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PERSONAL NOTE: I decided to share this book with friends and students in mainland China because it costs too much to order a copy from Amazon.com. Enjoy it and share it with people you care and love. Peace, Steve USA Feb 4, 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com wechat 1962816801 blog – https://getting2knowyou-china.com
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Chapter 30
Native speakers only? Is this a blessing or a curse to China? Is China so blinded by the color of the skin? That any one who qualifies as an English native speaker is acceptable without checking seriously their academic qualifications and teaching experiences, before they enter the Chinese classroom?
James Thompson was a young man I met in the United States. His father was a technical computer expert in my school district. James and I had met a few times and he came to China to teach in a distinguished high school in Beijing. At least he was prepared to come to China because he had taken some college courses in Chinese studies. He also got the job because he was a true English native speaker. A white American.
"Wow, I cannot believe you are now teaching in Beijing," I said to him via the internet.
"I got lucky. They were looking for an English native speaker. And I got the job without much problem. I am now teaching in a very good high school. The kids are great. I love working with them."
"I am curious about one thing. Do the administrators, the people who hired you, come to watch you teach?" I wanted to know. That to me would tell me something about the school.
"Are you kidding me? …Never… One time my class and I found a few mistakes in a text book and we tried and tried to tell the administrators," he said, a little annoyed and upset.
"They did not bother to respond to us when we told them about it."
"And when this happened, what were you thinking then? About your students? About the people who hired you?"
"They are not interested about the students and what I tried to do for the students. Their response is not to respond to me and the class. I was disappointed. I decided there and then to do what pleases me the most."
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"So why are you still there? Or why do you continue to teach there?"
"Honestly speaking, the money is good in China. I need the money. They did not hire me to teach here. Here is the real deal. You better believe me. All they wanted is to have my photo on their promotional materials. This is a big fucking money making institution. They are not interested if I can teach or not. They got me because I am an American native speaker. More than that, now they could use my photo to advertise to the parents: look, look at this wonderful great school. We have foreign teachers to teach your kids English. Come. Enroll in this school. We have the best foreign teachers here."
"So what you are saying is this: they hire you to make the school looks good and attractive to the Chinese parents."
"Yes, you better believe me. They do not care what I do in the classroom. All they care is to get more students to come so they could make money. One other thing, the chief or the head or the principal is the man who makes all the fucking money. He drives a big American car and lives in a big mansion."
I am aware it is not easy for China to get the best trained teachers to come to teach here. So China is desperate to hire any one who fits the bill: English native speakers. Many do not have the right or correct college degrees. Many are not trained to be teachers. Most Americans who have years of teaching experiences would not come to China to teach because of very low pay. Some have children who are still in schools or universities. Many have high mortgage payments each month. Most Americans, if you know them, exist from hand to mouth. That means many have not learned to save when they work or when they are young. Instead, like the country, they spend and spend. Imagine my country borrows money from China to spend. So they live from hand to mouth. China pays me about a tenth of what I was paid when I stopped teaching in America. I could afford to come when Xiamen University invited me in 2008 because I owned my own big house in Puyallup, my son has graduated and is now working, and because I am a Chinese I was smart to save and save when I was working in America. I have enough savings and investments to last me till I die without having to toil or sweat.
Many Chinese in China save, so I was told, because many do not trust their government and they want to make sure they can take care of themselves when they grow old. Smart strategy. Many in China today are poor because the government is still working on a pension plan that would take care of all people, rich or poor, urban or rural, educated or uneducated, skilled or unskilled, in China.
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China needs to think differently about people like me, who are NOT an English native speaker. What is so ironic is that I pay a lot of attention in my teaching here in China from the very start to introduce new words to my students because the simple truth is without enough words, they cannot write or speak decent English. And making sure they are able to enunciate each word correctly and able to use it in a sentence. What I have discovered teaching in China is simple: many Chinese students have problem speaking because most times many of the students, who might have learned these words, but they actually have no idea how to pronounce these words. So when they listen to someone speaking, they have problem understanding what was spoken. Because of this discovery, I continue to pay a great deal of attention to make my students learn the words and especially their correct pronunciation of them. This is critical to improving their speaking and listening skills.
Here is the truth about China. Sadly students have the chance to learn the English language from primary all the way through high school. Because most teachers are not trained to teach English the way English should be taught, they do not speak English to their students. And so through the years, most students can read and write and do their English exercises but they are not able to speak because they seldom hear their so-called English teachers speak English to them. Teachers in China are not required by their government to speak English eloquently or proficiently to their students. In general, most so-called English teachers are not trained to teach English. The ability to speak is not a requirement. Written English test is a requirement.
Way before I was invited by Xiamen University to teach in China in 2008, I had the unique opportunity to visit a high school in Taipei, Taiwan. I had asked someone to take me to his high school, to see a special group of high school students engaged in intensive English. I was told by a female teacher this group of students was the best under her supervision. I was very impressed by her spoken English. I thought she had studied either in America or in England. She said she never did leave the country to go anywhere. This was my first time to witness the problem with my own eyes and ears. I saw the problem within the first ten minutes when I was sitting at the back of the class. She was using Chinese to teach English. More than 95% of the time, she was using Chinese to teach and to talk to the students. And so when I stood there in front of the students and asked a few simple questions, not a single student could respond to me. They were not encouraged to speak or talk in class. The teacher was more concerned with finishing the chapters in the book. Not with teaching students to understand and speak English as a language that is used internationally. A language that is alive everywhere in the world. As one teacher to another teacher, even though this was the first time I met her, I was brave enough to suggest to her that she should initiate some co-operation with students in other schools, especially students in an
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international school, to improve her students' English communication skills. That she should spend the first 10 or 20 minutes of each class to talk to students, encouraging exchanges between the teacher and her students using spoken English, another way to improve the oral English of her students. We had a friendly exchange on how to improve the students' mastery of the written and spoken English in her classrooms.
And this was what I discovered when I first came to China. It was the same problem with all my so called English major students. Most could not speak a word of English to me, inside or outside the classrooms.
Live in China and you might understand why there are thousands and thousands of English language schools all over the country, creating a booming industry, making millions from parents who believe they must send their kids to these schools for the simple reason their normal schools are failing to teach their children the proper English language. Now our Chinese moms are becoming like the Japanese moms in the 70s and 80s. In Japan, they call it the cram schools. That is why Li Yang, one of the first Chinese gurus to spread the gospel that anyone can learn English, his crazy way by shouting most times. If his method is effective, and if what he said is true, China today would have thousands and thousands of students and adults able to speak English fluently anywhere you go in China. That is not happening, tragically. He makes his fortune by spreading this naïve stupid gospel and many naïve stupid Chinese believe him. And now he has almost disappeared from the scene. What about thousands of other English language schools everywhere in China? Trying to provide the remedy because regular normal Chinese schools are failing miserably to teach the English language to their millions of students everywhere. Like Li Yang, they too are laughing all the way to the banks, to fatten their bank accounts, and they continue to grow like certain mushrooms after a rain, and expand into every corner in China today.
