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March 12, 2011 · 1:37 pm
Saudi Arabia's day of little rage
Friday was Saudi Arabia's "day of rage", planned for and anticipated for weeks. But, in the event, there wasn't even a grumble – unless you count the ongoing protests in the eastern province which had been going on for a week.
The protests in the east, where the Saudi Shia minority is concentrated, were mostly to call for the release of political prisoners. However, across the country there was silence. Many were expecting it to be so, but some wonder why.
31 responses to "Saudi Arabia's day of little rage"
Marc Chamberlain
And theres me thinking they shot protesters… Beware, Americva invades countries which do that… it no so appears, e.g Libya…
Jerry M
As an older American I cannot know what is in the mind of young Saudis, but I will compare my own experiences during the late 1960's and early 1970's. The US was engaged in a long and futile war in Vietnam. Like many young people then, I was against the war. I was politically conservative at the time so I never joined to protests. At my school they were organized by various socialist groups, including groups like the IWW. When I look back at that period I can still justify my actions. Using terms common at the time, the protests against the war were co-opted. The war was a terrible mistake but the protestors ended up attacking the wrong people. They helped destroy Hubert Humphrey's campaign and they helped elect a Richard Nixon. In short the protests backfired completely. In an effort to move the US to the left, they moved it to the right . So, even though I think Saudi Arabia needs reform, I can understand the reluctance of many to join protests.
I wish there were more WISE and ENLIGHTENED people like you sir. People that used their MINDS and not EMOTIONS in matters of STATE and Future of Nations.
Thank you for this insight.
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We saudis love our country. We also love & respect our country. Yes, there is need for reforms but there is no need of a revolution as many who were calling for protests for hoping for.
The prominent saudi who drafted petitions outlined what was needed. It is a step in the right direction.
I have noticed there are a few people who are trying to be the catalysts in such movements. Such people have personal agendas. They are worthless individuals trying to cause Fitna in our blessed land.
I hope you have not joined this group of people, writing for the guardian and sharing the same platform like saudijeans. Sister be proud of your identity and you will find that platforms like the guardian have their own vested interests in getting saudis like you to write for them.
Bandark has given the most factual feedback to it which I produce here:
As a saudi citizenI think the author needs to re-order the causes that lead to a lack of protest by impact. The real reasons are these:
1) Our life in Saudi Arabia is not bad in comparison to others. Yes, we have some limitations but for the majority of us, the state does not impose highly on our daily lives. It seems that the western world, sitting on it's high horse, is more troubled by our lives than us and the so called "Middle East Experts" who failed to predict the silence on Friday, have really no idea who we our or how the fabric of our society is woven. Our lives are better than those living in the U.K and the rest of the western world and our government is no more corrupt than yours or the U.S. government.
The night before the so-called "planned protests" the great majority of Saudis love their country as could be seen with the Highly nationalistic sentiment of the Saudis during the football match the night before as well as on the streets. Everyone was wearing green and carrying pictures of the King who we all love and respect.
2) The initiation of the revolution was not "ours" meaning it was initiated by unknown external forces. It seems that the guardian and other news outlets failed to acknowledge or realize the fact that the majority of the 30'000 people that "liked" the revolution page on facebook were not Saudis and therefore do not reflect Saudi Sentiment.
3) The Saudi government is responsive to the general wants of the Saudi People. Now, for some reason, it seems that the west thinks that the majority of Saudi's are liberals and would like to "open" society to meet western "standards". this could not be more false and actually the saudi Royal family is the major catalyst of the introduction of less conservative initiatives within the country while at the same time not offending the highly conservative majority. Please do not think that the Saudi woman you meet in london who is angry she has to cover or cannot drive in Saudi Arabia is reflective of the majority Saudi sentiment. Without passing judgment on such girl, she is really not the majority of Saudis, nor is the man who would like there to be bars.
4) What was reported in the news was exaggerated and did not reflect what was happening in Saudi Arabia. If I were to follow the same reporting standards, I would write an article about how the U.S. government is unstable and about to fall as another "domino" given the protests in Wisconsin, everyone in the U.S. would not consider that true.
5) The police presence as mentioned in the authors article.
I think that this has been a lesson to all those close to the situation that, "experts" do not know what they are talking about and that the news is so selective in their reporting that they create a story when nothing really exists.
I think the USA continues to make an " ASS" of itself by it's "assessments" and "decisions" that have ONLY worked against it since 9/11. Though I truly love America and the Principles it was built on, I feel it is following in the footsteps of the old " BRITISH EMPIRE" and heading towards it's own humiliation.
I also do not see any valid reason for Protest in KSA.. None. Saudi Arabia is not Egypt nor is it Tunisia and not even Bahrain. Saudi Arabia is Unique in it's existence and very well protected.
I also agree that this so called " revolution" is not supported by the majority of Saudis. Unlike other citizens of other states, the Saudi holds a "Ta3biyya".. this means that All tribes agreed to a certain unity under a certain ruling family and until today , resolve their own issues privately and without public intervention and thus PEACE is MAINTAINED.
I don't know WHY that bothers so many people around the world?
Have we come down to the level where having Bars and Women wearing Bikinis is PROGRESS?
I agree there is unemployment – But I also feel that culture has bread LAZINESS and LIMITATION. The youth needs to conquer that and stop seeking the easy ride solution.
EVERYTHING else is undergoing change and being worked on and we ALL know it.. so what the heck should people protest about???
People need to stop complaining and start working on all levels.
May Allah protect Saudi Arabia.
Thanks for posting. As your neighbor in Qatar (an American ex-pat), it's nice to hear from someone inside that isn't media. It seems that the news here has stopped reporting on anything going on in the GCC, so I have been waiting to hear if anything came of Friday in Riyadh. We have our own "revolution" supposedly planned here for the 16th. Who knows. Hopefully it will turn out like yours. We had an attempted coup a few weeks ago that was of course not reported here and the facebook page that called for the revolution, had 36,000 "likes" on it last month, was "hacked" and made pro Qatar 🙂 So I guess we'll find out this week.
Thanks for you posts!
– Kell
Kell… as an american women, please tell me what would you want changed in Qatar?
What kind of a Question is that? Why and under what RIGHT would you seek changes in a country you are not a citizen of?
mumin universal
salaam all,
Does anyone know what the ruling by the Saudi clerics was actually based on when they said protesting/demonstrations were against Islam etc? I'm interested to know.
Islam forbids us to act against a Muslim Ruler under all circumstances. We Believe that destiny is decided by ALLAH alone and a good or bad ruler is a reflection of our own acts and hearts. So when tortured by a bad ruler, we look within and seek forgiveness from Allah. It often happens that things change for the better when we become better people.
You must understand , we think and operate on a deep level.
I disagree; this passive submission to rulers is an impeded concept in Islam. In fact, it came late during Abbassi ruling. Examples are plenty in Islam Sunnai heritage, one of them when 2 groups falling under 1) Ali bin Abi Talib 2) Moaiwah bin Abo Sfean (peace upon both of them). Each group had well known followers and companions of Prophet (peace upon him). All of our current Sunnai Clerks or Islamic scholars stated both parties had a just cause for the conflict; where Ali bin Abi Talib group is closure to right. During the conflict, none of the two parties deprived their counter of being Muslim, or even less Islamic. In fact at the end of each fighting day, some used to pray with countering group.
