Slovenia has a population of 2 million people, and a land mass of 20 000 km2. Life expectancy is 80 years, and with a per capita GDP of USD 25946, the country is classified as a high income country. The country's GDP grew in 2019 with 3.2%, and totaled a nominal value of USD 54.1 billion.
Slovenia is ranked at place 37 in the World Bank Doing Business Index, out of 190 countries in total. On Transparency International's corruption perception index, Slovenia is ranked at place 35, out of 180 countries in total.
Norwegian exports to Slovenia in 2020 were NOK 159 million. The same year, Norway imported goods from Slovenia at a value of NOK1.518 billion.
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THE MOTHER of a teenager who suffers up to 400 seizures a day is desperately calling for support for the people who help care for him.

Dylan Torrance was diagnosed with a condition called partial triplication 15 at the age of three.

The now 13-year-old’s chromosome mutation is so rare there have only been 18 diagnoses worldwide.

His mother Janie, of the Lake House Estate in Wanstead, cares for him almost 24 hours a day, as he is unable to eat, speak, or support himself.

She said: “I knew there was something wrong soon after Dylan was born.

“He would not feed, remained floppy and was uninterested.

“Up until we received the diagnosis we were really in the dark and I was doing a lot of research trying to work out the problem.

“Over the years the doctors have slowly built up a bit of understanding, but there are still a lot of things we don’t know about partial triplication 15.”

Ms Torrance does not know exactly what the future holds for Dylan, who also suffers from a severe form of epilepsy called lennox gastaut syndrome.

She added: “With Dylan it can very worrying in terms of the future.

“He’s changing all the time and sometimes it can be very challenging.

“He is set to try a new medication which hopefully can reduce the severity of his seizures.

“In a particularly bad period, he had 400 seizures in 13 hours - every one of these can be life-threatening.”

As part of Rare Disease Day this week (February 28) Janie wants to raise awareness of rare diseases like Dylan’s and encourage more people to think about the effects they can have on families.

Ms Torrance takes Dylan to Haven House Children’s Hospice in Woodford Green on a weekly basis and has been doing so for the last five years.

There he receives all the care, treatment, and physiotherapy he needs while she works two days a week as a hairdresser and takes her other 15-year-old son Callum on days out.

The mother-of-two said: “Haven House is a lifeline to Dylan and my family and I really hope people can support the hospice as part of Rare Disease Day.

“I don’t think people are aware of rare diseases and actually some of them are not that rare, with knowledge at least you can start to build an understanding.

“I’m still trying to find out more answers, I don’t think it’s curable what he has. Our focus is really on symptom management and improving the balance of his medication.

“Despite daily challenges Dylan can still enjoy life, and on good days, he can laugh and smile. I'm positive about life.

“I look at Dylan and I think 'how can I moan about my situation' when my son goes through this every day? He's so positive.”

Director of care at Haven House Eileen White said: “For children with rare and complex life-limiting conditions it can be very challenging for parents as often there is limited clinical knowledge about the condition and the child’s health can fluctuate rapidly.

“Through a range of services, we provide support to families like Dylan and Janie to help them through the most difficult circumstances imaginable.”

To donate to Haven House, see the website.


New York's Cuomo challenges Trump's claim to have the authority to reopen economy - GulfToday

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks to the press at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that he would refuse any order by President Donald Trump that would begin the process of reopening the economy before it was safe to do so without reigniting the coronavirus outbreak in his state.

Cuomo and the governors of six other northeastern states said on Monday they would formulate a regional plan to gradually lift social-distancing restrictions that have shut down nonessential businesses and schools. Health officials credit the shutdown with slowing the spread of the virus in New York.

On the Pacific Coast, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington state said they also would take a regional approach, but cautioned that any large-scale reopening would depend on a decline in the rate of spread in their area.

Soon after the announcements, Trump asserted he had the ultimate authority to reopen the largely shuttered economy even though he earlier had deferred to state governors in putting social-distancing orders in place.

At a Monday briefing, Trump pushed back against the actions of governors in determining when and how to reopen the economy, saying, "The president of the United States calls the shots." He said they could not do anything without his approval.

"If he ordered me to reopen in a way that would endanger the public health of the people of my state, I wouldn't do it," Cuomo said in an interview with CNN, referring to the president.

Cuomo said any reopening would have to come in phases and take months to complete. Widespread testing was the key to a successful restart, he said.

The New York governor, who has made a point of saying policy should be guided by science and not politics, cautioned that a premature order by Trump would set off a federal clash with the states that would end up in court.'

The wrangling coincides with signs the outbreak has been slowing in New York and other states where it struck early.

Cuomo on Monday said "the worst is over" for New York, the state hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, as hospitalizations appeared to be reaching a plateau and deaths increased by 671, the lowest daily total in a week.

On Monday, the United States reported about 1,500 new fatalities, far below last week's running tally of roughly 2,000 deaths every 24 hours. That brought the U.S. death toll from COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the virus, to more than 23,600 on Monday, out of more than 582,000 known U.S. infections, according to a Reuters tally.

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Jeremy Renner to share custody of daughter in divorce settlement

Jeremy Renner will share custody of his daughter Ava Berlin with former wife Sonni Pacheco after reaching an agreement in their divorce settlement. The Avengers actor will get joint legal and physical custody of the two-year-old, despite Sonni having asked for primary custody.

According to court documents obtained by People, the settlement states that Jeremy will pay $13,000 a month in child support. However he will not pay spousal support to his ex-wife, who claimed that their prenuptial agreement should be voided because it was based on "fraud".

The settlement filing also says that neither Jeremy nor Sonni can make "derogatory or insulting remarks" about each other, a significant other or either of their families in front of their daughter. The former couple are also restricted from "arguing, yelling or using profanity" aimed at each other when in the company of Ava Berlin.

Jeremy Renner has reached a divorce settlement with Sonni Pacheco

Sonni filed for divorce from the American Hustle star in December after just ten months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. The model wanted primary physical custody but joint legal custody of their daughter, after claiming her former husband's house is unsafe for the toddler.

"I have been the parent that cares for Ava on a daily basis," she said in the papers. "[Jeremy] rarely spent one-on-one time with Ava and when he did it's my recollection it was a result of my insistence that he do so."

Jeremy has stayed tight-lipped about the split but is likely to be pleased with the agreement, as he had pushed for joint custody of his daughter. The 44-year-old is notoriously private about his personal life, and only confirmed that he had married Sonni in September.

However the actor has been more forthcoming in talking about Ava, and previously said that he "really loves" being a father.


Could we travel faster than the speed of light?

Unfortunately no. One of the things which Einstein realised from his theories of relativity is that as any particle of mass increases in speed it also increases in mass. By the time the mass has finally reached the speed of light it would have infinite mass which would mean to get it to that stage would have required an infinite amount of energy and I don’t know about you but there are a definite shortage of infinite energy sources in this universe!


10 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight On a Ketogenic Diet

Last Updated on March 4, 2021 by Michael Joseph

More and more people are using a ketogenic diet in recent times.

We can find information everywhere about these diets, but not all of it is factual.

For example, there is a common myth that being on a keto diet almost guarantees weight loss.

However, this is very misleading, and it is even possible to gain weight with a ketogenic diet.

This article explains ten potential reasons why someone may not be losing weight on keto.

1) You’re Eating Too Much Fat

A Man Eating Too Much Fat - Meat, Cheese, Butter.

It is not difficult to hear claims that we can eat as much fat as we want on a ketogenic diet and still lose weight.

However, this is a myth.

Firstly, consuming any macronutrient without restraint will cause problems, and that goes for eating excessive amounts of fat too (1).

Calories are not everything, but they do matter. Overfeeding on fat in a calorie surplus will undoubtedly stall weight loss.

Additionally, understanding how and why we lose weight is essential. To start with, when we lose weight, our body burns its fat stores.

In the past, this stored fat provided us with energy in times of famine or when food was short during long, harsh winters. In other words; we used our body fat to provide energy at times when we truly needed it (2).

