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Deep Thoughts on: Identity (Part 2a – Narrative)
Posted By: F. Roe on 14th November 2014 under Deep thoughts, Our thoughts
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In the last post I suggested a method of approaching organisational identity that divides the concept into a series of interrelated 'Facets'. I would not go as far as to say these three Facets are wholly sufficient to explain the concept, but I do believe that we would struggle to get a handle on the concept without reference to these three:
I.	Present Engagement: Your purpose, values, employee and customer views, and the unique way in which these interact. The way in which you are presently engaging with and receptive to the world. Concerned with present instantiation of brand.
II.	Narrative: The story that your organisation has written and continues to write for itself. Without reference to the past, generating any notion of identity seems empty, and much of a brand's strength lies in its history.
III.	Projection: Future goals and desires for the organisation. Natural evolution as well as intelligent planning will be a part of any successful organisation and will invariably impact on identity in a number of ways.
I think these are clearly individually significant, and each is worthy of consideration. However, taking one without reference to the other two is not just of limited value, it is practically impossible. Such is the interestedness of these Facets. I thus wish to avoid assigning arbitrary favour to any one of these, for their individual value is practically indeterminable, but I feel our enquiry could best be started by a reflection on Narrative.
The Narrative of an organisation charts its 'life'. It is concerned with telling a story, and that story will very often be a composite of fact and fiction. Invariably, that 'First Idea' behind the organisation itself, in part at least, heavily influences the subsequent Narrative. Whether a collection of abstract thoughts or desires, or a discussion about 'what the world needs', at some point there is this First Idea. This arguably marks the start of that organisation's Narrative; it is the pen that puts ink to paper, as it were.
As an organisation evolves, different owners, CEOs etc. will have different Ideas to contribute. These must be well articulated and justified, and not incompatible with the First Idea. An excellent example of this is the John Lewis Partnership, which has stayed true to those early notions of 'Employee Shareholding' and 'Partnership' laid down by Spedan Lewis. This was not the First Idea, but rather a development in thinking at the top of the organisation over a generation.
These Ideas seem to contain a formulation of the organisation's 'Purpose'; what it is for, what it sets out to do. This may change with time, and a by-product of narrative is that it enables an organisation to chart and explain its evolution. Changing socio-economic landscapes among other factors, can and will lead to an evolution in Purpose, but this need not sever the tie with evolving Ideology. Very often, that First Idea and the Ideas that follow it continue to influence an organisation's Purpose, and enable its identity to survive through evolution. I am not saying that we must embalm ourselves in history, but surely in order to understand and explain our present situation and our hopes for the future, we must be aware of what came before.
Narrative then is the story an organisation tells. This story is not just aimed at an external audience, but to those who contribute to its continued operation; its employees, its shareholders, its directors etc. An awareness of this narrative is just as important for the organisation itself as it is for those the organisation is trying to reach. Human beings are innate storytellers, and we weave these tales into everything that we produce. Organisations are no different, and in many ways, they are a product of narrative as much as they are a product of Ideas. Narrative, when properly understood and appreciated, enables an organisation to define and be defined by its Purpose, to remain consistent and provides the bedrock for its Identity.
F. Roe


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On November 16, 2017, the workshop devoted to the review of calls of the EU program on research and innovation Horizon 2020 for 2018-2020 was held in Kyiv.
The workshop was organized by Transport NCP (Kharkiv) together with European Research Infrastructures NCP (Kyiv), Security NCP (Kyiv) and Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy NCP (Odessa).
Thematic Work Programmes for 2018-2020, calls of joint initiatives in the transport area, rules of participation in calls were presented during the workshop. Also, the opportunities of Horizon 2020 projects RI-LINKS2UA, EaP PLUS, AERO-UA, BS-HORIZON, the EU tool for finding partners for the development of innovative activity, success stories, etc. were discussed.
43 representatives from various organizations: universities, research organizations, industry, small and medium businesses took part in the workshop.


Ed and Lisa Hinker of Sturgis, South Dakota, are Mustang enthusiasts—and that's putting it lightly. They've owned countless Mustangs (many of them of the Saleen variety) and number Steve Saleen among their personal friends. That said, the 2014 Saleen SA-30 Mustang seen here wasn't even a blip on Ed's radar when he began talking to Steve about building him a unique Mustang.
It wasn't just any car that he had his heart set on. Ed wanted his car to feature throwback cues like the rear seat delete with exposed spare tire. They also discussed painting the finished product gray.
After the ideas were set in motion, Ed tells us that they ran into more than one hiccup. A full glass roof was planned with "frost touch", but the glass kept wrinkling in production. The final product took about a year to build and was planned to debut at the Mustang's 50th Anniversary celebration in Charlotte, North Carolina, in April 2014. Not long before then, Ed got a call from Steve Saleen.
Ed was surprised but not at all put off by the news. It came to be that Steve had rolled Ed's ideas into the production of his Saleen SA-30 vehicles, which celebrated 30 years of Saleen and its racing heritage.
You see, only 30 Saleen SA-30 vehicles were produced: 10 each of the Saleen 620 Camaro, the 570 Challenger, and of course the 302 Mustang. According to Ed, this particular SA-30 is unique in that it was the first one produced and the only one equipped with a rear seat delete and frost touch glass roof.
When Ed saw the car for the first time, he loved it, but he thought something was missing. "He took it back with him from Charlotte to add yellow piping on the seats to bring the exterior styling inside," says Ed.
Each SA-30 Mustang is equipped with a stock 302 with forged internals and a compression ratio of 10:1. A Saleen intake sits atop the 302 with a 88mm throttle-body. Saleen high-performance headers with 3-inch pipes carry exhaust away from the engine.
Of course, a Saleen wouldn't be complete without a supercharger. A Saleen Twin-Screw liquid-cooled supercharger producing 15 maximum pounds of boost powers the SA-30 to a cool 675 hp and 560 lb-ft of torque. Ed told us his Mustang has run a best quarter-mile time of 11.2 seconds at 121 mph.
A TR3650 six-speed transmission allows Ed to slam gears whenever the craving arises. A full Saleen S4 suspension keeps the Cooper tires glued to the ground in the corners.
The striking Tire Smoke Pearl White paint offset by yellow and gray accents sets the SA-30 apart. The Saleen five-spoke forged wheels are color-matched to the body—a stunning detail. Body modifications include Saleen aerodynamic body parts: a downforce wing, a butterfly induction hood, and ground effects.
Going back to the interior that Steve had rebooted for Ed, leather and alcantara two-tone performance seating with yellow piping really pops with the aforementioned rear seat delete (with exposed forged color-matched spare), Saleen billet aluminum brace, and frost touch glass roof.
Ed does venture out to the Sturgis Mustang Rally each year with a specimen from his collection—a show he convinced Steve to experience as well. Ed is one of the organizers of the huge show, which drew around 1,000 Mustangs last year and takes place during Labor Day weekend each year. And you just never know what incredible vehicle Ed will show up with next!
I was able to see this car first hand last year at the Sturgis Rally - it is quite impressive and the color is incredibly beautiful.
I would second that, saw the car at Carisle last year. Spoke with Ed for a little bit on the car. Very nice guy to meet.
Great looking car! Ed and Lisa are two great people!
Your main issue might be, there may have only been three of the announced ten produced. So, slim pickings.
May you send me the details of #9 offline? I would like to compare the build spec to the other known cars. Thanks.
#9 SA-30 is being auctioned next Thursday, March 15th.
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Although much attention has been paid to reading notes, so far we've spoken little of how to read rests.
Reading rests is actually very important. Rests determine the space between notes, so if you don't read the rests correctly, you also won't be reading the notes that precede or follow the rests correctly.
The good news is that there is a system of notating rests and each rhythm in this system corresponds exactly to a written note rhythm. So you do need to learn to recognize the rest symbols (and understand their value or duration), but you don't need to learn anything completely new.
Important tip: When reading or performing music, you must also perform the rests. Although the rest is silent, you can perform it accurately by vocalizing it softly under your breath, or by imagining it in your head, or tapping out its duration quietly.
