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David Coulson is an internationally recognised photographer and author of many books and articles about Africa's cultural history and landscapes. His photographs have been exhibited in London, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, Washington DC, Nairobi and Vancouver. David has worked as consultant to the United Nations Environment Programme, spearheading the 1999 Canon-sponsored international photographic competition on the Environment. His fifth book, African Rock Art, written in collaboration with Alec Campbell, was published in 2001. David has led TARA since he founded the Trust in 1996.
George Abungu is a Cambridge-trained archaeologist and former Director-General of the National Museums of Kenya. He is currently the founding Director of Okello Abungu Heritage Consultants, and Kenya's Representative to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of universities, including Gothenburg University, in Sweden, and the University of Western Cape in South Africa. Dr Abungu is also an advisor to the Global Heritage Fund, and sits on the panel of the World Monuments Watch.
Janette Deacon was born in Cape Town, where she attended school and went on to study Archaeology at the University of Cape Town. She was Secretary and member of Council of the Southern African Society for Quaternary Research, has been a member of council of the South African Museums Association and is a Member of the Board of the SAMA School of Conservation. She was a Vice President of the Pan-African Association for Prehistory and Related Studies. After her retirement from the National Monuments Council in 2000, she was appointed to the council of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and she is also a member of the Western Cape Cultural Commission.
Thomas F. Hill has been recognised internationally for his leadership in the development and growth of interactive marketing, communication and new media. He is a co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Institute of Human Origins, a scientific research organization dedicated to the study of human evolution. Mr Hill is also a Founding Trustee of TARA and of the Pan-African Conservation Trust; he is a member of the Explorers Club (New York) and a fellow of the Royal Geographical (London).
Audax Mabulla received his PhD in Archaeology from the University Florida, USA. He is currently the Field Coordinator of the Archaeology Unit, University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). His major research interest is in the area of the Lake Eyasi Basin, where the present-day Hadza hunter-gatherers live, and where he has excavated major sites. Dr Mabulla is co-principle investigator at the Loiyangalani River Valley Site Archaeological project (Serengeti, Tanzania), and runs the African field school for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, ACM. In addition to his scholarly research, he is an active champion of the land rights of the Hadza.
Sada Mire is a Somali born Swedish archaeologist, living and working in the UK and Somaliland. She studied archaeology and zoo-archaeology at Lund University and continued at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, for her B.A., and then at University College London (UCL) for her M.A. and Ph.D., conducting field research in Somaliland. Sada is currently advisor to and former Director of the Republic of Somaliland's Department of Tourism & Archaeology, which she founded in 2007. She is founder and executive director of the Horn Heritage Organization. Sada is a Research Associate at SOAS, and affiliated with also UEA and UCL. A TED-Speaker, she also serves as an editorial board member of the peer-reviewed journals African Archaeological Review, Heritage & Society and Southern African Archaeological Bulletin
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German Envoy meets President Julius Maada Bio
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Heiko Maas, has paid a courtesy call on His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown.
Sierra Leone's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Alie Kabba, who chaired the meeting, said his German counterpart was on his first visit to Sierra Leone. He further stated that they had had lengthy discussions and covered several issues that reflected the core priorities of the New Direction Government, adding that he had also spoken on the need to focus for on foreign direct investment. He used the occasion to highlight some key social issues and, in particular, referenced government's stance on rape and sexual assaults, noting that that was being done to raise international awareness and support on the issue.
The German Foreign Minister said he was excited about visiting the country for the first time and disclosed that he was very interested in the development process in the country. He also sated that as a member of the United Nations Security Council, Germany was very interested in how conflicts could be prevented and solved, saying that Sierra Leone was a wonderful example which they were ready to learn from.
He further told the meeting that they wanted to put the topic of conflict prevention again on the agenda for the United Nations Security Council meeting in April when they would have the Presidency of the Council, adding that they were interested in examples of how different situations could be overcome and how civil wars, like the 1991-2001 rebel war in Sierra Leone, could be prevented.
He also assured that they were ready to put issues of sexual violence on the agenda while acknowledging remarkable stances the Sierra Leone government had already taken to raise public awareness, help victims through free treatment in hospitals and prepare the judiciary to take actions against perpetrators. He noted that the UN must focus on those issues because the increasing rate of sexual violence, including the use of rape as a weapon of war.
On his part, President Bio said that Sierra Leone was enjoying a very good relationship with Germany, adding that he was now focusing on strengthening that relationship and widening the level of cooperation between the two countries. He said his Government was working on a comprehensive Development Plan as a means of moving a lot of people out of poverty.
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Identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multispeaker babble noise by Japanese listeners: Correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability
Hinako Masuda, Takayuki Arai, Shigeto Kawahara
A study was conducted to establish correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability during identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multi-speaker babble noise by Japanese listeners. TOEIC scores and the number of months spent living in English-speaking countries were used to measure the Japanese participants' English proficiency. TOEIC was used to measure the Japanese participants? English proficiency, as it was widely used in Japanese universities as a means to evaluate students' English proficiency. The number of months spent in English-speaking countries was also used to investigate the correlation between English consonant identification under the assumption that listeners with a longer experience of residing in English-speaking countries were more used to and in need of perceiving English speech under a more or less adverse listening condition.
Acoustical Science and Technology
https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.36.31
English consonants
L2 perception
Native Japanese listeners
Masuda, H., Arai, T., & Kawahara, S. (2015). Identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multispeaker babble noise by Japanese listeners: Correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability. Acoustical Science and Technology, 36(1), 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.36.31
Identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multispeaker babble noise by Japanese listeners : Correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability. / Masuda, Hinako; Arai, Takayuki; Kawahara, Shigeto.
In: Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2015, p. 31-34.
Masuda, H, Arai, T & Kawahara, S 2015, 'Identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multispeaker babble noise by Japanese listeners: Correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability', Acoustical Science and Technology, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.36.31
Masuda H, Arai T, Kawahara S. Identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multispeaker babble noise by Japanese listeners: Correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability. Acoustical Science and Technology. 2015;36(1):31-34. https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.36.31
Masuda, Hinako ; Arai, Takayuki ; Kawahara, Shigeto. / Identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multispeaker babble noise by Japanese listeners : Correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability. In: Acoustical Science and Technology. 2015 ; Vol. 36, No. 1. pp. 31-34.
