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Q: Windows seems to be detected wrong version of Python So I think there is a problem with my system not identifying python3 correctly. I am using windows 10 and the Bash on Ubuntu on Windows Terminal. My program is trying to run parallel processes and when I use:
closeInput = input("Press ENTER to exit.")

my terminal responses with:
File "string>", line 0

SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

I call the program on my terminal using:
python3 calling_process.py

So I know Python 2.7 uses raw_input() and that was done away with in python3+ which now uses input(). But I wanted to test some stuff out, so I replaced     input() with raw_input as follows:
closeInput = raw_input("Press ENTER to exit.")

and used the same command:
python3 calling_process.py

And it worked with no error. Can anyone provide any insight why this may be happening although I am explicitly using python3 in my command line?
! side note when I type in  python3 --version it returns version 3.5.2
I have included a screenshot of my terminal window.
calling_process.py
called_pocess.py

A: It looks like for whatever reason your script is only getting run with python 2, not python 3. raw_input doesn't even exist in python 3 - you should see a NameError if you try to use it:
Python 3.5.3 (default, Jul 16 2017, 23:50:50)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> t = raw_input()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'raw_input' is not defined

But input in python 2 can produce exactly the error you get:
Python 2.7.13 (default, May  9 2017, 12:06:13)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> t = input()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 0

    ^
SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing

That's because in python 2, input attempts to parse what you type in - and if you type nothing, well, it raises this SyntaxError. The reason that's happening is that you can't read from stdin from a process spawned by multiprocessing. This is to prevent subprocesses from stealing input from your main process.
The reason you're getting python 2 instead of python 3 is the way you're calling your subprocess:
program = "python"
arguments = ["called_process.py"]
os.execvp(program, (program,) + tuple(arguments))

You're execing python, not python3! This means you'll get the default python, which must be python 2. If you change this to program = "python3", this will get you past your error.


Oh Joel! – click here for the letter from Howard Finkelstein to Jack Tuter regarding Joel Lazarus' comments during First Appearances court on January 19th.
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In 1995, Rod Coronado was serving a prison sentence for conspiracy charges related to an arson at Michigan State University. During his incarceration he produced four issues of a wonderful cut and paste style zine called Strong Hearts.
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Iraq's troop decision encouraging, U.S. says
By Ed O'Keefe and
BAGHDAD — U.S. officials on Wednesday welcomed Iraq's decision to negotiate with Washington on keeping some U.S. troops in the country into next year, seeing it as a move toward ending the months-long political stalemate that has complicated U.S. plans for a December withdrawal.
Iraq's top political leaders agreed late Tuesday that the Iraqi military needs to continue training programs with U.S. forces, marking the first step in a process that still could take months to resolve.
"There seems to be broad partnerships and political coalitions emerging that take tough decisions," said a senior U.S. Embassy official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the issue frankly. "This is very good, because we don't want to be the security partner to a dictatorship or to a one-party regime, but rather, we believe we should have acceptance by a broad range of political forces in this country."
Iraqi and U.S. officials cautioned Wednesday that Iraq's precarious political and security situation could yet derail efforts to resolve the issue before the roughly 46,000 U.S. troops in Iraq leave as scheduled by Dec. 31.
Prolonging a final decision could turn the issue into a "physics problem" for the U.S. military if it is pressed to decide which forces and equipment need to stay too close to year's end, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday in Iraq.
Significant details that remain unresolved include the length and focus of any training program, how many U.S. troops such training might require and how Iraqi leaders would formally request and approve a new partnership. Mullen and his colleagues also want legal immunity for any troops who stay behind.
Even as Washington seeks to curtail the costs of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, some defense analysts contend that the United States needs to maintain at least some troops here.
"We don't need a large combat presence," said Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "We need Special Forces and perhaps some forces who would be effectively combat troops."
To prevent hard-won security gains from slipping away, Cordesman said, U.S. troops should seek ways to continue operating in north-central Iraq, along the border with the semiautonomous Kurdish region, where violence between Kurds and Arabs sometimes flares.
Jula Haji, a member of parliament with the Kurdish Democratic Party, said U.S. forces could be used in other parts of the region to ward off Iranian forces bombing Iraqi Kurdish villages. Such attacks "are a sign that we still need" U.S. military support, she said.
American officials and other observers agree that a sustained U.S. training presence could also help the Iraqis shore up their external defense capabilities and encourage them to buy more equipment from the United States. On Saturday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced plans to buy 36 U.S. F-16 fighter jets, in part to sustain a military partnership.
U.S. officials also want troops to stay in Iraq as a check on Iran, which is seen as retaining a strong influence over many of Iraq's leading politicians, including Maliki. The Islamic republic is engaged in a charm offensive in Iraq, opening consulates, investing in the economy and sponsoring religious scholarships.
The Americans accuse Iran of training and equipping Iraqi insurgent groups that are attacking Iraqi civilians and U.S. troops, further destabilizing the country's security.
Privately, some Iraqi lawmakers also want the U.S. military to continue serving as a counterweight to Iran, but they rarely say so publicly for fear of defying widespread Iraqi opposition to U.S. forces. When American troops left Iraqi cities in 2009, people danced in the streets in celebration.
Maliki has stressed Iraq's sovereignty as a point of pride. Politically, the prime minister knows that anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose powerful political bloc is key to maintaining the coalition government, would try to block anything that looked like a continued U.S. presence, if only to maintain popularity with his power base. But if Maliki can build a coalition on this issue with rival lawmaker Ayad Allawi, as now looks possible, Sadr's contingent would probably be too small to block a decision.
Regardless, now that the country's top leaders have agreed to move forward, Haji said she hopes they will act quickly, because "inside their hearts, the heads of the Iraqi political blocs know they want to have the Americans here for a long time."
Fordham reported from Washington. Special correspondent Asaad Majeed in Irbil contributed to this report.

