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Sir Maldwyn Thomas - A tribute, by Winston Roddick Q.C.
This tribute to the late Sir Maldwyn Thomas, a former Liberal parliamentary candidate, President of the Welsh Liberal Party and the first President of the Lloyd George Society, is the text of a talk given at a meeting of the Lloyd George Society held in February 2003.
It is copyright and no part of it may be reproduced without the permission of the author or the Society.
Mr President, Annwyl Gyfeillon. Thank you for inviting me to give this address in memory and in appreciation of our good friend Maldwyn.
Paying tribute to a great person is an honour. Paying tribute to a good friend is a heavy burden.
Ever since Bill Barritt invited me to deliver this address, I have been trying to place Maldwyn; place him that is in the sense of where he left his mark on our lives. The fact is that he made a number of marks, all of them enduring.
There were three interwoven aspects to his life, the law, politics, and that in which he made a pre-eminent contribution namely business. But overlaying these three strands were his traditional Welsh values (including the influence of the chapel), which, probably, are the key to understanding his achievements and his personality. I would like to begin, therefore, if I may, with his background and the professional side of his life. Then I shall say something about the politics and I shall conclude with aspects of his personal life.
Maldwyn was brought up in South Wales in a close happy Welsh non-conformist Liberal family. He attended the Grammar School at Porth in the Rhondda but because of family circumstances he did not go to University. He did, however, dedicate himself to learning and to acquiring professional qualifications through home study.
He qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and in 1953 he was called to the bar by Grays Inn. He did not practise as a barrister but it was with these qualifications that he joined the Atomic Energy authority which was his first taste of working for a large corporation.
Later as one legal qualification was not enough for him, he qualified as a solicitor and joined a small private practice in North Wales in which he practised until 1964 when his world changed. The changes, which were to happen to his life from 1964 onwards, were spectacular to say the least.
In 1964 he joined Rank Xerox as a legal adviser and company secretary just as that Company was taking off. He was therefore, in at the beginning of the enormous development and progression of that great Company. In a record breaking eight years Maldwyn rose from company secretary to director to managing director, chairman and chief executive - to the very top in eight years.
In measuring this achievement, you must realise that Rank Xerox was an amalgam of British and American influence. The British side was Rank and Xerox was the American side. Rank held 51% of the vote and Xerox 49%. You will realise from that fact that to have impressed the Americans our Maldwyn must have had something quite special.
And it is in this part of the narrative that we begin to see the real Maldwyn.
Before I identify what I believe to be those special qualities, which marked him out, I would like to tell you a story. It is one in which Maldwyn, in a period of minutes, moved from the background in Rank Xerox to the very front.
The story takes place when Maldwyn was the company secretary of Rank Xerox. The Company was troubled by the different treatment for revenue purposes of "photographic" documents and "printed" documents - a difference which had significant consequences as to the Company's liabilities for tax in the U.K. and the E.U. Maldwyn asked Emlyn Hooson who was then in the House of Commons, if he could arrange a meeting between representatives of the Company and the Chancellor of the Exchequer or the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Emlyn phoned Neil McDermott QC who was then the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (he later became Solicitor General). McDermott said he would meet the Company provided Emlyn himself was present. At the meeting the Chief Executive of the Company spoke on its behalf. It is not necessary that I should tell you his name but it is necessary for a proper understanding of the story that you should know that he was arrogant and pompous. Seated behind him were Emlyn Hooson, Maldwyn and two directors of Xerox - two Americans who had come especially for the meeting. These two American directors, as it happened, were the sons of non-conformist ministers! The Chief Executive (who was also the Chairman) appeared not to have mastered his brief and he spoke down at Neil Mcdermott. In no time at all, Mcdermott, with his incisive questioning, had destroyed the Chief Executive's arguments and concluded the discussion with the words "That's that then". The meeting was about to break up when Maldwyn, in his very modest manner, spoke up:
"I wonder, Financial secretary, if I might say a few words which might be of assistance to you" You can both see and hear Maldwyn in that line, can't you? Within a few minutes, Maldwyn had turned Neil McDermott comprehensively and McDermott was clearly impressed.
The two Americans said to Emlyn as they left the meeting, "Gee, wasn't our Mal great!"
By the end of the following week, Rank Xerox had a new managing director - Maldwyn - and the Chief Executive became Chairman. Shortly afterwards, Mal was made Chairman as well as managing director. He later acquired the responsibilities of the Chief Executive, as well. The whole operation followed the decision of the American directors to obtain dominant voting rights following that meeting.
What then were Maldwyn's qualities? I would not place him amongst the World's best planners. As he himself once said "whilst I can honestly say I have never had a plan in my career, the one thing I tried hardest to organise - to be a practising lawyer - did not work."
We are the sum of our attributes. Maldwyn's attributes were sound judgement, wisdom, shrewdness and a highly intelligent and incisive mind but what made him so convincing and appealing was his modesty and humility. And we should not leave out of account his considerable sense of humour.
Maldwyn was someone to whom funny things, as well as great things, happened. I will tell this next story of a funny coincidence using his own words.
"On the day that I joined the army in Port Talbot in 1939, another young man with exactly the same names was joining the same outfit - the 38th Company of the 53rd Welsh Division, RASC. From the first day his number and mine were mixed, so when I had to go into hospital his mother came to see me. And when I was discharged, it was to go back to my trade as a boilermaker."
My other story is of our visit to Blackpool. Maldwyn and I decided to go to the Party Conference in Blackpool. It was a late decision and, consequently, none of the hotels, which Maldwyn would have regarded as fitting his station in life, were available. So we had to rely on the conference manager's office to find us somewhere to stay.
We arrived in style in Maldwyn's Bentley but I can tell you that that was the end of the style. It was a typical Blackpool B &B - 'no star' run by a typical Blackpool landlady. The contrast between her and Maldwyn could not have been greater. The bedroom consisted of one single bed, one camp bed and one wardrobe without a door.
Despite all his humility you can guess who had the camp bed.
The toilet was outside the bedroom and you could not open the bedroom door without moving the camp bed. At 4 a.m. - Maldwyn woke me up. It was dark.
"Winston"
" Yes Maldwyn?"
"I want to go to the bathroom"
"Why are you telling me Maldwyn?"
I can't open the door unless you move the camp bed"
So I got out of bed and stood there holding the bed in front of me.
Maldwyn re-entered the room by opening the door with such force as to push the camp bed and me into the wardrobe. The next thing I heard was Maldwyn looking round the room and saying "Winston - where are you?" - Happy days.
Politics is an interest with which he was born. He was born into a Liberal family, as I said earlier. His mother was very active in the Liberal Party and during this period whilst he was living in Porthcawl but working in Cardiff and later Swansea he was a Liberal councillor in Porthcawl and a deacon and the secretary of the Tabernacle chapel in Porthcawl. By this time, he had developed his secretarial skills and had developed his political interests to the extent of wishing to be an M.P. He became a member of the executive of the Welsh Liberal Party and then in 1950 he contested the Aberavon seat.
