In our discussion of being short term rental hosts (or — engaging in property rentals of any type) much attention is given to many of the practical details of hosting — the linens, the house rules, the check in and check out procedures, marketing, how to succeed. Yet something that I haven't seen much discussed, is how your personality type relates to the hosting business, and how it can help you understand your orientation to hosting, your strengths and weaknesses, how you relate to guests, and how you relate to some of the challenges this business may present.
Also, in terms of my background and authority on speaking on these issues — let me mention that I have a master's degree in psychology and have worked as a psychotherapist. I have also taken coursework in Enneagram studies. However, that does'nt mean I know everything about these systems, and many of you readers may know more about them than I do.
There are two main personality typology systems in use in the west– and these are not some "new age" hokey pokey, they are solid systems with solid psychological science behind them, which are used in the fields of psychology and psychotherapy, as well as in many business settings, and by career counselors. These two systems are the Myers-Briggs system and the Enneagram.
Let's take a look first at the Enneagram.
You can also buy a book on the Enneagram to take the test.
This diagram shows the 9 different personality types in the Enneagram. Each type has 2 wing variations — it can have a "wing" on either side, eg the 7 with the 8 wing, or the 7 with the 6 wing. As well, each type has 3 possible subtypes — the sexual type (oriented to one on one relationships), the social type (oriented to community), and the survival type (oriented to own security). So when combining the wing and the subtypes, you can see we're expanding even beyond Baskin Robbins and now there are actually 54 different flavors (9 X 2 = 18, 18 X 3 = 54). Then when you consider that for each type, there is a gradient from "healthy" to "unhealthy", in terms of the relative psychological health or "degree of maturity" of each person in that type, if we call "healthy" pole 1 and "unhealthy" pole 2 and set those as yet 2 other types, you can easily find about 108 types in this chart which on the surface appears to have only 9. And this is why sometimes people who know the Enneagram well or know their own type well, don't recognize other people's Enneatype or their own type in others. Because each type has several flavors.
Let me give some very generalized (eg basic) illustrations of how each of the basic 9 types might relate to the hosting business, or what issues might arise for them. Note that the 9 types fall into 3 areas– mental or head types, "gut" or somatic types, and feeling or heart types.
The type 1 is sometimes called "The Perfectionist" and sometimes "The Reformer." This type is strongly oriented to right and wrong. They love justice. They tend to carry out their responsiblities and have trouble understanding why others can't just do the same. "Why can't others be responsible??" is a frequent complaint of the One. They are also very likely to be heard saying, "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself!" And it is sometimes the One who's the only one doing things right, in a group, or a business, or any organization. However, the One doesn't mind being alone — some of them are very courageous and self -sacrificial and will also step up and be the lone whistleblower when the corporation or whole police department has gone corrupt.
As a short term rental host, the Type 1 is likely to be continually annoyed by guests who dont' read or dont' follow house rules, because for the One, this is how they go through life — they are responsible, and they do what is right. As well, Ones may have certain ideas about what is right and wrong in hosting, and feel impatient or judgemental of other hosts who dont' see these things which to them are obvious. They may lecture other hosts about this. Though Ones arent' always "letter of the law" types of people who think that if a law exists it must be right, they are not likely to be patient with hosts who violate or ignore laws, rules or policies which they do think are right. These may be Airbnb rules, such as non-discrimination policy, or city state or national laws. In fact sometimes the Type One can be so angered by someone else's ignorance of, oblivious to, or refusal to follow the rules/laws, that they begin a campaign aimed at seeking to obtain greater compliance, or perhaps become "snitches", telling on or reporting those who don't do what's right (because Ones love justice) — for instance guests who didnt' follow house rules, Ones are likely to want to report this to Airnb.
Or Ones can become advocates for more enforcement or punishment for those who are not doing what is "right" in their view….such as paying city taxes or registering with the city to do STR when that is required. However, Ones can be independent minded, and their own idea of right may not be the prevailing viewpoint. So they might, in fact, believe that state or city laws on STR hosting may be wrong (for instance if the laws are overly restrictive or unfair in some sense) and may refuse to follow laws they feel are wrong. Ghandi was a Type One, and he engaged in a great deal of civil disobedience because he felt that certain laws were wrong, and that he was right and had the moral authority on his side. And as most of us would agree today, Ghandi was right and the laws were wrong. It often takes a strong and determined Type One with vision to change society for the better.
The Type 2 is called "The Helper". Many psychologists or others in healing professions are Twos, because this type of career fits very well with their interest in helping people or serving people…as indeed does the hospitality business. Type Twos are in a sense the most natural "fit" to be Airbnb hosts. Particularly the Two with a Three wing, which subtype is actually called the "host/hostess." !! However, when not optimally healthy, Twos can create problems in that their giving is not unconditional — they may need to be needed, and expect something in return — namely flattery, or other's dependence upon them. Unhealthy Twos as hosts can crowd in on others and without realizing it, invade guests' space with their own needs for socializing or being valued. They may ask prying questions, and make guests feel that they can't get enough privacy or that their boundaries are being violated by the host.
They can be pushy, and sometimes can be seductive without even realizing it…so that they can dress in revealing clothes and then wonder why they are getting all that extra attention. Thus, the Airbnb host whose profile photo shows her in a skimpy top with a lot of cleavage showing, may well be a Type Two. In the host community, we've actually seen some very provocative photos in host profiles, or guest profiles, and these strike me as less aware Twos who just dont' realize quite how they are behaving in terms of drawing other's attention to them and soliciting others to need or want them. However, when the Two is healthy, they can give more unconditionally, and are generous, emotionally expressive (the types Two, Four and Three are the emotionally based types on the Enneagram) and enjoy doing good for others and as hosts would probably be able to shower guests with special gifts and treats and thoughtful little additions, all the while making them feel loved.
The Type Three is the type of person most likely to become the CEO of a corporation, a successful entrepreneur, or president of the United States. Threes are very focused on success and achievement, and because of that, they usually are very successful people, often wealthy. In the hosting world, Threes are the ones most likely to expand their Airbnb business to include more properties. They are the ones most likely to write books with titles like "How I became a Millionaire Airbnb Superhost and how you can Too." Or, "How to Make a Freaking Ginormous Amount of Money as an Airbnb Host so you can retire from Your Day Job." Yes, the Three is very heavily oriented to success and making money, and focused on this, and they usually have good strategies for accomplishing their goals. They are indeed the people to turn to if you want to learn how to be successful — though if you're not a Three also, their methods might not work so well for you, because their methods involve their Three values.
Often Threes are involved in "motivation" type work, as career coaches, or doing paid gigs around the country on how people can overcome thier own inner resistances or their mother-in-law's nay-saying, or what have you, and succeed. Or, the Three may not do any talks or coaching at all, but simply put in one 70 hr workweek after another and make a mint, or work their way up the corporate ladder. Brian Chesky is likely a Three, as is Bill Clinton.
As hosts, Threes are likely to be a bit impatient with guests who need much attention, as the Three is probably running at least 3 to 5 different Airbnb listings at the start, (and more as they get money to open more) , and so they don't have much time to spend on this one guest when they have all the others to attend to. Threes will be very good at organizing and putting in place all the things that are needed for success, from good cleaning to quality linens and furniture, to all the needed appliances, to use of all the hosting apps that can assist them. Where they might come up short is in taste and uniqueness. They aren't particularly original people, and they are not often eccentric, so they are probably not the ones offering weird treehouse listings adorned with spiritual quotes.