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Walnut coffee cake was the first idea that popped into my mind. I've seen them so many times in various cake and coffee shops and yet I'd never made a vegan version before–or even tasted one! In fact I don't think I'd ever taste walnut coffee cake at all — so what qualifies me to make a raw, vegan version worthy of the cover of a renowned national magazine, I hear the masses with their pitchforks cry?
It's simple. Passion for good food, for one; and also, you guys know I can bake. So there.
In all seriousness, though, I firmly believe that just because you haven't had a taste of a particular recipe doesn't mean you can't make it with your own spin on it. I didn't want to just recreate any old walnut coffee cake for this competition: I wanted it to be an exciting, tantalising new version. Something the judges had (hopefully) never tasted before.
Note: raw cakes are beyond easy to make, but unless you organise yourself, it may take a long time to make. Remember that the art of raw baking/cake-making relies heavily on soaking nuts and dates and leaving the cake in the fridge for several hours to firm up. So measure out all your ingredients in advance, soak what needs to be soaked, freeze what needs to be frozen at least a day in advance, and you will save yourself heaps of time.
And another note: if you don't like the taste of banana in your cake, that's fine. Just double the amount of walnuts in the cake and maybe add an extra splash of water. It will add more fats and calories, but that's up to you.
Final note: I know espresso isn't raw. It's the only non-raw ingredient of this recipe. If you know how to incorporate coffee flavour into this cake the raw way, do let me know in the comments below!
1. The brownie base. Soak walnuts, hazelnuts and chopped dates in water for 20 minutes to soften. Drain them and pulse in a food processor until they begin to form a rough batter. Add a splash of water to help the processor. Add the cacao powder and flaxseed, transfer to a bowl and knead for a few minutes with your hands. The batter should be quite tough but still pliable, and hold well together. Press into a lined 8″ springform tin. Leave in the fridge to firm up.
2. The cake. Again, soak the nuts and chopped dates for 20 minutes, then drain. Blend at high speed in the food processor or blender, adding the espresso, vanilla extract and water as you go. When the mixture is smoother, add the frozen bananas and keep blending until perfectly smooth and creamy. Pour over the brownie base in the springform tin and store in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
Raw coffee walnut cream for the cake.
3. The toppings. Bring the kettle to the boil. Pour some boiling water into a pot over which you'll place a bowl. Roughly chop the cacao butter, place it in the bowl and let it melt. This will take about ten minutes. Vigorously whisk in the cacao powder, stevia and espresso, then set aside to cool for five to ten minutes.
Carefully take the cake out of the spring form pan. Drizzle the cacao sauce over the cake in a criss-cross pattern, sprinkle over the chopped walnuts, and refrigerate for another 30 minutes or so.
I hope you enjoyed this recipe! I'd love to hear from you — what's your favourite raw recipe? And have you ever entered a cake competition, or won one? This is my first time entering one, so fingers crossed it all goes well!
This looks great!!!! I was a little apprehensive at first, as I don't like coffee cake… But then I saw the brownie part to this recipe and my feelings changed completely!!! Looks really nice, I hope you win!!! When will you find out? I'm also guessing you only had to submit photographs to this competition?
This is seriously amazing looking! I am going to have to try this, or something with a similar theme because it just look so good! Thanks for sharing!!
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Good luck! You deserve to win! This looks so yummy and the brownie base is such a great twist on your average coffee cake!
Looks very tempting (especially since my oven isn't working and I'm seriously craving a dessert) but where do you get cacao butter? I've never seem it at my grocery store anyway. Could I sub coconut oil?
I don't know yet, but I do hope I'll win, or at least get shortlisted. It was so much fun to try and enter, I'll go for other competitions in the future if I find any! I had to submit a photograph but also the recipe.
Thank you! Yours is ADORABLE, I've just subscribed!
Aw bless, I hope I win!
You can easily get cacao butter at most health food stores; regular supermarkets won't sell it, it's too much of a special product. It can cost a pretty penny, but if you buy in bulk, it really does last a long while. You could sub coconut oil if you like, in fact you can find raw coconut oil in health food stores and even some supermarkets, especially if they sell organic and fair trade products. Good luck, I hope you like this cake!
Haha, sorry, I'd have to hop the Pond! It's so easy to make though, give it a whirl!
I wanted to thank you VERY MUCH for your lovely Raw Walnut Cake. We run a cooking classes for kids over here, and some of them are raw eaters. After I had seen your cake, I felt in love with it. Tried it with my students and it worked perfectly ! It was a masterpiece !!! I'll be happy to try other desserts from your books. Thank you for your approach. All the best to you and have a lot of new followers !!!
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This being Google"s hardware vehicle for Google"s own software, the Pixel 3 comes with the latest Pie OS, almighty Assistant, and a main camera that makes up with machine learning and math for what it lacks in specs - an actual second module.
Google"s aversion to the specs race continues and the Pixel 3 is one of few top-end handsets to make do with just 4GB of RAM and the 128GB storage maximum is where some current models start at. No memory card slot either - instead, it offers you unlimited cloud storage for a few years to come. Neat, but not quite the same thing, we reckon.
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Connectivity: Single nano SIM and eSIM; LTE-A, 5-Band carrier aggregation, Cat.16 (1.0Gbps/75Mbps); USB Type-C (v3.1); Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac MU-MIMO; GPS, GLONASS, Galileo; NFC; Bluetooth 5.0.
Misc: Rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, front facing stereo speakers, Active Edge squeeze sensors.
Sure, computational photography is cool and all, but wouldn"t it have been nice if there were a real telephoto cam, maybe? Yes, it would have been. Also, Google knows better probably, but we"d all have been happier with 6 gigs of RAM - if not even for futureproofing, then at least to look good next to the competition. Another of our usual complaints is addressed, sort of, inside the box.
That would be the lack of a 3.5mm jack. To make you feel better about the missing port, the Pixel 3 comes with a pair of USB-C Pixel earbuds, a nice addition given the lack of a headset in the previous two generations.
You"ll only be able to get to those after disposing of several layers from the inside of the plain white cardboard box that is unmistakeably Google"s. Remove the lid and the phone greets you from its tray. Underneath, a sleeve holds the documentation and the SIM pin, and covers another tray where the Pixel earbuds live.
Get that out of the way and even more stuff shows up. There"s a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter and a USB-C to A adapter in a shared tray of their own, plus a USB-C to C cable. Another dedicated sleeve holds the charger - a Power Delivery unit rated at 5V/3A and 9V/2A. Mind you, the fabric case doesn"t come in the box - you need to buy that separately.
Okay, with all of the peripherals accounted for, let"s focus on the phone itself.


