Senior Java DevOps Engineer (Testing/Linux) (QR7241) , Amsterdam

Functie: Senior Java DevOps Engineer (Testing/Linux) (QR7241)
Start: 2-1-2020, 36 uur per week
Periode: 12 mnd+
Omgeving: Amsterdam

For our client in Amsterdam we are looking for a Java DevOps Engineer with experiece in testing.

Work environment
You are an energetic DevOps Engineer with a passion for IT and a positive can-do mindset. You are a team player working as a core member of a multidisciplinary and cross-functional squad whom primary driver is the customer perspective. Close collaboration within and across the squads and with the consumer is of utmost importance for you.
You have a broad and diverse set of competencies that allow you to design, develop, test, deliver and operate applications and/or infrastructure services in the scope of your squad. When necessary, you will also contribute to applications maintenance, administering them and eventually decommissioning them.
You contribute to accomplishing the squad s mission. You do this by working on the customer journey from the backlog, using the Agile method end-to-end. You continuously strive to improve yourself and your colleagues. You always strive for delivering the best quality and future proof solutions.

You control both the design phase and the actual development and testing of applications / infrastructure services. You understand the entire stack, so that you can bring applications or infrastructure services into production, operate them and resolve incidents. This means you can contribute to completion of all activities in the backlog. The following items are vital in this:

Contribute to the new way of working
- You work together with colleagues from other areas of expertise and take initiative in expanding knowledge (both within and outside of your area of expertise) that is relevant for the Tribe in which you work.
- You use your technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demos).
- Where possible, you take on tasks/activities that contribute to the mission, even when they are not entirely within your area of expertise.

- You have an up-to-date vision regarding IT expertise and you also have functional knowledge of Banking Business domains.
- You are able to get all typical and other backlog items (user stories) from to do to done .
- You consult with the team about what is needed to fulfil the functional and non-functional requirements of the IT product to be developed.
- Write fully automated tests (e.g., unit-, functional-, non-functional- and integration testing).
- You design, build, test IT products (functional, performance, resilience and security tests) and operate in line with the customer's requirements and IT Area' set of guidelines.
- Reviewing software requirements and preparing test scenarios.
- Executing tests on software usability.
- Analysing test results on database impacts, errors or bugs, and usability.
- Preparing reports on all aspects related to the software testing carried
- Interacting with business to understand product requirements.
- Participating in design reviews and providing input on requirements, product design, and potential problems.
- You implement all mandatory security standards to ensure IT risk is and remain under control.
- You perform Life Cycle Management (including decommissioning) for IT products under management
- You ensure monitoring, logging and alerting is in place to be able to operate the application and the service without interruptions
- You contribute to incident resolution, and you solve root causes
- You apply continuous delivery practices:
* Manage all resources in version-controlled repositories (code, scripts, configurations, artefacts, static resources).
* Refactor and reuse existing code/modules/functionality.
* Build, enhance and maintain tooling and scripts to automate repetitive or error prone tasks.

Contribute to team and personal development
- You contribute to the development of your squad by actively giving and receiving feedback.
- As an experienced DevOps Engineer, you coach less experienced colleagues to help their individual development.
- You are responsible for developing your own expertise.
- You gather, update and spread knowledge about developments and challenges regarding your field and embed lessons learned and best practices.

- Bachelor s or Master's degree or equivalent by experience.
- Oracle Java Certifications (OCA Java SE 8 at least).
- Software Testing Certifications (ISTQB Foundation Level at least).
- 5-10 years of experience in development.
- Good written and spoken knowledge of English.
- You are familiar with testing, including Test-Driven Development(TDD), end-to-end testing and Test Automation.
- Deep knowledge and experience with Java, Linux and Windows
- Knowledge of Continuous Delivery using GIT/Gitlab.
- Hands on experience and knowledge of SQL/PLSQL and Oracle Database.
- Good Knowledge of SOA, REST API, Spring, JPA, EJB, Spring Boot, jQuery, Vaadin.
- Experience with Confluence, test tooling, Lifecycle Management).
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to changes in a dynamic environment.
- Strong team player skills, empowering and challenging the squad members in a constructive way.
- Experience with the following items makes us extra curious: UAC and Azure.

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Haley Coleman, ’14

Life as a PA

What did you do to prepare for PA school?

   First, there were some academic things that I needed to take care of before I could apply. I went back to school at night to take the required courses for most PA schools that I had not yet taken. I also took the GRE which most programs require. They also all have some sort of entry medical terminology test during the first few days of starting the program that you have to pass to continue on. I didn’t take a specific medical terminology course, but was given a book to study from by my specific program that I had to work through in the months before school started.

   Aside from the classroom stuff schools also require that you have patient contact hours. My specific program did not require as many hours as most programs do, and I was able to use my hours volunteering at a summer camp for kids with cancer as my hours. Most of my friends that I met in school were ER scribes, CNAs or EMTs before coming in order to obtain the hours.

   Lastly, I would say I spent a lot of my energy into writing the personal statement piece of the application simply because it holds a lot of weight. I invested a lot of time going back and forth with good proofreaders and friends who know me well and we’re able to offer extra thoughts and edits.

Describe your day-to-day life in PA school?

  During my first year of school I was in the classroom full time and all classes were mandatory attendance. This meant being in class on average from 8am-5pm with exams usually 2-3 times a week. Each day we had different classes broken up differently, but in each class we would be talking about the same overall topic (i.e. in clinical medicine we would learn cardiology pathologies, in diagnostics class we would learn about electrocardiograms). My program started in may and we took 18 credits the first semester and 25 each for the fall and spring semesters. A typical day meant waking up at 5am to study before class, going to class for the day and then coming home getting in some exercise and then studying until about 11pm.

