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I fell in love with Spain in the spring of 2009. I was 22 at the time, finishing a Spanish degree while studying abroad in Seville, the capital of the country's southernmost region, Andalusia. A few weeks into my six-month tenure at the University of Seville, it became apparent that the class attendance policies were nearly non-existent in Spain compared to those enforced in the States. One professor went so far as to say, "If you don't want to come to my class that is fine. Here is the date for the final exam: you can come that day and take the exam and either pass or fail, it makes no difference to me." I came to understand this to be the norm, and my interest in going to class—which was already at an all-time low when I left the U.S.—seemed to vanish altogether, granting me an abundance of free time to explore my new home. I did not know it then, but the time I spent exploring the countryside of Andalusia would have a far greater relevance to my future career as an adventure photographer than the time spent reading sappy 17th-century Spanish love stories, and trying unsuccessfully to spark up romances of my own with the notoriously uninterested Sevillanas. There was much to appreciate about Spanish culture. Wine in particular. Many days were spent with feet dangling over the wall along the Triana river, with warm afternoons fading into fiery sunsets, the strange sounds and smells and sights rippling like heatwaves off the rooftops and through the palms. We eased into a rhythm that was distinctly Spanish—both in its adherence to the hours of siesta and its proclivity toward epicurean delights, subverting our deeply ingrained but hitherto unrealized Protestant work ethics. We attempted to shed our Americanness, dressing as we thought the locals did, speaking to each other in vaguely intelligible Spanish, joining local pickup fútbol matches, rooting for Real Betis, and in retrospect, remaining entirely and obnoxiously American. Months passed, and as the novelty of skipping class to share bottles of wine down by the river began to wear off, we searched further afield. The Motorcycle Diaries had become popularized as a movie the summer previous, and though it was not widely viewed in the States, the film had a profound effect on my friends and me. We naturally gravitated to the mopeds of the city. On one fine warm spring day, the words, "do you know how to drive one of those," answered with a devious and rather dishonest "yes," found my roommate John R Stevenson III and myself sputtering out of Seville on matching red 50cc mopeds. We had no idea where we were going but knew we were "getting out of the city," a feat that our classmates had heard us threaten to do for quite some time. Laughing, we joked that we were embarking on The Moped Diaries. Our trip was short (4 days) but impactful, as my journal entries attest: March 12th, Day 1: Leaving Seville. Lots of questions. Following John as he strangely weaves through traffic. Weaving sounds too graceful—imagine the way a drunkard weaves. As we strapped on our space helmets and filled out paperwork for the rentals he confessed that he'd never ridden anything more powerful than a bicycle before. Watching him now I wonder if he had even ridden that. Just moments ago we had spluttered out of the garage at Vespa Sur. These were no Vespas. We're talking bottom of the line gringo scooters. If they'd known what we planned to do with them I doubt they would have even given us these. Questions still churning. Amidst the jumble two resurface repeatedly: "Is John going to wreck?" and "How long until my moped breaks down?" Twenty minutes out and my moped is steadily losing power. We turn back and trade it in for a different one. Back on the road, John's moped splutters as he frantically swerves out of traffic and coasts to a stop. Neither of us is mechanically inclined, but eventually, we manage to figure out how to unscrew the gas cap and peer into the empty tank. Off the hellish freeway and still alive, we relax a little. Scooting into pastoral Spain, we can see the Sierras in the distance. Later tonight we'll be in the foothills. The sun gathers speed as it slides toward the horizon. Golden light twisting through ancient orchards of olive trees. Long after nightfall, we splutter into the quaint town of Arcos de la Frontera. Dinner is red wine, fried egg, bread, potatoes, sausage, chicken, salad, and flan. Street lamps guide us through winding cobble streets and the whitewashed houses situated atop the rocky tore rising out of the foothills. Friendly people, good food. We've arrived in the first of Los Pueblos Blancos. March 13th, Day 2: Winding up into the mountains, the country soon loses its soft pastoral feel and is replaced by rocky tores and gnarled trees twisting into dark tunnels. Chasing the last of the light up the mountain we emerge from the forest and out into the high tundra. Pulling out the camera for the 100th time, I convince John to drive back and forth along a winding stretch of road, leaving a trail of light through the dusk. Below the valley is in shadow. Ridges fold into one another, velvety shades of blue against the pastel horizon. We're nearing Grazalema, the next pueblo blanco, and our destination for the night. Stars are out now. Mountain stars, desert stars, call them what you want, they're the stars that are always there but can only be seen when you leave the lights of civilization and find those places where the air is clean and dry. March 15th, Day 4: Coming back down out of the Sierra Beticas the night is a swirl of smells. some familiar, some completely distinct and exotic. The ambiguity of the road at night brings back memories. Splashes of brightness in the pool of night. I'm a kid again, swept back along roads traveled with my family. The cool sweet smell of evergreen brings back the canyons of Colorado and Utah. A mix of exotic smells I can't quite place sweep me through the mountains of Chile and Peru...one memory connects to another, branching tangentially in the pool of light splashed out across the racing asphalt. Vague memories hide in the silhouettes of old drooping trees against the night sky. iPods off; I breathe in the night. New memories tucked greedily away. Mind clear and open. Midnight finds us back in Seville. Still vibrating from the road we stumble off of our mopeds and attempt to regain feeling in our limbs. Looking at each other across our scooters and from under our astronaut helmets we begin to laugh. It's a good laugh. The shameless laugh of one friend enjoying how ridiculous the other is, knowing full well he sees in him his own reflection. Looking back, I mark that trip—that experience of leaving the classroom and the comfort of the city, choosing the unknown over the expected—as a point that defined the beginning of my career as an adventure photographer. I felt a joy in photographing our journey and the people we met—a joy that was raw and life-affirming, in every sense alive, and alive in every sense. For the first time, I was able to see the threads of light and story clearly, to weave them in a way that was my own. I realized there was a synergy between my desire to explore the unknown and my desire to create photographs and tell stories. Returning to Seville, I managed to pass all of my exams, even finishing my degree with "honors," (an accomplishment which to this day makes me chuckle). Upon graduating that summer, I held close the feeling of freedom I had experienced during The Moped Diaries and knew that I would not soon return to the dusty pages of Siglo de Oro literature. Rather, I would spend the next eight years traveling the world in search of off the beaten track experiences and more importantly, people, with whom I could continue an education that began outside the classroom. Along the way, I have returned to Spain many times, and have come to the realization that the final exam is neither graded nor final, but rather is lived every day, an assignment limitless in the infinite opportunities of self-realization and human connection.
