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Blog posts | 05 Jul 2021
Q Ireland event realises the community's potential
Maureen Flynn, Director of Nursing, HSE National QI Team, QI Connections Lead and Q member relays the excitement and ongoing positive outcomes following a year of Q in Ireland and their one year celebration event.
with Caroline Lennon-Nally
The huge potential of involvement in the Q community for improving health and social care across the UK and Ireland came across strongly at our event to celebrate one year of Q in Ireland on 17 June.
The potential is massive in this community.
Since applications for Q Ireland members opened in May 2020, 68 improvers have joined the Q community. Our virtual event, hosted by the HSE National QI team with support from Q, welcomed about 70 people to celebrate our achievements so far and explore the full potential of being an active Q member.
Dr Philip Crowley, National Director of the Quality Improvement Team at the Health Service Executive in Ireland, opened and closed this year's event recognising the power of Q.
"The potential is massive in this community… We can have our own community within the community which will bring new ideas to the Q community, as well as learn from it, so I think Ireland can contribute a lot to this," he said.
"We're often criticised for learning something, cracking something or improving something and not sharing it enough with others around our own system and outside our system and this is a structured way of doing that."
Dr Crowley had been instrumental in bringing Ireland on board with Q, working with Q Initiative Director Penny Pereira to announce the partnership in February 2020.
A wealth of learning and contacts
Tracey White, Communication and Engagement Lead for the Health and Social Care QI Network in Northern Ireland, talked about what membership meant to her and the networks, tools and techniques she'd been able to access since becoming a member of Q.
She said, "I would urge you to look at Q membership if you are interested in expanding your connections and QI learning. You, your team and your organisation will benefit."
Breakout groups enabled attendees to learn how, as members, they can be actively involved with the Q community through Special Interest Groups (SIGs), the Q Exchange funding programme, the Communities of Practice leadership programme and a set of collaboration tools under the banner of Liberating Structures. They also heard about how to connect through Ireland's network map, which is due to launch in September.
Opportunities to connect
We were especially pleased that attendees were made up of roughly half non-members and half Q members, who buddied up so non-members could be supported to navigate the Q application process and get the most out of Q.
It rejuvenated me after what has been a very tough year personally and professionally.
Attendees were also encouraged to take part in Q's Random coffee trials – 30 minute informal chats with one other Q member as a way to meet fellow improvers, share improvement journeys and grow individual's networks.
Finally, they heard about a new series of workshops, community space, bringing members together across Q to understand the needs of staff and services around recovery following the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first of these workshops is coming up on 22 July.
A real buzz
Feedback on the day was overwhelmingly positive, with comments including:
"Such an uplifting 90 minutes so much piled in but still never felt rushed really enjoyed it" – Denise Boulter
"Newly inspired to engage properly with Q community opportunities, great to meet some people and see faces" – Rachael MacDonnell
"Concise information and breakout discussion, great session thank you!" – Veronica Hanlon
The event came after a tough year for services in Ireland following the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic and a cyber attack on our systems.
Deidre Lang, Director of Nursing/National Lead Older Persons Services, Clinical and Integrated Programmes at Dr Steeven's Hospital in Dublin not only found the event rejuvenating but has already taken action on creating a special interest group (SIG), in consultation with her community.
She said, "Thank you and Q community for a wonderful celebration event. I really enjoyed it and it rejuvenated me after what has been a very tough year personally and professionally. I learned so much on the day and it spurred me on to looking at setting up a SIG in frailty. To that end I put out a testing tweet to see if there is an appetite for it and it has caused quite a stir. It's made 37k impressions so far…I am so excited!"
Our growing community across all Ireland is excited about the contributions we can make to Q, as well as what we can gain. As Dr Philip Crowley said in his closing statement:
"Let's keep working together to create this movement and really start trying to get a health service that's genuinely focused on improvement…A service right across the system, from the bottom up, built on people's own ideas, people's innovation…Everybody can improve and everybody can become a member of this quality improvement movement."
Connect with Maureen or Caroline to find out more about Q in Ireland and if you're not already a member, join Q. Twitter users can find us @mapflynn and @LennonNally.
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As usual, Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons leaves it open to your very personal interpretation. Many questions arise, for which no answer will be given in terms of a simplistic 'yes' or 'no'. Why was the collection presented at the Brutalist building of Russian embassy in Paris? Why were some of the model's garments and headpieces featuring Hello Kitty and My Little Pony toys? What was the idea behind clashing Arcimboldo's 16th century painting with manga? Patchwork, graffiti, accumulation. Childishness, anxiety, volumes. Does Rei even care, you critics and bloggers?


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I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a day to remember for the rest of our lives.
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I know the type of demons they have to fight and I am going to help them, because it's the only way I can keep them from getting to my family. I have to clean up my friends because they are around my boys. It's upsetting.
I'm taking T.O., every day... He gives me the whole football field.
'Through the times I've gone through the last couple of weeks - and I'm still trying to help a friend - I got attacked pretty hard through the media, and it hurt and it was devastating, but I really found out who was with me and who was there for me.
We looked at each other standing on the podium, and I think we all were tearing up. But we had to keep it cool. I think we did. Then we let out a breath.


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Unilever endorsed as Certified Africa Top Employer for the fourth time
AFRICA – British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company, Unilever has been recognized as the number one Top Employer in Africa at the just concluded Top Employer Institute award ceremony held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
According to ThisDay, this is the fourth time the company has been named number one Top Employer in Africa, highlighting its commitment to global human resource and international certification.
The company which is headquartered in London has been certified as the number one Top Employer in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
"The Top Employer brand signals to talents that we are committed to staff development and helping our employees reach their personal ambitions.
The certification also provides us with important feedback about how we can improve our HR practices," said Unilever Vice President of Human Resources in Africa, Mechell Chetty.
Based in Netherlands, the Top Employer Institute selects its criteria based on talent strategy, on-boarding, learning and development, performance management, career and succession management, and leadership development, compensation and benefits, and culture.
It benchmarks companies and certifies excellence in the conditions that employers create to ensure that employees develop themselves fully, both personally and professionally.
Speaking on the achievement, the Human Resources Director, Unilever Ghana-Nigeria, Eniola Onimole noted that the company invests in its people through initiatives that contribute to their organisational success.
"These initiatives include international careers exposure, mentorship programmes, flexible working patterns, graduate recruitment programme and a world class leadership development curriculum."
According to her, the programme has reached over 80, 000 youths across the continent through personal connects and digital platforms.
"We will not stop there; our ambition is to reach one million youth across the continent. Technology-enabled learning has allowed the company to enhance flexible learning to suit different learning styles-learning on the go, anywhere and anytime," she explained.
Unilever has since been named the Top Employer on the continent, having also picked up a certification in Côte d'Ivoire and number one slots in Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana, as well as South Africa, three years ago.
This proves that Unilever offers a place where people can thrive as well as perform with purpose.
Unilever has also been a leading light in the corporate sustainability movement. Inspired by the company's purpose ('To make Sustainable Living Commonplace').
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Historical vs. Current, Marginal Effects
When attempting to quantify the impact of direct health-related factors, it is important to make a distinction between how much of our current health is related to these factors versus how much of our current health can be improved by interventions that target particular factors. Grasping this distinction is critical so that we know where our dollars are best spent to maximize health improvement. In other words, how much have each of these factors affected our health in the past through today versus how much could they affect health in the future if policy was immediately changed? For example, a disease like smallpox has a huge direct effect on health outcomes, but it has essentially been eradicated, so an additional investment in eradicating smallpox has virtually no marginal gains, even though the disease is closely linked to health.
It is also relevant to consider the timespan on which we see certain effects taking place, especially when considering policy intervention. For example, with an environmental change such as improving the air quality, it would take a significant amount of time for all measurable changes in health outcomes to manifest; other interventions, such as dramatically increasing flu vaccination rates, could have significant health outcomes that would be observable on a much shorter timescale.
Correlations vs. Causation
Considering the available literature on social determinants of health and the links between these factors and measurable health outcomes, it is critical to clarify whether what we are observing or seeking is a correlation or causation. Correlations can guide hypothesis generation, but only causation is actionable in terms of policy.
Finally, it is worth considering how a framework like this relates to policy intervention. The specific interventions that might be effective within a category (e.g., health behaviors) could change over time. For example, promotion of wearing motor vehicle seat belts was an important area for policy interventions in the 1970s and 1980s, but is less so now because doing so has become commonplace. Though health behaviors remain relevant to health today, the class of interventions that would have the largest impact are different.