  The second part of the program is all clinical work where we would rotate through various specialties and medical settings. Each rotation would have a comprehensive exam that was mandatory to pass for graduation. My program was set up so each clinical rotation was 4 weeks and we had 11 of them, including 3 electives. During the second year our schedule varied depending on the rotation, but we would return to school every 3 months to take the exams. Mandatory rotations for all accredited PA programs are: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Women's Health, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, Behavioral Health, and Pediatrics.

Describe your day-to-day life as a PA?

   Today I work as a PA in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. My day starts with sign-out of patient events from the person that was there overnight. Then I "pre-round" which really means just doing some data collection on each of our patients (overnight labs, vital signs, and critical events). Then we will round as a team with the attending and write our notes for each of the patients. The rest of the day is spent talking to families about care plans, doing procedures, checking in on patients and adjusting medical care as patients progress.

Is there anything that you wish you would have known before entering PA school?

   This is a tough question because I'm not sure anything quite prepares you for PA school, so I don't know what I could have known that would have made it any different. However, I do wish I had known how I studied best beforehand. The first few months are a lot of figuring out what works best for you before you fall into a routine.

Is there anything that you’d go back and do differently?

   I believe my experiences prepared me well for PA school and that everyone's various backgrounds adds to your overall education, but with that said I do wish I had more clinical experience before I went off to school. My friends who were CNAs or EMTs just had a wealth of knowledge about basic nursing and triaging skills which I had to learn. But no one was particularly ahead of the game in all fields, so if your experience differs from most of your classmates don't worry! -- we were always learning from each other as part of our education.


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Bars and clubs that play live music would be protected from noise complaints under a new government plan 3 months ago

The state's restrictive licensing laws could also be relaxed in an attempt to save Ireland's nightlife.

Music venues in Ireland could be protected by a new law designed to stop the closure of cultural venues in Dublin.

Josepha Madigan, the culture minister, told JOE that she wants to copy a UK “agent of change” law, which is designed to force developers to consider the impact of building near live music venues.

Madigan was speaking following the announcement that the Bernard Shaw pub is closing its Portobello location after 13 years, and relocating to the northside. It follows the permanent loss of a number of high profile venues in the capital, including The Tivoli, The Wright Venue and Hangar.

Earlier this year, the Bernard Shaw’s beer garden was the subject of a number of noise complaints from local residents. Land near the pub was recently sold to a property developer.

Last summer, England introduced a new planning policy which made developers responsible for noise complaints when they built housing next to live music venues. The “agent of change” principle means that the person responsible for building next to a venue that makes noise - like a bar or a club - must be responsible for managing the impact of building there.

Speaking exclusively to JOE, the culture minister said she had already spoken to Eoghan Muprhy, the housing minister, about bringing in a similar law here.

Ms Madigan said the agent of change law was “really interesting.”

“I think that was very exciting, it’s something that’s working well in the UK. There’s no reason I don’t envisage why we can’t bring in something like that here, because together with the local authorities we want to ensure that we protect our cultural spaces,” she said.

“And the artists are part of the fabric and the DNA of being Irish and we want to allow them to have the spaces, and enjoy themselves and do something a bit different on a night out.”

The arts minister had already set up two late night culture pilot schemes in Dublin and Cork. She said that those groups will also examine extending Ireland’s licensing laws, which have been blamed for damaging the country’s nightlife.

“Our licensing laws will be something that will be looked at. That’s what the pilot groups will be tasked to do,” Ms Madigan said.

On Monday night, Dublin city councillors voted to protect cultural spaces, and limit the number of hotels in the capital. Ms Madigan said the motion was “symbolic, more than anything.”

“Ultimately any sort of planning in terms of cultural spaces, it’s at the behest of the local authority,” Madigan said.

“I think the fact that there was a motion passed shows that there is a conversation happening.”

A number of campaigners trying to protect cultural spaces in Dublin have highlighted the number of hotels being built in the capital. Ms Madigan said that “there has to be a place for hotels,”  but “there could be something worked in that any commercial entity has to also encompass a cultural aspect to it.”


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Museum Of Modern Art (MoMA)
With the world’s finest collection of modern and contemporary art, MoMa dedicates itself to a fuse of creativity from the conventional to the abstract. Explore the innovative pieces just minutes away from our hotel.
Radio City Music Hall
One of the most iconic landmarks and a leading family attraction in New York City, Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in Rockefeller Center, just a few blocks from the hotel.
Carnegie Hall
The St. Regis New York allows you to experience the enchanting sounds of one of the most prestigious concert venues in the world for both classical music and popular music.  Built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, Carnegie Hall is located in Midtown NYC. The famous venue presents about 250 performances each season.
Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is the world's leading performing arts complex. Home to world class performances, Lincoln Center is renowned for its diverse and creative events. Just a short ride away from the hotel, it is an immersive and vibrant experience.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the United States, and one of the ten largest in the world, with the most significant art collections. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided among seventeen curatorial departments.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
An internationally renowned art museum and architectural icon, the Guggenheim stands as a transformative cultural center. Visitors experience distinct exhibitions, performances and some of the most refined galleries of the 20th century.
Central Park
Central Park receives approximately forty million visitors annually and is the most visited urban park in the United States. This iconic New York City attraction is 843 acres, 2.5 miles long between 59th St (Central Park South) and 110th St (Central Park North), and is 0.5 miles wide between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West. It's a wonderful destination for everyone in your family.
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Your sense of smell could be the key to helping you live longer

Well now. Your chance of dying could depend on your sense of smell. Big claim. How do we know?

