This training module, Personal and Professional Development, provides a series of webinars designed to provide tools, knowledge, insights and practical applications to assist an individual in being more effective in aspects of their personal and professional life. The content of this module is presented in 5 webinars.
This webinar, P101: Self-Analysis, examines the process of how an individual can examine their experiencesto provide knowledge and wisdom that helps the individual enhance his/her be more successful.It provides the tools necessary that will help the individual to step back and view themselves objectively.
This webinar, P102: Goals Setting, provides an analysis of how to personal and professional goals to achieve what you want in life. It examines the process of "how to set priorities, identify tasks and objectives and take action", so that you can effectively achieve your goals.
This webinar, P103: Communication, provides an analysis of communication etiquette as well as identifies effective techniques and coping skills when dealing with conflict, difficult people and difficult situations.
This webinar, P104: Personal Financial Planning, provides the tools and information that will assist individuals to come up with a plan that will help them to achieve their financial goals or provide a solution if you are facing financial struggles.
This webinar, P105: Time Management, provides the tools and information that will assist individuals to set priorities and manage their time more effectively.


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Glow time for glow rope is around 4 hours after a full charge. Full charge is accomplished by exposing the product to: UV black light for a few minutes or normal indoor lighting for 20 minutes.
Glow in the Dark Rope comes in three sizes (thickness of 6mm, 12mm and 16mm).
Glow in the Dark Rope is sold in kilograms.
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Q: Can i use XCOPY to copy only files that have changed size? I'm trying to use XCOPY to backup .PST files from Outlook and only backup files that have changed since last use.
Normally this would be easy using the /d switch to save only files with a newer modified date but Outlook changes the date when it's opened regardless of whether the contents have changed.
Is it possible to use an IF statement to compare file sizes and only backup if the file size is different (not necessarily larger or smaller)?
Currently using:
XCOPY /m /f /i /y c:\*.pst \\NetworkLocation\%USERNAME%\BACKUP

Thanks

A: This actually is unbelievable that a tool for copying cannot "update" a target file. At least XCOPY cannot, and neither can ROBOCOPY AFAIK.
This batchfile is clumsy but gets the job done:
@echo off
:: copy files to TARGETDIR if different, modified date or size or name
set TARGETDIR=BACKUP
for %%f in (*.pst) do CALL :COPY_CHANGED %%f %TARGETDIR%
goto :EOF

:COPY_CHANGED
   set saved=(None)
   set live="%~1"
   if not exist "%~2\%~1" goto :DO_COPY
   rem compare file metadata of %1 in current dir and dir %2
   pushd "%~2"
   for /f "tokens=3 usebackq" %%a in (`dir "%~1" ^| findstr /C:"%~1" ^|^|  echo --- `) do set saved=%%a
   popd
   for /f "tokens=3 usebackq" %%a in (`dir "%~1" ^| findstr /C:"%~1"`) do  set live=%%a
   if "%live%".=="%saved%". goto :EOF
:DO_COPY
   echo original: %live%
   echo backup:   %saved%
   xcopy "%~1" "%~2" /F /Y
   goto :EOF

You would need to adjust the XCOPY options to your needs. The echo lines in the subroutine can be deleted.
For each file, the batchfile collects the filesize once in the source folder and then in the destination folder and compares them literally, using dir. If equal the file is skipped else it is XCOPY'd.

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Q: Pythonic conversion to singleton iterable if not already an iterable Suppose I have
def distance2(vector1, vector2):
    zipped = zip(vector1, vector2)
    difference2 = [(vector2 - vector1) ** 2 for (vector1, vector2) in zipped]
    return sum(difference2)

where distance2(vector1, vector2) finds the (squared) Euclidian distance between vector1 and vector2. The function will work for iterable elements, but suppose we also want to make it work for non-iterable elements (i.e. distance2(1,3)). Is there a pythonic way to do this? (i.e, automatically turning regular input into a singleton list).

A: You can use numpy:
np.atleast_1d(1)
# array([1])

np.atleast_1d([1,2,3])
# array([1,2,3])

A: You are describing the basic usage of always_iterable.
>>> from more_itertools.more import always_iterable
>>> for val in always_iterable(1):
...     print(val)
...
1


We received free entry & a complimentary book for attending the Cardiff Children's Literature Festival.
The Cardiff Children's Literature Festival ran from 30th of March to the 7th of April. The Cardiff Children's Literature Festival is the perfect event for little bookworms (aged between 3 and 11).
This year, attendees had a choice of over 40 events to attend including writing workshops, book readings, craft activities and games. Locations for each event ran across areas in the Welsh capital including City Hall, Cardiff Central Library and Cardiff Castle.
The festival hosted a series of well-known English and Welsh authors; Lucy Owens author of The Sea House, Ade Adepitan author of Amazing Ade-ventures, Huw Aaron author of Ble Mae Boc, Nigel Auchterlounie author of Beano and many more!
Yesterday the Welsh Mummy Blogs family had the pleasure of attending this fantastic event. We decided to check out Meet the Dinosaur Juniors, with award-winning author-illustrator Rob Biddulph.
Meet the Dinosaur Juniors was a brilliant event. Author-illustrator Rob Biddulph was entertaining and funny, both the children and parent's had a giggle as he talked about writing his books. Once upon a time Rob Biddulph was the art director of the Observer Magazine and a winner of the coveted PPA Designer of the Year Award.
By night, he told the audience, he would make up silly stories for his three daughters. He would draw pictures to go with the funny stories.
Rob talking to the audience about his family.
Enjoying the made up stories so much, Rob decided to draw a few characters and take them to London with a hope of a becoming a children's author. Whilst showcasing his art work, a publisher liked the look of a family of penguins he'd drawn and asked him to write a story about them.
His first picture book, Blown Away, which featured the family of penguins, was published in 2014 and was only the second illustrated book in history to win the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
From then on, Rob wowed young readers everywhere, with books such as, GRRRRR! (nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal) Odd Dog Out (nominated for a total of eight literary prizes, winning the BSC Festival of Literature Picture Book Award and the UKLA Student Shadower's Vote Book Award) Sunk! Happy Hatchday and many more.
Some of Robs books have featured on CBeebies Bedtime Story. The most memorable, for mums I'm sure, was Odd Dog Out which was read aloud by Tom Hardy in 2017! Blown Away was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Mark Bonnar in 2017.
This event was a must for any aspiring artist or children's book author. Not only did Rob introduce us to his latest character in his Dinosaur Juniors series, Nancy; We also had lots of fun drawing our own dinosaur.
The session lasted an hour which was perfect for my 4 year old son. He had a brilliant time.
The highlight of the morning was meeting Rob Biddulph and him signing our copy of Happy Hatchday. Rob even drew us a little dinosaur!!
Cardiff Children's Literature Festival was fantastic! I cant wait for next year!


