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Dr Eric Topol was commissioned by Health Education England and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to carry out an independent review into how the NHS can make its workforce ready for the digital future.
Some of the recommendations focus specifically on patients such as ensuring that they are involved in design of artificial intelligence (AI) software and their "preferences reflected in the co-design process".
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He said: "We've lost the mission, caring for other people, and that must be restored."
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Bertl has it spot on. Even if the environment is created for trust to be reestablished, it won't happen because people will believe that the environment will be changed again for trust to be dis-established, and once you've given the NHS the opportunity to collect your data, its too late
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Exploring the environmental performance of liquid glass coating using Sol-Gel technology and responsive Venetian blinds in the tropics
AL-OBAIDI, Karam M., AL-DUAIS, Husam S., ALDUAIS, Nayef A.M., ALASHWAL, Ali and ISMAIL, Muhammad Azzam (2022). Exploring the environmental performance of liquid glass coating using Sol-Gel technology and responsive Venetian blinds in the tropics. Journal of Building Engineering, 62: 105329.
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The dynamic nature of tropical skies presents challenges for the built environment due to the momentous fluctuations and instability in solar irradiance and illuminance levels that cause limitations in responding to the needs of the indoor environment. The study aims to investigate the performance of daylighting strategies using liquid glass coating and responsive Venetian blinds in an office building in the tropics. The objective of this study is to systematically examine the impacts of proposed strategies on indoor environmental conditions. The study was experimentally investigated by utilising field measurements in full-scale cellular offices in a real environment and simulation using Radiance. The results indicated that responsive Venetian blinds provided steady daylight levels between 375 lx and 588 lx in the centre of the room, while a further integration with liquid glass coating provided a glare control with a maximum of 33.71% (Imperceptible) using Daylight Glare Probability. The indoor air temperature was reduced by 3.42 °C with liquid glass coating and 2.85 °C with responsive Venetian blinds. The outputs of assessing the performance of static and responsive strategies demonstrated new findings that are significant to developing these strategies in the tropics.
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This study identifies the risk indicators of building damage from typhoons and determines the correlations among this damage, typhoon information, geographic vulnerability, construction environment, and socioeconomic vulnerability. This fundamental research aids the development of a typhoon loss prediction model for building construction projects in South Korea. Extreme weather events have become increasingly prevalent around the world, with subsequent increases in related damages. Early attempts to meet the growing demands for a loss prediction model have been insufficiently comprehensive, and specifically in South Korea, research on risk indicators is needed that considers the geographic, building, and socioeconomic features. This research used the regional typhoon loss records from the annual report of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) to define the dependent variable of building damage. The results and findings of this study will inform the development of a typhoon loss prediction model in South Korea.
The frequency of extreme meteorological events has increased exponentially in Korea, with resulting increases in damage . In August 2002, Typhoon Rusa hit the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula with highly destructive force. The estimated losses were approximately 4600 million USD in this single event. Typhoon Maemi (2003) and Typhoon Olga (1999) struck the southern coast and the western part of the Korean Peninsula, incurring losses of approximately 3800 million USD and 900 million USD, respectively . Tropical cyclones occur frequently during a short season, inducing losses and creating problems such as demand surges. Hurricanes occur year round, but 40% occur in September. On average, 6.1 hurricanes and 1.73 typhoons hit the United States annually . To manage the tremendous and critical damage from tropical cyclones in the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted a HAZUS-Multi Hazard (HAZUS-MH) analysis to predict loss due to floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes. In addition, Florida, a region frequently damaged by tropical cyclones, has developed the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model (FPHLM) as an effective tool to estimate insurance premium rates according to the disaster risk.
Although prone to tropical cyclones, South Korea does not yet have such an assessment model to prepare against similar disasters. The models developed for use in the United States do not directly apply in South Korea due to the differences in the storm sizes, severity, and the difference in the vulnerability of domestic properties. There is a need to identify the risk indicators and build a loss prediction model for use in South Korea. Defining the indicators is the first stage in the model development. Moreover, the shortage of loss data and poor data quality in South Korea is a constraint for developing loss prediction models. Industrialized countries such as USA and Western European countries would be able to easily create the vulnerability function based on the stocked inventory data of buildings and explicit loss experiences. However, in a developing country such as South Korea, there is a shortage of the detailed damage data and building inventory information due to a lack of awareness of the importance of data, although there have been many extreme catastrophic events . Therefore, it is necessary to develop the model considering the present low data quality and scarcity. Developing spatial scale models should be one of the possible solutions to resolve the difficulties.
Studies have investigated the economic losses from typhoons and defined major risk indicators, but there has been a shortage of comprehensive studies that consider the characteristics of typhoons, such as precipitation and wind speed. A loss analysis should consider various indicators, including meteorological indicators, the built environment, geographic vulnerability, and socioeconomic vulnerability because the risk arises from a combination of the hazards, exposure, and vulnerability . However, the current typhoon damage research has focused on meteorological data and indicators. Lee and Chang (2009) studied a method to assess typhoon risk using precipitation and wind speed from the Geographic Information System (ArcGIS, Redlands, CA, USA) . Lee (2013) created a natural hazard prediction model using a typhoon's wind speed and precipitation . Kim (2013) investigated the features and damage scale caused by the typhoon's wind speed and suggested a management system for strong winds . Jeon et al. (2008) conducted a damage analysis considering the regional characteristics of heavy rain and typhoon records . Lee and Kim (2012) analyzed the typhoon damage from high winds in rural-area properties to establish a countermeasure strategy for the typhoon . These studies focused on the typhoon's information, such as wind speed and precipitation. Nevertheless, various additional vulnerability factors should be included because a typhoon is a complex disaster, and the damage is not solely decided by its magnitude. Therefore, a comprehensive risk analysis considering diverse vulnerability indicators is necessary to develop an effective typhoon damage prediction model.