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I have added a few more observations to my post about my lexical-gustatory synesthesia. I keep noticing more examples of this phenomenon. I often find that the full extent of the various types of synaesthesia that I experience only becomes clear after I keep a record over a period of time.
A type of synaesthesia which I experience in which non-food words or names automatically evoke the concepts of particular foods: is lexical-gustatory synaesthesia an evolutionary adaptation?

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"I gave it a lot of thought," said Dougherty, a member of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. "The time is right. But I'm not done teaching and coaching."
GALESBURG - Tim Dougherty has resigned as Galesburg High School football coach after seven seasons.
Dougherty informed Galesburg School District 205 superintendent John Asplund of his decision Wednesday morning.
"I gave it a lot of thought," said Dougherty, a member of the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. "The time is right.
"But I'm not done teaching and coaching."
Dougherty's resignation comes just two days after GHS athletic director Jeff Flater informed the District 205 board of his decision to step down from the job he has held for three years.
In seven seasons, Dougherty led three Silver Streaks teams to the Illinois High School Association playoffs and he compiled an overall record of 29-38.
Galesburg's first playoff appearance under Dougherty in 2012 was their first in 10 years.
But highlight of his tenure with the Streaks came in 2016 when the team finished 8-3 - their most wins since 1991- upset undefeated and Class 5A's No. 1 ranked Peoria Central in the regular-season finale and beat Chicago Hubbard for Galesburg's first playoff victory in history.
A Peoria native, Dougherty previously had coached at Peoria Bergan, Edwardsville and Lincoln-Way Central before arriving in Galesburg in 2011.
He has compiled a 184-96 record over a 28-year career and was inducted into the IHSFCA Hall of Fame in 2009,
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A Need To Believe
More interestingly, as evidence of the continual warfare, cannibalism, and gory violence of both prehistoric man and current foraging societies piled up, it has been resisted in more and more strident tones. Anthropologists seem not to want to abandon the idea of man at peace with nature.
It's pretty easily traced to Rousseau's Noble Savage, plus a long string of European thinkers who noted the exploitation and violence of "civilised" man and saw it as something new. The imagined agrarian and pastoral utopias seemed to drive us to these edenic dreams. The concentrated carnage of two world wars and a hundred 20th C tyrants quite naturally suggested to kindly minds that there must be a better way, and that way lay in the opposite direction of technology and organisation. There may have also been guilt by Europeans around the exploitation and elimination of native tribes around the world, and a desire to disassociate oneself from the guilt by identifying with the superiority of the victims' culture.
But now we know. Many New World tribes practiced cannibalism. Modern hunter-gatherer tribes may engage in only low level warfare, but they do it continually enough that 0.5% of their populations are killed by warfare each year. That would be 30,000,000 people a year killed in war worldwide each year if that percentage held for the planet as a whole. Archaeological evidence suggests that early man suffered similar losses. The elaborate armor and large numbers of copper and bronze axes were held to be status symbols and forms of money. When 5000 y/o Otzi was discovered in the Alps in 1991, he was armed to the teeth, but anthropologists speculated that he was a shepherd who had fallen asleep on a trading mission and died peacefully. When X-Rays revealed an arrowhead embedded in Otzi's chest, archaeologist Lawrence Keeley noted wryly that if his suspiciously hafted axehead were his money, then "his dagger, a bow and some arrows were presumably his small change." A mead deal gone bad, eh?
Something similar happened to anthropologists about sexual mores, most notably when Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa came upon the scene. The need to believe that other societies were more sexually casual in contrast to rigid Western morality was powerful, and paralleled much psychoanalytic work in its conclusions. Mead and Freud are greatly undermined, if not outright discredited these days, and perhaps it is unfair to hold them especially responsible. The culture wanted to go in that direction, and so took what it liked from Maggie and Siggy and disregarded other writings of theirs which were less congenial to the age.
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- David Smith said...
We do tend to find what we're looking for, don't we?
But then, anthropology, sociology, psychiatry are sciences not too amenable to the "disprovable theses" form of science that we know from physics, chemistry, etc. That leaves the practitioners at the mercy of, well, lots of things.
I forget where I heard that histories tell us much more about the times in which they are written than the times of which they treat, but it seems like a useful insight.
- james said...
To be fair, some of the burial axes I saw pictures of do look stylized rather than useful, and some others are pretty clearly forms of money. The obvious question is "Why make money look like stylized war axes--unless you value war axes?"
- Roy Lofquist said...
A few years a team of forensic anthropologists examined the remains of pre-Columbian Indians. They found that fully 25% died of wounds inflicted during tribal warfare.
My freshman year at the University of Rochester I attended a Margaret Mead speech. Unfortunately, I don't remember a word she said. Years later, I find out that a researcher with U of R roots was at the forefront in discrediting Margaret Mead's research.


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Lee's Journal
Lee's journal is the last one for me in the circle journal/round robin. Her theme was 'What do you see when you look in the mirror?'
For my first spread I went with the obvious - I see me when I look in the mirror! Although I see a reflection of me, not the me that everyone else sees. I have to point out that this is not a self-portrait, though :) I don't like having my photo taken and my portraiture skills are pitiful, so this is just a representation of a woman perhaps looking at her reflection.
I have no idea at the moment what I will do for my other spread. It needs a little thought...
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Can we create course categories such as 'Active' and 'Templates'?
Can we create course categories such as 'Active' and 'Templates'?
We use "terms" and "sub-accounts" for development course and non-academic courses so you might explore using terms and sub-accounts for this need. Using sub-accounts for this would also allow you to set permissions different from your academic courses. We do not allow instructors to add students to development courses.
Appreciate the info but I'm not sure this will help me (I will admit I can't find where these settings reside).
What I want to do is create categories of types of courses on my dashboard to keep them separate between active and templates.
Hi, John, Robbie's answer is from an admin's perspective, but it sounds like you're an instructor. There isn't currently a way to create categories of courses for the dashboard, but the cards can be rearranged via drag-and-drop and nicknamed (with those names only visible to you) for better organization. For quick visual identification, instructors and designers can also add images to those cards and/or change the card color. These lessons should help:
How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor? (includes customization instructions)
Thank you Stefanie - I've already done all of that and I will change the pictures of my templates to 'TEMPLATE', haha. That should help!
John, honestly, changing the pictures to TEMPLATE is a great idea!
I found a feature idea associated with this that you might want to vote up: Customize the View in Dashboard


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According to Neil Armstrong's summary of Alexandra MacLean's paper at the 2018 CTF Annual Conference ("CRA Audits of Large Corporations – The view from ILBD"), CRA Tax Services Offices and programs are assessed by "tax earned by audit" for the purposes of allocating resources. The result, predictably, has been that auditors made adjustments that, too often, needed to be reversed by Appeals.