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The POV Interview: Alan Zweig on 'HURT'
Zwieg talks about his new film about Steve Fonyo.
By Pat Mullen • Published October 1st, 2015Comments
Alan Zweig poses with his Platform prize for HURT.
Photo courtesy of Wireimages / Getty for TIFF.
This year's Toronto International Film Festival changed the conversation by ushering in a new generation of auteurs with the Festival's inaugural Platform sidebar, which boosts established filmmakers to the next tier of the canon with a competitive spotlight. The first Platform winner is none other than Toronto's own Alan Zweig for his new documentary HURT, his brutally honest portrait of fallen Canadian hero Steve Fonyo. (Literally following in the footsteps of Terry Fox, Fonyo ran across Canada to raise awareness for cancer research and went on to receive the Order of Canada before it was later stripped from him when his image as a cancer survivor and athlete changed following drug addictions and run-ins with the law.) The Platform win for HURT gave TIFF its best underdog tale since Slumdog Millionaire avoided the bargain bin by winning the People's Choice Award and going on to triumphs at the Oscars. The Platform boost is a major honour for Zweig, whose film was both the only Canadian/North American selection in Platform, as well as the only documentary in the sidebar. As the lone film selected to stand for the country with the largest representation at the Festival, as well as for an entire mode of filmmaking, HURT's place in Platform says a lot. It's a move forward for Zweig and Fonyo alike.
Zweig, speaking in an interview with POV during the Festival, recalled that Fonyo's fall from grace motivated him to pursue a film. "I heard he was having trouble," Zweig said, speaking of the time when the Canadian government stripped Fonyo of the Order of Canada, "and suddenly the government that once called him hero had officially declared him a loser. Something about that embarrassment felt like a big moment to me." HURT rejects any and all of the inspirational moments that one might find in a traditional underdog narrative. It's not about redemption or catharsis; rather, it's a sober, no holds-barred portrait of what happens when a nation neglects its heroes.
HURT sees Zweig visit Fonyo as he struggles at rock bottom, balancing on the edge of homelessness and getting into fights with everyone from his ex-wife to his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend. The film is painfully unflinching as the camera watches Fonyo curse at and tussle with various people he encounters, while implications of substance abuse happen off-screen. These aren't elements one usually finds in a tale that plays in multiplexes across the country, which makes HURT a shrewd choice to be the non-fiction anomaly in Platform. "I think one of the reasons it might be more suited to documentary," Zweig says, "is because the stuff [Steve] gets up to is criminal, but he's not like Al Capone. It's almost inconsequential, although it's a crime." Simply put, the realism of the film, the commonness of Fonyo's post-heroic fall, is too true for comfort.
The chill of Fonyo's petty and seemingly inconsequential behaviour aligns with previous films in Zweig's body of work, which largely favours humble, unassuming subjects. His naked flaws make this story compellingly authentic. "It seems almost too obvious to point out that some stories, when you see them in fiction, you say, 'Oh that was bad, but I don't feel really anything,'" Zweig says. "But if it has that disclaimer, 'Based on a true story,' it gives it that extra pull. And that was never more clear for me than when I made A Hard Name [which won the Genie for Best Documentary Feature] and I had ex-cons saying things that I've heard people say in prison movies. But when they said it in my film, it shook me to the bone. So what attracted me to Steve's story was that it had a lot of qualities of fiction [but was real]."
Zweig (centre) poses with producer Peter Gentile and subject Steve Fonyo at the World Premiere of HURT.
Making Fonyo's story as a drama would also demand the tricky task of finding the right actor to play the part. Fonyo, when asked by POV who could best play him in a drama of his life, simply smiles and shakes his head. "I don't think there is a person,' he laughs, "I don't think you could act it." (His girlfriend, Lisa Marie, jokes that Matthew McConaughey is the man for the job.) However, Fonyo's ability to admit the difficulty that his persona presents for an actor conveys a step in the right direction towards self awareness. His erratic behaviour and uncomfortable mood swings are simply too dramatic for anyone to mimic, but the frankness of _HURT_'s portrait of Fonyo invites a great deal of empathy.
HURT brings another recurring trait one sees in Zweig's films to the Platform section as the filmmaker skillfully allows himself to be a part of the action that occurs on screen. HURT begins as straightforward observation as Zweig lets the first visit with Steve largely play out as observational cinema. However, as Fonyo's behaviour becomes more erratic and disorderly, Zweig's presence becomes a secondary voice in the film. As he drives with Fonyo, he asks about the prized car that he is slowly restoring at home. Zweig gradually gets him to open up about his shortcomings and ultimately realise how much he needs help.
Zweig admits that the presence of a filmmaker is often (stupidly) perceived as taboo. "Even having your questions in the film was taboo," recalls Zweig, "so you had that thing where people would say, 'What did you have for breakfast today?' 'Eggs'" But you can't say, 'Eggs,' you have to say 'I had eggs for breakfast'." Fonyo generally needs a bit of coaxing to provide fuller answers and he often responds better when the interviewer is a friend beside him, rather than a detached voice speaking from behind a camera. By choosing not to remove himself from the film, the director inspired a more authentic version of his subject.
Zweig admits that stepping into the frame poses a dilemma for filmmakers, but he says that one can contain the risk if one knows how to tread the line between filmmaker and subject. "That's become a technique to save movies," Zweig says on filmmakers who insert themselves within their own films, "because the filmmaker having their own parallel story as a subplot is a structuring tool where, if you don't know how to structure a story otherwise, is an easy one. On that level, I do feel like, 'oh man, what have I wrought here?' because I have seen so many films where the filmmaker opens by saying I'm a filmmaker…'"
Zweig, however, thinks that an openness to documentary form is emerging. "I think Michael Moore and Nick Broomfield had something to do with breaking the taboo, and even in Canada, I think that I had something to do with breaking that taboo, but it was so broken that people do it for no other reason than to just do it." Festivalgoers who revisit Zweig's films will see that the filmmaker's presence in the films largely works to their benefit, particularly in his two most recent features. 15 Reasons to Live, for example, gives Zweig the final word (or reason) in the film as the fifteenth chapter of this anthology offers a personal story that brings the film to its extraordinary catharsis. InWhen Jews Were Funny, which won the prize for Best Canadian Feature at TIFF 2013, Zweig's audible interview questions and banter with the comic interviewees adds a layer of self-deprecating humour to the conversation that furthers the film's thesis. HURT therefore displays the most sophisticated extension of a Zweig trait as it boosts him to a new level in the festival circuit.
HURT simply wouldn't work, though, without Zweig's presence to reassure the viewer that Steve deserves their sympathy. Without the filmmaker's voice of reason speaking within the film, HURT might simply prove too difficult and too frank for comfort if Zweig were to allow Steve to run wild with his behaviour. "When I started making documentaries," Zweig says, "I realised, 'These people really believe that verité is the highest form of art and that talking heads is the lowest form,' which I was working in myself."
