Our services portfolio includes provision of consulting and engineering service for Turnkey IBS Services.
These talented and experienced professionals are working together with mutual appreciation and harmonization to deliver cutting edge solutions.
Project Management: Waseela is enriched with experienced, highly-skilled, certified project/ program managers in different types of projects, accounts and services, who have been following the international code of practice for optimal efficient handling and deliverables.
Site Survey: This is an important milestone, whereas, based on the Floor layouts and complete study of the building nature, structure and components, in addition to the indoor received signal from the outdoor, Antennas locations are determined.
An important action in the survey is to calculate the different internal walls penetrations within the structure, which is practically done by putting transmitters like Rohde & Schwarz TX and TEMS TX, then performing drive testing in order to capture the signal all over surrounding.
Figure 3 shows the signal strength received indoor from the indoor Transmitter during the site survey phase.
Indoor RF planning: Waseela IBS planners, who are using a prediction tool like iBwave, will be calculating the propagation losses, output EIRP, proposed feeder types and routing, equipment location and indicating the exact locations of the antennas in addition to the needed number of antennas.
Figure 4 shows sample AutoCAD design integration on the left and sample Design Schematic on the right.
Indoor Minor Civil works: Minor civil materials and services like Cable tray, cable ladders, poles, Roxtec and grounding, are being offered along with the telecom implementation services in order to have an end to end turnkey solutions.
Indoor Telecom Implementations: Waseela's teams have the required experience and exposure to provide telecom implementation services, including indoor installations, cables extensions, commissioning and integrations for different kind of vendor's equipment /systems and technologies.
Figure 6 shows an example of hybrid IBS system for a building consists of 4 floors and a basement.
Indoor RF Optimization: After the site is ready from civil and telecom point of view, and due to acceptance requirements, the teams perform DT and optimization for the installed technologies using one of the data logging tools like the Nemo Handy and XCAL Mobile, in addition to the post processing tools like Actix, Nemo Analyze, XCAP and TEMS Route analysis, whereas, recommendations for modifications are determined and changes are applied in order to get the site optimized and ready to declare on-air.
Figure 7 shows the RxQuality level for one the floors after performing drive testing to check the KPIs.
QoS, QoE and KPI testing: periodic QoS and QoE tests are held on the IBS sites in order to assure high level of quality, services and customer satisfaction. Figure 8 shows a list of the major adopted KPI items.
Indoor Benchmarking: Benchmarking campaigns will be held to cover different technologies (GSM, WCDMA, HSPA, WiMAX and LTE) through different wireless communication services (Voice, Video, FTP, UDP, email, HTTP, Ping, WAP, SMS, and MMS). Different models of phones and UEs from smartphones to features ones would be adopted to cover all aspects and mimic the user behavior and utilization .Test could be conducted within the same network(Operator ) or among different ones in order to capture the differences through results comparison and findings. Being regional partner to Accuver, which has a big diversity of benchmarking tools from P8E (8 Phones), XCAL-Mo (20 phones) and XCAL-MTS rack (200 phones), which provides the flexibility and cost effectiveness according to the customer requirements.
Waseela has been able distinguish itself in directing effort towards becoming a regional leading system integrator, services provider and international technology developer.
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These days, it seems people will sue each other over practically anything. Here are a few bizarre real-life court cases, taken from news reports.
The Plaintiff: Randall Dale Adams
The Defendant: Filmmaker Errol Morris
The Lawsuit: Adams was convicted of murder in 1977. Ten years later, Morris made a film about the Adams case and became convinced he was innocent. The movie, The Thin Blue Line, presented the case for Adams's innocence so effectively that he was released from prison. Morris's reward? When Adams got out of jail, he sued the filmmaker for $60,000 for using his story.
The Verdict: Settled out of court. Adams dropped the suit, and Morris agreed that Adams should receive full rights to any further commercial uses – notably films or books – of his life.
The Plaintiff: 32-year-old Mary Sue Stowe
The Defendant: Junior Davis, her ex-husband
The Lawsuit: An unusual custody case: When they split up, Mary wanted custody of seven frozen embryos that had been fertilized by Junior's sperm. Junior wanted them brought back to room temperature.
The Verdict: The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court – which sided with Junior. Mary Sue's lawyers said she was "devastated" by the ruling – but nevertheless would try to "talk one-on-one with her ex-husband" to get him to change his mind.
The Plaintiff: J.R. Costigan
The Defendant: Bobby Mackey's Music World, a country music bar in Wilder, Kentucky.
The Lawsuit: Costigan claimed a ghost "punched and kicked him" while he was using the bar's restroom one night in 1993. He sued the bar, asking for $1,000 in damages and demanding that a sign be put up in the restroom warning of the ghost's presence. The club's lawyer filed a motion to dismiss the case, citing the difficulty of getting the ghost into court to testify for the defense.
The Verdict: Case Dismissed
The Plaintiff: The Cherry Sisters, an Iowa singing group
The Defendant: The Des Moines Register
The Lawsuit: A landmark libel case. At the turn of the century, the Register ran a scathing review of the Cherry Sisters' act. Their reported wrote that "Their long, skinny arms, equipped with talons at the extremities . . . waved frantically at the suffering audience. The mouths of their rancid features opened like caverns, and sounds like the wailings of damned souls issued therefrom." Outraged and humiliated, the singers sued for libel.
The Verdict: The judge asked the sisters to perform their act for him in court . . . and then ruled in favor of the newspaper.
The Plaintiff: Andrea Pizzo, a 23-year-old former University of Maine student
The Defendant: The University of Maine
The Lawsuit: Apparently, Pizzo was taking a class in livestock management one afternoon in 1991, when a cow butted her. She sued, claiming the school "should have known that the heifer had a personality problem."
The Verdict: Verdict Unknown (If anyone knows the answer, please let us know.)
The Plaintiff: Robert Kropinski, a 36-year-old Philadelphia real estate manager
The Defendant: The Transcendental Meditation Society and the guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The Lawsuit: Kropinski worked with TM groups for 11 years, but he finally sued them because "he was never able to achieve the 'prefect state of life' they promised, and suffered psychological disorders as a result. One broken agreement: he had been told he would be taught to 'fly' through self-levitation, but he learned only to 'hop with the legs folded in the lotus position.'"
The Verdict: A U.S. district court jury in Washington, DC, awarded him nearly $138,000 in damages.
The Plaintiff: Ronald Askew, a 50-year-old banker
The Defendant: His ex-wife, Bonnette
The Lawsuit: In 1991, after more than a decade of marriage, Bonnette admitted to her husband that although she loved him, she'd never really found him sexually attractive. He sued her for fraud.
The Verdict: Incredibly, he won. The jury awarded him $242,000 in damages. However, the award was overturned.
The Plaintiff: John Moore
The Defendant: Regents of the University of California
The Lawsuit: Moore claimed one of his organs was pirated. In 1976, University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center doctors removed Moore's spleen in a successful effort to cure his cancer. Doctors later found that the spleen possessed unique cancer-fighting cells; experiments with the cells led to a new discovery worth an estimated $3 billion. Moore, who was never told that his ex-organ had commercial value, sued for part of the profits.
The Verdict: In 1990, 14 years after the operation, Moore lost the case.
The Plaintiff: Carl Sagan, world-famous astronomer
The Defendant: Apple Computer, Inc.
The Lawsuit: Late in 1993, computer designers at Apple code-named a new computer model Sagan. Traditionally, this is an honor — "You pick a name of someone you respect," explained one employee. "And the code is only used while the computer is being developed. It never makes it out of the company." Nevertheless, Sagan's lawyers complained that the code was "an illegal usurption of his name for commercial purposes" and demanded that it be changed. So Apple designers changed it to BHA. When Sagan heard that it stood for "Butt-Head Astronomer," he sued, contending that "Butt-Head" is "defamatory on its face."
The Verdict: Apple won.
The Plaintiff: The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
The Defendant: Olaf Olavson
The Lawsuit: In 1910, Olavson was desperate for cash, so he sold his body to the Karolinska Institute (to be used for medical research after he died.) But in 1911 he unexpectedly inherited a fortune and decided to "buy himself back." To his surprise, the institute wouldn't cooperate. When Olavson flatly refused to donate his body, the institute actually sued for breach of contract.
The Verdict: Not only did Olavson owe his body to the Institute . . . he actually owed them money as well. The judge decided that since he'd had two teeth removed without the Institute's permission, Olavson had illegally tampered with their property.
The Plaintiff: A 40-year-old woman from Poughkeepsie, NY
The Defendant: Her plastic surgeon
The Lawsuit: The woman had an operation to tighten her stomach in 1979. When it was over, she realized that her bellybutton was now two and a half inches off center. She sued for malpractice, claiming "the operation had left a large deformed hole in her stomach and had disrupted her business and her life."
The Verdict: She was awarded $854,000 by the New York State Supreme Court, and ultimately settled with the doctor for $200,000.
The Plaintiff: Relatives of a recently deceased man
The Defendant: A Vallejo, California, cemetery
The Lawsuit: At the end of a funeral, cemetery employees realized that the coffin they were about to lower into the ground was too wide for the hole. They tried turning the coffin on its side, but mourners stopped them. Then the employees tried breaking off the handles; it didn't work. Finally, "they tried to force it by jumping up and down on the lid." The coffin broke, and the funeral had to be stopped. Relatives sued for $500,000.
The Verdict: Settled out of court.
The Plaintiff: James Hooper
The Defendant: The Pizza Shuttle
The Lawsuit: Hooper, a 25-year-old Oklahoma State University student, ordered an "extra cheese, pepperoni, sausage, black olive, and mushroom pizza" from the Pizza Shuttle. He sued for $7 in damages because he got "a pizza with something green on it" instead.
The Verdict: The court found in favor of the Pizza Shuttle – and ordered Hooper to pay $57 in court costs.
The Plaintiff: Frank Zaffere, a 44-year-old Chicago lawyer
The Defendant: Maria Dillon, his 21-year-old ex-fiance
The Lawsuit: When Dillon broke off their engagement in June 1992, Zaffere sued her for $40,310.48 to cover his "lost courting expenses." In a letter sent to Dillon, he wrote, "I am still willing to marry you on the conditions herein below set forth: 1) We proceed with our marriage within 45 days of the date of this letter; 2) You confirm [that you] . . . will forever be faithful to me; 3) You promise . . . that you will never lie to me again about anything." He closed with: "Please feel free to call me if you have any questions or would like to discuss any of the matters discussed herein. Sincerely, Frank."
The Verdict: The case was dismissed. So was the wedding. "I can't imagine telling my children as a bedtime story that Mommy and Daddy got married because of a lawsuit," Dillon said.
The Plaintiff: Tmontra Mangrum, a 15-year-old West Palm Beach girl
The Defendant: Marlon Shadd, her 17-year-old prom date
The Lawsuit: Mangrum claimed Shadd stood her up on prom night. "I talked to him a few days before, and he said he already had his tux and the tickets," she told reporters. "I was very upset when he didn't show up." Shadd, on the other hand, insisted he'd called off the date a week before the prom. "I told her I fractured my ankle," he said. Tomontra's mother filed suit, seeking $49.53 for the cost of the shoes, flowers, and hairdo her daughter had gotten for the prom.
The Verdict: We don't know (If anyone knows, please write to us)
The Plaintiff: Elizabeth M., a nurse from Irvine, California
The Defendant: Her ex-husband
The Lawsuit: In 1991, Mr. M. became a monk. He filed court papers to have his alimony payment of $739 a month eliminated, since he was no longer earning anything. Ms. M. argued that her ex-husband's situation was "no different than if he had simply decided to stop all work and spend the rest of life surfing."
The Verdict: The ex-husband won the case.
The Plaintiff: Frederick Newhall Woods IV, serving a life sentence for the infamous Chowchilla school bus kidnapping
The Defendant: The American Broadcasting Company
The Lawsuit: In 1976, Woods and two accomplices kidnapped a bus driver and 26 elementary school student and buried them underground. When ABC aired a TV movie docudrama about the kidnapping in 1994, Woods was offended. He sued the network, claiming that the show "portrayed (him) as being callous, vicious, hardened, wild-eyed, diabolical, and uncaring."
The Verdict: Case dismissed.
The Plaintiff: John M., a 50-year-old Philadelphia teacher
The Defendant: His ex-wife, Maryann, a 46-year-old receptionist
The Lawsuit: One day after her divorce from John became final, Maryann turned in a lottery ticket that was about to expire and won $10.2 million. Her lawyer claimed that "Lady Luck" led her to find the ticket and turn it in two weeks before it expired. Her husband said she deliberately waited until after the divorce was final to turn it in. He sued to get his share.
The Verdict: Unknown – but we'd like to find out.
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Interesting and funny stuff
One note: on appeal, the original Kropinski claims were dismissed and the monetary award was overturned
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The function of negotiating between the capability advertised by the physical layer of the OSI reference model is known as Auto Negotiation. This mechanism helps to control the connection of a single MDI(Media Dependent Interface) to a single PHY type.
Ethernet devices supports various speeds and configuration. If a switch is connected to multiple devices with different speeds, it will be difficult to configure each connection manually. Auto negotiation function helps in detecting the mode of the device at the other end and advertise its own capabilities in order to configure the common speed for operation. This function helps in maintaining flexible connectivity among the Ethernet devices.
For negotiation the local device needs to advertise its ability to the remote device and simultaneously receives the abilities of remote device. The advertisement of abilities is done through DME(Differential Manchester Encoding) pages. A page contains all the information required by arbitration state machine for choosing HCD(Highest common denominator), HCD is the highest common technology resolved by the priority resolution function of AN, after which the link is set up. DME pages are not transmitted when Auto Negotiation is complete.
1. If a transition is preset at even-numbered transition position then it represents logical one.
2. If a transition is absent at even-numbered transition position then it represents logical zero.
1. Base Page:- This is the first page to be transmitted by the device, this page advertises the speed available at the local end, it also provides the information of FEC(Forward Error Correction) feature supported. The remaining bits in the base page is used by the arbitration state machine.
a. Message Next Page :- This page has two field i.e. message code field and unformatted code field. Message code field defines how the unformatted code field will be interpreted.
b. Unformatted Next Page :- This page is used along with the message next page for displaying OUI and device identifier tag values.
There are three behavioral models defined in IEEE 802.3 Clause 73 for Auto Negotiation.
DME Pages are transmitted by the transmit function of AN, transmitter function makes transition on the MDI lane based upon the encoding mentioned above. On reception the receive function decipher the page based on the transitions on the MDI lane. The arbitration function controls the functioning of transmitter and receiver function. It sends the page to the transmitter and also interprets the information from the received page. Arbiter then uses the priority resolution function to determine the highest common denominator and then connects the MDI to the PHY.


