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'Oh Come All Ye Techful'
Posted on December 18, 2020 by pipmcdonald
Exploring the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) Online Winter Conference.
2020 has undoubtedly a dynamic year for the learning technology community. The Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) Online Winter Conference is the "…longest established online conference" (Association of Learning Technologists, 2020). The event took place on Monday 16th-Wednesday 16th December 2020 on the Blackboard Collaborate platform. The conference sessions were divided into four main types: plenary, parallel, webinar and social and reflected both the opportunities and challenges facing Learning Technologists.
Speakers at the ALT Online Winter Conference (ALT, 2020)
I am grateful to Martin Hawksey (@mhawksey), the Chief Innovation, Community and Technology Officer for the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) who provided pre-conference support sessions in Blackboard Collaborate to ensure presenters could make use of break out rooms, use the chat function, and share screen or content. He set up a sandbox session for us to practice using the features.
On Monday 16th December, the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) Radio Show took place on The Thursday Night Show internet radio station. The first ALT Radio show took place Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) Online Summer Summit in August 2020 here. I blogged about my experience of being a Learning Technologist DJ here. Learning Technologists produced their own radio shows with music for 30 minutes. The first set was from Alex Spiers, Senior Learning Technologist at London School of Economics Eden Centre for Education Enhancement (@alexgspiers). Alex played some tracks from Scottish artists. Sarah Honeychurch, Teaching Fellow at University of Glasgow, (@NomadWarMachine) & Niall Bar, Software Developer at University of Glasgow (@niall_barr) were up next and played an eclectic mix of songs including tracks from Belle & Sebastian and the classic 'Jump' by Van Halen. Richard Price, EdTech Advisor to the NHS (@RichardPriceUK) and Lyshi Rodrigo, Training Manager at Nord Anglia Education (@lyshendri) co-hosted their show and interviewed each other about their journey into learning technology. A recording of their show is available here. Dominic Pates (@dompates), Senior Learning Technologist (Relationship Lead) from City, University of London organised all the Learning Technology DJs in terms of the support technical setup and checking connection. He also played two sets. His first set was a track from each of the cities in which the annual conference was held in the past from Liverpool to Edinburgh which was a really good idea. Keynotes from previous conferences are available here. His second set was entitled 'Jungle Bells' which involved a mash up between jungle beats and traditional Christmas songs.It was truly inspired!
The ALT Radio Show on The Thursday Night Show
After Dominic, in the capacity of Notorious P.I.P as a DJ name, I played a set of technology themed songs including 'Home Computer' from Kraftwerk. My aim was to include an aspect on learning technology with each song. For example, 'More Data' by Negativland and 'Computer Says No' by DJ-Kicks (Mount Kimbie) [DJ Mix]. One of the highlights could be argued to be 'Error Chord (Intro)' by Windows95Man. I am sure we can all relate to 'Computer Says No'. Hardy Milts, who supported me with technical set up using Mixxx, free DJ software, and is Thursday Night Show star, played the last set of the night. Check out his previous sets here. I am grateful to Hardy, Dom and The Thursday Night Show or 'TTNS' radio family.
Be Techy, Merry & Bright
I have presented at the Online Winter Conference three times. In 2016, I presented 'It's Beginning to look a lot like learning. Using Sanako technology to support the language learning process'. In 2019, I co-presented, 'Live Participatory Collaborative Fiction'. In 2020, . I was lucky to have an opportunity to present at the conference having successfully submitted a proposal. I adapted, created and presented Cards Against Learning Technology game for a 50 minute session on Tuesday 15th December. Gamification has been a popular approach to enhance pedagogy. I developed a professional interest in games-based approaches and presented at the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) East England group event at University of East Anglia (UEA) entitled Now I've Seen Everything: Opening & Closing the Pedagogical Eye to Gamification & VR-enhanced Language Learning'.
Exploring gamification at the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) East England group event at University of East Anglia (UEA)
All I Want for Christmas is a Game
Learning Technologists create a range learning experiences to engage students including escape rooms. Perhaps it could be argued that it is time Learning Technologist to have the opportunity to play a game themselves? A playful, creative and safe space to explore what we do, our evolving professional identities, to have fun, laugh, and play in a collaborative capacity is important for our community. The original Cards Against Humanity game was designed to be played in a face-to-face capacity with physical cards. It is also possible to play the game in an online capacity (TechRadar, 2020).
Like teaching and learning in institutions all over the world, the Cards Against Humanity game has had to make the 'pivot' to an online game reflecting the impact of the pandemic. How was it possible to adapt the card game for Learning Technologists? I created multimodal cards with animations with different rounds. Given that the game itself and the company who created the game can be argued to be controversial, it was fundamental to create relating to learning technology in a non-offensive capacity reflecting the professional interests of the community (Brooks, 2016). I wanted to concentrate on the positive aspects of the game and how the structure could be used to engage players. There are numerous expansion packs for the game. The cards I created were like a Learning Technology expansion pack. The game provided a simple 'fill in the blank' structure to help engage conference participants with specific frames and prompts. Using a simple structure was really helpful – "The biggest enemy of thinking is complexity" (De Bono, 2009: p176).
Having observed the range of new features that emerged such as using video waiting rooms in Zoom creative and engaging ways, I was keen to set the tone of the 'playful' and almost 'un-conference' session by playing music such as Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps by Enoch Light to set the tone of the session (Zoom, 2020). This was consciious curatorial effort to create a fun, free, participatory and exploratory game space to create the right online environment for a post digital online game experience. Having previously carried out research on the use of multimodal learning, I attended the talk by Dr. Carl Hayden-Smith hosted by the UCL Centre for Multimodal Research entitled 'The Multimodality of Contextology, Double Consciousness and Holotechnica' on on 17th December. Carl talked about the importance of building in agency to experiences. I felt hat in the game I created, I was also designing it to to actively encourage the agency of the players.
One of the Cards Against Learning Technology
In the original game, the white card set provide prompts to fill in the blanks on the back cards. In the adapted Cards Against Learning Technology game, the white cards were contributions encouraged from players either in the chat or by speaking on the microphone, almost like activating the 'cards in our minds'. The white card round encouraged players to create and share a longer and more challenging yet fun narrative.
Cards adapted to be 'frames' from the white deck in the orginal game
In terms of preparing for the session. I carried out research into the genealogy of the game. I discovered that creating your own game is actively encouraged and it is possible to download a template for free . It is also possible to 'suggest a card'. The company who makes the game also offer scholarships in science and support women in STEM (Cards Against Humanity, 2020) It felt like a card game could actually teach us a lot about post digital pedagogical possibilities particularly in relation to an open approach.