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My dear friends, Edna and Connie, made the day even more fun! Here are my favorite photos from 2015. I hope you enjoy them!
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Democracy & Diplomacy Community to Offer Citizen Diplomacy International
Learning Life is pleased to announce the addition of Citizen Diplomacy International (CDI) to our new Democracy & Diplomacy Community (DDC) starting in January 2023.
CDI will offer DDC members and the interested public an opportunity to learn, network and advance citizen diplomacy (CD) worldwide. CD can be defined as communication or collaboration among citizens (not government diplomats) across national borders for shared economic, political, cultural, educational, environmental, health, or other purposes.
Due to globalization, the internet, rising education levels, and long-term democratization across the world, CD is growing, and becoming a more important part of diplomacy and international affairs. CDI help connect CD students, scholars and practitioners worldwide to learn from each other, and where possible, foster collaborations to study and/or practice CD.
Learning Life's founder, Paul Lachelier, launched CDI in June 2020 as the Citizen Diplomacy Research Group (CDRG) under the aegis of the Public Diplomacy Council, now the Public Diplomacy Council of America (PDCA). The Group's email list has since grown to over 1,000 students, scholars and practitioners from 108 countries. Since June 2020, CDRG meetings have been held every two months for 1.5 hours online via Zoom, with each meeting comprised of two presentations of CD research or practice followed by discussion then announcements. Since October 2020, the CDRG has also published a CD Bulletin with every meeting, offering CD-related news, events, articles, books and resources. PDCA members will continue to enjoy access to CDRG / CDI meetings, the CD Bulletin, and our growing CD bibliography.
"Learning Life is excited to offer DDC members CDI to broaden our global connections and engagement in some of the cutting edges of diplomacy," said Lachelier. "We are also excited to partner with the PDCA, an organization of which I am a proud member, to foster communication and collaboration between citizen diplomats and government diplomats for the public good."
"The PDCA is pleased to establish this partnership with Learning Life, which sustains our members' access to international citizen diplomacy meetings and a growing CD bibliography, while developing a new relationship with a nonprofit innovating CD," PDCA Co-President Sherry Mueller added.
CDRG participants will see these changes starting in January 2023: (1) a change in the name from CDRG to CDI; (2) a switch from the PDCA to Learning Life in the logos affixed at the top of the CD Bulletin, CDRG's Linkedin and Facebook pages, and all other communications; (3) a move from six to four meetings per year (2023 dates below); and (4) invitations to join the broader DDC for more opportunities to network, learn and advance democracy and citizen diplomacy. There will likely be more changes and benefits in 2023 as Learning Life continues CDRG's work to grow and network the expanding global citizen diplomacy sector, but we will save these announcements for later.
In 2023, CDI meetings will be on these dates and topics:
March 8, 12:00-1:30pm: health diplomacy
June 6, 11:00am-12:30pm: city diplomacy
September 6, 12:00-1:30pm: democratizing and localizing world affairs
December 5, 11:00am-12:30pm: digital diplomacy, or big data, authoritarianism & CD
To get on the CDI meeting email invitation list, send your preferred email address (ideally a non-work address in case you change jobs) to email@learninglife.info. You can also join the CDRG Facebook group and/or Linkedin group (the names and organizational affiliations of which will change in January 2023, as noted above) to connect with other CD students, scholars and practitioners worldwide, and to share your CD-related articles, books, events, funding, and other items.
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I never look at other reviewer comments before I write my own and rarely look afterward. I read a lot about this story after I wrote my review because I was looking for the name of the second narrator. I couldn't find the name clearly stated but I think credit should also be given to Jeremy (last name unclear). His contribution was valuable and well done.
I have mixed opinions about audiobooks. They take up too much of my time. They mess up my daily routine. I am not a multi-tasker and my failure at this is more apparent when the story is good, like this one. It is an approximately five-hour listening experience and that was enough to mess up my schedule. I'll have to think again before tackling a listening experience from very popular authors that last more than forty hours.
A note about the narrator, Candace Thaxton. I found the narration great, appropriate for this story, and a narration that defines the story. There were negative reviews about the narrator and, again, I can agree. This is a narrator that has a style not for everyone. The delivery of this story was in a well-pronounced, clipped, sometimes terse style. I thought it added to the story. Candace Thaxton gave a superior performance.
You've got me interested in this one! I will have to check it out.


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Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Category: Scandy Crime | Series: Freyja and Huldar Ser.
On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it... The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puz zle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn't seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found, and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible. As detective Huldar hunts the killer, and child psychologist Freyja looks for the boy's parents, the mystery unfolds: a story of violence, entitlement, and revenge. Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' Daily Express 'A magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter 'The undisputed queen of Icelandic Noir' Simon Kernick 'Believe all the hype - this is crime at its best.' Heat ...Show more
After She's Gone by Camilla Grebe
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Winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year. A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of The Ice Beneath Her.
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I Will Miss You Tomorrow (#1 Thorkild Aske Mystery) by Heine Bakkeid; Anne Bruce (Translator)
Category: Scandy Crime | Series: A\Thorkild Aske Mystery Ser.
The first in a new Norwegian crime series featuring disgraced ex-Chief Inspector Thorkild Aske, a damaged man with a complicated past. Fresh out of prison and a stint in a psychiatric hospital, disgraced ex-policeman Thorkild Aske only wants to lose himself in drugged dreams of his beloved Frei. Wild, unknowable Frei. The woman he loved. The woman he has lost forever. Yet when Frei's young cousin goes missing off the Norwegian coast and Thorkild is called in by the family to help find him, dead or alive, Thorkild cannot refuse. He owes them this. Tormented by his past, Thorkild soon finds himself deep in treacherous waters. He's lost his reputation - will he now lose his life? ...Show more
Stallo by Stefan Spjut
In the Summer of 1978, a young boy disappears without trace from a cabin in the Dalecarlian woods of Sweden. His mother claims he was abducted by a giant. The previous year, in the Sarek National Park, Laponia, a wildlife photographer takes a strange picture from his small airplane, of a bear running ov er the marshes. On its back sits a creature. It looks like a small monkey, but the photographer claims he has taken his first picture of a troll. Twenty-five years later, and back in Laponia, Susso runs a web page dedicated to searching for creatures whose existence have not yet been proven: the Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot. But Susso's true obsession is Trolls. When an old woman claims that a small furry animal has been standing outside her house, observing her and her five year old grandson for hours, Susso picks up her camera and leaves for what will become a terrifying adventure into the unknown. Because what if there really are trolls out there, and they're taking our children? ...Show more
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Millennium #3) by Stieg Larsson
Category: Scandy Crime | Series: Millennium Ser.