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Smart transformers operate independently to keep the contact with the smart grid in order to allow remote access, regulate the voltage, and provide feedback in the power supply system. Owing to the remote access that is provided by the smart transformers resources of users and time is saved. The smart transformers have functions that are inbuilt which monitor and improves the reliability by watching the critical components such as core, winding, tap changer, and others. They are very useful in protecting the electronic equipment against power fluctuations; helps in reducing the consumption of energy and greenhouse emissions, and improves the efficiency of the electronic appliances. The smart transformers are eco-friendly and help to save money by utilizing the energy efficiently.
The global smart transformers market is segmented into its type, application, and region. Based on the type, the global market is segregated into the power transformer, instrument transformer, distribution transformer, and specialty transformer. On the basis of application, the market is categorized into a smart grid, electric vehicle charging, traction locomotive, and others. Region-wise, the global smart transformers market is diversified into Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, and the Middle East and Africa.
The factors that are driving the smart transformers market include awareness about energy sources, aging infrastructure, advancements in technology. The monitoring micro generators and the reformations that are made in the power sector are opening up new opportunities in the smart transformers market. Owing to the rise in industrialization and urbanization smart grids with smart transformers are in heavy demand. The power smart transformers are being used in the transmission networks thus propelling the demand for the smart transformers. Controlling and monitoring of the power flow in the real time is done with the help of smart transformers. The increasing power demand, a requirement to improve the efficiency of the grids, reduce the wastage of electricity, and the growing power transmission and networks are driving the smart transformers market. Moreover, the access to inexpensive capital and the data privacy and cyber security are some factors that are affecting the smart transformers market growth in a positive way.
The major market for the smart transformers is in the Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific region dominates the global market of smart transformers. It is followed by the North America and Europe. The factors that attribute to this growth are the rise in the industrialization and urbanization in the regions. North America and Europe have aging power infrastructure; to improve their energy utilization there is an increasing demand for smart transformers in these regions.
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ACLU Education Reform Project Releases Legislative Priorities for the Maryland General Assembly of 2017
Bebe Verdery, Education Director, Education
& Frank Patinella, Senior Education Advocate, Education
& Kimberly Humphrey, Esq., Legislative Counsel, Education, Education
& Justin Nalley, Policy Analyst, Education, Education
January 13, 2017 - 12:00am
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Click Here for Printable Version of our Priorities
Legislative Priorities - 2017
Ensure Full and Adequate Funding of Public Education – The ACLU of Maryland's (ACLU-MD) Education Reform Project will fight to protect education funding and strengthen the education funding formula.
In General Assembly 2017, we will work to ensure full funding of the current education funding formula including the formula's inflation factor. Flat funding of the formula[1] over the past 9 years has resulted in a $1.6 billion statewide annual adequacy gap[2] — this is the amount by which the current formula is underfunded. Inflation increases also play an important role in helping school systems' ability to meet rising costs without cutting resources to the classroom. ACLU will oppose any efforts to decrease education funding.
Strengthen Education Funding Formula – Expert consultants have recommended to the "Kirwan" Commission that Maryland schools need an additional $2.9 billion to meet Maryland's constitutional mandate and prepare students to succeed in college and careers. We will work closely with legislators, and the Commission, to improve the education formula so that all Maryland students have the resources required to meet state standards. We urge policy-makers to focus on these key issues, among others, related to the adequacy study:
Full-day prekindergarten services for low-income three- and four-year-olds;
Dedicated funding for schools in concentrated poverty;
Support and funding for the community schools strategy[4]; and
Equity in provisions for state and local contributions to school funding.
Support Programs for Public School Construction and Building Repairs – School districts across the state have $13-15 billion in unmet school construction needs. In Baltimore, the ACLU launched the Transform Baltimore: Build Schools, Build Neighborhoods campaign with our partners and won a commitment to begin rebuilding Baltimore City's deteriorating school buildings, the oldest in the state. While the $1 billion program is estimated to reconstruct 23-28 school buildings, there are more than 100 school buildings in serious disrepair that are not covered by this program.
The ACLU-MD will work to:
Support $400 million in state capital funding for school construction;
Allocate a fair share of state capital funding for City Schools (historically 11-12%), to keep school buildings that are not funded by the 21st Century Schools Program minimally safe and functional;
Ensure that at least $6.1 million for the statewide Aging Schools Program is included and kept in the capital budget;
Support bills that would dedicate state funding – in addition to the state CIP for school construction – to air-conditioning projects; and
Work to expand City Schools' 21st Century Schools Program.
Enact Fair Treatment of All Students – All students deserve to learn in schools that are safe and administer discipline policies fairly. The ACLU-MD will advocate for legislation that increases positive school climate and equity in schools and classrooms. Suspending students fails to address inappropriate behavior and is disproportionately given to minority students and students with disabilities, even when punishing for the same offense. Unfortunately, today, ineffective discipline practices negatively impact thousands of students across the state causing them to lose critical instruction time, fall behind, and have a greater likelihood of dropping out. The ACLU-MD will advocate to:
Expand school supports and promote alternatives to ineffective out-of-school suspensions and expulsions;
Prohibit suspensions and expulsions of young children, prekindergarten to grade two; and
Support Restorative Practices and a review of current discipline and student arrest practices across the state.
Oppose Public Funds for Private & Religious Schools – In 2016, the General Assembly made a $5 million appropriation in the budget to fund a "BOOST" voucher program for students to attend private schools. This $5 million could support children in our public school system. More than 97% of the schools receiving the funding are religious schools. In addition, 73% of the scholarships are going to students who were already enrolled in private schools. In 2017, we will continue to oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to fund private schools that do not meet state accountability standards and can and do discriminate against already vulnerable populations, such as students with disabilities.
Legislative adjustments were made to the original formula including freezing inflation increases.
Adequacy of Education Funding in Maryland, Dept. of Legislative Services, December 8, 2016.
The Commission for Innovation and Excellence in Education, referred to as "Kirwan" after the Commission's chair.
The community schools strategy brings together a wide range of partners and community resources to promote student achievement, positive conditions for learning and the well being of families and communities (http://familyleague.org/about/steering-committees/community-school-engag...).
pdflegislative_priorities_2017_january_2017__0.pdf
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Car Carrying Migrants Crashes in Greece; 1 Dead, 9 Injured
(Photo by Eurokinissi/ Yiannis Panagopoulos, File)
THESSALONIKI — A vehicle carrying 10 migrants hoping to head from Greece north into the Balkans crashed in northern Greece overnight, leaving one person dead and nine injured, including one seriously, police said Tuesday.
Police said Tuesday that the seven-seater car had been heading out of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki towards the border when it veered off a highway into a ditch shortly before midnight. A passing motorist alerted emergency services.
Authorities didn't provide any details on the ages or nationalities of the car's occupants, who police said had paid 150 euros ($175) each to be taken to the border, from where they hoped to make their way to Serbia. It wasn't clear if the Balkan country was their final destination or if they were heading to another country in Europe.
Greece for years has been one of the main routes into the European Union for people fleeing poverty and conflict in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The vast majority use smuggling networks to make it either from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands, or across the short stretch of Turkey's land border with Greece. But the Greek government has been increasing patrols and security along its eastern border, and has further bolstered border security following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing people fleeing the Taliban will attempt to enter Europe.
Last week, Greek officials said the country would add another 250 officers to the 1,500-strong border force on the frontier with Turkey over the next several months, and would hire about 800 more border guard personnel to staff airports and regions close to the Turkish border.
Greek Police Scheme to Stop Scan Faces, Fingerprints, Draws Fire
ATHENS – A Greek Internet protection group said a police program that would scan people's faces and fingerprints goes against international human rights and is an invasion of privacy that could worsen discrimination.
Greece's High-Speed Trains from Italy Stuck in Bureaucratic Slow Lane


