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Celebrating a brilliantly diverse International Women's Day
Posted by: Sue Griffin, DWP Digital Head of User Support Services and chair of the DWP Women in Digital group, Posted on: 3 March 2017 - Categories: DWP Digital, International Women's Day, Women in Technology
I'm Sue Griffin, chair of the Women in Technology group, here in DWP Digital. I'm celebrating International Women's Day with colleagues in Blackpool.
This year's national theme is 'Be Bold For Change', and in the Civil Service we're celebrating how we are 'Brilliantly Diverse'. We'll be exploring: how diverse we actually are, challenging the statement 'it's a man's' world and discussing breaking down barriers.
Sue Griffin
Bold for Change
Being bold for change means so many things to me; I'm being bold for change by leading our enthusiastic community of women. Our group aims to attract more women into technology and digital roles, and champion opportunities for females in a male-dominated environment, particularly young females. We're exploring the importance of diversity and encouraging women to build their capability.
Being bold for change means different things to different people. I'm amazed every day by the number of strong women we have in DWP Digital willing to put their heads above the parapet and share their personal stories to recognise and celebrate our diversity - we really are brilliantly diverse. For example, Shelley Hardman, champion of LGBT* issues and DWPride Yorkshire and Humberside regional rep wrote an inspiring blog – Pride in our work. Focusing on her own experience of how having the confidence to be you at work can make a massive difference to well-being and happiness, Shelley wanted to support people identifying with similar situations. Shelley said, "It's so important to me (and for others) to be in a supportive and open-minded work environment with positive role models. If I can be a role model by helping people identify similarities with my experience and their own, and give them the courage to think about changing the way they are living their life, then it's worthwhile".
Shelley Hardman
I agree with Shelley, part of being bold for change is about being the best role model we can be. I hope the women I work with are inspired by my positive outlook, and I'd like to think that I'm somebody that the next generation of women joining us can look up to. My 30 year career in DWP has spanned roles in operations, project delivery, commercials and technology. I'm currently Head of User Support Services leading a group of around 480 people. I'm accountable for providing first line support and resolution of IT issues for all DWP staff.
I'm passionate about delivering high quality services, but equally about helping people build their capability and their careers and increasing diversity in the technology profession.
As step-mum to my husband's grown-up daughter, I know how important it is to nurture our young women and help them realise the potential and opportunities at their finger-tips. The role of women has changed massively this century: when labour exchanges first opened in 1910, men and women were strictly segregated and, until 1945, female civil servants were required, by law, to resign on marriage! A lot has changed during my 30 year career, in part thanks to the Sex Discrimination Act of 1986, which came into force the year before I started work, ending discrimination in training and removing restrictions to women's working hours and conditions. Now, in 2017, we've got young women training as software engineers – and thankfully that's the norm. If you consider what has changed in this short space of time, then think about what changes we can help to bring about for our future generation.
Brilliantly diverse
I want our workforce to represent the wealth of diversity in the world we live in. Mayank Prakash, our Chief Digital and Information Officer and DWP Gender Diversity Champion, said, "Diversity is important, not just from a fairness and equality point of view, but from a business perspective too." It's a fact (The Open For Business report) that diversity encourages a varied and different perspective and can help to raise our profile as an employer of choice.
Ozma Iqbal
Working for Mayank is Gender Diversity lead, Ozma Iqbal. Ozma is passionate about embedding an inclusive culture in our business so all women feel empowered. As the oldest of five from a working-class Pakistani family, she is determined to leave the stereotypes behind, in her role Influencing women.
Kirsty Tidmarsh
She's backing people like Kirsty Tidmarsh, one of our young female software engineers, who is embracing the opportunities here at DWP. Currently, over 90% of software engineers are male – but we are changing that. Kirsty is another of our female colleagues raising her head above the parapet.She's working in DWP's software engineering community reviewing projects and providing help and advice. Kirsty is also keen on attending user-groups and events to discover new technologies, network and improve her knowledge. She said, "I think it's really important to see the wider picture." Kirsty's sharing that knowledge with others in DWP Digital and with other young people, she helps at a children's Code Club and she worked with school children in the summer to teach them Creative Coding in Tech Week.
I feel so proud to be part of an organisation that values diversity and embraces events like International Women's Day. Together we can shape our future and help to give everyone an equal chance to reach their full potential.
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Steven Spielberg No Longer Directing 'Indiana Jones 5'; James Mangold Might Take Over Instead
Posted on Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 by Chris Evangelista
There's a shake-up regarding Indiana Jones 5: Steven Spielberg is out, James Mangold is possibly in. Spielberg will no longer direct the fifth entry in the adventure series, and is instead planning to hand the franchise over to Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold. The decision to depart is entirely Spielberg's, and he'll still be involved as a hands-on producer. But does anyone really want a new Indiana Jones movie without Spielberg's direction?
Very few movie news stories leave me flabbergasted these days, but this one did the trick. Variety says that Steven Spielberg is no longer directing Indiana Jones 5, and that James Mangold is in talks to take over. Per their report:
Spielberg will remain as a hands-on producer on "Indy 5." According to a source close to the filmmaker, the decision to leave the director's chair was entirely Spielberg's, in a desire to pass along Indy's whip to a new generation to bring their perspective to the story.
Harrison Ford is still attached to star, but there's now a good chance that the 2021 release date might change. The release date has already moved around a bit before as Indy 5 has dealt with script problems. Both Jonathan Kasdan (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Dan Fogelman (This Is Us, Tangled) have worked on the script, but then the project reverted back to David Koepp, who wrote Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, along with several other Spielberg projects.
Folks, I don't know what to say about this. I think James Mangold is a good – occasionally excellent – filmmaker. But the idea of handing Indiana Jones to anyone but Spielberg just feels…wrong. Especially since this will probably be the last time Harrison Ford plays the character. Why have Ford's final Indy outing handled by someone other than Spielberg?
The biggest takeaway from this is that the franchise is nowhere near close to concluding. While Indy 5 might be Ford's last go at the character, it's all but certain that the series will live on in the hands of new filmmakers, and with a new star. Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed that Indiana Jones 5 won't be a reboot – but that doesn't mean a reboot is inevitable.
In the meantime, Indy 5 remains up in the air. Harrison Ford was recently quoted as saying production on the film was set to begin in about two months, but whether or not that still happens now – with Mangold at the helm – is anyone's guess.
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The companies, based in Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, have been able to export their competencies throughout the region.
ENGIE (www.ENGIE-Africa.com) has signed an agreement to acquire two companies specialising in energy services in West Africa. Afric Power and Tieri (www.Tieri.com) employ more than 140 people specialising in the design, installation and maintenance of electrical systems and automated control mechanisms in West Africa. The companies, based in Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, have been able to export their competencies throughout the region. This acquisition reaffirms ENGIE's goal of quickly expanding to become one of the leaders in energy services in West and Central Africa.
