text:
Charles Omofomwan
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM
THIS CASE STUDY
Policy / decision-makers
Technical people
Civic Tech initiatives
Improving access to quality education for children
Noble Missions (iTakeActions)
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CASE STUDY
Noble Missions is a tech non-profit social enterprise based in Nigeria with support from volunteers all over the world. Through HER flagship program, 'I Take Actions', Noble Missions empowers citizens to demand accountability from the government in the provision of quality education in Nigeria. They deploy technology to realise the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Their vision is to see a world where technology is available and accessible to all citizens to foster sustainable development and reduce hunger. And their mission is in using digital tools to advance education in Africa.
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM & WHAT WAS THE APPROACH TAKEN?
Public education in Nigeria, especially in rural communities, is characterised by dilapidated buildings, lack of qualified teachers and inadequate learning resources, among other issues. According to UNESCO, Nigeria ranked 103 out of 113 in the Education for All Development Index (EDI) rating of 2015, scoring 0.714. Studies show that dilapidated learning environments, insufficient classrooms and learning resources, are among the main factors shaping the system's decay.
There is a big failure of the Nigerian government to respond to these issues and in meeting their obligations
According to the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Nigeria needs at least 250,000 new teachers to address the challenge of the shortfall of teachers in basic education
It is estimated that over 10.5 million children in Nigeria are out of school even though primary and junior secondary school education is supposed to be free and compulsory. Social, political and cultural factors have contributed to the lack of proper education in Nigeria.
The Approach:
Noble Missions is based 100% on volunteer-ship
Its itakeactions.org platform enables citizens to take civic actions towards the advancement of public education in Nigeria. The platform serves as a feedback mechanism between citizens and the government, whereby citizens can report the infrastructural condition of schools in their communities to the government. Citizens can also use the platform to draw attention to critical educational issues, and demand for improvement in the education sector by sharing tweets, signing petitions and sending emails among other civic actions. Citizens are rewarded as they take these civic actions with the platform's digital currency called ActBit Coins. These coins can be used to shop for gift items, events' tickets and sales discount on the platform. The platform also features educative and informative articles about education for all stakeholders.
Noble Missions launch of a new program called 'Give a Teach' in 2020 which aims at providing free, equitable and quality basic education for children in Nigeria. Through the platform at www.giveateach.org, they recruit working professionals as volunteer teachers to teach special subjects like ICT, Foreign Languages, Creative Writing, Fine Arts, Human Rights, etc., in low resource public schools, especially schools in rural communities where there have been no teachers for these subjects.
They use technology and social media tools to make the public aware of the government's negligence towards the public education sector in Nigeria
Which actors, resources, conditions, tools, etc. were required?
Volunteers including teachers are a crucial aspect in the functioning of Noble Missions as an organisation and meeting their goals
Technological infrastructure is a crucial element in the work of Noble Missions
LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The growing opportunity for collaboration with and support from big global tech companies for non-profits in Africa contributed immensely to the success so far of Noble Missions' programs
One of the challenges experienced so far is getting buy-in from the relevant government agencies
Civic tech projects need to be planned the way for-profit tech startups are planned and set up
There is a need to create new revenue models with multiple sources of revenue
Need to attract partnerships and collaboration from different partners
There should be value in what civic tech offers. In other words, the civic tech must provide a solution to a need
Non-profit civic tech can offer pay-for-service features and activities to generate revenue
RELATED LINKS & DOWNLOADS
NOTE: The case studies submitted will be used in content creation, we will write articles on your work that engages with our readers. The case studies will also be compiled and added to our CTIN database of civic tech case studies and shared through our various channels.
UPDATE YOUR CASE STUDY


As a Bronx Zoo animal-keeper in the early 1980's, I became involved in a breeding program for Guam Rails and Micronesian Kingfishers. Both birds were facing extinction due to a most unusual threat – the introduced Brown Tree Snake, Boiga irregularis. Back then, major problems caused by trans-located snakes were unknown. Although Burmese Pythons had been established in Florida since the early 70's, these now-famous invaders had not yet grabbed the public's attention. A zoologist friend journeyed to Guam to investigate, and he was soon regaling me with fantastic stories. In keeping with its species name, this snake was most "irregular" – biting at the moving eyelids of sleeping children, stealing burgers from grills, and often being found in bird cages – too engorged to slip back out after having swallowed the family pet! Today, the rail and kingfisher are gone from Guam, and other birds, lizards and bats have become extinct. Yet the Brown Tree Snake has not, as was predicted, eaten itself into oblivion. Huge populations – to 13,000 snakes per square mile – are sustained by other prolific invaders, one of which is the Green Anole!
Although many accounts describe Guam as "snake-less" prior to the Brown Tree Snake's arrival, the island does have one native species, the tiny Brahminy Blind or "Flower Pot" Snake, Rhamphotyphlops braminus (please see photo). Able to reproduce by parthenogenesis, it is a common stowaway in plant shipments. Feral populations exist in many places, including (of course!) Florida.
The Brown Tree Snake most likely arrived on Guam during World War II, secreted in crates sent there from US military bases on the Admiralty Islands. Huge populations of native lizards and birds that had evolved without snake predators allowed it to explode in numbers. The snake began gaining attention in the 1950's, and occupied the entire island by 1968. The invasion gained widespread notice in the early 1980's, due to massive declines in bird populations and increased human-snake encounters.
The Brown Tree Snake is a rear-fanged species that averages 3-6 feet in length, but those living on Guam sometimes approach 11 feet. Guam specimens range from olive-green to dark tan in color, and are marked with darker blotches. Other populations are colored brown, greenish-tan or beige with rusty-red markings.
Their venom has not caused human fatalities but is a concern for certain individuals (please see below). Prey may be partially immobilized by the snake's body, but they are not constrictors in the true sense of the word.
The individuals that my friend brought back from Guam were among the most aggressive snakes I've seen. Bold and high-strung, Brown Tree Snakes bite many people on Guam.
The Brown Tree Snake's natural range stretches from the northern and eastern coastlines of Australia to New Guinea, the Solomons, Sulawesi and many neighboring islands.
Less well-known than Guam are the many other locales to which the Brown Tree Snake has been transported. The most far-flung is Corpus Christi, Texas, where one was found after a 7 month journey in a crate shipped from Guam.
It is not known if this world traveler has established breeding populations elsewhere, but it has been collected on Hawaii, Saipan, Okinawa, Wake, Taiwan, the Cocos, Rota and many small Micronesian islands. Anecdotal reports suggest that it has appeared in airports in Japan, Spain and Singapore.
Common name notwithstanding, the Brown Tree Snake adapts well to brushy scrub and relatively treeless habitats. It readily colonizes villages, farms and cut-over woodlots.
Although best known for annihilating Guam's birds, the Brown Tree Snake has had a significant impact on most native vertebrates. Six of the island's 12 lizards have now disappeared. Several, such as the Azure-Tailed Skink, Emoia cyanura and the Moth Skink, Lipinia noctura, are poorly studied and may be in trouble elsewhere as well.
Three fast-breeding introduced lizards, the Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, the House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenata, and the Curious Brown Skink, Carlia fusca, seem responsible for the continued success of the Brown Tree Snake on Guam. They now make up most of the snake's diet, but remain common.
The Mangrove Monitor, Varanus indicus, is also in decline, but this may be due to yet another introduced herp – the Marine Toad, Bufo marinus. Monitors that eat toads are killed by its virulent toxins. It is not known whether the Mangrove Monitor is native or was introduced to control rats (it seems better at controlling chickens and their eggs than rats!).
Guam was home to only three native mammals, all bats. Two have been extirpated by the snake, and the Marianas Fruit Bat is now limited to a single small colony.
The birds with which I worked years ago, the Micronesian Kingfisher and the Guam Rail, are now well-established in zoos. However, as Guam is their sole habitat, they are extinct in the wild.
The Brown Tree Snake has also eliminated all of Guam's nesting seabird colonies (White-Tailed Tropicbird, White Tern, Brown Noody) and 10 of its 13 forest-dwelling birds. Micronesian Starlings survive by nesting in cities, and some Marianas Crow nests are protected by electric barriers – but fruit doves, honeyeaters and others have vanished.
Bites, especially to sleeping children, are very common. Small children may exhibit signs of envenomation, and in some cases must be treated for respiratory distress. Allergic, elderly, and immune-compromised individuals are also at risk. The fear and trauma factor is also quite high.
Power outages caused by electrocuted snakes cost up to 4 million dollars yearly.
Property values and tourism have declined, with people and businesses relocating.
Guam's air cargo industry has suffered due to the lengthy examinations required.
Lizard and bird extinctions may have led to recent mosquito-borne dengue fever and Salmonellosis outbreaks and to a sharp decline in farming due to insect predation on crops.
The poultry industry has been decimated; most eggs now imported.
In addition to vanquishing many native species, the Brown Tree Snake is besting its human enemies as well.
The most controversial attack method is airplane-drops of mice laced with Paracetamol, a snake-toxic pain killer. The mice are attached to tiny cardboard parachutes (who makes these?!) designed to keep the bait in trees and away from children and domestic animals. The "tiny assassins" program costs the US government an estimated $8,000,000 annually.
Trapping has proven to be the most effective control technique, but success hinges on using many traps. As the modified minnow traps are baited with live geckos and mice, maintenance is very labor intensive.
Snake-detecting dogs, debris and scrub-growth removal, and snake barriers are also used with varying degrees of success.
Research is being conducted by many organizations, including the US Geological Survey, Princeton University and the National Zoological Society. Manipulation of breeding biology, snake diseases and parasites, poisons, and heat-fumigation treatments for cargo areas are being explored as control measures.
Another very irregular fact about it is that it is not kept in captivity, despite its adaptability, catholic diet and potential for color variations. Why?
Why they don't hunt it for food instead? Consuming snake isn't common in western countries, but it is not difficult to start I think. Also it could be exported to China or any other country with tradition of using snakes for food or traditional medicine. Its leather might be used as well. I don't think it will be eradicated, neither I believe it is the best, but at leastthe populations will be managed.


ASP Express > General Discussion > how updated?
is the program, years ago I saw it listed on learnasp.com and I've outgrown dreamweaver to say the least.
But the web page shows last update of 2003, very few posts in the forum and I have no idea how recent the software is.
Yes, the app is in production...3.1.1 is the latest version - on learnasp.com - CC started recomending ASP Express back in the 1.8 or 1.9 days. 4.0 is in production, but a release date is not yet finalized - sometime later this year.
The download on the site will give you the latest version available.
August Wind Forums > ASP Express > General Discussion > how updated?


text:
Q: How to print newline in rails view? This is my erb :

Demo#hello

This is my first Ruby on Rails Application :)

<%= 1+2 %>

<% 10.times do %>
<%= "Hello,World\n" %>
<% end %>

which results in :
Demo#hello

This is my first Ruby on Rails Application :)
3 Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World Hello,World

I know...know there is some tag called
 which prints new line...
but I am curious if it could be done with "\n"....
Thanks in advance!