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Pieter Cornelis "Cor" Baayen (* 10. März 1934 in Klaten, Java; † 22. Mai 2019 in Almelo) war ein niederländischer Mathematiker.

Leben
Baayen machte 1951 in Goes sein Abitur und studierte an der Freien Universität Amsterdam Mathematik und Naturwissenschaft mit dem Kandidatenabschluss 1954 und dem Doctoraalexamen 1957 in Mathematik, wobei er im letzten Studienjahr schon an einer höheren Schule unterrichtete. 1957 bis 1959 war er an der University of California, Berkeley. Er wurde 1964 bei Johannes de Groot (1914–1972) an der Universität Amsterdam promoviert (Universal Morphisms). Er war seit 1959 am CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), an dem er ab 1965 die Abteilung Reine Mathematik leitete (Gruppenleiter), und seit 1965 Professor an der Freien Universität Amsterdam, an der er schon seit 1962 einen Lehrauftrag für Topologie und Funktionalanalysis hatte.

1966/67 war er Gastprofessor an der University of Washington.

1980 bis 1994 war er Direktor des CWI in Amsterdam. In dieser Zeit initiierte und beförderte er eine Reihe von Forschungsfeldern wie Kryptographie, Computeralgebra, Bildanalyse, Computer-Linguistik, Diskrete Mathematik, Performance-Analyse und Interface-Technologie.

Er begann in reiner Mathematik und befasste sich später mit Diskreter Mathematik und Informatik. Zu seinen Doktoranden zählt Alexander Schrijver.

Ihm zu Ehren ist der Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award des European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) benannt. Baayen war 1991 bis 1994 erster Präsident des ERCIM. 1978 bis 1980 war er Vorsitzender der Wiskundig Genootschap und 1983 bis 1985 der Nederlands Genootschap voor Informatica.

Schriften
 mit Jacobus Hendricus van Lint, Johan Jacob Seidel: Colloquium discrete wiskunde, Mathematisch Centrum 1968

Literatur
 Krzysztof Apt, Lex Schrijver, Nico Temme: From Universal Morphisms to Megabytes: A Baayen Space Odyssey, CWI, Amsterdam 1994

Weblinks
 Autoren-Profil in der Datenbank zbMATH

Einzelnachweise

Mathematiker (20. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Freie Universität Amsterdam)
Niederländer
Geboren 1934
Gestorben 2019
Mann