Regardless of the Saudi case, the justification of the ruler, to rule, should not be routed because "Islam said so" or "otherwise you are not a Muslim or ignorant"!! I am sure there are better reasons for Saudi rulers, to rule, without simply Islamising it!! because of this the case…?!!
Harry Guggen
@AL SAUD =>3) The Saudi government is responsive to the general wants of the Saudi People.
Al Saud, I respectfully disagree with you. An excellent classic example of "talk and no action" is that of the saudi king promising to lift ban on woman driving three years ago and it's still the same o' same o' bs.
That's not only dishonest of the king but cruel and unusual punishment of not keeping promises and outright lying. Why promise something that the king cannot deliver …. after all he is the absolute monarch. Makes one wonder the games that are played by the king and the royals????
Saudi Arabia to lift ban on women drivers
By Damien McElroy in Riyadh 21 Jan 2008
Saudi Arabia is to lift its ban on women drivers in an attempt to stem a rising suffragette-style movement in the deeply conservative state.
Government officials have confirmed the landmark decision and plan to issue a decree by the end of the year.
The move is designed to forestall campaigns for greater freedom by women, which have recently included protesters driving cars through the Islamic state in defiance of a threat of detention and loss of livelihoods.
The royal family has previously balked at granting women driving permits, claiming the step did not have full public support. The driving ban dates back to the establishment of the state in 1932, although recently the government line has weakened.
"There has been a decision to move on this by the Royal Court because it is recognised that if girls have been in schools since the 1960s, they have a capability to function behind the wheel when they grow up," a government official told The Daily Telegraph. "We will make an announcement soon."
Abdulaziz bin Salamah, the deputy information minister, said the official reform programme had been dogged by debate over the issue.
"In terms of women driving, we don't have it now because of the reticence of some segments of society," he said. "For example, my mother wouldn't want my sister to drive.
"It's something she cannot grapple with. But there is change on the way. I think the fair view is that one can be against it but one does not have the right to prevent it."
If the ban on women driving is lifted, it could be years before the full impact is seen. Practical hurdles stopping women obtaining licences and insurance must be overcome.
Mohammad al-Zulfa, a reformist member of the Saudi consultative Shura Council, which scrutinises official policies in the oil-rich state, said reversing the ban was part of King Abdullah's "clever" strategy of incremental reform.
"When it was first raised, the extremists were really mad," he said. "Now they just complain. It is diminishing into a form of consent."
Saudi Arabia maintains a strict segregation of the sexes outside the family home. An unaccompanied woman must shop behind curtains and cannot hail a taxi.
Critics believe allowing women to drive would be the first step towards a gradual erosion of the kingdom's modesty laws. A woman would have to remove the traditional abaya robe to get a clear view behind the wheel.
"Allowing women to drive will only bring sin," a letter to Al-Watan newspaper declared last year. "The evils it would bring – mixing between the genders, temptations, and tarnishing the reputation of devout Muslim women – outweigh the benefits."
Saudi women have mounted growing protests. Fouzia al-Ayouni, the country's most prominent women's rights campaigner, has risked arrest by leading convoys of women drivers. "We have broken the barrier of fear," she said. "We want the authorities to know that we're here, that we want to drive, and that many people feel the way we do."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1576182/Saudi-Arabia-to-lift-ban-on-women-drivers.html
HArry..
How does it affect you whether women can drive here or not? They can in your country, right? So go celebrate that.
markdawson
It affects me. I'm an american married to a saudi. I don't want my wife to be riding in a taxi with some sex-deprived Bengali, Saudi, Egyptian or Pakistani who is constantly harassing her.
Saudi~LIBER~ALI
I was protesting alone, where were you people??!
Watching you jump up and down alone in Olaya and laughing like hell..loool! Kidding man.. sorry.
Saud is RIght. THink deep, it will make sense to you.
@AlSaud up there..
All you want is food and shelter. You don't care about who's ruling you or how they rule you. People like you don't mind if the whole budget is stolen as long as there is still food left on the ground. In other words, you're sheep.
"Our life in Saudi Arabia is not bad in comparison to others."
Keep saying that until we are the worst.
Not surprised at all at Saudi apathy. Your choice, your lives. No one in the world cares as long as you do not export Saudi repression.
No guts, no glory!
Coolred38
Its always a treat when a man in a patriarchal culture claims that "life isnt too bad"…Im sure it isnt compared to the other gender.
Study history dear.. Matriarchal Societies have always perished VERY quickly.
I feel so sorry abt the women there. Especially the women who wants to live independantly.
Oh.. can you please stop feeling sorry for women here. It is even funny now. Bloody freaks! A majority of the Saudi women don't give a damn about you feeling sorry for them and are very happy in their lives. And, be realistic, women cannot and do not live "independently" ANYWHERE on Earth. You have no understanding of the basic natures of males and females and their purpose of existence. This " Feeling sorry" thing is becoming too dramatic and stupid. Really.
How can u speak for women in general? u re a man. If saudi is gud 4 women as u say, read this blog again. Not only abt the saudi women, i worry abt the women all over the world cos insane saudi mullas export their wahabbism over the world. That is what i worry. i dont want my daughters, grand daughters to live in a country like saudi….
the best slave is the slave who doesnt knw she's a slave (or he's)
Can you believe this???? I can't!
An Islamic cleric misunderstands Islam, issues fatwa against democracy
"Cleric issues 48-page fatwa against democracy," from Reuters, March 16.
The spiritual leader of Algeria's influential Salafist movement has issued a 48-page fatwa, or religious decree, urging Muslims to ignore calls for change because he says that democracy goes against Islam.
The fatwa by Shaikh Abdul Malek Ramdani, who lives in Saudi Arabia, comes at an opportune time for President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika as Algerians watching protests in other Arab states have begun pushing their own political and economic demands.
"As long as the commander of the nation is a Muslim, you must obey and listen to him. Those who are against him are just seeking to replace him, and this is not licit," Ramdani wrote in the fatwa obtained by Reuters.
"During unrest, men and women are mixed, and this is illicit in our religion," said Ramdani, who claims several hundred thousand followers in Algiers….
Ramdani, who moved to Saudi Arabia after threats from Islamists, wrote in his 'fatwa on unrest' that an observant Muslim can only "pray and be patient" when faced with an unwanted ruler. "Unrest is a tool created by democratic systems which are against Islam."
That is the Islamic Perception. How does it affect you and your life? What do you care? You should be worried about China owning the Taxpayers money for several years to come. You should be worried about Wisconsin and your own regions , faiths and issues. What brings you across the ocean to interfere in a system you have no understanding of?
I would feel very stupid if I find myself commenting on the way of life and thought in Mongolia , for example.
Almaha
Yes, religion can be used to achieve political goals. Just like Judaism was used to colonize a country by the West, now in the Arab world Islam is being used to control and oppress people.
Many of those Salafis , who I prefer to call pseudo-salafis, pick Quranic verses and hadiths out of their contexts to fool people into believing they are on the right path of Islam, when in fact their aim is to oppress people, and to help corrupt politicians stay in power.
Al Maha, the Quran is easily available and easily understood for someone who uses their MIND to understand it and follow it. Once you or anyone else does it, they remain unaffected by any clergy using it for power. If they are INDEED doing so, they will pay for it, not you. You should worry about where YOu are headed.
I think it´s so interesting to read blogs by people from and in the Middle East. I may not agree with everything you say but reading you gives me a direct source to YOUR opinions, without having to depend on the media corporations.
AQSA
Saudi needs some turning point
cuz many sudi prince and princesses think that they are above the law the so called law is only for ordinary men not for them
saudi needs democracy


