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Training intelligence is now a must in the upskilling of learners and staff if an organisation is to reap the benefits.
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At the recent eLearning Indaba, New Leaf Technologies co-founder Paul Hanly extolled the virtues of big data in revolutionising the workplace by providing real time metrics.
Cape Town – The focus should no longer be on learner outcomes, but performance outcomes.
That is the unequivocal message from Paul Hanly, co-founder of South African end-to-end online learning solution provider New Leaf Technologies.
Hanly was a keynote speaker in the latest edition of the eLearning Indaba, an annual conference that boasts a range of expert speakers who provide insights on resources, latest trends and best-practice methods in the eLearning space.
Started in 2015 and hosted by New Leaf Technologies, the conference provides a platform for Human Resources and Learning and Development (L&D) professionals to network and collaborate with peers from a range of industries.
In his virtual presentation in the third session of the 2021 eLearning Indaba, Hanly explained how developments in big data and technology were revolutionising not only workplace training, but overall business performance.
He stressed that there needed to be direct correlations between returns on training and what was actually happening in a business.
Traditionally, it has been expensive to measure this because many systems were server-based and slow. But the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been a game-changer.
"This means there's no reason why small to medium-sized enterprises can't have access to the same tools as bigger companies," he said.
Hanly and other industry leaders have placed a strong focus on what is termed "training intelligence" – a modern take on business intelligence, which gives a collective view of everything that is happening in a business' training initiative.
Because access to big data – higher internet speeds, more bandwidth and better capacity to process – has become more accessible, more learners and the organisation itself are able to benefit.
"What we need to do is deep-dive analytics, which is so much more than whether a learner has achieved a result or not. We need to ask questions like whether the content we're providing to the learner is actually working effectively. If we pick up trends on content, maybe we need to reshape that content."
Not so long ago, online learning was more an individual pursuit, but these days learners have the ability to engage with their facilitators in real time.
"You can ask the instructors questions which can then be answered and discussed. It really keeps a conversation going and gives that encouragement."
The organisation, by studying metrics, is also able to identify and measure knowledge gaps.
Hanly said that in the past, reports had often taken the form of Excel spreadsheets, which then had to be downloaded, filtered and added to before being sent to a manager.
It was an incredibly time-consuming process.
However, the New Leaf Training Intelligence System can be configured in such a way that it can be analysed once and thereafter provide meaningful, analytical dashboards that happen in real time.
"A lot of this has come about because of big data," Hanly said.
"In 2009 we only had one or two undersea cables around Africa. In the next three years there were considerably more. What we see now are so many more cables coming into Africa, but even this will change." At the moment we have what is called last-mile technology - data arrives at a location, has to travel to a city like Johannesburg, and then has to go to people's homes. That means roads and pavements have to be dug up and cables put in place.
"You also have what is called leap-frog technology, where data is delivered through more modern technology investments like cellphone towers, because perhaps a country has very old telephone infrastructure reliant on copper cables, which does not carry the bandwidth. That is changing too."
IT infrastructure costs are coming down rapidly, and organisations are now looking at cloud-based software, whereas before companies opted for server-based software that required updates.
"I think at some point in the future data costs will be almost free," Hanly says. "At some point we're not even going to need any cables. It will be through satellite delivery rather than cable. The likes of Google, Facebook and Elon Musk are all investing heavily in that technology."
The decrease in smartphone prices are also playing a huge rule in the democratisation of information.
"Big data has given us a lot more data to analyse. We can analyse this data far quicker than we've ever been able to do before. And it's all in real time, so it's not a matter of waiting and pulling a report at the end of the month. We can start to use that data to predict and diagnose what's going on in our learning. You can diagnose where there are currently gaps, where there might be gaps in the future and what sort of interventions we need to look at."
Industry leaders have noted that many South African companies are still lagging behind in terms of metrics uptake.
"They do some sort of basic measurement, usually around completions and maybe learner satisfaction, but not a lot beyond that. But the leading organisations are looking at the different types of learning, whether it's formal, informal or classroom-based. They're measuring this all the time and they're aligning that data to business goals and how training impacts on business results."
Business data, eLearning data and other intervention technology should all be factored into training intelligence.
Hanly said, "What we do for a lot of our clients is to provide a completely customised training intelligence system that goes alongside the learning management system.
"It gives you an overview – what is the subscription rate like, what is the drop-off rate like, how many inactive users have you got, who's not started, who's completed, how much time is being spent in training, what's the best time to learn? By analysing this, you can let line managers know who the people are who might be inactive, and establish whether learners are being encouraged to learn. These types of metrics immediately mean something."
"It was incredibly important that business helped define what the metrics were," Hanly said. "If we can prove there's a direct return on investment, we are likely to unlock further budget for training and development."
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Instonians' Mark Mairs opens the scoring at the Cloghan against Ballyclare in the Championship D1 match.
Club Men: Ballyclare 5 Instonians 5 (URC D1)
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I'd been looking forward to this match for a while. Unfortunately fate and atrocious weather conspired to make it less spectacular than it could have been, but it was a fine match nonetheless.
With one photographer away photographing penguins in the Antarctic and another entertaining old friends I thought I'd try and cover the first half of this game and the second half of the, equally intriguing, game at the top of Championship 2 between Academy and Limavady.
The first half of this game was brutal, but in the right way. In difficult conditions, a strong wind, rain and hail, both teams decide to keep it simple but, in a match where space was at a premium, both sides really, really wanted to dominate the contact area and, more often than not, space was ignored and contact the preferred option.
It wasn't a great game for photography with most of the action happening amongst a host of bodies but it was entertaining. There will be a few sore bodies on both sides today.
Instonians made the initial breakthrough, starting strongly and playing into the prevalent wind they slowly worked their way into the Ballyclare 22. A change of pace and a few quick rucks, with Paul Marshall pulling the strings, ended with Mark Mairs bursting over the line for the opening score.
The visitors kept the ascendancy for the next couple of plays but as conditions worsened the dominant wind forced the bulk of play to the other end of the pitch.
Ballyclare hammered away at the Instoninas defence for a solid 20 minutes but everything played into strengths of the visitors big pack and they kept their line intact for the remainder of the half, though there were a few close calls.
With Instonians leading by 5 at the break and with the wind now at their backs I was expecting them to increase their lead as I headed off to my second game.
However it was the home side that recorded the only score of the second period, moving the ball through the hands following a searing break from deep by No. 8 David Clarke. A defensive scrum in the Instonians 22 was turned over by the Ballyclare pack and Robert Boyd went over for the equalising score, the conversion attempt coming off the posts.
The force of the relentless collisions eased somewhat as the game went into its final quarter and with defences dominating there were no further scores with the game ending at 5 – all.
Saturday 2nd March 2019. Ballyclare and Instonians share the honours in this top of the table clash in the Ulster Rugby conference D1.
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Copa América 2015 a fost ediția a 44-a a Copa América, turneul internațional de fotbal pentru echipele naționale din America de Sud, care a avut loc în Chile, între 11 iunie și 4 iulie 2015. Competiția este organizată de CONMEBOL, corpul de guvernare al fotbalului sud-american.

Uruguay este campioana en-titre. Ca în fiecare an, la acest turneu au participat douăsprezece echipe, zece membri ai CONMEBOL și două invitate de la CONCACAF – Mexic și Jamaica, cea din urmă participând pentru prima oară în această competiție. Câștigătoarea trofeului se va califica automat pentru Cupa Confederațiilor FIFA 2017.

Stadioane
Meciurile s-au jucat pe nouă stadioane diferite, din opt orașe. Mare parte dintre stadioanele gazdă au fost în renovare sau în reconstrucție.

Echipe

(gazdă)

 (invitată)
 (invitată)

 (deținătoarea titlului)

Tragerea la sorți
Tragerea la sorți a avut loc pe 24 noiembrie 2014, în Viña del Mar. Cele 12 echipe au fost împărțite în trei grupe a câte patru echipe.

