THE CHINESE proverb "a horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night" could probably explain the phenomenal "rags-to-riches" life story of Filipino-Chinese Henry Sy Sr.
What he is now is not all due to his "sipag" (diligence) and "tiyaga" (perseverance) – to use the campaign slogan of a defeated presidential bet – but owing also to a large dose of devious business practices, which made Sy Sr., with a personal net worth of $7.2 billion or more than P300 billion, the wealthiest in the Philippines for the fourth time in a row based on the recent Forbes' annual list of the world's super-rich.
This was the fearless appraisal of the Alliance of Progressive Labor-Youth as it celebrates today's International Youth Day (IYD) by picketing selected SM malls across the country that the youth activists described as the "cradle of fortune" of Sy that he built by turning them into lucrative "contractual workshops" with an endless supply of "cheap and docile" workers, mostly young men and women.
APL-Youth announced earlier that its affiliates will mark IYD by conducting a coordinated anti-contractualization pickets at several SM shopping malls in Metro Manila, Batangas, Cavite, Naga City, Cebu, Cotobato, General Santos, Davao, and Cagayan de Oro.
To further draw attention to the rampant use and abuse of non-regular labor, especially among the teens and young adults, a number of APL-Youth members will likewise stage today a protest action when President Aquino delivers the keynote speech for a youth forum ironically held at the SMX Convention Center in SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
They plan to unfurl placards with messages urging the government to promote "decent, not disposable, jobs" and to help pass the Security of Tenure (SOT) bill, which is still pending in Congress for a decade now – mainly because of stiff opposition from the likes of Sy.
SM has pioneered the unbridled hiring of employees, especially salesladies, for short-term or usually five-month contracts only and then rehires them again and again through the same setup to avoid their regularization, the APL-Youth said.
APL-Youth added that with brisk sales and by employing a mostly non-regular workforce – who have lower wages, fewer benefits, no security of tenure, and banned from joining trade unions – the SMs were able to amass greater profits, which would eventually pave the way for the rapid rise and diversification of Sy's companies.
His multibillion-dollar business empire here and abroad, particularly in mainland China, encompasses shopping mall development and management, retail merchandising, banking and financial services, and real estate development and tourism.
APL-Youth is the youth arm of the Alliance of Progressive Labor, a national labor center of various workers' organizations in the private, informal and migrant sectors. APL-Youth, composed of community-, school- and workplace-based teens and young adults ages 15-35, aims to unite and empower the youth sector and to link them with the labor movement and the broader social movements.


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This 8-Step Problem-Solving Method Saved the Crew of Apollo 13
Think about the toughest problem you ever had to solve. We're guessing it wasn't quite as tough as the Apollo 13 disaster. You know, the "Houston, we have a problem" problem. No judgment — we've never been in that kind of high-stakes situation either. But we can learn something from it: namely, the foolproof process flight director Gene Kranz implemented for exactly such an occasion.
In certain circles, Gene Kranz is a living legend. After all, it's not everybody who has their vest enshrined in the Smithsonian. But it wasn't his clothing choices that earned him a place of honor. It was the fact that when three astronauts were trapped in a faulty spacecraft 250,000 miles from Earth, he and his team were able to come up with an actionable plan to get them home safe and sound. That plan didn't come out of nowhere, either. It came out of an eight-step process that he had put in place a few years earlier. You might find it will work just as well for your own workplace frustrations — especially when you're tempted to just go with your gut. Here it is:
Determine goals/objectives
Generate an array of alternative solutions
Evaluate the possible consequences of each solution
Use this analysis to choose one or more courses of action
Plan the implementation
Implement with full commitment
Adapt as needed based on incoming data
There you have it. Simple, direct, and goal-oriented. There's one more thing to note about the process — it doesn't include a backup plan in case things go pear-shaped. Thinking back to that day, Apollo flight controller Jerry Bostick put it this way: "When bad things happened, we just calmly laid out all the options, and failure was not one of them." Yeah, that's where the phrase "Failure is not an option" comes from.
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Tough and Competent
It's not exactly a coincidence that the guy in charge of solving NASA's problems had such a rigorous problem-solving process. But that wasn't always the case. In fact, Kranz only implemented this method after the United States' first major space exploration disaster. Kranz was in charge of the Apollo 1 launch as well and saw it end tragically as a fire swept through the command module and took the lives of three astronauts. After that happened, he knew things had to change.
The very next day, he addressed his team with a rousing speech that came to be known as "the Kranz dictum." It's far too long to quote in full, but it all boils down to two things: be tough and be competent. "Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do ... Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills. Mission Control will be perfect." It's a high standard to live by, but that's how you have to think when the final frontier is in your hands.
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New portal a one-stop info shop for World Cup visitors
TWIG - For millions of fans expected in Germany for this summer's soccer World Cup, a whole world of information about the tournament and its host country is no further than the nearest mobile phone.
That's thanks to Servingo — a free service available on cell phones, PDAs and laptops catering to visitors of the month-long soccer extravaganza.
The new portal, found at www.servingo.de and available in four languages, is a one-stop online shop for information ranging from restaurant reviews to a navigation system that points the way to a near-by gas station.
It also provides event listings, hotel bookings and up-to-the-minute reports from news outlets like Deutsche Welle and the sports weekly Kicker.
"A lot of this information is available from various sites on the Internet, but there I have to find it all myself," said Daniel Holweg, a scientist who has worked on the site.
"The advantage of the portal is that it combines all these items in one place. Visitors receive information tailored to the wishes and interests set out in their personal profile. And they only have to log on once."
In order to use the portal, soccer fans submit a personal interest profile online. With this information, the system compiles an individual plan for the day and reminds its user of dates and appointments.
The portal, which is partly sponsored by the Germany's Ministry of Economics and Technology, is the product of a research project aimed at developing an IT-assisted infotainment and logistics service platform.
The Servingo project was coordinated by the Germany's ZGDV Computer Graphics Center and supported by the Fraunhofer Institutes for Computer Graphics, Material Flow and Logistics.
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This extravagant château opens its double doors to reveal three separate makeup palette booklets. Beautiful illustrations bring the box to life, making it look just like a real castle!
The ultimate gift for any makeup junkie, Benefit's holiday makeup calendar lets you count down the days to Christmas by opening each little door to reveal a different product every day.
Paul & Joe are known for their whimsical lipstick tubes – these boxes feature custom cut cat shaped windows that let shoppers take a peek inside!
