March 16, 2005 UPDATED IMAGES AND TECHNICAL INFO The World Cup of soccer is fast approaching and one of the features of the world's most watched sporting tournament is the latest soccer ball from adidas – the +Teamgeist. And well might you wonder how a soccer ball can be improved, given that technology has been working on the issue for well over 100 years. The devil is in the detail as you'd expect, but suffice to say that the new 14-panel design has resulted in a ball with the most consistent performance characteristics ever, enabling the players to show their true skills. There are fewer seams, so the ball is rounder and performs more uniformly, regardless of where it is hit. The more perfect the sphere is, the more balanced it will be, offering greater accuracy due to the predictability of its flight. The new panel shape harmonizes the energy displacement and minimizes the amount of corners, while the larger panels allow for a cleaner kicking area. Perhaps the biggest difference the players will find with the new balls will be how they play in the wet. Normally, a wet and heavy ball behaves quite differently from a dry one. It flies slower through the air, has a lower bounce and is more difficult to curl. A patented Thermal Bonding technology makes the new ball virtually waterproof with identical performance characteristsics wet or dry. The FIFA Approved Standard for water absorption stipulates no more than a 10% weight increase – the +Teamgeist's blitzes this with less than 0.1 % weight increase. Similarly, it has significantly improved on all standards for uniformity of rebound and pressure retention and shape and size retention. Clever design and technologies has enabled adidas to reduce manufacturing tolerances to a new level .
The adidas +Teamgeist combines tradition and innovation. The match ball is designed in white, black and gold, the colors of German football and the FIFA World Cup .
The very first player ever to lift the FIFA World Cup Trophy as we know it today was current Organizing Committee Chairman Franz Beckenbauer. In 1974 when the new 18 carat golden trophy was first introduced, the tournament was also played in Germany, with a black and white match ball, and Franz Beckenbauer was the German team captain.
As a tribute to host Germany's greatest football moments and its traditional uniforms, the adidas design team returned to traditional black and white as the dominating colors for the FIFA World Cup Match Ball. The fine gold accents along the rounded propellers are inspired by the golden FIFA World Cup Trophy. The revolutionary new panel shape is designed to minimize corners and to create a more homogenous system in terms of performance and look. The radiant lines of the graphics surrounding the propeller shape symbolize movement and energy. Thanks to adidas innovation team designer Scott Tomlinson from England and German category designer Anatol Just, +Teamgeist combines everything needed to become a state-of-the-art product.
The name "Teamgeist" is based on the single most decisive characteristic every team needs to have to lift the golden trophy: team spirit! At the world's biggest sporting event, where global football stars are born and individual strength, skill and power are celebrated on the world's biggest stage, it still comes down to what the individual is willing to give to the team and what the team is able to do for its individual stars.
adidas has been producing high-performance match balls since 1963 and is the world's leading football producer. Still, it took adidas well over three years of extensive research and development to present the adidas +Teamgeist, its best performing ball ever. Thanks to a revolutionary 14-panel ball configuration, players can now show their true skills, as the quality and performance characteristics are exactly identical every time they kick the ball.
The adidas Innovation Team (a.i.t) has rigorously tested the new Match Ball for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, first under the toughest laboratory conditions possible, later also with professional players and clubs on the field of play. Scientific tests were conducted together with the Sports Technology Research Group of the University of Loughborough, one of the leading institutions of its kind worldwide. These tests confirmed that the adidas +Teamgeist is more round, precise and consistent than any top competitor match ball.
FIFA designed a quality concept to guarantee the highest standard of balls for the best players in the world. Only after a series of stringent tests is a ball awarded the "FIFA Approved" hallmark. Tests executed in the adidas football laboratory in Scheinfeld and at the Testing Centre of the University of Loughborough prove the adidas +Teamgeist does not only meet these "FIFA Approved" standards, it exceeds practically each of them.
The adidas football laboratory in Scheinfeld features a high-tech robotic leg which is used for a variety of ball tests. The machine is able to repeat an identical kick in the exact same angle and with exactly the same speed and power, time and time again. Extensive tests conducted with the robotic leg show that the +Teamgeist is 30% more accurate than top competitive balls tested. A high-speed camera is set up parallel to the impact to analyze the impact on the ball. The new 14-panel configuration, featuring fewer seams, makes the ball perform significantly more uniformly, no matter where the ball is hit.
A consistent circumference is important to allow optimal control during dribbling or driving a football. In order to calculate the average circumference, each individual match ball is measured at 10 different points.
Only a perfectly round ball allows a player to fully capitalize on his skills. The more perfect the sphere is, the more balanced a ball will be in flight, the higher will be its accuracy and the predictability of its flight. The new panel shape harmonizes the energy displacement and minimizes the amount of corners, while the larger panels allow for a cleaner kicking area.
The diameter of the ball is measured in 16 different places, after which the average is calculated. The difference between the highest and the lowest diameter must be within very strict limits.
A wet and heavy ball behaves quite differently from a dry one. It flies through the air more slowly, has a low bounce and is more difficult to curl. adidas' patented Thermal Bonding technology makes a football virtually waterproof. As a result the new Match Ball shows completely homogenous performance characteristics when playing in dry or wet conditions.
For the water absorption test, the ball is pressed and rotated in a container of water 250 times, after which the ball will be weighed. The water will also be weighed before and after the water uptake test.
Each professional game is played with a number of balls. These different balls all need to perform the same. Consistency in weight is crucial. If the ball is too light or too heavy, it might move unexpectedly in flight.
During an average game the ball is kicked approximately 2,000 times. However, in the last minute of overtime, the ball needs to perform identically to the way it did in the first minute of the game.
In order to test the shape and size retention, the ball is fired against a steel plate 2,000 times at 50 km per hour for the FIFA Approved hallmark. After this test, only minimal changes in air pressure and roundness are allowed and the air valve and stitching must remain undamaged.
The drum test was developed by adidas to guarantee high quality and durability of the printed surface, the unique design and look of the ball. The adidas +Teamgeist is the first ball ever to feature a complete underglass print technology, providing the +Teamgeist with the best and strongest surface material ever and guaranteeing the ball is more durable and will hold its unique look much longer.
If the ball loses air during the game, it will be difficult to predict and may not respond consistently, making long passes and deep crosses almost impossible.
For this test, the ball is inflated fully and three days later its air pressure is measured. It must not have lost more than a specified percentage of its air.
