Dementia is a loss of cognitive ability particularly in old age. Dementia can affect memory, attention span, communication problems (speaking, reading or writing), language and problem solving abilities over a period of time. Though it begins with mild signs, affected persons can become quite disoriented as the condition progresses. A demented person can be confused, irritable or aggressive, experience mood swings and generally withdraw from people. But do not mistake every form of memory loss for dementia. Memory loss can be a sign of aging or a result of stress or depression. If you are worried about your memory playing truant, it's a good idea to meet your doctor.
Since the cause for dementia is not yet certain, dementia does not have a cure yet. Research is on to find out the dementia-genetic connection. Although there are no confirmed preventive processes for dementia, general guidelines that scientists agree on are mental stimulation, physical activity and good nutrition. These guidelines work well for management of dementia too.
It's important to keep them as fit and healthy as you can.
Give them adequately nutritious meals. Do not allow them to overeat – this can happen due to loss of memory.
Check their oral hygiene and eyesight regularly.
Keep their finger and toe nails clipped.
Help them bathe and wash regularly. It's also good to change their clothes everyday.
Assist them to walk around as much as they can.
Be flexible with their routine.
Look for physical or physiological changes, and if you see anything different, speak with the doctor.
Stay calm even though they might drive you up the wall.
Talk to a friend – this can help to relax you, because a care-giver can get quite stressed.


The DNS records for andysocial.com were updated at midnight Saturday night. When I query ns1.earthlink.net for andysocial.com I get the new IP address. When I query WinSock's internal lookup for andysocial.com I get the old IP address. I waited until 2 full days had passed before I erased the account at Virtualave, so I figured I'd be safe. Hell, I was surfing through my site all day yesterday, on the new host. I even set up a subdomain for njuastar to use for her vanity site. I uploaded a boatload of pictures to the gallery. Yet, I cannot get to my site through my ISP. The log files show other people are getting to the site just fine.
Why am I being sockblocked, if the DNS servers I am querying know better?
1: take a quick look in your hosts file.
2: check for spyware (savenow and some other ones can mess up DNS lookups).
I have an empty hosts file, and no lmhosts file.
No spyware so far, but I'll run adaware to be paranoid.
I ran it on Dave's computer, deleted 125 spyware programs and now he no longer gets irritating popups whenever he launches IE.
125 spyware programs? Does he click "OK" on everything or what?
If the goat failed, try a chicken.
He can't see it thru his ISP due to the fact that the DNS of his ISP that resolves the queries of it's customers keeps old information of the domain on the cache memory, once that DNS discharges that information, he won´t have trouble seeing it.. this is normal because each register keeps a TTL (Time to Live).
An option, is that he asks his ISP to make a reload or a stop-start to their DNS.
That's basically what I assumed happens, but it's nice to have a professional geek's confirmation.


Chail in Himachal Pradesh is the highest cricket pitch in the world. It is situated at an elevation of 2444 meters (above the sea level).
Today, India is the world's third largest economy.
The world's largest road network is in India—over 1.9 million miles of roads cover the country.
KFC had to introduce a "vegetarian" menu for India.
India has the largest amount of vegetarians in the world.
Chai is India's national drink.
India grows 1.2 million tons of mangoes every year, weight equivalent to 80,000 blue whales.
India has never invaded or attacked a country.
India is the world's largest importer of arms.
The first Granite Temple of the world, the Brihadeswara Temple is situated in Tamil Nadu. It was built during the 11th century, in only five years.
To avoid polluting the elements followers of Zoroastrianism in India don't bury their dead, but instead leave bodies in buildings called "Towers of Silence" for the vultures to pick clean. After the bones dry, they are swept into a central well.
India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7thlargest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices.
The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC.
The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago.
India is the largest milk producer in the world.
India leads the world with the most murders (32,719) per year, with Russia taking second at 28,904 murders per year.
Karmanasa River in India is considered to be a cursed river and it is believed that touching its water would ruin one's plans. There's hardly any development along this river. People around this river just eat dry fruits because cooking food would require water!
Martial Arts was first created in India.
The world's biggest family lives in India. One man, 39 wives and 94 children.
So much so that Pizza Hut had to open their first pure vegetarian restaurant in the country.
India has banned all captive dolphins, stating that dolphins should be viewed of non human persons.
India's tech capital, Bangalore, has increased its office supply by six times since 2006, and now has more Grade-A offices than Singapore.
Viswanathan Anand is the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: knockout, tournament, and match.
Buttons were invented in India. Yes, your shirt's buttons.
Magnetic Hill is a gravity hill located near Leh in Ladakh, India. The hill is alleged to have magnetic properties strong enough to pull cars uphill and force passing aircraft to increase their altitude in order to escape magnetic interference.
India's first rocket was brought on cycle and a satellite on bullock cart.
India's space program is one of the top 5 space programs in the world.
At an estimate, 25% of the total workforce of the world's population will be from India in the next year or so.
More than 54 crore people voted in the 2014 General Election – more people than the population of USA, UK, Australia and Japan combined.
Today, India has the world's largest school in terms of students, the City Montessori School in Lucknow. It has more than 45 thousand students!
Every 12 years, a religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela occurs in India. It is the world's largest gathering of people.


Over 500 "friends" gathered at the Memorial Coliseum on Friday, October 9, 2009 to enjoy a "Morning with Friends", raising over $110,000 to help cover the cost of mammograms on the Francine's Friends mobile mammography coach.
City of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry was on hand to proclaim October 9th as "Francine's Friends Day" and Indiana's NewsCenter's Linda Jackson returned to MC the morning.
Sponsors for this year's event included: Presenting sponsor—PHP Foundation; Breakfast sponsors—Radiation Oncology Associates, Very Bradley, Indiana Surgical Specialists, Women's Health Advantage, Emley Design Group, OmniSource, Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Susan's, Cindy Friend Lifestyle Studios, Barbara's New Beginnings, and Punch Films.
Corporate Table Sponsors included: BakersDaniels, Barrett & McNagny, Breast Diagnostic Center/FW Radiology, Haines, Isenbarger, & Skiba, Holley Management, National City Bank, Parkview Foundation, and Tower Bank.
Susan Johnson, owner of Susan's of Covington Plaza, and Dr. Sreenivasa R. Nattam, Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, introduced our three special breast cancer survivors and narrated their makeover experience. In addition to Susan's, sponsors of the makeovers included LSpa Modern, Cunningham Optical One North, Merle Norman Cosmetics, Barbara's New Beginnings, and two anonymous donors who provided underwriting for the outfits the survivor models wore.
New "friends" and singers Tamyra Kelly and Angela Harris closed the morning by asking Francine's Friends board members and the audience to stand up and sing "Lean On Me" — providing an emotionally charged ending to a very uplifting morning.
Francine's Friends, in partnership with Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center and Breast Diagnostic Center, wishes to thank all who participated in helping to make this 5th-anniversary year and "5 Days with Friends" so special and successful. We value all of our FRIENDS!


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Valorant Lotus Map Release Date & Time
Updated January 9, 2023 by Nikola Savic
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Want to know when is Valorant Lotus Map coming out? You've come to the right place! Valorant Episode 6 Act 1 is just around the corner. It comes with a fantastic new battle pass, the Araxys skin line, balance changes, and more. Of course, one of the most exciting additions is the new map – Lotus. Read on to find out the exact Valorant Lotus map release date and time.
When Does The New Valorant Map Lotus Come Out?
Each new act in Valorant means a plethora of new content to get excited about. Usually, the main stars are either a new Agent or a new map. And for Episode 6 Act 1, we are going to the Indian subcontinent! That's because the new map – Lotus – is set in India. Not only will we get a whole new location to explore, but it will also come with a host of new gameplay mechanics. For starters, it will feature three spike sites, which is a diversion from the standard structure of Valorant maps. Haven, one of the launch maps, was the only map to date with three spike sites. Furthermore, the new map will introduce destructible map elements. Players will be able to destroy some walls and doors, unlocking new routes and creating potential flanking options.
Both of these new additions can create exciting new scenarios and will prompt players to think outside the box, as rounds will play out differently compared to other maps. So, when will we be able to play this new map? Valorant Episode 6 Act 1 is set to be released on Tuesday, January 10th. And that's also when the new Valorant map will come out. For the exact time, the map will be released after a short maintenance period. Here are the exact times:
NA Servers – 6 am PT / 9 am ET
EU Servers – 4 am GMT / 5 am CET on January 11th
The maintenance is expected to last for a couple of hours, during which the competitive queue will be disabled. After the patch is deployed, servers will be back online, and you can then try the new Valorant Lotus Map. With that said, that's all you need to know.
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With over 10 years of experience in gaming and esports journalism, I like to think that my guides once helped a NASA scientist to beat a game. Basically, I should be credited for NASA's Mars missions.In my free time, I dream of the day when I will finally start cleaning my Steam backlog.