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import io.advantageous.qbit.boon.service.impl.queuecallbacks.DynamicQueueCallbackHandler;
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Buddhist-Christian Studies
Learning to See the Wisdom of Uncertainty
Yi Shen Ma
10.1353/bcs.2021.0016
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I am grateful for the opportunity to reflect on Duane's analysis of my struggle to give an account of my religious self. In this brief reflection, I focus on how my interaction with Duane and his interpretation of my spiritual journey has changed the way I relate to my existential struggles and raise some ethical and practical questions for further consideration.
One of the most valuable things I learned from conversing with Duane and reading his paper is the vocabulary to explicitly name and identify the sources of my existential and emotional suffering. Simply being able to talk about my lived experience in an intelligible way is already to do much to alleviate my distress.
Duane's words resonated with me when he suggests that my "religious-spiritual intelligence seems to have lagged behind other domains" as an adolescent (3). Looking back, I see that being torn between traditions while going through the challenges of migration added to the existential pressure to be "storied by others" to fit my "experiences into a dominant narrative" (6). Thus, my "involuntary silence" and self-colonization compromised my agency and led to the impression that I was less spiritually competent compared with people who seemed to know who they are and their place in the community.
I felt less spiritually competent because I did not seem to fit in anywhere easily. I have always seen my inability to give a coherent account of my religious self as a social and emotional liability. So, I sought refuge in an apparently fixed and socially prestigious religious identity and attempted to erase all traces of dissonance and discomfort, even when it alienated me from my family and cultural inheritance.
Since my conversations with Duane four months ago, I learned to relate to my "unbounded" identity as a source of wisdom rather than a liability. Reading his analysis of the Buddhist emptiness and the Christian doctrine of divine incomprehensibility catalyzed a shift in my self-understanding.
As a theologian, I intellectually understand the provisional and limited nature of religious identity. But my spiritual biography seems to suggest that existentially, I am inclined to adopt fixed and reified religious identities, even after repeated failures. The contribution of Duane's interpretation is that it connected the abstract ideas of emptiness and divine comprehensibility with my lived experience. It did so by reframing my apparent weakness and failures—my inability to articulate my religious identity—as a source of strength and wisdom. It prompted me to see [End Page 163] that my failure to give an account of my religious identity is rooted in an implicit and unconscious awareness of the limited and partial nature of religious forms of knowing.
This subtle shift positioned me to notice the unique ways that my ontological uncertainty could be a resource for community building and spiritual care. As a pastor and professor, I realized that I naturally empathized with students and other young adults at church who struggle with their experiences of migration and ambivalent relationships with their inherited religious traditions. I also began to notice that sharing my experiences and insecurities often edified those who were struggling with similar existential questions. In other words, I was starting to see that my existential uncertainty "could be construed as a particular form of wisdom" (12).
What I saw as a liability has become an avenue of intimacy and community. Being less attached to a "permanent, consistent, and definable self" enabled me to have more vulnerable and authentic conversations with my wife and children about my faith. Partly, this is because I no longer treat conversations about religion and spirituality as an attempt to define myself and others, but as a journey toward greater understanding and spiritual renewal.
As I write this, I can confidently say that I have made some progress in coming to terms with my inability to articulate my religious identity. This perceived inability has morphed into a profound capacity for unbounded growth and transformation. Duane and other scholars of spiritual fluidity made this change in my self-understanding possible, and it underscores the importance of their work for people like me...
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Germany, Berlin Guide (A): The Berlin Wall
Overnight on June 15th 1961, a barrier went up to completely divide Allied West Berlin from Communist East Berlin and the GDR. Over the following years the Berlin Wall was increasingly fortified until it became one of the deadliest border-crossings in the World. Take this tour to explore the remnants of this historic barrier, and relive the tragic events of people attempting to cross the 'death-strip' to freedom.
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Guide Name: The Berlin Wall
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (A))
# of Attractions: 13
Tour Duration: 2.0 hour(s)
Sight(s) featured in this guide: • Friedrichstraße Station and the Palace of Tears • The White Crosses Memorial • Crosses on the Corner of Ebertstrasse • Tiergarten Soviet War Memorial • Statue 'The Caller' • The Brandenburg Gate • The Former Death Strip • Leipziger Platz • Potsdamer Platz • GDR Watchtower • The Wall at Niederkirchnerstraße • Checkpoint Charlie • The Peter Fechter Memorial
Author: Andie Gilmour
Author Bio: Hi, my name is Andie. I am originally from England, but after visiting Berlin many times I decided to move here permanently with my partner and four cats. I do guided tours, take photographs of Berlin and Brandenburg, and also design and program websites. I am fascinated by local history, and have found more than enough to discover here in Berlin, which I would like to share with you.
Author Website: http://www.andie.org.uk
1) Friedrichstraße Station and the Palace of Tears
Road and pedestrian access into West Berlin was relatively easy to control: just build a physical barrier along the border - the Berlin Wall - with limited crossing points.
The railway network was more problematic, especially at Friedrichstraße station, which was surrounded on three sides by West Berlin and had lines coming into it from there.
Friedrichstraße also had long-distance rail links with countries inside and outside the Communist Bloc that still had to flow. The East Germans couldn't build a wall across the railway tracks, so instead they put border controls around the station itself. Passengers from the Western sectors could disembark at Friedrichstraße station, but if they wanted to leave the station they had to go through border control.
Many did stay inside the station, where they could buy duty-free goods in the hall that now houses a supermarket and fast-food restaurants. Others had come to visit family in East Berlin, but whereas they could return West, their East Germans relatives had to remain behind.
Passengers were processed in a glass-and -steel building North of the station, connected to it by an underground tunnel. Many tearful farewells took place here, and the building became known sardonically as der Tränenpalast – the Palace of Tears.
Despite the strict security, the interrogation rooms, the holding cells, and the ever-present Stasi, a lot of people still managed to flee to the West through Friedrichstraße Station. Some used forged documents, or ones borrowed from sympathisers in the West. Others took legitimate trains to Communist countries with less well-guarded borders.
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2) The White Crosses Memorial
The fortified border ran close behind the Reichstag and joined with the River Spree. Where East met West, a memorial of seven white crosses stands on the riverbank.
The river along this stretch was owned by East Germany and was patrolled by armed guards. Many refugees tried to reach Western Berlin by swimming across it; some even made it. One person who unfortunately didn't was Günter Litfin, who was shot dead in the water a short distance from here by East German Transportation Police on 24th August 1961.
Günter Litfin was the first person to be killed trying to cross the border, and his name is recorded on one of the white crosses that stand here as a memorial to the victims of The Wall.
Across the river, in the ultra-modern government building Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, stand original sections of The Wall, each with a year and the number of people killed trying to cross in that year (258 victims in all).
A memorial of a different kind now stands near the white crosses on the North-East corner of the Reichstag building. Next to where the Berlin Wall ran, is a section of wall from a dockyard in Danzig. It was upon this wall that Lech Walesa climbed in order to organise a strike in 1980. From that protest arose the free trade union Solidarność, and so began a process of democratisation in the Soviet Bloc that eventually led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
3) Crosses on the Corner of Ebertstrasse
The White Cross memorial is duplicated across the road from the South of the Reichstag building, where one of the remembered victims also has a three-metre wooden cross dedicated to him.
That victim is Heinz Sokolowski, who was shot dead by border guards close to here on Dorotheenstraße on 25th November 1965. Sokolowski was born in Frankfurt Oder during the First World War, fought in the German army during the Second World War, was captured by the Soviets and taken to Russia where he was re-educated with anti-fascist ideology. He returned from captivity in 1946 and lived in Prenzlauer Berg in the Soviet Sector of Berlin. He worked for the Soviet occupation forces, but was arrested in 1953 and charged by a Soviet military tribunal for alleged espionage. He spent ten years in a Labour Camp in the USSR before being handed back to East Germany in 1963. He applied for an exit visa to the West, but was turned down, and was thereafter hounded by the Stasi, the East German secret police. His attempted flight to the West across the barbed-wire border behind the Reichstag building ended with fatal gun-shot wounds in the abdomen.
Another of the victims commemorated by a white cross is Chris Gueffroy. He was hit in the chest by ten shots whilst trying to cross the border, and died in the 'death-strip', on 6th February 1989. The Berlin Wall fell just nine months later.
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4) Tiergarten Soviet War Memorial
During the heavy fighting for the Battle of Berlin at the close of the Second World War, an estimated 70,000 people were killed in just ten days: 22,000 troops of the Soviet Red Army, 20,000 German soldiers, and at least 30,000 civilians. There are many grave-sites in and around Berlin, and the one in the Tiergarten is the resting place for over 2,000 Soviet soldiers.
The memorial was dedicated on 11th November 1945 in the presence of all four occupying powers. At the time it lay in wasteland, the Tiergarten having been incendiary-bombed to burnt tree-stumps and the Reichstag building reduced to rubble.
However, the memorial was located in the British Sector, and after the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 an agreement had to be reached to provide access to the Memorial for a permanent Russian Guard of Honour. Accordingly, throughout The Cold War, Soviet soldiers were bussed in every day from East Berlin, sometimes through crowds protesting against the Wall outside the blocked-off Brandenburg Gate. The Guard of Honour, whose sentry buildings can still be seen behind the memorial, were themselves guarded by British soldiers.
The memorial and cemetery were finally handed over to a united Berlin in December 1990 as part of the agreement for the withdrawal of Soviet Troops.
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5) Statue 'The Caller'
In the centre of avenue Straße des 17 Juni stands a bronze statue of a man with cupped hands around his mouth, as if shouting down the avenue at The Brandenburg Gate and East Berlin. The statue is called 'Der Rufer' or The Caller, by the Berlin-born artist Gerhard Marcks, and was erected in May 1989. An inscription around the plinth translates that the figure goes through the world crying 'Friede' : 'Peace, Peace, Peace'. This call, together with one for 'Freiheit' – freedom – was taken up by many East Germans during 1989 in demonstrations across the GDR. It was eventually realised by the opening of the borders on 9th November 1989 and the fall of The Wall.
This wide, long avenue originally connected Berlin with the outlying town of Charlottenburg and was called Charlottenburger Chaussee until 1953. Then it was renamed by West Berlin to mark the striking of workers on the construction of the Soviet show-piece Stalinallee on the 16th June 1953. This turned into a mass uprising throughout East Germany the next day, which was brutally suppressed by the Red Army and Volkspolizei who shot dead at least 55 protesters.