Afric Power and Tieri are complementary companies offering a comprehensive service including system design, the assembly of electrical cabinets and automated control mechanisms, and the installation, maintenance and warranty coverage of equipment. The companies have forged strong partnerships with customers operating in many sectors, such as agro-industry, agri-food, mines, large-scale services and data centres.
Afric Power and Tieri have both made their mark in the region and built up a diverse customer portfolio by focusing on quality, proximity and innovation.
ENGIE's activities in West and Central Africa are focused on centralised energy generation, mini-grids and individual solar kits. ENGIE has recently distinguished itself in the energy sector by commissioning the Santhiou Mekhe solar photovoltaic plant in Senegal  (30 MW), being awarded the energy and systems component of the Dakar Regional Express Train (TER) project  and commissioning the Soubré hydroelectric dam (275 MW) in Côte d'Ivoire .
ENGIE will capitalise on this acquisition to set up a regional platform with a view to offering energy services (installation and maintenance) to commercial and industrial customers, both private and public.


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Mario Tennis Aces Nintendo Switch Review
Mario Tennis Aces Nintendo Switch Review - Reviewed by Kidzworld on Jun 19, 2018
Mario Tennis Aces brings one of Nintendos favorite pastimes to the Switch. Check out Kidzworlds review of the new game!
Tennis isn't a new sport to the world's most memorable plumber, the original Mario Tennis debuted way back on the Nintendo 64, but the Switch's Mario Tennis Aces is the deepest and most fun entry yet, despite some small but noticeable hiccups. If you've been a fan of the series up till this point then you'll be happier than ever with the latest release in the franchise.
It's a shame that some of the characters from adventure mode aren't yet playable. Courtesy of Nintendo
Serving Up The Story
The latest Mario Tennis boasts the most expansive story mode in the franchise's history that centers around a magical tennis racket. Mario, who is sadly the only playable character in the story, trots across different environments on a sizable island while testing his might with some tennis challenges. Some of these challenges are really clever and pit Mario against some visually interesting characters and bosses but sometimes these trials can just wind up frustrating more than anything. Things start out easy enough with some simple rallies, opportunities to try out your different swings, and a chance to master your trick shots but things quickly get harder with some battles that often swing out of challenging and straight into annoying.
Some bosses from Super Mario Sunshine make a return in Aces. Courtesy of Nintendo
There are a handful of small issues that add up throughout Mario Tennis Aces' adventure mode like the lack of a "Retry" button in the pause menu. Each battle has a ticking clock running down in the corner but when you realize that you don't have enough time to complete the challenge you can either waste your time and fail the challenge or select "Quit," get bumped out to the map and speak to the challenge-giver twice, it just feels like a lot of busy work. The 5 or 6 hours to finish up the adventure mode are mostly a lengthy tutorial to familiarize players with the surprisingly deep gameplay, and in that regard, it's a success.
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Hitting the Court
What really makes Aces such a blast is how good the actual moment-to-moment gameplay is. You'll make use of multiple different swings, trick shots, motion-aimed zone shots, and the unique feeling of each player. Charging up your shots will increase your character's energy meter which allows for some flashy slow-mo strikes which need some precise timing to block. Failure to perfectly block these shots will dwindle down your finite number of rackets which will give you a victory via KO rather than by points. The online isn't currently available but it's likely that players could overuse this mechanic to beat down their opponents, we'll see when the servers go live.
Zone Shots make for some of the strongest moves in your toolset. Courtesy of Nintendo
The game's tournament mode isn't too tough regardless of which tier you play at, though in my experience, Star Cup is the only one to ever give me any sort of real push-back. The game also includes a Wii Sports-like Swing Mode but it currently only works with one controller at a time. A simple back and forth rally looks, sounds, and -- most importantly -- feels good to partake in. There's a wide-range of characters to choose from, so your favorite is probably there, and there are rumors that even more will be added in down the road, so while there's a good bit of content now, it seems like Nintendo could make some small tweaks and additions to really tighten up the game down the road.
Trick Shots are mostly used as dodges in adventure mode rather than swings. Courtesy of Nintendo
The Adventure mode has moments of fun and clever design but often sits in the realm of "decent." However, the core gameplay of actually playing Tennis is probably the best we've ever had in the series, it's just a shame that the single player doesn't give enough moments to really enjoy how good playing the game actually feels. Let's just hope that the online delivers what we're looking for but there's no way to know yet as the online wasn't available during the review process.
Fun and Deep Gameplay
Small Frustrations
Light Content in Adventure Mode
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Mario Tennis Aces Box Art Courtesy of Nintendo
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Poland: Lidl successfully climbs to the top rankings of the largest retailers in C- & E-Europe
Discount Retail Chain Lidl (owned by the German Schwarz Group) dethroned its sister supermarket chain Kaufland in the Czech Republic in 2019. A year later the Schwarz Group's discount store also became the market leader in the Hungaria, Romania and Slovakia. In the relatively newly entered markets of Serbia and Lithuania, Lidl is already number three in the national rankings of food retailers and is quickly gaining new shares, while reaching the break-even point.
Lidl is no longer a discount store, although in its communication it cleverly uses the image of a store with low prices. Today, however, it is climbing up, filling a niche of modern supermarkets that is largely undeveloped in the region.
Admittedly, there is a diversity of customer groups and purchasing missions between formats with a limited assortment and low prices and operators offering added value and a full assortment. But these boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred. It is the discounters that solicit areas developed by other retailers and attract their customers. Lidl, Aldi and company are evolving towards supermarkets. That is, they expand the assortment, including domestic brands, while adding specialized/niche products for more affluent customer segments. The growing need to save over the last time naturally pushes consumers towards a cheap retailer.
On Lidl's home market, big discounters are fighting a fierce battle with supermarket giants, i.e. Edeka and Rewe. It is this channel and these two brands that increase their share in the domestic food market every year, also in times of pandemic. A great offer of fresh products, most of them offered in service counters, an ecological, sustainable and "free" range [lactose, sugar, gluten... etc.], as well as strong local legitimacy through well-organized short supply chains and joint management of stores are the distinguishing features of these chains, which discounters only try to copy very successfully. Among the top ten retail brands in 2021, Edeka and Rewe supermarkets came first, and in the top ten there were five more discount brands.
So what is the secret of Lidl's success in Central and Eastern Europe?
Looking at the market structure in Central and Eastern Europe, Lidl can be described as a "fox in a hen house". In most markets, there is no significant discount competitor. In 2020. Lidl generated net revenue of €16.9 billion in the region, with a pre-tax profit of €0.97 billion, corresponding to an EBT margin of 5.7%. The next largest discount operator was the Polish Biedronka with net revenues of EUR 13.8 billion, gross profit of EUR 0.8 billion and a margin of 5.9%. Far behind is Penny Market with revenues of EUR 3.6 billion and a margin of 2.3% (data based on company reports presented by the Ministry of Finance).
