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Thinking of having a destination wedding? Well you're not the only one, 25% of today's weddings take place in a destination away from where the couple resides. This isn't a surprise when you learn that the average cost of a destination wedding is $17,000, a little more than half the cost of a traditional wedding, which is around $32,600. Marsha-Ann Brown has been the Director of Romance and Weddings at Sandals for the last 10 years, so we figured she'd have valuable advice to share with couples thinking about a destination wedding, and she didn't disappoint.
What are 3 things you want your clients and potential clients to understand about planning a destination wedding?
First, I believe couples should carefully consider things like the size of their wedding party, the number of people they want to invite, as well as the makeup of that wedding party. Is it going to be an all-adult wedding or do they want to include children as well? That's going to help them decide on their resort and location of choice.
Second, couples should factor in where their guests will be traveling from. Some locations are easily accessible from the East Coast, some are more accessible from the West Coast and some provide a happy medium for most people. Also consider the air lift to the destination and the number of airlines that provide service to that location, as well as the number of direct flights available. This can vary by season, so the advice of a travel agent can save a lot of time and stress.
Along with the first two items, couples should have a clear vision in mind. How do they want their dream day to look and feel? What is their ultimate backdrop for photos? What kind of activities do they want to enjoy with their friends and family the day before and after the wedding? Asking these types of questions will help guide their decision.
Why are destination weddings a good idea?
Destination weddings are growing in popularity for many reasons. One of the top reasons is the value it provides the couple – both economically and emotionally. Destination weddings are typically multi-day events versus a more traditional wedding and reception, which lasts about five hours on average. Because of that, couples get to spend more time with the people who matter most to them. This usually includes a day or two before the wedding and perhaps a day after, which allows everyone to share all of their fun stories and memories. Plus, the destination itself provides a unique opportunity to wrap a vacation experience into an already memorable occasion.
What is the biggest misconception about destination weddings?
I find that the biggest misconception is that brides have a particular dream in mind that's very elaborate in design and décor and they question whether or not they are going to be able to fulfill on certain aspects. What I do to overcome that concern is to invite my brides to put their mood board together, share it with the wedding planner at their resort, and have their planner work with them to conceptualize, deliver and exceed the couple's expectations.
Why is it important to hire a wedding planner for a destination wedding?
Planning a wedding in a location far away from where one lives can be overwhelming. One of the benefits of planning your big event at an all-inclusive resort is that a wedding planner is included in the package. This is a tremendous benefit because it allows the couple to communicate everything they want with an expert who has been planning weddings for a specific location for years. Not stressing about all of the details allows the couple to enjoy their engagement period and feel confident that their wedding will come together just as they envision. We at Sandals appoint a wedding planner to you so you don't have to speak to multiple people. The joy of having a planner is having the ability to say "this is my dream, make it happen for me." The Aisle to Isle Wedding Program is designed so the couple can customize the wedding to exactly what they want within their budget.
How do you help your clients keep their planning stress at bay?
I believe consistent communication and accessibility to one's planner is very important. Also, the wedding planner needs to coach the couple through the entire process to build trust that everything they want will occur. This minimizes the concept that every wedding has to be stressful because really, it does not.
What would you say to a couple that is hesitant about having a destination wedding?
Without a doubt, I would be convincing them that they are giving themselves the gift of experiencing their dream wedding as well as a honeymoon in a beautiful location for an incredible value.
What is your favorite thing about planning destination weddings in particular?
My favorite thing about destination weddings are the memories that are created for the couple and their friends and families. They get to celebrate one of the most important events of their life in an idyllic setting. This holds true especially when you think of the Caribbean with its azure blue waters, its amazing sunsets, and the gorgeous flora and the fauna. And I find that many couples like to relive the memories by celebrating anniversaries at the resort in which they got married.
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A majority of UK businesses plan to expand their workforce in 2015, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Accenture.
The CBI/Accenture Employment Trends Survey 2014, which covered 323 firms, found that 50% of respondents expect their workforce to grow over the next year.
The study also found that graduate job prospects are picking up, with a net total of +30% of organisations planning to increase their graduate in-take in the next 12 months
The report said that openings for apprentices are also increasing with a balance of +33% looking to recruit more in 2015.
"Businesses are planning to create jobs in every region of the UK next year as the recovery continues, and more and more of those jobs will be permanent," said Katja Hall, the deputy director-general of the CBI.
"The outlook for young people is also looking brighter as firms look to boost their graduate in-take and expand apprenticeships."
But concerns over skills gaps that could prevent some of those jobs being filled are seen as the biggest workforce threat to UK competitiveness; worries about new regulation damaging job creation in the UK's flexible labour market come a close second.
The low level of skills (63%), closely followed by the burden of employment regulation (61%) are seen as the greatest workforce threats to UK competitiveness – and respondents believe this will still be the case in five years' time (54%).
In 2013, 68% of firms cited the burden of employment regulation as the biggest threat, while 65% highlighted skill levels.
"The positive outlook on jobs growth revealed in this survey is a welcome sign of the UK's economic recovery," said Olly Benzecry, managing director for Accenture in the UK and Ireland.
"However we must make sure we have workers with the skills required to drive the UK's competitiveness, and this requires a comprehensive approach to skills development.
"The collaboration between government, education and business on the skills agenda, alongside the investments being made in higher-level apprenticeships, are improving employment prospects for young people, while those companies investing in the digital literacy of their employees will be well-placed to capitalise on the rapid digitisation of the UK economy."

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The motoring organisation said it had a number of reports of motorists so plugged in to music in their cars that they drive inattentively.
It reported incidents of drivers breaking down on the hard shoulder of motorways and then dangerously pacing up and down while using a mobile phone.
In addition, AA patrol staff have noticed a marked increase in pedestrians seemingly oblivious to the traffic as they cross busy roads.
These ''podestrians'' can sometimes be spotted checking their emails as they contend with passing cars.
Pedestrian inattention could be the cause of 17 collisions a day and that crashes of this kind have increased 5% in the last year, according to the AA's research.
AA president Edmund King said: ''We can't stop the march of technology but we need to halt the 'iPod pedestrian, cycle and driver zombies'. Whether on two feet, two wheels or four, too many people are suffering from so-called 'iPod oblivion'.
''When on the move our brains have much to take in and using technological gadgets means that our brains can't always concentrate on so many things at once. This is when we walk into traffic, don't hear the truck, or drive cocooned from the outside world.''


