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- Bunchball, the pioneer and market leader in gamification, today announced that a growing number of financial services companies are relying on Bunchball's popular gamification platform to attract and retain members and clients, and in the process turn Wall Street newcomers into capable, savvy investors.
- A range of companies, from start-ups to one of the five largest banks in the United States, have deployed Bunchball's acclaimed Nitro platform to drive sales and memberships, attract and retain customers, build brand awareness and loyalty, and motivate employees to reach crucial productivity milestones.
- Using Bunchball Nitro, financial services firms are employing motivational techniques -- like goal-setting, real-time feedback, competition, virtual rewards, and leveling up -- to encourage customers to learn more about investing, acquire the skills needed to build successful portfolios, and learn the advantages of using expert financial planning services. Among Bunchball's financial services customers are:
- Kapitall, which provides an online investing platform and is free to join and explore. In a gamified environment that features points, missions, levels and more, users earn Kapitall Koins and badges for completing tutorials and consuming other financial education content, and for trading and analyzing companies. The site helps beginners test-drive investing and grow their skills by letting them trade practice portfolios, and provides tools to help new users and amateur investors understand and select stocks. Users may also open a free brokerage account and begin trading immediately. As they progress through the gamified experience, users can redeem Kapitall Koins for virtual assets, real-world prizes like movie tickets, and access to content. Special programs, including a 2012 Summer Olympics promotion that awarded Koins for every medal won by Team USA, encourage daily logins and ongoing participation.
- Wall Street Survivor, the first the first guided, mentored and fully socially integrated financial education site. Wall Street Survivor partnered with Bunchball to offer a series of engaging, rewarding missions that guide users through a range of stock market concepts, from portfolio basics to investment strategies. Aimed at millennials who consider themselves novice investors, the gamified Wall Street Survivor experience motivates users to engage with a stock market simulator with quizzes and rewards. Users earn badges for making trades and completing missions and quizzes, with rewards going to those whose virtual portfolios earn the highest returns.
- Bunchball's Nitro is the world's most widely deployed and scalable gamification platform, serving up to 70 million unique users and 2.3 billion actions each month. Nitro enables organizations to create compelling, meaningful experiences that engage customers, partners and employees.
Attributable to Rory Olson, CEO, Wall Street Survivor
"Using Bunchball Nitro to gamify the Wall Street Survivor experience has been easy and effective, thanks in part to Bunchball's superior usability and features. Last year, we set out to reinvent the financial education market through deep engagement and social connectivity, and Bunchball Nitro has proven to be an exceptionally successful part of that campaign. With Bunchball's help, we're creating a community of market-savvy Survivors who are learning to trade stocks like a professional."
Attributable to Serge Kreiker, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Kapitall
"Back in 2008, we had a thought: why not use the gaming experience to break the traditional online investing mold? Ever since then, we've built the first and only online investing platform and brokerage for the rest of us. And while certain aspects of Kapitall.com have always been designed to be engaging and game-like, we recently decided to bring the engaging power of game play to more aspects of our user experience. With Bunchball Nitro, we've been able to connect fully with users from the moment they register, while motivating them to learn more, trade more, and make more of their experience as Kapitallists. With Bunchball, our members gain a fuller, more satisfying perspective on investing, and we gain a proven tool that helps us nurture more customers, deliver more services and help more people."
Bunchball is the market leader and visionary in gamification. Powering the Engaged Enterprise, Bunchball enables organizations to improve business performance throughout their ecosystem by creating highly active and loyal customers, employees, and partners. Bunchball's comprehensive suite of innovative cloud-based solutions empowers companies to engage and motivate, leading to improved employee productivity, customer loyalty and ROI. Bunchball's world-class customers include Adobe, HP, Cisco, Warner Bros., Comcast, LiveOps, VMware and Hasbro. Based in Silicon Valley, Bunchball's investors include Granite Ventures, Triangle Peak Partners, Northport Investments, and Correlation Ventures. For more information, visit www.bunchball.com, our blog at www.gamification.com, or follow @bunchball.
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Tell me... What are different kinds of ways for girls to masterbate?
What ways work best for you other girls?
Tell me... What are different kinds of ways for girls to masterbate?
What ways work best for you other girls?
The only way that gets me off is a vibrator...
I'm not an expert though...
Good luck!
Ok this one maybe weird, but i lay in the tub, or use a hand shower messager and masterbate that way. There is just something about the warmeth of the water and they way it fills me up..
i find that just using my hands and very lightly touching my clit is a good way to get started, and use my fingers and hands to do what feels good and right. however, ive never actually fingered myself, but im young, doesnt take ALOTT lol. and thinking about ACTUAL personal experiences is much better than watching people screw on tv or something, or stupid pics of only naked girls. gotta get into the frame of mind.
Lie down in your bath tub with the water on (from tap). Lie on your back and let the flowing water hit your clit.
definitely agree with water suggestions. In the bath or shower. Adjust the pressure and temperature as you need. Gets you there in no time and its easy.
the way i do it is i simply start by rubbing my clit..just running my fingers over it....then i get a make up brush and start "tickeling" my clit with with it..i also rub it on my nipples too and work my way down...this sends goosebumps all over me...right when i cant take it any more i get this platic massager. it doesnt vibrate or anything it just has for different knobs on it and it supposed to be used for back massages...i then take the side with the 2 smaller balls and shove one in my vagina and the other i rub on my clit (theyre the perfect distance apart) i start shaking from this..then i get the big ball and shove it in my vagina...i then takes the wet make up brush(it gets soaked from my vagina) and tickle my clit with it again...i like to pretend that my boyfriend is ****ing me hard meanwhile a girls is licking and sucking on my clit(im not a lesbian lol)...omg im guna go do it right now! =]
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Judge Hatchett to visit DCCC to challenge students
Published: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 10:02 a.m.