In addition, in Central and Eastern Europe there are no regional large competitors in the form of supermarkets as in Germany. Billa, Lithuania's Maxima, Spar Austria and Spar South-Africa, as well as various Ahold Delhaize activities, bring in an average of less than €1.5 billion in revenue per country. This means that Lidl can fill a market niche and position itself as a supermarket. And that's exactly what happens. Every year, the discount store increases its offer by several percent. The list of well-known international and domestic brands attracts customers, including those who previously shopped "in one place" in a larger format.
It also means that Lidl reaches more affluent customer segments than the original target group of discounters. Let the best illustration be the strategies of entering the last two markets: Lithuania and Serbia. While in Lithuania Lidl positioned itself with the slogan "quality for all" and quantified the entire assortment for 3100 SKUs, in Serbia (with a purchasing power equal to one third of the Baltic countries) it positioned itself as a hard discount store with an assortment without fireworks, i.e. 1800 SKUs.
Source: Sebastian Rennack, Aletos Advisory and DRC Associate
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For the No. 12 seeded Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team and senior guard Tavelyn James, the shots just wouldn't fall.
But ultimately, the Eagles would.
EMU (23-9) lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to the University of South Carolina Gamecocks (24-9, No. 25 AP) 80-48 on Saturday at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
The normally stout offense of EMU was held to just 48 points, the second-lowest point total for the Eagles this season. The Eagles shot 16-for-60 (.267).
James finished the game and her Eagle career with 2-for-17 shooting (.118) as she scored 11 points.
Part of that was the intense and aggressive defense the Gamecocks played throughout the game. Physical play on James was the game plan for the Gamecocks, as well as, putting pressure on sophomore point guard Desyree Thomas.
The Eagles started the game hot and forced eight South Carolina turnovers in the first 8:58 of play. The Eagles raced out to a 14-8 lead before the Gamecock offense exploded for a 31-9 run to end the half leading 39-23.
The tough defense and high-percentage offense would continue in the second half for South Carolina as they never looked back, finishing the game scoring a season-high 80 points.
The Eagles were the 14th team the Gamecocks held to under 50 points during the season.
The strong defense was the story of the game, holding James to her second-lowest point total of the season.
The senior capped off her Eagle career with the loss, but the 5-foot-7-inch guard finished her career with 2,461 points.
Senior forward Paige Redditt also made her way into the record books in the loss. The senior scored the last six EMU points and with 25 seconds remaining, she made a layup for her 1,001st point as an Eagle.
Eastern Michigan finished the season 23-9 and competed in the programs second-ever NCAA Tournament. The team also finished 13-3 in Mid-American Conference play, the second-highest win total for the program in conference play.


Discussion in 'Long Range Hunting & Shooting' started by Guest, Oct 3, 2003.
This is what a guy has to say about his elk and mule deer hunt.
The grooved bullet body is a good one. Military has used it for years. Some good ones are coming out of Africa and finally Randy down at Barnes is trying to get his worked out.
I would like to see the designs more like the GS custom bullets out of Africa but I know that Randy didn't want to go for that super sleek bullet because of the twists required.
The Groove Bullets are not the same design as the bullets you speak of from Africa. Groove Bullets have "Grooves" and the bullets from Africa you spoke of have "Bumps" - two totally different concepts.
We are working on a LR (long range) version of the Groove Bullets and will introduce them in the future.
Call them what ever you want...the general net effect is still the same. And the African bullets are VERY GOOD, I might add...shooting very well in my guns. Whats nice about the bullets from GS custom is they do provide ballistic information for their bullets. It would help if ballistic data were available for the "groove" bullets....maby it is by now?
I am happy for you that you found a bullet you like.
How close can you load the GS bullets to the lands?
When you say ballistic information, what exactly are you looking for?
We list weight, SD, BC, Length, Base to Ogive information on our web site for all of our hunting bullets. Is there additional information you need?
I can't get them as close to the lands as I would like i.e. feeding from the magazine in Ultra mags, but they still shoot well enough.
I had looked at what I thought were your bullets awhile ago, but I didn't see the B.C. data.........thanks....I will take another look. I would much rather buy U.S. made.
Also....what are the tolerances (manufacturing) that you hold for concentricity of the bullet body, and then the groove to body. I was wondering...plus or minus....what.
Again thanks.....I pretty much thought runout would be the condition of the machine, tooling condition and setup but I wondered (all things being equal) what they were actually coming off the machine.
I had my own bullet company once and in the late 70's was going to do a match line of bullets with Randy and Connie down at Barnes. I didn't though (I couldn't stand Utah....)and that was home to them, as Idaho is home to me.
Anyway....good luck with your company and I will try your bullets in the future.
The concentricity is as accurate as the bearings in the machine. The listed accuracy for the machines used is .0001"
The reason I asked about how close you can get to the lands is because of the differences in the 2 designs. I knew you couldn't get close to the lands because the bore diameter is turned on the GS bullets and then the "bumps" go to the full diameter of the caliber. The first "bump" is so far back that the chamber would have to be really short to get the first "bump" close to the lands and still have enough "bumps" inside the neck to hold the bullet.
Groove Bullets are turned to the full diameter of the caliber and the "grooves" are turned into that diameter. By doing this one can get close to the lands and still have plenty of "grip" by the neck to hold the bullet.
This is what I meant by 2 totally different design concepts.
Sorry for not explaining these differences in more detail before.
I appreciate the fact that you are willing to try some Groove Bullets.
PP, are you loading the 173 grain HV bullets in a 300 RUM? If so I would be very interested in comparing notes. I have done some load development in my RUM, and I have been shooting the 130's in my 7 STW for a couple of years now with great results.
I have been using the 150 HV in the 30 Ultra...how is the 173 doing....I was worried that it would not stabilize but it sounds like it is doing fine in your gun.
I have a 7 Ultra that I want to develop mono bullet loads for but I thinking I will probably try some of the Groove bullets.......but I do like the BC's of the GS bullets and they have shot very well in my guns.
Have you tried any of the Groove bullets?


Kidnapped from her Upper East Side penthouse and held for ransom by a Norwegian death metal band, Mrs. Smith suffered the Stockholm Syndrome granting her extraordinary musical abilities. She uses her mad guitar skillz and vocal stylings to express the grief and rage she feels over the disappearance of her beloved cat Carlyle. Why aren't you helping find him??
Mrs. Smith's recent appearances include The Cutting Room NYC, Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, Guitar Gods Festival, Feedback Fest (Costa Mesa, CA), Cafe Mojito (Bologna, Italy), and Club Helsinki (Hudson, NY). She has appeared in international ads for GUCCI and she is officially endorsed by Ibanez Guitars, DiMarzio pickups, Mezzabarba Custom Amplification, and Ernie Ball strings.
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Don't you think your state representatives are doing a good job?
What's it going to look like once Trump starts busing illegals into your sanctuary cities?
You don't want that to happen, do you ??
So long it is not at your place. Right ??
How can you have to much of something you want, and isn't it amazing how after your told or get what you wanted that you don't want it anymore?