On the other hand, if we are consuming surplus amounts of fat and calories every day, we do not need to burn stored body fat. Instead, our body will use the incoming food for energy.

Yes, the ketogenic diet is a moderate to high-fat plan, and there is nothing wrong with consuming healthy fats.

But if we are looking to lose weight, it is better to concentrate on whole foods, and not add large amounts of additional fats (e.g. butter/oil) to our diet.

Key Point: We cannot consume unlimited amounts of a macronutrient on any diet, and that includes fat on keto.

2) Too Many Calories

Many advocates of low carb and ketogenic diets claim that it isn’t necessary to count calories.

Firstly, this is correct, and there is no need to count calories to lose weight successfully (3).

However, just because we don’t need to count calories does not mean they are not important.

Often, a diet based on satisfying, nutrient-dense food will help to normalize the amount we eat, and most people won’t need to worry about counting calories.

That said, if someone is continuously struggling to lose weight on keto, then it is possible that they are simply overeating.

In this situation, or for anyone who is unsure of the nutritional content of what they’re eating, counting calories may be useful.

Key Point: Weight loss stalls sometimes have a simple explanation: too much food and too many calories.

3) Lack of Sleep

A Woman Suffering From Lack of Sleep Yawning.

Weight loss is not only about what we eat, and it revolves around our whole lifestyle.

Notably, one of the most critical factors is sleep, and a lack of sleep can have several negative impacts relating to our weight loss efforts;

  • Studies show that short sleep duration decreases blood levels of leptin, a satiety hormone that tells the body to stop eating. As a result, food cravings are more likely despite sufficient food intake (4, 5).
  • Systematic reviews and randomized trials demonstrate that short-sleep duration appears to increase total food intake and caloric consumption (6, 7).
  • Randomized trials consistently show that short sleep decreases insulin sensitivity, which can eventually lead to obesity and type 2 diabetes (8, 9, 10).
  • Furthermore, shortened sleep has an adverse impact on metabolism and daily energy expenditure (11, 12).

As these studies show, sufficient sleep is crucial to successful weight loss. Not sleeping enough means our metabolism slows down, we use less energy, we become more insulin resistant, and we have more cravings for food.

In other words; the complete opposite of the factors that support healthy and sustainable weight loss.

For this reason, a well-implemented ketogenic diet (or any other diet) will have limited success if someone is not getting adequate sleep.

Key Point: Sufficient daily sleep is critical for any weight loss plan.

4) Not Doing Enough Exercise

You may have heard the following expression; “You can’t outrun a bad diet.”

Technically, we can outrun a bad diet regarding weight, but not so much for overall health.

Either way, this statement implies that nutrition is the most critical aspect of weight loss, which is true.

However, even though nutrition is the most considerable factor, exercise can still play an important role.

This is especially the case for intense resistance training, as research shows that lifting heavy weights increases resting metabolic rate and energy expenditure (13, 14, 15, 16).

Additionally, exercise helps to build muscle, and a higher proportion of lean body mass slightly increases the metabolic rate (17).

Considering all the other benefits that physical activity has for our overall health, there is no excuse not to do it.

In short, anyone struggling to lose weight on a ketogenic diet can only benefit from adding physical exercise to their regime.

Key Point: Physical exercise has many health benefits, and it can support weight loss in combination with a ketogenic diet.

5) You’re Still Eating Too Many Carbs

Mixed Fruit On a Plate - Berries, Banana, Kiwi, Watermelon.

The primary aim of ketogenic diets is to start burning fat for fuel rather than carbohydrate, and this biological state is known as ‘ketosis.’

Generally speaking, “getting into ketosis” require a very low carbohydrate intake.

To achieve this, most individuals undertaking the diet aim for around 30 grams of carbs (or less) per day.

While not achieving this low level doesn’t mean weight loss can’t occur, it does mean that the diet may not work as it should.

It is also easy to underestimate the number of carbs (and associated calories) in food.

For instance, it is not just bread, pasta, and rice that are rich in carbohydrates, but also foods like nuts, root vegetables, and fruit.

Once again, it may be useful for people unsure about the nutritional values of specific foods to track what they are eating.

There are many ways to do this, and the ‘My Fitness Pal’ app is one (of many) good options.

Key Point: It is easy to eat more carbohydrates than expected, and this can potentially stall weight loss efforts on a keto diet.

6) You’re Eating the Wrong (Non-Satiating) Foods

A ketogenic diet in itself is not inherently healthy or unhealthy, and it depends on the specific foods someone is eating.

For instance, a diet consisting of only bacon cooked in soybean oil would be “ketogenic.” I love bacon, but this would be far from healthy.

On the other hand, if we eat the right, nutrient-dense foods then not only does that support health, but it may also support weight loss.

Some interesting research has examined whether more nutritious foods have a more significant effect on satiety, and it appears they do;

  • In a randomized trial featuring obese participants, higher calcium and dairy intake increased circulating levels of peptide YY. Peptide YY is a satiety hormone that decreases appetite (18).
  • The satiety response to a meal can be modified depending on the protein, fiber, and nutrient values of the specific foods (19).

On a ketogenic diet, it is essential to consume enough nutrient-dense, whole foods such as fish, meat, nuts, vegetables, and low-sugar fruits.

Over-consuming isolated sources of fat at the expense of these nutritious foods can negatively impact satiety, which can sabotage weight loss efforts.

See this ketogenic shopping list for an in-depth list of foods.

Key Point: Not choosing nutrient-dense foods can be a major reason for not losing weight on a keto diet.

7) You’re Not Eating Enough Protein

Grilled Beef Steak With Grilled Vegetables.

While on the topic of satiety, it is important to mention dietary protein since it is the most satiating out of the three macronutrients (20).

Ensuring sufficient protein intake should decrease appetite and lower the likelihood of overeating (21).

Unfortunately, fearing protein is a typical mistake people make on ketogenic diets.

For one thing, research demonstrates that high-protein ketogenic diets can “reduce hunger and lower food intake significantly” (22).

The reason for this fear of protein is a process called gluconeogenesis (GNG).

Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic pathway that converts non-carbohydrate compounds such as amino acids (proteins) into glucose.

Since glucose is essential for the human body, gluconeogenesis is a crucial process that ensures a consistent supply, even in the absence of dietary carbohydrate. However, the issue is that some people fear too much protein will result in excessive glucose production and being “kicked out” of ketosis.

It does not work like this, though, and gluconeogenesis is a constant process – whether eating more protein or not. Furthermore, research shows that dietary protein intake contributes “very little” to the body’s glucose supply (23, 24).

Key Point: Higher protein intake on a ketogenic diet appears to have positive impacts on weight loss, and the fears about gluconeogenesis are overplayed.

8) There Is An Underlying Medical Issue

If someone attempts a genuinely well-implemented ketogenic diet alongside an overall healthy lifestyle and really should be losing weight, but can’t?

It is just a possibility, but an underlying medical issue is one potential (but rare) issue.

For instance, certain medical conditions can make weight loss difficult. These conditions include PCOS, hypothyroidism, and Cushing’s syndrome (25, 26, 27).

For any suspected medical condition, it is important to see a primary care provider at the earliest convenience.

Key Point: Some medical issues can cause weight problems. Anyone suspecting such an issue should consult a trained physician.

9) You’re Drinking Too Many Calories

Fat Rich Bulletproof Coffee With Butter and Coconut Oil.

Drinking too many calories covers several of the previous topics, namely;

  • Not consuming the right foods
  • Too many calories
  • Too much fat

For example, bulletproof coffee enjoys popularity with some ketogenic dieters, and it can potentially be an issue.

Sure, a buttery, creamy coffee may taste great, and it may even help with satiety for some people.

However, if it is a regular thing, using large amounts of butter or cream in hot drinks is likely displacing nutrient-dense food choices.

Additionally, if adding ad-lib amounts of butter or coconut oil to hot drinks, it is easy to consume an excessive amount of fat/calories without realizing.