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Scarborough Paragon Cycling members locked horns with local rivals in the second inter-club round at Burton Fleming.
Paragon, Malton Wheelers, Richardsons Cycling, Bridlington Cycling Club and YHT Training Road Club all had at least three riders to make it a good competition.
The great conditions, warm and fairly still, made for good times, although the hills were hard work with no real tailwinds.
YHT turned out in force and were quickest on the night, with Bob Hewitt putting in another cracking ride to take the individual win, and lead their team to a deserved win (their other counters were Daryl Maffey and Pete Roebuck).
Paragon were second in both the individual competition - Steve Dodds hot on Bob's heels - and the team event, with Rob Corney and Dodds being the second and third counters. This keeps Paragon in first place overall with 23 points.
A strong Brid contingent were third, Malton fourth and Richardsons fifth.
It was a great competition, great to see so many out, and many thanks to Brid for hosting the event, and Mick, Elaine and John for coming out to help.
A few did not make it to the finish line but the heroic finish of the night went to Rob Stephenson who limped home in tatters after a spill involving a cat.
1 Bob Hewitt YHT/SRC 22:565, 2 Steve Dodds SPCC:23:09, 3 Daryl Maffey YHT/SRC:24:17, 4 Pete Roebuck YHT/SRC:24:37, 5 Rob Corney SPCC:24:46, 6 Matt Purnell SPCC:24:48, 7 Nev Watson SPCC:25:00, 8 Kevin Allen SPCC:25:09, 8 Martin Cockerill BCC:25:09, 10 Mel Blackford BCC 00:25:19, 11 Matthew Enticknap MW 00:25:20, 12 Chris Brown SPCC 00:25:32, 13 Fred Smith YHT/RC 00:25:38, 14 Jamie Ward YHT/SRC 00:25:43, 15 Mark Woodley BCC 00:25:48, 16 Brandon Stock MW 00:25:53, 17 Simon Walters BCC 00:25:56, 18 Robert Grainger SPCC 00:26:02, 19 Dan Joyce RCC 00:26:22, 20 Steve Norris YHT/SRC 00:26:32, 21 Chris Duck SPCC 00:26:39, 22 Chris Matson YHT/SRC 00:26:55, 23 Simon Ward SPCC 00:27:00,, 24 Ben Sixsmith YHT/SRC 00:27:02, 25 Paul Griffiths RCC 00:27:08 26 Simon Walker RCC 00:27:41, 27 Rachel Lucas SPCC 00:27:57, 28 Wayne Bratley MW 00:28:29, 29 Johnathon Dyer SPCC 00:28:40, 30 Will Palmer RCC 00:29:16, 31 Tim Puleston BCC 00:29:42, 32 Harry Butterworth SPCC 00:30:26, 33 Robin Stephenson SPCC 33.54.
Thursday saw Richardsons in action at Snainton with the 10-mile time-trial .
Paragon rider Kevin Allen finished first overall with 23:30, closely followed by Matt Purnell in second with 23.38.
Other Paragon riders were Barrie Cappleman 25:46,,Mike Potter 25:53, Mags.Purnell 26:40, Hannah Bayes (junior) 27:12 and Jimmy Morrison 28:20.
Rob Grainger smashed his 25-mile time-trial personal best, riding at Thirsk in the T252 course, his time of 57:36, was easily his best time so far.