The goal of the Three is success and maximizing their business, so they are not likely to make personal statements at their home, in their listing or have house rules or policies, or decor or anything else which could potentially put off some or in any way limit their business. There is likely more focus on quantity of guests over quality time for themselves. As a whole they are likely to accomplish excellence in all things related to hosting. In terms of emotionality, even though they are an emotionally based type, they tend to be the most out of touch with their feelings of the 3 feeling types, so until they reach the more healthy level for their type, they may not come across as quite as personable and genuinely caring and warm as Twos or Fours or Nines might be.
One of the areas where Threes might have trouble as hosts, is a drawback to being so oriented to achievement — their own needs for rest and relaxation, down time, and their own health might get compromised by what they do to succeed. Taking enough time off and vacations will be important for Threes.
The Airbnb listing that's highly unique, aesthetic, and particularly the one with tones of eccentricity, probably belongs to a Four. (This is my own Enneatype, and my house — certainly unique and perhaps eccentric — fits the Four pattern this way) Fours are "the artistic temperament among the Enneatypes", which is not to say that they alone can be artists. All types can be artists, but for the Four, they are in search of their own identity through their art. Their art defines them for themselves in a way that it is less likely to for other types. Fours place very high value on creativity, whether that be in creating a creative home/listing for guests, (it will be unique) or whether this is their private world of art or music or writing. Some (eg Riso and Hudson, in their book on the Enneagram) say the Fours are "the most profoundly creative of all the types, as intuition with insight, emotional sensitivity with intellectual comprehension, often with stunning, prophetic results." This gift doesn't necessarily translate so well to hosting, though, as guests don't book listings in order to be endowed with prophetic utterances. Thus the Four can easily feel (as with —-sigh — so many other places in life) that hosting does not allow them to express their real self, (which they so crave to do!) because —if they are healthy and have worked on themselves — the spiritual and psychological gifts and insights they've obtained, aren't necessarily needed in simply providing a guest a nice clean room and generous hospitality. Ideally, for the Four , the guest will also look beyond the clean sheets and efficient check in procedure, and appreciate the aesthetics of the environment, or even better, recognize something unique and creative in the person of the Four host. Fours crave to be seen in this way. However, Fours also tend to be loners/introverts, so while they crave being seen and appreciated for who they are, they also are less likely than others to spend a lot of time socializing with guests, making it hard for them to get this recognition.
Thus for the Four, bringing guests into their home is revealing — they are revealing to the guest who they are. A rebuff by a guest thus is taken personally — when the guest criticizes the environment, they are perhaps without knowing it also criticizing the very person of the Type Four. Thus the Four has a tendency to take things more personally than say a Three or a Five. This can make them more vulnerable, and become a significant challenge when hosting.
Also, the Four more than other types, tends to feel shame. Criticism by guest about the dust bunnies under the bed, or a couple dirty dishes in the kitchen, can trigger the Four to feel awful shame, personal shame. A dust bunny under the bed for a Four isn't just a dust bunny under the bed! It could mean, "I am a worthless person, I'm a disgusting excuse for a host" or even, ", I should give up hosting". This shame can go quite deep, particularly in the less healthy Fours, and perhaps trigger rage. Fours can really transform their lives when they learn to "give people back their stuff" and not allow others to shame them. This they can best do by going in the direction of growth for a Four, toward the One.
The Four is not the best one to turn to for advice on being successful and obtaining more wealth. Because the Four doesn't really care about that. In fact they find the pursuit of wealth and success a bit — ugh — so ordinary!
But, if you want counseling on how to deepen your spiritual life, learn to see the enchanted realm behind the surface appearances, have someone to share poetry or esoteric studies with, or learn how to most definitely not be ordinary, then the Four will be your go-to type!.
The Types Five, Six and Seven are the "thinking" or mental centered types of the Enneagram. Fives are the scholars or scientists of the Enneagram, and so for them too, as for the Four, this orientation doesn't translate so easily to hosting as for some of the other types. Fives as hosts are the most likely to make a thorough study of the subject of hosting before getting involved in it. They are the most mentally alert and curious of all the types, so they are also the ones most likely to ask a large variety of astute and penetrating questions about the hosting business. One of the biggest challenges for Fives in hosting, is having someone in their space. They are often much more comfortable with the idea of renting out a space that they dont' live in. Fives can be quite reclusive and feel threatened if their protective cocoon of isolation is threatened, as may occur with a guest in the house.
If they do have guests in their house, they might come across as a bit stiff or perhaps eccentric. They are also likely to often run off to their room to hide, where they can be safe from intrusion. Fives will be challenged as hosts in the area of bodily comfort, and might completely inadvertently furnish a room in a way that makes it too bland or sterile, too dark, with uncomfortable linens and mushy or too-hard pillows. They are often alienated from their own visceral or somatic experience, so the creation of a cozy and attractive , sensually pleasing guest room is going to be quite a challenge for them. They might want to hire a feeling type like a Four or Two, or a somatic belly centered type like an Eight or a Nine, to help them set up their listing for maximal guest comfort.
The Five will be quite good at giving the guest their privacy and not intruding on them. They also will likely be able to deal with problems with guests without flying off the handle or getting emotionally reactive.
As Carl Jung astutely pointed out, "Thinking is difficult: that's why most people judge." It's also why many people use assumptions and prejudices instead of employing thinking. But if there's a type who is able to really think clearly, it's the healthy and well-developed type Five.
The type Six is fear-based and craves security. Of all the types, they are likely to have the hardest time making decisions. Whether or not to be an Airbnb host might be one such decision…another might be, "Should I accept this guest?" So as hosts, they are likely to be indecisive and often asking other hosts for the right or best way to do things…such as how to decide whether to accept a guest who presents in a certain way that raises some concerns. They will appreciate other hosts offering tried and tested ways of screening guests or lists of "red flags". However, the Sixes tendency to anti-authoritarianism may lead them to harshly criticize any lists of "red flags" which in their view might involve prejudice, or are issued by "authority" figures or host community leaders whom their anti-authoritarian posture leads them to distrust.
Being fear based and also a mental type, Sixes have likely thought through all possible major earthly catastrophes, and so are the most likely of all the hosts to have working smoke detectors and CO2 detectors in all appropriate rooms, as well as working fire extinguishers. In fact maybe they will have extras of all these. They will have flood supplies, earthquake supplies, and a backup generator. They will have exits labelled and already made a list of what they will pack up and evacuate in the event of a fire or major natural disaster.
If you find a listing with the world's most excellent set of Earthquake , Flood or Fire readiness supplies, this may well belong to a Six.
Sixes are likely to be aware of their fears regarding hosting — and be quite effected, more so perhaps than most others, by the "Airbnb nightmare guest" stories.
Sixes are in search of "reliable": ways of running their hosting business. They want a sure thing, some guarantee of security, and one of the things that bothers them most may be the unknowns in the hosting business.
Loyalty and reliable support structures are important to the Six, so they are a bit more likely than other types to be a part of some host community, and help build communities of mutal support. Less healthy Sixes can have paranoid reactions and anti-authoritarian responses to the host community groups they are in, sometimes engaging in relentless campaigns of attacking the group leader(s) or moderators. Anti-authoritarianism and a tendency to attack the leader, just because that person is in the position of authority, is a trait quite possibly found more often in Sixes than other types.
More healthy Sixes, however, can be some of the best members of host groups, putting in the hard work and commitment it takes to keep the group going.
The Seven as a host wants their guest to have fun. They themselves tend to engage in a lot of fun projects, hoping not to miss out on any of the fun in life. They are likely to have an infectious enthusiasm that rubs off on their guests. Now that Airbnb offers "Experiences", this is a place the Seven can really shine, as they have lots of ideas for fun experiences, and adtually make excellent travel guides.
The characteristic vice of the Seven is gluttony, but this doesn't necessarily apply only to food. Sevens want to stuff themselves with fun experiences, and mental stimulation. So very likely the Seven will not only be signing up to host "Experiences", but they will be taking lots of Experiences as guests as well.