*********************** The third book in the Millennium series featuring Lisbeth Salander - the global publishing phenomenon Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself, Salander is now ready to fight back. Stieg Larsson's phenomenal trilogy is continued in The Girl in the Spider's Web and The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz. ...Show more
The Girl Who Lived Twice (#6 Millennium) by David Lagercrantz; Stieg Larsson (Based on a story by)
Category: Scandy Crime | Series: A\Dragon Tattoo Story Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The sixth in the Millennium series featuring THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO "What will you do now?" "I shall be the hunter and not the hunted" The girl with the dragon tattoo is finally ready to confront her nemesis, the only woman who is evidently and in many ways her match. Salander will not wait to be hunted. When she strikes it will be a double blow: vengeance for recent atrocities, and the settling of lifelong scores. For months now Salander has been closing in on her target. She has moved from Stockholm, her hair is newly styled, her piercings are gone. She could pass for any other businesswoman. But not all businesswomen have a Beretta Cheetah beneath their jacket. They do not wield the lethal power of a hacker's genius. They do not carry scars and tattoos to remind them that they have survived the unsurvivable. The new episode in David Lagercrantz's acclaimed, internationally bestselling continuation of Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo series is a thrilling ride that scales the heights of Everest and plunges the depths of Russian troll factories. It begins with the discovery of Mikael Blomkvist's number at Millennium magazine in the pocket of an unidentified homeless man who died with the name of a government minister on his lips. Blomkvist, at extreme risk to himself, tracks down his old friend and will protect her as far as he can. But he is powerless to crush her enemies on his own. And for Lisbeth Salander, the personal is always political - and deadly. ...Show more
The Girl Who Lived Twice (#6 Millennium) by David Lagercrantz; George Goulding (Translator)
Category: Scandy Crime | Series: A\Dragon Tattoo Story Ser.
The sixth Lisbeth Salander story--the crime-fiction phenomenon that has sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. Lisbeth Salander--the fierce, unstoppable girl with the dragon tattoo--has disappeared. She's sold her apartment in Stockholm. She's gone silent electronically. She's told no one where sh e is. And no one is aware that at long last she's got her primal enemy, her twin sister, Camilla, squarely in her sights. Mikael Blomkvist is trying to reach Lisbeth. He needs her help unraveling the identity of a man who lived and died on the streets in Stockholm--a man who does not exist in any official records and whose garbled last words hinted at possible damaging knowledge of people in the highest echelons of government and industry. In his pocket was a crumpled piece of paper with Blomkvist's phone number on it. Once again, Salander and Blomkvist will come to each other's aid, moving in tandem toward the truths they each seek. In the end, it will be Blomkvist--in a moment of unimaginable self-sacrifice--who will make it possible for Lisbeth to face the most important battle of her life, and, finally, to put her past to rest. ...Show more
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing expos on social injustice, this second book in the Millennium series is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel. Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that wi ll expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander's innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past. ...Show more
The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye (#5 Millennium) by David Lagercrantz; Stieg Larsson (Based on a story by)
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Lisbeth Salander is serving time in Flodberga Prison. When a sadistic gang leader nicknamed Benito starts to torture Faria, a young Bangladeshi prisoner, Salander finds it impossible not to intervene. Now a target of Benito and her gang, Salander's time in prison i s further complicated by news from her old guardian, who tells her she may have been a subject in a secret experiment known as the Registry. She enlists her friend Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor of Millennium magazine, to help her look into it. Once Salander is released, she devotes her time to uncovering the truth in the case that landed Faria in prison, and Blomkvist continues his search into Salander's background. But when the two cases start to dovetail, Salander and Blomkvist must join together to fight for justice and their lives. ...Show more
The Girl in the Spider's Web (#4 Millennium) by David Lagercrantz; Stieg Larsson (Based on a story by)
Category: Scandy Crime | Series: Millennium Ser. | Reading Level: very good
PRE LOVED - Soon to be a major motion picture starring Claire Foy. Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. One of the Best Books of the Year NPR * USA Today * O, The Oprah Magazine * E squire A genius hacker who has always been an outsider. A journalist with a penchant for danger. She is Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo. He is Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor of Millennium. One night, Blomkvist receives a call from a source who claims to have been given information vital to the United States by a young female hacker. Blomkvist, always on the lookout for a story, reaches out to Salander for help. She, as usual, has plans of her own. Together they are drawn into a ruthless underworld of spies, cybercriminals, and government operatives--some willing to kill to protect their secrets. ...Show more
Trolls by Stefan Spjut; Agnes Broome (Translator)
'Never mind Scandi crime fiction, the time has come for Scandi horror.' Metro ***** What if...? A large wolf escapes its captors. A cult leader breaks out of psychiatric care. A disillusioned woman is forced to end her self-imposed exile. Stefan Spjut's latest novel explores the ancient notion that ou r forests may be inhabited by beings we do not understand, creatures neither animal nor human, living in the shadows . . . Thriller, horror fiction, suspense, Trolls is set ten years on from hit novel Stallo, as Susso Myrén's world once again starts to shift around her. ...Show more
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Uber's South Asia Policy Chief Quits In Latest Senior Departure
Kohli is the latest senior executive to leave Uber. The firm's European policy chief quit in October, shortly after the departure of Uber's top boss in Britain
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Uber's chief of policy for India and South Asia has quit, two sources familiar with the matter said on November 13, in the latest high-level departure from the online taxi company. Shweta Rajpal Kohli, a former Indian journalist who joined Uber last year, would join cloud-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc next month, the sources.
Uber, in a statement, confirmed Kohli had quit. Kohli was mostly tasked with building Uber's relations with regulators and government officials in India, a market where the firm has faced several regulatory and reputational hurdles. One source said Kohli "was leading government engagements in the influential circles, so her exit is a step back for Uber."