A: Ordinarily in HTML the newline character is treated as whitespace. But you can use CSS to break lines at newline characters:
white-space:pre-wrap;

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Front Porch Online Middle School Guide Expands to Include Hill and Odyssey
December 27, 2013 / Carol Roberts / Resource Guide, Schools/Education / No Comments
Because the Park Hill/Stapleton shared-boundary middle-school policy is new for fall 2014, the December Front Porch provided a side-by-side comparison of those schools and a Q&A with their principals.
Now the same comparative information is available on the Front Porch website for Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences (the boundary school for Lowry, East Colfax, Mayfair, Montclair and Hale) and for The Odyssey School, a DPS K-8 charter school in Park Hill.
Hill Middle School Principal Sean Kavanaugh says the 825-student school offers a well-rounded educational experience in both the arts and the sciences. Hill will be adding a STEM program next year, Project Lead the Way, providing an elective option that focuses on the sciences. And they will implement 360° which he calls a compelling alternative to the way math is taught. A Hill parent says, "The vibe at Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences is achievement focused with a thick layer of individuality."
The Odyssey School, which has 78 middle-schoolers (in a K-8 school with 234 students), offers significant amounts of personalized learning, with occasional whole-class learning opportunities, says Principal Marcia Fulton. The Odyssey School is an expeditionary learning community that fosters each child's unique potential and spirit of adventure. The curriculum is designed around rigorous, purposeful, project-based learning expeditions tied to Colorado State Standards. The motto of the school is: We are crew not passengers.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Since the invention of the floppy disk drive, various standardized form factors have been used in computing systems. Standardized form factors and interface allow a variety of peripherals and upgrades thereto with no impact to the physical size of a computer system. Drives may slot into a drive bay of the corresponding size.

Compared to flash drives in same form factor, maximum rotating disk drive capacity is much smaller, with 100 TB , and 32 TB for 2.5-inch.

List

IBM's first hard drive, the IBM 350, used a stack of fifty 24-inch platters and was of a size comparable to two large refrigerators. In 1962, IBM introduced its model 1311 disk, which used six 14-inch (nominal size) platters in a removable pack and was roughly the size of a washing machine. This became a standard platter size and drive form-factor for many years, used also by other manufacturers. The IBM 2314 used platters of the same size in an eleven-high pack and introduced the "drive in a drawer" layout, although the "drawer" was not the complete drive.

Later drives were designed to fit entirely into a chassis that would mount in a 19-inch rack. Digital's RK05 and RL01 were early examples using single 14-inch platters in removable packs, the entire drive fitting in a 10.5-inch-high rack space (six rack units). In the mid-to-late 1980s the similarly sized Fujitsu Eagle, which used (coincidentally) 10.5-inch platters, was a popular product.

Such large platters were never used with microprocessor-based systems. With increasing sales of microcomputers having built in floppy-disk drives (FDDs), HDDs that would fit to the FDD mountings became desirable. Thus HDD Form factors, initially followed those of 8-inch, 5.25-inch, and 3.5-inch floppy disk drives. Because there were no smaller floppy disk drives, smaller HDD form factors developed from product offerings or industry standards.

 8-inch
  ×  ×  ( ×  × ). In 1979, Shugart Associates' SA1000 was the first form factor compatible HDD, having the same dimensions and a compatible interface to the 8" FDD.
 5.25-inch
 5.75 in × 3.25 in × 8 in (146.1 mm × 82.55 mm × 203 mm). This smaller form factor, first used in an HDD by Seagate in 1980, was the same size as full-height  FDD, 3.25-inches high. This is twice as high as "half height"; i.e., 1.63 in (41.4 mm). Most desktop models of drives for optical 120 mm disks (DVD, CD) use the half height 5¼" dimension, but it fell out of fashion for HDDs. The format was standardized as EIA-741 and co-published as SFF-8501 for disk drives, with other SFF-85xx series standards covering related 5.25 inch devices (optical drives, etc.) The Quantum Bigfoot HDD was the last to use it in the late 1990s, with "low-profile" (≈25 mm) and "ultra-low-profile" (≈20 mm) high versions.
 3.5-inch
 4 in × 1 in × 5.75 in (101.6 mm × 25.4 mm × 146 mm) = 376.77344 cm³. This smaller form factor is similar to that used in an HDD by Rodime in 1983, which was the same size as the "half height" 3½" FDD, i.e., 1.63 inches high. Today, the 1-inch high ("slimline" or "low-profile") version of this form factor is the most popular form used in most desktops. The format was standardized in terms of dimensions and positions of mounting holes as EIA/ECA-740, co-published as SFF-8301.  At least Seagate made 19.99-mm-high drives too.  At least Samsung made a low-profile single-disc drive with a height of only 18.288 mm (0.72 in).
 2.5-inch
  × 0.197– ×  ( × 5– × ) = 34.925–. This smaller form factor was introduced by PrairieTek in 1988; there is no corresponding FDD. The 2.5-inch drive format is standardized in the EIA/ECA-720 co-published as SFF-8201; when used with specific connectors, more detailed specifications are SFF-8212 for the 50-pin (ATA laptop) connector, SFF-8223 with the SATA, or SAS connector and SFF-8222 with the SCA-2 connector.
 It came to be widely used for HDDs in mobile devices (laptops, music players, etc.) and for solid-state drives (SSDs), by 2008 replacing some 3.5 inch enterprise-class drives. It is also used in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles.
 Drives 9.5 mm high became an unofficial standard for all except the largest-capacity laptop drives (usually having two platters inside); 12.5 mm-high drives, typically with three platters, are used for maximum capacity, but will not fit most laptop computers. Enterprise-class drives can have a height up to 15 mm. Seagate released a 7 mm drive aimed at entry level laptops and high end netbooks in December 2009. Western Digital released on April 23, 2013 a hard drive 5 mm in height specifically aimed at Ultrabooks.
 1.8-inch
 54 mm × 8 mm × 78.5 mm = 33.912 cm³. This form factor, originally introduced by Integral Peripherals in 1993, evolved into the ATA-7 ZIF with dimensions as stated but with a total length of 71mm. Later the micro SATA interface made the total length 78.5mm. The 1.8 inch form factor was used in digital audio players and subnotebooks with a ZIF connector. Later the 1.8 inch form factor drives were updated with a micro SATA connector and the largest drive made was 320GB (Toshiba MK3233GSG). The 1.8 inch form factor was eventually phased out as SSD drives became cheaper to produce and could be built directly onto PCBs to save space. There was an attempt to standardize this format as SFF-8123, but it was cancelled in 2005. SATA revision 2.6 standardized the internal Micro SATA connector and device dimensions.
 1.3-inch
 51 mm x 43.8 mm x 10.5 mm. This form factor was used by HP C3013A, named HP Kittyhawk microdrive, introduced in June 1992.
 1-inch
 42.8 mm × 5 mm × 36.4 mm. This form factor was introduced in 1999, as IBM's Microdrive to fit inside a CF Type II slot. Samsung calls the same form factor "1.3 inch" drive in its product literature.
 0.85-inch
 24 mm × 5 mm × 32 mm. Toshiba announced this form factor in January 2004 for use in mobile phones and similar applications, including SD/MMC slot compatible HDDs optimized for video storage on 4G handsets. Toshiba manufactured a 4 GB (MK4001MTD) and an 8 GB (MK8003MTD) version and holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest HDD.

, 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard disks were the most popular sizes.

By 2009, all manufacturers had discontinued the development of new products for the 1.3-inch, 1-inch and 0.85-inch form factors due to falling prices of flash memory, which has no moving parts.

While these sizes are customarily described by an approximately correct figure in inches, actual sizes have long been specified in millimeters. The older 3.5-inch form factor uses UNC threads, while 2.5-inch drives use metric M3 threads.

Notes

References

Rotating disc computer storage media

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


I hope you enjoyed the review of 5 free web hosting solutions for geeks. So now you have a website, but it feels a little bland and needs some sparkle. Try a few of these free tools that will add some dynamic bling in a jiffy.
From plug 'n play comment systems to social media integration to rich dynamic data storage service, there's a little bit here for everyone.
One of the simplest and most effective ways to make your website interactive is to add the ability for people to comment on content. However, this introduces a great opportunity for complications. It's not hard to create a simple database to store comments, but then there are problems with spammers, cross site scripting security and the fact that you have to have a database and server side programming.
Disqus is free "commenting as a service" and provides solutions to all of the above. As a matter of fact, you can see Disqus in use on this site. It plugs in easily to many CMS systems such as WordPress but also can be used on any website by including a few HTML/Script tags.
Users can log into Disqus on one website and will automatically be recognized on other sites, making it easy to comment without having to register every time. It also supports logging in with numerous social media and even psuedo-anonymous services.
It will also help drive traffic to your website, and if you like, allow you to make money by putting "related links" next to your comment box. I noticed a big jump in the traffic to my blog by enabling Disqus and it's ability to feature my blog posts.
Setup is amazingly quick and easy, you should try it!
Google Analytics is one of the most powerful and feature rich analytics platforms you can buy, and for most sites, you can use it for free. If your website gets less than 10,000,000 page views per month there is no charge.
You get all of the usual reports, such as monthly page views, visits, bounce rates and the most popular pages in your site. You also get reports on mobile vs. tablet vs. desktop visitors as well as popular screen resolutions and browser plugins. You can see what countries people visit your website from, what languages they speak and even track how much revenue your site is generating, either from shopping cart sales or through ad placements.
If you advertise with Google you'll love the tight integration, providing the ability to track campaigns and learn which ads produced the highest conversions. If Google Analytics cost $100 per month it would still be a bargain, but even better, it's free!
Some people create websites in the hopes of attracting people to read their content or take an interest in their products and services. (why have a website if you don't care about these things?) One great way to allow more people to find your website is to make it easy for your existing site visitors to share your links with their own friends and connections?
Share This is a free service that does just that. Nearly every social service is provided as an option (I dare say every service, but there's probably one obscure social network not included) and you can easily customize the links to prominently feature the services you like best.
Next to the share buttons for common services you'll see share counts so you and your site visitors know how many people have posted the link to your site on the various social media services. Customization is simple and you can simply copy and paste the links into your site for quick results.
There are free and non-free components, but the free aspects provide such a wealth of options most users will be content without paying any money. You can password protect your data, collect, edit and delete database records and even upload custom Java components if the tool you need isn't available.
If you've wanted to learn the Backbone.js MVC framework you should take this training course from the Stackmob team which will show you how to create a Backbone based web app that stores all of it's models in the Stackmob service.
If you are like me then you may have found that with the advent of social media you blog less and tweet/G+/etc more. This can leave your website looking stale which is not good for keeping your audience engaged. A better way is to keep your site fresh by embedding your social streams into your site.
Ditto and Tint are two services that provide rich, multi-network social content into your website. Both are extremely customizable and easy to use. Ditto focuses more on drawing attention to specific messages while Tint focuses on providing a river of content from multiple networks to your site visitors. Check them out to see which is best for you.
Sometimes, when we visit sites, we have a very narrow focus and we don't see important announcements or featured items on the site. If you want to share this kind of information with your visitors you'll have to overcome this "blindness" in one form or another.
Check out Hello bar, a tool that shows an attention grabbing banner on your site a few seconds after the page loads. It features social media integration and advanced customization options to help you deliver your message effectively.
Almost every site needs to show forms. Maybe you want a simple contact form or a more advanced survey or even collect data into a database. Fortunately for you, every site can offer this for free with no programming!
If your needs are simple you should checkout Wufoo, which provides a host of free and non-free services. The free package enables simple form collection but is well known and regarded for it's simplicity. However, it can be easy to outgrow the free service.
If your needs are greater but your budget is still zero, check out Google Drive (née Google Docs) which has a spreadsheet feature that is like an online Microsoft Excel. One amazing capability it provides is the ability to collect form data into a spreadsheet. Users never see the spreadsheet, they only see the form, and you can receive an email notification every time data is collected. The fields and format are highly customizable, including the ability to change the look of your forms, collect data over multiple pages and even allow users to come back at a later time and alter their submission.
More amazing services are becoming available every day, what have I missed? I'd love to hear your comments.


