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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
The tripartite EU agency providing knowledge to assist in the development of better social, employment and work-related policies
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About EMCC
Restructuring events database
Restructuring support instruments
Restructuring related legislation
Restructuring case studies
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Living, working and COVID-19 (Update April 2021): Mental health and trust decline across EU as pandemic enters another year
Right to disconnect: Exploring company practices
Working conditions and sustainable work: An analysis using the job quality framework
Industrial relations: Developments 2015–2019
European Company Survey 2019 - Workplace practices unlocking employee potential
Upward convergence in the EU: Definition, measurement and trends
The uneven impact of the 2008–2013 economic crisis on Member States brought upward convergence to the fore in EU political debates. The focus was on orienting social policy towards getting the EU back on track, as encapsulated in the European Pillar of Social Rights. However, the meaning of the concept was unclear. Eurofound filled this gap, defining upward convergence as an improvement in performance alongside a reduction in disparities among Member States in a given socioeconomic indicator.
European Pillar of Social Rights, Social inclusion, Pay and income, Social policies, Unemployment, Measuring convergence, Promoting social cohesion and convergence
Living, working and COVID-19
This report presents the findings of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, carried out by Eurofound to capture the far-reaching implications of the pandemic for the way people live and work across Europe. The survey was fielded online, among respondents who were reached via Eurofound's stakeholders and social media advertising. Two rounds of the e-survey have been carried out to date: one in April, when most Member States were in lockdown, and one in July, when society and economies were slowly re-opening.
Pay and income, Psychosocial risks, Youth, Working time, Working conditions and sustainable work, Working conditions, Teleworking, Subjective well-being, Trust, Work-life balance, Unemployment, COVID-19, Living conditions, Living conditions and quality of life, Job quality
Back to the future: Policy pointers from platform work scenarios
Platform work– the matching of supply and demand for paid labour through an online platform – is still small in scale but is expected to grow. Accordingly, it is important to anticipate the opportunities and risks related to this business model and employment form. This report explores potential scenarios for two selected types of platform work by 2030, drawing on Eurofound's 'Future scenarios of platform work' project. It assesses the expected implications for the economy, labour market and society if these potential futures were realised.
Platform work, Working conditions, New forms of employment, Digitalisation, Employment and labour markets, Anticipating and managing the impact of change, Working conditions and sustainable work
The COVID-19 recovery needs a green, social, digitally skilled Europe
#SOTEU and what Eurofound can contribute to the EC's priorities.
COVID-19 has left many people jobless, furloughed and financially vulnerable, often feeling isolated and pessimistic. It has become clear that the status quo is no longer sustainable or desirable. The political and economic response needs to take these changed attitudes into consideration. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's address to the European Parliament on Wednesday will therefore focus on three pivotal areas: economic recovery, the digital age, and the European Green Deal.
COVID-19, European Green Deal, Platform work, Skills and training, Youth, Digitalisation, Minimum wage, Teleworking, Employment and labour markets, Anticipating and managing the impact of change
Capacity building for effective social dialogue in the European Union
The aim of this report is to add to the discussion on how Eurofound can contribute to supporting capacity building of social partners for effective social dialogue. The report includes a review by Eurofound aimed at identifying the capacity-building needs and initiatives of social partners in relation to national frameworks for autonomous collective bargaining, involvement in European social dialogue and the European Semester, and the development of membership and services for members.
Industrial relations and social dialogue, Social partners, Social dialogue, Employee representation, Industrial relations
Role of social partners in tackling discrimination at work
This report assesses the role of the social partners in tackling workplace discrimination. Against the background of EU and national anti-discrimination legislation, it highlights the extent to which the need to tackle discrimination on different grounds is on the radar of cross-sectoral social partners. It also provides an overview of the measures taken to deal with the persistent incidence of discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, and sexual orientation or gender identity.
Social partners, Discrimination at work, Industrial relations and social dialogue, Industrial relations
How to use the surge in teleworking as a real chance to include people with disabilities
COVID-19 unleashed the pent-up potential for telework. Over a third of respondents to Eurofound's online survey of Europeans in April had started teleworking because of the pandemic. Never before had so many people been working from home. For people with disabilities, telework has long been viewed as the ideal solution to removing many of the barriers to their participation in the open labour market. But it has not lived up to its promise and people with disabilities remain strongly disadvantaged when it comes to employment. Does the current embrace of telework by employers offer a second chance?
COVID-19, Inclusive labour markets, Disability and chronic disease, Teleworking, Employment and labour markets
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Sea fisheries sector
This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the sea fisheries sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound's representativeness studies is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations.
Industrial relations and social dialogue, Representativeness, Social partners, Social dialogue, Industrial relations
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Paper sector
This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the paper sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective participation in the European sectoral social dialogue and their capacity to negotiate agreements. The aim of Eurofound's studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and European social partner organisations in the EU Member States.
Reinventing business models in a pandemic: Necessity is the mother of invention
The COVID-19 pandemic presented companies with a sudden and unpredictable set of events that put their revenue sources in peril. Faced with lockdown, some had no option but to shut up shop. Others saw a way through by reinventing themselves to respond to physical distancing requirements, changed customer demands or disrupted supply chains. Necessity being the mother of invention, these businesses rapidly revised their business models.
COVID-19, Innovation, Employment and labour markets
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European Quality of Life Survey 2003
Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2003, the first edition of the survey.
Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2007, the second edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2003.
Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2012, the third edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2003.
European Working Conditions Survey 2005
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2005, the fourth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2010, the fifth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Manufacturing employment outlook
This publication series explores scenarios for the future of manufacturing. The employment implications (number of jobs by sector, occupation, wage profile, and task content) under various possible scenarios are examined. The scenarios focus on various possible developments in global trade and energy policies and technological progress and run to 2030.
COVID-19 and older people: Impact on their lives, support and care
This report captures the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the quality of life of older citizens, including the impact on their well-being, finances, employment and social inclusion. It explores the effects on care use and reliance on other support. The report analyses policy measures that have been implemented in EU Member States that have proven particularly important for the quality of life of older citizens, for example, measures to support independent living.
Retirement, Working conditions, Subjective well-being, Care, COVID-19, Living conditions, Living conditions and quality of life, Ageing workforce
Collective labour disputes in the EU
This report examines a number of collective labour disputes involving industrial action in EU Member States, Norway and the UK. It provides a comprehensive study of each labour dispute, including information on industrial action events and the context for each dispute, as well as the relevant topics, actors, attempts at resolution and outcomes. Different types of collective labour disputes and their occurrence in various countries and sectors are presented, indicating how they are linked to different industrial relations regimes.
Social dialogue, European Pillar of Social Rights, Industrial action, Industrial relations and social dialogue
Involvement of social partners in the national recovery and resilience plans
Social dialogue lies at the heart of the EU treaties and governance. Social partners are core stakeholders who can assess policy needs and contribute to policy formation and to designing and implementing national reforms in the social and employment fields. This report focuses on the timely and meaningful involvement of national social partners in the preparation of the new resilience and recovery plans and the national reform programmes (NRPs) that were temporarily integrated under the European Semester in 2021.
Social dialogue, Social partners, COVID-19, Industrial relations and social dialogue
Situation of people with a disability
This policy brief explores the social situation of Europeans with a disability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the March–April 2021 Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, it compares the situation of respondents with and without a disability in three areas: perceptions of the healthcare system, mental well-being and financial precarity.
Public services, Psychosocial risks, Subjective well-being, Trust, Health and well-being at work, COVID-19, Disability and chronic disease, Living conditions and quality of life
Overtime in Europe: Regulation and practice
This report examines the phenomenon of overtime in the EU, providing a comparative description of how it is regulated in EU Member States. It also assesses how contentious the issue can be and investigates the reasons behind the various disputes and debates. Finally, the report attempts to quantify and characterise the share of overtime for which workers are not paid or compensated. The analysis is based on information collected in EU Member States by the Network of Eurofound Correspondents.
Pay and income, Working time, Working conditions, Work organisation, European Pillar of Social Rights, Industrial relations and social dialogue
Living and working in Europe, Eurofound's 2021 yearbook, provides a snapshot of the latest developments in the work and lives of Europeans as explored in the Agency's research activities over the course of 2021. The range of topics as a result is broad, from the growing diversity of employment across EU regions to developments in minimum wages, and of course the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Living and working in Europe, Working conditions and sustainable work, Employment and labour markets, Anticipating and managing the impact of change, Digitalisation, Living conditions and quality of life, Industrial relations and social dialogue
Minimum wages in 2022: Annual review
Every year, Eurofound compiles a report summarising the key developments in minimum wages across EU countries. The report explains how minimum wages are set and describes the role of social partners, covering the evolution of statutory rates, collectively agreed wages and the national debates on these issues.
Social dialogue, Social partners, Pay and income, Minimum wage, Collective bargaining, Labour and social regulation, Industrial relations and social dialogue, Industrial relations
European Works Councils: Challenges and solutions
This report investigates the practical implementation of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive at company level. It explores the challenges faced by existing EWCs and provides examples of identified solutions and remaining issues from the point of view of both workers and management. The report looks at the way that EWCs meet the requirements of the EWC Directive in terms of establishing processes of information and consultation.
Social dialogue, European Pillar of Social Rights, Employee representation, Agreements, Collective bargaining, Industrial relations and social dialogue
Regulations on telework in the EU
This report will map the existing regulations on telework in European Union Member States, including in legislation and collective agreements. It will present the most recent changes to these regulations and shed light on how the future of (tele)work could be regulated at both national and EU level, in order to improve working conditions in telework arrangements and reduce the risks associated with telework and with specific ways of working remotely.
Working time, Working conditions, Teleworking, Agreements, Collective bargaining, Labour and social regulation, Industrial relations and social dialogue
Social dialogue and collective bargaining in civil aviation during the COVID-19 pandemic
The civil aviation sector has been deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is one of the most severe crises the sector has ever experienced, giving rise to a number of significant challenges for companies and workers alike. This study will explore the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in how the sector is adapting to the pandemic. What kinds of changes have been introduced, either through social dialogue or collective bargaining? Are the changes temporary or permanent?
Social dialogue, Working conditions, Work organisation, Health and well-being at work, Collective bargaining, COVID-19, Industrial relations and social dialogue
Templates for Eurofound reports
Map - how to get to Eurofound
Eurofound is an agency of the European Union
Access to internal documents