Many people who experience weight loss stalls on a keto diet see improvements by cutting down on isolated fats.

Key Point: It is easy to drink too many calories, especially if adding large amounts of butter/oil to drinks.

10) You’re Suffering From Stress

Stress is another factor that can positively or negatively affect our overall health, and it is capable of stalling weight loss too.

During times of stress, the adrenal glands release a hormone called cortisol (28).

Cortisol is a natural hormone that has some short-term benefits, but chronic stress and excessive cortisol release can cause problems.

Notably, elevated cortisol levels increase appetite and energy intake, and they are predictive of weight gain (29, 30).

Key Point: Chronic stress is associated with numerous health issues, and it can lead to weight gain.

Final Thoughts

As shown in this article, ketogenic diets are not magical fat loss tools that automatically work for everyone.

There are right and wrong ways to do the diet, and for anyone considering keto, it is vital to research the diet thoroughly.

A well-formulated ketogenic diet can support healthy and sustainable weight loss.

For more information, see here: the effectiveness of ketogenic diets for weight loss.

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On the eve of this week’s European Council meeting, it is hard to predict how much further the eurozone might go in pursuit of economic and political union.

Back in December, Poland fought a rearguard action to ensure that it was not left out of the eurozone’s discussions. The compromise arrived at then was that where the eurozone countries were deciding on emergency action to fight the crisis, they could be left alone to do so; where the eurozone was discussing the future structure and institutional arrangements for economic governance, then those countries that were committed to joining the eurozone should be included.

This compromise was good enough to ensure that Poland would not be left out of discussions on the fiscal compact. But whether it will be good enough to keep Poland in the conversation in future depends on how far and how fast the eurozone countries go in forging a closer identity.

On the agenda

Piotr Serafin, Poland’s Europe minister, points out that Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, has promised that the proposals he put forward this week will be discussed by 27 states.

Asked whether he is worried that Poland is left out of such gatherings as the meeting in Rome last Friday (22 June) between the leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain, he responds that it is “only normal” that there are such meetings.

“On the same day, we were in Prague for a meeting of the Visegrad Four,” he points out. Which is an answer of sorts, but nobody would pretend that a meeting with the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia is going to have the same influence on this week’s European Council as the Rome meeting.

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The Government’s Bigfoot Recovery

Because of the humorous association many people have with Bigfoot, it’s
always important to deal carefully with rumors associated with the
creature lest speculation be confused with something more.  And yet it’s
always hard to dismiss a good rumor that appears substantiated by
multiple witnesses outright.  It’s with this asterisk we explore the
claim that during the eruption of Mt. St. Helens the government enacted
an initiative to recover the bodies of several wildlife creatures
including two Sasquatch.

On May 18, 1980, one of the largest
volcanic eruptions ever witnessed by the western world in the past
hundred years, Mt. St. Helens sent clouds of ash and smoke into the air
and killed millions of creatures inhabiting the areas of wilderness
nearby.  In the following weeks federal and state agencies cooperated to
make the land habitable again and move to quickly recover the bodies of
any dead creatures found within the devastated ecosystem nearby.  It
was during one of these operations that there is a very prolific legend
that two bodies were recovered in the Cowlitz River by the Army Corps of
Engineers.  Thought at first to be the remains of a large animal of
some sort, a helicopter was sent to recover the bodies.  They were
rushed away.  But the story goes that the team that originally recovered
the body said that the creatures they recovered fit the description of
the elusive sasquatch.

A similar tale seems to pick up where the
first leaves off.  It seems the pilot of the helicopter was similarly
disturbed by the contents of his net that May evening.  Among the
creatures that they carried that evening were elk, a bear, some deer,
and something else that seemed almost too unusual to believe.  The
reported sasquatch was said to be badly burned to the point of being
practically unrecognizable.  The creature was simply taken to a disposal
sight where it was burned along with the other carcasses.  And that is
where the story of the sasquatch bodies of Mt. St. Helens ends.

from local Yakima tribes did confirm that the sasquatch or “Oh-Mah” as
it was called, was seen repeatedly throughout pre-history.  There are
even stories of limited contact between the Yakima and these mysterious
creatures.  For the most part, however, it was understood that the
infamous hominid wished to be left alone, and had a reputation as being
the watcher of the woods who would care for the area as a gardener would
care for his own plants.  But was the eruption of Mt. St. Helens a
force too destructive for the Oh-Mah?  Or was this story nothing more
than a complete fabrication?  There is a third possibility.  If the
creature had been as badly burned as was rumored by witnesses, it is
possible it could have been falsely identified.  Those involved say it
was too human to possibly be just another bear or an injured deer.
Regardless, this story has clearly established itself as one of the
great tales of bigfoot lore for years and promises to continue for years


Getting the Right Stakeholder Feedback at the Right Time

Research That Works

Innovative approaches to research that informs design

A column by Michael Hawley
July 4, 2011

Consider the following scenario: You are the UX lead on a project. You’ve completed some business intelligence and foundational user research activities to inform a series of brainstorming and idea-generating sessions. Following the brainstorming, you sketched the basis for a design solution in a series of wireframes and presented the concepts to business stakeholders. You have a tight timeline on the project, but you recognize that the stakeholders need to absorb the concepts for a day or two, so they can provide appropriate comments. Following your concept presentation on a Tuesday morning, you told stakeholders to “send me feedback by end of day Thursday.” You walked out of the meeting feeling confident.

It seemed as though the stakeholders found the concepts and ideas embodied in your wireframes engaging. You were hopeful that stakeholders would provide meaningful comments on your designs—letting you know, for example, whether the designs align with business goals, there are unaddressed requirements, or there are any potential issues with the workflows or navigation.

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However, when you received their email messages Thursday night, you found little feedback. Plus, the comments you did get were about things like the size of the logo, the language you used in labeling some of the form fields, and opinions about what colors certain items should be. When you’re just at the wireframe stage, this is not the type of feedback you’re looking for! You’ve started to worry that perhaps the stakeholders did not think very critically about the design, so issues might surface later in the project. Now the project is behind schedule, and you’re stressed out. What went wrong?

The Importance of Stakeholder Feedback

In the previous scenario, everything started off right. Generating consensus and buy-in from stakeholders is a key to success for most design projects, so you were right to reach out to them. UX professionals are generally wary of stakeholder design, where stakeholders simply tell the UX lead what to put into a design. But you can avoid stakeholder design and still get healthy input from your business and development partners in the design process.

I’ve found that the feedback process works best when you have an opportunity to present your design ideas, then give stakeholders the opportunity to absorb the concepts and details inherent in your design. This may take some extra time in the project schedule, but it’s worth it to allow stakeholders to thoughtfully review the designs and potentially review them with other colleagues. Plus, setting specific deadlines is good project management and helps keep momentum on a project going.

The breakdown in this scenario occurred when the UX lead simply asked stakeholders to “send me feedback.” That simple instruction reflects many assumptions about stakeholder’s knowledge of the design process, areas of emphasis, and outstanding questions about the design. It’s a common mistake for UX designers, because they are familiar with the design process. Good designers understand how to provide a meaningful critique of creative ideas and recognize what level of feedback is important at various stages of the design process. Because stakeholders have a sense of ownership of a design, UX designers often assume stakeholders have these same skills and can think critically about important aspects of design and provide constructive feedback that would help improve a design. Sometimes this is a safe assumption, but not always.

5 Steps to Better Stakeholder Feedback

Fortunately, there are some simple steps UX leads can take to ensure that stakeholder feedback takes an appropriate direction.

  1. Set the context. In my experience, many of the reasons stakeholder feedback and comments are not helpful to designers is because their comments are not appropriate at the current stage of a design process. This is especially true at the beginning of design, when a team should focus on interaction paradigms, high-level concepts, and the overall infrastructure of a design solution. This is not necessarily the fault of the reviewer. They may not be used to looking at low-fidelity wireframes or understand when in the process the team might be able to change certain things.