What is so shocking to me, an outsider, is the fact that the parents are not up in arms about all this, and they are willing to pay tons of money to send their children to these so-called English language schools. I often wonder what Chinese parents would be doing now if they only know things are not that much different in colleges and universities. I was shocked when college Chinese teachers told me if they were to use English in class, and should their students fail, they would lose their jobs the next day. So nothing is changing the way English is taught from primary through college. True in many college or university campuses across China. More surprising is the government is not saying anything about why these English language schools have mushroomed in every corner of China. Nobody seems to raise the question about the gross failure of our schools to teach children the English language the way it should be taught.
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Since coming to China as a visiting professor at Xiamen University in 2008, I heard some clamoring for change in the nature of the Gaokao, the national college entrance examination. Lower the English score, raise the Chinese score. They proposed. Is that the solution to the chronic problem of English language teaching in China? Goakao is not the problem. They need to examine the root of our problem in the way English language is taught in China.
Some universities are proposing to write their own college entrance examinations, to do away with the English portion of the test because to them, the English part of Gaokao is discouraging or failing the bright ones in math and science to enter these universities. That is their solution. Imagine the loud voice of a top government official who said openly we should teach our children to be more patriotic and learn more Chinese, less English. So far I have not seen any protest or disapproval from China's Ministry of Education to his remark.
Canada does the smart thing. Many children in Canada not only learn English in schools but also they are exposed to French when they are very young. We all know children can learn another language without problems. I saw the kids—Malays, Chinese, Indians—playing out in the streets in Singapore and they could speak freely Indian, Chinese or Malay. Many American missionaries once worked in Singapore and Malaysia. Very soon, their children could speak Malay or Chinese because the servants or maids or nannies taking care of them are Chinese or Malay, while the adults had a tough time learning the language. In America, I witnessed rich parents many summers would send their children to Spain, so their kids could pick a new language living with Spanish host families. I had seen some doing the same from Korea, Japan, China sending their kids to America, England or Australia, spending time in camps or with host families so their children can improve their spoken English. Children, like parrots, can learn by imitation. Like sponges they tend to absorb something new fast and quick without too much doubts, questioning or hesitation which we adults suffer. We adults encounter too many problems when trying to learn something new, like a foreign language.
And so what kinds of teachers should China hire? Not those English native speakers who just graduated from colleges, coming to China looking for fun or an extended vacation. Hire many of those who have retired after teaching in America, now they have the time and the means to spend some time in China. It is so sad that if you are 55 or over, China would not allow you to come to teach in their schools. You are considered retired. Recent American retirees should be encouraged to come and teach in China because of their years of experiences as classroom teachers. American teachers are more conservative when it comes to money than the general public. Many
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have saved for their retirement. And they can afford the low pay in China. Coming to China to teach is considered a reward and a privilege.
Allowing English native speakers to jam the classrooms of thousands and thousands of English language schools across mainland China is not the solution to the problem of teaching the English language in China. China must be serious about this and start to train their own teachers how to teach the English language from primary through colleges in China, the right way. This is China.


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Weekend planner | January 10-12, 2020
What's on in the Great Lakes, Manning and Gloucester
All weekend
- Taree Summer Regatta, Friday to Sunday, on the Manning River. A NSW Rowing Association Point Score Regatta.
- Tagged Fish Competition at Harrington, running all of January, 25 tagged fish to catch. Organised by Harrington Hotel.
- Art exhibitions at the Manning Regional Art Gallery, un:Seen, an exhibition by a group of fibre artists who use fibre as the allegory of the invisible hidden within; and Meditations by James Pearson and Geoffrey Lai. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sundays 1pm to 4pm.
- Queen Street Undressed art exhibition, at Gloucester Gallery, featuring work by a group of artists who meet fortnightly at the Queen Street Hall in Wingham for life drawing. Runs until January 26. Hours: Thursday to Saturday 10am to 4pm, and Sunday 10am to 1pm.
- Art show at Great Lakes Museum, Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 4pm, entry $10.
- Myall Art Expo, Friday to Monday, at Galleries In The Garden, Myall Community Art and Craft Centre and Hawks Nest Gallery. Three individual exhibitions held at the three art venues in Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens.
- Pinks Family Carnival at John Wright Park, Tuncurry.
- Movie screening of Dumbo at the Hallidays Point Library, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Bring a cushion to sit on and a bottle of water. All ages, parents must supervise children under five years.
- Cinema Under the Stars, 5.30pm to 10pm at The Tanks, Forster. Playing Toy Story 4. Entry free. Entertainment includes local musicians, touring talent, circus workshops and kids activities before the movie screens at sundown.
- Opening night of the Cool Summer 2020 Exhibition at Galleries in the Gardens, Tea Gardens, 5pm. Exhibition runs to the end of January. Free entry.
- TasteFest on the Manning, 10am to 9pm at Queen Elizabeth Park, Taree.
- Taree parkrun, from 8am at Endeavour Place Reserve, Taree.
- Forster parkrun, from 8am at the Bicentennial Walk in the Pebbly Beach parkland.
- Johns River Community Markets, 8am to 12.30pm at the Johns River Community Hall.
- Three Brothers Produce Market, 8am to noon at the Johns River Community Hall.
- Wingham Community Markets, 8am to noon at Wingham Skate Park.
- Gloucester Farmers Market, 8am to noon, at Billabong Park, Gloucester.
- Head2Head Ocean Swim, 8am to 2pm at Black Head Surf Life Saving Club, swimming and ski paddle events on offer to racegoers.
- Life Drawing Studio at the Manning Regional Art Gallery, 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Bring your own materials and easel, relaxed atmosphere, untutored group, newcomers welcome.
- Forster Town Markets, 8am to 2pm at Town Park, Forster.
- Pacific Palms Extra Market, 9am to 1pm at the Pacific Palms Community Centre.
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Customer reviews can be great entertainment, despite the often numerous flaws in writing. Look at these from Booking.com, a website I relied on during a recent trip to Spain. (I have deliberately omitted hotel and customer names.)
Reviews of a few different guesthouses I decided not to stay at:
- Positives: "Only location near the center."
Negatives: "It is awful. Very cold and dirty. The bedlinen has forgotten the washing. In the room it is so tightly that you cannot find the place for the shoes. My wife slept in warm clothes, Early in the morning we run out this pension like Napoleon from Russia"
—A mature couple from Moscow, Russia
- Positives: "Pleasantness of staff at door. Proximity to station, port and town centre"
Negatives: "Echoey staircase and corridor. Could hear the full details of a man vomiting through the night!!"
—A solo traveler from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Positives: "location"
Negatives: "everything else"
—A group of friends from the United Kingdom
Amazon.com has recently highlighted some of their funniest customer reviews. See them here.


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I love all my family members and so will say something about all them during the month but in no particular order.
So today's featured family member is grandson #2. I picked a photo that does not reflect what he looks like today because he is only a few hours old in it. He's just as adorable today!


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Hi Everyone!
We are back with our Book of the Month segment! Today I have a wonderful excerpt from P.S. I Like You.
What can I share with you from the book? I thought about this for a long time and finally decided that since the book is about letter writing, I would share with you one of the letters written. As a set up, neither letter writer knows who the other is but they've been exchanging letters under a shared Chemistry desk for weeks.