What can a card game tell us about pedagogy?
Post Digital Comfort & Joy
It has been argued that "postdigital living" can be "unsettling" (Selwyn & Jandrić, 2020: p989). Playing a game during the pandemic could be argued to be a 'rebellious post digital act' in a collaborative way and can help our learning technology community support each other. The session was not an academic presentation so it did not feel important to explore what post digital pedagogy might mean. "The definitions used do not hold "…critical value but…[they have] utility in exposing issues within the contemporary digital landscape" (Taffel, 2016 in Fawns, 2018: p142). Whilst the pursuit of academic definitions is not as crucial as the context, the use of 'post digital' is used to highlight the human element of being a Learning Technologist. As a 'post digital player' or 'post digital actor', Learning Technologists are provided with an opportunity to articulate their ideas in real time as a response to the prompts on the black cards, sharing stories, challenges, identities, and success. Games can be argued to activate 'post digital agency'.
"Last Christmas, I gave you a game. The very next day, we played it again…with the new Expansion Deck"
In addition to the cards, I also created different rounds for example a picture round where popular memes from 2020 were used as a visual prompt relating to Learning Technology. What advice would Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian give to a Learning Technologist?
(Screenrant, 2020)
Having been involved with the @FemEdTech shared Twitter account in 2019, it felt important to include a #FemEdTech card. I was inspired by Dr. Sue Black's (@Dr_Black) journey into technology and contribution to Bletchley Park where I visited in 2017.
(@Dr_Black, Dr. Sue Black, 2020)
I used Presenter Media to create the animated videos and create the different rounds in the game. For example, a virtual fruit machine.
After responses to the stimulus card were shared, in some cases, this promoted a further discussion on the ideas such as a response about auto captioning raised a further comment on digital accessibility. One of the cards explored the theme of surveillance capitalism which prompted a post-card comment about issues around proctoring that the Learning Technology community have been concerned about (Chin, 2020). Another card invited players to reflect on what makes Learning Technologists'happy' which prompted a further comment about the impact of screen time and the suggestion of glasses with BlueGuard technology as a wellbeing idea. Another card led to a commenr from the Chair, Carrie Ann Walton, a Learning Technologist from the NHS and educational researcher (@CarrieAWalton) about what she had been studing at the Open University. It was also possible to create alternative and creative scenario based cards such as a 'bingo ball' round where a machine selected a ball from a ball pool which revealed a card.
One of the 'player participants', Robert Falmer, responded in the chat with this response – "Technology is an agnostic pedagogy". At the end of the session, the Chair, Carrie Anne Walton and I discussed who we felt the winner of the Cards Against Learning Technology could be and we felt his response was incredible and in virtue of this he was our winner. The winner receives a Cards Against Learning Technology mask.
(@PipMac6, McDonald 2020)
When I completed teacher training, I came across the head, heart, bin & bag tool (Hunter, 2020). This tool was used in the previous presentation at the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) Online WInter Conference in 2019. It felt like an appropriate tool to provide the structure for a collaborative reflection task about the game at the end of the session. Head corresponds to something you will remember from the session, heart refers to how you felt during the sessions, bin means something to forget and finally bag provides an opportunity to identify a 'takeaway' for example into your own context.
Feedback & Feedforward
Cards Against Learning Technology received some positive feedback on Twitter.
(@not_compston, Compton, 2020)
In future, I would like to improve the game for example by using a tabletop simulator to make the game experience more authentic. Cards Against Learning Technology was played in a synchronous capacity during the live conferecne session. Therefore, a future potential development could include an asynchronous component. I had been reflecting on the fundamental sociomaterial shift of how we carry out daily activities and wondered to about the extent to which the game will "…continue what is emerging as a productive speculation on future relationships between technology and the project of education" (Knox, 2019: pp357-358). Digital can be understood as capital (Knox, 2019: p361). Pehaps online games could be argued to have 'post digital capital'.
Carrie Ann Walton, a Learning Technologist from the NHS and educational researcher (@CarrieAWalton) chaired the session. She contacted me prior to the presentation and supported me with monitoring the chat and shouting out responses. I really would not have been able to run the session without her support. She hopes to use a game in her own context 'Cards Against Learning & Development'. I was grateful that she got involved in the discussion around the topics and themes emering from the cards which really helped to engage with players such as when we discussed Second Life and her recent work at the Open University.
Carrie Ann Walton, Session Chair, Learning Technologist from the NHS and educational researcher (@CarrieAWalton)
One of the conference highlights was the idea of "hauntology" and the "spectral presence" to understand the ontology of online presence with a "haunted subject" (Henriksen, 2016: p37) in the session delivered on Wednesday 16th December entitled 'To Be And Not To Be: Physical Absence and Virtual Presence in Online Learning' delivered by Dr. Stuart Taylor, University Tutor at University of Glasgow (@SJamesTaylor), and Dr. Ingeborg van Knippenberg, Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University (@icvk).
(@louisedrumm, Drumm, 2020)
Other significant highlights of the conference include the Opening Plenary exploring a new ethical framework for Learning Technology with Sharon Flynn, Project Manager of the Enhancing Digital Capacity in Teaching and Learning project at the Irish Universities Association (@sharonlflynn), Natalie Lafferty, Head of the Centre for Technology and Innovation in Learning at the University of Dundee (@nlafferty), John Traxler, Professor of Digital Learning in the Education Observatory at the University of Wolverhampton, Bella Adams, Director of Information Technology at University of Sheffield (@bellaabramsIT), and Lyshi Rodrigo, Training Manager at Nord Anglia Education (@lyshendri). Another significant highlight was the 'Telling Data Stories: a tool for thinking about higher education, surveillance & ethics' session delivered by Jen Ross, Senior Lecturer and co-director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh (@jar) and Anna Wilson, Lecturer in Lifelong Learning at the University of Stirling (@anwstirling) exploring co-designing with Speculative Data Stories The can be accessed here .
God Rest Ye Merry Learning Technologists – A 'Joyful & Triumphant' Community
The Learning Technologist of the Year Awards Ceremony and presentation of the Community Awards took place at the end of the last day of the conference on Wednesday 16th December. A wonderful moment was when the #altc community won the Community Award:
#altc Community Award
The recording of the Cards Against Learning Technology session is available here.
Follow the #altc hashtag on Twitter to explore tweets about the conference.
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Q: How to add data label in pie chart and how to set frame/position for the legend screen of pieChart using core plot I have implemented a pie chart on iPhone application by following the Rayenderlich CORE PLOT tutorial for PIE CHART
http://www.raywenderlich.com/13269/how-to-draw-graphs-with-core-plot-part-1
Here i have some issues,
I need to add another data label (Name of project) on the graph,
I tried with implementing another method like
-(CPTLayer *)dataLabelForPlot:(CPTPlot *)plot recordIndex:(NSUInteger)index