Although Ms MacLean's paper is about large audits, her observation seems apt for owner-managed businesses as well. Accountants who represent such clients have mentioned to me repeatedly a growing intransigence on the part of CRA auditors. I have encountered a number of audits where Appeals ended up making large changes because the audits weren't well founded in the facts or the law (or both).
Apparently the CRA is working to fix this problem. Ms MacLean also notes, however, that the CRA is dealing with statutes where there is "substantial interpretive uncertainty". She expressed confidence that the government would move forward quickly with a comprehensive review of those statutes for the purpose of reforming and simplifying them so that business owners and other taxpayers will have more confidence they are complying with the law when filing tax returns.
Ha ha ha ha. I made up that last part, of course. In reality, we'll be stuck with the patchwork mess that is the Income Tax Act for at least the remainder of my professional life.


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After Simon Peter makes his famous declaration that Jesus is "the Messiah, the Son of the living God," Jesus tells the apostle, "you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it" (Matt. 16:16, 18 NIV).
Jesus' reference to "this rock" has been the subject of much debate. The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares," The Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the 'rock' of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him the shepherd of the whole flock …" In other words, Christ named Peter the first in an unbroken line of popes.
Other interpreters say Jesus meant that He will build His church:
- On Himself (Jesus is "this rock")
- On Peter's profession of faith, or
- On the life and teachings of Jesus as revealed in the apostolic record
The third view has much to commend it. Christ's life and teachings are the foundation of the church. Ephesians 2:20 tells us Jesus is the cornerstone of the church. The prophets and apostles are the foundation as the bearers of God's revealed truth preserved in the Scriptures.
As Michael F. Ross writes in Christian Research Journal, "Peter became 'the rock' not as an individual with an office, but as the leader of the apostolic band of men who received and recorded New Testament revelation…. The New Testament knows no Head but Jesus Christ."
But there's even more going on here, particularly with respect to Jesus' reference to "the gates of Hades."
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Public Confidence and Debt Management: A Model and A Case Study of Italy
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- Alesina, A. & Prati, A. & Tabellini, G., 1989. "Public Confidence And Debt Management: A Model And A Case Study Of Italy," Papers 5, California Los Angeles - Applied Econometrics.
- Alesina, Alberto F & Prati, Alessandro & Tabellini, Guido, 1989. "Public Confidence and Debt Management: A Model and a Case Study of Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers 351, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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"Bank runs, deposit insurance, and liquidity,"
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- Calvo, Guillermo A, 1988. "Servicing the Public Debt: The Role of Expectations," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(4), pages 647-661, September.
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- Francesco Giavazzi & Marco Pagano, 1989. "Confidence Crises and Public Debt Management," NBER Working Papers 2926, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- Alesina, Alberto & Tabellini, Guido, 1988. "Credibility and politics," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(2-3), pages 542-550, March.
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Dubai-based ride hailing app Careem has announced the launch of an online delivery platform for goods and services.
Careem NOW is Careem's expansion into the food delivery market as the company expands its platform beyond ride hailing to payments, delivery and mass transportation, the company said in a statement.
It added that over $150 million will be invested in Careem NOW, which will initially launch in Dubai and Jeddah. Careem NOW will operate via a separate app - available for Android and iOS.
Adeeb Warsi, managing director of Careem NOW, said: "Careem NOW can do for food delivery what Careem has successfully done for ride hailing. Careem NOW will create awesome dining experiences, more employment opportunities and have a hugely-positive impact on the rapidly growing food delivery market as it's rolled out in each country.
"It's another new vertical from Careem as we expand beyond ride-hailing."
He said Careem's 33 million existing customers can add food delivery through the Careem NOW tech and enjoy the convenience of a single identity across Careem and Careem NOW.
Existing Careem customers will be logged onto the new app, and stored payment details and addresses will be automatically linked.
Careem NOW will be operated independently from the ride-hailing business, and delivery will work through both a marketplace and dedicated-fleet model.
Operating seven days a week - and in line with restaurant operating hours - the service will also have a dedicated call centre.
The pricing structure includes a customer fee for delivery. The zone-based launch will begin with Dubai and Jeddah, with Egypt and Pakistan to follow.
Warsi added: "Over 85 percent of the food delivery markets in our region still operates via traditional call-and-order methods. Through our extensive infrastructure network and technology, we can immediately offer a vastly superior service."
Food delivery in Careem NOW's target countries is predicted to become a around $25 billion market by 2022, he said.
Careem NOW follows on from the launch of Careem Bus in Cairo and peer-to-peer credit transfer as Careem expands into new verticals and building out its platform businesses.
In Dubai it will operate in Business Bay, Jumeirah 1, JLT, Marina, Tecom, Al Quoz, Diera, Garhoud, Motor City, Sports City and in Al Rawdha, Al Salamah, Al Naeem,Al Hamra, Al Andalus, Al Khalidiya, Al Safa, Al Zahraa in Jeddah.
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The Otoh Gunga Garden was the name of a hydrostatic bubble located in the central district of the Gungan city of Otoh Gunga on Naboo.
The premier sporting arena of Otah Gunga, the Garden could house tens of thousands of Gungans seeking to be entertained by a vast number of sports. Originally built to house bongo racing, A water filled race tube wrapped around the lower interior of the Otoh Gunga Garden and orb-shaped monitors were present around the arena bubble's ceilings that broadcast images for spectators to watch the event. The exterior of the Garden was lined with pits and garages, while ranks of bleacher seats ringed the circumference of the bubble. Private luxury boxes clung to the supports that soared up to the bubble's apex; the Boss and members of the High Council maintained their own boxes here. In addition to racing, the Garden came to support concerts, religious ceremonies, and political rallies.[1]


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In my art class I'm trying out making art dolls with the kids. I've never done it before so I'm anxious to see the result. So far it looks like it might be some interesting objects in the end. I showed the kids a lot of neat art dolls from artists on the internet to inspire them. We take photoes of our faces, print them out and transfer them onto fabric. Then we make a doll body design, embellish with buttons, colourful embroidery floss, ribbons etc. Then we sew the front and the back of the doll together on the sewing machine (big challenge), stuff them and close them off with a little hand sewing.
These are two body designs two of the boys chose. The one went for a snail shape and picked out some "gems" for a necklace. The other got inspired by the shape of many of the art dolls we looked at before we designed our own.These are waiting for face- transfers.
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Parliament cannot decide what to do about Brexit. The people have already decided but Parliament will not implement the decision of the people. Some scream "another vote, a people's vote, that is democracy".