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Voting Thursday night and again in the wee hours of Friday morning, the House passed its budget. On Thursday, the vote was 82-34, and the Friday vote was 80-31, after 35 amendments were considered on the floor during the two sessions. Earlier in the week, the bill, SB257, was heard in the Finance Committee, the Pensions and Retirement Committee and the Appropriations Committee. The latter committee was the primary forum for making changes in the budget bill with more than 50 amendments offered there. Some number of the amendments were just technical — making changes in the 350 page document, but some of the amendments were efforts to move money from one item to another, e.g. [Amendment A36 regarding reducing monies for Opportunity Scholarships (vouchers)] and others were efforts to change policy, e.g. [Amendment A16 regarding the Jordan Lake Rules].
On the floor, some proposed amendments were ruled out of order by the Speaker and a few amendments were simply tabled without a vote on the substance of the amendment. The latter tactic is used when the majority party is trying to shelter its Members from difficult votes or when the minority party is putting forward amendments without any expectation of passage. Debate on Thursday started in the midafternoon and continued until about 10:30 p.m. Periodically, leadership would cut off debate on an amendment if it became repetitious. If leadership couldn't "call the question" on some number of amendments, the session may well have gone much longer.
The differences between the House and Senate budgets have been reported in many media reports. See Asheville Citizen-Times articles: NC House make clear budget difference with Senate; Tax cuts in NC House about a third of Senate's; House gives final OK to budget; Senate talks are next. There hasn't been a lot of focus on the differences between the two budgets with respect to the impacts for western North Carolina; however, there are a few appropriations decisions that will directly impact western North Carolina.
Western Medical School
One of the big differences is with respect to UNC School of Medicine's Asheville campus, a joint program between the UNC School of Medicine, other UNC system universities, and the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC). The Senate allocated $8 million in recurring funds in the next fiscal year and over $13 million in recurring funds in the following fiscal years. The House budget didn't include these appropriations.
Last year, all the monies for the UNC western medical school came from monies held in reserve by the Senate. The appropriation came very late in the process with little or no discussion between the House and the Senate. Since the Senate funded the new medical school with no buy-in from the House last year, it is understandable why the House didn't fund the medical school in its budget this year.
With the Senate having funded the medical school and the House having provided no new funding, the question of whether there will be continued funding will go to the conference committee appointed by both bodies to resolve the differences between each body's budgets. Then-Senator Tom Apodaca (R-Henderson) pushed for funding of the western medical school in the last budget cycle, but has since retired. Senator Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell) chairs the Senate Appropriation Committee on Health and Human Services, and is an advocate for the western medical school. Similarly, Rep. Josh Dobson (R-McDowell) believes the medical school should be funded, and he chairs the House Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services.
However, funding for the medical school is in the education portion of the budget, since the medical school is part of the UNC system. Education appropriators, not Health and Human Services appropriators, will be negotiating this part of the budget. That means that the proponents of the medical school are not the legislators who are conferencing it. With heightened interest in funding K-12 education, some fear the money for the medical school could get cut.
Muddy Sneakers
Muddy Sneakers is an environmental education program that works with 5th grade public school students. It takes students out of the classroom to teach science in the field, typically on public lands near the students' school. The program started in western North Carolina, but an appropriation in the last budget provided for the expansion of the program into counties in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
The Senate budget provided no money for Muddy Sneakers, but the House budget provides $500,000 in recurring funds. As with the medical school funding, conferees appointed by the Senate and the House will have to decide whether Muddy Sneakers is funded.
Hemlock Restoration
The House budget provided $10,000 for hemlock restoration initiatives by the NC Forest Service. The Senate provided no monies for the program. The money for the program within the House budget really isn't enough to continue a program that was funded in the past and which people agree is working. Why is that?
Well, the Department of Agriculture inadvertently didn't include money for hemlock restoration in its budget request, so the Senate didn't fund the program. Between the time the Senate passed its budget and the House finished work on its budget, it was learned the request had been dropped. In an effort to salvage the program, I added $10,000 for the program towards the end of drafting the House budget.
Why that amount? It didn't really matter what amount was added, since there was no money in the Senate budget. All that was needed to be done was for the House to include funding for the program to create a difference between the Senate and House budgets. Any dispute between the two budgets will be conferenced, so my goal in inserting meager funding was simply to create a dispute to allow the funding to be conferenced so that the issue can be resolved later.
Other Budget Items
A similar issue is funding for the Linville River Nursery, a NC Forest Service operation that produces seed trees of various types. The Senate's budget didn't include money for the nursery, but the House provided $200,000 nonrecurring in the next two years. Now the House and Senate conferees will have to resolve the issue.
The House funded a new energy production facility at Western Carolina University at $9.5 million, funding which wasn't specifically included in the Senate budget. Similarly, the House provided building operating expenses for the new Health Sciences building at Appalachian State University. The House also funded a new 200-bed facility next to the Swannanoa Correction Center in Buncombe County to house women who have violated their terms of probation.
There are some other provisions that are likely to be important for western North Carolina, including more funding for the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) and the Film and Entertainment Grant Fund. For example, PARTF has been used by local governments to fund county and municipal parks, and DuPont State Recreational Forest is eligible for PARTF funding.
The Conference Committee. As a so-called "Big Chair" of the House Appropriations Committee, I will be among a small group of legislators who will review the recommendations made by various subject-matter appropriations chairs. If the subject-appropriations chairs are able to balance the monies in their parts of the budget and get agreement of the Big Chairs, their recommendations will be included in the budget produced by the Conference Committee. However, items can be "flagged" by the Big Chairs and then resolved by the Big Chairs later in the process.
Some items will not be able to be resolved, and those issues will go to the two corner offices to be resolved by Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland). Both Senate and House leaders have reserved some monies to resolve funding differences and to garner support for the budget put forward by the Conference Committee.
The fiscal year ends on June 30, and the goal is to present the budget to Governor Cooper well in advance of that date so the legislature could act if he were to veto the budget. The Senate budget passed on a strict party vote. The House budget garnered bipartisan support, but a majority of Democrats voted against the budget. Assuming all senators and representatives are voting, if there is a veto, 30 votes will be needed in the Senate to override the veto and 72 votes will be needed in the House. Conferees will be mindful of those numbers when cobbling together their budget.
If the legislature doesn't meet its deadline, there will not be a need for a continuing resolution this year to fund government until a new budget passes. This is a change from past practice. Last year, a law was passed to automatically renew the recurring funding in the current budget in the next fiscal year if no budget is passed before the end of the fiscal year. There will still be pressure to complete a budget, but we wouldn't have to stop everything and pass a stop-gap measure to keep state government running.
The Senate and House conferees were appointed on Monday and immediately began work. By next weekend, the subject-matter appropriators will have completed their work, and the Big Chairs will have to resolve differences. Any issues outstanding will be left to Berger and Moore to resolve next week. The expectation is the budget will be up for votes by the end of next week.


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UE Administrators to Participate in Forum on Internationalizing U.S. Colleges
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Bev Fowler, director of international admissions and recruitment, and Mary Kay Purcell, director of UE's Intensive English Center, will represent the University of Evansville at the fourth annual EducationUSA Forum in Washington, D.C. from June 26-28.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the EducationUSA Forum will bring together 500 college and university recruitment and admissions professionals, along with regional educational experts and advisers from around the world, to discuss strategies for helping international students to study in the United States and U.S. students to study abroad.
"Colleges and universities such as the University of Evansville play an important role in strengthening ties between the United States and countries around the world," said Elizabeth Thornhill, branch chief for EducationUSA. "By welcoming international students and encouraging U.S. students to study abroad, we enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. educational system."
"Not only do higher education institutions connect future global leaders with the American people, foreign students also have a positive economic impact on the United States," Thornhill added. "As the premier study destination for international students, the education sector represents the fifth largest U.S. services export and added nearly $23 billion to the U.S. economy in 2011-12."
The University of Evansville proudly welcomes international students from around the world and encourages students to pursue cultural and academic experiences abroad. During the 2012-13 academic year, 217 international students from 46 countries were enrolled at UE. During the same period, 272 UE students studied abroad in 21 countries, including Botswana, China, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Morocco, Russia, and South Korea.
With approximately 50 percent of undergraduates studying abroad, UE is a national leader as recognized by the Institute of International Education's Open Doors report (which last year ranked UE 12th in the nation for undergraduate study abroad participation among master's-granting institutions).