Club Se7en is an upscale club that caters to a unique clientele. Located at the intersection of Fallsview Boulevard and Robinson Street. Showcasing a brick and beam loft style space housed in a warehouse dating back to the 1920's, Club Se7en brings a raw, industrial, New York feel to Niagara Falls. Boasting spacious 6m high ceilings surrounded by authentic exposed brick and huge, picturesque windows.
The outdoor terrace is fully licensed with its own bar and seating. This brings the comforts of the indoors to the terrace, while still enjoying the benefits of being outdoors.
Guests can hear the falls roaring just hundreds of feet away if not drowned out by the world class beats. Niagara's skyline visible directly above the club. Views of the Skylon Tower, Fallsview Casino, and Imax theater right in the heart of the entertainment district.


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Bloodied Syrian Boy in Ambulance Is Heartbreaking Reminder About Horrors of War
We hear a lot about war, but it's a whole other matter to see its effects.
A video released by Allepo Media Center shows a boy being removed from the rubble and placed in an ambulance after bombings in Allepo, Syria shows the shell-shocked child covered in blood and dust. He's in a complete daze while the world around him collapses.
The image of the boy, identified as 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, has resonated strongly, the contrast of an innocent child caught in the crossfire causing people to take notice, as he became an unwitting symbol of the atrocities of war and what it's doing to people. No matter where you're from or what your political views, the visual of Omran is striking and haunting. It also has some people comparing his story to that of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who drowned last year trying to get to Europe.
Omran was taken to a hospital on Wednesday with head wounds and was later released.
His parents and three siblings reportedly survived the attacks. Their apartment was reportedly destroyed.
CNN's Kate Bolduan has also generated publicity for her reaction to the whole matter, which left her choked up:
A photo of Omran has become a flashpoint elsewhere on social media, as well:
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Q: My xubuntu 9.04 laptop won't boot properly What steps can I take to determine the cause of the failure?
It's a dual boot system.  I can boot into windows fine.  I can boot Xubuntu using the recovery image though it is very very slow and it gets to the lovely blue landscape login screen.  Enter user name and password and then I get a mouse pointer and a fullscreen light blue background while the hard drive makes lots of noises but nothing ever happens.
Are there any tricks to help me figure out what is going on? Logs I can look at?

A: Look at the output of the dmesg command and look at logs in /var/log/.
If you boot-up is as slow as you describe, errors will most likely show up in the dmesg command output. This command shows the kernel output from your current boot.

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Padaviya, Sri Pura, Kolongolla Weva re-constructed under the national programme of "Sirisara Pivisuma" Wevu 500 reconstruction programme was vested with the public by the President Maithripala Sirisena this morning. At this occasion, 100 Buddhist monks were chanted Pirith. The President released the fish lings to the Weva. The aadivasi communities presented a traditional dance at the event.
The leader of the aadivasi Wannilaeththo engaged in a discussion with the Army commander and commander-in chief in Wanni area. The reconstruction of canals is being carried out by the Sri Lanka army under the concept of the President. The President also participated at the "Sirisara – Avurudu Wana aranaka – Avurudu Udawa in Kolongolla. The Avurudu festival has organized by the Sri Lanka Army with several 'jana kreeda' and various cultural events.
The President also participated at the Bak Maha ulela organized by the Suvatha Cavaya in Torrington square this morning.