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If you think American kids are ignorant about history, wait till you get a load of this historian.
Source:WSJ, 6-28-11
Andrew J. Bacevich: America Comes to Its Senses
Andrew Bacevich, a professor of history and international relations at Boston University, has an innovative foreign-policy theory. "At periodic intervals," he argues in a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece, "the American body politic" succumbs to "war fever," which he defines as "a sort of delirium" whose symptoms are "delusions of grandeur and demented behavior."
He offers a medical history beginning with the Spanish-American War: "Gripped by such a fever in 1898, Americans evinced an irrepressible impulse to liberate oppressed Cubans." Once it was all over, "no one could quite explain what had happened or why."
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Were they really? Half a dozen years ago would be 2005, two years after Iraq was liberated from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. By that time, there was no clamor for more "wars of choice." To the contrary, opposition was mounting to the continuing American presence in Iraq. The next "war of choice" didn't begin until just a few months ago, in Libya. (Bacevich obliquely acknowledges that last point, writing that "the post-9/11 fever . . . lingers most strongly in the Obama White House, where a keenness to express American ideals by dropping bombs persists"–though our recollection is that the "keenness" for intervention in Libya emanated from the State Department rather than the White House.)…READ MORE


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With such a lengthy post on myofascial release I would be remiss if I did not address the notion of breaking down adhesion. "An adhesion is an attachment of tissue at unusual non-anatomic sites which can be, vascular or avascular, innervated or not innervated."
There is little to no research that I am aware of that would indicate that massage therapy can manually break down mature adhesions. There is however literature to support the idea that massage therapy may be able to break down immature postoperative adhesions.
Research by Geoffrey Bove and Susan Chapelle has demonstrated that manual therapy has the ability to break down immature adhesions. A recent case study demonstrated the effect of manual therapy on immature postoperative adhesions. Susan Chapelle has posted a well put together summary of the latest evidence of massage therapy and the effect on scars and adhesions Susan Chapelle- Understanding and Approach to Treatment of Scars and Adhesions.
What is the Clinical Relevance Of The Fascial System In Massage Therapy?
The "fascial system" serves to provide a conceptual model by which to explain the function of the global fascial net during movement, including the interconnections of fascial tissues with joint capsules, nerves and intramuscular connective tissues.
One of the proposed dysfunctions is an alteration of loose connective tissue that may adversely affect the sliding motion of fascial layers, this may be due to age, trauma or inflammation. This alteration of loose connective tissue is described as a densification In The Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System.
Is a fascial densification the same thing as fibrosis?
Stecco makes a distinction between a pathological fibrosis and densification:
- Densification refers to an alteration of the loose connective tissue (adipose cells, glycosaminoglycans and hyaluronic acid) Densification can involve an alteration in the quantity or quality of the components of loose connective tissue and an alteration in fascial viscosity.
"Densification may affect the sliding and gliding of tissue. The different layers of the body contain viscous loose connective tissues that allow a gliding, sliding function, protecting sensitive neural structures, as well as facilitating pain-free, efficient movement and force transmission. Gliding function may be lost because of trauma, inflammation or aging, resulting in fibrosis, thickening, densification." -Pavan et al 2014
- Fibrosis is defined as an alteration of dense connective tissue, specifically a rearrangement of the composition and structure of the dense connective tissue.
Nerve Entrapment
Many cases of peripheral nerve entrapment occurs following a traumatic injury, this is often the case with the sciatic nerve in proximal hamstring syndrome. It could be argued that this thickening and entrapment of peripheral nerves is a development process, could manual therapy play a role in slowing or reversing this progression?
Over the last couple of months I have spent a lot of time reading and reviewing fascial research, this has changed the way I that I communicate with therapists and patients. Myofascial release is an effective treatment technique, the catch is that it may not work in the way some were taught. Over time the supportive theories behind techniques evolve or change completely, myofascial release is an example of this. Is the name myofascial release better used as an analogous term to describe a palpable change in tissue that is likely due to many overlapping responses? Namely:
- Contextual Responses
- Neurological Responses
- Mechanical Responses
These combined responses results in an increased pliability of soft tissue structures that often translates clinically into improved proprioception, increased range of motion and decreased experience of pain.
I am no longer frustrated when I get in heated discussions on Facebook, if someone can present a convincing argument I am willing to change some of my long standing views. Something I am still frustrated with is that there is a lack of resources available for massage therapists, hopefully this will change over time.


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In my carry on luggage is a little grey plastic box. On that little grey plastic box is a name. That name is my grandmother's.
The little grey box is filled with her ashes.
I am returning my Nan to where she was happiest in Bath, England via a trip to Paris.
Nan and I always talked about travelling Europe together. But life happened as it does and we never walked the streets we talked of.
My Nan was a rule breaker. She made unimaginably hard decisions to inhabit her own life on her terms…
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There are matches where neither player deserves to lose. I can safely say that this accords with that.
In this case, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, both vying for their first Tour Finals title, battled out an extraordinary match in the season-ending showpiece under the lights of the O2 Arena. Re-watch the magical three-setter's highlights from 2010 below.
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Well, that is a good song indeed. Like really good. Love nightcore sometimes. So used to the upbeat songs sometimes that when I listen to the originals I miss the upbeat tunes. I am an upbeat song person. Haha!
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Step Towards Transformation
1] Principle Of Purpose.
Purpose Means – The Original Intent For Your Creation.
Purpose Means – What God Intended For You To Accomplish.
Purpose Means- You Were Created To Do Something That God Had In His Mind That Only You Could Do.
When You See That Thing That God Wants You To Do , Then We Call That Thing As "Vision. "
What God Wants You To Do = Purpose.
When You See The Purpose = Vision.
Your Vision Is Much Bigger Than What Your Parents Think .
Your Vision Is Much Bigger Than What You Think
Even You Find Difficult To Believe Your Vision.
Everybody Thinks You Are Crazy.
When Everybody Agrees With Your Vision, Then It Is Not From God .
If Your Vision Is From God, Then You Have To Be Totally Rejected By People Before You Are Accepted.
Resistance Usually Is A Sign That You Are Right. Very Few People Have High Expectations Of You .
So Discover Your Purpose – So You Can Have A Vision
Bible Says In Proverbs 29:18 – ' Without Vision People Perish .'
Perish Means To Throw Off Discipline.
Discipline Means Self Imposed Standards On Your Own Life.
Self Discipline Is The Highest Form Of Discipline. ithout Vision You Cannot Have Discipline.
Purpose Helps You Determine What Is Right From What Is Good.
Bible Says in 1 Cor. 10:23 ' All Things Are Good But Not All Things Are Profitable.'