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Brian Urlacher and Nick Roach are no longer on the team because the Bears don't have a ton of salary cap room to play with. The Bears' recent moves, though, made sure those positions are filled without breaking the bank.
The team signed linebackers D.J. Williams and James Anderson over the weekend. Williams' deal can be up to $1.75 million, but it has no guaranteed money. Part of Anderson's contract will be paid for by the Carolina Panthers, his previous team.
Both are solid performers. Anderson set the Panthers' record for tackles. When Williams plays, he is comparable to Urlacher. He has had suspensions in the past and missed much of the 2012 season. Chicago is supposed to be his fresh start.
Is it going to look the same as when Urlacher and Roach were in navy and orange? Not at all. Williams and Anderson are different players, but something that every Bears fan needs to get used to is that not much will be the same in the upcoming season.
After the past two seasons, the Bears replaced their general manager and head coach. With so much change at the top, change on the roster is inevitable. The Bears you see this September are going to look very different than the team you saw leave the field after not making the playoffs (again) in January.
The changes the Bears are making are not guaranteed hits. Perfect players rarely come along, and when they do, they usually cost a whole lot of money. The Bears could be swinging big and missing badly. But it's been seven years since the Bears were in a Super Bowl, and nearly 30 years since they have brought the Lombardi Trophy back to Chicago. Be happy that they are swinging at the pitch.


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It is certainly a challenge to find time to work on a new blog post when the daily programme is tight and start early morning and goes into the late evening. To find both time and fast internet at the same time is a further challenge. The obvious time, just after dinner, is not a good option, since most other people have the same habit of turning to the internet at the same time at night and the speed slows down so it takes half an hour to upload one single photo. That is why this blogpost tonight will be a little less photographic than usual.Alexandria and Julian, Alexandra is the CEO and Julian a very strong community leader, employed by the YMCA to work in District 13, a famous part of the city of Medellin, the poorest part.
The programme every day is fascinating, though, so absolutely no complaints. We came to Medellin together with Alveiro from the National YMCA in Colombia, Esperanza from Toronto and a delegation from San Fransisco under leadership of Chuck Collins. Already in the bus from the airport Alexandra, the Director of Medellin YMCA, started a lecture on the social transformation of Medellin, about the Medellin Cartel and the drug baron Escobar, about FARC and the violence, the military operations in Districh 13 killing a lot of people, and how the YMCA was and is involved in transforming the young people in the society and discussing with the city authorities and lobbying for the needs of young people. It was an absolute fascinating lecture, elegantly translated by Esperanza. We were all sitting with open mouths and minds and taking in the new information. This started to look and sound like Youth Empowerment in practice!
It was birthday for Medellin YMCA – 40 years since the beginning. When we arrived in the city, we participated in the birthday party in one of the schoolyards, and all of the YMCA leaders, staff and volunteers were participating in the celebrations, here one of the three Change Agents from Medellin – Luis Carlos.
Part of the celebration was to present and demonstrate the different programme elements in Medellin, here a student in medicine volunteering to share health information with young people.
Chuck Collins, President and CEO of San Fransisco YMCA and a great traveling companion, celebrated his own birthday that day, and was presented with a birth day cake. What happened with the big birthday cake, we will come back to in a later blogpost where we summarize some magical cake experiences from the same day.
The young members of the YMCA were demonstrating New Circus with all kinds of acrobatic excellence and courage!
And here the literary club of the YMCA is demonstrating how intellectually minded young people like to lie around while reading books. Tomorrow we shall have an open academic seminar in Medellin to celebrate the 40 years from different angels, and among other inputs from University people and Government representatives I will deliver one on the situation for young people in the world today. And we are planning what I believe will be a fascinating tour of District 13, if the security situation allows it. This will include a walking tour of graffiti walls as part of collective memory in District 13. Exciting! Good night on a slow internet connection:-)