It was primarily the disparity of wages and working conditions between East and West Berlin that led to the closing of the borders overnight on 12th August 1961. Up until that date, approximately 20% of East Germans had left the Eastern Bloc.
6) The Brandenburg Gate
The Western Gate in Berlin's city walls has been a famous symbol of Berlin since it was commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm 2nd of Prussia in the late eighteenth century. During the Cold War it was entirely closed off and the Berlin Wall ran in a semi-circle in front of it on the Western Side. Pariser Platz on the Eastern side became part of the Death Strip and was only used by GDR Border Guards and Soviet troops.
The Gate became a focus for protests against a divided Germany. As the then governing West Berlin mayor Richard von Weizsäcker described it in the 1980's 'The German question is open as long as the Brandenburg Gate is closed'.
When US President JF Kennedy visited the Gate in 1963, the Soviets drew a curtain of red banners across its archways to prevent the eyes of the Western World looking into the East.
On 12th June 1987 another US President, Ronald Reagen, gave a speech in front of the Gate in which he implored the reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev to come here to this gate:
'Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'
The course of the outer wall of the border fortifications is now marked with a double row of cobblestones in front of the Gate, which continue up Ebertstraße and for most of the rest of this tour.
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7) The Former Death Strip
The 2,711 concrete slabs that make up 'The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe', inaugurated in 2005, were erected on wasteland that was once the death-strip between the outer and inner Berlin Wall. As such it gives a feeling for the width of the border fortifications at this point. All the land between the double-cobblestones running up the middle of Ebertstraße to the buildings rising beyond the memorial was an area where to step was to risk arrest, or being shot at.
In the beginning, the border was defended with a barrier of breeze-blocks and barbed wire, but over the years the fortifications became more sophisticated and more deadly.
By the 1980's the outer wall, facing West Berlin, was 12ft high and topped with a concrete pipe to deter attempts at climbing over or the use of grappling hooks. Before anyone even reached it, they had to negotiate a 10ft high inner wall, steel spike mats, a barbed-wire signal fence, tank traps and anti-vehicle trenches, a continuous strip of smoothed sand to show up footprints, motion-detecting automatically firing machine guns, and regular patrols of guards with dogs. At frequent intervals there were also watchtowers manned around the clock by armed soldiers with binoculars and searchlights.
This barrier extended around the entire 96 mile border with West Berlin and along railway tracks and service roads running from The West.
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8) Leipziger Platz
The elegent octagonal form of Leipziger Platz was laid out according to the wishes of Friedrich Wilhelm 1st of Prussia in 1732 and put to ceremonial and residential use. It was reduced to ruins by the street-fighting and bombardments during the Battle of Berlin, and any remaining buildings were torn down by the Soviets for border installations.
The row of double-cobblestones bisecting the square mark the course of the inner, East German, side of the border. A few sections of the wall are preserved here, though the graffiti was added after re-unification: whilst the outer wall was colourfully and sometimes humorously decorated by graffiti artists during The Cold War, the Eastern side was grey and untouched.
Another three sections of the wall from here were donated to the United Nations, where they were installed outside the UN building in New York.
Leipziger Platz has now been reconstructed to its original harmonious form, albeit with modern architecture, but the former line of The Wall demonstrates how rigorously the East Germans stuck to the Soviet Sector border agreed at the Yalta Conference, with total disregard for historical precedents.
The parallel outer wall ran through nearby Potsdamer Platz, and again you get a feel for the width of the barren hinterland that ran between the two barriers.
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9) Potsdamer Platz
By the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Potsdamer Platz was one of the busiest squares in Europe, lined with hotels, department stores, and restaurants. A monument from that time, when trams, horse-drawn buses, and newly invented automobiles bustled here, is a replica of the first traffic lights erected in Europe.
By the end of the Second World War the square was almost totally destroyed, and the wasteland became the converging point of the British, American and Soviet sectors. Any remaining buildings were razed, and luminous white paint marked out the sector borders, later to be replaced with barbed wire and then The Wall.
With the building of The Wall, the only people to visit this desolate area were curious visitors from the West, who came by the bus-load to buy souvenirs and climb a platform to peer over into the East. They included US Senator JF Kennedy in 1962, Queen Elizabeth II in 1965, US President Jimmy Carter in 1973, and US President George Bush senior in 1983.
Nowadays Potsdamer Platz has been rebuilt with modern architecture, but then as now vendors sell mementos of The Wall, and you can even have your passport stamped with an authentic seal of one of the former occupying forces.
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10) GDR Watchtower
This watchtower dating from 1969 is now dwarfed by modern new buildings and has been moved eight metres to the East to accommodate their construction.
It once stood on the edge of the death-strip watching for people approaching the Eastern side of the border. These 'panorama observation towers' were also used to monitor high-security institutions like the Stasi (State Security) prison in Hohenschönhausen and the Stasi office in Weissensee.
An iron ladder within the shaft reaches up to the octagonal observation area at the top that was designed to give 360 degrees of view. However, its narrow access shaft and top-heavy design meant the 'panorama towers' were eventually replaced with more spacious, square-shaped observation towers.
Of the former 302 guard and observation towers that once stood along The Berlin Wall, only this and three square-shaped towers remain. They are now all protected historic monuments.
11) The Wall at Niederkirchnerstraße
A 200 metre stretch of The Berlin Wall still stands along Niederkirchnerstraße beside the Topography of Terror exhibition. It has been damaged by 'wall-peckers', souvenir hunters chiseling away pieces of the concrete, and is now protected by a fence.
The border strip here was very narrow - just the width of the street - and the government buildings on the North side were incorporated into the inner wall.
The Berlin Wall was referred to by the GDR government as an Anti-fascist Protection Wall, playing on the East German's fears of a return of the horrors of the Nazi era. The nature of those horrors are fittingly documented in the Topography of Terror exhibition here, which stands on the site of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters and prison. Hermann Göring's Air Ministry building still looms over the street on the North side.
The Secretary for Security Matters in 1961, responsible for building The Wall, was Erich Honecker. He later served as the Head of State of the GDR from 1976 until its dissolution. As late as January 1989 he stated that "The Wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years, if the reasons for it are not yet removed."
After unification Honecker was put on trial for initiating the shoot-to-kill policy at The Wall that murdered 192 East Germans. He escaped prosecution due to ill-health, and died in Chile in 1993.
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12) Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie (named from the NATO phonetic alphabet for the letter C) was the only road crossing for foreigners and Allied Forces personnel on foot or in a vehicle between the Eastern and Western sectors. It came to world prominence in October 1961 when a stand-off between Soviet and American tanks nearly sparked off a Third World War. The incident began trivially enough on 22 October 1961 (just two months after construction of the wall) with a dispute over whether East German guards were authorized to examine the travel documents of a senior U.S. diplomat and his wife passing through to East Berlin to attend the theatre. Events escalated out of all proportion and both the Soviet and the Allies massively increased their military forces and armoury. By 27 October ten armed Soviet tanks faced ten armed American ones a hundred metres away across the border crossing. Around the world, troops on both sides of the Cold War were put on alert, weapons were mobilised, and nuclear warheads primed. After sixteen hours of heightened tension, when it seemed a shoot-out could break out at any moment, the first Soviet tank started up its engine and withdrew five metres. The tension was relieved, and the world breathed a sigh of relief. To get an idea of what the Checkpoint grew to look like, and to learn about escape attempts across the border, a visit to the museum 'Haus am Checkpoint Charlie' is thoroughly recommended.
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13) The Peter Fechter Memorial
On Zimmerstraße stands a memorial to the shooting of young building worker Peter Fechter on 17th August 1962.
Just a year after the wall was built, Fechter tried to flee the GDR together with his friend Helmut Kulbeik.
They hid in a carpenter's workshop next to the wall on Zimmerstraße and dropped down into the strip between the inner fence and outer wall from an overlooking window. They then attempted to dash across the 'death strip' before the border guards noticed, and climb the two metre wall topped with barbed wire into West Berlin.
As they climbed the wall, the GDR border guards opened fire. Kulbeik managed to scramble over the wall to safety, but Fechter took a bullet in his pelvis and fell back onto the Eastern side, screaming in agony.
Whilst hundreds of horrified onlookers on the Western side called in vain for someone to help him, neither GDR or FRG guards attempted to give him medical assistance, both sides apparently fearing to leave their posts or to enter the forbidden zone.
After an hour, Fechter eventually died a slow death through internal and external bleeding and his body was finally retrieved by East German guards. The event caused outrage throughout the world, and a spontaneous demonstration on the Western side shouted 'Murderers!' at border guards on both sides.
The memorial says '… er wollte nur die Freiheit.' - he wanted only freedom.
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Leigh B. Goodson, President and CEO
President's Leadership Institute
Leigh B. Goodson, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Tulsa Community College
Leigh B. Goodson has served as president and chief executive officer of Tulsa Community College since July 2014. As president at TCC, she successfully launched and met the College's $20 million campaign, developed Oklahoma's first "early college high school program," gained TCC acceptance into the AACC Pathways Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is a key contributing member of the Tulsa Higher Education Consortium, a collaborative partnership with local universities. In 2021, under her leadership, TCC won the American Association of Community College's (AACC) Award of Excellence in both the Student Success category, as well as Safety and Planning.
Dr. Goodson earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Education Research and Evaluation from OSU, a Master of Science in Organizational Communication from Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS., and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from OSU. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma class XXIII and Leadership Tulsa Class 35 and completed an Aspen Presidential Fellowship in 2016. In 2020, The Journal Record recognized Goodson as Oklahoma's Most Admired CEO in the public category and inducted her into the Circle of Excellence for being honored three times as a 50 Making a Difference honoree at its annual Woman of the Year event. She is an active member of her community, and currently serves on the boards of the Oklahoma Business Roundtable, Tulsa Area United Way, Jobs for the Future Policy Trust, CCCSE National Advisory Board and Tulsa Regional Chamber. She is a sought after local and national guest speaker on various topics including leadership development and community college student success. Goodson has invested herself and her career in education, having served previously as a university faculty member, university administrator and school board member for Tulsa Public Schools. Her priority and passion is student success.


