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There is no single solution when it comes to SAP S/4HANA Migration, and each organization is in a different stage of SAP S/4HANA readiness.
Some have chosen to start clean by implementing a new system, or the greenfield approach. Others choose to perform a complete system conversion, or the brownfield approach, because it doesn't disrupt their existing business process. And for those who want to consolidate their current system landscape into SAP S/4HANA, they can opt for a landscape transformation.
As each methodology has its advantages and challenges, you have to take a look at the database, platform, and configuration before making a decision as to which route may be most suitable for your given situation. Here below, we analyze each methodology to help you do just this.
The Complete Guide to a Fast and Risk-Free S/4HANA Migration
The Greenfield Approach – New Implementation
The greenfield approach requires a new implementation of SAP S/4HANA. This can be a tiresome and time-consuming project, especially on the change management side, since you have to start everything from scratch.
The upside to this path is that you can redefine and simplify the business processes and take full advantage of S/4HANA capabilities. This does not guarantee that the new implemented system will actually work on the operational side, but there will be time for adjustment.
Going through this re-implementation route can be unnerving because there will be radical changes in the way you operate the system. So if you want to go down this road, make sure that you are ready for the whole re-engineering process.
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The Brownfield Approach – System Conversion
With all the repercussions of the greenfield approach, there is an alternative way: the brownfield route. This is SAP's newest recommendation for existing customers who are operating on SAP ECC and want to migrate to S/4HANA but still keep their investment in the current system.
With system conversion, you will move the whole system and business process to a new platform of S/4 HANA. This approach can offer a better solution if you don't want any changes in the operations of your business process. It essentially allows you to run your business with less disruption since it's more of a technical system conversion.
The downside is that possible issues on the technical side can arise, but SAP has provided conversion tools and guidelines for this. Therefore, the risk can be mitigated.
Landscape Transformation
The focus of landscape transformation is not on the whole system conversion, but rather on selective parts of the business process that you want to migrate. Using SAP landscape transformation, you can perform selective data migration to SAP S/4HANA or consolidate your business landscape into one global system.
This means that you can first select the process that gives you the best—and fastest—ROI to be migrated to S/4HANA. Customers may choose to go down this route, for instance, when adopting S/4HANA capabilities for Central Finance.
Use Case: Central Finance
The components architecture surrounding S/4HANA allows customers to implement a stand-alone business process linked to S/4HANA's ERP core system. One example of this is SAP Central Finance.
With landscape transformation, you can utilize SAP Central Finance by migrating your financial postings to the SAP HANA database. It uses the single database table called Universal Journal for all data from General Ledger, Profitability, Management Accounting, Asset Accounting, and Material Ledger.
This new architecture allows you to produce a multidimensional financial reporting structure by incorporating the data from your legacy systems into Central Finance without any data duplication.
Using this function of Central Finance, you can still perform the financial postings in your legacy system while the data is being replicated into the Universal Journal entry database via the SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server.
This means that you can gradually move the process piece by piece into the new SAP S/4HANA before completely turning off the old system. This reduces the risk of replacing many different systems all at once.
The Bluefield Approach/Shell Conversion
This is a new approach that is somewhat of a combination of both greenfield and brownfield. This approach starts with creating a shell system, an empty target system using Business Suite client with no data. Using various SAP service provider's tools you can perform any transformation activities and upgrade your target system to S/4HANA. This approach claims to be non-disruptive, however, as the approach is fairly new there is not enough data to provide a cost, risk and efficiency analysis.
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How to Choose the Right Approach?
Choosing the right approach requires that an organization performs extensive analysis and evaluation of both technical and functional sides. The existing system landscape, business function, and user readiness are a few things that need to be taken into consideration.
More importantly, you should take a look at your own roadmap for digital transformation. That is, identify where you are and where you want to go in the upcoming years.
Here are the key points to help you decide which path you should take for your S/4HANA migration.
|What are you looking for?
|Path to Take
|Landscape Transformation
What Are the Steps to Execute?
Once the path has been decided upon, it's time to prepare for the actual migration by planning the exact steps that will be needed for a successful implementation.
If your decision is to perform a new implementation via the greenfield approach, there is an entire methodology called SAP Activate that explains each step required to do so.
- Discover: The first step is to identify the value of your business and then develop the roadmap and strategy to be used in the implementation of the project.
- Prepare: In this phase, you initiate the project and start working on your final project plans as well as preparing your team. Choosing the right people for your team is essential to ensure the project will run optimally.
- Explore: SAP S/4HANA offers a wide range of solutions for your business, especially for a new implementation. In this phase, the scope evaluation process will be performed, and Fit/Gap analysis can be adopted—instead of traditional blueprint requirements—in order to ensure a more efficient and faster implementation.
- Realize: This phase focuses on the realization process of the business requirements that have been defined in the previous phase. These include system configuration settings, integration scenarios, and data migration.
- Deploy: The production environment is set up in this phase. When it's ready, cutover activities will be performed and business operations are moved to the new system.
- Run: Now, you're ready to adopt the new solution and run on the new system.
Brownfield & Landscape Transformation
On the other hand, if you decide to do a system conversion or landscape transformation, there is a sequence that you have to follow to ensure a smooth deliverable. The process is divided into two phases: preparation and realization.