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UFRC Spring Meeting – "The Ulster Way – Which Way Now?".
The verdict of those who were present at the UFRC Spring meeting at Oxford Island on Saturday 18 April was that it was very worthwhile. Around 40 people attended and they were treated to presentations from Committee members Ronnie Irvine and David Flinn, from Harry Goodman who walked the entire Ulster Way during the 1990s and from Niall McAleenan of the NI Environment Agency.
The meeting finished with small groups discussing particular aspects of the Ulster Way and a general feedback session. We have summarised below the key points to emerge from this discussion and we welcome further observations and suggestions from members who could not attend the meeting.
Our meeting was held against a backdrop of Departmental budget cuts and a real threat to the existence of the Ulster Way and Waymarked Ways long distance routes. At the time of writing Outdoor Recreation NI stands to lose all of its funding from the Department of Environment from the end of June. Among other things ORNI provides insurance cover to landowners along these routes which will be withdrawn unless the Department reverses its position on funding. In the absence of insurance some landowners may decide to close sections of these routes rather than risk a costly court case arising from an injury to a walker. We have written to Minister Durkan on this issue and eagerly await his reply.
The brand "Ulster Way" is well known and worth keeping. In terms of scenery it includes some stretches of off-road walking that would rival any other long distance route in Britain or Ireland. The UFRC should initiate a concerted campaign to make sure it does not deteriorate through neglect and to give it a new lease of life.
The Ulster Way Advisory Committee (which last met in 2012) should be re-established and should involve all eleven new councils. This group should serve as a champion for the Ulster Way.
Recognising that very few people would be attracted to walk the entire route, the Ulster Way should be promoted in four or five distinct sections. These sections would embrace all of Northern Ireland's Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty but it would be for the new Advisory Committee to determine their extent.
Priorities for additional off-road walking should be within these high quality sections. For example, between Larrybane and Ballycastle on the North Coast, in the Glenelly Valley in the Sperrins and on the Belfast Hills.
Voluntary wardens carry out regular audits of the route as a requirement of the insurance cover and to ensure it remains in good condition. New wardens should be recruited from amongst UFRC members and better links established between the new councils and local rambling clubs.
Long distance walking routes have proved to be major tourist attractions throughout Europe. Recognising the potential of the Ulster Way in this regard, we should establish a dialogue with Tourism NI, its parent Department in the NI Executive and with Minister Arlene Foster.
Our next steps will be to inform both the Minister for the Environment and the Assembly's Environment Committee of the outcome of our meeting and press for an early meeting of the Advisory Committee. Hopefully we will see some progress by the time of our AGM in October and we can report back to our members.
We very much welcome further representation and reporting on the Ulster Way from our clubs and members in this ongoing engagement.
The UFRC will focus on the Ulster Way at its Spring Meeting which will be on the morning of Saturday 18 April 2015 at the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Oxford Island. The meeting will open at 10:00am with tea/coffee and will finish with a sandwich lunch served no later than 1.00pm.
A number of resolutions at the last AGM in October reflected a frustration amongst our members that the Ulster Way remains an unfinished product and one which is not fulfilling its potential to satisfy off-road long distance walkers or to boost walking tourism in the North of Ireland.
A number of initiatives and lobbying have already taken place but we now seek to take the matter a step further. We are developing a PowerPoint presentation which will give the background and history of the long distance route and highlight its potential for improvement. We will also learn from a member's recent walking experiences on the Ulster Way.
Now a regular Spring Meeting attendee, Niall Mc Aleenan from NI Environment Agency has agreed to come and give an overview of what has happened since the re-launch of the Ulster Way in 2009. He will also give NIEA's view on the future of the route taking into account expected budget cuts in the Department of Environment.
Although this will be an enjoyable get together, as always we do not want this to be solely a discussion that takes us nowhere. Our intention is that the meeting will inform and develop our thinking on the future of long distance walking in Northern Ireland and help build the UFRC campaign to "re-boot" the Ulster Way.
I know it is a busy time of the year for rambling clubs but a good turnout would be much appreciated. It would be especially good if we had at least one representative from each of our affiliated clubs to give us the widest range of contributions.


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Angel Spirituality [transcript]
Angel Spirituality
Podcast with Tehri Utriainen (5 June 2017).
Interviewed by David Robertson
Transcribed by Helen Bradstock.
Transcript available at: Utriainen_-_Angel_Spirituality_1.1
David Robertson (DR): I'm here in Edinburgh today. I'm joined by Tehri Utriainen, from the University of Helsinki, where she is Professor in the Study of Religions. And today, we're going to be talking about angels in kind-of popular spirituality, particularly in Finland, but hopefully also in a slightly larger context as well. So, first of all, welcome to the Religious Studies Project.
Tehri Utriainen (TU): Thank you so much David.
DR: Let's start just with . . . .Tell us a little about these angel practices, angel spirituality. You know – who are we talking about, what are the practices? Just set it up for us.
TU: Ok. Well my context, of course, is Finland but, as you said, it is more wide – you can find it elsewhere. You can find it in the UK. There's been studies done in the UK, the US, in Norway and in Estonia, for instance, recently. Whom are we talking about? We're talking about women. This is really the most extremely women-dominated religiosity that you can imagine. Usually people say that: in grassroots religion the practitioners are 60% female; in holistic spiritualities (if you want to use that term ) it's like around 80% – this was the Kendal Project numbers, for instance; and with angels the figures go much higher. They are over 90%, as far as my research is concerned. So we're talking about women interested in angels.
DR: What kind of women? Are we talking about the same sort of women that we would expect to find in holistic spiritualities, for instance? You know, generally, from the Kendal Project, for instance, mostly . . . kind-of middle class, fairly well-educated, fairly well-off – these kinds of things?
TU: "Fairly well" women! Yes. Yes, more-or-less, we are. Well, when we go to Finland it's perhaps a little bit different society from the UK. We like to think that we are more equal in the social way. We don't have these social strata as much as you have here. But it's a kind-of, you know . . . . We fool ourselves, of course, with these things, always. But it is middle class . . . I would say that it's mostly lower to mid-middle class, but all middle classes. But very varied educational backgrounds. A lot of women who work in caring and education professions, for instance. These women are also interested in other practices, not only angels, and all sorts of holistic practices. Something that all my interviewees mentioned, really, was like Reiki. Reiki healing is one form of energy healing which is now so popular in all of the Western world, I guess. It comes from Japan, and through Hawaii, but it's become popular all over. But these women with angels tend to be, I would say, a little bit more towards Christianity, because there is the central figure. But I see quite a variation with the people that I have interviewed. And I have made, also, a smallish survey and some of them consider themselves Lutheran – Lutheranity is our like home religion in Finland. But then, there is the other end who are kind-of completely disconnected from the church and have their background, for instance, in esotericism, theosophy, spiritualism, anthroposophy. But then, there is a third group of women who come from secular families and, at least, tell me that they don't really have very much religious background at all. And they got into religion through this.