So, Go To God For A Purpose And Have A Vision .
2] Principle Of Passion
Passion Is A Desire That Is Stronger Than Death .
Passion Is The Energy That Is Created By Purpose And Vision.
Passion Is A Commitment Which Is Beyond Resistance.
Passion Never Takes " No" For An Answer.
Passion Is A Spirit That Says To Life- " I Am Going To Live You – Until I Finish You"
Passion Is Created By A Purpose That Is So Strong That Not Even Death Could Stop It's Urge.
When You Are Obligated [Passionate]. No One Can Stop You .
When A Person Discovers His Purpose A Passion Rises Up Within Him .
3] Principle Of Planning.
Proverbs 16:1 Says The Man Writes Down The Plan.
Whatever Your Vision Is- Put It On Paper.
If You Don't Have Plan On Paper You Will Fail.
Proverbs 16:9 Says Man Puts The Plan On Paper And God Directs The Steps.
In Other Words If You Don't Have A Plan, God Has Nothing To Direct.
So, If You Are Not Moving Towards The Goal By Writing Your Plan, God Cannot Direct You.
The Bible Says In Habakkuk 2:2-4 To Write The Vision .
We Don't Succeed In Life. If We Don't Know What To Succeed In.
Proverbs 16:2 Says Make Plans According To The Purpose God Gave In Your Heart.
Proverbs 16:3 Says – Then Commit That Plan To The Lord & Then Your Plans Will Succeed
4] Principle Of Connecting With People.
You Cannot Be Successful Without People.
However You Have To Be Careful, In Connecting To The Right People.
Do Not Think That God Want To Fulfill Your Dream By Your Self.
5] Principle Of Persistence.
Persistence Means A Consistent Insistence That You Have – For What You Are Going After.
Persistence Means You Refuse To Stop, Even When There Is Opposition.
People Who Are Persistence And Passionate Are Motivated By Trouble.
They Get Excited By Resistance.
You Can Only Be Persistent, If You Are Convinced That Which You Are Going After Belongs To You
Matthew 7:7 Says Ask, Seek And Knock .
6] Principle Of Prayer.
Prayer Means To Commune.
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Dr Duverger is the president of PhD Consulting LLC, a boutique research firm focusing on quantitative marketing analyses in general, and on travel and tourism specifically.
Dr Duverger is also a Senior Research Scholar at the George Washington University's International Institute of Tourism Studies. In addition, he is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University where he directs the Master of Science in Marketing Intelligence program.
His research focuses on service innovation and quantitative methods with an emphasis on tourism and hospitality. Dr Duverger has published in the Advances in Consumer Research, Creativity and Innovation Management, the International Journal of Market Research, the Journal of Travel Research and the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research.
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Employee Benefits for small businesses are just as important as they are for big businesses, but not many small business owners provide their employees with a benefits package.
Often, smaller businesses find that an employee benefits package clashes with a limited budget, making it difficult to give the business the competitive edge it needs to attract new talent. However, cost isn't everything when it comes to employee benefits.
With 60% of UK workers unsatisfied with their workplace benefits and only 39% of employers aware of their workers' general dissatisfaction, we're facing an employee engagement crisis in progress in the UK
Employee benefits can play an important role in resolving this problem, but for most businesses the solution isn't as simple as throwing any old perks at employees.
With the right choice of employee benefits, employers can improve employee job satisfaction, motivate them, relieve stress, and improve productivity, all of which contribute to an overall happier and more productive workforce.
However, while big companies are able to give their workers the world, small businesses usually only have a small budget, which can make small business employee benefit packages somewhat limited.
A good work-life balance is very important to a healthy employee and a productive workforce, but UK employees are seriously deprived of this.
25-34 year workers in the UK have it worst of all, spending an average of only 4.8 hours a day indulging in leisure activities, not including time spent eating, sleeping, or doing household chores.
Presenteeism, especially, is becoming a serious problem in the UK, where employees feel so pressured to be present at work that they come in even when they're ill or when they are supposed to be taking their holiday.
This can lead to burnouts and health problems in the long run as well as cause stress related problems.
Mental health in the workplace is becoming a serious issue in the UK where work-related stress, anxiety and depression now account for 15.4 million working days lost each year. But, with a better work-life balance and encouragement from their employers, employees can expect to see improvement in the quality of their work and the quality of their life outside of work.
A better work-life balance is able to reduce stress in employees, reduce health problems, and improve productivity, leading to a generally happier workforce.
Small business employee benefit options that can improve work-life balance start, quite simply, with giving employees more time off and more control over when they work. When employers set strict work hours with no leeway, employees may find themselves missing out on a lot of opportunities outside of work. At the same time, with such a limited holiday allowance employees may feel to nervous to actually use their annual leave in case their allowance runs out too quickly.
44% of HR professionals believe that employees are lacking the support they need to thrive which is one thing that employers need to provide if they hope to increase employee engagement.
Only 8% of UK employees said they feel enthusiastic about their work and work environment, which is something that all employers should be concerned about.
Employees who aren't enthusiastic about their work often grow bored and move on, damaging your small business's employee turnover rate. That's why employers need to think more about how to make their work environment more enjoyable for employees rather than focusing on purely optimising their workforce.
Employee engagement is all about employees associating the success of the business with their own success and sharing in a business's values. In order to do that, small business owners need to make their employees feel that they are a part of the business.
Employers can get their workers engaged with employee benefits that have the purpose of rewarding employees and showing appreciation. Some of the top companies go above and beyond to make sure employees know that they are valued.
When it comes to similar employee benefits for small businesses, something as simple as a company get-together can be the first step to showing employees that they are valued. Of course, employees' opinions need to be heard when it comes to planning such events or when deciding what kind of rewards they would prefer. If not, employers run the risk of taking away their voice.
Short-term rewards, as one might expect, will not have the same effect as long-term rewards. That's why development and growth opportunities are so important in small businesses.
An important part of keeping your employees engaged with your small business is making sure employees have room to grow. Without opportunities to expand their knowledge or take the next step in their career, people can feel stagnated, which can be reason enough to leave despite how much they might enjoy their current workplace.
Parents – and single parents in particular – are struggling to find a good balance between their children and their careers and inflexible or long work hours and expensive childcare seem to be the main culprits.
Even with both parents working full-time and paying only the average cost of childcare, families can expect to spend as much as 45% of their disposable income on childcare.
This may be the reason why many men don't take advantage of paternity leave and why many women choose to work only part time; that is, if they are able to return to work at all. 42% of single parents that are out of work were not working for childcare reasons despite 84% of non-working single mothers saying that they want to get a paid job, become self-employed or train.