You can overcome this challenge by clarifying what is the current stage of your design process and the type of feedback that is most appropriate at that stage. A simple diagram, like that shown in Figure 1, can be very helpful in explaining what is appropriate for the current stage of review and provides a preview of the types of stakeholder feedback that will be most appropriate at later phases.

Figure 1—Right focus of feedback at various stages in design process
Right focus of feedback at various stages in design process
  1. Be explicit—to a point. Giving stakeholders an open-ended instruction like “send me feedback by end of day Thursday” may seem like a good way to minimize bias in the solicitation of feedback. However, given the timeframes of projects and the various possible interpretations of these instructions, I’ve found it is most helpful to list key questions or areas that stakeholders should comment on. By asking questions or simply listing areas on which you need feedback, you can guide stakeholders to providing feedback on the highest-priority design issues that need consensus. Examples of some questions might be:
    • Will the design meet the business goals for the project? Why or why not?
    • Please comment on the order of the proposed transactional flow.
    • Are there any parts of the design that would require significantly more development resources than planned?
    • Are there any design elements that legal should review?

Don’t overwhelm stakeholders with too many questions. Three to five of your most important questions should help focus their feedback. Also, start your questions with a general question about stakeholders’ overall impression of a design. Their overall assessment of the design helps frame their responses to your other questions and gives them the opportunity to highlight their major considerations regarding your design direction.

  1. Allow, but track detailed design feedback separately. While UX designers may get frustrated when they receive feedback relating to design details like colors or line spacing early in the design process, that feedback may ultimately be valuable. Plus, it’s important to give stakeholders an outlet for documenting little design details that are important to them, so they can then move on and look at other elements of a design.

As part of the feedback process, provide a separate mechanism—in addition to your obtaining answers to your key questions—for stakeholders to provide any comments they would like to make about your design. This can be as simple as your asking an additional question such as Are there any other comments you have about the design? This gives stakeholders an outlet for providing this kind of information and effectively refocuses their attention on the primary questions of interest at the current stage of the design process.

  1. Provide general instructions and examples. One of the biggest frustrations for UX designers is when stakeholders or nondesigners prescribe solutions like “Make the circles all shades of one color” rather than describing an underlying problem—“It’s tough to see trends in the data because there are too many colors.” This is not the fault of the person giving the feedback. Often, stakeholders don’t understand the role of designers in solving design problems and are trying to help.

On the other hand, frustrations also occur when stakeholders don’t give enough feedback. They may be hesitant about being too critical—perhaps because they don’t understand the design process or simply assume a designer will recognize issues through the course of the project.

The best way to avoid these types of situations is to give stakeholders explicit instructions when asking for feedback. Your instructions should be brief and to the point, generic enough to avoid bias in relation to a particular design, and include examples where possible. Here is an example of some instructions you might provide:

    • Be honest. Don’t worry about my feelings. If you see something that ’t look quite right, better to tell me now rather than later.
    • Don’t just say something is good or bad. Tell me why. For example:
      • Not helpful: This is great!
      • Helpful: The placement of the controls next to the graphs makes it easy to understand.
      • Not helpful: It’s too busy.
      • Helpful: There are a lot of promotional areas on the page, and I am finding it hard to focus on our key message which is…
    • Describe the problem rather than the solution. There may be multiple solutions to a problem that we can work through together. For example:
      • Not helpful: Change the color to red.
      • Helpful: I am having a hard time reading the text against the background.
      • Not helpful: Move the navigation to the top.
      • Helpful: I don’t think it’s easy to know where you are in the application.
  1. Make providing feedback easy. Everyone is busy. In my experience, most stakeholders would prefer that a magical UX designer would read their minds and get everything right without taking any of their time. Although this is unrealistic in most circumstances, as UX designers, we should own the design, value stakeholders’ time, and consult and get feedback from stakeholders as efficiently as possible.

Steps 1–4 outlined some questions and instructions we should include in a request for feedback. However, your request need not be a long, drawn-out form or a multi-page document comprising instructions and lists of questions. Keep your request short and to the point, so your audience will actually read it. For your request’s format, consider using one of the following:

    • online survey—This lets you provide very explicit instructions, ask clear questions, collect feedback in a very consistent manner, and consolidate comments easily, avoiding collections of comments scattered across various email threads. One drawback is that this does take a bit of setup and may not be convenient for stakeholders.
    • feedback service—Several online tools allow interactive commenting, provide version control, and offer a central place for various stakeholders to view consolidated comments. There are a number of different tools to choose from, offering various features and functions. The article “21 Resources for Getting Design Feedback describes a number of them.
    • email—Since this is what stakeholders use most often, it’s likely the most convenient option for them. A simple, concise email message asking your key questions and providing clear instructions goes a long way toward avoiding the problems you might encounter if you simply ask stakeholders to “send me feedback by end of day Thursday.”

Efficient, effective collaboration between UX designers and stakeholders is an essential ingredient of a successful project. Stakeholders bring their unique perspectives to a project, and their feedback can help a designer understand the design problem space and develop solutions that align with business and technology objectives. But simply asking stakeholders for feedback can lead to misaligned expectations and communication problems. By being thoughtful in how you make your request for feedback and by providing simple questions and instructions, you can ensure that you identify potential risks early in the design process, minimize stress, meet your deadlines, and ultimately design a better solution.

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How do you write job roles and responsibilities?

How to use a roles and responsibilities templateWrite a job description.

Include a list of responsibilities.

Include job qualifications and requirements.

Outline who this position reports to..

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A job description or JD is a written narrative that describes the general tasks, or other related duties, and responsibilities of a position. … The analysis considers the areas of knowledge, skills and abilities needed to perform the job.

What do you write in a person specification?

What are some responsibilities?

What are the major job responsibilities?

How do you write duties on a resume?

Add a job description to the top half of the first page on your resume. … Include a suitable amount of relevant experiences. … Begin each description with essential information about the job and company. … Emphasize accomplishments over work duties. … Use action-benefit statements to describe your achievements.More items…•

How do you write a job specification?

How to Write a Job DescriptionJob Title. Make your job titles specific. … Job Summary. Open with a strong, attention-grabbing summary. … Responsibilities and Duties. Outline the core responsibilities of the position. … Qualifications and Skills. Include a list of hard and soft skills.

What do you write in a job description?

How do you write a good job description?

How do I describe my skills on a resume?

To include skills on a functional resume, create a separate skill section that lists your successes with key skills relevant to the position for which you’re applying. Any professional experience you do have should go below your skills section.

How do you write a compelling job description?

14 Secrets Behind Writing a Compelling Job DescriptionInclude an introduction. Try to accurately describe the job in a few sentences. … Highlight “must haves” … Use an impersonal tone. … Use action words. … Include employment terms. … Mention location or potential relocation. … Don’t refer to people by name. … Avoid using company jargon.More items…

What is your roles and responsibilities?

What is job specification example?

Typically, that includes the qualifications, skills and personal traits you need to be successful. … In the job specification, you’ll see things such as educational requirements, training, technical skills, experience and an personality traits they company desires for the person filling the role.

What are the 5 roles of an effective team?

What is job description and specification?

Job description: usually contains general information about the job itself, including the title, location, summary, duties, working conditions, who the person would report to, etc. Job specification: lists out the educational qualifications, training, experience, skills, and competencies, etc.


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CLL remains an incurable disease that requires innovative new approaches to improve therapeutic outcome. Honokiol is a natural product known to possess potent anti-neoplastic and anti-angiogenic properties. We examined whether Honokiol can overcome apoptotic resistance in CLL cells. Honokiol induces caspase-dependent cell death of CLL cells, characterized by an increase in Annexin V positive, propidium iodide negative cells that was blocked by the caspase inhibitor, Z-VAD-fmk. Further evidence for Honokiol-induced apoptosis of CLL cells was confirmed by an increase in caspase 3 activity and cleavage of PARP. In addition, Honokiol demonstrated an LC50 that was lower for CLL cells than for normal mononuclear cells, suggesting that CLL cells are more susceptible to the cytotoxic effects of Honokiol compared to normal hematopoietic cells. To determine whether Honokiol-induced apoptosis of CLL cells was associated with known positive therapeutic effects, we examined mcl-1 expression, a survival protein whose down-regulation is associated with response to treatment in CLL patients. Honokiol treatment of CLL cells resulted in a significant decrease in the expression of mcl-1 within 24 hours. Furthermore, CLL cells pre-treated with IL-4, a cytokine known to support CLL survival, underwent apoptosis when subsequently incubated with Honokiol, indicating that Honokiol could also overcome the pro-survival effects of IL-4. These data indicate that Honokiol is a potent inducer of apoptosis in CLL cells and should be examined for further clinical application.