After the first sixteenth note, rests are written as an eighth rest with an extra branch coming from the stem symbol signifying further subdivision. This is repeated infinitely.


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Newtown Anniversary
Reclaiming Joy, In Honor Of Newtown Victims
By By ALAINE GRIFFIN And JOSH KOVNER, agriffin@courant.com and jkovner@courant.com
The Hartford Courant |
Dec 13, 2013 | 10:15 AM
| NORWALK -
In Oyster Shell Park, where trucks on a recent November morning dropped crates of playground equipment as shovels hit the ground, 6-year-old Lauren Wyatt knelt and pressed her small hands mightily into a wet, gray slab of concrete.
Her handprint and the handprints of her parents, Cheyanne and Ben, were now preserved next to the words "With Love, From Allie," which a burly retired firefighter etched minutes earlier into the base of a new flagpole.
When Lauren lifted her hands from the spot that would mark the gateway to a playground built in memory of her sister, Allison Wyatt, a crowd of adults smiled and broke into applause as tears rolled down their cheeks.
Though Lauren will never get the chance to play here with her big sister Allie, countless children for years will climb, swing and slide at this playground and 25 others like it built by selfless volunteers in cities and towns across the region that have chosen to remember the 20 first-graders and six educators slain a year ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
At one time, it seemed impossible that the loved ones of those senselessly taken too soon would ever find joy again after that horrific day.
But then the idea of something as simple as a playground emerged, helping to restore the very things that were attacked on Dec. 14, 2012 – childhood, innocence and hope.
"I come here and I can't help but smile," Alissa Parker said on a recent crisp November morning in New London's Riverside Park where teams of volunteers descended on a tree-covered, sandy shelf overlooking the Thames River to build her daughter Emilie's playground.
Parker, with a camera slung around her neck, snapped photos of local schoolchildren handing out treats to volunteers – mostly firefighters bearing sticker photos of Emilie's smiling face on their bulky sweatshirts.
"I look so forward to being here and being a part of this. It's nothing but happiness for me," Parker said as Emilie's sisters, Madeline and Samantha, jumped up and down with excitement, their eyes fixed on the fun and colorful place named after their big sister.
"To honor our children by helping other children, you've really come full circle with the story," Parker said. "I love that you can take a tragedy and turn it into something beautiful, turn it into something that can be paid forward to other children. There's no other way to honor our kids. Honestly, it's beautiful."
Building Hope From Tragedy
Weeks before the tragedy at Sandy Hook, coastal towns in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were dealing with their own heartaches. Hurricane Sandy roared through their neighborhoods, destroying homes, businesses and for some, entire livelihoods.
So much suffering, William Lavin, a veteran New Jersey firefighter, thought at the time. He could not imagine what would come next. Soon he and others knee-deep in helping the victims of Hurricane Sandy would be staggered by news of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Hurricane Sandy. Sandy Hook.
Could the devastated communities come together and find a way to heal?
Yes, he thought, with the help of some swings, slides and a few monkey bars.
The playground idea actually went back more than a decade to another time when the nation was in mourning – the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Well wishes to the New Jersey Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association, which Lavin used to head, came from all over the world, including a letter of appreciation to the firefighters who responded to Ground Zero from a group of children from a Mississippi school.
Lavin remembered that letter in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina devastated the South. He learned that the school the Mississippi student letter writers attended was destroyed. So Lavin organized a group of firefighters and with the help of Save the Children and Toni Giordano, a playground builder from Kenilworth, N.J., built three playgrounds in Mississippi.
The kindness did not stop there. After Hurricane Sandy, children at the Mississippi school reached out again to the New Jersey firefighters, sending toys they had collected during charity drives for the littlest storm victims.
So when it seemed like a senseless act would keep those suffering from ever smiling again, Lavin decided that he and his fellow firefighters would try to unite the Sandy victims by reminding them of the happiness their children found through play.
Lavin's idea would be shared in places where the laughter of children and promise for the future were needed most – communities ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.
"We learned from Mississippi that the playground is more than just a structure," Lavin said. "It is a symbol of recovery, of hope."
Both were desperately needed by the regions' stricken communities.
Against a backdrop of such thorny issues as gun control and school security, Lavin knew his idea, The Sandy Ground Project: Where Angels Play, transcended politics.
"They see it as a celebration out of something so very ugly," Lavin said. "They see something beautiful happening. This is apolitical, it's not management, it's not labor, it's not Republican, Democrat, I don't care what side of the aisle you are on for any of the issues that surround this, everybody can agree that this is a good thing."
An idea all can agree on – creating 26 spaces where people can remember how their children and the teachers who loved them lived, a space where childhood reigns.
"I asked my wife if that was crazy," Lavin said. "She said it was crazy – and a beautiful idea.''
From the coastlines of Mantoloking, N.J. and Island Park, N.Y. to Seaside Park in Bridgeport and points in between, 15 finished playgrounds tell the personal stories of those lost at Sandy Hook, "the angels" that parents tell their children now play there.
Avielle Richman's fireflies in Belmar, N.J., Jessica Rekos' horses in Fairfield, Rachel D'Avino's dragonflies in Asbury Park, N.J. – each playground draws on the personalities, the spirit, the joys of each child.
In some cases, the Sandy Ground playscapes have emerged where children never played before. Other times, the new playgrounds replaced worn out climbing walls and rusted swingsets near schools or on former playgrounds washed away by the hurricane.
The project has attracted a wide array of volunteers – firefighters, teachers, Manhattanites, business executives, soldiers and airmen, and people touched by the Sandy Hook tragedy. Corporations and businesses have also donated time, equipment and supplies.
Seeing the projects go from start to finish in areas where much has yet to be rebuilt has made a difference to those who lost their homes and businesses, Lavin said. The playgrounds are already paying off in ways that defy analysis.
"People (struggling with decisions after the storm) would come up crying; others would come by watching the playground being built and say things like, should we move? Should we stay?" Lavin said.
For some, the answer came clearer with each hit of the hammer, with each concrete pour until before their very eyes, another playground was in place.
"They would see it and say, 'This community is going to come back. I think I will stay.' It was a sign that staying would be OK. That's the kind of impact it is having," Lavin said.
Much of the power of these builds comes from the family members themselves. They have not watched construction from afar, instead working shoulder-to-shoulder with volunteers, digging holes and pushing foundations into place.
In Belmar, days before their little brother's playground would be unveiled a few miles away, James and Natalie Barden drilled holes into posts for Avielle Richman's playscape as their 91-year-old grandfather, Martin Giblin, looked on.
And when lingering rain and stubborn rock in the locations where foundations needed to be set threatened to stall Allison Wyatt's build in Norwalk, fatigued volunteers witnessed the little girl's mother do something remarkable.
"Lo and behold, Cheyanne grabs a jackhammer and starts going to town," Lavin said. "We all were amazed by that. Everybody said, 'Hey listen, if she can do that we can do that. It kind of spurred us on and things just started happening."
As much as the playgrounds have been a symbol of perseverance and renewal, the experience of building them has given back more than anyone expected.
Many of the volunteers involved have said the builds have demonstrated the value of paying good deeds forward and the importance of working as a team. Family members, sometimes isolated by their personal grief, said the playgrounds and the comradery shared during construction have allowed them to share their sorrow with others and broach the idea of moving forward. In these places, it is OK to smile.
"It is an amazing experience to see you all here," Robbie Parker, father of Emilie Parker, said at the dedication of his daughter's playground. Several hundred people, including dozens and dozens of children, stood on a hill and listened to Parker.
"This is probably the most touching thing I have ever been a part of,'' said Parker, his voice breaking on each word.
For one Sandy Hook teacher absent from work the morning of the shootings, volunteering at a playground site helped her deal with what she believed was survivor's guilt. When she explained her emotions to Carlos Soto, father of slain teacher Victoria Soto, he assured her it was burden she didn't have to bear.
For Soto himself, helping build his daughter's playground in Stratford spawned a journey.