Preparation Phase
- System Requirements & Planning: This assessment should be conducted to analyze the existing system and then define the best possible solution to execute the migration.
- Conversion Pre-Check: A compatibility check of any add-ons or business functions that are active in the current system is required to ensure they can technically be converted into S/4HANA. SAP has provided the Simplification Item Check to identify the mandatory steps before converting your system.
- Custom Code Migration: This step will check your custom code against S/4HANA compatibility. This is essential, especially if there are enhancements in your current system.
Realization Phase
- System Installation: After the preparation phase, you can start the conversion to SAP S/4HANA. This step includes database migration and data conversion.
- Follow-On Activities: After the technical conversion, all relevant customized settings must be migrated.
- Data Consistency Check (especially for financial data): Since SAP S/4HANA collects all relevant components from Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO) into one data pool, called the Universal Journal, it is imperative that you perform reconciliation between your accounting components. In this way, the data can be merged correctly into the Universal Journal.
- Iteration Testing: When all customizing has been performed and all data have been migrated, you need to perform test iterations to make sure that the system runs correctly.
Migrating to S/4HANA is inevitable for every SAP customer. It's not a matter of "if," only a matter of "when." However, the migration process can be daunting for customers because they don't actually know what to expect from the process. This is why choosing the right approach will be essential for your business transformation.
Whatever path you choose for your organization, Panaya S/4HANA Assessment Pack provides the solutions you need to start your journey to S/4HANA migration, including valuable insights and a detailed report. Read The Complete Guide to a Fast and Risk-Free S/4HANA Migration to gain insights into understanding the business case and route that is best for your organization.
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Getting the chop: how to know if you're ready for short hair
It's been a long time since you've transformed your 'do, and since you've been flirting with the idea of short hair. You're so tempted, but haven't yet taken the plunge due to the threatening cloud of regret you predict is on the horizon. Having encountered this predicament countless times, our experts equip you with the knowledge you need to clear away those grey clouds and to make an informed decision.
1. Look to your jawline for guidance
According to Bertram K, an Austrian hairdresser and L'Oréal Professionnel international portfolio artist, "clients should think of their overall desired silhouette when they go to the salon, and that silhouette is usually oval. Everything about the haircut should therefore work towards achieving an oval face shape". Your jaw bone, with the help of a pencil and ruler, can help you decipher how to achieve this. Simply place a pencil under your chin horizontally and a ruler under your ear vertically, so that they are adjacent. Measure the intersection of the pencil and ruler. If your jaw is shorter than 2.25", then short hair will boost you on your way to creating the oval face shape; anything more, then you are better suited to longer locks.
2. For short hair, ask your stylist
These are exactly the kinds of questions that your stylist is there to answer. If you are truly torn, then your hairdresser can examine your hair thickness, quality, face shape, as well as other factors in order assess whether a short cut is the best option for you.
"Body shape is just as important as face shape when it comes to determining the optimal haircut", Bertram K reveals. "Make the client stand to survey the whole proportion of the body, and then decide if you need to add or remove volume to coordinate with the bigger picture. For example, if you are short, it is not advised to opt for a very long hairstyle, as it will make you look much shorter –and vice versa".
3. Short hair calls for more styling
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You may shave off a minute or two of the time you spend shampooing, but gone are the days of shoving up your tresses in a lazy ponytail, and in are the hours spent perfecting your wax, clay and texturizing techniques. You'll soon become a short hair-styling pro, but be aware that the "practicality" belief is smoke and mirrors!
If you do decide that the chop is for you, then try Kérastase K Powder Bluff as well as Redken Water Wax. These short hair superheroes will instantly add texture without the accompanying minutes!
4. Can you pace yourself?
If regret is one of your main obstacles on the road to short hair, then know that it's not obligatory to head straight for the pixie cut! Indeed, hair stylists advise you to take incremental steps (especially if you have waist-long locks!), in order to slowly accustom yourself to the new length, texture and styling regimen of your new style. One idea is to cut in a lob, then a bob, and finally – should you wish to truly commit – try out a pixie cut. This way, you can stop cutting at any point along the process. Crisis averted!
5. You just don't want to wonder any more
All things considered, if you still have an unsatisfied yearning for long hair, then there is a strong case to be made for just taking the plunge. In any case, if you don't like it, then it's not a permanent change. Your strands will soon grow back!
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I was recently at a conference and thought, OK, I should go see what the Intensive Language teachers do, nd went to a workshop called something like "Get Your Beginners Talking!" Every language conference I've ever been to has a workshop like this.
Here's a part of a handout:
And here is what the kids would have handed out to them:
This is a classic "communicative" activity: it wants people to use the target language to bridge information gaps as a way to acquire the target language.
So…what do the research and our classroom experience say about these activities?
1. Speaking "practice" as the exercise suggests does not improve aquisition. We've heard this from VanPatten, Krashen and of course Kirk (2013).
2. Feedback– in this case on pronunciation– does not work. There are two main reasons for this:
- You can't produce language in real time while self-monitoring to make sure you are using the feedback correctly (Krashen).
- Conscious info does not end up in the implicit linguistic system, as VanPatten notes (see this).