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Rhyming the National Spirit: Taras Shevchenko and Ilia Chavchavadze

Metreveli, Tornike (7 May 2015). Rhyming the National Spirit: Taras Shevchenko and Ilia Chavchavadze (Unpublished). In: 39th IARCEES Annual Conference - Memories and Identities in Central and Eastern Europe. Tinity College, Dublin, Ireland. 07.05.-10.05.2015.

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The paper is a comparative inquiry into the roles of Ilia Chavchavadze (1837-1907) and Taras Shevchenko (1818-1861) as national poets and anti-colonial (anti-Tsarist) intellectuals within the context of their respective national traditions (Georgia and Ukraine). During the period of their activity (19th and the beginning of 20th century) both Ukraine and Georgia were under Tsarist imperial rule, albeit the two poets lived in different periods of Russian empire history. Through their major works, each called on their communities to ‘awaken’ and ‘revolt’ against oppression, rejected social apathy caused by Tsarist subjugation and raised awareness about the historical past of their nations. The non-acceptance of present and belief in an independent future was one of the dominant themes in the poetry and prose of both. Their contemporary importance is illustrated in political discourse both after Orange Revolution in Ukraine (2004), and Rose Revolution in Georgia (2003) where both poets are referred “as founding fathers of national ideology”, the history textbooks alluding to them as “symbols of anti-colonial resistance”.
To this day, however, there has been surprisingly little academic writing in the West endeavoring to compare the works and activities of the two poets and their impact on national mobilization in Tsarist Ukraine and Georgia, even though their countries are often mentioned in a same breath by commentators on contemporary culture and politics. The paper attempts to fill this gap and tries to understand the relationship between literature and social mobilization in 19th century Russian Empire. By reflecting on Taras Shevchenko’s and Ilia Chavchavadze’s poetry, prose and social activism, I will try to explain how in different periods of Russian imperial history, the two poets helped to develop a modern form of political belonging among their compatriots and stimulated an anti-colonial mobilization with different political outcomes.
To theorize on the role of poets and novelists in anti-colonial national movement, I will reflect on the writings of Benedict Anderson (1991), John Hutchinson (1994; 1999), Rory Finnin (2005; 2011) and problematize Miroslav Hroch’s (1996) three phase model of the development of national movements. Overall, the paper would aim to show the importance of, what John Hutchinson called, ‘cultural nationalists’ in understanding contemporary nationalist discourse in Georgian and Ukrainian societies.

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was robbed in the Wolverton area of Milton Keynes.

The incident happened around 4.10pm on Sunday (18/4), when the victim, a 16-year-old boy, was walking with his bike under the bridge from Wolverton to Bradville near to the underpass on Grafton Street.

He was pushed to the floor by someone behind him. One offender then attempted to steal the victim’s phone whilst two other people stole his bike. The offenders ran off in the direction of Randolph Lane.

The first offender is described as a white man, around 5ft 9ins tall and slim. He was wearing white jeans, a grey hooded top with the hood up, red shoes and a surgical face mask.

The other two offenders also had their hoods up and were wearing surgical face masks.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Sebastian Kuzoe, based at Milton Keynes police station, said, “I am appealing for any witnesses to this incident, or anyone who saw anyone matching the description of the offenders in the area at the time, to please get in touch.

“If you have any information please call 101 or report online quoting reference 43210163651.

“You can also report 100% anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”


Kids: July 24, 2018

Kids: July 24, 2018

Warm up:

4 Station Relay:

Set up four cones in a diamond pattern.  Divide class into four groups and line them up behind each of the four cones.  The first player in line at cones 1 and 3 start with a baton.  On “Go”, players holding the baton run and hand off to the player at the next cone before going to the end of that line.  The batons and players advance around the cones until one baton catches the other or time is called.  You can vary methods of traveling between cones (skip, bear crawl, backpedal, etc).  With a smaller group, you can divide the class in half at cones 1 and 3 and have them run past cones 2 and 4 on their way to the other side.

Skill work:

Food is Fuel: Even for Kids, it’s important to start to understand how different foods help our bodies to be healthy and strong: Foods like Carbohydrates and Fats help give our body energy.  Protein helps repair damage and build muscle.  Learning what foods are good sources for Protein, Carbohydrate, and Fat will help us make good choice about what to eat throughout the day.  To practice this, table three cones (or boxes or whatever is convenient) as each of the three macronutrient groups.  Athletes start on a line.  When the trainer calls out a food item (broccoli, fish, avocado, etc), athletes run to the place that they feel best represents the macronutrient category of that food.  Feel free to discuss briefly between rounds and remember that some foods are significant sources of more than one macronutrient group.

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Does the color of the plate influence your diet?

An investigation of the Cornell University reveals that the color of the plate influences the consumption of food, since the contrast of the food with the tonality of the dishes makes you eat less.

The researchers Brian Wansink and Koert van Ittersum they point out that the different tonality between the food and the dish, and even the tablecloth, creates an optical illusion called Delboeuf.

In the study, the cases of 70 people who attended a meeting at the University of New York were analyzed. They were given white and red plates, so that they would serve pasta with tomato (red) or Alfredo sauce (white).

Those who drank white pasta in a plate of the same color consumed 22% more product than those who had a different tone of the food.

Even the researchers mention that the same illusion is generated with the color of the tablecloth, so the contrast with the plate and food makes people serve 10% less, as explained below:

On the other hand, Wansink and van Ittersum confirm that when eating on a large plate, the portions look smaller, which increases the food intake.

So if you want to maintain a healthy weight, the researchers recommend you choose small dishes, a color that contrasts with most of your recipes.

You can also take advantage of this discovery in your favor, since to increase the consumption of vegetables you can serve them in a green dish. And you, do you eat dishes of the same color as your food?

Video Medicine: Does the Color of Your Plate Affect How Much You Eat? - The Diet Free Zone Show (May 2021).


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New use for CO2 in beverage, food sectors for CSIRO developed technology Featured

The CSIRO has developed new technology which can be used to pull cabon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere and put it into beer and other beverages.

The CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, says development of the new technology - called Airthena - comes at a time when CO2 levels in the atmosphere are increasing, and there have been shortages in industrial supplies of the gas over the past decade, impacting on fizzy beverage supply and food production.

CO2 is in global demand for purposes ranging from making fizzy beverages to food packaging and controlling the atmosphere in agricultural greenhouses.

The new technology was developed by the CSIRO in partnership with Monash University, Energy Infrastructure and Resources and H2H Energy, with the collaboration and development of Airthena supported by $725,000 from the Science and Industry Endowment Fund.

The technology draws on recent breakthroughs in advanced filtration methods to solve challenges around the water-food-energy nexus including sustainable resources, and environmental value and resilience.

Airthena captures CO2 directly from the air using tiny sponges known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and can be scaled up for commercial production.

CSIRO project lead, Aaron Thornton, said the solution had broad applications across a wide range of industries.

“It also provides a more reliable source of CO2 for use in small-scale applications ranging from beverage carbonation to controlling pH in swimming pools, and industrial cleaning.”

The CSIRO says a common method companies currently use to generate CO2 onsite relies on burning natural gas, which is subject to market price and supply fluctuations.

CO2 can also be bought from a supplier, which can involve expensive long-distance transportation and be prone to shortages.