in CorePlot.h (i found only once in the application) and method definition in my viewcontroller class,
but extra datalabel doesn't displayed yet.
And i need to move the legend table bellow the graph instead of beside the graph
i tried with frame and legendDisplacement but no result found

A: Data labels are tied to the plot data, one for each slice in a pie chart. In your example image, "Weekly Report" would be the graph title.
graph.title = @"Weekly Report";
CPTMutableTextStyle *textStyle = [CPTMutableTextStyle textStyle];
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textStyle.fontName             = @"Helvetica-Bold";
textStyle.fontSize             = 12.0;
graph.titleTextStyle           = textStyle;
graph.titleDisplacement        = 5.0;
graph.titlePlotAreaFrameAnchor = CPTRectAnchorTop;

You can move the legend with the legendAnchor property:
graph.legendAnchor = CPTRectAnchorBottom;

Similar to the titleDisplacement, the legendDisplacement sets the margin between the legend and its anchor point on the graph.

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Le ruisseau du Loup est un ruisseau français, affluent de la rive gauche du Medier et sous-affluent de la Garonne, qui coule pour la plus grande part dans la région naturelle de l'Entre-deux-Mers située dans le département de la Gironde en région Aquitaine et en partie dans le département de Lot-et-Garonne.

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Le ruisseau du Loup prend sa source en Gironde, sur la commune de Saint-Vivien-de-Monségur. Son cours, d'une longueur de , se dirige vers le sud-ouest en arrosant les communes de Castelnau-sur-Gupie (47), Saint-Michel-de-Lapujade (33), Mongauzy (33) et Saint-Martin-Petit (47). Il conflue avec le Medier (affluent de la Garonne), sur sa rive gauche, à la hauteur de Lamothe-Landerron (33).

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To use a metaphor from Albert Einstein, our task is to expand our circle of compassion. Each expansion of our circle of expansion teaches the larger society new values and insights, keeps our culture fresh, and deepens the meaning of our democracy. Fall 2003.
Born in Calcutta, India, Subhankar Banerjee fell in love with the wilderness of the American West. His dream, to photograph the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, came true when he made his way to Kaktovik, Alaska, in March 2001.
In a year when civil rights activists were being gunned down and African Americans risked their lives if they attempted to vote, sharecroppers, maids, and small business owners from the grassroots of Mississippi organized the Freedom Democratic Party and took on the power structure of the United States.
They opposed the war on Iraq, met with those of other faiths, and called on the U.S. to rejoin the family of nations. Today church leaders continue their call for a just foreign policy.