Uber was briefly banned in New Delhi after one of its drivers raped a woman passenger in 2014. Uber hired a law firm this year to investigate how the firm managed to obtain the medical records of the rape victim, an incident that led to criticism of the culture at the U.S. firm, sources told Reuters in June. Uber declined to comment.
Kohli is the latest senior executive to leave Uber. The firm's European policy chief quit in October, shortly after the departure of Uber's top boss in Britain. Uber has suffered a tumultuous few months which has seen former CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick forced out after a series of boardroom controversies and other regulatory battles in multiple U.S. states and around the world.
Uber counts India as its second-biggest market after the United States. It operates in about 30 Indian cities and competes with Ola, a ride-hailing service backed by Japan's Softbank. Uber said on Monday it had agreed with a consortium led by SoftBank and Dragoneer Investment Group on a potential investment.
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The first migrants from La Republica Oriental del Uruguay arrived in Australia during the 1960s, when Uruguay was experiencing a period of economic deterioration and increasing political instability. The beginning of the Tupamaros guerrilla campaign in 1967 exacerbated political tensions and led to the introduction of new security laws that were later used to justify civil rights abuses. The 1970s saw rising unemployment and government repression of opponents. After the military seized power in 1973, an estimated 400,000 people fled Uruguay, some of whom eventually settled in Australia.
The number of Uruguay-born Victorians grew dramatically from just 39 in 1971 to 1,068 in 1976, with a further 500 arriving by 1981. Most of those who arrived between 1973 and 1977 were assisted immigrants. Even after Uruguay returned to democracy in 1984, the Uruguay-born community in Victoria continued to grow, reaching its peak in 1991 with 1,779 people.
In 2011 the Uruguay-born community of Victoria comprised 1,616 people, the majority of European descent. Many Uruguayans live in the local government areas of Brimbank, Casey, Greater Dandenong and Wyndham. Predominantly working as professionals (36%), labourers (23%), or in clerical, sales and service work (27%). 73% of the community is Christian, mostly Catholic. Over 82% of the community speaks Spanish at home, and many are involved in Latin American organisations. The Latin American Press provides the community with Uruguayan language newspapers and radio programs. Other organisations such as the Australian-Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce and the Uruguayan Club further support Uruguayan culture, celebrated through folk-dancing, music, food and theatre.
Los primeros inmigrantes provenientes de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, llegaron a Australia durante la década de los sesenta, cuando Uruguay experimentaba un periodo de inestabilidad política y deterioro económico. El inicio de la campaña guerrillera por parte de los Tupamaros en 1.967 empeoró las tensiones políticas y llevo a la introducción de nuevas leyes de seguridad, que fueron utilizadas mas tarde, para justificar los abusos a los derechos civiles.
En los años setenta, se incrementó la represión y el desempleo contra los oponentes al gobierno. Luego del golpe militar en 1.973, un grupo estimado en 400.000 personas abandonó el Uruguay, algunos de ellos se radicaron en Australia.
El número de uruguayos nacidos en Victoria, se elevó dramáticamente de 39 en 1.971 a 1.608 en 1.976, con la llegada de 500 nuevos pobladores en 1.981. Muchos de los que arribaron entre 1.973 y 1.977 eran inmigrantes con asistencia. Aun, luego que Uruguay retornó a la democracia en 1.984, la comunidad uruguaya nacida en Victoria continuó creciendo hasta llegar en 1.991 a 1.779 personas.
En el año 2011 esta comunidad constaba de 1.616 habitantes, la mayoría descendientes de europeos. Muchos uruguayos que viven en las zonas de gobierno local de Brimbank, Casey, Greater Dandenong y Wyndham. Predominantemente de trabajo como profesionales (36%), obreros (23%), o en trabajos de oficina, ventas y servicio (27%). 73% de la comunidad son cristianos y existe una mayoría de católicos. Más del 82 por ciento hablan español en sus hogares y están integrados en organizaciones latinoamericanas. La prensa latina provee a la comunidad de periódicos y programas de radio en su idioma natal. Otras organizaciones tales como la cámara de comercio uruguaya y el club uruguayo, apoyan la cultura y esta se celebra con danzas folclóricas, música, comida y teatro.
Restaurant manager Alberto Corboz from Uruguay, 1971.
The Mamilandia Singing Group participate in annual Carnival celebrations at the Uruguayan Club, 2000.
The Novoa family with the Uruguayan soccer team's coach at Olympic Park during the FIFA World Youth Championship, 1981.
Uruguayan Victorians celebrate the performance of Alfredo Zitarossa at the Uruguayan Club, Fitzroy, 1979.
The Uruguayan Club's Candombe Group perform at Moomba, 1978.
Children dress in traditional costume for the end of year performance at the Uruguayuan Club, Fitzroy, 1987.


Art, music, theatre, poetry, nature. A wedding celebrated inside a Liberty-style theatre. A couple so in love. Many friends ready to party!
Angelica and Ivan knew they wouldn't have made conventional choices for their wedding, and so it was. It was the first time the Theatre of Thiene, built in the late nineteenth century in the liberty style, was the location for a wedding ceremony.
An amazing symbolic ceremony, celebrated by a friend of the couple and full of lyrics read, acted and even played by Angelica's friends and Ivan's brothers.
The wedding colors were yellow (of the sunflowers and of Ivan's brother's car who accompanied Angelica to the theatre) and blue. Those were also the colors the couple used to paint a painting during a lovely ritual – with Cyndi Lauper's True Colors as a soundtrack!
Music was another great theme of the wedding. Ivan is a drummer, and his brothers play as well; they dedicated the newlyweds a roll-guitar-voice version of Ring and Fire, played on stage.
After the wedding, we moved to Agriturismo El Gran where the reception took place. The theme was perfectly displayed there, too: sunflowers, vinyl disks, and musical note-shaped confetti made the wedding hall magic!
We shot some couple photos inside the theatre and some of them in a tiny road behind the restaurant, made super romantic by the sunset light.
After dinner, Ivan and his band ( the Raffaello Seltz ) played some of their songs, followed by a DJ who played the 70s, 80s and 90s music to get the party started!