CONMEBOL a anunțat urnele pe 10 noiembrie 2014. Urna 1 era formată din gazda Chile (care a fost plasată automat pe poziția A1), împreună cu Argentina și Brazilia. Cele nouă echipe rămase au fost ordonate conform coeficienților FIFA din 23 octombrie 2014 (arătat între paranteze). Pe 23 noiembrie 2014, CONMEBOL a anunțat că Argentina și Brazilia vor ocupa pozițiile B1 și, respectiv C1.

Faza grupelor
Toate orele sunt UTC-3.

Grupa A

Grupa B

Grupa C

Clasamentul echipelor de pe locul trei
La finalul fazei grupelor, cele mai bine clasate două echipe de pe locul trei avansează în faza eliminatorie.

Faza eliminatorie

Sferturi

Semifinale

Finala mică

Finala

Statistici

Golgheteri
4 goluri

  Eduardo Vargas
  Paolo Guerrero

3 goluri

  Sergio Agüero
  Arturo Vidal
  Lucas Barrios

2 goluri

  Ángel Di María
  Gonzalo Higuaín
  Marcelo Martins Moreno
  Charles Aránguiz
  Miller Bolaños
  Enner Valencia
  Raúl Jiménez
  Matías Vuoso

1 gol

  Lionel Messi
  Javier Pastore
  Marcos Rojo
  Ronald Raldes
  Martin Smedberg-Dalence
  Douglas Costa
  Neymar
  Roberto Firmino
  Robinho
  Thiago Silva
  Mauricio Isla
  Gary Medel
  Alexis Sánchez
  Jeison Murillo
  Édgar Benítez
  Derlis González
  Nelson Haedo Valdez
  André Carrillo
  Christian Cueva
  Claudio Pizarro
  José Giménez
  Cristian Rodríguez
  Miku
  Salomón Rondón

Auto-goluri
  Ronald Raldes (împotriva Chile)
  Gary Medel (împotriva Peru)

Premii
Următoarele premii au fost acordate la finalul turneului.
 Cel mai bun jucător (MVP): Nu s-a acordat
 Golgheter:  Paolo Guerrero,  Eduardo Vargas
 Cel mai bun jucător tânăr:  Jeison Murillo
 Cel mai bun portar:  Claudio Bravo
 Trofeul fair-play:

Echipa turneului

Clasamentul final
Cum a fost convenționat în fotbal, meciurile decise în prelungiri sunt puse ca victorii sau înfrângeri, iar meciurile decise la loviturile de departajare sunt puse ca remize.

Spectatori

Marketing

Mingea oficială
Pe 16 noiembrie 2014, mingea oficială a turneului a fost prezentată pe Estadio Nacional. Numele balonului este Nike Cachaña, care reprezintă un jargon pentru un dribling sau o fentă efectuată cu succes. În timpul prezentării, a fost prezent și internaționalul chilian Arturo Vidal. Mingea a fost concepută în culorile roșu, alb și albastru, care reprezintă și culorile țării-gazdă, Chile. Roșul reprezintă oamenii acestei țări, albastrul reprezintă cerul chilian, iar albul reprezintă Anzii, munți care definesc teritoriul acestei țări.

Mascota
Mascota oficială a acestui turneu, o tânără culpeo (specie de vulpe din America de Sud), a fost prezentată pe 17 noiembrie 2014. Numele mascotei, "Zincha", a fost ales de public în defavoarea celorlalte două, "Andi" și "Kul".

Referințe

Legături externe

 (Official website)
Copa América 2015, CONMEBOL.com

Copa América

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I like this group because they sing very well and they have very interesting videos.
They perform mostly the pop style song covers. The Group, git involved in a contest called ''The Sing-Off'' and they won!!!
They have a YouTube channel PTXofficial – YouTube.
There is a quiz: Which Pentatonix Member Are You?
"Friends is TV show about six best friends. They always end up in hilarious situations.
Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) She is a really strange women. She playing the guitar, her top song is "Smelly cat. Phoebe have a sister twin and brother which gave birth to three children.
Joey (Matt Le Blanc) Joey is an actor, but not really good. He's bad at competitions. Joey have a lot of girlfriends. He have seven sisters, he is one son in a family. Joey eats a lot and JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOD!!!
Monica (Courteney Cox Arquette) Monica is a chef. She is crazy for organization , cleanliness. In a high school she was really hat. Her brother is Ross.
Ross (David Schwimmer) Ross is a paleontologist. He was merry three times, and all times divorced. He have a daughter with Rachel her name is Emma, and with firs wife he have a son, Ben. Ross always want to be right.
Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) Rachel left her husband to the altar. Then she come to city to Monica. Firs she work in the cafe "Central perk. She was the waiter. Rachel was in love with Ross.
Chandler (Matthew Perry) Chandler is a funny guy!!! He works at office, he hate his job. His best friend is Joey. In a high school Chandler and Ross have a music group.
Of all PTX (Pentatonix) members I also like Mitch. He sings very high and well! his best friend is Scott,I think. They have YouTube channel called Superfruit.
Pentatonix group is very famous. I like them!
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Live Performance by OSSIA Zach Sheets, flute; Erin Lensing, oboe; Kurt Galvan, piano; Chris Demetriou, percussion; Molly Germer, violin; Dustin Seo, cello; Edo Frenkel, conductor; Clay Mettens, electronics Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY March 11th, 2015 Movement I - 0:00 Movement II - 4:26 Program Notes: My diptych, Through the Blackbird's Eye, is a response to R.S. Thomas's set of poems "Thirteen Blackbirds Look at a Man," which is, in turn, a response to Wallace Steven's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Thomas reverses the perspective of Steven's iconic poem, depicting a man as an intruder among blackbirds. Thomas's thirteen short scenes roughly mirror the length, internal organization, and non-narrative style of Steven's set. The poems range from humorous and quizzical to violent ("We wipe our beaks . . . wasting the dawn's/ jewelry to get rid/ of the taste of a man."). I admire Thomas's succinct but exacting depictions, and his ability to characterize a multiplicity of attitudes towards the man. My piece focuses on two of these attitudes (or clusters of scenes) and the omnipresent feeling of "otherness" imposed on the man. The first movement juxtaposes brittle, dry sounds with agitated twittering. Certain members of the ensemble are cast as instigators, threatening the rhythmic regularity and cool indifference of the stream of crystalline raindrops. The clarity and transparency of the first movement contrast greatly with the haziness of the second. Throughout the second movement, moments of strange, glittering beauty emerge from outbursts of violence. The music is constantly poised to disappear or evaporate. The sound of the acoustic performers is manipulated by live electronics, which are meant to extend the capabilities of the sextet. With the aid of electronics, the small chamber group is able to produce sounds and textures more characteristic of larger ensembles. The sense of "otherness," then, does not result from a conflict between man and machine, but from internal divisions within the ensemble. Groups of instruments and their electronic shadows merge to form hyper-instruments, while others act independently. Through the Blackbird's Eye was commissioned by OSSIA, the student-run new music organization at the Eastman School of Music.