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Incentivising sustainability: Training smallholders to grow sustainable palm oil
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With the fight against climate change gaining new urgency across the world, more companies and governments have been taking a hard look at the environmental impact of palm oil, one of the most widely used ingredients in products ranging from cosmetics and packaged foods to detergents and cooking oils.
Over 80 per cent of palm oil originates from Malaysia and Indonesia, where its cultivation has led to vast deforestation and carbon emissions, and been linked to other problems such as infringement of land rights and forced labour.
While some countries such as Belgium and Sri Lanka plan to reduce their use of palm oil via import bans and other means, others are considering regulations that would improve supply chains' transparency, encouraging ethical and sustainable sourcing of the commodity.
Several palm oil companies have also ramped up efforts to promote sustainable agricultural practices, especially among smallholders – those with less than 50 hectares of planted palm oil – who make up about 40 per cent of global palm oil production.
Musim Mas, one of the industry's largest players, is expanding a smallholder programme in Indonesia. "We're aiming to be a responsible leader in the palm oil industry's evolution, by working with stakeholders to address concerns from greenhouse gas emissions to loss of biodiversity and labour and human rights," said Rob Nicholls, Musim Mas's general manager of programmes and projects.
Part of our work is to show independent smallholders that sustainability doesn't necessarily mean expensive costs, and can in fact reduce costs.
Rudman Simanjuntak, manager, independent smallholders programmes, Musim Mas
Training independent smallholders
Between 2015 and 2020, Musim Mas collaborated with the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation on an Indonesian Palm Oil Development for Smallholders programme to provide independent smallholders in North Sumatra and Riau with agronomic training, access to financial aid and global markets, and other support.
Unlike scheme smallholders who have business ties with firms, independent ones usually lack such training and resources, resulting in lower sustainability, productivity and profitability. IFC has found that in Indonesia, for example, independent smallholders' yield is significantly lower than that of company plantations.
In 2017, Musim Mas also introduced an Extension Services Programme to assist independent smallholders that sell palm oil to its third-party suppliers. "We used a lot of the same modules from Musim Mas programme, including lessons on safe and effective use of chemicals, field upkeep, how to apply manure to land, and more," said Nicholls.
Musim Mas's latest initiative, which it is currently implementing, are Smallholder Hubs where palm oil firms can share expertise and resources to train independent smallholders. Musim Mas is also partnering with local governments, including village extension officers who are tasked with helping farmers, and independent farmer groups.
"We train the officers on good agricultural practices, financial literacy and other components of sustainability, including commitments to no deforestation, no development on peatland and no exploitation. We also go with the officers into the field to set up training courses for independent smallholders," explained Nicholls.
Rudman Simanjuntak, manager of independent smallholders programmes, observed that many independent smallholders do not adopt sustainable practices out of a lack of knowledge or the belief that such practices are costly. "Part of our work is to show them that sustainability doesn't necessarily mean expensive costs, and can in fact reduce costs," he said.
Some smallholders may be applying fertilisers incorrectly, such as using urea during monsoon seasons, when it is likely to be washed away during storms, wasted, and pollute water bodies.
"Some farmers also spray their entire plantation with chemicals, but all that does is spur soil erosion and decrease yields. When we teach them how to spray a one-metre-wide path in between every second row, and a circle at the base of each oil palm tree, it drastically reduces their chemical use and costs, and increases their productivity," Nicholls said.
He added: "When smallholders prune their trees, they can lay the fronds on the ground to rot and act as fertiliser. This also reduces soil erosion. They can also improve their production by maintaining healthy tree foliage. These are things that we can teach to empower smallholders to be more sustainable."
Incentivising sustainability
As of April, the smallholder training programme has reached 37,206 farmers with a combined land area of 72,711 hectares. Nicholls said that tracking the programme's outcomes has been challenging, since smallholders are often reluctant to share information on their yields, sales and earnings, but anecdotal results have been encouraging.
Heddi Munthe, a smallholder in North Sumatra, increased her plantation's yield by nearly 87 per cent after adopting more effective fertilisation and other sustainable practices she learned during the programme. "The trainers also gave us flower seedlings to attract insects to tackle leaf-eating caterpillars," she said.
"During our training, we also realised that we all don't have enough money to buy fertilisers. The trainers advised us on how to set up a microfinancing system that enables each of us to fertilise our plantations on time," she continued.
Simanjuntak noted that Musim Mas helps independent smallholders to secure loans or subsidies if they need help to adopt sustainable practices, or to tide over replanting periods when they have less income.
Musim Mas is planning to add more modules to its training programme, such as lessons on crop diversification. "We're also investing in gender inclusiveness. We've started to employ more young women as field assistants to do the training, partly because they tend to resonate better with female smallholders," said Nicholls.
After consulting female smallholders, the company also added health and nutrition lessons to some classes to motivate more female smallholders, especially mothers, to attend them. For example, trainers may offer classes that teach health and nutrition tips in the first half and financial literacy in the second half.
Musim Mas will continue to expand and refine its training programme to meet smallholders' needs. Nicholls stressed: "Any effort to boost smallholders' sustainability must also improve their livelihoods. We must treat smallholders as operating businesses."
"Smallholders are key to the palm oil industry's sustainability, and we will keep working with them, as well as local governments and other stakeholders, to scale up our programme and achieve a much bigger impact," he said.
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The Eastern Europe Cluster
Maria Antonietta Marino Date: 2020-06-25 Tags: Global-Leadership, Expatriate-Management, Global-Mobility, Management-Styles, Leadership-Skills, Virtual-Teams, global-leadership-and-cultural-diversity, global-leadership-culture-and-ethics, implicit-leadership-theory, leadership-styles-across-cultures, eastern-europe-cluster, eastern-europe-cultural-diversity, eastern-european-cultural-values, eastern-european-business-culture, culture-clusters,
But they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents, and however splendid a home he may have in a foreign country, if it be far from father or mother, he does not care about it.
- Homer, The Odyssey -
Our latest addition to the Culture Clusters series takes us to Eastern Europe (Albania, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Slovenia) and to its many contradictions.
Eastern European societies are defined by:
- a high-context communication style, that relies on contextual knowledge more than on explicit messages to transmit and share information;
- a polychronic approach to time management (time is seen as a repetition of natural cycles and patterns);
- high collectivism (note: as opposed to the Nordic Cluster, Eastern Europe scores high on In-Group Collectivism - also defined as "family collectivism", the extent to which individuals identify with and prioritize the group they belong to - and low on Institutional Collectivism, "the degree to which organizational and societal institutions encourage individuals to be integrated into groups and organizations");
- strong power dynamics, even though societies that belong to this cluster express a desire for a more even distribution of power and resources;
- a dislike for ambiguity and unpredictability (Uncertainty Avoidance. This cluster has wish for more rules and regulations to reduce the possibility of uncertain future outcomes).
In terms of gender egalitarianism - the belief that people should receive equal treatment regardless of their gender - Eastern Europe falls in the middle-range.
With reference to Hofstede's Masculinity - Femininity cultural dimension, it's worth noting that some of societies that belong to this cluster share a "Feminine" orientation, while the remaining ones qualify as "Masculine" (mid-score):
When it comes to leadership, the ideal leader in Eastern European societies appears to be charismatic and group-oriented. Autonomous leadership is appreciated, self-protective leadership (the self-conscious style that focuses on "face-saving", on the safety and protection of the leader) is more tolerated than in other clusters.
Note: since there are significant differences among the countries that belong to this cluster, the specific cultural traits of Eastern European societies will be material for future posts and articles and we will not expand on them for the time being.
It's worth mentioning that, according to the UN classification, Eastern European Countries are: Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine, while the Baltic States (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, that used to be part of the USSR) have been declared part of Northern Europe - together with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom - since 2002 (*note: geographical and cultural classifications don't always or necessarily overlap. From a cultural perspective, both Ireland and the UK are part of the Anglo-American cluster).
On a related note, I would recommend reading the following articles to gain some insight into the complicated "rebranding" of the "15 countries that rose from the ashes of the USSR" and into some of the prejudices and false beliefs that characterize the division between "east" and "west":
A) "The Baltics: what's wrong with being 'east' anyway?", by Polish journalist Agata Pyzik:
- "We even avoid the term "eastern" Europe as much as we can, preferring "central";
- "The labels 'new' and 'old' may be patronising (Poland was included previously in the Guardian series 'New Europe'), but they reveal a deeper sense of the rebranding eastern Europe went through after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. We were supposed to be reborn – but as somebody else. 'New Europe' was, after all, the phrase used by the former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld to describe the mainly ex-Bloc countries which supported the Iraq war";
- "The desperation to be included into the rank of 'normal European countries' can be seen in the way all post-Soviet countries rushed to adopt capitalist, neoliberal economies, and sought inclusion in alliances such as Nato and European Union. This rush to the west is a fallout from the ancient divisions of the continent, which have led to the association of everything 'west' with civilisation and culture, and everything 'east' with barbarism.";
- "There's always the construction of the 'good west' and the 'bad east', which is why correspondents always contrast the 'beautiful' Habsburgian Lviv and the 'ugly' Soviet Donetsk. The only country and society that doesn't mind being portrayed as east is Russia – the historical powerhouse of the region; the 'empire of the periphery', as writer Boris Kagarlitsky puts it."
B ) "Education in the Soviet Union Through the Eyes of an American Principal", by former middle school teacher and current Urban Education PhD student at CUNY Tatiana Cozzarelli:
- "We may not agree with many or any of her social objectives, but we must acknowledge that her educational program is unusually significant." With this remark, Lucy L.W. Wilson began New Schools of New Russia (1928), her report about Soviet education based on her observations in Russian schools.;
- "No matter what our conviction, we have to admit that the Bolsheviki are hammering out a startling new mechanism in the file of political control. Their experiment deserves scientific study, not hostile armies, intelligent criticism, not damning epithets", Davis wrote.;
- "The Soviet principle of self-determination of nations was expressed in education. In fact, for women, schools had a double function: of education young leaders of both sexes, as well as allowing adult women to take up more societal tasks. Wilson says that the push toward universal preschool was viewed as a way to free women from, 'the enslavement of household cares and as a means of including them in the social life of the country' (Wilson 95)."
- The Latin America Cluster
- House, R., Javidan, M., Hanges, P., & Dorfman, P. (2002). "Understanding cultures and implicit leadership theories across the GLOBE: An introduction to project GLOBE". Journal of World Business, 37(1), 3–10


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Drive against encroachments on forest land launched on the direction of the state high court has put five former legislators into the dock. These all former MLA are accused to build houses on the land allotted by the state for the Himachal Pradesh Legislator's Housing Society, Hiranagar. All five legislators Kashmir Singh (Bilaspur), Milkhi Ram Goma (Kangra) and Natha Singh (Mandi district) and two deceased – Hira Singh Pal and Dharam Pal from Solan were associated with congress party.
The FIRs have been registered on the basis of a report of the Forest Department that they had encroached on a forest land in Hiranagar during the construction of houses. However, PPCC chief Kaul Singh accuses state government for vicious campaign against the opposition party and alleges it political conspiracy.