text:
March | One Herald https://oneherald.com.au Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:08:31 +0000 en-US hourly	1	https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.5 85715709 What in the World: In the Land of the Robot, Androids Are on the March https://oneherald.com.au/what-in-the-world-in-the-land-of-the-robot-androids-are-on-the-march/ https://oneherald.com.au/what-in-the-world-in-the-land-of-the-robot-androids-are-on-the-march/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:08:31 +0000 http://oneherald.com.au/what-in-the-world-in-the-land-of-the-robot-androids-are-on-the-march/
Video This Robot Is Greeting Tourists in Japan Chihira Junco is one of four such androids that have been created so far. The company that developed the technology plans to make 1,000 more in 2017. By Neeti Upadhye and KO SASAKI on Publish Date September 2, 2016. Photo by Ko Sasaki for The New York ...
The post What in the World: In the Land of the Robot, Androids Are on the March first appeared on One Herald.
This Robot Is Greeting Tourists in Japan
Chihira Junco is one of four such androids that have been created so far. The company that developed the technology plans to make 1,000 more in 2017.
By Neeti Upadhye and KO SASAKI on Publish Date September 2, 2016. Photo by Ko Sasaki for The New York Times. Watch in Times Video »
Meet Chihira Junco, a tourist greeter at a shopping mall in Tokyo. In her crisp blue button-down shirt, white blazer and pinstripe skirt, she stands in sensible pumps behind a counter in Aqua City Odaiba on Tokyo Bay, dispensing directions to local sites and shops in Japanese, Chinese and English.
She is not, however, human. Ms. Junco — if you can use an honorific for a machine — joins an incipient group of androids springing up around Japan. There are also Yumeko, a receptionist at the Hen-na Hotel, a robot-operated boutique in Nagasaki, and Matsukoloid, who appears in a popular television variety show with her human doppelgänger, Matsuko Deluxe.
Toshiba, the electronics company, developed Chihira Junco in collaboration with technology labs at several Japanese universities. She and four other androids cost ¥10 million (about $ 93,000) to produce, but only Ms. Junco — Chihira? — is currently out in public, while the others remain with their maker. The company said it planned to develop 1,000 more androids in 2017. By 2020, it hopes to make 10,000 a year.
At Aqua City, which is popular with tourists and where a small replica of the Statue of Liberty stands in a park near the mall entrance, visitors can tap on a screen to ask Chihira questions like "Where are you from?" ("I was born in Mizuho-machi, Nishitama-gun in Tokyo. I now live alone in the Minato ward") and "What's your favorite food?" ("I especially like watermelons and Japanese pears").
Up close, Chihara's robotic arm movements give her away, as do her eyes, which blink only halfway. When she "talks," she looks more like someone chewing gum than speaking. During a recent rendition of "My Heart Will Go On," from the movie "Titanic," her mouth barely moved and her gestures suggested a crossing guard directing traffic.
For those visitors who still long for genuine human contact, two actual human greeters stand at an information counter about 20 feet away.
Hisako Ueno contributed reporting.
What in the World offers you glimpses of what our journalists are observing around the globe. Read more items like this. Let us know what you think: whatintheworld@nytimes.com
A version of this article appears in print on September 7, 2016, on page A3 of the New York edition with the headline: Unveiling Androids in the Land of the Robot.
NYT > Technology
]]> https://oneherald.com.au/what-in-the-world-in-the-land-of-the-robot-androids-are-on-the-march/feed/ 0 32542 Mighty Quinn: March 16 https://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-16/ https://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-16/#respond Wed, 16 Mar 2016 01:35:57 +0000 http://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-16/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 9:04 PM The Mighty One himself. Email from Timothy (Honest Tim) Myles, who once found $ 8,000 in cash on the LIRR, and handed it into the lost and found. You would, right? "Hi, Mighty, I just want to update you to places that I go to ...
The post Mighty Quinn: March 16 first appeared on One Herald.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 9:04 PM
The Mighty One himself.
Email from Timothy (Honest Tim) Myles, who once found $ 8,000 in cash on the LIRR, and handed it into the lost and found. You would, right?
"Hi, Mighty, I just want to update you to places that I go to that the bartender still provides the Daily News to the customers. In Rockville Centre, at MacArthur Park, Kenny and Diane always have the paper. Brent and Tyler at Churchill's in RVC also provide the paper. Carol at McQuades in Lynbrook also know what her customers like. Pete B. at Fibber McGee's also has the hard copy. Lynn F. is now providing the Daily News at Kitty O'Hara's, Baldwin. (She better, her father was a well known photographer for the DN). Now we have to do something about Herbie at the Wantagh Inn. Herbie does provide the paper but always takes out the page with TV sports schedule to have it behind the bar. That is where the MQ column is located. Happy St. Patrick's day to all your loyal readers."
Mighty was waiting on Creighton (-7) on Tuesday and likes Central Michigan on Wednesday. The surplus is 105 sirignanos.
Daily News – Sports
]]> https://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-16/feed/ 0 27645 Mighty Quinn: March 14 https://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-14/ https://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-14/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2016 01:09:40 +0000 http://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-14/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, March 13, 2016, 8:32 PM With St. Patrick's Day just days away, irishcentral.com emailed us the most Irish places in the State of New York: 1. Pearl River (upstate) 2. Sayville (Long Island) 3. Garden City (Long Island) 4. Rockville Centre (Long Island) 5. East Islip (Long Island) 6. Massapequa ...
Sunday, March 13, 2016, 8:32 PM
With St. Patrick's Day just days away, irishcentral.com emailed us the most Irish places in the State of New York:
1. Pearl River (upstate)
2. Sayville (Long Island)
3. Garden City (Long Island)
4. Rockville Centre (Long Island)
5. East Islip (Long Island)
6. Massapequa Park (Long Island)
7. Babylon (Long Island)
8. Floral Park (Queens and Long Island)
9. Miller Place (Long Island)
10. West Islip (Long Island)
What? No Breezy Point (Queens), Rockaway Park (Queens), Woodlawn (The Bronx) or Long Beach (Long Island)? We want a recount!
Mighty had no play on Sunday and likes the Kings on Monday. The surplus is 55 sirignanos.
]]> https://oneherald.com.au/mighty-quinn-march-14/feed/ 0 27560 Madonna, Guy Ritchie's custody hearing postponed until March https://oneherald.com.au/madonna-guy-ritchies-custody-hearing-postponed-until-march/ https://oneherald.com.au/madonna-guy-ritchies-custody-hearing-postponed-until-march/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:25:12 +0000 http://oneherald.com.au/madonna-guy-ritchies-custody-hearing-postponed-until-march/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 2:04 PM Madonna and Guy Ritchie's teenage son can continue living it up in London — that is, until March. A New York City hearing to resolve the bitter custody clash between the Material Girl and her ex-husband has been postponed from Wednesday to March 2 for ...
The post Madonna, Guy Ritchie's custody hearing postponed until March first appeared on One Herald.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 2:04 PM
Madonna and Guy Ritchie's teenage son can continue living it up in London — that is, until March.
A New York City hearing to resolve the bitter custody clash between the Material Girl and her ex-husband has been postponed from Wednesday to March 2 for reasons unknown, reports TMZ.
Fifteen-year-old Rocco, who bailed on his mom's tour to move in with Ritchie, his stepmother and their three kids in The Big Smoke, was ordered by a New York judge in December to return to the states after Christmas break. Instead, he has reportedly remained across the pond with his director dad.
Desperate for her son to return stateside, Madonna even flew to England last week to plead her case, according to the Mirror — albeit unsuccessfully.
Paras Griffin/Getty Images
Madonna performs Jan. 20 in Atlanta, Ga., on her "Rebel Heart" tour.
The stubborn teen had planned to use Wednesday's hearing to argue that he should stay in London long-term, a source close to Ritchie told Us Weekly.
Meanwhile, the Queen of Pop reportedly believes her ex is "turning her son against her."
"He's telling Rocco he should stay with him," an insider told the magazine. "It seems like he's trying to brainwash the kid."
Mark Sagliocco/FilmMagic
(l. to r.) Jacqui Ainsley, Rocco Ritchie, Guy Ritchie and David Ciccone Ritchie attend "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." New York premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on Aug. 10, 2015.
Madonna, currently on her "Rebel Heart" tour, has appeared to not-so-subtly allude to her custody woes onstage.
Video surfaced last month of the seven-time Grammy winner calling one of her ex-husbands the C-word during a Jan. 18 show in Nashville, Tenn.
"I'm looking for a husband, not a c—," she addressed a fan. "I already married a c—."
She also delivered a weepy speech to a Mexico City crowd earlier that month, thanking fans for their support during "challenging times."
"I, too, go through challenging times in my life, and right now is one of them," she said. "Sometimes I think I can't do a show. I don't have the energy, I don't have the strength."
mjagannathan@nydailynews.com
madonna ,
Entertainment – NY Daily News
]]> https://oneherald.com.au/madonna-guy-ritchies-custody-hearing-postponed-until-march/feed/ 0 25367 'Law & Order' star Stephanie March opening cosmetics shop https://oneherald.com.au/law-order-star-stephanie-march-opening-cosmetics-shop/ https://oneherald.com.au/law-order-star-stephanie-march-opening-cosmetics-shop/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:08:23 +0000 http://oneherald.com.au/law-order-star-stephanie-march-opening-cosmetics-shop/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 11:25 AM Bryan Bedder Actress Stephanie March is best known for "Law & Order" and for divorcing Bobby Flay. Stephanie March is seeing red again — but don't blame ex-husband Bobby Flay this time. This week, March will open her new cosmetics shop, Rouge, on the Upper ...
The post 'Law & Order' star Stephanie March opening cosmetics shop first appeared on One Herald.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 11:25 AM
Bryan Bedder
Actress Stephanie March is best known for "Law & Order" and for divorcing Bobby Flay.
Stephanie March is seeing red again — but don't blame ex-husband Bobby Flay this time.
This week, March will open her new cosmetics shop, Rouge, on the Upper East Side.
The store, opening Friday, is a collaboration between the "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress and Rebecca Perkins, a makeup artist on the TV series.
RougeNY/via Instagram
Rouge will open on E. 60th St. on Friday.
Like the 2-year-old Rouge in Soho, the 220 E. 60th St. location features a make-it-yourself lipstick counter and a menu of cosmetics styles.
March, 41, and celebrity chef Flay, 50, finalized their divorce in July. Last week, a Manhattan judge dismissed March's motion demanding $ 105,000 from her ex for moving costs and her appearances in a Food Network video.
nyc shopping ,
beauty products ,
stephanie march ,
upper east side ,
Lifestyle – NY Daily News
]]> https://oneherald.com.au/law-order-star-stephanie-march-opening-cosmetics-shop/feed/ 0 18262 Stephanie March slammed by judge amid Bobby Flay dispute https://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute-2/ https://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute-2/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:51:20 +0000 http://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute-2/
BY Ryan Sit, Rich Schapiro NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, November 25, 2015, 1:30 PM Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News Actress Stephanie March (l.) leaves Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday after a judge ridiculed her claim that she's owed money for moving costs and Food Network video appearances. A Manhattan judge chewed out Bobby Flay's ...
The post Stephanie March slammed by judge amid Bobby Flay dispute first appeared on One Herald.
BY Ryan Sit, Rich Schapiro
Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News
Actress Stephanie March (l.) leaves Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday after a judge ridiculed her claim that she's owed money for moving costs and Food Network video appearances.
A Manhattan judge chewed out Bobby Flay's newly ex-wife Wednesday after she hauled the celebrity chef back into court in a dispute the justice dismissed as small potatoes.
Flay, 50, and actress Stephanie March, 41, finalized their divorce in July — but the "Law and Order: SVU" actress filed a motion earlier this month demanding $ 105,000 for moving costs and her appearances in a smorgasbord of Food Network videos.
March argued the cooking clips violated a term of the divorce agreement that barred each party from profiting off of the other's image.
"These videos at issue are the flank steak crostini, flank steak guacamole and the grilled sweet potatoes?" an incredulous Manhattan Supreme Justice Matthew Cooper asked before striking down March's claims. "Sounds like the kind of case that should be in small claims court."
The videos — featuring the couple cooking a double-crusted peach cobbler and "the classic chicken tikka masala throwdown" — were left on Youtube and Foodnetwork.com despite the divorce agreement, March claimed.
She was also seeking $ 35,000 for moving expenses after Flay booted her from their Manhattan apartment and their Amagansett home.
"This is about Mr. Flay pushing my client around not honoring the terms of the agreement," said March's lawyer Nicholas Cohen.
Flay's lawyer, Jeremy Betthels, cast March's claims as acts of retaliation.
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay leaves Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.
"This is not really about the agreement, it's not about justice, it's about revenge," Betthels said.
The couple split in March amid a swirl of reports claiming that Flay was caught cheating on his actress wife.
Flay, who has sharply denied the allegations, filed for divorce weeks later. The pair settled in July.
March had reportedly signed a prenup when the couple married that guaranteed her $ 5,000 a month in spousal support.
But she later labeled the prenup "unconscionable," arguing that she played an instrumental role in her husband's rise to fame.
In a court filing, March described herself as Flay's personal taster.
bobby flay ,
]]> https://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute-2/feed/ 0 16809 Stephanie March slammed by judge amid Bobby Flay dispute https://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute/ https://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:56:12 +0000 http://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute/
]]> https://oneherald.com.au/stephanie-march-slammed-by-judge-amid-bobby-flay-dispute/feed/ 0 16749