Despite this, too few businesses offer the right provisions to new parents and carers to help them strike that important middle ground where they can pursue a career at the same time as support their loved ones.
36% of single mothers say that they would work more hours if they had easy access to good quality childcare, which makes a good argument for why employers might want to help employees get the childcare they need. These can be done with stipends, vouchers, on-site facilities, or something as simple as information that parents can access to find childcare in their area.
At the same time, employers can reduce the cost of childcare for parents by introducing flexible working and the option for employees to work from home.
Flexible working has a range of benefits beyond simply giving parents more time with their children, with 70% of workers say that the offer of flexible working makes a job more attractive to them.
Not only does flexible working allow parents the freedom to arrange their work schedule around the needs of their children, but also promotes a better work-life balance. Employees can pick up and drop hours to allow themselves time to do the things they want rather than remain consistently chained to their work for the majority of the day.
The UK currently has a serious health problem. In 2016 26% of adults in the UK were classified as obese; meanwhile, 21% of men and 25% of women were classified as inactive, meaning that they have not made any efforts at all to exercise.
Physical inactivity is known to have a range of consequences and can contribute to the development of serious health problems. It's estimated that inactivity is responsible for up to 14.1% of breast cancer cases as well as up to 13.8% of colon cancer cases worldwide.
There are a lot of reasons behind some people's lack of activity, ranging from health problems to a lack of time. However, there are a few minor things that employers can do to motivate their employees to move more.
People that are regularly active tend to experience fewer health problems than people who don't. Not only that, they tend to have more energy and individuals with mental health problems see their symptoms noticeably reduced when they take up regular exercise.
Benefits like discounted gym memberships and healthy snacks can act as minor gateways to a healthier lifestyle for employees, but only if they are effectively promoted. Without employers encouraging employees to get outside more often and giving them enough freedom to do so, these benefits may only go to waste.
All of these health benefits can translate into positive changes in the workplace; from improved focus and motivation to reduced absences. A benefit like Group Health Insurance can also reduce the duration of absences, helping employees resolve health problems sooner with fast treatment arranged around their schedules.
Group Health Insurance will fast-track employees' recovery by covering the cost of private treatment. It can also provided added cover for day to day checkups and even cover employees' families.
Money worries are the biggest cause of stress both inside and outside of the workplace. More than one in five UK employees feel stressed because they worry about their finances.
This may have something to do with the 1 in 4 people that have less than £100 to save at the end of the month or the 1 in 4 Britons with a mortgage of at least £100,000 left to pay.
Worrying about existing debt and / or potential debt can take up a lot of energy and have a variety of negative consequences, particularly on an employee's mental health. In this instance, there are a few valuable employee benefits that small businesses can offer that don't cost very much but can make a great difference.
Group Life Insurance is one the most popular employee benefits to offer because Life Insurance is inexpensive while also highly valued. Upon the death of an employee it will pay out a multiple of their salary, which can provide some comfort that their families would be taken care of if the worst were to happen.
This can be a highly appealing benefit for employees that have a family they need to support, especially if they are one of the 36% of people that don't own Life Insurance.
In the case of particularly small businesses with fewer than 5 employees, Relevant Life Insurance would be the better option over Group Life because it covers employees on an individual basis rather than as a group.
For other situations, where an employee is too unwell to work or has sustained a serious injury, there is Group Income Protection. This product will pay out monthly benefits to incapacitated employees equal to a percentage of their pre-tax salary.
This type of Small Business Insurance is capable of reducing some of the worry of being able to afford the basic cost of living if an employee is unable to work.
Group Life and Group Income Protection policies are also usually accompanied by Employee Assistance Programmes. These programmes come at no extra cost and offer employees valuable services they can turn to for support and help.
One of the most common benefits of these programmes is a helpline for employees where they can receive advice and information about personal debt, stress, and basic medical advice. These can be invaluable in helping employees avoid difficult situations and better manage their finances.
On the other hand, benefits like increased pension contributions and student loan support can reduce debt and boost savings, which are both important to financial wellbeing.
While Small Business do face certain constraints when it comes to putting together a good employee benefits package, budget shouldn't be one of them.
There are many ways that employers can be creative with their perks that won't require them to bankrupt their business just to reward their workers.
The best solution to the problem is to get your employees involved in the process. The best employee benefits aren't the most extravagant, but the ones that match your budget and the demographic of your workplace.
That is why it is vital that small business owners make an effort to understand the needs and interests of their workers before making big employee benefit decisions.
In addition, it pays off to find employee benefits that can reward employees in more way than one, like Group Insurance.
While standing desks and cinema tickets might be able to draw in new employees, it's the long term benefits like Group Health Insurance that make employees' stay and help them feel that they are getting more out of their job than a simple salary.
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In the nearest future, relations between Ukraine and the EU might suffer significant crisis.
The cause is the last week approved bill №6382. This document provides a correction of the final provisions of the law "On amendments to some laws of Ukraine on reduction the deficit of scrap in the domestic market."
In other words, 260 deputies voted for the extension of the increased export duty on scrap metal by two years. For two years this fee will be not 10, but 30 euros per tonne.
The application of the EU Delegation in Ukraine, announced on the eve of the vote, did not stop the MPs. They stressed that such a move would violate the agreement with the EU on abolition of these taxes, and expressed hope that the Member of Parliament would respect those international commitments publicly taken by Ukraine, "and would avoid another bilateral trade dispute with the EU."
As of one of the authors of the bill described the initiative, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship Victor Halasyuk, raising taxes would increase revenue at about $ 1 billion a year to give weapons to Ukrainian army, supply Ukrainian steelmakers with raw materials , to create workplaces for Ukrainians.
Characteristically, when discussing the draft, Cabinet's position on this issue was not mentioned - representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development have not been delegated to this discussion. Moreover, if a year ago, the ministry described the increase in duties on scrap metal as a gross violation of the Association Agreement with the EU, now the Ministry decided simply "not to see" it.
Instead, the only person who mentioned the violation of the Association Agreement with the EU and WTO rules, was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration Maria Ionova. In her estimation, "adoption of the bill at this stage without consultations took place due to the risk of new trade disputes and irritants in relations with the EU and WTO members."
Finally, when discussing the deputies went to some manipulation. The gist of it was that the implementation of Ukraine's international obligations considered only in the context of WTO rules. In this regard, Viktor Halasyuk argued that raising tariffs is consistent with the principles of world trade, within the scope of Article XXI General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the WTO "Security Exceptions".
