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What Does Feminism and Sisterhood mean to you?
Feminism means paying attention to human rights issues, particularly those affecting girls and women. Sisterhood means compassion, support, encouragement, truth; friendship and relationships that emanate from the simple fact that women have shared experiences and sometimes need a mirror to see clearly.
In what ways can women work together to bring change in their various communities?
First, by being compassionate towards one another and recognizing that we're all in this together. Secondly, by supporting one another. Too often a woman's efforts are thwarted by another just out of mere spite. Where necessary, tell another woman the truth, but tell it gently. Finally, believing in ourselves and celebrating each other - we need to own our unique voices and have the courage to not only speak up, but also to show up.
How has Feminism and Sisterhood Impacted your Life?
I am so thankful for the many sisters I have. There are many things that the men in life - quite simply - cannot understand. I have often turned to my sisters to let my hair down, to share my vulnerabilities, to feel empowered, to ask questions, seek answers, to own my femininity, to be myself. They inspire me daily.
Jemila Abdulai, Tunis, Tunisia
Writer, Development and Media Professional


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It's hard to make a good game
It's easy to come up with a new game; my kids do it all the time. But coming up with a good game, one that people will enjoy playing over and over, is really difficult. It needs just the right combination of luck and skill (or if not skill, at least the opportunity to make choices that influence the outcome). Grownups have fun playing Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders with their kids at first, because, hey, it's their first game! But it's not long before a game that is entirely based on luck becomes too much for the adults to bear.
Trivial Pursuit is a good game. It's got a die for luck, but you get to choose which way to move around the board, and which categories to choose, and you have to know some things. The main drawbacks are that either you eventually have the whole deck of cards memorized, or you wind up pulling out your original deck of cards with questions from 30 years ago, and nobody can answer any of them. So occasionally you get a new deck of cards. (We recently bought a family version with different questions for parents and kids, and a shorter playing time, and it's pretty good.)
But the Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone Trivia Game, which is Trivial Pursuit with Harry Potter questions, is a pretty bad game. For one thing, the entire deck of questions is drawn from the very first book of the series, so unless you have read that book recently and familiarized yourself with incredibly minute details, you're going to get a lot of questions wrong and the game will go on forever. (Even my kids, who had just recently re-read the book, only answered about 1/3 of the questions correctly.) For another thing, the game adds on two or three levels of rules that feel like they were brought in from other games: ways to go to detention, or get out of detention, or curse another player, or defend with a counter-curse, or get extra points with a charm, etc. And like many games with complex rules, the printed rules don't cover all the permutations of the different situations, so at some point you wind up making an arbitrary ruling that sends at least one of the kids into a tantrum.
Similarly, Knowledge, which is kind of like family Trivial Pursuit, is not a good game either. It tries to differentiate itself from Trivial Pursuit by changing up the rules a little, but it winds being a little too complicated and a little less satisfying. Also, some of the questions are a little vague (and some of the answers are flat-out wrong), and some of the questions are not really appropriate for the age range to which they are assigned.
One of my favorite games is Set (you can play it online here). The concept is a little difficult to grasp at first (find three cards which, for each of four characteristics, are either all the same or all different), but once you get it the rules are very simple, and there's a laugh of recognition when you tease out a "less obvious" set from what looks like a blocked board. And interestingly, though it seems like a grownup game because of the higher-order thinking involved, I find that kids do quite well at it. I taught both of my kids when they were about 4 years old, and soon they were beating the pants off of me; it seems that that kind of quick pattern recognition is something that young and malleable minds are very good at.
I have played a few other Set-like games, some from the same company that makes Set, and most of them haven't been nearly as enjoyable. But one game in the same genus which has been an absolute favorite for the last six years is Qwirkle. It's like Set in that it requires you to look at the ways that objects are all the same or all different, but it changes the parameters up (six values on two axes, instead of three values on four axes) and also extends the game into a bigger playing space; instead of just identifying sets in a 3×4 grid of cards, you add wooden game tiles to the playing area as you go, so that each game differs from the others. It's also like Set in that kids and grownups can play together without either side feeling either overwhelmed or bored. It has been one of our go-to family games since the day we got it.
Last night in our local toy store I saw a new game called Iota. It's a further spin on the Set/Qwirkle idea: you add cards to a playing area, like Qwirkle, but the cards have four values on three axes, more like Set. I picked it up right away, and Rebecca and I sat down to play this afternoon. I was intrigued at first, and then slightly overwhelmed by the effort needed to keep track of everything in the playing grid and to find new places to put my cards. And then I made an unfortunate discovery: Because Iota, like Set but unlike Qwirkle, allows you to make a line in which all four cards are different along all three axes, it's possible for any two cards to sit next to each other, regardless of whether they have anything in common. This makes it far too easy to keep chaining lines together out at the edges of the grid which are connected in only one spot, rather than thinking about how your cards might fit into the inside of the grid for more points (as the game flow in Qwirkle encourages you to do). And once I realized that, that I could just keep putting down cards with very little thought, I lost all interest in the game.
So for me, Iota — cross bred out of two of my favorite games — is a near miss, a great example of how finicky the alchemy of a good game can be. There's a reason that the roster of games which you can find in stores year after year is pretty small.
Postscript: It occurred to me as I was writing this that Iota might be improved by disallowing sets in which the four cards are different on all three axes, so that any two cards next to each other have to have at least one thing in common. I'll have to try playing that way.
September 28, 2014 Tags: Games
Art and intent
In August, we visited the Museum of Contemporary Art in Montreal, where we saw an interesting exhibit called A Matter of Abstraction. One of the pieces we saw there was a sculpture by Ulysse Comtois called "Column No. 6".
The piece looked sort of like an IKEA CD storage unit: a number of rectangular aluminum slabs mounted on a pole which ran through their center. The slabs were arranged in a gentle spiral pattern all the way up, except for the top three, which were more visibly staggered. I wondered about the appearance of the piece, especially since it was sitting in the middle of the floor, with no barrier or guard rope around it. Did the artist intend to have those top three slabs set off differently? Had a curator set it up that way during installation, either on purpose or accidentally? Or had a museum patron bumped into the piece, or perhaps mischievously moved the slabs?
My wife thought it was obviously intentional, that Comtois was trying to say something by not having the pattern be regular all the way up. I wasn't sure. There were more works in the exhibit which featured regular patterns than there were ones which had patterns with a tweak, so I was inclined to think that it was accidental in some way, that it did not reflect the artist's intent.
When we got back to the hotel that evening, I Googled a bit to see if I could find out more about the work. What I found surprised me greatly, because it raised more questions than it answered.
Here's a photo of "Column No. 6" from a PDF of an academic article I found online. (Incidentally, this is the same photo used in the Museum's own catalog of the exhibit.)
Wow. Suddenly, instead of my just wondering whether the top three slabs were positioned differently on purpose, now the question became whose hand was responsible for the even spiral of the other slabs in the work's current installation.
Here's another photo of the work, from a different PDF. This time, the slabs are still staggered, although it's a different configuration from the first photo. (I suppose it's possible that this represents the same configuration, photographed from a different angle, but judging from the different background I think this is unlikely.)
If we assume that the artist was involved with setting up the work for both photos and for the current exhibition, then we have to ask whether he considers the specific arrangement of the slabs to be important to the work, or whether the essence of the work is simply that it allows for a multiplicity of arrangements. I would be inclined toward the latter view if I were looking just at the two photographs, although the museum installation would make me think that he was making a particular statement with the spiral pattern. (I'm still not sure about those top three offset slabs.)
But maybe Comtois had nothing to do with the arrangement. Maybe that's left to the discretion of the curator, either implicitly or explicitly. Maybe Comtois envisioned installations of the work in which the public is allowed to interact with the work and change the positioning. In each case, we question what the artist's intent was, and how far it extends.
The question of intent resonated with me because a certain section of the Internet was abuzz around the same time with analysis of a possibly incorrect note in the flute part at the beginning of the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto. The note is part of a theme which recurs several times throughout the movement, but the note is different in just this one instance. The pianist Stephen Hough, who had long been bothered by the discrepancy, initially wrote about his apparent discovery that Tchaikovsky himself had corrected the note in a manuscript copy of the score; the next day, he followed up with more information, indicating that the correction was more likely made by the pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow, who premiered the concerto, but stating that he nonetheless felt certain that the correction was valid (i.e., that the note in the score was still wrong). And in case you think that settles it, the Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein wrote his own essay in the New York Review of Books which brings in ideas about Russian vs. European cultural norms to support his conclusion that Tchaikovsky either intended the "wrong" note or at least was not bothered by it.
This kind of sleuthing, or inferring, comes up frequently in my work with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Much of the music that Graham used was written for her, and many of the pieces from the 1930s and 1940s are unpublished, so that the only sets of material are the ones in our possession – and sometimes the various sources that we do have (sketches, piano score, full score, parts) disagree on certain points. (I'll post a lengthier examination of one such piece soon, as a companion to this post.)
Sometimes, even in the case of well-known works written for Graham, like Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring or Samuel Barber's Medea, an examination of some of the unpublished material that I have access to brings up interesting discrepancies. Do the published scores represent intentional changes by the composer? Or do they have mistakes that crept in and were never corrected? Or do the earlier holographs have mistakes that were corrected when the work was published?
The question I keep coming back to, the one that's most important to me as a conductor, is: Which reading best represents what I believe to be the composer's intent? Like Hough, I do my best to answer that question with the information I have available, guided by my own musical sense. And sometimes, over time, either because I have more information at hand or because my sense of the piece has evolved, my answer changes. Since almost all of Graham's composers are dead and therefore unable to comment, I may never arrive at a provably definitive answer. But the process of asking the question continues to have value.
October 31, 2013
You never know
Funny story, from a mostly forgettable memoir by a prominent conductor:
After a performance of the Meistersinger Prelude, I asked Sir Georg Solti why he still used the [score] after what must have been his three-hundredth performance of this piece.
"You never know what you might discover."
September 15, 2013
Amplification in the theater
In Look, I Made a Hat, the second volume of his collected lyrics and attendant observations on theater, Stephen Sondheim writes:
What bothers me [about amplification] is the softening effect it has on the audience's concentration. [S]itting in those ceiling-scraping seats, hearing an orchestra hundreds of feet away, and squinting at Mary Martin's face, which was the size of a dime, we had to concentrate. Mary Martin had a small, coy voice, and in order to hear her, we had to lean vertiginously forward. None of the luxury of sitting back and letting the show come to us – we had to lean into it. The concentration required was so great that we had to shut out the real world, and in so doing we became participants in the experience, all of which made it easy to suspend disbelief and enter another world; and the more of that in the theater, the better. With the advent of amplification, ears became lazy and audiences now tend to visit rather than enter.
Sondheim nails it here. I long ago stopped enjoying the act of seeing musicals in the theater (though I still have a great love of the works themselves), and amplification was a big reason why. Even when the amplification is done well, it puts you at a remove from the performance, not much better than sitting back in your sofa and watching it on television.
I've experienced this in my performances with the Martha Graham Dance Company as well. When we perform with live music, we are often in halls which are larger than the ones the works were conceived for. Appalachian Spring, for example, was written for 13 instruments and was premiered in a hall which seats 500; we are now frequently asked to perform it with the same size orchestra in a hall 3–4 times as large. So we occasionally do a little judicious sound reinforcement, to make sure that the sound reaches the entire audience. I admit that I've come to accept this as a necessary evil when the size of the house requires it, and so long as the primary impression remains an acoustic one.
But I have sometimes been asked by dance personnel to goose the amplification higher than that (or sometimes just to have the orchestra play certain sections louder). That part is too soft, they say; it's hard for the audience to hear. My response is that it's soft because Copland (or Barber, or whoever) wrote it soft; it's a feature, not a bug. These composers knew what they were doing and what effect their music would have, and Graham knew what the music sounded like when she choreographed to it. They wanted to draw the audience into the world of the piece, not just lean them back comfortably in their seats.
December 15, 2011 Tags: Conducting, Sondheim
Presenting with VLC
I lecture quite a bit on musical topics, often having to do with opera or dance. Putting together one of these lectures, or a set of them, often used to involve traveling with a bag full of LPs/CDs/DVDs/VHS tapes. Over the past few years, I've moved to digitizing everything, extracting just the excerpts I need. So now instead of a bag of stuff, I have a folder of MP3s and MP4s which I copy onto my laptop, and I'm good to go. It takes some upfront time the first time I prepare a lecture, but it's well worth it.
On my old laptop, the video card had a feature which would automatically play videos fullscreen on an external monitor or projector even while they were windowed on my monitor. This meant I could still keep an eye on how much time was left or look for the next excerpt in Explorer while one was playing on the projector. But my new laptop doesn't do that.
Windows 7 presentation mode is the first part of the solution; Win+X to brings up the mobility center, where I can quickly turn off my wallpaper and screen saver, and then Win+P lets me configure the projector as an extension of my desktop, rather than just mirroring it. The second part is setting up the excellent VLC to play all videos fullscreen on the projector while keeping the controls on my monitor. This isn't my regular config, so I didn't want to save the settings – I wanted something I could fire up easily when I was presenting. A little Googling and trial and error gave me the answer. I set up a shortcut called 'VLC Presenter Mode' with the following command line:
vlc.exe --fullscreen --no-embedded-video --vout=directx --directx-device=\\.\DISPLAY2
This tells VLC to separate the controls from the video and to open all videos fullscreen using DirectX on the second monitor (the projector). The controls stay right on my desktop where I want them. The DirectX option is needed to allow me to specify the output device; it also means that Windows will turn off Aero Glass (the pretty desktop effects) when I play a video, but that doesn't really matter in this context.
Although VLC lets me control its output volume with Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down, I also want to give a shoutout to freeware volume control 3RVX. This lets me assign my own hotkeys for adjusting system volume and also gives an onscreen slider that doesn't emit the Windows default beep when I change the volume, which can be annoying when you're hooked up to an amplifier. (My laptop does have its own volume hotkeys, but due to some poor design choices by Dell, they're hard to find when the lights are lowered.)
December 4, 2011 Tags: Lectures, Tools
Let's run it in.
An often-repeated story: In 1993, still a couple of years away from getting to the major leagues, future Yankee captain Derek Jeter was in spring training with then-captain Don Mattingly.
The shortstop and the veteran first baseman were finishing up a workout on a back field, all alone, the seats empty, not a player or team official in sight. A spent Jeter had started walking off the field – no urgency or bounce to his step – when a jogging Mattingly came up behind him and in passing said, "Let's run it in. You never know who's watching."
September 20, 2011 Tags: Yankees
This is a screenshot from the iTunes page of a handy iPhone app called Quotebook which allows you to collect your favorite quotes from different sources. I especially like the way it includes two autocorrect-induced typos.
April 24, 2011
Now it's the Core Three
A wistful adieu to Andy Pettitte, one of my favorite Yankees. He always showed up and did his thing, and were it not for those three seasons in exile in Houston, he would very likely be the winningest Yankee pitcher ever.
January 12, 2011 Tags: Yankees
Efficient communication and trust
Let's say I'd like to accomplish the following task with some code: I've got a list of names of fruits, and I want to know how many contain the letter 'a'. Back in the day, this might have been done in assembly language, very low-level instructions which directly tell a CPU the details of which bytes to move into which memory locations and how to examine them in order to find out the answer.
A more recent way of doing this in a typical high-level structured programming language (like C#) would look like this:
int CountOfA = 0; for (int i = 0; i < FruitNames.Count; i++) { if (FruitNames[i].Contains("a")) CountOfA++; }
Now we're laying out for the computer a repeated sequence of logical steps to follow. What this says is, "Start with a variable to count the number of 'a' fruits we find, and set it to zero. Then loop through the list of names, looking at each name in order, and if the name has an 'a', increment our counter." This is very straightforward, the kind of code that developers write all the time. But to a non-programmer looking at this, it's not necessarily clear what steps the code is carrying out or what the goal is.
Here's a slightly more legible version, using a different syntax that many languages support:
int CountOfA = 0; foreach (string fruit in FruitNames) { if (fruit.Contains("a")) CountOfA++; }
We've dropped that pesky index variable (the
i), and the use of
foreach makes it a little more clear what we're doing. But it's still 4 lines of code (6 if you count the braces) to ask the simple question, "How many of these fruit names have an 'a' in them?" Can't we do better? Well, nowadays we can:
int CountOfA = FruitNames.Count(f => f.Contains("a"));
If you're used to the older style of telling a computer to loop through a list, this syntax takes a little getting used to. It basically says, "Take the list
FruitNames and count all the fruits
f such that
f contains 'a'." Which is only slightly more complex than posing our task in plain English.
But in addition to getting more concise, there's something very interesting going on here in the way that we're giving our instructions to the computer. We've moved from a syntax which tells the computer what steps to perform while somewhat obscuring the goal, to a syntax which just tells the computer what we want to know and omits the details of how to find that out. In doing this, we're also in a sense being more trusting that the computer knows how to do what we want, so that we can just say "count these things" without explaining that this means examining each item and looking for an "a" (or, to go back to the assembly level, explaining how to move bytes around to accomplish this).
I've been thinking about this since my post about Leonard Bernstein conducting with his face. The essence of what a conductor does is to communicate his musical ideas to the orchestra as efficiently as possible; by "efficiently", I mean simply, directly, and with a minimum of extraneous information. In the context of this particular performance, it turns out that the beat itself is largely superfluous, and Bernstein can tell the orchestra all they need to know through his expressive and well-timed facial expressions.
This relates to the above programming discussion in a couple of ways. First, like the
FruitNames.Count example, the most effective way to let the orchestra know what he wants is for the conductor to indicate to them what the music should sound like, not how they should produce that sound. In rehearsal, for example, it's often better for the conductor to sing a little of what he wants rather than trying to explain it in words, because that's a more direct representation of the desired effect. Here, Bernstein's face, free from any other distracting gestures, mimes the character of the music.
Second, by limiting his instructions to conveying what the music should sound like, a conductor trusts his players – who almost certainly know more about technique on their various instruments than he does – to handle all the implementation details of how to make it sound that way. This kind of trust is important here because orchestral music-making, unlike computer programming, is a collaborative endeavor; the conductor who insists on dictating every last jot and tittle of a performance will often find that what he gets out of the orchestra is just exactly what he puts in, while the conductor who gives the musicians their share of responsibility gets the benefit of the sum total of all the artistry and years of experience sitting in front of him.
December 23, 2010 Tags: C#, Conducting, Programming
Look, no hands!
A friend of mine linked to an NPR story called "What Happened to Leonard Bernstein's Hands?", which includes this wonderful video (skip ahead to 25:25 if you're reading this on a Flash-less device):
As my teacher, the late Frederik Prausnitz, used to say, "You just have to figure out where you need to beat. It is a myth that orchestras need every beat of every bar. Some bars they don't need it altogether."
Giving a clear beat is in some sense both the most fundamental and the least important thing that a conductor can do. This Bernstein video is kind of an edge case, but it's very illustrative nonetheless. Bernstein was a great conductor, and the Vienna Philharmonic is a great orchestra, and they worked together often and had a close relationship. Haydn's music is not technically challenging for this orchestra; they could probably play it quite well with their eyes closed. And in this particular case, what the video shows is an encore of a movement they had just finished performing, with Bernstein conducting normally.
So does all this mean that Bernstein is doing nothing and just letting the orchestra have at it? Not at all. A conductor's face can be as important as his hands in communicating with an orchestra (if not more so), and Bernstein had a very expressive face. What he is showing, very clearly, is the desired character of the music, along with an indication of how different parts of the orchestra take the lead at different times.
Most importantly, his face telegraphs changes in the music right before they take place, just like a good preparatory beat with the baton.
December 21, 2010 Tags: Conducting

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A union has hit out at a Tyneside college after staff found out their jobs were at risk by email.
Staff at NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group) were told last week they would know whether they faced redundancy if an email dropped by 6pm.
Last night, the University and College Union (UCU) branded the approach insensitive.
NCG revealed last week that 60 staff will lose their job as the college makes cuts in the wake of the Government's austerity measures.
However, 63 new posts have been created. The job losses will be split between teaching and support staff.
UCU said its members are particularly angered by how the news was broken.
Staff were instructed to check their computers at the end of the working day for an email informing them they faced potential redundancy. Those who did not receive an email were not at risk.
The college also stands accused of failing to ask for voluntary redundancies and instead moving straight to compulsory redundancies.
UCU regional official Iain Owens said: "Telling staff by email that they are at risk of losing their jobs is typical of a management approach that treats dedicated, committed staff as disposable – here today, gone tomorrow.
"Our members have dubbed it Jackie Fisher's 'leaving present'.
"While all colleges are facing difficulties arising from Government cuts, Newcastle College is better placed than almost all of them to avoid compulsory redundancies, having made a surplus of �5.7m last year.
"The new chief executive will have to work very hard to improve staff relations as a matter of urgency."
Carole Kitching, principal at Newcastle College, said face-to-face meetings are now being held to inform staff.
She said: "Dame Jackie Fisher [the outgoing chief executive of NCG] has led the team that has built Newcastle College into its position as one of the leading colleges in the UK, and she is leaving it in a far stronger, healthier financial position than when she arrived.
"We deeply regret the fact the Government has cut our funding so drastically, but we have done everything in our power to protect the quality of courses for learners and preserve jobs despite these reductions.
"That is why we are making fewer redundancies than many other colleges.
"We care about our staff, which is why we consulted with trades unions first and then briefed staff in face-to-face meetings.
"We will keep them informed at every stage as we understand this is a very stressful time for those affected and we will ensure they receive every support possible.
"Funding from the Government is tighter than ever, but we have come up with a solution that gives us stability for the future.
"We always use any surplus to improve quality for our learners. We have always reinvested in learning because that is the only way we can ensure a successful future for the college and staff."


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Lesson One
- 1. Provide students with a basic background of the two ceremonies they will be learning about: the Fast and the Sweat Lodge. Read through the background information provided at the beginning of this mini-unit/lesson plan for Operation Water Spirit Grade 11. (10 Minutes).
- Encourage the students to provide insight into why a person would consider fasting or entering into a Sweat Lodge. Have students brainstorm questions they would like answered regarding these ceremonies. (10 Minutes). Write these questions on chart paper for use in a later lesson. Possible questions may be:
- I. Where does one go for these ceremonies?
- II. How does one find a person to help them?
- III. Are there differences in male and female roles/participation in these ceremonies?
- Provide students with an opportunity to form groups to discuss how they would feel or react if someone tried to govern or tell them what religion they were required to practice. Moreover, how would they react to being told how to live and behave? Have them imagine that it was not their parents trying to control their lives but rather the government, which has the power to outlaw things that you may strongly believe in and make it a punishable offence to practice it. Provide students with a scenario and ask that they discuss it in their groups Have students come up with scenarios in which they would not like to be told what to do. (20 Minutes).
- Have students come back from their groups and discuss as a class how it would feel to have your life dictated. Have groups share the scenarios that they came up with in which they would not like to be told what to do. (5-10 Minutes).
Lesson Two
- Provide students with the information sheets on Fasting and Sweat Lodge (pages 7- 13 of this unit). Read through the information sheet as a class. (15 Minutes).
- Ask students to copy down either the full notes or jot notes on the information that has been provided. (15 Minutes). Ask the students to go through the questions that they listed on the chart paper (Lesson One) the previous day and see whether they were able to find the answers to their questions. If they are able to find the answers to the questions in the handouts, have them write these answers in their notebooks next to their jot notes. (10 Minutes).
- Provide students with the opportunity to discuss with each other (in groups of three or four) the ceremonies that they have just read about. Ask them whether anything that they had learned is new and whether there is anything that they can relate to in the readings in terms of past events in their own lives. (15 Minutes).
- I. Are there certain rights of passage that they went through as they have come closer to becoming an adult?
- II. Why do they think it is important or not important that a culture continue even with modern adaptations?
Lesson Three
- Divide the students into two groups: have one group look for literary information or speak with an Elder about Sweat Lodge ceremonies and the other find information on Fasting. Ask the students to cite their literary sources and to write notes. (30 Minutes)
- Ensure that the students have a clear idea of what they are doing and that they write notes and perhaps photocopay pages that talk about these ceremonies. This will provide students with an opportunity to view these ceremonies from different perspectives and tribal affiliations. They may also want to look at archeological and anthropological perspectives (David Mandelbaum is considered an authority in this area).
- Students will then present their sources and jot notes to the class. (15 Minutes).
Lesson Four
Directions/Procedures: 1. Students will be assigned a "reaction and reflection" paper on their thoughts and perspectives on the Sweat Lodge and Fasting ceremonies. This assignment will give students an opportunity to combine both the research they have done and the information they have learned from information sheets provided. This is an individual-work assignment that will allow the students to reflect on the importance of water within First Nations culture. (20 Minutes). 2. Students will break out into small groups to read and discuss their reflections and interpretations. (15 Minutes). 3. One student from each group will present a brief summary of what they discussed in their groups. (10 Minutes).
Evaluation: Group and peer evaluation rubrics, and individual and group assignments. Rubrics that you can further develop to fit this task are available at the end of most Operation Water Spirit units.
Name _______________ Date ________________
Operation Water Spirit Lesson: Fasting and Sweat Lodge Ceremony.
Research (4 worksheets per student/groups of two)
Find information regarding Fasts or Sweat Lodge Ceremonies; be sure to include the reference for the literary source or the name of the Elder and a brief description. Jot down notes on the subject. You are to use at least three sources of information. For example, you could talk to an Elder and find two literary sources.
Name _______________ Date ________________
Operation Water Spirit Lesson: Fasts and Sweat Lodge Ceremonies
Reaction and Reflection
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We at BADC can drive our readers nuts harping on DOCUMENTING your works and activities. This is because we have opened books about our Master artists and the information about them is sketchy, photos of major works that have been lost or destroyed do not exist, literature about their shows nowhere to be found. Washington DC is one of the pulses of African American art, and so much of it is hidden. When once there were 21 Black galleries in DC now there are few, and those are due to the gallant commitment of artists and community that make their studios and homes available for exhibitions. There are underground silos of artists working and showing as they can, and these artists are connected to a long and profound history of art in this city. The architects of Africobra were here, as were our scholars who gave shape to the Harlem "Renaissance" ( this term was not coined by Black Folk). Our art history can not be told without Washington DC. COLOR FIELD SCHOOL is NOT the first or only art movement in DC.
As the story of African American art begins to be sewn together, by the growing cadre of Black art historians and curators, artists here will be seen as major players. Many of you studied with the masters, sat at their knees, learned technical information, listened to stories both personal and public. Your work has been touched by some of the most important people in the legacy of our visual arts history. Your work has a story to tell…not only your story, but their story…..OUR VISUAL ARTS STORY nationally and internationally.
SOOOOO this is why at BADC, we push and prod, and pinch and holler about documenting your work, and the stories you were told, and the interactions you saw , and the shows you are in , and all the rest of it.This is why we encourage journaling. This is why we encourage you to think about your work beyond your own life. This is why we publish JEMBE annually (a tool more and more curators, art historians, and even collectors are utilizing for research…Thank you Daniel) .
The Washington DC Library System will create a file for artists. Each artist can have a file with their CV, artist statements, exhibition information, articles, exhibition notices. This is a way to let tomorrow know you and your work existed, and are a part of the long story of visual art in DC, that reaches out and has had an effect on American Art History. Stake your place …start your file today.
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Seoul Station Overpass to Become a "Sky Path" for Pedestrians
- Instead of tearing down the deteriorated overpass, Seoul will transform it into a "Sky Path" that serves as a tourism resource and place for citizens to enjoy.
- Named "Seoul Station 7017 Project," it is an initiative to secure people's right to walk and create a catalyst for urban renewal.
- To be opened to the public in 2017, it will be a sky garden above the road that is organically connected to 17 pedestrian streets in the Myeong-dong, Namdaemun Market, and Sungnyemun Gate area. Expectations are high regarding the creation of this new tourist attraction near Seoul Station.
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The old overpass, which has deteriorated after years of use by vehicles, had been slated for demolition until plans were made to transform the overpass into "Sky Path", a new pedestrian walkway and tourist attraction.
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Seoul Station Overpass
Seoul Station is one of the main gateways to Seoul and is used as a point of transit by an average of 400,000 people a day. It will also be used as the starting and ending point for the Eurasian Railroad to be built in anticipation of re-unification. Despite the station's importance as a main transportation hub, Seoul Station is largely cut off from other neighborhoods by a maze of streets, limiting the flow of tourists from Seoul Station to other areas.
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The "Seoul Station 7017 Project" was born out of the idea that "Beauty cannot exist without history." The project is the first real step the city has taken to begin the gradual development of the station area and the development of northwestern Seoul. The project shows government officials' desire to preserve the history of Seoul rather than recklessly develop the area and is expected to result in tangible changes for local residents.
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Paths Connected to Buildings in the Surrounding Area
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The judges, consisting of prominent architecture and landscape artists at home and abroad, selected "The Seoul Arboretum" under the theme of "Green City Project" designed by Winy Maas, an architecture and landscape expert from the Netherlands, as the winner.
Using Maas's design as a springboard, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is now finalizing the basic layout of the area, including the positioning of specific facilities, landscaping, and connecting pathways. While the primary focus of the design is safety, it also seeks to incorporate an array of themes by season and embody Seoul's history and culture as well.
Improvements of the Seoul Station Overpass
Construction on the Seoul Station Overpass will begin in November 2015 and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2017, after which the Sky Path will be opened to the public.
Prior to construction, the Seoul Metropolitan Government held two events in October 2014 and May 2015 to promote the project to citizens. During the events, people had a chance to come and envision the changes taking place in the area and walk along the overpass for the first time since it was constructed in 1970. About 60,000 citizens participated in the events and enjoyed a view of Seoul that had been hidden behind the overpass for the last few decades.
In addition to serving as a green space and tourist attraction, the new Sky Path will serve an even more important purpose in reinforcing the societal value of renewal over demolition, at the same time preserving the memory of the old overpass and its importance to the citizens of Seoul.


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120 visitors to the courtyard building
Over 100 visitors descended on the main courtyard building for the celebration. Views from the terrace restaurant stretched 40 kms. The sun shone and the melting snow gave for a memorable time underfoot.
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21 October 2011
Save our Scenery: Langford Parish Council update on the Windfarm appeal, including details of the Inquiry next month. This update includes some of the ways in which villagers can help.
22 September 2011
Please click here for an updated list of weekly sessions at the Langford Village Hall
14 August 2011
Langford Parish Council response to Planning Application for land near Church Street - CB/11/02135/OUT. Development of extra-care sheltered housing and residential care accommodation as well as a new cemetery.
24 July 2011
Wind Farm Appeal. Notes from Pre Inquiry meeting here. Timetable for appeal in November 2011.
16 June 2011
The Langford Parish Council have now submitted their response to the Cooperatives appeal against the Windfarm application. If you haven't seen the LPC's leaflets that have been distributed around the village, which clearly show the size and scale of these massive industrial installations, please view leaflet 1 and leaflet 2.
15 June 2011
The Co-operative Group have won their right to appeal against the Central Beds decision in January 2012 against the Windfarm development. The Langford Parish Council are taking further action in raising public awareness. Further information will follow soon.
19 March 2011
Significant progress has been made against the Action Plan created from the Village Plan, which many Langford residents contributed towards developing.
12 January 2011
On the 5 January 2011 the Council Planning committee voted against the Windfarm planning application by a vote of 15-7. An excellent result. The Parish Council received a 5 minute slot at the planning meeting to speak against the proposed development click here to see the main objections which were raised.
30 November 2010
A Central Beds response to LPC objections (see below 4/9/10) to the Windfarm application was sent on the 20/9/10. A further Parish Council letter dated 19/10/10 has been sent in response to the Central Beds communication and seeks further clarification on points raised.


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Born in 1989, Swiss cellist Estelle Revaz was fortunate to be able to make her appearance in an international setting from a very early age. After having taken her first cello lessons in Sion, Switzerland, she went on to study with Xavier Gagnepain at the CRR Boulogne-Billancourt and subsequently for her B. A. in the class of Jérôme Pernoo at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, France. An encounter with the great German cellist Maria Kliegel made her decide to take her Master Solo and her Master in Interpretation of Contemporary Music at the Musikhochschule in Cologne, Germany.
While still very young, Estelle won several awards. The First Prize of the Fondazione Antonio Salieri di Legnago in Salzburg enabled her in 2004-05 to embark on her first tour as a soloist to Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. In addition, her playing was ackowledged by the City of Geneva, the canton of Valais, the Fonds Français Instrumental, the Leenaards, Little Dreams, Dénéréaz, Kremer, Thiébaud-Frey and Patiño Foundations.
In 2014, she was admitted to the Verbier Festival Academy and within this context awarded the Rotary Prize.
Her appearances as a soloist with orchestra in a repertoire ranging from Vivaldi to contemporary music have been highly acclaimed by press and audiences in Europa and South America. Amongst others, Estelle played with the musicans of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Camerata Armin Jordan, Orchestre Musique des Lumières, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, Orchestre Ostinato, Ensemble Ludus, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Romand des Jeunes Professionnels, Orquesta Sinfonica del Paraguay.
From the 2017/18 season onwards, she will for three years be « Artist in residence » with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève conducted by Arie van Beek.
Moreover, Estelle is driven by a great passion for chamber music, in particular for cello and piano (with pianists such as Finghin Collins, Frank Dupree or Gérard Wyss) and various trios: in particular, she plays in the Trio Colomba with Sergey Ostrovsky (violin) and Irina Chkourindina (piano) and in the Trio Window with Damien Bachmann (clarinet) and Christian Chamorel (piano).
Estelle Revaz has played at numerous festivals such as the Verbier Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Sion Festival, les Schubertiades, Cully classique, Les Variations Musicales de Tannay and Luna Classics in Switzerland, the Festival International de Colmar, Musicalp and the Festival Pablo Casals in France, and the Festival Internacional Música Clásica por los Caminos del Vino in Argentina, her stage partners including Gautier Capuçon, Lena Neudauer, Pavel Vernikov, Dong-Suk Kang, Ralf Manno, Pierre Génisson, Philippe Muller, the Sine Nomine Quartet, Cédric Pescia, François-Xavier Poizat and François Killian, as well as the artists mentioned further above.
In 2015, German label Neos released the enthusiastically received CD Cantique in collaboration with Swiss Radio and Television SFR2. Conducted by Facundo Agudin and accompanied by the Orchestre Musique des Lumières Estelle plays Bloch's Hebrew rhapsody Schelomo and Pitture, a new concerto by Andreas Pflüger written for her on this particular occasion.
In 2017, Solo Musica/Sony recorded her CD Bach&Friends for solo cello. It contains a voyage through sound worlds from the Bach tradition up to the modernity of 20th century composers and was yet again applauded by international reviewers.
Radio appearances include Radio France, Deutschlandfunk, WDR3 and Radio Télévision Suisse. RTS also invited her several times to their television news programmes and to participate in a documentary about Gautier Capuçon. More recently, Estelle coproduced a five-part radio programme called Estelle et le violoncelle for RTS radio/Espace 2.
Since 2015, Estelle is a member of the "Forum des 100", a group of personalities considered to be shaping the future of Switzerland.
Since 2017, she is a cello and chamber music teacher at the Kalaidos University for Music in Zurich, Switzerland. Moreover, she loves to give master classes in Europe, Asia and South America. Recently, she carried out some research into "the development of the artistic personality in teaching of an instrument at a superior level", the corresponding articles being published shortly.
Estelle Revaz currently plays a cello built by G. Grancino (1679) and a bow by J. Eury (1825) provided to her by two generous Swiss patrons.


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October 27, 2014
Well I know that it has been a while since i wrote! But it's just like the title says we have been running, running, running! Things have been going great here in good ole' Chalco ;) we have been super busy at work! I kind of forgot how hard it is to open up an area but its been so much fun! Things are going great with my companion. We also have a possible baptism! Then a few weeks ago I got the chance to go to Polanco, the nicest part of the city, to resign my visa for the last time! It was a lot of fun and other than that things are just busy, busy, busy!!
So with the running, running, running. This last week we decided that we have not been finding a ton of new people so we looked at the list of people that we have contacted in the street the last few weeks and we realized that we had a list of about 30 different people. We decided we needed to look for these people to see if they really wanted anything. It was kind of sad because we walked all day for two days and whittled the list down from 30 possible investigators to only about five that accepted to really listen. It was kind of sad but now we know where the possibilities are at and we know who to work with! So we are ready to hit the ground running and that will be exciting!
We possibly have a baptism this week! The guy had an accident a few weeks ago and shared his experience like this: He works making big ice blocks and a machine fell and crushed his foot! he told us where the machine was he should have been completely crushed but he wasn't! He said that a warm smooth feeling took hold of him and moved him out of the way and so the machine only crushed his foot, which is still bad.... but then he told us that his foot was completely under the machine and that same feeling came back and took his foot out! We were like wow that's crazy! He is convinced it was our Father in Heaven (which it was) and he is ready to put a bag over his foot and jump in the font! So we will be baptizing him with the bag over his foot this week probably! it was so cool to hear his experience and he is super ready! His wife and kids are members he is the only one that is not a member and now is ready to jump in the font!!
Polanco was cool! we got to go to a store that sells complete american food! iI was so cool! I got some Twizzlers and Gierideli chocolate! it was so much fun!
I do have to say that its crazy how we get caught up in our many activities each week and each day! This last week my companion and I were talking and we were like wow where is the time! October literally is almost gone! this is the last week of October and then we are in November again, and before we know it, it will be Christmas again! And then the new year! Something that i have learned out here is to enjoy the time because when we hit the real world again it will be a dumbed down version of the mission! We will be always be running, running, running. That is why it is super important to remember the savior in our lives! When we do the small things like daily prayer, scripture study, and weekly family home evening to the bigger stuff like weekly church attendance and monthly temple visits we will be richly blessed!
The Lord himself promised I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise. D&C 82:10 As we do what he says he will help us i can testify to that because like he said "i am bound"
I love you all and hope that you all have a good week this next week! Untill next week with all of the excitement may God bless each and every one of you!
Elder Darcy--
Elder Brett Jeffrey Darcy
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Col. Centro, Chalco
Edo. De Mèxico
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Reactor with Recycle
Download the CDF file to view the simulation using the free Wolfram CDF player.
Mass balances are demonstrated for a reactor system. Pure A is fed to the system and two parallel reactions take place in the reactor:
A → B (desired)
A → C (undesired)
A separation unit after the reactor removes some of the unreacted A and recycles it back to the feed stream. A slider sets the recycle ratio, which is the ratio of the recycle flow rate to the fresh feed flow rate. The reactor selectivity, which is the (flow rate of B)/(flow rate of C) leaving the reactor, is set with a slider. The reactor conversion, which is the percent of A entering the reactor that is consumed, is also set with a slider. The overall conversion of A is the percent of the feed to the system (100 mol A/h) that is consumed. The yield is the percentage of the feed to the system (100 mol A/h) that is converted to the desired product B. A negative flow rate of A exiting the system indicates the combination of reaction selectivity and reactor conversion is not possible.


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Just in time for Father's day, this coupon will save you $2.00 off any 2 Carlton Cards.
There are various restrictions, one of them being the minimum value of each card must meet or exceed $3.29, but it is still savings nonetheless. Coupon expires June 27 2014.


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St Kilda is a key destination for Melburnians and visitors, known for its foreshore, beach, night life, live music scene, restaurants and festivals. This part of Melbourne has always embraced cultural innovation, pushed social boundaries, and is a key part of the city's cultural footprint.
Located in the heart of St Kilda, the St Kilda Triangle is a unique opportunity as one of Melbourne's last bayside renewal sites.
The development of the Triangle is an integral part of the City of Port Phillip's broader strategy to continue to revitalise St Kilda, one of Melbourne's most loved destinations.
This St Kilda Triangle project comprises six stages, as outlined in the Roadmap for Co-Design (see below).


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A fresh approach to ending local hunger through access to healthy food
The employees of John Henry Foster have a passion for helping those in our community who are struggling to make ends meet. As a company they donated $1,000 to the Empty Bowls Fundraiser.
Casey Donaldson, JHF's Accounting Assistant, shared, "I enjoyed doing something simple to help families that have complicated situations."
The Open Door (Eagan, Minnesota)—with the support of the community—is able to assist thousands of local individuals each month through a variety of programs designed to connect those in need with fresh, nutritious options. Through its collective programs, The Open Door serves more than 5,000 Dakota County residents each month, and distributes over 1 million pounds of food annually, 70% of which is fresh and/or perishable. Clients are able to access healthy food choices through a fixed-site food pantry in Eagan, multiple Mobile Pantry sites, the Mobile Lunchbox, and the Garden to Table program.
Empty Bowls is an important awareness-building and fundraising event to directly support the work of The Open Door and has become a highly anticipated event for the community at large. Empty Bowls is attended by more than 600 community members who come together to enjoy a relaxing, simple meal of soup and bread, while learning about the impact of hunger in Dakota County and across Minnesota.
The Open Door's Mission is a fresh approach to ending local hunger through access to healthy food.
As a leading provider of premium quality compressed air and automation solutions since 1938, John Henry Foster delivers customized automation products and design-to-build solutions to clients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and northern Iowa. Our talented and innovative employees serve customers in virtually every industry that utilizes motion control technology and power generation.
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Would the Chargers part ways with cornerback Antonio Cromartie? The San Diego Union-Tribune makes it pretty clear that Cromartie will be on the trading block if the team is able to come to terms with Drayton Florence. As the paper points out, that would complete a remarkable circle for the two players. Cromartie replaced Florence […]
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Relationships with
other people are a vital part of our
learning whether the association is distant,casual or
intimate.The most important relationships are those that
involve a close sharing of lifes journey.In close relationship
each partner can serve as a mirror to the other so that ego,
games, and manipulations can be unveiled.If there is clarity
of mind, willingness to learn, honesty, and compassion,
relationship can help you sort out and let go of the plots
and ploys you've learned and refined.
Of course, without
clarity, when ego is running the show
it's nearly impossible to learn quickly and change.Rather,
there is a resistance to change that usually results in
blaming, shaming, abuse and suffering. Usually, ending
the relationship will not change the way people live and love
They will fall back into the same choices and patterns that
destroyed their previous relationships.Counseling may or
may not help depending on the level of awareness of the
counselor and the degree to which the principals agree
to be honest and ready to look at their own patterns and
People often
prefer to share their life with another for
a variety of reasons. A frequently voiced reason is that
they are looking for their other "half" as though another
person will complete them,that the other will fill a void
in them.This can be expressed in a "mathematical" expression
:½ + ½ = 1,but the reality can usually be expressed ½ x ½= ¼.
Wholeness cannot come from two incomplete people joining in
a partnership.Often the outcome is disastrous.Of course, if
one is abusive and the other is committed to playing victim
there will be a modicum of satisfaction in that they help
each other play out their roles. If they get along well,
they still might not help each other move to clarity and
wholeness. That's OK, too.
There is no right or wrong. Just experience.Sooner or later
they'll get the picture andchange themselves and/or their
partner.But if they think they can fix their partner, they
will have fallen into still another trap and it might take
lifetimes to sort out that misunderstanding.You can mirror the
inappropriate behavior, model appropriate behavior,or try to
explain what you consider to be appropriate. The only one you
can hope to fix is yourself and believing you can fix someone
else is another sort of ego-game.
Some people are not safe playmates.They might have grown up
in some aspects but are developmentally handicapped emotionally,
caught in an adolescent or childish mode of behavior. If you
are trying to share a sandbox with another child who tends to
throw sand and steal your toys, you might find it wiser to leave
the sandbox and then be more careful and alert when you choose
to share another sandbox with someone. If you keep choosing
unsafe playmates,you might then look at your choosing to see what
you are trying to learn from these experiences.


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By JACK CHAUCER
Quite simply, this is one of the best books I've ever read. I can see why it was a semifinalist for 2011 Amazon Best Breakthrough Novel. Cari takes a real and spectacular event, the "Miracle on the Hudson" plane crash, and goes way beyond the tabloid headlines of the moment to create a story that will stick with you for years to come. The jet may have just scratched the surface of the water, but Cari plunges us deeper — into the lives of autistic 12-year-old Robby Palmer, who witnessed the results of the crash aboard a ferry, and his befuddled but determined parents Sam and Linda; passengers Deborah and Christopher, who are struggling with infertility and marital trust; and preacher's wife Brett, whose secret life as a lesbian is exposed by TV news cameras and threatens to destroy her family.
The intertwining arcs of these characters is an eye-opening and fascinating reading experience. If you are ignorant about the struggles of families with autism, in particular, you will have a new appreciation and sense of empathy long before the end of the book. Robby's concern for the geese that were sucked into the engines of Flight 1549 helps drive the plot; and his new-found love of birds not only helps bridge the gap between him and his parents, but also ends up indirectly helping other characters to heal.
No word in this book is wasted. The writing is superb, and every chapter is concise, focused and meaningful. The payoff for following the downward spiral between deceitful Deborah and cowardly Christopher is huge when their newborn daughter Gracie — without a word, just her tiny presence — ultimately helps them discover, as Cari writes it, "the frightening beauty of second chances." No counselor or near-death plane crash could have saved their marriage. Only the fragile but beautiful force of life itself — and the shared human experience that binds us all together. That healing power builds and surges throughout this book like four jet engines, taking the reader on an unforgettable flight.


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Telecoms Engineer
- Recruiter
- Recruitment Revolution.Com
- Location
- Lancing, West Sussex
- Salary
- £22,000 - £26,000 + Excellent Benefits Package
- Posted
- 19 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 19 Oct 2018
- Ref
- 11792
- Sector
- Technology
- Job Type
- Experienced (non-manager)
- Hours
- Permanent
Telecoms Engineer
Lancing BN15
£22,000 - £26,000 + Excellent Benefits Package (see below)
We are looking to recruit dynamic Telecoms Engineers to join our growing Engineering and Technical Department.
Our Technical Team are responsible for the provisioning of telecommunications products and services in a B2B environment. Ideal candidates will be customer service focused with excellent communication skills. Previous telecoms experience is preferable.
The Technical Consultant / Telecoms 2nd Line Support Engineer Role:
+ Installing, supporting and maintaining of Hosted & Avaya IP Office, hosted telephony, LAN/WAN equipment.
+ Voice cabling and installing CAT5 cabling.
+ Design, installation, testing and maintenance of CAT5e, CAT6, and Cw1308 cable schemes
+ Provide support on connectivity including PSTN, ISDN, SIP, ADSL, FTTC and Leased Lines
+ Installation/configuration and fault finding of SIP services, configuration and maintenance on Draytek routers
+ Installing new equipment; in-house and client site
+ Implement internal hardware/software upgrades
+ 2LCS (second line customer support) / Resolving tickets (in-house and client) within contracted SLA's
+ Provide support to 1LCS Helpdesk
+ Pre-Sales Support
+ Pre-Staging Equipment
+ Implement and maintain unified communications technologies that support the day to day and strategic needs of the business.
+ Updating departmental documentation and develop our Technical/Engineering Company Library
+ Assisting field engineers as required
The Person:
+ The ideal candidate will have knowledge of telephony and the technology market.
+ A flexible and positive approach toward problem solving.
+ Ability to communicate clearly at all levels.
+ Excellent customer service skills.
+ Excellent IT skills including experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
+ Knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 Installations and Migrations.
+ Good understanding of networks, WAN, LAN, switching, routing security and SIP trunks
+ An ability to assess each customer/employee's IT knowledge levels
+ Experience of engineering activity with telephone systems, IT networking and IP Addresses.
+ Ability to work in a team environment.
+ Keen to learn new technologies.
+ Full UK Drivers Licence
+ You will need to have a degree or equivalent in Information Technology preferably with a focus on Networks.
The role is office based with field-based customers. You must be prepared to travel for business, a company vehicle is provided for on-site visits. Training will be provided, covering Hosted Telephony Systems, Gamma/Horizon and In-House training.
+ 20 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
+ Competitive Salary
+ Mobile Phone
+ Private Healthcare Plans
+ Uniform provided
+ Pension
+ Social Events
+ Perkbox
+ Commission Structure
Hours of Work:
08:30 – 17:30 Mon-Fri
You may have worked in the following capacities:
Telecoms Engineer, ICT Engineer, Field Engineer, Telecoms & Networks Engineer, Telecoms Support Engineer, Telecoms Helpdesk Engineer, Hosted Telecoms
Interested? Apply here for a fast-track path to the hiring manager
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Located in downtown's old Bijou Theatre, Greystone the Steakhouse shows the American infatuation with beef at its finest, with USDA prime-aged meats in the leading role. Many stars play alongside the gourmet steak specialties, with rival roles filled by fresh seafood dishes and pastas that hearken to American, European, and Pacific Rim influences, but with a twist. An award-winning wine list and deliciously naughty desserts complete the final acts and will leave you wanting an encore. The curtain rises nightly for dinner, and Greystone's elegant dining room can be reserved for banquets as well as smaller groups.
Address: 570 K Street, San Diego, CA 92101
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Following the success of its flagship La Jolla location, Donovan's has opened a new outpost downtown. Now the renowned service, quality, and setting that put Donovan's of La Jolla on the map can be found just steps away from the convention center, the ballpark, and the Gaslamp Quarter. As with its La Jolla counterpart, the menu showcases a variety of cuts of succulent USDA Prime steak, while offering a variety of other options such as Australian rack of lamb and North Atlantic Salmon. Appetizers and salads offer to tantalize the palate before the main course, while potatoes and vegetables – always complimentary – accompany each entree.
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Address: 904 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
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For seafood and wine lovers, Osetra is like heaven, complete with "Wine Angels" who fly to retrieve your fine wine selection from their extraordinary three-story collection. The restaurant's eclectic split-story design features an impressive Oyster Bar with a large and rotating choice of briny delights and an Ice Bar with an extensive collection of vodkas, providing both gustatory and visual enjoyment in the lounge-like first floor and the fine dining area above. Osetra offers fresh seafood, steak, pasta, and exceptional service for all occasions, from intimate happy hour pairings to banquets.
Address: 702 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
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La Strada's prime location at the crossing of Fifth Avenue and G Street makes it a place to see and be seen, with patio dining and walls of windows facing the hippest corner in the Gaslamp. A warm interior suggestive of an Italian villa extends to an open kitchen where Master Chef Roberto Bernardoni prepares the Tuscan specialties that put La Strada in the top ten of Italian restaurants in the U.S. Add to that an excellent selection of Italian wines, moderate prices, and an enthusiastic staff, and it's easy to see why La Strada is booked daily.
Address: 815 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
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Step into de'Medici in Downtown San Diego and you will immediately sense a welcoming ambience reminiscent of old world Italy. Renaissance decor adorns the walls above plush, inviting seating, while gentle music fills the air. The impressive menu allows you to imagine yourself worlds away, as de'Medici boasts one of the most extensive selections of authentic Northern and Southern Italian cuisine in San Diego. Whether selecting one of Chef Ricardo Macias's seafood specialties, rich pasta dishes, or aged prime steaks, a deliciously authentic meal and delightfully memorable experience awaits.
Address: 416 3rd Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
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Address: 565 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
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Address: 827 5th Ave., San Diego, CA 92101
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Address: 702 Ash St. Suite E, San Diego, CA 92101
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Address: 1360 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
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Address: 2489 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, CA 92110
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