Not to be confused with the far better film "Trick R Treat," this heavy metal horror film may not be the best VHS tape on the shelf, but it sings with 80s charm – a throwback to a time when horror didn't take itself so seriously. And in addition to a decent soundtrack, there are also a couple cool cameos of a young Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osborne.
This entry was posted in and tagged heavy metal, Horror, ozzy ozborne, podcast, trick or treat. Bookmark the permalink.


Extremely versatile with universal appeal, Johnnie Walker Red Label's bold, smoky character breaks through even when mixed. It's a blend that combines light whiskies from Scotland's East Coast and more peaty whiskies from the West, creating an extraordinary depth of flavor. Johnnie Walker Red Label, crackling with spice and bursting with vibrant, smoky flavors tumbles onto your palate with the freshness of spray from a breaking wave, bringing the unmistakable zing of aromatic spices - cinnamon and pepper - fizzing over the centre of your tongue.


This is my weekend without the kids. I miss them, but I LOVE having time to myself again. Like its ok that its 12:44am right now and I'm upstairs on the computer and not having to type as quietly as I can so as not to wake the baby. It was ok that last night ,I went to Elizabeth's and didn't return home until 5:45 this morning. However, 3 times now since I've been up here, I have heard Jackson's little whimper he does when I make too much noise when he is asleep. I seriously stop typing for a split second while my brain remembers that no, its not the baby, he is at his Daddy's house.
Then we spend a day out with Thomas and we were train robbed...Damn Thomas is expensive!
Jack had an allergy attack out of the blue, so was not happy...he also skipped his nap.
So for those of you who don't know, we are officialy getting divorced. Nothing really 'happened' we just know in our hearts that its not ever going to work. The good thing is, i guess if you can consider it good, is niether of us was shocked at the revelation. In fact, it was more of a reliefe than anything. No more trying to keep something alive that in all actuality died long ago. We just finally pulled the plug. Hes been out of the house for 2 weeks now and we are doing great. He has the kids every other weekend + some days in between. We talk on the phone quite a bit. Our counselor still thinks there is hope, but me...not so much. I am so ready to move on with my life and take control and stop waiting for someone else to make it happen. I got accepted to UMKC and will be taking 3 classes starting in the fall. I am still searching for a job because until I work, we can't really afford to file the paperwork. Things are very amicable and I am at peace with our decision. I know I put everything I had into saving our marriage, and he worked at it too. In the end, there was just oil and water...co-existing seperately in a vessel, but NEVER able to mix.
The blog is going to return to happy go lucky kiddie updates from here on out...Brace yourself for some major cuteness in the future!
I've decided that is kind of my mantra or theme for life. It is what it is. Kind of like the old "when life gives you lemons..." schpeel.
Our life experiences shape us into who we are today, whether right or wrong, good or bad, and you have to chose what you take from these experiences and you have to live with the choices you make. Do I think it was a mistake to separate? NO. Do I think it was a mistake ending the separation so soon? YES. BUT, the decision was made and we are working on things as they are now. The counseling is helping more than ever now, especially since we are going seperately as well as as a couple.
I have dredged up super-demons from my past that I thought I had hidden and dealt with well enough, only to find out that they have, more so than any other experience, shaped who I am today. They directly impact my marriage as well as the rest of my life. The abuse I suffered as a 13 year old child at the hands of my uncle, really turned me into one messed up adult. Who knew? I didn't. But finally 17 years later I am battling these demons and I am going to be ok. WE are going to be ok. Charlie has his own issues to work out as well and he is doing his work too. Already I can see things getting better. Do we still fight? Hells yeah! But do they end in the feelings of hopelessness and doubt and fear as they have in the past? Not nearly as much as they did.
I am hopeful that things are going to continue to get better with us. I know that I am not alone in re-visitng my past and re-writing what I took from all these years of fear because my best friend is walking beside me, and holding my hand, and understanding me in a way that he has never shown me before. He is being my rock and my shelter and he is letting me be me for the first time in a very very long time.