"When I watch verité," Zweig continues, "the guy's just saying this and this and this and this, and I'm like, 'Hey, say something to him. Like, on behalf of the audience, please mediate this a little for me.'" Zweig intervenes at least twice in the film and helps contain a situation that could easily have spiralled out of control.
Photo courtesy of TIFF
The film sees Zweig give Fonyo the push he needs to pursue treatment. Fonyo admits that his life might not be on the same course that it is today if it not for the film. "I don't know," Fonyo hesitates, when asked if his life would have improved without the film. "Probably not. Everything happens for a reason, I believe." By breaking a perceived taboo in documentary, HURT leads the film to a satisfying ending as Fonyo takes the first step towards treatment. By choosing to step away from traditional documentary convention, Zweig's engagement with his subject, and his subject's own trust in the him, lets the film function as more than just a work of art.
There's a nice symmetry to Fonyo's underdog status and Zweig's own, which makes HURT an especially fine selection for putting Zweig in the spotlight. "The strange thing for me is… it's almost not in my interest to admit this, but 99% or 100% of my success is in Canada, and 90% of that is in Toronto," says Zweig. "I don't know why my films have not travelled. I tend to think that if you have ten thousand fans in Toronto, then you probably have ten thousand fans in Chicago or St. Louis, etc, but they haven't had a chance to see my films." It's certainly true that despite winning some of the highest honours that a documentarian can receive, Zweig's success has previously been largely contained to Toronto, which boasts two of the most doc-friendly festivals in the world, TIFF and Hot Docs.
So, if Zweig's films struggle to reach an audience outside Canada, let alone Toronto, then why make a movie about the relatively obscure Fonyo, compared to a national icon like Terry Fox? "'Because that would be boring," Zweig adds with a laugh. "The idea of bringing Steve's story to Canadians was, I feel, a side benefit to making the film." In addition to bringing a faded national hero back into the spotlight, which HURT is undeniably doing, the film shows how flawed and complex characters, real or fictional, are often the ones who engage audiences the most.
Fonyo doesn't look back, but instead looks forward as he hopes that his next film with Zweig, Unbroken, adds to his story. "It shows that life is getting better," he says and notes that audiences will find the follow-up documentary showing a Fonyo who is less chaotic and more stable. Fonyo hopes that audiences affected by his tale and moved by his fall will see it as a learning experience. 'Just learn from it," he says, looking towards his next chapter with Zweig. "We all want to get better. All you can do is move forward."
Pat Mullen is POV's Online Co-editor, etc. He covers film at Cinemablographer.com, and has contributed to The Canadian Encyclopedia, Paste, BeatRoute, That Shelf and other outlets and is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society. You can reach him at @cinemablogrpher
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Skilling & Wuebbles: Heading into the late innings on climate change
We're numbers guys. Climate science is all about observations and data. They reveal the past and help us plan the future. In meteorology, observations and data are the backbone of forecasts and statistics are the vertebrae of narratives. We're also fans of baseball, which offers us lots of opportunities to dig into numbers. In baseball, numbers can make goats and legends. In climate and weather, they show we're in a whole new ballgame.
Our planet is on a record-shattering streak. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide are now over 400 parts per million. This is the first time in more than 800,000 years that there has been this much carbon in the atmosphere. In pre-industrial times, carbon dioxide concentrations were around 280 ppm. That's a jump of more than 43 percent, and atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are likely to get much higher.
Carbon isn't the only thing rising. Globally, June was the hottest month on record. It broke a temperature record set just a month earlier. The hot streak prompted Derek Arndt, climate monitoring chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to declare: "We are living in the steroid era of the climate system."
A rainbow arcs over Minneapolis after a Home Run Derby rain delay in All?Star activities last month. (Brian Mark Peterson, McClatchy?Tribune) Between the 1980s and the 2000s, baseball saw the average season-leading total for home runs jump to almost 50 home runs from 36. Even casual observers knew something was up.
Congress and Major League Baseball took action. But when it comes to carbon dioxide, the stakes are far higher than peanuts and Cracker Jack. Earth's atmosphere is a dynamic system affected by things we can and can't see. Disturbances to this complex system, such as those caused by increased amounts of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide, can cause dramatic shifts in local weather patterns. Climate is the long-term statistics of weather but it is not weather itself. However, changes in climatic conditions have a real impact on the weather we experience.
For decades, data analyses and climate modeling indicated that increasing levels of carbon dioxide would change weather patterns in the Midwest. Some changes, like longer growing seasons, offer short-term benefits. Other impacts, like more intense heat waves, more downpours and more allergy-causing pollen, reveal that we have more to lose than gain from climate change.
Climate change is here. With the intense heat and drought of 2012, our state and region experienced one of its hottest, driest years on record. We experienced significant agricultural losses, and Lake Michigan and Mississippi River water levels fell to historic lows.
In recent years, the intensity of our rainfall has been impressive. Four of Chicago's 10 wettest summers have occurred since 2001. This summer is already in sixth place and inches upward with every downpour.
When baseball got out of whack, congressional hearings led to modifications to America's national pastime.
However, it has become apparent that Congress is not inclined to act on stemming the pollution that leads to the extreme weather-causing climate change that we're experiencing.
Almost 40 percent of that pollution comes from power plants that spew large amounts of pollutants into the air. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft rule that would require Illinois to cut carbon pollution by 33 percent by 2030. Now we need strong state leadership to cut carbon pollution by boosting renewable energy resources and cutting waste by increasing energy efficiency.
Several steps are already underway. From 2005 through 2011, Illinois cut its carbon pollution by 2 percent. In the next three years, it's estimated that energy efficiency will cut enough electricity demand to power 450,000 Illinois homes for a year. And we're growing our economy too. More than 60,000 Illinoisans work in energy-efficiency related jobs and more than 20,000 are employed in renewable energy fields.
Last month, Major League Baseball held its annual All-Star festivities in Minnesota and a spectacular image of rainbows was captured after a Home Run Derby rain delay. Climate change is not a game, but if it were, the box score would be clear. We need a rally.
Thanks to data, we know exactly what's coming. Let's not the take our eyes off the ball.
Tom Skilling, chief meteorologist at WGN-TV, is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.
Donald J. Wuebbles is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