Team All India Blogging recently had a conversation with Sourav Biswas who is just 16 years old and is a great tech blogger and YouTuber.
The reason behind interviewing Sourav is just that his achievements are worth sharing and inspiring though. Sourav has more than 1600 (at present) subscribers on YouTube and also has many visitors on his blog. We asked some questions to him about his life and about his career in blogging and YouTubing.
I actually started blogging and got into this industry before 2 years when I was 14. I did not knew other bloggers from whom I could gain some inspirations. I had some niche sites and also worked on some micro niche sites. After I started some earnings, I thought of getting into some serious tech blogging and that is how Tecky World came into existence. Not only tecky world, but I run 11 other niche and micro niche websites which are also doing amazing.
You are so young from whom you got inspiration so that you started soon?
I remember a guy who is into blogging from 5 years now, told me that I don't need to worry about my age. I can just get into it if I have enough confidence in my mind that I can keep up this work in future and if I have enough knowledge.
Firstly, my mom and dad are great motivators. They told me that if I work really hard and if I do it from my heart, I can even become one of the top tech bloggers. Even few of my blogger buddies whom I can say a huge part of my life now motivated a lot. Even though they had a huge site or channel at the time when I started and even they have it now, still used to tell me that those are not that age and I could reach those milestones very easily if I work well.
Some other things that motivated me are when other tech brands started contacting me for attending events and receiving their units to review them because wanted their products to get reviewed by me. A huge motivation was when I received a lot of invitations for the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and something which was crazier was 2 of the companies were even ready to sponsor me to attend it. But, since I give more priority to my studies at least for now, I cannot attend them.
There are a lot of haters who said and even says now that I cannot reach places and this blogging is not my cup of tea. But, you know what, I don't care. I would continue doing what I love to. Some criticising comments do encourage me to strengthen that negative thing which I welcome always.
Do your parents support this blogging and youtubing?
Absolutely. They are the one who helped me for the video showing equipment and even helped me to buy the hosting and stuff for my website when I started with it.
To be honest, I found that it was really difficult to. but, then when I started earning a decent amount and even started getting sponsorships, I now have hired 10-12 other people and we work as a team. Without them, the whole thing could not have been possible.
Where do you see yourself after 10 years from now?
I am actually working with a START-UP right now. Hoping for the best. Also trying to make some great videos and make my youtube channel a bit more popular. I have all gears and stuff ready, just need some time managements to be done and after that, everything would be good.
You write about technology so if some company pays you for writing good or making the video about the gadget. And saying good things about it even if the product is bad. Will you do that?
Even I have got such offers asking for biased reviews in return of money, but I straightaway informed them that I respect my viewers/readers more than money. I do post sponsored articles but still, they are completely unbiased.
Any saying or quote you believe in?
Work hard, success will knock your doors.
Share your experience for young YouTubers and Bloggers out there.
To be honest, it was really difficult to reach the stage I'm in right now, though I have to go a lot ahead. but then again, if you work hard, success will knock your doors!!
Firstly, set your goal at something. And start following it until you achieve it. You will surely succeed.
Talking about getting regular viewers, keep these points in mind. They work for both blogging and also in youtubing (if not all).
Consistency, quality, unbiased reviews, quantity (consistency can help it), keeping up with it without leaving it.
AGAIN THANKS, A LOT TO ALL INDIA BLOGGING FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY!
At present, I have 11 websites and I run all of them with the help of my team.currently working with a start-up and I love to help young bloggers. I will mainly be into blog reviewing but soon gonna be very active on youtube also.
Great inspiration bro 🙂 Wish u Good Luck !!!!!!!