Just to show these things do still happen, there was a pair of AllSaints layer boots on eBay this week, though despite their 99p starting price, it looks like someone did an off-listing deal.
Have been worn but still good condition.
I'm on a bit of a roll - no pun intended.
After securing the very last piece of the Cashmere from the season 7b Frock Coat (see left), I have now managed to track down a piece of genuine Donegal tweed a-la the series five jacket.
The original tweed jackets worn in series five were cut from two rolls of half-width hand woven Donegal tweed from W Bills in London and sold for around £40 a metre.
Once the supply had been exhausted, the weavers tried to match the fabric, but could not source the original yarn.
Since there are only two colours in the weave it meant the finished result would have been wildly out, so no attempt has been made to recreate this fabric.
What I have found pre-dates the original weave and uses the correct colours, abet a different dyeing batch, but it is essentially exactly the same stuff.
Just like the screen used, this is half-width and hand woven - so a top quality fabric!
I have a good dozen metres, so enough to make three jackets (4 metres is needed for an average jacket up to chest 44 or so).
I am happy to sell this by the metre or as made up jackets, just like the Donegal I made a couple of years back (see right).


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Евге́ния Адо́льфовна Гу́рвич (1861—1940) — российская и советская политическая деятельница, социал-демократка, член Бунда, переводчица «Капитала» Карла Маркса на русский язык.

Биография
Родилась в Вильно. Родная сестра известного публициста и экономиста, социал-демократа, автора книг и публикаций о положении пролетариата и крестьянства в России Исаака Ароновича Гурвича.

Свою политическую деятельность начала в 1879 г. в тайном революционном обществе «Земля и воля». В 1890-е годы вошла в Центральный Комитет Бунда. Совместно с революционером-народником А. Бонч-Осмоловским активно участвовала в налаживании подпольной печати в Беларуси. Имела подпольный псевдоним Франц Курский. Занималась переводами марксистской литературы, в том числе 1-го т. «Капитала» К. Маркса (совместно со Львом Заком). Одна из организаторов I съезда РСДРП в Минске. В 1898 г. арестована, в 1900 г. была приговорена к 4-м годам ссылки. В 1902 году совершила побег с Л. Троцким. Жила и училась в Швейцарии, где получила высшее образование. После амнистии в 1906 г. вернулась из эмиграции в Минск. До Октябрьской революции работала в Минской городской общественной библиотеке им. А. С. Пушкина. 30.07.1917 избрана в Минскую городскую думу, где занималась вопросами образования. При советской власти — заведующая внешкольным отделом Наркомпроса БССР. В 1920 г. назначена первой заведующей библиотекой БГУ. Арестована в 1921 г. во время кампании по разгрому правых эссеров, сослана в Олонецкую губернию. В сентябре 1922 г. освобождена. Работала научным сотрудников в Институте К. Маркса и Ф. Энгельса в Москве.
Арестована 20.02.1931 в связи с процессом «Союзного бюро меньшевиков». Из-под стражи освобождена 13.04.1931 в связи с тем, что её принадлежность к «к.-р. меньшевистской группировке в процессе следствия не подтверждается».

Избранное
 Мартов Ю. Письма и документы (1917—1922).стр.18
 «Еврейское рабочее движение в Минске в 80-х гг.»
 «Революц. движение среди евреев» Сб. 1. М.,1930. С.33-64.
 «Первые еврейские кружки». — «Былое», 1907, № 6(18), С.65-77.
 «Воспоминания». — «Каторга и ссылка», 1928. № 3(40).

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Литература
 Гурвич Е.А. Из воспоминаний. (Мой перевод «Капитала»). // Летописи марксизма. М.-Л., 1926. №1, с. 91-93.
 «ПИСАТЕЛЬНИЦЫ РОССИИ»(Материалы для библиографического словаря) Составитель Ю. А. Горбунов
 «ГУРВИЧ Евгения Адольфовна, авт. воспоминаний. Уч. рев. движения в Минске. "Еврейское рабочее движение в Минске в 80-х гг." — В кн. "Революц. движение среди евреев" Сб. 1. М.,1930. С.33-64.
 "Первые еврейские кружки". — "Былое", 1907, № 6(18), С.65-77.
 "Воспоминания". — "Каторга и ссылка", 1928. № 3(40). С.134-136 — о соц.-дем Э. А. Абрамовиче http://elib.bsu.by/handle/123456789/184461
 "О первом съезде РСДРП". — "Каторга и ссылка", 1928. № 3. С.55-56 http://elib.bsu.by/handle/123456789/184463
 ИДРДВ. Т.3. Ч.4; Т.4. Ч.4. Указ. имен.»
 Личное дело Е. Гурвич в БГУ http://elib.bsu.by/handle/123456789/184474

Революционеры России
Революционерки Российской империи
Переводчики Российской империи
Мемуаристы Российской империи
Публицисты Российской империи
Члены Бунда
Сотрудники ИМЛ
Переводчики сочинений Карла Маркса
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Tom and Kathie Brock enjoy the 140 acres of restored prairie, oak savannah and woodlands that they established as the Pleasant Valley Conservancy in Black Earth.
Over time, the esoteric and sometimes downright strange quests of science have proven easy targets for politicians and others looking for perceived examples of waste in government — and a cheap headline.
But Brock, then a professor at Indiana University, and Hudson Freeze, an undergraduate student working with Brock at Mushroom Spring in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone, found something that by any measure validates investments in basic science, the undirected search for new knowledge.
At the time, Brock was simply interested in studying the microbial ecology of the thermal springs that make Yellowstone famous. It was a frontier of knowledge as scientific dogma held that life, or at least photosynthetic life, could not occur at temperatures above 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
Brock's discovery set the stage for the branch of science that studies life in extreme environments and, most tangibly, yielded an enzyme that is central to the technology for amplifying DNA — revolutionizing everything from medical diagnostics to criminal forensics.
But to their astonishment, Brock and Freeze found a bacterium, later dubbed Thermus aquaticus, that made its entire living in the scalding waters of Mushroom Spring. The discovery set the stage for the branch of science that studies life in extreme environments and, most tangibly, yielded an enzyme, Taq polymerase, that is central to the technology for amplifying DNA — revolutionizing everything from medical diagnostics to criminal forensics.
The enzyme derived from the Thermus aquaticus bacterium powers polymerase chain reaction, or PCR. It is a technique used routinely to take trace amounts of DNA and amplify it for identification or study. The Taq polymerase is useful because it is stable at the high temperatures PCR requires to denature DNA and exponentially replicate target strands. The technology — for which its inventor, Kary Mullis, was awarded the Nobel Prize — is widely used in molecular biology, criminal forensics and medical diagnostics.
The Golden Goose Award was originally conceived by Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee to help educate members of Congress and the public about the value of basic scientific research. The name is a play on the Golden Fleece Awards, given by the late Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire between 1975 and 1988, targeting specific federally funded research grants as examples of government waste.
Taq polymerase has gone on to be a workhorse molecule of science in good measure because Brock and Freeze deposited samples of the organism in the American Type Culture Collection, a repository where others can freely obtain cultures of the organism for little or no cost. It was there that Mullis and his collaborators found Thermus aquaticus and its enzyme when they were looking to replace an E. coli enzyme that did not survive the high temperatures of PCR.
Brock and Freeze will receive their award at a Capitol Hill ceremony on Sept. 19.