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Buchelay ist eine französische Gemeinde im Département Yvelines in der Region Île-de-France. Die Gemeinde hat  Einwohner (Stand: ) und liegt im Arrondissement Mantes-la-Jolie und im Kanton Mantes-la-Jolie (bis 2015: Kanton Mantes-la-Ville). Die Einwohner werden Buchelois genannt.

Geografie
Buchelay liegt etwa 50 Kilometer westnordwestlich von Paris. Umgeben wird Buchelay von den Nachbargemeinden Mantes-la-Jolie im Norden, und Nordosten, Mantes-la-Ville im Osten, Magnanville im Südosten, Fontenay-Mauvoisin im Süden, Jouy-Mauvoisin im Südwesten sowie Rosny-sur-Seine im Nordwesten.

Die Autoroute A13 führt durch Buchelay (Anschlussstelle Mantes-Ouest/Mantes-Sud).

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Kirche Saint-Sébastien, erbaut im 15. Jahrhundert, restauriert 1846

Literatur
 Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Band 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1, S. 419–421.

Weblinks

 Monuments historiques (Objekte) in Buchelay in der Base Palissy des französischen Kultusministeriums

Ort in der Île-de-France
Ersterwähnung im 9. Jahrhundert

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We hear it a lot. Be mindful. Honour yourself mindfully. What a minute... back it up... what does mindful mean? How do I add that to my list when I've already got a bunch of stuff to do!
Being mindful is about 1) stopping your actions to check-in with your WHOLE self (that means your body, mind, and spirit), 2) aligning with your heart (what your heart wants), and 3) using this check-in and alignment as an arrow to point you forward.
How do you stay mindful in the hustle of your job? Feelings of overwhelm and anxiety can creep in – there's so much to do! Mindful living is stopping the bustle and checking-in with your whole self. Acknowledge that your mind is distraught, your body is tight, your spirit is edgy. And then, and here's the rich stuff, you anchor to your beloved heart and consciously (aka mindfully) choose what's important to you. Connect with what your heart and soul crave, and determine what you will do next. Follow?
How do we stay "present" with a big list of things to do, demands, actions to move our life forward, mouths to feed, children to pay attention to, partners to tune into, meals to plan, etc. etc.
Try this on. Right now. I want you to actually stop and reflect on this.
2. Did it become clear you aren't supposed to be moving right now? Maybe you're supposed to tune into something you love – your partner, your kids, and your own self-care practice.
Either option is a fine one because you've taken a moment to acknowledge your now, and are consciously moving forward with intentional purpose that came from your heart. Did you catch that? You got present and are moving forward with intention from the heart.
If you choose the latter (#2), then bask in this area of love. Breathe it all in. This is a beautiful opportunity to connect to something you love. This allows you to sink into some resonance that your heart is craving. Honouring what is important to you. This place breeds satisfaction, fulfillment, joy ... all those good things. It also breeds the law of attraction. Your thoughts become your experiences. What you put out into the world comes right back to you. You put out love; you get love back. Boomerang! Ex. if you choose to tune love to your partner, your partner is likely to show love right back to you. Maybe this comes in the form of an acknowledgement or affection. Try it on… play with it. Nothing to lose.
So, what about staying mindful when you're a small business owner and the demands of everyday life exist? This one is a personal one for me, but again, it's about connecting to your heart. What do you want? What is important? Define a plan on how you can accomplish both work and personal. Set goals, set boundaries. For me I choose to focus really hard on work for a period of time, and then outside of that time I give myself permission to focus on what I love, whether that be my family, exercise, or making time for myself.
Try this on, and enjoy with deep gratification. Live rich.
There is a strong need across the planet for human beings to live a life aligned with their values and purpose – a space to quiet the busy mind, and self-sabotaging voice so they may courageously speak their authentic voice and share their talent. I got into coaching because I had a voice to share. Though immersed in the business world for over a decade, I started my journey into coaching in 2013 with the Coaches Training Institute, an internationally acclaimed training platform, and became a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach in 2015. I did this while caring for my own small babe. As a mom of two healthy young boys, I know it takes a lot of strength and courage to step outside the ordinary and into the life of desire. Both motherhood & entrepreneurship call on this strength and courage daily.
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It is a common situation that your professor can ask you to write a paper in various styles, in particular, APA. Let's clarify its essence and find out the main features. To start with, we should admit that this abbreviation stands for American Psychological Association. As a rule, this style is used for such disciplines as sociology, philosophy, and education. APA style essay is well-spread in different universities as it helps test knowledge of students. Moreover, it is regarded as the easiest one. We hope that you don't have troubles with college essay formatting, but if you do, keep reading this information.
The crucial thing to memorize is that APA essay example consists of title page, abstract, body pages (the place where you present your investigation), and references. It is reasonable to describe each of these components.
We can say that it is a "face" of your work, as it makes a general impression. When a professor starts checking your paper, the first things that he notices are mistakes on a title. In order to avoid it, we recommend you to follow simple rules of formatting.
At the top of the page, it is required to have a running head. That is the shortened variant of the title. Here you rephrase the text, but it should not exceed 50 characters. Another key thing to know is that each word should be capitalized. It should be on each page of your work.
The title has to be at the center of the page. The appropriate font is Times New Roman typed in 12- point. Do not italicize, underline or capitalize it. This is important to admit that your title should be one or two sentences with grammatically correct structure. The style should be neat. Moreover, make the title precise and concise.
Under the title, you should write your name and data about your instructor. It is required be double-spaced and centered.
A second page of the paper is dedicated to abstract. Type a word "Abstract" at the center and do not make it bold. The first sentence should not be indented. That is an informative part as it conveys the main goals, tasks, and plot. Try to make it qualitative, well-structured, and grammatically correct. The main reason for it is that professor will estimate an abstract and make the conclusion about the whole paper. We recommend to avoid writing the facts that are not given in the paper as it is not a good manner. You are required to submit keywords that are frequently used in writing. Moreover, you should write all terms that relate to the topic. The abstract should be 150-200 words.
As a rule, it is the most complicated and troublesome part as you should make and encourage people to read your masterpiece. It can sound funny but do not introduce yourself. We recommend you to star with philosophical statement, proverb, or quote. It will make your work more qualitative. Be sure that your instructor will be pleasantly surprised to see the quote of Nietzsche, for instance. Moreover, it will attract readers' attraction. Another key thing to know is that you should integrate your investigation. Namely, your task is to prove the importance and originality of content. Do not forget, to end this paragraph with the appropriate thesis sentence that will be a good "bridge" to the second part of the work. One more tip for you: feel free to submit here scholar and scientific ideas that you have used; try to organize them and perform logically, not randomly. It means that previous sentences should be the beginning of the next one. A good way to make your intro informative is to highlight which articles or other sources were used during the investigation. It doesn't mean that you should write "I used a book "Miracle" and found out that…" You can agree that it is not a high level of academic writing. That is why use your skills and summarize credible sources.
In the introduction, it is a kind of forbidden thing to use quotations, except the case when you start the paragraph. It means that you should write your thoughts and assumptions. It is more interesting to read new and original thoughts, rather than copied.
Do not title this part as "Introduction," just divide it into paragraphs, in order to separate significant thoughts.
After you have introduced your paper, it is time to present methods. Here you give a brief and precise overview of the scientific ways of research that was useful during the investigation. There is no need to type the title of method, just give its small characteristics.
Speaking of materials, we should note that the aim of this section is to give readers opportunity to cast a glance at the results and sources that helped you achieve them. Another key thing to know is that this part is optional as it is a type of duplicate of conclusion.
As for participants, we are sure that you realize the main aim of this part. Here you should present the scientists that contributed to the investigation of this phenomena. You should write that you haven't chosen participants randomly. Your task is to prove that you used only necessary, trusted, and qualitative data. We recommend you to avoid short and choppy sentences.
It can be stated that APA format essay body is a discussion where you write about the main aspects of the theme, perform data in order to help readers realize the phenomena. Here you interpret your findings but in a more extended way. It is a part where you can link the scientific facts with your hypothesis.
We recommend you to make paragraphs and separate key thoughts and thesis. The main reason is obvious, as it helps readers find necessary information quickly and does not make them sleep with the monotonous structure.
Feel free and show how your finding is connected with the existed investigation.
Use various examples and evidence. It will prove readers that your paper is based not on the figment of your imagination, but credible works.
There is a rule – to finish each section with a conclusion. Do not be afraid because you do not need to write a big paragraph; your task is to create the sentence that will sum up given information and turn readers' attention to the next portion of writing.
Now it is high time to mention the common and significant rules of the main body formatting.
Remember that we do not duplicate the "title" on the second page, it means that you can start submitting your content without the introductory phrase. It goes without saying that it makes the writing process easier.
You can use different levels of headings in order to structure your paper well. Moreover, it will make your content logical and interesting to read.
Common knowledge is that you will have the titles of different works in your paragraphs. We have one rule for such case, in particular, you should italicize or put quotation marks around the titles.
Do not forget about margin; it should be one-inch at each side of the page.
Make your paper double-spaced as it is better for reading. Moreover, you will find the mistakes while proofreading easily.
Do you hesitate where to put the number on the page? As a rule, it should be at top right corner.
The required font of American Psychological Association is Times New Roman 12 size.
That is the smallest, but not less important part of an academic paper. You should be aware of the simple rule of short essay format.
The conclusion should contain the summary of each part of the main body and organize the data logically.
Do not try to be omniscient, write only the facts that you have described in your paper.
It is a type of forbidden thing to describe the new phenomenon in this part.
The aim of conclusion is to inform readers about the results and achievements of an investigation. Moreover, here you are required to show the scientific importance of your paper for the future research.
The sources that you have used should be indicated and shown at the end of your paper; that is why you are required to make "Reference list." This title should go at the center of the new page. Do not bold or italicize it.
Now it is time to make references. It is essential to note that they should have alphabetic order and the first line should be indented from the left margin.
The type of reference depends on the source that you have used.
Author, (Year of publication). Title of work. Location. Publisher.
Author, (Year). Title of article. Title of article, volume, number, pages.
Author, (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of an online periodical. Retrieved from (link).
In case of misunderstanding and troubles, you have a chance to address different services that can make a citation instead of you.
At first sight, it seems impossible to apply in practice information mentioned above. But things can't be all that bad. We invoke you to believe that it is a doable thing if to follow simple rules. You have the opportunity to get acquainted with the steps that will make the writing process easy and interesting. Hope it will be useful for you.
The basic thing is to choose a good topic. We highly recommend you to pick the topic according to your tastes and interests. Be sure that it will be a fascinating process if you write about the branch of science that you are fond of; moreover, the results and score will be high. Another key thing to remember is that you have to select a topic that can be investigated from different aspect with the help of modern methods. Do not try to depict old and previously discovered issue in new colors. As a rule, it will not bring success.
Start with an outline. Make a type of frame of your paper. Be sure that it will motivate you to good thoughts. Everybody will agree that it is easier to work with the draft rather than start writing from scratch.
Learn the basic rules of the APA style and try to adapt your work to the existed requirements. Admittedly, your professor will appreciate it.
Examine the potential sources of your future writing. Feel certain that these materials can serve as credible sources.
Start the creation and enjoy this process.
So, now you are armed with the essential information about writing an essay in APA style. We hope that your first step will be successful. Do not hesitate and accept challenges.