Track 4 is my favorite too. And also, Track 8 on Blue is amazing. You were right, not depressing at all. (I'm not just saying that because the cool guitarist in my new band said she likes it the best.)
By the way, I don't play guitar so there will be no stealing your solo time here. That means it's official, right? We need a band name now. Something overly sweet like Rainbows & Roses. Then all our songs should be angry. It will make for a good contrast. I have a lot of angry material right now—awful stepdad, distant mother, absent father. That's some solid fodder, right? Here, I'll come up with a good first line right now…Parents (a pause in lyrics for a dramatic guitar solo for you) are (pause for a drum solo) lame. Hmm…maybe I shouldn't be the lyricist either. My musical skills don't translate to a band. Where does that leave me? I can stand in the background and dance. Oh, also, if Mr. Ortega catches me writing you this letter, I am committed to shoving it in my mouth and swallowing. I hope I can count on the same commitment from you.
Wow, this just makes me more excited to read P.S. I Like You!


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Anlo Beach residents to be resettled
Sekondi, The residents of Anlo Beach, a fishing community along the beaches of the Shama District would soon be relocated to save lives and property.
Residents of the area, mainly Ewe settlers, who have migrated to engage in fishing expeditions continue to suffer from the effects of climate change and tidal waves, which is gradually wiping out the village.
Mr Abdul Ganiyu Mohammed, Western Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation told the GNA in an interview that land had been secured for the relocation adding, "we are currently engaging with the owners of the land to formalise all due process to enable us successfully resettle these people".
The community with a population of about 500, though for some time now had rejected the offer of resettlement, have now come to terms with the reality of danger and destruction that awaited them in the near future should they continue to resist.
The NADMO boss said, "We are still engaging the chiefs, opinion leaders and the Shama District Assembly on the proposed plan of resettlement and the needed budget that has to be prepared for a smooth transition".
Mr Ganiyu said from January to September this year, the Region recorded more than 45 disasters which affected over 28,060 victims.
He said out of the number of disasters recorded, 65 people were injured, six deaths, 2,250 farmlands and 385 houses were destroyed.
He said disasters were mainly in the areas of gas explosion, collapse galamsey pits, tidal waves at Shama and floods in Samreboi and Nzema East.
Mr Ganiyu said managing disasters was a collective responsibility and stressed the need to advocate the safety of humans.
He said NADMO in collaboration with its stakeholders were vigorously undertaking Disaster Response such as risk assessment, public education and hazard mapping among other activities in order to help reduce disasters in the region.
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The Strand Family Series presents live performances designed to entertain and inspire all ages! From music to magic to puppetry, these shows are great opportunities for families to share a quality artistic experience at a cost that works for all -- Tickets are available for $20, $10, $5, or $0, so that cost is not a barrier to attend.
Shows in the 2019-20 Family Series:
Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:30pm: Mother Kofi: The Tale of an African Princess (Alphonso Horne)
Saturday, Jan. 4 at 11am: The Legend of the Banana Kid (Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers)
Friday, Feb. 28 at 6:30pm: Jazzy Ash and the Leapin' Lizards
Friday, April 3 at 6:30pm: This World Made Itself and Infinitely Yours (Miwa Matreyek)
Saturday, May 2 at 11am: Go Home Tiny Monster (The Gottabees)
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Vitamin C with citrus bioflavonoids, acerola, rosehips and rutin.
Vitamin C helps in the formation of collagen, for the normal functioning of bones, cartilage, gums, skin and teeth. Supports the functioning of the nervous and immune systems.
Vitamin C protects cells from oxidative stress and contributes to the reduction of fatigue and the regeneration of the active form of vitamin E. Moreover, it increases the absorption of iron.


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Carlos Celdran urges Boy Abunda not to accept "Arts Ambassador" title given to him by the NCCA
Carlos Celdran posted this photo of the NCCA's poster for the PIAF, which features Boy Abunda as the PIAF arts ambassador and actor Dingdong Dantes as the NCCA youth ambassador. Screencap from Celdran's Facebook fan page
Artist-activist Carlos Celdran cajoled Boy Abunda not to accept the title "arts ambassador" given to him by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) via Facebook and Twitter. The NCCA chose the TV host and manager to be the ambassador of the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) for "his ability to communicate ideas (and) his advocacy in promoting Philippine arts and culture."
Celdran wrote, "Boy, please naman don't allow yourself to be called 'Ambassador of the Arts.' It's really Ambaduy (corny). I'm sure you are a great guy so have them drop the pretentious 'honorific' please. You don't need it. And I'm looking forward to February and seeing all the activities. Congrats!" He added, "Why would anyone allow themselves to be called something that they are not? How odd. I really wish he could be humble enough to just call himself a lover of the arts or supporter or patron. Ambassador means that he represents ALL artists and I'm sure that could PISS many artists off."
When one of Celdran's Facebook page fans commented, "Well, he is an advocate of the arts after all, or so he says...It's good enough for me that he's not flaunting his new title too much, it's NCCA that's doing all the glorifying anyway," Celdran replied, "I'm an artist. I have a degree in Painting from RISD (The Rhode Island School of Design) and have taken two years of Visual Arts at UP Diliman. I have worked in the Fine Arts industry for more than 20 years here and in the US. He is NOT my ambassador. So as one of your 'people,' please drop it, Boy." Celdran did remind commenters, "Don't hurt Boy Abunda's feelings, everyone!"
Earlier, Celdran wrote in his Facebook status, "Haha, once you are over the shock of Boy Abunda being the 'Ambassador of the Arts,' the activities of February's National Arts Month sound promising. I love the idea of Boracay as a location for contemporary arts festivals."
According to the NCCA website, the 20th PIAF will have four grand openings nationwide: at Concert at the Park in Manila on January 30, at People's Park Davao on February 6, at the Bacolod Provincial Capitol on February 13, and at Burnham Park in Baguio on February 20. The festival will be held in celebration of the National Arts Month.
For more on this story, log on to Celdran's Facebook fan page and the NCCA website.


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If you've been paying for private mortgage insurance every month because you put down less than 20% on your home, you may be able to get some of that money back by claiming the PMI deduction on your federal income tax return. Keep in mind though, the dedution expires with tax year 2014 unless Congress renews it.
Do You Qualify for the Deduction?
You got your loan in 2007 or later; Your mortgage is for your primary residence or a second home that's not a rental property; Your adjusted gross income is no more than $109,000. The deduction begins to phase out once your adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeds $100,000 ($50,000 for married filing separately) and disappears entirely at an AGI of more than $109,000 ($54,500 for married filing separately).
How to File for the PMI Deduction
You'll have to itemize and use Schedule A. – If you make no more than $100,000 a year, put the amount of insurance premiums you paid last year on Line 13. Don't include pre-paid premiums for this year. You're doing taxes based on last year's income and expenses, so this year's premiums don't count even if you pre-paid them last year. If your adjusted gross income is between $100,000 and $109,000, use the worksheet included with Schedule A to figure out how much you get to deduct.