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Tulipa turkestanica Regel es una especie de tulipán nativa de Asia, cultivada como ornamental en muchos países del mundo debido a sus atractivas flores.

Hábitat
Es nativa de Asia central, particularmente de Tien Shan, el Pamir y el Noroeste de China. Crece en las laderas rocosas de las montañas o al lado de cursos de agua, desde los 1800 hasta los 2500 .

Descripción
Se trata de una especie herbácea, perenne y bulbosa que alcanza los 10 a 15 cm de altura. Presenta 2 a 4 hojas glaucas de unos 15 cm de largo en cada tallo floral. Las flores son blancas a rojizas, con el centro amarillo. Cada planta produce desde 1 hasta 12 flores hacia principios de primavera.

Cultivo y usos
Tulipa turkestanica es una planta ornamental bastante popular en países con climas templado-fríos. Es de cultivo fácil, en suelos bien drenados y en lugares soleados. Se la suele cultivar en rocallas. Debe permanecer sin riego durante el verano.

Sinonimia
 Tulipa sylvestris var. turkestanica Regel

Referencias

Phillips, R. & Martin, R. 1989. Bulbs. The Pan Garden Plants Series, Londres.

turkestanica
Plantas bulbosas
Flora de Asia

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Aldag: With Cavendish, Stybar and Kwiatkowski we have options for Milan-San Remo
By Alasdair Fotheringham 20 March 2015
German analyses Etixx-QuickStep assault
Mark Cavendish (Team Etixx - Quick Step) on the podium at Kuurne (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-Quickstep) wins the 2015 Strade Bianche (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Image credit: Volta ao Algarve)
Rolf Aldag chats at the start. (Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)
Etixx-QuickStep Sport and Development Manager Rolf Aldag believes that one of his team's strengths for the upcoming Milan-San Remo is that the Belgian squad has various options for a race which is often unpredictable in the extreme.
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Aldag himself knows Milan-San Remo well as a rider, taking part in it over ten times in support of Erik Zabel, the four times winner. Given La Primavera is a race where in the critical last third the scenarios are altering constantly, as a director and rider in turn Aldag believes that means you have to be continuously thinking about the changes that demands.
"It's not like Fleche Wallonne, say, where if you've got the best uphill sprinter and if you deliver him to the foot of the Mur and he's in a good position, that's basically it, he will win that race. Milan-San Remo is just not that simple."
Although Tom Boonen's absence through injury will obviously be a setback for Etixx-Quick Step - amongst other reasons, the Belgian finished third behind Oscar Freire and Allan Davis on the Via Roma finish back in 2007 - Zdenek Stybar, Mark Cavendish and Michal Kwiatkowski will all figure in different ways in the Belgian squad's end-of-race plans for Sunday.
Although Kwiatkowski has yet to finish Milan-San Remo in two participations, "Kwia' is always important because he's one of the best bike riders in the world, so it's always good to have him."
"He wants to see how far he can get and what he can he do, because in bad weather in the past he's suffered badly on the Turchino already, so it's going to be a new experience for him. If he gets there like he should do, then purely from the shape he has" - with a second place in Paris-Nice his most recent success - "then he can do everything. He can go with the best on the climbs, he can go with the best on the downhills, he can lead out and he can sprint. That's why also he's World Champion."
"If it comes down a pure sprint, though, there's no question that Cavendish is faster but we want to keep that flexibility. Basically that is our biggest asset that we [Etixx-Quick Step] have right now."
"It's difficult to define anything though, because we have to see how the race develops and maybe not play such a super-active role, because it's not like" - if Etixx-Quick Step had one gameplan based around breakaways alone - "we have to eliminate the sprinters on the Turchino. And make the race as hard as we can. We can kind of follow."
Stybar is yet another potential card to play for Etixx-Quick Step. "He's a different option, and you can't really rank them, say first choice him, second that and third that. It really depends on how the race unfolds and Stybar might be the best choice we have. We have to ask ourselves what the best option is how to win this race and that might change two times during the race. We just don't know yet. That's what makes Milan-San Remo so interesting."
Aldag argues that the much-discussed changes in Milan-Sanremo's finale, with the re-introduction of the Via Roma, will not have a huge effect on the race. "To be honest, if you look back, when people were together [before the Via Roma] they stay together, so it doesn't change too much. Whether you have an extra kilometre or you don't, if you are dropped on the Poggio, you will stay dropped." Aldag believes, either way, that sprinters may not be ideally placed with the 'new' Via Roma finish, but that "it's never the case that a sprinter couldn't get back to the front at all after the Poggio because of that shortened distance."
"It does give you [the sprinters] less time to get into position [for a bunch sprint], but on the other hand it does give you [the breakaways] less time to play around and to attack, either. So I don't see it as a big, big change."

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Q: How do I force a 64-bit windows 8.1 install? I have just purchased a copy of Windows 8.1 32-bit/64-bit from the MSDNAA program through my University. It came as an .iso file so I burned it to a DVD and installed / registered without any issues. I just found out it's a 32-bit install though, and I'm running a 64-bit laptop (Dell Studio 1555). The exact produce name I purchased is Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional 32/64-bit (English).
Is that just another name for "32-bit version that also works on 64-bit machines"?
I have 4GB and I would like to code for 64-bit architectures so not having a 64-bit environment will be a real pain. I didn't see any options to choose the install type (it had Windows 7 64-bit previously but I completely wiped it). Any ideas?

A: The product is usually come in separately available ISOs each for x86 and x64 versions. Most probably you should check download page and see if you can get x64 version of the installation ISO.

