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EMD Erica Martin is direct, matter of fact, sticks to the scripted protocol, and keeps her emotions in check. She's also great at practicing what she preaches.
Martin's calmness extends to the Florida Sheriff's Association Dispatcher of the Year award she received Feb. 2. In fact, she was kind of mystified when told about her nomination that was based on performance and exemplified by two calls (described later in the story).
Martin insists she did nothing out of the ordinary or, at least, nothing that should have singled her out for an award.
Martin's former supervisor, David Lambert, attributed the recognition to the great job she did following the protocol, the short span of time in which the two incidents occurred, and her then-relatively short tenure at the Polk County Sheriff's Office; she was hired in July 2013, and the two incidents happened during the first three months in 2015.
"Erica doesn't get rattled, and she's very levelheaded," said Lambert, who is now a full-time EMD/EFD Instructor with PDC. He was Martin's EMD Instructor at Polk County when he worked at the sheriff's office.
The incidents garnering Martin's nomination are the calls that some might spend an entire career without receiving: a baby delivery and a CPR save, along with the opportunity to meet the people involved (also highly unusual).
The baby was delivered by "probably the calmest person" Martin had ever talked to during any sort of emergency, despite the trepidation you might expect from a father-to-be; he had pulled over on the side of the road en route to the hospital.
In the second incident, she relayed CPR instructions for close to 15 minutes after a young man had found his mother unconscious in the bathtub. Paramedics arriving on scene used an AED to restore the woman's heart rhythm; they attributed the CPR compressions that produced adequate blood flow as key to her survival.
The two women—Martin and the survivor—later met at an American Heart Association event. "She cried; I cried," Martin said.
The range of calls, the complexity of situations, and the unpredictability of what will happen next keep Martin at her best. She likes the fast pace and is not at all concerned about a repeat of events that could lead to a second award.