One of the biggest challenges for the Seven as host may be follow through. Hosting may just be one of many exciting ideas and experiences they get involved in. They may not have much staying power when challenges arise and guests become annoying, and may too easily abandon hosting for the next fun adventure.
Eights are physically centered, very physically vital people. They are domineering and self-confident. As hosts, Eights are the least likely to be negatively effected by problem guests, because they are the type most likely to be able to powerfully and authoritatively confront the guest and subdue them. Eights like straight, direct communication, and may actually come across too direct for many guests, who might find their style a bit confrontational. Eights can easily intimidate others.
Eights dont' like taking direction/instruction from others, so the hosting business and other types of self-employment can suit them very well indeed. Also, Eights have so much physical vitality, that they are not likely to get tired out by the work required to keep up an Airbnb, even if there is a lot of physical work and cleaning involved. My father is an Eight — he has more physical vitality than anyone else I"ve ever known. And at age 88, he's still going downhill skiiing in winter!
A challenge for the Eight will be in helping a guest who is a much meeker and milder type, feel comfortable in the home when the energy of the Eight is so powerful. Their guests could actually feel scared of them, Eights can be so imposing and have such a powerful aura. However, Eights in their growth direction go to Two, so this means that at their best, they are able to direct their power and energy to caring for others. IF this energy is directed towards generosity and helping the guest and making them comfortable, this is likely to turn out very well for both.
The Enneatype 9, is highly oriented towards love and peace and well being, and the Nine is very uncomfortable with conflict. So the Nine is likely to let their guests do what they want and may have quite hard time "enforcing" any house rules. IF they even have any house rules at all…Nines are so "laid back" that they may have that house rule that more experienced hosts know is a basically the same as saying "anything goes, " eg, "Treat my home as you would treat yours…..and be cool".
Enforcing house rules could well seem not very peaceful or loving to the Nine. And at the same time, they may tend to lecture other hosts to place as much value on love and peace and a "let them do what they want" orientation to guests, as they themselves do, because though they don't realize it, they could be expecting that all other hosts see through the eyes of an Enneatype 9..but they dont', because they aren't. Nines can sometimes be passive aggressive in this way. Understanding that there are other types who are oriented differently might help.
Given that love and peace and well being are the orientation of Nines, they as well as Twos are really the most "natural" Airbnb hosts, they are highly oriented to taking care of guests and being generous and hospitable and making sure that the guest has all their needs seen to. The guest is likely to feel loved in the Airbnb listing run by a Nine. They are also very likely to feel peaceful there as the Nine at their best just exudes peace and ease.
Nines can be SO heavily oriented to taking care of others, that they can have a very hard time saying NO to anyone. Ironically, this can mean that even though their type is so ideally suited to being a host, that they have a very hard time hosting because they are unable to articulate boundaries or set limits, and end up feeling very taken advantage of by a demanding guest — to whose every whim they will give in.
For instance, I have a Nine friend, who is so temperamentally incapable of saying no, that this part of her actually went into the physical structure of her home. She has a very small one bedroom house. At one point, she wanted to add a room to it, and had the money to do so. It would have been natural to add a 2nd bedroom. But because of her exceeding great difficulty in saying no, which among other things meant that she was unable to say no to any relative who wanted to stay or even live with her, she spent her money to build a room addition to her house, but the room was only 6 ft wide by 10 ft long. In other words, completely unsuitable size for a bedroom> WHy the small size of the room? Because, she reasoned, it was only by having an additional room which was too small for anyone else to permanently live in, that she could be sure that no relative would take up permanent residency in her home. She herself was unable to say no, so rather than learn to say no, she had to build a room that would say no for her. And by doing this, she spent her money unwisely and added a room to her house which is not likely to be as of much use to anyone else as a real sized bedroom would have been, and it is also quite crowded and difficult to use even for her.
This situation reveals another personality characteristic of the less healthy Nine which could become a problem in the hosting business as in other areas of life — there can be a tendency to stubbornness. And this stubbornness can involve a refusal to develop parts of one's psyche or new skills…such as the skill to be able to say no. When Nines are quite healthy and learn to say no and keep their boundaries, they can be excellent hosts indeed, and easily help others to also feel loved.
It's believed that Carl Jung, the founder of Archetypal Psychology, who provided the origins of the Myers-Briggs personality typology system, was a Nine, as Nines also can have a strong ability to synthesize information.
Now after covering some basics on the types, I want to present some information that can be enlightening for some when it comes to understanding the differences in types. Though the hosting business is highly oriented to providing hospitality for guests, and catering to their needs, it's also true that being "too" concerned with guests' needs can be detrimental to some Enneatypes. I gave the example above, of the type Nine who was unable to say no. This would mean that she would end up doing whatever the guest asked, but be very resentful afterwards, and very likely this would quickly burn her out on hosting. (This friend I refer to isn't a host).
As another example, consider that each type has a "direction of growth" and a "direction of disintegration." This means that for instance, for the Type Four, it's a GOOD thing for the Four to be more like a type ONe. That is growth for the Four. But if the Four is more like a Two, taking care of people, attending on their every need, rescuing orphan cats and dogs…that is BAD for a Four to do, it's disintegration. It's not the activity they need for growth. So, paradoxically, what looks on the outside like "good hosting" to one person, may be deleterious for a certain Enneatype.


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Steam Achievements not unlocking [Fixed]
Many gamers on Steam enjoy unlocking achievements as it gives them a sense of accomplishment. It can also be fun and very addictive for both the right and wrong reasons. So far, a lot of developers have added achievements to their games, and as such, the feature has grown in popularity. Now, from time to time, you players might come across problems on Steam where they're unable to unlock achievements. This can be a frustrating experience, of course, but the good news is, that there are ways to get the issue under control.
If Steam achievements are not unlocking on your PC, then here are working suggestions to resolve the issue:
Restart the Steam client
Turn off Steam Offline Mode
Disable third-party programs or mods
Have some patience
Are you playing a Steam game?
Are you fulfilling the requirements to unlock a Steam achievement?
Have a chat with the developer
Steam can't get Achievements?
1] Restart the Steam client
In most situations, simply closing the Steam client and rebooting it may fix the issue.
All you have to do here, is click on the X button to close the window.
Right-click on the Steam icon via the Hidden Icons section, then select Exit.
Shut down Steam via the Task Manager.
Finally, boot into Steam again by launching from the shortcut icon.
2] Turn off Steam Offline Mode
If you want to play Steam games without an internet connection, then your best bet at this point is to use Offline Mode to get the job done. However, while this feature works smoothly, there are times when it may cause achievement unlocking problems.
With that said, let us look at how to disable this feature and return to normalcy, hopefully.
Open the Steam client.
Log in with your username and password.
Click on Steam.
Finally, select Online via the toolbar to disable Offline mode.
3] Disable third-party programs or mods
Steam makes it simple for users to install mods and third-party tools due to the Workshop feature. Now, you may find that some of these mods are causing your game to fail in unlocking achievements when the time arises.
This is likely because the mod changes core aspects of the gameplay or the character design to the point where the game can no longer perform the achievement unlocking method.
What to do? Well, we suggest closing Steam and the game itself. From there, disable all mods then restart both Steam and the game in question to see if things working as they should.
4] Have some patience
Usually, the achievement for a game will unlock immediately after the player completes a specified task. This is the case for most games, but for some, strangely enough, gamers will have to wait a few seconds, hours, or until they restart the game to see their unlocked achievements.
We understand these issues tend to affect multiplayer games or ones that are always online.
5] Are you playing a Steam game?
The option is there to add non-Steam games to Steam, but since these titles are not official, you won't be able to unlock achievements. So, as it stands, only games available on Steam can unlock achievements. Any from a third-party perspective will not be allowed the same benefit.