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- For the location from The Wind Waker, see Fire Mountain.
- "Yes, the next temple is hidden in a mountain of fire."
- — Anjean
The Mountain of Fire is a location from Spirit Tracks. An active volcano, it is the focal point of the Fire Realm. Due to the Mountain of Fire's recent activity, Goron Village, found near its base, is thrown into chaos. Debris and lava have blocked many routes in the village, separating many Gorons from their homes. To find out more about the volcano's sudden awakening, Link travels up the mountain path to the Altar of the Mountain Goddess. Here, he meets the Goron sage, Kagoron, who is praying to the Mountain Goddess to stop the sudden onslaught. Kagoron eventually tells Link to bring Mega Ice from Anouki Village to Goron Village so that they can rid the area of lava. When Link does this, he is granted an audience with the Goron Elder who allows Link to enter the Fire Sanctuary to meet the Lokomo sage, Embrose.
Once Link and Embrose restore the Spirit Tracks leading to the Fire Temple, the hero sets out in the Spirit Train to scale the Mountain of Fire. Near the summit, he encounters three Snurglars who have stolen the keys needed to enter the temple. After defeating the Snurglars, however, Link retrieves the keys and can successfully enter the Fire Temple.
|Anjean · Byrne · Chancellor Cole · Link · Malladus · Princess Zelda
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|Stagnox · Fraaz · Phytops · Cragma · Byrne · Skeldritch · Demon Train · Chancellor Cole · Malladus
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| Fire Realm · Forest Realm · Ocean Realm · Sand Realm · Snow Realm
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The role of women in the clean energy transition
DOI 10.12910/EAI2017-026Scarica l'articolo in formato pdf
The paper presents a new Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) on the role that women can play in the energy transition, named Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E TCP). Launched by Canada, Sweden and Italy, the initiative is under the International Energy Agency (IEA) legal framework. The background, the rationale for creating an IEA TCP as well as the program of work will be described
The Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3I) initiative was launched at the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in 2010 [1]. The 24 countries and the European Commission, that are CEM members, account for about 90% of the global energy investments and 75% of the global greenhouse emissions. Current CEM members are Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. Since 2016, the CEM Secretariat is hosted by the IEA in Paris.
The C3E initiative was born out of recognition that the ideas and talents of all members of society are essential to meeting our future clean energy challenges. Women make up substantially less than half of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields and across the clean energy sector. Closing the gender gap and increasing women's participation and leadership in these fields are the goals of the C3E program that seeks to both inspire more women to enter into clean energy careers and retain the current female clean energy workforce. Without engaging women, countries are leaving half of the potential energy workforce out of the talent pool, hampering the current and future STEM driven economy and economic growth (see box "World Economic Forum – The Global Gender Gap Report 2016").
The C3E initiative will formalize its activities using the IEA's TCP mechanism. The TCPs are independent, international groups of experts that enable governments and industries from around the world to lead programs and projects on a wide range of energy technologies and related issues [3]. C3E will be the second CEM initiative to take this approach; the first one was the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) that has been operating successfully since 2011.
World Economic Forum – The Global Gender Gap Report 2016
|Women graduating from tertiary education courses have acquired a similar range of skills and academic subject knowledge to their male colleagues. However, one area in which women continue to remain under-represented is among STEM graduates, for which the global gender gap stands at 47%, with 30% of all male students graduating from STEM subjects, in contrast to 16% of all female students. That gap is commonly attributed to negative stereotypes and lack of role models, lowering girls' performance and aspirations vis-à-vis science and technology. It represents a key emerging issue for gender parity, since STEMcareers are projected to be some of the most sought-after in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. [2]
Advantages of the TCPs mechanism
Establishing the C3E as a TCP provides several distinct advantages. The TCP model of cooperation is a time-proven, flexible instrument that enables participants to work towards common goals:
• The scope may be adjusted to meet the ongoing needs and interest of all the participants (work is organized in different Tasks)
• Participants may choose to take part in different Tasks and activities in line with their respective priorities
• Governments, the private sector, international organizations, Non-Governmental organizations, academic institutions and other entities may participate.
Governed by a common set of rules:
• IEA framework for International Technology Cooperation
Supported by the IEA Secretariat:
• Providing advice and guidance
• Raising awareness of activities
• Facilitating cooperation with other TCPs.
One advantage in particular to establishing the C3E as a new TCP is the potential to significantly broaden outreach worldwide. In addition, the C3E TCP would be given greater visibility within IEA member countries through the 6000 experts participating in the IEA Energy Technology Network.
The TCP would build on existing programs, pulling together initiatives in IEA and CEM countries (and beyond when appropriate) to create an international platform to focus on issues related to gender in the clean energy sector.
Membership in the C3E TCP is voluntary and will be subjected to fulfillment of the criteria set out in the C3E legal text. At present, Canada, Sweden and Italy have adhered to the TCP C3E.
Scope and objectives
The aims of the C3E are to recognize and build a community of women leaders in the field of clean energy across diverse sectors; create a framework for cooperation and information sharing among participating countries and share best practices for effective strategies to advance women in the clean energy field.
World Economic Forum – The Gender Global Gap Report 2014
Time passes slowly when change is overdue. The World Economic Forum in its Global Gender Gap Report 2014 estimates it will take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity in the workplace. Eighty more years until companies and governments are equally led by men and women. And 80 more years of talent pipelines and professional promise not fully realized.
The objectives will include, but are not limited to:
• Building workforce skills and knowledge: C3E seeks to inspire more women to enter into clean energy careers, equip women for success in pursuit of these careers by preparing women for these opportunities, and evaluate barriers to career entry;
• Creating leadership bridges and opportunities for women in clean energy: In addition to the lack of women overall in the clean energy sector, the percentage of women in leadership positions is even smaller. Women are severely underrepresented on boards of energy companies, in senior level positions over energy and clean energy offices in governments, leading start-ups, and finance companies. A recent Ernst & Young survey [4] found that women made up only five per cent of board executives across the global power and utilities sector in 2015;
• Increasing recognition and celebration of women in clean energy: The lack of women in leadership positions in the clean energy sector compounds difficulty of recruitment and retention of female leaders. Research [5] shows that visible role models and success stories can help to reduce gender stereotypes and inspire younger generations to pursue STEM careers;
• Establishing robust networks: Operating independently, countries are lacking the full potential to move the needle when it comes to gender equality in the clean energy workforce. Building a platform for international collaboration and dialogue, sharing expertise, and facilitating exchange on best practices, supporting policies, programming, and career development and knowledge exchange will be instrumental to the success of the goals of C3E. This includes leveraging C3Enet.org, a global website to connect women in clean energy.
For the first five-year term, the C3E TCP will deliver the following:
- Disseminating results, best practices, databases, and research.
- Developing a leadership program for mid-career women in clean energy and learning exchange program between C3E Participants.
- Hosting an International C3E Summit.
- Expanding the International C3E Ambassador Corps (Box 3) and establishing International C3E Awards.
- Leveraging C3Enet.org and C3E social media groups to enable women in clean energy to exchange information and find mentors, employers, employees, partners, funders, and other opportunities in the field.
Ambassador Corps
One way C3E works to shift the status quo is by naming accomplished, senior-level women as C3E Ambassadors to leverage their power as role models. CEM partner governments have been invited to name C3E Ambassadors from their countries to serve in the C3E International Ambassador Corps. Named Ambassadors to date are listed in the CEM website [6]. The list of Ambassadors will expand as new members are nominated.
To date, 11 CEM governments have named a total of 61 C3E Ambassadors; more than 900 women have become members of C3Enet.org; and in the first five years of the U.S. C3E program, 37 mid-career women have been recognized with C3E Awards for their accomplishments and leadership in the sector, as well as 5 lifetime achievement honorees.
The activities organized in Tasks will support the four elements of the C3E scope and the deliverables, both outlined previously. All Tasks areas are open to participation of Sponsors.
• Global Women in Clean Energy Resources and Needs Inventory. The objective of this Task Area is to collect information on women's participation in the clean energy sector workforce. To this end, it will include designing both short-term and long-term methodologies for providing consistent, usable data measuring clean energy sector job growth including a breakdown of gender participation levels and pay, if available; analysis from the perspective of both employers and applicants on any barriers to hiring women in the clean energy sector; and analysis of existing strategies to eliminate or minimize these barriers.
• Women in Clean Energy Career Development Network. The objective of this Task Area is to support and enable learning opportunities for women in the clean energy sector to prepare them for leadership positions in the sector. It includes developing a leadership program for mid-career women in clean energy in economies that are Participants in the TCP. It also includes engaging Ambassadors – senior level women in clean energy – to serve as role models and mentors in clean energy career development (see box "Ambassador Corps").
• Annual International C3E Recognition and Awards Program. The objective of this Task Area is to increase visibility of mid-level women in clean energy and provide recognition, role models, and advocate for women in clean energy. Participants in this Task Area will create an annual recognition and award program, with the option of utilizing the model of the U.S. C3E Awards. The recognition and award program will set categories of work to recognize (i.e. advocacy, education, law & finance, research), and determine a procedure to solicit nominations, vet nominations, solicit prizes, announce winners, and celebrate the winners.
• Global Women in Clean Energy Communications Hub. The objective of this Task Area is to build a platform for international collaboration and dialogue to share expertise, facilitate an exchange of best practices and international policies that support women in clean energy. These efforts will work to increase the C3E initiative visibility within the IEA Energy Technology Network. The Communications Hub can also enable impactful programming and career development and knowledge exchange. Deliverables will include exchanging information among Participants and leveraging C3Enet.org and C3E social media groups to enable women in clean energy to exchange information and find mentors, employers, employees, partners, funders, and other opportunities in the field.
Final considerations
The IEA C3E TCP starts to present with three countries - Canada, Sweden and Italy – and aims to increase participation of partner countries as well as find sponsors interested in the role of women in the clean energy transition. It builds on the sound experience gained by the C3E initiative launched by the CEM and the US DOE program, and will benefit of the support of the IEA Secretariat.
The extraordinary and recognized capacity of women to handle complex and multivariable contexts and their openness to innovation will certainly be an asset to the success of the IEA C3E TCP.
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[1] See in Youtube: Ernest Moniz | C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium; Ernest Moniz, previous Secretary of the US Department of Energy explains the origin of the C3E, in "Perspectives from the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial". 5th Annual C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium; May 31, 2016, Stanford Precourt Institute of Energy University
[2] Hill, C., C. Corbett and A. St. Rose, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, American Association of University Women, 2010, http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED509653
[3] IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes - Highlights and Outcomes, pp. 81-83. Free download at www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/TechnologyCollaboration/Programmes.pdf
[4] Ernst & Young, Women, fast forward, 2015. Available at www. ey.com/womenfastforward
[5] See OECD Gender portal data at http://www.oecd.org/gender[6] See list at http://www.cleanenergyministerial.org/Portals/2/pdfs/C3E-International-Ambassador-Roster-Nov2016.pdf