"I was just going to help them build Vicki's playground in Stratford,'' Soto said as he took a break from selling Sandy Ground T-shirts and sweatshirts from a table just outside the playground site in Belmar.
"That was going to be it for me. But after that – it had gotten so emotional – that it became my job. I was going to go ahead with these guys and build the rest of these playgrounds.
"Every playground we build, I know my daughter is looking down from heaven. Something ugly happened, something beautiful is coming out of it,'' Soto said.
And on days when the loss hits him hardest, Soto said he now has somewhere to go.
"When I'm down, I go to Vicki's playground and sit in a corner. It's walking distance from my house. I just watch and let the children play. And parents, they come to me and say, 'This is beautiful.' 'I know,' I say.''
The odyssey that has taken him to 14 playground sites in three states has been a time of self-discovery. It has helped him heal.
"One thing I learned, when I'm down, these firefighters, my friends, they will pick me right up. They don't let me get down. I have had a very hard time. It has been very emotional. This is the only way I could have kept going. It is therapy for me.''
Reclaiming Joy
After the ribbon was cut at Daniel Barden's playground in Highlands, N.J, and the children had filed, almost reverentially, onto the gleaming playscape, Mark Barden, Daniel's father, nodded to a phenomenon: Through these family playgrounds, people have found a path through the walls and filters that shield victims of public tragedies from the public.
One by one, a reception line of well-wishers inched toward the Bardens with handshakes and hugs and tears, thanking them for sharing their son with such a stricken place now fortified by love.
"We've been experiencing this now for months,'' said Barden. "People who are hurting and grieving may not feel comfortable in reaching out to us – but they can here. This is an open forum.''
Barden said it meant so much to the Sandy Hook families that families picking up from the wreckage of Hurricane Sandy could embrace them, giving life to the Sandy Ground project.
The completion of Daniel's playground was truly a sign of hope for the borough of Highlands, a community of 5,000 residents where 1,250 of the 1,500 homes and nearly all the downtown businesses were destroyed or seriously damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
With much restoration still to be done, hundreds gathered at the seaside park on the October day when Daniel was remembered on land, at sea and by air.
A plane circling the sky above the crowd gathered on a grassy hill for the dedication ceremony carried a banner that read: "To Highlands, Laugh and Play, Love Daniel, Where Angels Play."
A fire boat turned slowly just off the shore shooting water from four hoses, frothy white arcs against a blue sky. In the parking lot, in view of the crowd, a Highlands Fire Department ladder truck, its tower outstretched, bore a huge American flag that flapped in the wind.
Mark Barden said the family did not fully anticipate the extent of the welcome, the depth of the emotion from the residents of Highlands.
Highlands Business Partnership President Carla Cefalo-Braswell said her community was "destined" to have a Sandy Ground playground.
When some questioned how a playground could be built there when so many still needed a home, the louder voices, believing in the message such a project would bring to Highlands, prevailed.
"We knew we could replace our homes, our buildings and we knew the hearts of the people involved," she said. "And we also knew the family's grief, how a child, a loved one can never be replaced. We wanted the people of Newtown to know that there are people across the country that really care and that really mourn the loss of their children and the teachers."
Highlands now flies the town of Newtown's flag at the playground.
"We're neighbors forever," Cefalo-Braswell said.
Jackie Barden said she expected to see a few of her friends at the dedication but when she was told her family would "make an entrance," she realized she would soon be in front of a crowd.
"I didn't expect this, to tell you the truth," she said while looking at a photo of her son mounted on a sign at the playground.
In the photo, Daniel, about 5 at the time, has his arms outstretched with the blue ocean behind him, a snapshot taken at the Jersey shore where her husband used to vacation when he was a boy.
Daniel had once drawn a picture of himself in that same position – a stick figure of a boy with arms outstretched in a gesture of welcome. Organizers, unaware of the pose in the photograph, selected that drawing to appear next to the photo on the sign that would forever welcome children to the playground.
"It's pretty amazing," Jackie Barden said, looking at the sign with the pictures side-by-side. "They're almost in the same pose. It was just coincidental."
Volunteers, though, said they suspect something more than coincidence was behind it.
Each build, the volunteers will tell you, has had its moments of magic.
During construction at Island Park, N.Y., the sky one day turned a bright pink at sunset, Caroline Previdi's favorite color.
"Everyone working had to stop and start crying," Lavin said. "Her mom said, 'I think that was Caroline's way of saying you did a good job."
At Penfield Beach in Fairfield, a rainbow appeared when the playground for Jessica Rekos was complete. Her mother, Krista, told the volunteers, "I truly believe this is Jessica's 'Thank You' note to all of you who helped with this project."
But for a margin of 13 votes in a referendum in 2011, Riverside Park would not have even existed to host Emilie Parker's playscape.
The Coast Guard wanted to buy the site, but a community group fought to keep it as public space. Last year the once doomed park finished 25th out of 9,000 in a national competition.
"We saved it for a reason – though we didn't know exactly why,'' said Corina Vendetto, a leader of the conservation effort and a key local organizer of the construction of Emilie's playscape. "No human being could have dreamed of the significance of those efforts now."
Just like no one could have dreamed that a smile could ever appear again on the face of a mother who lost so much a year ago.
Alissa Parker said she lost her breath the first time she viewed the waterfront playground lot for her daughter's playscape. It was a shady spot like the sunless corners and nooks the blonde, fair-skinned Emilie would go to when she wanted to play or read.
When her family agreed to have Emilie be part of the project, Parker said Lavin promised to find a special spot.
"He was so excited when he found what he was looking for," Parker said as she looked across the playground at Lavin, the stranger who knocked on her door months before to tell her about his idea.
"I wait for days when I can feel close to Emilie,'' she said. "I've waited for this day for so long. This is the sweetest gift. It is a good day.''
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2015 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the nationwide Head Start Program.
Its tenets remain the premier model for granting children opportunities for success.
Graduates of Head Start have continued on to become members of Congress, Grammy-winning musicians, professors, and lawyers, among other noteworthy achievements.
The goal of Head Start is to provide a comprehensive developmental program that prepares children for a successful transition to elementary school. Since its inception, Head Start has been a reliable resource for single moms. Income-eligible children, aged three to five, are selected for inclusion. Programs for infants and toddlers also have become available. The program also strongly encourages the child's family and community to become involved in the child's learning. For Solo Moms, Head Start provides a bridge to community services and connects them to support groups and other parenting resources.
Education: The program offers a variety of activities to help each child learn basic skills that will be needed in elementary school. Detection, intervention, and remediation of learning problems are strengths of this program.
Health: Head Start offers medical necessities to children, including immunizations; dental, medical, and mental health services; nutritional services; and screenings for early identification of health problems.
Social services: Outreach is available to families to determine what services their children need.
Interaction: Parents are involved in the planning and implementation of Head Start activities. They serve on policy councils and committees that make administrative decisions, participate in classes and workshops on child development, and volunteer in the program.
Early Head Start: This program offers comprehensive services to pregnant women and their children through age three with the triple goals of fostering prenatal health, enhancing very early child development, and establishing healthy family functioning. Early Head Start also helps with care for disabled children and can provide resources to parents whose children require vigilant supervision. Early Head Start coordinates with local Head Start programs to give children continuity of services as they grow older.
To participate in Head Start, the family's income must fall below the federal poverty line. Local programs are allowed to serve up to 10% of children whose family income is over the poverty line. Program must use another 10% of open spaces for children with disabilities.
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Across all communities, and especially in a minority community like ours, there are three crucial criteria that determine its prosperity, growth and longevity. The first criterion is 'Unity' – the very core of every community – the ability of its people to stay as one, with a common vision, endeavouring to work towards the best interests of the community, and always speaking in one voice – not just during crises.
The second criterion, that ensures a Community's successfully taking on future challenges, is its 'Youth'. The energy that the youth brings to the table is matchlessly empowering. But for that, the youth need to show or grow an interest in the affairs and wellbeing of the Community – they need to feel a sense of belonging, loyalty and responsibility. This, to a large extent, depends on their upbringing.