text:
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week is fostering potentially planet-saving innovations
The UAE's commitment to sustainability is a a foundational principle, as ADSW demonstrates
National Editorial
On Wednesday, three researchers were awarded a grant of $5 million for their work on rain enhancement. Chris Whiteoak / The National
This country's commitment to "sustainable practices" and "reducing its environment footprint" is not a recent undertaking. It is, in fact, as Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, told the attendees at last year's Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), a foundational principle of this country. The ADSW has emerged as a leading forum for the exchange of ideas and the development of solutions in the pursuit of sustainable development.
This year's session of the ADSW has drawn experts from virtually every corner of the world; there will be innovations down the years that will directly be traceable to this year's gathering. Subjects that have long been neglected have been thrown into sharp relief. The International Water Summit on Wednesday addressed water security. Diminishing water resources, one of the most overlooked topics in discussions about climate change, is perhaps the greatest threat facing tens of millions of people in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. As freshwater becomes scarce, competition for what remains intensifies and the possibility of conflict grows. Averting such a crisis ought to be a top priority for policymakers everywhere.
[ Rain enhancement pioneers win UAE's $5 million award at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week ]
[ African solar in focus on first day of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week ]
[ Editorial: Sustainability will top the agenda next week, and with good reason ]
On Wednesday, three researchers were awarded a grant of $5 million for their work on rain enhancement. The trio – comprising professor Eric Frew of the University of Colarado, who is researching the use of drones to seed clouds; Dr Lulin Xue of Beijing's HuaXin ChuangZhi Science and Technology Centre, who is trying to broaden our understanding of rain enhancement; and professor Ali Abhashev of the Rain Suppression Research Centre in Nalchik, Russiaa, who is studying the creation of artificial updrafts in crowds – who were selected from a pool of more than 200 competitors for the grant will now collaborate and share their research with global institutions. By rewarding and empowering researchers directly, the ADSW is accelerating the search for workable solutions. In this quest, as Sheikh Mohammed said last year, sustainability week and the UAE are honouring the "legacy of promoting sustainability left behind by the late Sheikh Zayed".
Follow The National's Opinion section on Twitter
PrinceBeijingUniversity of ColaradoEditorial
COMMENT LATEST
3D printing can one day solve our supply chain woes
Will Canada's truck drivers force Trudeau to reverse Covid-19 rules?
Apple's record profits are astonishing, but there's room for competition yet
To see Iran's true foreign policy, look to the Gulf, not Vienna
Avoiding conflict with Ukraine has many upsides
Snow is causing an avalanche of suffering in the Middle East
Brands of the future will be found outside the West
Lebanon needs more than foreign friends to save itself
Latest Houthi attack shows urgent need for action


im doing a project in which i scan a 15x15 grid using arduino. im trying to send the data in a line of 225 numbers than read that in using matlab, turn it into a matrix and make a 3d plot of the grid.
most of the time it will display fine but if i manipulate the sensor to change the data on too many points of the grid it will fail and not get enough points at the fscanf function in matlab (it always has 225 data points when i view the serial monitor through arduino).
Perhaps you need to use long or long long.
If you are not going to make the comments correct, get rid of them.
It would be a lot simpler to send the value and a tab, and then send the carriage return and line feed after the two loops end. Yes, it would send one extra tab, but is that really a problem?
You don't seem to understand that serial data delivery is not guaranteed.
Why does the sensor data need to be stored in an array (that is too small) anyway? You never use the array data, except for sending the last element stored. That doesn't need an array.
Hey Paul thanks for your response.
the default is 512 and I was surpassing that if I created numbers too large in my grid (probably could have been fixed by not using an array but it works haha).


Today I did the 140 mile round trip to Robin Hoods Bay to bring my Grandmother B, who will be an amazing 91 on Monday, to Ripon as she has finally relocated to somewhere much easier to live and to be closer to family.
B has lived at the Bay for nearly 30 years, and much of that time alone after my Grandpa passed away. It has been a place my family have been attached to and holiday'ing in for over 60 years after my Great Grandfather bought 3 cottages there for his children. As a kid I remember the great family gatherings at Easter and the weeks we would spend there during the Summer holidays. And then I have now spent the last 13 years taking my kids there.
When I got to the cottage this morning the removal men were well under way. Every piece of furniture and box had to be lugged down the back streets to the van. When I arrived there was furniture on the street ready to be shifted, and the cottage was emptying.
The weather couldn't have been more perfect, the sun was shining, the sky was blue and the tide was out. I took the opportunity to snap B sat in the sun on the balcony.
B is moving into a lovely rented bungalow in Ripon with everything that she will need, so the cottage is being sold. Fittingly it went on the market today…I bet Tiger (my great grandfather) wouldn't have thought in his wildest dreams what an amazing investment he made all those years ago.
We were finally off. We left my Aunt & Uncle to finish packing the last few things and helping the removal guys and got on our way.
This is the last time B will have to tackle all those steps and cobbled streets to get provisions or go for a walk.
When we got to Ripon I settled B into my house with some lunch while I waited at the bungalow for the removal men. It didn't take long to unload the van and get the furniture in place in its new home. When B came round shortly after it was all done. In 6 hours the removal team had packed up the cottage, traveled to Ripon and unloaded. Amazing.
Special thanks to Rocket Removals from Whitby for the amazing service and their superb patience.
This is them heading off after a long, hard day.
So the next era begins … and I can already see a new lease of life setting in. I started searching a new place for B to live in January and I am so pleased that it has all worked out. Everyone in the family has pulled together and its great to see how strong everyone is when we pull in the same direction.
Unpacking boxes tomorrow …. and hopefully B will be in on Friday.
At the weekend we went along to a new VW show that was taking place in Pickering, which was VW Gathering, and with it being not so far away we organised for a club stand for the Harrogate & District VW Club that I help run, and got a convoy arranged for early on Saturday.
We met up with the convoy, that had started in Knaresborough, just by Dishforth and headed off to Pickering. The biggest challenge for normal vehicles and drivers on the way to the Coast, let alone old vehicles, is Sutton Bank just outside of Thirsk. It's very steep, very long and very twisty. I wasn't too concerned as I knew Mollie the Samba that I was driving would make it, and Bob the Campervan had been up it a few weeks before, but I had a slight concern going in convoy in case someone else had issues. As we went up, and got to a steep incline, the T25 in front of me had a bit of a gear change issue, basically I saw reverse lights come on and brakes… so I went onto my brakes, which meant that I had in fact stopped on a really steep bit. No worries, I'd put my handbrake on and do a hill start and get going. Hmmm… that would have been nice but Mollie's handbrake isn't the best so I was in fact just rolling back each time I tried to get the handbrake on, into Bob. Now that wouldn't be good to crash both vans.
I was positively stuck on the hill with my foot on the brake trying to figure out how we'd rescue the situation. Dave jumped out of Bob who was behind me (fortunately Bob's handbrake held) and after waving on a few cars that were hanging around I got coaching through the window. By now my knees were trembling, but had to concentrate on keeping my foot on the brake, while accelerating, while releasing the clutch and then the handbrake. Phew.. I did it, but that was nerve racking to say the least!
Here's the convoy at the top of Sutton Bank taking a breather. We seemed to be nearly in the clouds.
There were lots of cool VW's at the show and it was a good turn out for a show in its first year and with the weather forecast being very wet. I know its not a VW by this was cool.. the General Lee. When it left towards the end of the day it did its horn, which was awesome!
There was a Show and Shine contest that Mollie was entered into .. and hurray, she won Best Bus, how brilliant. It was great to have her at a show all gleaming and to see people smiling as they walked around her. People were even taking selfies with Mollie…love it!
After the show we had a small convoy home, cruising along and turning heads through the villages. We stopped off at the Hambleton Inn at the top of Sutton Bank, which I have passed many times but never been in. We got parked up only to find the pub closed, but the super landlord opened up for us. Perfect! It was lovely inside, really cosy and a place we will definitely have to go to again.
A great day out at VW Gathering with old and new friends.
This is when we chose Cooper, when he was 5 days old. He seemed the most chilled out of the litter.
Once we had chosen him we visited every week so that he could get used to us a bit and it was so exciting for the kids to get to see him growing.
This is Cooper when he was 2 weeks old, just a little handful!
He was just under 8 weeks old when we brought him home and this was in his first days with us.
And here's Cooper yesterday on our long walk to Studley Royal. He's in training at the moment with a Figure of Eight lead to stop him from pulling which is working very well.


text:
faqs.org > Rulings and Tariffs Home > Rulings By Number > 2005 NY Rulings > NY L84862 - NY L84915 > NY L84904
NY L84904
CLA,MAR-2-49:RR:NC:2:234 L84904
CATEGORY: CLASSIFICATION MARKING
Mr. Robert Doyle
Affimex Customs & Trade Services (ACTS), Inc. 391 Attwell Drive
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada M9W 5C4
RE: The tariff classification and country of origin marking of publications from Canada
Dear Mr. Doyle:
In your letter dated April 14, 2005, received in this office May 25, 2005, you requested, on behalf of your client, Interweb Printing, Inc., a tariff classification ruling and a country of origin marking ruling for two magazines, from Canada. Samples were received, which will be destroyed.
You acknowledge that the samples will not themselves be imported, and ask that they "be considered, for the purposes of this ruling, as representative of the printed matter of prospective transactions."
One sample is a paper bound magazine, measuring 10 ½ " x 7 ¾", and is ¾ " thick. It is titled "Collector's Album Club" and sub-titled "Packed with Lusty Babes!-500 Page Special". It contains photographs, textual articles and advertisements, devoted almost entirely to the depiction of naked or partly dressed women and men engaged in various sexual activity, and to sales of sexually oriented products.
It is numbered "Vol. 29 No.11, December 2003", from which we infer that it is one of a periodically published series. It is printed, "Printed in Canada" on the inside front cover and on the first page, in legible type, in a contrasting color, and not obscured by other text adjacent.
The other sample is a paper bound magazine, measuring 8 1/8" x 5 ¼", and is ¼" thick. It is titled "The Best of Forum Letters", and sub-titled "21 Steamy Letters to Make Your Summer Sizzle". It contains 96 numbered pages, consisting of textual and pictorial matter of an erotic nature.
It is numbered "Volume 17, Number 4", from which we infer that it is one of a periodically published series. It is printed, "Printed in Canada" in the masthead on page 96. However, this mark is printed in small type, embedded in and surrounded by other text in the same font size, on a gray background.
The marking statute, section 304, Tariff Act of 930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1304), provides that, unless excepted, every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported in the United States shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly and permanently as the nature of the article (or its container) will permit, in such a manner as to indicate to the ultimate purchaser in the U.S. the English name of the country of origin of the article. As provided in section 134.41(b), Customs Regulations (19 CFR 134.41(b)), the country of origin marking is considered conspicuous if the ultimate purchaser in the U.S. is able to find the marking easily and read it without strain.
The country of origin marking of the sample "Collector's Album" meets the requirements of 19 U.S.C. 1304, and is acceptable marking. That of the sample "The Best of Forum Letters" does not, in that the printing is not conspicuous, within the meaning of 19 CFR 134.41(b)).
The applicable subheading for magazines like both samples in every material respect will be 4902.90.2060, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for: Periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material, appearing less than four times per week, other than business and professional journals and periodicals. The rate of duty will be Free.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177). It does not embody any decision that periodicals like the samples are admissible into the U.S., with respect to 19 U.S.C. 1305; such decision to be made at the time of entry by the appropriate Customs officer at the port at which they are entered.
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Carl Abramowitz at 646-733-3037.
Tariff No.: 4902.90.20 - Newspaper, journals and periodicals, except those appearing at least four times a week