When he was appointed to Rank Xerox in 1964 he was already prospective candidate for the Liberal Party in West Flint. Nursing and cultivating that constituency from London to which he would be moving in his Rank Xerox role would not have been possible.
Those circumstances gave birth to a new and lasting friendship between Maldwyn and the then young Martin Thomas who agreed to take over the seat from Maldwyn. That marked the end of Maldwyn's active involvement in Liberal Politics until he returned from his retirement in Bermuda in 1984.
In the late forties - early fifties Emlyn Hooson, Glyn Tegai Hughes, Maldwyn and his sister Mair had set up the first of the series of Welsh Liberal Weekend Schools at Pantyfedwen. On his return from Bermuda, Maldwyn brought together a group of young Welsh Liberals to resuscitate the Weekend Schools. You will recognise their names - John Roberts, Helen Hughes, Cathy Lloyd, Judith Trefor Thomas, Judy Lewis and Christopher Davies. They would meet regularly at Maldwyn's very stylish London home. Christopher Davies tells a story which, to me, sums up Maldwyn. In the lounge of his London home he had a Bechstein grand piano, a sign of success and wealth, but on its music stand was "Y Detholiad" - the Welsh Hymn Book: grandness and roots side by side.
Those Liberal Weekend Schools became the Lloyd George Society of which Maldwyn was the first President.
In 1984 he was knighted for his considerable work and support for the Liberal Party in Wales and generally. That was a key date for us but the key date for him was 1975 when he married his lovely, adorable Maureen - who cannot be with us today but I am sure that the society is thinking of her at this moment.
As well as becoming President of the Welsh Liberal Party and President of the Week end Schools, Maldwyn made a much wider contribution. He became President of the London Welsh Association, a trustee of London's Welsh School and chairman of the Glamorgan Society. He was also a devoted member of Tabernacle Chapel at King's Cross. These were aspects of his life in London to which he took his commitment to Wales and its values.
They say we send to London our teachers to educate it, our preachers to save it, our politicians to govern it, and the dairymen of Cardigan to milk it. I believe Maldwyn went there to civilise it.
In conclusion then this is my pen picture of this mild and gentle giant. He was a leader who served as well as he led. He did not permit his fame, fortune or status to turn his head. He acknowledged his luck in life. Less than a year before he died, he said, " I have had a magnificent life".
He was committed to his principles and devoted to his Maureen and his sister Mair. He enjoyed his faith and his chapel. In his tribute to him, the Reverend Gareth Roberts said "Yr oedd yr holl aelodau yn meddwl y byd ohono". ("The whole congregation thought the World of him").
I cannot think of a better testimonial with which to depart this life.


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At the end of December 2016, special presidential envoy of Putin to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, admitted that Moscow is in contact with the Taliban leaders. "In Afghanistan, the Taliban are fighting against people that we fight in Syria, and thus our interests are aligned," Kabulov said. Following the success in Syria, Putin wants to strike the United States at yet another front. Russia and the West have no common goals in Afghanistan. On the contrary, for the Russian siloviki Afghanistan is yet another front of global competition with the US. Going back to Afghanistan, Russia wants to strengthen its influence in Central Asia and take part in international arrangements concerning Afghanistan.
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Supreme Court verdict has made it clear that the Delhi government has no police powers and, hence, it cannot set up an investigating agency to probe crimes committed in the past.
Secondly, the presumption that the issue concerning administration of the UT cadre of services has been decided in favour of the city government would be wholly erroneous , the minister said in a Facebook post on Supreme Court's observations in the Delhi government case.
There are several issues which had directly not been commented upon, but by implication there is some indication of those issues. However, unless issues of importance are flagged, discussed and a specific opinion is rendered, none can assume that silence implies an opinion in favour of one or the other, Jaitley said.
As Delhi has no police powers, it cannot set up an investigative agency to probe crimes as had been done in the past, said the Minister.
Secondly, the Supreme Court has held categorically that Delhi cannot compare itself at par with other States and, therefore, any presumption that the administration of the UT cadre of services has been decided in favour of the Delhi government would be wholly erroneous, the minister added.
The 5-judge bench of Supreme Court yesterday unanimously held that Delhi cannot be accorded the status of a state and clipped the powers of the Lieutenant Governor (LG), saying he has no "independent decision making power" and has to act on the aid and advice of the elected government.
The apex court laid down broad parameters for the governance of the national capital, which has witnessed a bitter power tussle between the Centre and Delhi government since the Aam Aadmi Party government came to power in 2014.
Jaitley said the judgement elaborates at length the constitutional philosophy behind the Constitution and reaffirms precisely the text of what the Constitution says.
It does not add to the powers of the state government or the central government nor does it in any way dilute the same. It emphasises at the importance of elected state government, but Delhi being a Union Territory makes its powers subservient to the central government, he said.
Jaitley said, ordinarily, in the larger interest of democracy and federal politics, the Lieutenant Governor should accept the exercise of power by the state.
But if it has good and cogent reasons supported by material to disagree, he can record the same in writing and refer the same to the President (i.e. the central government), which will resolve the difference of opinion between the state government and the Lieutenant Governor.
The decision of the central government will be binding both on the Lieutenant Governor and the elected state government. Thus, hereto the opinion of the centre is over-riding, Jaitley said.
He said the judgement gives due importance to the opinion of the elected state government, but maintains the primacy of the central government in the larger interest of the national capital.
Delhi is not a state and, therefore, there could be no assumption that powers which belong to state government's also belongs to the elected government of the Union Territory.
It has been specifically held by the Supreme Court that it is crystal clear that by no stretch of imagination, NCT of Delhi can be accorded the status of a state under the present constitutional scheme and the status of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is not that of a Governor of a State, rather he remains an administrator, in a limited sense, working with the designation of Lieutenant Governor, Jaitley added. PTI
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Have you ever gotten into an argument about hot rods with a person who doesn't care much about hot rods? Maybe early in life it was with your mother or girlfriend. Later on, it could be with your spouse, a coworker, or just a random tree hugger you meet at the company picnic. Whoever it is, they just don't get it. Why would you want to take apart a completely functioning car and do stuff to it? A car is supposed to be an appliance, right?! I once put my pops in the passenger seat of a Panoz race car with a pro driving instructor to take him full tilt for a few laps. I thought it would be an epiphany for him, but I don't think it made much of an impact. Hey, I tried!