The outer skin of the adidas +Teamgeist, the Official Ball of the World Cup 2006, is no longer made up of 32 pentagons and hexagons but rather 14 large panels with shapes resembling propellers and turbines. Special measures have been taken to protect the novel surface, which is partly responsible for the superior play properties of the +Teamgeist: An aliphatic polyurethane (PU) topcoat formulated with raw materials from Bayer MaterialScience AG essentially places it and the printed design "under glass," making the cover extremely resistant to abrasion. Polyurethane products from Bayer MaterialScience are also responsible for several other outstanding properties of the +Teamgeist.
"Our mission was to find a coating that can be applied evenly to the new, disparately shaped panels. The coating could not be sticky, and it had to ensure that the ball would retain its unique appearance for a long time," said Thomas Michaelis, an expert for textile coatings at the Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants Business Unit of Bayer MaterialScience. The coating technology developed by his team and used here satisfies all of these requirements. Whereas the topcoat of Impranil ELH-A is primarily responsible for the abrasion resistance, the aliphatic intermediate coat with Impranil® HS 85 LN makes the ball very durable and extraordinarily elastic.
The total length of the panel lines of the +Teamgeist is more than 15 percent shorter than with the previous model. This revolutionary construction is one of the reasons why the outer skin of the World Cup ball is very smooth and perfectly round. Measurements of the diameter at 16 different locations per ball show that the deviation between the largest and smallest diameters is not more than one percent. Another important factor for the exact curvature is that the thickness of the layer with the syntactic polyurethane foam of Impranil has been increased from 0.9 to 1.1 millimeters compared to the Roteiro, the ball used at the 2004 European Championships. This foam is comprised of evenly-sized, gas-filled and resilient microcells and makes the +Teamgeist especially dimensionally stable. It is also responsible for the ball's high restoring forces, which guarantee a precise trajectory.
"The rounder the ball, the more balanced it is in flight and thus the more accurately it can be kicked. The +Teamgeist is extremely consistent regardless of where it is struck," said André Pechtold, Project Leader of Technical Development at adidas. This was demonstrated in part by tests in the adidas testing lab, in which the ball was "kicked" repeatedly at a target by a high-tech robotic leg with precisely adjustable force and at a precisely adjustable angle. "With the new ball, the range in variation of the trajectory is one-third smaller than with the previous model," said Pechtold.
Soccer is played in just about any weather, and only a few of the stadiums for World Cup 2006 have roofs that can be closed at the push of a button. The +Teamgeist therefore has to retain its excellent properties even if it rains or the grass is wet. It is, in fact, practically impermeable to water. When placed in a tank filled with water and rotated 250 times, its weight increases by a maximum of 0.1 percent. This easily exceeds the strict standards for the "FIFA Approved" quality seal, which allows for a weight gain of up to 10 percent in this test.
The materials experts at Bayer, who have been supporting adidas in the development of World Cup soccer balls since 1984, played a major role in the weather-resistance of the +Teamgeist. "One factor for the low water absorption are the properties of the Impranil raw materials in the coating. Furthermore, the "Thermo-Bonding Technology" used makes the +Teamgeist essentially seamless," said Michaelis. This bonding technology was developed and patented by adidas. A raw material from Bayer MaterialScience is used here as well: The thermoactivated adhesive is based on a waterborne polyurethane dispersion from the Dispercoll U product line.
adidas started developing high-performance match balls in 1963, when most balls were heavy, brown and painful to kick. When FIFA first commissioned adidas to provide the Official Match Ball for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, the company had already become the world's leading football brand.
Like all other balls in its time, the adidas Telstar was completely made of leather; however, unlike any other ball it featured 32 hand-stitched panels (12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons), creating the roundest sphere of its time.
The revolutionary design of Telstar wrote football history: it was the first white football ever to be decorated with black pentagons. Mexico 1970 was the first live televised FIFA World Cup and the revolutionary design of Telstar - the name derives from "Star of Television" – made the ball far more visible on black and white television. Until this day, the adidas Telstar remains the archetype of all generic footballs.
Two adidas match balls were used for Germany '74. Telstar made a repeat appearance with new black branding replacing the previously gold branding. And, building on the success of the adidas Telstar, adidas introduced a new all-white version named adidas Chile (after an all-white ball used at Chile 62). The materials and techniques used in the Telstar and Chile were identical to those used four years earlier.
In 1978 football design experienced another revolution with the introduction of the adidas Tango. Once again adidas had created what would become a 'football design classic'. Twenty panels with 'triads' created an optical impression of 12 identical circles. For the following five FIFA World Cup tournaments the Match Ball design was to be based on this design. Tango featured improved weather resistance qualities, and took its inspiration from the deep passion, emotion and elegance of Argentina.
The initial Tango design from 1978 was only altered slightly in 1982. However, the Tango España did feature a major technological innovation. The Tango España, still made of leather, featured revolutionary waterproof sealed seams. This dramatically reduced the ball's water absorption, thus minimizing weight increase during a game under wet conditions.
The Match Ball for the 1986 FIFA World Cup revolutionized footballs and football production techniques.
The adidas Azteca was the first ever synthetic FIFA World Cup Match Ball. The use of synthetic material increased its durability and further minimized water absorption. With its never-before-achieved performance on hard ground, at high altitude, and in wet conditions, Azteca represented a massive leap forward for the game.
Its elegantly and elaborately decorated design was inspired by the hosting nation's native Aztec architecture and murals.
The adidas Etrusco Unico evolved the use of synthetic materials further, creating the first ever Match Ball containing an internal layer of black polyurethane foam, making Etrusco Unico fully water-resistant, more lively and faster than ever. The name and intricate design took their inspiration from Italy's magnificent, ancient history and the contributions and fine art of the Etruscans. Three Etruscan lion heads decorate each of the 20 Tango triads.
adidas Tricolore was the first ever multi-colored Match Ball. France's flag and national colors (the Tricolore) and the "cockerel" the traditional symbol of the French nation and Football Federation, inspired the ball's name and design.
Moreover, the adidas Tricolore featured an advanced "syntactic foam" layer - a tight regular matrix, composed of gas-filled, individually closed and highly durable micro balloons. The syntactic foam further improved the ball's durability, energy return and made it more responsive.
The adidas Fevernova was the first World Cup Match Ball since 1978 to break with the traditional Tango design introduced in 1978. The colorful and revolutionary look and color usage was entirely based on Asian culture. The Fevernova featured a refined syntactic foam layer to give the ball superior performance characteristics and a three-layer, knitted chassis, allowing for a more precise and predictable flight path every time.
The 10th adidas FIFA World Cup Match Ball will present another revolutionary innovation in terms of design and performance for the world's biggest sporting event.
The new adidas Match Ball will be available around the world tomorrow.
The surface of the +Teamgeist consists of different layers, which together are responsible for the outstanding properties of the soccer ball. For the manufacture of these layers the polyurethane raw material Impranil from Bayer MaterialScience is used.