Scientists from Stockholm University have followed more than 1,700 Swedes, aged between 40 and 90, for 10 years.

At the beginning of the study they were asked to identify 13 different smells.

Researchers found that a person’s chance of death was linked to how well they scored in the test.

Furthermore, each wrong answer increased their risk of dying over the study period by nearly 10%.

The results contribute to growing evidence that smell testing gives a valuable window into the health of the brain as it ages – just as the back of the eye does to a skilled doctor.

The retina is, after all, an extension of the brain, and by looking into it, a doctor can not only see the brain itself, but also the condition of the arteries.

Looking at the back of the eye is like looking through a window on the rest of the body. So it is with your sense of smell.

The receptors in your nose are the nervous extensions of the brain.

“Our results were not explained by dementia, which was previously linked to smell loss,” said Dr Jonas Olofsson, senior author of the study which was published in the Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society.

“Instead, mortality risk was uniquely predicted by smell loss.

“In our future research, we will try to pinpoint the biological processes that can explain this phenomenon.”

An intriguing study done at the University of Florida found it may be possible to diagnose Alzheimer’s by testing how close a person needs to be to a peanut to smell it.

Patients who needed the nut to be at least 6cm closer to the left nostril than to the right before they could detect its smell were all diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

A study by Harvard University also found that people with Alzheimer’s had greater difficulty identifying 10 common smells, including lemon, mint and strawberry.

Scientists believe that plaques which clog up brain cells in Alzheimer’s patients may damage the olfactory nerves where they originate in the brain, giving a hint of what’s to come.

However, if you lose your sense of smell temporarily, don’t panic as it can be caused by other conditions, such as sinusitis or a nasal polyp.

Quite often you can lose your sense of smell temporarily with a cold.


Boomer Retirement Bubble

As the economy stabilizes, many companies feel they are now back on solid footing, however, they may not be prepared for the next big bubble to burst: The Boomer #retirement bubble.

Over the next two decades, as countless experienced workers walk out the door, it is up to the companies and industries that employ them to take steps to avoid the knowledge vacuum as the best educated, most highly skilled aging #workforce in history prepares for retirement. Here are 5 steps to avoid the knowledge vacuum, and protect your company when your most skilled workers move on to the next stage of their lives.

1. Identify Key #Leadership Positions

This can be done by going over major roles in the company, determining their vacancy risk, as well as their responsibilities, functions, authority, and how those play into the greater operation of the company. For example, if you have a manager approaching retirement age, determine a timeline of her departure, what her tasks and responsibilities are, and which employees report to her for what tasks.

2. Identify the Skills within the Key Leadership Roles

Once you determine whose roles are key leadership roles, determine what skills, education, and experience is required to manage each position successfully. You can collect this information and file it for later use, but make sure to update it as needed. #humanresources

3. Assess Your Current #Employees

At this stage, it is important for the department or company to determine who, if any current employees could successfully assume the roles that are a vacancy risk. It is a good idea to think as far ahead as three to five years before the vacancy of the leadership position if possible. This allows the employee who may fill that role time to prepare and transition more seamlessly. #HR

4. Develop and Implement Career Development Strategies

Create opportunities for your employees to develop different skills within the company, and determine what career paths they would like to pursue and what options are available to them. If you have annual performance reviews, this may be an excellent time to discuss these options with them. Encouraging your employees to learn and grow, and making them aware they can advance in the company will create more prepared, able workers for when others retire. #business

5. Monitor and Evaluate Strategies

Monitor how the implemented strategies assist in closing the high priority talent gap. Succession planning is a difficult task, and your plan may require some fine tuning depending on the roles that become available. However, if you remain flexible, and plan well, replacing your key employees should go smoothly, and with minimal impact to your company. #successionplanning


In Wake of FCC Vote, SIIA Calls for Legislative Solution for Enforceable Net Neutrality Rules

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted yesterday to repeal the Obama Administration’s net neutrality regulations, also known as the “Open Internet Order.”  That order, adopted by the FCC in 2015, reclassified broadband internet access providers as communication service providers for regulation under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, providing the FCC broad authority to regulate “common carriers” and created explicit prohibitions on broadband providers to block or throttle sites or apps or offer paid prioritization of any Internet content.

The new rules put in place by the FCC, officially referred to as the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order,” have been touted as “light touch” regulation by Chairman Ajit Pai, whereby broadband providers will still be required to adhere to transparency requirements regarding their treatment of content, which will be regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  Earlier this week, the FCC and FTC unveiled a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) allocating regulatory authority under the new rule, outlining the FTC’s duties to regulate broadband provider practices under their FTC Act Section 5 authority to regulate unfair and deceptive practices, and to police anti-competitive practices.  Under the MOU, the FTC and FCC have identified the following guidelines:

  • Should an ISP fail to make the required disclosures—either in whole or in part—the FCC will take enforcement action.
  • The FTC will investigate and take enforcement action as appropriate against ISPs concerning the accuracy of those disclosures, as well as other deceptive or unfair acts or practices involving their broadband services.
  • The FCC and the FTC will broadly share legal and technical expertise, including the secure sharing of informal complaints regarding the subject matter of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order. The two agencies also will collaborate on consumer and industry outreach and education.

SIIA submitted comments on the initial proposal in August, urging the FCC to maintain strict prohibitions of content throttling and blocking, and a system for the FCC to effectively police anticompetitive practices by broadband service providers.  Yesterday, in the wake of the Commission’s vote, SIIA released a statement calling for a legislative solution to achieve these goals.  As a practical matter, given the likelihood of this issue remaining a political football at future FCCs, as well as the imprecise nature of Title II regulation of broadband service providers, this is an issue where Congressional action is necessary to create a more modern regulatory framework.  Several bills have already been introduced, and more will be in the weeks ahead.  However, the deep partisan divide in Congress and the upcoming election year will make for a difficult road in 2018.