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Healthy? Stay fit to avoid a heart attack
Low cardiorespiratory fitness could be a warning sign of future problems, even in the fit and healthy
European Society of Cardiology
IMAGE: Figure summarizing how the risk of cardiovascular problems declines with increasing cardiorespiratory activity. view more
Credit: Image designed by Professor Sanjay Sharma. Copyright: European Heart Journal
Even if you are a fit and healthy person with no signs of any heart or blood vessel disease, low cardiorespiratory fitness could be a warning sign of future problems, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal [1] today (Thursday).
Cardiorespiratory fitness refers to the ability of the blood circulation and respiratory systems to supply adequate oxygen to muscles during sustained physical activity. The main measure of it is VO2max - the maximum rate of oxygen consumption during exercise that increases with intensity.
In the study published today, 4527 fit and healthy men and women with no history of cardiovascular or lung disease, cancer or raised blood pressure, had their cardiorespiratory fitness assessed when they joined a large, population-based health study in Norway (the HUNT3 study) between 2006-2008. Wearing a face mask and a heart rate monitor, they warmed up for ten minutes on a treadmill before running faster and faster. Their oxygen intake was measured to establish their VO2max. The researchers also gathered information on tobacco use, alcohol consumption, family history of cardiovascular disease, physical activity, weight, height and waist circumference, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
After an average follow-up time of nearly nine years, the researchers found that greater cardiorespiratory fitness was linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, such as heart attacks. Only 147 participants (3.3%) were diagnosed with heart disease or died from it, or required intervention to unblock clogged arteries during this period.
"We found a strong link between greater fitness and reduced risk of a coronary event during the nine years of follow-up in a very healthy sample of adults," said Dr Bjarne Nes, a researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). "In fact, the participants who were in the 25% of those with the highest cardiorespiratory fitness had nearly half the risk compared to those in the 25% with the lowest fitness levels."
The researchers found that, in both men and women, the risk of cardiovascular problems fell by 15% for every extra unit of measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness - metabolic equivalents (METs). METs measure the oxygen required for the energy expended on physical activity, with one MET being the amount needed if a person is sitting quietly (3.5 mL of oxygen per kg of body weight per minute), while high exertion such as running would use about eight METs.
"This indicates that greater cardiorespiratory fitness protects against both chronic and acute heart and blood vessel problems," said Dr Nes. "Even a small increase in fitness could have a large impact on health."
The lead author of the study, Dr Jon Magne Letnes, who is a medical doctor and research fellow in the Cardiac Exercise Research Group at NTNU, said: "Our results should encourage the use of exercise as preventive medicine. A few months of regular exercise may be an efficient way of reducing the cardiovascular risk."
A strength of the study is that cardiorespiratory fitness was measured with a gold-standard maximal exercise test of peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) - the first to do this in a healthy sample of the general population. Previous studies that have linked fitness to disease risk in healthy populations are mainly based on self-report or less accurate estimates.
A limitation of the study is that participating in voluntary exercise testing introduces the possibility that more active people might choose to join the study, which might reduce its applicability to the general population.
In an accompanying editorial [2], Professor Sanjay Sharma, of St George's University of London (UK), who is medical director of the London Marathon and chair of the expert cardiology panel for the English Football Association, and Dr Aneil Malhotra, also of St George's, write: "This study adds to the current literature by demonstrating a similar benefit in an ostensibly healthy population with an incremental benefit that continues beyond 12 METS and suggests that there is no obvious upper threshold for the cardioprotective effects of exercise. Although the number of subjects is laudable, there are several points to note."
They highlight that there is an unavoidable but inherent selection bias towards participants who were motivated to take part and were probably more aware of lifestyle measures to avoid cardiovascular disease; and the participants were young and healthy, which explains the low number of cardiovascualar-related events during the follow-up period.
They conclude: "In an era where primary prevention is playing an increasingly significant role in society, this study helps highlight that improving CRF [cardiorespiratory fitness] is a pivotal factor in reducing CV [cardiovascular] risk and mortality. Regular physical activity and measures of CRF should be incorporated into clinical practice and CV risk models. All individuals should be encouraged to exercise to the minimal level recommended by the European guidelines for disease prevention, although the observations of Letnes and colleagues and several others suggest that substantially higher physical activity levels and CRF provide additional prognostic benefit. For those who are compromised due to comorbidities or functional status, there is overwhelming evidence that some physical activity is better than none."
[1] "Peak oxygen uptake and incident coronary heart disease in a healthy population: the HUNT Fitness Study", by Jon Magne Letnes et al. European Heart Journal. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy708
[2] "Exercise testing and coronary disease: pushing fitness to higher peaks", by Sanjay Sharma and Aneil Malhotra. European Heart Journal. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy777
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Link with Heart Problems (IMAGE)
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Media stocks were generally lower Wednesday morning as a slump in the technology sector caved in the broader market.
Viacom VIA declined $2.44 to $53.94 though it reported third-quarter results that easily topped most Wall Street estimates. See full story.
Infinity Broadcasting INF, +1.21% Viacom's radio and outdoor advertising unit, said net free cash flow rose to $265 million from $175 million. Revenue rose 66 percent to $1.03 billion on "the core strength of the company's radio and outdoor businesses," said Mel Karmazin, chairman and chief executive of Infinity, in a statement. Shares fell $1.50 to $29.75.
Radio broadcaster Citadel Communications CITC dropped $7.38, or 46 percent, to $8.63 following its report of disappointing September-period results.
Citadel said after-tax cash flow was 33 cents a share, compared to 24 cents in the same period last year. Analysts polled by First Call were looking for a figure of 38 cents in the latest quarter.
In the cable sector, AT&T T, +0.06% fell $3.50, or 13 percent, to $23.38 after it announced that it will split itself into four new companies in an attempt to lift its sluggish stock price. See full story.
Charter Communications CHTR, +0.16% lost $1.63 to $17.69. The company priced a $650 million offering of convertible senior notes due 2005. Charter also said it plans to raise an additional $450 million through a separate issuance of convertible senior notes due 2007. The company plans to use the proceeds of these offerings to repay a portion of a $1 billion bridge loan from August.


The crystal sculptures of this symbolic animal make up an original and elegant collection. Ideal for animal lovers, it movingly embodies of the values of bravery, strength and power. Originally in movement, and available in clear and midnight crystal on a grey stand, it has been recreated by Jan Tésar as a sculpture showing a majestic posture, in a numbered and limited edition.


"Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity" – this is my application of Occam's Razor to WordPress theme design. You can spend time on design once you've written everything you want to write. Until then… skip to content. It's extremely light-weight, so before installing too many plug-ins, think of Thoreau: "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone." Enjoy. Adam.


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Blazersedge Scrubdown Round 2, Matchup #2
By Dave Deckard@DaveDeckard Aug 25, 2010, 11:00pm PDT
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Here's the second matchup of the second round of the Blazersedge Scrubdown to determine Portland's favorite not-quite-star-level Blazer of all time. Today we have a battle between two classic big men.
Mark Bryant played seven seasons for the Blazers, drafted out of Seton Hall with the 21st pick of the 1988 draft. Simple math will tell you that he was around for the entirety of the early 90's championship run. His own career run started out incredibly well. Expectations of a 21st pick are usually modest but with Steve Johnson's career slowing down due to injury and Richard Anderson looking unlikely as a long-term power forward, Blazers fans were eager to embrace an heir apparent at the position. Bryant fever was stoked to bonfire level when Coach Mike Schuler, impressed with the rookie's pre-season performance, started him in the first game of the season. In reality it was probably an "anybody can start if they work hard" message to the team. From the outside (keeping in mind the relatively long distance between the locker room and fans in those days) it looked like their power forward worries were over for the next 15 years. Bryant did play for a decade and a half. Unfortunately for Portland fans he became the consummate journeyman: always good enough to earn a job and reasonable minutes, never quite good enough to own his position or make a striking impact. His rebounding was always solid. He became known as a defender as he aged. His offense was never a work of beauty but he raised his shooting percentage to more than acceptable levels in the middle part of his career. He also became known as a smart player. But he never emerged from the near-immediate shadows of Buck Williams and Cliff Robinson and his departure was met with more shrugs than tears.
Caldwell Jones was one of the guys Mark Bryant replaced. A long-tenured center in the ABA and NBA most famous for his play in Philadelphia during their championship runs, Jones came to the Blazers during the twilight of his career. By title a center, Jones found himself sharing the floor with other pivots--Sam Bowie, Steve Johnson, Kevin Duckworth--for most of his Blazer tenure. It was Portland's very own Twin Towers concept. Jones made this possible by being fairly mobile despite his age, by defending excellently, by grabbing rebounds, and by his utter lack of need to touch the ball otherwise. After a while the Blazers famously ran the first offensive set of the game for Jones and never game the ball to him again. He was just fine with that. In 1988-89 he played in 72 games and shot 77 times total. He never took more than 128 shots in a season during his time in Portland. Since Jones was paired with offensive centers the system worked. He spent four seasons with the Blazers, from 1985 through 1989. Though his veteran contributions and unselfishness were appreciated the general consensus at the time was that the Blazers couldn't take the next step until they got someone better than Caldwell on the floor.