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White Wokeness: It's the new factor in our national life.
Posted by LTP Support | Jul 2, 2020 | More News, Political |
By Charles Love / City Journal
Over the past month, protests against racism have taken place daily in America's largest cities. They started out as a black movement against police brutality, but they have a different look now. In many cases, whites have taken over.
They make conciliatory gestures, apologizing for their "white privilege," and, in at least one case, washing black people's feet to expiate themselves of their collective sins. Celebrities, athletes, and corporate America followed suit. Portland's police chief resigned, asking to be replaced by a black man, and the CEO of Chick-fil-A urged whites to shine the shoes of black people to show a "sense of shame."
Countless others have pledged millions of dollars to end racism. Seeing all this, one wonders: Why now?
To find out what was moving the conversation on race in America, I had to hear what whites were saying. I listened to the protesters, talked with my white friends, and read articles and social media posts from those supporting the movement.
Two things started to bring the issue into focus for me.
The first was a video I've seen retweeted and forwarded on social media, explaining "systemic racism." The video compares two friends—Jamal, who is black, and Kevin, who is white. "This is Jamal," the narrator begins. "Jamal is a boy who lives in a poor neighborhood. He has a friend named Kevin who lives in a wealthy neighborhood. All of Jamal's neighbors are African-American and all of Kevin's neighbors are white." The video opens with an image of Jamal standing in front of a boarded-up home with broken windows. This seemed overly simplistic, designed to make an extreme point.
Then I heard the news about universities deciding to stop using the ACT or SAT in consideration for admissions because the tests are biased against blacks.
The schools don't say that blacks aren't smart enough to score well on the test—that would be vulgar racism—but that black kids cannot afford tutors or the prep classes the white kids use to increase their scores.
This sounded as reductive in its assumptions about black economic life as the video about Jamal and Kevin. In each case, black people are depicted as desperate and defeated, with nothing in the way of material or personal resources to pull themselves out of their misery.
"I understand your point," a white friend said, "but don't you think blacks are being oppressed?"
That's when I realized that white wokeness is the new factor in our national life. It has been embedded into the consciousness of whites that all blacks are the same and that they all face impossible barriers to improvement—from fictional Jamal to the standardized tests to the black men being arrested on the nightly news.
A growing number of whites believe that these episodes are typical of everyday black life.
Most whites don't have many black friends who can give them firsthand accounts of what their experiences are with racism. While most blacks do experience some discrimination or racial prejudice, it is rarely violent, and it does not hold them back in a significant sense. Is racism a "systemic" or "institutional" force?
For more than half a century, the United States has had no laws preventing black people from doing anything that white people can do, and government agencies and courts closely monitor socioeconomic life for any vestiges of discrimination in housing, employment, or public accommodations.
The media give a distorted view of black life. We see this in the stories they decide to report—and not to report.
In 2018, police shot and killed 54 unarmed men; 22 were black. Compared with the percentage of blacks in the U.S. population, that figure looks disproportionate—but black people commit a disproportionate amount of violent crime and thus tend to have more interactions with the police.
Every police shooting must be investigated thoroughly and fairly, but we should also demand fair and thorough media coverage of these shootings. It's telling that so many people can name some of the unarmed black men killed by police, but few can name any of the white men.
Blacks do lag whites in many socioeconomic indicators—but most blacks do not live in poverty, do not have constant run-ins with law enforcement, and are not uneducated. It's important to look at racial disparities in context. Though blacks commit more violent crime than whites in relative terms, in absolute terms, the percentage of people who commit any violent crime is tiny.
The white violent-crime rate is 0.12 percent; for blacks, it is 0.44 percent. By any standard, most people are not violent criminals, regardless of their race.
The black unemployment rate has averaged between 7 percent and 12 percent since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started keeping records in 1954—except for a high of 19.5 percent in 1983—while for whites, the average has been between 4 percent and 7 percent. This disparity holds for poverty as well. As of 2018, the poverty rate for blacks was 20.8 percent, while the rate for whites was 8.1 percent.
Though a persistently poor black underclass has emerged since the civil rights era, the underclass experience does not describe the lives of tens of millions of black people. While efforts should be made to close the black-white poverty gap, the numbers are not consistent with the assumption that American blacks are broadly impoverished.
Yet sympathetic non-blacks often see blacks as oppressed victims with limited opportunities.
Since the killing of George Floyd, I've had many conversations with whites, mostly centered around my own well-being. Many of my black friends relate stories of management at their companies telling employees to "check on" their black co-workers. Messages abound of white guilt or white privilege, with people tearfully listing the things that they can do that blacks allegedly can't do, such as go shopping without being followed around, or be served food before paying for it, or buy candy while wearing a hoodie—all things that blacks do every day.
Everywhere one looks, organizations are showing their solidarity with "black lives matter"—both the motto and the organization. Uber Eats canceled its delivery fees for black businesses.
Turn on YouTube TV or order from Amazon, and you'll see messages of support for "the black community." Nike, the NFL, and others have made Juneteenth a paid holiday for all employees. Scroll through the categories on Netflix and you'll find one updated to say, "Black History, Hardship, and Hope." Who else, besides blacks, would get "hardship" as a characteristic? These gestures, mostly symbolic, suggest what whites believe blacks are concerned about. They seem insincere.
Since the protests began, woke whites have clamored to find a way to do their part. Since they don't have many blacks in their social circles, and having conversations with blacks—the most constructive course of action—is awkward and can take time, they opt for easy, feel-good actions, most of which will have no effect on police brutality, on the quality of black schools or neighborhoods, or on black lives generally.
When actress Julianne Moore says that black people are being slaughtered in the streets, killed in their own homes, it sounds clueless. She may care, but these types of assertions—delivered as fact—are not helping, because they just aren't true. Efforts to stop discrimination and stereotyping perpetuate the perception that black lives really are inferior. The implication is that black life is hard, black life is poverty, black life is scary, and black life is sad. Woke whites aren't saying that black lives matter. They're saying that it's up to them to make black lives matter.
Blacks themselves are not exempt from these beliefs. When Gary Clark, Jr., a Grammy-winning recording artist, says that he's worried he could die walking out of the house, and NBA superstar Lebron James, who has been glorified since he was 15 years old, says that blacks are "literally hunted every day," they are telling black people that things are hopeless. If a black teen is struggling and looks up to Lebron, hearing Lebron's proclamation can only make him feel worse.
It appears that a sleeping giant has been awakened in white America. Most woke whites probably have good intentions, but their symbolic gestures will at best have little effect and at worst do real harm. The campaign against police is a good example.
Broad anti-police sentiment has already caused cops to become less proactive in high-crime neighborhoods, with the predictable result that shootings have spiked around the country.
Whites are engaging in activism motivated by a misperception about black life that does not comport with reality for most blacks. With their views of blacks as wounded and perpetually oppressed, woke whites would do more good by doing nothing.
Charles Love is the assistant executive director of Seeking Educational Excellence and a former Chicago radio host. A native of Gary, Indiana, he now writes from New York City.
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Q: RestKit: How to reject an entire mapping when a value is not valid So I'm trying to support offline usage of an iOS application I'm making that uses a REST API.  Here's what I have so far:

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*A server running with a REST interface to manipulate my data model.

*An iOS application that uses RestKit to retrieve the data stored on my server.

*RestKit stores server responses locally in Core Data.

When the server is unavailable I still want users to be able to update the data model and then when the server becomes available again I want those updates to be pushed to the server.
The issue I've run into is that when a value that has been updated locally (but not pushed to the server yet) is received from the server it is overwritten with the contents of the server's response.  To prevent this I am trying to cancel the save to my local storage if the new 'updatedAt' date is before the current 'updatedAt' date.
This is my current validation function:
- (BOOL)validateUpdatedAt:(id *)ioValue error:(NSError **)outError
{
    if(self.updatedAt && [self.updatedAt compare:((NSDate *)*ioValue)] == NSOrderedDescending) {

        *outError = [NSError errorWithDomain:RKErrorDomain code:RKMappingErrorMappingDeclined userInfo:nil];

        return NO;
    }
    return YES;
}

This works, but only prevents this individual value from being changed.  I want the entire update of that object to be canceled if this one field is invalid.  How do I do this?

A: The support available from RestKit is to set discardsInvalidObjectsOnInsert for the whole object to be discarded when validation fails. But, this won't work for you as it only works for NSManagedObject instances that are being inserted, because it uses validateForInsert:.
You could look at using validateForUpdate: to perform a similar check and then reverting the changes, but RestKit isn't really offering you anything in terms of the abort in your case.