Airthena only needs about two kilowatt-hours of electricity per kilogram of CO2, equal to around 20 cents per kilogram at minimum solar energy prices of $0.1 per kilowatt-hour at its current scale.

Jon Murphy, General Manager of Murphyfresh Hydroponics, which uses CO2 in their greenhouses to grow tomatoes and other produce, said: “We spend a lot of money on buying in carbon dioxide, so we’re eager to see a new technology that can deliver CO2 on-site, on-demand”.

Airthena is capable of capturing two tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere a year, making it suitable for small-scale applications right now, but Dr Thornton says it is scalable.

Dr Thornton said that while Airthena won’t make any immediate impact on cutting global CO2 emissions due to its scale, it will help businesses with a more reliable source of the gas for their everyday operations, while reducing their carbon footprint.

“We are now exploring options for taking Airthena to market, which include reducing the cost of the unit for small scale applications and having it tested to ensure it meets food quality standards, or working with the food production industry to scale up the technology for larger applications,” Dr Thornton said.

The CSIRO says Airthena could also be valuable for the chemicals industry which use CO2 as a feedstock for making other compounds and materials such as methanol and methane.

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NES Tetris Players Call It 'Rolling,' And They're Setting New World Records

A new way to play NES Tetris has recently been discovered, and it’s leading to new world records. The new strat involves rolling your fingers on the controller while applying pressure to the d-pad. Sounds a bit strange, but it’s already got the attention of players looking to improve their game.

A video posted by YouTuber aGamescout last week goes over “rolling,” a new way to play NES Tetris.

Before rolling, there were two ways pros played Tetris on NES to achieve records or win competitions. “DAS” is just the standard way to play Tetris, using the d-pad to move pieces left and right. But another way to play is called “hypertapping.” This involves hitting the d-pad with lots of quick presses, resulting in faster movement. While this method is effective, it took the community a long time to fully embrace it. It wasn’t until 2018, after a young player won a prestigious competition using hypertapping, that more players starting using it. Now, in 2021, its become the most popular movement technique among top pros. But hypertapping is hard to master and can quickly strain your muscles and fingers, or even cause minor hand injuries.

Enter Tetris player Cheez_Fish, who in late 2020 began experimenting with a new style of hitting the d-pad. Inspired by some other quick tapping techniques created by speedrunners and high-score players, Cheez_Fish began trying to figure out a way to roll their fingers across the d-pad in a smooth, continuous motion. This could, in theory, be faster and easier on the hands.

Eventually, in November 2020, Cheez_Fish figured out that they could roll their fingers on the back of the controller while pressing the d-pad buttons in the desired direction using a slight amount of pressure. Done properly, this allowed Cheez_Fish to move pieces in NES Tetris faster than anyone had done using hypertapping. And now, in 2021, they have set records and won tournaments using this technique.

Other players have noticed and have begun trying to learn how to roll. One player, TegaMech, created a version of rolling that used his foot to hold the controller steady.

For now rolling isn’t widely used, but as more players look to increase their skills and move up the rankings, this new method could be a big way to get better at Tetris on NES without having to potentially injure yourself in the process.

This is actually really impressive. They’re reaching speeds of up to 20 Hz, so around 1200 APM, at their peak. Maintaining precision using this technique seems incredibly finicky, but apparently it’s easier to master than hypertapping. Pretty weird to see innovations like this decades after the game’s release tbh, but this discovery makes me wonder if there are other NES games where this could be used.


10 Most Famous Paintings In The World

Some of the best known paintings in the world were created during the Renaissance, a cultural movement in Europe that spanned roughly from the 14th century to the 17th century; and was marked by renewed interest in the culture of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans. The most famous Renaissance paintings include The Creation of Adam of Michelangelo; The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli; and Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Modern Art began in France in the 1850s and later spread to other nations. The Realists portrayed, with uncompromising truth and accuracy, the people and situations of the present. Realism was followed by Impressionism, another French movement, which focused on capturing the momentary effect of a scene rather than accurately depicting it. This was followed by various innovations in the 20th century including Cubism which was characterized by the use of geometric planes and shapes. Modern Art saw unparalleled development in the art world and some of the best known paintings were produced by artists of this age. These include The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso’s Guernica, Dali’s The Persistence of Memory and The Scream by Edvard Munch. Here are the 10 most famous paintings in the world.

#10 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

English Title: The Young Ladies of Avignon

Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Artist: Pablo Picasso

Year: 1907

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) - Pablo Picasso
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) – Pablo Picasso

Originally titled Le Bordel d’Avignon (The Brothel of Avignon), this revolutionary masterpiece is considered one of the most influential paintings of 20th century as it played a key role in the development of both Cubism and Modern art. It was a radical departure from traditional European painting. Pablo Picasso used different styles to depict each figure in the painting with the head of the women pulling the curtain in upper right being the most strictly Cubist element. The painting was controversial not only for its radical style but also for its subject. It was first exhibited to the public in 1916 and its title was changed to lessen its scandalous impact. The Avignon of the work’s title is a reference to a street in Barcelona famed for its brothel. The artwork depicts five nude female prostitutes in a disconcerting confrontational manner. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is considered by many as the most important work of Pablo Picasso.

#9 The Birth of Venus

Location: Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Artist: Sandro Botticelli

Year: 1486

The Birth of Venus (1486) - Botticelli
The Birth of Venus (1486) – Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus are among the most famous paintings in the world, and icons of the Italian Renaissance. As depictions of subjects from classical mythology on a very large scale they were virtually unprecedented in Western art since classical antiquity. Of the two, the Birth of Venus is even more popular. At its center is the newly born Venus, the Greek goddess whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex and fertility. She is arriving at the shore after her birth having emerged from the sea fully-grown. She stands nude in a giant scallop shell. At the left the wind god Zephyr blows at her. At the right Hora of Spring, a minor Greek goddess, holds out a rich cloak to cover her naked body. Unlike Primavera, the Birth of Venus depicts a traditional scene from Greek mythology and it is thus not as difficult to decipher. Its enormous popularity lies in its visual appeal.

#8 Girl with a Pearl Earring

Location: Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague

Artist: Johannes Vermeer

Year: c. 1665

Girl with a Pearl Earring - Johannes Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665) – Johannes Vermeer

#7 Las Meninas

English Title: The Maids of Honour

Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid

Artist: Diego Velazquez

Year: 1656

Las Meninas by Velazquez
Las Meninas (1656) – Diego Velazquez

#6 The Persistence of Memory

Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Artist: Salvador Dali

Year: 1931

The Persistence of Memory (1931) - Salvador Dali
The Persistence of Memory (1931) – Salvador Dali

This iconic and much-reproduced painting depicts a scene with watches melting slowly on rocks and the branch of a tree; with the ocean as a back drop. Salvador Dali uses the concept of hard and soft in this painting. This concept may be illustrated in a number of ways like the human mind moving from the softness of sleep to the hardness of reality. In his masterpiece, Dali uses melting watches and rocks to represent the soft and hard aspects of the world respectively. The Persistence of Memory has been much analyzed over the years as Dali never explained his work. The melting watches have been thought to be an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time; as a symbol of mortality with the ants surrounding the watches representing decay; and as irrationality of dreams. The Persistence of Memory is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of 20th century art. It is not only the most famous painting of Salvador Dali but also the most renowned artwork of the entire Surrealism art movement.

#5 The Scream

Location: National Gallery, Oslo

Artist: Edvard Munch

Year: 1893

The Scream - Edvard Munch
The Scream (1893) – Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian artist who was involved in the influential German modern art movement Expressionism. The Expressionists aimed to express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality. The Scream is the most famous work of not only Munch but the entire movement. It shows a figure with an agonized expression against a landscape with a tumultuous orange sky. Munch created four versions of the work between 1893 and 1910. Their original title is Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature). Since the late 20th century, The Scream has been widely imitated and parodied in popular culture making it one of the best known paintings. It has appeared in advertising, films, television, etc. It was also a target of several high-profile art thefts. Two of its versions were stolen at some point but were later recovered. The Scream has been described as “an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time.”