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Los Angeles Clippers (2014-2016)
Dopo quattro stagioni in NCAA con i Washington Huskies (di cui l'ultima chiusa con oltre 18 punti di media) venne scelto alla ventottesima chiamata del Draft 2014 dai Los Angeles Clippers.

Tuttavia in due anni coi Clippers disputa solo 44 partite (21 il primo anno, 23 il secondo), di cui nessuna da titolare e con minutaggi molto scarsi (quasi tutti garbage-time) e venne spesso spedito in D-League dai californiani.

Orlando Magic (2016-2017)
Il 15 luglio 2016 venne ceduto dai Los Angeles Clippers agli Orlando Magic in cambio di una futura seconda scelta al Draft(esattamente quella del 2020) e Devyn Marble (successivamente tagliato dai Clippers).

Esordì con i Magic il 29 ottobre nella gara persa 108-82 contro i Detroit Pistons. Tuttavia, anche a causa di un infortunio e della concorrenza nel reparto guardie dei Magic (davanti a Wilcox nelle rotazioni c'erano Evan Fournier, Mario Hezonja, Jodie Meeks e all'occorrenza il playmaker adattato C.J. Watson), Wilcox in Florida deluse nuovamente, venendo tagliato il 2 aprile 2017 poco prima della fine della stagione regolare, in cui giocò 22 partite e anche in questo caso senza mai partire titolare.

Portland Trail Blazers, Indiana Pacers e D-League (2017-2018)
Dopo essere stato cercato dal Saski Baskonia in Europa, il 9 agosto 2017 firmò un two-way contract con i Portland Trail Blazers. Giocò solamente in D-League con i Santa Cruz Warriors ma mai con la franchigia dell'Oregon con cui rimase sotto contratto fino a fine stagione prima di lasciare. Le sue zero presenze furono dovute anche a un infortunio al ginocchio.

Nell'agosto 2018 firma con gli Indiana Pacers, con cui tuttavia trascorre solo 2 mesi perché a settembre subisce un altro grave infortunio (in questo caso si tratta di una lacerazione al tendine d'Achille), e quindi il 20 ottobre viene tagliato dalla franchigia di Indianapolis.

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The 2016 presidential election may go down in history as one of the most hard-fought and shocking political contests the world has ever seen. In a move that challenged conventional wisdom about pollsters' abilities to predict election outcomes, Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States.
For weeks leading up to Election Day, reporters, pundits and campaign operatives cited poll after poll with Hillary Clinton winning handedly; According to Real Clear Politics, only two of 21 general election polls showed Trump ahead by Monday, November 7.
Now, efforts are underway to explain how and why pollsters got it wrong. Some argue that the data-driven approach we've come to know and trust may not paint a full picture. In this case, pollsters – and many of their counterparts in mainstream media – may have underestimated Trump's support, both nationally and in key swing states. It's also possible that they relied on survey samples that do not accurately reflect the current American electorate.
According to U.S. News and World Report, Trump was able to mobilize white men and women to vote in significantly greater levels than anticipated. This suggests that Trump's "Rally Effect" may have been a more important barometer for voter turnout and enthusiasm than many believed.
Trump's ability to bring together voters – using concert-style campaign events to grow (and activate) their support – was the cornerstone of his campaign. The impact, though not scientific, underscored the value of face-to-face in this election.
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For more than a year, we witnessed Trump's ability to pack airport hangers, stadiums and convention centers. While Clinton struggled throughout the campaign to fill banquet halls and community centers, her opponent was drawing tens of thousands of supporters to events all over the country – some where men and women waited outside for hours just for the chance to see him speak.
Even those who weren't able to engage with Trump face-to-face were able to interact directly with one another. They were able to build connections with fellow Trump enthusiasts and feed off the energy of a movement to "make America great again." The passion they showed when cheering him on was a sign of intense loyalty and support, magnified by the inherent power of face-to-face.
And while this is not to say that the enthusiasm at campaign rallies is a better predictor than polling data, it is to suggest that enthusiasm is an overlooked, often discounted, metric of political support. After all, the same people who were willing to wait in line for hours to attend Trump's rallies were the same people who proudly cast their ballots in his favor and ultimately, delivered his presidency.
As a nation, there are many lessons we can learn here, about politics and about people, but one lesson is surely about the value of bringing people together face-to-face. Because whether it's about electing the next leader of our country or another pivotal moment, when it's important, it's worth meeting about.
To learn more about the role face-to-face meetings and events played during this election, check out our infographic and Worth Meeting About campaign. In the weeks and months ahead, we look forward to exploring topics beyond the election that show how meetings and events are critical to society. Tweet us your ideas using #WorthMeetingAbout.
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As you embark on the fresh start of a new year, there are often many objectives and resolutions we all set for ourselves to accomplish. We all have different goals and items we would like to check off to help us feel like we are making progress in our lives. They could be health oriented, maybe a promotion at work, or just simply to take time to enjoy the little things in life. However, if you are retired or debating on when is the right time to make that move, there could be a few things that would be very helpful to discuss as the new year begins. Most notable, would be the topic of how to distribute your hard-earned savings over the course of your life in a stress free manner. There are many methods that have been put into practice regarding the spend down of your assets in retirement, and we will address three of those in this piece. We will discuss the traditional systematic distribution method, the bucket/tranche method, and also the approach known as flooring. Our goal is to open the conversation between you and your planning team to help identify which method is the right choice for you and your family to fully enjoy your golden years in a stress-free manner.
The first method we will discuss is commonly referred to as the systematic withdrawal strategy. When this option is utilized, the client and their planning team determine what the optimal percentage of their total asset value should be liquidated annually in order to provide the desired income level for that year. Historically this has been the most popular method for managing income needs in retirement, and many will recognize the 4% level that has become somewhat a rule of thumb. This method is based on the premise that a client would be able to earn a rate of return that is higher than the percentage of funds being liquidated, thus never having the risk of running out of money in retirement. The advantages of this method include the simplistic approach to making the appropriate decision on a yearly basis. The disadvantages include the pressure being applied to the performance of the investments within the portfolio. If the account does not increase at a level that is at or above the liquidation percentage, then the client will eventually begin to dissolve the principal balance in the account and could run the risk of exhausting their portfolio. This method must be evaluated annually to ensure that the percentage is accurate based on the prior returns in the market, and also the current inflation rates.
The second method we will discuss is known as the bucket/tranche approach. The ultimate goal of this method is to help alleviate some of the emotional stress of managing an investment portfolio as it pertains to a client's willingness to take risk. Most stock market investors try to balance less risk with more reward. However, there is an inherent draw for retirees to make a conservative shift earlier than they should. Those who are looking to retire within the next few years, may be tempted to put all of their money into safe places to combat the fear of a drastic correction in the stock market. This temptation can have unfortunate results for a retired family if it is done too early. The investment portfolio should be viewed as a 30+ year account. This method of income distribution combats the urge to go too conservative too fast. The portfolio is typically divided into three, 10 year segments. These segments will all be invested at different levels of risk, with the intention of creating an environment that the client will be able to spend as desired, regardless of what the stock market is doing at the time.
The final method we will discuss is known as, flooring. The goal of this method is to provide a guaranteed level of income with additional discretionary funds available if needed. This method is much different from the other two we have covered, because a retired person will need to make use of certain types of investment products. This option may involve the utilization of a; pension, annuity, bond ladders, permanent life insurance, cash accounts, social security, etc. The investment products that are chosen will need to have some type of a contractual guarantee in order to provide the fixed income level that is desired. The planning team will generally look to create a guaranteed level of income that is equal to a client's minimum monthly need. If the client needs or wants to spend above that level, then they would liquidate from other investment accounts as needed. The goal of the investment portfolio would be to have an allocation that would allow for growth of those dollars above and beyond the predicted inflation levels. One disadvantage with this method is that the investment products that may be used typically will not have an option for the income stream to increase with inflation. If they do have that option, it may prove to be too costly to add the feature onto it.
Now what? So, for most people who are in or near retirement, their prior planning may dictate which method of income distribution they choose to use. For those who are still in the accumulation phase of life, you have a fleeting opportunity to adjust your planning to ensure you will have the desired distribution option in the future. There is one thing to keep in perspective: No two clients are the same when it comes down the management of a retirement income. That being said, there may be times that we will look to blend these methods to fit our client's situation appropriately. If you are curious about what options you have, we would love to help you analyze your current strategy to make sure that it is as efficient as it can be. With our planning approach, you can be certain that we will exhaust all available options to create an income level that is suitable for your golden years. Let us help you take the stress away so that you can treat every day as Saturday for the next 30 years.