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HomeWorldTurkey's Erdogan says West's 'provocative' policies towards Russia not correct
Turkey's Erdogan says West's 'provocative' policies towards Russia not correct
Vucic said that Serbia had asked Turkey to allow it to transfer electricity imports from Azerbaijan he estimated at around 2 gigawatt hours (GWH).
On Aug 22, Vucic and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliev agreed over energy imports by Belgrade on unspecified terms. The Balkan country generates around 70 per cent of its electricity needs in coal-fired power plants.
"I have asked (Erdogan) to help us and allocate space … for the transfer of Azeri electricity," he said.
Serbia is almost entirely dependent on Russian gas, but it wants to diversify supplies and plans to start importing natural gas from Azerbaijan in 2023.
Vucic said that the coming winter in Europe may prove to be "a very cold one" due to an energy crisis stemming from the war in Ukraine. Although Belgrade condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it has refused to impose sanctions on Moscow.
"If one really thinks to defeat Russia militarily (in Ukraine), then we will have to prepare not only for a cold winter but a polar winter," Vucic said.
Serbia also plans to buy Turkey's Bayraktar armed drones from 2023, Vucic said, adding that it would invest hundreds of millions of euros in the deal. He did not elaborate.
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At University of Texas, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calls for modernizing NAFTA
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The North American Free Trade Agreement is an important accord for the region — but it's also due for an update, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday during a speech at the University of Texas at Austin.
"I'm a Texan, a former energy executive and also a rancher. I understand how important NAFTA is for our economy and that of the continent," Tillerson said. But, he added, "it should come as no surprise" that a 30-year-old agreement negotiated before the advent of digital economies and China's rise to prominence on the world economic stage would "need to be modernized."
The former ExxonMobil CEO visited his alma mater on the cusp of a weeklong swing through Latin America. He heads Thursday evening to Mexico, and then on to Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Jamaica.
The State Department has said the trip is centered on the "crisis in Venezuela," where the United States has imposed financial sanctions in an attempt to spur democratic change. But many are more focused on Tillerson's visit to Mexico and its potential impact on ongoing debate over NAFTA.
Tillerson on Thursday took a softer stance on NAFTA than his boss, President Donald Trump, who has proposed to renegotiate — and, at times, even to terminate — the decades-old trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The question over NAFTA's future is particularly urgent in Texas, whose top trade partner is Mexico, with hundreds of billions of dollars generated in two-way trade each year.
Gov. Greg Abbott has praised NAFTA and said he wants it to continue. The fate of the trade deal could turn on the results of Mexico's July 1 presidential election, as candidates have taken drastically different stances on the issue.
Tillerson also spoke about the region more broadly, emphasizing that collaboration among countries Western hemisphere would bolster all their economies. But that economic growth can only spring from strong, stable governments, he said.
"For prosperity to take root, we must create the conditions for regional stability," Tillerson said. "Our approach is holistic: We must address security and development issues side by side."
Squarely in Tillerson's crosshairs was Venezuela, whose regime he decried as corrupt and exploitative. He is expected to discuss the situation there with Latin American leaders on his upcoming trip, though he will not visit Venezuela itself.
"Venezuelans are starving, looting is common and the sick do not receive the medical attention they desperately need," Tillerson says. "There has been no natural disaster. The Venezuelan people suffer because of a corrupt regime that steals from its own people."
He had similar words for Cuba, where an upcoming regime change is an "opportunity … to take a new direction."
"The future of our relationship is up to Cuba," he said.
Disclosure: The University of Texas at Austin and ExxonMobil have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune's journalism. Find a complete list of them here.
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                        'USUARIO_NOMBRES' => $data['USUARIO_NOMBRES'],
                        'USUARIO_APELLIDOS' => $data['USUARIO_APELLIDOS'],
                        'USUARIO_TIPODOCUMENTO' => $data['USUARIO_TIPODOCUMENTO'],
                        'USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO' => $data['USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO'],
                        'USUARIO_CORREO' => $data['USUARIO_CORREO'],
                        'USUARIO_GENERO' => $data['USUARIO_GENERO'],
                        'USUARIO_FECHADENACIMIENTO' => $data['USUARIO_FECHADENACIMIENTO'],
                        'USUARIO_DIRECCIONRESIDENCIA' => $data['USUARIO_DIRECCIONRESIDENCIA'],
                        'USUARIO_TELEFONOFIJO' => $data['USUARIO_TELEFONOFIJO'],
                        'USUARIO_CELULAR' => $data['USUARIO_CELULAR'],
                        'USUARIO_ESTADO' => 1,
                        'CONVOCATORIA_NOMBRE' => $data_convocatoria[0]->CONVOCATORIA_NOMBRE,
                        'CONVOCATORIA_ID' => $data_convocatoria[0]->CONVOCATORIA_ID,
                        'CONVOCATORIA_IMAGEN' => $data_convocatoria[0]->CONVOCATORIA_IMAGEN,
                        'INSCRIPCION_PIN' => $insert['pin'],
                        'FECHA_INICIO_INS' => $data_convocatoria[0]->FECHA_INICIO_INS,
                        'FECHA_FINAL_INS' => $data_convocatoria[0]->FECHA_FINAL_INS,
                        'logged_in' => TRUE,
                        'politicas' => FALSE,
                        'TIPO_DOCUMENTO_ID_1' => 0,
                        'TIPO_DOCUMENTO_ID_2' => 0,
                        'TIPO_DOCUMENTO_ID_3' => 0,
                        'TIPO_DOCUMENTO_ID_4' => 0,
                        'TIPO_DOCUMENTO_ID_TOTAL' => 0
                    );
                    $this->session->set_userdata($newdata);

                    $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Usuario agregado con exito, recuerde tomar nota del PIN para poder ingresar al sistema de cargue de documentos.', 'message_type' => 'info'));
                    if ($this->session->userdata('OFERTA_ACTIVA') && $this->session->userdata('OFERTA_ACTIVA') != '') {
                        //redirect('ofertas/informacion/' . $this->session->userdata('OFERTA_ACTIVA'), 'refresh');
                        redirect('registro/certificado', 'refresh');
                    } else {
                        //redirect('ofertas', 'refresh');
                        redirect('registro/certificado', 'refresh');
                    }
                } else {
                    $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Error al agregar el registro', 'message_type' => 'danger'));
                    redirect('registro/nuevo/MTM1MzM1MTMzODgz', 'refresh');
                }
            }
        } else {
            $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Convocatoria no encontrada o fuera de fechas.', 'message_type' => 'danger'));
            redirect('', 'refresh');
        }
    }

    public function certificado($view_pdf = '') {
        $id_user = $this->session->userdata('USUARIO_ID');
        $id_convocatoria = $this->session->userdata('CONVOCATORIA_ID');

        if ($id_user != '') {
            $data['user'] = $this->register_model->get_user_inscription($id_user, $id_convocatoria);
            $data['ofertas'] = $this->register_model->get_user_offers($data['user'][0]->INSCRIPCION_PIN);
//echo '
'.print_r($user,true).'
';
            if (count($data['user']) > 0) {
                $data['title'] = 'Certificado de Registro';
                $data['content'] = 'register/view_certified';

                $data['template_config'] = array(
                    'signin' => 0,
                    'menu' => 1,
                    'bootstrap-theme' => 0,
                    'jquery' => 1,
                    'validate' => 1,
                    'bootstrapjs' => 1
                );

                if ($view_pdf == 1) {
                    $this->load->library('My_PDF');
                    $data['content'] = 'register/view_certified_pdf';
//$DATA = $this->load->view('register/style_pdf', '',true);
                    $DATA = $this->load->view('register/view_certified_pdf', $data, true);
                    $DATA = utf8_decode($DATA);
//echo $DATA;
                    $path_file = 'certificado_de_registro_' . $data['user'][0]->USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO . '.pdf';

                    $html2pdf = new HTML2PDF('V', 'LETTER', 'fr', true, 'UTF-8', 0);
//$html2pdf->setModeDebug();
                    $html2pdf->pdf->SetDisplayMode('fullpage');
                    $html2pdf->setDefaultFont('Arial');
                    $html2pdf->writeHTML($DATA);
                    $html2pdf->Output($path_file);
                    echo $html2pdf;
                } else {
                    $this->load->view('template/template', $data);
                }
            } else {
                $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Error al cargar el certificado de inscripcion.', 'message_type' => 'danger'));
                redirect('', 'refresh');
            }
        } else {
            $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Error al cargar el certificado de inscripcion.', 'message_type' => 'danger'));
            redirect('', 'refresh');
        }
    }

    public function editar() {
        $id_user = $this->session->userdata('USUARIO_ID');
        $id_convocatoria = $this->session->userdata('CONVOCATORIA_ID');

        $data['convocatoria'] = $this->call_model->get_conv($id_convocatoria,'1159875');

        if (count($data['convocatoria']) > 0) {

            if ($id_user != '') {
                $data['user'] = $this->register_model->get_user_inscription($id_user, $id_convocatoria);
                //$data['convocatoria'] = $this->call_model->get_conv($id_convocatoria);

                $data['departments_1'] = get_dropdown($this->register_model->get_all_departments(), 'DEPARTAMENTO_ID', 'DEPARTAMENTO_NOMBRE');
                $data['departments_1'][''] = '--SELECCIONE UN DEPARTAMENTO--';
                asort($data['departments_1']);

                $data['departments_2'] = $data['departments_1'];
                $data['convocatorias'] = get_dropdown($this->register_model->get_all_calls(), 'CONVOCATORIA_ID', 'CONVOCATORIA_NOMBRE');

                $data['mun'] = get_dropdown($this->register_model->get_all_cities('ALL'), 'MUNICIPIO_ID', 'MUNICIPIO_NOMBRE');

                $data['tipos_documentos'] = get_tipos_documentos();

                $data['title'] = 'Editar datos del Aspirantes';

                $data['template_config'] = array(
                    'signin' => 0,
                    'menu' => 1,
                    'bootstrap-theme' => 0,
                    'jquery' => 1,
                    'validate' => 1,
                    'bootstrapjs' => 1
                );