On the other hand, a lot of research has been done to predict the damage caused by hurricanes. They used a number of vulnerability indicators and various hurricane indicators to explain their relationship to economic losses. Highfield et al. classified the connection between vulnerability indicators and hurricane damage to the Texas coastal region of the United States . Built environment, Social, and geographical variables were utilized as vulnerability indicators. The study identified significant vulnerability indicators and demonstrated relationships between the various indicators. Burton investigated the relationship between hurricane losses, social vulnerability indicators and hurricane characteristics for the Mississippi coastal counties of the United States . He explained the relationship between variables and suggested coefficient of significance. The study confirmed how the various vulnerability indicators affect hurricane damage and show relationships between the various indicators. Kim et al. explains the damage to the coast of Texas, USA, caused by Hurricane Ike, with various vulnerability indicators . Geographical indications, building property information, and hurricane information were used as indicators. The study also showed relationships between the various indicators and identified hurricane damage and significant vulnerability indicators. Sparks et al. have confirmed the relationship between hurricane features and insurance losses in Florida and South Carolina to reduce hurricane damage . This study identifies and explains areas of vulnerability to hurricanes that have a positive relationship between damage and wind speed. This research provides a means to classify the correlation between insurance losses and hurricane variables. Many researchers used vulnerability indicators to predict hurricane damage and provide a framework for predicting damage.
This study derives the indicators of regional building damages caused by typhoon and uses multiple regression analysis to define their relationships with influencing indicators. This study adopts various influencing indicators from previous studies, which are classified into four categories: meteorological concerns, built environment vulnerability, geographic vulnerability, and socioeconomic vulnerability. The results and findings will inform the development of a typhoon damage prediction model for use in South Korea. Moreover, at the provincial level, this model would be helpful to government emergency planners and insurance companies. For example, the government emergency planners can assign the budget to correspond with extreme events by regions. The primary insurance companies can also assess the amount of damages by each catastrophe zone to manage their accumulated risk.
To identify the risk indicators and the relationships among the damage and the indicators, first, this study collected typhoon damage records and classified them by regions. Second, the spatial distribution of the losses was examined to define the areas prone to typhoons. Third, risk indicators, such as typhoon information, geographic vulnerability, built environment, and socioeconomic vulnerability, were broken up into four categories and the data by region was classified. Fifth, a multiple regression analysis was employed to identify the indicators and the relationships.
This study used the typhoon loss records from annual reports of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) for ten years from 2003 to 2015 to define the dependent variable. The damage records are adjusted using the inflation rates to compare equivalent damages. The MPSS has published reports annually since 1979 to record the damages, including victims, causalities, and losses from natural disasters, such as floods, typhoons, heavy snow, and storm surges. The loss used in this study includes building damages caused by typhoons, covering all sectors of the public and private sectors. As shown in Figure 1, 15 typhoons have hit the Korean peninsula and caused critical damage. The western and southern coastal regions are the most frequently struck by typhoons. Figure 2 depicts the spatial distribution of typhoon damages. Table 1 shows the summary of typhoon damages by regions. The damage has occurred throughout all provinces. In particular, the southern part of South Korea has incurred deadly losses in terms of the dollar amount of damage in areas such as Gyongsangnam-do, Jeollanam-do, Gyongsangbuk-do, and Busan. The area most prone to typhoons is Gyongsangnam-do.
A number of meteorological indicators could play significant roles in determining damage. The magnitude of a hurricane is determined by the combination of the forward motion speed, maximum wind speed, and radius of maximum wind speed [12,15,16]. Therefore, the indicators are always related to storm surges and losses. Many hurricane loss estimation models incorporate the maximum wind speed and the radius of maximum wind speed as their main indicators [12,16,17,18]. From the models, these two indicators mainly decide the amount of physical damage to a building. For instance, Watson and Johnson (2004) used the forward motion speed as a variable in their hurricane loss prediction model . Additionally, Rego and Li (2009) found that the forward motion speed is a stronger indicator than the wind speed and the maximum wind speed of the storm flood damage, and the motion speed is related to the volume of the flood . The volume of precipitation also strongly influences the damage of a storm. Brody et al. (2008) investigated the relationship between flood damage and the built environment . They found precipitation to be the most powerful indicator of loss among the variables they examined. Choi and Fisher (2003) also found a positive relationship between the catastrophe loss and precipitation . This study accepts the forward motion speed, maximum wind speed, radius of maximum wind speed, and precipitation to reveal the meteorological vulnerability.
Geographic vulnerability is a vital determinant of damage from natural hazards because vulnerability represents the exposure to risk . The diverse geographic characteristics vary greatly by site, and they influence the amount of exposure to natural disasters. These characteristics include altitude, distance from water, distance from water management infrastructure, and other environmental indicators . Highfield et al. (2010) examined distance from water, distance from infrastructure, and building elevation using a multiple regression analysis to identify hurricane damage on Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula . They found that geographic vulnerability was the key predictor of damage. In order to investigate the vulnerability, the study adopted the coastline length as the geographic vulnerability index, taking into account the fact that the data of the study were drawn from the provincial level. In a typhoon invasion, coastal areas experience greater high gusts and storm surges than inland areas. This study expects this indicator to have a positive relationship with damage. A region with a longer coastline is likely to have more damages than a region with a shorter coastline. This study adopts the length of the coastline to reflect geographic vulnerability.
The built environment vulnerability arises from the man-made infrastructures and the structural vulnerability of the building [23,24]. The structural vulnerability of a building is fundamentally correlated with the built environment vulnerability to a natural disaster. Construction such as slope excavation and deforestation for road cuts can increase the occurrence of landslides [25,26]. Construction reduces the stability of the site and increases slope failures . Ayalew and Yamagishi (2005) statistically examined the relationships of landslides with several risk indicators and found that slope works are connected with the occurrence of slope failure . The structural vulnerability also plays a dominant role in the amount of damage from natural disasters [11,23,29,30]. Moreover, the number of stories in a building affects its vulnerability to windstorm damage. Khanduri and Morrow (2003) and De Silva et al. (2008) investigated windstorm damage to develop a loss estimation model [23,31]. Both studies quantified the structural vulnerability of the building and found that the building's height was associated with the amount of damages. This study utilizes the total number of cutting slope and the total number of high-rise buildings to represent the built environment vulnerability.