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Thursday 11th November, 2021 - 3:50pm
Chris van der Drift (left) twice finished runner-up to Shane van Gisbergen in this year's Castrol Toyota Racing Series at Hampton Downs.
A surprise candidate has emerged to replace Kelly Grove Racing driver David Reynolds should he be ruled out of this year's Repco Bathurst 1000.
Speedcafe.com understands Chris van der Drift is in the mix to join Luke Youlden behind the wheel of the #26 Ford Mustang in this year's Great Race, if the worst were to transpire.
Earlier this month Reynolds was sidelined after NSW Health deemed his vaccination exemption was invalid.
Reynolds was duly replaced by Youlden for the second of four Supercars events at Sydney Motorsport Park and the 43-year-old will continue driving the Penrite Racing car at this weekend's third event.
It's anticipated the fourth event will see Matt Campbell drive the #26 entry, who will return to Australia from the United States after contesting Petit Le Mans this weekend with Porsche.
Reynolds' participation in the Bathurst 1000 has been said to be under a cloud due to his vaccination status.
In a statement earlier this month, Kelly Grove Racing said Reynolds "could be eligible to drive" in this year's Bathurst 1000 once he is fully vaccinated.
According to the team, Reynolds has thus far received one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine and is scheduled to receive his second dose ahead of the Bathurst 1000.
Earlier this week Kelly Grove Racing co-owner Stephen Grove told Speedcafe.com the team is working on a back-up driver, which Speedcafe.com sources have indicated is van der Drift.
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A significant stumbling block van der Drift is understood to overcome is securing the necessary MIQ (Managed Isolation and Quarantine) spot upon his return to New Zealand.
That's been a major hurdle for Boost Mobile-backed Bathurst 1000 wildcard duo Greg Murphy and Richie Stanaway, who thus far have not had the same luck.
The MIQ voucher system works by applicants going into a ballot for a space in a managed isolation facility.
Allocations are only made available sporadically, with the seventh such 'round' coming earlier this week on Tuesday.
More than 24,000 people reportedly sought to acquire one of the 4039 rooms available between November to February.
Within two and a half hours that allocation was exhausted.
As of November 14, anyone entering an MIQ facility will only need to stay for seven days plus three days of home isolation. That's down from the initial 14-day period.
As it stands, van der Drift can travel to New South Wales without undergoing a period of quarantine.
Should van der Drift get the call-up, it would mark only his second start in the Bathurst 1000.
His only start to date came in 2016 with Shae Davies at Erebus Motorsport where they finished 17th.
The 35-year-old has three Porsche Carrera Cup Asia titles to his name and has previously competed in the GP2 Asia Series and A1 Grand Prix.
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Last Saturday, Marg's BFF, Lucy, finally tied the knot. It's been weeks/months in the making, with a storm of bride's maid dramas, ill-fitting outfits, production line cookie baking and just general panic from all involved. Yet Saturday went by without so much as a hitch (other than the organist forgetting when she was meant to stop playing to make way for the surprise mariachi band). The wedding was so relaxed that the venerable Father Bob, who gave the service, was even able to throw a carbon tax joke into one of the readings. Once the service was over, a high tea reception was held for all guests, and then as the afternoon turned into evening a smaller number of people headed to Cutler & Co for a more intimate dinning experience.
We shuffled into a cordoned off area at the rear of the restaurant, where we all stood around before dinner. Laughing, crying and trying to stand up after too many glasses of champagne. The service at Cutler was absolutely incredible; there was never an empty glass on our table, and the selection of wine was to die for. The six courses were perfectly timed, and not once was I left wondering when the next course was going to arrive. We were given a set menu, which you'll see later on, and I loved every bit of it, particularly the braised beef cheek. There were actually three set menus: the standard menu, the vegetarian menu, and then one just for me, which forewent the seafood dishes. You sure earned that $6 toaster, Lucy.
As Gerard mentioned we had dinner at Cutler & Co on Saturday night as part of my best friend's wedding. A group of around 30 of us were set up at a curtained off section at the back of the restaurant, with beautiful tables, dreamy pendant lights, privacy and $75 Georg Jensen salt bowls (the things you learn when checking gift registries!) the atmosphere was perfect for a special group dinner. I loved everything about the dinner, I don't think there was anything I could fault about the food, service or atmosphere. Actually, that's a lie, I can tell you from experience that although the curtains on the back room provide a perfect amount of screening from the rest of the restaurant, they also hide the step down to the rest of the restaurant. Take note, this hidden step is particularly dangerous if you got up at 5am for hair & make up and are wearing 6 inch plus heels.
Because I had been up since 5am (after going to bed after 2am the night before) I don't remember much about the fit out, so I'm going to jump right in to the food. Next time Lucy gets married I'm going to go to bed earlier.
Actually, before I get into the menu I just want to say, on a personal note, Lucy & Josh – I love you both. Only about 50% because you buy me fancy food.
We had a set degustation menu which I'm told was actually put together by Andrew McConnell. I bet that's what they tell all the girls who book degustations for 30.
As Gerard mentioned there was a vegetarian menu, an omnivore menu and a hybrid menu just for Gerard that replaced the seafood dishes with a mix of carnivorous and vegetarian dishes.
The meal started with 'a selection of appetisers', the first of which was fried squid. I don't know what the sauce was, but it was delicious.
The next appetiser was a foie gras cigar (served in cigar box, cute). These were seriously delicious. Delicious, but so, so rich. The vegetarian equivalent was a porcini cigar.
Finally there were oysters which I actually didn't get to try, but they looked great.
The next dish in the omnivore menu was swordfish sashimi with avocado, daikon and wasabi. The fish, understandably, tasted super fresh and there was the perfect amount of wasabi to balance the milder flavours.
The vegetarian equivalent to the sashimi was beetroot tartare with smoked hens egg, pickled pine mushrooms & artichoke. The Gerard equivalent substituted beef tartare for the beetroot.
Next up was spanner crab, abalone and king brown mushroom with golden chicken broth. The crab was so tender and the broth was light but fragrant. So nicely balanced.
The vegetarian and Gerard equivalent was wood grilled baby cos heart, shiitake mushrooms, sesame and ginger. These mushrooms were amazing. Gerard gave me the first one because he doesn't normally eat mushrooms but after I ate it I told him to try because it was easily the tastiest mushroom I'd ever eaten. He ate the rest. I don't know what was in this sauce, but everyone on our table ended up using bread to try and steal some of it from the vegetarian plates. I would have eaten a bowl of it.
We then had smoked and fried duck, morcilla, golden raisin and beetroot. The morcilla and the fried duck were amazing, the beetroot I could take or leave.
The vegetarian replacement for duck was roasted kohlrabi (a type of turnip), pine mushrooms, nettle and onion.
The highlight of the meal for me was the braised beef cheek, smoked tongue, roasted kohlrabi and onion soubise. A lot of people commented that the tongue was delicious and had a surprisingly intense flavour. Personally I loved the beef cheek that just fell apart when you touched it.
Instead of beef the vegetarians enjoyed chickpea crumbed eggplant with labne, shanklish, almonds and fennel. Looks great, but I think they missed out. Shame beef isn't even remotely vegetarian.
For dessert everyone had violet ice cream with chocolate ganache, sour cherry and clove meringue.
It may not be an everyday meal, but a degustation at Cutler & Co is definitely a great dining experience. Do it, just don't send me the bill.
Fantastic post – what an experience.