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Hello. My name is Fernando Kramer. I am with Perforce (formerly Seapine Software), and on this video, I'd like to show you how to analyze an item's workflow history.
Let's pick a defect here with some history, and open it up.
The Overview tab contains workflow information and provides you with a quick view of the workflow events. The tab one is the last one to be performed. So, as you go down, you're going back in history. You can view more details on each event by clicking on it.
Now, keep in mind that the Overview tab will also show your emails. If you want to focus on the workflow events, then go to the Workflow tab. This provides you with three ways to analyze the item's workflow history. Under Events, you can see all of the workflow events. Here, the tab event in the list is the oldest one. So, as you go down, you're going forward chronologically.
You can expand a column so that, from a single view, you can see all of the events when they happen, comments that are for each event, and other useful information relating to these events. You can also enable system events, and these are optional comments entered when the system performs an automation rule, like an auto assignment, or an automatic email notification.
If you want to focus on time tracking, go to Work Items. Here, you will only see time tracking events, and these are workflow events where estimates have been made, hours have been entered for work performed, and work that remains.
Note that there's also a running total that allows you to better gauge where the item is in the process.
On the diagram, you can view the item's workflow history graphically. Using the same diagram that is available to the administrator, you can see which states the item has already visited, the current state, and which states are available. So, in this case we can see that this item is currently in the Released to Testing state, and it has been in the Open and Open (Verify Failed) states.
Hovering a mouse over an event allows you to see data about that event. To view more information, click on the event. So, here I can see more detail why the verification of this defect failed. If an event is performed multiple times, you will see the number in parentheses. You can also choose which instance to open up to view more information by clicking on-view details.
Now, if you pay close attention to this diagram, you can see that this defect has been in the Released to Testing state more than once. For items that might have visited the same state more than once, try the timeline version of the diagram. This is especially helpful for items that appear to be taking longer to reach a certain point in the workflow. For example, we may be wondering why this item is not making it into the Ready to Release state. Well this diagram allows us to see that the reason is because the item had to be fixed a second time.
The third option is to view the item within the context of the entire workflow. Now, keep in mind that there is security around the workflow history diagram. So, the name of events that a user is not allowed to perform will not show up, and the administrator can choose to not make available the entire workflow diagram. The administrator can also choose not to make the workflow history diagram an option at all.
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Why Communication is a Critical Skill for Engineers
By Dr. Bjorn Mercer 10/22/2021
Podcast by Dr. Bjorn Mercer, Program Director, Communication, Philosophy, Religion, World Languages and
Alexa Chilcutt, Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Many students pursuing an engineering career believe their technical knowledge will be their greatest skillset for career advancement. Not so, says author and professor, Alexa Chilcutt. In this episode, learn why it's critical for engineers to focus on improving their communication skills so they're better presenters and public speakers. Learn tips like relying on trusted friends and colleagues to provide guided constructive feedback and knowing your audience so you can find ways to connect with them so you can effectively communicate your research and findings.
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Dr. Bjorn Mercer: Hello, my name is Dr. Bjorn Mercer. And today we're speaking to Alexa Chilcutt, Executive Education faculty at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. And our conversation today is about the challenges of communication in STEM. Welcome Alexa.
Alexa Chilcutt: Welcome Bjorn. I'm happy to be here.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: Excellent. I'm excited to be here. We met a few years ago at an AACU conference, and I'm excited to talk about your book and also specifically how STEM students and people in STEM can improve their communication. So you wrote an excellent book "Engineered to Speak" with your co-author Adam Brooks, can you describe it for us?
Alexa Chilcutt: Sure. We were approached to write basically how we teach. We had worked with engineering majors at the University of Alabama, I had, for several years. We were doing corporate training, continuing studies through the university, and then working with other organizations and got connected with an editor from Wiley who then approached us and said, "We really need a practical guide for presentations, for technical presentations and public speaking for that engineering technical field."
And we really had to have a moment of how do we approach this from a yes, a little bit of an academic, but not an academic perspective. How do we make it very utilitarian and process-oriented? Laying out the steps about how to really not just create and craft an engaging presentation, but how to think about who your audience is, to really draft those points out and approach it from a reverse engineering perspective of how to put together a really dynamic, if anybody can think of technical presentations that way, presentation and how to connect with audiences.
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So the book lays some foundation for why communication skills are so important for engineers and technical professionals in their career. And what we know through the book and through the research is that not only does research show us that communication skills are pivotal to professionals in the advancement of their career. As far as helping them create credibility in their space, getting that buy-in from different audiences, whether technical or non-technical, getting support for their projects, and then being able to speak coherently and concisely about what they do and why it matters to a variety of audiences, whether management or stakeholders external to the company.
And we really wanted to make it something that was practical. We've got a little bit of research in there, a lot of interviews from technical professionals around the world.
I really think that's the unique perspective of this book is that it's not a reading book, it's a reading and then doing and applying. And at the end, we compiled all of those assessments and activities together to take someone from the very beginning, when they're asked to give a project update or presentation all the way through designing their slides.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And I love that it's a workbook and that it's practical because public speaking, I think for many people, oral communication, I guess you can say, is nerve wrecking. A lot of people will self identify as being, "Oh, I'm just no good at it, I'm bad at it." But the reality is that when you communicate and like any skill, you get better with practice and workbooks are the perfect way to facilitate improvement. You said you would like to talk about who you interviewed. Please do tell.
Alexa Chilcutt: Sure. I do want to talk about that. And then in a minute, let's circle back around to that practice element, because I think that's crucial too, of why we created that. But just some of the people so that your audience gets an idea of how did we try to really make this applicable to practicing engineers and technical professionals.
We interviewed here just a couple of names, Dr. Daniel Schumacher, he's the director of technology development at Torch Technology; Dianne Sherman, who is a formal materials engineer at Dow Chemical; James Hans who's a senior manager of purchasing and supplier quality at Mercedes-Benz US International; Rajesh Mishra, he's an NPI manager at Caterpillar; Yuri Malishenko from Danske Bank, he's an agile coach and a visual thinker. And then Jenn Gustetic, who is a director of early stage innovation and partnership at NASA.
We really got to reach out to people that we probably would have never had the ability to contact because we were doing this book and asking them: How did communication and public speaking skills really factor into how to use them, day to day, and how did they factor into your career advancement?
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And I love that you reached out to these professionals. And sometimes when I talk about communication and public speaking, I relate it to being a musician, where musicians will often say, well, I'll let my music speak for itself. And I think STEM and some technologists have the same perspective, "Well, the technology or what we're developing, it'll speak for itself and then that will convince people." But the reality is that it doesn't always, sometimes in certain occasions, the audience or the stakeholders will realize what's going on.
But sometimes especially with technology, the ideas or the concepts, and the details are a little too complicated that the lay person, I'll definitely include myself as a lay person, we need it to be explained like, what is going on here? And if your average STEM person is able to truly explain what is going on to the lay person, the person who doesn't quite have the knowledge in technology, they'll be able to sell and they'll be able to advance. And so this leads us to the next question is: What are some of your experiences with teaching STEM students and professionals, and some typical communication challenges in STEM?
Alexa Chilcutt: And you've just brought up one that will be a great segue into that too. In 2011, I was asked to be a communication instructor for an aeronautical and mechanical engineering summer camp, it's called "Research Experience for Undergraduates." It's funded by the NSF and it was there at the University of Alabama, and they really didn't even have any curriculum for teaching those skills to these students.
And working with these students, so they are bright, they are extremely intelligent students from wonderful schools. And how was I going to make them understand that learning how to present their research, that they would be working on over the summer, why those skills were important, why communication skills were valuable and going to be valuable to their careers.
And at the end of that, the real outcomes were having poster presentations, also recording a three-minute video of their research, kind of a teaser to get people interested in it. And then a 15-minute research presentation at the end that they would hopefully take to a conference.
And working with those students really did teach me a lot, it taught me that I had to think about my audience and why it was important to them and creating that curriculum was a wonderful way for me to really get into the minds of engineers and technical professionals and get them to embrace those skills really and see that they could be good at them.
And you brought up just a moment ago, how a lot of people are, they're nervous about public speaking. I think also in engineering fields and technical fields, the status quo is just very dry, overly technical, too long, too much data presentation. And how can you show them that this could actually be interesting? You have permission to get enthusiastic about your research, you have permission to pare it down to what's really going to be engaging or exciting to your audience depending on who they are.
And what I love about engineers and we've seen this, my colleague, Dr. Adam Brooks and I who, working on this book, we've seen this over the years, teaching public speaking to undergraduate students we had two competitions at the end of the year, mid year, and then end of the year for these students, we typically have about 2,000 students go through our public speaking courses.
And the one competition in the spring was a $10,000 prize. And year, after year, after year, the students who ended up winning that competition were engineering students. And it was like, why? What about these public relations students who have so much charisma?
But it was because if you gave an engineering or technical student a process to follow, to build a presentation, to really think strategically about their information and about their audience and how they presented it, they embrace that process. And time and time again, they ended up as finalists in that competition and many times walking away with that $10,000.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And that's absolutely wonderful and a wonderful competition also. It makes me think just like you said, if a student or just anybody has a process, or even a reason to be charismatic, then if they believe in what they're saying, then their charisma will shine through and they'll be able to actually communicate to people the importance of whatever they're talking about.
Versus if you're just charismatic, you're just being charismatic, to be a charismatic and that could get you far, but sometimes it could be a little hollow and that's not a criticism of people who are charismatic or anything. But again, when you have a meaning, when you have a purpose, when you have a drive, that comes out. And then acquiring the skills like you were saying, especially important for STEM students, those public speaking, those oral communication skills can just go so far.
Alexa Chilcutt: Absolutely. And the process, as you said, the permission to be a little charismatic, to be dynamic, where most of them have not seen other dynamic instructors or classmate be dynamic, show their personality while also talking about their research. And it's the same way with whether it's students or professionals, but it is that practice part, like you were talking about with the music, it is getting comfortable with that. It's having the foundation of the process, practicing through that process, time after time. And then, this is one of the things in the book too, we have a whole chapter, two actually, but on delivery, how do you feel confident in this space? How do you think about your voice? We don't want to be, "Buehler, Buehler, Buehler" and that's what people are expecting a lot of times.
So even if you're just a little bit better than the status quo, you can really stand out. And for STEM students, yeah, we're talking about public speaking and you don't think that that's something that you'd have to do a lot of, but studies have actually shown that, one study that interviewed practicing and retired engineers, they asked them about the oral culture within their firms. And they set up to 70% of their career advancement had to do with their communication skills and that 50% of their public speaking opportunities were typically in meetings, giving project updates and reports.
These are very useful skills and something that even when you're going out into the, let's say career fair or to interview for a job, it's not just your technical expertise that people are going to assess. It's your ability to connect and relate and talk about what it is that you know, and what you've done.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And that's absolutely perfect. That leads perfectly to the next question is why is it important for STEM students to work on communication, not only as a soft skill, but also for their own long-term success?
Alexa Chilcutt: A good story that in interviewing Jim Hans from Mercedes, we were sitting there and we were talking about it and I was asking him about his own presentations that he had given and his advice. And it got back around to why it's so important in his career that he's been able to communicate with management, externally with stakeholders, how he was a scout for let's say a global logistics location, he was a scout for a whole year.
