sleep for six days and nights. They did not let me wash up or allow me to eat or sleep. Two people watching me around the clock, and they would yell at or push me as soon as I closed my eyes. I was tortured this way for six days.
Further Persecution
I was taken to Masanjia again on September 20, 2007. The guards locked me and three other practitioners in a cell. The windows were covered with paper. Four officers took turns watching us around the clock and forced us to work. It continued for four months.
On June 28, 2008, I was tortured for six hours because I refused to call my number. My left arm is still sore to this day.
Practitioners Zhang Guozhen, Lu Ling, Wang Chunying, Zhao Shuqin, and Qi Zhenhong were all tortured. Ms. Qi became mentally disordered afterwards. Another practitioner whose name I cannot remember was hung up for seven days and nights in a row. Both of her hands were swollen and she could not raise her arms. Even so, the guards still forced her to work. Her arm was later broken when guard Zhang Chunguang hit it during a beating.
Forced to Have Blood Drawn
In 2009, a few people in lab coats came to Masanjia. The four hundred practitioners who were held there at the time were all forced to have their blood drawn. Ms. Wang Chunying firmly refused to cooperate. She was held down on a bed by guard Wang Yanping and six others. They held her head down with a pillow and drew a big tube of blood from her ankle.
Memory Loss from Persecution
I was released in February 2010. Due to the prolonged physical and mental abuse in Masanjia, I once lost my memory after my release. I forgot how to use the washing machine and could not tell one sauce from another in the kitchen.
The crimes described above are just a small sample. There are many that I cannot recall at this time. I will describe them when I remember them in the future.
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