I use mainly moretti or 'soft' glass from Italy and Germany to make my beads. All jewellery is made using sterling or fine silver. Fine (or pure) silver has a silver content of 99.9%, meaning that it is purer than sterling, containing fewer alloys. This also means that it is less prone to tarnishing, but is softer so should be protected in a pouch when not being worn. All items with a silver content weighing over 7.78 grams are hallmarked at the Birmingham Assay Office in accordance with UK legislation.
Line a small bowl with silver foil, shiny side up. Fill it with boiling water, and dissolve a teaspoon of salt and/or baking soda into the bowl. Add the jewellery and gently move it around so the silver parts make contact with the foil. Leave to soak for a few minutes and the tarnish will be drawn out onto the foil. Rinse well and buff gently with a soft cloth.
Please avoid using silver dip or excessive polish on oxidised areas as it will remove the oxidisation. Your silver jewellery should be removed before bathing, showering or swimming.
I offer my handmade jewellery wholesale to a small selection of galleries and retaiers. Wholesale enquiries are welcome, so if you are interested in stocking my jewellery please contact me with details and I will arrange access to my wholesale website.
I never share email address or personal details with a third party. If you would like to be included on occasional emails with news and offers from CeeGee Jewellery Design, please join the mailing list here. Please be sure to add [email protected] to your address book to ensure that the emails are not mistaken for spam.


text:
Meet the Man Bringing Tourists to Jerusalem during Covid-19
Love Love Israel
When was the last time you got to walk the streets of Jerusalem? And when will the next time be? One of the tragedies of Covid-19 has been the distance it has put between those who love Israel and the Holy Land, as flights were grounded around the world, leaving Ben Gurion Airport a shadow of its former self.
Satiating would-be tourists desire to be in Israel therefore requires creativity and that's where expert guide Yoni Zierler and the global Israel-education organization StandWithUs come in. In addition to a slew of daily digital content and live shows for their followers they have now designed a fully live and interactive tour for people watching back home. This isn't a slide-show, it's the real deal. LoveLoveIsrael spoke to Yoni, who is Director of the StandWithUs Strategic Tourism department, named StandWithUs Discover, to find out more:
"We are calling this Jerusalem: LIVE" and it is a real, live, private tour for communities and large online group events. I have been guiding for many years and this is a really exciting new development."
Yoni Zierler's StandWithUs Facebook tours have been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people and this new venture is an exclusive personalized tour broadcast in real time from Jerusalem's most famous sites.
"For me personally this is a very special project because it allows me to do what I love. A lot of tour guides now are dealing not only with the fact that they aren't able to make a living, but for many of us this is our life: guiding is like breathing. Until now it was like being a fish out of water until I was able to go back into the field and show people Israel - to connect them, or re-connect them, with the sites of Jerusalem."
"Without a doubt, the most powerful moment is being at the Kotel. When you walk down those stairs, and the online audience is 'walking' with me, I have this challenge of preparing those watching both historically and spiritually to ensure they have a special experience without them actually being able to put their hands on the stones."
So how does he achieve that? "In the walk down to the Kotel, I lead the group in song!", Yoni answers. "We may be apart but we sing together! We walk down with a song about standing together in the gates of Jerusalem".
Many groups are encouraging participants to email in their notes for the Kotel, which StandWithUs then prints out for Yoni to place in the cracks of the Western Wall. "This is one of the most special aspects of this tour." Yoni says, "It's an incredible moment because it gives me super-powers: in Judaism we are told that anyone who is a shaliach - a messenger - has this aura. You hear of people giving others money before they go on flights to be a shaliach mitzvah - to give charity on their behalf and until you fulfill that mitzvah you are protected, so you're protected on the flight. So when I have these notes, I have this incredible honor, privilege and super-power of being the shaliach for all of the people who cannot now make it to Jerusalem and to the Kotel and I get to bring their notes and their prayers to there."
"They can see it: they see through the camera that I am putting their note in the wall and they can speak it too: we turn the mic and allow people to to say a tefilla (prayer) or well-wish. I know it's powerful for the people on the other end too. We had one girl who is in third-grade in Los Angeles who was watching together with her school and when I was putting the notes in the Kotel, I read the kids names one by one so that they would see their note being placed there. Her mother told me later on that as I was reading the names, her daughter was holding her breath waiting for her name to be called and her note to be delivered."
"Due to Coronavirus, it takes a little longer to get to the Kotel, there is a line there that there never really used to be. During one tour I used that time to take some comments from those watching. One after another, people were expressing gratitude, saying that they had never been to Jerusalem, they had never been to Israel before in their life and so it is extra special for them to come on this tour with me."
All tours are guided in private groups of up to 50, and combine history, storytelling, and trivia for an unforgettable experience that is fun for all ages.
Each tour is tailored to the needs and desires of the group, and the tour can address multiple audiences. These include introducing students to Jerusalem's history from up-close, or getting synagogue or church groups inspired, to learn or pray together. The tour is also a great way to celebrate a Bar or Bat Mitzvah with a special virtual outing, to commemorate milestones with loved ones or to reunite with family and friends while exploring shared heritage sites
You can click on this link to book and reserve the experience for your group and if you have questions or special requests you can email: Discover@StandWithUs.com
---> For booking and more information visit: https://www.standwithus.com/discovertours
SWU International
UC Merced Prof Won't Teach Next Semester Following Anti-Semitic Tweets
What apartheid?
Students get a lesson on Zionism and antisemitism


text:
Russia could default on its debt within days
Rex Alvarado March 14, 2022 3 min read
Half of the country's foreign reserves – about $315 billion – have been frozen due to Western sanctions imposed after Invasion of UkraineRussian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Sunday. As a result, he said, Moscow will pay creditors from "unfriendly countries" in rubles until sanctions are lifted.
Credit rating agencies will likely consider Russia to be in default if Moscow defaults on its debt issued in dollars or euros in other currencies such as the ruble or the Chinese yuan. A default could drive the few remaining foreign investors out of Russia and further isolate the country's collapsing economy.
The default could come as early as Wednesday, when Moscow needs to turn over $117 million in interest payments on dollar-denominated government bonds, according to JPMorgan Chase. Although Russia has issued bonds that can be repaid in multiple currencies since 2018, these payments must be made in US dollars.
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Sunday that Russia defaulting on its debt is no longer "highly unlikely".
"Russia has the money to service its debt, but it can't get to it," she said during an interview on CBS's Face the Nation.
Last week, credit rating agency Fitch downgraded Russia's debt, saying that Moscow's willingness and ability to service its debt had been undermined and a default was "imminent". The rating agency also warned that Russia may try to repay creditors in certain countries with rubles.
Analysts at Capital Economics said the default was already reflected in the price of Russian dollar bonds, which collapsed to trade at just 20 cents on the dollar.
Wednesday's interest payments come with a 30-day grace period. But credit rating agencies could declare Russia default before that period ends if Moscow makes it clear it has no intention of paying.
The last time Russia defaulted on its domestic debt was when the country slipped into a financial crisis due to the collapse of commodity prices in 1998. The most recent foreign currency default came in 1918 when Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin repudiated bonds issued by the tsarist government.
what happened after that
The Russian government has borrowed relatively little. JPMorgan estimated it had about $40 billion in foreign currency debt at the end of last year, with about half of that being held by foreign investors.
But it is difficult to gauge the potential consequences of defaulting. The global financial crisis of 2008 and the coronavirus pandemic showed how negative shocks can spread across the financial system and the modern interconnected global economy.
According to the Bank for International Settlements, international banks owe more than $121 billion on Russian entities. European banks have more than $84 billion total claims, with France, Italy and Austria the most exposed, and US banks owe $14.7 billion.
Georgieva said on Sunday that the financial crisis was unlikely to develop "at the moment," saying Western bank exposures were "systemically irrelevant."
Even if Moscow stopped payments to foreign investors on all of its sovereign debt, a default of about $60 billion — including ruble debt held abroad — would be in the same ballpark as Argentina in 2020 — an unfavorable event for markets.
But analysts at Capital Economics warned that a major financial institution could be particularly vulnerable to Russian debt, which could cause a wider financial contagion. The second risk is that default could result in Russian companies not making payments.
Vladimir Potanin is the richest Russian businessman Last week, Moscow called for easing restrictions on foreign currency so that interest can be paid on foreign bonds and loans. Otherwise, there was a risk that the country would default in full on its foreign debt, which he estimated at about $480 billion.
Analysts at Capital Economics wrote: "For Russia, the main cost is its exclusion from global capital markets, or at least higher borrowing costs for a long time. But the sanctions did it anyway."
Rex Alvarado
"Amateur organizer. Wannabe beer evangelist. General web fan. Certified internet ninja. Avid reader."
Previous The legacy of German Angela Merkel is seen differently
Next Under besieged Kyiv, surrogates of foreign parents take shelter in a basement
Erdogan hints that Finland may join NATO without Sweden – DW – 01/30/2023
January 30, 2023 Rex Alvarado
Schultz doubles down on sending fighter jets to Ukraine – POLITICO
A Russian teenager faces years in prison over a social media post criticizing the war in Ukraine


text:
L'ergothérapie est une discipline visant la promotion de la santé et du bien-être des individus et des communautés, au travers de leurs occupations. Elle expertise, à la suite d'un changement d'état de santé ou social (maladie, migration, emprisonnement, etc.), le rapport de la personne à ses occupations de vie, pour les réorganiser,les harmoniser ou les adapter afin qu'elles restent vectrices de santé. L'ergothérapie soutient les personnes dans la réalisation de leurs occupations de vie ce qu'elles souhaitent ou doivent faire, en intervenant sur les habiletés de l'individu, ses occupations ou/et son environnement physique ou social.

L'ergothérapeute par des évaluations identifie dans un environnement spécifique le fonctionnement occupationnel d'un individu ou d'un groupe d'individus, afin d'identifier si ce fonctionnement est compatible avec son état de santé. L'évaluation en situation de vie réelle ou simulée caractérise cette profession et permet d'agir sur les écarts entre les éléments observés et la perception de l'individu ou du groupe. L'ergothérapie propose 4 approches différentes et complémentaires d'intervention (adaptative, éducative, restauratrice et réhabilitation), en abordant l'ensemble des besoins de vie (soins personnels, productivité et loisirs).

S'intéressant à des individus de tous âges, ayant une problématique occupationnelle affectant leur santé, l'ergothérapie est actuellement largement exercée à titre salarié en institution (hôpitaux, soins de suite et de réadaptation, services d'aides et de soins à domiciles, institutions de longs séjours, institutions éducatives, etc.) mais la pratique privée/libérale se développe.

L'ergothérapie joue un rôle primordial dans le maintien des occupations de vie dans le lieu de vie ordinaire tout en y intégrant une notion d'équilibre occupationnel à identifier et instaurer afin que ce maintien soit vecteur de santé et non préjudiciable à la santé.