Socioeconomic vulnerability is a well-established indicator of damage from natural disasters [11,12,18,20,32,33,34,35,36]. Vulnerability assessments for natural disasters have commonly focused on the vulnerability indicators that directly or indirectly affect financial losses, such as built environment, exposure to risk, physical damage, and physical parameters of the natural hazard. In addition, social vulnerability indicators (e.g., wealth and demographic features) affect the exposure of the building, the built environment, and the economic losses [12,37,38]. For instance, the crime rate reflects the socioeconomic status. De Sherbinin et al. (2007) and Zahran et al. (2009) found that the crime rate directly and indirectly affects the ability to cope with a natural disaster and also influences the natural disaster damages [39,40]. This study uses the total number of violent crimes to symbolize the socioeconomic vulnerability.
The purpose of this research is to determine the relationships among the vulnerability indicators, hazard indicators, and financial losses. As data, typhoon damage records at the provincial level were from the MPSS. Statistical data and spatial information for each province were collected to estimate the vulnerabilities of each province. Each meteorological indicator was collected based on the time of the invasion of the affected area through the Korean Meteorological Society (KMA) record. The total coastal length of each region was extracted by the Geographic Information System using the coastal length of each region provided to the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA). As shown in Table 2, the data were obtained from the websites of government organizations. Table 3 shows the descriptive statistics of the data.
Table 4 presents a summary of the regression model. The multiple regression analysis was adopted to obtain the best-fit regression model using multiple variables. The wind speed is squared to improve the R-squared value. The model is statistically significant (p = 0.000). The R-squared value of 0.431 indicates that the model explains 43.1% of the margin of variance. The dependent variable and building damage were transformed using a natural log.
Table 5 provides the coefficients of the regression model. There were eight significant indicators of typhoon damage: (1) forward movement speed, (2) wind speed, (3) radius of maximum wind speed, (4) precipitation, (5) coastline, (6) cutting slope, (7) high-rise building, and (8) crime rate. The other indicator was rejected (p > 0.10). The variance inflation factor (VIF) ranged from 1.087 to 1.806, which indicates that the indicators do not have critical multicollinearity.
The beta coefficients, also known as the standardized coefficients, provide the rank of the indicators; they represent the influence on the damage and can range from 0 to 1. Their order of influence was (1) radius of maximum wind speed, (2) precipitation, (3) cutting slope, (4) coastline, (5) wind speed, (6) crime, (7) forward movement speed, and (8) high rise building.
In the model, among the meteorological indicators, the typhoon's forward movement speed has a positive relationship with the building damage from the typhoon; that is, as forward movement speed increases, the damage increases. This result is consistent with previous findings that the forward movement speed is a significant indicator of typhoon damages and tropical cyclone damages [18,19]. The maximum wind speed has a positive relationship with the typhoon damage, meaning that as the wind speed increases, the damage increases. This result is also consistent with previous studies showing that the maximum wind speed is a critical predictor of tropical cyclone damage [12,16,17,18]. The radius of maximum wind speed has a positive relationship with the typhoon damage, which means that as the radius of maximum wind speed increases, the damage also increases. This result is consistent with earlier findings that the radius of maximum wind speed is a predictor of tropical cyclone damage [12,16,17,18]. The precipitation has a positive relationship with the typhoon damage, meaning that as the precipitation increases, the damage increases. This result is also consistent with previous findings that precipitation is important in investigating natural disasters [20,21].
The geographical indicator of the total length of coastline has a positive relationship with the typhoon damage, which means that as the coastline increases, the damage also increases. This result is consistent with the concept that the amount of exposure to natural disasters is a critical factor for damage .
Among the built environment indicators, the number of cutting slopes has a positive relationship with the typhoon damage, which means that as the number of cutting slopes increase, the damage increases. This result is consistent with prior findings that the number of cutting slopes is connected to the damage and an important predictor of damage from natural disasters . The number of high-rise buildings has a negative relationship with the typhoon damage, which means that as the number of high-rise building increases, the damage decreases. This result is consistent with previous findings that the number of high-rise buildings is associated with the damage, and is a strong predictor of wind storm damage [11,23,31].
The socioeconomic indicator, crime, has a positive relationship with the damage, which means that as the crime increases, the damage also increases. This result is consistent with previous findings that the crime rate is critically related with the damage from natural disasters [39,40]. The positive relationship between the damage and crime can be explained in that more damage can be caused to a metropolitan municipality than to a rural municipality owing to its high-density property and higher crime rate.
The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and the Shapiro–Wilk test were adopted to examine the normality of the residuals. These tests are based on verifying the observations against the predicted values converted to z-scores and the actual normal distribution. For instance, if the p-value of the test is not significant, the distribution of the observations means that the actual normal distribution is not different. On the other hand, if the p-value of the test is significant, it represents that the distribution of the observations is different from the actual normal distribution. As shown in Table 6, the p-value of 0.200 and 0.027 prove that the distribution is normal, since the p-value was higher than 0.05. The Q-Q plots and the standardized residuals histogram in Figure 3 also show that the model's residuals were normally distributed. As shown in Figure 4, the residual plots for homoscedasticity were examined. The residuals are arbitrarily spread with unsystematic patterns. This indicates that the variance of the residuals is constant.
The model developed in this study shows the relationships between the dependent and independent variables. The adjusted R-square of 0.431 indicates that the model explains 43.1% of the variability of the dependent variable using the selected indicators of forward movement speed, wind speed, radius of maximum wind speed, precipitation, coastline, cutting slope, high-rise building, and crime rate. In other words, this research neglects the remainder of the variability of 56.9%. The rest could be described by some undisclosed indicators. For instance, it is possible to extrapolate into this model the factors of climate change such as temperature of sea, which are related to climate change that have a lot of influence on recent extreme weather events. This will increase the explanatory power of this model.
As shown in the analysis results, there were no significant differences between the results of this study (South Korea) and other studies (other regions). However, due to the combined effects of various factors such as geographical characteristics, severity, and frequency of natural disasters, building codes, engineering practices, and construction type, the coefficients of indicators are different from each other. To reflect this, Catastrophe model vendors (such as AIR, RMS, and EQECAT) have created relative vulnerability metrics to reflect these various factors by investing large amounts of time and budget in each country or region, such as the United States and China [45,46].