DR: What sort of religious make-up are we talking about in Finland, just for the benefit of our listeners? I mean here, obviously, we're somewhere between 70-55%, depending on what part of the country you're in.
TU: Like, Church of England or those big churches, or altogether?
DR: Yes, well, the sort-of state churches, yes. I mean, England's sitting at about 65% and Scotland's a little bit lower about 58%.
TU: Yes. So the numbers go down regularly all the time in Finland, at the moment. And last year's survey gives us something like 72%, and the women a bit more than men. And then the next biggest church in Finland would be the Orthodox church, but that is a very low number of participants or members. (5:00) So we are a very Lutheran country, still, but the figures are going down.
DR: Part of the reason I asked that is that I have a kind of personal interest in this subject. Some people in my family are involved in this kind of stuff. My grandmother and my aunty – her youngest daughter – both do these kind-of angel cards. Now my family is not a strongly religious family, but have become so over time. My granny is now in her early eighties and she converted to Anglicanism when my grandad died, a couple of decades ago . . .
TU: Yes
DR: . . . whereas my aunty converted to Catholicism because she married an Irishman. So they're the two . . . they're really the only two properly Christian members of the family. They're different – you know, one's Protestant, one's Catholic – but they have these angel practices in common. Now, they're a little bit secretive about actually what it is. The few things I've been picking up is that there are some cards . . . . But as much as I got was that they sort-of identified with particular figures, and these figures were associated with various qualities, and colours, and things like that. Could you fill us in, a little bit, about that kind of aspect of the practical side of it – what it involves?
TU: Sure. First of all I want to say that I'm pleased that now, through my research, you get the possibility that you can learn something about your family members!
DR: Yes.
TU: I've had several men tell me, "Now I understand my mother better!" "Now I understand my sister better!" Or something like this, you know? Because they kind-of get a little glimpse of it. And then the women tell something about it, but don't open up the whole stuff, immediately. Yes, there are these practices and, the angel is a Christian figure, and we have all this Christian sort of mythology, and narrative, and image traditions on angels, the idea in Christianity is that angels are like Godly power and God gives us angels and angelic power when he wants to do [something]. [Whereas], this contemporary practice is much more practical for the women. It is practical religion: an everyday practical religion that uses several kinds of techniques and means. You mentioned cards – angel card reading is quite popular, and the first angel cards I met in Finland were cards coming from your country, in fact, or the US. Now there are also some indigenous Finnish angel card traditions, too. That goes a bit like Tarot card reading. You can either make a table of them, or you can just take one card for the day, or one card for a puzzling question that you have in your mind. And so, you read an enigmatic answer, just a word: the word might be like, "happiness"; the word might be, like, "balance"; or, you know, these kinds of things that you also might find in horoscopes. So that is one thing, but they also have their imagery. And, like you said, certain angels might be linked to certain colours, for instance, which might give this woman a kind of glance into her life. In the sense that when she learns – either though cards or through somebody – that her colour is linked to the colour green [for example], which would then, perhaps, be the colour of the Archangel Raphael, then, every time she's drawn to green she gets a message. So, it could go like this. But then there are meditations, several kinds of angel meditations, often like a visual journey: you are led to a sacred garden where you meet your angel; you talk to your angel; you ask something; your angel gives you a symbol or a word, or something; you are led back from the meditation; and then you are there, either with yourself or a group of friends – angel minded friends. And you integrate this thing that you got, and you relate it to your life's bigger or smaller things. And then, of course, this more-or-less . . . the thing that connects with this holistic milieu even more is the angel healing aspect. (10:00) There are angel healing courses, and you can learn to become a healer – a bit like a Reiki healer – who heals others or who heals yourself. The angel healing, as far as I know , is mostly used for what we might call emotional issues and emotional problems. And I think that this highlights the topic of emotions, and how important emotions are – perhaps particularly to women in the contemporary world – is extremely interesting because, then, it's related to the high numbers of depression and emotion work in very many ways.
DR: Yes. Which also might . . . . I think there's quite high rates of depression and suicide and stuff in some of the Northern European countries. But that trajectory of women and the kind-of therapeutic culture is very, very common. You see that a lot in . . . . Well, you see it a lot in the holistic, mind-body-spirit kind-of world, here. Particularly female, but you also see the same trajectory with men and also in the conspiracy theory world. I looked at this in my work, for instance, David Icke: his passage into conspiracy theory world was looking for alternative therapies to treat his arthritis. He ended up going to a medium who channelled messages to him.
TU: Yes. Mediumship is present here.
DR: But those discourses on healing, and on holistic healing as well – the idea that your emotions and your body are linked – are found right across that kind-of cultic milieu, not only in the more overtly spiritual aspects of . . .
TU: Definitely. I think of one other notion that is very, very closely connected to emotions- another "e" word is energy: emotions and energy. And the way that you can sort-of manage them, or you can make use of them, but you can also sort-of control them – like you said, channelling or something. Emotions, in my materials, are often considered as one sort of type of energy, one type of energy that works a lot in the human world. And as energy it's power and it can be used into good. But it can also be, sort of, if it's like all loose, it can do bad things.
DR: Yes. And, when we were talking about the colours earlier on, that's immediately what I thought of was the rays of the theosophical tradition – where the colours represent different frequencies of energy or different energies, you know. And that, by selecting a particular colour, you can encourage that particular emotion or energy. Which leads to my next question, which is: all of this stuff that you've been describing so far, from using cards for readings, healings, visualisation, the idea of correspondences of colours attracting particular energies, you know – even the use of cards themselves, and the association with therapeutic culture – this all seems taken exactly from 19th century esotericism, what we would call Western esotericism nowadays. Yet [it] has this Christian kind-of – I don't want to say veneer – but it's a Christian framing of those practices.
TU: Yes, well, there always was a kind of Christian esotericism as well. They have never been completely apart – even though, probably, some ruling churches and ruling theologies would like them apart – but there have been much more linkages. But I might also say that – particularly in the context of Finland perhaps, but maybe this applies even larger settings – esotericism earlier on used to be a bit elitist. It was not for everybody, for all the people in Finland, anyway, and openly, anyway. But now, what we see is something like the democratisation and popularisation of this esotericism, and bringing it openly in connection with Christianity.
TU: And this, of course, has to do with many things – like things that are marketed to us and how popular culture circulates. (15:00) But it also has to do with the grip of the church loosening: the church doesn't have the normative power any more in people's everyday lives. In Finland, for instance – perhaps here too, but in Finland – where the ruling church was the Lutheran Church, Lutheranity meant . . . . For those people who were not very religious or very pious, Lutheranity was mostly a normative system, saying what you do in public life, what you don't do, but this is less so now.
DR: I wonder if it's not only its normativity in the society, it's also the normativity of the scholars in the categories that we're looking at. I wonder if this stuff was always going on, but it was kind-of hidden from our view, because it wasn't considered suitable for us to look at, and so on.
TU: For the scholars of religion?