My powers of persuasion are pretty useless when I go into hot rod mode with a "nonbeliever," if for no other reason than I sound alternately like a lunatic or an idiot as I try to explain the joy of lighting up the tires sideways on the highway onramp-or something equally stupid. Guys like us just like to tinker with junk to make it better, and then do silly, insane, fun stuff with it.
The cool thing about hot rodding is that the path to making something better can go in many directions. Some guys drag, other guys road race. Some like blowers, some like strokers. Some will even start riffing off the beaten path, combining different elements to suit their own dreams. It's only when you start improvising off the sheet of music that truly magical things start to happen!
In this issue we have Cherry Bomb's "Disturbing The Peace" '68 Camaro ("Total-Pro," p. 16). When you see it, your immediate knee-jerk reaction is "wow, that's a retro street machine!" A split second later you see the large-diameter wheels, the wider front rubber, and the big brakes. "Wait, that's Pro Touring. You can't do that and do retro!?" But the rear wheels are just large enough to give you the further impression that it could be Pro Street, too. Yet in spite of a retro look, it's thoroughly modern with a fuel-injected LSX, overdrive, and even a smartphone interface. It's a total mash-up. You could certainly be forgiven for thinking it's just too weird, but you'd be selling this car really short. I think the Cherry Bomb Camaro is one more evolutionary step in hot rodding. It looks outrageous, it carries the retro theme to another level, and it does absolutely everything you'd want a hot rod to do. In a sense, the YearOne crew not only modified a Camaro, they modified an entire styling lexicon.
Only time will tell if the Cherry Bomb Camaro will serve as the template for a new design language. I think once people get tired of seeing the same old stuff being done over and over, they start looking for a new synthesis-and this Camaro is that kind of riffage. "New and improved," as they say.
You'll notice that another thing we're tinkering with this month is the very magazine itself. The Cherry Bomb Camaro got an 8-71 blower and a six-speed overdrive trans, but the mag gets top-shelf paper and more articles. And just like you want your pride and joy to be the fastest thing on the road, we want Popular Hot Rodding to be the most kickass magazine on the newsstand. The new paper is not only thicker, it's whiter, meaning the cars will be more lifelike. It will be more durable, too.
It's not all cosmetics either. We'll be putting more horsepower underhood with more car features, more tech, and more interesting hot-button issues. We like to say that PHR is all about serious muscle cars, and we aim to do that even better. "New and improved," as they say!


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Specialist vs. Coordinator Roles
By Matthew Salamone
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Company structure plays an important role in determining the naming convention for various positions within the organization. For example, one organization may hire coordinators as an entry level position, where others require previous experience. In addition many organizations have strategically done away with the associate or administrator roles and replaced them with the title of coordinator, to minimize seniority hierarchies. In other organizations a coordinator may be considered a more senior role to the administrator.
Coordinators typically have a very broad range of administrative responsibilities within an organization. A coordinator collects, organizes, monitors, and distributes information related to a project or company initiative. This tends to be an entry-level position and requires little specialized knowledge to complete the tasks. With several years' exposure to the organizational processes and discipline-specific training, it's possible for a coordinator to be promoted to a specialist role.
Specialists concentrate primarily on a particular subject or activity within the organization. They tend to be highly skilled within in a specific field or discipline. For example, as a human resource specialist you may find yourself focusing on employee relations, medical leave or data analytics. As organizations grow, specialists are often hired to focus on key area of the business. Even though the size and structure of a company plays an important role when defining the naming convention, it would be appropriate to assume that a specialist role would be at least the same level as a generalist, and at many times senior.
The skills required as a coordinator are fairly consistent, regardless of the industry. A successful coordinator will possess strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to multitask and strong technical ability. They would also be expected to exhibit proficiency with basic computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. In addition to those core skills, a specialist is required to have specialized knowledge or expertise. In addition, many companies prefer to hire specialists with at least two years of experience.
Salary and Job Prospects
According to career community Glassdoor.com, the national median salary is $40,000 for an operations coordinator and $42,000 for a specialist, but pay can differ greatly depending on the industry. For example, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for a human resources specialist is $52,690 and the job growth is expected to be 21 percent through 2020.In contrast, the site lists the median salary for a human resource administrative assistant as $38,340, with expected job growth is only expected to be .06 percent through 2020. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not list the title of coordinator in the majority of its entries, but instead substitutes it for the title administrative assistant, which would carry the same experience and responsibilities of a coordinator.
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Writer Matthew Salamone, a human resource executive, has more than 15 years of industry experience to his credit. In his current post, he drives the recruitment, training, and health and wellness initiatives for 2,000 employees across the U.S. He holds an MBA and master's in human resource management.


Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) program has been described as an exemplary public-sector community health worker program. However, despite its merits, the program still struggles to provide high-quality, accessible services nation-wide. Both in Nepal and globally, best practices for community health worker program implementation are not yet known: there is a dearth of empiric research, and the research that has been done has shown inconsistent results.
Here we evaluate a pilot program designed to strengthen the Nepali government's FCHV network. The program was structured with five core components: 1) improve local FCHV leadership; 2) facilitate structured weekly FCHV meetings and 3) weekly FCHV trainings at the village level; 4) implement a monitoring and evaluation system for FCHV patient encounters; and 5) provide financial compensation for FCHV work. Following twenty-four months of program implementation, a retrospective programmatic evaluation was conducted, including qualitative analysis of focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews.
The five components of this pilot program were well-received as a mechanism for strengthening Nepal's FCHV program. To our knowledge, this is the first study to present such data, specifically informing programmatic design and management of the FCHV program. Despite limitations in its scope, this study offers tangible steps forward for further research and community health worker program improvement, both within Nepal and globally.
Community health workers (CHWs) are key components to public sector health systems in many low- and middle-income countries [1–3]. They perform a variety of functions including educational, preventive, and curative health services [1, 3]. Some CHW programs have shown improved health outcomes within target communities; however, impact has been inconsistent, with other programs providing limited impact or poor service quality . Although consistent oversight, continuing education, monitoring and evaluation, and compensation for work are likely to be key components of effective CHW programs, there remains no consensus on best practices, and empiric data are lacking [1–4]. More broadly speaking, the human-resource and financial-resource constraints of these programs, often run by weakly-resourced public sectors, likely contribute to these variable results, and may be a limiting factor in improving the impact of these programs .
The Nepali Ministry of Health and Population ("Ministry") began its Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) program in 1988 . Within this program, FCHVs are recruited from each Village Development Committee ("village"), and are trained to provide community health services with a focus on immunizations, vitamin A supplementation, and maternal-child health [5, 6]. FCHVs, who are selected by pre-established village Mothers' Groups, serve the wards (within each village) in which they live . Each FCHV serves one ward, or approximately 50 households, and 53% of Nepal's 48,680 FCHVs have held their posts for over 10 years, with an annual turn-over rate of only 4% [5, 6]. The program has received international attention owing to its high retention rate and its favorable public perception throughout Nepal .