Consequently, the model and result stated in this research is also of use as a reference for various tasks by the management worker and the disaster management director. For example, administrative staff can mitigate typhoon damage by predicting financial losses with the model and by establishing a hurricane damage prevention strategy based on expected losses. Because the model established in this research includes damage data from landslides and storms, the government would be able to improve land use plans along the expected storm path based on the estimated damages from landslides and storm surges. In addition, financial losses from typhoons can also estimate utilizing the metrics developed in this research. For example, reinsurance and insurance companies are able to use this metric to modify their business plan or in-house catastrophe model. They also set up the business strategies and estimate insurance premiums by estimating the maximum possible losses and event limits. This quantification process would reduce the retro excess of loss cost and lead to maximum profit. The metric can be also used to optimize portfolio and accumulation management. The construction industry is able to design storm-resistant buildings and improve design standards by assessing the degree of building damage based on building materials, building height, and other characteristics of the building.
Furthermore, the indicators and structure of this research can be adopted to related studies in other emerging countries where loss data due to natural catastrophes and building characteristics are not plentiful in order to predict extreme meteorological events. These countries can predict the typhoon damages using the indicators and structures utilized in this study. However, the indicators need to be reproduced by the weight of each province, and the coefficients are required to be adjusted to reflect the local building vulnerability in order to be of use to other areas. Therefore, in future research, it is necessary to verify or calibrate the results of the research through actual damage data in other centuries. It is also necessary to compare with other regional existing models.
From a data perspective, developing countries such as South Korea lack detailed damage data and building inventory information. This is due to the lack a awareness of the importance of data, and as a result it is necessary to construct data at the private and national level. This is because it is difficult to guarantee the accuracy of the model without constructing such detailed data. Once this data is built, the results of this model will also be validated and calibrated.
As extreme weather events have become much more frequent, with higher associated damage, some developed countries have established prediction models in order to prepare for and mitigate the damage to buildings from tropical cyclones. However, South Korea does not have such prediction models, and it is hard to apply the developed models due to the many differences in the size and severity of the disasters and the vulnerability of domestic properties. Although some prediction models have been developed, research that is more comprehensive is needed that reveals the connections among natural hazard characteristics, vulnerability, and building damage.
This study identifies vulnerability and risk indicators for typhoons as a first step toward developing a typhoon damage estimation system for South Korea. Regional typhoon loss records from the annual report of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) were used to define the dependent variable of building damage, and to define the magnitude and significance of the typhoon damage indicators. Typhoon information, geographical vulnerability, built environment vulnerability, and socioeconomic vulnerability indicators were designated as the independent variables. This study found that the radius of maximum wind speed, precipitation, cutting slope, coastline, wind speed, crime, forward movement speed, and high rise building have statistically significant relationships with building damage caused by typhoons, which is consistent with previous studies.
The findings of this study can inform government officials, insurance companies, and catastrophe model developers for predicting the loss caused by typhoons in South Korea or developing countries with low-quality data. For instance, this model is beneficial at the spatial scale because government officials can allocate the budget to correspond with extreme events by region. Primary insurance companies will be able to estimate the amount of damages by each catastrophe zone to manage the accumulated risk. This study supports the analysis of damage in order to reduce economic damages. Furthermore, this research identifies the distribution of typhoon damage and typhoon-prone regions, which can be used to reduce the risk of inhabitants who reside in typhoon vulnerable regions.
Nevertheless, this study covered only the damage to buildings in South Korea. As a result, these results may not apply directly to other countries. Future studies should deal with other national buildings using the same indicators. Moreover, the value of the adjusted R2 is 0.431, which indicates that the rest of the variability in the data is described by unknown predictors. Therefore, determining other potential predictors and adding them to the model will strengthen the model.
J.-M.K., K.S., and D.L. conceived the idea for the analysis, contributed to typhoon information and building environmental data collection, and drafted the manuscript. Y.Y., and D.Y.K. checked the dataset, recoded the study variables, ran the regression models, and wrote the manuscript. All authors have read, provided feedback, and approved the final manuscript.
This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2018R1C1B6008243).
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Figure 1. Typhoon tracks (2003–2015 year).
Figure 2. Spatial distribution of damage by region (2003–2015 year).
Figure 3. Q-Q Plots and histogram of residuals for the model.
Figure 4. Residuals plot for the model.
Table 1. Summary of Typhoon Damages by Regions.
Table 4. Summary of the Model.
Table 5. Coefficients of the Model.
Table 6. Test of Normality for the Model.


An increasing number of businesses are beginning to recognise the benefits of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and the positive effect it can have on the way in which corporate communications are carried out.
However, enjoying a VoIP system is never a simple case of installing the hardware and moving on. There are always ways in which businesses can improve their communications systems, which can sometimes suffer from some basic but largely surmountable problems.
One of the most common problems associated with VoIP systems, jitter is an issue that can have a substantially negative impact on voice quality. However, it is also a problem that is usually quite straightforward to solve.
Information, or voice data, is divided into packets, each with the ability to travel by a different path from the sender to the receiver.
When they arrive at their intended destination in a different order than when they were originally sent, it can lead to poor or scrambled audio.
The good news is that jitter, which often refers to the measure of the variability over time of the latency across a network, is quite simple to solve.
The use of a jitter buffer makes it possible to store arriving packets in order to minimise delay variations. Packets that arrive too late are discarded.
There are several types of delay that occur on most VoIP networks, which can affect quality and lead to an echo effect during calls, which hardly presents an image of professionalism to colleagues and potential clients.
The best way in order to prevent delays is to prioritise the VoIP traffic over your network. This can be achieved by policy-based network management, bandwidth reservation, Type of Service, Class of Service, and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). Ensuring you have a router that is up to the job is also an important consideration.
Perhaps one of the most common causes of issues to do with call quality. Many smaller businesses use their internet connection for both voice and data, which is only advisable if you happen to have a router that has the ability to prioritise VoIP traffic.
By not having a router geared towards to packet prioritisation, it leaves the call quality across your network at risk of suffering degradation.
Getting the right router is not expensive, but can prove the difference between a good network and a bad one.


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The Graduate School will host a doctoral hooding and graduation ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday, May 10. That ceremony will be on the Belknap Campus, Student Activities Center Ballroom, Room W215.