Lip gloss that looks good enough to eat! This clever packaging mimics the look of a trendy macaron box with a cute pull out tray and sleeve design.
Fittingly named the "Dolls House Collection", this sweet little book houses six pretty nail polishes with a custom cut flap that opens to reveal them.
An adorable box with a hinged lid lifts to reveal this cheerful lipstick trio. Playful colours and a touch of gold foil add a fun, feminine vibe.
This pretty pink book has a place for all of Benefit's bestselling eyebrow products, and even comes complete with a convenient mirror!
The perfect carrying case for all your beach essentials, the Beach Box from Lush holds five beach themed products. Pops of yellow, blue and white stand out against the natural kraft stock.
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As the heated summer months approach, few things are quite as necessary as moments by the water. Breezy, seafearing meals to relish by the water, that is. Get a taste of Harborside, where your dining experience will entail just that.
A long this quiet waterfront, soft rifts of water send out an easy, cool breeze. The kind that make you pause, inhale a nice, deep breath, and prepare to enjoy a few moments away from it all. Couples walk alongside the still-wooden harbor. Kids sit, lined up on the dock of the bay as the tide rolls in, dipping their toes in the cool water. Several boats drift along the ripples of orange-infused sunlit bay along the lake. Full of guests feasting on crab legs sits a lakeside restaurant and fish fare as a gathering crowd patiently waits outside to make their way into this casual, inviting seafood grill and bar.
With a coastal scenic view, at a glance briefly reminiscent of a New England oceanside, the restaurant serves up its fresh fare of seafood, steak, and oysters with a bit of everything in between. Though it hones in on flavors from the sea, which most its faithful following flock to it for, it no doubt carries a bit of enough tastes for any picky eater who may arrive.
From raw oysters to fried pickles, Harborside's classic seafood menu offers a variety of oceanside-worthy mainstays and plenty of hearty American bar staples, serving light to hearty entrees centered on the classic fresh fish and seafood staples one seeks out a fishhouse for.
Harborside's starters include an array of sea-central concoctions as well as classic appetizers. Serving Sea Skins, a shrimp and crab spin on loaded potato skins, to Banging Fried Shrimp and Fried Pickles, the usual Atlantic Ocean suspects will also be found. Gulf Oysters on the Half Shell, Peel & Eat Shrimp and Pan-Roasted Clams are just a few of the anchor tastes that keep a long line waiting. Entrees highlight fresh fish of day and their trusty Hand Held items, such as the Southern Fried Shrimp Wrap and the always-dependable Grouper Sandwich with Florida Key-Lime and Dill Tartar Sauce.
While packed like a can of sardines, this large lakeside restaurant draws much of its local and out-of-town crowd no doubt for such fresh and simple seafood selections. Butchered in house, each of this bar and grill's entree fish plates serve a hearty eight- to nine-ounce portion for each offering, so you will be sure to leave this Harborside with a satiated appetite.


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I recently moved from upper apartment to the first floor unit and we have no elevator in the building .We called to C-town piano movers and could not be happier with how they moved my heavy ,solid wood vintage piano . The movers arrived in time and were very professional and hard working. They wrapped my piano very well and were extremely careful. Move took less time than we thought it would and the cost for a service was very fair."
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Lauren Todorovic, founder and director of Aged Care Report Card, which is primarily a ratings and reviews website for all existing aged care facilities Australia-wide.
Basically ACRC is a similar concept to 'trip advisor' but for the aged care industry with some industry specific considerations. ACRC was established to not only create a useful resource for people searching and comparing aged care facilities but also and most importantly I saw it as away of establishing a more transparent approach to sharing experiences of people living or working in these facilities.
On a day-to-day basis in the early stage I was juggling two full time jobs which makes life interesting! My clinical roles include working with patients who have been diagnosed with brain cancer and more recently setting up a Cognition and Dementia Service. Cognitive deficit is something that impacts as much as 80% of residents in aged care. I'm really fortunate to support this group of patients and I really love my work. I feel really privileged to be given the opportunity to work in this area and look after these patients, it's not only changed my outlook on life but it is a big part of what motivated me to start my own business in the first place. I took the next step and here I am!!
You have been working in health care field now for a number of years, when did you realise you wanted to do this as a career?
I've been working as a nurse for 10 years now, I don't know that I always wanted to be a nurse I found it really difficult in my final year of school to choose what I wanted to do for the 'rest of my life' so to speak. I was always the nurturing type and enjoyed caring for people (especially the elderly) and I saw nursing as great career to travel and it's one of those careers that is so diverse allowing you to move from one specialty area to another which always keeps things interesting!
I went back and studied my masters 5 years ago as I needed some inspiration on what to do next after several years of clinical and practical experience. I always wanted to own my own business, initially aged care facilities or start up a day care centre, and given my nursing degree had absolutely no business subjects I thought I better go and learn the foundations of 'good business'. This was a great decision and has thankfully positioned me well for everything I'm working on today.
What drove you to establish the Aged Care Report Card? Nothing has been done like this before in the aged care industry, where did the idea for ACRC come from?
ACRC is a new concept to the industry and we are the first ratings and reviews website for consumers and health professionals. Having worked in a number of aged care facilities I have seen first hand the varying levels of what you would call 'quality of care' I wanted to create a platform that would capture the voices of those most important in aged care – that's residents, their families and health professionals. I wanted to also build and design a system that captured these different perspectives and arranged them in a useful way for families facing the often overwhelming and short term requirement of deciding a new home or facility for their loved ones. For families searching for aged care facilities, they really have very limited information around the subjective information and experiences of others on what the 'care' of a facility is actually like, there's nothing that captures real life experiences or word-of-mouth. We aim to solve this and ACRC continues to work on projects directly and with strategic partners to continuously improve our solutions.
What were the stumbling blocks, initially getting ACRC started and since then?
Whilst ratings and reviews platforms are now relatively established in other industries (like hospitality, travel etc.) there was no other service that existed until recently in aged care. A shift is currently taking place where aged care providers are still in their infancy stages of accepting the new way of creating transparency. This new way of doing business and catering for the aged care 'consumer' the residents and families themselves, has come about a large part due to the trend of digitisation and continuously increasing accessibility of information making it far easier for consumers to be discerning in their choices of what is and isn't acceptable.