TU: Yes: because it was not funded, and it was not taken seriously; because it was not the serious religion, it was the fringe stuff. And I have seen a lot, and I suppose a lot of people have seen it, that bigger money always goes to religion which is considered as cultural heritage stuff, kind-of elevated, sublime thing, more-or-less. Whereas these hobby-level religions with their crazy knowledge systems . . .
DR: Yes. Well, there is a sense in which you get the impression that people think: "Well, we don't really want to encourage this . . . "
DR: "If we pay this too much attention it might be seen that we're taking it seriously."
TU: Yes. Exactly!
DR: So tell us, then, how did you get to looking at this stuff? What was your passage into this?
TU: My complete passage into this was that I was involved in a larger project, that was led by Professor Peter Nynäs in Abo Akademi university, which is a Swedish speaking university in Finland, in Turku. And I was lucky enough to jump on that project when it started. And the project was called Post-Secular Culture and the Changing Religious Landscape in Finland. And we wanted to look into the margins and outside fields from Lutheranism, and what was happening there. And we were several people and we had several case studies. We started to pick something that we were interested in, or something that somebody was already engaged with, or something, anyway, that could sort-of give us a good palette, a sort of mosaic-view to things that were happening. And since I was more-or-less kind-of a specialist, if you like, in women's popular religion . . . . It was not my own idea at all, but we started to think about: what is it that happens in this type of religiosity today? One possible thing would have been, like, healing and Reiki and stuff. But then we decided that angels were, just at that time, becoming so popular in Finland that we thought, "that opens up a window, through which we can see some interesting things". And so it happened. And some books came out and people got really interested in the angel stuff. And I had a lot of fun doing this for a couple of years. And still have, writing on it, fun in many ways. Not only in the hilarious way, but also that I had very nice fieldwork experiences and I learned very much about both the serious sides of religion and life, but also about the less serious sides of it.
DR: Tell us about how you went about the study, then. Was it predominantly kind-of ethnographic work?
TU: It was ethnographically oriented, multi-method stuff. I love working ethnographically, well. I went to . . . I collected . . . sort-of . . . just went to see what happened. And I took myself into those happenings and situations. Like, for instance, there was a yoga school, when I started my ethnography. In one yoga school they have their yearly "angel week". So I went through that week and saw how the angels popped into the yoga classes! Which was a good start, in the sense that it brought me into meeting young people – mostly young people – who were interested in this. So I couldn't work only with the idea that this is only middle-aged women, or women in their late-middle age and stuff. So I started with that and started to contact people. I used the snowball method to get interviews. I went for courses, I contacted people and said, "Can I come?" (20:00) And then there was this very popular Irish – I don't know how popular she is here, but – woman who writes autobiographies and the books where she recounts her life with angels, Lorna Byrne, whose books, just then, became translated in Finnish and who paid visits to Finland. And all the visits were sold out, there were 1000 women with a handful of men who came there (hand-in-hand with their female friends ) to listen to how this Irish . . . contemporary Irish mystic tells how she sees the place full of angels and describes people's angels. Well, I made a survey in one of her visits, wanting to know about the backgrounds of these women who came to listen to her, etc, etc. Then I sort-of followed the media reactions, I followed the church reactions. I did sort-of a multi-angle thing.
DR: So it was very much ethnography, then, in all of the senses it can be, so: sort-of qualitative interviewing, but participant observation and media discourse analysis as well.
TU: Yes and also the smallish survey – I had 263 answers, so that I could see the demographic things and stuff.
DR: And how did they take to you? I mean, how open about your research were you? And how interested . . . ?
TU: I was very open about my research. I was open even in the bigger settings. Particularly when I was distributing the questionnaire, of course, I told them what it was about. And I was open when I went to study an angel healer – that was the most participant part of it.
DR: Right.
TU: And well, they were . . . everybody was, at that time, so happy about this thing happening. And they probably considered me as a possible advocate for them, and taking the whole thing to the academy. I remember . . . may I tell you one nice interview situation where there was this woman who channelled angels?
TU: I knew that she channelled angels, and that was one of my reasons for contacting her. And she also wanted her husband to be in the interview, so I interviewed the two of them. Before we started the interview she said to me – we had a cup of coffee, we were at their home – she said to me: "What if my angel also wants to become interviewed?" – the angel that she channelled.
DR: Oh, so the angel was present, then?
TU: She said, "What if she comes?"
DR: Oh, what if? Yes.
TU: I said, "Well, I'm very happy of course . . . " and I tried to make a joke. I said, "I probably don't have the informed consent for the angel!" (Laughs).
DR: (Laughs)
TU: Because I wasn't prepared. I had two copies, you know. I had one for the husband and one for her.
DR: It would be an interesting subject to come up at the ethics commission . . .
TU: Well what happened after some time of interview, maybe one hour – it was one of the longest interviews that I made – she says, "Now, I think she wants to come, my angel wants to come." And I said, "OK." It was kind-of exciting, I have to admit.
DR: And did the angel contribute to the conversation?
TU: Yes! Then I have 40 minutes of interview with the angel in my tape.
DR: Oh fantastic!
TU: And after that the angel goes away, and the woman comes back, and we continue. And while the woman has a bit of difficulty – as her husband tells me – in coming back, resuming her own like mortal role, the husband gives me the explanation that, "Well it often is a bit difficult for her to come back after the angel has gone," because there is this liminal period. Well, what I have there is a sub-chapter in a book that I'm going to publish – in Finnish, unfortunately. But I have one sub-chapter interview with an angel!
DR: Fantastic.
TU: But that is kind-of a . . . that is interesting also, in the sense of: "What did the angel say, in the interview?" Well several things, but one important thing was that I had my small recorder on the table and the angel goes very close to the recorder and says, "And I want to say this to science, and please go and tell this to Abo Akademi of science!"
TU: So, it was a very intricate dynamics that was going on there. (25:00) Because was she making fun of me? Or was she really, like, making the angel meet science, not through just meeting the people, but mediating it. It was interesting. I haven't really found a way to talk about this so far.
DR: What that suggests to me is that, you know . . . . The spirit guide is often . . . there's a kind of yin/yang relationship, so they're like the animus and the anima in Jungian psychology or, you know, the various sort of spirit animals are often the opposite gender. So, if she is existing in the modern, rational, secular – well, supposedly so – world, then her spirit companion is the opposite.
DR: So, represents to her the spiritual world and that is one which is often set up against science: science as the disenchanted . . . you know, the "black iron prison".
TU: Yes, that's true.
DR: Whereas the spiritual world is the enchanted one and so, naturally, would be pitted against the rationalism represented by science.
TU: But there I had the two coming together, and the enchanted world coming directly to shout at the disenchanted world represented by the recorder.
DR: Yes. So the recorder is actually representing that as well, yes.
TU: The recorder is there as a hard fact there, and the angel goes into that hard machine.
DR: But happy to use science to make a point . . .
TU: Yes, but also . . .
DR: And capable of doing so . . .
