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More than 3,500 Catholic leaders - lay women, lay men, religious, priests and bishops - met in Orlando, July 1-4, 2017. In preparation, Leadership Roundtable convened more than 100 Catholic leaders to explore best practices in developing Catholic leaders. That convening resulted in a key…

More than 3,500 Catholic leaders - lay women, lay men, religious, priests and bishops - met in Orlando, July 1-4, 2017. In preparation, Leadership Roundtable convened more than 100 Catholic leaders to explore best practices in developing Catholic leaders. That convening resulted in a key statement on the formation of Catholic leaders as missionary disciples. Please reflect upon this statement, share it with others, and consider how you might implement its contents in your own ministry setting.

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Building upon a framework of empowered humility and creativity in ministry, participants outlined a vision of leaders as missionary disciples grounded in authenticity, joy, relationship, and attention to those at the margins.

"This statement encapsulates why promoting and implementing managerial and leadership best practices goes hand-in-hand with serving as missionary disciples," says Kim Smolik, CEO of Leadership Roundtable. "We cannot be effective at going to the periphery if we do not have a set of tools to manage and lead well when doing so."

You are invited to use this Discussion Forum to continue to exchange best practices and share resources. In the coming weeks and months, Leadership Roundtable will provide further resources for each of the 10 essential elements identified for the development of Catholic leaders.

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 Five Descriptors of a Well-Formed Spirituality for Parish Groups tag:catholicstandardsforum.org,2012-02-27:6426509:Topic:5910 2012-02-27T16:01:35.129Z David E. DeLambo http://catholicstandardsforum.org/profile/DrDavidEDeLambo
Leading retreats for parish groups is a favorite part of my job. I enjoy the secluded settings, the creating of sacred space using art and symbol, and the challenge of designing a day that fosters deep personal sharing and spiritual growth.

Few experiences bond a group better than a day away in prayer. But a group's spiritual development should not end with the retreat. It should be continually reinforced by the way the group meets, prays, and forms itself for its work. What…

Leading retreats for parish groups is a favorite part of my job. I enjoy the secluded settings, the creating of sacred space using art and symbol, and the challenge of designing a day that fosters deep personal sharing and spiritual growth.

Few experiences bond a group better than a day away in prayer. But a group's spiritual development should not end with the retreat. It should be continually reinforced by the way the group meets, prays, and forms itself for its work. What follows are five adjectives that describe the spirituality of a well-formed parish group.

(1) Reflective
If you're like me, you spend a lot of time rushing to evening meetings, coming directly from work or from a quick stop at home to see the kids. You've got my dinner in one hand and your meeting materials in the other. Your mind is usually occupied with the events of the day or preparing for things to come. If you are going to be present at the meeting, mentally and spiritually, you need a reorientation. The prayer at the beginning of the meeting should be a vehicle for this. It should include a period of silence for centering, for redirecting your thought to the ministry of the moment.

(2) Shared
I'm a big proponent of faith-sharing as a core element of group spirituality. It may be awkward at first for those who are less familiar with the practice, but it bears fruit both personally and organizationally.

Faith-sharing fosters bonding between group members. It helps create an environment of mutual trust, respect, listening, understanding and prayer, which in turn leads to healthy dialogue. Good decisions are only made when all opinions have been heard and all options have been raised, weighed, and prayed about.

(3) Meaningful
Prayer should be styled in a way that is meaningful to the group. Faith-sharing should be a core element of group spirituality, but it may be separate from the practice of prayer. For example, one parish pastoral council I know spends 30 minutes before the Blessed Sacrament prior to meeting, another engages in "Evening Prayer" from the "Liturgy of the Hours." My parish council combines prayer with faith-sharing, reflecting on questions related to the upcoming Sunday scriptures, a neighboring parish uses "lexio divina" as their preferred method. There is no one-way to pray that is right for all groups. It is right if it is meaningful.

(4) Informed
Spiritual formation is putting on the mind of Christ, viewing issues and topics through a lens larger than one's own personal experience. That's why it is important for parish groups to study appropriate Church documents and other resources to help shape their views and understanding. I once worked with a small parish that was weighing whether to continue celebrating daily Mass. I recommended that they research the historical development of the practice, its underlying theology, and the church's pronouncements on the subject before reaching a decision. Wise decisions are informed decisions.

(5) Exemplary
Parish groups in general, and parish pastoral councils in particular, should bear witness to what a living Christian community looks like. Members should have active prayer lives apart from the group that are also nurtured by the group. By the nature of its deliberations and the actions of the members, a group should bear witness to the presence of Christ among us.

These five descriptors are derived from my experience as a meeting attendee and as a consultant to parish groups. How descriptive are they of the spirituality of your parish group?