And at the end of that year, he had to give the presentation of the location that they had chosen his team to the higher ups at Mercedes-Benz. Why did it matter to them? He had to give the same, not presentation, but he had to talk about that choice to the people in that county, in Bibb County, in Alabama. While the purpose was the same, the audience was completely different. What he chose to talk about was different for each audience and just understanding who your audience is, is such a big part of success.
But he was also talking about coming to the University of Alabama to interview students for internships or for jobs at Mercedes. And he said, "I have so many students that come up to my table or that come speak to me and they hand me their resume and they have a 4.0. And I'm wildly impressed that they have a 4.0, but they're looking at their shoes, they're not making eye with me, they're not talking, they're not telling me about the last internship they had. He said, time and time again, I'm hiring the student with a 3.2 who can come up to me and really discuss the things that they've done. The teams that they've worked in, the projects that they've had success working on." And so those communication skills are necessary. They're not soft skills, they really have a lot of return on investment, immediately. And it can really get you that job.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And I completely agree. And I remember being in a conference once where this woman who works with CEOs, she was like, the CEOs often complain all these new grads they don't have the soft skills, they don't have the communication and the problem solving the X, Y, and Z. And it's one of those things where it's like, well, I agree. And I think a lot of higher education fails at that, especially for students that are "younger" say 22 when they graduate. Because being a fully developed person at 22 is difficult, I'll just say me at 2, whoof, bad.
Alexa Chilcutt: Join the club.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: I don't know how I did anything. I don't know how I went on to get my masters. I don't know how I paid bills, what did I do? I have no idea. But at the same time, it's difficult because schools have so much on their plate to educate students with. And that oftentimes this "soft skills" are something that have been more relegated to, "Ooh well, that's professional development" or that's communication and communication as a field has been viewed as "lite" when in reality, it's some of the most important things you'll do for success.
And I was thinking about what you were saying about the audience and when you're talking to people, audience is the most important thing, because like you were saying, I always tell people, if you struggle with public speaking, be an actor. So be yourself 100%, you have to be authentic in how you present yourself. But if you're naturally introverted, do some acting chops, be somebody whom you're typically not and be more extroverted, a little more gregarious. And that doesn't mean that you have to change who you are or lie, but it just means that in that situation, you're going to rise to the occasion.
And at the same time, it's like public speaking, like when I think of politicians, those are speeches, that's acting, that is 100% acting. And in public speaking, especially oral communication, we're not talking about that per se. We're not all CEOs giving speeches to the entire company, that is completely different.
And when you're talking to your team and you are trying to influence them to do a better job or to follow a new process, it's about trust. And I think a lot of times that component of trust and authenticity when people are just struggling for the right words, it gets lost sometimes because they're nervous. How would you say, how should people approach how to convey trust in an authentic and real way?
Alexa Chilcutt: I think you're right in that there is that persona that you want to put on that's a better version or a more in that moment, kind of engaging version of yourself to connect with the audience. But authenticity, I think really the best way to create that connection, that trust with your audience, to come across as authentic is to really understand who your audience is and what's important to them, what they want to hear from you about whether it's your project or about their role within the team, why, let's say, changes have been made in the company. And you're expecting, if you're a leader, you're expecting them to do something differently. It's really about talking with people, not at people. To have more of a, even if it's public speaking, a conversation. But at the heart of authenticity, it's knowing who your audience is and being able to connect with what matters most to them.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And I love that you said, it's about having a conversation with people instead of at people. And so often with public speaking, when people are a little unskilled, they're just about, I'm getting the message out as fast as I can.
Alexa Chilcutt: That's right.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And I want to make sure that I just don't mess up. And the reality is that you oftentimes, when you are speaking, you need to sit back a bit. You need to be a little more relaxed and you need to, especially not be tense because when you tense it can mess up with your vocal chords, it can get you tired, so many different things.
And so this brings us to the last question here, for professionals, why are communication and presentation skills considered areas of needed professional development? Or what feedback have you received from those who have read your book?
Alexa Chilcutt: Well, professional development is about that continued learning. And I think in any profession, technical or not, if you want to continue to rise within that organization or within your career, you have to think about where am I currently and what could I be doing better? I mean, that's really the only two questions you should ever be asking yourself: Where am I and where do I want to be?
And there are no perfect communicators, there just aren't, I'm not a perfect communicator, my husband would tell you that. We have to continue to develop and hone those skills because it is about self-awareness. I'm sure so many people have heard about emotional intelligence and emotional intelligence is that secret sauce to leadership, to success. It's not about IQ, how technically smart you are, it's about those social skills, it's about communication, connecting with people, motivation. And that's where I believe communication skills touch every single part of our day-to-day business transactions, working with our colleagues.
And because there's always room to improve, not just in public speaking, but in how we connect with others down the hall, or up to management, or out to broader audiences, there's always room to evaluate and improve those skills.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And I completely agree, and it really is about where am I today and how can I improve? And like you said, evaluating and improving those skills. And it's one of those more difficult things as you need to be able to reflect. And self-reflection is a skill in its own because then you can't be too overly harsh on yourself because so oftentimes we are. We're our own worst critic and say, we have a presentation and we give it, the immediate thing we'll do is start picking apart the little things we messed up on. Now, how do you help people with that overly critical aspect of themselves that sometimes if too much, can actually sabotage self-improvement?
Alexa Chilcutt: Well, assessments. In this book, we have assessments for you to, let's say you record, and we suggest you record a presentation that you're going to give. And yes, we're all absolutely so hypercritical of ourselves. A great example that I like to give is, you have to record your voicemail on your cell phone. And how many of us go back and listen to our voice message and think, "Oh my gosh, do I sound like that? Do I have a Southern accent?" we're always in that critiquing mode.
But knowing that about yourself, you are your harshest critic most of the time, but also understanding that, especially when we get into the work world, colleagues are so afraid to give you honest feedback. How many times have you done a presentation, you've walked up to a really good friend, a colleague, and asked how you did. They're not going to tell you where you messed up, they're just going to go to, "Oh, it was great, it was fine," whether it was or not.
In this book, we have suggestions for practicing, practice, record yourself, watch yourself back. And we have assessments as far as, did you follow the process? Do you have all of these elements of the presentation? Do you have an attention-getting device to grab your audience's attention? Did you preview what your topic was so that they understood what you were going to talk about and where you were going with it so that they could follow along? Did you wrap up well? Was it organized?
We have those kinds of checkpoints along the way. And we also have non-verbal. Did you have vocal variety? Were you making good eye contact? What did your slides look like? So we give people the option to do a self-evaluation and assessment. They can do it the first time, practice a little more, make some improvements, go back, record themselves and do it again.
Then we have a step beyond that, which is a peer evaluation. And that actually gives you numerical data so that you can have a trusted colleague or friend watch your presentation and they know how to give you feedback. Because as I said, most people don't want to give critical feedback, but if you give them a way to give constructive feedback, they're more open to that process. It's all about being open, not being overly critical, but I think the biggest part of that improvement is having the process and the steps so that you understand how to evaluate yourself.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: And that is an absolutely wonderful response. And I love that you talked about the process and the steps and recording yourself. And one thing you said also, you said, "Do I have a Southern accent?" And we all have accents, that's one of those things where oftentimes people will be like, well, there's an accent over there, there's an accent over there. But actually whatever we speak, if we think it's typical is an accent. The world they're just accents, various accents, there's no one standard. And whatever kind of vocal habits you have, or even an accent, lean into it. Like Alexa, your accent sounds great.
Alexa Chilcutt: Well, and it's authentic. And I have learned how to, let's say, make sure that you can improve, you can think about hearing yourself and say, "Wow, I really need to think about articulating that word a little differently or enunciating" or, as you said earlier, you might have habits and speaking verbal fillers. Wow, that's a huge habit that people don't even recognize that they have saying, "ugh, um, like, you know," because our brain, we're trying to think about what the next word is. And while we're thinking about that next word, our brain is putting in those space holders and it's whatever that word is, that is your go-to.
And so, so many times you go back and you watch yourself and you hear the "ums" that you didn't know you were speaking. And so you have those, we are the areas that yes, some of that's authentic and some of that needs to be improved on. And so being kind to yourself along the way.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: Exactly. And I remember when I was in Toastmasters and they scored you and they said you had zero ums. I was like, "Yes." I said, but you had 40 "clicks." So instead of going, "Um," I did a little tick. And so after that, it really makes me think, instead of me doing some verbal pause, which are ums and ticks, that sometimes you do just take a break, just stop for half a second. And that's okay. It's okay to have some silence and some pauses when you're speaking.
And when you are thinking about how you're speaking or even your own verbal habits, accents are fine. I'm sure when you are speaking to people in say, Alabama, you speak slightly different versus when you speak to other people. And the only thing that can happen with say accents is just ensure that whatever you say, the vast majority of people understand what you're saying. Versus some colloquialisms or certain words that are only used in certain areas, you might want to avoid that.
I grew up in Texas, oftentimes I'll say, "Howdy," it's more of just something I do versus my typical accent of newscaster American, whatever accent I have.
Alexa Chilcutt: Well, and one of the things that you brought up, which I'm sure we could have talked about earlier, but in thinking about those colloquialisms also for the STEM audience, what about jargon. Who is your audience and what degree of knowledge do they have about your technical expertise? Because just like those ums or ands, or the slang that we have incorporated jargon becomes like that as well.
Technical terms that are so ingrained and so easily understood for you, taking yourself outside of yourself, listening from, let's say, a fresh ears experience, or that objective, observer, listener and understanding how to analyze your audience. Are they going to know what that term is? Okay. And it's not about dumbing it down. I have had so many engineers or engineering students say, "Well, I shouldn't have to dumb it down," it's not about that. It's about connecting. How can I connect instead of using that very technical term, what is a way that I can explain it, that I can make it clear and vivid and some example?
I think there's so much that we can learn from going back and watching or listening to ourselves with the audience in mind. And it's a process, as I said, there are no perfect presenters, there are no perfect public speakers, no perfect communicators, but you have to be willing to open yourself up to submit yourself a little bit to that improvement process.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: Exactly. And I love how you said, focus on your audience and it's not dumbing it down. If your audience doesn't understand what you're saying, they're not going to buy it. So there's that simple reality right there. And so absolutely wonderful conversation today, Alexa, any final words?
Alexa Chilcutt: Well, I would say, I would love for people to check out the book "Engineered to Speak." Many universities have a subscription to IEEE, the explore, or the Wiley online library where students can access electronic versions of the book through a PDF. As I said, it's a workbook, it's on Amazon, it's on Wiley, but at least you can get it right through the university library.
And I would also encourage people if they want to just check it out maybe professionals who are thinking about that next step in career advancement, improvement to go to Amazon, read some of the reviews and just see if it might be something they would enjoy working through and having. And that's another thing that we did was making sure that this was a repeatable process, user-friendly guide and book.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer: Excellent. Thank you. And I completely, 100% agree, if there's one skill out there that could help you with your career, it is oral communication. It's better public speaking and especially in STEM where sometimes the concepts and the ideas are pretty complicated. And so for everyone, we all need to work on self-improvement and with our oral communication.
And today we're speaking with Alexa Chilcutt about the challenges of communication in STEM. My name is Dr. Bjorn Mercer. And thank you for listening.
Dr. Bjorn Mercer
Dr. Bjorn Mercer is a Program Director at American Public University. He holds a bachelor's degree in music from Missouri State University, a master's and doctorate in music from the University of Arizona, and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Mercer also writes children's music in his spare time.