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Fewer Canadians are satisfied with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's performance and the Conservatives are holding onto second place behind the Liberals, a new Leger web poll indicates.
The latest Leger poll revealed that Canadians remain divided over the performance of the Trudeau government. 46% of Canadians responded that they were either satisfied or very satisfied with the Liberal government, while 49% indicated they were either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied.
Voters were also asked: "If federal elections were held today, for which political party would you be most likely to vote?"
36% of people polled indicated that they would cast their ballots for the Liberals, while 29% of respondents indicated that they would be voting for the Conservatives. This would give the Liberals at a 7 point advantage over the Conservatives.
Although the Liberals have seen a 2% increase in their support since the last time Leger published a poll in mid-July, other pollsters have yet to corroborate such gains.
Additionally, the NDP also saw a small drop in support with only 20% of those polled indicating that they would vote for the party. In comparison, the last Leger poll showed the NDP polling at 22%.
The survey, which was conducted in partnership with the Association for Canadian Studies, surveyed 2,079 Canadians on their federal voting intentions. The poll was conducted using Leger's online panel. A similarly sized random sample poll would have a margin of error of ±2.15%.
Leger is one of Canada's largest polling firms and it regularly releases polls on Canadian federal politics as part of its North American Tracker series.
Another poll published last week showed a smaller lead by the Liberals. According to the latest Angus Reid survey, the Liberals only have a 3% lead over the Conservatives.
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– Together, they work with schools and school districts to provide special education and academic intervention services to students with social, emotional and behavioral challenges –
Baltimore, MD (April 26, 2021) – LEARN Academy, a division of LEARN Behavioral, which provides schools and school districts with customizable solutions across the continuum of special education and academic intervention needs, announced the acquisition of Chrysalis Academy—an Arizona Department of Education-approved private day school for children with autism and related disorders, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Chrysalis Academy also includes Play ABA, which provides an array of services to children and young adults with autism and other disabilities.
Founded in 2002, Chrysalis Academy is contracted to provide educational services to more than 12 school districts in Arizona. While Chrysalis Academy will continue to operate under its current brand, LEARN Academy has secured the necessary licensure from the Arizona Department of Education.
"LEARN Academy values what we value, including achieving measurable progress for students with social, emotional and behavioral challenges," said Patty McCarthy, Co-Founder of Chrysalis Academy. "Like us, their team consists of professionals with decades of experience building and implementing programs that enable students to make important academic gains and behavioral improvements."
"They also value their employees," said Tara Rick, Co-Founder of Chrysalis Academy. "LEARN Academy provides ongoing professional development and mentoring to their clinical staff, as well as significant career growth potential."
Together, LEARN Academy and Chrysalis Academy now provide an extended network of clinicians and practitioners trained in the most recent advances in evidence-based teaching and learning practices. By providing quality care and treatment for individuals with developmental disabilities, they are advancing treatment outcomes and improving the quality of life and functional independence for students.
"Chrysalis Academy and LEARN Academy are an ideal match," said Michael Maloney, Founder and CEO of LEARN Academy. "We both bring a broad range of special education expertise, evidence-based practices and cost-effective programs directly to students."
"We devise workable, effective solutions to some of the most pressing problems districts and schools confront today," said Don Scheeler, President of LEARN Academy. "By partnering with LEARN Academy, districts and schools greatly reduce their administrative workload and can devote more time to the needs of their students, families and educators."
With the acquisition, which was completed on December 31, 2020, Chrysalis Academy joins
Beach Cities Learning, Desert Choice Schools, Learn It Academic Services and Light Street Special Education Solutions as part LEARN Academy's network of schools.
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LEARN Academy provides schools and school districts with a full suite of customizable solutions across the continuum of special education and academic intervention needs. We offer fully onsite programs at your facility, bringing our broad range of special education expertise, evidence-based practices and cost-effective programs directly to your students. We also offer virtual therapy and academic intervention services, using proven strategies and methods for working with students through online platforms.
LEARN Academy serves all students who need special education or academic services. Our team includes specialists in school-based and online therapy services, educational professionals with expertise in academic interventions for struggling students and professionals with decades of experience building and implementing programs for students with challenging social/emotional and behavioral needs.
LEARN Academy is part of LEARN Behavioral, a national organization that uses evidence-based therapies to nurture potential in children with autism and other special needs. Both LEARN Academy and LEARN Behavioral are Gryphon Investors companies.
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Based in San Francisco, Gryphon Investors (www.gryphoninvestors.com) is a leading private equity firm focused on profitably growing and competitively enhancing middle-market companies in partnership with experienced management. The firm has managed over $5.0 billion of equity investments and capital since 1997. Gryphon targets making equity investments of $50 million to $300 million in portfolio companies with enterprise values ranging from approximately $100 million to $600 million. Gryphon prioritizes investment opportunities where it can form strong partnerships with owners and executives to build leading companies, utilizing Gryphon's capital, specialized professional resources, and operational expertise.
About Chrysalis Academy
Chrysalis Academy is an Arizona Department of Education-approved private day school for children with autism and related disorders based in south Scottsdale, Arizona. Founded in 2002, Chrysalis Academy is contracted to provide educational services to more than 12 school districts in the state.
LEARN Behavioral Partners with Indiana-Based
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– The company will make significant investments in the clinical staff of the newly acquired company, while providing them with a patient-centric framework and other resources required to meet the unique needs of each child –
Baltimore, MD (February 18, 2021) – LEARN Behavioral, which specializes in the tailored treatment of children and young adults with autism based on contemporary, family-focused Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, announced the acquisition of the Behavior Analysis Center for Autism (BACA)—a highly respected provider of ABA services to the autism community throughout Indiana.
BACA was co-founded by Carl Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D, who studied under the late Jack L. Michael, Ph.D., a former psychologist and professor at Western Michigan University who is widely regarded as a seminal figure in the development of ABA therapy. Within the framework of ABA, BACA specializes in verbal behavior—an approach pioneered by psychologist and behaviorist B.F. Skinner—to teach children with language and social deficits.