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Davidson County Community College will feature Glenda Hatchett, star of the nationally syndicated show, "Judge Hatchett," as part of its Campus Speaker Series.
Hatchett will present a speech, titled "Dare to Take Charge: How to Live and Lead with Purpose," from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Conference Center on the DCCC campus. The event is free and open to the public.
"I have watched her no-nonsense approach to law on her TV show," says Lynne Watts, director of student life and leadership at DCCC. "I think her unique and authoritative leadership style will be both entertaining and an invaluable inspiration for students to achieve their goals."
Hatchett, author of "Dare to Take Charge," will discuss her book and challenge listeners to be the CEOs of their own lives, define their dreams, dare to achieve them and try new things. There will be a book signing and reception after the presentation until 12:45 p.m.
Before presiding over her show, which is in its 10th season, Hatchett served as senior attorney and manager of public relations for Delta Air Lines as the company's highest-ranking African-American woman. She was also appointed Chief Presiding Judge of the Fulton County Juvenile Court as Georgia's first African-American Chief Presiding Judge. She has been named by "Ebony Magazine" as one of the "100 Best and Brightest Women in Corporate America.
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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Carbon Calculator by WoodWorks | Facility Executive - Creating Intelligent Buildings
This tool is designed to estimate the carbon benefits of wood buildings, versus steel and concrete.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Carbon Calculator by WoodWorks
WoodWorks, a cooperative venture of major North American wood associations, offers an online tool that estimates the carbon benefits of wood buildings.
Released as a complement to an online cost calculator (both were launched in late 2011), the carbon calculator estimates the amount of carbon stored in a building's wood products (which was absorbed by the trees while growing) and the greenhouse gas emissions avoided by not using steel or concrete.
"This new calculator is an excellent tool for architects, engineers, developers, builders and anyone who has an interest in green building and reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere," said Dwight Yochim, national director of WoodWorks. "Using wood materials can help reduce a building's carbon footprint, and now building professionals have an easy to use calculator that quantifies these benefits."
For example, the new 320,500 square-foot El Dorado High School in Arkansas features more than 150,000 cubic feet of lumber, panels, and engineered wood products. These wood products store an estimated 3,660 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, and more than 7,700 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions were avoided by using wood instead of steel or concrete. This equates to the annual emissions from more than 2,100 cars or from the energy to operate a home for 970 years.* El Dorado High School was completed in August 2011.
The new WoodWorks tool allows users to calculate the carbon benefits of wood buildings in one of two ways:
- If wood product information is known (such as the volume of lumber, panels, engineered wood products, decking, siding, and roofing), the carbon calculator will provide a detailed estimate related to that specific building. The more detailed the information, the better the results.
- If product information is unknown, users can select from a list of common building types and receive an estimate based on typical wood use.
"Although a building's operational energy use is the first thing a lot of people think of in the context of its carbon footprint, it's really just one element," said Yochim. "The choice of building materials has a significant impact. Life cycle assessment studies show time and time again that wood has less embodied energy than other materials, which makes it a good choice related to greenhouse gas emissions. The fact that wood also stores carbon makes the benefits that much more pronounced. Our hope is that, with the carbon calculator, we're giving design and building professionals another tool that supports the objective of low or net-zero energy buildings."
*Calculated with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
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Leoncio Lopez-Ocon's curator insight, March 31, 6:13 AM
"Yes, globalization. For many people, that word conjures up, at best, images of container ships moving manufactured goods from far-flung factories. At worst, it harkens back to acrid debates about trade deficits, currency wars and jobs moving to China. In fact, since the Great Recession of 2008, the global flow of goods and services has flattened, and cross-border capital flows have declined sharply. But globalization overall isn't on the wane. Like so much in our world today, it has reinvented itself by going digital."
Tags: technology, globalization, diffusion, industry, economic.
Trish Harris's curator insight, March 31, 7:40 AM
"Yes, globalization. For many people, that word conjures up, at best, images of container ships moving manufactured goods from far-flung factories. At worst, it harkens back to acrid debates about trade deficits, currency wars and jobs moving to China. In fact, since the Great Recession of 2008, the global flow of goods and services has flattened, and cross-border capital flows have declined sharply. But globalization overall isn't on the wane. Like so much in our world today, it has reinvented itself by going digital."
Tags: technology, globalization, diffusion, industry, economic.
malbert's curator insight, April 4, 4:15 PM
"Yes, globalization. For many people, that word conjures up, at best, images of container ships moving manufactured goods from far-flung factories. At worst, it harkens back to acrid debates about trade deficits, currency wars and jobs moving to China. In fact, since the Great Recession of 2008, the global flow of goods and services has flattened, and cross-border capital flows have declined sharply. But globalization overall isn't on the wane. Like so much in our world today, it has reinvented itself by going digital."
Tags: technology, globalization, diffusion, industry, economic.
Chris Costa's curator insight, November 25, 2015 3:00 PM
I found this article absolutely fascinating. In the 2016 presidential race, Democratic candidate (and, arguably, frontrunner) Bernie Sanders has pledged to raise corporate taxes in order to provide for social programs, better education, and universal healthcare for all its citizens. Critics have pointed to the failure of such a plan when he attempted to implement it in his home state of Vermont, where the working class was simply not large enough to support the retirement system Sanders attempted to put in place. Defenders of Bernie have argued that what's true of Vermont's demographic- the second least populated state in the country- will not hold true for the nation as a whole, and this article suggests that these defenders have a point. While economic growth may not be as fast for younger American workers, by 2040 these welfare programs will still be running under any additional strain. The same cannot be said for the Chinese, where the disproportionate number of males being born- 119 for every 100 female children- means that a huge population gap will emerge between younger and older Chinese. Without being able to father a new generation, this group of mostly-male Chinese will age and be an enormous burden on the Chinese economy, to an extent that's almost unfathomable here in the US. China has since revered its One Child Policy that put itself in its current predicament, but it may well be a case of too little, too late.