6] Are you fulfilling the requirements to unlock a Steam achievement?
Some achievements are not easily attainable. In fact, achievements are easy in the early parts of a game, but it becomes harder to acquire these elusive perks as the player progresses. So, the question is, are you doing what is needed to unlock a particular achievement?
If you're not sure, you can always attempt to find a Steam achievement guide on the web for any game. Such guides should contain all a player needs to know for them to effectively unlock Steam achievements without a lot of hassle.
7] Have a chat with the developer
If all else fails, then we believe it is time to contact the developer of the game. Maybe the reason Steam achievements are not being unlocked has much to do with a bug than anything else. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to alert the developer to see if they can create and publish a potential fix.
Most video game developers have websites with contact information, so use the likes of Bing or Google Search to find the official website of a particular game developer.
Read: How to add Music Library to Steam Music Player
What happens when you get all achievements in a Steam game?
Well, nothing. Please bear in mind that Steam achievements have no worth whatsoever, so don't go out collecting tons of achievements with high expectations of earning something of value.
Do Steam achievements give XP?
Some do, but it all depends on the game so you should do your own investigation to find out what you need to know.
Can you buy Steam achievements?
No, there is no way to purchase Steam achievements. If you want to earn a lot of achievements, then you'll have to play several games and unlock them yourself. Alternatively, there are places on the web where one can acquire Steam accounts with thousands of achievements for a price.
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Supporting the world of art and artists can take various forms. This time around, for Bank of Valletta, this support came in the form of a considerable book donation that will boost the library of The Malta Society of Arts.
This was announced by Karen Scerri, Head Credit Risk Management for Bank of Valletta on the 14th October 2022, during a visit she paid to Palazzo de La Salle in Valletta. During the visit, Ms Scerri was greeted by Arch. Adrian Mamo, President of The Malta Society of Arts.
Dating back to 1852, The Malta Society of Arts is Malta's oldest institution for the promotion of arts and crafts. Adrian Mamo explained that The Malta Society of Arts has always remained true to its vision, promoting all art forms and supporting Maltese artists not only in learning the craft but also in showcasing their artistic expression. "Another form of assistance we offer is the use of our extensive library, which focuses specifically on Maltese art and artists. Bank of Valletta's donation will boost this important resource significantly", said Adrian Mamo.
BOV always active in promoting local arts
Speaking during the presentation, Karen Scerri reiterated how promoting art has always been a mission close to the Bank's heart. Apart from assisting the restoration of a number of priceless works of art, the Bank held numerous retrospective exhibitions in that past that have enabled the public not only to admire the works of renowned Maltese artists, but also trace their evolution in expression and medium. "The Bank's involvement in promoting art and culture and its positive impact on society has been consolidated even further through our commitment to ESG principles. It gives us great pleasure to support initiatives that give greater accessibility to the world of Maltese art through these books," she concluded.
Issued by Bank of Valletta p.l.c., 58, Triq San Zakkarija, Il-Belt Valletta VLT 1130. Bank of Valletta p.l.c. is a public limited company regulated by the MFSA and is licensed to carry out the business of banking in terms of the Banking Act (Cap. 371 of the Laws of Malta).
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Communaute presbyterienne de Kinshasa
Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa
Boulevard Lumumba no.2860, Limete, Kinshasa
Congo, Democratic Republic (Africa)
E-Mail: cpk@ic.cd
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The CPK was founded in 1955 by the Presbyterian Mission in Leopoldville, which was a branch of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission (APCM). It considered the evangelization of the urban population to be its principal vocation. Since many Presb, especially educated people, migrated to the capital, pastoral care needed to be provided. The church developed in close touch with the Presb community in the Kasai and other communities in the neighborhood of Kinshasa. The CPK was deeply involved in the unification of the Prot churches within the framework of the ECC. The lay members of the church were particularly dynamic and played a significant role in society; they gave the church a degree of visibility beyond its numerical strength.
After independence the church was shaken by tensions and divisions. More than 1,500 members separated in 1964 to form a Pentecostal community. Step by step the community regained its stability, largely due to the leadership of the Rev. Josué Tshimungu. Though the CPK was a catalyst in the formation of the ECC, it now criticizes its clericalism and authoritarian style of leadership. It also speaks out on issues such as the democratization of the country and human rights. Working together with an important Baptist community in the same region, the CPK represents in the eyes of the public a progressive force. It has been a member of WARC since 1982 and provides the secretariat for the ARCK.
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The Boston Massacre is considered by many historians to be the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The fatal incident happened on March 5 of 1770. The massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. British troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead they provoked outrage. The British soldiers and citizens brawled in streets and fought in bars. "The citizens viewed the British soldiers as potential oppressors, competitors for jobs, and a treat to social mores". A defiant anti-British fever was lingering among the townspeople.
There are three major things that led to the Boston Massacre: First was the growing mistrust among the British soldiers and Americans. There were a number of other incidents were the British clashed with the patriots and their supporters. Individual soldiers were beaten on street corners and soldiers abused unarmed civilians. In all the Americans in Boston made it clear that the British soldiers were unwanted. The second reason is somewhat odd. The removal of two out of four regiments meant there were to inadequate amounts of soldiers to keep the peace. There were enough on the other hand to remind the patriots of the great British military. The last reason would be the revolt of the Townshend Acts. The patriots and Americans did not agree and strife with the British soldiers over it. The Act built tension between the two.
On March 5, 1770 the dreadful day came. A mob of people went in front of the Customs Office in Boston Massachusetts and started to throw stuff and give insults at the soldiers. As a result to this so-called harassment the soldiers fired on the crowd. The first to die was an African-Amercan man named Crispus Attucks. He was a native of Frainghan, Massachusetts. He escaped from slavery in 1750 and had become a sailor. Crispus Attucks is considered the first martyr of the American Independence. The four others who died were Samuel gray, a rope maker; James Caldwell, a sailor; Samuel Maverick, a seventeen year old apprentice and Patrick Carr, a leather worker and Irish immigrant. All in which were unarmed and brutally murdered.
The soldiers killed three, mortally wounded two others, and wounded six. How much harassment could they have done to deserve to be shot? The most the protesters should have gotten is to be arrested.
To please the crowds Governor Hutchinson arrested the soldiers and promised the people that there would be a trial. John Adams and Josiah Quincy took the defense of the soldiers and Preston. The soldiers went to trial in September and they and captain Preston pleaded innocent. The eight men and Preston were tried separately and only two were found guilty. The others were acquitted while the two found guilty were branded on the hand and released, an easy penalty for murder. Preston was found innocent. Adams was successful in proving the soldiers fired in self-defense. The soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were proven innocent. "Adam proved that the soldiers fired in self-defense".
I believe the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre and/or the captain Tomas Preston should have been convicted Guilty. The five deaths were unjustified and unneeded. All of the five men were unarmed at the time of the shootings. If someone throws an apple at you, you don't shoot him or her. In a today's court system I believe them British soldiers would have been guilty and been convicted with murder. "Adams said, the killing were justified and blamed the violence of the immigrant Patrick Carr and Crispus Attucks".
So if Adams believes the death of the five men were blamed on them two how come they weren't just arrested and how come the others were shot. "Adams told the jury that the illegal assembly was guilty of every crime a mob might commit".
I don't think the mob crimes of throwing snowballs and other stuff deserve the death penalty. The five men were shot and murdered by the soldiers. I feel the soldiers were looking for a fight. The soldiers provoked the citizen's countless times. "British soldiers and citizens fought and clashed during the winter of 1769". The soldiers even fired in the streets, that endangering a great number of lives. The soldiers also frequently wounded people with their bayonets and cutlasses. "The numerous instances of bad behavior in the soldiery, made us early sensible that the troops were not sent here for any benefit to the town or province, and that no good to expect from such conservators of the peace".