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Actionable Ways to Transform Business, Society & Self
From ego system to ecosystem
The knowing/doing gap
The ecological, the social, and the spiritual dimensions
How can leaders play their part?
The need for movements
Otto Scharmer is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. In 2015, he co-founded the MITx U.lab, and in 2020, the GAIA journey (Global Activation of Intention and Action). GAIA has activated a vibrant worldwide ecosystem of transformational change involving more than 200,000 users from 185 countries.
https://ottoscharmer.com/
https://www.presencing.org/
Putin and the Power of Collective Action from Shared Awareness: A 10-Point Meditation on Our Current Moment
Putin and the Power of Collective Action from Shared Awareness — Part 2: The Social Grammar of Creation
Why Attention Aligned with Intention can Move Mountains with Otto Scharmer
What are the actionable ways that mankind can transform business, society and ourselves? That is the question Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founder of the Presencing Institute, Otto Scharmer, discusses in this episode of Corporate Unplugged.
For decades, Otto has been researching how humans can transition from an ego system to an ecosystem, so just what is the answer?
Firstly, says Otto, three out of four people are in support of transforming our economic systems, of undergoing a systems transformation towards better addressing the environmental and the social challenges, and the emergencies that we now face.
The problem is, while we have 85% of the technologies available to help us achieve these goals, we are simply not doing it:
"Whenever you have a system where you have a decoupling between the head and the hand, I believe the most important leverage point to bridge that disconnect is activating the knowing of the heart."
It isn't that we don't know enough, says Otto, we know everything we need to know to begin to fix the issues. We know what's broken and we know how to fix it, the knowledge is there. The problem is there is a knowing/doing gap:
"And so that brought me into the whole domain of systems thinking. Because Systems Thinking starts with observation. Why is it that in most large systems today, we collectively create results that nobody wants?"
I.e. We are destroying the planet and ourselves.
But, no one wakes up in the morning and says, 'today I'm going to destroy the planet and inflict harm on myself and those around me'. Nobody does that, says Otto. Yet at a collective level, that's what we are doing.
From a traditional systems thinking point of view, you'd ordinarily hold a mirror up to the problem and say look at what you're doing, but we aren't doing that at an institutional level:
"We've learned over the years that just making systems see themselves is not good enough. What's really necessary to unlock the creativity of the collective is [you] need to feel it, right, you need to make systems see and sense themselves."
Changes starts on the periphery
If you don't feel the pain of the one on the receiving end, says Otto, it's very unlikely you'll be moved to take action around it.
So how do you address this issue?
You need to realise where the disruption shows up first, says Otto. It's very unlikely, from a systems perspective, that issues will show up in the centre. More often they emerge first on the periphery, which is where you need to focus your gaze.
So if you want to tackle the problems, you need to look at your group composition:
"When you put together strategy teams or innovation teams, you want to go to the younger people, to the more diverse people, people more from the edges of the system. Not just the headquarters experts, because then you only get more of the same."
You also need to put yourself into the shoes of the user first, before you think about innovation and problem solving.
Scenario thinking
Scenario thinking is the perfect approach to implement change in a practical situation, says Otto. The key point about scenario thinking isn't that you're trying to predict the future, far from it. It's about working with multiple possible stories of how the future might unfold.
A methodology that Otto has used widely over the years is 4D mapping.
In his role as a speaker, Otto typically only has a few days with a leadership team. He needs to be able to open their eyes and create a transformative experience, to change their mindset in two or three hours. And he does that by getting his audience to think about what is possible.
4D mapping brings to light the current reality in a social system i.e. a school, health care system or government. Participants use 4D mapping to gain new insights into their system:
How the highest aspiration in a system might come forward
Through applying mindfulness of the body and awareness of the space
By noticing what shifts in a system might be significant in moving toward an emerging future reality
By what is actually happening, not on what we think should be happening
"Everything you experience is data. You know that as a coach, you know that as a leader. In a relationship, when you work with a group, everything you experience is data about the situation, about the relationship, about the group, about what's happening."
4D mapping includes traditional stakeholder mapping methods, but also three roles that relate three other dimensions – the ecological, social and spiritual divides.
The ecological dimension, the social dimension, and the spiritual dimension
So, how do you bring these dimensions into stakeholder mapping?
Ecological – that is Mother Nature, it's the planetary dimension
Social – that's the marginalised groups, those who aren't typically the decision makers
Spiritual – that's the voice of the future, children, or aspirations of a country
You can only map the system if you take every dimension into account:
"We not only face industry transformation in the traditional way, but we face a planetary emergency, we face a situation of social disruption which will significantly change the context of business."
But the spiritual divide, says Otto, is the one thing that routinely gets ignored:
"If I have learned anything in the past two decades of doing this work, it is that the only way of addressing the challenges we face collectively, not only on the level of institutions or industries, but really also society, is by integrating these three aspects."
"As a leader, what you do is you evolve ever more conscious and awareness approaches to shift the inner place that you operate in, in order to be more effective."
You can't force a plant to grow faster, says Otto. All you can do is improve the quality of the soil. The same is true with organisations. You can't force practical results and change, you can only work on the quality of relationships between individuals and teams to encourage improvement:
"You need to create these areas and arenas of collaboration and co-creation, that's the only way we can move forward. Increase the areas of collaboration, co-creation, in a context where these toxic social fields that have to do with the mind, heart, will, are ever more amplified."
As a leader, says Otto, you need to develop the capacity to transform these patterns of behaviour from dysfunctional to functional. And you do that by improving the quality of the soil i.e. improving the quality of relationships:
"That's where my passion is. How to create spaces, learning spaces that allow us as individuals to access our own experience on a deeper level, and where we see how what we do and how we pay attention to a situation has a direct impact on what's happening in a system."
The only way big change happens in society, observes Otto, is through movements. And the only way movement happens is if you enable infrastructures to go deeper. In the old days, these infrastructures were the churches i.e. for the civil rights movement.
"Today we need these enabling infrastructures, and often they are not there. And it often has to do with small groups and practices of people spending time together and accessing their deeper aspiration for change. But they often don't have dedicated attention because we are missing these enabling spaces."
Therefore what the world needs most right now is the space to realign attention and intention on the level of the whole.
"In principle, the future that we are working towards we don't need to plan that out. It's already there, it's seeds. But what's not there is spaces that put the attention on the seeds in a way that would really help them to grow."
If the talk resonates with you, we'd recommend you listen to this episode too: https://corporateunplugged.com/simon-sinek/


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Ely Standard > News > Health
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warning against employers despite fall in Ely workplace injuries
Andrew Papworth
Published: 9:33 AM November 18, 2010 Updated: 11:26 AM November 1, 2020
URGENT improvements are still needed in employee health and safety despite a dramatic fall in the number of workplace injuries in Ely.
Major injuries in East Cambridgeshire fell from 61 last year to 48 in 2009/2010.
The district also recorded 20 fewer less serious injuries but Health and Safety Executive (HSE) chairman Judith Hackitt warned: "Every statistic represents an individual or a family which is now suffering as a result of health and safety failings at work.
"These statistics remind us yet again of the significant gains which are yet to be made in reducing the harm caused to people's health by work.
"We know what good practice looks like but there remain significant areas of poor practice which still result in serious harm to people at work."
Heather Bryant, regional director for the HSE in the East of England, which covers Ely, said the figures are "a step in the right direction".
"Conversely these figures show there are still numerous cases where the health and safety of workers is still not being taken seriously," she added.
"It is not trivia. Employers have a legal duty to protect their employees. Health and safety needs to be at the very heart of the business and not seen as an add-on, tick-box exercise at best or an unnecessary burden at worst."
Prosecutions include action against EPR Ely Ltd, in Sutton, for health and safety failings earlier this month, when worker Gary Darnell was crushed to death by a falling bale of straw.
Ms Bryant added: "We will continue to target those who fail to meet the standards that employees have a right to expect and put people at real risk."
Earlier this year St John Ambulance called for more employees to become health and safety experts in rural parts of Cambridgeshire.
With many small and medium-sized businesses in the area, training co-ordinator David Cunningham warned: "These organisations often do not have the budget to employ a full-time health and safety officer.
"In these situations, the owners of the company need to have a basic knowledge about the minefield that is health and safety."


Is Patrick Stewart returning to the X-Men movie universe?
20th Century Fox has already announced its intentions to release X-Men: Days of Future Past on July 18, 2014. With a hard deadline set, plans are rapidly proceeding for director Matthew Vaughn and most, if not all, of the cast from X-Men: First Class to assemble early next year on a soundstage, somewhere.
But will there be a cast member from the first trilogy of X-Men movies appearing in Days of Future Past? Will the time-bending storyline for the X-Men prequel sequel feature two different actors playing Professor X?
This may be a sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
Sony Pictures Animation wants to mine the long-since forgotten vaults of NBC television for a possible new feature film based on the camp show Manimal.
When you're a journalist and presented an opportunity to interview a celebrity out to promote their latest creative effort, but you know that there's a different future project they're working on that will get eyeballs to your story, you have to walk a fine line. Your primary mission is to talk about their latest effort, even if it's not of the same level of interest as the celebrity's Project B, but you also need to insert a question or two about that other thing that they've got going. I've been there myself a few times and it's always a weird problem to navigate.
Will Viggo Mortensen show up as Dr. Strange in Thor 2?
The latest rumor du jour concerning a Marvel movie has to do with their sorcerer supreme showing up in Thor: The Dark World. If you read between the lines of what someone on Twitter is saying, the magician known as Dr. Strange will appear in the next Thor movie.
If true, such a move would set the stage for Strange to get his own spinoff film at a future date.
Playing the role of a mortician for the summer 2012 movie season, I can't help but get some red on myself. And maybe there's more of it than usual, but that's only because when you try and find out what why some movies were good and others terrible, you can't help but get a little messy.
With the passing of Labor Day, I can say that the summer movie season of 2012 has come and gone. Now comes the time to examine what this summer season meant to us, the movie lovers, and to Hollywood, the ones that profited (or not) from the films.
For this endeavor I don't want to look too closely at the creative stamp of a movie as judging whether a movie is good or bad for you is subjective and entirely personal. Instead, I want to cast a stronger eye towards the box office results and try to augur what it means for us. Will we see a sequel, or has a profitable movie made enough of a dent in the zeitgeist that we'll get to see a bunch of copycats in two years time? That's the sort of thing that I'm interested in with my analysis.
Call it official: The Dark Knight Rises has now earned more money at theaters than its predecessor, The Dark Knight. This weekend TDKR netted enough to push its worldwide gross to $1.005 billion dollars, $3 million dollars over the 2008 gross of The Dark Knight's $1.003 billion.
Of course, ticket prices have gone up in the four years since the release of The Dark Knight, and more screens are playing the IMAX versions of The Dark Knight Rises, further raising ticket prices.
Paramount Pictures decided to officially announced the start of filming on its Jack Ryan movie by releasing a photo of its star, Chris Pine, riding a motorcycle in the streets of New York.
Also starring in the picture is Keira Knightly as Jack's love interest, Cathy; Kevin Costner as Ryan's mentor; and Branagh himself as the picture's villain.
The mega-popular children's fantasy book Dragonology is now in development as a feature film. Universal Pictures is the cinematic home to the adaptation, with Star Trek screenwriters/producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci producing the movie.
First published in 2003, Dragonology postulates that the flying reptiles are real and subject to classification. The tome is part narrative, part zoological adventure as a team of "dragonologists" circle the globe classifying the beasts and their abilities, as well as gathering intelligence on an association that wants to harness the power of dragons to dominate the planet.
When Lucasfilm released Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in post-converted 3D last winter, it only managed to earn $43 million dollars domestically. Perhaps audiences weren't all that interested in seeing a 13-year old movie in theaters again, or the foul reputation that Episode I has accumulated over time sullied the brand. In any case, that's now stopping the company from continuing to 3D-ize the remaining two movies in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and release then into theaters.
The Expendables 2 held on to the top position at the box office for a second straight weekend. With a new weekend haul of $13.5 million dollars, Sylvester Stallone's new action franchise has earned $52.3m domestically. Things look good for The Expendables 3 to happen a couple of years from now.