Corresponding analysis commissioned by the authors of the bill has been conducted by Van Bael & Bellis (Brussels). According to its findings, the use of art. XXI GATT has very few precedents, and therefore we cannot speak on violation. But the debate completely ignored violations of the Association Agreement with the EU! And despite the fact that the increase in fees is contrary to the basic principles of this agreement, the parties have performed only liberalization of their bilateral trade conditions.
But why the EU reacted so sharply?
The issue of duties on scrap metal does not become a problem between Ukraine and the EU for the first time. In April 2016, the Council first raised the export duty on ferrous scrap from 10 to 30 euros per tonne for three years. This initiative actively lobbied by the Ukrainian metallurgists who claimed that the export of scrap significantly increases the cost of steelmaking in Ukraine and, consequently, reduces the competitiveness of Ukrainian steel on the world market.
The EU perceived this initiative negatively, saying that it violates the "spirit" of the Association Agreement. Finally, the law was vetoed by the President Petro Poroshenko. He offered to present a bill to another edition, agreed with the EU.
A year ago, sources in the European Commission assured that they received clear guarantees directly from Poroshenko that the duties would not be extended.
"We agreed on the introduction of temporary duty to let Ukrainian industry better adapt to new conditions. However, there was clear agreement - increased fees only for one year," say now the European officials. According to them, the European Commission would appeal to Poroshenko to veto the law.
What if it is not vetoed and comes into force? What can the EU do in this situation?
First of all, to challenge those duties. This appeal can take place both in the WTO and through dispute resolution mechanisms under the Association Agreement with the EU.
The second option is much more dangerous for Ukraine. Consideration of the conflict within the WTO takes 1.5-2 years. It is possible that in this case the decision will be made after the expiration of the increased duties. Ukraine-EU Committee must act much more quickly.
Finally, the EU has many extra tools of influence.
In particular, granting Ukraine the new autonomous preferences might be frozen – additional export quotas, the adoption of which is at the final stage. Adoption of these preferences, according to the Agriculture Ministry, will help Ukrainian agricultural producers to save $ 180 million a year.
But most importantly - Ukraine has once again appeared as unreliable partner that violates its commitments, waiting for the permanent concessions from the EU.
It is worth recalling another problematic point in the relations with the EU - a moratorium on the export of raw timber (by the way, when discussing raising taxes this moratorium was mentioned as an example of the protection of national interests). Ukraine introduced it to support domestic producers, but the EU constantly justifies its ecological considerations.
Finally, the positive effects of the moratorium was lower than expected. But despite previous statements, the EU agreed to give Ukraine the second tranche of macro-financial assistance without lifting the moratorium.
However, the possibility "to deceive the EU" can play a cruel joke with Ukraine. In this case, Ukraine losses might be greater than the promised additional revenue from the higher taxes.
And finally, speaking about the support the domestic industry, in this case - metallurgy. Indeed, the problem of scrap export abroad is a sensitive topic for the domestic industry. Without the use of scrap the cost of Ukrainian metal increases significantly. Accordingly - its competitiveness drops. This is a real problem. But what was done for the sake of overcoming it? In particular, during the last 12 months?
Ukrainian authorities made arrangements for this year transition period as a compromise, to have some time to solve this problem. If this period is not enough, then what is the guarantee that the problem will be solved in the next two years?
And most importantly - if the problem was more acute because there is a need to increase this transitional period, why the government did not go for such consultations with the EU? Perhaps because no work has been conducted?


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Take these ruby seeds and plant them at the corpses of any dragonkin that you come across. Twilight or Vermillion, whelping or dragon, it matters not. We need to see that their bodies are returned to the earth so that life can continue to flourish.
In death, there should always be new life. This may be our one consolation during times of war and great tragedy.
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Use Exercise Testing for an Estimation of a Oxygen-Power Exchange at Patients of High Anesthesiology-Operational Risk
Heading: Anaesthesiology and Reanimatology Article type: Original article
Authors: M.V. Prigorodov, DM. Sadchikov
Organization: Saratov Military Medical Institute, Saratov State Medical University
It is lead randomized prospective research with the double "blind" control over 228 patients of high risk (ASA>III), undergone long and traumatic to operations on bodies of a breast and a stomach. Have excluded from research 133 patients. The staying 95 patients have divided into groups without complications and with complications (accordingly 51 and 44 patients) which one day prior to operation have carried out exercise testing. Investigated: ADP, CPRV, SI, a arterio-ve-nous difference on oxygen, delivery of oxygen to fabrics, consumption of oxygen in fabrics, factor extraction oxygen in tissue, a power exchange. In reply to exercise testing in both groups growth of SI is marked due to a tachycardia and falling CPRV which in group of complication remained above norm. In group without complications it was normalized FEO, 6-v the difference on ą× became higher than norm, in other group ŌĆö FEO and ą▒-v a difference on 02 began to exceed norm, and consumption of oxygen has grown almost in 2 times. After exercise testing ą▒-v a difference on 02 and consumption of oxygen were essentially higher in group with complications. The total of complications made ŌĆö 53, respiratory ŌĆö 16, inflammatory ŌĆö 23 and purulent ŌĆö septic complications ŌĆö 14. Clinically important connection (p=0,06939) perioperative complications with growth a-v differences on oxygen and a power exchange is received
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We then looked at the effect of the economy on membership. Frequently the bogeyman for many things that ailed CSI, I think it is obvious that only rarely was there a correlation between the economy and CSI membership. In some cases, membership grew dramatically during and after recessions. More significantly, upturns in the economy did not result in a return of lost members.
I did not mention a couple of other suggested reasons for membership decline. Some blamed it on member classification, arguing that people didn't want to join an organization that supposedly discriminated against its own members by referring to some as professional, the implication being that other members were less than professional. The membership application form was another target; supposedly, it was too difficult to figure out. Both of these issues were addressed with no discernible effect on membership.
As noted in previous articles, CSI had a lot to offer for many years. The problem now is that we have little to offer that is seen as critically necessary or unique. Organization of construction information, at least in written form, typically follows MasterFormat and SectionFormat, and there has been an increase in the use of UniFormat. Commercial guide specifications are available from BSD, ARCOM, Kalin Associates, SpexPlus, and others, so there is at least a perception that specifications are "taken care of" and they no longer require much attention. Although specifiers often complain about them, manufacturers' specifications are much improved and generally require only simple modifications to be useful.
Because of CSI's success in those areas, and because it has not moved on from them, we don't have much to offer in the way of creative activities. We have gone from an active organization, with many ways to contribute to construction documents and processes, to an organization focused on maintaining what already has been done. That does not mean that maintenance is not important or challenging work, but it's not as enticing as working on new programs.