Going forward, it is not likely there will be any significant changes to broadband internet access service in the near future.  Like previous FCC net neutrality rules, this order is widely expected to generate lengthy legal proceedings, as advocacy groups and NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have vowed to file suit in the days ahead.  Additionally, states such as California and Washington have vowed to pursue legislation that will at least maintain substantial public focus on this issue.  Therefore, broadband providers are likely to be cautious about making significant changes immediately following approval of the new framework.  That said, SIIA agrees with many critics that the new framework is likely to fall short of creating internet policy framework that ensures providers of innovative content are not disadvantaged in the marketplace.  In 2018, we will closely assess legislative and other opportunities to achieve our goal of ensuring effective, enforceable net neutrality rules that will protect competition on the internet.


 Top Machine Learning Framework: 5 Machine Learning Frameworks of 2019

Best Machine Learning Frameworks: 5 Machine Learning Frameworks of 2020

machine learning framework

Machine Learning (ML) is one of the fastest-growing technologies today. ML has a lot of frameworks to build a successful app, and so as a developer, you might be getting confused about using the right framework. Herein we have curated top 5 machine learning frameworks that are cutting edge technology in your hands.

Through the machine learning frameworks, mobile phones and tablets are getting powerful enough to run the software that can learn and react in real-time. It is a complex discipline. But the implementation of ML models is far less daunting and difficult than it used to be. Now, it automatically improves the performance with the pace of time, interactions, and experiences, and the most important acquisition of useful data pertaining to the tasks allocated.

As we know that ML is considered as a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The scientific study of statistical models and algorithms help a computing system to accomplish designated tasks efficiently. Now, as a mobile app developer, when you are planning to choose machine learning frameworks you must keep the following things in mind.

  • The framework should be performance-oriented
  • The grasping and coding should be quick
  • It allows to distribute the computational process, the framework must have parallelization
  • It should consist of a facility to create models and provide a developer-friendly tool

Let’s learn about the top five machine learning frameworks to make the right choice for your next ML application development project. Before we dive deeper into these mentioned frameworks, know the different types of ML frameworks that are available on the web. Here are some ML frameworks:

  • Mathematical oriented
  • Neural networks-based
  • Linear algebra tools
  • Statistical tools

Now, let’s have an insight into ML frameworks that will help you in selecting the right framework for your ML application.

Don’t Miss Out on These 5 Machine Learning Frameworks of 2020

#1 TensorFlow

TensorFlow is an open-source software library for data-based programming across multiple tasks. The framework is based on computational graphs which is essentially a network of codes. Each node represents a mathematical operation that runs some function as simple or as complex as multivariate analysis. This framework is said to be best among all the ML libraries as it supports regressions, classifications, and neural networks like complicated tasks and algorithms.

machine learning frameworks

This machine learning library demands additional efforts while learning TensorFlow Python framework. Your job becomes easy in the n-dimensional array of the framework when you have grasped the Python frameworks and libraries.

The benefits of this framework are flexibility. TensorFlow allows non-automatic migration to newer versions. It runs on the GPU, CPU, servers, desktops, and mobile devices. It provides auto differentiation and performance. There are a few goliaths like Airbus, Twitter, IBM, who have innovatively used the TensorFlow frameworks.

#2 FireBase ML Kit

Firebase machine learning framework is a library that allows effortless, minimal code, with highly accurate, pre-trained deep models. We at Space-O Technologies use this machine learning technology for image classification and object detection. The Firebase framework offers models both locally and on the Google Cloud.

machine learning frameworks

This is one of our ML tutorials to make you understand the Firebase frameworks. First of all, we collected photos of empty glass, half watered glass, full watered glass, and targeted into the machine learning algorithms. This helped the machine to search and analyze according to the nature, behavior, and patterns of the object placed in front of it.

  • The first photo that we targeted through machine learning algorithms was to recognize an empty glass. Thus, the app did its analysis and search for the correct answer, we provided it with certain empty glass images prior to the experiment.
  • The other photo that we targeted was a half water glass. The core of the machine learning app is to assemble data and to manage it as per its analysis. It was able to recognize the image accurately because of the little bits and pieces of the glass given to it beforehand.
  • The last one is a full glass recognition image.

Note: For correct recognition, there has to be 1 label that carries at least 100 images of a particular object.

#3 CAFFE (Convolutional Architecture for Fast Feature Embedding)

CAFFE framework is the fastest way to apply deep neural networks. It is the best machine learning framework known for its model-Zoo a pre-trained ML model that is capable of performing a great variety of tasks. Image classification, machine vision, recommender system are some of the tasks performed easily through this ML library.

machine learning frameworks

This framework is majorly written in CPP. It can run on multiple hardware and can switch between CPU and GPU with the use of a single flag. It has systematically organized the structure of Mat lab and python interface.

Now, if you have to make a machine learning app development, then it is mainly used in academic research projects and to design startups prototypes. It is the aptest machine learning technology for research experiments and industry deployment. At a time this framework can manage 60 million pictures every day with a solitary Nvidia K40 GPU.