So who goes on to the semi-finals, Bryant or Jones? Vote below.
P.S. There will be another post today. It'll come in the form of the resuming TrailBlazers.com Podcast, forward to which I am very much looking.


Huddersfield Town Ladies pulled off an incredible comeback to draw 3-3 at Charlton Athletic Women before prevailing 5-4 in the penalty shootout in the Fourth Round of the SSE Women's FA Cup.
Strikes from Brittany Sanderson, Laura Elford and captain Kate Mallin saw the Ladies take the game into extra time, before Katie Nutter scored the decisive spot kick after Laura Carter's brilliant stop.
Huddersfield Town Ladies move into the last 16 of the competition and are the only club to do so who play their football outside the top two leagues of the women's game.
Town were 2-0 down at half time as goals from Kit Graham and Charlotte Gurr helped Charlton assert their dominance as the higher-league side.
And when Graham slotted home her second for the hosts' third on 67 minutes, all hope appeared lost for the travelling Terriers.
But then, with just 15 minutes to go, the tables turned.
Huddersfield had been delivering crosses into the Charlton box relentlessly in the second half and, finally, they got it spot on.
The ball was whipped in at pace and after the hosts failed to clear, Sanderson was on hand to stretch out a leg and divert the ball beyond the despairing keeper to give her side a lifeline.
Suddenly, all the momentum was with the visitors. And they struck again, virtually from the restart.
Town won the ball high up the field and direct build-up play sent Laura Elford through on goal. The striker placed the ball into the back of the net and Town were well and truly back in the game.
By this point Charlton, who came out for the second 45 half asleep, had been taught a lesson as they simply couldn't handle the Terriers' determined pressing.
On 73 minutes, no-one could have predicted it, the comeback was complete.
Town continued to get in the faces of their opposition, who have a reputation of playing rough themselves, and duly got their just rewards.
Mallin had been a thorn in the side of the home defence throughout the match and after an initial shot was well blocked, the skipper was on hand to fire the ball past Katie Startup in the Charlton goal to send the game into extra time.
Town created a host of chances in the added 30 minutes, but were unable to convert for what would have been the winning goal. Alas, it was to be decided by penalties.
After Mallin stepped up to cancel out Lily Agg's opening spot kick, Carter threw herself to beat Elizabeta Ejupi's effort away and give her side a crucial advantage.
Sarah Danby, Sanderson and Elford then converted the following Town penalties and after Charlton followed suit, the responsibility fell on the shoulders of Nutter.
The No.7 shrugged any doubt away before calmly placing the ball straight down the middle of the goal to send the squad into raptures as she and her teammates piled on top of fellow heroine, Carter.
Town now face the task of refreshing in time for Wednesday night when they face Doncaster Belles away (7.30), with manager Ashley Vickers expected to make a host of changes.
And then, it's the big one.
West Ham United away in the Fifth Round of the SSE Women's FA Cup this coming Sunday, February 17.
Another win in the capital would see Town Ladies reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their history.
It will be a hugely challenging match, but they defied the odds to beat Charlton. Will lightning strike twice?


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Our upcoming conference on "Positive Psychology in Practice" will focus on cutting-edge science and the practical application of Positive Psychology Interventions in organisations and clinical settings.
Leading experts, who share a passion for Positive Psychology, will provide you with an up-to-date overview of the science of wellbeing and critically examine the emergence and development of this new field. They will explore the keys to a happy and meaningful way of life by addressing gaps, biases and exciting new ways to bring this topic forward.
The goal of this event is to promote a better understanding of what Positive Psychology actually is, the study and science behind it and how we can move beyond the theoretical to incorporate positive psychology into practical and real-life settings.
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Chantal Van Kempen,
CEO of Do You Feel Alive Utrecht, Netherlands
Chantal Van Kempen
CEO of Do You Feel Alive Utrecht
Chantal is Chief activation officer at "Ondernemen met ballen". She creates challenging experiences to enhance energy and motivation in a person and system to overcome obstacles and turn ideas into action. Knowing how to change is not enough you also have to act upon this knowledge. She helps governments, healthcare companies and corporates to put theories of psychology, business and change management into practice, by creating games, interventions, communities and programs.
Keynote Presentation: The Secret of the Cambridge Happiness Profiler (CHAP)
Patrick van Hees, MSc. A.P.P,
Director Happiness Institute Europe. International speaker, writer and consultant on happiness and professional well-being, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Patrick van Hees is an international speaker, writer and consultant on happiness. As founder of the CHAP Happiness Institute, Patrick is praised for his practical translations of evidence based research on professional well-being to working and private life, and connecting scientific insights from neuroscience and positive psychology to both the CEO and the man-in-the-street.
Patrick uses humour, real-life examples and a personal touch to deliver his message of inspiration. Happy professionals are more productive, creative and cooperative. Patrick explains how this works and how to maximise these effects. He has published three books on happiness, has been organising events and masterclasses on the subject of management and happiness in Cambridge (UK) for the last eighteen years and usually is one of the top rated speakers at (national and international) seminars.
Appreciating Anger
Salmaan Sana,
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Salmaan Sana
Salmaan's mission is to get people to discover who they are and how they can have a more significant positive impact on the world around them. He uses his knowledge & experience on leadership, development, compassion and change in a way that is both personal and invigorating.
For the past four years he has been working as a senior consultant and meaningful learning specialist for Better Future. Better Future is a purpose driven consultancy helping leaders and their team make a difference. This is done by designing and crafting journey's, connecting teams from all over the world, from NGO's to cooperates, in order to create social impact. Here you can find a video on Better Future and how they work on their mission: http://bit.ly/BF-MissionWater
Salmaan's focus is to create change agents. He finds ways to get individuals to become more aware of themselves, their responsibility and gain insights on their inner drive. He harnesses the power of frustration and transfers this into a constructive and positive force that can be used to shift things from the inside out, both personally and organisationally.
As he is a specialist in designing and facilitating leadership programs, his focus is on creating a culture and organisational change within different fields. He has a long history within the field of healthcare. In 2011 he started a foundation together with other healthcare professionals on Compassionate Healthcare (http://www.compassionforcare.com/en). This especially lifted off after taking the stage at TEDxMaastricht (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaT-Yx-Qds4 ). He also co-initiated and help run leadership programs for healthcare professionals in the form of summer schools (http://humansofhealth.com).
The last years he has developed a series of programs within the medical educational department, working with, amongst other; Medical Specialists, Clinical Educators, Researchers, Clinical Residents, Nurses, Management Boards and entire hospital departments.
On any other day, you can find Salmaan living in the south of Amsterdam, using his bike to commute while he builds consistency in cross fit and writing.
For more background information - please check his Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/salmaansana or find him on other social media platforms which he uses to share his story.
Morning Coffee Break, Networking and visit of the exhibition
Transformational Leadership & Mediation
Titia Niehorster,
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Expert, I Help LEADERS Turn Any Team Into A Profitable Winning Team, Certified ADR Mediator, Global Goodwill Ambassador (GGA), Mum of 6
Titia Niehorster
Titia is a certified Mediator, Coach and Leadership Expert with over 20 years experience in mediation and conflict resolution. Titia is the founder of Winning Leadership Strategies, a company focused on helping leaders create profitable winning teams by improving their leadership skills and working environment. She is also the co-host of the 'Let's Talk Leadership Podcast' and a mum of 6.
Balanced Strengths Questionnaire (FORTE): Psychometric properties
Symposium Chair
Dafne Cataluña,
Founder of the European Institute of Positive Psychology (IEPP)
Dafne Cataluña
Dafne Cataluña is the founder of the European Institute of Positive Psychology (IEPP). Her professional career has been closely linked to training and psychotherapy. Currently she is the head of R&D Department where she develops various projects related to assessment, diagnosis and intervention in Positive Psychology.
The Ego to Eco Shift – A Positive Perspective
Lavinia Warnars,
Earth Charter Netherlands & iEarth, Sustainability & (International) Development Expert
Lavinia Warnars
Sustainability & (International) Development Expert
Lavinia Warnars (1985) is an enthusiastic (international) sustainability developer with a focus on moving people, companies and organizations out of Ego (materials, money, power) and towards Eco (equality between humans and nature). She likes to support this shift and help people grow towards it. The more challenging the better, is her motto. She has a strong analytical mind, combined with a strong intuitive feeling of what is right and what is ´wrong´. Together with her flexibility and eagerness to change and grow, she knows well what to do in crisis situations, especially if it is related to the necessary Eco shift. For that, she mainly uses positive psychology as a tool to enhance and push this growth in herself as well as in others.