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First, to learn how to hit a devastating backhand in tennis, it is important for you to recognize that the Backhand doesn't play second fiddle to the Forehand. In fact in many ways it can be even more important than the forehand if you want to elevate your tennis game.
The backhand can be developed into a weapon much like the forehand or it can provide you with a consistent and reliable shot. It can enable you to defend or attack and a backhand down the line is one of the most coveted shots in the entire game!
The key is to develop your backhand into a shot that isn't easily attacked and optimally into a shot that can be as aggressive in nature as the forehand is typically for most players. Legends of the game that have been able to attack with their backhands include, Andre Agassi, Novak Djokovic, Steffi Graf, and Bjorn Borg to name a few.
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THE FOLLOW-THROUGH & RECOVERY: The follow-through should continue out away from the body as the wrists turn over and the racket should finish above the opposite shoulder. If you are hitting a closed stance backhand, you should experiment with how it feels to bring the back foot around and in line with the front foot, essentially returning you to the ready position and enabling you to push off that outer or non dominant foot back to the center of the court again.


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June 13, 2013 • 6 min read
Onerous conditions and a lack of clear policies have been a big damper on foreign direct investment in Indian retail. But recent clarifications from the department of industrial policy and promotion may only slow down the process further.
In September last year, when the Indian government allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) up to a level of 51% in multi-brand retail, it was expected that global players like Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour would move quickly. But the government has not received a single application until now. Onerous conditions and lack of clarity in the policy have been a big damper.
Key conditions in the initial policy guidelines include a minimum investment of US$100 million, of which 50% needs to be in back-end infrastructure; 30% of products must be sourced from small enterprises; and retail outlets can be set up only in cities with a population of over one million.
"We are waiting for greater clarity," Tesco's chief executive Philip Clarke told the media a few weeks ago after a meeting with the federal commerce and industry minister.
But recent clarifications from the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) may only slow down the process further. The US$100 million investment requirement is a case in point. The government has now said that acquisition of existing retail stores will not be considered part of this mandatory investment. Global retailers will have to set up new front-end operations. The US$50 million mandated for back-end operations also has to be in creating greenfield infrastructure. The 30% products sourced from small industries cannot be used for global business, and fresh products do not fall under the ambit of the 30% sourcing. There are additional qualifying clauses, too.
"The spirit of the government announcement seems to be that there is no easy way to invest in retail in India. It is now clear that foreign players will have to create capacities from scratch. This means that they will need to go back to the drawing board, assess their appetite for investment and rethink their strategies," says Ankur Bisen, vice president – retail, at New Delhi-based research and consultancy firm Technopak Advisors. Bisen feels that the new set of clarifications has "added more rigidity and disincentives and will result in further delay in investment decisions."
Entrepreneur Meena Ganesh sees the clarifications as a "mixed bag." Ganesh, who was earlier heading Tesco's operations in India, says: "On the positive side, it is good to see the government clarifying key aspects and [removing] ambiguities …. It is also great to see that the government realizes and understands the need to create a strong back-end and supply chain network. On the negative side, this is disappointing since more restrictions and more rules will delay and dampen the interest of foreign firms. K. Ganesh, serial entrepreneur with strong experience in starting businesses in India, adds: "Not allowing the M&A route defeats logic, especially given the bureaucracy and startup hurdles in India. The make-or-buy decision or organic-versus-inorganic decision, especially in early stages, is a commercial one."
Consider Walmart. It entered India in 2007 in a wholesale cash-and-carry format in partnership with Bharti Enterprises. Wal-Mart expected that once FDI in multi-brand retail was allowed, this relationship would enable it to get a head start over other international retailers looking to establish a presence in India.
But Walmart has been embroiled in a series of controversies in the country. These include charges of violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act and FDI regulations, and lobbying for FDI in multi-brand retail. (In India, lobbying is an illegal activity.) While the probe against lobbying has apparently been closed for lack of conclusive evidence, the company is still under scrutiny on other fronts.
In 2010 — prior to the opening up of FDI in multi-brand retail — Walmart made investments in Cedar Support Service, the holding company of Bharti Retail which has over 200 Easy Day stores in the country. A recent Walmart India statement regarding this says: "We are in compliance with India's FDI guidelines. All procedures and processes have been duly followed and details filed with relevant Indian government authorities, including the Reserve Bank of India." Responding to a query by India Knowledge at Wharton on Walmart's investment in Cedar, a Bharti Group spokesperson said: "We are in complete compliance of all regulations and will continue to do so."
Walmart's investments in Cedar in 2010 were by way of compulsory convertible debentures (CCDs). According to media reports, Walmart is now looking to convert the CCDs into equity and thereby get a 49% stake in Cedar. But, with the government mandating that all front-end investments have to be in greenfield ventures, Walmart may well have to rethink this move.
The company has another issue to worry about. Currently, the Bharti Walmart cash-and-carry stores reportedly sell 85% of their products to Bharti Retail's Easy Day stores. According to DIPP clarifications, Bharti Walmart will have to restrict its sales to Easy Day to 25% of its turnover. Or, it will need to reorganize its corporate structure. "I don't see the logic in this. A lot more clarity is required on this front," says Bisen.
In a conversation with India Knowledge at Wharton in September 2011, Raj Jain, president of Walmart India and managing director and CEO of Bharti Walmart had said, "If FDI does not open in the next three years or so, then that may require a rethink on the whole strategy, because … you can't monetize all your investments just on cash-and-carry." Now, Walmart's rethink on strategy may have to come thanks to the fine print in India's FDI policy.
Indian retail chains that were looking to dilute their stake to the multinationals will also need to go back to the drawing board. "They will now find it difficult to attract foreign retailers. This will be a big jolt to them." says Bisen. Adds Ganesh: "This seems to favor the very large industrial houses … as they can fund their ventures all the way through to an IPO. It will give them a competitive advantage as it will restrict the number of players. Any such scenario is not good for free markets and the consumer."
S. Ramesh Kumar, professor of marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), offers another perspective. Pointing out that India is "a unique market with a large chunk of retailing happening in the unorganized sector across several categories," Kumar says: "With modern retail registering considerable growth in recent times, the government's clarification [on FDI in multi-brand retail] is perhaps a relief for the unorganized market."
According to Kumar, without the stringent clarifications announced by the government, multi-brand FDI retailers might have brought "several value-based offerings at the lower end of the market." He suggests that "while consumer groups may benefit out of these offerings, the unorganized sector, both retailers and local brands … would be significantly affected." Kumar adds: "The condition regarding the creation of back-end infrastructure by the multi-brand [global retailers] can contribute to the professional and gradual development of suppliers. Since this would be gradual, the unorganized sector, too, will have time to adapt."
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Harlem Nights was directed by Eddie Murphy, an American actor, producer, writer, and director.
Harlem Nights was initially released on Friday, November 17, 1989, in the United States. Also released on Friday, November 17, 1989 have been Prancer and Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (dir. Monte Hellman). This was twenty-nine (29) years ago.
It has been released on Wednesday, January 24, 1990 in France; Thursday, April 12, 1990 in Germany and on Tuesday, December 26, 1989 in Australia.
Robin Harris and Danny Aiello also appeared together in Do the Right Thing, released in 1989.
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John Kerry's remarks were delivered at an event in Washington, DC, ahead of two important Asian summits focused on economic growth.
John Kerry argued that with the potential for China and the US to share gains of almost half a trillion dollars a year if they're able to open up trade and investment significantly, the nations now have a "huge stake in the economic health of the other", and touted climate change as the "perfect example" of a global security concern that directly threatens this compelling bilateral growth.
Indeed, research published last week by Ecofys suggests global emission reduction targets are achievable if China and the US work together to reduce pollution levels.
He outlined the clear financial benefits of steering investments into clean energy: "Between now and 2035, investment in the [energy] sector is expected to reach nearly $17 trillion. […] The energy market is a $6 trillion market with four to five billion users today, and it's going to grow to maybe nine billion users over the next 30, 40, 50 years. Think of that. Seventeen trillion dollars is more than the entire GDP of China and India combined.
In an equally inspiring speech this September at Climate Week NYC which was convened by The Climate Group and CDP, John Kerry also warned of the imperative to act swiftly. He said climate change should be grouped with economic, public health and security challenges, controversially linking it with terrorism, and stating it is "one of the most serious problems we face".