#4 Apache Spark

The Apache Spark machine learning is a cluster-computing framework written in different languages like Java, Scala, R, and Python. Spark’s machine learning library, MLlib is considered as foundational for the Spark’s success. Building MLlib on top of Spark makes it possible to tackle the distinct needs of a single tool instead of many disjointed ones.

machine learning frameworks

The advantages of such ML library lower learning curves, less complex development and production environments, which ultimately results in a shorter time to deliver high-performing models. The key benefit of MLlib is that it allows data scientists to solve multiple data problems in addition to their machine learning problems.

It can easily solve graph computations (via GraphX), streaming (real-time calculations), and real-time interactive query processing with Spark SQL and DataFrames. The data professionals can focus on solving the data problems instead of learning and maintaining a different tool for each scenario.

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Scikit-learn is said to be one of the greatest feats of Python community. This machine learning framework efficiently handles data mining and supports multiple practical tasks. It is built on foundations like SciPy, Numpy, and matplotlib. This framework is known for supervised & unsupervised learning algorithms as well as cross-validation. The Scikit learn is largely written in Python with some core algorithms in Cython to achieve performance.

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The machine learning framework can work on multiple tasks without compromising on speed. There are some remarkable machine learning apps using this framework like Spotify, Evernote, AWeber, Inria.

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Kundalini Yoga

The word Kundalini means spiral of hair and later came to be known as the coiled serpent of potential energy and consciousness which lies at the base of the spine and can be awoken by various practices, moving and sounding like a serpent as it arises; one of the earliest methods being to wind the hair into a knot at the top of the head. This knot then acts as an amplifier and transformer between the finite/personal life and the infinite/impersonal.

Yoga means union and in addition to the temporary union between the mind, body and soul while in this worldly existence there is also the possibility of an eternal union between the differentiated small soul/self as it expands towards the undifferentiated and the large soul/self as it individualises or diversifies itself. Note: To even contemplate union is already to admit of separation. Yoga is a way of healing the separation through various stages.

The structure and processes of the body/mind is our most potent tools for accomplishing this union as well as the most likely hindrance. The stages of the Kundalini journey have been visualised as seven chakras - energy wheels, or gates through which the conscious must pass; individual consciousness rising up while universal consciousness descends.

Most of our states of consciousness could be thought of as postures - some static and some dynamic - each of which effect our breathing and mind patterns. By changing our body posture, breath rhythm and thought vibration we can change our state.

Awakening the Kundalini is no big deal since for life to exist in us it must already be active, though relatively unconscious. Moments of deeper awakening do happen in life but we do not always know what contributed to this awakening nor how to sustain it. Kundalini Yoga developed as a systematic method of expanding consciousness and maintaining the new awareness.

Kundalini is related to primal consciousness and is only dangerous if ignored, when it becomes misguided intent; like truth, weeds, sexuality, bacteria, etc. all cause trouble if ignored. The chanting of mantra is one of the important ways in which the stimulation and raising of the energy from the dreamy subconscious realms can be harmoniously regulated, channeled and appropriately transformed.

Kundalini refers to an impulse and an energy which has both personal and collective dimensions; it is enduring and can offer us guidance from within - it is our inner guru. Ritual is one of the ways that Kundalini has been awoken and with its sacred quality, ritual offers a respect to an energy that is thought to be very powerful and somewhat unknown.

The ritual of Kundalini Yoga, is very simple and includes the chanting of several mantras at the beginning and end of the session. The standard format of the session is about 40 minutes of exercises incorporating breathing, 15 minutes of deep relaxation and 5 minutes of meditation. Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, is a comprehensive system and so some classes include discussions about life and spiritual philosophy.

Yogi Bhajan, is the director of the 3HO organisation and the master of Kundalini Yoga and ‘Humanology’ (conscious living) which he has been teaching in the west since 1969.


Starting Restorative Justice Circles by engaging values as guidelines.

The basic foundation of positive relationships is to live in your best sense of relationship values.  I use the word “sense” because I think this is a way to understand the spiritual sense of who we are as people.  I believe we are all spiritual, emotional, mental and physical.  By understanding our relationship to ourselves and others based on these four aspects of ourselves, we grow.

My way of setting up Circles includes engaging people with values immediately.  I get people arranged in Circle, and explain what Restorative Justice is, what constitutes a Circle (values, talking piece, open, close, confidentiality, taking turns, equality).  The first thing after the selected reading is to ask people to join in creating our Center.

I use a capital on Center, because the Center of a Circle, represents to me, being Centered in a good way.  To operate with our focus on the collective instead of the individual.  I say “this is a time to put WE ahead of ME”.

The first step is to ask people to think of someone they are close to.  This starts building our sense of community.  As our brains bring up a memory of a family member or spouse, good feelings tend to wash over us.  Flooding our brains with positive hormones (the physical aspects of you we are).  I ask people to then select an important aspect of that relationship.

This usually has people confused.  We seldom express or talk about these aspects to our relationships.  Values are our inner beliefs and ways of relating to others.  We are often doing our values, but not expressly saying “this is me being _(value)_.  I tend to repeat the directions, I try to get people to focus on a specific relationship rather than just a vague expression of what is important.

By focusing on a specific person, when we share the values we can share a specific example and demonstrate what our values look like in action.

The values are then placed in the Center, to create what the process will center around.

I explain that if these are good values for our relationships outside of Circle, that we could bring them into this Circle.

Depending on the sense I have of the emotional climate, or if I am waiting for people I might share a story or example.  I point out that from middle school to prison, people express the same types of things being important (respect, honesty, love).

The very next round is the first pass with the talking piece, and we share what we have put on the plates and place them in the Center.  The next round is to ask people for a committment to honor these.  Consensus is brought in, as we all agree or acknowledge that we will try to live by the values in the Center.