Lavinia will talk about this during the conference, and delves into her own internal shift she had to make in order to practice what she preaches.
Lunch Break, Networking and visit of the exhibition
How to handle human suffering with Self-compassion
Toni Järlström,
Psychological coach, Positive psychology expert and Public speaker
Toni Järlström
✔ from a perfectionist to a good-enoughist
✔ an evidence-based method to decrease depression, anxiety, stress and feelings of inadequacy, and a healthy way to relate to oneself leading to a sense of wholeness
✔ The neurobiological effects of self-criticism
✔ A Hands-on practice to increase self-compassion in the midst of your daily life
Happiness the authentic way
Dr. Vikki Barnes,
Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Specialist in Positive Psychology and Happiness. Previously worked in operational and strategic roles with Virgin Care, Virgin Limited Edition and the NHS
Dr. Vikki Barnes
Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Specialist in Positive Psychology and Happiness Previously worked in operational and strategic roles with Virgin Care, Virgin Limited Edition and the NHS
Vikki has spent the last 10 years researching and practising Positive Psychology and trying out different ways that we can all improve our mental health, no matter who or where we are. She's excited to talk about what she's found and her hopes to inspire people to make small changes in their lives that will have a positive impact on their mental wellbeing. Vikki's passions are wellbeing of people and wellbeing of the planet. She encompasses these in her work and believes in a future where people and the world become more aligned and connected. By understanding who we are as individuals and acting in ways that improve the lives of ourselves and others, with an awareness of how nature and people can benefit our health, we can make positive local and global changes. Poor mental health can have devastating effects and stigma still exists with tragic consequences. We can all be part of the solution. A global culture shift begins with us and Vikki believes that it begins with being simply and authentically human. From working with various companies including the NHS and Virgin, and by using Positive Psychology techniques in her own life, Vikki came to the conclusion that there are a set of human traits that are naturally within us all, accessible to everyone and which can be cultivated to improve our happiness and satisfaction with life. These include: gratitude and being thankful for the good things in life, connection with others, with ourselves and with the wider environment, awe as a feeling of great admiration and respect, vulnerability not as a weakness but as a way of accepting positive and negative emotions equally, and authenticity as a way of expressing our true selves and being accepted for who we are. Difficult times and living a good life can go hand in hand if we accept it all as part of our contract with life and if we focus on being wholeheartedly real. Vikki calls this 'happiness the authentic way'.
"Fit to Flow": A toolkit for practitioners to identify Flow-conducive personality-, and organizational factors to create Flow-rich workplaces
Dr. Gyöngyi Kállai,
Consultant, Coach and Lecturer (ELTE University), Founder-Owner of Trendset Consulting
Dr. Gyöngyi Kállai
Dr. Gyöngyi Kállai as a strategic organisational consultant and coach, contributes to leaders' successes in transforming their organisations by harnessing organisational, team, and individual energies and capabilities. "If you do what your heart and mind tell you, you act on wisdom" is her credo. Another conviction of hers is that, "if…within the context of the highly complex and constantly changing environment of the 21st century, "..you do not like change, you are going to like irrelevance even less". Consulting and coaching organizational, team and individual level transformational change is Gyöngyi's core expertise and passion.
Gyöngyi offers 25+ years of cross-industrial and cross-cultural experience in leadership development, executive coaching, change leadership, organizational design and development, HR strategy development, performance- and career management, mergers and integrations. Gyöngyi considers "cultural literacy" / cross-cultural leadership as a core competency of today's leaders, and she offers her insights in living and working as an expatriate executive in the UK, Netherlands, France, and having consulted and coached clients around the world from more than 30 countries.
As an internal consultant she worked for the Prince of Wales Trust U.K., Livewire U.K. and Hungary, I.M.C., and the Unilever Group across Europe: Bestfoods France, Algida, HPC, Lipton IC, Amora-Maille, Strategic HR Group,U.K. As of 2005 she worked as an external consultant and coach for Unilever Europe, Novartis Group, Corvinus School of Management, I.T.D Hungary, Rittal Group, SONY Europe, SONY Global HR Group U.K., The Conference Board Europe, Johnson and Johnson Group, Mercer International, Sara Lee International, Lanxess Corporation, TMF Group Hungary, Liberty Global International, Avers, Avers FIBER, Formatex, Merck Group, and, on a pro-bono basis, for the National Talent Development Program of Hungary, the B.J. Hospital Szekszárd, and three regional "Family and Child Protection" centers in Hungary. As a fellow faculty member of the Intl. MBA Programme of the Corvinus School of Management, Budapest and as an honorary associate professor of King Sigismund University, Budapest she is a passionate researcher and teaches Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and Intercultural Communication to BA and MA level students. Gyöngyi is also a lecturer of the Faculty of Education and Psychology of Eötvös Loránd University, teaching Organizational Psychology for MA students.
Line management/Leadership experience
Gyöngyi has 25+ years' of management-, and 20+ years of leadership experience cross-industry and cross-geography. She held management and leadership positions within Schlumberger (sector:engineering), I.M.C.(sector:executive education and consultancy) and the Unilever Group (sector:FMCG) in the UK, Holland, Hungary and France. As a senior HR Executive (VP HR for Unilever Europe and Global Programme Director of the Unilever Academy) and a member of the Board of Directors, she contributed to the development and implementation of business and HR strategies and organizational capability building in regional (Europe) and global contexts within Unilever, until she set up her own consultancy in 2005.
Gyöngyi earned her first degree (BA with honours) in Economics and Innovation Management at the College for Foreign Trade and the University of Economics, Budapest. She also studied innovation management and business consulting at Rutgers University, USA, and completed the International HR Executive Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. (Global Consulting Alliance, HR Learning Partnership). Gyöngyi earned her Master of Sciences degree at HEC - Oxford University (a joint MSc program) in Consulting and Coaching for Change, and holds a PhD degree (awarded Summa Cum Laude) in Sociology from Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Budapest. Gyöngyi is a certified user of a range instruments, such as e.g. MVPI (Hogan, APS,U.K),Personality Inventory (Hogan,APS.,U.K), Development Survey (Hogan, APS.,U.K.),FEBI (Focus Energy Balance Indicator (Dr.G.Whitelaw), Thomas Kilmann Conflict Profiler. Gyöngyi works in Hungarian and English. She also speaks French and Spanish.
What does Spirituality mean to you? Understanding Spirituality in the context of your client's life
Fiona English,
Positive Psychology Speaker and Coach
Fiona English
Coach and Consultant
Fiona is a coach and business consultant with extensive experience in global investment markets. Alongside working with clients, she researches, speaks and writes about Positive Psychology, the science behind what makes individuals and communities flourish. Her research area is Spirituality, the pathways we take to spiritual practice and its potential to influence wellbeing in our lives. Believing we can all use our skills to make the world a better place, she mentors social entrepreneurs helping them to create sustainable businesses which can make a difference in our World. She is an advisor and mentor to the Leadership team of social entrepreneur platform PIMOV and a board director of Dublin-based charity. In 2015, she was one of 50 women globally chosen to participate in the W50 Program in UCLA aimed at building the next generation of global women leaders. She practices yoga and meditation and is a certified mindfulness and mediation teacher.
On non-verbal synchrony in coaching: The ripple-effect of clients' self-regulation in organizations
Tünde Erdös,
MSc. in Executive Coaching, Ashridge Accredited Executive Coach EMCC EIA Senior Practitioner, MCC ICF
Tünde Erdös
Tünde Erdös, MSc. in Executive Coaching, Ashridge Accredited Executive Coach EMCC EIA Senior Practitioner, MCC ICF
Tünde holds an Ashridge Master's Degree in Executive Relational Coaching backed up by EMCC's EIA accreditation at Senior Practitioner level, MCC level credentialing with ICF and 15 years of experience as a coach. Currently, she is a PhD candidate investigating coaching presence with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL & Ashridge Centre for Coaching, UK & Case Western Reserve University, US. Her project has been awarded a Harvard Grant for its level of complex design, international scale, and innovative technological character in coaching. Most recently, she has been registered as a certified occupational test user at Level A and Level B with the British Psychological Society, UK.
'In my coaching engagements I offer conversations with a psycho-dynamic approach, which focuses on the 'players on stage' in what seems to be a mature model in addressing tasks and goals. I investigate personal and organizational issues which remain unspoken, forgotten, left out, denied, or repressed towards overcoming conscious and unconscious resistance. Using the coaching relationship as a platform for making a meaning of who clients are and how they become our conversations in their own systems is part and parcel of setting up a learning partnership with my clients. How do differences between us and organizational contexts impact their learning? AND: What can clients contribute to my own learning in our coaching relationship? This emphasis on the self and all the positive and negative responses that other players on the stage might trigger in the self and in each other has proven to be fruitful for all parties involved. It grew out of the requirement in her coaching work that "You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.".'
www.coachingpresenceresearch.com
www.ptc-coaching.com
Afternoon Coffee Break, Networking and visit of the exhibition
Happiness is a Choice …Yours!