                $data['content'] = 'register/edit';
                $this->load->view('template/template', $data);
            } else {
                $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Error al Consultar el Registro', 'message_type' => 'warning'));
                redirect('user', 'refresh');
            }
        } else {
            $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Convocatoria no encontrada o fuera de fechas.', 'message_type' => 'danger'));
            redirect('', 'refresh');
        }
    }

    public function update() {
        $id_user = $this->session->userdata('USUARIO_ID');
        $id_convocatoria = $this->session->userdata('CONVOCATORIA_ID');
        $data['convocatoria'] = $this->call_model->get_conv($id_convocatoria,'1159875');

        if (count($data ['convocatoria']) > 0) {
            $data_convocatoria = $data['convocatoria'];
            $this->load->library('form_validation');
            $this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('
', '
');

            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_TIPODOCUMENTO', 'Tipo de Documento', 'required|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_NOMBRES', 'Nombres', 'required|min_length[2]|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_GENERO', 'Genero', 'required|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_DIRECCIONRESIDENCIA', 'Direccion', 'trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_TELEFONOFIJO', 'Telefono', 'required|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_CORREO', 'Correo Electronico', 'trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_CORREO_2', 'Correo Electronico', 'required|valid_email|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO', 'Numero de Documento', 'required|numeric|min_length[2]|trim|callback_documentant_check[' . $data['convocatoria'][0]->CONVOCATORIA_ID . '-' . addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO_ANT', TRUE)) . ']');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_APELLIDOS', 'Apellidos', 'required|min_length[2]|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_FECHADENACIMIENTO', 'Fecha de Nacimiento', 'required|min_length[10]|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_LUGARDENACIMIENTO', 'Municipio de Nacimiento', 'required|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_LUGARDERESIDENCIA', 'Municipio de Residencia', 'required|trim');
            $this->form_validation->set_rules('USUARIO_CELULAR', 'Numero Celular', 'trim');

            if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) {

                $data['user'] = $this->register_model->get_user_inscription($id_user, $id_convocatoria);
                $data['departments_1'] = get_dropdown($this->register_model->get_all_departments(), 'DEPARTAMENTO_ID', 'DEPARTAMENTO_NOMBRE');
                $data['departments_1'][''] = '--SELECCIONE UN DEPARTAMENTO--';
                asort($data['departments_1']);
                $data['departments_2'] = $data['departments_1'];
                $data['convocatorias'] = get_dropdown($this->register_model->get_all_calls(), 'CONVOCATORIA_ID', 'CONVOCATORIA_NOMBRE');
                $data['mun'] = get_dropdown($this->register_model->get_all_cities('ALL'), 'MUNICIPIO_ID', 'MUNICIPIO_NOMBRE');
                $data['tipos_documentos'] = get_tipos_documentos();
                $data['title'] = 'Editar datos del Aspirantes';
                $data['template_config'] = array(
                    'signin' => 0,
                    'menu' => 1,
                    'bootstrap-theme' => 0,
                    'jquery' => 1,
                    'validate' => 1,
                    'bootstrapjs' => 1
                );
                $data['content'] = 'register/edit';
                $this->load->view('template/template', $data);
            } else {
                $data = array(
                    'USUARIO_TIPODOCUMENTO' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_TIPODOCUMENTO', TRUE)),
                    'USUARIO_NOMBRES' => addslashes(mb_strtoupper($this->input->post('USUARIO_NOMBRES', TRUE), 'utf-8')),
                    'USUARIO_GENERO' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_GENERO', TRUE)),
                    'USUARIO_DIRECCIONRESIDENCIA' => addslashes(mb_strtoupper($this->input->post('USUARIO_DIRECCIONRESIDENCIA', TRUE), 'utf-8')),
                    'USUARIO_TELEFONOFIJO' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_TELEFONOFIJO', TRUE)),
                    'USUARIO_CORREO' => addslashes(mb_strtoupper($this->input->post('USUARIO_CORREO', TRUE), 'utf-8')),
                    'USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO', TRUE)),
                    'USUARIO_APELLIDOS' => addslashes(mb_strtoupper($this->input->post('USUARIO_APELLIDOS', TRUE), 'utf-8')),
                    'USUARIO_FECHADENACIMIENTO' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_FECHADENACIMIENTO', TRUE)),
                    'USUARIO_LUGARDENACIMIENTO' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_LUGARDENACIMIENTO', TRUE)),
                    'USUARIO_LUGARDERESIDENCIA' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_LUGARDERESIDENCIA', TRUE)),
                    'USUARIO_CELULAR' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_CELULAR', TRUE)),
                    'CONVOCATORIA_ID' => $id_convocatoria,
                    'USUARIO_ID' => addslashes($this->input->post('USUARIO_ID', TRUE)),
                    'INSCRIPCION_PIN' => addslashes($this->input->post('INSCRIPCION_PIN', TRUE)),
                );
                $insert = $this->register_model->update_user($data);
                if ($insert) {
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_NOMBRES', $data['USUARIO_NOMBRES']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_APELLIDOS', $data['USUARIO_APELLIDOS']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_TIPODOCUMENTO', $data['USUARIO_TIPODOCUMENTO']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO', $data['USUARIO_NUMERODOCUMENTO']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_CORREO', $data['USUARIO_CORREO']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_GENERO', $data['USUARIO_GENERO']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_FECHADENACIMIENTO', $data['USUARIO_FECHADENACIMIENTO']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_DIRECCIONRESIDENCIA', $data['USUARIO_DIRECCIONRESIDENCIA']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_TELEFONOFIJO', $data['USUARIO_TELEFONOFIJO']);
                    $this->session->set_userdata('USUARIO_CELULAR', $data['USUARIO_CELULAR']);
                    $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Usuario editado con exito.', 'message_type' => 'info'));

                    redirect('registro/editar', 'refresh');
                } else {
                    $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Error al editado el registro', 'message_type' => 'danger'));
                    redirect('registro/editar', 'refresh');
                }
            }
        } else {
            $this->session->set_flashdata(array('message' => 'Convocatoria no encontrada o fuera de fechas.', 'message_type' => 'danger'));
            redirect('registro/editar', 'refresh');
        }
    }

    /*     * ************************************** FUNCIONES AJAX ****************************************** */

    public function document_check($document = 0, $convocatoria = 0) {
        $data['convocatoria'] = $this->call_model->get_conv($convocatoria);
        //FUNCION CREADA PARA VALIDAR LA CREACION DE USUARIOS DE UNA CONVOCATORIA.
        $user = $this->register_model->get_user_convocatoria($document, $convocatoria);
        if (count($user) > 0) {
            $this->form_validation->set_message('document_check', 'El usuario con documento ' . $document . ' ya se encuentra inscrito en la convocatoria: ' . $data['convocatoria'][0]->CONVOCATORIA_NOMBRE);
            return false;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    public function documentant_check($document = 0, $convocatoria = 0) {

        $array = explode('-', $convocatoria);
        $convocatoria = $array[0];
        $documentant = $array[1];

        $data['convocatoria'] = $this->call_model->get_conv($convocatoria);
        //FUNCION CREADA PARA VALIDAR LA CREACION DE USUARIOS DE UNA CONVOCATORIA.
        $user = $this->register_model->get_userant_convocatoria($document, $convocatoria, $documentant);
        if (count($user) > 0) {
            $this->form_validation->set_message('documentant_check', 'El usuario con documento ' . $document . ' ya se encuentra inscrito en la convocatoria: ' . $data['convocatoria'][0]->CONVOCATORIA_NOMBRE);
            return false;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    public function get_mun() {

        if ($this->input->is_ajax_request()) {

            $id_dep = $this->input->post('dep');
            $select = $this->input->post('select');
            $index = $this->input->post('index');

            if ($id_dep > 0) {
                $mun = get_dropdown($this->register_model->get_all_cities($id_dep), 'MUNICIPIO_ID', 'MUNICIPIO_NOMBRE');
                echo form_dropdown($select, $mun, ' ', 'class="form-control" tabindex=' . $index);
            } else {
                echo form_dropdown($select, array('' => '--SELECCIONE PRIMERO UN DEPARTAMENTO--'), ' ', 'class="form-control" tabindex=' . $index);
            }
        } else {
            echo 'Acceso no utorizado';
        }
    }

}

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I love a good statement piece so I was thrilled when JORD Watches approached me to partner with them. Their luxury line of wood watches are unique, beautiful and definitely stand out from the crowd. I am obsessed with my new Frankie Watch in Zebrawood & Champagne. It's well crafted and lightweight, which made it the ideal accessory for my trip to Belize. The neutral colors are so versatile and the sleek style can be dressed up or down. I literally wore it everywhere… from lounging on the beach, to hiking through the rain forest, to nights on the town.
The watch arrived in a beautiful wood box, complete with extra links and wood oil for care and conditioning. From the moment I took it out of the box, I could tell the craftsmanship was top notch. JORD makes very cool men's watches as well and I can't wait to get my hands on one for my man.
I'm excited to announce that JORD Watches and I have teamed up to give away one $100 gift card towards a watch of your choice! And just for entering you will receive a $25 credit so technically everyone is a winner! Contest ends 9/10/17.