"We were approached by a variety of potential suitors, but only LEARN Behavioral shared our commitment and capability to provide the highest quality care to our patients, as well as the willingness to invest in the clinical staff who render that care," said Sundberg, BACA's Chief Clinician and President. "The people who matter so very much to us couldn't be in better hands."
BACA's other co-founder is Devon Sundberg, M.S., BCBA. In addition to serving as the organization's CEO, she founded Women in Behavior Analysis (WIBA), a national professional group dedicated to empowering, celebrating and mentoring women behavior analysts, while highlighting their contributions to the field.
"I'm among the thousands of women in our field who admire Devon for her leadership, as well as the resources and recognition she's provided women who care deeply about their service to the autism community," said Hanna C. Rue, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LEARN Behavioral's Chief Clinical Officer. "We look forward to continuing our deep involvement and support of the WIBA mission for years to come" added Rue.
"BACA shares our commitment to clinical excellence and outstanding service to children and young adults with autism, as well as their families. We weigh a lot of factors when evaluating a potential acquisition, but none are more important than the strength of a provider's mission, clinical staff and patient outcomes," said Michael Maloney, CEO of LEARN Behavioral. "Carl, Devon and their colleagues excel in each of these areas, which is among the many reasons why BACA is an ideal fit for our network"
While BACA will continue to operate under its current brand, LEARN Behavioral will make significant investments in the clinical staff of the newly acquired organization, including providing ongoing training incorporating the latest research in the field of behavioral Analysis.
LEARN Behavioral will also provide BACA clinicians with access to aggregated data it has accumulated in treating more than one million patients over the course of two decades, as well as doctoral-level clinicians and Board Certified Behavior Analysts who possess in-depth knowledge of the protocols for specialized interventions ranging from dietary challenges to sleeping disorders.
"We're excited to welcome the talented staff at BACA to our team, and to continue the pioneering work of Carl and Devon to provide exceptional ABA services to the Indiana community," said Justin Funches, President of Autism Services at LEARN Behavioral. "We look forward to investing in the professional growth of the team and leveraging their deep clinical expertise across our organization."
With the acquisition of BACA, which was completed on December 31, 2020, LEARN Behavioral's growing, nationwide network of local providers now spans across 15 states and the District of Columbia.
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Led by Dr. Hanna C. Rue, PhD, BCBA-D, our team includes more than 30 doctoral-level clinicians, 450 Board Certified Behavior Analysts® and 3,700 highly-trained behavior technicians—a concentration of professionals that is unmatched by any other provider. LEARN Behavioral's heritage of clinical leadership is rooted in the work of William Frea, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Ronit Molko, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Glen Sallows, Ph.D., BCBA-D, and Carl Sundberg, Ph. D., BCBA-D, each of whom is a pioneer in the treatment of children with autism.
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About BACA Behavior Analysis Center for Autism (BACA) provides world-class therapy to individuals with autism and other related developmental disabilities, utilizing the scientifically proven principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Our four locations throughout Indiana are staffed with the highest trained and most experienced staff who work with individuals between the ages of 2 and 21.
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Obama administration scores big win in crackdown on for-profit colleges
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Published: June 24, 2015 10:02 a.m. ET
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The Obama administration just scored a major victory in its efforts to crack down on for-profit colleges — but an uncooperative Congress still stands in the way.
A federal-district court judge in Washington ruled late Tuesday that the Department of Education's so-called gainful employment rules can move forward. The provisions, which are set to go into effect on July 1, require that graduates of career colleges maintain average annual loan payments that are less than 8% of their earnings or less than 20% of their discretionary income in order for their alma maters to continue to receive federal financial aid funding. They aim to protect students at these colleges from becoming burdened by student loan debt they can't repay.
Tuesday's ruling comes less than a month after a U.S. District Court in New York decided in the Department's favor on a similar case, throwing out a lawsuit taken by a group representing 20 New York for-profit colleges that sought to overturn the federal legislation. Still, congressional Republicans are trying to block the gainful employment provisions by prohibiting the Department from using its appropriated funds to carry the program out.
"The courts have blessed this rule," the question is "now what will congress do," says Ben Miller, senior director for postsecondary education at Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank. Though Congress technically has the power to block the rules, Miller speculated that any bill with such a provision would face a veto threat from President Obama, given the administration's aggressive stance on gainful employment.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called House Republicans' efforts to block the regulations "mind-boggling" in a statement last week. "Make no mistake: A vote for this proposal is a vote to leave students in the dark and taxpayers holding the bag," he said.
Others argue that the rules are arbitrary and go beyond the realm of federal law and, as such, would make any federal decisions against for-profit colleges difficult for these institutions to challenge. Sally Stroup, the general counsel at the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, the trade group representing more than 1,000 schools that challenged the gainful employment rules in court, said the provisions would actually have the opposite effect that the administration intends. "The primary impact of the regulation will be to deprive hundreds of thousands of students access to higher education," she wrote in a statement Tuesday.
The Obama administration developed its first version of the gainful employment rules in 2011 as concerns began to mount about the for-profit college industry. A judge struck that version down arguing that one of the provisions the Department planned to use to measure whether graduates were overly burdened by debt had no basis. That rule — that 35% of graduates had to be paying back their loans in order for their school to receive federal funding — isn't in the newest version of the regulations.
Student activists and policy makers have accused the sector of not adequately preparing students for jobs and leaving them with high levels of debt. Students at for-profit schools represent about 11% of the total college population, but make up roughly 44% of all student loan defaults, according to the Department. The for-profit college sector has been facing particularly intense scrutiny in recent months after Corinthian Colleges, once one of the biggest for-profit college chains in the country collapsed, amid allegations the school used inflated graduation and job placement rates to convince students to take on high cost loans.
Duncan celebrated the ruling, calling it "a win for America's students and taxpayers," in a statement released late Tuesday. "Far too often, so-called career colleges leave students burdened with debt they'll never be able to repay and stick taxpayers with the bill," he said. "Two federal district courts have now thrown out entirely the for-profit industry's attempts to fight basic accountability measures — a clear sign that the courts continue to recognize both our legal authority and our reasonable approach in establishing these consumer protections."
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Jillian Berman covers student debt and millennial finance. You can follow her on Twitter @JillianBerman.