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August 29, 2014 April 6, 2015 by georgeroter
The sun rises on my last day working for Engineers Without Borders
I am overwhelmed with gratitude to have served this community and cause for the past 15 years. Every single day has been filled with hope, with people who refuse to accept the status quo, who channel their anger at the injustices they see into smart and bold action. EWB and EWBers have shaped me into the person I am today.
Thank you, to all of you.
Our job is not done. Inequity abounds and we have not learned to live harmoniously together or with this earth. I am buoyed with the knowledge that there is no more powerful force in the world than a large group of thoughtful, talented people who believe in their hearts that it is perfectly ordinary to change the world.
I remain a committed member, volunteer, and monthly donor of this organization.
A special thank you to Parker for your friendship, dreaming together for the first 10 years, and then entrusting me with the past 4. And to Boris, a remarkable leader I've learned so much from, and who I'm certain will achieve more than I can now dream as EWB's next CEO. Good luck to the whole team, including Alexandra and James.
The final and most important thank you is to Sari Stillman, my partner in life.
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Courage, emotion, intuition and love … and engineering!
University of Calgary Commencement Address – June 9, 2014
By George Roter on receipt of a Honorary Doctor of Laws
Thank you President Cannon, Chancellor Dinning, Dean Rosehart for this tremendous honour. Thank you fellow graduates. And thank you to the incredible supporters of these graduates who are here today—this day is as much yours as anyone else's.
Since Chancellor Dinning has already set the stage by increasing my likeability, let me begin with a caveat and a thinly veiled attempt at applause! The caveat: I wrote this speech on the plane from Toronto this morning. Why? Well, exactly 59 hours and 29 minutes ago, as the dawn broke the darkness over Toronto, my amazing wife Sari and I welcomed our daughter Aliyah into this world.
As you can imagine, I've had about 8 hours of interrupted sleep, in total, in the past 4 days. That makes me about as sharp as most of you were while writing the final lines of your 4th year, Master's, or PhD theses. I'm convinced that the chronically underslept engineer is why someone came up with the brilliant design idea called "factor of safety".
Now that I've set expectations appropriately, I'd like to tell you an old East African parable.
"It begins with a great, powerful typhoon, with a torrential driving rain that flooded the land. After the storm had subsided, an unforunately monkey found himself stranded on an island. In a secure, protected place on the shore, while waiting for the raging waters to recede, he spotted a fish swimming against the current. It seemed obvious to the monkey that the fish was struggling, thrashing about in the water, in need of assistance. With love in his heart for all living creatures, the monkey resolved to help the fish.
A tree precariously dangled over the spot where the fish seemed to be struggling. At considerable risk to himself, the monkey inched bit by bit, far out on one of the tree limbs. He reached down and snatched the fish from the threatening waters. Quickly, the monkey scurried back to the safety of his shelter and he, ever so carefully, laid the fish on dry ground. For a few moments the fish showed excitement. Soon, the fish settled into a peaceful rest.
Joy and satisfaction swelled inside the monkey. He had successfully helped another creature."
When I first encountered this parable, I thought the lesson was an obvious one: The world is full of armies of monkeys, travelling down roads paved with good intentions.
But I've come to understand this parable differently, especially in the past few days.
In the parable, the monkey's intentions weren't empty. These intentions were supposedly driven by love, for all living creatures. That begs the question, "what is love?"
I think I understand it now. Love was the uncontrollable surge of tears I felt when I first saw my daughter in her mother's arms 60 hours ago, the automatic and repeated "I love you, I love you, I love you, I'm so proud of you" that I spewed forth as a blubbering mess through those tears.
Love was the deep, insatiable curiosity that ran through my mind as I watched young Aliyah sleep and dream on that first day, her breath changing and eyelids flickering, deeply aware of when her sleep was moving between shallow, REM cycles and deep sleep. What could she possibly be dreaming about less than 12 hours out of the womb?
Love was the deeply intuitive sense that I developed even by last night: One type of crying to let us know she was hungry. Another, nearly undetectably different cry to let us know her diaper was full of poo.
And speaking of poo, love was the running commentary at about 1am last night at what was filling her diaper. I honestly would have never guessed at the intense interest I would have of colour, texture, density and volume of her shit. Nor would I have guessed at that pure joy this would bring me.
Right now, love is standing up here on stage delivering a speech to 600 deserving fellow graduates and yet the overwhelming emotion is missing my new daughter and not being able to imagine my life without Aliyah.
The fabulous author Jonathan Franzen once wrote that love is "a bottomless empathy, born out of the heart's revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are."
So back to the monkey's love for all living creatures. I doubt it. Just as I now doubt that I myself love all of humanity, or that I love nature. Or that I just love my Android phone, or that I love House of Cards, or this suit that I'm wearing.
Loving any of these things, or even ideas, doesn't require me to give up anything of myself. Contrast that with loving Aliyah. When she falls and hurts herself—as she inevitably will—that will hurt me at a constitutional level. When she behaves in a way that I would disapprove of, or makes choices I find distasteful—as she likely will—that will tear a little hole in my heart.
And so back to our monkey.
Did he love that fish as the parable claimed? I doubt it. Otherwise, his intentions would not have been so devoid of empathy and context. And while his actions of literally going out on a limb to save the fish were physically dangerous, his choices did not in any way threaten his sense of self.
That leads me to the monkey's choices and how they were made. Now, perhaps this was because he was only a monkey, but that monkey's choices surrounding the rescue struck me as lacking any decent technical analysis.
He didn't sit back to calculate the moment arm of his venturing onto that limb, and whether it was structurally sound enough to avoid catastrophic failure. He certainly didn't build a partial differential equation that would solve for the variability in the water's surge, to allow him to take probabilistic approach to assessing the risk of the branch being enveloped in water. Based on this parable, it's clear this monkey wouldn't be graduating with a degree in engineering here today.
But the question is this: Was the lack of technical analysis inherently bad? Isolating this for the moment from the broader context of the fish, should the monkey have been more technically minded.
If you take the cue from how all of us were trained as engineers, the answer is obvious: The monkey's approach was distinctly lacking rigour. In engineering, we worship at the altar of careful calculation, of breaking down problems into their constituent parts, of coming up with multiple alternatives that we can judge against specific criteria. Every course I took in University, and every purely engineering analysis I have come across since has had the same fundamental approach.
What I've learned over the past 15 years in my work with Engineers Without Borders is that this approach—which I interpret as an attempt to remove intuition and emotion from decision-making—is both severely limiting and a dramatic practice of self-deception.
In fact, my experience is that the most powerful contributions we make as engineers are when we fully embrace the intuitive and emotional side, in combination with our technical prowess. My own example is telling.
15 years ago, like you are today, I was graduating with a Bachelor's in Engineering. Also like many of you, I was considering what would come next. Along with my classmate Parker Mitchell, there was this idea of creating an organization called Engineers Without Borders. What was the idea born out of? A deep technical analysis of global poverty, the various organizations and entities working on that problem and it's root causes? A clear set of options about how to structure an international organization? A well-developed set of policies and project management processes?
None of the above. In fact, I believe to this day that if we stopped to really think through what we were going to do, we never would have started. Let me try to capture how outrageous this was:
Two privileged 22 year-olds, who had never been to Africa, Asia or anywhere else where poverty was endemic, who had precisely 8 work terms between them of experience, and no resources except a few credit cards. These two people were setting out to tackle one of the world's most complex challenges, not satisfied with helping a few people get out of poverty, but with a mission to change how the world tackles poverty. They were going to start a movement of thousands of engineers and engineering students across Canada, with a goal of changing how engineers approach their role and contributions to society.
And yet, Parker and I sparked a match that grew into a burning flame of social change, stoked by the incredible contributions of hundreds and thousands of amazing leaders and EWBers. While none of this would have been possible without our engineering training, it also would not have been possible without the emotion and intuition and passion of the thousands of people on whose shoulders I stand today.
In fact, I strongly believe it was emotion and intuition that carried the day through the most important moments. Responding to my leadership failures—the disappointment they represented and the hurt they caused others—with a renewed energy to try again or to try differently. That was driven by emotion and intuition. Constantly revising a vision, coming up with new ideas, never settling—emotion and intuition. Thousands of mind-wrenching, ambiguous decisions on what to do and how to do it—emotion and intuition.
I've witnessed the same in so many others, especially around choices about where they should apply their energies in life. My friend and UofC grad—now fellow UofC grad—Dave who is applying his mechanical engineering degree to working for a solar energy company in Kenya. Jason and Eli, UofC grads who work on environmental policy. Dena, a UofC grad who is working to spark a revolution in how engineering is taught. And my fellow graduate today and good friend, Patrick Miller, who is dedicating his immense talent to shaping our urban landscapes. All of these powerful choices were based on a foundation of technical competency, and driven by emotion and intuition.
But sometimes those choices don't work out, which brings us back to our monkey again. What we realize when hearing this parable is that the monkey is not someone else, an "other". We are all the monkey.
We can't hate him any more than we can hate ourselves. We can't deride his naivete any more than we can deride our own. We can't make him our enemy without realizing that enemy is within each of us.
And that takes me to a view of the world we live in. A world that has been badly stewarded by generations who came before us. A world that needs us.