Despite its successes, the FCHV program faces challenges: community health services have been inconsistent and of variable quality between districts across the country [8–10]. Previous research has investigated the drivers of FCHV commitment and performance, emphasizing the influences of social respect and moral duty on the low volunteer attrition rate . On the other hand, a lack of financial compensation may impact FCHV effectiveness, with some limited data suggesting the importance of incentives to sustain a regimented work schedule in Nepal . It remains unclear how to improve the consistency and quality of service delivery within the FCHV program, such that all Nepali—including the most socio-economically and geographically marginalized—have access to high-quality community health services.
In this context, we evaluated an innovative pilot program to strengthen the FCHV network within a rural district in western Nepal. This program was assessed at the completion of the first two years of implementation. The goal of this evaluation was to determine whether the five core components of the program were valuable additions to the pre-existing FCHV program, as perceived by the program participants and community members, and to identify programmatic challenges and implementation barriers. The lessons learned from this evaluation have implications for the improvement of the FCHV network in Nepal and for other similar CHW programs globally.
Since 2009, the Ministry has been working in a formal public-private partnership with non-governmental organization Possible to bolster clinical and community health services at the Ministry's Bayalpata Hospital, in the remote western district of Achham, Nepal. Achham is the third poorest district in the country, and is home to a primarily agrarian population of 287,000 people who were heavily affected by the recent civil conflict . Infant mortality rates are 65 per 1,000 births, and fewer than 1 in 5 deliveries take place in a health facility [7, 11].
Local FCHV Leadership: Under the pre-existing Ministry program, FCHVs reported once per month to their local health post. Outside of this, there was limited oversight and support for FCHV work on a daily basis. In order to better facilitate and oversee FCHV work, this program established the role of Community Health Worker Leader (CHWL). CHWLs are literate residents of their villages who were nominated by pre-existing village Mothers' Groups and hired as salaried staff members of Bayalpata Hospital. Each CHWL oversees an average of 9 FCHVs within their village and is responsible for communicating directly with the staff at the local health posts and at Bayalpata Hospital. CHWLs are overseen by a Director of Community Health (DCH) based at Bayalpata Hospital. This enhanced village-level leadership structure was designed to increase oversight and support for FCHVs while simultaneously improving ties between individual community members and their local health centers.
Weekly Village-level FCHV Meetings: In the pre-existing FCHV system, FCHVs had met with the health worker at their health post once per month. Given other work demands and time constraints, health post staff members had limited capacity to spend time with them to provide guidance or review patient problems. To address this, CHWLs conduct weekly meetings with their village's FCHVs, reviewing patient encounters and any challenges involved in their work. CHWLs subsequently review these patient encounters with the DCH during weekly DCH-CHWL meetings, receiving guidance from the DCH and Bayalpata Hospital clinical staff, which they are then able to convey to FCHVs at follow-up meetings.
Weekly Village-level FCHV Trainings: Over 70% of FCHVs in the pilot program are illiterate with minimal formal education, which limits their health literacy capacity. To address this, the program provides thirty minute weekly trainings for FCHVs on health-related topics relevant to their patients. Weekly DCH-CHWL meetings cover materials that CHWLs then re-teach to FCHVs. Additionally, every two months, FCHVs from multiple villages come together for more intensive day-long trainings.
Weekly Monitoring and Evaluation: Previously, FCHVs had reported tally-based data of their patient encounters to their health post once per month. This data was often not reviewed and FCVHs rarely, if ever, received feedback about the quality or content of the data. To address this, CHWLs collect FCHV data regarding weekly patient encounters, which are then evaluated by the DCH to monitor trends and provide feedback to CHWLs and FCHVs. At the end of each month, the DCH presents aggregate monthly data to FCHVs, CHWLs, and Bayalpata Hospital staff which, in turn, helps to identify areas for specific patient needs or for more general programmatic improvement.
FCHV Compensation: Most FCHVs in Achham live in extreme poverty. Because FCHV work is not salaried in the pre-existing Ministry system, competing household, agricultural, and other professional responsibilities pose barriers to consistent, high-quality FCHV work. To overcome these barriers, financial and non-financial incentives are provided to FCHVs through this pilot program. FCHVs receive NR 200 (approximately USD $2.25) for weekly responsibilities (8–12 hours of work per week). Non-financial incentives are provided in the form of weekly meeting lunches, uniforms, health equipment, supplies, and community recognition. CHWLs and the DCH receive salaries from Bayalpata Hospital.
We conducted a twenty-four month (September, 2010 – August, 2012) retrospective study of the implementation of this pilot program. We obtained ethical review for this research from the Nepal Health Research Council (Kathmandu, Nepal) and the Partners Healthcare Institutional Review Board (Boston, USA). Focus group discussions (n = 3) and semi-structured interviews (n = 27) were held with involved staff and community members. Two villages' FCHV's (n = 18), all CHWL's (n = 9), and community members from Bayalpata Hospital's Community Advisory Board (n = 5) were invited to participate in the focus group discussions. These discussions and interviews examined the program's impact on FCHV supervision and leadership, training, work participation, monitoring and evaluation, and work incentives and satisfaction. Verbal informed consent was received from all participants. No children or patients were involved as study subjects.
A grounded theory approach was used for qualitative data analysis. The content of focus group discussions and interviews were reviewed and coded. Primary categories were identified, which included the effects of the program on leadership, regular work meetings and consistent participation, trainings, monitoring and evaluation, and compensation for work. The results of these analyses are described below. Programmatic process metrics were assessed using weekly monitoring and evaluation data. Descriptive statistics were calculated for programmatic process metrics and cost data.
Local Leadership Structure: Strong local leadership of FCHV work improves consistency and accountability of FCHV work.
(These well-defined and regular communication pathways enhance accountability and cultivate team-building among the FCHVs, who previously did not interact as much with the other FCHVs in their villages).
(Even when we have household work to do, we go when they call us for something that we must attend to).
Weekly Village-level FCHV Meetings: FCHVs value the opportunity for regular, structured contact.
(Couldn't we meet more often, perhaps twice or thrice a week instead of once a week? We visit a lot of patients on Sunday; it would be great if we could communicate with the hospital regarding the patient within one or two days of the first visit).
Weekly FCHV trainings: FCHVs value continued training opportunities, both new lessons and review of previously-taught lessons.
(We learn great things at the health post. However, the topics taught at Bayalpata Hospital and the ones discussed at our weekly meetings are different than what we are taught at the health post. We are taught new things at Bayalpata Hospital).
(Repetition is essential. It doesn't really help if we are taught something just once in life. It's good to repeat).
Weekly Monitoring and Evaluation of FCHV Patient Encounters: FCHVs value the opportunity to get regular feedback and guidance regarding their patient encounters.