Mark Hathaway's curator insight, September 22, 2015 7:56 AM
Mexico is nation with many economic advantages. The problem is the nation has yet to formalize its economic system. An economy based around peddling and privateers can not compete with the economy's of the industrialized world. In order to bridge the gap between modernity and poverty, Mexico must impalement regulations and laws that are designed to formalize the nations economy. Though in its current state, the Mexican government does not have the trust of the people. Governments often exist on trust. People institute a government for the safety of their property and themselves. What good is a government that can not provide basic protection to its citizens? The government must establish a sense of trust and safety within Mexico.
Tanya Townsend's curator insight, October 12, 2015 9:05 PM
Many of the "lessons" highlighted in this article apply to all countries. As i was reading this i was thinking about the many inequalities in America. We like to pride ourselves as the "Greates Country in the World", after all we are the richest country. Just like Mexico though, we too have two faces. I think we may just be better at hiding the one that is uglier.
"The number of people living in high-poverty areas—defined as census tracts where 40 percent or more of families have income levels below the federal poverty threshold—nearly doubled between 2000 and 2013, to 13.8 million from 7.2 million, according to a new analysis of census data by Paul Jargowsky, a public-policy professor at Rutgers University-Camden and a fellow at The Century Foundation. That's the highest number of Americans living in high-poverty neighborhoods ever recorded."http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/more-americans-are-living-in-slums/400832/
We too have slums and they are growing. We may be called to "welfare state" but people don't understand the stipulations of our current welfare programs. The cash assistance program only allows people to utilize it for a maximum of two years over a life time. Also, the amount they receive keeps them a poverty levels.We love to focus on our booming economies, our white picket fences, and the neighbor hoods whove been reformed by gentrification, but we have millions suffering in poor living conditions with high crime rates.The author of this article wirtes "Mexico has failed to bridge the gap between a globalized minority and a majority that lives in what the prsident admits is backwardness and poverty" We have too.
The third lesson is to bring the informal economy into light, well i think we could benefit from doing that too. America's has a huge informal sex trafficking, drug selling, illegal immigrant hiring economy. http://monthlyreview.org/2006/07/01/harder-times-undocumented-workers-and-the-u-s-informal-economy/
and in regards to how "Violent drug related crime" Here in America we do rate number one in one thing... gun massacres..Go US!! http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/health/u-s-most-mass-shootings/
I don't have the solutions to any of these issues but what i can say is that Mexico is not alone!
Patty B's curator insight, October 19, 2015 2:15 PM
This article highlights the differences seen between social and economic classes in Mexico. It highlights the fact that, despite Mexico's recent economic achievements, roughly half of the country still lives in poverty. The way things are in parts of Mexico is exemplified by images we have seen of favelas set up on dangerous, cheap plots of land directly next to busy, thriving tourist destinations. There is a large gap between rich and poor in Mexico. The poor, like in many countries, make up a majority of Mexico's population yet their well-being isn't being accounted for. Urban areas in Mexico are dangerous. This is holding Mexico back because it deters people from leaving the countrysides in pursuit of the economic gains that can most certainly be made when living in an urban environment. Mexico's economy is at a standstill as a result. Like in many poorer areas around the world, crime pays more than operating within the confines of society.
Kaitlyn Evans's comment, July 30, 2015 5:24 AM
I'm not sure if I believe everything this video stated, however I think it is a good topic to analyze. I think it would be interesting to see how the rich countries became rich. They can't just have started on top. I also believe the rich countries abuse the poor countries because we can get goods/minerals/just about anything for a small price and then sell it in the rich country for much more.
Rob Duke's comment, July 30, 2015 3:34 PM
...certainly privilege from times past when there were no international watchdogs comes into play, but even when we control for colonialism, certain countries do much better than others. I'm inclined to think like Jared Diamond (The World Until Yesterday) and David Landes (The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. 1998) that institutions matter. If we protect property, provide vertical institutional support while also making room in the shadow of the law for ad hoc cooperation (see Elinor Ostrom's work), and protect intellectual property rights, we tend to have more wealth developed.
Adrian Bahan (MNPS)'s curator insight, March 14, 7:49 PM
I can't say I agree with all the arguments put forward in this video, it can still be a nice starting point to get students to critically analyze the ideas put forth and assess the merits of the claims being made.
Meridith Hembree Berry's curator insight, May 10, 2015 3:55 PM
It is difficult to change the junk food and convenience food culture in one generation.
Robert Slone's curator insight, May 19, 2015 9:04 AM
This was really surprising , it is amazing how education effects every area of our lives .
Seth Dixon's curator insight, December 7, 2014 9:18 PM
In the 1950s, Detroit was the 4th largest city in the U.S. with a booming population around 2 million as seen in some vintage footage of Detroit. As the de-industrialization process restructured the US economy, globalization restructured the world's economy, and Detroit's local economic strategy crumbled. Detroit was $18-20 million in debt with a population around 700,000 and is unable to pull out of this nosedive. The tax base shrunk, city services were spread thin and in 2013, Detroit filed for bankruptcy. Today, some parts of Detroit are rebounding well while others are in absolute disarray. These differences can, in part, be understood by using aerial photography and a spatial perspective.
Dennis Swender's curator insight, December 10, 2014 4:23 PM
A multicultural research project: by foot, by car, or by plane
Select your site: Detroit? Kansas City? Feguson? New York?
Take some pictures. Start observing. Interview some people. Assemble some facts. Justify your opinions.