I believe humanity is at a turning point. We are faced with a multitude of complex challenges. A changing climate, concentrating wealth and increasing inequality, dwindling natural resources, changing global power structures, among others. Among others.
These challenges are different. The 70th anniversary D-Day commemoration last week reminded me just how different these challenges are. Defeating the Nazis was the defining challenge of our parents' and grandparents' time. Storming Juno Beach required bravery and courage. The enemy was clear, the existential threat was palpably urgent, and we knew what we needed to do.
The challenges that our generation are facing are a silent D-Day. Instead of a clear enemy, we are all the enemy. Instead of palpable urgency, the threat is diffuse and hard to see. And instead of clear actions, it is tremendously ambiguous as to how we should act or what is needed.
Faced with this, we have options: We can stand down, choose willful ignorance, engage in self-interested defensiveness, or wait. This is largely how the world is responding today.
And it's understandable. It's relatively easy to react to my own privilege—in comparison with my friend Sahada in rural Ghana, or the hundreds on the Siksika First Nation struggling to recover from last year's flooding— it's relatively easy to respond with acts of charity. It's much harder to even ask the question: Does my privilege require their deprivation? What is just and what is right? And that's before even approaching solutions that will address the fundamental problem.
So let me bring this back to you, fellow graduates. All of you will be on the front lines of these challenges, especially those of you who choose to work in the oil and gas industry. Our climate is changing, it's urgent that we do something, and this industry is clearly important in any solution.
Faced with this reality, I urge you to be as brave and courageous as those who stormed Juno Beach. Please, don't ignore there's a problem. Please, don't be defensive in justifying your career choices and the quality of life this industry avails you. Please, worst of all, don't declare that the enemy is either the oil companies themselves or the activists who oppose them.
Instead, as an engineering graduate, recognize that you—every single one of you in this room—has more power than you might think. Great power. If there's one lesson I've learned in the past 15 years with Engineers Without Borders, it is this: That young people, young engineers like all of you absolutely have the power to change the world. That's not a slogan, it's a fact. You absolutely have the power to change the world around you.
But only if you choose to. Only if you remember the parable of the monkey and the fish. You must have the courage to see yourself as the monkey. Embrace your emotion and intuition even if they increase the risk of failure. And, most importantly, you must find and embrace love, the kind of love born out of a revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are.
On my graduation day today, my daughter Aliyah has redoubled my own efforts and choices. My wish and hope is that she will inspire yours. Congratulations, and good luck.
She arrived!
As the sun crept up into the beautiful clear sky over Toronto Saturday morning, our daughter Aliyah Davida Elena Rotman was born.
George was crying, Sari was smiling and Ali snuggled up to mum ― everyone was healthy, and it was so … human.
"It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry, the craft in a man's hand and the wisdom in a tree's root: they all arise together. My name, and yours, and the true name of the sun, or a spring of water, or an unborn child, all are syllables of the great word that is very slowly spoken by the shining of the stars. There is no other power. No other name." ― Ursula Le Guin
So what is the power in Aliyah's name?
First, the universe told us that we chose wisely. Aliyah Elena means "ascend, shining light" ― she was born right at sunrise.
Aliyah is a Hebrew, Arabic and Persian word meaning to ascend or go up. Our central wish for her life is that she ascends to her highest self.
Davida is the name of George's late-aunt ― an artistic, political, iconoclast and teacher, who also strangely loved the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. Just as Davida ― and the two of us ― have followed our passion, so to will we encourage the same for our daughter.
Elena was a name that we both just loved, meaning to shine a light. In our hearts, we hope to raise a lovely human being, who through empathy and optimism will light people up.
And finally, her surname, Rotman. Aliyah is part Sari and part George, part Stillman and part Roter. So rather than stick with patriarchal tradition, or establish a new matriarchal tradition, or burden Aliyah's children (if she choose to have any) with a hyphenated name, we've chosen to create a new last name. We know that this is strange, a bit radical, and perhaps a bit foolhardy. But Rotman it is ― a little bit of each of us.
Thanks to all of you for your support and advice over the past months.
With love (and a great deal of fatigue and new baby induced giddiness),
Sari and George
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Senate budget chief Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, talks about cuts to State Attorney Aramis Ayala's office and Gov. Scott's anger with the cuts to his agenda.
TALLAHASSEE – Legislative leaders said they reached a state budget deal Wednesday, but they continued to keep details of the $83 billion spending plan a secret.
Although many particulars remained a mystery, some pieces of the agreement began to trickle out Wednesday after two days of private negotiations.
Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, said he and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O'Lakes, have a budget deal, but they want to extend the 60-day legislative session by three days until Monday.
The overtime is needed because lawmakers failed to meet the deadline that would have allowed them to adjourn the session on time Friday. The budget is the only law they are required to pass each year.
The extension, which still must be approved by both chambers, gives them more time. Negron said the plan would be to give lawmakers the weekend off and have them return Monday to vote on budget-related items only.
The Senate agreed to a $1.3 million reduction to the office budget of Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala. They will likely steer that money to prosecutors who take on capital-punishment cases transferred to them since her declaration that she would never seek the death penalty.
The Senate originally wanted to restore $569,000 to Ayala's budget to sustain a human-trafficking division.
The chambers have agreed to spend $200 million to entice charter schools to compete with chronically failing public schools and another $200 million to pay teacher bonuses based on their SAT scores, but exactly how those funds will be allotted is still being negotiated.
Negron said money for a PTSD clinic at University of Central Florida, which was eliminated in a previous round of budget talks, is still in play.
Coming up with a formula to disburse $1.5 billion for a Medicaid program that pays hospitals for charity care remains a sticking point. How the funds are given out is vital to providers such as Florida Hospital and Orlando Health, because the budget also reduces Medicaid reimbursement rates by $651 million statewide.
The major budget areas that have already been agreed to include $20.4 billion for PreK-12 schools, or $7,221 per student, an increase of about $25 over the current year. Homeowners also won't see a property tax increase, because legislators have agreed to cut back the tax rate required by local governments to fund education.
The budget also ignores nearly all of Gov. Rick Scott's agenda.
His plan for $618 million in tax cuts was whittled to $75 million, mostly for a three-day back-to-school sales tax holiday. He wanted $100 million for tourism marketing but got just $25 million. He sought $85 million for business incentives and $200 million to jump-start repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee but got nothing.
Scott started a statewide tour in Lake Mary on Wednesday and urged supporters to call lawmakers and ask them to reverse course and adopt his agenda.
Scott blasted the process unfolding in Tallahassee.
"I haven't seen the final budget," he said. "Have any of you? This is your tax dollars. That's not the way this should be done."
Negron blamed the House for ignoring Scott's priorities.
"It's always easier not to do something than to actively fund something," Negron said.
Corcoran, who led the push to cut Visit Florida and eliminate incentives, has borne the brunt of Scott's anger, but he has also slammed House Republicans for going along with the plan.
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"He's telling constituents to call our office, and I've received no phone calls or emails on this," said Rep. Bob Cortes, R-Altamonte Springs. "So I think at the end of the day, people are more interested about tax cuts and getting money back – they don't find that giving out money to others is a wise thing."
Corcoran and Negron have instead focused on getting their top priorities through. On Tuesday they put a property tax cut on the 2018 ballot, an action that was at the top of Corcoran's agenda, and a bill to spend $1.6 billion to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to store polluted water, which was at the top of Negron's to-do list.
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Frustrated rank-and-file members were still unaware of many of the unresolved budget details.
Democratic votes could be important to guard against a potential Scott veto, but Senate Democratic Leader Oscar Braynon of Miami Gardens would not say how he would vote on the budget.
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The event, hosted by Optivo on behalf of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), was designed to gather the views of residents living in social housing. Issues raised included rent levels, fire safety, the building of new homes and creating cohesive communities.
Mr Sharma said he wanted people to be "completely frank" about their experiences of the social housing sector. He promised this was a process of "genuine engagement" and he would personally write to everyone who attended the event, setting out a summary of what had been learnt to improve things for the better. The concerns and ideas raised will be used to inform and contribute to a forthcoming Social Housing Green Paper.
Residents also had the opportunity to speak about their own experiences of social housing and the issues most important to them during the event held at the Coniston Hotel in Sittingbourne.
Group discussions gave everyone an opportunity to feedback their views which were gathered by the team from the DCLG.
Alok Sharma spoke about bringing a sea of change in terms of the number of homes built, the perception of social housing and bringing fairness to the housing market.
Earlier in the day representatives from 12 Kent and Sussex based social landlords met with the Minister to discuss how they are engaging with residents and what they are doing to ensure continual service improvement.
The group of housing associations and local authorities also outlined to the Minister the services they offer to residents beyond providing a home, such as work and training opportunities. The Minister also sought feedback on recent Government announcements on UK housing policy.
The survey is a chance for housing association, council and housing co-op tenants to engage and share their experiences with Alok Sharma, Housing and Planning Minister.