Looking for some inspiration on how to turn your apartment (or house) into a home? Here are 5 tips to upgrade your place today.
2. Funny accents are everything.
Bring personality into your home by going for funny accents, whether it's in the bathroom, in your living room or even inside your kitchen cabinets. Ask yourself "why not", and start pursuing any opportunity to make something look extraordinary.
Why not get that pineapple pillow for your couch? Why not get cups with watermelons instead of a 6-pack of standard glasses? Why not choose for the shower curtain that makes you laugh?
Do this, and your everyday activities, like drinking water, taking a shower or watching tv will be so much more fun.
As I disclosed in my last photo, I like the look of copper, which is why I bought this copper basket below. When thinking through ideas on how to decorate your apartment, try to buy things that are functional, but look great at the same time. Below are 3 examples of functional objects which I turned into "statement decorations". First, the copper basket which can hold your mail, rent checks, or anything miscellaneous while looking artsy.
Suitcase turned nightstand. If you love to travel, but have a tiny apartment (hello, big city life) it can be tricky to store your luggage. Instead, why not invest in a colorful suitcase and permanently use it as your nightstand? It'll leave you dreaming for your next vacation.
Notebooks, birthday cards, posters. Stack them on top of a table or dresser, and instantly cheer up a space. Also, have any hobbies like yoga, tennis, biking? Display your equipment in parts of your home to add personality.
Skateboard or coffee table? When picking different things for your home, check out a flee market, or look online for ways to make a normal object look interesting.
5. Bring things home from vacations.
Thanks for reading this post! Hopefully, it inspired you to start decorating your place today. If you enjoyed this post, connect with me on Instagram (@teachmewhatever). I'd love to hear (or see) how YOU like to bring color into your life. Leave something in the comments below, or tag @teachmewhatever in your photos on social media, so I can take a look.


CT scanner phraseology is the focus of this week's installment of our ongoing series. Dig into the following and expand your radiology vocabulary!
See the 2017 price updates here!
Since writing a version of this article originally in October 2011, I am still asked on a weekly basis, "How much does a PET/CT cost?" So it's time for an update! The answer still depends on a number of things, but the single most determinative factor is the number of slices the CT has.
As I said in the original post, "more slices, more money". While that has not changed, several market conditions have, including pricing and availability.


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The MySQL installation process involves initializing the data directory, including the grant tables in the mysql system database that define MySQL accounts. For details, see Section 2.10.1, "Initializing the Data Directory".
This section describes how to assign a password to the initial root account created during the MySQL installation procedure, if you have not already done so.
On Windows, you can perform the process during installation with MySQL Installer (see Section 2.3.3, "MySQL Installer for Windows").
On all platforms, MySQL Workbench is available and offers the ability to manage user accounts (see Chapter 30, MySQL Workbench ).
On Windows, installations performed using MySQL Installer give you the option of assigning a password.
Installation using the macOS installer generates an initial random password, which the installer displays to the user in a dialog box.
Installation using RPM packages generates an initial random password, which is written to the server error log.
Installations using Debian packages give you the option of assigning a password.
For data directory initialization performed manually using mysqld --initialize, mysqld generates an initial random password, marks it expired, and writes it to the server error log. See Section 2.10.1, "Initializing the Data Directory".
The mysql.user grant table defines the initial MySQL user account and its access privileges. Installation of MySQL creates only a 'root'@'localhost' superuser account that has all privileges and can do anything. If the root account has an empty password, your MySQL installation is unprotected: Anyone can connect to the MySQL server as root without a password and be granted all privileges.
The 'root'@'localhost' account also has a row in the mysql.proxies_priv table that enables granting the PROXY privilege for ''@'', that is, for all users and all hosts. This enables root to set up proxy users, as well as to delegate to other accounts the authority to set up proxy users. See Section 6.2.14, "Proxy Users".
To assign a password for the initial MySQL root account, use the following procedure. Replace root-password in the examples with the password that you want to use.
Start the server if it is not running. For instructions, see Section 2.10.2, "Starting the Server".
If the root account exists with an initial random password that has been expired, connect to the server as root using that password, then choose a new password. This is the case if the data directory was initialized using mysqld --initialize, either manually or using an installer that does not give you the option of specifying a password during the install operation. Because the password exists, you must use it to connect to the server. But because the password is expired, you cannot use the account for any purpose other than to choose a new password, until you do choose one.
If you do not know the initial random password, look in the server error log.
If the root account exists but has no password, connect to the server as root using no password, then assign a password. This is the case if you initialized the data directory using mysqld --initialize-insecure.
For additional information about setting passwords, see Section 6.2.10, "Assigning Account Passwords". If you forget your root password after setting it, see Section B.6.3.2, "How to Reset the Root Password".
To set up additional accounts, see Section 6.2.7, "Adding Accounts, Assigning Privileges, and Dropping Accounts".
and then change the root password.