We have found the innovative and IT savvy companies particularly are more across the importance of engaging with customers online and having a social media presence without succumbing to the fear of opening themselves up for review in the market place. We recognize these shifts can take time but also know that the market place is dynamic and the landscape is changing quickly; we are making these values and observations a core input into our planning at ACRC so we remain well positioned to serve the industry and solve the challenges for the consumer.
Never take a 'No' or 'We will get back to you…' as the final answer. If you have a great product or service that creates value for people then why wouldn't people be interested? It's just a matter of getting your message and showing organizations the direct value to them in a way that is fair and reasonable and not threatening – persistence and a thick skin is the key. My background as a nurse and experience directly in palliative care, aged care and dementia does give me a sensitivity and deeper understanding, as do those in my team, of the sometimes hidden issues involved and challenges that need to be overcome to see positive change role out and be implemented successfully.
Early on in my career my grandma was my main mentor and someone I really looked up to. She provided guidance, advice and motivation for me. There's something really special about having a close relationship with an older generation – their wisdom, life experiences and worldly advice are priceless. My grandmother inspires me to be a strong woman that stands up for what I believe and "never give up". She was prepared to take risks and started her own recruitment company without any guidance or support from family or colleagues and her company is still active today. I have her voice in my head almost every day particularly when the struggles of working full time during my early start up mode with my team was non-stop!
My grandfather on the other hand inspired me to set out on a mission to make changes to the industry that meant all older Australians are provided with the 'quality of care' that you would expect for your own family never letting go of the 'human touch' for this vulnerable community in the population. Another mentor without a doubt has been my husband. He has encouraged and supported me to get ACRC off the ground and bring the idea to reality.
How has the company evolved since it began?
ACRC was in planning stages for 18-24 months before we went live in November 2014. It took a lot of initial planning, researching the industry, surveying hundreds of consumers and health professionals for our 7 Standards of Excellence in care and developing our methodology. We have come along way from the initial ideas we had to the engaging platform that we see today. I've had some great people supporting ACRC which makes all the difference.
You are very busy and working in an industry that for some can be quite draining. What keeps you motivated?
There is no doubt that nursing can be emotionally and physically draining, so it is important to take time out for yourself every now and then. Staying motivated is really important I like to set goals and targets – when I meet these it's time for celebration! For example when we reach a certain amount of reviews on our website, increase our reach to the consumers or gain the support of a facility, the team goes out to celebrate. They are all key milestones for us so we need to celebrate when we are doing well otherwise it's easy to forget.
ACRC's vision of providing quality care to people living in aged care facilities also keeps me motivated. I often refer to it from time to time, which keeps everything in perspective and reminds me to keep going. Creating positive changes and improvements in the industry will take a combined effort from like-minded organisations all working together for the same purpose – ACRC recognises its leadership role in navigating through this and aims to champion these positive changes and improvements.
There are a few really passionate and vocal aged care advocates in the industry that I look up to and admire as I see them as change makers and dedicated to making improvements in the industry. I enjoy reading articles about other founders of startups and reading about their experiences they have faced going through a similar process. It does provide me with comfort that I'm not the only one going through similar challenges. Daily inspiration is found on my bathroom mirror with a card from my grandma say "Never Give Up"… this really hits a cord with me.
There is nothing more rewarding than doing something that makes a difference in the lives of others. I've worked in a lot of areas of nursing and for me it was about working out 'what am I really passionate about'? I remember my University lecturer saying "there's no point saying you want to save the world, instead choose something you're passionate about and go after it". That really was the 'light bulb' moment for me where I realised all I wanted to focus on was improving care in the aged care industry at this stage in my life. I didn't want to look back at the end of my life and regret not having followed my dream of starting my own business. I knew the only thing I would regret was not giving it a go. So work out what YOUR passion is and then follow you dream. Life's too short to have regrets and to be working on something you don't love!


One of the most fulfilling parts of my jobs is to know that the technology recipes I create and present in my techchef4u blog are not only well-received but utilized to impact student learning. Ms. Carnazzo, a second grade teacher at Longs Creek in NEISD, has been such a wonderful inspiration for showcasing how these recipes can be used in an elementary classroom. It was a little over a week ago that I received her first email highlighting how she used Songify with her second grade class to practice short vowel sounds. This morning I received yet another email with a link to a "sums of 10" project she had her students complete with the free versions of the talking heads apps. Needless to say, if she keeps concocting these app-tastic lessons, I may just have to create a section for her on my blog entitled: Carnazzo's Class Creations.
Students worked with a partner. They were given time to practice their portion prior to recording.
After all of the students had recorded, Ms. Carnazzo emailed the videos to herself and compiled them in iMovie to create one complete song.
While the students LOVE using the iPad any time, they are so proud of their products and always want to know when they will be posted online to share with their parents. What an app-laudable way to keep parents informed and to highlight student products while integrating technology to impact student learning!
Thanks to a generous PuppetPals Director's Pass code donation, Ms. Carnazzo's class (and a few others in the district) will be concocting a puppet show creation in the near future. Stay tuned for app-erific greatness!
"appy hour 4 u": surprisingly educational apps show.


Hi, if he doesnt turn up by tomorrow try ringing around local vets ie Lomax on Lordship Lane. Is the dog microchipped?
Thanks Roz hes not micro chipped ,its the same little fella u found last week ,I feel terrible because we look like really bad dog owners but we are really not he is spoilt rotten ,he got out through a very small hole in the garden made by the cat next door ,then managed to get in to the next garden that dont have a gate and was on the main road in seconds ,Im sure this couple are really looking after him but he needs his medication , hopefully we will get him back tomorrow fingers crossed and there will be big changes around here ie only allowed in the garden on a lead . I will check the vets tomorrow thanks for advice .
Try calling Battersea Dogs Home tomorrow as well as the local vets and the RSPCA lost dogs line.
Also Lewisham Animal Welfare and Celia Hammond Trust.
I am pleased that you have him home.
So Delighted to hear of the happy outcome. I used to have a Pug, they are so adorable.
I wish you and him many happy years together.
And yes-Forest Hill is full of lovely people!
Have you considered renaming him Houdini?


Liverpool, home of the first council housing in Britain. In 1869 St Martins cottages became the first municipal housing in the UK, Municipal Dreams will take us on a journey through the formative developments of the cities social housing from Victorian slum clearance to the 1930's proto-modern apartment blocks inspired by Karl Marx Hof in Vienna. Innovation and a search for new forms and construction techniques would be driven by an almost continuous housing shortage which, post 1945, reached crisis proportions.