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Rep. James White set to be the keynote speaker at the annual DETCOG meeting.
LUFKIN – Representative James White (R-Hillister) will be the keynote speaker for Annual Membership and Awards Luncheon of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments and Economic Development District (DETCOG) on Thursday June 23 in Lufkin. The event will be held at noon at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center.
Rep. White has represented the Deep East Texas region in the Texas Legislature since 2010. He serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety and also sits on the Corrections and Redistricting committees. He believes in the fundamental values of strong families, constitutional government, and economic prosperity.
Another highlight of DETCOG's annual meeting is the presentation of the prestigious Ralph W. Steen East Texan of the Year Award. The Steen award was named in honor of the beloved past president of Stephen F. Austin State University. It honors an individual who has played a major role in leadership and service to Deep East Texas.
Several other awards will be presented. The Key Contributor Award recognizes a staff member who has contributed greatly to the organization's success. The President's Award recognizes service on a DETCOG committee. The Star Partner Award honors an employee or official in a state or federal agency that works closely with DETCOG. The Employee of the Year and Program Director of the Year for 2021 will also be recognized.
"We are gathering to celebrate Deep East Texas and our regional collaboration through DETCOG," said Roy Boldon, DETCOG President and Nacogdoches City Council Member. "We look forward to recognizing our award recipients and we are especially happy to have James White join us as our keynote speaker."
A former Deep East Texas Legislator of the Year, Rep. White has been recognized with many other awards. Texas Monthly Magazine named him a 2019 Best Legislator. The Texas Justices of the Peace and Constables Association honored him as 2015 Legislator of the Year. The Texas Association of Business named him a Champion for Free Enterprise, and the National Federation of Independent Business in Texas recognized him with its 100% Rating. Rep. White and his wife, Gem, reside in Tyler County where he is a businessman and author. He attends and worships at Hillister Baptist Church. Additionally, he is an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and the Texas Farm Bureau.
DETCOG, organized in 1966, is a voluntary association of local governments in the 11-county region encompassing all of Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties.
DETCOG was established in November of 1966 as an Economic Development District under the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic
Development Administration. In 1968 the organization also became a political subdivision of the State of Texas as a Regional Planning Commission under state law. Current membership includes 11 counties, 34 cities, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, plus a number of other entities including school districts, river authorities, special purpose districts, and sustaining members.
"Above all, DETCOG is an organization of, by, and for the local governments of Deep East Texas," said Executive Director Lonnie Hunt. "We exist to support our member governments and serve their residents."
Luncheon tickets are $25 and reserved tables are also available. RSVPs are appreciated. Anyone needing information may contact Executive Assistant Lacy Sargent at the DETCOG office in Lufkin at (936) 634-2247 extension 5254.