The soldiers that were stationed in Boston were guilty for many other crimes. I think either the soldiers should have been guilty for firing without an order or that Preston should have been guilty for giving the order to fire. According to Liesenfelt, the eight men said they were following Preston orders and should be tried at one time. So the soldiers are saying they were following orders which means Preston is guilty. Also three black witnesses gave testimony that they did hear an order to fire by Preston. Then again a merchant said he did not hear an order. Either way the soldiers and/or Preston should have been guilty.


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Židlov ( Schiedel či Sidlow) je zaniklá obec v okrese Česká Lípa. Ležela asi 3 km severovýchodně od Kuřívod (tehdy město). Původní zabrané katastrální území bylo Židlov, současné je na pomezí území Kuřívody a Jabloneček v novodobém městě Ralsko. Obec byla zrušena byla kvůli vzniku bývalého vojenského prostoru Ralsko, v jehož zhruba jihovýchodní části se ocitla. Po zrušení vojenského prostoru byla ve velké části tohoto území zřízena rozsáhlá obora Židlov.

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Se svou délkou přes 2,5 km patřila obec k největším sídlům na území VVP. Rozprostírala se podél silnice z Kuřívod do Olšiny, v úseku vedoucím mělkým údolím. Poblíž bývalé obce, přímo v oboře Židlov, je zřízena unikátní stálá trhací jáma Policie ČR, sloužící k ekologické likvidaci nevybuchlé munice.

Obec byla dělena na Horní a Dolní. Prvotní sídlo bylo založeno mnichy z kláštera v Hradišti jako lesně-rolnická ves ("Waldhufendorf").

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Does your office have a big problem with cancellations and no-shows?
Never mind. I already know the answer, because all dental office managers across the United States have an issue with cancellations and no-shows.
There are four reasons patients cancel or no-show.
1. Having dental work is not fun!
The first reason is obvious: Most people don't like getting dentistry.
What happens in a dental office? We put drills and needles in mouths and then ask for thousands of dollars for something nobody can see half the time. Think about that for a minute. Of course, patients cancel.
Patients cancel their appointments simply because they don't like paying a lot of money for things that are no fun. They know they should take care of their dental health, so they make the appointment despite their dislike of the dental office. Then, they wake up the day of the appointment and think about their experience at the dentist and decide, "No way. I just can't do that today." So, they cancel and reschedule, or they cancel with the intention of rescheduling later (but never call back), or they don't show up.
Most cancellations or no-shows can be attributed to the fact that people hate going to the dentist.
People are inspired to make a dental appointment for many reasons. It could be as simple as having pain that motivates them to find a dentist. It may be a dedicated patient who always has regular dental care and suddenly needs to find a new dentist for some reason. Maybe it's their New Year's resolution and they have decided this is the year they are going to focus on their dental health.
It doesn't even matter why they pick up the phone and call to schedule the first appointment. What matters most for us is what happens after the phone rings. When we answer the phone, we must keep in mind that their motivation to schedule an appointment will disappear very quickly; even more quickly than that New Year's resolution disintegrating by January 15th.
We need their motivation to continue so that they will show up for the appointment they have scheduled.
What will it take to schedule an appointment the patient will show up to? Two things.
Build rapport with them during the initial phone call. Stand out from the crowd and exceed their expectations. Talk to the patient and get to know them. Identify what is motivating their call. Treat them like a person, not an insurance plan or a dental procedure. Remember, most dental offices don't do this, so when you focus on creating rapport with a new patient, it makes you memorable and it makes the patient much more likely to come for the appointment.
Get them in as soon as possible – in the next 24-72 hours while their decision is hot. If you don't schedule them during this time frame, the likelihood of a cancellation or no-show increases.
Whether a patient is scheduled for a filling, a periodontic procedure or a crown, their commitment to getting the work done is based on your recommendation and their trust in you as a dental professional. In some cases, the patient scheduled the work you recommended just to get out of the office because they weren't sure they were really on board with the treatment plan but didn't want to say so.
Either way, as the appointment approaches, it is probable they will cancel based on their hesitation about getting the work done (or paying for it). To lower the frequency of this type of cancellation, ensure the patient is committed to the treatment before you put them in the schedule.
Dental office management tip: If you're uncertain whether or not the patient is committed to the appointment, ask them to put down a deposit to book the appointment. It's the fastest way to know where they stand. If someone is not "sold" on the idea, then you will find out immediately, rather than finding out when they cancel or no-show.
We have brought upon ourselves this cancellation and no-show epidemic by how we communicate the importance of hygiene to our patients. There are two times this becomes an issue. First, at the beginning of the relationship with the patient. From their new patient visit and all appointments moving forward, stress the importance of re-care and periodontic maintenance. Repeat this each time they are in the office, so they understand the criticality of this and value maintenance appointments as much as you do.
Another issue occurs when the patient calls to cancel their hygiene appointment. Too often, employees try to be "nice" and say it is "okay" and make it easy to reschedule. It makes sense – they are trying to offer great customer service to the patient. However, here is what is actually happening: Employees are training patients to believe it is okay to cancel or reschedule at the last minute.
Instead, let's train our patients that last-minute cancellations or rescheduling attempts are unacceptable. Ask them to verbally acknowledge that they understand the policy and won't do it again, and then don't give them the next available appointment the following day.
The patient should respect that your schedule is full, and it won't be easy to secure another appointment, much like their experience at the hairdresser. Any girl knows you don't cancel with your hairdresser because they can't fit you in again for weeks. We need to train our patients to have the same mentality.
Cancellations and no-shows cannot be eliminated completely, because people just don't enjoy dental work. It is human nature to avoid unpleasant things. But, when we address the remaining reasons for cancellations and no-shows, we can significantly decrease them.
The key is to identify which specific patients are likely to cancel or no-show, so you can manage it at the moment; whether in the initial visit while scheduling maintenance appointments, or when patients call for schedule changes.
Make it a part of your dental management training to get your team on the same page about how to handle these issues, your office will have the upper hand when it comes to reducing the frequency of no-shows and canceled visits.
Laura Hatch is the founder and CEO of Front Office Rocks, the leader in web-based front office training for dental practices. Laura has been published in Dental Assisting Digest, Dentaltown, and Dentistry IQ.
She is also a Fellow of the American Association of Dental Office Management, a national and international speaker on dental practice management for leading dental authorities, state and local dental societies, study clubs, and an advisor to several companies within the dental community. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and the Speaking Consulting Network. Laura was recognized as one of DPR's Top 25 Women in Dentistry in 2016.


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Trust: Longlisted for the Booker Priz...
Trust: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022
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Longlisted for the Booker PrizeThe Sunday Times BestsellerBest Books of 2022 pick - New York Times, Obama, TIME, Slate, Oprah Daily, Kirkus, LA Times, EW, Sarah Jessica ParkerTrust by Hernan Diaz is a sweeping, unpredicatable novel about power, wealth and truth, told by four unique, interlocking voices and set against the backdrop of turbulent 1920s New York. Perfect for fans of Succession. Can one person change the course of history?A Wall Street tycoon takes a young woman as his wife.
Together they rise to the top in an age of excess and speculation. But now a novelist is threatening to reveal the secrets behind their marriage, and this wealthy man's story - of greed, love and betrayal - is about to slip from his grasp. Composed of four competing versions of this deliciously deceptive tale, Trust brings us on a quest for truth while confronting the lies that often live buried in the human heart.
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In 1982, I was a student aid for a 10th grade English class. I was sixteen and the class members were a year or two younger. For one assignment, they had to write about a personal experience to be read in front of the class.