(Previously, we used to submit reports at the health posts once a month; sometimes we met our fellow FCHVs and other times we did not. Now we all sit together and discuss our work at least once a week and learn new things).
Compensation for FCHVs: Financial and non-financial compensation, including community recognition, are important motivators for FCHV work, especially in the setting of competing domestic and professional demands.
(We have to work a lot without any benefits… We have children; we need to feed them).
(Previously, we used to only visit critically ill patients when called upon. Now, we regularly monitor the health status of our community members).
(Whenever someone is ill in our community, they come looking for us first. It's a matter of pride for us to be taking care of our neighbors and community members).
➢ Illiteracy: The limited literacy of the majority of FCHVs constrained the extent of detailed data collection for monitoring and evaluation. CHWLs are all literate, but by themselves, were not capable of logging all individual encounters, nor verifying each individual encounter, thus creating a reliance upon FCHVs' memory and/or their assistance by literate family members/colleagues.
➢ Professional respect: Historically, there has been a lack of professional respect for FCHVs by some of the more highly-trained healthcare workers at health posts and hospitals. In tandem with the novel CHWL position (which was previously unknown to other healthcare workers), this disrespect posed barriers of professional legitimacy, and occasionally led to an unwillingness to work with the FCHVs and CHWLs by the healthcare workers.
➢ Geographic limitations: The long distances between some of the villages and Bayalpata Hospital (some as far as four hours walk each way) limited the ability of FCHVs to consistently attend group trainings, and their ability to effectively refer/transport patients from their villages to the hospital when the health posts' services were insufficient.
During the study period, the pilot program expanded from three to nine villages. At the completion of the study period, the program included 92 FCHVs, nine CHWLs, one DCH, two Assistant DCHs, and a catchment area of 20,905 people. Throughout the study period, weekly village-level CHWL-FCHV meetings and trainings maintained high attendance rates: aggregate average weekly attendance for all villages was 99%. FCHVs conducted an average of 183 patient encounters per village per month, with pregnancy-related care (42%), pediatric diarrheal disease (33%), and pediatric acute respiratory infections (10%) being the three most common encounter types (Figure 1).
Total program costs during the study period were NR 2,709,995 (USD $30,111). Financial compensation accounted for 95% of total costs, with 45% for FCHVs, 19% for CHWLs, and 31% for the DCH and Assistant DCHs. The remaining 5% was administrative costs. Based on monthly expenditures in the program's 24th month, costs are approximately NR 154 (USD $1.72) per patient served per annum.
The Nepali FCHV program has been internationally acclaimed as a model CHW program, but within Nepal, has been inconsistent in its ability to deliver high-quality services on a national scale. We have presented qualitative data from an innovative pilot program to strengthen Nepal's FCHV network in one district of the country. The data from this evaluation demonstrate potential value for the five core program components, suggesting that these components may be important for improving Nepal's FCHV program. To our knowledge this is the first study to present such data, which may inform further programmatic design for the FCHV program.
The data presented in this study may inform potential improvements to the FCHV program, as reported by program participants and community members. However, this study was conducted in a retrospective manner, in a single district in Nepal, within a single socio-cultural and economic context. These factors limit its external validity on a national level throughout Nepal and also on an international level as far as other similar CHW programs are concerned. Additionally, given the lack of health outcomes data associated with this study, it is not possible to assess whether these programmatic improvements would lead to changes in population-level health indices.
This study provides further insights into FCHV programmatic design and implementation which may improve community-based service provision, but is limited in its scope and impact assessment. To further clarify best practices within Nepal, or globally in other similar CHW programs, additional operational and outcomes research is needed. Testing the program presented in this article regionally within western Nepal in a large-scale effectiveness trial  will help to define its impact and identify areas for potential improvement in the program's model. Similar implementation research trials in Nepal and globally will help to clarify best practices and, in turn, to maximize the effectiveness of CHWs within the villages they serve.
No direct funding was received for the writing of this paper. The authors were personally salaried by their institutions during the period of writing, although no specific salary or paid-time was set aside for the purposes of writing this paper. The authors' personal institutions that provided their salaries had no input into the design or implementation of the work, analysis of the data, drafting of this manuscript, or decision to submit for publication.
DS, RS, CB, RS, JB, ZS, JA, and DSRM are all volunteers for the non-governmental organization, Possible, a role for which they receive no compensation. AB, GK, BB, NK are all paid staff of Possible, for which they receive a salary and benefits. Their salaried work is related to the work discussed in this paper; however, none of their paid-time was devoted to working on this paper specifically. DS, RS, JA, and DSRM all serve on the board of directors for Possible, a role for which they receive no compensation. CB serves on the board of advisors for Possible, a role for which he receives no compensation. Possible, as an organization, receives financial support from individuals, foundations, and the Government of Nepal. JM has no competing interests to declare.
Conceived and designed the experiments: DS, RS, CB, RS, JA, DSRM. Performed the experiments: DS, RS, AB, GK, BB, NK. Analyzed the data: DS, RS, CB, AB, ZS. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DS, RS, CB, RS, AB, GK, BB, NK, JB, ZS, JM, JA, DSRM. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: DS, RS, CB, RS, AB, GK, BB, NK, JB, ZS, JM, JA, DSRM. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: DS, RS, CB, RS, AB, GK, BB, NK, JB, ZS, JM, JA, DSRM. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


Articles in this issue: OhioLINK funding affected by Ohio budget difficulties, Library participates in graduate school career activities, Resource Finder developed by Library faculty, Additional videos now available on-line from the OhioLINK digital video collection, Rare Bible added to the Bible Heritage Collection, University faculty in print, University alumni in print, Library policy beat: Library Spring break hours.
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The Israeli soldier on trial for killing the British peace activist Tom Hurndall in the Gaza Strip has admitted he was lying when he said his victim was carrying a gun, but said he was under orders to open fire even on unarmed people.
Sergeant Idier Wahid Taysir is charged with manslaughter for shooting Mr Hurndall, 22, as he tried to shelter children on the edge of Rafah from Israeli army gunfire in April last year. He died of his injuries in January.
The sergeant told the military court that after shooting Mr Hurndall he had reported it to his commander.
"I told him that I did what I'm supposed to; anyone who enters a firing zone must be taken out. [The commander] always says this," he said.
The army has already been accused of carrying out an unwritten policy of shooting unarmed civilians who enter a closed security zone in Rafah, which led to the killing of a 13-year-old girl.
Sgt Taysir told the army investigators he had opened fire at Mr Hurndall because the Briton was on the edge of the security zone, carrying a weapon and wearing camouflage clothing.
In fact, he had not entered the closed zone, had no gun and was wearing a bright orange jacket.
The prosecutor asked the sergeant if Mr Hurndall had a weapon.