The Best Savings of All: Canceling Your PMI
You can cancel your PMI when you have 20% equity in your home. Lenders are required to automatically cancel it once you have 22% equity. If you think you're at that threshold, find out more about canceling your PMI.
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STL to be listed on Taiwan OTC
Aaron Lee, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES
Lithium-ion battery pack maker STL Technology will begin listing on Taipei Exchange, the over-the-counter (OTC) bourse, in mid-September 2019, according company chairman and CEO Chang Chung-chiu.
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2011 Talk: "Cargo Cult Science"
Posted by Adversarial Writer #2 on March 23, 2011
Also returning from an acclaimed 2010 run (of one venue) is "Cargo Cult Science," presented by myself and Tom Foss. This one even had buzz last year; we were recorded for a podcast, the URL of which I have since lost, so if you're reading this, podcast guys, please send me the link so I can give you a proper shout-out for being so awesome.
"Cargo Cult Science" looks at the phenomenon of people who believe they are doing science but don't understand the process enough to actually be performing it properly. Instead they act in almost scripted ways based on their flawed understanding of the method, believing that by going through the motions, their results will be useful.
The metaphor is borrowed from Richard Feynman, who first used it to refer to activities that have only the outer patina of science without the proper guts on the inside. "Cargo cults" refers, in the most well-known sense, to a phenomenon wherein colonialized cultures misunderstand the actions of their colonizers and begin acting out their "rituals" in ways that clearly communicate that misunderstanding. Of course, as with most things in anthropology, things aren't quite that simple, so the talk will open with a brief introduction to the phenomenon of cargo cults and why it is such a useful metaphor for pseudoscience.


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While the throughput of microprocessor systems tends to increase as a result of ongoing technology scaling and the advent of multi-core systems, the off-chip I/O communication bandwidth emerges as one of the potential bottlenecks that limit overall performance. In order to alleviate the communication speed constraints, optical data communication interfaces move ever closer to the processor core. It is widely expected that future generation digital systems will increasingly rely on chip-to-chip and board-to-board optical data communications for higher bandwidth and better noise immunity.
This book focuses on optical communications for short and very short distance applications and discusses the monolithic integration of optical receivers with processing elements in standard CMOS technologies. CMOS Multi-Channel Single-Chip Receivers for Multi-Gigabit Optical Data Communications provides the reader with the necessary background knowledge to fully understand the trade-offs in short-distance communication receiver design and presents the key issues to be addressed in the development of such receivers in CMOS technologies. Moreover, novel design approaches are presented. A system-level design methodology allows for the impact analysis of different block specifications and system-wide design optimization. Statistical models are used for design space exploration in the scope of jitter tolerance analysis of clock recovery circuits.
CMOS Multi-Channel Single-Chip Receivers for Multi-Gigabit Optical Data Communications is required reading for practicing engineers and researchers in the field of short-distance optical communications and optical CMOS receiver design.


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Hi Richard, no problem at all – happy to answer any questions
Why was the MacBook originally sent back to Apple for repair (when the damage to the screen was done etc) & has it ever been sent back to them other than that time?
I turned on the laptop one time and one of the speakers fuzzed and just blew. Bit of an out of the ordinary issue, but I took it back to Apple to fix. They replaced what's known as the top cover (keyboard, trackpad, battery, speakers and IO ports), but in the process damaged the display and the headphone jack. I then returned the laptop, where they replaced the display and top cover again, but this didn't resolve the problem with the headphone jack, so in the end they replaced the logic board (CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD and controllers for IO devices). Essentially, everything inside this laptop has been replaced at some point.
Have you had any other issues with it?
Other than the above problems, nothing
Are there any issues with the screen, dead pixels etc?
None from what I can see – there may be the odd hairline scratch that you can pick up in specific lighting conditions, but this would be because I clean the display fairly regularly.
Any problems with the keyboard (from what I've seen a known issue)?
I haven't personally experienced any, but as I've mentioned, this laptop didn't get much use as I've got a desktop for when I'm home, and work provided me with a 15 inch pro.
Is the AppleCare transferable to a new owner?
From memory, it acts like an extended version of the original warranty, and is tied to the serial number of the machine. However, should anything go wrong, I'd be more than happy to help out with any problems.
I forgot to add, can you please take a couple of close up photos of the 2 tiny marks you pointed out on the case?
A couple of other closing thoughts: I now use a Surface Book for all of my university work (I'm able to take notes in class without hoarding tonnes of paper handouts), and by far, the more premium machine is the MacBook. If I could afford to keep both, I absolutely would. The only reason I use the Surface device at the moment is because of the ability to annotate my lecture handouts, of which I have a lot. In every other sense, the MacBook is a better device.
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My first real post, guys!! Hopefully it isn't my last OH GOD. THIS IS SO SCARY.
I don't know if you guys have read this Jez article yet (http://jezebel.com/men-are-victim…), but it's GT and it's been up for more than 20 minutes so let's all assume we're all refreshing the mainpage and this page like crazy by now, looking for new materials.
There's a thread at the top going on concerning whether focus on male sexual assault victims comes at any price to female sexual assault victims, and it's one I find interesting. My instinct is to say "NAAAAHHH." because all rape is horrible, we want (as feminists) to treat male sexual assault victims with the equal protection we would extend to female assault victims, of course. The original commenter on this thread seems to take the same stance, though he/she may have suffered for a second from "hot posting", which is when you get heated about a detail and decide it's worth a post, only to have to defend everything you stand for later to a group of commenters calling you out. I think the main issue though, is male sexual assault covered well-enough? Could it be adopted as an issue for MRA's to use against female sexual assault victims? Those issues are worth discussing (so please do!)
What's surprising is the number of people in that thread who seem to creep out of nowhere (Jezebel nowhere, that is...maybe they're coming from the Esquire comment threads?) all, "Hey! I totally agree! Down with coverage of male sexual assault victims!"
It's funny because my friend saw The Invisible War a while back, a great and heartbreaking documentary about sexual assault in the military, and we basically got into an argument because he said this was the gravest civil rights issue of our time (rape) and I said the civil rights issues of previous times were still the biggest civil rights issues of our times, especially since people who suffer terribly from systematic racism are also subject to abuses like sexual assault, so it's kind of more of an umbrella issue (another post for another time, but in the meantime, anyone read The New Jim Crow? fuck, that book changed my LIFE). However, I also, very strangely, started to get kind of mad at this guy because I have always kind of railed on and on about sexual assault as a civilian issue, and hadn't gotten much of a response. This felt like fair-weather advocacy (I realize now that any advocacy is great, but it was 2:00 am and we were drunk so irrational anger was easy to summon). He kept talking about "Women in the military this, women who are assaulted by officers that, and those WOMEN who need the help of an independent agency capable of investigating the court cases so as to avoid bias and cover-ups". I heard women 1,000 times in that conversation, and not once did I hear "men".