As BVP puts it,
3. This turns the teacher into the language police. Someone asked the presenter "do they ever speak L1 while doing this?" and they answered "yes, I have to keep an eye on them." No fun. I personally find using L2 with other L2s "fake" feeling…and I'm a language geek.
4. In terms of personal interest, we have a problem: what if Johnny likes playing with dolls, and doesn't care that Suzie is really interested in playing Grand Theft Auto? What if these are low-frequency words? If these are the case– and they usually are– the amount of vocab that the kids hear that is repeated is going to be minimal. If I hear about 15 different people's 15 different activities, I am getting less input per item = less acquisition.
5. The junky output becoming impoverished input problem among L2s is here unaddressed.
6. The repetition would be boring. In the presenter's example, a classic beginner question is do you like to _____? and kids have to answer Yes, I like… or No, I don't like… This is going to get old really quickly and of course it would be more natural, easier and faster just to use English.
Anyway…the wayback machine took me to activities that I have never been able to make work. However as they say, your mileage may vary.
I've been able to ditch 95% of output-focused activities, and– thanks to the ease and power of comprehensible input– I have ironically managed to build better speakers by avoiding making kids speak. Go figure.


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The New Tool Set
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- Rising stem OS&Y (outside stem and yoke) assembly allows for the feed screw to be operated from the top of the tapping machine rather than from the top of the extended feed screw.
- New 8" and 12" pressure test plugs eliminate the need to use the test flange, and require just four hand-tightened bolts to install. This significantly decreases pressure testing time.
- 4" – 8" insertion spacer saves 124 feed-screw turns during installation of a 4" – 8" valve.
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For the best application experience, please review these eligibility guidelines and common questions and prior to starting or submitting your Health Value Award application.
Q: Is Peer Review the same as Validation Institute's Validation Program?
A: The Peer Review mirrors the verification process of a Validation, but the full Validation holds very powerful year-round marketing and sales advantages that the Peer Review does not. Peer review is a specific and critical step in the awards process, but is not an isolated achievement/term to be used for marketing or sales purposes (i.e., "We've been peer-reviewed by Validation Institute."). To do so, companies need to submit their program for a full Validation. Those who pass the Peer Review would qualify for the full Validation at a significantly reduced but additional fee. Those who don't pass Peer Review will receive an hour of consultative time with one of our data scientists to help you understand what is needed to pass a full Validation review.
Fully Validated programs receive a seal noting this achievement which can be used on their website and language that can be used in marketing materials, press releases, as well as prioritized placement on our online eXchange directory, and more.
Q: Are there fees for submitting an application?
A small application fee is required for Peer-Reviewed applicants to cover administrative costs associated with the peer review process. Submission fees start at $300 (due at the time of submission) and increase as the the final deadline approaches, so entrants in these categories are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible. A pricing schedule based on submission date is provided below:
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John Powers Middleton is an American film and television producer known for his work on films such as The Lego Movie (2014), Manchester By The Sea (2016) and The Disaster Artist (2017), and the critically acclaimed A&E television show Bates Motel. Manchester By The Sea was nominated for six Oscars, including wins for Best Actor (Casey Affleck) and Best Original Screenplay.
Middleton began his career as an intern, assistant, and script supervisor for a number of production companies, eventually partnering with Roy Lee under the Vertigo Entertainment banner in 2010. In 2013, Middleton and Lee partnered with Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane to form Good Universe, a film financing, production and global sales company.
In June of 2014, Middleton partnered with actor and director Casey Affleck to form The Affleck/Middleton Project. In addition to running The Affleck/Middleton Project, Middleton has continued to produce with Vertigo Entertainment, Good Universe, Univision Radio, Warner Brothers Entertainment, and Fox 21 Television Studios, which he later left for Warner Bros. Television. His film projects include Spike Lee's Oldboy (2013), Run All Night (2015), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), Stephen King's "It" (2017) and Minecraft: The Movie, to be released in 2019.
Middleton is also the founder of Middleton Media Group, a TV/movie production and finance company.
Outside of producing, Middleton was the national co-chair of the Republican National Committee's Young Eagles program. He has hosted a variety of events in support of the Republican Party, including a 2015 fundraising event for 2016 Republican Party presidential candidate Jeb Bush. Middleton is a graduate of the Haverford School, and studied at Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Tampa, FL - The SunTrust Miles for Moffitt event at the USF Tampa Campus has been rescheduled for 7 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2007. The five-mile, 5K and one-mile event starts near Moffitt's main hospital entrance, 12902 Magnolia Dr.
SunTrust Miles for Moffitt, postponed from May 12 due to the Dense Smoke Advisory, will follow the same format as planned, but activities will start one hour earlier.
The following is scheduled:
6 a.m. – Registration and packet pick up.
7 a.m. – Start time for 5-mile, 5K Run/Walk
7:10 a.m. – One-Mile Run/Walk
7:30 – 10:30 a.m.–USF College of Public Health Expo/Bright Horizons Family Fair
8:30 a.m. – Kids Race Activities
8:45 a.m. – Celebration of Life
10 a.m. – Awards Ceremony, door prices, entertainment
New registrants are welcomed. Those previously registered are not required to register again, but all registrants – including those who have already picked up their race packets – must obtain new race numbers.