Sgt Taysir replied: "No. That's the truth."
"So you gave a false report to the company commander?" the prosecutor asked.
"I did not give a false report. He might have had a weapon under his clothing. People fire freely there. The [Israeli army] fires freely in Rafah."
The prosecutor continued: "But you told him that you saw a weapon?"
The prosecutor then asked: "After that, you also reported that the man fired in the air and at you, right? Why did you report that he fired at you?"
The sergeant replied: "Because I had already fired without getting approval [from the company commander]. Everything was under pressure and a result of fear. They tell us all the time to fire; that there is approval. All the troops [in Rafah] fire without approval at anyone who crosses a red line."
Sgt Taysir has also been charged with obstruction of justice.
He told the court that he did not know details of the army's rules of engagement. "I don't know them. No one ever explained anything to me about these documents."
The military investigation initially cleared Sgt Taysir but was reopened under pressure from Mr Hurndall's family and the Foreign Office after the army's account of the shooting was shown to be false.
Mr Hurndall's mother, Jocelyn, welcomed the soldier's testimony, saying it confirmed the family's belief that Sgt Taysir was not a rogue element but operating under a military policy that permitted the shooting of unarmed civilians.
"We remain extremely concerned about the culture in which the soldier was functioning," she said. "It seems from what he's said that he was following orders, that he was doing what he was told to do and what other soldiers are told to do."
But Mrs Hurndall said that it was difficult to discover exactly what the orders were, because the court sessions on the rules of engagement were held in secret. "The problem is we don't have access to the closed-door sessions at which the rules of engagement are discussed," she said.
"The Israelis say it is because we are beyond their jurisdiction and not governed by their secrecy laws. They know we will speak out publicly and they can't prosecute us."


Oven Fried Eggplant is very easy way to cook eggplant that is both easy-to-make and very delicious! This method of making "fried" eggplant cutlets is easier, less mess, and obviously healthier as it cuts the calories from the tradition deep frying method. Oven Fried Eggplant, cooked this way, will come out of the oven crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside.
Learn about Eggplant Hints, Tips, and Information and more great Eggplant Recipes.
* Purchasing Eggplant: Smaller, immature eggplants are best. Full-size puffy ones may have hard seeds and can be bitter. Choose a firm, smooth-skinned eggplant that is heavy for its size; avoid those with soft or brown spots. Gently push with your thumb or forefinger. If the flesh gives slightly but then bounces back, it is ripe. If the indentation remains, it is overripe and the insides will be mushy. If there is no give, the eggplant was picked too early. Also make sure an eggplant is not dry inside, knock on it with your knuckles. If you hear a hollow sound, do not buy it.
** You could substitute panko breadcrumbs.
Wash eggplant. Pare skin from eggplant and slice into thick 1/2-inch slices. Do not cut any thinner or the slices will not have the time to brown in the oven before becoming too soft.
In a small bowl. combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and salt; set aside.
Spread thin coating of mayonnaise on each side of the eggplant slices and dredge in the bread crumb mixture.
Arrange the coated eggplant slices on a cookie sheet, coated with cooking spray, and bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes per side. The eggplant will brown nicely.
Excellent served with store bought or homemade Marinara Sauce for dipping.


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Miroslav Konopek (* 28. března 1991, Derventa) je chorvatský fotbalový útočník původem z Bosny a Hercegoviny, hrající momentálně za švýcarský třetiligový celek FC Breitenrain Bern.

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الرئيسية/عالمية عالمية/College football expert picks, bowl predictions for Dec. 31, 2020: Over 64 in Ball State vs. San Jose State
College football expert picks, bowl predictions for Dec. 31, 2020: Over 64 in Ball State vs. San Jose State
The 2020-21 college football bowl season rolls on with three intriguing matchups on New Year's Eve. The action gets underway at noon ET when No. 24 Tulsa battles the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the 2020 Armed Forces Bowl. Tulsa is 7-1 against the spread in its last eight games and the Golden Hurricane are favored by 1.5-points in the latest college football bowl odds from William Hill Sportsbook.
That matchup is followed by Ball State vs. San Jose State at 2 p.m. ET in the 2020 Arizona Bowl, and the final game kicks off at 4 p.m. ET when Army takes the field against West Virginia in the 2020 Liberty Bowl. Army is giving up just 14 points per game this season, one of the main reasons why the over-under sits at 41, according to the latest college football lines. Before finalizing any college football bets for Thursday's bowl schedule, be sure to see the top college football bowl expert picks, predictions and best bets from Barrett Sallee.
Sallee is a true insider — a CBS Sports analyst, SiriusXM host, Heisman voter and consistently one of the top CBS Sports experts picking games against the spread — and his best bets have helped bring in huge returns. He debuted with SportsLine in 2017 and has delivered in a big way.
He went 59-35-2 (63 percent, plus $2,037) on all his college football picks for SportsLine in 2019, and he also enters today's action on a 76-46 streak on his best bets since the start of last year. Anybody who has been following him is way up.
Now, he has turned his attention to the college football odds for the 2020-21 bowl schedule from William Hill and is sharing his top three best bets over at SportsLine. If you parlay them together, you could be looking at a return of 6-1. Get his top college football picks now.
Top college football expert predictions for Dec. 31 bowl games
One of Sallee's top college football picks for bowl action on Dec. 31: He is backing the over 64 as the Ball State Cardinals take on the San Jose State Spartans on Thursday in the 2020 Arizona Bowl at Arizona Stadium.
The Spartans feature an explosive aerial attack, averaging 301.3 passing yards per game this season. Quarterback Nick Starkel is completing 65.1 percent of his passes this season and he's thrown two or more touchdown passes in each of his last four outings. In San Jose State's victory over Boise State in the MWC title game, Starkel threw for 453 yards and three scores.
Ball State, meanwhile, is scoring 34.3 points per game on average, the 26th-best mark in the country. The Cardinals have scored 30 or more points in each of their last three games, and the total has gone over in Ball State's last five games played on a Thursday.
"Both of these teams have explosive offenses and weather shouldn't be much of an issue in Arizona," Sallee told SportsLine. "This has the feeling of one of those crazy postseason bowls that we all remember forever."
How to make college football bowl picks for Dec. 31
Sallee has also found two other college football picks he loves for Thursday, including a play in a game where it'll likely come down to one or two key plays on offense. You can only see his picks at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for the Dec. 31 bowl schedule? And which offense will lead its team to victory? Visit SportsLine now to see Barrett Sallee's college football best bets, all from one of the top analysts in the nation who has crushed his picks for SportsLine.
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Building independence through study abroad.