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When the Samsung Galaxy S III was unveiled on May 3 in London we were told that the 3G HSPA+ (European) version will land at the end of May but the 4G LTE (U.S. and not only) variant will be a little bit late: "this summer", without exact details.
If you live in the U.S. and you don't want to wait for "this summer" you might want to check out the Expansys page which allows you to pre-order your unit. You'd also be interested in a European device because it should work on AT&T and T-Mobile, you definitely get the quad-core Exynos, and you definitely get the design which you've already seen (not sure what the U.S. carriers will do to the phone in terms of its outer aspect).
$694.99 is what Expansys asks for the device but we're talking about an unlocked unit with no carrier subsidies. Also, this price refers to the 16GB variant, which is the smallest among them. Also worth mentioning that the phone can be pre-ordered from Negri Electronics too and they seem to have both color variants and all three storage flavors listed. Of course, our friends over at Clove in the U.K. also have the device listed for pre-order, with "first stock due May 30th".
Should you need a reminder about the specs: Samsung Exynos quad-core 1.4GHz processor, 4.8-inch super AMOLED screen with HD resolution, 1GB of RAM, 16/32/64GB of Internal Storage, eight-megapixel main shooter, 1.9-megapixel webcam, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with TouchWiz UX on top.
Source: Expansys, Negri Electronics, Clove
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First day back at work after a lovely holiday. Thought I'd warm up with some Muppet Art.
I guess you've all seen the original Youtube-clip…?
It would be nice to reactivate the Scandinavian Muppet Art Blog, with the Muppets sequel starring Ricky Gervais coming up. If you like to draw Henson's Muppets and want to participate, please submit your art to email@example.com
The image in this post is © Jim Henson.


text: Meg Irwin Meg joined the Brain Injury Matters team as Family First Practitioner in August 2017. Meg has had many roles in her professional career covering over 35 years working with children and families including working as a cardiographer, nurse, teacher, lecturer and assessor. Meg works independently as a Play Therapist facilitating Therapeutic and Filial-based play skills alongside parents and carers in a variety of settings with the aim to empower, equip and enable children and families. Meg has delivered an extensive range of training throughout her career including first-aid, ante and post-natal care for parents, ASD awareness, child development, behavioural management, sensory awareness, creative and sensory play for parents and professionals and baby and toddler yoga with parents. Contact Meg at [email protected]