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Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective is a series of children's books written and illustrated by David Biedrzycki. Each book follows Ace Lacewing, an anthropomorphic insect detective, on his latest crime solving caper. In his adventures, Ace is frequently accompanied by his girlfriend Xerces Blue, a butterfly, and Sergeant Zito the Mosquito.

The series has been influenced heavily by film noir and the American private eye school of detective fiction, the visual style evoking the noir atmosphere with moody blue and black backgrounds. Each installment takes place in the fictitious Motham City, echoing Gotham City, the dark metropolis of DC Comics. Plot lines are typically mystery based, with the culprit being unknown until the very end of the story. Although unrealistic in nature, each book incorporates a unique insect fact that aids Ace in solving the mystery. The author has said that he had the idea for the character while illustrating a non-fiction book on bugs and incidentally learning a lot about them.

The School Library Journal review of Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective notes the many humorous touches, both verbal and visual, including insect-related puns.

The books have won several awards, including the Bank Street College of Education's Best Books of the Year Award and the IRA Children's Book Award Notables.

The books have been translated into Chinese, with even the extensive signage in the artwork being translated.

The books
Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective (2004)
Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective: Bad Bugs Are My Business (2007)
Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective: The Big Swat (2009)

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Series of children's books
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The French Army has left its Mali base ahead of a total withdrawal
A French Panhard VBL light armoured vehicle during the France led Operation Aconit which targeted Islamic State militants in Mali and Niger between between June 7 and 19 2019.
After nine years of fighting a jihadist insurgency, French forces were handing back a military post in northern Mali on Monday, preparatory of a full pullout from the Sahel nation, according to France's army.
The UN envoy in the area cautioned that the French withdrawal could expose Menaka, where they were stationed, to Islamist attack.
General Pascal Ianni, a spokesman for the French army, said the withdrawal from the base "was conducted in good order, safely and in transparent fashion."
He noted that it comes ahead of the final pullout from Mali at the end of the summer, when France's main military station in Gao would be handed over to Malian forces, thereby ending the Barkhane military operation.
El-Ghassim Wane, the UN Secretary-special General's envoy in Mali, warned, however, that the withdrawal could put Menaka in jeopardy.
He said he had recently visited the town and that residents did not rule out an attack on Menaka town, where 5,000 people fleeing the violence had sought refuge.
"Should this scenario come to pass, the MINUSMA base is likely to be perceived as the last haven for civilians fleeing violence," Wane added, referring to the UN peacekeeping force's Mali base.
"MINUSMA's ability to mount an effective response is limited," he said, "With minimal Malian forces in the area and some 600 peacekeepers available to protect civilians, UN personnel and assets."
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France offered to sustain air assistance for the UN force from outside Mali at the UN Security Council.
In New York, French Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere said,
"This support is necessary for MINUSMA and to protect the peacekeepers."
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"Mali strongly opposes any air support that Barkhane might make to the (UN) mission on Malian territory."
Relationships deteriorating
In the remote tri-border zone where Mali meets Niger and Burkina Faso, former colonial master France established the Menaka outpost in 2018. Under the name Takuba, it housed French and European special forces charged with training local troops.
The Takuba operation would not be transferred to neighboring Niger, according to General Ianni.
In 2013, France began anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel, assisting Mali in putting down a rebellion in the north.
However, the jihadists regrouped to strike Mali's volatile heartland, igniting a raging insurrection that even elected President Ibrahim Bubacar Keita was unable to quell.
Protests against Keita culminated in a coup headed by disgruntled colonels in August 2020, followed by another military takeover in May 2021.
Relations with France have deteriorated progressively since then, fueled by the junta's refusal to give a timetable for restoring civilian authority and Bamako's accusations that France was pushing the area to take a harsh position against it.
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Joe Budden, Reps Talk 'No Love Lost' Album & Opening Up On 'Love & Hip-Hop'
2/4/2013 by Steven J. Horowitz
Chad Griffith
'I've tried to eliminate as many of the middlemen as possible, so the fans are dealing with me and the music.' - Joe Budden
When it comes to his solo career, Joe Budden is his own conductor. The Jersey City, N.J., native, who released his self-titled debut in 2003, tasted mainstream success with his Grammy Award-nominated breakout single, "Pump It Up," which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. But after parting ways with Def Jam, the rapper took an independent approach powered by touring, social media and reality TV that's paid off. On Feb. 5, Budden returns with his third solo retail release, "No Love Lost" (E1/Mood Muzik Entertainment), a testament to his approach to longevity.
"I've tried to eliminate as many of the middlemen as possible in my career, so the fans are dealing with me and the music," Budden says of the LP, which features guest appearances from such names as Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa. "I wasn't relying on the label to keep me relevant. It was about the relationship between me and the fans. That's been a good model for me for success."
Since the release of his 2009 retail sophomore album, "Padded Room" (Amalgam Digital), the 32-year-old has released acclaimed digital-only solo sets, mixtapes and a pair of albums with Slaughterhouse, a supergroup also consisting of Royce Da 5'9", Crooked I and Joell Ortiz signed to Eminem's Shady Records. Their latest, "Welcome To: Our House," bowed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 104,000 copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
For Budden, interacting with listeners has been paramount to staying relevant. He's given them plenty of free music, most recently the November 2012 mixtape A Loose Quarter, which has been downloaded 265,000 times on DatPiff.com. Last year, he completed North American and European tours with Slaughterhouse and embarked on the Second First Impression solo tour in late 2012. And he uses social media much like his music, sharing intimate moments to create a bond with his audience. He's amassed more than 638,000 followers on Twitter (@JoeBudden) and 408,000 on Instagram, where he posts lascivious pictures of his girlfriend and screenshots of text-message conversations.
Budden has parlayed his prominent online presence into lucrative opportunities. Earlier this month, VH1 debuted the third season of reality show "Love and Hip Hop," which sees Budden opening up about substance abuse and personal relationships. According to Corey Newton, who co-manages Budden with Billy Jones, the show not only generated Budden revenue outside of music, it also served as a marketing tool for "No Love Lost."
"With the album coming out, we thought we could capitalize," he says. "It just made sense to be on multiple platforms at one time where people could get a look at him in a way that they haven't [before]."
Some have criticized Budden's willingness to discuss his personal life as oversharing. Roger Greene, who oversaw A&R on No Love Lost, disagrees. "People still want to see him perform and on television, because he became a lifestyle more than just a rapper," he says. "A lot of these rappers just give you their three verses, but Joe gives a glimpse into his life. You understand him, because he invites you in, from his romantic side to his battle with addiction. Everyone has a Joe in their family."
The connection with fans is paying off. His T-Minus-produced single, "She Don't Put It Down," which features Lil Wayne and Tank, reached No. 44 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, marking his first solo track to crack the top 50 since 2005. With three to four singles planned from No Love Lost, Budden will tour through the rest of the year and venture into acting, all while keeping an eye on what's next.
"My No. 1 thing is always trying to stay ahead of whatever's current," Budden says. "In 2013, if I could figure out what everyone will be doing next, I'll jump right on that."