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Technical Paper: Trends in the Craft Brewing Industry
In recent years, the American beer palette has changed from one focused primarily on the simple flavors of large, mainstream breweries to include a more complex, artisanal palette. This is evidenced by the huge increase in the number of breweries in the United States: in 2010, the US housed just over 1600 breweries; now, that number is over 3,000 and still growing. The craft beer industry is growing at a rate of more than one new brewery per day. These small-scale artisanal breweries have distinct needs when it comes to bringing their products to market, and packaging equipment that reflects those needs is critical to craft brewery growth.
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The effort to be green – that is, reducing one's overall impact on the environment – has of late gained increasing popularity, particularly in the commercial arena. Many companies have effectively restructured their corporate headquarters, recycle their paper goods, and have reduced their use of all natural resources – not only because of legislation that requires it but because it makes good business sense.
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There are many styles of case packers available including drop packers, rotary packers, wraparound packers, mechanical soft placement packers, robotic packers, side load packers, and bottom load packers. The need for a new packer may simply be to replace an aging, high maintenance machine, or it may be driven by new packages, higher line speeds, efficiency initiatives, or new packaging requirements. The following factors provide some basic considerations that can be used in the process of selecting a case packer.
Standard-Knapp Helps Cater For Multi-Pack Trend
Seafood canning company Chicken of the Sea International, based in California, is celebrating its 100th anniversary as an American food icon. The company recently decided it needed to add a bundling machine that could shrink wrap multiple cans into a package at its Lyons, Georgia plant. After reviewing the available options, Chicken of the Sea opted for the 597 Tritium Multipacker with Robo-Wand wrapping module, and 296 Continuum Tray Shrink packers, manufactured in the U.S. by Standard-Knapp. The new equipment lets Chicken of the Sea adapt to the particular pack styles required by various customers. Now the company reports that its new packaging equipment has helped increase production on the line by 50-75 percent, while reducing machine downtime significantly.
Global Wine Company Increases Production with New Case Packers
The Royal Wine Corporation was seeking ways to increase its bottle packaging line speed to keep up with booming demand for its wines, spirits and liqueurs. The family-owned company moved from Europe to the United States in 1948 and is recognized as the unequivocal leader in the kosher wine and beverage industry. Royal's portfolio includes nearly 60 brands, which hail from Italy, Israel, France, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Canada and the United States.
Packaging Line Improvements Keep Craft Brewer Focused on the Future
After experiencing a higher than desirable level of bottle breakage with repurposed packaging equipment, Midwestern stalwart Boulevard Brewing Company approached Standard-Knapp to create a solution to meet its non-traditional packaging demands, which include four different bottle types, multiple packaging sizes, and no carton dividers. The packaging company responded with an innovative solution that picks the product from the infeed conveyor and gently places it into the bottom of the empty case. The company now reports virtually zero packaging breakage and has increased throughput by about 10 percent because of increased efficiency and less down time.
New Bottle Packer Increases Speed While Reducing Glass Breakage for Distilled Spirits Maker
Saint Louis, Missouri-based distilled spirits manufacturer and bottler Luxco is enjoying the sweet sounds of silence since upgrading their packing line to technology that almost eliminates bottle breakage while increasing packer speed. Luxco is one of the leading beverage alcohol suppliers in the United States. The company receives bulk alcohol and then blends, packages and ships its own lines of bourbon, brandy, vodka, rum, and tequila, as well as a range of flavored cordials and liqueurs.
Advanced Case Packers Protect Bottles and Increase Efficiency at Jim Beam
When it comes to case packing machinery, few bottling operations are more demanding than at Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. The owner of the 211 year-old bourbon brand Jim Beam has grown dramatically over the past few years, from the seventh-largest to the fourth-largest spirits company in the world, by expanding its product portfolio through corporate acquisitions and introducing innovative new spirits and wine brands.
Tandem Servo Case Packers Handle a Variety of Bottle Shapes and Materials with Ease
Clement Pappas Company, Inc. is one of the largest private label bottlers and canners in the United States. A leading producer of the finest fruit juices, fruit drinks and cranberry sauces for more than 60 years, Clement Pappas serves a wide variety of private label and supermarket brands, while devoting a part of its business to contract packaging. Headquartered in Seabrook, New Jersey, Clement Pappas has steadily expanded over the years, building three additional state-of-the-art facilities.