I got mad. I asked him about the rates of sexual assault for men vs. women as presented by the documentary. We both knew more men were assaulted in absolute values, but the chances of women being assaulted were much higher (higher rates for women). I asked him then about the number of women interviewed for the documentary who were victims , and number of family members/witnesses who knew female victims. It was higher, undeniably. I accused him, and this is the pretty shameful part, of "paternalizing the issue of rape in the military" (yikes, me). Basically, I felt like he was trying to make it into a women's issue rather than one of straightforward abuse, which would definitely not only lend credence to the argument that women can't pragmatically serve but also seems to at least somewhat push the pain and suffering of male victims to the peripherals. I hate when people try to compare trauma by saying one group is inherently more vulnerable than another. The logic works for a population like prisoners, because being in prison, members of this group have much less access to help from the help-giving institutions of society as well as the members of society themselves, and often these victims elicit a lot less sympathy/understanding in general. But it almost felt like this friend of mine wanted to say that being a woman in the military was akin to being stuck in a prison- that women would need help from outsiders (let'sberealMEN) in order to get the help they deserve. This drove me nuts, as the issue has been an issue throughout the history of all militaries, most of which were traditionally 100% comprised of men. Why was it only the women who were being assaulted who needed the help of outsiders? Why wasn't a committee to address this issue made until after women had joined and become part of the systematic abuse?
Now of course, there are practical reasons for this; men were highly stigmatized by the assault, to the point that they wouldn't report at all. Women entering the military might reflect an opening in the minds of the members and higher-ranking officials of the military, making it an environment in which the report of rape becomes more likely. Women deal with this fucking shit on a day-to-day basis pretty much all the time, so having to face another institutional stop-gap wasn't really going to prevent at least some reports. All in all, my friend and I both agreed by the end that we all need to worry about all rape, the kind that happens to every person, of every gender, and every color, in every situation (read: ALL RAPE MATTERS EQUALLY). However, I do think that this could be a touchy issue when it starts being integrated into media conversation (i.e. when The Atlantic posts its male-rape piece and Anne-Marie Slaughter chimes in about not being able to handle motherhood and rape advocacy and a whole new slew of feminist terms are invented...SPOILERS FOR MAD MEN IN THAT ARTICLE, BTW!!!!) What do you guys think? Sorry this was so long!!!
For good measure:
Military Sexual Trauma Facts: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/m…
National Help Hotline for victims: http://www.rainn.org/get-help/natio…
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For Andy Boynton, becoming dean of the Carroll school at Boston College was a homecoming. He studied there as an undergraduate before starting on the path that led him into a career as a business school professor.
Walking round the campus, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, it is easy to see why the college can attract its own back.
A Jesuit university in name and outlook, the collegiate feel on the campus is palpable. And it has permeated the curriculum on the MBA programme. The Carroll school believes it is the first, if not the only one, to require students to complete 20 hours of community service. This is not about getting a job, it is about the holistic experience, says Warren Zola, assistant dean for graduate programmes.
Established in the 1930s, the Carroll school has a solid reputation as an undergraduate and graduate business school. When Prof Boynton was appointed dean two years ago, he says his job was to "energise the place. When I came in, I felt people were complacent. Good is the enemy of great."
The college had built its reputation from that of a local Boston institution to a university with a national profile, drawing students from across the US, says Prof Boynton, and that is where the business school is positioned. Prof Boynton sees his role as building on those strengths, rather than moving into new areas.
Even though Prof Boynton came back to Boston College after 11 years at IMD in Switzerland, he says he has no plans to introduce executive short courses. "It's not our strength. Strategy is about choice. You can't do everything. Peter Lorange [IMD president] taught me that. If you're not going to do it well, don't do it." The school's portfolio today includes an undergraduate management degree – two years in the university, two years at Carroll – from which nearly 50 per cent of the students study overseas for part of the programme.
There is a full-time and a part-time MBA programme – between 400 and 500 students are on the part-time programme – and masters of science degrees in finance and accounting. The school also has a raft of joint degree programmes, combining the MBA with medicine, social work, finance, higher education and even a master of pastoral ministry.
On the MBA front, applications have increased sharply this year, says Shelley Conley, director of graduate enrolment. The US domestic market is picking up. That said, in the entering class of 2006, 37 per cent of the 90 students were from outside the US.
The average GMAT score for those on the MBA programme is 645, says Ms Conley. On graduation, 30 per cent go into finance, with a large proportion going for consulting, marketing, general management and information technology.
All full-time MBA students have to complete a specialisation in one of 10 areas, from corporate finance to marketing informatics. "Not many schools can do the general management MBA; Harvard can," says Prof Boynton.
As well as sharpening the programmes, Prof Boynton has been building up research and knowledge generation. The school has eight research centres, of which the two most prominent are the Winston Center for Leadership & Ethics and the Center for Asset Management.
The school has a lot of local competition, from Boston University, Babson and Bentley College, not to mention the big guns of Harvard and MIT. This does not perturb Prof Boynton. "University is like a game of golf. You focus on your own game. If BU or Boston do a great job, more power to them. If these schools are doing a great job, they will push us to do a better job."
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Savings are more profitable than commercial activity
Interbank market credits rates hold steadily at 60%. Sales cost-effectiveness in the economy fell to 9% in August 2012. Profitability from BYR savings accounts exceeds profitability from many types of commercial activity. Long-term conservation of this situation would affect business activity. This imbalance bears high risks for the banking system stability and encourages banks to devalue the national currency.
Last week the banks raised interest rates on savings accounts, both for individuals and for businesses.
Most banks increased interest rates on ruble deposits by 5-10 % last week. Interest rates on BYR savings accounts for the population reached 49% per annum. For legal persons, short-term BYR deposits (10 days) were available at 50% and higher. Individual clients were offered special deposit terms for their free cash.
Simultaneously, the return on sales in the economy fell from 11% in July 2012 to 9% in August. 90.4% of the enterprises remain profitable, of which 40.5% have profitability margin 0% to 5%.
However, placing deposits and business production or trading activity are incomparable in terms of risks and costs. Production or trade requires numerous employees, office and warehouse premises, accounting, etc. Placing deposits and receiving profit from interest rates involves minimal costs and better guaranteed results, if national currency devaluation pace does not increase. There were no bankruptcies among Belarusian banks for a while. And the absence of checks by tax and other controlling authorities implies a guaranteed outcome when placing money on deposit.
Thus, with these interest rates, business activity in Belarus only makes sense for a small number of highly profitable enterprises. These include, for instance, potash production and sales, pipeline transport, and some other. In other cases, bigger profits can be made without any activity by placing funds on savings accounts. These rates in the credit market drag liquidity away from the currency market, but economic activity becomes unreasonable.
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The Belarusian authorities regard the Catholic conference as yet another international event to promote Minsk as a global negotiating platform. Minsk's proposal to organise a meeting between the Roman-Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church is rather an image-making undertaking than a serious intention. However, the authorities could somewhat extend the opportunities for the Roman-Catholic Church in Belarus due to developing contacts with the Catholic world.
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Sharing from an Ex-Student
I'll like to share two events I remember from Primary School.