Liverpool's response, as elsewhere in the country, was slum clearance and new town displacement, in a postscript to Municipal Dreams talk we will discuss the city's Modernist legacy and the role of the City Architects department under Dr Ronald Bradbury, City Architect and Director of Housing from 1949 to 1970.


Children, as young as 2 years old, can imitate the act of writing by creating drawings and mark on paper. Kids gain knowledge of and interest in writing as they are continually exposed to print and writing in their environment. For children who will be entering Kindergarten in the fall (who will be 5 on or before September 1, 2019) there are skills they should develop that will help them become familiar with writing tools and the ability to communicate through written representations, symbols and letters. Families can ensure a successful transition to Kindergarten by better understanding expectations.


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Jacques Torres net worth: Jacques Torres is an Algerian American chef who has a net worth of $4 million. Jacques Torres, also known as "Mr. Chocolate", earned his net worth by being a master pastry chef who has won numerous awards and has written two dessert books. Torres was born in Algiers, Algeria in June 1959. Torres grew up in France and was an apprentice at a pastry shop at 15. He then worked at Hotel Negresco while attended culinary school and earned a Master Pastry Chef degree. He taught pastry courses in Cannes in the mid-80s. He won the Meilleur Ouvrier Patissier de France competition in 1986, becoming the youngest to do so. He then moved to the United States and became the Corporate Pastry Chef for the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company in 1988. Torres then worked at Le Cirque for 11 years as their Executive Pastry Chef. He joined International Culinary center and became the Dean of Pastry Arts. He opened a chocolate factory and retail store in Brooklyn, New York in 2000. Torres has won the James Beard Foundation Pastry Chef of the Year. He has authored two books and hosts the show Chocolate with Jacques Torres for the Food Network. He has starred in the TV series Dessert Circus with Jacques Torres and released three cookbooks. He married chocolatier Hasty Khoei in 2007.
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The Mirko I Know
Mobile Syrup reports that current BCE CEO George Cope will retire in January, 2020. His successor will be this man, Mirko Bibic. At some point Mr. Cope's legacy may or may not warrant a separate post, but Mr. Bibic's prior history as a mouthpiece for Bell most certainly does.
Here's Mirko on net neutrality:
It is a "preposterous" idea that Canadians should have the right to see all the TV content they want on their cellphones or tablets no matter which wireless provider they choose, BCE Inc. says.
The original source has since gone dark, but the breadcrumbs leading to this infamous 2011 soundbite remain. And it was Bibic who said it.
2011 was also the year that Bell floated the idea of usage-based billing for broadband Internet service here in Canada. Here's Bibic squaring off against George Burger and others on TVO's The Agenda—the good stuff starts at about 14 minutes in:
If you're unsure of who won the day you can see threads from DSLReports here and reddit here. The important thing is that the spectre of UBB never came to pass—quite the opposite, in fact, as even Bell Mobility is offering unlimited (albeit throttled) mobile Internet to its customers today.
As for Mr. Bibic himself, it's going to be a challenge for me to believe a single thing he says.
Sources: DSLReports, Mobile Syrup, reddit (1) (2), Wikipedia
Andrew Currie has been blogging about mobile phones since 2001, smartphones (depending on how you define them) since 2002 and smartwatches since 2014.
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Ipse - 07-05-2019, 08:45 AM
I know we shouldn't be judging people by their appearance, but boy, does he ever look like a vampire barely hiding his fangs... Very fitting.
ijcy - 07-12-2019, 10:51 AM
10 Chars.


I can't imagine how many hours go into making a game properly balanced and fair for those who play them. It's a pity that the smallest oversight can create glitches that undo all the developers' hard work. Oh, well, at least we can have fun messing around with these mistakes as well.


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Home » Medscape Weighs in on da Vinci Controversy
Medscape Weighs in on da Vinci Controversy
Although Intuitive Surgical, maker of the da Vinci robotic surgical system, continues to tout the controversial system's so-called benefits, mounting injury reports and litigation tell a different story. Now, an editor and surgeon just published the slide show, "Robotic Surgery: Too Much, Too Soon," on Medscape's website, according to HealthNewsReview, in which a number of issues with the robotic system are highlighted.
In robotic-assisted surgery, a surgeon sits at a console operating multiple robotic arms that manipulate tiny tools that are inserted into the patient's body via small incisions. The system uses a small, lighted camera that displays the surgical area in 3-D video. The da Vinci is the only robotic surgery approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for soft tissue surgeries.
The slideshow cites, among other issues, the problem with insufficient training and noted that Intuitive is facing litigation involving surgeons who are not properly trained on the system, according to HealthNewsReview. J. Kellogg Parsons, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Urology, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, told Medscape "there is no standardized process for credentialing, teaching, proctoring, or obtaining hospital privileges for robotic-assisted surgery." The Institute of Medicine and the FDA have both noted that the process by which new devices are approved should be revised.
Earlier this year, James T. Breeden, MD, President of the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), issued a statement recommending against use of robotic systems in routine gynecologic procedures. He noted that research suggests that similar outcomes are realized in both robotic and laparoscopic hysterectomies; however, employing robotics increases surgical costs significantly, noted HealthNewsReview. A JAMA study revealed that it costs about $2189 more per case for robotically assisted hysterectomy when compared to laparoscopic techniques.
The slide show also discussed that the European Association of Urology (EAU) issued guidelines on robotic and single-site urology surgery, concluding that, "Robot-assisted urologic surgery is an emerging and safe technology for most urologic operations." The authors noted, however, that research did not reveal better long-term effects on incontinence and erectile dysfunction. It also remains unclear, noted HealthNewsReview, if robotic surgery provided better results in most traditional procedures.
One of the more worrisome issues with robotics is its price point, with the machines costing $1.5-$2.2 each, according to the slide show. Add to that service contracts at $160,000-$170,000 annually, another $600-$1000 for disposable instruments that are used just once and which, per procedure, involve 3-8 instruments, the price per surgery is about 20 percent higher per robotic procedure, according to analysis published in March. Hospitals carry the burden of cost, wrote HealthNewsReview.
Recently, Intuitive Surgical dropped its stock price significantly in the face of stalled sales, a warning from federal regulators, and mounting injury reports and litigation.