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Martin Stommel's art is a statement on the turmoil of the world; a method, an attempt to find a way from the inferno to paradise. His lighting controls, the visionary compositions full of suspense and drama, their extensive diagonals and gestures, the elongated bodies of the protagonists in his paintings all lead from banality to the essential question. In his paintings the world and the ever-changing luck burst and fate roars in the eternal chant of the mystery of the universe. Herein the artists follows the fevers of Tintoretto (1518 – 1594) or Max Beckmann (1884 – 1950). The art-historical education of Martin Stommel, the brilliant artistic studies with the famous Russian dissident Boris Birger, who came as an immigrant to Bonn, the academic studies in Munich and Berlin directed him to a remarkable philosophic transfer of real visual experiences into epiphanic viewing experiences, inspiring new visual solutions. His dynamic of the pictorial scripture, his freedom of choice of colour, his visionary reinterpretation in the formal solutions are rare qualities in the international art scene.
Martin Stommel was born in 1969. From 1994 to 1997 Stommel first studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with professor Bernhard Weißhaar. In 1998 he changed to the University of Arts, Berlin (HdK) with Klaus Fußmann.
In the years 2001 to 2007 Stommel came into contact with the world of circus, resulting in a series of paintings and drawings of circus performers and scenes in the circus ring. He portrayed the most famous clowns of our time, like Oleg Popov, Francesco Caroli, David Larible or Fumagalli, cooperating especially with Berhard Paul's Circus Roncalli.
In 2004 Stommel was invited by Prince Rainier III to exhibit his series of circus paintings in the Principality of Monaco.
Since the 2000s the paintings of Martin Stommel have been shown in numerous exhibitions, among others in the Lehmbruck Museum, the Kallmann Museum, the Museum Charlotte Zander, the Museum of the Cathedral of Trier, the Municipal Art Gallery Bonn. Further exhibitions took place in the Théâtre Princesse Grace (Monaco), the Lew Kopelew Forum (Cologne), the Catholic Academy in Bavaria (Munich) and at the Venice Biennial (European Cultural Center).
Stommel's art works have been featured by several galleries on art fairs in Cologne, Karlsruhe, Berlin, Munich, Essen and Lübeck, as well as at the "Salon der Gegenwart" in Hamburg and the London Print Fair in the Royal Academy.
Art works of Martin Stommel are in public collections (i. a. German Business Secretary, former State Guest-House Petersberg, City of Wesseling, City of Ismaning, City of Bonn) as well as in many private collections, for example Grillo (Duisburg), Slifka (New York), Klöcker (Frankfurt), Barthlott (Bonn) and Zander (Bönnigheim), German Embassy Tirana (Albania).
Martin Stommel's Interpretation of the World between Rage and Silence