Norka McAlister's curator insight, February 2, 2015 5:16 PM
Deindustrialization and globalization are some of the reason why Detroit fluctuates configurations in the geography of manufacturing. The reduction of production in the car industry and all activities along with it is harmful to Detroit's citizens, leaving a lot of workers without jobs. Globalization was adopted and American companies became attracted to the very low wages of workers in other countries that produce similar quality products as the US. Unfortunately, since globalization became the preferred option for the US, deindustrialization in Detroit rapidly increased. On the other hand, with the continuing advancements in technology, it turns out to be manageable with a few employees. Wealthy Detroiters sprawl out in the suburbs out of the city. Due to the elimination of manufacturing jobs and relocation of residents out of the state, Detroit city remains with a population of 700,000 people. The effect of deindustrialization has been devastating, not only for workers, but also for the city itself. The regions with the lowest population rate will find it hard to survive with the increase of infrastructure and less income in taxes.
Seth Dixon's curator insight, November 6, 2014 1:00 PM
This interactive map/infographic is a wealth of information about migration to Europe.
Tags: Europe, migration, economic, labor, infographic.
Jennifer Lopez's curator insight, November 7, 2014 10:51 AM
This passage was about the immigration that are coming into Europe. It helped me learn how they get to there destination and the struggles they go through. This scoop also showed me thew amount of money a immigrant would have to spend in or for them to get to their destination. By it showing us statistics i can get a better understanding. Also, the statistics about the amount of immigrants that don't get to even make it to their destination and what they can and cannot bring with them.
Alec Castagno's curator insight, December 5, 2014 1:41 PM
Due to the vast distances and irregular manner of transportation to Europe, prices are very high with transport between northern Africa and southern Europe often costing more than 1000 dollars. Even traveling from Greece to Italy can cost up to 6000 dollars. Despite the high price to "guarantee access", the journey is still dangerous with 500 deaths over a two month period in 2013. This interactive shows that even though 35,000 seems like a lot of people to arrive in Europe in 2013, it is a very long, difficult, and expensive journey to get there.
Danielle Lip's curator insight, January 26, 2015 4:19 PM
I found it quite interesting to see that most of the world in 1990 had manufacturing jobs because working at factories was the only job that was accessible with not many health care service oppurtunities. While in 2013 health care takes up most of North America, when you might expect the majority of North America to be made up of retail trade because so many malls and building are being constructed throughout the world. One positive part of this map is that job opportunities were even there in the first place, without working the economy will go downhill.
Lora Tortolani's curator insight, February 2, 2015 6:49 PM
It's amazing to see how priorities have shifted over time. Also, this is a great display of how technology has taken over what once was human labor.
Alex Smiga's curator insight, March 14, 7:43 PM
Shifting economies.
This interactive map is a powerful way to visually display the changes in the economic geography of the United States. It is especially useful when discussing the transition of an economy from the secondary sector to tertiary sector.
Helen Rowling's curator insight, June 10, 2014 6:37 PM
Steven Flis's curator insight, December 16, 2013 11:15 AM
In my opinion slavery is the worst possible living situation. id rather be be free but have no food suply than to be a slave. its dishearting to look at these numbers and see that 30 million people have to deal with the worst quality of live possible. but what sickens me the most is the lack of information we have been given about this though primary schools. In school we were taught about Lincoln freeing the slaves ans american slavery almost every year. But not a single time did they connect or even touch on that it is a massive problem in the world today. It was to the extend that for a few years i was mislead to thinking that Lincoln made this a slave free world, boy was i wrong. Slavery is revesable though, it can be countered by harser punishments and more restrictions on the slave owners. We could also do our best to make it so they bring in as little money as possible so they are forced to find a different occupation.
Jessica Rieman's curator insight, March 19, 2014 5:04 PM
MOdern Slavery is a huge problem throughtout the world and especially in Africa and surrounding sister countries. For example, in Africa this map shows us that the slave rate is more than .75 this indicates that there is a small percentage of the country that is not enslaved in some way. This is outrageous for the modern society to think of in todays world especially because as Americans we think of the slave trade and slavery being something that happened many years ago and then slavery was abloished and now nothing bad happens anymore well we couldn't be more WRONG! AMericans are mostly ingornat to the fact that although slavery is not announced in surronding counintents and countries does not mean that it doesn't exist. Another example of this is the Somali blood diamonds and how the children become toy-soldiers and are turned into rebels because if they dont they will be killed so this is the type of society where it is kill or me killed. These CHILDREN are trained to kill anyone and everyone who gets in their way; taken away from their families at a young age and then brainwashed into using their ignorance as bliss.
Logan Haller's curator insight, May 25, 2015 9:51 PM
This article has to do with unit 6 because it deals with development.This article explains how 30 million people work as forced labors, forced child soldiers, forced brides and many other forced things. The map illustrates spatial patterns on economic and cultural factors on where the people enslaved are. The map shows that India is 1.1% enslaved.People say that fair trade and not free trade will lead to sustainable economic growth and lower social injustice. Two questions asked by the article is what realistically can we do to lessen slavery in the world today, and how our our own spending habits part of the system. The article also includes a video on some of the ways the slaves are treated poorly .
Ivan Ius's curator insight, March 4, 10:18 AM
Geographic Thinking Concepts: Patterns & Trends; Interrelationships
Seth Dixon's curator insight, September 18, 2015 4:31 PM
This is a hard read, but it is important to understand that there is a dark underbelly to many of the economic systems that are reshaping the world today. Sometimes we ask all the wrong questions, like "why is organic, local, or fair trade food so expensive?" We should really be asking why the other options are so cheap.
This, unfortunately is part of the answer. This is a 4-part series (I-camps, II-labor, III-Company Stores, IV-Child Labor) from the LA Times that has excellent pictures, videos, and interviews highlighting the working conditions of farm workers in Mexico. For an audio version, here is an NPR podcast interviewing Richard Marosi, the investigator behind the story.