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Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
King James Bible
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
American Standard Version
O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me .
Douay-Rheims Bible
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
English Revised Version
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Webster's Bible Translation
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psalm 139:1 Parallel
CommentaryKeil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament
There are two things for which the poet gives thanks to God: He has answered him in the days of trouble connected with his persecution by Saul and in all distresses; and by raising him to the throne, and granting him victory upon victory, and promising him the everlasting possession of the throne, He has filled him with a proud courage, so that lofty feeling has taken up its abode in his soul, which was formerly fearful about help. Just as רהב signifies impetuosity, vehemence, and then also a monster, so הרהיב signifies both to break in upon one violently and overpowerlingly (Sol 6:5; cf. Syriac arheb, Arabic arhaba, to terrify), and to make any one courageous, bold, and confident of victory. בּנפשׁי עז forms a corollary to the verb that is marked by Mugrash or Dech: so that in my soul there was עז, i.e., power, viz., a consciousness of power (cf. Judges 5:21). The thanksgiving, which he, the king of the promise, offers to God on account of this, will be transmitted to all the kings of the earth when they shall hear (שׁמעוּ in the sense of a fut. exactum) the words of His mouth, i.e., the divine אמרה, and they shall sing of (שׁיר with בּ, like דּבּר בּ in Psalm 87:3, שׂיח בּ in Psalm 105:2 and frequently, הלּל בּ in Psalm 44:9, הזכּיר בּ in Psalm 20:8, and the like) the ways of the God of the history of salvation, they shall sing that great is the glory of Jahve. Psalm 138:6 tells us by what means He has so super-gloriously manifested Himself in His leadings of David. He has shown Himself to be the Exalted One who is His all-embracing rule does not leave the lowly (cf. David's confessions in Psalm 131:1; 2 Samuel 6:22) unnoticed (Psalm 113:6), but on the contrary makes him the especial object of His regard; and on the other hand even from afar (cf. Psalm 139:2) He sees through (ידע as in Psalm 94:11; Jeremiah 29:23) the lofty one who thinks himself unobserved and conducts himself as if he were answerable to no higher being (Psalm 10:4). In correct texts וגבה has Mugrash, and ממרחק Mercha. The form of the fut. Kal יידע is formed after the analogy of the Hiphil forms ייליל in Isaiah 16:7, and frequently, and ייטיב in Job 24:21; probably the word is intended to be all the more emphatic, inasmuch as the first radical, which disappears in ידע, is thus in a certain measure restored.
(Note: The Greek imperfects with the double (syllabic and temporal) augment, as ἑώρων, ἀνέῳγον, are similar. Chajuǵ also regards the first Jod in these forms as the preformative and the second as the radical, whereas Abulwald, Gramm. ch. xxvi. p. 170, explains the first as a prosthesis and the second as the preformative. According to the view of others, e.g., of Kimchi, יידע might be fut. Hiph. weakened from יהדע (יהידיע), which, apart from the unsuitable meaning, assumes a change of consonants that is all the more inadmissible as ידע itself springs from ודע. Nor is it to be supposed that יידע is modified from יידע (Luzzatto, 197), because it is nowhere written יידע.)
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1048. A Psalm. This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by David when made king of Israel; though some think it was written by him when accused of traitorous designs against Saul. It is a most sublime ode on the wisdom, knowledge, presence, and justice of God; the sentiments are grand, the style highly elevated, and the images various, beautiful, and impressive.
thou hast
Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Psalm 11:4,5 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men...
Psalm 17:3 You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing...
Psalm 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
1 Kings 8:39 Then hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know...
1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind...
Jeremiah 12:3 But you, O LORD, know me: you have seen me, and tried my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter...
Jeremiah 17:9,10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it...
John 21:17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Love you me?...
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight...
Revelation 2:18,23 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things said the Son of God, who has his eyes like to a flame of fire...
Cross References
Romans 8:27
And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Revelation 2:23
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 16:13
So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," for she said, "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me."
2 Kings 19:27
"But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
Job 14:16
For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;
Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
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A small, 11MB over-the-air update is on its way to T-Mobile's variant of the Galaxy S II this morning, which brings a few minor enhancements to the year-old device. Among those, you'll find a "Qualcomm fix," along with Vlingo S Voice improvements, and some general security enhancements.
As usual with Samsung devices, there are a couple of different ways you can apply the update to your device. First – and probably the easiest – is to just pull it via OTA; you can either wait until the automatic notification shows up letting you know that an update is available, or head into Settings > About Phone > System Updates to manually check. Alternatively, it can also be applied via Samsung's Kies software – plugging your device into a PC and launching Kies should prompt the install process.
The OTA will be rolling out in phases, and should reach all handsets by February 7th.


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Weight loss tea
Chinese, like Americans, love diet plans. Average diets are much more oily and meaty than previous years, so Chinese are bulking up. To combat this, there are many new products on the market, many ridiculous, designed to help you lose weight.
Weight loss teas (减肥茶,or literally "lose/subtract weight tea") are a common, sane form of weight control and look much like Western bag teas, with a Western price to match. All of the ingredients in such tea are very Chinese, and are traditionally drank without any weight loss goals in mind. (Strangely, all ingredients in these teas are easily bought for much cheaper at local markets or drugstores here.)
From experience, these tea ingredients are great for digestion, helping upset stomachs, relieving bloating and keeping regular.
- Pu'er tea (普洱茶)
- Cassia seed (决明子)
- Hawthorn berries (山楂)
- Lotus leaf (荷叶)
- Chrysanthemum(菊花)


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|Luka takes me on daily walks.
Habit is defined as a recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behaviour that is acquired through frequent repetition. Also as an established disposition of the mind or character.
Leading an active lifestyle is very much about creating good and enjoyable habits such as regular walks. As a competitive distance runner and dog "owner", I am biased towards exercising on foot because it is fun, empowering, an excellent social activity or the perfect time for private reflection, and provides superb health benefits.
Walking and running are natural ways to be active, with low entry barriers. Joining friends and family on a walk, particularly along a scenic local route, is a social and fun activity that takes little organization.
My dog Luka gets me out for daily walks, in all weather conditions, and I love the fresh air, time for contemplation or chatting with those I run into.Those daily walks are a great addition to my run training.
My dog made daily walks a habit for me, and one I greatly enjoy and highly recommend.
My dog made daily walks a habit for me, and one I greatly enjoy and highly recommend.


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Come here for: good take away coffee, sandwiches and pastriesPity I never have my camera on me when I come to Earl Canteen. Earl is my default cafe for work catch ups whenever I'm in that end of the city. Love the atmosphere, the service, the food and - most importantly - the coffee.
I've been postponing this post for a while, until I had better pics to make it justice, but I guess this is better than nothing. So here it goes:
I have no pictures of the coffee, but my latte is always great. Also love their 'rapadura' (unrefined sugar), which has a dark brown colour and is really moist. I normally don't add sugar to my coffee anywhere else apart from here.
Their muffins vary daily and are always a good call. This one is raspberry and white chocolate. Not too big nor too sweet and very fluffy. Buttery scones are also a good call.
For something a bit more substantial, try their toasted sandwiches. I have to say I normally only come for coffee and take away pastries; haven't had lunch at Earl yet, which other bloggers seem to like.


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Over the past one year, Google has been awfully busy giving its search ranking algorithm a substantial overhaul. While it's true that one SEO strategy doesn't work for all industries or niches, it's also important to understand that your strategy for ranking high on Google should be planned adhering to the latest guidelines of the search engine giant. To dominate searches in 2014 and beyond, you should devote adequate time to planning or re-structuring your SEO strategy to get ahead of the competition quickly.
Though there are several areas where you can focus your SEO efforts and numerous tactics that you can include in your plan, there are three important pillars to build your strategy upon.
Here's a look at those three core components –
#1. Links
Most of the SEO strategies fail only because they pay little or no attention to building links. But only building links is not enough. More importantly, after Google's release of its Penguin algorithm, the way links were acquired till now has changed considerably. On the one hand, adequate attention has to be paid to acquiring the right type of links. On the other, how you acquire those links should be in accordance with the new rules that Google has laid. For example, link building tactics like exchanging links or purchasing links have been declared as spam or black-hat.
Now, you should build the right (high quality and relevant) links without using any underhand techniques, which means you have to earn those links naturally or unasked on the basis of your site's content quality.
#2. Content
I'm sure you've heard about the term 'content marketing' becoming the most important factor in the modern SEO era. Whether you're a business owner or an online marketer, high quality content delivered consistently is the winner's secret. You can't ignore it anymore. If you plan to boost the SEO of your website or blog and keep on generating leads quickly, you should start focusing on creating content that your target audience is actually looking for. You should be able to understand the day-to-day issues of your customers and offer them content that will bring them real help. To fulfill your ongoing content requirements, you'll also need to develop a good in-house team of your own content writers or outsource your needs effectively.
#3. Social Media
Great content can't reach your customers on its own. Social media platforms like Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn and Twitter provide you with an excellent option to market your content easily. Your SEO strategy can never leave out social media because search engines have also started to measure the quality of content by the amount of shares, likes or tweets (i.e. social signals) it gets. If you take a look at some of the brands in the popular niches, you'll know how they're using social media as a quick tool to get their content in front of the target customers while increasing the traffic to their sites manifolds.
However, you should always choose the social media platforms you're going to use carefully so that you don't waste your time.