TU: And very capable of doing so. Even considered that it was a small girl angel!
DR: Oh, ok!
TU: Six years old, or something like this. But, nevertheless, very skilful in that.
DR: So, for this woman, the angel was a child? That's interesting.
TU: Yes, this was a woman in her 50s and the angel was a female child.
DR: That's interesting. Because that's not usually the case, is it?
TU: Ah, the angel asked me that!
TU: "Do you know . . . Can you guess why I appear as a small girl?" And the answer was . . . .Well, I was a bit silly – I offered the answer. I offered my guess and she took it. I don't know, maybe I should have done something else, but I said, "Maybe it is because we are not afraid of children or small girls?" And she said, "Yes. The enormous power that I bring is kind-of less feared when . . . "
DR: She was in her 50s , you said? Had they had children?
TU: They had a child together: a boy – early teens. And one of them – I don't remember which one of them – had bigger children, too.
DR: Ah right, ok. But, generally speaking, the angel is a male figure.
TU: Often, in my material.
DR: And in my experience, as well. What is the appeal, then? Why is it the angel that's at the centre of this, not fairies, or dragons, or Thor, or Spiderman?
TU: It is . . . . Well, some of these women have a lot of things going on with a lot of other spirits, as well. But some – I might say that those who consider themselves mostly as Lutheran – they don't take other spirits as easily, but an angel is something that they allow in their lives. Well angels . . . I wouldn't mind having a male angel in my life, considering how beautiful they are, how wonderful they are depicted!
TU: They come with their baby faces, but they have strong, wonderful wings and things. And I sometimes play with this idea. Because, you know, in Finland we have . . . like, we think about the mortal men, like the normal, ordinary men. We have a big number of engineers. Engineers are considered, in Finland – this is a bit jokingly said – but men [who are], like, reliable and practical, but not so good always in talking about emotions, with the women.
DR: (Laughs) Yes. I don't think that's unique to Finland, to be honest.
TU: Maybe. So these women sometimes even talked about their men who sometimes really were engineers. And they were, sort-of, not replacing these husbands with these male angels, but complementing the scene with this figure which had something male, something masculine in it – a protective sense, for instance, but which was also the perfect male, in the sense that he understood their emotions. Isn't that good?
DR: Yes. It does make sense, absolutely.
TU: It does make sense. And yes, not all of them were male, but a lot of them were and it appeared that the Archangel Michael, who is the protector of soldiers, was pretty much popular.
DR: (30:00) Yes. There's going to be a class in here shortly, so we should wrap up. There are so many other questions I could've asked. I literally have a page of them written down in front of me, but I'm afraid we're out of time. Thanks so much for taking part in the Religious Studies Project. If you're interested in Tehri's work, do seek out her publications. And best of luck when the book comes out. I hope it comes out in English as well, later on.
TU: If you translate it!
DR: I'd have to learn Finnish first. We'll see . . .
TU: There are articles in English. Plenty of them came out recently: some related to ritual studies; some related to ritual and healing; and some related to more to general aspects, various theoretical angles.
DR: Fantastic. And if you're on the website, then the links below will guide you to them. But in the meantime, thanks for taking part.
TU: And thank you.
DR: Thank you.
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Note See note for GQFX. From Wave 15, A levels are recorded in two variables wQFEDXM (grades C-E) and wQFEDXN (grades A-B), correspondingly the numbers of A levels attained are recorded in wNQFEXM and wNQFEXN.
Note See note for GQFX. See also note for wQFEDXC.
Note See note for GQFX. General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQ's) done at school are included here.
Question Number and Text GD23 : What is your current legal marital status, are you . . .
Note In Wave 2 this question was moved to be a key routing question in Lifetime Marital History section. There are derived variables dealing with spouses employment near the end of this Record Type.
Question Number and Text GD24 : Has your marital status changed in the last year, that is since September 1st 1996?
Note See note for GMLCHNG.
Question Number and Text GD27 : In what year did you first come to this country to live (even if you have spent time abroad since)?
Question Number and Text GD30 : Could you look at this card (6) please and tell me which of these groups you consider you belong to?
Question Number and Text GD32NA : How old were you when you left school?
Question Number and Text GD32 : How old were you when you left school?
Question Number and Text GD33 : Could you look at this card (8) and tell me what type of school (you are attending/you attended last)?
Question Number and Text GD34 : (Interviewer check) Is respondent still at school?
Question Number and Text GD35 : Please look at this card (9) and tell me which, if any, of these further education institutions you have attended full-time or are attending?
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P.A.C.E.S. stands for Production of Artisanal Crafts for Empowerment of Society. Our mission is to produce exclusive & western designed handicrafts in a fair way and with the generated profits finance support-programs for vulnerable children in India.
In the first place, we are a fair-trade workplace of handmade textiles in Ranchi where underprivileged women are trained and employed. In Jharkhand thousands of girls are trafficked each year. We believe that by offering a decent job these women will less probably emigrate to the big cities in search of a better destiny where they often end up in situations of abuse or extreme poverty. By paying them fair wages we hope to enable future generations the chance for improved education and livelihood.
As a social company, Paces Crafts aims to double it's impact by investing all profits made in social projects that protect vulnerable children in need. Like this our artisans are not only empowering themselves and their families. They share their wins and invest in a better future for their own society.
Paces Crafts is founded by the Belgian non profit organisation Solid.
Solid puts people in the South on track to take their lives in their own hands and to make help, on term, unnecessary. Solid does this with hybrid organizations: sustainable joint ventures of responsible commercial entities and social organizations.
Solid Crafts is a subdivision of Solid. It establishes and guides sustainable handicraft workplaces where disadvantaged people can be employed in an honest way and where the focus is on highly qualitative materials and authentic handicrafts. Solid Crafts searches for conscious brands and retailers and organizes for them the customized production of highly qualitative and artisanal products by the Solid crafts workplaces.
Paces crafts produces exclusive handmade textiles for the export market. We develop custom made collections of conscious designers and sustainable brands abroad. This interesting meeting between international design and traditional textile techniques prevents hand craft skills from dyeing. With the help, technical input and marketing support from our Belgian founder SOLID we are helping communities to empower their entire society and to keep local craftsmanship alive.
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How often are Ghanaian gallbladder stones cholesterol-rich
Darko, R.; Archampong, E.Q.; Qureshi, Y.; Muphy, G.M.; Dowling, R.H.