I like doing it this way, asking people to think of those close to them, identifying the most important aspect.  Acknowledging how our relationships contribute to us happens when people share what and why they put the value on the plate.  It also saves time, if that is a concern.  I have been in other Circles where the facilitator(s) had us identify other ‘guidelines’, and those are placed on the wall outside of the Circle.  My experience our values in the Center, help enough to be grounded and let people express themselves with honesty, respect and others in the Center.

If the Circle needs it, clarifying behaviors/guidelines could also happen.  The questions I specifically use:

1.) think of someone you are close to.

2.) now consider what is the most important aspect to that relationship.  What one thing makes it special?

3.) write that on the paper plate, not the person, but the word that is most important.


Helping out

So, as mentioned last week, I decided to go to Ohio for the election this year. And, despite the national result, I’m glad I went.

Brian and I ended up spending our time in Ohio helping out the local Oberlin effort, Oberlin Votes!, run by Rob’s friend Ken. Oberlin Votes! aimed “to identify every individual who is eligible to vote in November and motivate them to register and vote in the upcoming Presidential election.” They started back in March canvassing the campus and the town, and managed to register over 2000 new voters in a town of 8000. They did so well that the local Republican party chairman accused them of voter fraud. But the job wasn’t done just getting them registered. We also had to get them to vote.

In the last couple days before the election, I helped out with pulling the databases together. We wanted to crossreference the records of Oberlin Votes! with the Board of Elections database so that we could identify any discrepancies ahead of time and warn people if the BoE had the wrong address or something. We also generated walk lists, organized by address, of voters so that volunteers could knock on doors, remind people to vote, and ask them to commit to voting by a certain time. Ken’s theory was that by making people commit to a time, it makes them more likely to keep that appointment. Plus, if they voted early, that would free up the polls for us to send people later in the day as we found people that hadn’t voted.

Rob did a huge amount of work crafting a tool to send out email to everybody in the database of Oberlin Votes!, giving them their address as listed in the Board of Elections, their precinct and their polling place. It was much appreciated by many students, because it had all of the relevant information in one place. In fact, we didn’t get even a single complaint of spam, despite sending out close to 2000 emails.

Brian wrote up the press release countering the accusations of fraud. He did a great job, especially in tracking down some former Oberlin students who were still on the electoral rolls and getting some good quotes from them. We unfortunately got the press release out too late for it to get any play in the media, but we wanted to make sure it got out before election day. Given the widespread allegations of voter fraud that were being lodged by Republicans at several levels, we believed that the Republicans were setting the stage for their appeal if they lost Ohio, and we wanted to make sure we had our defense in place before it started. It turned out not to matter, but we felt we had to try.

Then it came down to election day itself. On Monday night, Ken and I stayed up until 2am getting the final lists together, and figuring out how we were going to enter data the next day. The polling places release a list at 11am and 4pm of everybody who has voted by those times. We put together a tool that would let us enter that voting data quickly, and then generate a list of non-voters by address so that we could go send volunteers to knock on their doors and/or call them.

Then it was time for election day itself.


Knee replacement alternatives

One of the amputating surgeries in the field of medicine is a knee replacement. It involves removing the knee joint and replacing it with a modified prosthesis. However, several modifications of this surgery have been introduced into the high-powered world of surgery, including several alternatives for knee replacement. In this article, we are going to

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Phase I/II Study of Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Intravenous Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Chronic Stroke Michael L. Levy, MD, PhD; John R. Crawford, MD; Nabil Dib, MD; Lev Verkh, PhD; Nikolai Tankovich, MD, PhD; Steven C. Cramer, MD   Background and Purpose—Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability. Limited treatment options exist

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The FDA Vs Stem Cell Treatments In The US Stem cell therapy has become a popular type of treatment for a number of conditions, including to assist in the regeneration of injured tissue or diseases cells in the human body. This therapy is classified as regenerative medicine. Several advancements have already been made in this

One major aims of regenerative medicine is to replace lost tissue with new cellular material or to improve the regeneration of damaged, malfunctioning, diseases tissue and organs using stem cell transplantation. In view of this,  the discovery of Extracellular vesicles (EVs) in the twentieth century have being considered as significant factors in inflammation and immune

Over the last decade, cellular therapy has developed quickly at the level of in vitro and in vivo preclinical research and in clinical trials. Thus, one of the types of adult stem cells that have provided a great amount of interest in the field of regenerative medicine due to their unique biological properties is Mesenchymal

As physicians, we are constantly dealing with sports injuries. While they are typically not seen as life-threatening with high chances of recovery, they could potentially cause further problems down the line for the patient. Sports injuries can also take months to heal and getting patients back on their feet can take a lot of time,


Given the time and resources that can be spent on KE related activities, it is important to establish how effective they have been in helping you meet your original goals.

Evaluation can be formal or informal and can include ongoing elements as well as end of activities reflections and assessments. Ensuring resources (staff time and specialist input from evaluators for example) are in place to evaluate how KE activities have influenced other researchers, contacts and stakeholders is essential.

It is important and helpful to keep records of any activities associated with research impact at all stages of the research process. This helps maintain networks with potential stakeholders and, eventually, ease the process evaluating research impact. Updating your grant award record in Researchfish regularly will help with this process.

Reviewing the impact of your KE activities as part of a mid term assessment of your research's progress is advised. Involving other researchers and those people who were the intended beneficiaries of your KE activities can help you continue with the activities you have planned, to adjust them or to replace them with activities that could be more effective.

Making arrangements for information about your research to be available after you have completed it will be helpful for non academic stakeholders who may approach some years after the original work was completed. The Research Councils place summaries of all the research we fund on the Gateway to Research website. ESRC impact acceleration accounts can support the application and use of previously funded research.