The third, and possibly the most crucial criterion, is 'You' – the individual, because it is the individual, who, in plurality, will form the community in the first place; It is the individual, who will establish and complete the sustenance and reinforcement of a community's 'Unity'; And, it is the individual who will both – be responsible for bringing up the new generation, the 'Youth', as also comprise the 'Youth' itself.
All three criteria – Unity, Youth and You – need to be nurtured and work in unison to deliver desired results. A fractured Unity, an indifferent Youth and a negligent You will gnaw at the very soul of a community and leave it riddled with uncertainties and insecurities. Just as our community is riddled with uncertainties today – not sure of what the future holds, in matters pertaining to aspects as integral as religious sanctity (currently doing the rounds); or worse, its very survival. An indication about the latter can be gleaned with the change in the question asked by most, from "Will the Parsi Community get extinct?" to "When will the Parsi Community get extinct?", adding to the deadly uncertainty about the very existence of our glorious community.
They say that the best way to predict the future is to create it. Unfortunately, the only ones benefitting off (nee misusing) this phrase, are quack astrologers! Had we been more prepared for the future and worked towards creating a stronger, united front as a Community which has its youth at the forefront rooting for it, we would perhaps have been in a better place today. But this is what happens, when instead of having our ducks in a row, we choose to simply have rows with each other.
It has, however, been heartening, over the past few months, to see our Community put its differences aside and unite to fight against the current crisis which threatens the religious and structural sanctity of two of our most sacred places of worship – our Atash Behrams. We need to ensure that this spirit of Unity becomes a permanent aspect as opposed to being relegated to making guest appearances during crises. And we need to fortify it with greater Youth interest and participation. And both these requirements depend on You!


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An investigation of vocational progression pathways for young people and adults in building crafts and hospitality CoVEs: a London case study
Williams, Ruth, Yarrow, Karen, Hudson, A. and Kimura, Maki 2006. An investigation of vocational progression pathways for young people and adults in building crafts and hospitality CoVEs: a London case study. Learning and Skills Network.
Williams, Ruth, Yarrow, Karen, Hudson, A. and Kimura, Maki
This report was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Development Agency's
(LSDA's) strategic programme of research and development, funded by the
Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
Project aims and objectives
The principal aim of this project is to explore how vocational pathways have been
developed and enhanced in two occupational areas – building crafts and hospitality – among 14–19 year olds and employed adults in London.
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A summary of the key findings_Williams,R., Yarrow, K., Hudson, T., Kimura, M. (2006) (Summary).pdf
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The Place of Widening Participation
Hudson, A., Burnell, I. and Murray, D. 2020. The Place of Widening Participation. in: Broadhead, S., Butcher, J., Davison, E., Fowle, W., Hill, M., Martin, L., McKendry, S., Norton, F., Raven, N., Sanderson, B. and Wynn Williams, S. (ed.) Delivering the Public Good of Higher Education – Widening Participation, Place and Lifelong Learning FACE: Forum for Access and Continuing Education.
Widening Participation Practitioners Write!
Hudson, A. 2019. Widening Participation Practitioners Write! in: Broadhead, S., Butcher, J., Hill, M., Mckendry, S., Raven, N., Renton, R., Sanderson, B., Ward, T. and Williams, S. W. (ed.) Transformative Higher Education – Access, Inclusion & Lifelong Learning FACE: Forum for Access and Continuing Education. pp. 129-148
Perspectives on Access to Higher Education: Practice and Research
Broadhead, Samantha, Davies, Rosemarie and Hudson, A. 2019. Perspectives on Access to Higher Education: Practice and Research. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Data Report – Survey of Secondary PGCE trainees 2008/9: Evaluation Virtual Schools Wiki
Wright, Kathy, Hudson, A., Murray, J. and Berzins, Karina 2010. Data Report – Survey of Secondary PGCE trainees 2008/9: Evaluation Virtual Schools Wiki. Cass School of Education, University of East London.
Sustaining Aimhigher - A Partnership Approach
Hudson, A. and Storan, J. 2011. Sustaining Aimhigher - A Partnership Approach. in: Jones, Peter, Storan, John, Hudson, Anthony and Braham, Jeff (ed.) Which Way Now to Widen Participation: Lifelong Learning, Economy and Society FACE: Forum for Access and Continuing Education.
Degrees of difference - higher education in further education
Hudson, A. and Storan, J. 2012. Degrees of difference - higher education in further education. in: Jones, Peter, Storan, John, Hudson, Anthony and Braham, Jeff (ed.) Lifelong Learning and Community Development FACE: Forum for Access and Continuing Education.
The undiscovered country: widening participation to postgraduate study
Hudson, A. 2013. The undiscovered country: widening participation to postgraduate study. in: Hill, Michael, Hudson, Anthony, Jones, Peter, Renton, Ross, Saunders, Danny and Storan, John (ed.) Widening Access to Higher Education in Divided Communities FACE: Forum for Access and Continuing Education.
Conference Commentary - Widening Participation to University Study Through Flexible Study
Hudson, A. 2005. Conference Commentary - Widening Participation to University Study Through Flexible Study. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. 11 (1).
Conference Report- Towards a Global Understanding of Lifelong Learning: Making a Difference
Hudson, A. and Kimura, Maki 2005. Conference Report- Towards a Global Understanding of Lifelong Learning: Making a Difference. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. 11 (2), pp. 229-230.
Reviews: Engaging Black Learners in Adult and Community Education (Lifelines in Adult Learning No. 4)
Hudson, A. 2005. Reviews: Engaging Black Learners in Adult and Community Education (Lifelines in Adult Learning No. 4). Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. 11 (1), pp. 116-117.
Annex F: Literature Review. Sub-theme 4: Local employment opportunities provided by higher education institutions
Cochrane, Allan, Hudson, A. and Hick, Rod 2006. Annex F: Literature Review. Sub-theme 4: Local employment opportunities provided by higher education institutions. Economic and Social Research Council.
Ethnicity, Education and Employment: Appendix F: UEL Case Study Report
Kimura, Maki and Hudson, A. 2006. Ethnicity, Education and Employment: Appendix F: UEL Case Study Report. University of East London.
Ethnicity, Education and Employment: Executive Summary
Kimura, Maki, Brain, Kevin, Ganga, Deianira, Hudson, A., Murray, Linda, Prodgers, Lucy, Smith, Kate, Straker, Katherine and Willott, John 2006. Ethnicity, Education and Employment: Executive Summary. University of East London.
Support & Recognition for Widening Participation Practitioners
Hudson, A. and Pooley, C. 2006. Support & Recognition for Widening Participation Practitioners. London Continuum: University of East London.
Blended Professionals: Stirred but not shaken
Hudson, A. 2009. Blended Professionals: Stirred but not shaken. Bristol ESCalate: Education Subject Centre advancing learning and teaching in education.
Evaluation & Sustainability Study: Aimhigher – Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Hudson, A. and Storan, J. 2010. Evaluation & Sustainability Study: Aimhigher – Hampshire & Isle of Wight. London Continuum: University of East London.
Higher Education and Communities: Barking & Dagenham
Berzins, Karina, Hudson, A. and Storan, J. 2010. Higher Education and Communities: Barking & Dagenham. Continuum: University of East London.
Student Experience: HE in FE
Hudson, A. and Berzins, Karina 2011. Student Experience: HE in FE. Continuum: University of East London.
Hudson, A. and Storan, J. 2011. Editorial. ESCalate newsletter. 20, pp. 1-3.
Work integrated learning: where there's a WIL, there's a way
Hudson, A. 2011. Work integrated learning: where there's a WIL, there's a way. ESCalate newsletter. 20, pp. 17-19.
Enduring partnerships: the Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE)
Storan, J. and Hudson, A. 2011. Enduring partnerships: the Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE). ESCalate newsletter. 21, pp. 26-26.
HE in FE – What is the research telling us?
Hudson, A. 2012. HE in FE – What is the research telling us? Linking London.
Students FIRST: Research Report
Berzins, Karina and Hudson, A. 2012. Students FIRST: Research Report. Continuum.