Tags: food, economic, labor, globalization, food production, agribusiness, agriculture, unit 5 agriculture, indigenous.
BrianCaldwell7's curator insight, March 16, 3:24 PM
This is a hard read, but it is important to understand that there is a dark underbelly to many of the economic systems that are reshaping the world today. Sometimes we ask all the wrong questions, like "why is organic, local, or fair trade food so expensive?" We should really be asking why the other options are so cheap.
This, unfortunately is part of the answer. This is a 4-part series (I-camps, II-labor, III-Company Stores, IV-Child Labor) from the LA Times that has excellent pictures, videos, and interviews highlighting the working conditions of farm workers in Mexico. For an audio version, here is an NPR podcast interviewing Richard Marosi, the investigator behind the story.
Tags: food, economic, labor, globalization, food production, agribusiness, agriculture, unit 5 agriculture, indigenous.
Seth Dixon's curator insight, July 13, 2015 8:48 AM
The Gini index which measures the degree of economic inequality (the Gini coefficient was added to the APHG course content for the Industrialization and Economic Development unit in 2013). This article explains the value of the Gini coefficient without delving much into the statistics.
Tags: statistics, APHG, poverty, socioeconomic, development, economic.
Chelsea Martines's curator insight, August 29, 2015 2:21 PM
The article discusses the gaps between high income families and low income families in cities. This is mesured by what is called Gini coefficient and look so at a city's amount of poverty and wealthy people. The average income of a city is different and does not tell the imbalance between the high and low income families. It makes a city with a big divider in the two extremes not noticeable because ito makes the city look all around wealthy because of the weight of the higher income people. The Gini coefficient is different and shows that either there is a large majority of families that are wealthy in a city or of low income. Statistics for this have risen over the past decade dramatically since 2007.
Chris Costa's curator insight, October 19, 2015 12:59 PM
"Can't we all just get along?" Ethnic discrimination exists in every industrialized society in every part of the globe, the result of poverty, ignorance, hatred, and various peoples now confined to national borders that do not suit their needs. Chinese discrimination against ethnic Tibetans has long been documented and observed within the West, meeting the condemnation of much of the Western world, so it was interesting to learn about the Uighurs and their plight in Chinese society- I was unaware that China had any significant Muslim populations. To learn that Chinese government officials attempted to evict and ethnic Uighur from her apartment simply for being of her ethnicity is appalling, and something that one can only hope will stop in the future. Is America in a position to judge others for how they treat their ethnic minorities? Not at all- just look at the demographics of our prison system and our families who fall below the poverty line, or our treatment of Native Americans only 100 years ago. Such racism has long been a facet of human civilization, and it is up to us to make it a thing of our past and not of our future. Can we all get along? I hope so.
Alex Vielman's curator insight, December 15, 2015 1:02 AM
This video is a clear example of how the Uighurs and the Tibetans have been left out of the economic boom of China. China is known for being perhaps the biggest economic power in the world, the main concern is that how is it that not everyone is benefitting from the situation? These Uighurs and Tibetan minorities are suffering from the power China has. This video shows that the rural areas in the country are suffering. Some people have moved to the city but some people have stood by to there rural roots. The minorities reject the city because they get discriminized for who they are. They don't know the language, and usually would be provided with lower wage jobs. These people prefer to stay in there rural areas but it is still important to help these people but providing a better education.
Martin Kemp's curator insight, December 17, 2015 3:43 PM
this is kind of a weird situation. places like tibet have the opportunity to move to places in china with great economic opportunites, but since they are treated as different and since they have pride as tibetans and want to stay in their land, they end up staying and remaining a primarily farming country and being left out of the chinese economic boom.
Shane C Cook's curator insight, May 27, 2015 5:57 AM
Another testament to why gentrification is effective yet harmful to the political status of a country or area, not producing accurate results to fit the people's needs.
Timothée Mariau's curator insight, December 13, 2015 12:28 PM
Cet article parle de la gentrification dans le quartier d'Highland Park à Los Angeles. Ce quartier est un quartier avec une population majoritairement hispanique est constitué durant les dernières années une enclave résidentielle pour les habitants. Ce quartier était un symbole de la ségrégation raciale que connaissent une partie des villes américaines avec une concentration d'une seule population d'une seule origine ethnique dans le même quartier sans mixité sociale. Mais ces dernières années le quartier a été touché par un processus de gentrification qui a été plutôt bien accepté par les populations du quartier car cela a apporté de la mixité sociale dans le quartier avec l'arrivée de populations plus aisées provenant de différentes communautés et qui ont également créé des commerces dans le quartier. Cette gentrification qui est la plupart du temps vue d'un mauvais œil par les anciens résidents du quartier est ici acceptée car elle bénéficie en partie à la population du quartier, de plus la communauté hispanique est très importante culturellement et le fait savoir. Il y a donc une intégration des nouveaux arrivants mais en gardant tout de même l'identité originelle du quartier qui est très forte.
Andrea J Galan's curator insight, February 23, 12:24 PM
Andrea's Inshight: I feel like the author is trying to make himself sound a little bit above the "barrio" when he says "multiethnic mount Washington". And then continues by sarcastically mentioning the charms and dysfunctions of the neighborhood. At first I was put off because I've never viewed HLP as a barrio. When I see that word I think of a ghetto slum. Which I don't think my nieghboorhood ever is. I've always viewed it as a working class neighborhood. I just dont like the barrio I think it puts a negative connotation towards the neighborhood.