A really unique wedding, emotional and super peculiar for such a special couple.
Under the image selection, you will find the list of all the vendors involved and the wedding slideshow – with an acoustic version of Ring of Fire, of course!


US poultry exports tumbled 13.0 percent in 2015 for a total volume of 3.5 million metric tons as China, South Korea, Angola, and other major markets banned all poultry imports from the US since the beginning of 2015, following a multistate outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Meanwhile, the Russian market continues to be closed for all US poultry since August 2014, a retaliation response to sanctions over Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Market conditions have been very tough last year, not only because of the import bans in major markets but also the US dollar strength. Looking forward, a modest rebound of 3.1 percent is expected for 2016, partly thanks to an easy year-over-year comparison base. Moreover, the dollar strength has eased, and top buyer Mexico recently lifted its ban for US poultry products from all US states except the state of Indiana. Also, South Africa ended its import ban on US poultry early this year.
Among the major export markets, China subtracted most from trade growth during 2015, approximately 5.5 percentage points. Meanwhile, Angola, which has become an important market for US poultry exporters, subtracted 2.5 percentage points from growth. On the upside, we found Mexico and Canada each adding 2.7 and 0.3 percentage points to export growth in 2015, respectively, as their import restriction was imposed mostly on the affected producing states.
There is no country that holds more than half of the market, not even one-third of the market, which reveals how well diversified the poultry export trade is. However, the data highlight great volatility within the export markets, particularly in recent years.
Between 2006 and 2009, China was the biggest export market for US poultry as measured by metric ton volume, but Mexico regained that spot in 2010. In 2015, Mexico held almost 30 percent of the market, while China's market share went down to zero due to the import ban, from almost 6 percent the year before. Therefore, China did not show up in the top 5 export markets ranking chart in 2015, as it did in 2014.
China overall imports of poultry fell 41 percent in 2015 as China was able to increase domestic production of poultry meat, and relied upon suppliers other than the US such as Brazil and the European Union. According to data from IHS World Trade Services, China imported 4.0 percent more poultry volume from Brazil in 2015, and 6.5 percent more poultry volume from the European Union in the same year. It appears that Brazil and the European Union somewhat benefited from the imports ban on US poultry.


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Career Spotlight: Ivan Ralašić, CTO
Job title: CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Employer: Forsight Inc.
Year of graduation: 2016
Supervisor: Professor Damir Seršić, Ph.D.
Study profile: Information Processing
Hello everyone, my name is Ivan Ralašić. I graduated from FER 6 years ago and then got my PhD 2 years ago. I currently work as a technical director at the American start-up Forsight, where we develop systems for intelligent video surveillance of construction sites and other industrial environments. In my spare time, I play tamburitza, ride my bike, and travel.
What are your responsibilities at your current workplace?
In addition to the position of technical director, I'm also a co-founder of Forsight. My tasks therefore also include the feasibility analysis of various technical solutions, communication with engineers and customers, practical work on the product itself, and much more.
When and how did you decide you wanted to work in the field you're in now?
I've always been interested in technology. At first, I was more interested in audio production and sound editing. But during my studies, with the help of my mentor, Professor Damir Seršić, I turned to image processing and advanced information processing algorithms. At that moment, I discovered a whole new world. Through a combination of circumstances, I then received an offer to become a co-founder of Forsight and work on developing an initial solution in a related field.
What are the challenges you face in the workplace?
It's often said that working in a start-up is a "rollercoaster ride", and in my experience it really is. The situation changes from day to day and is very dynamic. This brings a certain amount of stress and uncertainty, but also an unusual satisfaction.
How did you find the jobs you did during and after your studies? What did your career path look like?
During my studies, I played in the tamburitza band Posegana, and that was both my main source of income and stress relief. During my undergraduate study, I did a summer internship at the company Stype and there I got to know "serious" work for the first time. After graduating, I worked as a Ph.D. student at FER, where I received my Ph.D. in 2020. In parallel with my Ph.D. study, I also started working at Forsight. Unfortunately, at that point, I decided to sacrifice my music career, but I'm very proud of the album we released under Croatia Records.
What skills and knowledge do you use in your work? Which of these did you learn during your studies and which did you learn independently of your studies or afterward?
Technical knowledge and understanding are very important, but at the same time, it's crucial to have certain social skills. For my technical and social development, working in the Ph.D. programme with excellent people from ZESOI and especially with my mentor was crucial. I'd say that during our studies we collect pieces of a puzzle without having a concrete idea of how to use them. The moment we start working on real problems in practise, we can make wonderful things out of the collected pieces.
What advice would you give to students considering a career in your field?
Technology is changing the world and you can all influence what the future looks like. I wouldn't say you should push the boundaries, because actually there are no boundaries!
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"Unless Apple unveils something radically unexpected, its service will not represent a marked difference from some of the Internet services already in existence. The announcement, however, will bring a big-name company into the mix, presenting a potentially significant change in what has been a tense relationship between consumer electronics makers and the music industry.
"...Now, though, they seem comfortable with Apple's new strategy. Hilary B. Rosen, the chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America, said she believed Apple had struck an industry-friendly balance. Apple's music service "has compatibility with a hardware product that is elegant and easy to use," said Ms. Rosen, who said she planned to attend Apple's news conference. "The Apple system has the potential to do for music sales what the Walkman did for the cassette," she added.
"...But Philip Leigh, a digital media analyst with Raymond James & Associates, an investment banking firm in St. Petersburg, Fla., said the presence of Apple in the market could give a lift to digital music services beyond the confines of Apple's limited user base. The reason, he said, is that if Apple starts advertising the sale of music, "they'll be advertising to the whole world."
"...And he said the move could mean a long-term shift for Apple. "This signals a transformation of Apple into a digital media company," Mr. Leigh said. "Within 10 years, we'll look back and say this is when it mutated.""
But online offering faces a greater marketing task due to court decision in favor of free networks.
Apple Computer Inc. unveils its online music service today ? an initiative that can either give a much-needed boost to the beleaguered record industry or become immediately irrelevant.
Cloaked in secrecy, Apple's highly anticipated service has generated a healthy buzz among record label executives and music fans. Industry officials who have seen Apple's fee-based service believe it is good enough to lure consumers away from free sources of music online, which recording companies have tried to shut down with lawsuits.