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I Confini dell'Azerbaigian sono le frontiere internazionali che delimitano l'Azerbaigian con gli stati vicini. I confini dell'Azerbaigian sono sette per un totale di 2.657,4 km.

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L'Azerbaigian è interessata da sette frontiere:

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The Galaxy Railways is a 26 episode science fiction anime series about flying trains set in the far reaches of space. It is licensed by Funimation Production Ltd. and produced by Leiji Matsumoto. It debuted on American TV in a syndicated FUNimation Channel programming block airing on CoLours TV on Monday, June 19, 2006, but was replaced by Dragon Ball until the programming block was dropped. The series has also aired on the linear FUNimation Channel. Two sequels have been produced, both currently unlicensed in English regions. A 4-part OVA series The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet was produced that bridges both seasons of the show. In 2006 a sequel series, The Galaxy Railways: Crossroads to Eternity began broadcasting in Japan for a 26-episode run. Of those 26, only 24 episodes were broadcast on television, with the final two released only on DVD. It has also been announced that on the 25-03-2009, an off take of the series called The Galaxy Railways: Faraway Angels will be released as a Drama CD. The story follows the Mizar platoon and their adventures.


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Q: generation vs verification i was wondering if i am generating a number give an input and i want to then verify that the pairs are valid..would I store the result somewhere? I am not inclined to since I could run a million inputs through. Perhaps in my verification function I just call the generation function which generates the random code for a given input and then compare key pairs? that way I don't ahve to keep a file or storage area where to do look ups etc? I am not sure which would be a better solution or an eligant way of doing this.

A: The reasonable way is to have generate function separate from verify function and then just process thing on-the-fly.
int generate_random() { /* ... */ }

bool verify_result(int arg) { /* ... */ }

int main()
{
    for (int = i; i < 1000000; ++i)
    {
       int n = generate_random();
       if (!verify_result(n)) { /* launch missile */ }
    }
}

(You didn't provide much details of your task, but for most cases storing million of numbers in file just to verify 'em later is not wise).

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En 2025, 63 % de la population mondiale sera confrontée à la pénurie d'eau. Veolia innove quotidiennement pour rendre l'eau disponible là où elle manque.
Only 2.5% of water on the planet is fit for human consumption without treatment.
This freshwater comes from:
glacier melt
Yet our planet's water resources are finite...
and demand is growing by the day
Access to water will be more difficult for 63% of the world's population
Water stress*
*Water stress occurs when there is insufficient water available to meet demand
Source: BRGM – 2011
Regions facing water shortage
Many regions around the globe live beyond their means in terms of their water resources: the southwestern Unit
Mumbai, India, is currently home to 19 million people, and is expected to have a population of 26 million by 2
Tokyo, Japan, faces water stress as a result of its vulnerability to natural disasters affecting the water sup
Beijing, China, has an annual water supply of just 100 cubic meters per person, which is only a tenth of the m
In Mexico City, water pumped to meet demand exceeds natural groundwater recharge by more than 50%.
Las Vegas, in the United States, sits in the middle of an arid desert. The global gambling capital has a huge
Durban: running industry on recycled water
Water resources are limited in South Africa, especially in the city of Durban. The main challenge in the region lies in managing the supply of drinking water to ensure priority is given to the city's residents.
Veolia developed a simple solution through the Durban Water Recycling plant, which supplies the city's industries with recycled, cost-effective water of sufficient quality to be used in manufacturing processes. 98% of the SWTW treatment plant's wastewater are now recycled.
At the same time, to avoid drawing too heavily on local water resources, 47,000 cubic meters of additional drinking water are supplied daily to the people of Durban – enough to fill 15 Olympic-sized swimming pools every single day.
Western Corridor Project: reclaiming water
Queensland is Australia's second-largest state. In 2007, it experienced severe drought and the reservoirs used to supply water to 2.5 million people almost ran dry.
The Western Corridor Project aims to develop a network of underground pipes more than 200 kilometers in length. These pipes feed into a reservoir used to provide drinking water to local people and also supply the purified water needed to run two power plants.
The Thames Valley: a universal challenge
The Thames Valley:
a universal challenge
It is a common misconception that water stress only affects the planet's drier regions. It also affects areas of Western Europe, for instance, despite their temperate climate.
One example is the Thames Valley, which cradles the UK capital. The combination of limited water resources and high demand is a major challenge for London's water supply. Its water pipes date back to Victorian times and are sorely in need of repair to continue supplying the city's nine million people with water on a daily basis.
The project is the largest capex management contract in Europe's water sector.
Nine million customers in London and the Thames Valley
An average of 2.6 billion liters of drinking water supplied every day
100 water treatment facilities and 30 raw water reservoirs
288 pumping stations and 235 clean water service reservoirs
Tap water costs less than a tenth of a penny per liter (€0.00012)
Drinking water quality meets 99.97% of the most stringent testing