Drs. Randall Birnberg,
B.A. and M.A. in Psychology, Author: Awful-ly Happy, International Positive Psychology Coach
Drs. Randall Birnberg
B.A. Organisational Communications. Studied Psychology / Marketing / Public Relations M.A. Liberal Arts, Emphasis on Psychology / Philosophy, PhD Social Psychology Anticipated completion 2018
My 30 years of education and experience as a teacher, trainer, coach and now author has given me the professional tools to bring folks to have many "aha" moments during my talks.
I will couple the "science of happiness" namely Positive Psychology, quantum physics and epigenetics with the Eastern teachings of "mindfulness" "self-compassion" and "self-perception" which makes the presentation very modern and well-rounded.
It will be interactive and the folks will walk away with the fact that:
• It's never too late to have a happy childhood
• Happiness is a Choice...our own
• Our Thoughts Create Things
We are living in fast changing times...and during these times, the choices we make will determine our happiness in all our relationships, especially the relationship with ourselves.
My personal experiences as a child growing up in a mafia family in a highly religious and racist neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago in the 60's and 70's gave me what we call in science "resilience".
I was abused in just about every way, did a multitude of drugs and was in jail twice...but with my resilience, I got out of the neighborhood, went to school, got a B.A, M.A. and a Phd, raised a healthy child, learned German, created a booming business, and recently wrote a book telling that story....Those were the choices I made, and now I'm here to show folks that they can make positive choices for themselves too...
Yoga and Psychology
Lukas Holter,
Dipl.(FH) Business and Computer Science, M.Sc. Psychology, Yoga Teacher (RYT 500) Global Talent Development Consultant, ERT Würzburg, Germany
Lukas Holter
Yoga Teacher and Talent Development Consultant Lukas Holter is passionate about helping individuals and organizations to their full potential by unfolding the exciting synergies between Yoga, Positive Psychology and Leadership.
Lukas has been a dedicated practitioner of martial arts, yoga and meditation since over 25 years. His professional Career started in IT- and Business Consulting. A passion for research and teaching led him into the field of developing people in organizations.
He supports organisations and individuals to balance towards mindfulness, employee health and compassionate leadership. At the same time he utilizes research around yoga and Positive Psychology to promote yoga as a holistic and undogmatic practice inside and outside the workplace.
Key Points will in include:
• Defining Yoga
• Parallels between Yoga and Positive Psychology
• Cross-selling Yoga, Positive Psychology and Leadership
Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks
End of day one
Flow State
Donna Churchman,
Flow Specialist, Coach for Creative Industry Professionals, Flow psychology & science, Leverage flow navigate block London, United Kingdom
Key points will include:
Flow States
Donna has over 20 years experience working in the design industry, creating and delivering public campaigns for clients from a wide variety of sectors, including art, culture, broadcasting, education, conservation and the motor industry.
Her early career started as a designer for the BBC, where she was part of the team responsible for maintaining the BBC brand identity. Later, she became manager of BBC Corporate Design.
In 1996 she co-founded a London-based design company, Evolve. Evolve went on to win 6 international design awards in its first year.
Over the years, Evolve has created work for among others, the BBC, MINI, Ford Motor Company, DCMS (Department of Culture, Media and Sport), English Heritage, Historic Royal Palaces, John Lewis Partnership, NHS, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Horticultural Society, The Arts Council and The Design Council.
Throughout her career, Donna has maintained a deep desire to understand how creative professionals perform their best in the workplace and have their best ideas.
Alongside her creative career, for over 20 years Donna has studied and trained in human dimension understandings, which has led her to her current work – how to help creative professionals achieve optimal performance (flow) and sustain their mental wellbeing in the workplace.
Donna now brings together her creative, psychology and coaching experience to offer unique programmes for professionals and teams across all sectors of the creative industry.
✔ Why does flow feel so good and block feel so bad – the 'feeling scale of creativity' study.
✔ Flow Psychology, Flow Cycles, Flow Science – where does flow really come from?
✔ The fundamental determinant to flow – understanding how it works.
✔ The value of flow in the workplace – productivity, creativity and mental wellbeing.
Job Crafting
Drs Ron de Jong,
Senior coach & specialist werkbeleving / Job crafting
drs. R.N. (Ron) de Jong
senior coach & specialist werkbeleving
Professional coach and job crafting specialist Ron de Jong has a clear goal in mind: making people happier at work or rather helping them doing this themselves.
Ron: "You shouldn't be chained to your interests and choices of the past. Being happy and being successful at work will ask continuous effort. This does not mean everybody is in need of a career switch, but for many some changes are very much in order."
Ron practices what he preaches, he has made quite some drastic changes himself to keep on experiencing happiness at work. He started his career realizing his childhood dream by becoming a veterinary surgeon. For several years he enjoyed working as a 'vet', but at some point he realized that he wanted to focus on helping people instead of animals. He became a teacher first and started his own professional coaching company a few years later. The more work experience he gained, the more fascinated he became with how we (choose to) work and how this effects our results and our happiness. This eventually led to his specialization on happiness at work and job crafting in particular.
In his training programmes Ron combines insights from science with practical personal development exercises. You can find more info on www.deur2.nl
Get happier at work and improve performance with job crafting! Crafting your job means making changes in order to create a better match between your work and you as a person. But where to begin? In this session the basics of job crafting are introduced. In addition you will learn in what ways job crafting can contibute to happier organizations.
What is Positive Psychology Coaching?
Miriam Akhtar MAPP,
Positive psychologist and one of the UK's leading practitioner of positive psychology, Trainer
Positive psychologist and one of the uk's leading practitioner of positive psychology, trainer, coach, visiting lecturer, contributor to the world book of happiness and the world book of hope and author of 5 books including positive psychology for overcoming depression and what is post-traumatic growth?
Positive psychology coaching is an evidence-based coaching practice for the enhancement of resilience, achievement and wellbeing. In this talk Miriam Akhtar, one of the UK's leading positive psychology practitioners, explores what positive psychology has to offer coaching and how it can help people to feel good, function well and flourish. Miriam (www.positivepsychologytraining.co.uk) is a coach, trainer and visiting lecturer. She is the author of the Little Book of Happiness (2019), Positive Psychology for Overcoming Depression (2nd edition 2018) and What Is Post-traumatic Growth (2017). .
Find a sport and carry on - What can we learn from Paralympians?
Hanna Kampman,
Lecturer & Co-Module Leader MSc Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology (MAPP-CP)
Post-Traumatic Growth Unit (PTGU), University of East London
Lecturer & Co-Module Leader MSc Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology (MAPP-CP)Post-Traumatic Growth Unit (PTGU), University of East London
We can learn a great deal from individuals who have gone through the trauma of severe physical impairment and competed in the Paralympics afterwards.
The talk will cover:
• Discuss the theory of 'posttraumatic growth' and the role of sport in challenging times.
• Explore the upward spiral of Awareness, Attentiveness, Acceptance & Aspiration.
• Discover three golden gems from Paralympians: Embracing Collective wisdom; Developing Mental toughness; and Becoming World-class.
The talk will:
Applying PERMA to Evolve Workplace Wellbeing Culture
Joshua French,
Co-Founder and Lead Consultant, Bailey & French. Co-Organiser, Action for Happiness Brighton
Joshua French
Joshua is a personal development expert, dedicated to helping people lead increasingly meaningful and rewarding lives. He is passionate about supporting a brighter future for workplace culture and loves supporting individuals and teams to focus positively, deepening their appreciation of their potential and developing the mindsets that will help them achieve it.
A founder of Bailey & French, he has over 15 years' experience creating and facilitating positive learning environments that accelerate personal and team growth. His work includes a range of wellbeing, performance and leadership programmes with a diverse range of organisations, such as Allianz, Nando's, the NHS and the World Health Organisation.
He also loves being an organiser at Action for Happiness Brighton, one of the largest local AFH groups in the world and regularly hosts and co-facilitates events.