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Education and training requirements for specialist entry to the GOC register (additional supply, supplementary prescribing and independent prescribing)
Closed 6 Oct 2021
Opened 12 Jul 2021
Ben Pearson
(ESR Project and Policy Support Officer)
ESR@Optical.org
Feedback updated 4 Mar 2022
We asked
We asked stakeholders for their views on our proposals to update our requirements for specialist entry to the GOC register in the additional supply (AS), supplementary prescribing (SP) and/or independent prescribing (IP) categories.
In general, the proposed Outcomes and Standards for approved qualifications for specialist entry to the GOC register (AS, SP, IP) and Quality Assurance Method were positively received. There was broad agreement that trainees acquiring a single qualification will help simplify and streamline the route to speciality registration.
Concerns related to detailed points, notably:
when a suitably experienced and qualified designated prescribing practitioner (DPP) should be selected to supervise trainees learning in practice and the potential adverse impact if is required at the application stage
whether the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's (RPS) Competence Framework for all Prescribers should be used instead of the proposed Outcomes (AS, SP, IP), and;
whether the stipulated timeline to start implementing the proposals (July 2022) is too ambitious given that providers will require 12-18 months to adapt existing approved IP qualifications to meet the new requirements.
We did
We welcome the feedback received and have reflected on the points that have been raised in this consultation. To help implement the proposals, the GOC Council on 8 December 2021 approved the use of reserves of up to £60,000 over a period of three years (2022 - 2025) to facilitate a cross-sector knowledge-led collaboration and information exchange.
In relation to the detailed points noted above ('You said'), we decided that:
the DPP should be identified upon or shortly after admission rather than at application stage
the proposed Outcomes (AS,SP, IP) should be used rather than adopting the RPS Competency Framework for all Prescribers as the framework was drafted explicitly to inform regulators in developing minimum benchmarks for prescribing programmes rather than to replace such requirements, and;
the timeline for providers to work towards admitting trainees to approved qualifications for specialist entry to the GOC register (AS, SP, IP) should be changed to September 2023 instead of July 2022.
This consultation seeks your views on our proposals to update our requirements for specialist entry to the GOC register in the additional supply (AS), supplementary prescribing (SP) and/or independent prescribing (IP) categories. These proposals are available to download at the bottom of this page under the 'related' section.
What are we seeking your views on?
Our proposed Outcomes for Approved Qualifications for Specialist Entry to the GOC Register (Additional Supply, Supplementary Prescribing and Independent Prescribing) ('outcomes for approved qualifications') which describes the expected knowledge, skills and behaviours an optometrist must have for the award of an approved qualification for specialist entry to the GOC register in AS, SP and/or IP categories.
Our proposed Standards for Approved Qualifications for Specialist Entry to the GOC Register (Additional Supply, Supplementary Prescribing and Independent Prescribing) ('standards for approved qualifications') which describes the expected context for the delivery and assessment of the outcomes leading to an award of an approved qualification for specialist entry to the GOC register in the AS, SP and/or IP categories.
Our proposed Quality Assurance and Enhancement Method for Specialist Entry to the GOC Register (Additional Supply, Supplementary Prescribing and Independent Prescribing) ('quality assurance and enhancement method') which describe how we will gather evidence to decide in accordance with the Opticians Act 1989 whether a qualification for specialist entry to the GOC register in the AS, SP and/or IP categories meets our outcomes for approved qualifications and standards for approved qualifications.
Our outline impact assessment, which describes our assessment of the impact of our proposals to update our requirements for approved qualifications for specialist entry to the GOC register.
These proposals are available to download at the bottom of this page.
What will our proposals replace?
Together, these documents will replace 'A Handbook for Optometry Specialist Registration in Therapeutic Prescribing' (published in July 2008) and the 'Competency Framework for Independent Prescribing' (published in 2011), including the list of required core competences, the numerical requirements for trainees' practical experiences, education policies and guidance contained within the handbooks, and our policies on supervision and recognition of prior learning, which are published separately. You can read the documents we are proposing to replace, here; handbook and competencies.
Why are we consulting?
We would like to hear your views and receive evidence of the impact of our proposals to update our education and training requirements for GOC approved qualifications for specialist entry to the GOC register to ensure that the qualifications we approve in the future are responsive to the changing landscape in the delivery of eye-care services and fit for purpose in each of the UK nations.
Our proposals mitigate the risk that our current requirements (contained within our quality assurance handbooks) become out of date.
The proposed outcomes and standards for approved qualifications and quality assurance and enhancement method together will ensure the qualifications we approve are responsive to the changing needs of patients and service-users and changes in higher education, not least as a result of the COVID-19 emergency, as well as increased expectations of the trainees, commissioners and employers.
What have we consulted on previously?
These proposals are based on our analysis of our responses to our Call for Evidence, Concepts and Principles Consultation 2017-2018, feedback from our 2018-2019 consultation on proposals stemming from the Education Strategic Review (ESR) and associated research, and our public consultation held in July-September 2020 on proposals to update our requirements for GOC approved qualifications leading to registration as an optometrist or a dispensing optician. For more information, please see the GOC's consultation hub. For further information about the ESR, please visit the ESR policy development and research page.
How have we developed our proposals?
Our proposals have been guided by evidence-based policy making and draw upon best practice from other regulators, professional and chartered bodies. You can read our research, background and briefing papers here.
In preparing this document we were advised by an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) with input from the Quality Assurance Agency and feedback from a range of stakeholder groups including our Education Visitors, our Advisory Panel (including the Education Committee), the optical sector and sight-loss charities.
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to help us develop our proposals to ensure our proposed outcomes for approved qualifications, standards for approved qualifications and quality assurance and enhancement method protects and benefits the public, safeguards patients, and helps to secure the health of service-users.
You can read the EAGs' terms of reference and membership here.
What are our key proposals?
Key proposals