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Top 10 Barcelona Museums - Why Are They Not Only Art Galleries?
Here you will find a list of the most visited Barcelona Museums classified by the number of visitors per year, according to the statistics. Barcelona city has a rich history and is also a very important cultural hub in the Mediterranean region. At present, there are more than 70 museums in the city, which means that cultural activity plays a significant role in Barcelona.
There is a broad range of museums and art galleries in Barcelona embracing many types of topics, such as art and applied art, science, and technology, maritime, sports, Olympics, history, and archeology. Also architecture, design (the design museum housing the textile museum of Barcelona, the graphic design museum and the ceramic museum) and much more. Among the best museums in Barcelona, are the architecture museums, sports museums, art galleries and history museums. You can find a world of exhibitions in Barcelona on almost any matter and for all likes.
Essential eBook guide about top 29 museums in Barcelona and how to get free entry to them. Usually, art lovers end up spending a lot of money when visiting art galleries, both, in entrance fees, and in transportation. In this museum's guide eBook, you will find plenty of information about the best of art in Barcelona. Comprehensive description, history, opening times, best transportation options and other details are provided for each museum. You will also find valuable tips and secrets, and two free bonuses that will help see the most by spending less.
Where to Buy Art in Barcelona?
There are many important and well-established art galleries in Barcelona and also in neighbor cities where you can buy art. You will find several in the Eixample district and a few more in the Gothic Quarter. More information about galleries in Barcelona to buy art.
Casa Milà, Gaudí work also known as "La Pedrera"
What about the Salvador Dali Museum?
This huge church is the still unfinished masterpiece of Antoni Gaudi, which was consecrated Basilica during the visit of the Pope Benedict XVI in November 2010. Gaudi assumed the responsibility of giving continuity to the project in 1883, which had been started by Francisco de Paula del Villar. Sagrada Família is among the most important Barcelona attractions.
Gaudi worked more than 40 years for this giant project until his death. From all the masters of Modernism, Antoni Gaudi is undoubtedly who most influenced Barcelona with his unique style. The building is considered a Museum Monument and is the most important from all museums in Barcelona. In Sagrada Família you have two museums: the building itself and the architecture museum with a fascinating history of the development and constructions of Sagrada Familia, as well as other curious details of the genius Antoni Gaudi. Sagrada Família became one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
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The Football Club Barcelona or FC Barcelona has more than 100 years of successful history. The football squad is considered the best team in the world after winning all six titles in 2009, for the first time in the history of football: the Spanish League, the Spanish Cup, the Champions League, the European Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the World Club Cup.
This football museum in Barcelona is the leading sports museum in the city and is among the most important Barcelona attractions. It is the second most visited place in Barcelona. The fee to the FC Barcelona Museum also includes the visits to the press rooms, the lockers, the Camp Nou stadium at field level and you can take a seat at the tribune and enjoy your time there.
Casa Milà, also known as "La Pedrera", is a beautiful Modernist work created by Gaudí. It is an apartment block which is considered a museum-monument. The construction of Casa Milà was carried out from 1906 to 1910. The wavy structures of the building will catch your attention, as well as the interior and in particular the roof.
There were problems during the construction because some parts exceeded the allowed dimensions, among other complications. But Mr. Pere Milà, the owner, had an idea and persuaded the city government that the building had a high artistic value. And problems and complications were thus solved! Casa Milà became one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Nowadays, Casa Milà belongs to the well known Caixa Catalunya Bank Foundation and is among the most famous Barcelona museums.
Mar 3-Nov 2: daily 9am-8pm / Nov 3-Mar 2: daily 9am-6:30pm.
Also known as "Palau Nacional", the great MNAC, or Catalan Art Museum, was built in 1929 in occasion of the World Fair as the Spanish pavilion. The building, located in Montjuic, houses 1,000 years of art and one of the most important Romanesque collections in Europe. Many Romanesque wall paintings (from old chapels and churches) were taken from their original sites by using very sophisticated and high-tech procedures and then mounted in the museum exactly as they were.
Though more international, you will also appreciate collections from the Gothic period and also from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, such as works from extraordinary painters like Zurbaran, El Greco, Velazquez, and Rubens, among others. Such works are not found in other museums in Barcelona.
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Pablo Picasso was very tied to Barcelona, where he spent some years because the family moved to the city in 1895. He moved his studio frequently to different addresses, and through the years he returned several times to Barcelona.
He was a frequent visitor of The Four Cats cafe/restaurant, which was a meeting point for artists. In 1899 he designed the menu for the restaurant. It has been his wish to leave his artistic heritage in Barcelona. Following his desire, the Picasso Museum was opened in 1963 and nowadays houses more than 3,800 works of Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The Picasso museum has gained an excellent position among other Barcelona museums.
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Free: Under 16s, over 65s holding the free Targeta Rosa (Pink Card), members of the ICOM and teachers (proof required).
First Sunday of each month, free from 9am to 7pm. Every Thursday, free from 6pm to 9:30pm.
In 1968 was held the first large retrospective exhibition of Joan Miró in Barcelona. In 1970 took place his first show in Palma de Mallorca, and he made the big ceramic mural at the Barcelona Airport, among other works. Most probably, these facts could have brought him the idea to have a dedicated center to exhibit his works, and according to his wishes, also to host contemporary artworks of other artists.
The Joan Miró Foundation was born and opened to the public in June 1975. Since then, it helped to spread Joan Miró works around the world, as well as artworks from other contemporary artists. The Miró Foundation is now a reference center for the study of contemporary art and is among the most visited museums in the city.
The idea to have a contemporary art exhibition center started in the early 60's, when several shows had taken place, and the wishes for a final location came out from a group of artists. But the political regime at that time did not play for those desires, nor to that of some of the exhibitions.
After some years, in 1986 the Barcelona City Council finally decided to start the construction of the building. In 1987 was established the MACBA Foundation, and in 1988 was created the MACBA Consortium, whose members are: the Barcelona City Council, the MACBA Foundation and the Generalitat of Catalonia. Finally, the MACBA opened the doors to the public in November 1995. Though young in the list of museums in Barcelona, the MACBA has a high number of visitors.
The Barcelona History Museum (MUHBA) is considered as a "museum of museums"
From all the museums in the city, the history museum of Barcelona (MUHBA) is perhaps one of the more exciting museums in Barcelona if you want to look back in the history for more than 4,000 years ago.
Tue-Sat: 10am-7pm / Sundays: 10am-8pm.
(Closed: Dec 25, Jan 1, May 1, Jun 24).
The building, considered as a museum-monument, is also known as "The Bones House". A wonder in the collection of the Modernist Gaudí works. Antoni Gaudí was commissioned by Mr. Josep Batlló to undertake the reforms of his building, which was a house for a middle-class family built in 1875.
Gaudí did real wonders in this house, which you will appreciate during your visit. It is not a coincidence that Casa Batlló is among the most visited monument-museums in Barcelona. There are many beautiful details, outside and inside, that are impossible to describe. Casa Batlló became one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
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With more than 700 years of history, the Maritime Museum of Barcelona is located in the building of the Royal Dockyards. The shipyards were built as an array of galleys at the service of the Crown of Aragon.
The Gothic style building dates back to 1243 and is flanked on one side by the only remains of the medieval walls of Barcelona. The museum also owns some old boats and vessels that operate perfectly. You can visit them in the old Port of Barcelona when they are not in service. The Maritime Museum is among the small budget museums in Barcelona.
Museum : Mon-Sun: 10am-8pm / Closed on Dec 25 and 26, Jan 1 and 6.
The Dali museum is located near Barcelona in the city of Figueres, a few kilometers away from the Catalan capital. The Salvador Dali Gallery receives more than 1.5 million visitors a year and is among the top 10 museums. Even when it can be considered as a Barcelona museum, strictly speaking, it is not, and for that reason, it is not included in our list of only Barcelona art galleries. Read more about Salvador Dali Museum.