This interactive introduction to the practical application of the PERMA model of wellbeing will cover the following:
✔ An overview of Martin Seligman's PERMA model of flourishing
✔ Exploration of the practical application of this model into organisations and its relevance to performance conversations and leadership development
✔ An introduction to tools that empower everyone in an organisation to take accountability for their own and others' wellbeing
✔ A case story of the 'Wellbeing Confident Leaders' programme, which Bailey & French led with Senior Civil Servants across the UK Civil Service - currently the largest global application of PERMA model of wellbeing in the world
How to take the ''shock'' out of Culture Shock. 3 easy steps to use globally
Rachel Smets,
Life coach, bestselling author, 2xTedx speaker, online course creator, university teacher, culture trainer, and also a vlogger sharing how to create a freedom lifestyle on YouTube
Rachel Smets
Life coach, bestselling author, 2xTedx speaker, online course creator, university teacher, culture trainer, and also a vlogger sharing how to create a freedom lifestyle on YouTube.
Rachel is dedicated to inspire people to create the life they desire. On a mission to help ambitious professionals with the 3C's: Clarity, Confidence and Create your next actionable steps, so they can live a meaningful and fulfilled life and be the person they truly want to be. Multi-passionate: Life coach, bestselling author, 2xTedx speaker, online course creator, university teacher, culture trainer, and also a vlogger sharing how to create a freedom lifestyle on YouTube.
Through her experience living abroad in many countries, she worked in various fields and industries, developed a passion for languages and cultural diversity. Besides boosting people's confidence, she teaches cultural competence to internationals to work and interact effectively across borders. Also, for those moving abroad, Rachel takes away the overwhelm while settling in, resulting in a successful stay abroad.
She graduated from the University of Maryland (US) with a bachelor's degree in psychology, and achieved her master's degree in management from the University of St Andrews (UK).
Rachel enjoys motivating and inspiring people to become the person they want to be.
~ Life changes, and so can you! ~
Website: https://www.rachelsmets.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelSmets
IG: https://www.instagram.com/rachelsmets/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1.RachelSmets/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelsmets
✔ Cultural differences can be quite a challenge at an international workplace, but it doesn't have to be.
✔ Whether you travel abroad or have clients or colleagues from another country, culture diversity can be fascinating.
✔ Starting with your culture identity, and gain culture sensitivity with this talk.
DoertoLeader, a way to increase the well-being of managers in the workplace
Odile Carru,
PCC- Professional, Certified Executive Coach, MBA- International Economics
Well-being and happiness at work resonate as key factors in terms of employee engagement strategies in most organizations. The main target of those programs is the Manager, the one who not only drives complex operational projects but is in charge of fostering the corporate culture and deploying the strategy of the company into action plan with operational teams.
In this presentation, Odile will show how a stronger leadership not only contributes to management performances but also to the well-being of managers in the workplace. She will explain how her Leadership model "DoertoLeader" is directly connected to the 6 factor models of psychological well-being: self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy and positive relations with others.
Professional Certified coach with ICF since 12 years, with an extensive corporate background, Odile partners with organizations internationally and delivers individual and team coaching programs for managers. With a strong focus on leadership, Odile's definition and vision of leadership is consciousness: the role of the manager goes far beyond doing things, which is a natural comfort zone, but implies working around 5 key factors in order to succeed as a manager and a leader.
It takes time and crucial steps to become a conscious leader, but if managers are trained on those 5 key factors of success, then they can move from Doer to Leader, and feel happier. With an assessment to be taken online, managers discover their leadership style and work towards their strengths and areas of improvement through an interactive workshop or a 3 coaching sessions program.
During her presentation, Odile will engage with participants and hopefully trigger new ways of being a leader who dares taking a new role within a company and step back from his comfort zone.
Odile Carru"
Odile is a Professional Certified Coach - PCC- with the International Coach Federation -ICF-. She is a Certified Professional Coach -CPC- with IPEC Coaching and a Profile XT and NLP Certified Practitioner. She is the past President of the ICF South Florida Charter Chapter. She is a Member of ICF France, and of the French American Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Odile is an expert guest speaker in many leadership training programs, for FIU, University of Miami and GMSHRM, main local association for HR professionals in Florida. In 2016, she delivered a speech to 150 managers of major retail industry companies on the topic: "How to switch from being a successful doer to successful leader". In 2017, Odile partnered into the ICF Quebec pro bono coaching program for leaders of nonprofit organizations "coaching in the heart of the community".
She holds an MBA and a Master of International Economics from the University Paris 9 Dauphine, ranked #1 in France. She is french-american.
Coaching Work
Odile's specializes in operational management, public speaking, active listening, emotional intelligence, communication, selling ideas, strategic thinking, team building and empowerment. One of her coaching niches includes working with introvert leaders and managers to help them forge strong connections with their peers and direct reports.
She has developed and delivered many training programs and tools in these areas and uses these with her coaching clients.
Odile specializes in working with multicultural teams. She is a masterful trainer, with a very engaging style. She brings a variety of assessments to her coaching including: DiSC, Profile XT, Situational Leadership and 360.
Main corporate references include: ClubMed, BB&T, Exane, L'Oreal, Kiehl's, Estee Lauder, CVS, Credit Agricole Private Banking, Bulgari Americas, Thales USA, BNP Paribas Montreal, L'Occitane en Provence, Swarovski.
Before becoming a corporate coach, Odile worked for over eighteen years as an executive in international groups in Paris. For seven years she was the Director of Internal Communications at Credit Agricole CIB-Calyon, the corporate and investment bank of the French retail bank Credit Agricole, with 18,000 employees worldwide. Her role at Calyon was to facilitate change and build a unified culture in close collaboration with the HR department. In this role, she coached the executive team and helped them clarify their strategic message. Prior to this experience, Odile worked for many years as an executive in marketing and sales. This is where she honed her ability to persuade, influence and sell both products and ideas. Website: www.differentcoaching.com
What our happiness really needs (will save the earth)
Nathalie Marcinkowski,
Psychologist, author, trainer for authentic happiness and conscious lifestyle. Founder of happyroots
Nathalie Marcinkowski
Nathalie Marcinkowski is (positive) psychologist and mentor for happiness and a fulfilled life and blogs on happyroots.de about the interplay between happiness and a conscious, sustaining lifestyle. She supports teachers and students in selfworth and selfcare, is instructor for the "Happiness Trainer"-program and her first book is about to be published. Her passion: To foster the flourishing of individuals so that the flowering of the earth will remain.
The current challenges in our world need practitioners from every field. And I find the field of positive psychology highly important, meaningful and transforming in the context of sustaining life on earth. Because this quest begins with finding back to our true inner happiness, to our connectedness and to our innate power to contribute helpfully.
We will dive deeper into three elements from the vast field of positive psychology and connect them to sustainability.
~ Choosing gratitude – remembering fullness
~ Feeling connected – remembering the fact that heals separation inside and around
~ Win-Win-Win – where self-compassion and helpful action create happiness
The interactive talk will touch the following three perspectives:
~ What positive psychology – including the 2nd wave of PP – and the science of well-being can contribute to going through the big turning and meeting the ecological crisis ahead of us
~ What each one of us can put into practice right now – that benefits not only the earth but mostly stabilizes ones own happiness by becoming ever deeper rooted in contentment and fulfillment
~ What we as practitioners can fuel and inspire in our clients for themselves and life on earth
Shared practices:
~ meditation
~ exchange in pairs
~ maybe writing exercise, depending on time
SMARTER-life-GROWTH approaches
Dr. Patrick Gwyer,
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Chartered Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Chartered Scientist Eastleigh, UK
Dr. Pat Gwyer
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Chartered Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Chartered Scientist
Dr Gwyer is a Chartered Scientist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychology Society and Chartered Psychologist. He completed his PhD in Applied Cognitive Psychology in 1997 after which he worked as a Research Officer for a UK law enforcement agency. Subsequently he taught and researched Applied Psychology at the University of Winchester. In 2006, he completed his doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsychol) at the University of Southampton.
In 2016, upon completion of an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, he specialized in consultancy for individuals and organizations across the adult wellbeing spectrum, focusing on resilience, recovery, wellbeing and happiness.
Dr Gwyer is also the Clinical Advisor for The Mountain Way (http://mountainway.org) a specialist veteran mental wellbeing charity that promotes peer support for Post Traumatic Growth for veterans who have experienced trauma as part of their military service.
More details about Dr Gwyer can be obtained form his website http://carpevitatherapies.com or via his Linkdin profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpatgwyerphd/).
Fissiotherapy - an innovation among eating disorders treatment
Valery Patonich,
Director of Rehabilitation Center and the main psychotherapist Revocanda Plus
Valery Patonich
Valery is the author of fissiotherapy of disordered eating behavior treatment and the director of the rehabilitation center "REVOCANDA PLUS" for clients with anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating and obesity. He is a certified Gestalt-therapist, coach of Moscow University of Gestalt Therapy and Consulting, therapist-supervisor, coach of Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art and a specialist in disordered eating behavior therapy.