One young lady got up, with the teacher's encouragement, and began to read in clear, but accented English. She was Vietnamese. A few years previously, she had fled her country on a small boat with many other people. Out at sea, they were overtaken by another boat. The men came aboard and asked which of the women were not married. All the single women quickly paired up with the available men, but there was one girl left over. She was taken by the strangers and raped. The rest of them had all their money and jewelry taken and then abandoned on a small island with little food or water. They were eventually rescued by a fishing boat.
I don't remember how she managed to get to the US, most of us in the class were shocked or in tears, but we clapped when she finished. To hear her speak in her soft, calm voice, and see such courage and strength in someone our own age, was incredible. And sobering. What were you doing when you were thirteen, while this young woman was struggling to survive?
Hers was one story. There were hundreds of thousands more, many of them even more horrific. And now it's happening all over again, along with the arguments against giving them refuge among us. I was young, that first time, and I didn't understand when I heard adults talking about the 'Boat People'. But then I heard one girl's story and that's all that mattered.
Please, let's learn from our past. You can try to close your eyes and ears, but the stories will only get worse. And when your child hears one and asks why it had to happen, why we didn't do anything, what will you tell them? We have a second chance. Let's share it with people who desperately need one.
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Norbert Elias (1897-1990)
A Biographical Sketch
'It is as if Norbert Elias has always been an old man', observed a Dutch newspaper in 1984. Elias, a German sociologist who was a refugee from Hitler and lived the best part of forty years in England, had to wait a long time for recognition. When it came, it was in his native land and particularly the Netherlands not in his adopted country of citizenship that he found himself an intellectual celebrity. By then he was in his late seventies and his eighties. In a notably vigorous old age, Elias came at last to be regarded by many social scientists as having – in Bryan Wilson's words – 'one of the world's most original and penetrating sociological minds'. His writings, moreover, address issues of concern and fascination to people well beyond the narrow world of professional social science.
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What so long delayed Elias's impact was the disruption of his career at its very beginning by the National Socialists' accession to power in 1933 when Elias, as a Jew, went into exile first in Paris and then in London. Elias was born in Breslau (now the Polish city of Wrocław) on 22 June 1897, the only son of Hermann Elias – a businessman in the textile trade – and Sophie Elias. At the distinguished Johannesgymnasium in Breslau he received a first-class education in science, mathematics, classics, languages and literature. On leaving school in 1916 he served in the German forces, mainly on the Western Front, in the First World War. On demobilization he enrolled at Breslau University both in philosophy and medicine – completing the pre-clinical part of medical training before concentrating on philosophy for his doctorate. He wrote his Dr phil. thesis (Idee und Individuum: Ein Beitrag zur Philosophie der Geschichte ['Idea and individual: a contribution to the philosophy of history']) in Breslau under the direction of the neo-Kantian philosopher Richard Hönigswald (1875–1947).
The degree was conferred in 1924 only after a major disagreement between Elias and Hönigswald that went to the heart of the whole Kantian tradition. Elias's objection concerned Kant's contention that certain categories of thought – Newtonian space, time, causality, and some fundamental moral principles – are not derived from experience but are inherent, eternal and universal in the human mind. His rejection of that assumption is fundamental to all his subsequent work. Its immediate effect was to lead Elias out of the discipline of philosophy into that of sociology, particularly the historically orientated sociology then dominant in Heidelberg, where Elias went in 1925 to pursue his further studies.
At Heidelberg, Elias was accepted as a candidate for Habilitation by Alfred Weber (1868–1958), Max Weber's younger brother. He became good friends with Karl Mannheim (1893–1947), only four years older than Elias and then already a Privatdozent. When Mannheim was offered the chair of Sociology at Frankfurt in 1929, Elias went with him as an academic Assistant. Their university department was housed in basement rooms rented in the wealthy Institut für Sozialforschung, the subsequently famous 'Frankfurt School' directed by Max Horkheimer. When the National Socialists came to power early in 1933, Elias barely had his foot on the first rung of the German academic career ladder. His Habilitation was rushed through – the thesis was an early version of Die höfische Gesellschaft [The Court Society], which was not published until 36 years later.
Lecturing in Amsterdam, 1981
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After spending nearly two years in Paris, where he began to write the first volume of Über den Prozess der Zivilisation, later known in English as The Civilizing Process, he found himself in London, not even at first speaking English, and with few prospects. On a minimal grant from a Jewish refugee organization, he worked for three years to complete the two volumes of this, his magnum opus. It was published in Switzerland in 1939. It remained largely unknown and unread among both the German and English speaking publics for thirty years. Elias's parents died during the war, his mother in Auschwitz – the major trauma of Elias's life. Elias himself remained in England, briefly interned like all other Germans as an 'enemy alien', then leading an insecure existence on the fringes of academic life and, after the Second World War, helping (with his old friend Siegmund H. Foulkes [né Fuchs]) to lay the foundations of Group Analysis, now one of the most influential modes of psychotherapy, and establishing the Group Analytic Society.
Only in 1954, a mere eight years before reaching retirement age, did he obtain a university post, at Leicester. There, with Ilya Neustadt, he built up a large and successful Department of Sociology, in which many subsequently famous British sociologists were either junior colleagues (like Anthony Giddens and John H. Goldthorpe) or students. In 1962–4, following his formal retirement from Leicester, Elias served as Professor of Sociology in the University of Ghana. During this time he developed a great liking for, and a great collection of, African art; some of the best can be seen in photographs by his friend Gerard Holzmann, and others by David Francis are in the Special Collections of the University of Leicester Library.
During these years he published little, but he continued to write, research and think. With great determination and inner sense of purpose he developed, extended and refined the ideas presented in The Civilizing Process. That huge work was ambitious enough, tracing as it did the 'civilising' of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages, and showing how that was related to the formation of states and monopolisation of power within them. But Elias always saw it as more than a single thesis: it was also a paradigm to be developed as a model of a sociology which represents a radical rejection of many of the basic assumptions of the conventional sociology of today (see concepts and principles).
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Yet the scale of Elias's undertaking was revealed only in the years following his retirement. The Established and the Outsiders appeared, in English, in 1965. The decisive event, however, was the republication in 1969, when Elias was already over 70 years old, of the original German text of Über den Prozess der Zivilisation. Elias was more and more sought after as a visiting teacher in German and Dutch universities (including Konstanz, Bielefeld and Amsterdam), and eventually left England to live in Amsterdam. Most of his later books and essays therefore appeared first in German: the books include (under their English titles) The Court Society, What is Sociology?, The Loneliness of the Dying, Involvement and Detachment (collected essays on the sociology of knowledge and the sciences), An Essay on Time, Quest for Excitement (co-authored with Eric Dunning – collected essays, originating from English, on the sociology of sport), Humana Conditio (subtitled 'Observations on the Development of Mankind in the Forty Years since the Second World War'), and The Society of Individuals (containing three essays ranging in date from 1939 to 1987).
A selection of his poems, entitled Los der Menschen, were also published on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday in 1987. The last book to be published in Elias's lifetime was Studien über den Deutschen, issued in English under the title The Germans: Power Struggles and the Development of Habitus in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; this is especially important because it develops an often-overlooked theme in The Civilizing Process, the fragility of civilising process and the ever-present counterpoint of decivilising processes.
Elias died, still working, in Amsterdam on 1 August 1990. Five further books have been published posthumously: The Symbol Theory, concerned with the very long-term processes of human development which preoccupied Elias especially in his last years; Reflections on a Life – containing an autobiographical essay and interview; Mozart: Sociology of a Genius, and, recently, The Genesis of the Naval Profession. (See published works for a full bibliography of Elias's works)
Three papers presented on 6 April 2011 at the sixtieth anniversary conference of the British Sociological Association throw further light on Elias's life in Britain.