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Terrorism and the Travel Industry (part 2)
(Continued from Terrorism and the Travel Industry, part 1)
Victor Aguado
If you take a look at the impact of September 11th and the Far East pneumonia, effect of SARS, it meant a decrease of travel, international travel in big numbers. For example September 11th , North Atlantic traffic went down by more than 40 percent . When the SARS affecting the Far East came to knowledge, the impact was similar or even bigger. So the perception of the passenger is that there are threats, one is terrorist and the other is health threat, and they react to that threat.
The reality is that the recovery of September 11th took almost two years, as Pedro Argüelles was mentioning. The transport industry they are recovering now, with certain growth in 2004 and 2005, so it took two years, at least, to recover.
In the Far East effect, once that they know that the threat is gone, then the traffic comes back, so the traffic goes back to the original numbers and even growing faster. So what it means is that this perception of threat –these are the terrorist attacks– that they come from September 11th and some other events, still is remaining, it is not as it was in 2001 and it takes longer to convince the people that –yes– the system is safe and secure. This is something that will be retained in the industry for many years and if something happens again the impact is going to be the same. So, yes, the traffic comes back but it takes longer.
William Fell
I was a member of the British Foreign Office for 30 years and the British Foreign Office is one of the government departments around the world that has used travel advisory. In my first year at British Airways, after joining them in 2002, we found ourselves very disrupted by the travel advisories that the Foreign Office and other foreign ministries were issuing because it tended to be very alarmist and people, including our own crew, sometimes said "Why on earth are we flying to this particular country if it's so dangerous?".
I now sit on the review group that the Foreign Office has established with the travel sectors in the U.K., and it has been a very helpful process that now the Foreign Office limits its specific warnings about terrorism to those instances where they really believe that they have very definitive intelligence about an imminent attack. That's actually not very often because you can't necessarily get that sort of definitive intelligence. We found there's now much greater resilience in the industry as a result of the improvement of the sophistication of the advice that has been being issued by governments.
It's also worth noting that, certain amounts of things we discovered in this review group was that –I'm sorry to say this about my countrymen– actually more British tourist deaths overseas in 2003 were caused by falling off hotel balconies –probably drunk– than being caused by terrorism. And certainly, the problem that actually our consular service has overseas with traffic accidents as a result of tourism rather than terrorism deaths is a much more severe one. Of course one major incident like Bali did change that perception, but we do need to keep those perspectives all the time, that in fact travel is at risk from more than just terrorism. We sometimes seem to perceive the terrorism more than we perceive the danger of getting drunk or getting run over.
Isabel Aguilera
It's hard to separate the effects of terrorism from other factors affecting the tourist industry, such as any normal economical activity, the appearances of low cost airlines or any other kind of political event happening in the world. The trend in the hotel industry is to increase occupancies and not increasing the price per hotel night. So I think, at the end the human being wants to survive and wants to continue their lives so I don't know if this is resilience or that we just seem to be resistant.
We have noticed that more often the travelling is shorter, the hotel period stays are shorter, and perhaps the Americans are less resilient than others because they are one of the populations that have to increase their long distance travelling. In the end, life and business continue, it's true that the effect is, I don't know if it's good or bad, that we require less time to recover and to see that life should continue when everything happens.
David Unger
This is a good point that has come out repeatedly, that Europe has had time for a learning curve and America is still sort of in a state of shock. I work in New York and take commuter trains everyday which are highly vulnerable and when I travel to Europe I can appreciate intellectually that I'm probably in a diminished risk not an increased risk situation. But it's hard to sort of calm down and think that, even three years after the 9/11.
Francisco Frangialli
Yes, two points. First of all I would like to explain a little bit why the market has proved to be so resilient. I think it's mainly because there have been some qualitative changes which were underway already before September 11 and which have been accelerated by this faze of difficulties that we have gone through.
Because of all these problems people are staying closer to their homes. Before 2001 the trend was that long haul travels were increasing faster than intra regional and this has been modified by the situation we have been facing. Maybe we will change again now, but this has been the trend.
Two, people have been travelling less by air, at least in Europe and within the United States, and more by road, busses or train.
People have travelled to more familiar places; this is what I've mentioned before with the situation in the Middle East. They have been able to change their destinations at the last minute, Internet and the new technologies have also been very helpful for that.
Finally, people have postponed their trips sometimes, travelling later when the situation or the perception of it has improved. But what this means is that people have still been travelling, there have been compensation mechanisms, flexibility and many abilities of the market have increased and this is a major aspect of the situation we are facing.
Second point is the issue of travel advisory. I've worked with some organisations that have tried to address these issues because now it has become something very important. In 1999 we adopted what we call Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and I submitted this code to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
What do we say about travel advisory? We say it's normal that governments inform their citizens, that they protect their nationals; they tell them this place is safe, you have this kind of problems, safety problems, health problems etc. But at the same time, sometimes the travel advisories are just not adequate, they are unfair and they do not correspond to the reality and they are excessive. A CEO close to us went to the internet site of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Australia and discovered that the Australian government is discouraging their nationals to travel to 110 countries in the world! So where can the poor Australians go to? Antarctic? I don't know!
Last year I met the president of The Republic of the Seychelles and he said to me -"We have a problem with The United States, they discourage their nationals to travel to any destination in the Indian Ocean, including The Seychelles."
At the same time, I had a visit last week from the Commander of the U.S. Navy in the Indian Ocean and he was asking me –"Can I send my staff here in The Seychelles because it's a very quiet place for them to rest?"
We have a problem here, what we command is not to abandon their travel advisories or their travel warnings because it can be necessary, but at least there must be a minimum of dialogue between the governments that are issuing the warnings and the governments of the destination, a dialogue between governments and the private sector industry and also that they are updated and revised from time to time. They are not to be too global. If you take a big country like Indonesia, you can have a very difficult problem in one island and many other destinations can be safe. So these are the kind of problems we are facing with these travel advisories.
David Unger
This dealing with America, how we deal with America, is emerging as a theme and it's too bad that we don't have any defender of the American government actions here, maybe we have in the audience but we'll get to that in a minute.
Pedro, you'll get the last response on this and then we'll turn it over to the audience.
Pedro Argüelles
Thank you David, very briefly, I think the resilience factor that was pointed out earlier, is very true. Air travel is probably one of, if not number one driver of today's leisure and tourist industry. I think the desire to travel, the desire to know more places, the effort done by air companies in general in order to make more accessible the possibility of travelling is there and it's very dynamic and we're looking forward, we see that we're going back to normal, with the exception of the United States again.
I think we are back to normal and the gross we can forecast is back to normal rates, we think that growth or the passenger travel would be in the 5% level and probably in the 6% level for goods. Therefore, unless something else happens, we have overcome the crisis.
David Unger
Ok, we go straight to the audience.
Delegate from the floor
I live in South Africa, it was very interesting to me all the kind of discussions. Basically I have one question and a couple of comments reinforcing what some people have said here.
I absolutely believe in the private public partnership process. The issue of empowering the co-responsibility between the person utilising the service and engaged in these issues of business and the government is to my mind absolutely fundamental. One thing that perhaps is a good fallout of the September 11th is that passengers of the planes, I think they feel empowered to look around them and to remain at ease at the situation they are occupying. That was an example, where people feel now that their own lives are in their own hands and that such people should be more proactive about their own personal security in the environment they are occupying.
David Unger
We saw that in the shoe bomber too.
Delegate from the floor
Yes, I think that's exactly the point that we have in a way empowered than otherwise very reactive group of people that was just being transported, they were paying for a service and they didn't want to know anything about it, they wanted to get from A to B. I think we've seen a change in that.
On the other hand, we do have more proactive activities now. I want to refer you to the government of Mauritius. You mentioned the Seychelles, but I found it fascinating that Mauritius a year ago, based on the Bali example, decided to change the nature of the islands as a tourist point. They want to sell themselves now, just not only as beautiful but it is safe as well.
As a result of that, the police of Mauritius did a country wide study on emergent crime trends that has developed and invented a strategy to avoid all types of crimes including drugs and terror. One of the biggest problems they had to implement this new strategy with demands to private public partnership was actually to sit at a table with the hotels and with the mayor tourist companies. Why? Because in the south, in those safe locations like South Africa and Mauritius they are recognised as safe in every aspect. The hotels don't want the police to be seen! They have this problem with private security and the security within the hotel. Even the issues of petty thefts inside the hotel, sometimes by hotel personnel, sometimes by hotel guests is repeatedly covered up and the idea is to quiet things down to not to make a bad impression in front of the other guests.
We are trying to work very hard with a dialogue forum between the police, the hotels and the private security agents so that the security agents don't become the middlemen between the police and the hotel. The change of image where the people feel that in fact having a police nearby is a good thing not necessarily a bad thing.
The last point is that terrorism is a minimum part of this. The issue of criminal activity is the issue of being mugged in the street, the issue of whether you can walk safely from the hotel to the park. These are the things that have a great impact on the industry.
David Unger
Thank you, Virginia. Just to remind you that we have a lot of expertise in the room and on the panel and I'll take that as a comment rather than a question. It wasn't really a question and we have some other people waiting
Delegate from the floor
Thank you, first thing, thank you very much to all panellists for their insightful thoughts and comments. I have a question and then a consideration to raise to the members of the panel.
First, I wonder whether you have estimates about the increase in costs related to security in your different industries. From the perspective of business educators, it's very important to us to know whether you perceive these increases in expenses costs or rather as investments in improvements of quality. Maybe there's something similar to what happened years ago when there were improvements in different processes at businesses. At first there were increase in the expense and accordingly there were less profit, but then after a period customers and public opinion started to see that as an improvement of the operations of the company.
I see here a kind of perverse or vicious circle given that the increasing demand is being complemented with an increase in the expenses of security so you have less money for marketing. So the consideration is whether you can use in your own marketing these improvements in security given that fear is linked to the perception of security. I was wondering whether investing more money in marketing and hence saying that you're offering more secure and safe services. Does that have an impact in terms of demand?
David Unger
That's a very good question and the panel in answering that thing about what William Fell told us about situations where some governments are providing subsidies for forms of security that have to be born privately in other countries. In answering whether the payoff is in marketing you might mention whether you think there might be an appropriate governmental role there isn't now there.
William Fell
Can I try to make one comment? I don't deal with the financial side of the question, I don't know whether we strictly regard security expenses as sunk cost or not, but it's certainly a case that, up to know, the airline industry has not gone in to competitive marketing on the basis of "Fly my airline because we spend more on security than those people down the road." One of our mayor U.K. competitors which flies around with aeroplanes with mainly red tail planes and is chaired by an extrovert with a beard, I won't name it, has gone on the shifty side for some competitive marketing and we fly across the Atlantic in splendid aeroplanes supplied by Pedro's company which have only two engines. He has gone into quite a lot of competitive marketing saying: "You are safer flying in our aircraft because they have four engines." Well, that's about the closest we've come to competition on that side. I think it would probably be a mistake if the airline industry did start to market on the basis of "Fly with us because we spend more on security." That could give rise to questions like "why do you do this? Is this because you feel you're more of a target?" So it could actually be counterproductive. So, I think we as an industry we prefer just to assume that we are regulated and that we do what we are told to do. In the case of my airline, we often do an awful lot more than the government regulators require of us. And again, that is not something we then advertise in the press.
Pedro Argüelles
Well, rather to come in on this last question, I'd like to make a comment on the point that has being made by the lady in the audience in respect to parts in the world taking advantage of this situation in order to do their own marketing based on the premium security they can offer. I think that is an interesting comment because it drives directly in to the theme of this conference which is Democracy, Security and Terrorism. What is implicit in that comment is then the levels of security the non democratic countries can offer probably is superior to the levels of security that democratic countries can offer. I think that is something we should reflect on. It's certainly an interesting debate, but large democracies are based on freedom of movements and civil rights protected for all citizens unless proven to be wrongdoing. How can we compete with countries where that is not a fact and where the civil rights can be suspended just because a government decides to run their country at a level of security which is superior?
David Unger
I'm going to be a bit more of an authoritarian chair because there are at least three questions from the audience and the clock is ticking. Francisco, you were on the other question, weren't you?
Francisco Frangialli
Yes, I'd like to ask the lady from South Africa. First of all, it was interesting to know from a friend that the mayor cause of accident among British tourist is the consumption of alcohol. Maybe these special effects are British. There's been some surveys in the American market asking people "What is the mayor cause of trouble for you?" The answer was not at all terrorism. It was petty crime, problems that can come in the street, get your money or passport stolen. The same when you're asking the Japanese, their preoccupation for food safety has barrier of language.
So maybe more important as this notion of daily security problem that can come at any moment and you have this strong feeling of this big terrorist attack. It can happen anywhere, anytime whether you travel or stay at home. You are from New York, I live in Madrid, we are attacking New York in Madrid, so it's not specific to travel. The last aspect of the question was about….
David Unger
Let's hold that, because there are people waiting. Victor, you wanted to come in on this question?
Victor Aguado
Very rapidly about the cost quality, it's very difficult, it's like safety, how much does an airline spend on safety? It's that required, is that labelled? You mentioned it, it's very difficult to market safety. Probably on a continental basis, you may. Some continents are safer in air travel than others and that could be perceived, that's clear.
But anyway, security has a cost, and has a cost to airlines and airports. And at the end, either it's paid by the government or by the traveller. The question is who pays? You mentioned there's different treatment in U.S. and Europe. The reality is that there are new initiatives in Europe, you know the two launches of research and development of systems of procedures. That could be a better way to address the industry as such. The industry needs protection, it needs security and let's provide the industry the means to develop and their own means to protect.
David Unger
We could go on for hours, but we'll in fact go on for ten minutes and the next question is over here.
Delegate from the floor
My name is Be Rama from India, I'm the head of the counter terrorism division of [...] [24.45-26.45 not audible]
David Unger
I don't know if we have anyone in the room who wants to defend the U.S. regulatory authorities or government and is confident to do so. I'm certainly not the person to do that. In terms of our tradition of victim activism it has two sides, the 9/11 Commission report which we heard praised in other venues here came back primarily because of citizen activism and it can sometimes be directed to a very constructive end. I'm going to go there with the next question.
Delegate from the floor
Hello, my name is Simon Kennedy and I'm an interested traveller rather than an expert in anything. I'm interested to know following up on your comment, William. From a point of view of a traveller's freedom, how long do you think it'll take before travellers can have the freedom they used to have in travelling? Are there other solutions for security on airlines which are less invasive or less in plan to impact on traveller's convenience and so forth?
It's highly unlikely that with reinforced doors and passengers being more aware that any granny is going to kill anybody with her manicure set. And if somebody was really inclined to be a terrorist on a plane now I'm sure they'd be using methods which are more difficult to screen than a ceramic plate and so forth. Last week I flew from Zurich International Airport where they sell Swiss Army knives in duty free, so there are obviously holes in this lack of blades on planes security. So do you think that there's ever going to be an international consensus where we can again travel with relatively freedom.
William Fell
Thanks, it's a good question again; it's quite a tricky one to answer, because I think we get back to this question of personal perceptions of their freedom in relation to technology. We haven't got the sort of screening systems quite yet that would enable you to pass through an archway and satisfy without any further inspection of your baggage and person that you 're were free of metal objects, fire arms and chemical products which could also be used.
But at Heathrow certainly trialling a machine which has the effect, I'm told, I haven't seen it, of undressing the individual so you actually can see through to the naked body. Now, there's an immediate question there about intrusion as against efficiency. Are the travelling public prepared to be effectively undressed as a price for a much faster passage through screening?
You talked about grannies not attacking aircrafts, again we come back to this question about human rights. It would be very easy indeed for the screening and enforcement authorities to go in for much more active profiling of what we now call "reason selection" which actually eliminated non suspects and focused on suspect individuals. However, you immediately get into all sorts of discrimination issues that if you only start picking on Arab males aged between 20-30 you're probably infringing their human rights. You may also be missing the point, which may be that the terrorist has worked out that the Arab male aged between 20-30 easily gets picked on and they recruit a granny who's got some reason to want to be a terrorist. With her manicure set!
These are the issues, and we could probably solve the problems but we need better technology but we also need a better understanding between the public and the authorities as to what limitations they want to impose on the authorities ability to undress them or select them on grounds that might not seem entirely fair.
David Unger
With everybody's cooperation I'll try to get in as many questions as possible, because we already got a little bit in to the brake period. Let's all try to make the questions and answers as concise as we know how to make them.
Delegate from the floor
Hi, my name is Edwin. We talked a lot about the negative impact on this industry. I was wondering, I also see some trends that were started, and I think we mentioned them, before 9/11 that could have had some impact on changes in this industry and maybe this terrorism threat is accelerating these trends. I'm thinking of private jets used for business travel, and I also think about that maybe the tourist will go more into boutique hotels than just the general international known hotels. I don't know if that's a safe assumption and maybe my question is then, what is the quality of companies in this industry to adapt themselves to the new trends and will that make up for the additional costs that come with security?
Isabel Aguilera
I'm afraid that terrorism doesn't discriminate between boutique hotels, big hotels or beach hotels. I don't think that anybody can do any advertising unless it's a new type of advertising called risky advertising saying that we are safe. We do as much as possible, we invest as much as possible, we pay as much as possible because it's also a balance between cost and investment.
Nobody can say that we are safe so I can not agree we you, I think that everybody is vulnerable at the same time and the only thing we are at the moment is more conscious. It's true what you say, there's some procedures already initiated in the past and all this has only accelerated and I think that we are stronger and safer than ever. But that doesn't mean that we are completely safe. I'm afraid that nobody can guarantee that when a terrorist is willing to kill himself to kill others.
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I work in the embassy of Panama in Spain and we receive a lot of calls, that I suppose that other embassies receive as well, asking about "are we going to be safe?" My question is whether there is a classification or measuring the level of security of countries, if so, is that information available to travel agents?
Francisco Frangialli
I travelled to Panama last week where in the local press I saw that the canal could be a target for Al-Qaeda. I don't think the canal of Panama is a target, every place in the world can be a target, we don't know. But let get to the question that was raised before, on the cruise industry. Here on this panel we have three representatives from the airline, no one from the cruise business. I'm very afraid of that. I've heard recently my colleagues saying the same, they are so big, 2,000, 3,000 people. There was some hijacking in the 70's, some attack in the Mediterranean, they say there's a big attack in the Caribbean, it will be a huge scale so we have to be prepared to every kind of events.
Delegate from the floor
Hello, I once worked for the U.S. government so I thought I'd try to venture an answer to the questions why it seems that the U.S. is uniquely hung up on airline security and immigration regulations to a greater extent than Western Europe. This actually ties in with what they'll be taking about in the next panel in this room which deals with immigration policy. But I would just suggest that the answer to that is that in the U.S. the perception is that the terrorist threat is overwhelmingly external. It comes from the outside of the United States. Understandably, therefore the United States is very concerned about border security and keeping that threat outside the United States. My perception is, in Europe you see that threat from the outside as no greater threat than the threat from inside. That gives you a kind of different perspective on how important it is to set these strict immigration rules, report the passenger list in advance and all of that. I think that's an issue we going to talk about in the next panel.
David Unger
I'd like to point out that the four 9/11 hijackings were domestic flights although they were originated from the outside. They boarded the planes on domestic flights.
Delegate from the floor
[...] On the politics of safety and security, and I think this is an issue we haven't addressed, the governments also have to look as if they are doing something. The politics of security are very different in the United States than that they are in the European countries. For some of the reason you've mentioned for different history and different experiences, one issue is that in The United States shoes are x-rayed but only 30-40% of the checked baggage is x-rayed. Part of the problem is that politics might compel you to invest in security measures that are more visible but not necessarily the one with the most priority. On the business side and passenger and passenger organisation-the other two stakeholders in this- to actually make this an issue and make governments prioritize in a more sensible way.
Delegate from the floor
[...] I'm with the government sector, I'm going back to what Mr. Fell said before, something interesting about the dynamics about the industry that is responsible to put in and implement whatever their relations are in place. It's up to the people to decide to what extent they have that perception of terrorism and government should strike balance. I'm with the government and I find that governments don't necessarily strike the balance because they are the ones who always seek a cautious approach. Forgive me to sound like a bureaucrat but, for us in government this is what we have to do.
The consequences of not taking the most cautious approach is much higher than, say, perceiving something to be less than what is has the potential to be. This goes back to what the industry is doing, I come from Malaysia and in my part of the world what we have found to be successful is that the industry, the hotels, the airlines go out in the market saying, not so much that we are safer than any other specific place but to give off that sense of "Come visit us you'll have a good time, bring your family, bring your friends" and although that marketing strategy is not dedicated towards security the perception it gives out is one of safety. This helps, not only where I come from, but in a lot of other places, because at the end of the day the threat of terrorism is the fear that the terrorist wants to install in all of us that we are not safe anywhere. But to come to that it is for us in the industries with citizens and with government to make sure it doesn't happen. I think this is a team that has been received many times. In the industry, although you don't work in percent in terms of we are safer than the others, do you believe that in just the general sort of advertising "Come, Visit!" do you think that in itself would assist in increasing travel, increasing tourism and making people feel safer when it comes to travelling abroad and to other places?
Delegate from the floor
Thanks, my name is Deborah and I'm a student. My questions is somehow complementary to the last question. I'd like to know if the travel industry could, and if yes, how take any actions to combat terrorism either trying to work with the local government or with the World Travel Organisation in order to combat the terrorism? Is the terrorism a real threat to the industry as a whole?
Francisco Frangialli
Yes, I wanted to answer to the one question before, about these changes in the industry whether they have been accelerated by what has happened with the terrorism. And yes, a lot of these transformations had taken place before the end of long traditional vacations. You take one long month by the seaside for example, this has disappeared and we've had a multiplication of short breaks, last minute decisions, people shifting their destinations with the help of internet, and this I think started before and the industry sector they've really adapted to those changes in a really impressive manner. If we have this rebound of 10% increase which is spectacular in 2004 is more or less thanks to the ability of transformation of the industry.
One example to illustrate this cultural gap between the United States and Europe is when I 20 years ago worked with the French Government before joining my present organisation. There'd been a hijacking of an aeroplane in Pakistan and many tour operators in the U.S. cancelled flights to many parts of the world including my country France. So it happened that I later on met on of this tour operators and I asked him "how come you cancelled flights to France?" He answered "Because of this hijacking in Pakistan". "Pakistan and France" I was saying and he said "Pakistan and France, all that at the Mediterranean".
The perception you have sometimes is difficult to represent.
David Unger
Ok, we will close with that interesting anecdote, there's no need to summarise you off here but we have an industry which is inheritably vulnerable which is a symbolic target for certain kind of terrorism which is resilient, we've been assured, and I think we have been given the facts to us that there has been a real learning curve going on, on measures of response and many, many issues out there, both on further measures and importantly on the trade offs now of civil liberties, privacy, democracy and security. I want to thank everybody for their interesting attendance and their contributions. Thank you very much!


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Those guidelines have existed since the media upload was introduced. The main purpose of the rating is to sort the media search, as while poor photos still provide valuable documentation, those people looking at see images of a certain species, perhaps to assist with ID or just for pleasure, want to see the best images in the collection. While it has always been possible to rate your own photos, the community ratings is a very recent feature. Therefore, most images still carry the initial rating given by the photographer. There is some bias in this - some observers have a tendency to overrate their photos, either because they think highly of their photos or because they want their photos to be regarded as good. Other observers who take excellent photos might have a tendency to underrate that photos as they have very high standards they are aiming for, and anything below that, while excellent in any normal person's opinion, it's quite average to them. While observers can still give their initial rating, the image rating will now be an average of all ratings received, and the more community ratings received, the more accurate the image placements will be. I encourage all ebirders to familiarise themselves with these rating benchmarks, particularly for when you rate your photos as you initially add them to a list. Ryu --- David McDonald (personal) <> wrote: That's interesting, Julie. I have found that I need to avoid looking at the previous average score, where there is one, to avoid biasing mine. Tho I have found that my scores are usually fairly close to the average. And yes, I looked closely at the ratings guideline help file item before I commenced. It is important that we get lots of ratings for Australian species as they will form the basis of the Australian Merlin app http://ebird.org/content/australia/news/expanding-the-merlin-bird-id-app-to-australia/ . Best wishes - David On 5/04/2017 8:16 PM, Julie Clark wrote: Hi All, Many of you will be aware that eBird has made it possible for us to now rate the quality of photos added to eBird Checklists.I believe the purpose of the ratings is to eventually provide a means of placing the highest rated photos of each species at the top of the list, so people wanting to see that species will be able to do so quickly and easily. I've been browsing photos on Ebird and have found it very interesting looking at ratings that have been given to many. Before attempting any rating myself I read the guidelines..... http://help.ebird.org/customer/en/portal/articles/2665949 I'd like to suggest that anyone interested in viewing photos and planning on rating them should also read the guidelines first. My main observation was that many photos were rated as 4 or 5 stars, but when referring to the guidelines they should have been 2 or 3 stars. (Conversely a few were probably rated slightly lower than my assessment). Personal taste obviously also plays a part, but based on the guidelines I would expect ratings for any particular photo to be fairly similar. Any thoughts comments from anyone else who has noticed the ratings? Cheers Julie ******************************************************************************************************* This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra Ornithologists Group. Emails posted to the list that exceed 200 kB in size, including attachments, will be rejected. All emails distributed via the list are archived at http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds. It is a condition of list membership that you agree to your contributions being archived. When subscribing or unsubscribing, please insert the word 'Subscribe' or 'Unsubscribe', as applicable, in the email's subject line. List-Post: <> List-Help: <> List-Unsubscribe: <> List-Subscribe: <> List manager: David McDonald, email <>
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This was all that I could see of a sunset this evening. But, it was very nice.
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- Pam said...
Your sunset pictures today are stunning, Tootie! The person in the last one really sets off the whole thing and the one above it really makes me hear the sound of those waves coming in. I wish I could take photos that good.
- November 13, 2009 at 1:05 AM
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For those who have just bought their phone or intend to get a new one, this is the link you need to debrand your phone. It will upgrade your phone from Gen1 to Gen2 (do install Mr. Pigfish first to confirm that your phone is indeed Gen1 or you will brick it), and install Android 2.3.3 (CM7). It is really quite easy and CM7 is a very solid and stable ROM for me.
Hi there, I have a ZTE Blade from Orange in the UK. I am having trouble sending SMS messages when in 3G although I can receive them. They send ok when in 2G only mode so not sure what might be causing this. Also, it won't connect to the app market, it keeps saying it can't connect and to try again later. I have an active data connection and WIFI as well. Any ideas on how to fix this would be much appreciated.
hama, 14 Apr 2011why don't it rotate on the home screen it supposed to do it????You have too turn on the feature Under "Options / Display / Auto rotate (check the box)"
Recently purchased this phone from Orange UK £94 +£20 top-up. Debranded and rooted and installed Cyanogen Mod 7 RC 4 (Gingerbread 2.3.3). Really impressed with this phone great screen (LCD Version) and plays Angry Birds ,no problem. I find that the battery life has improved with this installed mod, although still needs charging
every day, but then my iPhone 3GS is the same. Would give this phone 8 out of 10 with current mod.
Excellent phone rooted and running cyanogenmod 7. HTC HD2 long gone. Very very happy
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if somebody's having problem finding the full skype version for this phone try this.It worked for me well!
[deleted post]this zte blade is not yet available in the philippines yet. but i know smart will be selling them soon. exactly i don't know but i am still waiting for them to sell it soon so i can buy. it will cost about 7k in the philippines from what i have read online.
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Hasnaat, 22 Mar 2011Is it really so easy process to unlock, debrand and 2.2 update?@Hasnaat
yes. i bought an Orange San Francisco from Argos in the UK yesterday. today it is unlocked and running debranded Android 2.2 (Japanese Jellyfish 9). just follow the instructions at android[dot]modaco[dot]com.
they are not official. they are builds of android that clever people have built from the source code.
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but if it is not G1/Gen1 then can't we debrand it at all or some other way to debrand?
I bought this phone for a very low price, originally £99.99 from Tescos minus £20 in vouchers, I got it for £79.99. There is an offer on at the moment where you get £10 off any item when you spend £50 or more online. I digress, on with my experiance.
I found the overall build quality of the phone to be above adverage, it is plastic and so is the screen cover. I do however find that the phone becomes almost slippy with a build up of fingerprints, so be careful when holding it.
My version of the phone came with the LCD instead of the OLED, which I was fine with as I have only ever used LCD-screened phones.
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As with any phone, especially touchscreens, I have bought a screen protector from eBay (two for £1.90) please, please, please buy a screen protector!
I am very impressed with this phone and would rate it 7 out of 10. The bad points being battery life.
Hasnaat, 22 Mar 2011Is it really so easy process to unlock, debrand and 2.2 update?Unlocking is extremely simple. Debranding and/or upgrading the OS is only moderately difficult, actually instructions to do so are very detailed, all you need to do is follow the steps exactly and you'll have no issues.
fred the hamster, 21 Mar 2011what?? serious;ly what was that you just typed? I have this phone and it is fantastic. I ha... moreIs it really so easy process to unlock, debrand and 2.2 update?
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Graph Algebra
Mathematical Modeling With a Systems Approach
- Courtney Brown - Emory University, USA
Quantitative Methods
"Brown is well known for research on mathematical modeling in the social sciences. His book introduces the graph algebra approach to modeling systems in the social sciences."
Graph Algebra: Mathematical Modeling with a Systems Approach introduces a new modeling tool to students and researchers in the social sciences. Derived from engineering literature that uses similar techniques to map electronic circuits and physical systems, graph algebra utilizes a systems approach to modeling that offers social scientists a variety of tools that are both sophisticated and easily applied.
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- Designed for readers in the social sciences with minimal mathematical training: In this volume, the author assists readers in developing their own difference and differential equation model specifications
- Incorporates Social Theory: This book describes an easily applied language of mathematical modeling that uses boxes and arrows to develop very sophisticated algebraic statements of social and political phenomena. Graph algebra can be used to algebraically "flesh-out" even the most complicated and sophisticated of theories.
- Contains social science examples of graph algebra models: Social science readers can see many examples of how graph algebra can be used to model theories from a wide variety of substantive areas and disciplines. The book also describes how to estimate such models, and two examples are fully worked out.
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|Inputs, Outputs, and the Forward Path
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|Delay and Advance Operators for Discrete Time
|Including an Additive Constant With Graph Algebra
|Difference and Summation Operators for Discrete Time
|An Estimated Example: Labor Union Membership
|Richardson's Arms Race Model Using Graph Algebra
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|An Estimated Example of a Multiple-Equation System With Nonlinear or Embedded Parameters: Richardson's Arms Race
|Using Graph Algebra With Continuous-Time Operators
|Nonlinear Filters
|The Logistic Function
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The concept for KMS Professionals started when Jackie and Sam recognised that working from home was providing only a part-time service for their consultants. There were times during the day when the consultants phone wasn't being answered – giving the potential for new patients to go elsewhere. On canvassing their consultants, they gleaned that having their phone answered was the most important part of the service. However, working individually Jackie and Sam were unable to fulfil this requirement. As a result they started to form a plan for collaboration.
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Jump rope for heart - Brooks Whitby, Daniel Young, Andrew Warrell, Cameron Hudson, Camden Todd, and Ethan Grimes dump slime on the heads of teachers and staff members Mrs. Elliot, Principal Dr. Hopkins, and Asst. Principal Mr. Luzier during West Seafords Jump Rope For Heart celebration March 2. See related story and pictures on page three.
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I had a wonderful mothers days and I got spoilt a little too much. Here's what S bought me with a little help from my wonderful husband.
The Cartier book we all thought was a book on creative writing, It was wrapped in cellophane and had nothing on the back. When I did open it yesterday it turned out to be a book on the history of pens :-) we did have a good laugh about that.
Heres the scarves I treated myself to, I love them.
Hope you all had a lovely mothers day.
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HERMAN CAIN–Getting Down to Business: A Conversation with Herman Cain
The GOP candidate talks with the Opportunist's Managing Editor Leslie Stone about why he's running for the nation's highest office, his economic plan and his ideas for reinvigorating the American Dream.
Herman Cain prides himself on being the only nonpolitician among the candidates vying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. "Whenever I give speeches at town halls, rallies or meet-and-greets and I tell people the biggest difference between my opponents and me is that I've never held public office, I get spontaneous applause," he says. "The American people feel it is time for a nonpolitician to lead this nation." With his proven track record of turning underperforming businesses into successful ones and his folksy charisma, it's understandable how Cain is starting to generate a following across party lines.
Opportunist: How are the mainstream media, which tend to be liberal, reacting to your campaign?
Herman Cain: They're trying to ignore me. (Laughs) But my feelings are not hurt.
Opportunist: Why do you believe the media are ignoring you?
Herman Cain: Only lately have some of them reached out to me, but most are trying to ignore me for two reasons. First of all, I am not what the media considers to be one of the quote-unquote top-tier candidates. Second, according to some, I could be Obama's worst nightmare.
Opportunist: Why do you believe you are perceived to be President Obama's worst nightmare?
Herman Cain: It's pure and simple: I have a record of achievement and he does not.
Opportunist: Recent Gallup polls have shown that you have a very high positive intensity factor among voters who are familiar with you. What do you have to say about that?
Herman Cain: I think it's great! What's not to love about that? I believe the polls are reflective of the fact that my message of common sense and problem solving—what my record and background truly represent—is resonating with people. I don't get into the political attack mode. You will notice that I focus on here's what I would do. The American people are sick of promises. They want somebody who's going to deliver the goods. I am the only Republican candidate who is 100% problem solver.
Opportunist: Why do you want to be President?
Herman Cain: Because America can't keep waiting. Have you noticed the economy lately? Have you noticed that we have become a nation of crises? I feel compelled to run because of my cumulative experience over the years, and I feel this makes me uniquely qualified to face the problems. We don't need politics as usual in Washington, D.C. We don't need decisions as usual in Washington, D.C. We need bold solutions because we have so many major challenges. We won't get bold solutions without someone who isn't afraid to initiate bold leadership.
Opportunist: Who inspired you to pursue the life path that you have taken?
Herman Cain: It started with a good set of parents. My dad and my mom were hard-working people who instilled self-determination and taught me to be unafraid to go after the unknown. They taught me to believe in God and in myself, and to believe in the United States of America. We were economically challenged. In other words, we were "po" before we were poor. (Laughs) Dad worked as a barber, a janitor and a chauffeur until he could make it on one job. My parents were achieving their American dream on the only kind of equity they had: sweat equity. That inspiration encouraged my brother and me to go on to college. We both graduated from college, and I went to work for the U.S. Dept. of the Navy as a civil service mathematician working on fire-control systems ballistics. Then I began climbing the corporate ladder.
Opportunist: You were an executive with the Pillsbury Co. and you are credited with restoring Godfather's Pizza to profitability during your tenure as CEO. Tell us more about your business triumphs.
Herman Cain: I've worked as a business analyst for Coca-Cola, I was a vice president of both the Pillsbury Co. and Burger King Corp., and I became president and CEO of Godfather's Pizza. I have also served on the board of directors of some of America's most distinguished corporations.
In 1999, I left my last full-time job as president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association. They are the second-largest employer in the nation, with 14 million employees—second only to the U.S. government. I decided to get into cruise control, but that didn't last long. (Laugh s) Since then, I had a U.S. Senate run in Georgia, survived stage 4 cancer and hosted a radio talk show for five years.
Opportunist: Given your strong P&L success record, do you see any areas of the federal government that need cutting?
Herman Cain: My approach would be to take each federal agency and drill it down to identify programs that are redundant or obsolete. The GAO [The U.S. Government Accountability Office] does this but nobody does anything with it. Merely saying you're going to cut this program or that one isn't right—you need to ensure that you're working on the right problems and trimming around the edges. My approach to cutting is much more important than what I would cut.
Opportunist: If elected, what will you do first?
Herman Cain: I see our two biggest priorities as national security and the economy. First, I will consult with all appropriate national security advisors and Joint Chiefs of Staff to get a handle on our national security challenges. Second, before I am sworn in, I will have Congress take up my economic growth plan as their first order of business when they convene in that January. I've already developed the plan and know exactly what I want to do with it.
Opportunist: Is this your 999 plan for economic growth?
Herman Cain: Yes, and it is based upon eliminating the current tax code and replacing it with a 999 structure.
Opportunist: Please elaborate.
Herman Cain: This would encompass a 9% tax on corporate profits, a 9% tax on personal income and a 9% national sales tax. It would be resident mutual and would replace all payroll taxes, all income taxes, the capital gains tax and the estate tax.
Opportunist: How do you intend to initiate your plan?
Herman Cain: I have been working with economic advisors. When I first started to campaign I had a much more modest approach. But this economy has only gotten worse, so I told my advisors we need a bolder plan. We came up with a flat tax and fair tax combination, which still maintains a very attractive corporate tax and has huge advantages for everybody concerned. Fair tax is stage two of my plan. I'm not abandoning that, but the American people need to grasp the concept first because it's a major paradigm shift.
Opportunist: How so?
Herman Cain: It shifts from tax on income to tax on consumption. The 999 plan bridges those two, which I believe more people will be comfortable with. This economy will be growing at 5%, 6% or maybe even 7% per year GDP. One reason I believe it would happen is because we would have certainty. Businesses in the United States want certainty, so we would give them an attractive tax structure with certainty. What it would do best is grow business and create new jobs. It's the only way to get out of this economic malaise.
Opportunist: Can you share some highlights from your recent trip to Israel?
Herman Cain: From a personal standpoint it was very inspiring because I'm a lifelong Christian. It was thrilling to see a lot of the places I'd read about in stories from the Bible. They came alive.
On the political side, I met with a number of Israeli officials, the mayor of Jerusalem and the head of the opposition party. I got a wonderful perspective on what they live with every day in that part of the world, surrounded by their enemies. Most Americans have no idea what it's like to be threatened every day. It makes that nation a very special nation, in my opinion.
Opportunist: What are your ideas on how to rebuild America?
Herman Cain: Simple. Grow this economy dramatically—not in baby steps. We need to get a handle on the spending, and bring down the national debt. When people have jobs they have dreams, and when they have dreams they become a part of the rebuilding of America. I have lived my American Dream. I'm running for President because of my grandkids and all of those other little faces out there who deserve the same kind of opportunities that we had.
At a forum in the Palmetto State the other day, I was asked if I thought America was still that shining city on a hill. My answer was yes, it is. We may not be as high up on that hill as we used to be, but America at its worst is still better than any other country in the world.
Leslie Stone is an award-winning writer/editor with more than two decades of experience covering business, finance and lifestyle issues for newspapers, magazines and online publications.


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Do your kids get overwhelmed when they're assigned a task at home or at school? Are they quick to start projects but slow to finish them? There's an easy solution. Tell them to go fly a kite!
Usually, the phrase "Go fly a kite!" is a not-so-gracious dismissal. But instead of "Get lost!" how about changing the meaning to encourage your kids toward success?
With a little help from a boy named Homan Walsh, your kids can learn how to achieve what may seem like an impossible goal by breaking it down into smaller steps.
In 1848, a suspension bridge was scheduled to be built beside Niagara Falls, connecting the United States with Canada. The challenge the engineers faced was daunting. How were they to get the bridge's first cables across the 800-foot river gorge? Helicopters didn't exist in 1848, and the water was too swift and dangerous to pull lines across by boat. The engineers' solution was clever. They invited Homan Walsh, a teenager, to fly a kite from the Canadian side until the prevailing winds carried it to the American side. Once that was accomplished, the thin kite string was used to pull a slightly thicker rope across the river. Then that rope pulled an even stronger one across. Repeating this method, they were soon able to pull the first steel cable from shore to shore, and the bridge's construction was underway.
Kids can easily become overwhelmed when they're facing a large project. But if they "go fly a kite," they'll learn how to break assignments into manageable pieces and, with God's help, accomplish more than they ever dreamed.
Then the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your [c]body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers. Deuteronomy 30:9