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Federal prosecutions of white-collar crime are now at a twenty-year low.
In the years since the mortgage crisis of 2008, it has become common to observe that certain financial institutions and other large corporations may be "too big to jail." The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which investigated the causes of the meltdown, concluded that the mortgage-lending industry was rife with "predatory and fraudulent practices." In 2011, Ray Brescia, a professor at Albany Law School who had studied foreclosure procedures, told Reuters, "I think it's difficult to find a fraud of this size . . . in U.S. history." Yet federal prosecutors filed no criminal indictments against major banks or senior bankers related to the mortgage crisis. Even when the authorities uncovered less esoteric, easier-to-prosecute crimes—such as those committed by HSBC—they routinely declined to press charges.
This regime, in which corporate executives have essentially been granted immunity, is relatively new. After the savings-and-loan crisis of the nineteen-eighties, prosecutors convicted nearly nine hundred people, and the chief executives of several banks went to jail. When Rudy Giuliani was the top federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, he liked to march financiers off the trading floor in handcuffs. If the rules applied to mobsters like Fat Tony Salerno, Giuliani once observed, they should apply "to big shots at Goldman Sachs, too." As recently as 2006, when Enron imploded, such titans as Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay were convicted of conspiracy and fraud.
One morning in February, 1975, a fifty-three-year-old businessman named Eli Black took the elevator to the forty-fourth floor of the Pan Am Building, in Manhattan. When he was alone in his corner office, Black slammed his attaché case into one of the big windows overlooking the city until the glass broke. Then he jumped out. Black was the chairman of United Brands, a multibillion-dollar conglomerate. After his death, friends speculated that he had been working too hard, but an alert investigator at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Stanley Sporkin, grew suspicious, noting that people don't just "drop out of windows for no reason." Black, it emerged, had become embroiled in a bribery scheme. United Brands owned Chiquita, and in exchange for a reduction of the export tax on bananas Black had authorized a two-and-a-half-million-dollar bribe to the President of Honduras.
"White-collar crime," in the definition of the sociologist who coined the term in the nineteen-thirties, is "committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." Eli Black fit the criteria. But he was dead. Sporkin, determined to secure justice, enlisted a young federal prosecutor in New York, Jed Rakoff, who devised a clever work-around: charge the whole company. Under U.S. law, it was technically possible to hold a company responsible for the actions of a single employee.
With their inventive legal minds and their tenacious pursuit of malefactors, Sporkin and Rakoff are two of the heroes in Eisinger's deeply reported account. United Brands ended up pleading guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud, and though it got off with a token fine of fifteen thousand dollars, Congress later cited the case when it passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, in 1977. Before the United Brands scandal, prosecutors tended to go after white-collar crimes by indicting the executives who committed them; now they charged the firms themselves. But the notion of prosecuting a corporation raises a number of tricky questions. A company, as an eighteenth-century British jurist once remarked, has "no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked." Corporations can own property, sue people and be sued, even assert First Amendment rights. But you can't put a corporation in jail. So you impose a fine. The trouble is that the employees responsible don't pay the fine: if the company is publicly traded, the shareholders do. These individuals may have benefitted from the felonious conduct if it inflated the value of their stock, but they are innocent of any crime.
The very conception of the modern corporation is that it limits individual liability. Yet, in the decades after the United Brands case, prosecutors often pursued both errant executives and the companies they worked for. When the investment firm Drexel Burnham Lambert was suspected of engaging in stock manipulation and insider trading, in the nineteen-eighties, prosecutors levelled charges not just against financiers at the firm, including Michael Milken, but also against the firm itself. (Drexel Burnham pleaded guilty, and eventually shut down.) After the immense fraud at Enron was exposed, federal authorities pursued its accounting company, Arthur Andersen, for helping to cook the books. Arthur Andersen executives, desperate to cover their tracks, deleted tens of thousands of e-mails and shredded documents by the ton. In 2002, Arthur Andersen was convicted of obstruction of justice, and lost its accounting license. The corporation, which had tens of thousands of employees, was effectively put out of business.
Prosecutors came to rely instead on a type of deal, known as a deferred-prosecution agreement, in which the company would acknowledge wrongdoing, pay a fine, and pledge to improve its corporate culture. From 2002 to 2016, the Department of Justice entered into more than four hundred of these arrangements. Having spent a trillion dollars to bail out the banks in 2008 and 2009, the federal government may have been loath to jeopardize the fortunes of those banks by prosecuting them just a few years later.
But fears of collateral consequences also inhibited the administration of justice in more run-of-the-mill instances of criminal money laundering. Some officials in the Department of Justice wanted to indict HSBC, according to e-mails unearthed by a subsequent congressional investigation. But Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer warned U.S. authorities that a prosecution could lead to "very serious implications for financial and economic stability." HSBC was granted a deferred-prosecution agreement.
Numerous explanations have been offered for the failure of the Obama Justice Department to hold the big banks accountable: corporate lobbying in Washington, appeals-court rulings that tightened the definitions of certain types of corporate crime, the redirecting of investigative resources after 9/11. But Eisinger homes in on a subtler factor: the professional psychology of élite federal prosecutors. "The Chickenshit Club" is about a specific vocational temperament. When James Comey took over as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in 2002, Eisinger tells us, he summoned his young prosecutors for a pep talk. For graduates of top law schools, a job as a federal prosecutor is a brass ring, and the Southern District of New York, which has jurisdiction over Wall Street, is the most selective office of them all. Addressing this ferociously competitive cohort, Comey asked, "Who here has never had an acquittal or a hung jury?" Several go-getters, proud of their unblemished records, raised their hands.
Most people who go to law school are risk-averse types. With their unalloyed drive to excel, the élite young attorneys who ascend to the Southern District have a lifetime of good grades to show for it. Once they become prosecutors, they are invested with extraordinary powers. In a world of limited public resources and unlimited wrongdoing, prosecutors make decisions every day about who should be charged and tried, who should be allowed to plead, and who should be let go. This is the front line of criminal justice, and decisions are made unilaterally, with no review by a judge. Even in the American system of checks and balances, there are few fetters on a prosecutor's discretion. A perfect record of convictions and guilty pleas might signal simply that you're a crackerjack attorney. But, as Comey implied, it could also mean that you're taking only those cases you're sure you'll win—the lawyerly equivalent of enrolling in a gut class for the easy A.
You might suppose that the glory of convicting a blue-chip C.E.O. would be irresistible. But taking such a case to trial entails serious risk. In contemporary corporations, the decision-making process is so diffuse that it can be difficult to establish criminal culpability beyond a reasonable doubt. In the United Brands case, Eli Black directly authorized the bribe, but these days the precise author of corporate wrongdoing is seldom so clear. Even after a provision in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, of 2002, began requiring C.E.O.s and C.F.O.s to certify the accuracy of corporate financial reports, few executives were charged with violating the law, because the companies threw up a thicket of subcertifications to buffer accountability.