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Parliamentary cycle safe debate; the start of something special?
MPs from all political parties squeezed in to Westminster Hall for today's back bench debate on cycling safety.
Prompted by The Times' Cities Fit For Cycling campaign, member after member stood to say how many of their constituents had been in touch, and how they wanted their constituencies to be fairer and more equitable places to get about no matter your choice of transport. Tragically one after another paid tribute to scores of constituents who had been killed whilst riding a bicycle (In the small rural constituency of Devon, Totness, 11 cyclists have been killed or seriously injured in just 5 years. Population: 67 thousand, of which cyclists, 2% at most. Can we stop toeing the "we mustn't talk about how dangerous cycling can be in case it scares people off cycling" line now, please?)
Many MPs spoke of their own love affair for the bicycle, others joked that if it they could just find a way to make it a little safer they might even consider riding a bike themselves.
As cycle campaigners we have a heavy emotional investment in cycling issues. Too often we know the people who make the fatal headlines personally. Sometimes, we are so clued up and deep in to the issues that it is hard for outsiders to even begin to comprehend our passion and intensity. We come across, to be frank, as somewhat strange. Andrew Gilligan recently described us as "shrill" in The Telegraph and I totally understand where he is coming from with that. It would be easy for us all to pick holes in a lot of what was said during the debate. There may have been a paucity of imagination from some of the members and others still may have had a strange and unfounded belief in the power of "louder bike bells", and subsidised high vis and helmets. But we should all of us remember that this is an incredible start. Cycling as a serious political issue has been in the wilderness for many, many decades. Even MP Ben Bradshaw admitted that Labour just didn't get up to speed on the issue. So our MPs are only just commencing their journey down the path as to what is good for cyclists - and those who would like to ride - and what is not.
Rather than picking holes in what has been said, or laughing at certain members lack of understanding of the issues, now is the time for us all to encourage them to remain focused on the issue and to show them with examples what it is we would like to see. Politicians aren't interested in people who moan and moan and moan without offering any alternative solution. What they are interested in are demonstrations of ideas which could improve the lot of their constituents. It's time for us to show them all that cycling can be that.
The important thing is that the letter writing, protesting and lobbying has had an effect. The Times campaign has pulled cycle campaigning by the scruff of it's neck from the long grass firmly in to the main stream. We may all be impatient for change as we wistfully look across the North Sea to our cycle-friendly cousins, but if anyone wants a reassurance that we are taking our first, bold, tentative steps in the right direction then this should be all the reassurance you need:
The House of Commons today, at the same as the cycle safe debate in Westminster Hall. We have our MP's attention, let's work with them to turn it in to action.
Very well put.
Whatever else comes out of today one thing is sure: the game has changed.
Jez Andrews said...
Looks like a room of ministers discussing what could just be hollow promises. Sceptic? Yes. Is the money even there for the changes?
adf said...
I guess what you need to ask is what happens next, what is the political process and how can I help. That's much more fun than being a skeptic. Thanks Mark for your part in getting us this far.
Ciarán said...
@Jez Andrews,
The money is there billions is spent on transport every year. The perception is that this money must only (or predomently) be spent on facilities for motor traffic.
Cycling must be seen as viable transport that needs to properly included in planning and road design.
If a roads going to be built or re-built there is no extra cost to implementing proper cycling facilities.
Monchberter said...
I'm holding out hopes for this, despite most ministers attending seemingly clueless and poorly briefed, aside from a pile of tragic letters from constituents.
There have been huge numbers of incredibly comprehensive reports written on cycling over the past decade, maybe they should have read some of them.
Then they may be banging on more than they did about changing the entire culture of road use instead of encouraging training (good, but not the answer) and infrastructure (reports show that if you insist on bike lanes, you just encourage drivers to insist cyclists stay in them - not a great result).
So what should have they been discussing? Well, perhaps the root cause? A lack of respect on our roads? To tackle mass cycling, we really need to make all road users recognise that cyclists have an equal right to the road. Before that happens and in engrained, people are continue to say they feel too scared to ride where they are not respected.
Insist on cycle training for any road user prosecuted for an incident involving a cyclist.
Incentivise motorists to learn about why and how cyclists behave through cheaper insurance premiums for those with Bikeability Level 3.
A very visible media campaign encouraging safe, legal road use and motorists to respect cyclists. Base it around the Highway Code and Bikeability training.
adrian said...
The shameful thing is that, as you say, we are just starting out on the first tentative steps. This is possibly the bottom of the dip in the boom bust cycle, but we have had huge numbers cycling in this country. There were more people cycling in the 50s in Britain than there are now in any of the progressive continental cities.
Part of what is required is the cultural change, and it was refreshing to see unanimous support for cycling.
While we're at it, we need to press for serious penalties for driving offences.
I suggest:
Immediate automatic bans for drivers who KSI. It seems reasonable that a significant proportion of drivers who cause death should be banned for life.
Driving licences to be returned to those who are banned temporarily, only after passing the extended driving test.
Driving whilst banned must be made an imprisonable offence.
Hit and run offences permanent ban.
Both Mobile phone use hands-free and hand-held must stop. Whether talking, texting, surfing etc. There's sufficient evidence to show it's as bad as driving under the influence.
The Police need to presume that a road death is the result of driving culpably / deliberate, and pursue their enquiries accordingly.
You may or may not have seen the Bus Driver attack a cyclist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyTSX67_IA
Now read the book that has already described this: Driven to Kill: Vehicles as Weapons.
University of Alberta associate professor of Public Health J. Peter Rothe researched just this topic for his book Driven to Kill: Vehicles As Weapons. He writes about intentional violence of all types aided by automobile. A central theme of this book, according to Dr Rothe, is that "police investigations are not engaged on the assumption that a driver deliberately uses his vehicle as a weapon for maiming or killing a pedestrian, cyclist, or other roadway users."
"Stress! Vengeance! Impatience! Entitlement! Aggression! Mood! are prominent factors," in traffic crashes, says Rothe, but accident investigations still focus on engineering and mechanical factors rather than the human element.
He has a chapter on violence against cyclists in particular, violence which is motivated by a motorist's feeling of entitlement to the road and irritation that cyclists don't pay a mythical "road tax" amongst other imagined sins and shortcomings. "A 'might is right' mentality erupts in some drivers," Rothe writes, "that pushes them to discipline [cyclists], to teach them a lesson, which sometimes means steering their cars into bikes, pulling into the bikers paths, or purposely swerving into marked bike lanes." [page 112]
Rothe covers much more than just car vs bike and road rage incidents in his book. He has a section devoted entirely to what he calls the "Immediate Zone" — the murderer plans and uses his car as the murder weapon. "The car," he prosaically writes, "makes direct contact with a victim."
Rothe doesn't set out to demonize automobiles in his book, but to point out that automotive violence is a reflection of our violent culture. Instead of seeing vehicular violence as a normal, naturally occurring part of our transportation infrastructure, he wants to reframe it as a public health issue.
Book: Driven to Kill: Vehicles As Weapons by J. Peter Rothe. 2008.
Matthew said...
A telling comment for me came from Andrew Smith, MP for Oxford East. He said, "This has been a great debate. Let us ensure that it is not only a worthy venting of concern and aspiration, but a catalyst for action to make cycling in this country as good as it could be." (I disagree with him about what constitutes a great debate but otherwise spot on.)
From all the statements made there was remarkable coherence about cycling being an important form of transport and recreation, delivering a wide range of benefits. Credit to our cycling organisations, individuals and the all parliamentary group on cycling for drumming this home to so many of our leaders. It was also evident how much further we still have to go before we'll get the policies for mass cycling.
"I think this is the beginning of a big conversation rather than a one-off debate." Jane Ellison MP Battersea
For those who haven't found it yet, you can watch or read the debate here http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/backbench-business-committee/news/debate-on-cycling/
How about a few follow up letters to continue the debate?
patrick field said...
You ask, "Can we stop toeing the "we mustn't talk about how dangerous cycling can be in case it scares people off cycling" line now, please?"
Who is "we" and who do you imagine drafts 'our' line?
You're free to express any opinion on this subject.
Public-heath statistics are hard to collect and harder to interpret but there's no evidence that cycling is especially hazardous in comparison with walking.
It's not a cycling problem it's a problem with motor-traffic.
The first step to solving a problem is daring to name it.
Hi Patrick, thanks for stopping by.
Two responses for you: with regards to the "who" I've been told on a number of occasions that 'we' must not talk about "cycling being dangerous" by full time professional cycle campaigners, or indeed to talk about people on bikes being killed in case it puts other people off riding a bike. This seems to me pernicious in the extreme; how can "we" realistically lobby for improvements without first making a clear case that there is a problem in the first place?
I don't, of course, mean to say that the act of riding a bike is in itself dangerous. I do, however, believe that riding a bike and indeed walking in our current urban environment *is* unnecessarily dangerous. You say "it's not a cycling problem, it's a problem with motor traffic" but I disagree - compelling people to cycle on fast and busy urban main roads is willfully exposing people to that risk. And sadly people on bikes will come off worse in the case of any mishap every time. This is the core reason why most people don't ride a bike. Now, we can fix this with speed or volume reduction, or we can fix this with sidepath separation as per the Dutch model. But just telling people to increase their cadence and take the lane is not going to help.
Anyway, we're getting distracted. The core message of this post is that we ("we") should be pleased with how the Parliamentary debate went, and should be looking to build on it for something solid for the future.
Hi Mark thanks for your reply,
please forgive me for stating the obvious;"fast and busy urban roads" is euphemistic. Roads don't move. Ignoring astronomy and earthquakes, they are always still.
Where roads are busy any four-wheeled motor-traffic will be travelling - door-to-door - slower than cycle-traffic. If the speed limits on roads in this category are adjusted to reflect this, the capacity of the network will be increased. Burst of high speed waste space.
Danger doesn't come from roads, it comes from people. In a suburban context it may be useful - and there is more likely to be space - to separate mechanical modes. In cities why not be bold enough to name the dangerous behaviour and address it at source?
Most people in England don't need a "core reason" not to cycle. They never consider it as possible. Their choice has more to do with fashion and identity than any risk assessment.
As for full-time professional cycle-campaigners feel free to disobey them.