Zależność składu głazowego od frakcji w osadach glacjalnych zlodowacenia południowopolskiego

Józef Dudziak

Dependence of rock composition on the grain fraction in glacial deposits

Percentage of erratics coming from eastern and western Fennoscandinavia was studied in the deposits of South-Polish glaciation. In the east-Fennoscandinavian group the following rocks were taken into account: post-orogenic granites, transitional rocks between post-orogenic granites and porphyries, granite-porphyry, Aland quartz-porphyry and red Baltic porphyry. From west-Fennoscandinavian rocks were considered: Upsala, Sala, Stockholm and Siljan granites, porphyry from the area of Dalarna and brown Baltic porphyry, granites and porphyries from southern Sweden. Proportions between the rocks coming from eastern and western Fennoscandinavia are as follows: from 10:1 to 12:1 for the fraction 0 .6 — 1 cm; 7:3 for the fraction 1—2 cm; 2:1 for the fraction 2— 6 and 6—10 cm; 9:1 for the fraction coarser than 10 cm. The fractions finer than 1 cm and above 1 0 cm are not suitable for a characterization of the rock composition of moraines in the deposits of South-Polish glaciation. Their composition should be examined in any fraction in the size interval 1— 10 cm. Since crystalline erratics are rare in moraine deposits under study, it is most advantageous for statistical purposes to take into consideration the whole size interval 1—1 0 . Weathering of the deposits from which the material for determinations has been derived does not affect the quantitative proportions between the rocks from eastern and western Fennoscandinavia in the size intervals 2—6 and 6—10 cm. In the size interval 1—2 cm the effect of weathering is slight, whereas in the fraction 0.6 — 1 cm it becomes conspicuous.

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All about Emotions

Published on December 20, 2019

Emotions are expressed through feelings, using language, learning to calm oneself and to treat others with kindness and empathy. Preschoolers learn about these emotions at school and at home. They are often over-excited and give extreme reactions to these emotions such as tantrums, yelling, hitting, biting which sometimes can cause great frustration for parents and caretakers.

Children learn emotional habits in several ways and express their feelings. They learn both at school and at home when they are interacting with their family and friends. They try to pick up these things very quickly and naturally by watching how others respond to various situations and by mimicking their behavior.

Here are a few ways to help the child to identify/recognize their emotions:

Identify different Emotions:

Children should be taught to identify different emotions which they experience at home or school. Let the child know that feeling different emotions is as quiet as normal. By letting them know about various emotions and giving them the vocabulary needed to describe how they are feeling, they can express them more productively.

Help them to recognize their Body Language and Facial Expressions:

Children need to be taught how to identify their own emotions, through their facial expressions and body language and also of others. We can do this is by making them learn to pay attention to their own body signals, such as queasy when nervous, or tight shoulders and balled fists when they are angry. When they recognize it in themselves, they can easily pick up facial expressions and body language of others and learn to react accordingly.

Showing them the Emotions Chart:

We can provide a visual reference for children to use and encourage them to recognize and identify how they are feeling. They simply identify the emotion on the chart and that shows how they are feeling.

Through Fun way:

Emotions can be introduced and taught in a fun way by playing a game with children, by using the emotions chart, matching the emotions or emoji cards, etc. This helps the child to identify their feelings or emotions.

Try to connect their Experiences with Emotions:

Children learn to accept their emotional state when they realize that it is normal to feel the way they are. As parents, we can provide them opportunities to identify their feelings in a correct way. This helps the child to connect with their emotions in the classroom.

Hence, learning to get through these emotions helps the child to succeed not just in childhood but also in adulthood. These playful activities can be a perfect way for engaging young children with recognizing, thinking and talking about emotions. That’s the reason why emotions for kids are very important!

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When the researchers sequenced the FOXP2 gene in the KE family, they found a heterozygous point mutation shared by all the affected individuals, but not in unaffected members of the family and other people. This page was last edited on 19 Decemberat Reports the spatial and temporal expression pattern For examples, the impairments include difficulties in comprehension.

This circuitry enables the motor cortex learning male but not in the comparable region of the non-song-learning female. By considered to provide initial hypotheses. This would allow investigators to development could be combined with the structural res- determine the role of FOXP2 in the development of olution of MRI to provide a more comprehensive picture neural circuits on a region-by-region basis.

Language Disorders Search for additional papers on this topic. FOXP2 and the neuroanatomy of speech and language. A forkhead-domain gene is mutated in a and language disorder.

FOXP2 and the neuroanatomy of speech and language

Indeed, it has been estimated that the spread was completed within the past ,—, years42,43, close to the time that anatomically modern humans appeared. For mouse at all ages21, VERBAL DYSPRAXIA Speech and language disorders have long been known Behavioural phenotype An impaired ability to perform to run in families, and the mutation of one or more The KE family first came to the attention of the scientific the coordinated movements that genes has therefore been thought to be a likely cause in community in with the publication of a report are required for speech.

All three areas — FOXP2 mutation are correct. This method can also be used to correlate indicated that, compared with the foxp family behavioural or thw variables with regional th or members, the affected members had significantly less white matter density.

Accelerated protein key players in development and metabolism. Retrieved 30 October Evidence for specific motor programming deficit in developmental verbal dyspraxia but not in SLI.

FOXP2 and the neuroanatomy of speech and language.

This overactivation might reflect BAC. FOXP2 also has possible implications in the development of bat echolocation. However, the verbal all body musculature or only parts of it, but the KE dyspraxia itself needs to be examined further using such languagge gene mutation clearly impairs the function of the methods as electropalatography — a system for record- orofacial musculature, particularly for movement ing tongue—palate contact during speech — to identify sequences.