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Triathlon Training Session – York
T3 are holding a half day Triathlon Training session at York Sport Village on Sunday 23rd April. We have sole use of the fantastic purpose built cycle track for 2 hours and a superb coach to offer tips on everything from bike handling, cornering, group riding etc. Cycle Training 1.00pm – Read more…
By T3Admin, 4 years ago
Anyone fancy a dip in the open water? We'll be meeting tonight (Monday June 30th) at 18:30 for a river swim. Meet in the Church fields car park in Boston Spa. Don't forget your wetsuit…
Our next open water swim session will be at 1900 (meet 1845) on Monday 21 July, We will meet in the Church fields car park in Boston Spa for a river swim. Wetsuit compulsory, speedos optional 🙂 See you there! Ian
Open Water Swim – Blue Lagoon
The first open water swim is now confirmed for Saturday 17th May at 10.30am. The swim will be coached by Swim Smooth Coach, Morgan Williams at the Blue Lagoon, Womersley. If you would like to attend our first coached open water swim session at the Blue Lagoon, please could you Read more…
Winter's Trail 2018-2019 Results & Round-Up
Winter Running League – Round 2
Winters Trail 2018/19 – Dates for the diary
Winter's Trail Running League 2018-19
T3 Statement on COVID-19 and how it will affect club activities
We are all aware of the fast-evolving issues affecting us from COVID-19.
As a result all organised triathlon activity has been suspended with immediate effect until at least 30 April.
Many of you who have upcoming events in the next 4 months (or beyond?) will have seen communications advising that all events have either been cancelled or postponed – from weekend Park Runs to the World Triathlon Leeds in June. Essentially, the government's advice on all mass gatherings has been followed.
As a Club we have received an email from British Triathlon seeking our support as we all navigate through this most challenging time. As an affiliated Club they have asked that we suspend all "face-to-face meetings, events (including social), camps and training groups, at least until 30 April". Their actions after this date will depend on how the situation changes and further advice from the government and relevant bodies.
In light of the unprecedented and rapidly changing circumstances we are all faced with, I am therefore sure you'll agree it is essential the Club and its Members respect this guidance and plays its part in taking the necessary steps to help protect the health and wellbeing of its Members and of course our family, friends and the wider community.
Unfortunately, this means that all Club activities are either cancelled or postponed from now until further notice, but we will keep you updated with plans going forward as the situation becomes clearer.
This does impact both the upcoming summer series and the final event if the winter series as follows:
The Summer Series has a large number of third-party events (Ripon Triathlon, Leeds Triathlon, running events) and all are beyond our control, but are highly likely to be rescheduled or cancelled (if not already). Amongst that we also have T3 training events (York Sports Village, Open Water sessions and a number of timed cycle rides around Bramham) and there is little opportunity to defer our own activities to later in the year. It therefore seems sensible to cancel the formality of the Summer Series and arrange activities as the opportunities appear. The Committee will keep an eye on things and inform Members as the situation evolves.
The Winter Series only required the conclusion of the final pursuit race. However, this cannot now take place due to the social distancing advice and it may prove impossible to defer to later in the year. Therefore, dependent upon any restrictions imposed by the government a self-timed run up to the end of April will be accepted but, we must stress that it is the responsibility of each individual Member to properly comply with the government guidance or rules in force at the time. If between now and the end of April it proves that self-timed runs are just not going to be possible for the Members then scores accrued prior to the 'weather close down' will apply. Or it may be possible to extend the window to say May/June? We will inform you at the time.
In these uncertain times there's still a load of things we can do to keep ourselves active and feel part of a Club, whilst still social distancing. It would be great to hear some suggestions, on here, through the WhatsApp group (or by emailing tadtri@gmail.com). I know you're a creative bunch so let's hear them…
It looks like we're in for a protracted year of personal and sporting disruption but the priority has to be you and your families health. We will endeavour to maintain contact with Members and let's all hope we get back to some kind of normality as soon as possible.


Hailing from Huntington Beach, California, The Simpkin Project began as a studio jam between keyboardist and producer Shawn Taylor and guitarist/ vocalist Phil Simpkin. Soon, the songs the two were producing led them to form a working group and perform throughout California. During the course of two independently released albums, the group has performed on key Cali-reggae festivals; Cali-Roots and Sierra Nevada Reggae Festival. The first U.S. based signing to the VP Records' Dub Rockers imprint, the band was teamed with New York based producer Stanley 'Rellee' Hayden of A-Team Productions and the group New Kingston as backing musicians to produce the twelve tracks that comprise Beam Of Light. The album is a cross section of rock, reggae and 'jam feel' tunes that will get you up and keep you grooving.
Click the button below to add the Beam Of Light - The Simpkin Project to your wish list.


Many successful programmers know more than just a computer language. They also know how to think about solving problems. They use "computational thinking": breaking a problem down into segments that lend themselves to technical solutions. Code Clinic is a series of six courses where lynda.com authors solve the same problems using different programming languages. Here, Barron Stone works with Python. Barron introduce challenges and provides an overview of his solutions in Python. Challenges include topics such as statistical analysis, searching directories for images, and accessing peripheral devices. Visit other courses in the series to see how to solve the exact same challenges in languages like C#, C++, Java, PHP, and Ruby.


First, the surfaces of the object need to be prepped for optimizing image capture—including removing surface imperfections and glare. To make the bottle non-reflective, Stebel first sprays the bottle with several colors of primer. He coats the bottle first in a grey primer, then switches back and forth between speckles of black and white primer to give it some texture. After spraying the bottle, he props it up on a makeshift stand using a hot glue gun.
Just as crucial for ensuring proper output is prepping the "capture space". In Strebel's case, he places the bottle and stand on his workshop table since it is flat and has good lighting. To make the images look better in post-production, he lays a sheet of white paper above the light as a diffuser while he takes photos of different angles of the bottle. For his camera settings, Stebel has the camera set to manual with the aperture as low as possible to blur out the background and so he can get good depth of field. He also has the ISO locked and the camera autofocused.
Once the photos are taken, he imports them into Agisoft Metashape—a stand-alone software product that performs automated photogrammetric processing of digital images to generate a 3D model—to generate the mesh of the bottle. The program determines the various angles where he took the photos and creates a transparent 3D image of the bottle. He cuts off the 3D model of the stand and surfaces the bottom of the bottle before exporting the finished data.
The bottle data can now be used in different CAD applications for different purposes. In theory, you can even 3D print the same bottle if you need to. While Agisoft Metashape carries a $179 pricetag for the Standard version, new users can try it for free for 30-days.
As always, you can find more of Eric Stebel's videos on design and product making on his YouTube channel.


Can I shop tax free?
There are no goods and service taxes on Spitsbergen, so whatever you buy will be tax free. Remember that there are limitations what you can take home with you concerning alcohol and cigarettes. Also, please note that all natural souvenirs like flowers or historical items should be left where you found them.