Technology continues to disrupt almost every business sector with constant advancements and amazing new use cases. No industry is wholly immune from the impact of technology; however, some are more ready for major change than others.
The experts of Forbes Technology Council are often ahead of the curve when it comes to tech trends. Below, nine members share their insider perspectives on the industries and services that are on the cusp of tech disruption in the near future.
The automotive industry is ripe for disruption. We've already seen huge strides in recent years, largely due to autonomous vehicles, but we're also starting to see traditional manufacturing companies morph into tech organizations. Like every other sector, the auto industry is learning to use the latest innovations to streamline processes. - Tammy Cohen, InfoMart Inc.


Canadian vegan fast-food franchise Globally Local is launching its own "bleeding" vegan burger.
According to the restaurant, the new vegan burger is called the "Preposterous Burger" and is made from wheat, oat, and soy, which were carefully selected due to their ability to absorb and release fat and moisture in a manner similar to a traditional burger. The new plant-based patty also includes dehydrated beet extract to procure its "bleeding" meaty red hue. The restaurant chain spent a year developing the recipe for the new burger, resulting in a vegan meat that looks, tastes, and sears like ground beef.
"We wanted to create something that has the same look, feel, and sizzle as meat without any compromise in flavor," Globally Local CEO James McInnes told NowThis.
In addition to serving the Preposterous Burger in Globally Local locations, McInnes hopes to distribute the burger to restaurants across North America. In order to meet the potential demand, the company opened a new facility capable of producing up to 250,000 vegan burgers a month.
The Preposterous Burger joins other realistic vegan burgers such as the Beyond Burger and the Impossible Burger from California-based vegan meat companies, Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, Don Lee Farms' Organic Plant-Based Burger, the No Bull Burger by U.K.-based grocery chain Iceland, the B12 Burger by the U.K.'s Moving Mountains, and Dutch brand Naturli' Foods' mushroom burger.
Each brand shares a similar mission of appealing to omnivore consumers with a vegan product that mimics the taste and texture of real meat.
Based in Ontario, Canada, Globally Local claims to be the world's first 24-hour vegan drive-thru. In addition to opening new locations across Canada, last June, the company added a "franchise" section to its site, indicating that the chain hopes to expand into the U.S.
Beyond burgers, the menu also offers breakfast all day in the form of "meaty" and "cheesy" breakfast sandwiches, as well as fast-food staples such as loaded fries, four kinds of mac and cheese, ChickUn fingers, tacos, and desserts. The Preposterous Burger is set to launch at the end of August in all Globally Local locations.
Canadian vegan fast-food restaurant Globally Local is set to launch a "bleeding" vegan burger called the "Preposterous Burger" at all locations.


When you are building a sales team, you want to give them an advantage, so it makes sense to lay out your process, step by step, right?
You provide scripts, checklists, and a playbook to outline the process so your sales team can follow every step of the way. This is how to build a successful sales team, right?
Your processes are killing your sales culture, but – What is Sales?
Too many companies teach their sales team how to execute a process, rather than to think.
Your scripts, checklists, and playbooks are getting in the way. Your team is just doing what they are told to do. You are effectively telling your team how to think.
Directions work for Hot Pockets; remove the wrapper, place Hot Pocket in the sleeve, microwave 2 minutes. It makes sure your Hot Pocket comes out exactly as it should.
A detailed playbook works for McDonald's. Burgers come out the same every time at every location. People are served quickly, but they are all served the same.
You would never use step-by-step directions or a detailed playbook at a gourmet restaurant. Your staff takes the time to interact with the customer and find out their tastes and preferences. Each meal is created as a unique solution for the diner's experience. Serving customers in this restaurant is not a no-brainer. It takes discretion and creativity. You have to think. You should build rapport.
The same is true for how your sales team should serve customers.
To build an effective sales team, your culture has to support a thinking process. Give your team room to be creative. A sales professional needs to think about a customer's problems. Be creative. Forget about a process that requires you to execute steps A through Z.
Instead, a successful sales culture allows a sales team to use a process that allows them to think.
Why is this more effective than a clearly defined process?
When you give people the ability to think and be creative, they can become more effective with their clients. They no longer worry about what is the next step in the process. Instead, they consider what they are doing with their clients.
Your sales team will think about a customer's problem and work for a solution. As this becomes practice, your sales culture will be centered on your team's ability to think.
The problem is not a sales problem or a problem with your processes. It is a leadership problem. Sales leadership is not about doing the work for your team. Sales leadership is not about creating a playbook that shows exactly how to execute every sales call with specific questions to ask.
Sales Leadership is about focusing on concepts and objectives the team as a whole is trying to accomplish. Then, you give your team the ability to be creative and use a thinking process to solve their customer's problems. A thinking salesperson will align a solution with what is most important to the customer.
By taking this role, you as a leader, become a catalyst for your sales team to become themselves in their role in the company. It is rewarding for a salesperson to feel they are creative and a providing a solution for the customer, not just following directions.