The first one was in Primary 5. Each class was given a country, and had to dress up their representative accordingly. I was representing 5A, and our theme was the US. What represents America the best? The Statue of Liberty. So we got a bunch of paper along with other materials, and rolled it up to make the crown and the torch. The dress was made from trash bags, I think. I can't remember much details, but I recall the feeling of being onstage clearly. Excitement was bubbling in my chest, looking at the cameras and the students seated right in front. The emcees were commenting on each representative, introducing the iconic characters or features involved. I suppose we did a good job, as they could tell I was portraying the Statue of Liberty. Needless to say, my face appeared on the following issue of the school's newsletter.
The second one is the S-GEM (Speak Good English Movement). Every Friday during assembly, we would be in the Hall, with teachers organising various events to promote good English. On some days, they would choose common 'Singlish' phrases, and correct us with the corresponding 'English' phrases. Some examples I remember are 'I die-die must do' -> 'I really have to do it' and 'I ownself do' -> 'I can do it myself'. These Singlish phrases were foreign to me, so I was actually learning both Singlish and English in S-GEM. It's quite funny in retrospect. On other days, we sang songs such as 'The Climb' and 'Bad Day' (pitched-up version). These assemblies were enjoyable and relaxing, as we students got to participate in the performance too. These simple joys are nostalgic and worth reminiscing.
There are a lot more events I'd like to share, but these two stood out more. Perhaps I can save the other memories for next time.
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Wow! What a night! Miss Texas Teen USA 2016 Karlie Hay was crowned Miss Teen USA 2016 at The Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you missed the show, watch here.
Karlie's first-hand observations of a close family member inspired her goal to be a national voice about the effects of alcoholism and drug abuse on family members. Her own childhood experiences have engendered great empathy for children growing up in unstable environments and for the families of alcoholics. Were her fondest wish to be granted, every child would grow up in a stable and loving home.
In addition to this heartfelt concern, Karlie's interests and activities range from cheerleading to community service. A high achiever, the eighteen-year-old senior maintains her position on the school honor roll while participating in numerous extracurricular activities that include varsity cheer captain, yearbook editor and photographer.
After graduating from Tomball high school in 2016, the blue-eyed blonde hopes to enroll at Texas A&M University. Her plan beyond college is to become a businesswoman and to continue advocating for those affected by drug and alcohol abuse.
We can't wait to see what this year brings for her!
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Two Olave's teams competed at Chartwell on a lovely sunny day in Westerham. Victoria was awarded a special prize for her 'impassioned use of imagery and rhetorical devices' in an excellent, well researched speech about change and social cohesion. The Y12 team were confident and poised using pause dramatically to hold the audience's attention in a palpable moment of reflection. The Y10 team spoke with 'clarity, calmly making a connection with their audience' in an erudite, detailed and amusing speech that impressed the judges. Some memorable lines included a warning against a dull, safe 'steady street' and being 'puppets of fortune and change'.
Both teams did well and learned a great deal about by moving outside of their comfort zones and taking on a challenge. Well done to all!


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Tonight's class on the new papal encyclical at St. Paul's Newman Center Catholic church in Laramie begins, well, in the beginning. Before parishioners dive into the Pope's message, they read aloud from the creation story in Genesis.
The Pope's letter began drawing a flurry of praise and condemnation before it was officially published. The teacher here, Father Rob Spaulding, points out that a draft was leaked to the press a few days early.
"So clearly it was something there was great interest about," Spaulding says.
The encyclical outlines the idea of 'integral ecology'—that care for the natural world and justice for society's most vulnerable are interconnected. Despite the fanfare, Spaulding tells his class that this is hardly the first time the Church has weighed in on the environment.
"Francis quotes John Paul II over 35 times, Benedict the 16th, 27, bishops conferences from around the world," Spaulding says.
Pope Francis does acknowledge the scientific consensus on man-made climate change—and calls for policies to curb carbon dioxide emissions. But Spaulding says that's just one piece of something much bigger.
"It's through the lens of climate, but the implications of being a common humanity sharing a common home, really that's the springboard for the theology that's contained here," says Spaulding. "Not just whether you might believe in climate change or humanity's contribution to it."
But passages like those that name coal as a prime climate-change-culprit will draw the most scrutiny here in Wyoming, says Tom Quinlivan—a Laramie Catholic who's taking the class.
"I think it can be a harder truth to swallow just because so many people depend on it," says Quinlivan. "We have so many mining families. They wouldn't be here without the mining industries. So, yeah, I think it is a little bit tough here in this state."
Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment is getting a thorough reading here in Wyoming—the country's top coal-producing state.
Encyclicals present new Catholic social teaching, but they also leave some room for the faithful to disagree. And here in Wyoming—where just 42 percent of residents say they believe humans cause climate change—many have.
"The issue that concerns me is when the Holy Father calls into question the motivation of business owners," says Kevin Roberts, president of Wyoming Catholic College in Lander.
He says environmentalists are exploiting the Pope's words to push an agenda that hurts Wyoming. That's as state leaders fight President Obama's Clean Power Plan—which would require the state to cut its carbon emissions by more than 40 percent over the next 15 years.
"The best of—or for that matter—grossest example of this encyclical being hijacked is by President Obama himself who has unjustly—and with a terrible policy that's an abomination—made it impossible for coal companies in Wyoming to produce," Roberts says.
The hum of coal trains is constant in Guernsey. Agnes Howshar has lived here for more than 70 years. Between the trains and the coal-fired power plant, she says, coal is a big deal here.
"We've got the power plant to the South," says Howshar. "A lot of people in this area work there or work, well, for the railroad. So, it's something to worry about."
Wyoming produces 40 percent of the nation's coal. The industry accounts for six percent of the state's total jobs. Howshar and her family are longtime members of Guernsey's small Catholic parish. She says she recently got in an argument about the Pope with her sons.
"They said the Pope should stay out of politics," says Howshar. "They consider this very political. I think the Pope has to preach the gospel."
But Howshar knows that message could have an impact of Wyoming coal.
"So I'm kind of personally torn, because what the pope says is very true. At the same time, I have to look around me and see people here who will be hurting."
"The most skeptical I think, tends to be fearful that Pope Francis has been influenced by governmental, societal powers," says Father Andrew Duncan, priest at St. Anthony's Church in Guersney.
Duncan says he's grateful for the encyclical, but he's in no hurry to preach climate change from the pulpit.
"I feel I am in a difficult position, because I agree with the criticisms that I think he brings in this encyclical, but I also feel that my bread and butter is the people here," Duncan says.
Pope Francis is expected to thrust his environmental message further into U.S. policy debates next month—when he'll become the first Pope to address a joint session of Congress.


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This rural region of northern France largely attributes the success of its municipal composting operation to the education of residents from the outset so that they were able to sort their trash efficiently, resulting in a high-quality product.
What Worked?
- Pilot program started with only 3,000 inhabitants, then scaled up to serving its full population of 23,600 residents across 56 towns. About half of all waste ends up in "green bins" devoted to compostable waste.
- Leaflets and composting guides were send to all households along with the green bins to ensure they were aware of proper sorting and this has been attributed as an essential part of what has brought the success of this project.
- However, taking advantage of modern tech, RI could create an online video project to ensure that residents are well informed on how to sort their waste.