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5 new features on the 2021 Ford EcoSport
Published 4 weeks ago on December 24, 2020 By Susmit Gupta
The EcoSport set the early benchmark in the compact SUV segment. It led to a range of sub-four-metre SUVs to follow over the years. However, the EcoSport, which is a top seller for the brand globally, has not undergone a generation change and that certainly hurts its sales compared to modern rivals. Ford EcoSport can said to be the creator of the sub-compact SUV segment, but recent sales figures do not do justice to the car. However, Ford recently came into partnership with Mahindra and we expect the new Ford EcoSport to launch soon. Find out below 5 new features on the 2021 Ford EcoSport.
Ford EcoSport Facelift – India Arrival?
1) New Design and looks
Recent spy-shots have emerged on the internet showing the front grille of a new Ford SUV. The design could have been influenced by the Italian design house Pininfarina, which is said to play a part in the styling of the Ford C-SUV as well as the 2021 Mahindra XUV500.
The large radiator grille which is sort of a signature design element of the EcoSport has been ditched in favour of a new design. Moreover, the cosmetic updates do not look to be of a typical facelift but Ford appears to be extending the lifespan of the existing generation to full effect.
The 2021 Ford EcoSport boasts of a redesigned grille with black and chrome inserts. The front bumper is also restyled with the lower section making way for a wider air intake and just above on either side, you could see the vertically positioned lighting housing. In addition, the triple-stacked LED Daytime Running Lights give a sportier vibe while a sleeker pair of headlamps will also be available.
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2) Better Platform
According to sources, the 2021 Ford EcoSport will be designed on the modified version of the existing B3 platform. It's the first B architecture developed by Ford's global product development process. Its modified version is likely to be more robust than the existing one. The India-spec version of the subcompact SUV could be based on the same new platform.
3) Better features
Features in cars have only been increasing with recent new car launches. Ford too will want to provide new, modern and exciting features with its new SUV to attract new customers. Cars like the Kia Sonet have already raised the bar quite high. It's likely to come with a larger touchscreen with Sync4 infotainment system with latest smartphone connectivity. We can also expect more comfort goodies and safety fitments.
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4) Better Engine and Performance
The current generation Ford EcoSport comes with a turbocharged petrol and diesel engine. Both are 1.5-litre. As for the performance, the Mahindra-sourced 1.2-litre petrol turbocharged petrol engine that can also be found in the XUV300 could be used in the 2021 Ford EcoSport.
5) More Space
The 2021 Ford EcoSport might also witness some dimensional changes. It might grow in size and offer more cabin space than the existing model. The boot space of the new model will also be improved. To stand out among the competition, Ford will have to make some very noticeable changes to the EcoSport to entice new customers.
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What is the size of the Uncleared IRS Market?
A portion of the Interest Rate Derivatives market will always remain uncleared. This may result from legacy positions, exemptions from clearing mandates or from the trading of products that are not made available for clearing. It is also pretty likely that this area of the market will be more opaque in terms of volumes and price discovery than the cleared markets.
Combining Clarus data and the recent BIS Derivatives surveys, we can shed more light on volumes traded in Uncleared derivatives.
I recently explained the intricacies of the Trienniel and Semi-Annual survey data in a blog post. These are a natural resource for clients of ours to explore – they are wide-ranging surveys whose results are made freely available. There are even custom queries and an explorer tool to use.
We also first took a look at uncleared markets back in October. This resulted in a surprisingly large uncleared swap market in USD.
Today, we are going to refine that original estimate.
There is not a 100% overlap between SwapClear members (banks that are commonly considered as "dealers" in the Interest Rate Derivatives market) and those banks termed "Reporting Dealers" in the BIS surveys.
The BIS survey "double counts" all Reporting Dealer cleared volumes vs a CCP when calculating Notional Outstanding.
The Triennial Survey measures Turnover including inter-affiliate trades.
The BIS use results of the Triennial Survey to scale-up the Semi-Annual surveys to better reflect the whole market.
We can create an accurate single counted number for the entire market. This perfectly aligns with the Clarus data principles so suits us down to the ground.
It seems counter-intuitive, but in a single-counted world, this tells us that the first thing we need to do is throw-away the BIS data that is marked "vs Central Counterparties" – instead, we use our CCPView data.
We know that the BIS use the Triennial survey to calibrate results of the Semi-Annual survey. This gives us more confidence to go ahead and calibrate our own OTC Cleared data (CCPView) with the Uncleared data from the BIS. This allows us to produce a time-series of volumes since June 2016 for global uncleared derivatives activity according to the key principles above.
ADVs in Uncleared swaps have ranged from $246bn per day to $290bn per day in the past 4 months.
USD is the largest uncleared market, despite a wide-ranging clearing mandate in place for the domestic market. Volumes have been as high as $123bn per day.
EUR accounts for the second largest volumes, seeing an average daily volume of over $70bn in recent months.
There is a sharp drop in activity after these two "major" currencies.
"Other" currencies account for the next largest portion of volumes, between $30 and $40bn per day.
GBP and JPY see similar uncleared volumes at around $20bn each per day.
These volume figures incorporate all Fixed-Float single currency vanilla interest rate swaps (including OIS and Basis, but excluding Inflation).
To put these figures into perspective, the Average Daily Volume of cleared USD swaps during the same time period was $412bn. This means that all uncleared interest rate swaps do not even make up the same notional as USD cleared swaps alone.
These volume figures are calibrated using data from the semi-annual BIS derivatives survey. This is not ideal because even uncleared swaps will mature and (maybe) be compressed between surveys. However, we can re-calibrate once every six months, offering a fairly timely read on uncleared markets in parallel with cleared ones.
Despite new clearing mandates, some derivatives will remain uncleared.
Our detailed analysis of BIS volumes allows us to calibrate a model to estimate uncleared derivative volumes on an on-going basis.
We find that uncleared IRS trades over $250bn of notional per day.
USD swaps make up the largest portion of uncleared trades.
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