As Samuel Buell, who helped prosecute the Enron and Andersen cases and is now a law professor at Duke, points out in his recent book, "Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America's Corporate Age," an executive's claim that he believed he was following the rules often poses "a severe, even disabling, obstacle to prosecution." That is doubly so in instances where the alleged crime is abstruse. Even the professionals who bought and sold the dodgy mortgage-backed instruments that led to the financial crisis often didn't understand exactly how they worked. How do you explicate such transactions—and prove criminal intent—to a jury?
Even with an airtight case, going to trial is always a gamble. Lose a white-collar criminal trial and you become a symbol of prosecutorial overreach. You might even set back the cause of corporate accountability. Plus, you'll have a ding on your record. Eisinger quotes one of Lanny Breuer's deputies in Washington telling a prosecutor, "If you lose this case, Lanny will have egg on his face." Such fears can deter the most ambitious and scrupulous of young attorneys.
White-collar crime is not the only area in which prosecutors show reluctance to risk a trial. By the time Comey issued his Chickenshit Club admonition, a deeper shift in the administration of justice was already under way. Faced with the challenges of entrusting any criminal case to a jury, prosecutors were increasingly skipping trial altogether, negotiating a plea bargain instead. With the introduction of stiff sentencing guidelines, prosecutors routinely "up charged" crimes, requesting maximal prison sentences in the event of a conviction at trial.
The criminal trial is increasingly becoming a relic. More than ninety-five per cent of all criminal cases at both the state and the federal level are now resolved in plea bargains. A recent article in the Times described vacant courtrooms, out-of-work stenographers, and New York judges who can go a year or more without hearing a single criminal case. It may be no accident that the vanishing of the criminal trial has coincided with Eisinger's story of vanishing corporate accountability. Presenting a case to a jury is a skill, and prosecutors now have fewer opportunities to hone it. The less adept you are in the courtroom, the more intimidated you will be by the prospect of going to trial, making you more likely to opt for a plea agreement instead.
This phenomenon has broader societal consequences. As John Pfaff demonstrates in his recent book, "Locked In," one grave result of the tremendous leverage that prosecutors exert is the rise of mass incarceration. As judges and juries are written out of the criminal-justice equation, an awful paradox has emerged: the poor sign plea bargains and go to jail; the privileged sign deferred-prosecution agreements and avoid it.
This is a curious state of affairs, given that the notion of deferring criminal prosecution was originally introduced to benefit individuals, not corporations. During the nineteen-sixties, pilot programs in New York and Washington, D.C., demonstrated that when charges were suspended for ninety days, so that low-income defendants who had been arrested for nonviolent crimes could obtain counselling and job-placement services, offenders often turned their lives around to a point where the charges were dropped. This approach was both humane and efficient, in that it diverted people from the costly prison system. Among those who completed the program, few were arrested again. In 1974, following the success of such initiatives, the deferred-prosecution agreement was incorporated into federal law.
It is a pernicious irony that a progressive legal instrument designed to help working-class defendants stay out of jail has been repurposed as a vehicle for facilitating corporate impunity. As the federal judge Emmet Sullivan noted in 2015, "Drug conspiracy defendants are no less deserving of a second chance than bribery conspiracy defendants." Yet these days the Department of Justice seldom offers this form of clemency to the kinds of individuals for whom the practice was conceived.
Perhaps, as Eric Holder has argued, there is simply more at stake when the defendant is a major bank. But what about the collateral consequences of showing less mercy when prosecuting low-income individuals? When you charge someone with a felony and send him to prison, the repercussions radiate outward, through his family and his community. Nearly three million American children have a parent in prison. According to the Rutgers criminologist Todd Clear, low-income neighborhoods in which a large proportion of the population cycles in and out of confinement experience greater familial dysfunction, warped labor markets, and a general lack of "mental and physical health." Entire communities bear the brunt of our zealous approach to less rarefied varieties of crime. Prosecutors and judges seldom regard those collateral costs as a rationale for leniency.
One day in the nineteen-sixties, the economist Gary Becker was late for an appointment, and parked on the street illegally, rather than pay for a garage. Calculating the cost of a potential ticket against the likelihood that he would get one, Becker chose to take the risk. He didn't get a ticket, and from that experience he extrapolated the insight that "criminal behavior is rational": people who commit crimes often do so after weighing the relevant variables and deciding that the potential benefits outweigh the potential costs. Not everyone agrees with Becker's thesis, but it holds a certain allure, because if crime is rational, then it should, at least in theory, be deterrable.
The failure to prosecute white-collar executives might be more justifiable if there were any indication that fines and deferred-prosecution agreements deterred corporate wrongdoing. The evidence, however, is not promising. Pfizer has been hit with three successive deferred-prosecution agreements, for illegal marketing, bribing doctors, and other crimes. On each occasion, the company paid a substantial fine and pledged to change—then returned to the same type of behavior. You might think that the price for flouting a deferred-prosecution agreement would be prosecution. But after offering Pfizer a second chance, only to have misconduct continue, the government was apparently happy to offer a third.
In recent years, the Department of Justice, sensitive to criticism of its kid-glove approach to corporations, did actually indict a string of banks, including Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, J. P. Morgan, and Barclays. The banks pleaded guilty and, despite all the alarmism about "collateral consequences," they all stayed in business, and there were no major shocks to the global economy.
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It seems that St. Lucia Stars are finding it hard to come out of the "losing hole" that they have dug for themselves throughout the course of the 2017 Caribbean Premier League, as in today's 14th Match showing, they gave away an incredible lead to again hand victory over to their opponents—this time in the form of the Jamaica Tallawahs, and thus losing for the sixth time in a row.
It was a most jawdropping realization: that the Stars could have come so far into the hallway of victory and then be told they were not allowed to go enter through its doors; but such was to be the harsh reality for them, as Jamaica Tallawahs found fifth gear and sped up their efforts in fine fashion when they were told they needed 40 runs off of just three overs. To the average team, this feat would have been deemed impossible, but Jamaica Tallawahs have been resonating a newfound confidence in this year's installment of the CPL, standing up to any challenge and finding a way to win.
Perhaps St. Lucia Stars would have done well not to relax as much as they did after having set a target of 174, and managing to rein in the openers that had tried their hand at presenting a challenge; but then Mitchell McClenaghan committed the ultimate offense of letting loose 20 runs throughout his over, leading to an opening of the floodgates for the Tallawahs, who crept in at the very sight of the gap.
The spellbounding showman, Andre McCarthy, was unshakeable in his mission to move his team forward under the pressure of the few remaining overs, as he paid no respect to any of the Stars' bowling efforts, knocking away six after boundary after six, and ending unbeaten with 84 off 53 balls. He was ably supported by Imad Wasim and Rovman Powell, who anchored his brave batting exhibitions with steady partnerships.
The future for the Stars looks dim as it concerns advancement throughout this tournament. Their performance today was a vast improvement, as they set the atmosphere for a strong win, but allowed it to fall through the cracks when the Tallawahs managed to stage an effective uprising and turn things in their favour. St. Lucia Stars would do well to summon the will to not crack under even unforeseen pressure, so that a win can finally be cultivated and secured to the end for them.