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I don't know how many of you know, but I live in South Africa, a country not massively well-known for it's brilliant government. Well, our electricity supplier (the only one allowed to supply power in the country), is running out of money. The result?
They've announced they're going to be turning of the country's power at times yet to be determined over the next two to three weeks. In order to save on power costs since they can't keep the stations running all the time to keep everyone supplied with power. No power means no internet and no computer, which means I can't edit. As a result, it may be that you see unedited chapters uploaded at times.
Please rest assured that this isn't a certainty and that I'll be doing my best to work ahead of time so this won't be an issue, but I have no idea how bad the outages may be or how long they will last so I have no idea how much this will affect my ability to have chapters edited in time for releases.
This is not something over which I have any control, but I'll do my best to work around it. Both I and Ryogawa sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding and hope to be able to bring you guys our best work despite this unexpected turn of events.


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Q: Is the undefined value in Isabelle formalized in mathematics? I just encountered the concept of "undefined" values for any type from this blog article that " every Isabelle function is total". In addition

... This design has an important consequence: It allows the existence
of a polymorphic expression that inhabits any type, namely
undefined :: 'a
The naming of this term alone has caused a great deal of confusion for Isabelle beginners, or in communication with users of different systems, so I implore you to not read too much into the name.In fact, you will have a better time if you think of it as arbitrary or, even better, unknown.
we can observe an important fact: undefined is not an extra value
besides the "usual ones". It is simply some value of that type ...

So for example, if you define a function (e.g. division of natural numbers) without a specified value at certain input values (e.g. 0):
fun division :: "nat ⇒ nat ⇒ nat"  where
   "division n (Suc m) = n div (Suc m)"

then in Isabelle/HOL, at this input (0), the value of the function does exist, but is undefined/arbitrary/unknown.
⋀a. division a 0 = undefined

If I understand it right, in ordinary math, division at zero does not have a value. But in Isabelle/HOL logic, the notion is replaced by one that the value is undefined/unknown.
My question is:
Is there any rigorous formalization of the undefined/unknown value in mathematics elsewhere, and are there axioms to govern how "undefined" values behave?
For example, from this Math.SE question, we have  $0 \cdot \infty = 0$ etc. Are there similar formal rules about the "undefined" value in Isabelle/HOL?
In Isabelle/HOL, there is:
lemma "undefined = undefined" by auto

By comparison, I am not so sure that $\infty = \infty$.

A: Disclaimer: there are several proof assistants for HOL and Isabelle/HOL is the one that I am least familiar with. The different proof assistants all take slightly different lines on the design of their mathematical libraries, but have the same basic mechanisms for defining the objects in those libraries. The principle here is common to all of them.
As discussed in the blog article that you reference, a feature of HOL is that the mechanism for introducing a new constant is not restricted to simple equational definitions, but allows you to give implicit and possibly loose specifications of the constant. So, for example, you could introduce $\pi$ with the defining property:
$$ 0 < \pi \land \forall x\cdot \sin x = 0 \Leftrightarrow \exists m:\Bbb{Z}\cdot x = m \times \pi$$
(There is a small price to pay: a proof obligation is imposed that ensures that the the defining property is consistent.)
The above is an implicit specification, but can be shown not to be loose: i.e., you can prove that there is exactly one real number $\pi$ that satisfies the above property. As a conceivable example of a loose specification, after defining the complex numbers as pairs of reals with the usual definition of the arithmetic operators, you could define $\mathbf{i}$ by:
$$ \mathbf{i}^2 = -1 $$
(The above example is not very likely in practice as it is more convenient to be less abstract and to require $\mathbf{i} = (0, 1)$. The blog article contains other relevant examples, e.g., see its discussion of $\mathtt{fromSome}$.)
$\mathtt{undefined}$ in Isabelle/HOL is an extreme example of loose specification: its defining property is just $\mathbf{true}$. It has a polymorphic type such that it can be instantiated to any type. Its instance in any type has all the properties that are common to all elements of the type. So you have properties like::
$$
(\mathtt{undefined} : \tau) = (\mathtt{undefined} : \tau) \\
\lnot (\mathtt{undefined} : \Bbb{N}) < 0 \\
(\mathtt{undefined} : \Bbb{R}) < 0.0 \lor (\mathtt{undefined} : \Bbb{R}) = 0.0 \lor (\mathtt{undefined} : \Bbb{R}) > 0.0
$$
where $\tau$ can be any type. $\mathtt{undefined}$ has no other special properties: In particular, $f(x) = \mathtt{undefined}$ does not imply that $x$ is not in the domain of $f$. The definition of $\mathtt{division}$ is just saying that $\mathtt{division} \, a \, 0$ is equal to $\mathtt{undefined}$, some unspecified, but perfectly ordinary natural number. As the blog article suggests, it would perhaps have been more appropriate to call it $\mathtt{unspecified}$, rather than $\mathtt{undefined}$.
There are logics that do explicitly model undefined terms. Tennant's natural logic is one example. See also this article on free logics. HOL is not one of these logics.
As regards the conventions for the use of $\infty$ in ordinary mathematics, good texts will make it quite clear what conventions are being used. I don't think equations like $\infty = \infty$ involving $\infty$ are considered as problematic. E.g., Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis states a convention that $x + \infty = \infty$ when $x$ is finite.