But a federal judge in Los Angeles dealt the entertainment industry a stunning blow ? and stole Apple's thunder ? by unexpectedly ruling Friday that two leading online networks that let users copy music and movies for free aren't violating copyright laws.
Although U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson held that making unauthorized copies of songs and movies on file-sharing networks is illegal, he ruled that the companies behind the Morpheus and Grokster networks were not liable for their users' piracy because they do not monitor or control what people do.
The decision could send the wrong message to consumers, said analyst P.J. McNealy of research firm GartnerG2, and that spells trouble for Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs as he tries to get his new service off the ground.
"The ruling could completely undermine any momentum Apple hoped to have coming out of [today's] announcement," McNealy said. "It makes it monumentally more difficult" to compete with file-sharing systems "than it was last week."
First of all, the judge handed down the right decision. His reasoning is sound. It basically sends the same message to consumers that the Supreme Court's Sony v. Universal (the "Betamax case") sent, and that decision didn't kill the movie industry. The analyst, like the music industry, treats the consumer as guilty and greedy; copyright law, historically, has not. Historically, copyright law has been right.
McNealy ignores the importance of ease of use to the consumer (hint: you could make movies and burn DVDs on your computer before iMovie and iDVD, but who did?). He brushes off the consistency and quality problems. He ignores the fact that the people doing the filesharing are overwhelmingly people who taped each others CDs - and before that, LPs - before Shawn Fanning was a gleam in his mother's eye. I won't even mention books and software. He ignores the very real appeal of concrete things, and the value-adds of covers, lyrics and liner notes (although, of course, it remains to be seen how Apple will deal with these things).
And, of course, he ignores the fact that although students have been doing this sort of thing for centuries (back when books were rare and expensive, rich students would loan their books to poor students, who would buy blank books and copy them by hand), no IP industry has ever suffered materially for this, and students have been greatly enriched by it. Alias|Wavefront got the right idea when they found out that the winner of their student contest had used a cracked copy of their software: They gave him a license. They're still in business.
So I don't think the ruling above will have any impact whatsoever on Apple's service.
I'm not gonna lie, I have downloaded some (not alot mind you) music in the past because I wanted to hear that song at the time I thought about it... I hunted for anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes downloaded and played it. If I couldn't find it in 5 to 30 minutes I usually just got bored and gave up.
Doing the right thing: Apple's service is gonna give me the ablity to do something that until now I couldn't do. Apple wont get rich on me, music just isn't THAT major to me anymore. I think it happened somewhere between 29 and 32 but every now and again I hear a part of some song (usually in a movie or tv show) and say... Yea I remember that song, I'd love to hear it again... Now given the music catalog is deep enough I can do just that.
Free isn't ALWAYS the bottom line, sometimes EASE/SPEED is far more important.
Knowing Steve Jobs' usual keynote/media event MO, he's going to outline where other services fail, and how Apple targeted these apsects in their service. Of course there' the whole RDF spin, but they're usually cogent points with cogent solutions. So what are the main points about why people use P2Ps, why other pay services are treading water and what is the great road block to legal, fair use of online music downloading?
- better "box" experience i.e., art, lyrics, links, etc.
Loop rumors is reported that the new iPods are in "black and white". They have buttons below the screen and are thinner.
Remember this image from a few weeks ago? Maybe it really is the next iPod.


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The Wedding Dress Story
Today, September 15, 2017, I received the best news of my life. A piece of my work that is very special to me will go on display at a major museum in the United States, soon for all to enjoy.
HAIDA WEDDING DRESS
I have to tell it from the beginning, this is my story of a dress I created a long time ago in 1994. I call it the "Raven Takes the World, a Haida wedding dress. I began my career as a fashion designer in 1988 after graduating from a small design school in Vancouver BC.
It was a time of new beginnings and sad endings for me, as my mother Eleanor June Grant-Eikemo had passed that same year. Her passing was life-changing for me as I was only 33 years old and embarking on a new career. One does not really know until the loss of a mother how this affects life going forward.
In my grief, I decided to create a collection of work based on what I had designed in school. I was driven to work hard on my newfound vision. I decided to do 29 pieces, make them one at a time, in two color schemes. By the end of 1989, I had a 55 piece collection to show. My career was launched. My mother never had a chance to see my work. She died on June 5, 1988.
In 1994, while in the midst of a tumultuous divorce, and at the same time, setting up a new storefront of my own designs, hiring new staff, and creating collections to fill the store, I was in the fight of my life to maintain that vision I had started 5 years previously. Starting a store in a recession did nothing to squash my vision, I moved forward with fierce determination. I had friends and new staff, who embraced my vision with me. We opened the store in July 1994, deeply in debt, but positive we would make it. The media coverage was like a big wave that just kept hitting my shoreline; it was great. Yet the stress and the bills of the retail storefront were overwhelming. I didn't know how I was going to make it, I was in flight and fight mode every single day.
I had a staff of six, rent to pay for my store, and a production studio, and all the minutia and details that go into making us look successful. No one knew I was swimming for my life.
One night I had a dream about my mother. She was so beautiful and so very serene. She told me she was very worried about me, and she could see what I was doing. She said, "I want you to make me a wedding dress because I never had one. If you do this I know you will be alright." Her voice and her request were so clear. I woke up and immediately went to my desk to sketch out the "Haida wedding dress", for her. That morning I took the sketch to my production manager, Valerie. I told her about the dream, and how I must make this dress. She grabbed the sketch from my hands and said, "Dorothy I am going to start making this pattern and I'm going to oversee this and sew it myself."
Promptly, I did the artwork, inspired by this dream, and I called it "Raven Takes the World", Raven is featured with human hands, grasping a circular human face representing a young raven. It symbolizes the transition I was going through.
The dress was made of hand tanned white deerskin, and the artwork was silk screened on the central front bodice of the tiered layered fringed dress. The three layers of fringe were painted with a blue border and hand cut and the top border bodice was beaded with a mother of pearl and blue glass beads. With the theme of the blue and white, I knew there had to be a headdress made of blue and white Dentalium shells and blue glass beads. I had studied many native garments from earlier centuries for years, so I knew what the headdress should look like. Some might say it was borrowed from a coast Salish wedding picture of a native bride in a similar headdress, and yes, it was inspired by that photograph, but I had to make it more modern and Haida in style. I asked my dear friend, Marianne Jones, who was skilled in beading, to make the piece from that photograph and use the shells and beads that I provided for her. She went to work and made it, and had it cascading down a bride's back in several tiers of beads and shell work. It was gorgeous!
We made shoes with remnants of the deerskin, and it was debuted in a fashion show in Vancouver for a large conference audience in 1995.
I asked my friend, "How do I honor my mother with the debut of this dress as the model does not have a groom to go with her?" She said, "Why not make it a new ceremony instead? Use a basket of eagle down and have the bride walk to the end of the runway with this special basket and open it and blow it into the audience. We will use very quiet and provocative Haida music." As the model walked the runway, with a mysterious something in her hand you could hear the audible gasps as she opened the basket and blew the feather down onto the guests.
From that time on we showed the dress in the same manner at every fashion show while giving tribute to my mother. And every time that dress hit the runway, tears filled my eyes. Here was an unconventional wedding dress that I was showing in an unconventional way, in a ceremony. It was like she was there telling me to never forget my role, my vision, and my talent.
At some point, the dress was going to get weary-worn, and I didn't want that to happen so I retired the dress in the year 2001 to my closet. I was my hope that it would find a good home in a museum one day.
My designing life continued after the close of the Sinclair Centre store in 2000 and the opening of two new stores over the next 11 years.
17 years later, a curator from NMAI in New York City, asked me to be in a group show for the Native Fashion Now exhibit. They invited three other designers to show and asked if I would close the show with a wedding dress. I think she knew I had this piece in my closet from a conversation years earlier so I asked her, "How did you know I had one in my closet?" She said, "I have a very good memory, Dorothy and I remember you had said you created a wedding dress and it's stored in your closet."
Native Fashion Now is a very important show for us as native fashion designers. It was the first show if its kind that focused on native fashion and how it has evolved over the last 40 years, and my work was central to the show.
I felt it was important to bring out the dress from my closet!.
The museum generously paid for a model of my choice to come to New York with me. We had to alter the dress and do a few fittings to get it just right.
On April 19, 2017, at the Native Design Today show, the Raven Takes the World Haida Wedding Dress was on the runway again. It was modeled by Sienna Isberg- Richardson from Skidegate, BC. And she was stunning looking with a natural beauty. As I watch from the side of the runway, I had the same feelings of pride and mixed emotions because I knew this would be the last time I saw it on a living body on the runway.
The show was filmed live on the New York Times Live site in real-time. A woman told me in an email that you could hear the audible gasps as the model walked down the runway and opened up the spruce root basket, woven by my Aunt Vesta Johnson, to blow the eagle down into the audience. After a long moment of silence, she was escorted off the runway one last time.
As I gathered all my models together to go to the after-show reception for invited VIP guests, we were giddy in the elevator all the way down. There is always a really natural high after a show is over because the models are not so nervous and we did an excellent job. It was time to have a glass of wine and relax.
When we entered the room the paparazzi gathered around us and we posed for many photos.
My dear friends there congratulated me about the show. I told one that I would love to see the dress go to a museum collection someday.
Cynthia Chavez Lamar, the director of acquisitions for NMAI in Maryland came directly over to me and she said, "I overheard your conversation about selling the wedding dress. Please contact me, we are very interested." She handed me her card.
I, of course, was thrilled and said that, yes, I would put something in writing and send it to her when I got home.
I felt a dream was coming true, not just of my mother, but of what I visualized as the final home for the wedding dress.
In May I submitted a portfolio of pictures of all three pieces, the dress, the headdress, and the beaded shoes. I also gifted the "Eagle Gala Dress", which was in the Native Fashion Now Show as part of my proposal to NMAI.
The curatorial staff of NMAI met over my proposal and told me that the decision was 100 percent approved by all staff.
I had brought to the negotiation a patron who told me in New York City that she would like to contribute 20% for the sale of the pieces to the museum and to let her know the price. We talked at great length about the price and I said I was very reluctant to name a sum until I felt it was the right price. My patron, Ann Roberts Rockefeller, said, "Why don't you ask your mother? She came to you in your dreams she will come to you with an answer." I told her that was a great idea.
And of course numbers bounced around my head, but only one number stuck. So that was it. It was put in writing. The proposal was sent via email.
What was interesting about my client, Ann Roberts Rockefeller, is that she made her donation on the condition that the New York Board would double her donation. And they did unanimously!
I got the news September 15, 2017, via email from a staff member taking care of the red tape at the Smithsonian, that it was all confirmed and it was a done deal! I was stunned and elated. A journey had come to an end.
I have a hard time putting into words the emotions that I felt after all this time, from the dream request from my mother to the many fashion shows with the dress to the time it sat in my closet, to hitting the runway in New York, to the completion of this sale. Where did all the time go? Perhaps in the spirit world, my mother was there watching over me, saying,
"NOW…. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL-RIGHT".
It is my truth that she has always been there, She inspired this dress, as I navigated the difficult world of fashion and in my aloneness, she has been a central core figure there with me. She was "RAVEN BRINGING LIGHT TO THE WORLD".
Dedicated to my mother, Eleanor June Morrison-Grant-Eikemo, June 05, 1988.
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Looking for additional tips on stress management for emergency services personnel during the coronavirus epidemic? Join us for the webinar First Responders, Stress Management and Coronavirus on April 2 (webinar available on-demand after this date).
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EPIDEMIC VS. PANDEMIC VS. OUTBREAK
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A pandemic is a sudden increase in the number of people who have the potential of being exposed to a new disease over multiple countries or continents, making it a global issue rather than a country-contained issue. Because the COVID-19 virus has had exposure and cases documented in multiple countries, it is classified as a pandemic. Because it is widespread, global precautions have to be taken to reduce the movement and spread over multiple geographic locations. To prevent the spread of something, the best approach is to contain it, immobilize it and take other precautions to prevent the spread of it.
HOW THE PAN(DEM)IC AFFECTS FIRST RESPONDERS
There are several ways COVID-19 will affect first responders related to mental health and well-being.