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How Far Is Facebook Willing To Go To Stalk You?
Lucienne Molnar March 26, 2013 12:15 pm January 1, 2017 0 597
Facebook is determined to become the best platform for advertising companies, which means, the social network will have to pay more attention to their subscribers' behavior. The information that people disclose about themselves on Facebook is not enough, so the company will keep a close eye on people to find out more about them.
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to regret his decision of turning the social network into an advertising platform as his mission is getting tougher and tougher each day. There are numerous companies that guarantee to study customers' behavior and help companies customize their advertising messages according to their clients' profiles, so Facebook has to come up with something better.
It may seem illegal to Internet users, but Facebook will gather information about its subscribers everyway it can. The Likes and descriptions that people usually give on the social network will be complemented by data gathered from outside sources. Thus, Facebook will know what type of products subscribers prefer and use these pieces of information to create better targeted advertisements on Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg has already signed a partnership with four companies at the beginning of February to implement its new strategy. Two of the four companies are Acxiom and Datalogix which are currently investigated by the Federal Trade Commission to find out how they collect data about consumers. Acxiom has an extensive database containing data provided by financial services companies, court records and federal government documents, whereas Datalogix can tell the spending habits of more than 100 million Americans in domains like jewelry, college tuition and medicine. The third partner that will help Facebook is Epsilon collecting data from retailers. The partial rebranding of the social networking company would not be possible without the tracking cookies that the Cupertino-based firm, BlueKai is producing for Facebook.
The decision that Zuckerberg has made could drive Facebook users away or at least push them to become more aware of the data trail they leave behind while surfing the Internet. However, the government should impose some limitations, too, as Facebook and other companies, should not be allowed to gather information about people when they use their loyalty cards or ZIP codes.
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The Battle of Flodden
October 27, 2012 By Susan Abernethy in 16th Century, Kings of Scotland, Medieval History, Renaissance, Scottish History Tags: Anne of Brittany, Auld Alliance, Battle of Flodden, Branxton Hill, Earl of Surrey, English bill, Flodden Field, Katherine of Aragon, King Henry VIII of England, King James IV of Scotland, Margaret Tudor, Queen of England, Queen of France, Queen of Scotland, River Tweed, Sheen, Thomas Howard, Treaty of Perpetual Peace	13 Comments
Memorial at Flodden Field
It's the year 1513 and King James IV of Scotland is in a real bind. Back in 1290, Edward I of England claimed feudal lordship over Scotland. In order to ward off a takeover by England, John Balliol, King of Scots and the Scottish nobles had negotiated the "Auld Alliance" with Philip IV of France in 1295. The terms of the agreement specified if Scotland or France was attacked by England, the other country would assault England. So James is compelled to adhere to these terms.
In 1502, after numerous skirmishes between Scotland and England, King Henry VII had negotiated the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with James which culminated in James' marriage to Henry VII's daughter Margaret Tudor. When King Henry VII died, he was succeeded by his son, Henry VIII. Shortly after Henry's coronation, on June 29, 1509, the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland was confirmed by James with the Great Seal of Scotland. There was no way James could honor both treaties.
King James IV of Scotland
Henry made no secret of his ambition to regain the Angevin Empire. Within five years of his coronation, he was planning on war with France. James was in an unenviable position. The English King tried to extract a promise from James that he would keep the peace with England. Henry even recruited his sister to try to persuade her husband not to invade England while he was away in France. At the same time, Anne of Brittany, Queen of France was writing James, asking him to be her knight in shining armor and attack England. In the end, against the advice of his councilors, James decided to attack England. In August of 1513, James IV's herald presented King Henry VIII with a written declaration of war.
In the history of fighting between Scotland and England had been contentious for centuries. The English longbow had done devastating damage during some battles in Scotland and France. But this had changed in the late fifteenth century with advances made in full plate armor. The new suits were articulated, light, flexible and protected every part of the body. James had started a factory of sorts and recruited French armorers to supervise the production of suits. He had imported armor from France and the Netherlands. While the regular soldier did not have the armor, James and his noblemen and their retainers did.
Technology in field artillery had also seen changes. The early guns were built of iron and were heavy and cumbersome. They were mostly used in siege operations against castle walls. The new cannon were made of bronze, were lighter and maneuverable. James had invested heavily in the new machines. His army was lacking in cavalry but his infantry was geared up to fight in the method of the highly organized Swiss, in a phalanx marching in echelon wedge formation with eighteen foot long pikes. In previous battles, the Scots had used a shorter spear. On top of all this, the best of Henry VIII's troops were in France. James had reason to be optimistic.
A painting showing the English bill, the weapon used by the English at the Battle of Flodden
Henry's northern army was under the command of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and was composed of feudal levy bowman, reserves and infantry armed with the shorter English bill. The bill had an advantage during fighting at close quarters because it had an axe-head on its side that could be used to hew at the Scottish pikes. It also had a hook on it which could be used to pull a knight off his horse or grab an ankle of a foot soldier and pull him down.
After attacking a few castles, James gathered his troops in a formidable position with his back to Scotland on Flodden Edge, just across the border in England. The hill was nearly a mile long. One side of the troop's position was secured by marshy ground. On the other side, the ground sloped away steeply toward the River Till, a tributary of the River Tweed. James positioned the artillery behind trenches. The only line of attack for the English was from the south in open country.
Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and commander of the English at the Battle of Flodden
The Earl of Surrey was a seasoned veteran and he immediately recognized the superior Scottish position. He was running short on provisions and feared his levies might abandon their duties if there was no immediate battle. He decided to take a huge risk and march around James' position and outflank them. He concluded his march early in the morning of Friday, September 9, effectively positioning himself between the Scots and the River Tweed. James countered by abandoning his position, turned his army about and took a new position on Branxton Hill. The two armies were now the wrong way around, James with his back to England and Surrey with his back to Scotland. Now combat was inevitable.
The Scots still seemed to have the superior position as they were on high ground. The Scottish troops were fresh and the English has just concluded a long march. Although Branxton Hill was not as high as Flodden Ridge, the English would still have to attack uphill. James' plan was to start firing the artillery, drawing the English to attack, then launch his troops in the echelon formation and push back the disordered English. This was a good plan in theory. But reality was a different matter.
An example of the echelon formation
The Scottish artillery fired more slowly than the English cannon. And, because they were firing downhill, the cannonballs were lodging themselves into the earth instead of bouncing and doing damage. In the meantime, the English began firing their artillery at the phalanxes of Scottish pike men from about six hundred yards away. James recognized his predicament immediately and had two choices. He could withdraw behind the hill, out of the range of the guns and draw the English up the hill or he could make an all-out attack. Because of his superior numbers, he decided to attack.
James exposed himself by leading one of the columns of pike men. One of the wings of attack was triumphant and the other wing was soundly beaten. The heat of the battle was in the middle where the King was fighting. But disaster was waiting in the form of a small, invisible stream at the bottom of the hill. It wasn't a wide stream – a man could jump across it but an army was a different matter. To get to the English, crossing the stream caused the momentum to come to a standstill. Instead of being an organized column it became asymmetrical and the fighting turned into frantic hand-to-hand combat. The multipurpose English bills overwhelmed the Scottish pikes. Some of the Scots in the rear abandoned the fight. The archers, who had struggled in the wind and rain, were able to get around the Scottish flank and fire at close range doing fatal damage.
The Scots had lost all advantage and were in a desperate fight for their lives. James led a charge, moving towards Surrey's banners, and was slain within close range of the Earl. The fighting lasted until nightfall and beyond the field, English cavalry chased escaping Scots. The King's favorite illegitimate son Alexander, Archbishop of St. Andrews was killed. Of the twenty-one fighting earls on the field, nine died along with fourteen other lords of Parliament. At least three hundred knights and lairds fell. It's estimated somewhere between five thousand and seventeen thousand Scots lost their life in the Battle of Flodden. Only fifteen hundred Englishmen were lost.
James' body was taken to Berwick, embalmed and put in a lead coffin. The coffin was taken to London and placed in the monastery at Sheen near Richmond. Henry VIII was to decide where to bury his brother-in-law but he never issued orders. The body remained in a storeroom and disappeared during the Dissolution of the Monasteries about twenty years later. Before the battle, Queen Margaret had a premonition her husband would die in the fight. Henry's Queen, Catherine of Aragon took possession of James' bloody jacket from the battle and sent the grisly souvenir to King Henry in France and suggested he use it as a battle banner.
Further reading: "The Royal Stuarts" by Allan Massie, "The Sisters of Henry VIII" by Maria Perry, "British Kings and Queens" by Mike Ashley, "Flodden (Revealing History)" by Niall Barr
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Helen Greene says:
You did it again! You focus on the central points without getting distracted and make a messy situation clear. You are gifted. So are the responders with their good points. A real pleasure. I have never seen James IV this clearly, not as the son of- or father of-you-know-who. Other writers have made James seem like a hopeless loser. Thank you for presenting his side fairly. Henry was not there either and deserves no credit. The male Howards were outstanding through the 16th century. Are you familiar with the London National Portrait Gallery? That Howard family… (OK no Queens)!
Hi Helen, I visited the Portrait Gallery when I was in London about this time last year and just loved it. All the portraits I've seen in my research in books I got to see in person. The Howard family was very powerful and able to maintain their political situation fairly well through all the Tudor reigns. James was not a loser. He was a true Renaissance prince and did many good things for Scotland. I'm afraid Surrey outsmarted him in making him lose his advantage in the offensive position before this battle. Thank you for your kind words and for reading! Regards, Susan
A very interesting story. Is there any evidence pointing to the whereabouts of James' grave?
Thanks Jo. In one of the mysteries of history, the remains of King James IV of Scotland disappeared without a trace. Wouldn't it be interesting if someone came forward and said they had them? 🙂
Laurie Pettitt says:
There is an excellent resource called British History Online. That has the state papers of Henry VIII. Within that is a letter from Pope Leo X allowing Henry VIII to transport James' body to London and be buried with full funeral honours by Bishop Richard Fitzjames ( Bishop of London) at St. Pauls Catherdral. There is also a letter from the Pope to Richard instructing him of the same. Pope Leo said that although James was excommunicated, he was sure that he had repented of his sins. Riots in St. Pauls, later in the century saw the destruction of a number of tombs.
I, personally. can't believe that Henry VIII went to the trouble of asking the Pope for a concession in burying his brother in law with full funeral honours only to let the body get stuffed into a store room somewhere and forgotten.
I have recently written to St. Paul's to see if they have any light they can shed upon the subject.
This is because this year is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden and it would be nice for the event to quell rumours put about by people over the last 500 years who still wish to see the English as the 'bogeyman'.
A letter of Henry's in the state archives of Milan states that Henry was sad that James paid such a high price for his perfidy.
This wasn't a local war. Pope Leo wanted Louis of France to stop threatening and attacking his neighbours because Leo was more worried about the advances the Turks and the Moors were making and wanted the Kings of Christendom to work together. At the same time, Roman Catholic Poland was being attacked by Russia (An orthodox country). The whole of the 'known world' was in turmoil and that 'little local difficulty at Flodden' was just part of that turmoil.
Thank you Laurie for your excellent comments. In the interest of keeping my posts succinct, I can't always write everything I would like to. You make some great points about his body's whereabouts. As with any Scottish King, there appears to be a lot of myth and legend and James IV is no exception. In my research, I have found no evidence James was buried. I would be very interested to hear if you get any results from St. Paul's about a grave there. Unfortunately, the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Great Fire of 1666 did untold damage to sites. tombs and records. And of course, the Battle of Flodden did not happen in a vacuum. And it was most unfortunate. Again, thanks for reading and if you hear from St. Paul's, I'd love to know what they say!
If only we could learn from history! Excellent post!
Thank you Clanmother! I so agree with you about history. If we don't learn history, we are doomed to repeat it.
We seem to be experts at "repeating." I love following your blog…
Susan Ozmore says:
From a difficult decision to what was probably an unexpected defeat, you made the story interesting. Seeing Henry V with Branagh was my first idea of how brutal that up close and personal type of warfare was. I'm sure we can't really even imagine how horrifying it was. Very nicely told!