The Design and Delivery of a Community-Pharmacy based Positive Psychology Intervention: A Feasibility Study
Jennifer Ward,
PhD Student at Cardiff Metropolitan University
My name is Jennifer Ward. Following my love for health and wellbeing, I obtained a 1st class Honours Degree in Sport and Exercise. After, I went on to complete a Masters in Psychology which specialised in Mental Health. Now, I am completing a PhD at Cardiff Metropolitan University which is in collaboration with The Health Dispensary Pharmacy and Wellness Clinic in Wales. My study is focused on designing, implementing and evaluating an evidence-based positive psychology intervention in a community-pharmacy setting. I aspire to educate and support individuals and communities on ways to lead happy and healthy ways of living.
Resilience - The Explorers Mindset
Justin Miles,
Professional adventurer, explorer, educator and speaker
Justin Miles
What makes an explorer tick? In this session explorer, adventurer and author Justin Miles provides an insight into the extraordinary levels of resilience of people who tackle expeditions in some of the harshest environments on Earth. Disassembling the term 'resilience' in to component parts, Justin examines the six pillars of resilience, overlaying tales from some of his own adventures to build a picture of the explorers mindset.
24th to 25th October 2019 – Utrecht, Netherlands
Address: Boothstraat Zaalverhuur7, Boothstraat 7, 3512 BT Utrecht
Hidden behind a nondescript facade in the Boothstraat is a beautiful 19th century church. This monumental building has the characteristics of a clandestine church. Zaalverhuur7 has teamed up to make better use of the few square feet left in Utrecht. They have a warm, friendly and homey appearance. In addition, they donate 10% of their profits to an orphanage in Haiti and others in need.
Please note: Zaalverhuur7 has 2 locations in the centre of Utrecht. Our meeting is located at the Boothstraat.
Around the Boothstraat there are several parking options:
The cheapest way to park your car is at car park de Grifthoek (750 meters walking distance). You can buy an exit ticket at our location (€13)
Some 700 meters away, there is a car park called de Kruisstraat (€3,50/ hour)
Right next to the Boothstraat, on Janskerkhof, there are a limited amount of parking spaces (€4,71/ hour)
On foot from car park De Kruisstraat- 8 mins walking distance
1. Exit the car park and take a left on the Wittevrouwensingel;
2. Take a right and keep on going for 350 meters with the water on your right;
3. Take a right to the Wittevrouwenbrug;
4. Stay on the Wittevrouwenstraat, which turns into the Voorstraat;
5. Keep on walking straight ahead for about 200 metres, past the traffic lights;
6. On your left you will see Taco Mundo, enter the first street on your left;
7. You're now on the Boothstraat, Zaalverhuur7 is on your left in the middle of the street;
8. Have a great day ☺
Attractions of Utrecht
Utrecht's cosy centre is like an open-air museum where every brick has its own story to tell. The history of the city dates back to Roman times, with the Middle Ages also having undeniably left their mark. Utrecht is located on top of what was once the border of the Roman Empire. Countless houses, churches, monuments - and the characteristic wharves, of course - in the city commemorate that rich history. These days the city combines this its historic buildings with modern architecture, creating an interesting balance between the old and the new.
Utrecht's surroundings are of equal historical importance. The city is surrounded by impressive citadels, forts and castles, including Kasteel de Haar, the largest castle in the Netherlands. Take a tour to the forts and hear the exciting stories of the New Dutch Waterline, or climb to the top of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug: the Pyramid of Austerlitz.
Visa & Travel Information
Utrecht is the Netherland's fourth largest city and also one of the oldest cities. A hub for thousands of students who attend the esteemed international research university of Utrecht, as well as musicians and artists who add to the cultural flavor of this charming canal city.
Travel to Utrecht from Amsterdam
The nearest airport is Schiphol Amsterdam. From Schiphol you can take a train with a direct connection to Utrecht. The journey takes approximately 30 mins und trains leave every 15 minute and go straight to Utrecht Central Station. You will find the train station situated directly below the airport.
A Taxi from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht, if it is pre-booked, will cost around 80 Euro. Without booking a taxi beforehand, expect to pay around 100 Euro on the meter. Please ensure that you only book a taxi from an official taxi stand.
Operators such as Eurostar, ICE International, Intercity Berlin, Intercity Brussels, TGV and Thalys offer high speed train connections from a variety of cities and airports, such as Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
You can take a train from Amsterdam main station to Utrecht main station approximately every 15 mins until midnight. The journey from Amsterdam to Utrecht takes about 30 mins.
Utrecht Central station - international connections
Utrecht Central Station has a direct high-speed train connection with Germany and Switzerland. Amsterdam Central Station is frequented by many international trains, connecting the Netherlands to various cities and airports in Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
• NS international tickets and timetables for international trains https://www.nsinternational.nl/en
• Map of all international destinations per operator: Eurostar, ICE International, Intercity Berlin, Intercity Brussels, TGV and Thalys https://www.nsinternational.nl/en/train-destinations-nsinternational/train-routes
A valid passport or travel document (valid for at least 3 months after your date of departure) is usually all you need to enter Holland. Whether or not you will require a visa depends on your nationality. Check with the Dutch Embassy or Consulate in your own country whether you require a visa. Citizens from the EU, EEA, EFTA and Schengen countries do not require a visa. For a full list of countries, please click on link below:
https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/travel-and-residence/question-and-answer/eu-eea-efta-and-schengen-countries
You will find the addresses of the Dutch embassies and consulates and more information about visas for the Netherlands at the Ministry of Foreign affairs
https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs#ref-minbuza
In order to receive such an invitation, you must register and pay for the conference first. You can register and pay by clicking on the below link:
https://www.forumsandevents.co.uk/2nd-positive-psychology-in-practice
Once you are fully booked onto our conference, please advise us by email at [email protected] that you wish to receive a Letter of Invitation.
Letters of invitation for visa purposes are hand signed and will be sent by regular post. Please anticipate around 6 weeks for arrival. Express mail will be offered on request, however the cost incurred for this service will be charged to you. Additionally, we are happy to send a Letter of Invitation as a pdf format by email.
Once you have received your letter of invitation, you will have to take the necessary steps to apply for your visa. Please note that you are fully responsible to make your own arrangements for getting a visa. Please contact your embassy or consulate as early as possible to find out all the necessary requirements and length of time expected to complete the visa process successfully.
For further information regarding the above, please feel free to contact us on: [email protected] [email protected]
The Deadline for abstract submissions are as follows:
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Submission steps
Download the submission form (pdf) from our web site. Please note this form should be completed using Adobe Reader.
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The presenting author must pay registration fee (latest 10 days after admission of abstract).
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The organizing committee at Forums and Events is pleased to invite you to submit original abstracts for oral- and poster presentations for our upcoming 2nd Positive Psychology conference, which will take place from the 24th of 25th October 2019 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Abstracts will be selected on a "first come first serve" basis.
Please refer to our guidelines below for more information. If you have any questions, please contact the Conference & Events Team on: [email protected]
All abstracts must be submitted and presented in English and should not be longer than 300 words. Enter the full name of your abstract exactly as it appears in your abstract document. This will be used for printing in the final programme. Author's, whose abstracts are accepted, must attend the meeting and present in person.
The Abstract should be no longer than 300 words in total.
Please structure your abstract according to the following headings:
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For poster abstracts, please ensure that the size of the poster should correspond to portrait DIN A0 format. Dimensions are: 1189 x 841 mm or 46.8 x 33.1 in90 x 120 cm. Ideally, each poster will be self-explanatory, but there will be a session where presenting authors are expected to be available near their poster to answer questions and engage in discussions.
All accepted abstracts will be printed in the meeting abstract book. This book will be distributed to all participants at the meeting and is included in the registration fee.
To update your abstract, please send the revised version to the Conference office: [email protected]
Submitting an oral and poster abstract is free of charge but presenting authors must register and attend the Conference should their abstract be accepted. Only fully registered and paid presenters and co-presenters will be included in the final programme.
After your abstract submission, we will confirm receipt of your abstract submission by email within 3 working days. If you do not receive this confirmation by e-mail, please contact the Organizing Committee at [email protected]
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Discussion of environmental issues and sharing of ways to be more eco-friendly in our everyday lives.
Pulled Yourself Up By Your Own Bootstraps? Had help?
Ever had a wild animal touch you?
Do all suns put out the same 'kind'of radiation?
Ever notice that all plants and animals have a left/right mirror image?
What do you make of this ?


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ESPN's 2020 NBA mock draft has Suns picking Cole Anthony No. 3 overall
Phoenix Suns Stories
By Zack Larsen | June 24, 2019 at 11:43 am
ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 27: Cole Anthony #50 of Oak Hill Academy in Virginia battles for a loose ball against Nico Mannion #1 of Pinnacle High School in Arizona during the 2019 McDonald's High School Boys All-American Game on March 27, 2019 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
The 2019 NBA Draft has come and gone, but that doesn't mean draft talk is over.
ESPN's Jonathan Givony released an early 2020 mock draft with the order being based on last season's win-loss records on Wednesday.
Givony has the Phoenix Suns picking No. 3 overall and selecting combo guard Cole Anthony.
The 6-foot-3 guard is committed to playing at North Carolina and was a five-star recruit coming out of Oak Hill Academy in Virginia.
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In his only year at Oak Hill, he averaged 19 points, 10.1 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game.
In six games with USA Basketball's U18 team, Anthony averaged 14.3 points per game and went 8 for 23 from the three-point line.
He was also named a 2019 McDonald's All-American as a member of the east team.
The Suns still haven't been able to secure their franchise point guard and that's why it would make sense for Phoenix to select Anthony.
Another point guard the team could look at in the 2020 draft is point guard Nico Mannion, a local product from Pinnacle High School in Phoenix.
Mannion is currently committed to Arizona and Givony has the Dallas Mavericks selecting him No. 7 overall.
The Suns recently made their pick at No. 11 after trading down from the sixth pick and drafted forward Cameron Johnson.
After trading their only other pick in the second round, Phoenix traded back into the first round to draft guard Ty Jerome.
Jerome joins De'Anthony Melton, Elie Okobo, Jalen Lecque and a potential free agent addition as the point guards potentially on the roster when next season begins.
As for next year's draft, the team would hope that it's luck and not a third-worst record in the league helping them get Anthony.
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Cinnamon for Urinary Tract Infections
Cinnamon Allergy Symptoms
What Are the Benefits of Chewing on Cinnamon Sticks?
Cinnamon Oil Allergy
Is it Okay to Take Cinnamon Tablets While Pregnant?
Medline Plus: Cassia Cinnamon
The Difference Between Burma Cinnamon & Ceylon Cinnamon
Written by Nadia Nygaard
In the United States, two types of cinnamon are sold in specialty markets and spice shops, though you will likely only find one type in a typical grocery store. These two cinnamons are not alike. One is not true cinnamon at all, but the bark of the trunk and branches of a species of tree related to true cinnamon.
True cinnamon is also known as sweet cinnamon or Ceylon cinnamon 1. It is grown in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, southern India, Sumatra and Java. Sticks of Ceylon cinnamon feel thin and flaky due to the many layers of the sticks 1. Only the bark of young shoots of the ceylon cinnamon plant are harvested. Ceylon cinnamon possess a subtle but deep, sweet flavor. When purchasing cinnamon, look for a light brown stick that is delicate and not hollow. Ceylon cinnamon is often referred to by its scientific names Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Cinnamomum verum 1.
Most of the spice sold as cinnamon, both in its whole form and ground, is actually cassia. This spice is also called Chinese cinnamon or Burma cinnamon and is cultivated in China, India and Vietnam. Cassia comes from the bark of the branches and trunk of several species, including Cinnamomum aromaticum, Cinnamomum loureiroi and Cinnamomum burmannii. This cinnamon substitute, in stick form, is dark brown, hard and hollow. The flavor is harsher and stronger than true cinnamon. Burma cinnamon has the smallest amount of essential oil of all cassia species.
Most of the spice sold as cinnamon, both in its whole form and ground, is actually cassia.
This cinnamon substitute, in stick form, is dark brown, hard and hollow.
The fragrant chemical coumarin is found in a number of plants, including cassia, or Burma cinnamon. In production, coumarin has been used as a scent in perfumes and colognes, an enhancement in tobacco and as an appetite suppressant. It can be transformed into an anti-coagulant when combined with certain fungi and is used in some blood-thinning medications. According to the European Food Safety Authority, ingesting cassia, a relatively major source of coumarin, in large amounts can cause damage to the liver. The recommended tolerable daily intake of coumarin is 0.1 mg per kilogram of body weight; 1 tsp. of cassia powder contains between 6 to 12 mg coumarin.
The fragrant chemical coumarin is found in a number of plants, including cassia, or Burma cinnamon.
In production, coumarin has been used as a scent in perfumes and colognes, an enhancement in tobacco and as an appetite suppressant.
Medical research into possible effects of cinnamon have generally focused on cassia, or Burma cinnamon, rather than Ceylon cinnamon. One purported use of cassia is to reduce blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. According to the National Institutes of Health, this claim is unsupported by research. Additional effects cassia is thought to have are to relieve gas, reduce muscle spasms, prevent nausea, reduce pain and prevent infections. Scientific evidence does not support the use of cassia in these applications.
Medical research into possible effects of cinnamon have generally focused on cassia, or Burma cinnamon, rather than Ceylon cinnamon.
One purported use of cassia is to reduce blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
Acacia Allergy
Do Honey & Cinnamon Lower Cholesterol?
Cinnamon Supplements & Intestinal Upset
How Many Calories Does Cinnamon Have?
Can I Eat Prosciutto Ham Without Cooking It?
Ceylon Cinnamon: How to Identify Real Cinnamon
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment: High Daily Intakes of Cinnamon: Health Risk Cannot be Ruled Out; August 2006
Rao PV, Gan SH. Cinnamon: A Multifaceted Medicinal Plant. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:642942. doi:10.1155/2014/642942
Khan A, Safdar M, Ali Khan MM, Khattak KN, Anderson RA. Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of People With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2003;26(12):3215-3218. doi:10.2337/diacare.26.12.3215
Mollazadeh H, Hosseinzadeh H. Cinnamon effects on metabolic syndrome: a review based on its mechanisms. Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2016;19(12):1258-1270. doi:10.22038/IJBMS.2016.7906
Gruenwald J, Freder J, Armbruester N. Cinnamon and Health. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2010;50(9):822-834. doi:10.1080/10408390902773052
Goel N, Rohilla H, Singh G, Punia P. Antifungal Activity of Cinnamon Oil and Olive Oil against Candida Spp. Isolated from Blood Stream Infections. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016;10(8):DC09-11. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/19958.8339
Murali MR, Naveen SV, Son CG, Raghavendran HRB. Current knowledge on alleviating infections through the use of some commonly known natural products: bench to bedside. Integr Med Res. 2014;3(3):111-118. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2014.04.001
Hawrelak JA, Myers SP. Effects of Two Natural Medicine Formulations on Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms: A Pilot Study. J Altern Complement Med. 2010;16(10):1065-1071. doi:10.1089/acm.2009.0090
Walanj S, Walanj A, Mohan V, Thakurdesai PA. Efficacy and safety of the topical use of intranasal cinnamon bark extract in seasonal allergic rhinitis patients: A double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study. Journal of Herbal Medicine. 2014;4(1):37-47. doi:10.1016/j.hermed.2013.12.002
Connolly M, Axtell A, Hickey S, et al. Chemical Burn From Cinnamon Oil. Eplasty. 2017;17:ic11.
Nadia Nygaard has been writing and editing since 2005. She is published in "Farm and Ranch Living" and has edited projects as diverse as grant proposals, medical dissertations and tenant law handbooks. She is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in English and women's studies.


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Learning classification models from multiple experts.
Valizadegan H1, Nguyen Q, Hauskrecht M.
Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, United States. Electronic address: hamed@cs.pitt.edu.
Building classification models from clinical data using machine learning methods often relies on labeling of patient examples by human experts. Standard machine learning framework assumes the labels are assigned by a homogeneous process. However, in reality the labels may come from multiple experts and it may be difficult to obtain a set of class labels everybody agrees on; it is not uncommon that different experts have different subjective opinions on how a specific patient example should be classified. In this work we propose and study a new multi-expert learning framework that assumes the class labels are provided by multiple experts and that these experts may differ in their class label assessments. The framework explicitly models different sources of disagreements and lets us naturally combine labels from different human experts to obtain: (1) a consensus classification model representing the model the group of experts converge to, as well as, and (2) individual expert models. We test the proposed framework by building a model for the problem of detection of the Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) where examples are labeled by three experts. We show that our framework is superior to multiple baselines (including standard machine learning framework in which expert differences are ignored) and that our framework leads to both improved consensus and individual expert models.
The consensus model and its relation to individual expert models.
The experts' specific linear models wk are generated from the consensus linear model u. The circles show instances that are mislabeled with respect to individual expert's models and are used to define the model self consistency.
Graphical representation of the auxiliary probabilistic model that is related to our objective function. The circles in the graph represent random variables. Shaded circles are observed variables, regular (unshaded) circles denote hidden (or unobserved) random variables. The rectangles denote plates that represent structure replications, that is, there are k different expert models wk, and each is used to generate labels for Nk examples. Parameters not enclosed in circles (e.g. η) denote the hyperparameters of the model.
The figure illustrates a subset of 10 temporal features used for mapping time-series for numerical lab tests.
Learning of expert-specific models. The figure shows the results for three expert specific models generated by the ME-SVM and the standard SVM methods, and compares them to models generated by the Majority* and Raykar* methods. First line: different examples are given to different experts; Second line: the same examples are given to all experts.


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