…is on the Florence's hills with a breathtaking view, is situated in Florence, at the foot of the hill of Fiesole, in one of the most quiet, suggestive and exclusive areas in town.
Immersed in nature, among the olive trees and the cypresses, equipped with a swimming pool, the Villa boasts breathtaking views on Florence and the surrounding hills. Ideal for those who seek tranquility, comfort and privacy.
The position of our B&B in Florence is unique – just a few bus stops away from the historical city-centre (10 minutes) and from the surrounding countryside – which also makes it a privileged destination for museums, shopping and wine and food itineraries lovers.
Villa Jacopone has 4 prestigious suites (45/50 mq). Among these, three are situated on the first floor (all with independent access and panoramic terrace overlooking Florence), whereas the fourth one is at garden level, overlooking the swimming pool. Every suite has a spacious living room fitted with every comfort, kitchenette, spacious double room, marble-clad bathroom with frescoes.
You can reach Florence by plane, train or by car. Villa Jacopone is equipped with a large indoor parking for its guests.
Paolo and Viviana, the owners, also live in the villa, and they are at the guests beck and call. The rare care and courtesy, the love for their Florence and Tuscany, together with the experience grown with the Villa Viviana B&B on the Versilia coast – now belonging to their children – are their distinguishing feature and make them two incomparable hosts.
Villa Jacopone, charming bed and breakfast in Florence, is without a doubt an ideal stay for lovers of tranquility, comfort and privacy. Guest will be welcomed by Viviana, the host, history-of-art lover and eager traveller, she is the one who looks after the hearth of a unique villa, of rare beauty and with an impeccable service.
Villa Jacopone Charming Residence has 4 prestigious suites: "Leonardo???, "Galileo???, "Botticelli??? and "Michelangelo???, all with independent access in a context of total privacy.
All suites are very spacious (45-50 sqm.), Bright and welcoming with views of Florence / Fiesole. Each is characterized in general by: sleeping area (bedroom with double bed, bathroom with bath or shower) and living area with sofa bed and kitchenette.
Their furniture, in typical Florentine style, has been particularly using natural woods for furniture and plant tissues for curtains, both worked and sewn by skilled local artisans, resulting in guest convey warm and welcoming atmosphere since first impact.
For baths it was kept the Florentine style decorating the stucco walls with typical floral scenes of Tuscan gardens. To-ceiling paintings and prints from the various corners of the globe and the antique Persian carpets floors, all collected in numerous trips abroad, to give guests a warm welcome!
There, in addition to the need for the equipment of the board, cookware, kitchen utensils, espresso machine and related waffles, various types of tea and herbal tea, kettle and toaster. Also everything you need for an excellent and abundant American breakfast,to be prepared per hour and more acceptable to be eaten inside or outside the suites enjoying the magnificent views of Florence.
All suites are equipped with heating and air-conditioning. Satellite color TV, internal telephone connected with the reception, small safe, wired and WiFi, and board games.
Villa Jacopone Charming Residence offers its guests, in addition to the prestigious suites, an accurate and beautiful garden with local and tropical ornamental plants and fruit trees, lemons and oranges for guests, a large swimming pool overlooking Florence, both equipped with sofas, armchairs, sunbeds, umbrellas and towels in natural cotton.
Garage / parking available free of charge.
It started many years ago in London. Viviana had gone to study English, so did Paul, a new mathematician. There fate has made them meet and fall in love, and since then they still live together.
Paolo has built his career as a company director, which has taken him all over the world and developed his innate flair for international relations as well as fulfilling his love of travelling, history of art and ancient civilisations.
Based on these attributes, Paolo and Viviana started a B&B, Villa Viviana, on the typically Tuscan coast of Versilia, in their big family house. The business is now carried on by the children who, with equal enthusiasm and warmth, devote themselves to their customers, new and regular alike.
Some time ago, they made the decision to go back and live in Florence, a city much loved by Paolo since his youth and which has been in Viviana's heart ever since her first visit when she was 18. The aim was to find a residence that was big enough to house the family and to welcome travellers coming from other countries, wanting to visit the city and its surroundings.
The idea became reality with the splendid villa found in Florence, at the foot of the hills of Fiesole. A residence boasting breathtaking views, a place of unique beauty, bathed in light and greenery, with gardens and a pool, later painstakingly and elegantly restored to combine comfort, class and hospitality. Framing the villa, as in a painting by Ottone Rosai, are low walls, cypress and olive trees, a silent escape a few bus stops away from Piazza della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio.
The two youngsters of those days have now grown a little older, but they still possess the same bags of energy to live and to share the pleasure of hospitality. In their wonderful Relais Jacopone, with care and courtesy that is hard to find, they welcome new guests, ready to spoil them and make them feel home, so that their stay, however brief, may become a memory that they will never forget.
15 minutes from Railway station Florence S.M.N.
Relais Jacopone is situated at the foot of the hill of Fiesole, in Florence's most exclusive area, flaunting a breathtaking view on the most famous monuments of the Italian Renaissance, surrounded by nature and silence, for the utmost privacy experience.
The uniqueness of Relais Jacopone lies in the fact that it can offer its guests a place for relaxation, wellness besides being extremely romantic with its Tuscan-style garden and its crystal clear pool, everything is only a few bus-stops away from the historical city-centre, with all its shops and amenities.
Moreover, from Relas Jacopone, you can easily walk to (about 10 minutes) the European University in San Domenico, European cultural centre of great prestige. Also at walking distance is the superb Fiesole with its renowned Etruscan and Roman remains.
From Santa Maria Novella railway station take bus no. 1 (towards Salviati FS)-get off at the Luca Giordano stop – wait for bus no. 7 (to Fiesole) – get off at the San Domenico 07 stop – 50 metres ahead, on the left you'll find the private road Via Jacopone -carry on (300 m) to no. 38 – Press the "Villa Jacopone??? bell and you'll be greeted with a warm welcome!
At Florence Airport take a taxi (25-30 euro) or bus no. 62 to Santa Maria Novella railway station then follow the directions as per "by train???.
From the A1 motorway, take one of the Florence exits and head towards "CENTRO/FIESOLE???. Once you've reached Piazza Edison, follow the directions as per "by train???.