At the university's main commencement, UofL President Neeli Bendapudi will preside at both ceremonies. Student speakers will be Alex Hicks-Chambers at the 10 a.m. ceremony and Sarah Taheri at the 2 p.m. ceremony.
Students and their guests should enter the center through the entrance on Main Street between Second and Third streets and allow extra time to go through security. All bags will be checked and should not be larger than 14 inches by14 inches. Balloons are prohibited.
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TRUMPETER RODRIGUEZ TO HIGHLIGHT BILL EVANS JAZZ FESTIVAL - Premier trumpeter Pete Rodriguez will be a featured performer at Southeastern Louisiana University's annual Bill Evans Jazz Festival to be held on Southeastern's campus April 10-13. Information is available by calling 985-549-2184.
HAMMOND – In honor of one of its most notable alumni, the Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Music and Performing Arts will present the annual Bill Evans Jazz Festival April 10-13.
The festival will feature performances by the University Jazz Lab Band and University Jazz Ensemble, masterclasses and additional ticketed performances, as well as an exhibit on Bill Evans. Artifacts having belonged to Evans will be on display in the Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery throughout the duration of the festival. Photographs, album covers and letters written by Evans will be exhibited to showcase the jazz legends' achievements and his history with Southeastern.
Sponsored by Lafargue Pianos Ltd. of Metairie, North Oaks Health System, Tangi Meats, Tipton Associates of Baton Rouge, and the Rotary Club of Hammond, the festival will feature guest artist Pete Rodriguez, a highly respected trumpeter and educator.
The festival will also include the Louisiana Association for Jazz Education State Music Festival, a competition with performances by area middle and high school jazz ensembles. The festival will start Friday morning at 9:45 a.m. and conclude Saturday at 5:15 p.m. in Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
• April 13, 1 p.m., Pottle Recital Hall, free masterclass with Rodriguez and at 7:30 p.m., Pottle Recital Hall, University Jazz Ensemble in concert with Rodriguez, free concert.
For additional information, call the Department of Music and Performing Arts at 985-549-2184.


It's no secret that stress is one of the most common afflictions in the modern workplace.
Stress can affect your productivity, your motivation, your energy levels and your performance in general. As an employer or a manager, it should be your aim to get the best out of every team member.
Tough love is one approach that employers may adopt to fire up their staff, but could compassion be a more valuable tool for leaders?
So how compassion increases employee engagement?
Imagine a scenario when an employee makes a profound error. How do you react?
Do you punish them, show them up in front of others and take the hard line, or do you opt for a softer approach and try and offer your support and understanding? It's natural to feel frustrated when a colleague or an employee lets you down, especially if there's a lot at stake, but it's wise to consider how you handle errors and examples of misjudgment.
You may think that issuing fines or screaming at somebody in your office will deter them from making the same mistake again. This may well but true. But what is the impact of taking that step, and could you contribute to better long-term results by replacing tough love with compassion?
Research suggests that compassion improves employee well-being, performance, and interaction, but how does employee engagement increase productivity?
Imagine how you would feel if you were humiliated in front of your workmates or your boss let loose behind closed doors.
It would be understandable to retreat into your shell, to think only about the situation in which you find yourself, and to dread the next few days, weeks or even months at work. Now think about how you would feel if somebody put their arm around you and told you that despite the mistake you made, everything would be alright.
You'd probably feel more confident about talking to others, getting on with your job and participating in meetings, and the prospect of coming back to work in the morning wouldn't be quite so daunting. Research conducted by Jonathan Haidt, from New York University, suggests that employees who admire and look up to their employers and value their kindness are more likely to be loyal.
Another study by author and professor, Adam Grant, also claims that scorned employees can lose trust in their employer.
You often see quotes related to the importance of bouncing back from making mistakes. It's common to come across adages that suggest that the error itself isn't important. Instead, we should focus on how we react and recover. As an employee, it's a lot easier to get back on the horse if your employer is understanding and reassuring, rather than being angry and dismissive.
If you've been called out, it's natural to be reticent to take risks, even if they're as innocuous as putting ideas forward in a meeting, for example. Mistakes can knock our confidence, and this can have a negative impact on engagement and interaction and nullify creativity and innovation.
Dr. James Doty, a neurosurgeon, and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research at Stanford University draws on his own experiences to help others combat stress and create positive working environments. As a trainee, Doty recalls an incident where he was thrown out of the operating room and chastised by a senior surgeon because a bead of sweat fell from his brow and contaminated the site.
Doty has since built an incredibly successful career, but that moment haunts him. In the following weeks and months, his stress levels soared, he was anxious and he questioned his own abilities. Doty claims that if the situation had been handled differently, he would have responded in a much more positive manner.
Research shows that stress exacerbates fear and anxiety and it also suppresses confidence and innovation. When we feel like we're safe, stress levels decrease, and this is such an important relationship to consider in the workplace.
Research clearly shows that compassion can have a positive impact on the workforce, but how do you go about being more compassionate?
One of the most valuable things you can do as an employer or a leader is to put yourself in the other person's shoes. How would you feel if you had made that mistake, and what kind of approach would benefit you most going forward?
Try and understand what caused your employee to make the error in the first place, take time to talk and be the kind of boss people aren't afraid to approach if they have questions or concerns. Promote activities that reduce stress and improve wellbeing both inside and outside of work.
Studies show that a little compassion in the workplace can go a long way. Next time you find yourself in a potentially difficult situation with an employee, try and empathize rather than criticize.
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Stepan Bandera: Ukrainian hero or Nazi collaborator?
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Denunciations in Russia began soon after Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of neighboring Ukraine. DW spoke with an anthropologist, a psychologist and a historian about people's motivations for turning dissidents in.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is not known for his restraint, but he may have finally gone too far with a speech railing against "mixed-race" populations. A close adviser has stepped down — and fallout continues.
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Val Was in Black Panther 2 'From the Beginning'
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler recently opened up about Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character Val and how she was written into the movie.
When asked about whether Namor was planned to be in the Black Panther sequel prior to Chadwick Boseman's passing, Coogler said that the ruler of Talokan was part of it, but shared the antagonist role with Val.