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The mystery surrounding Pope Celestine V's skull
By strangeremains on January 14, 2014 • ( 2 )
Painting of the pope celestinus V of 1294, about 1700. From Wikipedia
Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned on February 28th, 2013, is only the second pope in history to voluntarily abdicate. The last Pontiff to resign willingly was Celestine V, who was crowned Pope in 1294, and was the first to declare that the pope had the right to resign. Celestine V is regarded as one of the Catholic Church's most enigmatic popes, and was at the center of a centuries long murder mystery.
Born in 1209 as Pietro Angelerio, he lived as a self-flagellating hermit in a cave in the mountains of Italy, which is how he got the nickname of "Hermit Pope." In 1294 Celestine V was chosen to succeed Nicholas IV by cardinals who wanted to break a two-year electoral stalemate. He only served as pontiff for five months before resigning citing "deficiencies of physical strength" and "longing for the tranquility of the former life."
Celestine V was succeeded by Boniface VIII, who is best known for his feud with Dante Alighieri, who put him in the eight circle of Hell in the Divine Comedy. Boniface ordered Celestine's imprisonment because he believed that two living popes might create a division in the church. When he heard about the order, Celestine went on the run and evaded capture for nine months. He was eventually caught and held captive in the castle of Fumone, where he died in May of 1296 – 18 months after he stepped down.
The death of the "Hermit Pope" has been shrouded in mystery for centuries because of the rumor that he was murdered by Boniface. This speculation was fueled by a mysterious hole at the top of Celestine's skull that many thought was evidence of sharp force trauma. Many people believed he was murdered with a nail that was driven through his skull.
Interest in Celestine's death was reignited last year when Pope Benedict resigned. Numerous media outlets interviewed Dr. Luca Ventura, a surgical and anatomic pathologist at the San Salvatore Hospital in L'Aquila, Italy who performed the latest examination on the Pope Celestine V's skeletal remains.
Ventura told Discovery News, "For centuries this hole on the skull has fueled speculations and legends. But our analysis found no trace of the murder engineered by Boniface. On the contrary, we can say beyond doubt that Celestine wasn't alive when the lesion was made."
The morphology of the small hole is not consistent with a perimortem (near the time of death) injury, but is more in line with post-mortem damage to a skeletonized skull. The hole was likely created with a sharp, metallic object during one of the many reburials of Celestine's bones.
Further osteological analysis showed that Celestine stood about 5 foot 5 inches tall and suffered from chronic sinusitis, vertebral arthritis, and Schmorl's nodes, a protrusion of the intervertebral disc caused by weight carried at a young age.
Photo of Celestine's skull and the hole some thought was evidence of murder.
For years the skeletal remains of Celestine V were on display in a glass case in the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila. The weird part is that brown wax mask that covered his face for decades was not a reconstruction of Celestine's face, but a mask of the face of Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri (1893-1986), the Archbishop of L'Aquila from 1941 to 1950.
BEFORE: Celestine's old wax mask, that wasn't actually him.
In 2013 a team of researchers, led by Sergio Tiberti, of the L'Aquila University, and Giulio Sacchetti, of Rome's University Tor Vergata, stepped in to change that. This team used forensic techniques and a laser scanner to digitally reconstruct Celestine's face to create a silver mask.
AFTER: The silver mask created in 2013 using a digital reconstruction of Celestine's face
"The result is the serene face of a nearly 90-year-old man who can still inspire emotions," Marino Di Prospero, an artist who had already worked on funerary masks of mummified saints, told Discovery News.
Today the silver mask cover's Celestine's skull and his bones are hidden under papal vestments, that were donated by the ex-pope, Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI standing by the salvaged remains of Pope Celestine V, in 2009. The mask in this picture is the old wax one. Photo from AP/L'Osservatore Romano via NPR. Click here to see the full size photo.
Lorenzi, Rossella (2013 May 8). Medieval Hermit Pope Not Murdered, as Believed. Discovery News. Retrieved on January 14, 2014 from http://news.discovery.com/history/religion/medieval-hermit-pope-not-murdered-as-believed-130507.htm
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BANG GANG
Bechdel-Wallace List Reviews: B-D
Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story is a thrilling and 'artsy' French film detailing the escapades of French youths as they discover and explore their sexuality –all together –in an attempt to feel "free."
Eva Husson's debut feature is a dreamy view of youth promiscuity. What it lacks in "consequence" (that the stakes aren't very clear), it makes up for with beautiful production and sound design. Additionally, the acting is superb, with "George" (Marylin Lima) leading the cast. The film is matter of fact, and definitely NSFW (not suitable for work), because Husson does not shy away from nudity. At all. (RAK: 4/5)
Review by FF2 Intern Rachel A. Kastner
This steamy film takes place in a suburb in France, and enters into the lives of high schoolers discovering and experimenting with their sexuality. Think teenage swingers party gone rogue. A pair of best friends, "George" (Marilyn Lima) and "Laetitia" (Daisy Broom) find themselves hanging out after school with two of their guy friends, "Alex" (Finnegan Oldfield) and "Nikita" (Fred Hotier) by the pool in Alex's backyard.
From the start, the group is talking about sex. Alex brings out his laptop and plays porn for them – nobody says a word or gives a look. These kids are comfortable with the uncomfortable, and it is obvious what is on these adolescents' minds. Alex, seductive and goal-oriented, leads George into his house, where he lives alone while his mother travels. Within a few minutes, all clothes are off. Outside, Laetitia cozies up to Nikitia, but not before he strips down to his birthday suit and asks her to keep him warm.
But Alex never calls George back. In fact, he sleeps with her best friend, Laetitia. And so, in an attempt to make him jealous, she thinks of a new game for her friend group: a version of truth and dare–minus the truths–plus a lot of sexual tension.
Soon, every party that takes place in Alex's house is a huge, sexy, swinger's party. These teenagers have sex wit h each other without a care in the world, with more than one at a time. The scenes are animalistic and chaotic, complete with a slew of alcohol and drugs. It seems that most of the kids in the school want in on the 'bang gangs'. They begin posting pictures and videos of the parties online, with complete disregard for the consequences.
The only character that has his own, unique and seemingly healthier way of 'letting loose' is Laetitia's awkward neighbor, "Gabriel" (Lorenzo Lefebvre). Gabriel ultimately has George questioning her interest in Alex and falling for him instead.
After a few weeks, questionable behavior finally begins to catch up with everybody. Without giving any spoilers away, let's just say that various problems become very tangible and threatening for many of the participants.
Cinematically speaking, the film is beautiful. The color scheme is bright, colorful and dream-like. The sex scenes are dark and fast-paced. The music sequences are dramatic and each unique to their own part of the film. For example, one sequence has Alex walking through his house with blaring music. He walks straight for the pool and jumps in – and the music cuts to silence. The audience is literally brought into the pool with Alex, to breathe, relax, think–quite literally to "chill" with him. Throughout the film, Eva Husson has her viewers tangled up in the story and close to the action.
The deeper messages of the film resonate even after the film is over. It is difficult to tackle these themes of adolescent choices regarding sexual maturity and consequence. That said, they are important and completely relevant topics, and Eva Husson did a beautiful job of capturing them in this explicit new kind of 'coming of age' story.
© Rachel A. Kastner (6/22/16) FF2 Media Top Photo: "George" (Marylin Lima) sitting on a windowsill completely bare.
Middle Photo: George caressing "Gabriel" (Lorenzo Lefebvre) for the first time.
Bottom Photo: "Alex" (Finnegan Oldfield) takes a photo of "Laetitia" (Daisy Broom) to post online.
Photo Credits: Eva Husson
Q: Does Bang Gang pass the Bechdel-Wallace test?
Laetitia and George's relationship goes beyond discussion of any particular boys. There are scenes at school with other classmates, as well as scenes with their respective families. Each child speaks with her parents regarding the typical familial questions (curfews, chores and what is for dinner), and George's mother hits the roof when she learns about her daughter's extra curricular activities.
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40 and 1 Nights: Miami Deals With Record Heat
By John Morales • Published November 9, 2015 • Updated on November 10, 2015 at 3:42 am
Even Scheherazade, the legendary storyteller from One Thousand and One Nights, might find temperatures uncomfortable during this remarkable year of heat in Florida.
The southern third of the peninsula in particular is in the midst of an improbably warm stretch, with Miami having set record warm minimum temperatures in 5 of the past 6 nights; Key West in 9 of the last 10; and Fort Lauderdale for an amazing 9 straight nights! Continuous temperature records in the city date back to 1912, while for Miami they reach as far back as 1896, and for Key West all the way to 1872.
As you might imagine, this streak has led to the warmest start to November on record. But this applies not just to southern Florida. A week into the month, every single Florida city had November 2015 ranked as the warmest on record (courtesy @EricBlake12).
For the year to date, Ft. Lauderdale -- the "Venice of America" -- now has set 41 new record warm minimum temperatures, of which two became the new monthly records for warmest nights (May & November). In addition, five new high temperature records have been set in 2015 in Ft. Lauderdale.
In a year widely expected to be the warmest ever measured at a global scale, there are seven Florida cities on pace for their hottest year too: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Vero Beach, Moore Haven, Punta Gorda, Saint Petersburg and Apalachicola. Three others – Orlando, Tampa and Daytona – are on pace for their second warmest year on record.
Because it's been so warm so late in the year, Miami has surpassed the record date for the latest arrival of cooler air in the fall. Previously, November 5th 1995 held the record for the latest time in autumn that the temperature dropped to 70° or cooler.
As I write this on November 9th, we are still awaiting for some relief to what feels like summer heat and humidity. Using that 70° threshold, a graph of the length of the warm season was constructed (courtesy @EricBlake12), which shows that the duration of the warm season has lengthened significantly.
One hundred years ago the warm season (without 70° or cooler readings) lasted two months. Now it lasts five months.
That there is a likely contribution from global warming to the balmy year in Florida should come as no surprise. But there are other important factors to consider. The most important is probably the urban heat island (UHI) that has developed in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area. An urban heat island is a metropolitan area that has become significantly warmer due to human activities (like modification of land surfaces and energy usage). It tends to manifest itself more at night.
A University of Georgia study published in the journal Computers, Environment and Urban Systems this year found that the South Florida metro area ranked first in the country in the warmth generated by the UHI.
This image courtesy of @FLClimateCenter illustrates the UHI effect quite well. Looking at the length of the warm season, the map shows an unmistakable bulls-eye around the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area, indicating where in Florida the warm season has lengthened the most. There are some parts of north-central Florida where the warm season has actually become shorter since 1950.
One more warming factor worth mentioning is the sea surface temperature in the vicinity of southern Florida, which is running a good degree or two above normal.
With the urban heat island permanently installed and global warming accelerating, South Floridians may see less pleasant "cool season" weather in years to come. For now, we can't wait another night for a cold front to bring some relief.
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Trump admin orders better pays, higher qualifications for H-1Bs
The new rule is expected to cut the number of H-1B petitions filed every year — around 200,000 — by a third, according to a senior official.
The new measures are aimed at preventing H-1B programme from being used to displace Americans. (representational image)(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
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Hindustan Times, Washington | ByYashwant Raj
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced new rules that will significantly raise wages for foreign workers on H-1B and narrow the eligibility criteria to qualify for these high-skilled visas. Both measures were aimed at preventing this programme from being used to displace Americans.
Indian professionals are the largest recipients of H-1B visas, accounting for more than 70% of the 85,000 visas issued every year.
"These regulations seem to be based on misinformation about the programme and runs counterproductive to their very objective of saving the American economy and jobs," said Nasscom, a trade body of India's IT businesses. "This is particularly relevant at a time when U.S. businesses continues to face a huge deficit of STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) skills."
The White House said in a statement that President Donald Trump wanted to improve work visa programmes to "prioritise the highest-skilled workers and protect American jobs and wages" and intended H-1B visas to "be reserved for specialised talent that helps support a strong economy".
The changes announced on Tuesday will be introduced as "interim final rules" and will go into effect separately, issued by separate federal agencies. The rule on higher wages, which goes into effect from Thursday, will be issued by the department of labour . It will be aimed at "strengthening wage protections, addressing abuses in these visa programmes, and ensuring American workers are not undercut by cheaper foreign labour", said secretary of labour Eugene Scalia.
US employers hiring foreign workers on H-1B and other work visas will be required to pay foreign workers prevailing wages or the actual wage paid to other employees with similar experience and qualifications. The labour department will publish profession-specific prevailing wages based on surveys.
"The prevailing wage rates in these programmes thus play an integral role in protecting US workers from unfair competition posed by the entry of lower cost foreign labour into the US labour market," said the department.
Critics of the H-1B programme have long argued it has been used to displace American workers by outsourcing their jobs to companies that use foreign workers, who are cheaper.
The department of homeland security's interim final rule (IFR) changing the definition of "speciality occupation" is expected to become effective in 60 days. The department said the rule will narrow the definition of specialty occupation by "closing the over-broad definition that allowed companies to game the system".
A basic college degree will not be sufficient any longer to quality for an H-B under the new rule. An applicant for a job in electrical engineering, for instance, will be required to have a degree in electrical engineering, not computers.
"We have entered an era in which economic security is an integral part of homeland security. Put simply, economic security is homeland security. In response, we must do everything we can within the bounds of the law to make sure the American worker is put first," said DHS acting secretary Chad Wolf.
The new rule is expected to cut the number of H-1B petitions filed every year — around 200,000 — by a third, according to a senior DHS official.
The department will also closely monitor third-party employers who hire H-1B workers and contract them out to work for US companies. The White House called them "shadow" employers. Their employees will be granted reduced validity H-1B visa, possibly a year at a time. The normal term is three years, extendable by another three.
The DHS said it was skipping the usual notice-and-comment period as it rushes the rule to ensure that employing H-1B workers will not "worsen the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 and adversely affect wages and working conditions of similarly employed US workers."
But the H-1B programme has been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration from 2017, when the president signed the Buy American, Hire American executive order intending to rid the programme of abuse and fraud.
"The pandemic has given this administration a pretext to enact all sorts of damaging and extreme immigration restrictions—against refugees, relatives of US citizens, and highly skilled immigrants as well," said Doug Rand, who worked on immigration policy in the Obama White House and is now the co-founder of Boundless Immigration, a company that helps immigrants obtain green cards and citizenship.
The rules are expected to be challenged in courts on the grounds, among other things, the forgoing of the notice-and-comments period.
President Trump has suspended all immigrant and non-immigrants visas — except for certain health professionals — to ensure Americans had the first shot at jobs becoming available in an economy crippled by Covid-19 and related lockdowns.
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Sharjah Holding, a strategic partnership between Sharjah government and UAE-based Majid Al Futtaim Properties, has launched its new neighbourhood project Al Lilac within its Al Zahia community development in Sharjah, UAE.
The group's third neighbourhood project, Al Lilac, will boast of 120 homes comprising three-bedroom townhouses, four and five-bedroom villas and the newly introduced three-bedroom courtyard villas, reported state news agency Wam.
The neighbourhood will also provide a host of conveniences, including areas for recreation, worship and childcare, as well as communal areas and access to retail facilities, it stated.
Designed to meet the needs of the entire family, Al Lilac boasts a number of top-tier amenities, including a themed, 6,000-sq-m sensory park with interactive sculptures and landscaped areas.
In addition, a series of integrated footpaths will connect it to Al Zahia's five new themed parks, providing residents with a number of alternate pathways for jogging, walking and cycling, said the report.
Structured in the form of seven individually-designed neighbourhoods, Al Zahia is currently home to 50 families in its first neighbourhood, Al Jouri Phase I, with the handover of 200 homes in Al Jouri Phase II currently underway, bringing the total number of homes in the neighbourhood to 250, stated the report.
The second neighbourhood, Al Narjis, is 85 per cent sold and currently under construction, it added.