Seth Dixon's curator insight, December 17, 2014 11:33 AM
It's ironic that I feel more accustomed to exploring Cincinnati, OH on foot than I do Providence, RI. Although I drive in downtown Providence regularly, I seldom have a reason to walk and explore it. In my yearly visits to Cincinnati to score the AP Human Geography exams, I'm outside my hometown and away from my typical routine. That helps me feel more like a flâneur, to stroll the streets and explore the urban landscape. This set of 7 before and after images shows Midwestern cities (Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cleveland, and Columbus) lets you digitally analyze the last 70 years of urban morphology. Click here for a gallery 7 of cities in Texas and Oklahoma.
Questions to Ponder: What are the biggest changes you see for the 1950 to today? How are the land uses difference? Has the density changed? Do any of urban models help us understand these cities?
Tags: urban, planning, industry, economic, historical, geospatial, urban models, APHG.
Sierra_Mcswagger's curator insight, March 10, 2015 10:22 AM
In the above picture of Cincinnati, Ohio it is clear how much change American cities have undergone in 60 years. In the process of urban renewal these cities have been affected tremendously with the addition of new roads, businesses, and most likely the turning of land over to private developers. All previous land has been renovated and changed into the typical urbanized American city. S.S.
Emily Bian's curator insight, May 22, 2015 9:44 AM
This was the game we played in class!!!
I really enjoyed this game and highly recommend it to future APHUG students because it was fun, informative, and FUN. It really helped me understand how England got really crowded all of the sudden due to the Industrial Revolution. It was a sudden urban sprawl with no urban planning. My map/ city was a complete mess!
I hope this game continues to be played as it is a fun introduction to the chaos of the Industrial Revolution.
Campbell Ingraham's curator insight, May 25, 2015 2:57 PM
We played this game in our APHUG class. It really simulated how urban development exploded in the industrial revolution. It gives an explanation as to why urban planners at the time had poor design choices because they had little time to plan. They also didn't account for future population growth or new developments in technology. It really shows why today's older cities have poorer designs and more traffic.
This article relates to the Industrial Revolution. It shows the population explosions which occurred as a result and the increased technology during the time. All of these factors of the industrial revolution in England contributed to the quick and poorly designed English cities which led to population overflow. These city planners could not have predicted what would happen or how to plan for more people. They also limited time, money, and resources, as the population just continued to grow and grow.
Corine Ramos's curator insight, January 28, 11:36 AM
In this game, you simulate the industrial revolution and have your students design a village that, after 20 rounds of the simulation, will grow to a full-fledged city. Various teachers have adapted the rules for this game and here are some variants that are saved as a standard webpage, Microsoft Word file, PDF, Powerpoint and Prezi formats.
Tags: urban, planning, industry, economic, historical.
's comment, July 8, 2012 7:29 PM
I found the second graphic, "Field of Employment by Place of Birth", interesting because of the relevantly even distribution of employment across the board. The Latin American born population seems the be the only one that deviates from the trend, with high percentages in Agricultural and Construction fields, and the lowest numbers in Education, Health Care, & Social Services. Interesting how students are included and I wonder how accurate the Census Bureau is at measuring specific employment information for undocumented immigrants.
Macy Nossaman's curator insight, September 20, 2013 2:26 PM
This is a good article about immigrants in America because it talks about all of the different places people have immigrated from and now live and work in the U.S. Since my topic is European Immigration, It shows that there are 2.4 million Europeans currently working in the U.S.
Laurel Stelter's comment, September 27, 2013 2:23 PM
I think that this is a really interesting article. The two pictures really help define America and its workplace well. It surprised me how many people weren't born in the U.S., but still work here.
Mirta Liliana Filgueira's curator insight, June 16, 2014 9:28 AM
Galería de Imágenes acerca de la desigualdad como consecuencia de la pobreza.
Kevin Cournoyer's curator insight, May 6, 2015 10:46 PM
This map is a simple but powerful one. Africa is the continent that contains the most nations (53), yet it uses only six languages for business. Not surprisingly, all of the languages (with the exception of Arabic) are European in origin. Clearly, the effects of colonialism are still felt around the world in former colonies. The languages that were forced upon various African countries by their colonizers have endured and become the main languages of business in their respective countries. What is just as unfortunate as the roots of colonialism holding fast, if not more so, is the absence of any indigenous languages being used as the language of business in any of the countries of Africa. While using a business language that is spoken by much of the world is surely a matter of practicality and logistics, it is still robbing African countries of their heritage and culture to some degree.
This brings up the issue of globalization and how it is constantly at odds with the preservation of culture and tradition. In order for Africa (or any continent or region or country) to function in the modern world, it must be capable of conducting business in a language that is spoken by its business partners. The ability to do business with virtually any person, company, or country in the world is an obviously invaluable one. At the same time, however, it allows for the subtle and gradual erasure of unique culture and traditions. So while it would be ideal for cultural preservation for countries to conduct business in their indigenous languages, it seems to be a necessary evil for smaller and less influential countries to adopt the languages of their more powerful and influential business partners if they wish to survive in today's world.
Chris Costa's curator insight, October 29, 2015 4:24 PM
The lingering effects of colonialism, so strongly relevant in every aspect of African ways of life, are perhaps most evident in the "lingua franca" of African nations today. With a multitude of different ethnicities and languages in use in every African nation today, the result of the arbitrarily drawn national borders made by European colonizers, necessitates the use of the one language that's commonly spoken across every independent nation- a European tongue. This system, while a necessity in today's world, is a solution that no one is quite happy with. It reminds Africans of all ages of the power still held by their colonizers over their everyday lives, a stark reminder of the horrors of the previous century at every business meeting and every exchange of goods. This harms the national psyche of each nation, as well as undermining the importance and pride Africans deservedly maintain in their own native languages. European-made borders, however, make it difficult to find another, native language that every ethnic group can agree upon. As a result, the European languages are still in use in Africa, and will most likely still be in use for some time to come. It's a system that no one likes but, for the time being, everyone must accept as reality.
Mark Hathaway's curator insight, October 30, 2015 7:26 AM
This map is a great resource in showing the diversity of language in Africa. Of course, this map discounts the many native African languages. It instead focuses on the language of business in the continent. That language, has been influence by the European colonization of Africa. The chosen language of business is often tied to the colonizer of the region. The diversity of language in Africa is staggering to say the least.
Kyle Toner's comment, November 6, 2012 12:17 PM
This video truly opened eyes into the conflict of modern day slavery. I had no idea just how prevalent, global and horrible this situation is.
Seth Dixon's curator insight, November 6, 2013 10:51 AM
This is a chilling glimpse into the worst and darkest side of the economic systems of geography and labor in the world. It is estimated that there are more than 25 million people who today live in state that can be described as modern-day slavery. We should not discuss slavery only in the past tense, and yet it conflicts with how most people conceptualize the world today.
Questions to Ponder: How can this even be happening in the 21st century? What geographic and economic forces lead to these situations portrayed in this TED talk? What realistically could be done to lessen the amount of slavery in the world today?
Tags: TED, labor, economic, class, poverty, South Asia, Africa, video.
Felix Ramos Jr.'s curator insight, March 31, 2015 4:34 PM
A truly sad reality is exposed in this well-produced video. Many of us hear about slavery still happening around us but I think most of us brush it off as little more than taboo. To see these photos and to hear this woman's firsthand account is shocking. If you are not instantly moved to want to help, I don't know if you're human. This is atrocious and I only pray that one day this reality comes to an end.


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KITCHENER — Steve Roth never thought he would be homeless at age 60.
But on a November night, the penniless man found himself at Trinity United Church in downtown Kitchener for a hot meal and a place to sleep.
"I have never done this before," said the soft-spoken, articulate man who lost his seasonal job and can't pay his rent.
He was one of 212 who anonymously signed in for dinner that night. Later, he joined 53 other men sleeping in cots lined up in rows close together in the church hall. Upstairs, in the children's room, 11 women slept.
Trinity United is one of nine churches in Kitchener and Waterloo that hosts Out of the Cold, a donation-driven and volunteer-run program that goes from Nov. 1 to April 30.
Homeless people, referred to as guests, go from site to site. Trinity hosts Monday nights.
The program, in its 15th year, is at crossroads, as some churches are close to capacity with the number of guests increasing every year. In November, the number of overnight guests jumped by 34 per cent.
The answer, some say, is a permanent, year-round site to accommodate the program, possibly at Trinity United, which is in the midst of redevelopment plans.
Others want it to remain church-based.
Mike Savage and Catherine Stewart Savage have been involved in Out of the Cold since its beginning. Their church, First United in Waterloo, hosted the pilot project in 1999.
The first night, there were two overnight guests. Today, most of their 72 mattresses are filled.
"I think the time is coming very quickly when we are going to have to start saying, 'Sorry we can't take you in out of the cold because we are full,' " Stewart Savage said.
"My big fear is we will have some people freezing to death," she said.
But the couple doesn't support a permanent shelter to house the homeless.
"Putting up one building and letting them go there is like an institution. They are no longer guests. They are sort of inmates," Savage said.
The solution, they said, is to expand existing shelters and have more churches join Out of the Cold.
There are two shelters for the homeless in Kitchener — the House of Friendship for men and Mary's Place for women and families — but both have been full for months. There is also a shelter solely for youth.
At Mary's Place, there has not been an empty bed since the summer of 2011, said Elizabeth Clarke, the agency's chief executive officer.
Next door to Mary's Place on Frederick Street is Trinity United, a 100-year-old church that has too much space because of a shrinking congregation.
The church is in the midst of considering a number of redevelopment options, including becoming a permanent site for Out of the Cold. Other options include turning the church into commercial and/or office development, or affordable housing.
"Something will be done. We just don't know what yet," said Dave Rutherford, Trinity United council chair and Out of the Cold volunteer. A decision is expected next year.
Dennis Watson, co-ordinator of Out of the Cold at Trinity United, is a strong proponent of a permanent site for the program and believes Trinity would be a good choice because of its downtown location.
Watson envisions a year-round shelter similar to The Bridges in Cambridge, which replaced the Out of the Cold program in that city.
It's 10 a.m. on a mild Monday and a handful of volunteers start to gather in the church's kitchen to begin the eight-hour process of preparing food for 250 people.
Head cook Kim Wilson prepares to cook 100 pounds of ham and make homemade soup. Two women sit across from each other with a large garbage can between them, peeling 100 pounds of potatoes. The conversation drifts to the plight of the homeless and society's indifference to poverty.
"We are an extremely wealthy region and the fact that we have so many people in need is atrocious," said Wilson, who co-founded the program in 1998.
"There will always be a need for some kind of emergency shelter. The question is how big the need is," she said.
Volunteers blame the economy, low welfare rates and a lack of affordable housing for the need for emergency shelters. And they say recent provincial cuts to social assistance programs will only make things worse.
They also see more people with mental health issues coming to the program.
Wilson said guests prefer Out of the Cold to other shelters because there are fewer rules and guests don't have to give their names or be on social assistance. "Here, if you have been drinking, as long as you are not causing a problem, you will be allowed," she said.
The idea for this emergency shelter program was sparked by the aftermath of the Harris government — when welfare rates were slashed by 20 per cent — and by local news stories of street people living in parking garages and abandoned buildings, Wilson said.
She and fellow social activist Roberta Hickey contacted 85 churches in Kitchener and Waterloo to gauge their interest in hosting a shelter. About a dozen supported it and a pilot project was launched. Out of the Cold started in the fall of 1999 with three churches.
Many volunteers say they should have been out of business years ago. Instead, they are seeing more guests.
Watson, founder of the Trinity United site and a retired tax auditor, has been compiling the program's statistics since its inception.
He said the numbers have been steadily rising each year, except for 2010, when the numbers dropped by six per cent for meals and 18 per cent for overnight guests.
The reason for that decline was the opening of a supportive housing project in Waterloo that took 30 people off the streets.
Then last year, the numbers soared by a record 44 per cent in the number of overnight guests and 18 per cent in meals served. On a cold March night, Trinity United had a record 84 overnight guests. Some people had to sleep on the floor as there weren't enough cots.
While most are single men, an alarming new trend is the number of women seeking shelter — that figure has doubled.
And this year is shaping up to be another bad one, with a 44 per cent jump in overnight guests in the first week.
Watson is concerned about the program's sustainability as churches feel the strain of accommodating more people. He's also worried about volunteer burnout. There are about 1,000 volunteers across the nine sites, of which about 10 per cent have been involved from the beginning.
Next month, Out of the Cold co-ordinators will be meeting to discuss the program's future.
Desmond Jagger-Parsons, a minister at Trinity United, said he plans to attend the meeting to talk about the church's interest in hosting a full-time site.
It is 5 p.m. and Helen Lumley sits in her walker at the front of the line, waiting for the church doors to open for dinner.
She's been there since 3:30 p.m., sitting in the rain. The 67-year-old woman, who lives alone in an apartment, mainly comes for the company.
"This is my highlight of the week," Lumley said. "This is my weekly meal."
The four long tables in the "fellowship hall" are quickly filled with people waiting for a hot meal. Many chat, others sit quietly.
The meal is ham, mashed potatoes and corn. Dessert is ice cream. Before dinner, there is homemade chicken rice vegetable soup. About half of the food comes from the food bank, with the rest bought at grocery stores, the cost covered by donations. Trinity's budget for the program is $29,000, with food being the largest expense.
Many of the dinner guests are working poor or living on social assistance. After paying rent, they have little money for food.
"If it wasn't for this place, we would certainly be homeless and three-quarters of the people here would be homeless," said Birgit Lingenberg who, with her 14-year-old daughter, regularly comes for dinner.
"This place has the best food and the friendliest people. It is like coming home to your mother's kitchen," she said.
It's 8:30 p.m. The dishes are done, tables put away and the lights in the hall are turned off so the men can sleep.
In an adjoining room, about a dozen guests gather. Some watch television, others chat.
Frank Brooks sits at a card table in the corner waiting for someone to play crazy eights with him.
"I just come here to play cards and chill out with my friends," said the 49-year-old man who lives in subsidized housing. Back problems prevent him from working.
He keeps a running tally of games won and lost. He loses more than he wins.
Valerie Welsand, 48, has been coming since 2006, the result of a marriage breakdown, few job skills and health problems.
She used to read news stories about homelessness, not knowing what it meant. Now she lives it.
Roxy Lindsay paces the floor. She's just been on the phone with her drug dealer.
"I'm homeless. It is just how things turned out for me. I got out of jail and have no place to go. No job," she said.
Life wasn't always bad for the 41-year-old New Brunswick native.
She was a teacher's aide and a mother. Then Lindsay broke her back in a snowmobile accident.
She was prescribed OxyContin, a brand-name pain killer, and she became addicted.
Her boyfriend burned her house when she refused to hand over her pills and money.
Her six-year-old son died in the fire.
She stole snack food, broke court orders and ended up in jail.
Five years ago, she came to Kitchener for addiction treatment, but was kicked out of the methadone clinic because she had returned to a life of drugs to fight depression.
"I will always be an addict. That will not change."
Lindsay becomes fidgety. She says she has to go to meet her dealer, but first she has to "work the streets" to pay for her habit.
It's close to midnight. Many of the men are asleep. There's a chorus of snoring. Some never sleep.
It's 6:45 a.m., and the lights come on. It is time for the guests to get up. They're served a breakfast of porridge, cold cereal, toast, juice and coffee. They're also given a brown paper bag lunch.
Cots are rolled up and sheets collected to be dry cleaned. Floors are swept and dishes are done.
By 8 a.m., the last of the lingering guests are gone. They will spend the day in parks, malls and public buildings.
Some of the guests thank the volunteers for the warm bed and food.
Volunteers leave, knowing they'll be back next week.
"I don't know if we will ever completely get rid of homelessness," said volunteer Barb Hill.
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Church sites for Out of the Cold and the nights they operate:
Sunday: St. Louis Roman Catholic Church at 53 Allen St. E., Waterloo
Monday: Trinity United Church at 74 Frederick St. with a backup site at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at 54 Queen St. N., both in Kitchener
Tuesday: Ray of Hope at 1081 King St. E., Kitchener
Wednesday: St. Matthews Lutheran Church at 54 Benton St. and St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church at 268 East Ave., both in Kitchener
Thursday: St. John's Lutheran at 22 Willow St. in Waterloo, and Bethany Evangelical Church
is in Kitchener
Friday: First United Church at 16 William St. W., Waterloo
Saturday: Bethany Evangelical Missionary Church at 160 Lancaster St. E., Waterloo
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hello chess fans i need info on this rarely used line of the kings indian defense.. 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 00 6. Bd3.... i have search some opening sites for games. so if any of my chess fans have information to share, about 6. Bd3 or advice feel free to share.....thanks
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I would say that it's slightly inferior to the more usual lines such as 6. Be2 or 6.h3. The move 6. Bd3 obstructs the d-file, interfering especially with the White Queen's guard of d4, and also does nothing about a potential pin by Bg4.
As Black, I would either play 6. ... e5 or 6. ... Bg4 (or possibly 6. ... Nbd7).
6 Bd3 is very much an inferior move for White because it just doesn't pose enough problems for Black. 6 ...Bg4 or ...Nbd7 or ...e5 or ...c5 or ...Nc6 are all fine.
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