Collection of Materials
- Compost is collected in 7 weekly collection rounds
- The SIVOM collective has four vehicles, three collect green and regular bins while one is kept in reserve.
Method of Composting
- Indoor windrow composting
- Kitchen and garden waste is composted along with paper and cardboard, this addition helps to balance the ratio between kitchen waste and garden waste which peaks in spring and fall.
- Compost is sold to the regional agricultural collective which in turn sells the compost to local farmers along with advice on its application.
What's unique?
- In the SIVOM model, the compost is sold to the local agricultural cooperative, this means that local farmers get to take advantage of this black gold being produced in their own community!
- This operation also succeeded in producing a very high quality product by making sure residents were well informed on waste sorting.
- By adding paper and cardboard from the waste stream to the composting operation when carbon rich materials like tree leaves are seasonally unavailable, an ideal C:N ratio can be achieved year-round.


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1. Eat an assortment of nourishments
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10. Start now! Also, continue evolving progressively.
1. Eat an assortment of nourishments
For good wellbeing, we need in excess of 40 distinct supplements, and no single nourishment can supply them all. It isn't about a solitary feast, it is about a reasonable nourishment decision after some time that will have any kind of effect!
A high-fat lunch could be trailed by a low-fat supper.
After an enormous meat parcel at supper, maybe fish ought to be the following day's decision?
2. Base your eating routine on a lot of nourishments wealthy in sugars
About a large portion of the calories in our eating regimen should originate from nourishments wealthy in starches, for example, oats, rice, pasta, potatoes, and bread. It is a smart thought to incorporate at any rate one of these at each feast. Wholegrain nourishments, like wholegrain bread, pasta, and oats, will expand our fiber admission.
3. Supplant soaked with unsaturated fat
Fats are significant for acceptable wellbeing and appropriate working of the body. Nonetheless, a lot of it can contrarily influence our weight and cardiovascular wellbeing. Various types of fats have distinctive wellbeing impacts, and a portion of these tips could assist us with keeping the equalization right:
We should confine the utilization of aggregate and immersed fats (frequently originating from nourishments of creature starting point), and totally maintain a strategic distance from trans fats; perusing the marks distinguishes the sources.
Eating fish 2-3 times each week, with at any rate one serving of sleek fish, will add to our correct admission of unsaturated fats.
When cooking, we should bubble, steam or prepare, as opposed to searing, evacuate the greasy piece of meat, utilize vegetable oils.
4. Appreciate a lot of products of the soil
Products of the soil are among the most significant nourishments for giving us enough nutrients, minerals, and fiber. We should attempt to eat in any event 5 servings per day. For instance, a glass of crisp natural product juice at breakfast, maybe an apple and a bit of watermelon as tidbits, and a decent part of various vegetables at every feast.
5. Decrease salt and sugar consumption
A high salt admission can bring about hypertension, and increment the danger of cardiovascular ailment. There are various approaches to diminish salt in the eating routine:
When shopping, we could pick items with lower sodium content.
When cooking, salt can be subbed with flavors, expanding the assortment of flavors and tastes.
When eating, it encourages not to have salt at the table, or if nothing else to include salt before tasting.
Sugar gives sweetness and an alluring taste, however, sugary nourishments and beverages are wealthy in vitality and are best appreciated with some restraint, as an infrequent treat. We could utilize organic products rather, even to improve our nourishments and beverages.
6. Eat normally, control the bit size
Eating an assortment of nourishments, normally, and in the perfect sums is the best equation for a sound eating routine.
Skipping dinners, particularly breakfast, can prompt crazy appetite, regularly bringing about vulnerable gorging. Nibbling between dinners can help control hunger, yet eating ought not to supplant legitimate suppers. For snacks, we could pick yogurt, a bunch of new or dried organic products or vegetables (like carrot sticks), unsalted nuts, or maybe some bread with cheddar.
Focusing on divide size will help us not to expend a lot of calories, and will enable us to eat every one of the nourishments we appreciate, without taking out any.
Cooking the perfect sum makes it simpler to not gorge.
Some sensible serving sizes are 100 g of meat; one medium bit of natural product; a large portion of a cup of crude pasta.
Utilizing littler plates assists with littler servings.
Bundled nourishments, with calorie, esteems on the pack, could help partition control.
In the case of eating out, we could impart a segment to a companion.
7. Drink a lot of liquids
Grown-ups need to drink in any event 1.5 liters of liquid daily! Or then again more if it's exceptionally hot or they are physically dynamic. Water is the best source, obviously, and we can utilize tap or mineral water, shimmering or non-shining, plain or seasoned. Organic product juices, tea, sodas, milk, and different beverages, would all be able to be alright - every once in a while.
8. Keep up a solid bodyweight
The correct load for every us relies upon factors like our sexual orientation, tallness, age, and qualities. Being influenced by corpulence and overweight builds the dangers of a wide scope of ailments, including diabetes, heart sicknesses, and malignant growth.
The abundance of muscle to fat ratio originates from eating more than we need. The additional calories can emerge out of any caloric supplement - protein, fat, starch, or liquor, yet fat is the most thought wellspring of vitality. Physical movement encourages us to spend the vitality and makes us feel better. The message is sensibly straightforward: in the event that we are putting on weight, we have to eat less and be progressively dynamic!
9. Jump progressing, make it a propensity!
Physical movement is significant for individuals of all weight reaches and wellbeing conditions. It encourages us to consume off the additional calories, it is useful for the heart and circulatory framework, it keeps up or expands our bulk, it causes our center, and improves generally speaking wellbeing prosperity. We don't need to be top competitors to jump moving! 150 minutes of the seven day stretch of moderate physical action is prompted, and it can without much of a stretch become some portion of our everyday schedule. We as a whole could:
utilize the stairs rather than the lift,
take a stroll during mid-day breaks (and stretch in our workplaces in the middle)
set aside a few minutes for a family end of the week movement
10. Start now! Furthermore, it continues evolving steadily.
Slow changes in our way of life are simpler to keep up than significant changes presented at the same time. For three days, we could record the nourishments and beverages we devour for the duration of the day and make a note of the measure of development we made. It won't be hard to spot where we could improve:
Skipping breakfast? A little bowl of muesli, a bit of bread or natural product, could help gradually bring it into our daily practice
Too not many leafy foods? To begin with, we can present one additional piece a day.
Most loved nourishments high in fat? Killing them unexpectedly could fire back, and make us come back to the old propensities. We can pick low-fat choices rather, eat them less much of the time, and in little bits.
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The Sacramento Antique Faire is this Sunday, March 13th. Go here to see the details.
(This is the line of people waiting to get in, and the donut stand. :0))
We will be in our regular spot M 5&6. This time we will have a big sign advertising The Antique Trove, the retail place that we sell in.
Come by and say hello. We look forward to seeing our regulars each month.
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Showbiz journalist Joanna Abeyie has a lot to say about young people from diverse backgrounds making their way into the creative industries. It's tough and she relates strongly to it.
As a result she founded Shine Media, a talent agency helping to place people from diverse backgrounds into jobs. Here Joanna, 28, shares her story with us and gives us some incredible advice.