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Charges: Psychologist sexually assaulted 2 clients at Minnesota Sex Offender Program
The 38-year-old from Duluth is facing charges of criminal sexual conduct.
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A psychologist at the controversial Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) has been charged with sexually assaulting two clients she was treating.
The charges against Michelle Brownfield, 38, of Duluth, state she engaged in sexual intercourse and other sexual activities with the two men who were being treated at the MSOP Moose Lake facility in northern Minnesota between 2016 and 2018.
She has been charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, with a warrant issued for her arrest.
According to the criminal complaint, one of Brownfield's clients reported he had sex with her in rooms where she would perform psychological assessments, while the other client said they had sex with Brownfield in the facility's polygraph room.
Both victims would have someone on the outside acting as a "go-between" for text communication with Brownfield, charges state. The sister of one of the victims fulfilled this role, as did the girlfriend of the other victim.
An examination of Brownfield's phone found she continued to text with the victim's girlfriend even after Moose Lake Police Department had been in contact in which she discussed the ongoing investigation and "excuses she made to law enforcement to avoid a meeting," the complaint says.
The phone also contained "sexually explicit material including sexually explicit photos" of one of the victims, charges note.
In a statement, Department of Human Services Deputy Commissioner Chuck Johnson said: "We expect all staff to maintain strict professional boundaries at MSOP. That's essential in any therapeutic setting, and anything less is unacceptable.
"Under data privacy laws, we can't comment on specific personnel matters. However, generally speaking, any allegation of sexual contact between a staff member and client is taken seriously, treated with urgency and examined thoroughly. We involve law enforcement whenever the situation calls for it and we cooperate fully in their investigations."
The victims spoke to the Star Tribune prior to the charges being filed, telling the newspaper they'd felt pressured into the sexual acts "because of her position of authority" and because they feared she would recommend against their release if they turned her down. The newspaper notes Brownfield denies all the allegations.
The Minnesota Sex Offenders' Program, which has facilities in Moose Lake and St. Peter, has been repeatedly criticized over the years for civilly committing those previously convicted of sexual offenses with little hope of them being released.
It is currently the subject of a federal lawsuit that alleges the program is unconstitutional as it effectively holds clients indefinitely after they've served their prison sentences.
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North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6
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A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate, citing his involvement in last January's rally in Washington questioning the presidential election outcome before a Capitol riot later that day.
Cawthorn's office quickly condemned the candidacy challenge of the Republican, which was filed on behalf of 11 voters with the State Board of Elections, which oversees a process by which a candidate's qualifications are scrutinized. The voters contend that Cawthorn, who formally filed as a candidate for the 13th District seat last month, can't run because he fails to comply with an amendment in the U.S. Constitution ratified shortly after the Civil War.
The 1868 amendment says no one can serve in Congress "who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same."
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The written challenge says the events on Jan. 6, 2021 "amounted to an insurrection" and that Cawthorn's speech at the rally supporting President Donald Trump, his other comments and information in published reports provide a "reasonable suspicion or belief" that he helped facilitate the insurrection and is thus disqualified.
"The importance of defending the bedrock constitutional principle that oath breakers who engage in insurrection cannot be trusted in future office is essential to maintain," Ron Fein, legal director of Free Speech for People, a national election and campaign finance reform group backing the challenge election, told The Associated Press.
Fein said the Cawthorn challenge will be the first of many they intend to file against other members of Congress associated with the insurrection in the near future. Free Speech for People and the group Our Revolution announced last week that it would urge state election administrators to bar Trump and members of Congress from appearing on future ballots
The "leading national precedent" for such cases was created in 1869 by the North Carolina Supreme Court, which described the meaning of "engage" when it comes to a disqualifying act of insurrection or rebellion under the 14th Amendment, the filing says.
State law says Cawthorn has the burden to "show by a preponderance of the evidence" that he's qualified to run.
In response to word of the challenge, Cawthorn spokesperson Luke Ball pointed out that "over 245,000 patriots from western North Carolina elected Congressman Cawthorn to serve them in Washington" — a reference to his November 2020 victory in the current 11th District.
Now "a dozen activists who are comically misinterpreting and twisting the 14th amendment for political gain will not distract him from that service," Ball wrote in an email.
Cawthorn, 26, became the youngest member of Congress after his November 2020 election in the far-western 11th District and has become a social media favorite of Trump supporters. He plans to run in a new congressional district that appears friendlier to Republicans. He formally filed candidacy papers with the State Board of Elections last month, just before filing was suspended while redistricting lawsuits are pending.
The challenge asks the board to create a five-member panel from counties within the proposed 13th District to hear the challenge. The panel's decision can be appealed state board and later to court.
The 11 voters, identified in additional paperwork filed with the board, are from four counties within the new 13th District, which stretches from the state's foothills east to parts of Charlotte.
Speaking at the "Save America Rally" on the morning of the riot, days after he was sworn in to Congress, Cawthorn said the "crowd has some fight in it."
"The Democrats, with all the fraud they have done in this election, the Republicans hiding and not fighting, they are trying to silence your voice," he added. "Make no mistake about it, they do not want you to be heard."
Cawthorn voted against certifying Biden's presidential victory, although later he signed a letter with other GOP members of Congress congratulating Biden. Cawthorn has said he had a constitutional duty to vote against him. He condemned the Capitol violence, but compared it to the summer 2020 protests over police brutality.Still, last summer Cawthorn warned North Carolinians of potential "bloodshed" over future elections he claims could "continue to be stolen," and questioned whether Biden was "dutifully elected."
The challengers also asked the board to let them question Cawthorn under oath in a deposition before the regional panel convenes, and to subpoena him and others to obtain documents.
"It's easy to deny something on Twitter or in a speech to supporters," Fein said. "But we look forward to questioning him under oath."
One challenger, identified as Jay Walsh of Morganton, is a registered unaffiliated voter. He said in a news release that he took the same oath to defend the Constitution that members of Congress do while he was serving in the Navy, and accused some of them of "subverting the very democracy they swore to protect. Madison Cawthorn's actions are damaging our country and eroding our freedoms."
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How do you encourage innovation? There will never be a single solution, but collaboration between academic researchers and business is a good place to start, and Scotland already has a world-class research base and industry partners who know they will need to be more innovative to sharpen competitive edge. The prize is not just economic benefit and business success but also quality of life, improving public services, including health and social care, as well as government policies.
Collaboration and the wider benefits of innovation are what inspired the creation of eight new Innovation Centres in Scotland as part of an ambitious plan developed by SFC, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands Islands Enterprise (HIE), over the last three years. In the past, SFC and other funding bodies have focused on much smaller-scale initiatives, such as the innovation voucher scheme managed by Interface.
The Innovation Centres will facilitate collaboration across different sectors and amongst different government organisations, complementing rather than replacing or duplicating what they are doing. For example, the Innovation Centres already work very closely with SE and HIE, and Interface will continue to connect academic researchers with business, providing innovation vouchers (worth £5,000–£20,000) and liaising with the Innovation Centres, which in turn will direct business traffic to Interface, if that's the right thing to do. "The Innovation Centres will be compatible with the existing infrastructure," Rodger explains.
Another major role will be developing new university courses and other educational materials, with £2 million set aside each year to fund courses in novel areas – many subjects, such as industrial biotechnology, stratified medicine, digital health and big data simply didn't exist just a few years ago, so SFC wants to ensure it empowers the next generation of highly-skilled staff, innovators and entrepreneurs in these areas.
Right from the start, SFC was conscious that it didn't have all the answers and that it would be a mistake to decide all the details before getting industry and university feedback. The first call for proposals went out in April 2012, with SFC in partnership with SE and HIE. The idea was to make "more strategic use of knowledge exchange (KE) support, investing in larger-scale initiatives that have the capacity to stimulate sustainable structural changes in linkages between academic and industry, rather than funding small-scale KE projects," and the first step was to open up a dialogue with interested parties in industry and institutes of higher education (HEIs).