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It's perfectly normal to feel sad, upset, worried and generally troubled after having a heart attack or finding out you have heart disease. This is a major, life-altering diagnosis and you should be a little shaken up and concerned about your future. If you can't shake that bad feeling or if your symptoms of worry and sadness get worse, you could be struggling with depression or an anxiety disorder. It is not uncommon for depression, anxiety and heart disease to go hand in hand.
It comes as no surprise to hear that high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, obesity, smoking and an unhealthy diet are all risk factors for heart disease. But did you know that depression is also a risk factor? By itself, depression is a risk factor for heart disease, but it is also linked to the other risk factors. Someone who struggles with depression is more likely to smoke or eat a poor diet, for instance. There has been less research into the connection between anxiety and heart disease, but studies have shown it is also a risk factor.
We know that these mental health issues can be risk factors for heart disease, so it seems natural that they can co-occur with any form of heart disease. It is also not uncommon for someone to struggle with anxiety or depression after having a heart attack, even if it wasn't a problem prior to the incident. It turns out that women suffer more than men in terms of depression and anxiety after a heart attack. With heart disease being the number one cause of death for women in the U.S., this is an important fact to recognize.
It is crucial that you recognize and get treatment for depression or feelings of anxiety after an incident of heart disease or after getting a diagnosis. Depression has a negative impact on recovery from a heart attack and can be a risk factor for another heart incident. Research also shows that people struggling with depression are less likely to take their medication.
If you have had a heart attack, be aware of your feelings and talk to someone if your feelings of sadness or anxiety persist for more than a couple of weeks. Treatment is available for both depression and anxiety disorders and it is effective. Therapy and medication can help you feel better, which will also improve your physical symptoms. It's also important that you listen to what your loved ones tell you. Sometimes it's difficult to recognize the signs of depression in yourself. They can tell you if you just aren't acting like yourself.
In addition to getting professional help, there are other things you can do to feel better after having a heart attack. Work with your doctor to make sure you are doing everything right for your physical recovery, such as taking your medication and eating well. Be active and get exercise, within any limits set by your doctor, of course. Spend time with friends and family to socialize. Being around people can be an important boost. Manage your stress by taking it easy for a while and taking time to do things you find enjoyable and relaxing.
Mental health and physical health are intertwined, as the link between depression, anxiety and heart disease illustrates so clearly. To be well you must take care of both your body and your mind. Take any signs of depression or an anxiety disorder seriously and talk to your doctor about your options for diagnosis and treatment.


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Alsolemia is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).

Soorten
 Alsolemia cresswelli (Climo, 1978)
 Alsolemia monoplax (Suter, 1913)

Charopidae


Java code (User Exit) for getting and setting properties in SI property file as well as any other file.
· Go to GIS/SI install folder, jdk/bin and use the same java, GIS/SI is using, for compiling java code. In that way we will avoid problems that can happen because of different java versions between compilation and running versions.
· classpath setting in the command can be different depending on GIS/SI version. I presume, it can be woodstock.jar in GIS 4.x (in SIinstall/jar folder).
It can be anything, input data is as simple as possible, just to have anything to test the map.
Property read from mirjana.property, for key/prop name (keyHome) is NikaDino, but another time it will be NEW_VALUE as property is set like that.
Also, a.properties contains fileKey=fileVal in the beginning but after setting it will contain a=b.
· Keep in mind that setProperty() method set a value for a specific property name just in memory and after restarting SI, it will not be updated, but one from the property file will be loaded again. It will just live as long as the application (SI) lives.
· After setting a new property in a file (a.properties), we do not create/append a new property in an existent file, but override it with new one. So this functionallity will always rewrite an old name-value pair with a new one.


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title: Datadog
description: Adapter to deliver metrics to a dogstatsd agent for delivery to DataDog.
location: https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/adapters/datadog.html
layout: protoc-gen-docs
generator: protoc-gen-docs
supported_templates: metric
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The dogstatsd adapter is designed to deliver Istio metric instances to a
listening DataDog agent.

This adapter supports the metric template.

Params

Configuration parameter for the DataDog adapter. These params control how Mixer telemetry is transformed and sent to a dogstatsd agent.

The adapter assumes that a dogstatsd agent is running as a sidecar or at some other endpoint that the Mixer can reach.
Any dimension that is a part of the metric is converted to a tag automatically. The configuration of the DataDog agent/daemon is outside the scope of the adapter.

Field
Type
Description
Required

address
string

Address of the dogstatsd server.
Default: localhost:8125

No

prefix
string

Prefix to prepend to all metrics handled by the adapter. Metric “bar” with prefix “foo.” becomes “foo.bar” in DataDog. In order to make sure the metrics get populated into Datadog properly and avoid any billing issues, it’s important to leave the metric prefix to its default value of ‘istio.’
Default: “istio.”

No

bufferLength
int32

Number of individual metrics to buffer before flushing metrics to the network. When buffered, metrics are flushed every 100ms or when the buffer is filled.
When buffer is 0, metrics are not buffered.
Default: 0

No

globalTags
map<string, string>

Tags to add to every metric. “global”: “tag” becomes “global:tag” in DataDog
Default: []

No

sampleRate
double

Chance that any particular metric is sampled when emitted; can take the range [0, 1].
Default: 1

No

metrics
map<string, MetricInfo>

Map of a specific metric instance name -> info. If a metric’s instance name is not in the map then the metric will not be exported to DataDog.

No

Params.MetricInfo

Describes how to represent this metric in DataDog

Field
Type
Description
Required

name
string

Name of the metric in DataDog

No

type
Type

The type of metric

No

tags
map<string, string>

Tags to add to the metric in addition to the dimensions. “tag”: “val” becomes “tag:val” in DataDog
Default: []

No

Params.MetricInfo.Type

Describes the type of metric

Name
Description

UNKNOWN_TYPE

Default Unknown Type

COUNTER

Increments a DataDog counter

GAUGE

Sets the new value of a DataDog gauge

DISTRIBUTION

DISTRIBUTION is converted to a Timing Histogram for metrics with a time unit and a Histogram for all other units


Hero Histories: The FIRST SuperHero Archer--The Arrow!
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He wore either a red or blue hooded costume without a mask (which color depended on what worked better with the cover's color scheme) , though artists would hide his face with shadows or angle him so his face wouldn't show to the reader.
Besides alternating cover appearances (and the lead spot) with other heroes in Funny Pages, The Arrow also had his own title for three issues!
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Curled fern leaf or feather design.
Faux pearl half way along the brooch.
Marked on the reverse with "Sphinx".
Pin has a roll-over clasp.
Condition: generally good with tiny ding opposite the pearl (not really noticeable when worn).


For students age 12 years old through college and career aged single adults, we have three powerful ministries to serve them.
The EmPOWer Youth community, serving students age 12-17, is highly active and vibrant with continual events throughout the year. The POWerhouse Hyphen community serves those who are 18 years old and above who are single and attending college or fresh into their careers. We also have begun a Campus Ministry right here at Lone Star Montgomery.
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Carmelo Anthony has turned Trail Blazers run into much more than a pity stop
Sporting News 3 December 2019, 16:57 UTC
It would not have been a surprise if last year's 10-game dud with the Rockets was the last time Carmelo Anthony played in the NBA. Still unsigned entering the 2019-20 season, Anthony went more than a calendar year before he was picked up by the Trail Blazers this month.
Expectations, then, were low for the 35-year-old forward. Portland hoped he could provide even a minor spark despite not having a productive season since his 2016-17 campaign as a member of the Knicks.
So far, Anthony has been much better than most thought he could be, and he continued his impressive run for the Trail Blazers on Friday with an efficient 23-point performance in a 107-103 victory over the Bulls. He shot 8-of-16 from the field, recorded 11 rebounds and dished out four assists.
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Anthony's highlight of the night was a touch-pass assist early in the fourth quarter, which brought smiles to almost everyone on Portland's bench.
This team has now won three straight with Anthony in the lineup. He is a plus-50 across those contests.
Carmelo Anthony is having fun on the Trail Blazers.
A nice touch pass assist.pic.twitter.com/Ph3eAK2O9P
— Sporting News NBA (@sn_nba) November 30, 2019
A lack of team-oriented play and jarring inefficiency nearly kept Anthony from ever playing in the NBA again, and made his signing this year at first look like a desperate pity play for a struggling Portland squad. But right now, Anthony is shooting 46.2 percent from the field and fitting nicely alongside a group of Blazers that needed another scorer to succeed.
Six games into his tenure under coach Terry Stotts, Anthony appears ready to far exceed his production from the previous two seasons.