A: In mathematics founded on the ZFC set theory the value of a function applied at $x$ that is not in the domain of the function is the empty set. In Isabelle/ZF this is lemma apply_0 in the func theory, and in Metamath theorem ndmfv.

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Arkansas may face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Arkansas. Same-sex marriage became briefly legal through a court ruling on May 9, 2014, subject to court stays and appeals. In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States nationwide including in Arkansas. Nonetheless, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity was not banned in Arkansas until the Supreme Court banned it nationwide in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia in 2020.

Law regarding same-sex sexual activity
In 1838, Arkansas instituted the first statute against homosexual activity with a provision which read: "Every person convicted of sodomy or buggery will be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for not less than five years nor more than 21 years." In 1864, the Arkansas General Assembly raised the penalty to death, though this was repealed 9 years later, and the initial penalty was re-established. The first reported sodomy case occurred in 1921 in Smith v. State, where the defendant was found guilty of "disregarding the laws of nature". In 1925, the Arkansas Supreme Court unanimously held that fellatio (oral sex), whether heterosexual or homosexual, violated the sodomy statute. The legislation was subsequently amended in 1955 to lower the minimum penalty to one-year imprisonment, and in 1977 to penalize only homosexual acts, or sexual acts occurring between humans and animals; but in effect decriminalized sodomy by making it a Class A misdemeanor.

In 1992, Governor Bill Clinton, during his presidential campaign, publicly called for the sodomy law to be repealed. The statement was published on the front page of the Washington Blade'''s 22 May 1992 issue.

In 2002, the Arkansas Supreme Court in Picado v. Jegley found that the state statute that made sexual relations between people of the same gender a criminal act was unconstitutional because the law violated a fundamental right to privacy and failed to provide the equal protection of the laws.American Psychological Association: "Jegley v. Picado 80 S.W.3d 332", accessed April 7, 2011 Previously, the courts had rejected multiple legal challenges to the statute: Connor v. State (1973) where the state Supreme Court rejected arguments that religious prejudice in the law's enactment made it unconstitutional, Carter et al. v. State (1973) where the same court held that the General Assembly could, "within constitutional limits," outlaw anything that was "hurtful to the comfort, safety and welfare of the people and prescribe regulations to promote the public health, morals and safety" and rejected privacy as a fundamental right, and United States v. Lemmons (1983) in which a federal court rejected privacy arguments based on the fact that the act in question had occurred in a public restroom.

On April 4, 2005, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 85–0 in favor, SB 984, a bill repealing laws against sexual acts among same-sex couples. On April 7, 2005, the Arkansas State Senate passed the bill, by a vote of 35–0 in favor. Governor Mike Huckabee signed the bill into law, and it went into effect on April 12, 2005.

Recognition of same-sex relationships

Arkansas bans same-sex marriage in both state statute and its state Constitution. These provisions have been ruled unconstitutional and are no longer enforced.

On May 9, 2014, Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Chris Piazza issued a preliminary ruling in Wright v. Arkansas that found the state's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. On May 15, he issued a final ruling that enjoined enforcement of the state's statutes prohibiting the licensing and recognition of same-sex marriages as well. The Arkansas Supreme Court stayed his ruling while it heard the appeal in the case.

In another lawsuit in federal court, Jernigan v. Crane, on November 25, 2014, Judge Kristine Baker found the state's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and stayed her ruling pending appeal.

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States. Since then, same-sex couples in Arkansas have been allowed to legally wed.

Adoption and parenting
Arkansas voters approved a ballot measure in November 2008, effective from January 1, 2009, to prohibit by statute cohabiting couples who are not in a recognized marriage from adopting and providing foster care. On April 7, 2011, in Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Cole, the Arkansas Supreme Court unanimously found that the measure "fails to pass constitutional muster" because it "directly and substantially burdens the privacy rights of 'opposite-sex and same-sex individuals' who engage in private, consensual sexual conduct in the bedroom by foreclosing their eligibility to foster or adopt children, should they choose to cohabit with their sexual partner."

Lesbian couples have access to in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproduction services. Per Pavan v. Smith, Arkansas recognizes the non-genetic, non-gestational mother as a legal parent to a child born via donor insemination, but only if the parents are married. In addition, no statute or case law prohibits surrogacy, traditional or gestational. As a result, both are practiced in the state, including by same-sex couples.

Birth certificates
In December 2015, a circuit judge found Arkansas' birth certificate law unconstitutional because it unfairly discriminated against same-sex couples. The law allowed the heterosexual non-biological father to be listed on his child(ren)'s birth certificates but refused that right for the homosexual non-biological mother. The state appealed the ruling to the Arkansas Supreme Court. In December 2016, the state's Supreme Court ruled that the birth certificate law was constitutional. Supreme Court Judge Jo Hart wrote: "It does not violate equal protection to acknowledge basic biological truths". On  June 26, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an unsigned opinion, in Pavan v. Smith, that the Arkansas Supreme Court's ruling was in clear violation of Obergefell v. Hodges and struck down the state's birth certificate law. In October, the state Supreme Court acknowledged that the state law was unconstitutional and ordered that married same-sex couples be treated equally in the issuance of birth certificates.

Discrimination protections

Arkansas law does not address discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

The capital city of Little Rock and several other cities, including Conway, Hot Springs and North Little Rock as well as Pulaski County, prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in public employment (city or county employees). The cities of Marvell and Springdale have similar policies but only ban sexual orientation-based discrimination.

Two cities have enacted comprehensive anti-discrimination ordinances addressing both public and private employment discrimination on account of sexual orientation and gender identity. These are Eureka Springs and Fayetteville. However, both these ordinances are unenforced due to the passage of the Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act. In February 2017, the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down Fayetteville's anti-discrimination ordinance because it included sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories. The court found that the ordinance contravened the act. Following the ruling, Fayetteville City Attorney Kit Williams said he would focus on challenging the constitutionality of the act.

Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act

On February 9, 2015, the Arkansas State Senate passed, with 24 voting in favor, 8 voting against, and 2 not voting, the Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act, legislation that prohibits counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions in the state from adopting anti-discrimination ordinances that creates a protected classification or prohibits discrimination on a basis not contained in state law. On February 13, 2015, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed, with a 58 in favor, 21 voting against, 14 not voting, and 7 voting present. An emergency clause to the bill was rejected by the House.