The objectives were clear, "to translate both innovation and knowledge from academia into businesses to drive international competitiveness and hence economic growth;" but even though the funding was available in principle, the details of how to achieve this were not carved in stone.
SFC was offering "an opportunity for HEIs to define and strengthen their role as partners with industry in delivering business demand," creating an environment for innovation to flourish and supporting the development of a new generation of researchers and entrepreneurs; but it was up to industry to state its case and individual sectors to show their commitment before any Innovation Centre would open its doors. To "simplify the innovation landscape" would require a lot of careful assessment, as well as creative discussion.
In weighing up the first applications for funding, SFC was looking for strong industry buy-in from the start, as well as strong market demand – rather than encouraging blue-sky research. The business partners had to be prepared to contribute cash resources "relative to scale," to demonstrate commitment and ensure the Innovation Centres would be fit to deliver. As a measure of future success, the Innovation Centres would also have to demonstrate "significant impact" for the HEIs and business partners, and attract funding from additional sources in the UK and Europe. SFC was also aware that the Innovation Centre for any one sector might have to be tailored to its individual requirements – in other words, one size does not fit all.
The call for proposals has been in two stages. The first wave of applicants (30in total) led to the creation of the first three Innovation Centres: CENSIS, DHI and SMS-IC. According to Rodger, these three sectors were ready for business because they were already mature in terms of industry involvement in Scotland and were also used to working in collaboration with researchers, as well as having strong demand for innovation.
The second wave of applicants was able to learn from the first wave, with industry leading the bids. "The industry focus is vital," says Rodger, "and we also wanted the Innovation Centres to be led by CEOs from industry rather than the academic sector." The result was the creation of the Aquaculture, Construction, Industrial Biotechnology, Oil and Gas and Data Science Innovation Centres, all expected to be fully operational in early 2015.
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The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) is responsible for funding teaching and learning provision, research and other activities in Scotland's 25 colleges and 19 universities and higher education institutions, with a budget of approximately £1.5 billion a year.
The Scottish Funding Council's vision for the Innovation Centres is to use the "research excellence" of the Scottish universities as a platform for collaborations across the whole of Scotland.


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Meet the Healthwatch Somerset Local Board
Judith Goodchild
Chair of Local Board
Judith, who is a former school inspector from North Petherton, has a passion for shaping local health services. Mother of two Judith spent 15 years working in the nuclear industry, and 18 years as an Ofsted inspector. Since retiring six years ago, she has become increasingly involved as a volunteer in the governance of local NHS services, and is a public governor representing West Somerset. Judith said: "I have volunteered with Healthwatch Somerset for the last three years because it's a body that listens to people and their concerns about the NHS, and it is in a position to be able to lobby those who are able to make changes. I'm very aware of the problems facing the health service at the moment and supportive of the services, but equally I think the public's voice should be taken into account when making decisions at a higher level. I hope my awareness, knowledge and understanding of primary and secondary health services will give a holistic view of healthcare in Somerset. I am excited by the prospect of being able to begin to shape an approach to the representation of views on health and social care in Somerset that will build on the excellent work done already."
Mike Hodson
Vice Chair of Local Board
Mike is a retired soldier, and wants to make sure that the public using NHS and Social Services have the opportunity to have their say through Healthwatch Somerset. Previously a Healthwatch Volunteer in the Enter and View programme, he is also a caseworker for the Services Charity The Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens' Families Association (SSAFA). Mike's background of dealing with government, industry, and people gives him a comprehensive insight and questioning, but supporting attitude in the matters dealt with by the Local Board.
Bob Champion
Local Board Member
Former ambulanceman Bob, from Shepton Mallet, has had plenty of first-hand experience with local health and care, having worked as an ambulanceman for over 30-years in the county and looking after his wife Shirley as her main carer before she passed away in 2010. His daughter Michelle is also in long term care, after suffering a stroke several years ago. Bob said: "By talking and listening to people who have been ill – you get fantastic knowledge and feedback on health services, which we will all have to use at some stage in our lives."
Sandra Wilson
Sandra is the owner and co-founder of an IT company installing and supporting complete systems for businesses nationally, which Sandra remains the MD. During her time in business Sandra has set up new business networks; sat on the Boards of many organisations as a Director and Chair (CBI, Chair of Somerset Chamber) and been an officer of many local community groups. Sandra said: "My interest in health matters is long and varied including complimentary therapies. Involvement with the NHS developed from being a founder member of the PPG for the Exmoor Medical Centre in 2004, of which I have been Chair since 2010, and a member of The Somerset PPG Chairs Network since its inception in 2010, becoming Chair in 2016. Technology will be leading the provision of health services and treatment into the future and I hope my background will provide a helpful and constructive perspective from a service user."
Anne Clark
Retired teacher Anne has enjoyed a long and rewarding career as a teacher, early years development & curriculum specialist, and school governor. She worked in a wide range of schools, large and small, from inner London to rural Somerset. Since retiring Anne has volunteered in a care home, a community café, and as a dementia buddy, and she is also a member of her Parish Council. Before joining the Healthwatch Somerset Local Board, Anne volunteered with us, gathering feedback from people in the community and in health and social care settings through our Enter and View programme. She said: "I've seen the real difference we can make to the quality of health and care services by listening and reporting on people's experiences. I'm looking forward to making a difference through my work with the Local Board."
Rena Randall
Former primary school teacher Rena, retired to Somerset from London seven years ago to spend more time with her family. When she's not looking after her grandchildren, she enjoys dog walking and running, and she has worked as a volunteer with Healthwatch Somerset since January 2019. Rena is particularly interested in giving young people the chance to share their views to help shape the future of health and care services in Somerset. Her many years' experience working in education, and as a mother of three and grandmother of five, will enable her to develop and enhance our work with young people.
Rena said: "Since volunteering I have met many Somerset residents and they have all provided great feedback on the services they have used and the ways in which these could be made even better. I would love to develop Healthwatch with younger people, to encourage them to speak up to shape the future of health and care services in Somerset."


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Q: Magento mini-cart not updating on product pages I am having an issue in my magento mini cart .
when i go to a product page and click on Add to cart , my mini cart does not update and show the product items on the product page but the products are added to cart once i go to the cart page.
I am creating a local.xml file for my theme and having this code here
<block type="checkout/cart_sidebar" name="custom_mini_cart" template="checkout/cart/mini.phtml" before="-">
            <action method="addItemRender"><type>simple</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer</block><template>checkout/cart/sidebar/default.phtml</template></action>
            <action method="addItemRender"><type>grouped</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_grouped</block><template>checkout/cart/sidebar/default.phtml</template></action>
            <action method="addItemRender"><type>configurable</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_configurable</block><template>checkout/cart/sidebar/default.phtml</template></action>
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and on my header.phtml
I am calling this like
 $cart_html = $this->getChildHtml('custom_mini_cart');

It works fine when i go to cart page or checkout page.
product quantity and items don't show up on product page in minicart
any help will be appreciated
Thanks

A: Theres a slug that defines which pages this will work on.
In this case, it should be under the slug
<default>
    Your code goes here.
</default>

My guess is that you have it under:
<checkout_cart_index translate="label">
    I believe you probably have it under this one.
</checkout_cart_index>

What this states is that even though you're adding your content to the header. You will only be adding it to pages that are part of the cart_index
Hope this solves your issue


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It is one of road racing's newest events, but the Armoy Road Races are already producing some classic showdowns. Get set for action from a staggering 11 races in this official review of The Race of Legends 2012.
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