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How Did Guns N' Roses Pave the Way for Grunge?
Lauryn Schaffner Published: September 8, 2021
Kevin.Mazur, Getty Images / Jeffrey Mayer, Getty Images
When Guns N' Roses released Appetite for Destruction in 1987, it didn't just become the best-selling debut album of all time — it also saved mainstream rock 'n' roll from how boring and watered-down it had become. In the meantime, it also paved the way for a new movement to ensue: grunge.
"We needed danger in rock 'n' roll again," radio personality Matt Pinfield said of Guns N' Roses. "It was hitting a wall. People were ready for something new, obviously youth was."
And thus, GN'R helped bridge the very distinct gap between hair metal and grunge.
There are so many subgenres of rock 'n' roll that it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish one from another. Some are easy — southern rock is created by bands that incorporate a southern twang into their music, glam rock is characterized by flamboyant groups that often teased their hair and wore glitter — but others are a little more complex, such is the case with grunge.
Grunge was commonly thought to have come from Seattle, but its borders expanded a little bit beyond that to the rest of the Pacific Northwest. But geographical location isn't enough to describe a group of bands that sounded pretty different from each other, so what made grunge grunge?
We already discussed which bands were responsible for "inventing" the grunge sound in Episode 1, but now we're going to continue our celebration of 30 Years of Grunge by diving a little deeper into its sound and aesthetic to determine what made it different from previous generations of rock 'n' roll.
"If you asked any of us at the time what we liked about it, was that it was dark, it was way different than what was going on in the mainstream and it was authentic,"shared Myles Kennedy, who grew up nearby in Spokane, Wash.
In addition to Pinfield and Kennedy, you'll hear testimonials from Soundgarden members Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron, Melvins' Buzz Osborne, Shinedown's Brent Smith, The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen, Mother Love Bone's Greg Gilmore, Seether, Dorothy, Dirty Honey's John Notto, Spotify's Allison Hagendorf, renowned artist manager Susan Silver, and Seattle-based photographer Charles Peterson and radio personality Cathy Faulkner.
Watch the second episode of our 30 Years of Grunge series, "What Made Grunge Grunge?" below.
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Will 5G technology have adverse impact on human health?
With the new 5G networks, Singapore hopes to be among the first to develop industrial applications such as driverless buses, autonomous excavators and delivery drones.PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO
May 22, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
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As Singapore gears up for a 2020 roll-out of 5G networks in the country, I wonder if a thorough investigation has been conducted on the possible impact of the technology on human health (At least two 5G networks to be rolled out by 2020, May 8).
As of April 30, more than 230 scientists and doctors from over 40 countries had signed an appeal calling for the European Union to halt the roll-out of 5G technology over concerns that it will substantially increase human exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF).
Last month, Brussels became the first major international city to suspend a 5G roll-out over radiation concerns.
While technological advancement presents multiple benefits for a country and its people, it should never come at the expense of human health.
Are the Singapore authorities and telecommunication companies able to assure Singapore citizens that a 5G roll-out, which will increase involuntary exposure to RF-EMF, will not have adverse impact on human health?
Teo Leng Lee
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 22, 2019, with the headline 'Will 5G technology have adverse impact on human health?'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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Running on Rooftops: a novel and critical reflection on writing from an identity of expatriation with an examination of West-meets-East encounters and attitudes depicted in literature
Stout, Andrea L. (2016) Running on Rooftops: a novel and critical reflection on writing from an identity of expatriation with an examination of West-meets-East encounters and attitudes depicted in literature. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
Due to Embargo and/or Third Party Copyright restrictions, this thesis is not available in this service.
This thesis is in two parts: a creative work of fiction and a critical reflection on writing from an identity of expatriation. The creative work, a novel entitled Running on Rooftops, revolves around a fictitious community of expatriates living and working in China. As a new college graduate, Anne Henry, the novel's protagonist and narrator, decides to spend a year teaching English in China. Twelve years later, though still unsure of how to make sense of the chain of events and encounters that left her with an X-shaped scar on her knee, she nevertheless tells the story, revealing how "just a year" can be anything but.
The critical reflection, entitled Writing on Rooftops, explores the nature of expatriation as it relates to identity and writing, specifically in how West-meets-East encounters and attitudes are depicted in literature. In it, I examine the challenges and benefits of writing from an identity and mindset of expatriation as illustrated in the works of Western writers who themselves experienced and wrote from viewpoints of expatriation, particularly those Western writers who wrote of expatriation in China and Southeast Asia. The primary question addressed is how expatriation influences perception and how those perceptions among Western foreigners in China and Southeast Asia have been and can be reflected in literature. In the end, I argue that expatriation can be a valuable viewpoint to write from, offering new ways of seeing and describing our world, ourselves and the connections between the two.
Fiction, literature, writing, expatriation, expatriate, foreign, identity, China, Asia.
College of Arts > School of Critical Studies > English Literature
Reeder, Dr. Elizabeth
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YKK to host virtual showcase for London Craft Week talent
Zipper manufacturer YKK is taking its support of emerging design talent to social media in light of the ongoing pandemic. While the YKK London showroom remains closed, YKK will host a virtual showcase on its Instagram to promote the creative students and graduates coming out of London.
The current exhibition in the window space at the YKK London showroom is dedicated to London Craft Week and highlights four exceptional designers from the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
'Crafting Ideas' curated by Kei Kagami features graduates Keping Yan, Maya Christofori, Yuwu Liu and Huiru Yang from the MA Fashion Artefact and MA Footwear. Both Master's Degree programmes at the university highlight traditional craftsmanship, facilitating technologies and the exploration of storytelling in a contemporary world.
While the exhibition as part of London Craft Week didn't go ahead as planned, YKK has displayed the work from these emerging designers in the window of their showroom, and now they are taking it online to celebrate the amazing graduate talent.
YKK will be showcasing each graduate on the London Showroom Instagram page [instagram.com/ykklondonshowroom].
Ahead of the virtual showcase, YKK asked the emerging designers to describe what differentiates them from other graduates, as well as the impact of going virtual, the importance of sustainability, and their advice for the next generation of fashion and footwear designers.
Keping Yan
Keping, a graduate from the MA Fashion Artefact course, makes contemporary accessories with bamboo and thermo shrinking plastic. Primarily concerned with craftsmanship and heritage, she brings together indigenous material in a swirling abstract language, illustrative of the hectic and haphazard industry cycle in her home town, in China.
What would you say differentiates your designs from other designers?
Well, as a material lover, all my project start from the material, I like to play and test with all kinds of materials and find different possibilities in my design. Like this project, bamboo is the traditional material from my culture, as a young generation of Chinese craftswomen, it represents my heritage, and the thermo shrinking plastic is an industrial material, but I use this in my jewellery design as a new and creative method.
How important is it to shine a spotlight on the craftsmanship of design?
Craftsmanship and the making process helps designers think and reflect on their design, helping the designer realise which part should be improved and help them to calm down and use their time to experience and understand these making processes and quality.
What has been the impact of the event going virtual?
To be honest, it is a little pity for me to look at these gorgeous crafts online virtually. As a viewer, I attended most of the show on London Crafts Week last year, I quite like to feel the real material closely and physically, and also enjoy the display of how they making on live. But I think it could be a new trend for exhibitions in the future.
What do you aspire to do next in fashion?
I got an offer from an accessories brand in Shanghai, China. I would like to try working as a designer in a commercial way, while I plan to start my own accessories business and hopefully have my own design brand in 2 years.
Why did you decide to become a fashion designer?
I think fashion is closely related to our daily life and our bodies. Through these designs, I hope people can better decorate their bodies, or I can show my design ideas through the body as a display medium.
How important is sustainability to your design?
Thinking of sustainability and recycling is one of the most important part in this project. In my design process, I recycled some spare units cutting from big pieces, and I weave them as a new design part. In addition, the main material in this project is bamboo, one of the most sustainability material in the world.
What does it mean to get support from a company like YKK?
I'm very grateful to YKK London showroom for giving me this opportunity to show my master projects works. As a young designer and a just graduated craftswomen, it is rare for me to have such an opportunity and platform to show my works. It can help me to publicise my design concept and let more people know my design style.
If you could share one piece of advice with a current design student, what would it be?
It always quite hard for a student to know their own design direction and favourite design style, but I think this process should be provided more patience, and more accumulate, and then they will finally find the direction they really interested in.
Maya Christofori
Maya, who studied for her MA Footwear at London College of Fashion, investigates how footwear can function in the experiential contemporary world of wellness in the form of meditation and mindfulness. Her 'Freeze Frame' collection of dancing shoes for the ballroom investigates the influence of footwear in relation to dance in its transition from fast body movements to static postures.
My design process is always based on a deep investigation into a community, culture or experience, which I later filter and translate through my own aesthetics. I tend to work very intuitively, hence I do not exactly know what the outcome will be until the end. My designs always representing strong, emancipated characters based on personal experiences and interests. Usually, I tend to combine various materials and production techniques in order to create colourful and edgy shoes and garments.