Prior to moving, my idea of studying abroad was very one-sided. I was there to learn, explore a new environment and meet new people. That is all. During my college's orientation, I was warned about budgeting my finances, the fluctuating emotions of homesickness and keeping busy. Unaware that the experiences here would influence the decisions I would make, my obliviousness has taken my personal life by surprise, leaving me both confused and unsure.
Before I went overseas, most of the questions I got from my friends and family were along the lines of, "Are you going to fall in love?" This was also in the midst of a complicated time. Without divulging too much, I would say that I was in between relationships. I had someone back home, but the uncertainty of my future post-Scotland held me back from pursuing it completely. He didn't know what I would want in three months' time and neither did I. Moving forward to my last week here in Aberdeen, I have realized that I did fall in love—with myself.
I was slowly building morale between me and the person I wanted to become.
The challenges that I face here consistently test my mental and spiritual strength. In Toronto, my comfortability in a place I have called home for years made me dependent on things other than myself, such as people and material wealth. I was unable to make decisions on my own, I was lazy, I waited for things to happen and I never took action into my own hands. Being away from home has forced me into independence. It lit a fire so hot that I needed to move or I would burn myself to death.
With no immediate family or friends to call during a moment of weakness, I had to fend for myself. At home, something as simple as buying groceries on a rainy day would have turned me off from the task completely, but with no one to do these things for me, I had to do it or I would starve. From eight flights of stairs (as I lived at the top floor of my building), I took out the trash out whenever I had the chance, so as to lighten the burden off of my flatmates. I had to schedule times for when I would be free to do my laundry, go to the gym, cook dinner, study at the library and hang out with friends.
Little did I know that all these minuscule tasks would add up every day and bring about the conclusion that I did these things for me—no one else. Out of survival and out of personal agency, I was slowly building morale between me and the person I wanted to become.
The foundation I have in my relationship with myself is developing so much that I am growing a unique confidence in being alone. While travelling alone started this journey early last year, my experience studying abroad in Scotland has solidified my need to continue exploring who I am by myself without external influences to guide me.
I feel so far removed from who I was before I came, but in the best way possible. It is hard to imagine that my feelings about moving away were once completely closed. I was scared and anxious at the thought of loneliness. Little did I know that in loving the process of growth, loneliness would impossible to come across—as I will always have the best version of myself to look forward to.


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Use some of the suggestions made here today, and then create a plan to achieve your goal of financial freedom. As stated at the start of this post, some people will fail when it comes to that ambition. However, anyone who moves in the right direction will improve their situations, and that's a bonus. It might take a while to implement some of those strategies, but they're worth the effort if individuals can stop worrying about money every day. So, now is the time to get to work!


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NGWERERE, Zambia — Four people turned up at a health clinic tucked in a sprawl of commercial maize farms on a recent morning, looking for Covid-19 vaccines. The staff had vials of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine stashed in the fridge. But the staff members apologetically declined to vaccinate the four and suggested they try another day.
A vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine holds five doses, and the staff was under orders not to waste a single one.
Ida Musonda, the nurse who supervises the vaccination effort, suspected that her team might have found more takers if they packed the vials in Styrofoam coolers and headed out to markets and churches. "But we have no fuel for the vehicle to take the vaccines there," she said.
They did vaccinate 100 people on their last trip to a farm; the records from that trip sat in a paper heap in the clinic because the data manager had no internet connection to access an electronic records system...
"I'd like to get it but I work Monday to Saturday, and I don't know if they vaccinate on Sunday," said Bernadette Kawango, who supports a large extended family with her wages from an auto-parts store in a low-income neighborhood on the edge of Lusaka, the capital. She has heard many rumors: that people who receive the vaccine will die in two years; that the vaccine is part of a plot by Europeans to kill Africans and take their land; that Bill Gates is on a campaign to reduce the world population... Covid is not at the top of her list of health care worries. "It's cholera season, and people have malaria, and there is H.I.V. and TB," she said. She does not know anyone who has been diagnosed with Covid.
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Fast Company Dedicates October Issue to "The United States of Design"
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Media Company Launches U.S. Design App to Complement Annual Masters of Design Issue and Coverage of American Made Products and Designers
New York, September 14, 2011 – Fast Company announced its October issue, available on-line and on newsstands today, will
focus on "The United States of Design." As in years past, the annual issue will recognize the 2011 Masters of Design – Jeanne Gang, Founder of Studio
Gang Architects; Teddy Cruz, Owner of Estudio Teddy Cruz; Robert Wong, Executive Creative Director at Google Creative Lab; Aza Raskin, Cofounder of
Massive Health; and Jake Barton, Founder of Local Projects – in addition to others that are influencing design in America today: Bill Moggridge, Phillip
Lim, Mary Barra, and Mauro Porcini.
In addition, Fast Company will be launching the U.S. Design app, available for free through iTunes starting today. Fast Company is partnering with
Socialistic and Fab.com to bring 76 American made products to consumers. Through the app, consumers can shop and learn more about products that Fast
Company has extensively researched. Fast Company will be hosting the world's first online pop-up shop with Fab.com where all the items on the app will
be available for purchase for 30 days.
"Design is quickly becoming the corner stone of innovation in America, and a key differentiator bolstering a new wave of entrepreneurship in the
U.S.," said Bob Safian, Editor-in-Chief of Fast Company Magazine. "That is why now more than ever, our annual Masters of Design issue resonates with our
readers. We have the opportunity to watch the next revolution in design unfold."
To further its commitment to design, Fast Company will be hosting its annual Masters of Design event, honoring this year's Masters and celebrating design in America. The event will be held at Stephan Weiss Studio on October 19, 2011. Fast Company is also partnering with National Design Week, Cooper-Hewitt's largest education initiative that aims to draw national attention to the ways in which design enriches everyday life. National Design Week takes place in New York City from October 15-23, 2011.
The October issue also includes the following content:
"The United States of Design" By Linda Tischler
Design matters more than ever in America's economy. Welcome to an unexpected, inspiring moment. Additional features in this section cover: "30 Design-Driven Companies," "Students Taking Control," "The Best (and Worst) of American Design," "A New Source of Funding," and "American Design Is…."
"Masters of Design 2011"
Jeanne Gang of Chicago's Studio Fange; Teddy Cruz of La Jolla, California's Estudio Teddy Cruz; Robert Wong of Google Creative Lab in New York; Aza Raskin of Massive Health in San Francisco; and Jake Barton of New York's Local Projects.
"What Steve Jobs Can Still Teach Us" By Cliff Kuang
Steve Jobs wasn't trained as a designer, but he's one of the greatest users of technology ever.
"GM's New Hybrid" By Jon Gertner
Mary Barra is redesigning success for the storied American carmaker.
"The Life and Mind of Phillip Lim" By Bee-Shyuam Chang
An inside look at today's most talented – and elusive – young fashion designers.