#4 The Creation of Adam

Location: Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling, Vatican City

Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti

Year: 1512

The Creation of Adam (1512) - Michelangelo
The Creation of Adam (1512) – Michelangelo

The work done by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is a cornerstone of Renaissance art and The Creation of Adam is the most famous fresco panel of the masterpiece. The painting illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. God is depicted as an elderly white-bearded man wrapped in a swirling cloak while Adam, on the lower left, is completely nude. There has been much analysis of the painting and, among other things, it has been found that the shapes portrayed behind the figure of God are an anatomically accurate picture of the human brain; the red cloth around God has the shape of a human uterus; and the green scarf is thought to be a newly cut umbilical cord. The Creation of Adam is the best known Renaissance painting after Mona Lisa; and along with The Last Supper, it is the most replicated religious painting of all time. The image of the near-touching hands of God and Adam has become iconic of humanity and has been imitated and parodied innumerable times.

#3 The Starry Night

Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

Year: 1889

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The Starry Night (1889) – Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh, who had a struggle with mental illness, admitted himself to the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in France on 8th May 1889. Although painted during the day, this masterpiece depicts the night view outside the window of Van Gogh’s room at the asylum. The Starry Night shows the artist’s interest in astronomy and a study made by the Griffith Park Observatory demonstrated that Vincent represented the Moon, Venus, and several stars in the exact position they occupied that clear night. The painting has been much analyzed with various art historian finding different symbolic elements in it. The Starry Night is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of western art. It has been widely referenced in popular culture including in a well known song by Don McLean titled “Vincent”. It is definitely the most famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh and it is regarded as one of the greatest works in modern art.

#2 Guernica

Location: Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

Artist: Pablo Picasso

Year: 1937

Guernica (1937) - Pablo Picasso
Guernica (1937) – Pablo Picasso

Guernica is a town in northern Spain. On 26th April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Guernica was bombed by Nazi German and Fascist Italian warplanes on request of Spanish Nationalists. Picasso created this masterpiece in response to the bombing of Guernica. It brought worldwide attention to the Spanish Civil War and is considered one of the most powerful anti-war paintings in history. There have been numerous interpretations of Guernica since its creation. On the left of the canvas, a wide-eyed bull stands above a woman grieving over a dead child in her arms. The center is dominated by a horse falling in agony as if struck by a weapon. Under the horse is a dismembered soldier while towards its right is a frightened female figure which appears to have floated into the room through a window. From the right, an awe-struck woman staggers towards the center. The two dominant elements in the painting, the bull and the horse, are important characters in Spanish culture. Guernica is the most famous painting of modern art by arguably the greatest painter of all time.

#1 Mona Lisa

Location: Louvre Museum, Paris

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Year: 1517

Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa (1517) – Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci is regarded as the preeminent figure of the Italian Renaissance. His masterpiece, the Mona Lisa has been acclaimed as “the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about and the most parodied work of art in the world”. Its fame rests, in particular, on the elusive smile on the woman’s face which is why it is also known as “la Gioconda”, or the laughing one. Based on accounts from an early biographer, the painting is a picture of Lisa Gherardini, the real-life wife of a merchant. For Da Vinci, Mona Lisa was forever a work in progress, as it was his attempt at perfection. The painting was never delivered to its commissioner; he kept it with him till the end of his life. Guinness World Records lists the Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting in history. It was assessed at US$100 million on December 14, 1962, which after adjusting inflation, would be around US$790 million in 2016.

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Conceptual circulation of intangible cultural heritage in national policies and laws
Anita Vaivade (Latvian Academy of Culture)
Christian Georges Dominique Hottin (Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication)
Ülikooli 16, 102
Start time:
2 July, 2013 at 16:45 (UTC+0)
Session slots:

Short Abstract:

The panel invites to reconsider the conceptual circulation of "intangible cultural heritage" in national policies and laws, and to examine in what ways the existing heritage concepts, policies and laws, are reshaped and questioned by novel political and legal choices on intangible cultural heritage.

Long Abstract

The concept of intangible cultural heritage has been actively circulating worldwide for almost a decade since the adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is introduced in national and local policies and has become a key for new legislative initiatives, and these processes are still actively undergoing. The panel envisages to question the close and lively interconnection between the political and legal choices made and their cultural contexts, including the existing heritage concepts, policies and laws. In other words, what cultural explanations we might give for policy-making and legislative differences we observe within the domain of intangible cultural heritage, and how to valorize the existence of these differences as being culturally significant?

Even though global cultural policies conceptually overtake national and local efforts, cultural particularities and local traditions of conceptualizing cultural heritage remain significant and decisive in the way how national heritage policies and laws are being developed. In this perspective, the conceptually highlighted dichotomy of tangible and intangible cultural heritage is arousing novel policy and legal solutions. How states where cultural heritage policies are dominantly oriented towards the protection and conservation of tangible cultural heritage, are assimilating the new concept? The worldwide conceptual unification in the domain of cultural heritage causes reconsideration of existing perceptions and challenging former traditions of thinking and policy-making. Does this lead towards universal language or towards losing culturally shaped differences of conceptualizing?

Accepted papers:

Vytautas Tumenas (Lithuanian Institute of History)

Paper short abstract:

The paper analyses the adaptation of contemporary concept of intangible heritage in Lithuanian cultural policy and legislation, the specific problems of its registration and protection. Also the problems of international standardization and heritage science cooperation with ethnology are discussed.

Paper long abstract:

The paper deals with the problem of recognition and indigenization of the globally spreading concept of intangible heritage. The contemporary processes of globalization are leading to glocalisation in which, as Tim O'Riordan hopes, balance between the local and global will be found. The Lithuanian case shows the example of active attempts of particular enthusiasts of intellectuals, economists, businessmen, law makers and politicians to adopt on national levels the idea of intangible heritage and reinforce the life of traditional culture.

This presentation aims to show the ways of the adaptation of universal concept of intangible heritage in Lithuanian national cultural policy and legislation: a) the forms of recognition and legislation by authorities of this kind of heritage; b) "discovering" of new objects for a protectable heritage; c) searching for rational ways of intangible heritage protection, registration and living tradition reinforcing in the cultural policy; d) an interconnection between the intangible heritage protection and the national science and education policies.

The indigenization of intangible heritage concept at national level is mostly realized by the laws of "The Protection of Ethnic Culture" and "The National Heritage Product". Hard political discussions about the tangible and intangible heritage protection policy differences or similarities have started. The registration of intangible heritage according to UNESCO guidelines and National Heritage Product law now is in process. But the lack of international standards for intangible heritage protection and seclusion of heritage science from the complex cooperation with ethnology and folkloristics still is a big challenge for successful process.

Sven Missling (University of Goettingen)

Paper short abstract:

The paper deals with the States’ obligations in implementing the ICH-Convention into domestic heritage laws, carving out that it enlarges the State’s sovereign rights on cultural practices. It also discusses the legal requirements for implementation of an ICH-regime in a federal State system.

Paper long abstract:

The paper analyses the States' obligations in implementing the ÌCH-Convention into domestic heritage legislation from an international law perspective. Surprisingly, this shows that although the ICH-Convention has to be estimated as a milestone in international cultural law, its provisions do not only leave a large field of discretion to the States in shaping their own domestic cultural policies and the related legal framework but also give them more influence on immaterial cultural practices than before.

The paper shows that despite the fact that any nomination of an ICH heritage implies the danger of freezing a cultural practice, another side-effect of the Convention is that States' sovereign rights are enlarged to a part of cultural life by international law that traditionally had not been under States' full sovereignty.

The paper will therefore plead for a specific attentiveness and restraint of the national legislators in implementing the Convention's provisions into their domestic cultural policies and cultural heritage legislations. It will show the importance of a legal framing of the UNESCO ICH regime by other legal provisions.