Race numbers will be available at early packet pick up on Friday, June 15, noon to 7 p.m., at the Embassy Suites on Fowler Ave. or at the registration tent on race day, 6 to 6:45 a.m. Due to the early start time, registrants are encouraged to pick up their race numbers on Friday. Entry fees from the May 12 race will be applied to the June 16 event and are not applicable thereafter.
"We have received an overwhelmingly positive response to this unforeseen need to re-schedule the event," said Karen Dalton, chairman of SunTrust Miles for Moffitt.
About 1,800 people pre-registered for the May 12 event. The race committee expects most will participate on June 16 with additional new registrants expected. "We are hearing from our sponsors, our USF partner, participants, employees and volunteers that they are enthusiastic about participating on the new date," said Dalton.
More information is available at www.milesformoffitt.com or by calling
(813) 745-2006. First-time registrants may sign up online through June 13
or on race day starting at 6 a.m.
About H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Located in Tampa, Florida on the University of South Florida campus, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (www.moffitt.org) is the only Florida-based cancer center with the NCI designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center for its excellence in research and contributions to clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. Moffitt currently has 15 affiliates in Florida, one in Georgia and two in Puerto Rico. Additionally, Moffitt is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a prestigious alliance of the country's leading cancer centers, and is listed in U.S. News & World Report as one of America's Best Hospitals for cancer. Moffitt's sole mission is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.


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The Registered Nurse provides safe, competent nursing care for patients in accordance with facility policies, standards, and philosophy. Provides professional leadership and support to the healthcare team. The concepts of Patient Centered Care will provide the foundation for all nursing care. Demonstrates Service Excellence standards at all times and other duties as assigned.
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Ethan Morgan is one of the few riders around today that has the ability to ride anything that he puts his mind to. From his street rail beginnings as a young grom, we have watched Ethan ride pipe contests, hit huge backcountry kickers and annihilate parks across the globe. Ethan's character is certainly unique and his obscure sense of humour reflects on his riding and the consequent edits that his imagination conjures up. Last season Ethan put down one of the most explosive parts of the year in The Method Mag movie and this season he has been keeping us well entertained the most impressive top to bottom run ever put down on film and his intergalactic webisodes. We caught up with Ethan at Snowboard Spring Break to find out more about his sponsor's obligations, competing, his new project DIYX, his thoughts on UK Snowboarding and much more.
You started out doing the contest circuit and at one point were trying to make it into pipe at the Olympics, what made you step away from contests?
I loved the contest scene, but at one point, the comps got a bit too serious for me, and I found myself having way more fun filming and cruising, not training and sending it on icy jumps in shit weather. I also didn't like having a coach telling me what to do.
Do your sponsors ever pressure you to ride more contests and is it tougher to find sponsors without doing contests?
No my sponsors let me do what I want, and I really appreciate that but every once in a while I like to drop into a rail jam, it may be a contest, but it just seems more like a session with the homies at rail jams. I am not sure if it is harder to find sponsors without riding comps, I feel like a lot of things have to come into place these days to find a good sponsor. You will see many contest riders with no or little sponsors, and same with people who are good that just film, and don't have sponsors. I just think there has to be relevance in yourself for the audience, and the companies will see that if you have it.
You have been putting out loads of unique videos the past few years, from your sponsor me tape, to your top to bottom run. Where do you get your ideas?
Pretty easy, I needed a sponsor so I made the sponsor me tape, and when I moved last year to my new crib at Nordkette, I knew right away I had to make a run happen to my apartment, there was no way I wasn't going to do it.
Your sense of humour can be quite random at times, have you ever been told to tone it down a bit?
No, not that I know of but I wouldn't change that anyway. I can't just change who I am. haha
You can ride pipe, park, streetrails and backcountry kickers, what do you like to ride the most?
Hard to say, I think I like to ride everything the same amount, but I have to say, stomping a trick on a big ass pow jump or just popping a slash and getting that brain freeze face shot can be the best feeling ever.
You recently held your first contest, the Do It Yourself Xtreme or DIYX for short, what exactly was it and how did the concept develop?
Last year the sane! Gang and I went out to Kühtai late season and decided to just reshape some hits in the pipe for fun and it was fun. So I came up with the idea to make an event out of it. So the concept was to invite a bunch of riders who were motivated, and then we would reshape the pipe up at Kühtai to the way we wanted to, the Kühtai park guys helped us out a lot with the cat and everyone just made anything they wanted, which made it a DIY event. the X stands for X-treme. Then the next day the lifts were turned on for us and we just had a dope session all day long.
We saw you at Snowboard Spring Break earlier this year– the UK snowboard test – what did you make of the UK snowboard scene?
I love the UK scene, everybody is a diehard snowboarder! You guys all send it all night to some crazy jungle/garage or heavy metal until the bar closes, but everybody shows up on top of the hill right away in the morning and shreds all day. Loved it!
Which UK riders do you look up to?
I really enjoy watching will smith ride, super tech and good style, creative too. Ollie Dutton is a G as always and Billy Morgan (my dad) is just insane.
What are your plans for the coming season?
No idea, maybe film for a full project again, but if there is snow I definitely want to do another top to bottom run, there are so many insane runs up there.