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President's column; Honorary Life Members, Honorary Fellows and Presidents' Award; counselling psychology; Division and Branch news; and more
President's column
Gerry Mulhern
Contact Gerry Mulhern via the Society's Leicester office,
or e-mail: [email protected].uk
I personally regard this column as the most important of my Presidential year. Students are the lifeblood of our discipline and, in recognising this, we have produced 5000 additional copies of The Psychologist this month for distribution to higher education institutions. I hope you find it a useful introduction to the Society.To those entering their first year at university, let me offer my warmest congratulations as you begin your great psychology adventure. I scarcely need to remind you how competitive entry to a psychology degree is, especially in the current climate of unprecedented demand for university places. Have a great time at university/college, but remember to achieve an appropriate balance of work and play so that you make the most of this privileged opportunity.
Other students reading this column may already have completed a year or more of undergraduate psychology, or you may even have begun a postgraduate course. Whatever your current status, if you have not already done so, I would urge you to consider enhancing your student experience by joining the BPS and participating in our activities. Your education in psychology will provide you with an enviable blend of scientific knowledge and broader skills which you can apply in a wide range of employment contexts after graduation, or which you can develop further through postgraduate study. Whatever you choose to do, you will have a solid grounding in scientific methods and you will
be qualified in an important STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subject. As a discipline, psychology attracts more people from non-science backgrounds into science than any other discipline, and it attracts a very high proportion of women into science.
Let me tell you a little about our great learned society. With some 48,000 members and subscribers, The British Psychological Society is the second largest learned society and professional body for psychology in the world and, in its 110th year, is the second oldest.
The BPS, as it is more familiarly known, is primarily an organisation 'of members, for members'. Through our members' voluntary activities and the support of our 100 or so staff in Leicester, London and the Regional Offices, we support every aspect of psychology within the UK, including research, education and professional training, development and practice.
is the largest publisher of psychology journals in Europe and we have recently entered an exciting publishing partnership with Wiley-Blackwell which will further enhance our already excellent journals portfolio. One of the immediate benefits of this partnership will be free online access for all Society members to our 11 journals, and to many Wiley-Blackwell titles.
The Society seeks to have a 'cradle to grave' relationship with our members, offering an ever-increasing range of member benefits and services. We set educational standards and offer advice and support to institutions on the quality of their degree courses; we provide a wide range of opportunities for continuing professional development and professional enhancement; we organise a full range of conferences to meet the diverse needs of our membership; our member networks (Divisions, Sections, Special Groups, Branches, support groups and committees) offer more focused services and collegial activity; our BPS Shop offers discounts on conferences, events, publications, training, education, CPD and eLearning; we promote the discipline through our media centre, marketing and parliamentary activity; we work with other learned societies on a wide range of joint activities; we participate in important international forums with the aim of promoting and growing psychology worldwide (some 5000 of our members live and work overseas).
In terms of our student members, we offer a host of services to support and enhance your study of psychology. Some examples are:
I Access to lots of information on our Society website, including the member-only areas (our website is undergoing extensive redesign and the new improved version will be available soon);
I Membership of the Student Members Group, a dynamic member network catering for student interests;
I For postgraduates, PsyPAG is an equally dynamic network catering for postgraduate needs;
I The Psychologist each month, and the quarterly PsychTalk publication;
I Our award-winning Research Digest at www.researchdigest.org.uk/blog where you can learn about the most up-to-date and exciting published research (you do not even have to be a member to register for this service);
I Psychology 4 Students lectures designed to inspire pre-tertiary and undergraduate students who want to pursue a future in psychology (the next P4S lectures are in Nottingham in November, London in December and Belfast in March 2011);
I Also look out for our BPS App coming soon.
So, why not consider beginning your lifelong relationship with us today. Download an application form at www.bps.org.uk/studjoin. For non-taxpaying students, it only costs £21 per year to be a member.
Alan Cowey
The Research Board is delighted to announce that Professor Alan Cowey has accepted the Society's Lifetime Achievement Award for academics and researchers 2010. This award recognises distinctive and exemplary contributions to psychological knowledge.
Professor Cowey is recognised as a leading figure in UK and international experimental and physiological psychology.
As Professor Vincent Walsh (University College London) said in nominating Professor Cowey, 'Alan has represented the British psychological community at the highest level and had made
a huge contribution to the growing prestige of our discipline'.
Professor Cowey has published some 300 academic papers in a distinguished career spanning over four decades. Throughout this period he has been at the forefront of the work on the brain basis of visual perception – a researcher who has earned the respect from neuroscientists for work of the highest technical and scholarly standard in the anatomy of the visual pathway and the effect of lesions on behaviour. His research in these areas has been driven by the goal of connecting to high-level understanding of psychology and human perception.
Professor Cowey's work spans all levels of analysis and he has always worked on visual problems in the context of visual system behaviour. His research career began as a Cambridge undergraduate with work published in 1962 measuring eye position in observers whose head movements were restricted but not abolished. The first recognition of early achievements was the award of the Spearman Medal in 1967. Subsequent highlights of recognition of his work included holding the Royal Society Henry Head Research Fellowship (1968–73), Council membership of the Medical Research Council (1981–84), president of the European Brain and Behaviour Society (1966–68), Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (1988), and President of the Experimental Psychology Society (1990–92).
The clinical relevance of higher-level of understanding vision has always been an important component of Cowey's work. Central to this is the combination of methods that had been traditionally segregated. He has used anatomical, electrophysiological and image methods to solve behavioural problems and was among the first to establish a laboratory for transcranial magnetic stimulation in cognitive neuropsychology, at a time when the method was met with much suspicion.
Professor Trevor Robbins commented: 'His insights into the phenomenon of 'blindsight', through experiments with impeccable logic and elegant design, have led us to a new understanding of the functional organisation of the primate visual system.'
Professor Cowey has worked alongside many postdocs and graduate students throughout his career, and many of these have gone on to be internationally distinguished cognitive neuroscientists. Professor Walsh said: 'Many senior scientists have a career in which they have nurtured their own achievements. One of Cowey's major achievements is that he has nurtured the achievements and careers of others. Some of his 24 doctoral students are scientists of achievement who have built on their training in Cowey's hands.'
When told of the award, Professor Cowey said: 'I am delighted to have received the award. I suppose the award signals that I have not been wasting my time in attempting to combine psychology and neuroscience, and that I am not yet over the hill!' Professor Cowey will receivea commemorative certificate and £1000 towards further research, and he commented: 'There is still much to do. The nature of consciousness has been neglected and even dismissed for many years. It is still a huge challenge – but it is gratifying to see so many psychologists grappling with it and using techniques like functional and diffusion-tensor brain imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation or direct current stimulation of the brain, high density EEG, magnetoencephalography, all hand-in-hand with established psychological methods. Another question is the nature of executive control, which is finally revealing its secrets.'
Debbie James
The Society recognised three of its members with honorary awards at its Annual General Meeting in June: the Society's 'superego', a psychologist who has fought for justice and one who has advised nations on well-being.
Margaret McAllister received Honorary Life Membership. As proposer and Society President Gerry Mulhern said, 'If there were not a Society award of Honorary Life Member, we should have to invent it for a member like Margaret McAllister. Margaret has been a stalwart of the Society over many years. To many, she has been its superego, holding Society officialdom to account and jealously guarding the democratic bona fides of the Society. Few attending Open Meetings at the Society's Annual Conferences over the years would have failed be struck by her taking to task the Society officers of the day. A champion of the "ordinary" member? Undoubtedly. A thorn in the side of authority? Frequently. And quite right too!'
Margaret McAllister has had a particular soft spot for Branches, which she considers to be the Society in geographical microcosm, and she was a prime mover in the establishment of the Branches Forum. She also held Presidential office from 1995 to 1998, served as a member of Council from 1980 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2008, and has held various other Board and Committee positions.
'It is clear that Margaret McAllister has devoted her professional life to the British Psychological Society and has made a distinguished contribution to psychology through these activities,' Gerry Mulhern said. 'Throughout this time, the esteem in which Margaret has held the Society, or, as she sees it, her fellow members without whom there would be no Society, has not wavered.'
Margaret McAllister told us: 'I was delighted when I?was told the good news that I was about to be honoured by the Society. Over the years I have found many benefits in my membership, including intellectual stimulus, a long-lasting interest in governance – and a lot of fun!
I have been privileged to make many friends, and I am very happy to knowthat my contribution to the affairs of the Society has been recognised in this very positive way.'
Receiving an Honorary Fellowship was Professor Raymond Bull, for the advancement of psychology in the field of forensic psychology, and the improvement of policing and criminal justice systems worldwide. In his eulogy, Mike Berry noted that Professor Ray Bull's work 'has had a huge impact on a variety of professional practices and court procedures, especially in terms of improving the interviewing by the police and others of vulnerable children and vulnerable adults, as well as explaining why honest eyewitnesses can provide mistaken testimony.' In addition to numerous professional honours and publications, Professor Bull has contributed to Home Office, Scottish Executive and Metropolitan Police work.
Professor Bull told The Psychologist: 'I am very pleased, yet rather surprised, to be one of the relatively few to receive the Society's highest honour. In part I take this as vindication that conducting research on the applications of psychology to 'real-world' settings is worthy and important. Given that my first lectureship was in 'experimental psychology', I have an awareness of the comparative difficulty of conducting good laboratory-based and methodologically rigorous field-based research.'
Also receiving an Honorary Fellowship was Professor Cary Cooper CBE (Lancaster University). Recognised worldwide for his work on health and stress in the workplace within an organisational psychology framework, Professor Cary Cooper has authored over 100 books and 400 academic articles. He is also a frequent contributor to the national and international mass media. In 2006 he was appointed lead scientist by the UK Government Office for Science on the Foresight programme on Mental Capital and Well-Being, whose report was completed in October 2008. He has also advised the World Health Organization and International Labour Organization, and was recently appointed Chair of the UK's Academy of Social Sciences.
In his eulogy, Mike Berry noted that Professor Cooper's 'esteemed academic output work has generated practices that have led to the adoption of psychological techniques and theories in the field of stress management worldwide by employers, governments, clinicians and individuals. He has been at the forefront of British psychology for many years and has been very successful in advancing the role and value of psychology in the applied world.'
Professor Cooper told The Psychologist: 'It is absolutely wonderful that my peers have recognised me with this Honorary Fellowship, it means a great deal to me personally that my psychological colleagues value the work I have done. It is also important for the field of occupational psychology as well, which for many years was considered a poorer cousin to other areas of psychology – I feel now occupational psychology has finally arrived.' [See also 'One on one', p.784.]
Counselling psychology works
The Division of Counselling Psychology held its annual conference at Strathclyde University on 8–10 July 2010. This university (in conjunction with Caledonian) is the latest institution to offer BPS-accredited training for counselling psychology. We were all hugely pleased to be there together to celebrate this success; and then later to eat, dance and sing in the majestic Glasgow Trades Hall, where the hospitality was bounteous.
One of our delegates, Carole Roulston was able to be very specific about the impact of the whole experience:
Attending the Conference really deepened my sense of belonging to such a welcoming and enthusiastic Division. I particularly enjoyed the
pre-Conference workshops for more personally reflective learning. I was very encouraged to hear Alessandra Lemma express her involvement and influence of government policy that gave me hope that therapeutic plurality and, therefore, counselling psychology, might gain a stronger presence at public service level.
Richard Golsworthy, the Chair of the Scotland National branch of DCoP, welcomed the conference to Glasgow.
He reminded us of Scotland's differing traditions, law and ethos. Difference, pragmatism and innovation suffused the conference in keeping with its title: 'Counselling Psychology Works'. As well as the new, popular and successful open-to-the-public lecture on men and masculinity on Scotland reported below, we went international, with Dr Brian Levitt from Ontario. In a keynote talk he dared to suggest that psychological assessment for legal purposes could and should be a very human encounter. This was contrasted effectively when Strathclyde's own Professor Robert Elliott challenged received wisdom around the discourse of 'evidence'. He presented a learned and primarily quantitative case for the efficacy of person-centred experiential therapy. Dr Diana Saunders charted the often painful trajectory of CBT from an historically particularised treatment to a wider approach in which mindfulness and other third-wave modalities interact fruitfully within the clinical spectrum. Professor Alessandra Lemma responded to the challenges of NICE and IAPT by making a strong and well-evidenced case for pluralism.