Research in Teacher Education: Volume 7, No.1, May 2017
Garby-Czerniawski, G., Hudson, A., Smith, M., Bell, C., Baker, A., Archer, L., Hoskin, J. and Robertson, G. 2017. Research in Teacher Education: Volume 7, No.1, May 2017. The School of Education and Communities, University of East London. https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.891x1
Alive and Kicking - Perspectives on Access Education
Broadhead, S., Macer, M., Hudson, A., Johnson, G. and Davies, R. 2017. Alive and Kicking - Perspectives on Access Education. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2017. University of Sussex, UK 05 - 07 Sep 2017
Academic identity of Access HE tutors: a focused review of the literature
Hudson, A. 2017. Academic identity of Access HE tutors: a focused review of the literature. Research in Teacher Education. 7 (1), pp. 6-12. https://doi.org/10.15123/PUB.6128
Accelerate, Advance & Gain
Hudson, A. and Spytkowska, A. 2016. Accelerate, Advance & Gain. Continuum: University of East London.
Just who is educating Rita? The learning careers of Access HE tutors
Hudson, A. 2016. Just who is educating Rita? The learning careers of Access HE tutors. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2016. University of Leeds, UK 13 - 15 Sep 2016
Listening to Learners
Czerniawski, G., Garlick, Sue, Hudson, A., Peters, Petula, Higher Education Academy and Continuum 2009. Listening to Learners. London University of East London.
Moving On: The Creative Way
Percy, Pamela and Hudson, A. 2007. Moving On: The Creative Way. The Creative Way.


Fans know Porsche won HOH this week and Shelly/Adam flip flopped back to the newbie side if they are watching the LIVE FEED spoilers from CBS (channel 5 in Phoenix) Big Brother house. If Porsche was going to win something this would have been the week to do it, with only 6 people left in the house AND the offering of Pandora's Box. Anyone else might have thought three times about opening Pandora's Box (but Porsche has been complaining for weeks that she was tired of coming in second and NOT winning something). It was like feeding candy to a baby.
Porsche opened Pandora's box and turned the entire game upside down. The original rules of the duos are back and everyone in the house is playing as a team, not as an individual. The nomination ceremony happened Saturday and it should come as no suprise as to who was put on the eviction block (veterans vs newbies). But Rachel and Jordan have high hopes as they now have the opportuntiy to BOTH stay in the house. All they have to do is win the POV (competition later today, be sure to subscribe to this column to get immediate update once the results are in). If one of them wins, they can remove both from the eviction box.
IF (that is a big IF) they win the POV it will be Shelly and Adam on the eviction block and it doesn't take a brain surgeon to realize Shelly will be evicted. One question left unanswered is if the original duo rules apply – does the person remaining after eviction get a golden key? An answer we probably won't have until Thursday at the live eviction. But this does shake things up a bit.
Just recently the fortune teller has started moving. Kalia tried to get a prize but she was left empty handed. Shelly has been begging the fortune teller to give her a power. We will keep you posted if the fortune teller delivers any good … or bad news.
Click here to read about the threats against Shelly's real life family.
Another thing that is worth marinating over: Rachel and Jordan offered a deal to Porsche and Kalia to be the final four together. Kalia seemed to be considering the deal. Kalia or Porsche win POV and decide to take the deal… would they use this on Rachel and Jordan to back door Shelly and Adam? It is something to think about.
Guess who won POV this week? Check out the live feed spoilers here.
Check out all Big Brother news here.
More on Pandora's Box here.
Check out Jeff's Eviction interview here.
Check out Jordan stripping from the humilitard here.
Check out a slideshow of pictures from Jeff's last week in the house here.


As a designer, it is really important to have a place where potential clients can go to view your recent work. The first time I built a portfolio site for myself was back in school. And up until now I had been using the same work and website design from school. To say that my work was outdated is an understatement. I don't think I realized how much I really have grown in the past 5 years. It's funny how I thought the branding I had created for myself was so representative of me. Looking back at it, I'm like, "My, how I've grown!" My work and skill level has really evolved and wasn't being accurately represented in my portfolio site.
Coming up with a brand new concept and design is extremely difficult, especially for yourself! I think that is really evident considering I started trying to rebrand myself and this site for 2+ years. In the end, I kept getting in creative ruts and continued pushing it off. I gained momentum within the past couple of months and finished both rebranding myself and creating a whole new portfolio of design work. I retaught myself Adobe Dreamweaver and built the entire thing from the ground up. As a non-web designer who knows nothing about coding, this was a huge feat for myself and I just want to shout it from the rooftops!


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Well finally after 28 days at sea we crossed the finishing line first in the bay outside Rio de Janeiro. PSP were in second place and closing fast so the finish line couldn't come quickly enough and when it did they were only 19 seconds behind.Incredible that after 28 days and nearly 5,000 miles of racing it came down to the narrowest of margins and gave the closest finish in Clipper history. This has Ben such a roller coaster ride of highs and lows and up to a couple of days out we were still fighting for a podium place never mind line honours. The last 24 hours haven been gruelling as the wind turned on to our nose and meant upwind sailing in up to 35 knots of wind. It seemed to take forever to reduce our distance to finish and when em finally got the angles to tack for Rio PSP were right there with us. On more than one occasion we thought we had seen them off only for them to come storming back at us. In the end the finish line couldn't come quickly enough. Now resting up in Rio nursing bumps and bruises and preparing for Leg 2 which starts on Saturday when we head for Cape Town which is likely to be a thought physical downwind sprint, but quite a bit quicker than the Atlantic slog we have just finished.
This has been a truly extraordinary experience which will stay in my memory forever, but for now it is time to gear up for the next challenge of the race and hopefully another podium finish. Lots of photos and videos on the Clipper website and my Facebook page and here is one of my favourites.