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I am currently undertaking my masters degree in Industrial Design in Eindhoven, and in the last 6 months I have been working on a research project dealing with the power of photographs and memories at the end of life, particularly for people living with dementia in long term care.
I investigated the current reminiscence therapy practices happening between families and their loved ones in long term care, and tried to get a deeper understanding of the long term care context, the people involved and understanding their situation on an emotional level. I did this in a number of ways: guided tours through dementia care homes, immersion (observing photo viewing and sharing practices in context), creation of experience prototypes (personal photos in an iPad application for dementia, storytelling with picture cards), card sorting to understand preferred practices and experiences, and interviews and co-creation sessions. This was done in depth with three different families, and this research was focused solely on people and practices, in hopes to inform which challenges exist for designers to implement human centered and personalized assistive technologies for reminiscence therapy in the long term care context, in order to enrich current practices, and provide a more meaningful experience for people who are living with dementia in long term care.
From my research I identified five main challenges which were derived from recurring themes throughout my research - I will briefly describe them below.
1. Technological innovation for cognitive decline
With the disease of dementia, how can novel technologies be applied to everyday life for these people considering their decreasing capabilities and diminishing ability to learn and retain new information? This deals with the design of interfaces for people living with dementia, which firstly need to be personalized, and secondly need to be accepted. Personalization deals with the fact that assistive technologies for dementia need to offer the right amount of assistance at the right time for each individual, given the wide variety of needs within this single user group. The technology should empower the person without any deskilling taking place, while still being easy to use and create the space for a meaningful interaction to occur. Acceptance deals with how pleasurable interactions can be offered to the person living with dementia, and how pleasure can be achieved through the use personal content when remembering. A pleasurable and meaningful interaction surrounding personal photos will hopefully incentivize caretakers and their loved ones to adopt novel technologies to aid reminiscence therapy and accept the system into everyday use.
2. Storytelling when Remembering: Capturing stories for varying purposes at the end of life
Capturing stories has been identified as very important at the end of life for a few reasons:
- Leaving behind a legacy for your family: The stories surrounding photographs can offer great meaning and healing for family and friends after someone has passed away, how can these stories be linked to photographs?
- Cueing your own memory: If you can tell stories you are eventually going to forget, they can be recorded and serve as a personal memory cue to listen to later down the road.
- Serving as a memory check for caretakers and their loved ones: Caretakers and psychiatrists mentioned that the stories told about the same photograph over differing periods of time can offer insight into how the memory is doing.
3. Remembering Together: Supporting varying levels of collaboration when remembering in long term care contexts
How can assistive technologies bring people together around photographs to tell stories and create meaningful discussions between people? How can it support one-on-one reminiscence sessions between a caretaker and their loved one, how can it support one-to-many reminiscence sessions between a person living with dementia and a group (for example the other residents who surround them everyday), how can it support participatory remembering when they are alone and there is no one to share with? How are these interactions all different from one another, how can a dynamic system support these different interactions given certain contexts?
4. Designing for "near and far": 2 contrasting family dynamics and everything in between
Some families are able to visit their loved one several times a week, other families only twice a month. How can assistive technologies for reminiscence support meaningful face to face interactions for the "near", and also support meaningful interactions remotely -"far" (involving families in their loved one's life when they cannot be present physically).
5. "Hands on Design": Combining physical and digital elements to support participatory remembering
With most photos being in a digital format nowadays, there is a great potential for assistive technologies to play a heavy role in providing reminiscence therapy using digital photographs. However, what is the role of physicality in assistive technologies, and how can physical objects and photographs come together with use of assistive technologies to provide a more pleasurable and meaningful tactile experience for people living with dementia? The importance of tactile stimulation for people living with dementia cannot be understated, with studies showing improvement in long-term and short-term memory using direct tactile stimulation. Physicality in designing for dementia can take different forms. One form is the use of meaningful personal physical objects in reminiscence therapy which can often be more stimulating for a PLWD than something shown on a screen. However, with the use of physical objects technology does not need to be excluded, but can enhance the interaction with a physical object through use of things like augmented reality. On the other hand, tangible user interfaces in conjunction with assistive technologies can improve accessibility of technologies for people living with cognitive disabilities.


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Toronto FC defender Drew Moor remembers this big lanky kid showing up to train with his MLS club, FC Dallas, more than 10 years ago.
At first, Moor wasn't sure who the kid was, but soon learned that he was a star defender at the University of Maryland and he was a fellow Texan. He also learned that there was something special about the young visitor.
"He fit right in already (with our club), even as a collegiate athlete," Moor said. "I was impressed right away with him."
That kid, Omar Gonzalez, will now be Moor's teammate with TFC. The struggling Reds signed the 6-foot-5 centre back on Monday to a reported two and a half year deal, with an option.
Gonzalez, who plays for Atlas in the Mexican Liga MX, will be added to TFC's roster on July 9.
Toronto used the first allocation ranking to sign the U.S. international using Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). The deal is subject to Gonzalez passing a medical and the receipt of his international transfer certificate. TFC will have him for the final 15 regular-season games of the year.
"It just made sense," said Gonzalez in a conference call on Monday night when asked about coming to Toronto. "They're such a strong team. They have a streak of making it at least to the playoffs and they have aspirations of winning a CONCACAF title and that's everything that I want to be a part of and that really excites me."
"I think it's huge," Moor said. "He's got a wealth of experience both internationally and here in the league — a guy that we'll be able to rely on day in and day out and I think that's important for us right now.
"He's a big, physical presence," Moor added. "(And he) communicates well. I think he is a better passer than might stand out to most people. He can hit a ball over distance. But I think his presence in the locker room (will be big). He's a positive guy, he's a good family guy and somebody that can play kind of outside of himself as well and keep things organized."
Gonzalez is certainly the type of player the fading Reds could use right now. Toronto is having major trouble scoring — three goals in its past six games — but is also giving up too many bad goals. The Reds posted a 1-1 draw in Vancouver on Friday night, but are winless in their past six matches.
Gonzalez, 30, made 36 appearances and scored two goals with Atlas this season. He joined the L.A. Galaxy in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft after playing with the Maryland Terrapins and went on to play 180 regular-season games for them, winning the MLS Cup in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
He was named the MLS Rookie of the Year in 2009 and the MLS Defender of the Year in 2011. He was also named to the MLS Best XI in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014. He represented the U.S. at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and two CONCACAF Gold Cups, winning the 2013 edition.
He is currently with the American squad in Annapolis this week preparing for this year's Gold Cup.
Gonzalez had been linked to the Reds earlier this season (the club tried to get him before the primary transfer window closed on May 7) but sources told the Toronto Sun that Atlas decided not to make the move, though it wasn't a question of cash. The source said Atlas decided that they value him too much and want him to stay.
Needless to say, TFC coach Greg Vanney was pleased with the move.
"I watched (Gonzalez) a ton with the L.A. Galaxy," the coach said. "He was one of those guys, sound defensively and his physical presence both as a defender but also on the attacking side, you just knew anything in the air, he was dominating.
"He's a guy you always have to prepare for when you're setting up (to defend) corners," Vanney added. "You always have to make sure you have one or two guys dealing with him. Just good, solid professional decision-making as a centre back. And he loves playing, which is a big part of it. He takes care of himself."
Vanney has said a number of times this season that the club needs help defending and a fast, attacking winger, the latter he said will come — hopefully — when the MLS secondary transfer window opens on July 7.
The key before then is for the Reds is to try to stay close to the playoff line, which will be difficult given that Toronto is losing some key players to the Gold Cup, which runs June 15-July 7 with camps starting this week.
Moor said adding Gonzalez to the Toronto roster makes a statement.
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Wrapping up the conference call, Gonzalez was asked if he is a Raptors fan.
"I gotta be a Raptors fan now, right?" he said with a laugh. "I'm hoping they win the next game."


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- It's not always a good idea to eat at a restaurant.
- Holidays like Valentine's Day can be overly expensive and crowded.
- Restaurants with dirty bathrooms might not have the cleanest kitchens.
Dining out is one of life's great pleasures. Restaurants are wonderful places to try new dishes and expand your gastronomical horizons, but there are certain times that you might want to avoid eating out.
INSIDER consulted with chefs and food experts to figure out when you should skip eating at a restaurant.
Don't sit down to eat right before the dinner rush
Some days, going home and cooking a full meal after work can seem like an impossible task. Going out to eat can feel like a tempting option, but many restaurants can
Chef Kristina Miksyte of Doma Kitchen in Marina Del Rey, California told INSIDER that one of the top times to avoid a restaurant is during the dinner rush. This period is a little different for each restaurant depending on location and scale, but most places get crowded between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
During the dinner rush, servers and staff can become overwhelmed and the dining room itself can feel crowded. Instead, Miksyte recommended arriving between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to take advantage of a calmer dining atmosphere.
"The staff has just arrived and are more relaxed and not as rushed as during the dinner rush. As the team has already prepped for dinner, they can make more accommodations and time out to chat with our diners to give them a great dining experience," she said.
Avoid eating out on Valentine's Day or Mother's Day
Valentine's Day is almost synonymous with a fancy dinner in a romantic restaurant, and plenty of families want to celebrate Mother's Day with a nice meal out. However, opting to dine out on these holidays can be a major headache. Tables at trendy restaurants can be hard to come by and reservations can dry up months in advance. The restaurant often employs set menus to reduce the complications of catering to a full house, and prices can be inflated.
Firoz Thanawalla, chef and owner of Chef's Satchel, told INSIDER that dining out on special days like Valentine's Day or Mother's Day can mean dealing with crowded restaurants and intense pressure to make the experience special.
"Such days are just nothing but madness in the kitchen, which needs to pump out plate after plate, sometimes without any attention to detail. It isn't always the cook's fault. The amount of pressure that it creates is not worth being on the other side as a guest," said Thanawalla.
Clemente Heredia, owner and restaurateur of Calo Kitchen & Tequila in El Segundo, California, told INSIDER that Valentine's Day can be an especially unpleasant time to eat out. Instead, she suggested picking a different day to celebrate the holiday.
"It's one of those days of the year where expectations are so high, even for the guests. Kitchens and restaurants get swamped. One of the biggest tips I can give is to celebrate Valentine's Day the whole week – not just on the 14th. This way you can enjoy dinner at your own pace and not feel rushed," said Heredia.
You might not want to eat at a restaurant if the restroom is filthy
Proper hygiene is important in any kitchen, but it's especially crucial that restaurants maintain a high level of sanitation and cleanliness to prevent the spread of foodborne illness or animal infestations. In some cases, you might be able to get a sense of the restaurant's hygiene standards by taking a look at their public restrooms.
"It is always said that the cleanliness of the restaurant is reflected by how clean the restroom is. While on a road trip, I decided to stop at a restaurant for a quick bite. Not only was the restroom not clean, but I could clearly see the kitchen and it was not the best view. I walked right out and swore never to visit that restaurant again," said Thanawalla.
A clean floor, fully-stocked paper products, and well-maintained fixtures can be indicative of a staff that takes cleanliness seriously. In the case of a grimy bathroom, the opposite might be true.
"If the public-facing bathroom is dirty, how committed is the operator to assuring that the less-public food-preparation area is clean and safe?" Ronald Ruggless, Southwest bureau chief at Nation's Restaurant News, told USA Today.
Avoid restaurants that have recently been closed for the holidays
The holidays can be a busy time for many restaurants. Some establishments close for a number of days or weeks over the festive period to give their staff a break or retool their menus for the new year. Booking a table at a restaurant as soon as it opens back up after a holiday break might mean you're eating food that's been left in storage for a while.
"Restaurants can see the pre-holiday period as an opportunity to put some food away in their freezers to use once the restaurant is open for business again. Always pack a meal from home to avoid eating out on such days; you'd rather be eating a day-old homemade turkey sandwich than week-old frozen Bolognese sauce," Thanawalla recommended.
Though all restaurants must conform to strict food preparation and storage laws, you might want to skip dining out right after the holidays if the thought of frozen ingredients makes your stomach turn.
Avoid eating at restaurants with mile-long menus
Food and restaurant columnist Luisa Ruocco told INSIDER that diners might want to avoid eating at restaurants with massive menus. Though variety is nice, having more dishes on the menu means that a restaurant needs to have lots of different ingredients on hand to keep those options available.
"Anywhere that has a really broad choice of food rings alarm bells as to how fresh the food is. For example, a restaurant will not buy fresh meat every morning if the chances of someone ordering a steak are one in fifty. Compare that to a steak restaurant that only offers five different cuts of meat, where the chances are one in five," Ruocco said.
In some cases, restaurants with huge menus might be keeping ingredients or even entire meals edible by freezing and reheating them. Though this is usually perfectly acceptable by food safety standards, it can result in less than stellar dish.
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A former Suffolk vicar now living in Christchurch has spoken of the shock that has enveloped the city after 50 Muslim worshippers were gunned down in their mosques.
Matthew Ling and his wife Claire moved to New Zealand last year from Ipswich and are both clergy at St Augustine's church in Christchurch.
Rev. Ling, who is the vicar, was previously curate of the Constable Churches in East Bergholt and associate chaplain at Ipswich Hospital, having previously worked for Ipswich Borough Council, while Claire, who is associate priest, is a former nurse and health visitor who was a curate at Kesgrave All Saints church.
The shootings that shocked the world happened on Friday when Australian-born Brenton Tarrant burst into the Masjid Al Noor mosque in central Christchurch and shot dead 42 people before killing seven others at the nearby Linwood Masjid Mosque, with another person later dying at Christchurch Hospital.
Horrifyingly, Tarrant filmed the shootings on a Go-Pro camera and the footage screened on the internet, to worldwide condemnation.
Rev. Ling said the killings had left New Zealand stunned, with many worshippers at Sunday service in tears.
'We never expected this, not here' is one of the responses we have heard," he said.
"There is a sense of shock and bewilderment that in a place where people come to be safe this can happen."
He said his church was opened on Saturday where its bell was rung 49 times to remember the the dead, only for the death toll to sadly later rise to 50.
Rev. Ling described his congregation at Sunday service as "quiet, shaken and stunned and subdued".
"A number were in tears. You have to remember this comes after the earthquakes in 2011, which the city is still rebuilding from," he said.
"When you talk to people they frame things by saying 'before the earthquake' or 'after the earthquake'.
"That shook them to the core, so there is a resonance with that pain in this horrendous event.
"People have never seen so many armed police - its not what happens or is people's experience here. If you fly domestic airlines here you don't even need to show ID and security checks are minimal.
"We know people who have family who are scared, the local high school will be impacted by deaths and people working at the hospital know people injured as well as caring for the injured.
"Christchurch is not a big place so many people will be impacted personally. There is a sense of 'being one of us'' - its not a 'them and us' in any way. They want to do something to help.
"There is a saying 'Kia Kaha Christchurch' which was coined during the earthquakes, it means 'Stay Strong Christchurch'.
"In church today we spoke of the need to show love and peace - and to care for people's neighbours - as many will be feeling uncertain and frightened.
"Our church will be open each morning this week so that people can come and pray and think and be quiet as they need."
He and Claire first learned of the shootings via Facebook and saw them unfold on television.
"It reminded us of 9/11 - remembering our feelings then and the repurcussions," he said.