1. How did you get into journalism and broadcasting?
I started applying – via letters – for work experience at all my favourite magazines when I was 16. After getting a number of rejection letters, Now Magazine gave me a chance and I did one week's work experience with them. Once I was in I had a brilliant time and decided that I only wanted to be a journalist. I networked at the magazine and bought chocolates for the whole team and they allowed me to come back for one more week of work experience. Then it kind of snowballed. I was relentless; I applied for more and more work experience and managed to get a lot. By the time I graduated I'd written for around 40 publications.
2. Why did you decide to start Shine Media? Could you talk us through what your company does and who it helps?
Coming from a low income, BAME (black, asian and ethnic minority) and socially quite challenging background, I could identify with the challenges that those from diverse backgrounds face to gain an opportunity within the journalism and creative industries. I launched Shine Media in 2009 and to begin with we provided careers events, accredited training courses and mentoring opportunities to young people from diverse backgrounds. Five years later we're a recruitment business for diverse talent and have placed thousands of diverse people within jobs across the industry.
3. What kind of services does Shine Media offer?
At Shine Media we have developed a number of bespoke services including confidence building, one-to-one pastoral care, CV and employability workshops that have seen a considerable increase in diverse talent being recruited within the media industry. We've placed talent in Hearst Magazines, the Mail Online, the Sun, News UK…the list goes on. We also provide a live production programme with KEO films which gives young people the opportunity to put on a live production with a famous face. In the past we've had Sir Trevor McDonald and Alesha Dixon.
4. What do you think are the biggest struggles facing ambitious young people today?
This is a difficult question because in the context of my company Shine Media, the people I support have really specific individual needs. Generally speaking I think one of the key struggles that young people face is accessing free opportunities for funding for their business ideas. Some people are not in a position to take on business loans for a number of reasons, but quite often due to their socio-economic circumstances. I think that there should be more opportunities to help young people get started because it's such a crucial requirement for their growth.
5. What would your advice be to aspiring journalists?
Ideas are your currency. Jobs may not always come around in abundance, so you might not always hear back from busy journalists when you enquire about employment, but if you have a good idea, that gets attention. Editors always want to hear ideas. This goes for print, online and broadcast journalism. Never underestimate the strength of an idea. Don't assume that because someone currently works at a sexy title that they know it all. Also from my own experience – I hope I can be forgiven for saying this – some in-house journalists can become weighed down with their day-to-day jobs because they get into a routine. Someone fresh, eager, new and a real self-starter can shine in an environment like that. It's not to say you can't learn from a very experienced and talented journalist but they are experienced NOW – they didn't start off that way.
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Check out construction progress of One Thousand Museum
One Thousand Museum, the Zaha Hadid-designed luxury condominium rising at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard, has reached the 27th floor of 62 stories, with completion set for the end of 2018.
Hadid designed the entire tower, including the amenity spaces and furnishings, marking her first residential tower in the Western Hemisphere designed before her death in March.
The Real Deal recently took a tour of the construction site, hosted by Gregg Covin and Todd Michael Glaser, two members of the development team, which also includes Louis Birdman, Kevin Venger, Gilberto Bomeny and Regalia Group.
Covin said Plaza Construction is completing one story a week, with pours starting at 2 a.m. each time. About 175 workers are currently at the site, which broke ground in December 2014. Total construction costs are estimated at $400 million, with total sellout of $600 million, he said.
Among the key features of the 83-unit tower are the exoskeleton, which incorporates 4,800 precast panels made in Dubai and shipped to Miami. Covin said One Thousand Museum is the first project in the United States to use the panels.
The tower is also designed without any interior columns, and features floor-to-ceiling windows, curved walls, "Gaudiesque balconies," and a rooftop helipad, Covin said.
Condos from floors 25 to 49 are half-floor, four bedroom, five-and-a-half bath units spanning 4,500 square feet. Floors 10-14 have two-story duplex units with five bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms encompassing more than 8,000 square feet. Floors 50 and up are full-floor units, plus a two-story penthouse, and the top two floors have event space and an indoor pool.
"This is like building 83 homes for me, all at one time," Glaser told TRD. "Zoning allowed 550 units but we chose to do 83," he added.
The eighth floor of the tower will have a fitness center and pool deck, dubbed a "Sun and Swim Terrace," while the ninth floor will have a spa with private treatment rooms and a relaxation lounge.
One Thousand Museum also will have a 5,600-square-foot restaurant on the ground floor, which has not yet been leased. "I've shown it to all the big restaurant guys but we haven't made a deal yet," Covin told TRD.
Residents and guests will arrive at the tower under a covered valet drop-off on 10th Street.
So far, 42 of 83 units are presold, or 51 percent, including three sales made in the last three months to a Brazilian buyer and two Mexican buyers. This month, the developers closed on a $225 million construction loan for the project.
Overall, buyers have hailed from the United States, the Middle East, Turkey, Poland and Norway. Prices range from $5 million to $17 million.
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Opening a bank account is painful. You'd need to fill out long forms and submit documents.
The Singapore government has begun a pilot with the four main banks in the country to test a solution. Starting today, people who apply for new bank accounts at UOB, DBS, OCBC, and Stanchart can have their forms pre-filled. There's no need to submit supporting documents too.
"There is no need for bank staff to manually verify the customer's details since they have already been verified by the government. Not only will this save time, data entry errors will be reduced too," says Peter Ong, head of the Civil Service, who announced the pilot today.
To enable this, customers need to sign up for MyInfo, a government digital service that aims to make seamless all kinds of registration processes, whether it's government or commercial.
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MyInfo was rolled out in May 2016 and is available for 12 government services, like applying for the Baby Bonus scheme and the Housing Development Board's Built-To-Order flats. It counts about 145,000 active users, or people who've signed up and used the service at least once in the past year.
The government aims to make MyInfo available to all government services with two-factor authentication by 2018. More commercial applications for MyInfo may be launched. It could be used when applying for credit cards and home loans, for example. The insurance industry could also use it.
MyInfo is an initiative by the Smart Nation and digital Government Office, as well as the Government Technology Agency. The pilot with banks is organized together with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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Bus passes for the 2019-2020 year are now available at the Student Activities office. You must have a CNM ID to get your pass. CNM employees are eligible, too.
Motorcycle Parking
We now have new designated motorcycle areas in PPD Lot 2 and SB West Lot. MC paid permits are $25 annually and are valid in all paid lot designated areas at CNM Main Campus, available at Main Campus cashiers office. MC general permits (free) are valid in all general lot designated areas at all campuses and available where all general permits are available. Paid permits are also valid in all general lots.
Uber and Lyft
New Uber/Lyft pick up/drop off area located just North of the city bus stop in front of MS on University Blvd. Look for new "UBER/LYFT" signs.
Overflow Parking
The North Lot Overflow has been renamed Central Lot Overflow and a Central permit will be required. Also, the parking lot west of the Public Safety building, currently part of Smith Brasher Lot 3, will be renamed Public Safety Lot and a general permit will be required.
Now Hiring Student Employee Positions
Contact Parking Services
Parking Services is located in the Public Safety (PS) building on Main Campus (map).
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