URI: http://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/3072
BACKGROUND: Although the prevalence of symptomatic gallbladder stone disease in Ghana increased almost four-fold between 1966 and 1991, little is known about the composition of and aetiopathogenesis of these stones, nor about their suitability for non-surgical (dissolution) treatments. METHODS: To study this, gallstones from 67 out of 90 patients coming to cholecystectomy were retrieved and, based on their external appearance, classified provisionally as cholesterol(chol) (n = 8), black pigment (n = 28) and brown pigment (n = 31) stones. The gallstones were then homogenised, their cholesterol(chol) content measured chemically and the stones re-classified as cholesterol-poor (< 10% chol by weight), intermediate (10-75% chol) and cholesterol-rich (> 75% chol). The relationship between the initial and the definitive classifications was then examined and the biliary bacteriology (carried out on fresh samples of gallbladder(GB) bile obtained by fine needle aspiration) on gallstone composition, analysed. RESULTS: The external appearance correctly predicted stone composition in the 28 thought, initially, to have black pigment stones (all of whom had stones containing < 10% chol by weight, on chemical analysis) and the eight believed, originally to have "cholesterol" stones (all of whom had stones with > 75% chol) but it proved unreliable in the 31 considered, at the time of surgery, to have brown pigment stones (mean chol content 58+ SEM 35%; range 0-98%. By chemical analysis, more than half the patients 35 of 67 or 52% had cholesterol-poor stones, nine (13% of the total) had intermediate stones, while 23 (34%) had cholesterol-rich stones. Cholesterol-rich gallstones were also more frequent in women than in men (p < 0.03). Only nine of 43 patients (21%) whose GB bile was aspirated, had positive bacterial cultures. There was no obvious difference in stone composition between those with positive, and those with negative, cultures. CONCLUSION: Since the majority of Ghanaian patients with cholecystolithiasis have gallbladder stones with < 75% chol by weight, when active treatment is indicated surgery is more appropriate than dissolution therapy. However contrary to common belief, cholesterol-rich gallstones do occur in West Africa: 34% of the present series had stones with > 70% chol by weight.
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He hails from Hareid. He was interested in linguistics at an early age; during Norwegian classes in secondary school he read books in Greek and Esperanto. During his spare time he read Swahili. He combined the language interest with religious studies after a friend encouraged him to become a bible translator, eventually graduating from the MF Norwegian School of Theology with the cand.theol. degree in 1970. He also minored in Greek at the University of Oslo, as well as studying Latin and Hebrew. He was eventually given an assignment to translate the New Testament for the Norwegian Lutheran Mission, who found the official Norwegian translation too liberal. He was occupied with this translation from 1968 to 1973.
In 1973 he travelled with his family to work as a priest in Ethiopia. He learned both the Amharic and Oromo languages, and was later sent to work in the Sidama Zone. While staying here, he translated the New Testament into Sidamo. It took twelve years, and he was finished in 1988.
In 1989 Yri reached what he describes as a "crossroads" in his life. He left the Norwegian Lutheran Mission, and took up studies again at the University of Oslo. He ultimately took the dr.philos. degree in 1996, and in 2000 he was appointed as an associate professor. From 2002 to 2007 he conducted a large research project on languages in Ethiopia.
His marriage broke down in 1989, but he later remarried, this time to a Chilean linguist. This prompted Yri to learn Spanish, and to attempt to learn Mapudungun. Yri resides in Nittedal, and from 1998 to 2002 he was the local church organist there.
1 2 3 4 5 Toft, Martin (19 February 2009). "Den dansande misjonærlingvisten". Uniforum (in Norwegian). pp. 6–7.
1 2 3 "Kjell Magne Yri 60 år 5. november" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 29 October 2003.


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The Phases of Training Through to Performance. I used dDictionary.com for definitions.
Training is learning from the very beginning. Brand new trainees must have training and seasoned veterans of any given skill set must also go back to the beginning to ensure they are maintaining standards. The visit to the Training part of the job does not have to be extensive nor elementary, but it should cover all areas to ensure required procedures and techniques.
DrillMaster note: some people equate this with either training or practicing. Verb: Military. To instruct and exercise in formation marching and movement, in the carrying of arms during formal marching, and in the formal handling of arms for ceremonies and guard work.
So not all drilling is for "the carrying of arms during formal marching." We can then conclude that some drill is practice and some is training. It just depends on the need.
Noun: The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method as opposed to theories about such application or use. Verb: Perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency. A method of learning by repetition. Everyone needs to practice their skills, those in the military and the civilian workforce practice all of the time and when it comes to a sport or a hobby than one is passionate about, practice can make all of the difference.
Our job or hobby is military drill: exhibition, regulation and/or ceremonial and when we practice the skills learned in training, we cement those new or relearned actions, through the use of muscle memory, into our routine actions so that we can perform that skill (a flag fold or a certain segment in an exhibition routine, for instance) almost exactly the same each time.
Let's look at an exhibition drill routine. During practice, we can maybe feel that something is not quite or that if the rifle rotates another half-spin and it is then caught while the body is rotated to face this direction, then we can… I think you get the point. Practice helps us refine our skills that we learned during training and also helps us explore new options that we may not have considered before when we were just beginning to learn that skill. Practice and training can be interrupted again and again until the manual's or our level of perfection is achieved, depending on the skill.
No, it doesn't. Please reread the paragraphs above.
There is no "Perfect Practice." This is a fluffy statement reworded from the first statement that does not have a solid foundation. We learn in the training and practice phases.
Now you've got it. What you are trained to do and what you repeatedly do in practice, is what you will do in performance.
It is not just for dancers or musicians. If it isn't already, this term needs to be incorporated into your preparations for a performance. You may already be doing this, but you are just not aware of how different this term is from the others previously mentioned.
A rehearsal is when, after training and much practice you run through your performance (posting the colors, a regulation sequence, etc.) from start to finish without stopping. Here, you can look at timing and boundary issues, if there are any, uniform issues, procedures, etc. Practicing over and over is very necessary to create both muscle and visual memory and it helps to ensure that the team knows exactly what happens before, during and after the performance and rehearsing, usually in full uniform, is the means to ensure proper training and avoiding any pitfalls that may arise. Conditions for a rehearsal must be as close to the same as the performance as possible.
The moment has come and you have trained, practiced and rehearsed until you are able to perform in your sleep! Go do your job, and do it well!


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January 28, 2008 | By David Bianculli
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It's a crazy thing, in this day and age, to ask viewers to commit to. But between HBO's schedule of repeats, and online and on-demand availability, catching up is easier than ever. And In Treatment rewards that commitment, almost exponentially. The more you watch, the better it gets.
Monday is Laura (played by Melissa George), who has a crush on Byrne's therapist Paul. Tuesday is Alex (Blair Underwood), a bomber pilot back from Iraq. Wednesday is Sophie (Mia Wasikowska), a teen gymnast with two broken arms. Thursday is a couples therapy session with Jake (Josh Charles) and Amy (Embeth Davidtz), who aren't getting along. And on Friday, Paul sees Gina (Dianne Wiest), a therapist with her own issues. There's also Michelle Forbes as Paul's wife, Kate.
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And when a TV show crosses over into my "pleasure" zone, that's when I know it's something special. In Treatment is precisely that.
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I'm looking forward to this new series - maybe it will start to fill the huge gaping hole in my heart when The Wire is no longer. Speaking of shows set in the therapist's office, one of my favorite shows is a mini comedy called Head Case on the Starz network. Found it completely by accident. Alexandra Wentworth is hilarious.
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