"Val was much more active," Coogler told The New York Times. "It was basically a three-way conflict between Wakanda, the U.S. and Talokan. But it was all mostly from the child's perspective."
Coogler was then asked about Val's presence in the film and whether it's difficult to implement storylines from the broader MCU into a solo movie. The director clarified that Val was always in Wakanda Forever and that he wasn't forced or asked to include her.
"Yeah, nobody was shoehorned in or asked to be put into the movie or anything like that," Coogler clarified. "Actually, in this version, [Louis-Dreyfus' role] was pared back in order to make space for dealing with T'Challa's death. And we had Val in there before she even appeared in any of the other movies, before Black Widow and Falcon and the Winter Soldier. People assume that we were told to put her in, but she was there from the beginning.
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Established in 1996 when many YouthBuild coalitions began forming around the country, the Illinois YouthBuild Coalition (IYBC) is one of thirteen state coalitions in the United States; it is supported by YouthBuild USA and the National YouthBuild Coalition. The coalition is comprised of the fifteen YouthBuild programs in Illinois (second most programs in the United States) as well as other youth-serving organizations with similar purposes.
*See "The Map" and "Our Programs" pages for more information.
Education. An integrated curriculum of academics and life skills gives students the tools to succeed in all aspects of life. College instructors and YouthBuild staff help students attain a GED or a high school diploma.
Job Training. Under the guidance of trained construction managers, students learn construction skills and gain work experience through work on affordable housing (see below for a demonstration on deconstruction by YouthBuild Rockford).
Counseling. All students are given access to counseling in issues such as childcare, transportation, substance abuse, anger management, and gang affiliation.
Job Placement. IYBC programs follow graduates for at least 2 years, providing assistance with resumes, interview preparation, test preparation, college applications, and trade union membership.
Housing. The YouthBuild system is unique in that programs build affordable and environmentally sustainable housing. As a result, students leave the program with knowledge of green building techniques and get the chance to earn environmental certifications.
YouthBuild programs are typically operated by public agencies and autonomous, community and faith-based organizations. In addition, over forty across the nation have become diploma granting, alternative schools. Though programs are responsible for securing their own funding, both public and private, many benefit from the federal funds first authorized in 1992 under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and now operated by the U.S. Department of Labor.


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The Northeast is on the boil. The passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha has led to a new phase of turmoil in the sensitive region as manifested by the violence last week during the shutdown in Assam. Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which was at the helm of affairs in Assam for two terms, has ended the alliance with the BJP in protest against the Bill. Other regional parties in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram, who have formed governments with the BJP support, have also raised strong objections over it. They fear that the Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan on the grounds that they fled to escape religious persecution, would legitimise the presence of Bengali Hindus and Buddhist Chakmas from Bangladesh in their States, fueling social tensions and alter demographic profile of the region in the long-run. The Congress and the Trinamool Congress have also opposed the Bill stating that citizenship cannot be determined by religion under the Indian Constitution. Both parties fear that this will cement the BJP's position among Bengali Hindus in Bengal and the northeastern States, and would also hurt the interests of Muslims, especially of East Bengali origin, who make up substantial segments of the population. The BJP, on the other hand, is eyeing the support of indigenous communities by according Scheduled Tribe status to six Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities in Assam. This would increase the share of tribal communities to 54% in the State's total population.
Besides, the Citizenship Bill is also expected to turn the Bengali Hindus into a loyal vote bank for the saffron party and reduce the Muslim community from the present perceived position of king-makers to docile subjects with no say in the political structure. In the Assam Accord, signed in 1985 after a prolonged and violent agitation, there was no mention of giving citizenship to victims of religious persecution fleeing from the neighbouring country. There was only a cutoff date of March 24, 1971, to determine citizenship. A wave of religious persecution happened in Bangladesh soon after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was murdered in 1975. The BJP leadership is now harping on the plank of religious persecution against Hindus in Bangladesh. The critics of the legislation argue that it violates the Assam Accord and would eventually undermine the linguistic and cultural identities and political rights of the indigenous people of Assam. There are genuine concerns that Assamese would become minorities in their own homeland as the present amendments will confer citizenship on more and more illegal migrants. Assam has already suffered a lot during decades of violent agitations. The wounds of the past should not be raked up again.


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What this Bill lacked in the last parliament was an serious analysis by our legislatures. The Lords were far too deferential and procedural. The Commons, with the exception of a few MPs such as Sarah Wollaston, looked like they would sleepwalk through the Bill. If the Lords are to see this Bill before them, they should at the least refer it to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee to examine the goals of the Bill, to look at the evidence as to whether the legislation would support those aims, and to consider the very considerable concerns that doctors and lawyers have about patient protection.


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Louisiana's "Cancer Alley" will get many of the new oil and gas facilities that researchers say will send U.S. emissions firmly in the wrong direction to fight climate change. Photo credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images
By Karen Savage
If all the planned projects to expand oil and gas production in the U.S. are completed, they could add the equivalent of 50 coal-fired power plants worth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, according to new research.
The report, Greenhouse Gases from Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Production, which was released by the Environmental Integrity Project, examined the growth of greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum and natural gas systems, chemical manufacturing and refineries. Using data from the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and other government agencies, researchers found that plans for 157 new or expanding plants, as well as expanded drilling, could release up to 227 million tons of additional greenhouse gas by the end of 2025.
"Oil and gas production and petrochemical manufacturing are responsible for most of the growth in greenhouse gas emissions today," Eric Schaeffer, executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project said.
The study comes a day after another study was published showing that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell only slightly in 2019, a reduction that would have been much larger except for the rise in oil and gas production. The study, by the private data research firm Rhodium Group, showed an 18 percent drop in coal-fired power production, but nearly half of those gains were offset by oil and gas growth.
Most of the major oil companies in the U.S. say they support action to combat climate change and support the Paris Climate Agreement, but their business plans do not include plans to cut production, which is essential to slowing emissions.
About half of the new oil and gas projects included in the new research are slated to be built in Texas and Louisiana, where future projects will result in about 75 percent of the expected rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
Among the projects is the construction of a new Formosa Plastics facility in the predominantly black community of St. James, La. The proposed plant, whose site was recently discovered to be atop two slave burial sites, was granted an air permit by state regulators on Tuesday. It has the potential to create more greenhouse gas emissions than any of the other 156 projects studied.