As we've written, in the face of growing patient injuries, some hospitals are opting against using the technology, which is expensive. In fact, oncologist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a former White House adviser, agreed with a 2012 op-ed piece published in The New York Times saying, "This is a pseudo-innovation … a technology that increases costs without improving patients' health," The Monterey Herald reported. According to Dr. Emanuel, a 2009 study revealed that although patients who underwent prostate surgery with the da Vinci experienced reduced hospital stays and less initial complications, such as blood loss, they experienced increased incontinence and erectile dysfunction later.
Personal injury lawsuits brought over the da Vinci allege that the system caused severe internal injuries such as burns, tears, and other complications. Some procedures have led to chronic pain, disability, or death. Lawsuits also blame Intuitive's aggressive marketing tactics, which appear to be meant to urge hospitals to purchase the expensive robotic device, and allege that design flaws inherent in the da Vinci, as well as poor physician training on the device, have been tied to serious injuries. Some 89 deaths have been associated with the da Vinci robotic surgical systems since 2009.


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Biografija
Kuini Liliha je rođena oko 1802. godine.

Vjeruje se da su njezini biološki roditelji bili poglavica Kaokanu i njegova supruga Loeau. Kaokanu je bio potomak kralja Keaweikekahialiiokamokua.

Njezini poočim i pomajka bili su savjetnik Ulumaheihei Hoapili i princeza Kalilikauoha, kći kralja Kahekilija II.

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Algernon Pharmaceuticals Enters into a Clinical Trial Agreement with Yale University for a DMT Phase 2 Depression Study
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company" or "Algernon") (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGW0) (OTCQB: AGNPF) a clinical stage pharmaceutical development company is pleased to announce that it has entered an Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trial Agreement ("CTA") with Yale University ("Yale") for the investigation of multiple intravenous doses of DMT for the treatment of depression. The trial's principal investigator is Professor Deepak Cyril D'Souza, an experienced researcher with DMT and other controlled substances.
As part of the CTA, Algernon will provide cGMP DMT for the study. In return, Algernon will jointly own intellectual property around the clinical use of DMT arising from the study ("IP") developed jointly by Algernon and Yale, and the option to negotiate licenses to both IP developed jointly and IP developed solely by Yale. (This is subject to rights reserved by the United States Government in conjunction with publicly funded research). In addition, the Company will receive data from the study, which may assist in its DMT stroke research program.
"The study may enhance our current understanding of the dosing regimen in the subjective effects induced by DMT," said Deepak D'Souza, MBBS MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Schizophrenia Neuropharmacology Research Group at the Yale University School of Medicine.
"After careful consideration, we chose to support Dr D'Souza's clinical DMT study and work with Yale University," said Christopher J. Moreau CEO of Algernon Pharmaceuticals. "Although the treatment of psychiatric disorders with DMT are not the Company's current focus, we have patents pending on novel forms of DMT which could potentially be used across a broad range of diseases. In addition, we believe the data generated from this study may help inform Algernon's stroke research program."
Moreau continued, "A rising tide lifts all boats, and we feel a corporate responsibility as well to improve global awareness and support psychedelic medicine research when possible. It is in that spirit that we also chose to become the lead sponsor of Wonderland, the world's largest conference on psychedelic medicine to be held November 3-5 in Miami."
DMT Study Summary
The proposed double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover-controlled study will compare different bolus and constant infusion dosing regimens of DMT in healthy control participants and individuals with depression.
About Yale University School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine is one of the world's leading centers for biomedical research, advanced clinical care, and medical education.
About DMT
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, is a hallucinogenic tryptamine drug producing effects similar to those of other psychedelics like LSD, and psilocybin. DMT occurs naturally in many plant species and animals including humans and has been used in religious ceremonies as a traditional spiritual medicine by indigenous people in the Amazon. DMT can also be synthesised in a laboratory.
About Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Algernon is a Canadian clinical stage drug development company investigating multiple drugs with global unmet medical needs. Algernon has active research programs for IPF with chronic cough, chronic kidney disease, and a psychedelic program investigating a proprietary form of DMT for stroke.
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Supreme Court Seeks Center's Response On 10% EWS Quota The Supreme Court today sought response from Center on petitions against the 10 per cent Economic Weaker Sections (EWS) among Upper castes in government jobs and educational institutions.
The Supreme Court today sought response from Center on petitions against the 10 per cent Economic Weaker Sections (EWS) among Upper castes in government jobs and educational institutions.
The bench headed by Chief Justice Of India(CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.
The latest petition filed by congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla and also filed by parties including 'Janhit Abhiyan' and NGO 'Youth For Equality', challenging the Centre's decision.
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Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt visited a bakers in Worcestershire during a campaign event. He told the Shropshire Star he was in it to win
The Defence Secretary, writing in the Daily Express, suggested Mr Johnson was like a "short-term sugar rush" and warned members against being "seduced" by promises that can not be delivered.
Fellow Tory Liz Truss, who backs Mr Johnson for the leadership, said it was a "private matter".
Meanwhile Mr Hunt, who will visit Scotland on Sunday, revealed a pledge to exempt hundreds of thousands of firms from business rates if he becomes prime minister.
Hunt supporter and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox signalled it was better to be clear about what had happened.
According to the Sunday Mirror, David Morris, the Tory MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale who sits on the Commons Administration Committee, told party chairman Brandon Lewis that an MP said they had been threatened with a vote of no confidence if they did not back Mr Johnson. I believe it's a private matter - I don't think the public are concerned about that.
On Saturday night the neighbour who rang the Metropolitan Police went public after suggestions that his recording of the row had been leaked to The Guardian with political intent.
"People know what he's like in office and that's what's important".
He told Sky News's Sophy Ridge On Sunday: "In one sense, of course, it is a private matter, but when you're running for public office, when you are wanting to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom, then these matters are in the public interest".
"The police were called to an incident and what did they say?"
"Given that's what the police have said, and it is clearly a private incident, I think we should just leave it at that".
Mr Johnson remained tight-lipped at a hustings for party members in Birmingham over the weekend.
"I am not going to comment on Boris's personal life". That's for others to make their judgments on.
"I think someone who wants to be prime minister should answer questions on everything", he said.
Jeremy Hunt has been engaged in frantic campaigning as he tried to overhaul Mr Johnson's advantage in the leadership contest.
"Not to shy away from the Sky News live debate which is scheduled for Tuesday evening which he's been invited to. I want a categorical assurance these kinds of activities will not continue", Mr Morris is said to have written.