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Turn - Interview
by Peter Liddle
It is a typical rowdy Saturday night gig at the Glasgow Barrowlands, with lots of beer fights, and the crowd is getting impatient waiting for Idlewild to finally take the famous stage for the first ti
It is a typical rowdy Saturday night gig at the Glasgow Barrowlands, with lots of beer fights, and the crowd is getting impatient waiting for Idlewild to finally take the famous stage for the first time ever. But first comes the two support bands, the second of which is very curious. On walk three very thin Irish men in expensive suits. The singer, Ollie Cole, starts plucking away quietly at his guitar and singing "You spend too much time looking at yourself" in a quiet, finely balanced voice. The crowd sighs at the prospect of yet another Muse-Coldplay-Buckley type act and begins to lose interest. Ollie lifts an eye brow, cocks his head, begins to thrash his guitar and suddenly the place starts to go crazy. The floor instantly becomes a massive moshpit, and people begin to smile at the way they were fooled. Turn are the band, and by the end of the night, everyone in the Barrowlands will know of them.. Turn are a three-piece group from Ireland who've only been touring since the beginning of this year, but who have already supported lots of bands around the UK. Even they were overwhelmed by the crowd's response to their set. "It was crazy. We made so many new fans and played one of the greatest gigs of our lives" says Ollie backstage afterwards. "The Barrowlands in Glasgow will remain in our memories forever." The band's music is very diverse, ranging from rock tunes to ballads. This makes them a hard act to swallow at times for many crowds, but they seem to have developed the knack of winning them over. "Our first tour was in March, with Seafood" Ollie continues. "We would go on stage every night not knowing what we were going to play. We'd only ever played small gigs, and we'd know the first three songs, then we'd just have to look round the room and decide on what to do" The band's diversity has lead to them supporting pop divas Bellatrix and art rockers Seafood as well as Idlewild and in between they've managed to fit in appearances at the Reading, Leeds and Witness festivals. "I don't think we'd really stopped and looked at what we'd achieved in the last year and a half until those festivals" Ollie continues. "We had nothing, and now we have at least a direction. Going on to do Reading and Leeds was amazing. At Witness in Ireland we were first on, but five and a half thousand people turned up. It was amazing .We'd only been releasing 7 inches here and there and it was the first chance for us to really see how we were doing" Their album, 'Antisocial', had only been out a week when they played Glasgow, but already the band were beginning to get a positive response about it from crowds after gigs "People have started coming up and saying they've bought the album, but I think it will be the next tour we do before people start singing along!" jokes Ollie. Though the set Turn delivered in Glasgow was very rocking, the album has a more diverse side. There are acoustic ballads as well also as louder songs.. We wanted to make a record that had depth to it, and was not just full of loud stuff such as 'Beretta' and 'Beeswax'. We thought that too much of that might be boring, so we tried to make a record that was interesting. It might be hard to listen to it all together, but it's one of those albums you might feel likelistening to a loud song one day and a soft one the next". The underlying messages of many of the songs are often very painful, but the band don't think that this pain is completely negative. Ollie says there's hope in the honesty they give to their songs. "I think there's a certain amount of optimism in the honesty - if someone else feels that they'll really know what I'm talking about". "Ollie's just got to stop being a whingy shit" pipes in drummer Iain Melady, joining in the conversation. Ollie, however, decides that it's not just him being a "whingy shit" any more, as both Iain and bassist Gav Fox helped to write songs on the new album.Indeed, one of the songs is called 'Gav and Anne'. Was this song really a true story? "Yes - we don't find it disturbing that songs, like Gav and Anne are about us" says Ollie. "Gav's girlfriend went to San Francisco and he wrote that song about her" This honesty in their songs is a defining feature of their work - it's a return to great songwriting, something it seems many bands don't do enough any more. The credits on the album sleeve perhaps surprisingly list AC/DC. "We thanked AC/DC because they were one of those real bands that met as friends and stayed together" Ollie reflects. "There's a lot of shit business type bands, but AC/DC grew up in the same town and still made it. It's inspiring for us. With regard to inspiration, I also like people like Elliot Smith and Neil Young.". The music in the songs seems like a sort of therapy for Ollie, as if he's managing to confront his fears through writing. "With the song 'Beeswax', people all have their own ideas what it's about - but in fact it's a mishmash of ideas all from one day. At the time, I was at the lowest point of my life ever and lines like "I can't sleep for weeks now" indicate that. I was completely insane." He also thinks he will move on from such introspective writing. "I've learned not to always write about myself. John Lennon used to nearly write about himself and his mother and things like that, but Paul McCartney could write about Penny Lane and other stuff. I realised that I just wrote about me, and I think I've learned a lot about myself from it, but now I can look at other people's situations, and write about them as well. I'm sensitive to other situations and I am starting to write about those too as well." As well as the powerful album tracks, the fans of the band have also praised the B-sides of their singles, which Ollie puts down both to the prolific nature of their songwriting and their regular B-sides producer, Ronan McCue. "We have a lot of songs. We've never trawled out a B-side, and our live engineer records them, which is why they're so good." The simple honesty of their approach is something they feel is present in all their work, even in the artwork on their singles. "All the artwork on the singles was based around the songs"Ollie says. "Facedown" is about someone who might commit suicide, so we used an image of this person face down in a swimming pool. The cover of 'Beeswax' has a picture of my daughter on the swing the day she fell and hurt herself, which is where the words "Check her teeth she's bleeding" which appear in that song come from." The new album sees a change in artwork style, with a photo on the front cover of the band on top of a hill, playing computer games and watching TV. Ollie explains that this was not the cover that was originally planned for the album. "The cover of 'Anti-social' was originally just going to be a press shot, but with deadlines and stuff, it ended up as the cover shot .We went up a really big hill in Ireland and there was torrential rain, and absolutely no shelter. We weren't going to use the shots at all for album artwork, but as we decided to change the album name from "Tired Love Songs" to "Anti-social" because it sounded too negative, we had to come up with new artwork straight away. It annoys me, because we lost our ideas for the artwork. But I suppose 'Anti-social' ties in well with being on top of a mountain or playing with a play station)." The introspectiveness and the thought that goes into their artwork might lead people to think Turn are taking life too seriously, but it would appear not. Ronan McCue comes into the room as they're answering a question and talking about him. He gives them a look and all three members of the band start to talk about how "insane" he is." "He's an insane guy" laughs Ollie. " We played in this primary school. It was 9 in the morning, and we staggered in late and drunk, and the headmistress put us on this stage, and 500 kids were sitting in their little chairs watching. It was terrifying. We were playing the first song, and I knew over the side of the stage something was going on, I could see Gav and Iain laughing, but I didn't want to look over because I knew I'd just burst out laughing. " Ronan butts in and leaves exactly what happened hanging with the statement "It's okay. Noone under 18 could see me. Apart from Gav!". Gav responds wryly with "Ronan definitely keeps it alive on tour" Suddenly the band go off on a tangent about what it's like on tour with so many "insane" people. "Touring every night is just insane" Ollie sighs. "Everyone starts drinking, and you end up in Idlewild's dressing room with a whole load of strangers you've never met before, and because you're getting bored you go mad and just lie to everyone and insult them. It's just insane. Then you go from that to sitting at home on the couch, watching TV, and then you're used to that, and you get a call and you're going on tour. That's how it's been going on for a few months. We're definitely due a breakdown of some sort soon! In fact Gav almost did. He had the flu or something on tour, and he had a hell of a time on the tour bus. We're packed together like we're in the army or something." "It's like being in the army with absolutely no discipline!" adds Iain. This, only their first year of touring, has been a big year. How did they cope with it? "We have low points" concludes Ollie. "And sometimes wonder why we are on tour when we've been away for a long time. Then you go home and sit wondering what's going on. We like going out and playing music and if we were home all the time we'd be unhappy." At the end of the day, Turn seem made to play. Their songs are powerful and uplifting as well in inciteful and, rather uniquely, honest. Their set at Glasgow ends with people calling for an encore, who earlier that evening had never heard of Turn. Turn are just full of surprises, and they can come at you from so many angles that you just have to keep watching out.
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Shepherd's Bush Empire, 26th Oct 2000
Turn is not a terrible name for a band. As a result of their name, however, and also the fact that they are on Infectious records (home of the likeable Ash, but the boring My Vitriol among others), I
Anti Social (2001)
"Don't expect a warning when I come ! " They bring it all out in the open right from the first line. Turn aren't here to make you feel cosy. Painfully realistic, they're here to be brutal and hone
Check My Ears (2001)


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Ocean speed limits could yield huge benefits for conservation & climate change
Posted on 14th Nov 2019 14th Nov 2019 by Harry Baker
A new report has shown that reducing the speed of big container ships on the ocean could reduce harmful emissions, cut marine noise pollution and save companies a lot of money. Not only is this a win-win for everyone involved, but it could also happen in the very near future.
A massive container ship pictured from above, moving its cargo across the ocean as fast as it can
The best solutions to environmental issues are relatively simple, easy to implement, don't cost too much and are universally accepted by all parties involved. Unfortunately these solutions can be very hard to come by and implement in the real world. But a new report has shown that placing a speed limit on large container ships could be one of those very simple yet effective solutions. It shows that a relatively small reduction in the speed of ships could lead to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and toxic pollutants. Less noise pollution from engines which could help prevent collisions with whales. As well as big financial savings for shipping companies that will use less fuel. But not only is this a great idea, it could also be very close to actually happening. This week UN negotiators are in London discussing the speed limits and how they can put them in action.
Current shipping
Shipping is something that is rarely talked about in environmental conversations because most people just don't understand the scale of the industry and the impact it has on their lives. It is a classic example of the 'out of sight, out of mind' mentality of the modern world. But shipping is actually responsible for 80% of the transportation of goods around the globe. Making it one of the biggest and most profitable industries on the planet. It is also responsible for 3% of global greenhouse emissions, which is the same as some countries like Germany. Yet surprisingly the industry is not bound by any treaty or legal agreement to curb its emissions. However most shipping companies now agree that they have a responsibility to make serious changes.