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Back row, L to R: Carolyn Enders (coach), Ethan Sheridan (witness), Aaron Collins (witness), Josh Kline (witness), Brian Cremeans (legal advisor).
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The term "lost" is, in part, defined as, "…no longer belonging to…or ending in defeat." There are a couple of things running through my mind today. If you find yourself feeling like you're a loser or that you have nothing to contribute or that life has defeated you, please recall God's promise that this is simply not true. You are a creation beyond human measure. It's just, that, there are some days when we experience setbacks. That's all they are. Setbacks. We will recover.
At the same time, I'm asking myself, who are the "lost" in my life? Who's the person who feels more excluded, rather than included? The person who feels as if life has worn them down so much, that they don't know if they can recover or not? Who is the person who feels as if they have lost their way and don't know what to do next? In his words today, Jesus was very clear with the disciples as to the reality that there would be those who would not be open to them. His instruction to them was to seek out those who feel alone, those who feel "less than" their neighbor, those who wanted to know that things would get better.
My guess is, that, to give someone this kind of hope does not require a whole lot. Often it's just a simple gesture of kindness and the offering of our time. Who might need this from us, so that they can end the day feeling a little less lost?
It seems that all those who met Jesus and witnessed his works found him to be a curious character, to say the least. There was a significant difference, however, between various groups. The Pharisees, unlike others, were simply not open to him. They were curious about him, for sure, but they were also envious and, most of all, they were intimidated by him and afraid of him. Many, if not all of them, never seemed to be able to get beyond this.
I doubt if any of us finds Jesus Christ to be intimidating, but we are probably aware that to submit ourselves to him, to his grace and mercy, requires making ourselves vulnerable. And this can be scary. Even though we know that he can take us to a better place, we are sometimes, perhaps, reluctant to go there. Again, it's not because we are afraid of him or intimidated by him. It's often because change can be frightening, especially if it requires letting go of something that we're use to and making ourselves more vulnerable to God's redemptive power.
Ask yourself one simple question today: is Christ inviting you to go in a direction that you are reluctant to go? Forgiveness and letting go of bitterness. Changing a bad behavior. Being healthier. Returning to church, to the sacraments. Putting off that one thing that could get you to a better place. And, if you are reluctant, ask yourself why.
Today's Gospel scene presents us with 2 miracles. An official's daughter is healed, as is a woman who had been "suffering hemorrhages for twelve years." In all, this is a relatively short passage. This should not, however, cause us to miss the significance of what happens. The miracle beneath the miracle, as some call it, is the faith of the 2 main characters. They knew that it was Jesus to whom they needed to go for healing. Beneath their pain there was the gift of desire. Along with trust, this led them to a new place, a better place.
One of the life lessons that I recall being imparted to me during high school was the simple, "no one can make you want anything" reality. Coaches, teachers, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart all said this to us many times. I even recall my father saying to me, "son, you've got to want it." A beautiful reminder of this is contained in Preface IV for Weekday Mass, which reads, "You have no need of our praise, yet our desire to thank You is itself Your gift. Our prayer of thanksgiving adds nothing to Your greatness, but makes us grow in Your grace, through Jesus Christ our Lord."Thomas Merton also writes, in Thoughts in Solitude, "…I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you…" He then concludes with, "and I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing…" Perhaps we can make this our prayer today, that our desire to be bound more closely with Christ grow stronger each day.