First, you'll be interacting with people (just like you do already) whose personalities and experiences cause them to react somewhere on a scale between cynicism and annoyance, all the way to extreme panic and fear.
As a first responder, you will be seen as someone who should have the answers, and so you'll get regular questions from people looking for information and trying to figure out how they should be reacting. Other people's fear and panic can easily start a chain reaction, causing more fear and panic. As a responder, you'll be interacting with this intense fear, and you need to know that this constant bombardment can have a negative effect on you.
The flip side is the cynicism and annoyance of people who aren't prone to panic or fear, who may even be dismissive of the risk and are annoyed at all the fuss being made over the novel coronavirus. The comments can be negative rather than optimistic and hopeful. All of that negative talk can take its toll on a responder who hears it continually, especially when you're having to converse and interact with these individuals.
The best way to care for yourself through the barrage of negativity – be it cynicism or fear – is to be as educated as possible about the risks, symptoms and precautions, and then stand your ground. Do everything you can to counteract the negative and the fear through finding positivity in your own life. Think about what you are grateful for so you can outweigh the intense "downward" thoughts people are having.
EXTRA RESPONSE MEANS EXTRA EXHAUSTION
Responding to other's fears means you're going to be working a lot harder. This may mean more calls on your regular shift, or it may mean extra shifts and longer hours. You already know this can cause exhaustion, so remind yourself you need to put extra effort into self-care.
Do what you can to get good sleep and focus on healthy eating and hydration. Taking care of yourself is not an extracurricular activity, it's a necessity so you can keep taking care of others.
ANSWERING OTHERS WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
You'll be seen as the source of information and answers to those who have fears, but how do you fill that role when you have so many questions yourself? Take the time to review factual information about COVID-19. Answering your own questions will prepare you to answer others. Being in a position to provide answers will give you a sense of control that a pandemic can easily take away.
STAY OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL
It's important to keep calm and resilient mentally, emotionally and physically. Do things to calm yourself like meditation and yoga. These activities lower your heart rate, relax your muscles and quiet your thoughts to give you a better sense of clarity and help you approach your role from a place of peace, rather than a place of mental chaos.
Don't let the job take more from you than it already does – the longer hours and more intense concentration of calls are going to take a toll. Do other things in your life to take you away from your on-the-job role to provide much-needed balance.
Educate yourself, but don't obsess watching the news and reading articles that amp up your stress and anxiety levels. Stay informed, but don't let information overload create an additional burden on you.
FAMILY CONCERNS ARE REAL
A first responder's family already has enough reason for worry on a regular basis, but knowing you're leaving the house every day to enter a potentially risky health environment is a new stress.
When schools are being closed and the public encouraged to stay home as much as possible and not interact with people, your family may start to feel like your level of risk is too high for comfort. They'll worry about you, and they'll start asking more questions about your workday – where you've gone, who you interacted with and what precautions you're taking. Reassure them by showing you are informed about the risk and that you're taking every possible precaution to keep yourself healthy.
Family members may also fear all the germs you're carrying with you as you go through your day, and then bring home. Take extra effort to reduce the amount of the "outside world" you bring into the home. This may mean undressing in the garage, taking off your shoes and going straight to the shower when you get home, rather than just walking in and grabbing your awaiting child for a big bear hug. Explain how you are looking out for your safety, and that you're also looking out for theirs, and provide as much explanation as is appropriate to calm fears and create a feeling of security.
WHAT THIS MAY DO TO YOU
A public crisis can play on people's emotions, including even the hardest and most cynical responders who have "seen it all." If you start seeing signs in yourself or a coworker of increased agitation, anger, short temper, or a feeling of stress or panic, address it immediately. Not managed, these concerns can grow quickly and start causing ongoing challenges.
If the job is getting to you, and the heightened sense of crisis or panic is a little more than you were prepared for, use the resources available to you. Talk to a peer support person, use your EAP and call a counselor. Call a crisis line to vent and tell them all of your worries and concerns. Take the opportunity to let someone listen to you who won't judge you.
If you start to show physical signs of illness, call your doctor. This isn't the time to ignore symptoms or to be tough and feel like you're immune to risk. Take good care of yourself so that you can keep taking care of others who aren't as prepared as you.
Focus on the positive, know that these problems have solutions and remember you've already made it through a bunch of other really tough things. You're going to make it through this also. Lean on those around you, and encourage them to lean on you. It's a challenge, but taking really good care of yourself will help you and others make it through in a more positive way.
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In 1957, I had been playing with Jetex propulsion when Aerojet-General hired me as an engineering aide (age 17), right out of high school. Elmer E. Nelson, general manager of Aerojet in Sacramento, was my mentor, and wisely assigned me to the company's smallest rocket motor project, the 530NS-35 being developed for Radioplane, a division of Northrup. Jack Elias was project engineer on this one-engineer project, and I was soon shadowing him about propellant mixing Line 1, and the small solid-rocket test area near our offices on Line 2.
Jack Elias was solid rocket igniters expert (he had helped develop Alclo pellets), and a natural for the 530NS-35. That motor produced 35-lbf thrust (from long, twin nozzles) for nearly 9-min (530-sec nominal burn time). It propelled the Radioplane RP-76 up to around 75,000-ft and Mach 0.9, reportedly, though at the time all this was stamped "SECRET." The RP-76 was built as a target drone fror Army Nike-Ajax and early Hawk surface-to-air tests (shadows of the ICI drones for His Majesty's Admiralty, during WWII?). And Aerojet built lots of those motors in the late 1950s.
Regretably, I was a bewildered teenager at the time, and though granted a security clearance, the exciting big motors all around captivated my attention: Polaris, Minuteman, Titan I and II were in development next door. I recall little of the grain design, or formulation chemistry, or such vital details. The RP-76 was said to weight only 120-lb, and had a 4-ft 11-in wingspan. If I recall correctly, the motor used an ammonium nitrate (AN) oxidizer, though guanidine nitrate may have been on the scene as well.
Attached is a Smithsonian photo of the Radioplane. An exhaust nozzle can be seen just aft of the wing, silvery metallic in color. The motor itself was about the size (and looks) of an office wastebasket, perhaps 12" in diameter, maybe 15" long, and not at all heavy.
Jet-Ex-Press, Jetex Propulsion Lab, Rocket Science Institute, Inc.