In my opinion, fast fashion has its profound influence on pushing sophisticated craftsmanship skills into oblivion. As someone who has been travelling a fair amount on the ancient silk road through Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan I had a first hand glimpse of where rooted craftsmanship comes from and what it actually means: cultural heritage and quality. If we miss to hand over our knowledge to the next generation and stop questioning production methods, we literally may end up in a dead-end situation.
Also, there is no reason in pursuing a career as a designer, if you don't know where your fabric comes from and how much resources are needed to grow the raw material, if you can't tell apart a print from a woven pattern or think silk is vegan. Unfortunately, the focus on this important basic knowledge and skills sometimes gets lost, whereas the entire fashion education seems to shift to designing and presenting the collections.
At the moment I'm working as a freelance footwear designer for a sustainable Berlin-based brand called Paprcuts. Together, we are in the process of developing vegan sneakers which will be produced in Portugal. Besides that, I recently started a collaboration with a dancer from Oxford, Gemma Peramiquel, with whom I will explore choreography, performance and dance through fashion, footwear and scenery. We hope to publish the documentation of this research by the end of this year.
For the future, I would like to consider working as a guest lecturer or tutor in renowned fashion schools, as I am interested in sharing my skills, knowledge and experience with determined students while staying in touch with the ideas and aspirations of the next generations.
Why did you decide to become a fashion and footwear designer?
I would describe myself as a hands-on persona, becoming a mathematician or philosopher was just out of question.
I started my career back in Switzerland with a three year apprenticeship as bespoke tailor with specialisation in women's clothing. Here, I was trained in pattern making, draping, sewing and material research. In order to deepen this speciality, I proceeded with the BA studies in fashion design. There, I learned about accessories and footwear design and the complexity of leather crafts. The MA Footwear course at London College of Fashion, introduced me to a completely new field of crafting, material and machinery and allowed me to train my hands-on skills under the supervision of brilliant technicians.
Through all these years and experience, I now see education rather as an open playground than an isolated room with closed doors.
Nowadays, sustainability is written in capital letters - in my case, I am constantly looking into solutions for waste reduction by getting inspiration from people who are on a budget. 'The less you have, the more creative you get'- is one of the maxims which I live on, saying that you should use what you have, repair, modify and up-cycle. I created a 'living archive', a physical library of materials and haberdashery, which I constantly feed with all the treasures I find on my way or get for free.
Since the very first start of my career path, I have been working with YKK products. Imagining that I would get this great chance of displaying my work in their showroom in London would have been utopian to me back then. I feel deeply honoured and appreciate YKK's work, commitment and support.
If you could share one piece of advice with a current design student, what would it be? Take care of your mental health.
Yuwu Liu
MA Fashion Artefact graduate Yuwu makes artefacts that that confront the idea of wearing posture, seen in her crossed leg pose piece, which highlights a path between the old and new, to bring ideas together from East to West, heritage and modernity, craft and industry, as a way of bringing the best the past into the light of the present.
Reshape the body language in iconic art, and further innovatively define fashion artefact. Inspired by the longstanding craft and industry of traditional cultures, it represents a commitment to bridging the gap between old and new, east and west-in attitude. I believe that this bringing together of cultures is what sets us apart.
I think that understanding and familiarity with craftsmanship is a very important part of a mature design. While the design elements are innovating, the innovative fusion of craftsmanship will have more possibilities for successful production. The combination of traditional craftsmanship and industry is the most sought-after expression in my work.
I think that in the future, virtual will be more and more integrated into our lives. As far as China is concerned, almost all industries will use virtual network platforms for product promotion and sales. This approach has increased the consumer market during the virus crisis. Converged virtual platforms bring great profits, and many craftsmen can also be understood and known by more people.
How challenging has the coronavirus crisis been in finishing your course?
I am very fortunate to be able to complete my work before the virus spreads globally. However, due to the virus crisis, my original graduation ceremony was postponed in July, and there are still some doubt about whether the exhibition in Stratford in November can be held as scheduled.
I'm very passionate about fashion and craftsmanship, and I hope to have more opportunities to discuss with design forums in related fields. I'm currently doing furniture product design. Since I don't define the attitude of fashion artefact, I plan to integrate fashion accessories and lifestyle products in the future. Continue to integrate traditional craftsmanship with modern industrial technology in my work.
Actually, I'm a fashion artefact and fashion accessories designer. In my undergraduate, I started to study jewellery design, and began to contact the design of three-dimensional products and I like history and art, these give me a lot of thinking about lifestyle. I'm more and more obsessed with conceptualising art and fashion to express with three-dimensional products. These products are not an object, but a carrier that can express my lifestyle.
In fact, sustainable development has always had important thinking in my design products. In terms of products, materials and production processes, we choose sustainable fabrics and production methods as much as possible. For example, I participated in the London Craft Week product, and the selected product is a sustainable and environmentally friendly vegetable tanned leather material. Every metal part can be split and can be applied in many ways.I believe Sustainable fashion is a process of change in the ways of thinking and practices of design, production, communication, wearing and enjoying fashion, that values diversity, prosperity and well-being of both people and the environment.
YKK is an international, innovative and inclusive company. During my graduate, I participated in the joint collaboration project with YKK 'zipper around London', using the material of the zipper to redefine the meaning of 'connecting'. This is a very good experience for me, and can give us young designers a good platform to promote design works. Hope to maintain long-term cooperation opportunities with YKK.
Make full use of the library resources of the school to build a good design logic. Learning more about the manufacturing process will greatly help your design.
Huiru Yang
Hiuru, from the MA Fashion Artefact course, showcases story telling with objects by making artefacts as a way to craft, narrate and illustrate storytelling. She utilises her animation background to produce 3D works to feature in her tales.
I'm more interested in the story behind the creation of an object. The product is only part of the storytelling, a microcosm of a detail in the narrative. Series of interpretation and imagination of the story caused by viewing and touching objects is the difference that I hope to show in the design of my series. I want my product that connects virtual stories to real details, and that exists not as an end result but as a portal or intermediary.
This sudden shift is as much a test as a challenge to the audience. The coronavirus crisis forces us to show that it must go ahead in virtual form. I prefer to get different feedback from the audience on this experience. "What are your feelings and comments about not being able to actually touch and see the entity?" This makes me feel very interesting.
In the field of fashion, I will continue to explore how objects are more closely connected with people's memories and emotions. As a designer, you need to understand that the audience is responsible for the work. The creation of an object is never the end, but an intermediary. Our design is only a small part of the whole process. The development of fashion is never just about aesthetics. Fashion is a way to express people's identity, which means more.
The word fashion somehow means that people in the field are constantly thinking and trying to change something or trying to keep something. But no matter what, you have to have an idea. In this field, you will always meet people who love life more than you do, and remain sincere and curious in the process of taking on the challenge and pioneering efforts.
Very important! Sustainability is an important direction in the development of fashion design. More people want to show the lack of transparency across the fashion industry. Sustainable fashion design itself takes time to prove. It's not about deliberately seeking new things and materials to stimulate the demand for new products. It's about being serious about innovation and creativity. Sustainable design is not in opposition to fashion design in the past, but fashion fatigue is indeed a problem. Fashion design is not viewed as the latest must-have fashion item, but a complete cycle from production to experience. The product itself has value, the creator, maker, material, technology and feeling behind the product. The way the experiencer expresses identity. All of this means that we need to not only ask the designer where the inspiration comes from, but also understand the story behind it, which is what I pursue, the deeper relationship between objects and people.
I really cherish and thank YKK for providing me this opportunity, which is a rare platform for every designer with design dreams. Every year, YKK provides a platform for young designers and enthusiastic students in their studies to show their works and ideas as best as possible. Can say is full of sincerity! The reason why YKK treats every young designer so seriously is also consistent with the philosophy that YKK has been adhering to. It keeps on trying and innovating in the field of fashion, keeping keen and curious! And it strongly supports the development of sustainable fashion design. They are really friendly to these young people who are eager for challenges.
What advice would you share with current design students?
Try to make your work meaningful. Prepare and select carefully and passionately. Make sure your product has value.
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• Composition: These two pieces were extracted directly from the music for the film Henry V, composed 1943–4.
• Publication: Oxford University Press, 1947. Study score, ISBN 0-19-368236-2. Parts on sale: violin I, ISBN 0-19-368237-0; violin II, ISBN 0-19-368238-9; viola, ISBN 0-19-368239-7; cello, ISBN 0-19-368240-0; doublebass, ISBN 0-19-368241-9. All materials also available on hire.
• Arrangements: Note: These two pieces are also included in all of the orchestral Henry V arrangements.
'Death of Falstaff', for organ, arranged by Henry G. Ley. Publication: Oxford University Press, 1949, 019 3758741, discontinued. Later incorporated into Robert Gower's suite for organ.
Arranged for piano duet, by John Rutter. Publication: Oxford University Press, 1972, 019 3739321, discontinued.
'Touch her soft lips and part', for organ and brass, arranged by Arthur Wills. This version has never been published, but was recorded in 1982 (see below).
Arranged for organ, by Iain Farrington, 2001. This version has never been published.
• Recordings: Note: These two pieces are also included in all recordings of the orchestral Henry V arrangements.