The thick black smoke from a container ship includes green house gases, unburned carbon and toxic nitrus and sulphur oxides
Not only are big ships producing high levels of greenhouse gases, but they also produce very harmful pollutants such as nitrus and sulphur oxides. As well as black carbon, which are tiny pieces of unburned carbon that can be ingested by humans. But something that has gone even more unnoticed is the environmental impacts they can have in the marine world. The biggest of those being marine noise pollution that can seriously impact marine animals such as whales who often collide with vessels because of it. As well as other animals like dolphins, seals, turtles and manatees can also be seriously affected. But container ships are also linked to problems like plastic pollution, oil spills and ocean acidification.
All in all the shipping industry can be quite damaging for lots of people and the planet as a whole. But a new study has shown that simply slowing down the ships could go a long way to mitigating these problems. The report, commissioned by Seas at Risk and Transport & Environment, has shown that just a 20% reduction in speed could be universally beneficial. It would reduce greenhouse emissions and toxic chemicals by 24%, because significantly less fuel would be used up. Given that the industry contributes to 3% of global emissions this could effectively knock-off almost half a percent from the global output, which is significant for such a small action. But less fuel also means less money being spent which could save companies millions if not billions in the long run.
Slowing down a cargo ship can help mitigate almost all the problems they currently create
But without a doubt the biggest winners from a speed reduction would be marine life. The report shows that a 20% speed reduction could cut marine noise pollution by as much as 66%. Which amazingly could reduce collisions between whales and vessels by as much as 78%. Not only do slower ships produce less noise (and kill less whales), but it also reduces the frequency range of the sound, reducing the number of species affected by things like hearing loss. Whilst this all sounds great in principal it is easy to be sceptical at the same time. But although a lot these benefits seem fairly theoretical and optimistic, we have actually seen most of them before. During the start of the economic crash in 2008 shipping companies actually started reducing the speed of their ships for a few months to save money. This gave scientists the opportunity to study the effects and figure out what would happen if we could make the change permanent. So the science behind the study is actually very reliable.
Is it enforceable?
For most of human history regulating shipping whether it be piracy, slave trading or transporting goods has been extremely challenging. But nowadays it is much easier with advancements in technology. For example most if not all big container ships today are tracked across the oceans using GPS transponders. Using this technology it is actually very easy to determine how fast a vessel is going on the high seas. So catching people who are breaking speed limits is actually not the problem. The big issue is how you encourage or force people to abide by them in the first place. The main way you can do this is with new laws, but because the open ocean is international territory those laws must be set by big global bodies which can be problematic. The punishment for breaking those laws also has to be sufficient enough to scare off big corporations from doing it. But actually most companies are already behind the idea, having been shown just how beneficial it would be for them as well as the planet. So enforcement actually might not be an issue at all.
How likely is it to happen?
Although the idea of an ocean speed limit is actually largely backed by shipping companies there are still of course people who oppose it. Slower ships mean less goods can be moved in the same amount of time which means you can make less money. Of course you can make that up by saving on fuel, but that's not necessarily how some big corporations think. But luckily those that oppose the speed restrictions could be about to have their hands tied forever, as negotiations are already underway to make them law. This week in London the International Maritime Organisation Marine Environmental Protection Committee International Working Group (commonly referred to as IMO for obvious reasons) are meeting to discuss the plans to make these speed reductions maritime law.
Maritime speed limits for the shipping industry could come into effect very soon
Due to the scientific evidence available to the IMO and the wiliness of most shipping companies to play ball it seems like there is very good chance that these laws will be passed. It would be fantastic if they are, not just because of the environmental issues involved but also because of what it represents. Global speed limits are a simple yet effective idea that really benefits everybody. Sea At Risk's John Maggs told Oceanographic magazine that they are "the closest thing to a silver bullet the IMO will ever see". But that hasn't stopped similar ideas being scrapped due to political and business interests before. For once it seems like the global bodies are listening to the scientific advice and just getting on with it. If we are to solve other major environmental problems then it is the sort of behaviour we will need to see more of.
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package sample.util;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

public class CheckerTest {

    @Test
    public void 正規表現チェック() {
        assertTrue(Checker.match(Regex.rAlnum, "19azAZ"));
        assertFalse(Checker.match(Regex.rAlnum, "19azAZ-"));
        assertTrue(Checker.match(Regex.rKanji, "漢字"));
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    }

    @Test
    public void 桁数チェック() {
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MCA leadership has betrayed KSM and Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd and the MCA members in Johore who had been the staunchest supporters for these MCA projects
Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-¬General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, to Johore DAP Branch leaders in Muar on Sunday, 27th May 1990 at 2 p.m.
The next general elections is very near, probably within the next 75 days. The next general elections will be the most histor¬ic and unprecedented in Malaysian history.
If there is a 12 per swing of the Barisan Nasional voters to the Opposition, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, will lose two-¬third majority in Parliament. If there is a 20 swing of the voters, then Dr. Mahathir may lose power altogether.
Barisan Nasional leaders openly talking about the possibility of UMNO losing power
Already, Barisan Nasional leaders are admitting openly that UMNO Baru may lose power. In Penang last Sunday, Gerakan President, Datuk Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, said that PAS may win 25 MPs in the next general elections.
If PAS can win 25 MPs in the next elections, then Semangat 46 which is going to contest more parliamentary seats than PAS, should easily win more seats, say around 40 – giving a total of 65 MPs, all at the expense of UMNO Baru.
In the 1986 general elections, UMNO contested and won all the 82 parliamentary constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia. But if in the next elections, PAS wins 25 MPs and Semangat 46 wins say 40 MPs, then UMNO Baru and Dr. Mahathir would be lift with some 20 MPs. This means that UMNO Baru and Dr. Mahathir has lost power.
This is not my calculation, but the scenario presented by Dr. Lim Keng Yaik when he opened the Penang Gerakan Assembly list Sunday. It is very significant that Barisan Nasional leaders are now publicly talking about the possibility of UMNO Baru and Dr. Mahathir losing power – which had never happened in the 33-year history of Malaysian elections.
No wonder Dr. Mahathir is so indecisive about when to dissolve Parliament and call the next general elections.
No wonder MCA and Gerakan are in panic and are resorting to the politics of lies and fear to frighten the voters from supporting the DAP. MCA and Gerakan have nothing positive to appeal to the Voters to support them, but can only think of negative tactics like the Islamic state scare campaign to frighten the voters from voting for the DAP.
DAP aims to win at 1east four Parliamentary and six State Assembly seats in Johore
The next general elections in Johore will be the most intense elections battle in Johore history.
Except for the Kluang parliamentary seat which was repre¬sented for one term by Sdr. Lee Kaw for the DAP in the 1978 general election, UMNO and MCA had been able to exercise near monopoly of political power in Johore politics, especially in terms of Parliamentary representation.
However, although the DAP lost in all the seven Parliamentary seats it contested in the 1986 general elections, we did creditably well in several of them.
For instance, in the Kluang Parliamentary constituency, we polled 46.5 per cent of the votes cast, in Bakri 45.8 per cent, Senai 38.7 per cent and in Segamat 38.4 per cent.
DAP regards its chances of winning all these four Parliamentary seats in the next general elections as good, particularly with the co-operation between the DAP and Semangat 46.
DAP contested 10 State Assembly seats in Johore in the last general elections. We won Bandar Maharani, and in five other states seats, we polled more than 38% of the votes cast, namely Kulai (48%), Paloh (45%), Bekok (44.9%), Tenggaroh (41.6%) and Pulai Sebatang (38.4%). We should aim to win at least six State Assembly seats in Johore in the next general elections.
Although the DAP reckons that we have good chances of winning four Parliamentary and six State Assembly seats in Johore in the next general elections, we have not decided on the total number of seats we will be contesting as we are still discussing with Parti Semangat 46 on the allocation of seats.
The Johore State leaders of DAP and Semangat 46 met in Johore Bahru yesterday for another round of discussions, and when these are completed, they will he referred to the national leaders for final decision, taking into account the national political perspectives.
Johore is no more the strongest state for UMNO and MCA
DAP chances of making major breakthroughs in Johore State in the next general elections are bright. Apart from the national factors which will favour a major political change in the next general elections, there are factors which are specific to Johore.