"We feel the distress and know something of the trauma that will be caused. We are upset too, even though we've only been here a year."
Rev. Ling said it was still early days in the aftermath of the shootings for Christchurch to know what was going to happen next.
But the community had swiftly rallied round to offer immediate help to victims' families.
"There were lots of appeals for help, and some of the immediate ones for food seem to be met in a matter of hours," he said.
"There was a call for women drivers to drive some of the widows to hospital and I know some volunteered for that.
"The Anglican church in Christchurch has set up a fund for people to donate money to. I guess the help will need to be over months and years to the families, and we'll see how and what it is we can do.
"We've added to Facebook links to how to help children with trauma. The video coverage of the shooting with livefeeds has been terrible and yet so easy to see on Friday."
Rev. Ling said he and his wife had taken flowers from their garden to the two mosques as a sign of solidarity from their church.
"Both locations were eerily quiet with people coming, staying a while, quietly and then moving on," he said.
"They were flanked by armed policemen and right through the day and night we heard helicopters and sirens, which makes you feel on edge."
Rev. Ling said they also went to lay flowers at the city's Botanic Gardens where most tributes are being laid.
He said: "It's a stretch of maybe 50m of flowers, added to every couple of minutes by a family, a couple or a child, sometimes a single rose, sometimes a bunch of flowers, nearly all with messages of sorrow and love and hope."
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Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking (New York: Penguin Books, 2000), 326 pages, notes and some photographs. 13 hours and 58 minutes on Audible.
The title drew my attention. I'm a wanderlust and walker so this book was a delight. I don't really know how to categorize it. The book is a kaleidoscope of many parts: anthropology, science, history, adventure, exploration, philosophy and poetry. There is a little of something for everyone, which may make the book overwhelming for some. But I found it a delight.
Solnit begins by taking us on a walk near her home in the San Francisco Bay area. Soon, she is exploring philosophers who think while walking and then she's off discussing how we began to walk and how it helps us see the world. She discusses the idea of the garden and the British walking tradition, especially as it was experienced by poets like Wadsworth and Keats. There are pages devoted to private property and the battles, especially in the UK, over the battle of the right to walk across private property. As she expands walking, she focuses on the French Revolution and the role mass "walking" has played in protests. From France, she explores walking in the Civil Rights movement to the Tiananmen Square revolts in China in the late 1980s.
I was surprised at the beginning of chapter 10 (on Walking Clubs and Land Wars). She was at the breakfast table of Valarie and Michael Cohen's cabin in June Lake, California. I've been there! I knew Michael from when he taught at Southern Utah University and one summer, when I was completing the John Muir Trail, Michael joined me for the Yosemite section. Michael wrote a biography of John Muir, which allows her to discuss Muir role in American walking. Before going west and establishing the Sierra Club (of which one of their missions was to take people walking in the mountains), Muir took a 1,000 mile walk from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico (he even travelled through Savannah and camped out in Bonaventure Cemetery.
In later chapters she discusses how the city began to destroy the need for walking, but then has provided a haven for walkers in places like Central Park. She also discovers the "underside" of walking such as women "walking the streets" to find clients as prostitution and how, in centuries past, women alone on the streets were assumed to be of that profession. She even discusses walking on a treadmill, which doesn't allow you to see much of the world but does allow for needed exercise. I must confess to having listened too much of this book while in the gym.
While I listened to this book instead of reading it, I was so enamored with the quotes and insights that I picked up a hard copy for my library. When listening to the book, the reader starts out with quote after quote, which goes on for several minutes. It seemed weird to have so many quotes. At the beginning of each major section of the book, the reader goes on for some time with more quotes. This didn't make sense until I purchased the book and realized that running along the bottom of the pages of the book are the quotes followed by the name of the author of the quote. The person reading the book would read these quotes for each section, then return and read the text. It was the only way to do this to make any sense. Otherwise, the reader would have only hit part of a quote that appeared on each page. While the quotes at the bottom of the page gave an artistic flavor to the book, I am not sure they added to the story.
If you're a wanderlust, you might find the book enjoyable. But I am afraid that many readers may be overwhelmed in the variety of worlds that Solnit explores. That is both a strength and weakness of her book.


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Published: Friday, August 30, 2019
Residents are warned that incidents of a council tax scam have been reported in Wandsworth, with people offered a refund if they follow a link to a web address.
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The fraudsters are sending texts claiming to be from the council offering a refund if you click on a weblink. The email looks like this.
If you click through you are directed to a very realistic fake gov.uk page inviting you to enter your postcode. If you do so you will be asked for personal details and the scammers will have access to your personal information and bank details. The web page looks like this.
Wandsworth community services spokesman Cllr Jonathan Cook said: "Please do not fall for this or similar scams. We will never phone, text or email you to ask for a payment to release a council tax refund or ask for personal bank details and council tax valuation bands are decided by the Valuation Office Agency, not the council."
Wandsworth's council tax department is advising people who think their property may be in the wrong band that they have the right to appeal – there is no upfront fee payable. Find out more.
The council's community safety department is urging people never to give their bank details to anyone who unexpectedly calls, emails or comes to their door and to report any suspected scam to Action Fraud.


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