The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) has appointed Professor Tom Kelly, Director of Knowledge Transfer in Teagasc, as an International Fellow of the Academy's General section. The award ceremony took place in Stockholm on Monday, 28 January, and is in recognition of Professor Kelly's work towards the development of European agriculture and to developing rural areas.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry aim is, with the support of science and practical experience and in the interest of society, to promote agriculture and forestry and associated activities.
The Academy is a free and independent network organisation working with issues relating to agriculture, horticulture, food, forestry and forest products, fishing, hunting and aquaculture, the environment and natural resources, and with agricultural and forest history.
This has been the task of the Academy since its foundation in 1811.


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Logician proves a class apart with emphatic St Leger win
The unbeaten grey son of Frankel won the final Classic of the year in a record time at Doncaster
Dettori and Logician are out on their own. Picture: Racingfotos.com
Logician preserved his unbeaten record with a stunning victory in the William Hill St Leger at Doncaster.
Ridden by Frankie Dettori – who was winning the world's oldest Classic for the sixth time – the John Gosden-trained son of Frankel was sent off the red-hot 5-6 favourite, following his most recent victory in the Great Voltigeur at York.
That win on the Knavesmire last month had come on the back of success in a Newbury handicap, and the Khalid Abdullah-owned colt duly took this step up to the highest level with aplomb.
Nestled towards the rear through the early stages, Dettori took his time before moving sweetly down the Town Moor straight and sweeping to the front when he asked the grey to quicken a fair way out.
Sir Dragonet briefly threatened to make a race of it. But in the end there was only one horse in it, with Dettori able to ease up close home for a two-and-a-quarter length success from Sir Ron Priestley, who ran a big race for Mark Johnston in the hands of Franny Norton.
It was another head back in third to Nayef Road, also trained by Johnston.
Dettori was enjoying a thirteenth win in a QIPCO British Champions Series race this year – passing the record 12 that Ryan Moore achieved in 2017.
Recording his fifth Leger victory, Gosden said: "He took Frankie on early, you could see Frankie's hands were higher than usual, but he eventually relaxed well.
"He stayed the trip well, which is always a worry, and the fast ground rather than it being testing probably helped him stay the trip and he's won in a record time with one flick of the stick.
"He's a mile-and-a-half horse really, but this is a Classic and Prince Khalid was keen because he breeds these lovely horses and wanted to win a Classic for Frankel – we've won him two now as we also won the Oaks for him (with Anapurna).
"The way he quickened with just one flick – he's a gorgeous horse. I think he'd be better on good ground, rather than good to firm.
"He'll probably revert to a mile and a half next year. He's done so much so quickly this year that we'll put him away now, he won't run again this season.
"He was held back for some time and I was diligent with him, having not done a lot at two. He's come a long way in a short period of time."
Dettori was recording his 15th Group One victory of the year and said: "The St Leger has been very lucky for me. That's probably my easiest one (Leger success) – he's a serious horse.
"I heard the roar, but we get it about five seconds later, so I'd nearly won by then! But it's brilliant, there's nearly 30,000 here, he was the hot favourite so hopefully they've lumped on.
"It's been a great year, thankfully I ride for a great trainer who has lots of good horses in good races. We've won two Classics this year and we'll enjoy this moment before we get ready for the Arc in three weeks' time (with Enable)."
He added: "John has always been keen on him and I should have known when he made me go to Newbury one evening to ride him in a handicap – I thought it was strange.
"He showed in the Voltigeur he was a good horse and there's plenty more to come next year.
"There were no problems today, maybe at the start when he jumped so good and took me on a little bit, but from over two out I knew I'd won."
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Although elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is a main risk factor, more and more attention has been paid to other factors contributing to the development and progression of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) [1–16]. Among those factors, narrow retinal vessels and IOP-related stress have been found associated with glaucomatous optic neuropathy in many clinical trials and population-based study, which furnishes the basis for the vascular mechanism of POAG [1–7]. Lower lumbar cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) and narrower orbital cerebrospinal fluid space are found in some normal-tension glaucoma patients, compared with normal subjects and POAG with high IOP . Higher CSFP was found relevant to higher body mass index (BMI), and BMI has been reported to be positively correlated with neuroretinal rim area and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness [10–13, 17]. A proven formula was employed to estimate the CSFP in the Central India Eye and Medical Study, instead of the direct measurement which lacks feasibility in such a population-based study. The same formula was also used in the Beijing Eye Study [8, 18, 19]. Along with the CSFP, the trans-lamina cribrosa pressure difference (TLCPD: IOP minus estimated CSFP) was also estimated. A lower estimated CSFP and a higher TLCPD were found associated with the presence of POAG and the severity of optic nerve damage [8, 9, 18].


Having spoken with Governors and a number of staff, and taken in to account the concerns of parents, I have made the decision NOT to open tomorrow. The current forecast is for further snow and freezing conditions, and I have to put Health and Safety of all to the fore of any decision.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause you, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. All being well, Mr Dorsey will review the situation at mid-day, and if he is able to get there safely, will begin trying to clear a safe path to the classrooms and the car park... Any help would be much appreciated so that we can resume as normal, weather permitting on Tuesday.


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TCL 20 Pro 5G Review — High end experience at a mid-range cost
It's easy to just accept that phones have to cost the earth to meet your needs. The bigger names in the field would happily have you believe that as an ongoing need. But when other players like TCL start banging at the door, they're going to shake things up.
Last year we saw the TCL 10 Pro, a first real dip of the toes into a higher end market. Now the 20 Pro 5G is the first time that TCL has really shown their hand. As we explored in our first impressions post, there's a lot to like about the device and a few weeks later it's still maintaining a good impression whether you take the $799.00 price tag into account or not.
The specs of the TCL 20 Pro 5G were covered pretty comprehensively across the launch and first impressions so we won't go over it in full, just the highlights:
6.67-inch FHD Curved AMOLED display
A slightly more powerful, even "current" processor would have been nice to have, but remember: This is an $800 device, not $1800 or more!
Excellent user experience
In technology realms, there's always a race on or a battle being fought. At the moment there seems to be a couple, but the TCL 20 Pro 5G has a foot in both. The spec race and the battery battleground are both being hotly contested. Both of these have their own pros and cons when it comes to user experience.
Whether or not you think this is a good thing or not, is your call to make. The main issue I've seen is some pretty aggressive power optimisation. While this leads to truly excellent battery life (regularly getting two days without needing a charge), it also means that that apps you really do want running are closed out by the OS. Easy to overcome by adding an exception to the power optimisation though.
Aside from the temporary hiccup, I was really happy with the user experience right from the outset. It wasn't a mind blowing experience, but it delivered everything that was needed to navigate daily life without lag, features missing or aggravation from poor performance.
Interfacing with the device is easy and frankly, a delight on the really well optimised 6.67-inch screen. It's running FHD+ and is one of the first curved edge screens that I've used, where regular false triggers weren't plaguing the experience. Clearly, there is some software optimisation involved in this, regardless it's a great outcome for users. Exploring the look and feel a bit further, the colour is quite frankly: Gorgeous! It's really elegant with a soft appeal that doesn't overshadow the lines and curves of the device and, keeping true to their way, TCL also includes a clear TPU case to protect your device and show it off.
As part of that combination of sleek lines, curves and colour – you've got a quad-camera system that's well recessed into the body of the phone. In terms of design, possibly the only real "let down" for me is the under screen fingerprint reader that seems to have bipolar disorder: It's brilliant one moment and almost useless the next, failing over to swipe pattern on a regular basis. Thankfully this is offset by the accuracy and speed of the face unlock that usually triggers before I get my finger to the reader. This is a fascinating contrast to the TCL 20 5G we recently reviewed where the role of the fingerprint reader and face unlock were totally reversed.
A smart key that's actually useful
We've seen a number of phones that have smart keys on them, usually to trigger assistant or Bixby. But in this case, the smart key on the left side (when looking at the screen in portrait mode) can be set up to suit your needs. There is a seemingly endless number of features and functions you can trigger with a single press, double press or a long press of the button. I set up the three things I most frequently want to access quickly:
Single Press – launch camera
Doubple Press – screenshot
Long Press – torch on/off
This is such a welcome change, a single purpose smart button is just poor thinking. It's either going to get used or not, but being able to choose the functions of the button ensures that it will be useful to a majority of users.
Connectivity and software
The connectivity hits the marks that you can reasonably expect of this phone. While some may argue that it's a "miss" that the Wi-Fi is 802.11ac, not ax (Wi-Fi 6) there are a significant number of homes without Wi-fi 6. Regardless of your opinion concerning the Wi-Fi, it still ticks the others you'd expect including Bluetooth 5.1, NFC and 5G. I feel like we probably should have moved past needing to mention this, but it also has a headphone jack which is useful for some, but it's got Bluetooth for newer headphones. It's USB-C for charging which comes in at 18W quick charge or 15W wireless charging (optional extra if you want a wireless charging pad) to keep your battery topped up.
When you fire up the phone you've got Android 11 and TCL's own UI 3. During the review we saw a couple of updates, one being a stability update and the second being a security patch. All great news because it means that TCL is committed to maintaining the software at a current level for some time. For the Android purists, TCL UI — while it does have some minor tweaks — is near to stock delivery of the Android OS, there aren't any major behavioural characteristics or visualisations.
The screen is bright, clean and really easy on the eyes for daily use or media consumption. This is somewhat aided by the NXTVision software that has a really clear and positive effect on the images you see. If you're streaming video, then turn it off the colours look washed out to a point of almost being pastel. During testing, only once, did I feel that the colour reproduction was oversaturated as a result and only momentarily. Aside from briefly playing with turning it off, NXTVision stayed on during the full review process, it just makes the screen nicer to look at.
The camera delivers great results
It's been a bit of a challenge to get some good opportunities for photos between the lockdown in SA and high level restrictions reducing travel and social opportunities. What's been quite impressive is the performance of the cameras in varying light conditions. Whether it's under natural light, electrical or even combined low light conditions – the colour and detail reproduction is really clean, vibrant and natural.
I'm very pleased to say that the camera software delivery from TCL is so simple. The software is easy to navigate, intuitive and the shutter button doesn't lag which is really nice to see. The other factor making navigation through the software very easy is the fact that the modes produce exactly what you expect them to, there aren't any overly complex or unexpected names for common camera features.
The modes available within the camera software include pro, super night, portrait, video, auto and (under "more) there's a handful more. You can play with super macro, slo-mo, light trace stop motion and panorama. Interestingly, there's also a "short video" mode ready for TikTok or YouTube Shorts.
This isn't just a great value phone, it's a great phone: Full stop!
We've already covered the fact that we're looking at a $799.00 cost for this phone. While it's not a consumable device you throw away when it breaks, it's far from the $1,800 plus for the Samsung flagships. While it's not got the big name or selling points, boy does this deliver a great experience to users far beyond what you would expect from the financial outlay. Some users will continue to want the big name, Ultra Premium experience and more power to them. If you don't truly need that raw power of the bleeding edge technology, then this phone is going to blow you away with the value and performance it offers.
The phone itself looks great, feels great in your hand and performs reliably well throughout the day, regardless of what you throw at it. If there are any issues with the hardware it's the fingerprint sensor, but that's only an issue if you're going to use that as your primary unlock method. The face unlock is nearly as quick and just as reliable as that offered by OPPO, which really is a big compliment.
Given the surprisingly positive experience I had with the TCL 20 5G, the prospect of the TCL 20 Pro 5G was enticing. It didn't take long to realise that TCL has me seriously thinking about where the premium experience in the phone market is. In the case of the TCL 20 Pro 5G, a better experience will cost you significantly more money, making this an outstanding value phone on top of being a great phone outright.
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In Australia do 5G phones have to have a special carrier load installed to get them to work?? Here in Kiwiland if the phone has been carrier certified it won't work. Pixel phones are a perfect example as Google doesn't sell them here.
Chris Rowland(@chris_rowland)
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Not 100% sure Paul, but I don't believe so. If it's 5G and on a compatible band and used with a carrier with 5G networks, it should work. We've had overseas 5G phones work here.
Paul Warner(@paul_warner)
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Thanx Chris.
Andrew Priest(@andrew_priest)
I am waiting to see the pricing on the Google 6 Pro but if it is unreasonable it may well come down to the Oppo X3 Pro or this phone.
Currently have a Pixel 3 so I suspect even the TCL will be an upgrade.