The Foreign Secretary said Mr Johnson was "disrespecting" party members by refusing to face scrutiny.
He added: "This is an audition to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom and Boris needs to show that he is prepared to answer hard questions". You don't just say "no comment".
"It makes it look as if you have something to hide".
Jeremy Hunt today demanded that Boris Johnson stop being a "coward" - as the front runner dodged another TV debate in the wake of his bust-up with his girlfriend.
"I'm sorry, you don't have that sort of private life if you're asking people to choose you to be their prime minister", Sir Malcolm said.
"I think the jury's out", he said.
NASA's Curiosity rover detects surprisingly high amounts of methane on Mars
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Shahid Kapoor was not the first choice for Kabir Singh? Here's truth
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Indian soldiers recover the bodies of 7 missing mountaineers
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Minneapolis not among 10 cities facing mass deportation raids
Five government officials who spoke with the Examiner said McAleenan has been petitioning against the operation for months. Bipartisan talks over the immigration system have started and stalled but are again underway among some in the Senate.
Dani Alves to leave PSG but defender has not revealed future plans
The 36-year-old right back, who is captain of Brazil, had been with the French champions for two seasons and was at the end of his contract.
Mum accused of hitting son with vehicle in game of 'chicken'
Stagg previously had two older children removed by child protective services in 2013, according to CNN affiliate KTRK . She struck her three-year-old son, Lord Renfro, with the front of the SUV.
Mauritania set for first democratic transition of power
Tamba, 26, said he supported Biram because he was "always on the side of the people and knew how to help solve their problems". The most critical issue on the campaign trail has been the standard of living, which every candidate has promised to improve.
Mets apologize after Vargas threatens reporter
Sunday's loss dropped the Mets to 37-41 on the season, nine games behind first-place Atlanta in the National League East. Earlier, Callaway had sparred with a different reporter over questions regarding his usage of closer Edwin Diaz .
New drug to boost women's sex drive approved in U.S.
To them, prescribing a drug for HSDD misguidedly reduces the complexity of human sexuality to a biological issue. Addyi must be taken every day and cannot be taken with alcohol, which can cause fainting.
Author of Controversial Smartphone 'Skull Horns' Study Sells Special Posture Pillows
Yep, you heard us, a gradual increase in the use of technology, especially smartphones is changing our bones. If technology is causing that postural change across the population, Johnson said, "It's not a small thing.
Tories want answers after cops called to Johnson's home over loud row
Talks are "not going to be easy" but "it's not impossible either", because a deal is in both sides' interests, Hunt said. But he is avoiding a planned Sky debate on Tuesday. "I am not interested in debating Boris's private life".
Competitor dies at Donegal International Rally
Donegal Motor Club and Motorsport Ireland issued a statement this evening confirming the death of the popular driver. The father-of-five's navigator, Donall Barrett, was injured and taken to Letterkenny University Hospital.
Ruling party candidate concedes Istanbul mayor election
Turkey's lira tumbled after the decision to annul the March vote and is down 8% this year in part on election jitters. Analysts say the loss could set off a Cabinet reshuffle in Ankara and adjustments to foreign policy.
Flying Wallendas safely cross Times Square on a high wire
The two will walk from opposite ends of a 1,300-foot wire suspended between skyscrapers, crossing each other in the middle, if all goes according to plan.
Rihanna Gives Lizzo a Standing Ovation After Stunning BET Awards 2019 Performance
One of the most polarizing-and most fun-hits of 2019 to date is "Old Town Road" by teenage rapper Lil Nas X. The moment marked one of the night's most memorable. "Long live Nipsey Hussle ".
Matthew Perry fires back after being criticised over 'gross' fingernails
Perry , who has not been photographed in almost two years, recently stepped out in NY . Ultimately, it appears Matthew saw the story and chose to respond on social media.
Yorkshire couple backs Sri Lanka
New Zealand, Australia, India and England , these four teams definitely have an edge over the remaining ones in race to the semis. We haven't been like that for a long time so that is the most frustrating part of the game".
Amazon granted patent for surveillance drones service
In April, a subsidiary of search giant Google won approval from the FAA to make drone deliveries in parts of Virginia. Indeed, while Amazon has been talking up drone delivery since 2013, it has never quite managed to get off the ground.
Vettori reveals NZ's greatest ODI player of all time
Williamson took off his helmet and raised his bat after completing his 13th ODI hundred as the crowd stood to applaud the master batsman and pundits took note.
Queen's: Gilles Simon beats Daniil Medvedev in semi-finals
He dropped serve sloppily at 2-2 and faced four match points when he served at 3-5, but hung on grimly to test Lopez's nerve. Felix Auger-Aliassime is coming off a straight sets win over Stefanos Tsitsipas that took 20 games to decide.
Tom Holland Reveals Another Spoiler on 'Graham Norton Show'
Holland began speaking about Endgame , and referenced Tony Stark's death in the film. "Sorry to anyone who hasn't seen the film". Spider-Man: Far From Home , which stars Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Zendaya, premieres on the big screen July 2.
ESA's new device help rescue injured astronauts on the lunar surface
Christoforetti and Watkins will wear EVA gloves, that is pressurized and limit dexterity, and check LESA out in an EVA spacesuit simulator.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte set for major honour at teacher's wedding
New Windows Terminal Is Now Available To Download For Windows 10
US Struck Iranian Military Computers This Week
Sri Lanka Prez further extends state of emergency
RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya quits six months before his term ends
Reavie ends 11-year drought — Travelers Championship
Danny Green Offers Insight on Kawhi Leonard's Free Agency
Xiaomi launches new smartphone brand focused on photography
NBA superstar Curry targets Tokyo Olympic challenge
Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan pose cosily in the picturesque Himachal
Baez hits career homer No. 100 as Cubs rally past mets
Glen Cove Pizzeria Owner Latest American Tourist To Die In Dominican Republic
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Iranian Man Executed For Allegedly Spying For CIA


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[HBO Review] Emmy-Winning Drama Series Westworld Returns for Its Second Season on HBO
Angie Tangerine April 29, 2018 0 Comments
The Emmy-winning drama series WESTWORLD returns for its ten episode second season same time as the U.S on Monday, April 23 at 9am, with a same day primetime encore at 10pm, exclusively on HBO (Astro Ch 411 / HD 431). New episodes premiere every Monday at the same time. The series will also available on HBO On Demand (via Astro GO).
A dark odyssey the dawn of artificial consciousness and the birth of a new form of life on Earth, the show was created for television by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy, who are also executive producers.
Called "fascinating" and "provocative" by The Atlantic and "television's next big game-changer" by the Los Angeles Times, WESTWORLD debuted on HBO in Oct. 2016 to become the network's most-watched freshmen series ever.
Episode #11 (Season 2, Episode 1): "Journey into Night"
Debut date: Monday, April 23 at 9am & 10pm on HBO
The puppet show is over, and we are coming for you and the rest of your kind. Welcome back to Westworld. Written by Lisa Joy & Roberto Patino; directed by Richard J. Lewis.
Episode #12 (Season 2, Episode 2): "Reunion"
Why don't we start at the beginning?
Written by Carly Wray & Jonathan Nolan: directed by Vincenzo Natali.
Episode #13 (Season 2, Episode 3): "Virtù e Fortuna"
Debut date: Monday, May 7 at 9am & 10pm on HBO
There is beauty in who we are. Shouldn't we, too, try to survive?
Written by Roberto Patino & Ron Fitzgerald; directed by Richard J. Lewis.
Episode #14 (Season 2, Episode 4): "The Riddle of the Sphinx"
Debut date: Monday, May 14 at 9am & 10pm on HBO
Is this now? If you're looking forward, you're looking in the wrong direction.
Written by Gina Atwater & Jonathan, directed by Lisa Joy.
Episode #15 (Season 2, Episode 5): "Akane No Mai"
Welcome to Shogun World
Written by Dan Dietz; directed by Craig Zobel.
The first season of WESTWORLD received 22 Enemy nominations last year, winning five, including: Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series; Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic); Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour); and Outstanding Special Visual Effects. Director Jonathan Nolan received a DGA nomination for the season finale, and both Nolan and Joy received a WGA nomination for season one.
The show was also nominated in the categories of: Outstanding Drama Series; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Evan Rachel Wood); Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Anthony Hopkins); Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Thandie Newton); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Jeffrey Wright); Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Jonathan Nolan); and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy).
WESTWORLD was created for television by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy, who are executive producers with J.J. Abrams, Richard J.Lewis, Roberto Patino, Athena Wickham and Ben Stephenson. Production companies, Killer Films and Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television; based on the film written by Michael Crichton.
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In , Kunjufu founded and became president of African American Images, a Chicago-based publishing company that offers a culturally relevant curriculum for both students and teachers. He also holds workshops that help parents navigate through an educational system rife with racial bias against their children, who oftentimes find themselves working against teacher expectations. Such teacher assumptions presume criminality, a lack of motivation, and an inherent lack of ability to perform. Instead, Kunjufu believes that Black children need to be exposed to a curriculum that builds on their strengths, affirms their culture and treats them with dignity and compassion. The strong proponent of single-gender classrooms has also addressed, in-depth, the underlying implicit bias that has resulted in so many disparities for African-American girls in two of his books: Educating Black Girls and Raising Black Girls.
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Philosophy[ edit ] Afrocentric education has, as one of its tenets, the decolonization of the African mind. The central objective in decolonizing the African mind is to overthrow the authority that alien traditions may exercise. The term "miseducation" was coined by Dr. Carter G. Woodson to describe the process of systematically depriving African Americans of their knowledge of self.
Woodson believed that miseducation was the root of the problems of the masses of the African-American community and that if the masses of the African-American community were given the correct knowledge and education from the beginning, they would not be in the situation that they find themselves in today. Woodson argues in his book The Mis-Education of the Negro that African Americans often valorize European culture to the detriment of their own culture.
The problem concerning formal education is seen by Afrocentrists to be that African students are taught to perceive the world through the eyes of another culture, and unconsciously learn to see themselves as an insignificant part of their world. The movement for African-centered education is based on the assumption that a school immersed in African traditions, rituals, values, and symbols will provide a learning environment that is more congruent with the lifestyles and values of African-American families.
Blyden used that standpoint to show how the traditional social, industrial, and economic life of Africans untouched by "either European or Asiatic influence", was different and complete in itself, with its own organic wholeness. Casely Hayford commented, "It is easy to see the men and women who walked the banks of the Nile " passing him on the streets of Kumasi. In that university, the history chair would teach Universal history, with particular reference to the part Ethiopia has played in the affairs of the world.
In short, that Africa has nothing to be ashamed of in its place among the nations of the earth. I would make it possible for this seat of learning to be the means of revising erroneous current ideas regarding the African; of raising him in self-respect; and of making him an efficient co-worker in the uplifting of man to nobler effort. In the United States, during the early 20th century and the Harlem Renaissance , many writers and historians gathered in major cities, where they began to work on documenting achievements of Africans throughout history, in United States and Western life.
They began to set up institutions to support scholarly work in African-American history and literature, such as the American Negro Academy now the Black Academy of Letters and Arts , founded in Washington, DC , in Some men were self-taught; others rose through the academic system. Creative writers and artists claimed space for African-American perspectives. Leaders included bibliophile Arthur Schomburg , who devoted his life to collecting literature, art, slave narratives, and other artifacts of the African diaspora.
Schomburg used the money from the sale of his collection for more travel and acquisition of materials. Woodson co-founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History as it is now called in , as well as The Journal of Negro History , so that scholars of black history could be supported and find venues for their work. They investigated the history of Africa from that perspective.
The article had widespread distribution and influence, as he detailed the achievements of people of African descent. Woodson , an African-American historian, as one of their foundational texts. Woodson critiqued education of African Americans as "mis-education" because he held that it denigrated the black while glorifying the white. For these early Afrocentrists, the goal was to break what they saw as a vicious cycle of the reproduction of black self-abnegation. In the words of The Crisis editor W.
Du Bois, researched West African cultures and attempted to construct a pan-Africanist value system based on West African traditions. In the s Du Bois envisioned and received funding from Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah to produce an Encyclopedia Africana to chronicle the history and cultures of Africa. Du Bois died before being able to complete his work. Du Bois inspired a number of authors, including Drusilla Dunjee Houston. The book was a compilation of evidence related to the historic origins of Cush and Ethiopia, and assessed their influences on Greece.
In the U. The work of Cheikh Anta Diop became very influential. In the following decades, histories related to Africa and the diaspora gradually incorporated a more African perspective. Since that time, Afrocentrists have increasingly seen African peoples as the makers and shapers of their own histories.