Over the course of her history, 90007 has sported 3 different nameplates as well having 4 livery variations dating back to when the loco was new.
In the early 2000's, the 90 transferred to the Great Eastern region in order to replace the then aging class 86s.
In freezing wintry conditions on this cold December afternoon, 90007 pauses at Chelmsford with the late running 14:30 service from Norwich bound for London Liverpool Street (1p45).
This is another shot of 90007 at Ingatestone this time against the platforms DOO mirror looking towards Shenfield. Interesting to see the old style signal box in the background which is there for the level crossing.
As new with non-modified headlights and looking rather clean in the iconic Intercity livery, 90007 stands in the stabling sidings at London Euston awaiting her next revenue departure.
This is a shot of 90007 taken at Norwich station after arriving with the 08:00 Intercity express service (1p10) from London Liverpool Street. In the background DBS loco 90024 awaits departure with 1p27 to London.
Owing to planned engineering work services from Norwich were making extra stops at Ingatestone. Here we see 90007 pause with the 09:00 service from Norwich (1p23), which continued to Shenfield where she terminated.
In her Virgin Trains colourscheme and not long since it had transferred from West Coast operations, here we see 90007 at Norwich station with an ecs movement from Crown Point depot.


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University with 260-year history trains doctors of the future
10 Oct 2018 in 17:30 By Vestnik Kavkaza
This year, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University celebrates its 260th anniversary. At various times, Nikolay Pirogov, Nikolay Sklifosovsky, Ivan Sechenov, Sergey Botkin worked here. Anton Chekhov and many others received their education here.
"Our history has started in 1758, since the establishment of the medical faculty at the Imperial University. We went through all the steps - it was a medical institute in 1930, then became the Moscow Medical Academy, and in 2010 our university received a high status - Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Outstanding scientists, organizers, and specialists who lead scientific schools continue these traditions in our days - Professor Leo Bokeria, who heads the cardiac surgery school, Nikolay Yakhno heads the school of neuropathologists; the therapeutic school is headed by Yury Belenkov," University rector Petr Glybochko says.
According to him, the university has done a lot for public health for 260 years, traditions are transmitted from generation to generation, but many new things have appeared: "Such areas as simulation education, distance education, a system of continuing medical education have been introduced; the Institute of electronic medical education was established, which enables our students to acquire good knowledge and practical skills."
At the end of 2015, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University - the only medical university of the country - joined the '5-100' project to improve the competitiveness of leading Russian universities among the world's leading research and education centers. The goal of the project was to maximize the competitive position of a group of leading Russian universities in the global research and education market. "Due to the fact that we joined the '5-100' project, our university was recognized at the world level for the first time in our history. We entered all international rankings - Times Higher Education, QS, BRICS and so on ... Today we have 3.5 thousands of foreign students from 80 countries. A branch has been opened in Azerbaijan, which is very active today. The Association of Sechenov University Alumni Association has been established," Petr Glybochko says.
According to him, the university is developing a science and technology biomedical park, which will enable the creation of new drugs and biobased products, and these developments can be used in the clinical center. "The clinical center is our pride. Today, we have 3.5 thousand beds there - this is one of the largest and well-equipped clinical centers at European universities. High-tech medical operations are carried out here, which makes it possible to conduct various scientific researches and apply them in clinical practice. The Science and Technology Park for Biomedicine consists of several institutes - the Institute of Molecular Medicine, the Institute of Regenerative Medicine, the Institute of Translational Medicine, the Institute of Personalized Medicine. The Institute of Bionic Technologies and Engineering was established, which makes it possible to implement the ideas of medical scientists with the involvement of physicists and mathematicians. This is very important. We are moving in a direction where a university is life science with new directions will be formed. New doctors will be trained and educated in these institutions - doctors of the future," the rector is convinced.
Director of the Science and Technology Park for Biomedicine Denis Butnaru emphasized that there is a special department in the park - the Center for Commercialization of Technologies - which helps to ensure that research and development reach patients, final consumers. "One of the topical examples: the Institute of Molecular Medicine has developed a drug for the treatment of celiac disease. We are entering the international level, an international patent is being developed for a celiac disease drug" Butnaru said.
The 'Medicine of the Future' school was opened this year within the Park for Biomedicine. "We call it the 'elite training zone', because the best students of our university are trained here, they are selected on the basis of the highest Unified State Exam score and English language skills, which is the international language of science. The students working here are into research activities. After 5-6 years they can master additional educational programs, the so-called professions of the future - molecular nutritionist, tissue engineer, IT physician. These professions of the future unite the competences of graduates from various universities, graduating experts who knows genetic analysis and nutrition. Such a specialist is able to chose a proper diet, after assessing the genetic characteristics of the individual patient, which will treat him on a personal, genetic level."
Denis Butnaru stressed that the Park for Biomedicine works on the principle of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity: "We are at the intersection of biological sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics. This year the Institute of Bionic Technologies and Engineering Research was opened. All these areas are covered with the Park for Biomedicine's paradigm umbrella - a lifelong personalized health management. That is, all research activities of the Park for Biomedicine's institutions are aimed at helping the patient from the moment of planned conception and to a zone of longevity."
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One of the things that really struck me in moving over here was the whole low cost travel thing – you know the pay £20 to fight the hoards to get to a(n unallocated) seat only to find no room in the overhead compartments and a simply foul cup of coffee costs you an arm and a leg.
Bloody bonkas, I remember thinking, who would actually do this?
It would seem quite a lot (including me on the odd occasion).
Called The Skyrider, one literally 'saddles up' for the duration of their inflight tenancy and enjoys just 23 inches of legroom – 7 inches LESS legroom than the average aircraft seat offers. That's shorter than 2 normal-sized rulers!
And apparently there's storage space….baaahaahaaa!
The seat…is like a saddle. Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle.
Yeah right! I usually leave my chaps and spurs at home and anyway, have you seen the way those cowboys walk?
Never say never…but really, would you pay for this?
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In the U.S.A., too, the movement is towards coach seats that don't recline so that the airlines can squeeze rows closer together. No-recline Airbus A320s have 178 seats compared with 150 seats on the regular A320s. But the planes with more seats have the same number of overhead bins. More people therefore have to check on their bags–and pay for this. Soon they'll have to pay fees for carry-ons as well, with one of the airlines over here announcing it intends to charge up to $45 per passenger. This is despite consumer outrage, Congressional scorn (a bill has now been introduced in Congress to outlaw carry-on baggage fees), and federal investigation into whether airlines are properly disclosing their fees to consumers.
I abhor all of these trends that make life so much harder for us travelers, but I suppose in the airlines' defense, it's a tough business. Apparently, these baggage fees have become crucial to their bottom lines, dating from when the industry faced the double whammy of recession and high oil prices.
VM – I flew Ryanair once…because I had to (work made me…bad, bad work!) It was like flying inside a bullet.
Kate – what can I say? Def. the quip of the week!
Why all those seats? There's only one cowboy in Ryanair.
I saw this in the metro today and was gobsmacked. I think there is a limit to the lack of comfort I will accept, even for a 1 hour flight. And this goes beyond it.


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Anne Helin (* 28. Januar 1987 in Helsinki) ist eine ehemalige finnische Eishockeyspielerin, die zuletzt bei Kärpät Oulu in der Naisten SM-sarja unter Vertrag stand.

Karriere
Anne Helin begann ihre Karriere bei Karhu-Kissat in ihrer Heimatstadt. Im Juniorenbereich spielte sie neben Eishockey auch Fußball und Bandy. Für Karhu-Kissat debütierte sie im Alter von 12 Jahren in der höchsten Eishockey-Spielklasse Finnlands, der Naisten SM-sarja. Später wechselte sie innerhalb Helsinkis zu Itä-Helsingin Kiekko (IHK Helsinki).

Ab 2007 spielte sie für Kärpät Oulu in der SM-sarja und wurde dabei 2008 und 2009 in das All-Star-Team der Liga gewählt. 2011 erhielt sie die Auszeichnung als beste Spielerin der Saison und war oft unter den besten Torschützen der Liga zu finden. 2013 beendete sie ihre Karriere.

International

Anne Helin gehörte ab 2008 zum Kader der finnischen Nationalmannschaft und gewann mit dieser bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2008, 2009 und 2011 die Bronzemedaille. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen in Vancouver 2010 gewann sie ebenfalls die Bronzemedaille.

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Eishockeynationalspieler (Finnland)
Eishockeyspieler (Oulun Kärpät)
Eishockeyspieler (IHK Helsinki)
Eishockeyspieler (Karhu-Kissat)
Olympiateilnehmer (Finnland)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2010
Universiadeteilnehmer (Finnland)
Teilnehmer der Winter-Universiade 2011
Geboren 1987
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Finne