a. Candidates will acquire a single qualification approved by the GOC leading to specialist entry to the GOC register in AS, SP and/or IP categories, instead of two GOC approved qualifications (gained either sequentially or simultaneously) currently required for entry to a specialty registration category (AS, SP or IP).
b. The approved qualification will be either an academic award or a regulated qualification at a minimum of Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF) (or equivalent) level 7.
c. There will be no proposed minimum/maximum or recommended time or credit volume for an approved qualification or specified location or duration of clinical experience, other than the requirement that an approved qualification leading to specialist entry to the GOC register in AS, SP and/or IP categories must integrate approximately 90 hours of learning and experience in practice.
d. Trainees upon application must have identified a suitably experienced and qualified designated prescribing practitioner (DPP) who has agreed to supervise their learning in practice. A trainee's DPP must be a registered healthcare professional in Great Britain or Northern Ireland with independent prescribing rights and be an active prescriber competent in the clinical area(s) they will be supervising the trainee in, have the relevant core competencies and be trained and supported to carry out their role effectively. If more than one registered healthcare professional with IP rights is involved in supervising a trainee, one independent prescriber must assume primary responsibility for coordinating the trainee's supervision. That person will be the trainee's DPP. In addition, we propose that there must be agreements in place between the trainee, their DPP and the qualification provider that describe their respective roles and responsibilities during periods of learning and experience in practice. These must be regularly reviewed and supported by management plans, systems and policies which prioritise patient safety.
e. The provider of the approved qualification must, in the design, delivery and assessment of an approved qualification, involve and be informed by feedback from a range of stakeholders including patients, employers, trainees, supervisors, members of the eye-care team and other healthcare professionals.
f. An outcomes-based approach is used to specify knowledge, skills and behaviours using an established competence and assessment hierarchy known as 'Miller's Pyramid of Clinical Competence' (knows; knows how; shows how; and does), mapped to relevant external prescribing frameworks, including the draft Royal Pharmaceutical Society's (RPS) Competency Framework for all Prescribers (2021).
g. Providers of approved qualifications are responsible for the measurement (assessment) of students' achievement of the outcomes at the required level (on Miller's Pyramid) leading to an award of an approved qualification.
h. Providers of approved qualifications will be responsible for recruiting and selecting trainees onto a programme leading to an award of an approved qualification. Recognition of prior learning can be deployed to assist the progression of trainees whose progress to specialist registration has stalled, and the requirement for optometrist IP trainees to have been registered for at least two years prior to commencing clinical experience/hospital placements has been removed.
j. At the point of retention, registrants in the AS, SP and/or IP categories will no longer need to supply details of prescribing decisions undertaken in the previous 12 months.
If you are a member of the public, a patient or service-user, you may only be interested in reading our proposed outcomes for approved qualifications and answering questions 1, 2 and 3 in section 1 (which should take about five minutes to complete in addition to reading the document) along with questions in section 2 (which we are asking everyone to answer) about the impact of our proposals. However, you may well be interested in reading our proposals in full and answering all the questions we've asked in section 1.
If you are a GOC registrant, or an employer of GOC registrants, or you are responding on behalf of a provider of a GOC-approved qualification, a professional membership or third sector body, or another organisation or regulator, you may be interested in reading our proposals in full and answering some or all of the questions in section 1 (which should take about 15-20 minutes to complete in addition to reading the documents.)
Towards the end there are some questions for everyone to answer about the impact of our proposals (section 2, which will take about five minutes to complete).
We recognise our proposals are detailed, with a range of impacts on different stakeholder groups, so if you wish to answer all the questions in both sections of the questionnaire, please do so.
Consultation data will be securely shared with our research partner for this work, Enventure Research, for independent analysis and reporting. We will be receiving data on a regular basis and will adjust our approach to engagement with the sector as guided by Enventure Research.
The information you provide to us, the GOC (as data controller), will be processed and used in line with our statutory purpose under the Opticians Act as a public task in order to set standards for optical education and training, performance and conduct. For more information regarding how we process your data please see the full privacy statement on our website.
Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulations provides data with the right to erasure; this is known as the right to be forgotten. Right to erasure requests should be sent to the Data Protection Officer (FOI@optical.org) and will be responded to within one calendar month of receipt.
We are registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner's Office, registration number Z5718812. We are committed to maintaining robust information governance policies and processes to ensure compliance with relevant legislation. Any information you supply will be stored and processed by us or on our behalf, by approved and verified third parties, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The responses to this public consultation will be independently analysed and a report prepared for the GOC which will be published thereafter. The GOC will carefully consider the results of this consultation before publishing its own response.
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ONE PUPPET'S FINAL JOURNEY...
CELL was created in collaboration between Little Cauliflower and Smoking Apples.
Dogfish have now replaced Little Cauiflower as the 2nd producing partner:
Smoking Apples are an award-winning puppetry and visual theatre company that more often than not, works with difficult, hard-to-digest subject matter. They create innovative shows, making their subjects enjoyable and accessible for audiences, combining puppets, live actors and a unique style of movement.
Since creating CELL, Smoking Apples have developed a new show, In Our Hands, that has garnered 5 star critical acclaim, played to sold out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 and toured the UK and Europe. Most recently, the company have started work on a new show, Flux. This show explores radioactivity and Nuclear science, looking specifically at the female perspective and for the first time, will have an all female cast. Flux will premiere in Spring 2018.
Dogfish was founded by director William Aubrey Jones (formally Little Cauliflower) to made aesthetically curious, design led theatre with performers made from latex, chopped foam and plywood.
Dogfish are currently working on a puppet cabaret show premiering in February 2016 and an adaptation of a childrens classic for Christmas 2016.
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