"The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality doesn't care about people's lives," said St. James resident Sharon Lavigne, founder and president of RISE St. James, a grassroots, faith-based organization dedicated to opposing new petrochemical facilities in the area.
"They are looking to gain wealth from making us sick. They know that these plants are too much and we've asked them not to let this plant come in. We went to the parish council. We went to the governor. They totally ignored us," Lavigne said, adding that St. James is surrounded by petrochemical infrastructure and already has one of the highest cancer rates in the nation.
Louisiana is already facing sea level rise and increases in extreme precipitation events and flooding,
"Unfortunately, the permits being issued by states and EPA for the largest projects do not include cost-effective methods for controlling greenhouse gas pollution, even though this is required by the federal Clean Air Act," Schaeffer said. "Unless you think global warming is a hoax, that needs to change."
In neighboring Texas, three proposed liquified natural gas export terminals in the Rio Grande Valley were approved by FERC last year. When operating at full capacity, the burning of one year's worth of gas exported from the proposed terminals is estimated to create greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 26 coal-fired power plants.
Further west, flaring in the shale gas fields of the Permian Basin is 21 times greater than it was in 2013 and flaring now releases more than enough gas to power every home in Texas, according to the new research.
"The U.S. is already struggling to meet climate commitments and transition to a low-carbon future," said Courtney Bernhardt, research director at the Environmental Integrity Project. "This analysis shows that we're heading in the wrong direction and really need to slow emissions growth from the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries."
Lavigne, whose family has lived in St. James for five generations, said despite the go-ahead given to Formosa by Louisiana officials, Rise St. James will continue to oppose the Formosa project.
"This is a slow death. I think this is genocide—you're intentionally killing people. We are not about to give up."
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If you've read any of our previous posts about MSC Magnifica, it will come as no surprise that, overall, we're not massively positive about the whole experience.
Plausibly, we can see that if you were visiting Europe and short of time, a port-intensive itinerary might be an economic way of ticking various big tourist draws off the bucket list; just looking at Summer 2018, a week on MSC Fantasia would let you see Rome, Portofino, Cannes, Barcelona, Palma and Majorca. I'm sure that, under normal circumstances, it's an efficient mode of transport, the cabins were both comfortable and clean and you could just ensure that you did most of your eating on land.
This is not, however, a leisure company and won't be until it undergoes some significant cultural changes - it is not something that can be achieved be spending untold billions on new tonnage, as initial reviews of MSC Meraviglia seem to confirm.
Most of the staff seemed utterly miserable.
And it's this last one that's sort of sticks in the craw. We're not talking about concerns like "my, don't the waiters on Carnival work so hard", we're talking about large numbers of people who seem unhappy, exhausted and, often, not provided with the tools needed to do their jobs - even basics, like enough pens for people to sign bar bills.
A quick search online suggests that MSC, particularly this ship, may have some staff welfare issues, but similar things are said about other lines.
Oh, and finally, I should say that, after some too and fro, MSC did fully refund the cost of my Eurostar change fees.


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Emily Thomas Kendrick
Emily Thomas Kendrick is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators, a family-owned company her grandparents founded in 1964. Emily represents the 3rd generation of the family and began her career at Arrow in 1998 after graduating from Vanderbilt University. Over her 22 year career at Arrow she has served in a variety of positions throughout the company, including in residential and commercial operations and sales, information technology, and marketing. She was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2003, President in 2008, and Chief Executive Officer in 2010.
Leading Arrow's team of over 3,200 ladies and gentlemen with 169 offices in 12 states doing over $360 Million in revenue, Emily and her team are passionate about continuing to grow the business to create new opportunities for their team members and new jobs for the local communities they serve. They have aggressive plans to grow the business to $400 million in the next 3 years and $500 million in 6 years.
A passionate advocate for the Pest Management Industry, Emily has served multiple terms on the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) Board of Directors and is active in the Professional Women in Pest Management (PWIPM) organization. A recipient of the inaugural "Woman Of Excellence" award for the pest management industry and a PCT Crown Leadership Award Winner, she recently accepted the #1 Top Workplace Award in Atlanta, GA on behalf of Arrow.
In addition, Emily serves on the Advisory Board for the Emory University Winship Cancer Institute and as an Emeritus Board Member for St. Jude's Recovery Center. In addition she is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO),
Emily and her husband Hugh live in Atlanta, GA where they love to do anything outdoors, travel, and spend time with family.
Shay Jones Runion
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Shay serves as Chief HR Officer and Senior Vice President of Professional Development for Arrow Exterminators. She is a strategic business partner as a member of the Executive and Strategic Planning Teams at the company. Her duties include the management of the organization's Human Resource strategic initiatives, objectives and functions, which include HR, benefits, payroll, recruiting and the company's intern program. She is also the executive representative for Professional Development which encompasses Arrow University and Technical Services. Arrow University is the company's professional development team that uses advanced learning concepts and techniques to facilitate all training for the company, including manager, new employee and technical training. Shay has been named "Impact Player of the Year" for 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 along with her team members. In addition, she also was named the recipient of the "Jeff Singley Leadership Award" in 2014. Runion was named NPMA's (National Pest Management Association's) Women of Excellence Award winner in 2016 for her impact on our industry in Georgia and the national front.
The Arrow University Team under Shay's leadership won the Joe Thomas Pioneer Award for the company in 2018. This award is given to the individual or team in the company who is recognized for using creativity and innovation for the advancement of Arrow. Factors for consideration include the impact on the company, a "Beyond the Call" attitude, pushing the edge of the envelope, overall contribution, leadership skills, and respectfully challenging the paradigm. Most recently, Shay was honored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as a recipient of a HR Hero Award for her outstanding accomplishments in the HR field.
Shay graduated from Auburn University in Agricultural Sciences and has a Master of Sciences degree in Human Resources Development from Villanova University. Shay previously served on the Georgia Pest Control Association Executive Board for over four years. Runion is the 2nd female in the 66-year history of the Association to serve on the Executive Board and as President. Shay is still very involved with the state association serving as a Region Director and on several committees. She also spearheads the Professional Women of GPCA group. She serves as Co-Chair for the National Pest Management Association's Professional Women group and Chair of the newest committee, the Recruitment and Retention Committee in which she will use her HR expertise. Shay is a GA department of Agriculture approved speaker, helps facilitate train-the-trainer, and has served as the GPCA Leadership Chairman and the Education committee co-chair for several years in the past.