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Hamtramck's ZamZam' Indian food is so generous you'll need (and want) that box
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Tandoori chicken from Hamtramck's ZamZam.
ZamZam
11917 Conant, Hamtramck
Strolling into ZamZam on a weeknight, our party for dinner felt right at home. That is to say, it wasn't unlike a typical night eating in since we were the only people there. That's more than a bit puzzling, because ZamZam offers an awful lot of flavor for an awfully good price.
Situated north of Caniff on Conant in a building previously occupied by another Indian restaurant, ZamZam offers a full menu of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian cuisine from lunch through the late evening.
There's a minimalist quality to the renovated space: The café is small, and the main dining room is plain, the only real ornamental touches being small tiles set into the stone floor. But the experience here isn't about art on the walls; it's about good food at a reasonable cost.
Value is a term that gets tossed about often, but ZamZam could easily find itself pictured next to the word in an illustrated dictionary. There isn't an item on the menu more than $10, the portion sizes are significant, and the food is enjoyable. Our three-person party has been able to leave on more than one occasion with bags full of leftovers and bellies bursting with joyfully obtained discomfort for less than $40.
Beginning with an appetizer (or two) is an easy choice given that the change found between two sofa cushions may well cover the expense.
Arriving with a trio of wildly different sauces and available for meat-lovers and vegetarians alike, the samosas are a must. Fried food fans might also try the pakora: They have a perfect crunch, though they are a bit oily. Recent converts to Indian cuisine looking for something a bit more comfortable might try the tandoori-style chicken wings. A bit crispy on the outside and plenty moist inside, they're like any decent wings — save the familiar deep, brick-red color imparted by their Eastern heritage.
The restaurant also offers several soups, both vegetarian and not, including a pleasantly savory, mildly bitter mulligatawny lentil soup, the most expensive choice at $3.
The bulk of the menu, though, consists of a lengthy list of entrées covering the breadth of the region. Interestingly, ZamZam serves halal food, but they also serve a much higher percentage of meat dishes than do most area Indian restaurants. Herbivorous folks shouldn't be too disappointed though: The vegetable entrées are as delicious and inexpensive as everything else. For $6, one may sample common favorites like mutter paneer, fried peas with homemade cheese cubes, and saag paneer, which substitutes spinach for peas, each with pleasant spicing and firm cheese that hasn't succumbed to a tendency to fall apart. For a dollar more, consider the bhindi masala, a spicy okra-based dish. Or for a head-scratching $5, try the heaping portion of aloo gobi, the Indian-Pakistani cauliflower and potato dish featuring heavy seasoning with turmeric and other spices. ZamZam may also use tomato, as the sauce is a deep, rich reddish-brown.
Meat lovers have a dizzying number of choices. Especially worth trying is the lamb karahi for $8. Cooked to tender perfection, the lamb will fall apart as eaten. And if ordered without any additional heat, the rich and flavorful sauce with onion, tomatoes and peppers is just the right balance of sweetness and curry-driven spiciness.
To illustrate the full scope of the menu, it's worth noting that there are about a dozen chicken dishes alone. Among them is chicken jalfrezi, which has a potent, sweet ginger flavor that comes through even their spiciest preparation.
One of the other chicken entrées highlights part of the unique charm at ZamZam: The typo-laden, slightly inconsistent carryout menu. Listed on the dinner menu as chicken kashmir and on the carryout menu as chicken korma, the boneless meat dish for $7.50 features large slices of caramelized banana drowning in the sweet, nutty curry sauce. No one in our dinner party that evening can claim expertise over the dish's pedigree, but it passes the ultimate test — a trio of diners picking at the plate long after their stomachs have been proclaimed full.
Each meal comes with either rice or naan, though given the low cost and large portions, it's easy enough to enjoy both in a sitting, especially if those at the table share.
Spice levels are always subjective, but know that "hot" at ZamZam is probably hotter than your corner Thai joint. Tread lightly if a sweaty brow and burning tongue are undesirable. Or better, for $1.50, order a side of cooling raita, a blend of yogurt, cucumber and carrot that tames spicier dishes.
Desserts are $2 apiece, and among them are a few Indian classics: rice pudding with raisins and almonds, cheese dumplings with pistachios, and gulab jamun, the bready, donut-style balls of dough soaked in sweet syrup.
ZamZam serves no alcohol, but they offer plenty of beverages, including teas, soft drinks and both sweet yogurt and mango lassis. And while lunch goers may order off the menu, there's a buffet for less than $7 that runs from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays.
Metro Detroit offers bountiful diversity in terms of its ethnic cuisine, and Hamtramck may be the best illustration of that in the area. But inexpensive Indian food — especially close to the city — is a rare treat. ZamZam fills that niche perfectly.
ZamZam is open 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. daily.


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Arvid Ossian Brofeldt, 29 juli 1869 i Helsingfors, död 31 augusti 1936 i Stockholm, var en svensk skådespelare, sångare och kapellmästare.

Brofeldt debuterade 1889 vid August Arppes operasällskap i Helsingfors. 1893 kom han till Mauritz Fröbergs resande operettsällskap. Han var verksam som kapellmästare vid Axel Hanssons operett- och John Lianders revysällskap samt vid några av Stockholms större biografer.

Brofeldt filmdebuterade 1922 i Victor Sjöströms Vem dömer och kom att medverka i ett tjugotal filmer.
Han var från 1899 gift med skådespelaren Helga Brofeldt. De är begravda på Skogskyrkogården i Stockholm.

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