Diverse conference workshops, posters, symposia and individual papers kept us all busy, stimulated and excited about the future direction of counselling psychology. There were plenty of surprises. Kevin Hogan's paper on our lack of preparedness to deal with female-to-male domestic abuse drew some media attention and was picked up by interested websites. The terrible plight of the client who may have to educate his therapist before work can begin was explored with clarity and compassion. This theme was received well by its audience and implications for initial training and CPD were explored.
Counselling psychology as an applied psychology faces challenges in the coming years. The conference, a hotbed of debate and lively interaction, provided the best environment in which to face necessary developments: the opportunity to make partnerships with other applied psychologies, to rejoice in our distinctiveness, and to find professional wisdom on the way to move forward post-HPC. We had a good time. Our professionalism was fed and our sense of purpose renewed.
Dr Peter Martin, Communications Lead
DCoP, Chair Elect
Following the Society's mission statement to take psychology to the public, the Division of Counselling Psychology made a decision to offer a public lecture as a central platform of its Annual Conference. Dr Peter Martin, our Communications Lead and Chair Elect, took the idea forward and the Division undertook to advertise the lecture. We were greatly assisted by the BPS publicity team who drafted an excellent advert, issued a press release and engaged with local newspapers.
The conference, held on 8–10 July 2010, took place at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. On Saturday 10 July counselling psychologist Dr Ewan Gillon gave a public lecture titled 'The making of Scottish men'. 'Scotland's men have a reputation for being tough guys,' Dr Gillon said. 'Think Alex Ferguson, Sean Connery and perhaps even Gordon Brown. Despite the onset of "new man" and the "metrosexual", traditional male ideals emphasising hard living, competitiveness and emotional detachment still hold firm in many parts of Scottish society. These can create, in men, a stoical, invulnerable front that masks many forms of emotional distress and mental illness. Instead, men destroy themselves (and others), commonly in the forms of alcohol and drug abuse, anger, violence and through a range of less visible mechanisms such as workaholism and emotional neglect.'
Dr Gillon went on to look at the ways in which 'traditional' ideas about what a man should be are at the root of many destructive cycles Scottish men find themselves in. 'We examine the insights that counselling psychology has to offer in making sense of how Scottish men are, and consider some of the things psychologists can contribute to helping to make things better. In this regard, we consider what really might be the making of Scottish men, from a counselling psychology perspective.'
The lecture proved to be extremely popular, being attended by 189 people, the great majority of whom were members of the public. The topic drew the attention of the wider Scottish media with Dr Gillon having a very busy week giving interviews and taking part in discussion panels on the subject. Subsequently the lecture has facilitated further working relationships between service providers
in Scotland, and the Scottish Branch of DCoP are taking forward further developments.
We would like both to thank Dr Gillon for his inspiring talk that gave everyone much food for thought, and to inform the wider Society membership of what was achieved by a combination of a determined Communications Lead, fruitful collaboration with the BPS publicity team, and an excellent presentation. Slides from the presentation can be requested from [email protected].
Dr Barbara Douglas, DCoP Chai
CONSULTATIONS?ON?PUBLIC POLICY
Four responses were submitted in July; full details of them all, including downloadable copies of consultation papers and the Society's responses, are available at: www.bps.org.uk/consult.
The Society's response to the Nuffield Council for Bioethics' consultation on Human Bodies in Medicine and Research was submitted early and reported as a separate item in last month's Psychologist (p.662). The Higher Education Funding Council for England's third Teaching Funding Method Review was responded
to via the Joint Committee for Psychology in Higher Education and included a restatement of the Society's position that psychology is, and should be, funded as a laboratory-based discipline. Brief details of the other two consultations and responses are as follows:
Revised HPC Standard of Proficiency for Health Psychologists.As a result of feedback from the Division of Health Psychology, the Health Professions Council (HPC) put forward a proposal to amend the current domain-specific standard of proficiency for health psychology, 2b.4, by removing that part of the standard (below) which makes explicit reference to cognitive behavioural therapy:
be able to integrate and implement therapeutic interventions based on a range of evidence-based models of formal psychological therapy, including the use of cognitive behavioural therapy.
The Society's response, led on by the Division of Health Psychology, fully supported the proposed change of wording and thanked the HPC for their attention to the matter.
Under-Age Sexual Activity This Scottish Government consultation sought views on draft guidance for practitioners working with children and young people to consider what local policy and procedures are required to effectively support those engaged in under-age sexual activity, particularly where there might be a child protection concern. The Society's response included the following key points:
I clarification is needed regarding what under-age sexual activity should be passed on to the police;
I evidence-based and well-evaluated programmes should be developed and delivered to improve the sexual health of young people, particularly those where a risk has been identified;
I it may be unhelpful for all cases of sexual activity where alcohol or drugs have been involved to automatically be classed as a child protection concern – this may lead to young people choosing not to disclose certain information for fear of child protection procedures being implemented.
The preparation and submission of the Society's responses to consultations on public policy is coordinated by the Policy Support Unit (PSU). All those holding at least graduate membership are eligible to contribute to responses, and all interest is warmly welcomed. Please contact the PSU for further information ([email protected]; 0116 252 9926/9577) or visit our website (address above)..
Sussex hub launch
The Society's Wessex Branch is launching a Sussex membership hub. A launch event is planned from 5:30pm on Wednesday 24 November at the University of Sussex, with two presentations by University of Sussex Professors Graham Davey and Andy Field.
The Sussex hub will have a remit for any members located in Sussex and commutable locations. The Wessex Branch has currently four geographical hubs, for its approximately 5000 members. The other hubs are Dorset, Thames Valley and Solent. Each hub is managed by a subcommittee and organises regular membership meetings and events. The formation of a fifth hub for Surrey is in planning; indeed, an interested coordinator located in Surrey is needed to make this happen.
The November event actually marks a 're-launch'of the Sussex hub, as it had become inactive. New organisers Jessica Christie-Sands and Gene Johnson have a plan for quarterly events. Event topics will be chosen to appeal to our different psychology disciplines; the draft programme for next year includes key topics in clinical/neuropsychology, occupational, health and educational psychology. Professors Graham Davey and Andy Field will speak on two different topics at the launch. Professor Davey will present 'Doing clinical psychology research in the lab: What non-clinical populations can tell us about psychopathology'. Professor Field will follow with a topic interestingly entitled '"Freeze Sarah Jane, if you move we're dead": How children develop fears from what they're told'.
The event is free to Society members, but booking is essential. Contact Branch Administrator Sheila Simons at [email protected], quoting Sussex Launch in the subject title and include your name and BPS number in the message.
If you would like to know more about the Wessex hub events in your area, contact the relevant Hub Coordinator:
Dorset: Dr Jacqui Taylor [email protected]
Thames Valley: Sue Roberts [email protected]
Solent: Alan Gilbert [email protected]
Sussex: Dr Jessica Christie-Sands [email protected]
Division of Health Psychology news
The Division of Health Psychology (DHP) has been working to raise public awareness of health psychology. A session on 'The Psychology of Healing' presented by DHP members Professors John Weinman and Kavita Vedhara as part of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival of Science attracted more than 550 members of the public. They heard how psychological factors and processes can influence the speed with which wounds, such as leg ulcers, can heal.
The Division has also introduced two awards to recognise the contributions made by DHP members to promote and advance the discipline.
The 2010 DHP Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research has been given to Professor Mark Conner (University of Leeds) for his contributions over the last 20 years to improving understanding of the attitude-behaviour relationship, psychological models of the determinants of health behaviours, and cognitive versus affective influences on behaviour.
The 2010 DHP Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Health Psychology has been awarded to Professor Pauline Adair for her work in promoting Health Psychology within NHS agendas, involvement in securing NHS Education for Scotland (NES) funding for the training of Stage II health psychology trainees, and contribution to teaching and training. Professor Adair, formerly of NHS Fife, is now Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Salford.
Dr Diana Harcourt, outgoing Chair of the Division of Health Psychology, and Dr Alison Wearden, the incoming Chair, congratulated both Professor Conner and Professor Adair. 'We are delighted to be able to acknowledge and celebrate the ways in which DHP members are developing and promoting health psychology through both research and practice. Mark and Pauline have both made very significant contributions and we are very pleased to present them with these awards.'
New Community Psychology Section
At the British Psychological Society's General Meeting on 25 June, the formation of a new Community Psychology Section was formally ratified in compliance with Rule 45(C) of the Charter, Statutes and Rules.
Community psychology offers a theoretical orientation, area of research and branch of the academic study of psychology that supports the work of a helping profession. Community psychology is about understanding people within their social worlds and using this understanding to improve people's well-being.
The new Section aims to represent an area of psychology currently unrepresented in Britain; a growing interest in community psychology in the UK; to promote research within community psychology; and to be active on behalf of the Society in promoting community psychology nationallyThe inaugural meeting of the Section will take place on 8 October 2010, commencing at 1pm at the Society's London office, 30 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4UE. It will be convened by the Honorary General Secretary of the Society. Places will be allocated on first come, first served basis. If you are interested in attending, e-mail your membership number to [email protected] by 25 September, with 'Community Psychology Section Attendance' in the subject line.
If you are interested in becoming involved with the interim committee, please state 'Community Section Committee' in the subject line.
To have your CPD event approved by the Society and for a catalogue of forthcoming opportunities, see www.bps.org.uk/
learningcentre or call 0116 252 9512.
To advertise your event in The Psychologist, e-mail [email protected] or call +44 116 252 9552.
A diary of non-approved events can be found at www.bps.org.uk/diary.
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWERS NEEDED
The Society's Oral History Project is compiling a unique archive of sound recordings of psychologists around the UK. The project is going from strength to strength and needs more volunteer members in all areas of the UK to conduct the occasional interview.
If you are interested in taking part and would like to volunteer your services, please contact the Society's Archivist Mike Maskill at [email protected] or call him on 020 7330 0895.
Sport & Exercise award nominations
The Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology is seeking nominations for the Division's Distinguished Contribution to the Field of Sport & Exercise Psychology Award, which will be presented at the Biennial Conference in London on 9–10 December 2010.
Nominees should be Members of the Division who have made a distinguished contribution to the field of Sport & Exercise Psychology in any relevant area (e.g. research, applied work, education, etc.)
The award recipient may be asked to deliver a lecture at the conference.
The nomination should include a citation of 200 words, a named proposer and seconder. Please contact Susan Eppel at the BPS ([email protected]) for nomination form and send to BPS FREEPOST, LE4 081, Leicester LE1 7ZB,
no later than 31 October 2010.
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The second Innovation Challenge workshop will be held in Grand Junction, Colo., from September 17-19, 2015. The teams selected to participate in the workshop competed earlier this year to win spots at the event. Each team is led by counties and regional development organizations and includes a broad range of other public and private sector partners.
Below, read more about the teams that were selected.
More information about the Innovation Challenge for Coal-Reliant Communities can be found by visiting: naco.org/InnovationChallenge.
Team Lead: Moffat County, Colo.
Team Lead: Region 10 Economic Assistance and Planning, Inc.
Representing Delta County and Montrose County, Colo.
This team includes representatives Delta County; the City of Delta; West End Economic Development Organization; and Telluride Foundation for West End Montrose County.
Team Lead: Rio Blanco County, Colo.
This team includes representatives from Rio Blanco County; the Town of Rangely; Rangely Chamber of Commerce; Colorado Northwestern Community College; and Rangely Auto Parts.
Team Lead: Routt County, Colo.
This team includes representatives from Routt County and the Steamboat Springs Economic Development Council.
Team Lead: Sherburne County, Minn.
This team includes representatives from Sherburne County; Xcel Energy; Initiative Foundation; Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation; and the City of Becker.
This team includes representatives from Musselshell County; the City of Roundup; Coila Evans Art & Gift Gallery; and ABT Companies.
This team includes representatives from Carbon County; Emery County; Utah State University's Darbon Energy Innovation Center; and the Southeastern Utah Economic Development District.
This team includes representatives from Sevier County; Kane County; Juab County; Millard County; and Snow College.


Can identify the building blocks of a feature method.
Can use these building blocks when we write feature methods.
A feature method describes the expected behavior of a feature that is implemented by the system under specification. We can name our feature methods by using String literals, and this is a huge advantage over JUnit 4 (or TestNG) because we can (and we should) use sentences that actually make sense.
The setup block must be the first block of a feature method and it contains the configuration of the described feature. A feature method can have only one setup block.
The when and then block describes the stimulus (when) and the expected response (then). A feature method can have multiple when and then blocks.
The expect block describes the stimulus and the expected response in a single expression. A feature method can have only one expect block, and it is possible to add both when and then and expect blocks to the same feature method. However, this is not very practical.
The cleanup block is used to clean up the resources used by a feature method, and it is invoked even if the feature method throws an exception. A feature method can have only one cleanup block.
The where block must be the last block of a feature method, and it is used to write data-driven feature methods. A feature method can have only one where block.
This lesson helps you to use setup, when and then, expect, and cleanup blocks. We will talk more about the where block in the next lesson of this topic.
We can now identify the blocks of a feature method. Let's move on and find out how we can use these blocks when we write feature methods.
During this lesson we will learn to use these blocks when we create a feature method which specifies the expected behavior of the get() method of the HashMap class. Let's start by finding out how we can use the setup block.
As we remember, the setup block is the first block of a feature method and we can use it for configuring the described feature. The setup block has an optional label (setup or given) and we can create an implicit setup block by omitting that label.
If we want to write our feature methods by using the given-when-then format, we can replace the setup label with the label: given and describe our setup block by using a String literal.
After we have configured the described feature, we have to specify the expected behavior. Let's find out how we can do it by using when and then blocks.
We can specify the expected behavior of the described feature by using when and then blocks which always occur together. The when block describes the stimulus and the then block describes the expected response.
A when block must start with the label: when.
A when block can have an optional description that is given by using a String literal.
A when block can contain any code.
A then block must be placed right after the when block that describes the stimulus.
A then block must start with the label: then.
A then block can have an optional description that is given by using a String literal.
A then block can contain only variable definitions, conditions, exception conditions and interactions.
As we remember, a feature method can have multiple when and then blocks. Let's create another when and then block which verifies that the get() method of the HashMap class returns null if no value is found with the given key.
When we take a closer look at our feature method, we notice that the when block seems a bit artificial. Let's clean up our feature method by using the expect block.
An expect block must start with the label: expect.
An expect block can have an optional description that is given by using a String literal.
An expect block can contain only conditions and variable definitions.
Our next step is to verify that the get() method of the HashMap class returns null when no value is found with the given key. Because a feature method can have only one expect block, we can "divide" that block into several parts by using the and label. The and label is used to describe individual parts of a block, and it has an optional description that is given by using a String literal.
It should be clear that we can specify the expected behavior by using either a when and then or an expect block. The question is: how can we choose the right tool for the job?
As a guideline, use when-then to describe methods with side effects, and expect to describe purely functional methods.
We can now specify the expected behavior of the described feature by using both when and then and expect blocks. This is a good start, but sometimes our feature method reserves resources that must be freed afterwards.
Let's find out how we can clean up these resources by using the cleanup block.
A cleanup block must start with the label: cleanup.
A cleanup block must be placed after the when and then and/or expect blocks.
Let's assume that we have created a feature method which creates a new file. Naturally we want to delete the created file after the feature method has been finished successfully or after an exception has been thrown.
Because the cleanup block is invoked even if the feature method throws an exception, we must write our cleanup block by using defensive programming because we cannot know which line throws the exception.
We can now identify the blocks of a feature method, and we know how we can use these blocks when we write feature methods.
Let's summarize what we learned from this lesson.
A feature method consists of blocks.
The setup block configures the described feature.
The when and then block describes the stimulus and the expected response.
The expect block describes the stimulus and the expected response in a single expression.
The cleanup block is used to clean up the resources used by a feature method.
We can describe individual parts of a block by using the and label.
This is a free sample lesson of my Test With Spring course. If this lesson helped you to solve your problem, you should find out how my testing course can help you.