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Симеон Сима Милутиновић Сарајлија (Сарајево, 3. октобар 1791 — Београд, 30. децембар 1847) био је српски песник и учитељ. У друштву београдских књижевних људи у почетку друге половине 19. века Сима је био претпостављан Ивану Гундулићу, док је Јохан Волфганг Гете о њему написао две странице похвала. Био је приватни учитељ Петра II Петровића Његоша.

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Рођен је 1791. године у православној трговачкој породици у Сарајеву, где су му родитељи дошли из Србије. Симин отац Милутин, родом је из села Рожанства, у ужичком округу, а старином из села Комарница у племену Дробњак. Због куге је пребегао у Сарајево, где се оженио Анђелијом Срдановићевом, чувеном сарајевском лепотицом, о чијој су лепоти народни певачи сачували спомен за пуну стотину година. Кад је избила нова епидемија куге, мали Сима је имао непуне две године. Бегунци су тражили склониште на два места у Босни, а затим су отишли у Брод и на крају у Земун. У Земуну, он је почео да похађа школу, али је није завршио. Затим је у Карловцима започео гимназију, а завршио у Сегедину. Немирног и несређеног духа, Сима је прошао кроз многа занимања, а обишао је и многе крајеве од Видина до Лајпцига, од Бесарабије до Црне Горе. Отац и син Симо учествовали су у Првом српском устанку. Сима је био писар у Правителствујушчем совјету, у манастиру Благовештењу и код устаничких војвода (1806—1813). У Београдском Лицеју је заменио Доситеја Обрадовића као учитељ. Учествује у устанку против Османлија у чети "голаћа" и бива заточен због везе са грчком Хетеријом у Видину. Био је у изгнанству у Видину, радећи као баштован (бостанџија) и учитељ основне школе. Одлази у Бесарабију да види избегле родитеље, а потом у Саксонију у Лајпциг 1825. године, где слуша филозофију, чини познанства са угледним немачким књижевницима, с Гетеом на пример, и том приликом штампа свој еп Сербијанку. По повратку постаје први васпитач Његошев на Цетињу, а доцније цариник, полицајац, секретар министарства просвете и члан апелације. Бавио се писањем стихова, политиком, историографијом, лингвистиком, оснивањем пиваре и "водолечилишта". Дописивао се са Вуком.