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It is easy to connect Dunbar with its North Berwick, Gullane and Musselburgh cousins. Actually though, it is almost as close to the likes of Eyemouth, on one side of the border, and Goswick, on the other side. For those of us approaching from England, that makes Dunbar Golf Club an ideal choice either to open up your trip or to conclude it on the way home.
The best thing about Dunbar, known affectionately as Sunny Dunny, is that you are so close to the sea for so long. Any Dunbar Golf Club review has to mention this. In fact, I am struggling to think of another links in Scotland that can rival it in this aspect. From the moment you nip through the gap in the wall between the 3rd green and the 4th tee, until you leave the 17th green, you are never more than, what, 100 yards from the sea.
Dunbar is very much a club of the people. I'd like to think it represents much of what is best about both the game of golf generally and the Scottish version of it specifically. It's homely, unfussy, functional, lived-in, full of history and without pretension. As for the course itself, it was designed by a combination of Old Tom Morris, Ben Sayers and James Braid. It measures 6,500 yards off the back tees.
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The 4th is a quintessentially simple links hole framed by the sea on the left and the old Deer Park wall. It's the moment when this course begins in earnest – take a moment to savour your surroundings in all their effortless beauty and then knuckle down. Yes, it's only 350 yards and usually downwind. That makes it an obvious birdie chance. But you can very easily find the rocks or one of the bunkers and come to grief.
You have to enjoy classic links features like this one at the 6th. Downwind, and with the fairways fast and firm, this burn was very much in play despite being 300 yards from the tee. Turning for home on the 11th, it was a very different story, with a couple of the par 4s all but out of reach in two on the day. And that's what this type of golf is all about.
Oh – and Dunbar hosted the very first PGA Championship, which was held back in 1968. That's right, the one that's now played at Wentworth. The other thing about Sunny Dunny is that it always lives up to its name – and that I can guarantee. Just trust me on that.
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Raise Some Hell Ages ago, angels and demons birthed your world in a forbidden union. Now they've come to claim it. Stand tall among Sanctuary's meek and wicked to battle walking corpses, horrifying cultists, fallen seraphs, and the Lords of Hell. When the High Heavens and the Burning Hells war, humanity must be its own salvation. Unholy Trinity The Diablo III game, the Reaper of Souls expansion, and the Rise of the Necromancer pack are all part of the Eternal Collection: 7 classes, 5 acts, and seasons' worth of demon-smashing. Nintendo Switch™ Exclusives Discover pieces of Zelda's world in Sanctuary. The Eternal Collection on Switch™ includes the Cucco companion pet, a Triforce portrait frame, and an exclusive transmogrification set that will let your heroes sport Ganondorf's iconic armor. You'll also receive unique cosmetic wings. Defy the Darkness You're a surrounded world's only defense against Heaven and Hell. Arm yourself with a Joy-Con™ or the Pro Controller, and choose from 7 dark fantasy classes, each with its own way to slay. Eternal Replayability Evil is never vanquished forever. Whether you're testing yourself against new difficulty settings, playing through the epic story campaign, searching for the perfect skill combo, expanding your collection of gear, racing through random dungeons, or traveling Sanctuary anew each season, you'll always have a fresh challenge to seek out. Assemble the Perfect Arsenal As you charge through Diablo III's five story acts, you'll collect gear from Sanctuary's furthest reaches, including legendary items that change your entire playstyle and armor sets that provide dynamic bonuses as you uncover more pieces. Your Path to Power Diablo III's power-building system is flexible enough for an afternoon or a full season. Push back the Burning Hells with spears, storms, and zombie dogs—over 800 unique abilities to unlock and master. Turn fire into lightning, split your magic blasts, and change your skills to create devastating power combinations. It's Dangerous to Go Alone Jump into local, action-RPG multiplayer with up to three friends, and crush demons from your comfiest couch cushions, no internet required—or fill out the ranks of your party online. You can play Diablo III shared-screen on a single Nintendo Switch™, remotely on up to four Nintendo Switch ™ consoles, or combine TV and handheld play.
This is an amazing port of a classic game. Playing this while on the go is a dream come true. Top 10 games available on the Switch.
I've been playing this nonstop since I got it at Christmas. So addictive!
I have spent way more time playing this instead of Monster Hunter. The season play and endgame content are really fun, solo or coop.
Fantastic port. Controls are well done and were built for the console, so there is a little learning curve, but they work really well. I play both PC and Switch versions actively and love this game!
It's DIABLO, and it's portable without any changes from the console versions.
Plenty of classes with much more to do, after the storyline playthrough.
Replayed this on Switch even though i have the PC version. I was doubtfull on how the controls would work but literally 0 problems.
Diablo III: Eternal Collection is an absolutely loot-crazed, addicting blast on the Switch. While there may be little incentive to double-dip outside of the portable aspect, it is a must buy for new players and veterans that want to take advantage of its on-the-go capabilities. Being able to dive into the world of Sanctuary and wreak havoc at any time is pretty frigging great.
It may be hard to believe but this is pretty well a no-compromises port of the game that looks terrific and plays very well in both docked and handheld modes.
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. Unlike some other books which present organic chemistry as a set of facts and reactions to be learnt and memorized, this book instead emphasizes the unifying threads between different concepts and also stresses the assimilation of those concepts through real-life applications. Enzymatic reactions often use binding to metals to hold substrates in position. There is even an excellent, though brief, section on physical organic chemistry, and several excellent chapters on spectroscopic techniques, some quite advanced. If the diazo compound is decomposed in methanol containing a diene, compound A is trapped as the adduct shown. As with all 'rules' it is much more important to understand the reason behind it. They are orthogonal to it.
Product Description Inspiring and motivating students from the moment it published, Organic Chemistry has established itself in just one edition as the student's choice of an organic chemistry text. Is there any other form of selectivity? What kind of change is this? However, this shouldn't be anyone's first o-chem book. It can rotate because the overlap between the p orbitals is weak as they are not parallel. Finally, acetal hydrolysis preserves the new quaternary centre unchanged stereospecific by a mechanism that is the reverse of the first step. At lower temperatures more of C is formed and at higher temperatures more of D. The lithum enolate is trapped with Me3SiCl to give the silyl enol ether.
Suggested solution The grease in ovens and blockages in drains are generally caused by hard fats that solidify there. This is soluble in pH 8 buffer but acidification and heating denature the enzyme this is rather like what happens to egg white on heating and destroy its structure. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. The four aromatic hydrogens evidently have the same chemical shift. Use the data for each reaction to suggest mechanisms and comment on the difference between them.
At pH 5 the rate is proportional to the concentration of acetate ion AcO— in the buffer solution and the reaction goes twice as fast in H2O as in D2O. O N H Purpose of the problem Another important radical reaction: cyclisation of alkyl bromides onto alkenes. Elimination gives a ketene that can be attacked by hydroxide as a nucleophile to give the product. This is what we see: Solutions for Chapter 39 — Determining reactions mechanisms a ρ value of —2. Suggest what polyketide starting material might be the precursor of orsellinic acid and how the cyclisation might occur. It's a snap to move in, and easy to go back to full page again.
Conjugated esters are electrophilic and not nucleophilic alkenes. This couples with the other isopentenyl acetate in a way very similar to the natural process. Attack by water on the protonated carbodiimide looks about right. The stereoselectivity comes from attack on the opposite side of the ring from the already established cyclopropane. The reaction must surely start with the protonation of one of the nitrogens. Loss of each of the three marked protons gives a different product.
We suggest you use the shorthand form of pyridoxal phosphate shown here. This is impossible in this example as there is no hydrogen atom syn to the PdI group. The second edition refines and refocuses Organic Chemistry to produce a text that is even more student-friendly, coherent, and logical in its presentation than before. He has been at the University of Manchester since 1994. If the iodine were metallated, the organometallic compound would immediately expel the lactone bridge as carboxyate ion is a good leaving group.
A mixture of products results. Suggested solution The first compound is an ester derived from a cyclic secondary alcohol that could be made from the corresponding enone by asymmetric reduction. The lowest-priced, brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. This would also hydrogenate the nitrile so that must first be hydrolysed using acid or base, as weak as possible. Works very well on a Kindle. In addition to these qualities, the book is written in an honest, informal style and the authors admit uncertainty where it exists. Archaic reactions that most introductory texts treat as sacred cows e.
End Chapter Exercises may differ. The radical intermediate has no stereochemistry at the planar radical carbon and attack occurs from the bottom face to avoid the blocking lactone bridge. Suggested solution The first reaction is a conjugate addition that evidently goes without any worthwhile stereoselectivity. Nick Greeves is the Director of Teaching and Learning in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. From the clinic to the kitchen, this book drives home the fact that organic chemistry is not just an intellectually rewarding exercise but is at the foundation our daily existence. Explain the stereoselectivity of each step after the first. I can't fault the content - everything is explained clearly with plenty of diagrams and reaction mechanisms.