It's not that there is nothing more to do, or that new programs haven't been proposed. Even ignoring the missed golden opportunity to continue doing what CSI had done best by organizing building modeling information, members have made many interesting suggestions. Here are some of the more recent programs, all of which were initiated just before or since our peak membership.
- 1997. Contribution to the Uniform Drafting System, maintenance status.
- 1998. PerSpective. Sold to BSD.
- 2004. UDS Certification Feasibility Task Team, terminated.
- 2008. GreenFormat. Updated 2014, little activity since.
- 2009. Practice Guides (updates of PRM/MOP), published.
- 2011-2012. Body of Knowledge Assessment. Used by task teams to determine essential information.
- 2013. Building Technology Education Program Feasibility Task Team, terminated.
What else can CSI do? Michael Chusid offers some interesting thoughts.
- Create a replacement for the moribund spec-data format for technical information that addresses current concerns and both print and digital delivery.
- Create standards for incorporating meaningful product information into BIM.
- Continued training of newcomers to design, construction, and building management industries in contract documents.
- Tools to help coordinate and improve the accessibility of the incomprehensibly broad range of data necessary for construction.
- Assess how robotics, 3d printing, holograms, smart buildings, etc., will affect the roles and responsibilities of the players in the construction team.


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Stand where Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office. Gaze at the terminus of the Erie Canal. Wander through a fort that played a pivotal role in the French and Indian War.
Western New York's rich history is told at heritage sites throughout the region. These include:
Site of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
A 300-year-old National Historic Landmark.
Incomparable beauty and the final resting place of some of Western New York's most notable citizens, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore.
The Greek revival mansion where Roosevelt was sworn in as president after William McKinley's assassination.
The nation's largest inland floating history museum.
A major shipping portal that was a principal force in transforming Buffalo from a frontier village into a thriving commercial and industrial metropolis.
Within 90 miles of Buffalo, there are more than 650 life sciences companies, many of which collaborate with local research and academic institutions in a variety of industries, ranging from medical devices and biomedical informatics to drug development and biotechnology. These include more than 160 biomedical firms in the Buffalo Niagara region that employ more than 6,000 people.
The Buffalo Niagara region has nearly 1,000 life sciences graduates each year, plus tremendous academic and research talent in the neighboring areas of Rochester and Syracuse, New York and Toronto and Southern Ontario.


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Podcast: Dr. Caroline Leaf on Creating a Positive Community Mindset
As humans, we are wired for community. But isolation is reaching epidemic levels in our modern world. Dr. Caroline Leaf is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist. She has authored numerous books and travels the world as a speaker encouraging people to seek community to improve their mental health.
In this episode of the Leadercast Podcast, we spoke with Dr. Leaf about controlling our thoughts, the mind-brain connection, the importance of self-regulation and the power of a positive community mindset.
Dr. Leaf's Background
As a communication pathologist, Dr. Leaf has a deep understanding of how the mind influences the brain. This particular field of study covers a wide range of subjects, including aiding those with communication or learning issues.
On the neuroscience side, Dr. Leaf has studied the mind-brain connection. This includes the science behind how humans have control over their thoughts and how the brain physically responds to those thoughts.
Dr. Leaf has used her degrees to help people understand that regardless of how unpredictable their life may be, they do have control over their response to their environment. She's helping individuals become stronger in order for them to, in turn, build healthier communities. "You can control your reactions to the very unpredictable nature of life," she says in the podcast. TWEET
Positive vs. Negative Communication
Realizing the level of control we have over our thoughts is the first step in understanding we can control our response to our environment. The pervasive message in today's society is that we don't have control over our brains. This idea that we are a victim to our biology takes away people's autonomy, and is scientifically inaccurate; we have a tremendous amount of control if we choose to use it, and that starts with our communication.
Communication involves words and sentences, but 50 percent of communication is nonverbal. Our nonverbal communication conveys the attitude behind what we are saying, and our words don't always match our attitude. When our attitude is negative, but our words are positive, people can pick up on this inconsistency. It is always best to be consistent in choosing our words and attitude.
Integrity and Self-Regulation
We may have control over our thoughts, but most of us don't know how to do it. As Dr. Leaf says in the episode, the reality is that we are able to think, feel and choose. Our thoughts are the nonphysical part of us; our mind in action. Our brains physically react to thoughts (in chemical and electromagnetic ways) by growing structures in our brains, and those become the root of our communication.
"As humans, we are able to literally monitor and self-regulate what we're thinking, what we're feeling and what we're choosing," says Dr. Leaf. TWEET
The amazing thing about humans is that we have the ability to self-regulate and choose what thoughts we entertain in our minds. We can stand back and observe our reactions. We can choose to reframe a negative event into a positive one and respond differently in the future.
So how do we control our thoughts? The first step is to observe the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. It is a uniquely human ability.
Community Mindset
Even if we are able to self-regulate and observe our thoughts and feelings, the basic truth remains: Humans can't operate in isolation. The biggest part of what Dr. Leaf calls a community mindset is that humans are designed for connection.
For example, the United States is a very individualistic culture. This contrasts with many other countries of the world such as Russia, China or Japan where people will flock to community when they need to reset and recharge. The U.S. tends to "do things for ourselves," but studies are proving that is not making people happy.
Community plays a vital role in mental health. We are social animals, and time in community corresponds with very positive physical and mental benefits.
Dr. Leaf gives a wonderful example of a farmer in Cambodia who unfortunately lost his legs in a explosion. This man wanted to still farm his land, but became depressed when he realized he wasn't physically able to any longer.
His community rallied around him and discovered that he was depressed because he was isolated and no longer felt valuable. His community recognized that he was depressed, reached out and intervened. They purchased him a cow so that he could transition to a new type of farming and he soon felt like he was doing meaningful work again.
Practical Tips
Dr. Leaf shares two practical tips for everyday life to improve self-regulation efforts and overall mental health:
1. Be intentional. You can control your mind, and you are not a victim of your biology. Self-regulation means a deliberate effort to control what we spend our time thinking about.
2. Adopt a multiple perspective advantage. This means we have the ability to step back and observe our own thoughts. This is not a quickly learned skill, but the more you do it, the more you will improve.
How are you establishing community? Are you asking co-workers to lunch instead of working through your lunch break? Start to observe your thoughts and attitudes this week; you have more control over them than you think!
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This post is based on an episode of The Leadercast Podcast with Dr. Caroline Leaf, communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist. To find out more about Dr. Leaf, visit her website and join her at Leadercast Live 2019, taking place May 10 live in Duluth, Georgia, and broadcast to locations around the globe. To hear this episode, and many more like it, subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play or Stitcher.