Умро је у Београду. Сахрањен је на гробљу које је некад било на Ташмајдану, код данашње цркве Светог Марка. Године 1891. је скромно обележена његова стогодишњица рођења. Сарајевски одбор се спремао да му постави достојан споменик. Међутим, гроб му је био запуштен и убрзо заборављен. Много година касније на основу неких скица и положаја његовог гроба у односу на Возаровићев који је имао надгробни споменик до 1927. када је старо београдско гробље прекопано, пронађено је тело Симе Милутиновића и положено у породичну гробницу Милутиновића на Новом гробљу. Његове кости су недвосмислено распознате на основу телесних особености (висина, облик доње вилице) али и предмета који су уз његово тело били положени (икона светог Срђа коју је донео из Москве и која му је по његовој жељи положена на груди). Оженио се 1838. године Маријом рођеном Поповић (1810—1875). Њихов син је Драгутин Драгиша Милутиновић, инжењер, архитект и историчар српске уметности. Био је близак са млађом српском сликарком Катарином Ивановић која га је портретисала и посећивала у Београду.

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Најбоље и највеће његово дело је епски спев Сербијанка. Друга важнија дела су: Тројебратство и Тројесестарство, епске песме; Дика црногорска, драма из историје Црне Горе, трагедија Обилић, једна збирка лирских песама и два историјска списа: Историја Србије, која обухвата само време од 1813—1815, и Историја Црне Горе од давних до новијег времена.

Његова књига Историја Србије 1813—1815 је била забрањена 1837. године.

Као обожавалац грчке културе и Хомера, а уз то и одличан познавалац народне поезије, Милутиновић је хтео да својом Сербијанком напише Илијаду Првог и Другог српског устанка. Он је лично учествовао у оба устанка, познавао скоро све народне вође и касније у Бесарабији много штошта бележио по казивању избеглица, више хроничарски и без неке логичке везе. Целу ту грађу он је прелио у велики низ епских песама о важнијим догађајима и људима из оба устанка.