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Cory Booker's food stamp challenge: Stunt or learning experience?
12/05/12 02:17 PM —Updated 09/13/13 08:47 AM
By Ned Resnikoff
Newark Mayor Cory Booker looks over clothing donations for residents impacted by Superstorm Sandy, at Clinton Hill Community Resource Center, Friday, Nov. 9,...
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Beginning on Tuesday of this week, Newark mayor Cory Booker started a seven day experiment living off food stamps. Poverty experts and food stamp recipients told msnbc that the so-called Food Stamp challenge was laudable, even if it doesn't necessarily give the Democratic rising star a true picture of what it means to live off food assistance.
"I don't think it's going to be a huge eye opener for him," said Heather Tarrant, a 34-year-old waitress and food stamp recipient living in New York City. "I hope watching him go through it is going to be an eye opener for other people."
Tarrant, who lives alone with her 15-year-old daughter, said that she relies on the $260 a month she receives in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits to feed both of them.
"If I don't have food stamps, I get my daughter dinner and I don't eat," she said. Even with her part-time job waiting tables, she said, she runs out of her monthly SNAP allotment after the first three weeks.
In New Jersey, the average recipient gets about $133.26 in food stamps per month. Timothy Smeeding, director of University Madison-Wisconsin's Institute for Research on Poverty, said that, for the average family on food stamps, such a small allowance covers "a couple of boxes of cheap cereal, a gallon of milk, a few bananas, and then who knows what—chips, spaghetti, cheez-its, that's the diet. You're going to run out if you try to buy some expensive meats; maybe get some mystery meats."
However, cautioned Smeeding, just one week on food stamps wouldn't provide a full picture of what it's like to live off SNAP full-time. "What he should do is go on it for a month, not a week," he said.
Why? Because food stamp recipients live on a monthly cycle, and often find the end of the month far more challenging than the first week. When a family receives their SNAP benefits at the beginning of the month-long cycle, said Smeeding, "food flies off the shelves for the first two weeks of the month. But then the food stamps are gone—$300 worth of stamps are gone." As a result, "in the last two weeks of the month, business picks up at food pantries and soup kitchens."
"A soup kitchen I worked at in Syracuse, New York, had something we called the tupperware crowd," said Smeeding. "Mothers coming in asking for two portions to put in tupperware, to take in and feed their kids. All that extra money coming in at the end of the month is needed for rent."
After two weeks of soup kitchen food, the increasingly hungry family is likely to spend a large portion of its SNAP benefits at the beginning of the following month, perpetuating the cycle.
Lisa Dodson, a Boston College sociology professor, urged Booker to "include children in your conversation. Aside from what you're eating, ask moms what they're giving their kids if all they have is food stamps." She said that the "meager" benefits provided by the food stamps program have been a major driver of malnutrition and obesity among children of low-income families.
"Cheap foods tend to be foods that make you obese," she said. "Cheap calories tend to be the ones that are high in fat, and we know now that obesity is becoming the major public health problem."
Tarrant said that she and her daughter "eat well" largely because of the spices they're able to flavor simple meals with. However, spices and seasonings are expensive when one relies on SNAP. Once, she wrote, she was unable to make her daughter macaroni and cheese because she ran out of butter. With five days to go before she received her next round of benefits, "I just couldn't spend the two dollars to get a stick of butter."
"For a week [Booker] will be fine," said Tarrant, "but what happens when you run out of salt?"
New York City Coalition Against Hunger executive director Joel Berg has done his own version of the Food Stamp Challenge twice. He said that at first he was "skeptical" of the idea because, "I'm skeptical about anything that's short-lived, but gives people the impression, 'Oh, gee, I know what it's like.'" However, after his first week on food stamps, he decided, "It's an extraordinarily useful exercise, and an extraordinarily useful exercise to help the public understand it."
Booker, he said, should be sure to highlight the policy angle on the Food Stamp Challenge. "My greatest political hope is he turns this into a call to increase funding for these programs, so people can buy healthier food," he said.
Federal spending on SNAP is expected to decline in 2013, according to CBO projections [PDF], when legislation designed to boost funding for the program expires.
Like Berg, Dodson said it was crucial that food stamp funding be increased, not cut. "In looking at these programs and judging them, we should look at what nutritionists agree is reasonable, and not start with an amount of money," she said. "What health do we want our children to be in? Because most families that get food stamps have children in them."
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Rein Lemberpuu, CEO of .Cocoon: "Mentoring and coaching are dead?"
Working daily with startup founders and mentors in .Cocoon Founders Mentoring Program, I have seen the value that can be brought by long-term, systematic mentoring. Our mentors have guided many founders to see new perspectives and from there to unexpected solutions. Yet by interacting within the startup community and reading the media there is a growing feeling inside me, that the word "mentor" and the act of mentoring itself has devalued over time. Why so?
Probably for the same reason why most things can lose their value - they either have been overused or poorly executed. For example, if someone says that he will start a new project, we will never know what he means. Is he going to start a new company, record an album or paint over his fence? The same goes for being a mentor and the act of mentoring.
First, there is no single definition for the word mentor and it's not uncommon to find definitions that even rule out each other. The term mentor is being used interchangeably with the term coach. Although again there are many articles describing the difference, you can quickly see that what was defined to be mentoring in one is referred to as coaching in the next article and vice versa.
It has led us to a situation where the word mentor and mentoring have been used to describe a variety of things and there is no clarity.
Secondly, the number of people who act as mentors has grown dramatically in recent years.
Accelerators have been the main driver behind it and while sharing knowledge inside the startup ecosystem is of great value, it has contributed to commoditizing mentoring to the point where startups go to accelerators mainly for investment and networking.
Furthermore, to my knowledge there is no law that establishes who could advertise himself as a mentor, so nowadays everyone who feels like it, can name oneself a mentor and perform the act of mentoring.
It has created a market situation where the quality of the providers has a very wide range which in turn has complicated the already complex process of choosing the right mentor or coach.
The wrong choice can give a bad experience which easily leads to overall disappointment about mentoring and coaching. And do I need mentoring or do I need coaching?
As we know, disappointment usually arises when the reality is very different from expectations. On this topic it often appears to come upon two reasons: overselling and not delivering; two people had two different understandings about the terms. For example, the founder was looking for direct answers while the mentor was leading with questions only.
To understand where those misunderstandings come from we need to dig a bit deeper into the origins of words and how they have been used. Once we have clarity on the terminology we can start to see the complexity of the topic. For example coaching, teaching, advising, training and mentoring are all words that are used to describe some kind of development act between living beings. All these actions have a seemingly similar purpose, to support someone to get better at something, but what's the difference?
Let's start with the origin:
coaching comes from the word "coach" - a four-wheel vehicle that came from the village name and the connotation it brings is that it "carries one forward".
teaching is a Germanic word and has the element of "to show and point out".
advising comes from the word advisor. The advisor originates from Latin ad-visere which means "to see".
training is to "pull or draw out" and was first used to train horses.
guiding comes from the word guide, which is "one who shows the way" from Old French.
mentoring comes from the word "mentor"- a word which originates from the mid 18th cent via French and Latin from Greek Mentōr, the name of the counselor of the young Telemachus in the Greek epic poem the Odyssey by Homer and means an experienced person who supports somebody with less experience.
Why do we use the term mentor in .Cocoon?
As we now see there is a pretty significant difference between "to carry", "to show", "to see", "to show the way" and "to draw out". The first five words carry very specific energy with them, while the mentor is just the name of Telemachus' counselor. I prefer not to take an approach that coach, teacher, advisor, and trainer are fixed roles, but rather that they are emphasizing different techniques used by a person who is supporting someone to get different results than one is getting without such transfer of knowledge, skills, and information.
Now when we take the approaches like "to see", "to show", "to draw out", "to carry", "to show the way" and say that these are all different approaches one can use to support someone on their way of learning and becoming better at something.
We still need a word that allows the actor to use all those techniques while performing an act of supporting less experienced. We have decided to use the word mentor since it is the only term that does not have an etymological background and therefore can be defined as seen fit. A word which describes the purpose, but does not associate with any specific method. Perhaps this is also the reason why this word has been so widely used in the startup ecosystem. The key specification we are proposing is to use it as a general noun which does not define a specific approach but rather is a collection of different knowledge and information sharing skills.
How do we see a mentor in .Cocoon?
As can be seen in the visuals, we understand that there is no person who can master all the skills and techniques a mentor can and should use. We believe that every mentor has his strengths and blind spots.
Therefore to maximize the use of skills necessary for a founder to move forward in their personal and business development we use different formats in .Cocoon. Beside classical 1-on-1 mentoring we practice different formats like group sessions with many mentees and mentors, but also the master class setup has proven excellent. To minimize the blind spots and biases of any single mentor and to diversify the skills needed we are using "shadow mentoring", where there is one additional mentor in the session in the observer role.
To conclude, it is not difficult to see why the term "mentor" and mentoring as a skill are devaluing, but like in any business challenge, there is always a solution. The systematic use of diverse mentors and session formats gives the founder an edge that is hardly ever seen in classical casual mentoring but is so common in the startup ecosystem. After all, building a startup has always been teamwork and therefore we also believe in a teamwork approach in mentoring.
.Cocoon Program is represented at the sTARTUp Day with mentoring seminars, you can meet with the program organizers at the sTARTUp Tartu community area and one of the mentors, Mārtiņš Bičevskis is giving a speech on how to communicate with authority.
Also, take a look at the sTARTUp Day program which has a special track "Founder Psychology" that focuses on a mentally healthy workplace, relationships, and leadership.
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Hong Kong-based Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts recently concluded 2-city India roadshow in Mumbai and Delhi. These roadshows were attended by over 200 customers from corporations, professional conference organizers and travel agencies.
This time, delegates of this sales mission are from Harbour Grand Kowloon, Harbour Plaza Metropolis, Kowloon Harbour Front, Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees and Harbour Plaza Resort City.
"India is a key market for our hotels in Hong Kong. We like to bring to our business partner the latest updates and development of our group which include the recently renovated Harbour Grand Kowloon lobby with the 'Prisms of light' – a chandelier of 150,000 pieces Swarovski crystals. In the third quarter of this year, a new tower extension of the hotel with 360 brand new guest rooms and suites, all with a panoramic view of either the city or the harbour, will be opened. This will bring the total room inventory to close to 1,000, becoming one of the biggest 5 star hotels in Hong Kong", said Priyanka, Director of Nijhawan Group, GSA for Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts in India.
"We're opening this fall a brand new hotel, which will bring the group's total room inventory in the city to more than 9300 rooms. Hotel Alexandra, with 840 guest rooms, is well located at the North Point harbour front. The hotel is designed exquisitely melding sophisticated French neoclassicism with contemporary elements, a combination of timeless affluent elegance and modern concepts delighting even the most discerning travellers...", said P.C. Koh, Director of Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts.