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Under the second health programme, the BIRO project will be complemented by the EUropean Best Information through Regional Outcomes in Diabetes (EUBIROD) project selected in 2007. EUBIROD targets the sustainability of complex systems of health indicators requiring continuous update and regular maintenance. The project proposes an action to implement, extend, and customize the application of the BIRO technology in at least 20 European Member States. Participants will be connected through a system that will safely collect aggregated data and produce systematic EU reports of diabetes indicators. EUBIROD aims to implement a sustainable European Diabetes Register through the coordination of existing national/regional frameworks and the systematic use of the BIRO technology. The system will fulfil the Conclusions of the EU Council for the systematic data collection and monitoring of diabetes complications and health outcomes across Europe. EUBIROD will actively involve national/regional networks in the collection of diabetes data. The project includes the following activities: - data collection: ensuring wide adoption of BIRO while taking into account privacy/security issues;- epidemiological analysis: adding new functionalities for the delivery of EU standardized indicators;- technological transfer: providing a toolbox to facilitate the connection process and to remove any obstacles in the use of the system; - dissemination: training partners "on field" through the activity of a "BIRO academy";- evaluation: reviewing major achievements through international experts that will use objective indicators measuring the degree of completeness and the information content of statistical reports.
See EUBIROD (EUropean Best Information through Regional Outcomes in Diabetes) project
See Website of EUBIROD
The EU has also supported the global Health Care Quality Indicators project of the OECD. The overall aim of the Project, in which 23 countries are participating, was to develop a set of indicators that can be used to raise questions for future investigation regarding the quality of care across OECD countries. The second phase of the project will expanded the indicator set with the addition of five to twelve new indicators in priority areas, as developed with experts from participating countries in the first phase of the project. One of these priority areas was diabetes care. The report 'Selecting Indicators for the quality of diabetes care at the health systems level in OECD countries' presented the recommendations of an international expert group on indicators for diabetes care. Taking a review of existing indicators and an assessment of gaps left open by existing indicators as a basis, the experts set out to select indicators to cover both clinical processes of diabetes care and proximal and distal outcomes of care. The review led to the recommendation of nine indicators (Annual HbA1c testing, Annual LDL cholesterol testing, Annual screening for nephropathy, Processes of diabetes care, Annual eye examination, HbA1c control, Proximal outcomes, LDL cholesterol control, Lower extremity amputation rates, Kidney disease in persons with diabetes, Distal outcomes, and Cardiovascular mortality in patients with diabetes).
See Abbreviated Report of a WHO Consultation 'Use of Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus', 2011
Worldwide estimates of the prevalence of diabetes are scarce and not accurate. A worldwide estimation was provided by a WHO report on estimates of the global prevalence of diabetes in the year 2000 (used in the WHO Global Burden of Disease Study) and projections for 2030. The number of cases of diabetes worldwide in 2000 among adults (20 and over) is estimated to be 171 million. This figure is 11% higher than the previous estimate of 154 million. The higher prevalence is more likely to be explained by a combination of the inclusion of surveys reporting a higher prevalence of diabetes than was assumed previously and different data sources for some countries.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas, 5th edition provides global figures on the prevalence of diabetes based on estimates for 216 countries and territories for 2010 and 2030. This Atlas aims to inform everyone about the need of evidence in order to best act against this disease. The IDF also gives access to an interactive map with data from the Diabetes Atlas.
Prevalence estimates of diabetes mellitus in Europe
According to IDF data, the absolute number of diabetics in the EU-27 will rise from approximately 33 million in 2010 to 38 million in 2030. In 2010, approximately 9% of the adult (20-79 years) EU-27 population was diabetic.
See Prevalence estimates of diabetes mellitus - Diabetes Atlas, International Diabetes Federation, Generated table, Prevalence DM 2003-2025
See the 2011 report 'Diabetes - The Policy Puzzle: Is Europe Making Progress?' (3rd edition)(8 MB) produced by the International Diabetes Federation-European Region (IDF Europe) and the Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND), together with Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE) and the European Alliance for Research in Diabetes (EURADIA).
See the 2008 report 'Diabetes - The Policy Puzzle: Is Europe Making Progress?' (2nd edition)(4 MB) and the 2005 report 'Diabetes - The Policy Puzzle: Towards Benchmarking in the EU25' (1st edition)(335 KB) produced by the International Diabetes Federation–European Region (IDF Europe) and the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND).
A significant proportion of people diagnosed with diabetes in these studies did not know they were diabetic according to the results of the DECODE Study Group, 2003. The prevalence of diabetes known to general practitioners (GPs) in the different European countries shows less variation. For all ages the prevalence known to GPs ranged from 1.6% in Slovenian men and women to 3.1% in Belgian men and 3.4% in Belgian women.
See Age standardized prevalence of known and unknown diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2) based on analysis of blood glucose concentrations in some EU countries according to sex (DECODE Study Group, 2003; Rathmann et al., 2003; Glümer et al., 2003; ERGO-onderzoek; adapted by RIVM)
Following a gentlemen's agreement, Eurostat collected data from 17 Member States and 3 other countries who conducted the first wave of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) between 2006 and 2009. The EHIS contains questions on self-reported diabetes: 'Do you have or have you ever had diabetes? Was this diabetes diagnosed by a medical doctor? Have you had diabetes in the past 12 months?' The 'self-reported diabetes prevalence' indicator gives the proportion of persons reporting to have diabetes by answering 'Yes' to these EHIS questions. Data is further broken down by gender, age group and educational level. Eurostat foresees a second EHIS round under a legal basis in 2014.
See results of EHIS on diabetes with the Heidi data tool
Diabetes hospitalisations in Europe
According to Eurostat data on hospital discharges, there are around 900 000 diabetes mellitus hospitalisations in the EU in a typical year (2009).
See Eurostat data on number of Hospital discharges due to diabetes mellitus at national level and at regional level
See in Heidi data tool the number of Hospital discharges due to diabetes mellitus per 100,000 inhabitants
Diabetes preventive examinations on Europeans
The Eurobarometer survey carried out in 1996 and 2002 on health preventive examinations on Europeans reveals that, overall, taking own initiative, doctor's initiative and screening programmes together, 21.4% of the EU-15 population said they had a diabetes test in 2002. This is a few percentage points higher than the number of Europeans saying so six years previously (20.2% in 1996). Females (23.0% in 2002) were tested more than males (19.6% in 2002).
The preferred diagnostic screening test for type 2 diabetes is a blood sugar test called the fasting plasma glucose test, in which a blood sample is taken to assess blood sugar levels. In a fasting blood sugar test, a test result of 80 to 110 is considered normal, while results between 110 and 125 suggest a person is at risk of developing diabetes in the future. Levels higher than 125 indicate the presence of diabetes and the test must be repeated at a later date to confirm the diagnosis. Another test that measures blood sugar levels is the haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test. This test can indicate blood sugar levels over a period of time, while the typical blood sugar test measures blood sugar levels only at a specific point in time. The HbA1c test measures how much glucose in your blood stream has become bound to haemoglobin. Since blood cells last for about 90 days, the test can indicate how much glucose has been in the blood stream for the past one to three months. People who do not have diabetes should have HbA1c levels of about 3 percent to 6.5 percent. Anyone with diabetes should aim for HbA1c levels of about 8 percent.
See Eurobarometer – Health, food, alcohol and safety 2003(2 MB)
Childhood diabetes in Europe
The Commission has been continuously supporting research on diabetes through the RTD framework programmes In the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7, 2007-2013) the focus is on the causes of the different types of diabetes, and their prevention and treatment, with special attention to juvenile diseases and factors operating in childhood. The 6th Framework Programme (FP6, 2003-2006) allocated over 2 billion Euros to health research, including diabetes. 4 calls during the FP6 included diabetes research for the benefit of patients. Under the 5th Research Framework Programme (1998-2002), 19 projects related to diabetes were supported (total funding ± €40 million).
To study the epidemiology of childhood-onset type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes in Europe, in 1988 the EURODIAB (The Epidemiology and prevention of Diabetes) Project established prospective geographically-defined registers of new cases diagnosed in persons under 15 years of age. This report is based on 16 362 cases registered during the period 1989-94 by 44 centres representing most European countries and Israel and covering a population of about 28 million children. The standardised average annual incidence rate during the period 1989-94 ranged from 6.2 cases per 100 000 per year in Northern Greece to 40.2 cases per 100 000 per year in two regions of Finland. Pooled over centres and sexes, the rates of increase were 6.3% for children aged 0-4 years, 3.1% for 5-9 years, and 2.4% for 10-14 years. The results confirm a very wide range of incidence rates within EU and show that the increase in incidence during the period varied from country to country. The rapid rate of increase in children aged under 5 is of particular concern.
In 1993, a new phase, EURODIAB ACE (Aetiology of childhood diabetes on an epidemiological basis), began. Its aim was to use the, by now, well-established network to research the nature of childhood diabetes in detail using genetic and immunological methods. The ACE study set out to monitor the frequency of diabetes in children and to describe trends in the incidence of the disease throughout Europe. This study also included teams of scientists from Central and Eastern Europe - in total about 40 different groups worked together, representing a study population of almost 30 million children.
The last phase of the project, EURODIAB TIGER (Type I Genetic Epidemiology Resource), was taking the work forward to gain significant clues as to which causal factors are the most important. TIGER scientists collected material from 2 000 patients and their immediate relatives. These samples were screened and analysed for the distribution of specific genetic and immune markers. This provides the centralised facility that does all the laboratory work.
More than half the European population will suffer from hyperglycaemia and type 2 diabetes (T2D) during their lifetime. The main risk factors are well known:
The prognosis of T2D is characterised by the development of complications and, as such, T2D is a disease which gives rise to excessive rates of heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, renal disease, eye diseases, and many neurological and mental problems. The most efficient way of managing T2D and its complications is to prevent diabetes from developing.
According to some studies, lifestyle changes can reduce the onset of T2D by as much as 58% in high-risk subjects. While these findings provide compelling evidence for them to be translated into community-based prevention strategies, it is necessary to learn how the prevention of T2D works in reality and to find out the extent to which the prevention of T2D can reduce direct and indirect medical care and non-medical costs engendered by the disease. T2D prevention may help to solve in part the economic crisis of Europe's health care systems and to improve the productivity and competitiveness of economies in general. The EU co-funded project Diabetes in Europe - Prevention using Lifestyle, Physical Activity and Nutritional Intervention, coordinated by the University of Helsinki, sets out to systematically address the development of national community-based T2D prevention programmes throughout Europe. The objectives of the proposed project are to assess the T2D risk in European populations and to implement and evaluate a lifestyle intervention programme to prevent T2D in high-risk individuals. Fulfilling these objectives will help to improve knowledge of public health in Europe. While the project will promote healthy lifestyle and help to prevent T2D, many important health determinants will be addressed within the activities undertaken.
To meet the objectives of this project a cross-sectional survey to assess diabetes risk will be performed with a questionnaire based on 8 items which persons at risk can easily fill out without help. Addressing the second objective of the project requires the implementation of a core prevention programme in the different European countries. This will need adjustment for the different national conditions (language, behaviour), although this adjustment is expected to be minor because the goals are general and there is a risk that adjustments might not be sufficient (i.e. physical activity in mountain regions, different eating habits in different countries).
The EU Conference on the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes, under the Austrian Council Presidency, took place in February 2006 in Vienna, and was organised by the Austrian Health Institute (ÖBIG), on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women and with the support of the European Commission. The conference was organised and designed together with renowned international organisations specialising in diabetes: the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Europe, the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) and Primary Care Diabetes (PCD) Europe. The outcome of the discussions were compiled in an expert paper comprising the main findings and recommendations to be brought to the attention of Health Ministers at the Informal Conference of Ministers in April 2006 and at the formal Council in June 2006. The Austrian Health Institute (ÖBIG) tabled a report entitled 'Diabetes mellitus – a challenge for health policy to present situation and analysis of measures in Austria and Europe' at this conference. The aim of this study is to give an overview of the corresponding measures in Austria and other European countries. The intention is to identify deficits and describe in detail particularly interesting models which could serve as a basis for future measures in Austria and other European countries. Thus, this survey provides information for implementing the Austrian Diabetes Plan and for shaping the focal theme of the Austrian EU Presidency (in the first half of 2006) in the field of health, as the prevention of type 2 diabetes was selected as one of the main health policy themes.
The EASD European Diabetes Epidemiology Group (EDEG) has as its main goal to lead and facilitate epidemiological research on disorders of glucose tolerance and its complications, and to act as a forum for interchange and dissemination of findings.
See Prevalence estimates of Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) 2010 - 2030, Diabetes Atlas 5th edition, International Diabetes Federation
The significant rise in the number of people with diabetes has led European governments to develop national policy frameworks to tackle the diabetes issue. There are several forms of policy framework. Around 15 Member States have set up National Frameworks or Plans for diabetes. A national plan sets the priority objectives for the prevention and control of diabetes. Most of the EU Member States and in other European countries have developed professional guidelines which are statements with no legal status aimed at assisting and advising practitioners and patients.
See Overview on Diabetes Policy Frameworks in the EU and in other European countries(38 KB)
According to the Eurostat data on causes of death based on death certificates, 106,757 persons (46,141 men and 60,616 women) died from diabetes mellitus in the EU27 in 2009. Diabetes was recorded as the underlying cause of death in 2.2% of all deaths registered in 2009 in the EU27. There were more female than male deaths. However, the standard death rate in 2009 was 14.1 per 100,000 in males and 10.8 per 100,000 in females.
In the total pattern of 2009 mortality in the EU, diabetes mellitus is the 9th leading single cause of death. However, the actual number of deaths for which diabetes was a contributing factor is probably several times this figure according to recent studies. People with diabetes usually die from late complications of the condition, such as ischemic heart disease, gangrene or renal disease, and these can be considered uncertified diabetes-related deaths because these complications are, in most cases, recorded as the underlying cause of death. However, the figures do provide an overview of the significance of the diabetes mortality problem.
Although EU mortality data do not make a distinction between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, people with Type 1 diabetes are twice as likely to have diabetes listed as the underlying cause of death as those who develop it later in life. In addition, there are other more specific issues in using death certificate data for analysing diabetes mortality: (i) diabetes has been shown to be under-reported on death certificates. Diabetes as a diagnosis is often omitted from death certificates of people known to have diabetes; (ii) the causal role of diabetes in mortality is often unrecognised. It is often difficult for physicians to decide whether diabetes was the cause of death or even if it had a contributory role; (iii) subjectivity may exist when recording diabetes or other diseases (such as diseases of the circulatory system) as the underlying cause of death; and (iv) selection of a single underlying cause of death may be difficult in people with multiple chronic diseases.
In the absence of any national cohort studies on diabetes mortality, death certificate data remain the most comprehensively collected national data pertaining to mortality in the EU.
See Eurostat annual data on number of death due to diabetes mellitus at national level
See Eurostat number of death due to diabetes mellitus by region (3 years average) – Total
See Eurostat number of death due to diabetes mellitus by region (3 years average) – Males
See Eurostat number of death due to diabetes mellitus by region (3 years average) - Females
See Eurostat Standardized Death Rate (SDR) per 100,000 inhabitants due to diabetes mellitus by gender
The aim of a study by the DECODE Study Group was to assess whether the relation between fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-h plasma glucose (2hPG) and the risk of mortality from all causes and CVD and non-CVD is graded or whether a threshold effect exists. The relevance of the current definition of diabetes with regard to the prediction of mortality was addressed.
See Is the current definition for diabetes relevant to mortality risk from all causes and cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases?
The calculated estimates of the direct cost of diabetes care in 216 countries and territories are available in the IDF Diabetes Atlas, 5th edition (2011). The costs are calculated in international dollars to correct differences in purchasing power but some conversion into US Dollars are available.
There are 3 categories of costs associated with diabetes:
Diabetes complications require hospitalisation most of the time. 50% of people with diabetes suffer from at least one complication. Hospitalisation represents the biggest proportion of the direct costs. It implies admission to hospital, laboratory analysis, the work of a medical staff, specific therapies, and investments to assure the best quality of care for affected people. The length and the frequency of this hospitalisation also increase the charges for health systems. By contrast, drug costs (insulin, anti-diabetic drugs) to treat type 2 diabetes are relatively low. To sum up, diabetes complications represent a huge cost for health care systems.
See European comparison on cost of diabetes as percentage of total health expenditure(17 KB)
The World Diabetes Day, celebrated every year on November 14, was established by the IDF and the WHO in 1991 with the aim of coordinating diabetes advocacy worldwide. Since then, it has become the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes community. Officially supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), World Diabetes Day is an annual awareness campaign aiming to raise public awareness of the causes, symptoms, treatment and complications associated with diabetes.
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Bullying at Work
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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Sir Winston, Churchill
Bullying at work is the repeated, malicious verbal mistreatment of a Target (the recipient) by a harassing bully (the perpetrator) that is driven by the bully's desire to control the Target. That control is typically a mixture of cruel acts of deliberate humiliation or interference and the withholding of resources and support preventing the Target from succeeding at work. The most important defining characteristic is that the bully's actions damage the Target's health and self-esteem, relations with family and friends, economic livelihood, or some combination of them all.
Bullying encompasses all types of mistreatment at work. All harassment is bullying as long as the actions have the effect, intended or not, of hurting the Target. Without harm felt, the tyrant's maneuvers are not bullying.
Perpetrators are women and men who torment women and men of all races and ages, in all workplaces, regardless of size or type of business.
Though bullying begins as one-on-one harassment, troubles for Targets are complicated by each inappropriate or inadequate response to the cruelty by employers, institutional helpers, and the legal system. All contribute to sustaining the cruelty. Remarkably, the organization's resources are predictably marshaled in support of the bully instead ofthe wronged Target. From the Target's perspective, the work world has colluded against her to do her harm.
Unchecked one-on-one bullying quickly escalates into a hostile, poisoned workplace where everyone suffers. If ignored long enough, the entire organization is placed at risk, facing preventable trauma or litigation.
Understanding BullySpeak
BullySpeak is a vocabulary that we deliberately choose to use so that we neither offend crusaders for other social justice causes nor confuse the individuals we attempt to support through the Campaign Against Workplace Bullying.
Female is the preferred gender
We use the pronoun "she" throughout the text to describe both the Target, the recipient of mistreatment at work, and the bully, the perpetrator. We need to expand harassment's definitional boundaries beyond the narrow "protected class" Equal Employment Opportunity categories of female, minority, older, and disabled workers. Also, the majority of advice seekers who contact us are women who are stalked by women bullies. We are not ignoring men. Male Targets, a large 30 percent minority, need only mentally substitute pronouns throughout the text. They call ask a woman for help seeing the world from the other side; she's been doing it for a lifetime.
Targets and bullies
Out of respect to Targets, with whom we sympathize, we always capitalize the word "Targets." We capitalize the word "bullies" if the word happens to begin a sentence.
Targets merely had the bad fortune to run into a bully too lazy to acquire the insight about her personal list of deficiencies, her lack of self-esteem. A Target drifts in, and hopefully out of, the crosshairs of the bully's scope. Target status can be temporary or it can drone on for years.
Targets, not victims
Bullies select Targets to harm. Targets are recipients of unrelenting verbal assaults that cut to the core of the Target's being. Over time, the Target's personality gets trampled, bent out of recognition even to herself. When Targets see themselves as victims, two undesirable things can happen:
1. if they have a personal history of being exploited by others in their family or in other relationships, victimhood lures them back to a painful time. Once there, victims find it harder to act to reverse their situation. Bullying is certainly re-traumatizing for those with prior experience. This affects the intensity of the damages done; it does not justify the bully's actions nor relieve the employer of responsibility for putting the Target in harm's way and not protecting her when the bullying is reported.
2. victimhood begets powerlessness, helplessness, and an inability to change matters for the better.
BullyProofing is about reclaiming dignity and self-respect. We are eternally optimistic that the situations Targets find themselves in get better.
Targets Don't Deserve or
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Bullies Are Liars and Cowards!
Bullying, not abuse
Abusers have victims. Battered spouses and children deserve to have the terms abuse and victim reserved for them because they suffer physical violence unlike Targets of bullying. Workplace bullying involves abuse of power, but we shy away from using the term abuse whenever possible.
Cheerleaders for corporate competition are quick to denigrate victims as deserving their fate. Wrong! Bullied Targets no more like the torment they endure than rape victims are likely to invite the rapist. The anti-bullying movement is not asking for pity from the morally bankrupt.
Folks in Britain coined the phrase "Workplace Bullying." It is an instantly recognizable term to Americans. Every time we stand in line at a store, sit at an airport, or talk to a reporter, we get to hear someone's memory of torment at work, either theirs or a friend's. It is that common, a "silent epidemic" ready to be pushed into the light of day (or to face press and media scrutiny as defined in the modern world).
BullyingFamiliar Yet Different
Illegal sexual harassment is a special type of harassment. All sexual harassment is also bullying. Bullying, defined as "generalized workplace abuse," was four times more prevalent than sexual harassment in a study of several work-related groups at the University of Illinois at Chicago (J. Richman, American Journal of Public Health, 1999).
Bullying is rarely illegal. Either the law does not apply at all or the legal options make the case too difficult to build. Harassment or discriminatory treatmentif unrelated to gender, race, age, or any of the other Title VII (of the Civil Rights Act) protected class categoriesare invisible in the eyes of current U.S. law.
"Protection" is a misnomer. Laws on the books are routinely ignored in the American workplace anyway. Sexual harassment and the hostile work environment are pervasive. The hostility continues despite millions of dollars invested in corporate training claiming to prevent or stop it. The attitude seems to be a challenge to "sue me" by employers who can outspend and outlast any lone plaintiff.
The presence of a law simply gives one the "right to sue." In turn, that means placing yourself in financial jeopardy at the hands of an attorney, pro-corporate judge, or jury whose decisions can be overruled easily over the course of several years. Even when the settlement or award is paid, the payoff hardly justifies prolonging the agony that bullying started. Legal solutions are rarely satisfying.
Schoolyard bullyingthe torment of one child by anotheris often compared to workplace bullying. Both types share common underlying principlesthe desperate grab for control by an insecure inadequate person, the exercise of power through the humiliation of the Target. School-age bullies, if reinforced by cheering kids, fearful teachers, or ignorant administrators, grow up as dominating people. If it works for them, there is no reason to change. At work as adults, they do what they do bestbully others. An unknown percentage of workplace bullies have a lifelong record of disrespecting the needs of others. Of course, the cues given off in a super-competitive workplace will draw out the dark side of many others who were not bullies in a prior life, witnesses perhaps, but rarely Targets.
The stakes for workplace bullying are more serious than in the school. Bullying threatens the economic livelihood not only of the Target but the Target's family. When a bully decides to capriciously untrack a Target's career, years of investment in terms of time and money are at risk. Finally, the most important differencethe one that distinguishes our approach to solutionsis that the child Target must have the help and support of third-party adults to reverse the conflict. Bullied adults have the primary responsibility for righting the wrong, for engineering a solution. When others intervene on their behalfas when a more aggressive, well-intentioned spouse takes over finding the solutionthe Target suffers additional consequences from giving away her independence.
Incivilities and rudeness rarely trigger stress in the people who experience them. Toe picking, knuckle cracking, belching, and nostril reaming are all offensive and undignified. However, they reflect only on the socialization of the picker, cracker, belcher, and reamer. It's not bullying until the bully does something to the Target. If the bully picks the Target's toes (against her wishes) or picks her nose (without permission) and this offensive behavior hurts her emotionally, it could be bullying. Social mistakes not expressly done to affect another person may be cute to talk about, but they do not qualify as bullying according to our criteria.
Chris Pearson, Ph.D., is an "incivilities" researcher. Her survey of workers who admitted they were the targets of rudeness or disrespect revealed that 12 percent felt compelled to leave their jobs. Our survey of bullied Targets demonstrated that 75 percent had to leave their jobs to make the bullying go away.
When employers complain of incivility, they can dodge responsibility for establishing the toxic culture at work. It is easy then to blame troubles on the conflicting personality of "those" employees.
Workplace violence certainly grabs headlines, but they are misleading. Workers face the greatest risk of assault from customers, clients, robbers, scorned lovers, and strangers. Violence between workers, of the same or different rank, accounted for only 11 percent of workplace homicides, according to the University of California-Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program's 1997 findings. How is bullying related to this dramatic, albeit rare, worker-on-worker violence?
A bully-tolerant workplace can be quite pathological, gripped in fear, with everyone, including management, too petrified to hold the bully accountable for her unforgivable behavior. The bully routinely practices psychological violence against her Target. Yet, she rarely has to resort to physical violence or threats of it to satisfy her control needs. Violent outbursts follow frustration about not having some needs met. Bullies are in charge and rarely frustrated. Some bullies do threaten violence, but nearly all bullies are content to damage people without fists or weapons.
There is a highly profitable workplace violence "industry" created by management consultants who don't want employers to hear the 11 percent figure. They want employers to fear employees. That illogical fear convinces employers to pay huge fees for psychological testing of non-supervisory employees and of pre-hire job applicants. Testing is wrong for two reasons. First, an uncritical acceptance of testing places a premium on personality as the cause of all action. In reality, hostile workplaces, in other words, situations and circumstances, coerce people to do strange things. A second error is to omit testing management, who comprise 89 percent of the pool of bullies according to our research. Therefore, the perpetrators are exempt from having their own aggressive impulses detected.
The industry experts, acting as sycophants for management, busily and expensively ferret out lower-level workers who appear to pose a potential risk to become violent and affix the scarlet letter "V." Many ex-law enforcement types work in the "industry" which helps maintain the notion that employees are fraudulent, not trustworthy, and simply are waiting to explode with guns blazing. Zero-tolerance clauses also enable a manager to provoke a worker over the course of several years and to terminate her immediately if she dares to react emotionally with a verbal threat. The workplace has become a police state for some based on irrational fears.
One federal worker, a mother with kids in child care, was dragged away unceremoniously from work in handcuffs when she innocently commented that since her workplace was hell (and she had her bully to blame for that) she could sympathize with postal workers who had become violent because no one listened to them either. She not only lost her job, she was prohibited to contact her children while she wrangled with law enforcement that night.
Are bullied Targets a violence risk? In the rarest of circumstances, a Target, after years of mistreatment at the hands of tyrant and inaction by the employer, saw no alternative and turned to violence.
One man killed himself and his branch manager of the state agency on the day of his return from recuperation from a heart attack induced by that manager. The manager greeted him in the parking lot and provoked him before entering the office. The man, described as very gentle and caring by all who knew him, got in his car and drove away, only to return minutes later with a loaded gun. His co-workers considered the killings a tragedy only because of the suicide. It turns out that the branch manager was a favorite in the state capitol. His reputation was as a "turnaround guy" who cracked the whip in each of the several offices to which he was assigned. Staff turnover, workers' compensation, and disability claims were his legacy. He was hated by employees, though encouraged and respected by the folks in the central office who generally disrespected their workforce.
Post-shooting analysts carefully have to dissect each episode of workplace violence. If the shooter selects certain people, then we at the Campaign are reasonably sure that those victims had previously frustrated the person by ignoring or denying repeated complaints about mistreatment at work. That is, when the victims are an EEO officer, a human resources staffer, or the boss of the bully, then we can attribute the violence to unaddressed bullying. Sadly, the knee-jerk, simplistic story told is that the shooter was a wacko. Reporters interview the bullying supervisor who defames the employee as a poor performer "with troubles" as the body is being loaded into the coroner's wagon.
It is more likely that Targets direct the violence inward and commit suicide. Given the roles shame and humiliation play in their lives, Targets have great difficulty getting out of bed and often suffer from depression. By the time they kill themselves, they have lost their marriages, their homes, their children, and all hope of surviving economically. It was bullying that probably drove them out of the job and started the decline in the quality of their lives in the first place. Unfortunately, the link between the suicide and the cruel mistreatment and subsequent loss of the job is less obvious than the trail of bodies in a public shooting rampage. A federal agency union representative knew of nine suicides in one year in her region directly attributable to bullying.
On a scale of damage one could suffer at work, incivilities would fall near the low end. Bullying would cover a wide middle range of destructive, intimidating workplace practices. Physical violence appears at the high end, score 10.
The most important difference between workplace violence and bullying is that the latter is a daily occurrence for many. Violence is rare, but bullying is estimated to affect one in five workers in the U.S. workforce (according to Keashly, "A Year 2000 Scientific Survey of Michigan Residents"). Headlines about violence regrettably distract the public from addressing the more prevalent phenomenon of bullying that destroys the lives, careers, and families of millions.
The Campaign, Catalyst for Change
Workplace bullying is a serious threat to:
Freedom from fear and trauma
Employee health and safety
Civil rights in the workplace
Dignity at work
Personal self-respect
Family cohesion and stability
Workteam morale and productivity
Employment practices liability
Retention of skilled employees
Employer reputation
Bullying is a multi-faceted problem which requires multi-disciplinary solutions:
Behavioral and organizational researchers
Mental health practitioners
Legal resources
Organized labor
Employee advocates
Management and human resources
Dispute-resolution specialists
It is an uphill fight to be sure. In our media-saturated world, messages for and about regular workers are rare. One former business reporter was so frustrated by the fawning over CEOs, investors, entrepreneurs, and consumers that he started an online magazinewww.disgruntled.com. There, he is able to tell stories from the employee's point of view. Daniel Levine is one of those rare advocates for employees. His 1998 book, Disgruntled: The Darker Side of the World of Work, speaks with a candor rarely seen in the mainstream press or heard in broadcasts. We join Disgruntled in the fight.
Silence and shame ensure that bullying will never stop. We must work to uncover and reverse the atrocities, one person, one company, and one law at a time.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa


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|Safe Haskell
This library provides Uniplate-style generic traversals and other recursion schemes for fixed-point types. There are many advantages of using fixed-point types instead of explicit recursion:
- we can easily add attributes to the nodes of an existing tree;
- there is no need for a custom type class, we can build everything on the top of
Traversable, for which GHC can derive the instances for us;
- we can provide interesting recursion schemes
- some operations can retain the structure of the tree, instead flattening it into a list;
- it is relatively straightforward to provide generic implementations of the zipper, tries, tree drawing, hashing, etc...
The main disadvantage is that it does not work well for mutually recursive data types, and that pattern matching becomes more tedious (but there are partial solutions for the latter).
Consider as an example the following simple expression language, encoded by a recursive algebraic data type:
data Expr = Kst Int | Var String | Add Expr Expr deriving (Eq,Show)
We can open up the recursion, and obtain a functor instead:
data Expr1 e = Kst Int | Var String | Add e e deriving (Eq,Show,Functor,Foldable,Traversable)
The fixed-point type
Expr1 is isomorphic to
However, we can also add some attributes to the nodes:
The type
Expr1 a =
Expr1 a) is the type of
with the same structure, but with each node having an extra
field of type
The functions in this library work on types like that:
f is a functor, and sometimes explicitely on
f a.
The organization of the modules (excluding Util.*) is the following:
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Base - core types and type classes
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Functor - sum and product functors
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Traversals - Uniplate-style traversals
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Morphisms - recursion schemes
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Attributes - annotated trees
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Open - functions operating on functors
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Zipper - generic zipper
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Draw - generic tree drawing (both ASCII and graphviz)
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Pretty - pretty-printing of expression trees
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Trie - generic generalized tries
- Data.Generics.Fixplate.Hash - annotating trees with their hashes
This module re-exports the most common functionality present in the library (but not for example the zipper, tries, hashing).
The library itself should be fully Haskell98 compatible; no language extensions are used. The only exception is the Data.Generics.Fixplate.Functor module, which uses the TypeOperators language extension for syntactic convenience (but this is not used anywhere else).
Note: to obtain
Read and other instances for
fixed point types like
Mu Expr1, consult the documentation of the
EqF type class (cf. the related
ShowF and
ReadF classes)
- module Data.Generics.Fixplate.Base
- module Data.Generics.Fixplate.Traversals
- module Data.Generics.Fixplate.Morphisms
- module Data.Generics.Fixplate.Attributes
- module Data.Generics.Fixplate.Draw
- class Functor f where
- fmap :: (a -> b) -> f a -> f b
- class Foldable t where
- class (Functor t, Foldable t) => Traversable t where
- traverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> t a -> f (t b)
- sequenceA :: Applicative f => t (f a) -> f (t a)
- mapM :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m (t b)
- sequence :: Monad m => t (m a) -> m (t a)
module Data.Generics.Fixplate.Base
module Data.Generics.Fixplate.Draw
class Functor f where
Functor class is used for types that can be mapped over.
Instances of
Functor should satisfy the following laws:
fmap id == id fmap (f . g) == fmap f . fmap g
The instances of
Functor for lists,
Maybe and
satisfy these laws.
fmap :: (a -> b) -> f a -> f b
|Functor []
|Functor IO
|Functor Id
|Functor ZipList
|Functor STM
|Functor ReadPrec
|Functor ReadP
|Functor Maybe
|Functor ((->) r)
|Functor (Either a)
|Functor ((,) a)
|Functor (ST s)
|Ix i => Functor (Array i)
|Functor (StateL s)
|Functor (StateR s)
|Functor (Const m)
|Monad m => Functor (WrappedMonad m)
|Functor (ST s)
|Arrow a => Functor (ArrowMonad a)
|Functor (Proxy *)
|Functor (Map k)
|Functor f => Functor (CoAttrib f)
|Functor f => Functor (Attrib f)
|Arrow a => Functor (WrappedArrow a b)
|Functor f => Functor (CoAnn f a)
|Functor f => Functor (Ann f a)
|(Functor f, Functor g) => Functor ((:*:) f g)
|(Functor f, Functor g) => Functor ((:+:) f g)
|Functor f => Functor (HashAnn hash f)
class Foldable t where
Data structures that can be folded.
Minimal complete definition:
foldMap or
For example, given a data type
data Tree a = Empty | Leaf a | Node (Tree a) a (Tree a)
a suitable instance would be
instance Foldable Tree where foldMap f Empty = mempty foldMap f (Leaf x) = f x foldMap f (Node l k r) = foldMap f l `mappend` f k `mappend` foldMap f r
This is suitable even for abstract types, as the monoid is assumed
to satisfy the monoid laws. Alternatively, one could define
instance Foldable Tree where foldr f z Empty = z foldr f z (Leaf x) = f x z foldr f z (Node l k r) = foldr f (f k (foldr f z r)) l
Combine the elements of a structure using a monoid.
foldMap :: Monoid m => (a -> m) -> t a -> m
Map each element of the structure to a monoid, and combine the results.
foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
foldr' :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
Right-associative fold of a structure, but with strict application of the operator.
foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
Left-associative fold of a structure. but with strict application of the operator.
foldlf z =
foldl'f z .
foldr1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> t a -> a
A variant of
foldr that has no base case,
and thus may only be applied to non-empty structures.
foldr1f =
foldr1f .
foldl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> t a -> a
|Foldable []
|Foldable Maybe
|Foldable (Either a)
|Foldable ((,) a)
|Ix i => Foldable (Array i)
|Foldable (Const m)
|Foldable (Proxy *)
|Foldable (Map k)
|Foldable f => Foldable (CoAttrib f)
|Foldable f => Foldable (Attrib f)
|Foldable f => Foldable (CoAnn f a)
|Foldable f => Foldable (Ann f a)
|(Foldable f, Foldable g) => Foldable ((:*:) f g)
|(Foldable f, Foldable g) => Foldable ((:+:) f g)
|Foldable f => Foldable (HashAnn hash f)
class (Functor t, Foldable t) => Traversable t where
Functors representing data structures that can be traversed from left to right.
Minimal complete definition:
traverse or
A definition of
traverse must satisfy the following laws:
- naturality
t .for every applicative transformation
traversef =
traverse(t . f)
- identity
traverseIdentity = Identity
- composition
traverse(Compose .
fmapg . f) = Compose .
traverseg) .
A definition of
sequenceA must satisfy the following laws:
- naturality
t .for every applicative transformation
- identity
fmapIdentity = Identity
- composition
fmapCompose = Compose .
where an applicative transformation is a function
t :: (Applicative f, Applicative g) => f a -> g a
preserving the
Applicative operations, i.e.
and the identity functor
Identity and composition of functors
are defined as
newtype Identity a = Identity a instance Functor Identity where fmap f (Identity x) = Identity (f x) instance Applicative Indentity where pure x = Identity x Identity f <*> Identity x = Identity (f x) newtype Compose f g a = Compose (f (g a)) instance (Functor f, Functor g) => Functor (Compose f g) where fmap f (Compose x) = Compose (fmap (fmap f) x) instance (Applicative f, Applicative g) => Applicative (Compose f g) where pure x = Compose (pure (pure x)) Compose f <*> Compose x = Compose ((<*>) <$> f <*> x)
(The naturality law is implied by parametricity.)
Instances are similar to
Functor, e.g. given a data type
data Tree a = Empty | Leaf a | Node (Tree a) a (Tree a)
a suitable instance would be
instance Traversable Tree where traverse f Empty = pure Empty traverse f (Leaf x) = Leaf <$> f x traverse f (Node l k r) = Node <$> traverse f l <*> f k <*> traverse f r
This is suitable even for abstract types, as the laws for
imply a form of associativity.
The superclass instances should satisfy the following:
- In the
fmapshould be equivalent to traversal with the identity applicative functor (
- In the
foldMapshould be equivalent to traversal with a constant applicative functor (
traverse :: Applicative f => (a -> f b) -> t a -> f (t b)
Map each element of a structure to an action, evaluate these actions from left to right, and collect the results.
sequenceA :: Applicative f => t (f a) -> f (t a)
Evaluate each action in the structure from left to right, and collect the results.
mapM :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m (t b)
Map each element of a structure to a monadic action, evaluate these actions from left to right, and collect the results.
sequence :: Monad m => t (m a) -> m (t a)
Evaluate each monadic action in the structure from left to right, and collect the results.
|Traversable []
|Traversable Maybe
|Traversable (Either a)
|Traversable ((,) a)
|Ix i => Traversable (Array i)
|Traversable (Const m)
|Traversable (Proxy *)
|Traversable (Map k)
|Traversable f => Traversable (CoAttrib f)
|Traversable f => Traversable (Attrib f)
|Traversable f => Traversable (CoAnn f a)
|Traversable f => Traversable (Ann f a)
|(Traversable f, Traversable g) => Traversable ((:*:) f g)
|(Traversable f, Traversable g) => Traversable ((:+:) f g)
|Traversable f => Traversable (HashAnn hash f)


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Author Santa Montefiore on her book 'Secrets of the Lighthouse' which is Published by Simon and Schuster.
Publisher Sarah Davis Goff on discovering 'The Spinning Heart' by Donal Ryan which was rejected by numerous publishers but is now on the Booker prize longlist. Sarah's website for budding writers is www.tramp.ie.
Jim Carroll discusses the economics of touring in light of Morrissey announcing he was forced to cancel his South American tour due to lack of finances.
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Skip to comments.Vanity: Why did the GOP Senators vote for a two month extension in SS contribution cut?
Posted on 12/21/2011 7:20:14 PM PST by Steven Tyler
Vanity: Why did the GOP Senators vote for a two month extension in SS contribution cut? Why did the GOP Senators not hold out for the congress one year extension?
Go along to get along...
because the GOP rino's lean more to Obama than they do conservatives
Why extend it at all?
To get out of Dodge before Christmas.
Because we all are talking about it and not the massive 1 trillion spending bill that was just rammed through. It's called diversion.
And by doing so those idiots really screwed the Tea Party in the House. Sick of RINOs.
The Stockholm Syndrome.
Without a link to back it up, I understand that they thought the House was willing to go along. The Tea Party revolt exposed them all.
Because of they held out for a 12 month extension the media would say they voted against an extension...
Just like the nedia is saying about the House.
Because it's a lousy plan in the first place. Not a real tax cut, and discriminating against retired people. But they agreed to two months IF Obama would expedite the pipeline.
Boner, on the other hand, is a stupid jerk. Now the whole thing has been screwed up, and the Republicans come out of it with nothing but a lot of blame. From Obama, from the press, from the libs, and now even from conservatives, who haven't looked at it closely enough to understand what's going on.
I think the Senate GOP screwed themselves. Get rid of them.
>> Why extend it at all?
So who the Hell is responsible for covering the benefits that are not getting funded? More crap getting rammed down the throats of America's children.
Because they're not smart enough to clearly deconstruct what's going on. Cantor sounds like he's in a haze.
Get rid of them. They don't have a majority and side with Marxists. Before we throw the TEA Party House under the bus lets applaud them for holding ground. Obama needs this debate going into the elections and the TEA Party is saying hell no!
With "leaders" like McConnell and McCain in the Senate, do you really need to ask this question?
They are limp-wristed RINOS who may as well go ahead and put a (D) after their names. I'm through with all of them - if they are currently in office, they can go to hell as they will not receive a vote from me.
Because they were scared to vote against the compromise and look like middle class tax raisers. The handwriting is on the wall on this unfortunately.
Ding ding ding!
Ten Senators voted against the Senate Bill, seven of them Republicans; these are the good guys::
Corker TN
DeMint SC
Johnson WI
Kirk IL
Moran KS
Sessions AL
Shelby AL
The rest of the Republican caucus went along with Harry Reid and voted yes.
Also voting against were Leahy VT, Sanders VT, and Manchin WVA - for reasons known only to themselves.
A high turnover in the house benefits who?
A low turnover in the house in the coming elections benefit who?
The answer to the first is anybody but bonehead.
the Second: Bonehead.
Any new influx of Tea partiers in the house and Bonehead is gone.
Thank You. They deserve our utmost support. The rest can fend their action at the ballot box.
As a young American, I'll take my chances with this tax cut, considering I won't get anything back anyways - and I in fact expect that the Feds will try to directly confiscate my 401(k) and other tax-advantaged accounts irrespective.
Kirk is NOT and NEVER will be one of the "good guys."
Corker is a RINO.
Of that list, there are probably two or three actual conservatives, including DeMint.
Wanna cry? Listen to this-—30 minutes you'll be glad you spent listening——and, then, send it to as many people as you can:
Social Security is NOT an insurance program.
Social Security is an inter-generational Ponzi scheme, a program of wealth redistribution designed to Balkanize the population, increase dependency on the Federal government, and serve as a slush fund for establishment politicans.
The Supreme Court has already ruled that Congress can change the terms of the program at any time.
As such, you paid a tax, not a contribution.
The sad part is most posters here don't seem to get the bigger picture. While all of the debate about this payroll tax cut is merely
peanuts, they ignore what the house, senate and president just did.
ram through another 1 trillion dollar spending bill and debate about payroll peanuts. Go figure.
Then why can't we claim it as a tax? Why is it called FICA? and not FTCA? I'm not arguing that SS is or is not a PONZI scheme. It is what it is. Whether you like it or not. This Bill is about defunding it. Period.
I know. They get all caught up with the gamesmanship, as if it were their favorite college football team playing.
America is about to collapse and people are focused on inconsequential bullsquat.
The worst part is that when you point it out, a few of them will jump all over you for not joining in the stupidity.
>> I'll take my chances with this tax cut
Unfortunately, it's not a tax cut. It's a deferral that will not be adjusted when the current crew retreats to collect their share.
You may be young, but you're not one of the children that are having their future pillaged to serve scumbags.
FICA is a tax.
That's your opinion! Try claiming it on your Federal Taxes.
There are numerous taxes that you can't claim.
FICA is just another tax of similar nature.
Congress could make FICA a deduction if they really wanted to. They have that authority.
Why extend it at all?
Why not cut it permanently? Let people keep their own money, to save for their own retirement,instead of taxing them for a ponzi scheme.
It's a tax, taken out of your paycheck. Why do you want to pay more taxes to the federal government? Why don't you want to keep your money, to save for yourself and your family?
Then why don't they? Do you know the history behind that decision?
"The sad part is most posters here dont seem to get the bigger picture."
You're right about that. The big picture with this Bill is what is hidden from view. A NEW ADDED VALUE TAX which will be added to very mortgage over $200.000.00.
This is the REAL reason Obama and Dems wanted it passed.
I don't about you but I'm going to find out if my Reps knew about this hidden tax.
The only way to change Social Security is to eliminate FICA "contributions" (taxes) entirely while maintaining Social Security payouts using general funds, with payouts capped at the individual's actual "contributions" and the option for a two-thirds (or whatever partial percentage) buyout in which the recipient waives all further claims against the U.S. government.
Any other solution that directly relies on being phased in will fail - just like the car tax "cut" here in Virginia, which was frozen after several years and remains in place, just at lower rates than when the tax "cut" was originally passed. After all, the whims of politicians can change from one General Assembly (or Congress) to another.
////To get out of Dodge before Christmas.///
It will get a bipartisan majority everytime.
>> Who then, is going to fund SS?
This "payroll taxcut" is a load of crap, and liability to be eventually shouldered by kids now elementary school. Piss be upon DC.
Manchin is a blue dog D.
Cornyn votes with the RINOs...obviously has big time ambitions.
They are idiots.
Because their votes will cause the seniors to be homeless and die.
The Democrats votes help the working class while doing no harm to our seniors.
You know, that's sick.
And, true.
We would be in a worse mess if the House went along. We should count our victories when we get them and regroup for more battles. The Senate is up for grabs next year and we need to get more conservatives elected for that body.
Without having the Senate bill to read, you can't know entirely. The pipeline, to the Senators serious about jobs and energy we can have quickly on hand, is a serious issue.
So, they tied this approval to an extension in the "payroll tax cut" because the dems/obama want to be seen doing it. The liberals don't want the pipeline, and want to have this subject come up again in two months, hence the two month extension (remember, dems want us all on the govt. teat).This is all inexcusable time wasting gamesmanship— to no good result for US citizens.
The main problem in all this is that the language is all wrong (and it is the media using the dems language). The "tax cut extension" is an extension of reduced mandatory withholding to the Social Security system (the FICA withholding).
Technically, these are called "contributions" to the SS insurance plan....but NOW they are calling this a "tax". What continuing to extend the reduction in withholding to SS does is REDUCE the amount collected into the SS trust fund. The Democrats (under LBJ) long ago raided the Trust Fund, taking the funds from there and putting them into general revenue ledger and leaving an IOU to the fund. They did this to fake out the books and not show the actual debt/deficit of their spending.
Just listening to the radio BS on this language is very annoying. True, a year of reduced withholding means more money in peoples pockets— but Social Security is going bankrupt (actually is bankrupt)and reducing the funds for it will continue to destroy it.
If you really want to analyze the dems point of view— the obamaites anyway— Cloward Piven Alinsky intends to break down this pillar of society support systems. That does fit, but the repubs are not pointing that out. "Saving Social Security" would be the claim of no longer extending the "cuts" but the dems have already started the "money in the pockets" largesse, and repubs are playing along with them and upping the amount to one full year.
Dumb as the public is, the repubs may win this propaganda war— since Harry Reid and the Senate already left town, as has most of Congress. Lot of BS floating around.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsBelver Boa Vista Hotel & Spa Albufeira
Tripadvisor had it in its top locations for Albufeira.
Unfortunatelly, I have to disagree.
This is nowhere near 4 stars. Maybe a 2** superior...
Rooms are from the 90s (that explains the success it has for older people).
The initial room offered was without view, as the nextdoor building was covering the windows.
The guys at the reception then offer an upgrade. Literally: a room on a an upper floor, so that we could enjoy a view. Sea view.
That was the only upgrade - the inside of the room was the same.
It;s a pitty because the location has great potential.
Great staff - they did their best to provide solutions to all our complaints.
Unfortunatelly, it;s not in their power to invest and refurbish it.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Belver Boa Vista Hotel & Spa Albufeira
Pleasant but Beware
I stayed at the Hotel Boa Vista for 1 week after finding a deal on the net for €75 a night (double room with breakfast). Upon arriving the reception staff were very friendly, welcoming and helpfull. The hotel is lovely and clean however the decor is still there from the 1960's when it first opened. I had asked for a double room on the request form but I was given twin beds which I didnt mind but it was disappointing not to be informed beforehand. The safe is €30 to rent (€15 deposit) but the lock is given at reception with the key so it doesn't look to safe and I was apprehensive about it. The room is small and also hasn't been updated but the beds were very comfortable. The room was very clean and maid service was satisfactory however the room could have been swept a few times. The shower is standard but on the first morning there was no water pressure but upon my informing reception it was sorted out. The sink did have a tendency to take a while to empty which was bothersome. Air conditiong was fantastic and could be adjusted perfectly. The room is small and balconey the same so spending a night in can get a bit claustrophobic, only really ideal for couples. There was a excellent view of the beach which is a 5 minute walk down hill. The pool was very clean and not even a sign of the usuall grit you might expect at the bottom. The sun bed mats and umbrellas were a bit old and tatered but usable. The breakfast was a buffet which consisted of jams, rolls, fruit and cereals, dont count on a full english / irish though was lovely, very filling and dining area was lovely looking out at the pool. People hoping to stay close to new town Albufeira "The Strip" beware it is NOT close (€5 taxi ride which reception are happy to ring as you wont find any taxis around the town, think I seen about 2). The walk to the old town is all down hill so beware especially of the tiled paths, however the old town is very lively and nice at night if you fancy a break from the strip. Overall the hotel was very nice. I would not go again especially if I had to pay full rate but do recommend if you just want a bit of peace and relaxation and not to much walking about.
Stunning views
I have just returned from a relaxing four week stay at the Boa Vista and wish it could have been longer. I do not know of another hotel where the staff are quite so welcoming, friendly and helpful (admittedly I have stayed there before). There is a lovely family atmosphere about the place. The hotel is in a quiet location above the town and the views from the fifth floor dining room and my fourth floor bedroom were stunning. The bus service, which passes the hotel, is very useful for those who wish to avoid the uphill walk from the centre!
General review
Very disappointing! The paint on the ceiling and the walls of our room was peeling and it looked as though the room had not been decorated since the hotel was built. The furniture was out of the Ark - impossible to sit and read in the room; the door was damaged and the safety catch was broken. Certainly not the four star quality it was supposed to be.
Nice, but needs to be renovated
We expected something more due to 4 stars and price. First impression was terrible, rooms really out of time, radio from 1960, not working, air-condition from 1960 as well, I believe. Also the location: you need to be fit to stay there - it is on the very top of the hill. At breakfast you are likely not to get any coffee.
On the other hand, when after 14 days we were to leave, my opinion was quite different. You get used to walking, also the room is not important that much, because you don't spend much time in it. Staff was so-so, with a great exception: there was Mr. (I forgot the name) from Africa, who tried very hard to please our every wish and was also very talkative. I also like the hotel's free to taste port! And the view!
For young people it is probably best not to stay here but near to Strip(3 km away), as there is real night life in Albufeira. Old town is also full of bars and pubs, but it's more relaxed atmosphere.
Overall not really up to the four star quality you would expect. We were lucky in that we had a pleasant room with a large balcony up on the fifth floor near the restaurant but other guests alikened their rooms to a dungeon. Rooms near the swimming pool were apparently damp and full of cockroaches. The sun loungers were all broken and some staff quite unhelpful. On the plus side, the restaurant overlooking the sea was lovely and was the only part of the hotel with four star quality, Probably best to find something else
Nice Place to stay
I stayed at Hotel Boa Vista and enjoyed it. The View from my room Balcony was superb and the sunrise over the sea very beautifull, although a litle out-of-date rooms were confortable. The Staff is nice and very helpfull, The restaurant had a fair service, prices, and again a very nice view. I don't hesitate to recomend this hotel if you're looking for quiet hollidays
50/50 Hotel Boa Vista
The hotel is in a beautiful location, sitting at the top of a hill that overlooks the sea and the terra-cotta roofs/white washed buildings of the old part of Albufeira. The location, peaceful and quiet yet within a few minutes walking distance of the beach and the wonderful shopping and eateries. Truly ideal. The hotel itself: very 50/50. The lobby is airly decorated with wicker accents and warm lighting. However, the hallways with stained blue carpet and tacky bamboo doors, not so great.
The rooms are a bit shabby, but are good enough. However, be wary of the bathrooms--dilapadated and depressing. Neon lighting, cracked tile, broken shower that floods--simply dingy. Seems very Bates Motel.
Staff--RUDE and stress inducing. If you have any questions and you do not speak portuguese, I recommend asking all questions during the day as the night porters do not speak english. The restaurant is beautifully encased in glass overlooking the coastline. However, though the restaurant gives off the vibe of being classy and 5 star quality, the food and service are very poor. The waiters are annoying, constantly trying to sell you expensive items, and they are constantly bothering you. They make you feel very claustrophobic and uncomfortable. I ordered steak, and frankly, it was the texture of bubble-gum--really chewy. My friend ate the cod and she said it was chewy as well. Not a good sign. Overview: good value for money--but not quite up to par.
Planned Maintenance, Not.
I don't think my room or the bathroom had been redecorated since the hotel opened. Peeling and cracked paint on walls, black mould on the joints to the bathroom walls, rusting trim to the bath surround. etc.
Definately not recommended unless you want a one star hotel.
Nice Surprise
Organised the holiday on the Tuesday - arrived on the Thursday. Knew I was going to the Boa Vista - but didn't have any expectations. Hotel situated in the old part, very peaceful and fab location. Some rooms are dated and dingy - I got given a dreadful room at first, but after a stiff drink, gained courage to enquire about changing. No problem - I was quickly given a much better room. Food - fair quality but not a great choice. Staff - friendly and very helpful. They do not have a policy regarding the placing of towels on sunbeds - so be prepared to bag a bed - towels placed out as early as 7am - but not occupied until late afternoon after the person has had a day out! Pool - not child friendly, no shallow end or graduated entry.
A disappointment
For a four star hotel, we expected more. The beds were of poor quality. The toilet, radio, and phone in the room did not work. The chairs were missing from our balcony. And when we expressed our dissatisfaction, they didn't have the slightest interest in making it up to us! Not recommended.
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"This is an important part of your development," Kandler said. "The fundamental principle is to treat everyone as you would like to be treated yourself."
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Underscoring the need for all employees to be respectful and customer-service focused, Inane McManus, Employment Readiness Program manager with Army Community Service, told the young people, "We want to deliver good service to everyone around us. … You are here to build a good reputation. … We want to give you good skill-building experiences."
She explained that true customer service is "50 percent meeting needs and 50 percent attitude."
This year's program continues through July 29. Summer Hire employees make $5.50 an hour, working for various garrison directorates and other organizations in labor and clerical positions.
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"Chillaxing" all day is out the window for school break this year.
This summer, Wiesbaden youths are excited about the chance to learn job skills and earn some extra cash in various work centers in the community.
"I like working at the Central Issue Facility. It's fun. I do inventory," said Kevin Marshall.
Mellisa Connor carries out administrative duties in the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Equal Employment Opportunity Office. While it is not her dream job, she appreciates the compensation for her labor. "It's not that bad, at least I get paid," said Connor.
Though she has only been on the job for less than a month, her supervisor already realizes the benefits of her employment.
"We have a hugework load for a two-person staff. Mellisa has been a tremendous help with administrative duties since she's been here," said Pier Poe, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden EEO officer.
And where some have differing employment aspirations, others are getting a taste of their ideal job.
"I work at the gym. I get paid to work out which is pretty cool," said Daniel Mattner, Wiesbaden Fitness Center sports and fitness apprentice, who said in addition to cleaning towels, "They teach us teamwork and how things are done faster as a team."
Young employees are also pleased with job placement at the Wiesbaden Dining Facility.
"The people here are really nice," said Aisha Wiley, who works in the facility's rations and food distribution section where she helps inventory produce and with the breakfast and lunch lines.
And like Connor, Wiley's efforts in the work center are highly valued by her supervisor.
"This is one of the busiest places on the (airfield)," said Tony Jordan, Wiesbaden Dining Facility manager. "We feed about a thousand people a day so there's always room for help. Summer hires do a great job of helping us with administration and rations. We got lucky with these summer hires, they do a great job."
The Summer Hire Program runs through July 29. And while the Civilian Personnel Advisory Center is no longer accepting employment applications for this year, individuals can search the garrison website at www.wiesbaden.army.mil to learn more about employment offerings in the community.


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