On April 17, thousands of activists showed up at Chinese embassies and consulates around the world to protest China's detention of artist Ai Weiwei. The worldwide event, entitled "1001 Chairs for Ai Weiwei," took place at Dublin, Munich, London, Stockholm, Tallinn (Estonia), Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York. The peaceful protests, where people brought individual chairs to stage mass "sit-ins," were inspired by Ai's 2007 installation 1001 Qing Dynasty Wooden Chairs (2007), in which 1,001 Qing Dynasty-era chairs were displayed in a grid at the 2007 documenta in Kassel, Germany.
Below are slideshows of photographs taken at the protests in Hong Kong (top) and New York (bottom).


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Meet Sister Sharonann (Mary Fidelis) Skain
"Thanks to my grandparents who immigrated from Ireland," says Sr. Sharon Skain, "I was born in The City by the Bay, San Francisco, a town of diverse cultures. That diversity shaped my life." She remembers that during World War II her parents kept a place at the table for military men her Dad would bring home for dinner, men who would tell stories of their home states. She grew up listening and learning.
During a school retreat in her senior year at Notre Dame High School, San Francisco, she felt a call to religious life. Sr. Francis Loretto and Sr. Paula Butier took her to visit the novitiate in Saratoga where Sharon remembers seeing an NDSF graduate she knew who was then a postulant. " I thought, if she can do it, I can do it too."
Her mother was thrilled because for any Irish family, a religious vocation was a sign of being blessed, a sign of God's approval of the family.
Sr. Sharon taught in Notre Dame elementary schools in Los Angeles, Millbrae, Seattle, San Carlos and Hawaii. Most significant was her return to her alma mater, Notre Dame in San Francisco. "That," she says, "was the best experience of my life. The internationality, the mix of cultures. I learned so much from it all. Although I've only worked in the United States, I feel I have come to know many cultures."
One of the greatest joys of Sr. Sharon's life has been her 22 years as Director of RCIA (Right of Christian Initiation of Adults) at St. Christopher Parish, San José. She explains, "I encourage parishioners to share their experience of growing up as post-Vatican II Catholics."
Notre Dame Associate Linda Walsh says that, "Sr. Sharon is the reason I am a Catholic. When my husband was unable to answer some of our son's questions about faith and the church, I called the parish and was connected to Sr. Sharon, who suggested I come to the RCIA sessions. She thought I might gain some answers there. Sr. Sharon brought my husband and me back into the church and introduced us to people who share our interests and hopes."
Arlene Fukawa shares, "I first met Sr. Sharon at St. Christopher Parish when I was part of a team of RCIA leaders. As the RCIA spiritual director, she was dedicated to the 'newbies' of the Roman Catholic religion. She taught this cradle Catholic a lot about my own religion with her stories about her own faith journey and times of discernment and questioning."
When celebrfating her 60th Jubilee, Sr. Sharon said, "Thank you, thank you, Holy Spirit, for the gift of joy to celebrate 60 years as an SND among the people. Thank you for faith in Jesus Christ, for prayer, for surprises, for hope even if the world is always in a mess, for hope about religious life whatever it is God has in mind. Most of all, I'm happy to be a SND for 60 years!"
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Cindy Gomez-nee Perez says:
I met Sr. Sharon when I entered Notre Dame in my Sophomore year. She was spunky and you could tell she was happy where she was at…teaching us. I have fond memories of her, so for that Thank you Sr. Sharon for being my teacher, in what, I have no idea.
Teri (Teresa Nagy) Powell says:
It is wonderful to see a recent photo of Sr. Sharon and read where her life has led her.
I was in her 4th grade class at St. Vincent de Paul Elementary in Federal year during the 1967-1968 school year. The year I was in her class was the same year that her name was changed from Sr. Mary Fidelis to her birth name of Sr. Sharon. It was a huge mystery what the Sister's given names were and I when she shared that she had the same name as one of her students, I was really hopeful that her name was the same as mine! I was a very active tomboy at that age and in hindsight I find it incredible that she was able to so effortlessly maintain my attention.
Thank you for your service dear Sr. Sharon… you were a terrific teacher!
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