Second, the paper focusses on the implementation of the ICH-Convention in Germany:

After just having handed over the instrument of ratification to UNESCO in April 2013, Germany will start the implementation process. Cultural sovereignty in Germany is located on the "Länder"-level, which means that only the federal States are can meet the regulations for the safeguarding of ICH. The paper discusses specific problems of an adequate implementation under the German federal system.

Agustí Andreu (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

Paper short abstract:

This paper analyzes how the laws of the Spanish state (1) and of the autonomous regions of the Spanish state (17) regarding cultural heritage institutionalize the ethnological and intangible heritage and also analyses the different forms of protection provided by the law.

Paper long abstract:

The analysis of the law of cultural heritage in Spain indicates that, despite the current use of diverse terms (ethnological/ethnographical/anthropological), the characteristics that the different legislators attribute to ethnological heritage revolve around three basic axes: a) the relation of ethnological heritage to popular and traditional culture, b) its connection to a given territory and identity, and c) the association between ethnological heritage and intangible heritage.

The paper also studies the Basque law on Cultural Heritage (1990), which refers to "intangible ethnographic assets" and was thus the first to introduce the concept of intangible heritage to legislation regarding the cultural heritage of the Spanish state. In Spanish law, the notion of intangible heritage has, in addition to its association with ethnological heritage, the following characteristics:

1) The law aims to guarantee the transfer of heritage from a state of intangibility to one of tangibility to ensure that this type of heritage is preserved and transmitted over time.

2) The law aims to ensure that policies concerning heritage include the concept of intangible heritage, and it creates certain specific categories of protection, generally by adapting the names of existing categories that refer to the tangible heritage. Examples of such new categories are the terms Intangible Assets of Cultural Interest (Navarra) and Intangible Asset of Local Importance (Valencia).

Paper short abstract:

L'intervention porte sur la mise en œuvre de la convention de l'UNESCO pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel en France, et plus particulièrement les difficultés culturelles de l'administration du patrimoine de ce pays à prendre en compte ce nouveau paradigme patrimonial.

Paper long abstract:

La protection du patrimoine repose en France sur une base juridique incontestable, le Code du Patrimoine, qui est le résultat de l'assemblage, au début des années 2000, des différentes législations propres à chacun des grand domaine patrimoniaux : musées, archives, monuments historiques, archéologie. Aucune place n'est actuellement faite à la notion de patrimoine culturel immatériel dans ce code, bien que la France ait adhéré en 2006 à la convention de l'UNESCO pour la sauvegarde du PCI.

Un attachement marqué au patrimoine monumental ne suffit pas à rendre compte de ce décalage entre une tradition administrative nationale et un nouvel ordre patrimonial qui s'esquisse au plan international. En effet, la France dispose, depuis le début des années 1980, d'une politique en faveur du patrimoine ethnologique, concept qui recouvre un domaine assez proche de celui de PCI. Mais cette politique est demeurée presque exclusivement tournée vers la recherche scientifique, et non vers la sauvegarde effective. Ce ne sont pas tant les objets à patrimonialiser qui posent problème, mais plutôt la manière de les traiter.

On tentera donc d'expliquer ici quels sont les principes qui sous tendent la politique du patrimoine en France et de montrer en quoi ces normes implicites sont profondément remises en cause par le mode de patrimonialisation prôné par l'UNESCO pour la sauvegarde du PCI.


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Strictly, this is true only if the pegative contribution of drag to the thrust is neglected. International Organisation for Standardisation: The range of the variation of the blade area ratio depends upon the number of blades, and is given in Table 4. Almost all the problems may be’solved without using computers. Gas turbines are mostly used in high speed ships where their low weight and volume for a given power give them a great advantage over”other types of engines.

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A new nondestructive seismic tomography system called RockVision3D TM was used to image the volume extending between Alcove #8 and Niche #3 of the Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF), Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This work was performed as part of the infiltration tests for the Enhanced Characterization of the Repository Block (ECRB). The scope and objective of this reported work were to use 2-D and 3-D velocity tomographic images to assess the structural state of the rock mass prior to infiltrating water from Alcove #8 into Niche #3. The results of the cross-borehole seismic investigation, combined with published geotechnical and geologic information on the Topopah Spring Tuff formation, identified three distinct velocity zones: (1) Upper non-lithophysal zone; (2) intermediate or transition zone, 7 m (23 ft) thick; and (3) middle non-lithophysal zone. This paper describes system components, test configurations and procedures, and data analysis and interpretation. Results, conclusions, and recommendations are also presented.

A new high-tech nondestructive tomographic imaging system called RockVision3D TM, developed by NSA Engineering, is a complete tomography package, from signal collection to CAD output display. The system has been used successfully in geological and geotechnical site investigations throughout highway, bridge, foundation, sinkhole, slope, and tunneling and mining construction industries (Hanna et al. 2000; Nell et al. 1999; Hanna et al. 1998).

This technology involves surrounding a 2-D or 3D region of interest with source and receiver boreholes, collecting seismic signal data through the plane or volume over a network of "ray paths," and reconstructing an image of the structure based on signal arrival time computations (Rock et al. 1997). Full waveform shear, or S-wave, or compressional P-wave signals are recorded using a sampling rate and duration appropriate for the signal source utilized, the rock materials anticipated, and the physical scale of the study.

Any ground condition or material property that exhibits a velocity contrast can be readily imaged. For example, areas of higher velocity generally correspond to areas of more competent or consolidated material (rock, soil, etc.) whereas areas of low velocity represent areas of less consolidated or medium-to-soft material (Westman et al. 1996; Nur 1987; Yu 1992).

The system software combines wavefront and curved ray theories to produce a 3-D attenuation or velocity tomogram of the volume or region to be imaged. In a uniform rock or other low-velocity contrast medium, the velocity and attenuation ray paths are generally straight. However, the ray paths are not normally straight, but rather bend (refract, curved ray) depending on the physical properties of the medium or the velocity contrasts between various material units (Rock et al. 1997). For example, in karstic material, the seismic energy will not pass through voids and cavities, but will bend or travel around them. If a cavity is filled with water, clay, or sand, a portion of the energy will travel through it at a different velocity and attenuation level (Hanna et al. 2000).

This paper describes the application of the RockVision3D TM system using the cross-borehole velocity method to image the zone between Alcove #8 and Niche #3 of the ESF.

The investigation was performed as part of the infiltration experiment in the ECRB. The scope and objectives of this reported work were to use 2-D and 3-D velocity tomographic images to (1) assess the structures and lithologic features within the volume extending between Alcove #8 and Niche #3; (2) provide information on the structural state of the rock mass as interred by th

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What is PageRank?

What is PageRank?

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Through the years , SEO professionals consideration for PageRank has decreased a lot. Actually, its value is no longer exported. However, even if it is no longer shared, it remains at the base of the Google search engine and probably keeps a significant importance in the ranking of web pages.

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We Hear What We Want to Hear

A team of neuroscientists of Technische Universität Dresden headed by Katharina von Kriegstein presents new findings that show that not only the cerebral cortex, but the entire auditory pathway, represents sounds according to prior expectations.

Predictive Coding

These new results open up new ways for neuroscientists studying sensory processing in humans towards the subcortical pathways. Perhaps due to the axiomatic belief that subjectivity is inherently human, and the fact that the cerebral cortex is the major point of divergence between the human and other mammal's brains, little attention has been paid before to the role that subjective beliefs could have on subcortical sensory representations.

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This research reconfirms the importance of anticipation in our brain organization, specifically in our auditory process but also generally, in our perception of the physical world around us.  Rodofo Llinás is a neuroscientist who once wrote, "the human brain is a prediction machine." The work of Dr. Llinás and others informed my decision to base the StepUp programs on the concept of anticipation, and how we get our brains to anticipate, or plan, the body movements and speech movements that fill our daily lives. As I studied this topic, I learned that we actually anticipate "what" we need to do, and "when" we need to do it. In StepUp's rhythmic exercises, we practice what to do and when to do it. This research adds to our understanding of how much anticipation can affect processing speed, which then affects memory and learning.

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