She is also a member of the Board of Visitors for Truett McConnell College. Her contributions extend to her community in which she works with several local schools as a senior project professional mentor and booster club supporter. She resides in Canton, GA with her husband Jeff and two boys, Zeb and Eason. Their family is involved in their Church where she enjoys singing. They spend family time playing sports and watching sporting events. You can find the four of them either at their Church, at the ballfield or riding four-wheelers and dirt bikes. Shay enjoys her work but also loves being a boy mom!


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Animal Instincts: 2018 EP Review
You should know by now that I like to analyze anything written; I guess you could call it an instinct. That being said...in my "professional" opinion, I have no idea why this EP is called "Animal Instincts." I tried. I looked up definitions (instinct. noun. : a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned : a natural desire or tendency that makes you want to act in a particular way). I read the lyrics. And I found nothing in particular that makes the subject matter in this group of songs any more instinctual or primal than any other songs. I suppose you could argue that wanting to stay young and opportunistic is an innate trait in most of us, or that love in even the worst of conditions is an animal instinct that is hard to overcome. But gold digging? Enjoying your weekend? Being attracted to flighty girls? My official comment on the title for this EP is that I'd love to pick Hanson's brains for the reasons behind their choice, because I'm personally at a loss. (Maybe we should have asked that question instead of Taylor's shoe size or whatever during the Q&A at Hanson Day, but that's neither here nor there now). I trust that there's a reason, but my red pen couldn't find it.
1. "Working"
This is the most 50's rock 'n' roll/Jerry Lee Lewis sounding song we've ever gotten from Hanson, and the studio recording doesn't do the live version justice. It's a fast-paced Isaac lead and is basically the non-Christmas version of "Til New Years Night" with way more piano. And man do I love that piano. I probably won't seek it out often on iTunes, but I'll be rooting for it to make an appearance at any and all future fan club shows.
Best lyrics: "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday in my Sunday best."
2. "Goldminer"
Every time I try to think about this song, I wind up singing "Ghostwriter" to myself instead. I'll trust that you can hear the similarities without me listing them. The best part of Ghostwriter Goldminer is the clever wordplay in the line "She's a goldminer, stealing your cents, robbing you blind" because she's stealing both your money and your sense (homophones ftw!). My other favorite part is when a friend ruined it (aka made it better) by pointing out that the first line kind of sounds like the girl in the song is a prostitute, and now I can't help but hear the whole song in the context of a guy who just wants to pick up girls but can't tell a prostitute when he sees one. And on that note, let's add "Working" to the list of titles I will inevitably confuse with this song.
"Out on the town, you're looking for love.
She's on the prowl looking for money
What can you say? How can you tell? What can you trust?
What can you do? How do you know? Who's out for blood?"
Better call the coppers!
Best lyrics: "She's a goldminer/ stealing your cents/ robbing you blind"
3. "Young and Dumb"
This is the part where I try not to go all "Feeling Alive" on you again and wind up with a full separate post about this song. "Young and Dumb" is definitely the breakout song of this EP, and it's full of lyrical gold.
My first reaction to the title was a flashback to 10th grade English class and Daisy Buchanan's comment in The Great Gatsby when she learns that her new baby is a girl: "I hope she'll be a fool – that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." Of course the context is completely different and "Young and Dumb" isn't social commentary on a sexist world, but the basic idea of romanticizing ignorance as bliss is there.
To be fair, I don't really think being "dumb" the way Hanson is using it is synonymous with literal ignorance. Dumb in this case means not yet jaded by the world; it represents the idea of being younger and a little more naive and wide-eyed in a hopeful way. They're not advocating for stupidity, just reminiscing about a simpler time when most of us had a lot less worry and a lot more optimism. It's nostalgia for the kind of innocence Adam and Eve had in the Garden of Eden before they ate the forbidden fruit and their eyes were opened to all of the evils possible in the world.
My reaction after hearing the whole song and seeing the full lyrics is that it's a more accurate perspective of how I've always felt about "I Was Born." I'd rather be young and dumb and surrounded by the possibility of still being able to believe that I was born to do something no one's ever done before. The reality is I'm not, and I can relate to this song so much more because of it. "Young and Dumb" is practically someone narrating how I felt while listening to "I Was Born" for the first time.
Best Lyrics: For a song about missing being young and dumb, it sure is packed with great lines full of wisdom. I might as well paste the whole song here.
"Been a hero and a deadbeat/ A pencil pusher and a piece of meat/ Wish I could forget what I know"
"And when my eyes are clear/ I see good intentions are a cheap veneer/ For every evil justified"
"It's hard enough to know it's not enough to know better"
4. "Bad For Me"
I'm actually surprised I like such a sad song, but I really do. It's about a heartbroken guy that is finally realizing he's in a bad relationship with a girl that clearly doesn't value him the same way he feels about her. I think I like it because it doesn't have the expected ending where the guy finally decides to move on, or the unrealistic happy ending where the girl sees what a catch he is and suddenly becomes worthy of his affection. He never follows "Now I see this love's bad for me" with the logical "so I'm leaving;" he just acknowledges the truth of his situation and we as listeners get no resolution. Maybe he stays, maybe he doesn't. All we know is he loves this girl whether she deserves it or not, and he seems resigned to that fate. It's kind of romantic in the saddest way.
Best lyrics: "When you love someone it's easier believing in the lie"
5. "Sophia"
The lyrics remind me a little of Billy Joel's "Always a Woman" where you get the list of potentially infuriating character traits that somehow wind up being endearing when you're in love with the person, but I'm not buying it. Sophia just sounds kind of annoying as a person, though props to her for still being songworthy. Her most redeeming quality is how her name sounds when Zac sings it.
Best lyrics: "Sophia."
Final EP thoughts?
Check out the final episode of The H-Bomb Show podcast June 8th to hear more EP talk.
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