Johore has always been regarded as the strongest state of both UMNO and MCA in Peninsular Malaysia. But the situation is now very different. With the formation of Semangat 46, UMNO Baru in Johore is a pale shadow of the old UMNO.
Recently, further cracks have developed in Johore UMNO Baru, with the Musa Hitam faction finding out that there is an attempt to uproot Datuk Musa Hitam's influence in Johore altogether.
It has been reported that Datuk Musa Hitam returned from the United Nations in early May to find that he and his lieutenants, Shahrir Abu Samad, Ajib Ahmad and Mohamed Tawfik Tun Ismail are being dropped from the list of UMNO Baru candidates for the next general elections.
This has caused Datuk Musa Hitam to cut short his stay in Malaysia and fly back to the United Nations in a huff!
MCA in Johore is also at its lowest ebb of influence, especially as the MCA Johore members have been the worst victims of the Politics of criminal and political breach of trust of the MCA leadership.
The MCA members in Johore suffered the most in the $1.6 billion Co-operative Finance Scandal immediately after the 1986 gener¬al elections. The Government should have taken urgent steps to prevent the collapse of the Co-operative Finance companies in early 1986, but it failed to do so, because of the fear that it would adversely affect the MCA in the August 1926 general elections.
As a result, the government just watched as the co-operative finance companies tottered one after another and immediate¬ly after the August 1986 general elections, froze 24 co-operatives, including those which were healthy and sound.
This is a classic case where the hard-earned savings of the ordinary MCA members were sacrificed so that the MCA leaders could be elected in the 1986 general elections.
The MCA members in Johore had been the staunchest support¬ers for all the various MCA 'Save Chinese' projects like the KSM, the various MCA-related co-operatives, the Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd. (MPHR), the Matang Holdings, etc. bringing out all their hard-earned saving to respond to the call of the MCA leaders.
But today, they find that their trust in the MCA leaders had been completely misplaced. These 'Save Chinese' projects were not mean to save the ordinary Chinese, but the high-and-mighty MCA leaders!
The co-operative finance scandal had not only been a bitter lesson to them, they found that KSM, MPHB and the other MCA projects had been betrayed, resulting in the loss of their hard-earned savings and the cause of great sufferings and hardships to them and their loved ones.
If the MCA members in Johore ask the important questions as to who had betrayed the KSM, the Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd., the KSM-MPHB Investment Fund, there can only be one answer: That it is the
MCA leadership which betrayed the KSM, the MPHB, the KSM-MPHB Invest¬ment Fund and other MCA projects.
MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, nearly sacrificed the rights and interests of 50,398 KSM-MPHB Investment Fund unitholders if the DAP had hot intervened. This was why I went to, the MCA Headquarters to reason with Liong Sik in March this year.
It is sad that the MCA leadership had deteriorated to a stage where the PAP leaders had to rescue the ordinary MCA members from the MCA leaders themselves!
Although at that time, the MCA tried to paint the picture that my visit to the MCA Headquarters was a 'farce', it is now admit¬ted by all, including MCA national leaders, that if not for the DAP intervention, the interests of the 50,398 KSM-MPHB unitholders to get the highest price for their bloc of 19.7 per cent stake in the MPHB by block sale would have been sacrificed for the interest of one person and one company!
Sale of KSM's 29.9%.stake in MPHB to Kamunting not in the best interest of either KSM members or
MPHB share¬holders
Similarly, the sale of KSM's 29.8 per cent stake to Kamunt¬ing Corporation Bhd in May 1980 was also not in the best interest of the KSM members, or the MPHB shareholders – who are primarily loyal MCA members. This was one of the issues which the Lee Kim Sai faction used against Liong Sik in their flying letters attacking the MCA President recently, before Dr.Mahathir intervened to stop the Liong Sik-Kim Sai fight for the MCA Presidency.
When the MCA leadership could even sacrifice the interests of hundreds of thousands of ordinary MCA members as shown in the numerous co-operative, KSM, MPHB and other scandals, how could the MCA leadership expect the Chinese to have confidence in such a leadership?
Johore, together with the rest of Malaysia, is on the threshold of a major political change to restore to the people their basic human rights, democratic freedoms, socio-economic justice and pride as a Malaysian.
To ensure that this political change is brought about in the next general elections, Johore should emerge into the forefront and play a major political leadership role, together with other states like Penang, Perak, Kelantan, Trengganu, Selangor and Negri Sembilan.
Posted on May 27, 1990 September 3, 2009 Author CuratorCategories MCA
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Engineering Interns Gain Skills on NextGen Site
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Mizzou Engineering interns (l-r) Bryan McClure, Madie Churchill, Morgan Hanley and Jacob Reed pose for a group shot at the NextGen Precision Health Institute construction site.
Four Mizzou Engineering students are currently working as interns on the construction site of the NextGen Precision Health Institute located near University Hospital on the MU campus. The students say their internships provide an opportunity to put into practice what they have learned in the classroom, or give them a chance to learn new skills that will help them in their careers. Bryan McClure and Madie Churchill are both seniors majoring in civil engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and interning for the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, which is the construction manager for the NextGen facility. Sophomore Morgan Hanley and junior Jacob Reed, both majoring in mechanical engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, are interning this semester for Murphy Company Mechanical Contractors.
Real World Experience
Justin Zeh, the senior superintendent for Whiting-Turner, said his company provides real internship experiences involving real tasks related to the construction project, such as assisting project managers and superintendents with daily tasks, including administrative duties, requests for information, submittals, quality control and subcontractor coordination. Zeh said Whiting-Turner started its recruitment efforts at Mizzou during the NextGen project with the intention of finding engineering graduates to work full-time at the company as well as part-time interns. He said the company recruits all disciplines of engineering if they have an interest in the construction field, and that most of their interns end up working full-time for Whiting-Turner.
(l-r) Bryan McClure, Madie Churchill, Morgan Hanley and Jacob Reed demonstrate the type of work they perform as interns on the NextGen site.
Student Perspectives
Bryan McClure was one of the first interns hired by Whiting-Turner to work at the NextGen construction site, and he has accepted a full-time job with the company after graduation. McClure said he became interested in the project when Zeh spoke to a meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers last May. He said he wanted to do an internship during his senior year to gain experience in the construction field, and the fact he secured a full-time job made it a "two-for-one deal."
Morgan Hanley said she heard about the NextGen project in various engineering classes, where she learned the importance of the project to the university and the state as well as the cutting-edge research that will be conducted when the facility goes online in 2021. Hanley, who is studying chemical engineering in the Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering Department, said she became aware of the opportunity to work as an intern for Murphy Mechanical at the Mizzou Engineering Career Fair. Hanley said she spends half of her days in class and the other half at the construction site. She said the intern experience allows her to see how the math and physics she studies in class applies to real-world solutions at the construction site. She also said she enjoys the collaboration she has witnessed at the site and the interpersonal connections she has made while working as an intern. Hanley said she reviews architectural drawings and submittals and tracks progress at the site, in addition to other duties. This is her first experience working on a construction site, and she said everything has been "eye-opening."
This summer, a fifth Mizzou Engineering student will work as an intern at the NextGen site. Jason Myers, the senior project manager for PayneCrest Electrical and Communications, said Barry Kuebler, a junior majoring in electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will join a local union and work in the field with tools for 11 weeks beginning at the end of May.
In addition to the Mizzou Engineering interns, there are 51 project personnel currently working at the NextGen site who attended one of the four UM System universities.
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Fairways: Fill divots. Pick up trash. Smooth out the sand, mounded sand can get into the mower reels!
Greens: Using a divot tool repair ball marks on the green. The pro shops have green repair tools.
Re-set any ropes or stakes as needed.
Report any concerns/problem areas to your Captain. The Captain should then relay any concerns to the Chairperson of the course. If you do note a hazardous condition, please report that to the pro shop and also inform your hole captain or course chair.
Applications in the Ironwood or Oakwood Pro Shops.
Look for the Adopt A Hole sign—it has a tube that contains applications.


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