The first chapter was agonizing: the text was coarse, awkward, and unintelligible, and the names and descriptions silly and often beyond imaging. As the characters are split up or otherwise "fall to the green", the reader finally follows a select few on an unceasingly violent series of mindless events. These few make a doomed but decisive venture and are about to return back to the familiar albeit danger-filled forest that is their home, when along comes the morel.
In Brian Aldiss's Hothouse, or The Long Afternoon of Earth, we eventually are left with two main characters, who travel through a hostile environment overtaken by highly evolved plants; an Earth in locked rotation with a dying Sun forces plants to cleverly – and horrifically – adapt, while mammals are quickly driven to extinction.
The deep-throated Digitalis, or foxglove, reminds me of some hellish mutation that might be found in Aldiss's book. Not only that, but it's poisonous to boot.
Yattmur and Gren, both humanoid but from different tribes, meet sometime after Gren's encounter with a sentient parasitic fungus, "Morel", which latches onto his head and gives him intelligence. However, Morel's true aim is to find more species like himself, use others to absorb all information he can, and reproduce anywhere and everywhere.
At first a promising guide to a way out of the steaming and murderous forest, Morel starts to control Gren, forcing him and, indirectly, Yattmur to do things they didn't sign up for nor fulfilling his original promises in keeping them and the company they keep safe. Gren futilely struggles to fight off Morel's grip on his mind, while Yattmur tries, with mixed success, to care for the friends they have met along the way.
In the end, Yattmur, along with Gren, return to the hot world not because she has to nor due to any kind of gross negligence; the morel's machinations, schemes, and overbearing need to propagate and control is simply not the current she chooses to get swept up in.
The above quote by Morel, that treacherous and insular yet driven scum, is his last attempt to occupy Gren's already diseased mind, who has escaped Morel's mad schemes and for which he is no longer a vessel.
These writhing beauties, the photo of which was snapped at Miharu's famous herb garden, bring to mind Hothouse's Urn-Burns, plants that use the sun's rays to focus fires on their enemies.
Morel is a fascinating character among the many otherwise interesting but mindless botanical monsters mentioned in Aldiss's novel. Yet, de-evolved as they were, as spoken by Morel himself, the humans become wise enough to leave his party in the end; Yattmur feels remorse for the deaths (all directly or indirectly caused by Morel's selfish decisions) of those with which they crossed paths, whereas Gren is simply tired of the Morel's tricks and literal mind control.
The clunky wording at the beginning becomes prosaic and plumbing towards the end, an end which is abrupt and hardly uplifting. And yet, the madness of it all, as they watch from a distant mountain the forest writhing in thick steam and lightning uncontrollably up toward the doomed Sun, can now be appreciated.
While sakura (cherry blossom) trees are meant to be beautiful, I've found myself comparing their contorting trunks and branches to those of the king banyan tree in Aldiss's work.
It's beautiful, foreboding, clarifying, unpredictable, and unforeseeable. Nevertheless, in a way thanks to the morel, we've found each other and have come out of the forest, only to go back in. But, as the saying goes, we're all the wiser and more prepared for having done so.
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DAYTON - Hillary Clinton should recover enough from her pneumonia to rejoin the campaign trail soon, running mate Tim Kaine said Monday in Ohio. But ongoing concerns over the Democratic presidential candidate's health and credibility were underscored in a seeming throwaway remark by former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, who said Kaine is "a wonderfully prepared person to be vice president, and to be the president if that ever became necessary." The comment went viral after it was tweeted by The Dispatch and even becoming the lead story on the Drudge Report.
DAYTON � Hillary Clinton should recover enough from her pneumonia to rejoin the campaign trail soon, running mate Tim Kaine said Monday in Ohio.
But ongoing concerns over the Democratic presidential candidate's health and credibility were underscored in a seeming throwaway remark by former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, who said Kaine is "a wonderfully prepared person to be vice president, and to be the president if that ever became necessary.� The comment went viral after it was tweeted by The Dispatch and even becoming the lead story on the Drudge Report.
Trump has made an issue of her health and "stamina" in the past. His supporters have even posted fake reports about Clinton's health.
After a 35-minute talk at Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, Kaine told reporters Clinton was "very responsive" when he called her after her near-collapse Sunday. Her campaign initially said the incident stemmed from her being overheated but later acknowledged that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia Friday and would stop campaigning for an unspecified period per her doctor's instructions. Kaine wouldn't say when he learned of her ailment, but did not talk with her until Sunday.
�I was struck by how responsive she was to me, but also how chatty and funny she was,� the Virginia senator said.
Strickland, a candidate for U.S. Senate, echoed Kaine's sentiments.
�Secretary Clinton by all reports is a healthy person. A lot of people get pneumonia. That�s not something to be terribly concerned about," Strickland told reporters before his speech.
When asked whether Clinton needs to get back out on the trail in a close race, Strickland replied, �I think the most critical thing for her to do is to be fully recovered of this pneumonia. I would hope that she would take whatever time is needed to fully recover. ... It�s tough when you get little sleep and you�re making speeches and you�re giving interviews. It can wear on you."
With Clinton on the sidelines, Kaine suddenly became the face of the Democratic presidential campaign � just in time for his first solo appearance this year in battleground Ohio. Kaine emphasized college affordability during the Dayton speech.
The Clinton campaign released new figures showing that students from 89 percent of Ohio households � 150,000 students � would pay no tuition for a four-year college degree under her plan. The proposal would allow families with adjusted gross incomes up to $125,000 to attend in-state public colleges and universities tuition-free.


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South Korean Confectioner To Launch Mineral Water Into China
November 4, 2019: 12:00 AM EST
South Korean confectioner Orion, best known for the chocolate snack Choco Pie, plans to launch its first mineral water product, Jeju Yongamsu, this month in South Korea and then in China in the first half of next year. It will be priced at the upper-middle level in the price range of bottled mineral water sold in China, the company said. The mineral water is naturally filtered through 400,000-year-old basalt, making it rich in minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Orion has signed a contract with Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee, which operates about 3,000 stores nationwide, to supply it with 530 ml bottles of the mineral water, as well as snack products. Orion also plans to export the mineral water to Vietnam.
Lee Shin-hyung, "Korean firm aims to quench China's thirst", Asia Times, November 04, 2019, © Asia Times (Hong Kong) Limited


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