They are all props we have fashioned at different times to help us get on our feet again. But for the moment it is in the nature of things that we may need to counter racism with what Jean-Paul Sartre has called an anti-racist racism, to announce not just that we are as good as the next man but that we are much better. In his article "Eurocentrism vs.
Afrocentrism", US anthropologist Linus A. This is indeed the fear of Europeans. Afrocentrism is a state of mind, a particular subconscious mind-set that is rooted in the ancestral heritage and communal value system. In some cases, it has created cultures arrayed against each other or even against themselves. But hearing the voice of African American culture with all of its attendant parts is one way of creating a more sane society and one model for a more humane world.
He wrote that its influence ranged from sensible proposals about inclusion of more African material in school curricula to what he called senseless claims about African primacy in all major technological achievements.
Glazer argued that Afrocentricity had become more important due to the failure of mainstream society to assimilate all African Americans. Anger and frustration at their continuing separation gave black Americans the impetus to reject traditions that excluded them.
Afrocentrists contend that race still exists as a social and political construct. Further, according to the views of some Afrocentrists, European history has commonly received more attention within the academic community than the history of sub-Saharan African cultures or those of the many Pacific Island peoples. Afrocentrists contend it is important to divorce the historical record from past racism.
By doing so, Afrocentricity can support all forms of multiculturalism. For example, the Afrocentric method can be used to research African indigenous culture. Queeneth Mkabela writes in that the Afrocentric perspective provides new insights for understanding African indigenous culture, in a multicultural context.
According to Mkabela and others, the Afrocentric method is a necessary part of complete scholarship and without it, the picture is incomplete, less accurate, and less objective. For example, religious movements such as Vodou are now less likely to be characterized as "mere superstition", but understood in terms of links to African traditions.
In recent years Africana Studies or Africology [25] departments at many major universities have grown out of the Afrocentric "Black Studies" departments formed in the s. Rather than focusing on black topics in the African diaspora often exclusively African American topics , these reformed departments aim to expand the field to encompass all of the African diaspora. They also seek to better align themselves with other University departments and find continuity and compromise between the radical Afrocentricity of the past decades and the multicultural scholarship found in many fields today.
Uhuru Hotep, co-director of the Kwame Ture Leadership Institute, established an ethnocentric approach to leadership specifically based on the four principles of restoration of sovereignty, Sankofa, Maat restoration, and Johari Sita installation. Restoration of sovereignty is a concept that surrounds cultural, political and economic entities of society. Sovereignty is synyonmous with self-determination. In the tradition of a self-sufficient creation of communities, seshemet leadership was developed to restore the Moroon tradition of kilombo construction.
Sankofa is a leadership technique of Ghana that emphasizes living in the present to learn from the past. This concept requires its followers to learn about the contributions of their ancestral leaders and to continue with their struggles.
It mandates that African centered leaders reconnect with their ancestors. Maat restoration is a collaboration of the central themes of truth, justice, order, harmony, balance, reciprocity and propriety. This concept is characterized by the restoring of public confidence and the promotion of psychological and fiscal prosperity among the leaders and their followers.
Johari Sita is a multifaceted Afrocentric approach to leadership-followership development. It can best be described as the processes, procedures and practices of ACL-F. This model of leadership is the foundation for nationwide workshops called "Preparing African Youth for 21st Century Leadership and Service.
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He is the founder and president of African American Images, a Chicago-based publishing company that sponsors dozens of workshops intended to help educators and parents develop practical solutions to the problems of child-rearing in what he perceives to be a racist society. Kunjufu holds advanced degrees in business and economics that have enabled him to place the problems of black society in the larger context of national and international economic models. Born on June 15, , in Chicago, Kunjufu—who adopted a Swahili name in —credits his parents, Eddie and Mary Brown, with affording him the encouragement, discipline, and stability that would later become the core of his program for the renewal of black society. As a young man, Kunjufu was urged by his father to volunteer his time at a number of different jobs, working without pay in exchange for learning firsthand how businesses and skilled craftsmen went about their work. Kunjufu attended Illinois State University at Normal and received a bachelor of science degree in economics in
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He is the founder and president of African American Images, a Chicago -based publishing company that sponsors dozens of workshops intended to help educators and parents develop practical solutions to the problems of child-rearing in what he perceives to be a racist society. Kunjufu holds advanced degrees in business and economics that have enabled him to place the problems of black society in the larger context of national and international economic models. Born on June 15, , in Chicago, Kunjufu—who adopted a Swahili name in —credits his parents, Eddie and Mary Brown, with affording him the encouragement, discipline, and stability that would later become the core of his program for the renewal of black society. As a young man, Kunjufu was urged by his father to volunteer his time at a number of different jobs, working without pay in exchange for learning firsthand how businesses and skilled craftsmen went about their work.
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WATCH: Deer jumping and headbutting a man outside Smithers hotel goes viral
By Amy Judd Global News
Posted April 5, 2017 4:41 pm
Updated April 5, 2017 8:20 pm
0:24 Caught on camera: Surprise headbutt from deer outside B.C. hotel
A B.C. man didn't even see the deer coming. And it wasn't an April Fools' Day prank. Watch what was captured on the hotel's surveillance camera – Apr 5, 2017
Cary McCook didn't even see the deer coming.
And it wasn't an April Fools' Day prank.
The 25-year-old was in Smithers for an environmental training course on Saturday when he was dropped off outside the Stork Nest Inn around 9 p.m. He was getting out of a co-worker's truck when all of a sudden he heard a galloping sound to his left.
"As I was turning my brain couldn't process what was coming at me and by the time I knew it, [I had] already had gotten hit by 'Bambi' that was being chased by a dog," McCook said in an email interview.
Turns out, the deer was being chased by a dog that can be seen running around the front of the truck in the video.
Well McCook, who is also a First Nations hip hop artist and part of a group called Reka-NatioN from the sekani/Tahltan nation, told Global News that when he told his friends and family what happened, no one believed him. "Being April Fools' and all," said McCook.
That's when he went to the hotel and received permission to record it and share it.
"Then I put the video on Facebook and it automatically took off going viral," said McCook. The video has had 23,000 views and counting.
He says he did have a sore shoulder the next day but no serious damage was done. "I find it more hilarious the more I watch it."
"I haven't experienced or seen anything like this in my 25 years in the wilderness and for me to get out of the woods and into a urban area and for that to happen, not only shocked me but made me realize anything good can happen on any given moment."
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