Comme d'autres professions de santé, l'ergothérapie s'inscrit dans le parcours de santé, idéalement dans une approche collaborative avec l'ensemble des acteurs de ce parcours (usager et ses proches, professionnels de santé, sociaux, de la petite enfance, scolaires ou du travail, des loisirs, etc.).

Définition
Selon l'OMS :
 « L'ergothérapeute est un professionnel de santé qui fonde sa pratique sur le lien entre l'activité humaine et la santé. Il intervient en faveur d'une personne ou d'un groupe de personnes dans un environnement médical, social, éducatif et professionnel ».

 Il évalue les lésions, capacités, intégrités de la personne ainsi que ses compétences motrices, sensorielles, psychologiques et cognitives. Il analyse les besoins, les habitudes de vie, les facteurs environnementaux, les situations de handicap et pose un diagnostic ergothérapique.

 Il met en œuvre des soins, des interventions de prévention, d'éducation thérapeutique, de rééducation, de réadaptation, de réinsertion, de réhabilitation psychosociale et  d'expression médiatisée, visant à réduire et compenser les limitations et altérations d'activités, développer, restaurer, maintenir l'indépendance, l'autonomie, l'implication sociale de la personne, le sentiment d'une identité personnelle et singulière.

 Il conçoit des environnements sécurisés, accessibles, adaptés, évolutifs et durables. Afin de favoriser l'implication de la personne dans son milieu de vie, il préconise des aides techniques, des aides humaines, des aides animalières, des assistances technologiques et des modifications matérielles. Il préconise et utilise des appareillages de série, conçoit et réalise de petits appareils provisoires, extemporanés et entraîne les personnes à leurs utilisations. Il peut accompagner les bénéficiaires des soins dans des activités d'inclusion sociale, d'engagement communautaire, d'intégration sociale et professionnelle.

Domaines de pratiques
Prévention : l'ergothérapeute peut par exemple agir dans l'entreprise pour adapter les postes de travail et enseigner les gestes adéquats en lien avec l'activité professionnelle.

prophylaxie : l'ergothérapeute contribue à l'éducation thérapeutique du patient, notamment dans le positionnement lors d'activités quotidiennes (soins personnels) ou dans des pratiques d'éducation à la santé.

L'ergothérapeute effectue des prestations de rééducation et de réadaptation, contribuant ainsi au traitement des déficiences motrices et handicaps physiques (structures et fonctions selon la CIF). Il peut offrir aux patients un apprentissage pour acquérir une plus grande autonomie en recourant à différentes techniques; il dispense également des conseils à la personne et à son entourage en vue d'une meilleure intégration dans son environnement personnel, professionnel et social. L'ergothérapie se distingue ainsi par des procédés de rééducation environnement-dépendant, car le déficit, au-delà de résulter d'une lésion, peut, en parallèle au traitement de la lésion, être diminué ou supprimé dans certaines conditions environnementales.

En santé mentale (soin psychique, psychiatrie...), l'ergothérapeutes propose des interventions avec des outils d'expression. Les personnes peuvent ainsi expérimenter de manière sécure, des possibilités d'expression graphique, picturale ou encore d'écriture, pouvant leur permettre de donner un nouveau sens à leur vie, de découvrir et d'ancrer une autonomie psychique, de renforcer un sentiment d'identité plus conscient, singulier, personnel.

L'ergothérapeute considère le patient de façon holistique en évaluant et intervenant autant sur ses occupations, son environnement et sa personne. Cela dans le but de permettre à la personne de se retrouver et de participer dans les activités significatives pour elle, de se sentir reconnu par lui-même et par les autres. Cette vision holistique entre en résonance avec l'évolution du paradigme global du soin, passant ainsi d'un modèle bio-médical (pathologie-centrée) à une vision bio-psycho-sociale (personne-centrée). L'ergothérapeute gagne donc à rester centré sur les ressources personnelles de la personne (physiques et psychiques), les compétences et les capacités, plutôt que sur les problèmes, déficiences ou pathologies.

Modèles conceptuels ou de pratique

Modèles conceptuels
Les ergothérapeutes peuvent se référer à de nombreux modèles conceptuels inter-disciplinaires, notamment pour pouvoir échanger sur leurs pratiques lorsqu'ils travaillent en équipe pluri-disciplinaires. Ainsi des connaissances sur les symptômes cliniques sont nécessaires pour comprendre les prescriptions médicales et échanger lors des réunions de synthèse. Des connaissances sur les modèles psychologiques autour de la construction identitaire, sur les théories de la motivation ou de l'apprentissage, ou encore sur des modèles de communication, peuvent ouvrir aux ergothérapeutes des perspectives de compréhension de leurs pratiques qui sont très variées selon leurs lieux d'exercices et leurs compétences.

L'un des principaux modèles utilisé en France pendant longtemps par les ergothérapeutes pour ancrer leur pratique a été celui de l'espace transitionnel de D.J Winnicott qui a permis, l'émergence des notions d'espace interne, externe et intermédiaire, l'un des grands axes de pensée des ergothérapeutes. La compréhension de ce qui se joue dans l'espace transitionnel (chez l'enfant) et de ce qui se passe dans l'espace intermédiaire (créatif, culturel, chez l'adulte) a permis aux ergothérapeutes de commencer à comprendre ce qui pouvait se jouer dans cet espace d'entre deux où la personne joue, créé, réalise des activités créatives, artisanales ou de vie quotidienne.

Nous pouvons donc considérer que cet auteur a largement initié la vision en triptyque : du patient au centre, de l'espace intermédiaire tout autour de lui, où se déroule l'activité, et enfin, dans le dernier cercle englobant les deux autres, son environnement personnel, humain, social, architectural. (voir "jeux et réalité" de DJ. Winnicott).

Modèles de pratiques
 Le développement de la recherche en ergothérapie a conduit à la naissance des sciences de l'occupation. Ces science de l'occupation nous viennent principalement des pratiques américaines et canadiennes. L'ergothérapeute peut donc utiliser des modèles de pratique, comme le Modèle de l'occupation humaine (MOH) issu des États-Unis, le Modèle canadien du rendement et de l'engagement occupationnels (MCREO), le Modèle Personne-Environnement-Occupation-Performance (PEOP).

 Le Modèle KAWAproposé par une équipe d'ergothérapeutes japonais, est quant à lui centré sur une métaphore très poétique de vie personnelle, vue comme une rivière avec ses méandres, ses obstacles, ses passages libres et faciles. La personne ayant dessiné sa rivière personnelle, peut ensuite exprimer son ressenti et son vécu, permettant ainsi de faire un point sur sa vie et son projet de vie. Ce modèle propose une pensée métaphorique très intéressante et put nous conduire à aider les personnes en souffrance à trouver, peut-être, leur propre métaphore personnelle.

Manuel du diagnostic en ergothérapie
Un petit guide du diagnostic a été établi par un collectif d'ergothérapeutes en 2017, commençant à poser les premiers jalons d'une pensée française dans un processus d'intervention global. Ce processus d'intervention global reste encore à définir, pour parvenir à un modèle d'intervention avec une vision plus ancrée dans notre philosophie française du soin, qui, si elle peut se relier à d'autre pensées, n'en reste pas moins ancrée dans une culture et une vision du soin particulière, celle du domaine d'une sécurité sociale collective, solidaire  et gratuite.

Histoire
Dès 1800, Pinel, un des psychiatres novateurs, introduit la notion de travail comme une pratique ayant une valeur morale. Il libère les malades mentaux de leurs chaines et des travaux forcés.

En France, selon Lucien Bonnafé, ce serait le psychiatre catalan François Tosquelles qui aurait introduit dans les années 1940 l'ergothérapie à la ferme de l'hôpital Saint-Alban. Il s'inspire en cela de l'ouvrage du médecin allemand Hermann Simon Soignés et soignants.

Revues scientifiques en ergothérapie
Les revues scientifiques et professionnelles spécifiques à l'ergothérapie sont essentiellement anglophones, comme la , l', le , , , le , le  ou l. L'accès à la grande majorité de leurs articles est payant. Quelques revues gratuites et en libre-accès existent comme l (en anglais), les  ou la  (en portugais) ou la  (en espagnol).

Dans le monde francophone, les revues sont essentiellement des revues professionnelles, nationales et payantes, comme la revue de l'ANFE (ergOThérapies), la revue de l'ACE (Revue canadienne d'ergothérapie) ou la revue de l'association belge (Recueil Annuel belge francophone d'Ergothérapie). La Revue francophone de recherche en ergothérapie est pour sa part indépendante, gratuite et en libre-accès, mais elle est focalisée sur la recherche.

Conditions générales d'exercice

En France
En France, la profession d'ergothérapeute est réglementée par le Code de la santé publique (L4331-1 et R4331-1). Elle s'exerce sur prescription médicale. L'exercice de l'activité sous statut indépendant en France est limité dans la mesure où les actes d'ergothérapie ne font pas l'objet d'un remboursement par la Sécurité sociale, mais ces actes peuvent être remboursés par certaines mutuelles, et les maisons départementales des personnes handicapées. L'ergothérapeute peut prendre en charge des personnes ayant tout type de handicap. Les ergothérapeutes sont représentés au niveau national par l'Association nationale française des ergothérapeutes, l'ANFE et aussi par le SYNFEL pour les ergothérapeutes qui exercent en libéral.

Au Québec
Au Québec, afin d'obtenir le titre d'ergothérapeute, il faut être membre de l'Ordre des ergothérapeutes du Québec (OEQ). Un permis est délivré par l'OEQ. L'ergothérapeute possède un titre réservé protégé par le code des professions du Québec.

En Suisse
Il n'existe pas de cadre légal fédéral spécifique pour la pratique de l'ergothérapie en Suisse, mais les ergothérapeutes sont listés dans le registre national des professionnels de la santé . Par contre, il existe des législations cantonales qui exigent la détention d'une autorisation de pratique. L'ergothérapie est remboursée au niveau national par les assurances sociales et par l'assurance maladie de base, à condition que le traitement soit prescrit par un médecin. Les ergothérapeutes sont représentés par une association professionnelle unique, l'Association Suisse des Ergothérapeutes (EVS-ASE), qui est composées de sections cantonales/régionales.

Formation
Dans la plupart des pays européens, des études universitaires sont requises.

En France

Le diplôme d'état d'ergothérapeute est délivré à l'issue d'une formation de  dans un institut de formation en ergothérapie. Il est reconnu comme un grade universitaire de licence et permet ainsi l'accès aux formations de niveau master, dans d'autres disciplines ou en ergothérapie (comme le master européen en ergothérapie ou le master en sciences de la santé avec orientation ergothérapie).