"The Nine Passions of 3M's Mauro Porcini" By Chuck Salter
What happens when a $27 billion American standard-bearer brings in an Italian designer who loves high concept? One thing: amore.
For more information and additional coverage, check out www.fastcompany.com.
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AdWeek's Hot List for three consecutive years, and FastCompany.com executive editor Noah Robischon has tripled traffic and revenue year over
year. Fast Company is owned by Joe Mansueto, founder, chairman, and CEO of Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment
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Baba-ghanoush is an Arabic dip similar to hummus. In differs in that it uses eggplants instead of chickpeas which makes it a great paleo alternative to hummus. A similar recipe, but for hummus, can also be prepared with cucumbers instead of eggplants or chickpeas. The basic ingredients used in traditional hummus are the same: lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, cumin and tahini.
Tahini is a sesame paste made with ground sesame seeds and is available in most grocery stores, in the ethnic section. Since tahini is prepared with sesame seeds, it's considered Paleo, but some people don't do so well on high amounts nuts and seeds and try to limit them or completely eliminate them. Most seeds are also very high in Omega-6 fats. The amount of tahini used in this recipe is minimal, but you can decide not to use it and the end result will be just as delicious. Simply put a little more olive oil and lemon juice if you decide not to use any tahini.
The traditional baba-ghanoush usually calls for roasted eggplants. The roasting of the eggplants gives a soft and smoky flavor to the eggplant flesh. You can play around with ingredients and add diced onions, tomatoes and olives to vary the recipe. You can also add chili powder for extra spiciness.
Use it as a dip for vegetables, in salads, on cold leftover meat or simply as a side dish.
Fresh parsley, optional, for garnishing.
To roast the eggplants, either use your grill, the open flame of a gas stove or your oven. If using an open flame, keep the eggplant near the flame and turn them often to darken the skin evenly. If using your stove, prick the skin with a fork and roast for about 35 minutes in a 400 F oven.
Put the roasted eggplants in a bowl of cold water, wait a bit and then peel off the skin.
Place the roasted eggplant, garlic, lemon juice, tahini, olive oil, cumin in a blender and blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Cool in the refrigerator and serve with extra olive oil on top and fresh parsley.


A vision of the future of the translation industry, based on Smartcat CEO Ivan Smolnikov's award-winning speech at TAUS Innovation Contest 2016 in Portland, OR.
High-value and SLA-compliant linguists are the strongest success drivers in translation projects, and technology must facilitate identifying and reinforcing the choice of such professionals.
It all starts with our key belief that selling licenses for CAT software is an atavism of our industry. We believe that no one should have to continuously count licenses in a business where almost all key value producers are freelancers and teams are highly dynamic and dependent on the projects you will have tomorrow. Relying on the number of licenses limits the efficiency of translation processes in a company and restricts its growth potential and scalability. Finally, the low technology penetration and the need to sew together multiple tools to have a more or less seamless and efficient workflow are the major factors slowing down the evolution of individual companies and the industry as a whole.
Then, what is the true value that a tech vendor should bring to a customer? We believe that it lies in technologies for building and managing the supply chain. Moving towards this goal, we introduced what we call "advanced collaboration." The following video shows how it simplifies the management of large-scale and urgent projects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NCF-G9DIsY You can see several people working on the same document at the same time. They can understand the context, communicate right on the platform and see each other's contributions in real time. But they can't erase one another's work thanks to a smart locking mechanism. The same is true for the editor, who can start working almost simultaneously with the translator, but can't start editing before the translator completes a segment. Similarly, the editor and the translator can work together and communicate within the same user interface. The editor can correct and consult the translator along the way and not after the project is completed. Thus they are able to finish their respective assignments almost at once. Both the speed and the quality go up. The big difference between this and what you have probably tried so far is that there is no need to split the text into parts. You can invite as many translators and editors as you need to work on one document, and everyone will see the whole of it. (And, of course, they can reuse TMs and terminology in real time.) The experience is somewhat similar to Google Docs, except that they can't interfere with each other's work accidentally. This is a unique feature for the market, and it is very useful for projects involving the work of many linguists.
In order to meet the needs of tomorrow we are bringing collaboration to new heights. By introducing chatbots, we aim to boost project managers' productivity even further and provide them with full control over their projects from a smartphone and their usual messenger. Chatbots allow PMs to chat with anyone in a project and get automatic reports on its status. Here is a video demonstrating this user experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4tZfEZJJRA This is a simple case of how this technology helps improve project managers' work. Sometimes (pretty often, actually), managers need to check the project status on the go and make some actions afterwards. Usually this takes getting back to the computer. Instead, now the manager can just send a query to the Smartcat bot. The bot displays the list of recent projects. The manager chooses the one of interest, and the bot returns its progress data. Now, let's say the manager sees a possible issue with an editor's performance. She can then write him a private message using the same bot. The editor is sitting by his desktop and receives this message within the Smartcat interface. He answers through the desktop chat, and the manager reads the answer on her mobile device.
We have many surprises in the future development of Smartcat. Bots will be getting smarter, powered by artificial intelligence. Besides mere reporting shown above, they will learn to actually think for the project manager. By analyzing real-time performance of translators, they will make actionable suggestions to add or remove project contributors. They will also analyze quality in real time and recommend a replacement if someone performs below expectations. In doing so, they will choose among those with relevant domain knowledge (e.g., based on analyzing the source content). This will bring project managers' productivity to a new level — after all, they are one of the most valuable forces in translation, along with translators. Let's take a look at the future: https://youtu.be/ULdMzXkC7IY Here's how it goes: The bot sends an alert notifying the project manager that translator Jessica is working too slowly or that the quality of her work is below expectations. It asks if the manager wants to chat with Jessica or bring another translator to the project. The manager clicks Add, and gets top three candidates for the job. All of them specialize in the domain, and two of them have successfully worked for this particular customer. She looks through their brief profiles and selects one. Done — the translator has just been assigned. Now, the bot not only tells you about an issue, but also suggests a solution.
Our ongoing and never-ending pursuit is building a platform that enables effective cooperation between customers, project managers, and translators. Today, all of them spend far too much time struggling with the routine. While technologies should help, they often complicate things even more. We are here to make a change and turn technology into an assistant, not burden, for all market participants. We trust that the future of translation lies in human talent — empowered by the right technology. Selling CAT licenses is boring — we're up to something much more exciting.
Ivan Smolnikov is the CEO and founder of Smartcat.ai. He has a solid track record in the translation industry with a strong focus on linguistic technology development. He started his first translation business in 2004 and built it into one of the top 50 global LSPs, known today as ABBYY LS, where he worked as the CEO until 2015. In 2013 Ivan co-founded Smartcat, now a completely independent, venture-backed, and fast-growing business with headquarters in California, 2 operational offices in Europe, and a team of 80+ people.