Hate crime law
Arkansas has no hate crime statute that attaches penalties to criminal convictions when motivated by bias, but a state statute does allow victims to sue for damages or seek court-ordered relief for acts of intimidation, harassment, violence, or property damage "where such acts are motivated by racial, religious, or ethnic animosity", not sexual orientation or gender identity. However, sexual orientation and gender identity are covered under U.S. federal law since the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act'' was signed into law in October 2009.

Watered-down version hate crime laws
In April 2021, the Arkansas Legislature overwhelmingly passed a "watered-down weak version" of a hate crimes bill - that does not include both "sexual orientation or gender identity" explicitly or implicitly. The Governor of Arkansas signed the bill into law effective immediately. Only Wyoming and South Carolina as hold outs are yet to introduce or implement hate crime laws across the United States.

Healthcare denial bill
In early 2021, a bill (SB 289) to allow medical practitioners to cite their religious beliefs to deny healthcare to LGBT patients passed the Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas Senate. Both Mississippi and Illinois have similar laws. On March 26, Governor Asa Hutchinson signed the bill into law effective immediately.

Gender identity and expression
Since 1981, Arkansas law permits transgender people to amend their birth certificates upon receipt of a court order verifying that they have undergone sex reassignment surgery and that their names have been changed.

Besides male and female, Arkansas identity documents are available with an "X" sex descriptor. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration has issued such documentation since December 2010.

Trans people in sports

In March 2021, the Arkansas Legislature passed a bill to legally ban transgender individuals from sports and athletics. Idaho and Mississippi already had similar laws, Idaho's having passed in 2020 and Mississippi's having passed earlier in March 2021. On March 25, the bill was signed into law by the Governor of Arkansas and became effective immediately.

Transgender healthcare

In March 2021, the Arkansas Legislature passed HB 1570, a bill to legally ban puberty blockers, hormone therapy and/or sex reassignment surgery on individuals under the age of 18. Governor Asa Hutchinson vetoed the bill on April 5, calling it "overbroad" and "extreme," but the Legislature overrode his veto the next day. The ACLU sued, and a federal judge blocked enforcement of the law so that the lawsuit could proceed.

Gender-affirming litigation bill
In March 2023, the Arkansas Legislature paased a bill to allow individuals to sue doctors, nurses or other health employees for gender-affirming healthcare provided to them as minors. After turning 18, the person has 15 years to sue—whereas lawsuits for other types of care generally must be filed within two years. On March 13, 2023, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed it into law. It will take effect in the summer.

Bathroom ban with sex offender registration penalties

In February 2023, the Arkansas state legislature put forth SB270, to amend the definition of "sexual indecency with a child" to include any trans person using a public bathroom, locker room, changing room, or other public changing facility matching their gender identity while a minor is also inside.

In late February, the state senate judiciary committee passed the bill, sending it to the senate floor. In early March, the state senate passed the bill, sending it to the house.

Public opinion
A 2017 Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) poll found that 52% of Arkansas residents supported same-sex marriage, while 38% opposed it and 10% were unsure. The same poll found that 64% of Arkansans supported an anti-discrimination law covering sexual orientation and gender identity, while 27% were opposed. Furthermore, 53% were against allowing public businesses to refuse to serve LGBT people due to religious beliefs, while 41% supported allowing such religiously-based refusals.