Његове краће песме већином су политичке и пригодне: уставо-бранитељске песме, династичке оде и стиховане брошуре, које су могле задовољити потребе свога доба, али које немају нарочите књижевне вредности. Објавио је четрдесетих година 19. века много песама у Павловићевом "Србском народном листу", потписујући се са псеудонимом Срб Милутин. Трагедија Обилић је један од најранијих покушаја да се драматизује косовска трагедија, а Дика црногорска је низ драматисаних епизода из црногорске историје од Косова до владике Данила. За сложену драмску композицију имао је мање смисла него за еп, а уз то није имао узора у нашој књижевности, нити је познавао довољно страну драму. Као историчар, Сима Милутиновић није строго научан и критички дух, већ пише на основи предања, народне песме и личног искуства.
Милутиновић је најплоднији и најразноврснији српски писац своје генерације, подстрекач Његошевог талента и после Вука најбољи познавалац наше народне поезије. Он је био снажан и интуитиван дух. Сам Његош му је признао "силни полет". У његовим делима има, местимично, снажног и искреног лиризма, смелих и узвишених мисли, али има и намештеног патоса, настраних и неразумљивих идеја. У доба књижевног дилетантизма, када је српска књижевност тек пошла за великим класичним узорима и када се књижевни језик тек почео да уобличава, Милутиновић покушава да пише историјски еп и драму и даје неколико добрих историјских дела. Али он је био несређен дух и сујетан талент, један од оних "дивљих генија" који немају упорности и ведрине да у мучној борби за израз дођу до јасности и једноставности. За тако велики потхват: да кроз битне историјске личности, Обилића и Карађорђа, песнички уобличи чежње и идеале нације, његов талент није био у свему дорастао, нити је изражај био савладан. Својим великим родољубљем, снажним темпераментом и оригиналношћу, Милутиновић је својим савременицима давао илузију "богом датог песника". Он није заслужио похвале које су му романтичари чинили, али није заслужио ни одвећ оштро потцењивање од стране реалистичке школе, која је о њему писала са потцењивањем.

Милутиновић је по Европи сретао знамените људе и песнике, а зна се да се у Саксонију упознао са Кругом, Герхардом, Јаковом Гримом, Уландом, чак и са Гетеом. И Гете, осетивши да се појављује једна друкчија књижевност и један заборављен народ написао је читаве две странице похвала Сими Милутиновићу-Сарајлији, малом песнику из велике народне поезије и не мање буне. А то значи много: Сарајлија као Његошев учитељ окреће му поглед и у светску поезију и светску мисао.

По његовом књижевном псеудониму "Чубро Чојковић", у Београду се једна улица зове Чубрина улица.

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 Проф. Андра Гавриловић, Историја српске и хрватске књижевности. Београд, 1910. године.
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 Тања Поповић, Последње Сарајлијино дело - о Трагедији Вожда Карађорђа, Београд, 1992.

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Mar. 8, 2022 - (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 16 COVID-19 deaths. The deceased include a man from Bedford exceeding 90, a woman from Fort Worth in her 80s, two men from Arlington in their 80s, a woman from North Richland Hills in her 70s, two women and a man from Fort Worth in their 70s, a man from Arlington in his 70s, a man from Azle in his 70s, a man from Everman in his 70s, a man from Lakeside in his 60s, a man from White Settlement in his 60s, a man from Haltom City in his 60s, a man from Arlington in his 50s, and a man from Fort Worth in his 40s. All had underlying health conditions.
Tarrant County now has 5,718 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 545,640 people have recovered
COVID-19 causes respiratory illness with cough, fever and shortness of breath and may lead to bronchitis and severe pneumonia. For more information go to the TCPH coronavirus page or call the Tarrant County Public Health information line, 817-248-6299, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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The suffering of children caught up in the Yemen conflict has become "simply appalling," according to a UN report. It says thousands of kids have been killed, recruited as soldiers and subjected to devastating violence.
More than 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen over the past 5 1/2 years, the UN said in a report published Friday.
The impoverished Arab country descended into conflict in 2014, leading to what has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres documented thousands of grave violations against children between April 2013 and December 2018.
"The suffering of children in Yemen has worsened during the reporting period, becoming simply appalling," Virginia Gamba, the UN special representative for children in conflict, said. "The civilian population, especially children, is kept hostage of a conflict they didn't choose to be in."
The war in Yemen broke out in 2014 when Houthi rebels overran the capital, Sanaa, and drove President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi into exile. In early 2015, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, and aligned with Hadi, joined the fighting. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people.
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A bicycle is one human invention that has a huge impact on society from the time of its inception to the present day. Many people use bicycles worldwide for a number of purposes. In many places they are a primary means of transportation. They are used for recreation, utility services, entertainment, and work among other roles.
Many people love this human-powered vehicle with two wheels for a variety of reasons. Compared to motorized vehicles, riding a bicycle is environmentally friendly, as bikes cause neither noise nor air pollution. It is a good form of exercise that helps you develop strong heart and muscular limbs. It promotes physical as well as mental health. Bikes require less maintenance. They help you save money on fuel, make you weave in and out of traffic, and find no parking problems.
In a nutshell, bicycles provide ease and convenience. However, if you are a bike enthusiast or someone whose primary mode of transport is a bicycle, you know that you do not always get that ease and convenience if you have to carry some stuff with you when you ride. While you can carry a backpack, there are instances where you need the functionality of a bike basket like when you go grocery shopping, go places with your little pooch, and so forth. To make your own bike basket, follow these simple steps.
Determine where you would like to place the basket. Some bike owners are comfortable with a front basket, which is attached to the bike's handlebars while others prefer a rear basket, which requires a carrier.
Choose your kind of basket. You can choose woven, wicker, wire, rattan, wood, plastic, fabric, etc. You can go creative and use existing household items around your house. Just make sure that the size and weight of your choice will not impede your mobility. If you want a sturdy, water-resistant bike basket, you can make one out of a milk crate. Waste baskets made of resilient plastics also make creative and functional front-mounted bike baskets.
Use a couple of leather straps to attach the basket to the handlebars in a sturdy fashion. Leather straps give a clean and complementing look. You can also make use of nylon rope, bungee cord, or zip ties if leather straps are not available. To secure a basket to the rear of your bike, use a solid rear carrier under the basket. You can either bolt the basket or use wire to grip it to the carrier.
A basket cover is optional but ideal if you wish to make your basket water resistant. To avoid getting your things soaked when it rains, you can always simply drape a water resistant cloth over your basket or make a permanent cover. You can use a solid or hard lid but to make it lighter, you can use a piece of tarpaulin or canvas made of plastics like polyethylene measured to fit the top of your basket. You can use strings or shoelaces to tie the cover to the sides of the basket.
Making a bike basket is one fun craft bike enthusiasts or riders can do. You only need to be resourceful in order to come up with a creative and functional bike basket.


"Ham Brie Peppadew quesadillas ", was my quick answer to my husband's question: "What are you doing tomorrow?" Little did I know that eating and cooking with Emma would be such fun.
Something so simple as a Ham Brie Peppadew Quesadillas could bring two people together!
Eat with Emma is a food blog and a wonderful and informative one too! As with all the other fabulous bloggers who come to cook with me from time to time, Emma also arrived as a complete stranger and greeted with a firm handshake, only to leave a couple of hours later with a big fat hug and a promise to do it all over again soon! Food does that to people….. breaks down all barriers!
What amazes me more than Emma's passion for all things food related, is the fact that she lives here in Cape Town, right under my nose and I did not know about Eat with Emma, until of course the wonderful world of Twitter introduced us ! Her blog Eat with Emma is as fresh and dynamic as the author herself and although she does not think of herself as a chef or something really extraordinary, I will leave the judgement of her work up to you……. not convinced…..check this out!
You can read Emma's bio here, but if you want my two cents worth, Emma's passion and her drive will take her where ever this foodie journey may lead, but whatever it is she does or will be doing in future, we will know about it, because you cannot keep a good thing down and to Eat with Emma is a good thing!
Emma and I chose a very simple recipe for Ham Brie Peppadew Guesadillas Quesadillas, because the season for easy entertaining is upon us and this is definitely something you can whip up in now time and also the ingredients are something you can keep in the freezer or fridge to make life even simpler. Although the filling for the quesadillas are not at all Mexican, we decided to fill them with something most South Africans will love……. Ham Brie Peppadew Guesadillas. Of course our brie of choice Fairview Brie Ripe&Ready.
Heat a pan ( big enough the fit the tortilla) on the stove. Take a pastry brush and brush the inside of the pan with olive oil. Place a tortilla in the pan and slice ½ a wedge of brie and place in a circle on the tortilla. Spoon some of the chutney over the cheese and then top with a few sliced of ham. Sprinkle some coriander over it and cover with the second tortilla. Allow the tortilla to brown at the bottom and then turn it over to brown the other side. I use a plate to do this.
Slice the quesadillas and serve with more fresh coriander and a dollop of sour cream.