Il existe 26 instituts de formation en ergothérapie (IFE) en France, certains sont privés non lucratifs, d'autres publics.

L'entrée dans ces écoles, appelées "Institut de formation en ergothérapie", se fait soit après la première année de médecine (comme celles de Bordeaux, Lyon, Mulhouse ou Nancy), soit par la plateforme de Parcoursup.

En 2012, huit nouveaux instituts de formation en ergothérapie sont ouverts : Mulhouse, Hyères, Tours, Limoges, Marseille, Saint-Denis, à La Réunion, à Cébazat.

En septembre 2013, deux nouveaux instituts de formation en ergothérapie sont créés : Laval et Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent. L'IFE de Rouen ouvre à la suite, en 2014. En 2015, une nouvelle école ouvre ses portes à Poitiers.

En 2016, deux nouvelles écoles apparaissent à Toulouse et Amiens.

Un nouvel institut voit le jour à Nevers en 2017.

En 2018, le premier institut privé à but lucratif ouvre à Paris, à l'école d'ASSAS

La formation alterne entre cours (anatomie, physiologie, neurologie, traumatologie, cinésiologie pathologies, psychologie, analyse d'activités, etc.) et stages pratiques (CHU, cliniques, associations, cabinets libéraux, centre de rééducation fonctionnel, SSIAD, etc.) et dure trois ans. La validation des éléments de compétences est de 180 ECTS permet d'obtenir le diplôme d'État et le grade de licence.

Un ergothérapeute peut accéder au bout de quatre années d'exercice à une formation de cadre de santé, qui lui confère des compétences de gestion, de formation et de management d'équipe. Depuis la rentrée de 2021, un Master Santé en ergothérapie est offert à l'UPEC. Il s'agit d'une formation à distance.

Un ergothérapeute doit, au cours de sa formation en France, valider des compétences qui lui permettront de parfaitement répondre aux attentes de sa profession. Ces compétences sont les suivantes :

 évaluer une situation et élaborer un diagnostic ergothérapique ;
 mener et concevoir un projet d'intervention en ergothérapie et d'aménagement de l'environnement ;
 mettre en œuvre des soins de rééducation, réadaptation, de réinsertion et de réhabilitation psychosociale ;
 concevoir et réaliser des orthèses provisoires, extemporanées, à visées fonctionnelles ou d'aide technique, adapter et préconiser des orthèses de série, des aides techniques et animalières et des assistances technologiques ;
 élaborer et conduire une démarche d'éducation et de conseil en ergothérapie et en santé publique ;
 conduire une relation dans le contexte d'intervention ergothérapique ;
 évaluer et faire évoluer la pratique professionnelle ;
 rechercher, traiter et analyser des données professionnelles et scientifiques ;
 coopérer avec les différents acteurs et organiser des activités ;
 former et informer.

En Belgique

La profession d'ergothérapeute est accessible aux porteurs d'un diplôme de l'enseignement supérieur universitaire ou non universitaire. Actuellement 7 écoles offrent une formation en ergothérapie en français et 8 écoles en néerlandais. Les 15 écoles sont reconnues par la Fédération Mondiale des Ergothérapeutes (WFOT) et donnent le titre de « Bachelier en Ergothérapie » conformément aux normes européennes. Il ouvre l'accès aux formations de niveau master.

En Suisse
Il existe 3 écoles en Suisse dont la Haute École de travail social et de la santé à Lausanne qui est une haute école spécialisée (HES). Pour se présenter au concours d'admission, il faut détenir une maturité professionnelle ou effectuer une année de propédeutique santé après avoir obtenu une maturité de type gymnasiale. La formation dure 3 ans. Le titre obtenu est un Bachelor of science. La formation peut être complétée par un Master of Science en Sciences de la santé, avec orientation ergothérapie délivré conjointement par la HES-SO et l'Université de Lausanne.

Il existe deux autres HES proposant une telle formation, la ZHAW à Winterthour, en Suisse germanophone et la à Manno en Suisse italophone.

Toutes les écoles suisses sont reconnues par la Fédération Mondiale des Ergothérapeutes (WFOT).

Au Québec
La formation est de niveau universitaire et se donne à l'Université Laval (ville de Québec), à l'Université McGill (Montréal) à l'Université de Montréal (Montréal), à l'Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke) et à l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR).

Jusqu'à 2008, le niveau requis pour la pratique professionnelle était le baccalauréat. Depuis, l'exercice de la profession exige un diplôme de deuxième cycle (une maîtrise). Plusieurs universités offrent désormais le programme sous forme d'un continuum baccalauréat-maîtrise.

Le programme d'études porte en particulier sur les sciences fondamentales (sciences de l'occupation, anatomie, biomécanique, physiologie, psychologie). Il est également axé sur les méthodes d'évaluation et de traitements ergothérapiques dans le domaine de la médecine physique et de la psychiatrie chez une clientèle de tout âge.

En Tunisie
L'École supérieure des sciences et techniques de la santé de Tunis (ESSTST) est l'unique école en Tunisie où l'on peut faire une formation d'ergothérapie. Cette formation a débuté durant l'année universitaire 2000-2001 qui donna naissance en 2004 à la première promotion de Techniciens supérieurs en ergothérapie.
L'Association tunisienne d'ergothérapie est localisée à cette école depuis sa création en 2003.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Goubert, JP. et Remondière, R., Les origines historiques de l'ergothérapie en France, Revue Sociologie Santé, vol. 20, pages 247-268, 2004.
 Goubert, JP. et Remondière, R., Le Journal d'ergothérapie, élément d'une identité professionnelle, 1979-1998, Revue Sociologie Santé, juin 2005, 22 : 233-241.
 Wagner, C., Profession ergothérapeute, Édition l'Harmattan, Paris, 2005.
 Dubochet, M. et Fragnière, J.-P., Les ergothérapeutes. Problèmes des professions paramédicales. Éditions Delta, Vevey, 1979.

Article connexe

 Ergothérapie en basse-vision
 Métiers de la santé
 Support d'aide à la prévention et au traitement des escarres

Liens externes

 Agence nationale française des ergothérapeutes

Professionnel du handicap
Personnalité du secteur de la santé
Métier paramédical


text:
What We Know About Amazon's Support of Federal Marijuana Legalization
Amazon's recent moves in support of federal cannabis legalization and its decision to end marijuana screening tests for prospective employees indicates the corporate giant wants to enter the legal marijuana marketplace.
In June, Amazon said it would stop cannabis screenings for all positions other than delivery drivers. Not long after though, the company advised its delivery partners to state they would no longer screen its drivers for cannabis use as a way to boost recruitment in the run-up to the festive season.
Amazon, like so many other businesses, is currently having a hard time recruiting staff for low-wage positions and believes this new policy will increase the number of applications for delivery positions by as much as 400 percent.
Then came a blog post from Amazon's Senior Vice President of Human Resources Beth Galetti in September where she announced the company's support for an end to federal marijuana prohibition.
She said the current impasse between state and federal cannabis laws makes it challenging for Amazon to have a fair nationwide policy on employee's marijuana use, noting that cannabis screenings typically impact low-income workers and people of color in particular.
As such, she threw Amazon's considerable weight behind bills to federally legalize cannabis, including the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act and the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity (CAO) Act, both of which would end federal cannabis prohibition. The Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act is a more modest proposal passed by the House that would allow banks to work with state-legal marijuana businesses without the threat of federal reprisals.
Amazon is backing up its public announcements with its lobbying efforts on such legislation behind closed doors. So far, the company has spent $5 million lobbying for marijuana reform.
According to industry insiders, this is all part of Amazon's plan to become a big player in the legal cannabis space.
"I think Amazon wants to participate in the legalization of cannabis because it may take part in the industry in the future. As an observer, it would make sense that the world's largest delivery company would be interested in delivering cannabis," said Melissa Kuipers Blake, a marijuana lobbyist with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
Matt Karnes, founder of marijuana consultancy firm GreenWave Advisors, agrees Amazon's moves are about seeking new business opportunities rather than a principled stance.
"This is the most obvious reason it has been so vocal in federal legalization. It delivers anything. Why not deliver cannabis?" Karnes said.
Whatever Amazon's motivations, its support for federal marijuana legalization is nonetheless significant and could pave the way for other companies to come out in favor of the reform.
"Any time a business not directly related to the cannabis industry supports legalization, it is a very big deal as it brings credibility to the cause. Amazon has a myriad of issues at the federal level. So, making cannabis a priority may have a tremendously positive influence and add a new voice to the cause," Blake said.
Business, Legalization, Legislation


text:
Симен Сёранет Вангберг (; 6 мая 1991, Тронхейм, Норвегия) — норвежский футболист, защитник клуба «Тромсё».

Клубная карьера

Вангберг — воспитанник клуба «Русенборг» из своего родного города. 13 сентября 2009 года в матче против «Стабека» он дебютировал в Типпелиге. В своём дебютном сезоне Симен стал чемпионом Норвегии, а спустя год повторил успех. В начале 2011 года для получения игровой практики Вангберг на правах аренды перешёл в «Ранхейм». 10 апреля в матче против «Хам-Кама» он дебютировал ОБОС-лиге. После окончания аренды Вангберг вернулся в «Русенборг». 3 июля в поединке против «Сарпсборг 08» Симен забил свой первый гол за команду.

Летом 2012 года Вангберг перешёл в «Бранн». 24 августа в матче против «Одда» он дебютировал за новую команду. 2 сентября в поединке против «Мольде» Симен забил свой первый гол за «Бранн».

В начале 2014 года Вангберг перешёл в «Тромсё». 6 апреля в матче против «Фредрикстада» он дебютировал за новый клуб. 31 августа в поединке против «Альта» Симен забил свой первый гол за «Тромсё». По итогам сезона он помог клубу выйти в элиту. 6 апреля 2015 года в матче против «Сарпсборг 08» Симен дебютировал за команду на высшем уровне.

Достижения
 «Русенборг»
 Чемпион Норвегии (2): 2009, 2010

Примечания

Ссылки
 Статистика на soccerway
 Профиль на sports.ru

Футболисты Норвегии
Игроки ФК «Русенборг»
Игроки ФК «Бранн»
Игроки ФК «Ранхейм»
Игроки ФК «Тромсё»


Relax and think about Valentine's Day while coloring one of our coloring sheets.
Coloring pencils and coloring sheets provided.
Hall County Library System participates in E-Verify: Employer ID #228318, Authorization Date 7/7/09.