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By Rick Nelson Star Tribune
December 21, 2017 — 5:09pm
There are plenty of new restaurants to look forward to in 2018.
The team at Lyn 65 — headed by chef José Alarcon — is readying upscale Popol Vuh and honky-tonk Centro. The two concepts will share space in a rebuilt 100-year-old building in northeast Minneapolis, with a focus on Mexican fare (from a wood-burning grill) and mezcal. Look for an early January opening.
Another wood-fired operation, this time from Thomas Boemer and Nick Rancone of Corner Table and Revival, will headline Keg and Case Market, now under construction in the former Schmidt Brewery complex in St. Paul. The exciting food hall project will also include a Five Watt Coffee, Gazta & Enhancements (a cheese bar from the folks behind O'Cheeze), Clutch Brewing Co., the first scoop shop for Sweet Science Ice Cream, and others, but previously announced Hola Arepa has bowed out.
As a part of its major renovation, Rosedale is also getting into the food hall act. A New York City-based venture is converting a former Borders bookstore into the country's first iteration of Craveable Market. The second-floor space will feature a wide range of options, from Mexican street food and dishes inspired by New York City's Chinatown, to a bar pouring a wide variety of whiskeys. A fall opening is planned.
Another food hall, Malcolm Yards Market, is slated to open this fall in Minneapolis' Prospect Park neighborhood. The project will be anchored by Du Nord Craft Spirits and is the work of developers John and Patricia Wall.
Tom Horgen
Five Watt Coffee is coming to St. Paul.
Chef Daniel del Prado will follow up his newly opened Martina with another south Minneapolis project, Diamond BBQ, and St. Paul will get its own edition of Parlour.
Dark spaces won't stay dark for long. On Dec. 22, the former Victor's on Water in Excelsior will reopen as Italian-focused Red Sauce Rebellion, the work of Eli Wollenzien and Deacon Eells of nearby Coalition. The former Obento-Ya in southeast Minneapolis is on its way to becoming the second outpost of Ramen Kazama, and chef David Fhima will take over the historic Forum Cafeteria space in downtown Minneapolis with Bistro 373. Also in City Center: Prime Six is going into the empty Rosa Mexicano space.
Parlour is coming to St. Paul.
What had been Parella (and, before that, Primebar, Il Gatto and Figlio) will become vegetarian Fig + Farro later this winter. Cassidy Flannery is opening the Sonder Shaker, a cocktail bar and lounge, on the site of the former Nye's Polonaise Room. And Nye's owners Rob Jacob and Tony Jacob are resurrecting a smaller (and opening soon) version of their beloved watering hole on the site of their former polka bar.
Look for Tavola — billed as a "farm-to-table Italian" restaurant — to appear in the upcoming Elliot Hotel. Surly Brewing Co. chef Ben Peine is promising New Haven-style pizza from a wood-burning oven in the former Brewer's Table space.
The chains have plans, too. Look for the arrival of Earth Burger (vegetarian- and vegan-focused), Wahlburgers (from brothers Donnie, Mark and Paul Wahlberg, in partnership with Hy-Vee) and Sweet Jesus (soft-serve ice cream) at the Mall of America.
Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune
Nye's is returning (sorta).
Finally, zipping ahead to 2019, two exciting projects have been announced for downtown Minneapolis: Andrew Zimmern will be taking the lead in developing the two-level food hall in the former Dayton's department store. And what is surely one of the metro area's highest-profile locations — a riverfront pavilion in Water Works Park, on the site of the former Fuji Ya — will become home to Owamni: An Indigenous Kitchen by chef Sean Sherman and Dana Thompson of the Sioux Chef.
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There remains a view that those trying to equalise chances for disabled people to work and progress are willing to compromise on standards. Andy Rickell FRSA explores the issue and suggests a way forward.
As a disabled person, I have a vested interest in ensuring that whenever a disabled person is recruited, they are indeed the best person for the job. For it to be otherwise would be unfair on the candidate and unfair on all other disabled people generally, let alone on other candidates, the employer and their co-workers.
So, I am always wary when someone says 'but we must recruit the best person for the job' in response to a challenge about equality legislation or the employment of under-represented groups in the workforce. At best, it makes it sound like the recruiter sees equality in work as something antipathetic to good recruitment. At worst, it suggests better representation inevitably means a drop in quality. In countering this, some ideas come to mind.
First, we should focus on the word 'best' to ensure we really achieve it. 'Best' in terms of recruitment is a subjective word however much attempt is made to objectivise it; ultimately it depends on what you think is best. A problem for disabled candidates is that the embedded traditional way of thinking about disability inevitably means that disabled people are always assumed to be second best, unless they can clearly demonstrate superlative competence over rivals, and this influences recruiters too.
Second, we need to question the belief that 'equal ops' recruitment processes will address any individual recruiter bias. Setting out a job description and person spec is definitely a step forwards, but it is only as good as the assumptions behind it. For instance to require as essential a qualification which is not, and rarely is a qualification an absolute necessity for most posts, creates a barrier to all those who have faced barriers in the educational system, a major issue for many disabled candidates. There are other ways of addressing intellectual competence; they may just require a little more effort in the recruitment process. But the outcome can be a really effective candidate rather than one who has all the paper qualifications but no ability to deliver. Some intelligent re-design of the recruitment process could deliver better outcomes.
Third, we need to more thought to identifying those roles for which being a disabled person actually offers the candidate a competitive advantage over others, when it would be good to pro-actively seek and recruit disabled candidates. Traditional ways of thinking about disability tend to assume a disabled person might at the very best be regarded as an honorary non-disabled person – I get a sense that women sometimes experience similar issues vis-à-vis men – never an occasion when disabled people might actually be better than non-disabled candidates. And weirdly, if you allow yourself to think about when disabled people might be the best workers in particular roles, you soon remind yourself of the 'equal ops' of everyone else, and stop!
But if your customers are more likely to be disabled or older people (and about half of all older people are disabled too though they usually won't identify as such), a customer-facing member of staff who is disabled may well be a better salesperson and representative of your organisation to those customers, because of the empathy and expertise arising from their personal experience of disability.
Similarly every role in the 70 percent of the NHS and health services that relate to long-term conditions would benefit from personal experience of disability, if that can be matched with the professional competences. Also, any form of giving advice or practical support to people in need – for example, housing, welfare, social services, social care – will encounter above average numbers of clients who are also disabled because of the predominance of disabled people in poverty. And in view of the ageing population, which because of the relationship with impairment also means an increasing representation of disabled people as customers and clients, the benefits of employing disabled candidates will grow in the future. This is if you are truly committed to employing the 'best person for the job".
This of course brings you to a practical problem of attracting quality disabled candidates in the first place. Recruiters who are already actively trying to do this report difficulties in getting disabled candidates at all. There are lots of reasons why, all of which can be addressed with some thought. For instance, disabled people as a group apparently have a preference for online recruitment, though equally there are also some for whom an online method is totally inaccessible, so generally you need a wider suite of advertising methods as well as be knowledgeable of disability-specific channels.
Disabled people will probably have had bad experiences of previous job applications so adverts need to be very positive about their candidacy. A pro-active invite to disabled candidates needs to appear in the main part of the advert; disabled people are quite sceptical of the two ticks symbol, or similar wording, on its own.
Anything in the recruitment pack that looks like the recruiter has not thought of the issues disabled people face, like the formats for both the information provided and the routes by which an application can be made, or which does not point out how disabled candidates have something particular to bring, may put off the discerning disabled candidate.
Where you are confident that only a disabled candidate can do the job needed, you could use the asymmetry of Section 6 of the Equality Act 2010, which allows you to discriminate against non-disabled people, and say the job is only open to disabled people. The experience of those recruiters who choose to take this step is very positive in terms of attracting disabled talent.
It is important to emphasise to all candidates, including the disabled ones, that everything you do to encourage the applications of disabled people is about getting the best person for the job. And having thought carefully about how to properly design your recruitment process, and challenge your recruiters about what best really is, you will do.
Andy Rickell is CEO of Action on Disability and Work UK. Andy has previously been an Executive Director for diversity at Scope (where the employment of disabled people rose from under 4 percent to over 20 percent in under three years), and CEO of the British Council of Disabled People. He was appointed as a government adviser on disability issues as a member of Equality 2025.
Children's Commissioner and FRSA Maggie Atkinson looks at how we support parents in meeting the individual and social need for them to support and nurture their children?
For too many young people, their life is impoverished by little or no contact with the natural environment. Randall Williams argues that benefits of active involvement with nature requires a better response.
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A good number of Americans were blinded by an eloquent African-American politician who eventually was elected the 43rd President of the United States.
These individuals thought that at the time, America was ready for an African American president and I agreed. However, it was clear to me before the election that Mr. Obama was the wrong person for the job, not because of the color of his skin, but because of his lack of real life experience. Recent polls suggest I was right.
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Teen Advocates for Sexual Health
Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH) is a group of teens (grades 9-12) representing diverse backgrounds from the St. Louis area, Southwest Missouri, & Southeast Missouri.
What You Do in TASH
Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (known as "TASH") creates, develops, plans and implements programs that move toward a greater understanding and appreciation of healthy sexuality based on teen rights, respect, and responsibility. With TASH, teens learn about sexual health, sexuality and how to be advocates in their communities. Members of TASH will:
Create a common language around issues of sex, sexuality, sexual health, diversity, intersectionality, advocacy, and public policy.
Understand how privilege, oppression, and power contribute to access to sexual health and education, resources, and services.
Become agents for positive change in personal, political, and social spheres.
Learn what it means to be an advocate and a powerful influencer.
Learn accurate sexual health information to share with the broader community.
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Currently a student in grades 9-12.
Live in Southwest or Southeast Missouri, or the St. Louis metro area (which includes Southwest Illinois).
Students under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a consent form. We will email the consent form to the parent/guardian named on the application.
Be able to attend most of not all TASH meetings for the year (the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month).
Attend the first TASH meeting on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 4:45 p.m. The first meeting will be virtual. We will explore together what meeting in-person could look like. Once in-person meetings begin, the affiliate will provide transportation support (i.e. Metro passes). A virtual meeting option will remain available for students.
Participants can use TASH as part of their volunteer or community service requirements.
Questions? Contact Education Department Director Michelle Linschoten.
Note to Parents
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend the TASH Parent Informational Meeting on Monday, November 8, 2021, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. In addition to the application, all students must have a parent/legal guardian virtually complete and sign a permission form. This form will be directly emailed to the parent/guardian once the student completes their TASH application.
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