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I'm not a parent. But I spend quite a lot of time with people who are. My own, mostly. And being a parent has got to be – hands down – the hardest job in the world.
Firstly, there is the way in which parenthood is sold to us all.
In general, society promotes deep enthusiasm about parenthood. The act of bringing a new person into the world as a cause of unalloyed joy and celebration. There is a lot of concentration on the high points, with the troubles acutely edited. In general, the script is that parents should accept with no guilt and good grace that, of course, being a parent is wonderful and difficult; rewarding and depleting; exciting and, at times, a bit tiring.
The problem is, that the evidence doesn't really back up this preconceived picture. Using data sets from Europe and America, numerous scholars have found some evidence that, on aggregate, parents often report statistically significantly lower levels of happiness (Alesina et al., 2004), life satisfaction (Di Tella et al., 2003), marital satisfaction (Twenge et al., 2003), and mental well-being (Clark & Oswald, 2002) compared with non-parents.
Regardless of whether we love being a parent or not, for some of us, society's well-intentioned enthusiasm for parenthood can have unintended habit of triggering a very difficult consequence: it might become extremely hard to admit publicly to having problems around our new families. It might feel like a grave and serious failing of our own, a mark of a particularly deficient nature. We might feel unbearably guilty at certain thoughts we may have in the privacy of our hearts: that we'd rather not see our family for a few days; that we look very wistfully at the time before we had children; that we suspect we're not naturally cut out to be a parent; that at certain points we resent our own child. Despite these feelings probably being particularly common.
Donald Winnicott, a mid-20th century psychologist who worked with parents and children, was particularly concerned by how many parents he observed in his consulting rooms who reported they were deeply disappointed with themselves. They reported feeling they were failing as parents and hated themselves deeply as a result. They stated they were ashamed of their occasional fights with their partners, their irritability, their times of boredom around their own child; their many mistakes; they were haunted by a range of anxious questions: are we too strict, too lenient, too protective, not protective enough? What struck Winnicott, however, was that these people were almost always not at all bad parents. They were not, by some fantasy ideal standard, perfect: but they were – as he came to put it, rather wonderfully – 'good enough.'
And here's the thing – good enough here is even better than perfect! Because EVERY SINGLE CHILD will live the rest of their life in a very imperfect world. We cannot get on if we are dependent on those around us living up to the highest imaginable ideals. The good enough parent is at times irate, stupid, a bit unfair, a bit tired or a touch depressed. There will be delays, confusions, mistakes, outbursts of irritation – and always (or almost always, which is enough) a background of deep love and good intentions. The good enough parent is the perfect parent for the times half a century ago. And now.
And to add further complexity to the job of parenthood, there's the component of just running the household with other people. The success of which pretty much determines more of our satisfaction from day-to-day than any other part of our lives.
Domestic life, properly understood, is the neglected locus of some of the most profound and noble challenges open to any of us.
The Romantic view of love forgets about this part of the love story. It is fascinated by, and deeply sympathetic to, the troubles and confusions surrounding the search for a life partner. It is deeply disturbing then, from the Romantic point of view, to find that a loving couple (people who are truly 'right' for one another, who overcame conflict and prejudice to be together) are liable to wind up spending a great deal of their lives – after they have finally found one another – bickering: over the TV remote control, the state of the kitchen work surfaces, whose turn it is for the nappy change and who is meant to sweep the floor and when. Standard love stories rarely take us into these challenges. But these are the real challenges of love. And of life.
Because we don't ever see these things as 'challenges' or haven't formulated household labour as 'real work', we don't ever really accept that household management and division are going to be hard and important. So, when it comes to looking at the buttload of domestic activities that exponentially pile up once children are involved– doing the laundry, keeping the fridge stocked, cleaning up after meals, making the beds, arranging a roster for picking up the kids, deciding what friends to see and when – these are things that we think should just happen in the background of real life. They never demand much thought. They are mere chores. No one could be meant to do them. It is simply a matter of everyone taking a fair turn at a boring, banal but sadly unavoidable drudgery.
And when we expect something to be easy and it turns out not to be, there's a particular kind of struggle and bad mood that follows. Arguing about who should take out the rubbish, or whether to keep the bedroom window slightly open at night take on a distinctively painful form. Not only are we seriously angry, we can't take our anger seriously. We fall into that pattern of behaviour typical when a problem hasn't faced up to its own complexity. There might be nagging. There might be some passive avoidance. Or sulking. There might even be some door slamming. All of these are just symptoms of deeply serious issues that have fatally insisted on their own simplicity.
The true reality is that, this stuff is the hard stuff. The challenges of who gets up out of bed to turn the light off (and all other financial and practical responsibilities of sharing domestic life) is a sign that this is tough gig. Probably the toughest there is. Conflict in these areas is the logical consequence of the difficult tasks we have been accorded. If we admit that sharing a space and a life with other people is very difficult, we come to conflicts with a very different attitude. And it means that we're doing it right.
Lastly, there's reading all the ranting about parenthood available for parents on the Internet. By people who aren't even parents. Exhibit A. It has got to be the toughest job around.
This week is Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week. We will be helping to spread some awareness to help you become PNDA Aware. You can also check out the PANDA website for more info.