Remember me on this computer. A mutation at the corresponding residue, RH, in FOXC1 has Functional neuroimaging studies have also been severe consequences for protein function in vitro Mutations in one copy result in reduced speech while abnormalities in both copies cause major brain and lung developmental issues.

Hence, the transcriptional repressor functions of FOXP1, 2 and 4 might depend on synergistic mole- cular functions. Moreover, a mutation elsewhere in the found abnormally low levels of grey matter in the infe- FOXP2 sequence was found in members of the KE family.

A reduction in dopamine levels and changes in the morphology of certain nerve cells are also observed. Nevertheless, several of the regions that Of particular interest is the expression of FoxP2 in the avian song circuit. The proposed model differs, in this respect, from a model for skilled sequential movements of the limbs.

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This is one of the few known examples of Mendelian monogenic inheritance for a disorder affecting speech and language skills, which typically have a complex basis involving multiple genetic risk factors. For this reason, three- so-called spin-lattice relaxation neuroantaomy rapid orofacial movements. Russell J FerlandTimothy J.

Ikuko TeramitsuLili C. This to be modulated and controlled by other frontal cortical finding indicates that FoxP1 could also be crucial for human speech.

It was also proposed occipital regions. Just as it is unclear why mutation of FOXP2 in the Languqge 2 FOXP2 in songbirds KE family affects the development and maintenance of brain tissue but not, apparently, that of other tissues in Songbirds, like humans, learn vocalizations through imitation, raising the question of which it is expressed, so is it unclear why the KE muta- whether there are any similarities between the different versions of FOXP2 in such widely divergent species.

The initial of events through which a o mutation in the related genes, the FOX genes. This binding is structure also showed functional abnormalities in a putative frontostriatal and frontocerebellar networks performed by a special protein related positron emission tomography PET study7. The authors declare no competing financial interests. Moreover, different human populations show essentially no variations in amino acid sequence, indicating that the present FOXP2 sequence is fixed in modern humans.

From This Paper Figures, tables, and topics from this paper. Because of this, FOXP2 has been dubbed the “language gene”. Detecting bilateral abnormalities with Oral dyspraxia in inherited speech and language — Reproduced, with permission, from REF. People with this mutation also experience symptoms not related to language not surprisingly, as FOXP2 is known to affect development in other parts of the body as well.

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Neural phenotype who discovered the relationship. Together, these approaches can with the formation of one word vowel combinations Tanji for valuable advice regarding and act as transcriptional repressors.


Bishops call on Gov. Abbott to veto SB 4

“Anti-sanctuary cities” law will have negative impact on Texans

AUSTIN — The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops has issued the following statement, calling for Governor Greg Abbott to veto Senate Bill 4:

The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops is disappointed with the 85th Texas Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 4.  As passed, the bill does not help peace officers build trust with the migrant community. Therefore, we call on Governor Abbott to veto the bill.  We understand the Governor’s original goal was to ensure local sheriffs and police did not undermine the immigration laws enforced by the federal government.  The bill exceeds this goal, because it also allows local peace officers to inquire into the legal status of people who are detained, rather than just those who are arrested. With such a law, people who have done nothing to merit arrest or citation can be asked for their legal status.  The bill will decrease trust from our immigrant community in our law enforcement officers.

Our clergy, religious brothers and sisters, and laity have a long history of involvement in serving migrants. Our ministry compels us to speak out on the issue of immigration reform, which is a moral issue that impacts human rights. We continue to advocate for more just and comprehensive immigration laws, which include reunification of families and creating more just pathways to citizenship. Enforcement measures should have the goal of targeting dangerous criminals for incarceration and deportation. SB 4 does not meet these standards.

We ask Texans to join us in praying for our leaders, peace officers, migrants, and citizens. May we give thanks for the good laws of our state, and tirelessly work to ensure that our laws always protect each of our God-given rights.


Why Sleeping in a Colder Room is Good for You?

Sleeping in a Colder Room

The temperature of our surroundings can have a profound effect on our health and our quality of sleep. Some studies have shown our sleep to be calmer in colder temperatures, while others have suggested it can even be beneficial for preventing disease, and also delaying the aging process by affecting the body’s metabolism.

Falling Asleep Faster

One of the most well-studied benefits of sleeping in colder temperatures is that it helps us fall asleep faster. This comes down to the fact that our bodies naturally lower their temperature when getting ready to fall asleep. This means that lower ambient temperatures signal to the brain that it is time to rest. In contrast to this, warmer temperatures will block this signal and will keep you awake for longer.

Leads to Improved Sleep Quality

It’s no coincidence that most people are covered in sweat when waking up at night - one way to prevent this is by lowering the temperature of the room you sleep in. Colder ambient temperatures also have the potential to improve your quality of sleep. Several scientific studies have shown that people who slept in colder temperatures spent more time in deep-sleep, and woke up less at night than people who slept in slightly warmer temperatures.

Colder temperatures have also been found to stimulate the production of the hormone melatonin, which encourages sleep. Sleeping in lower temperatures can, therefore, be an effective approach to treating insomnia.

Sleep is essential for both to keep our mind, as well as our bodies young. As mentioned before, sleeping in colder temperatures stimulates the production of the hormone melatonin in our body. Besides improving our sleep quality, it has also been shown to have anti-aging properties.

Increased levels of melatonin have also been linked with improvements in mood and general wellbeing, as well as the storage of so-called “beige fat” which causes the body to burn additional calories and helps to prevent metabolic diseases in the long run.

How to Cool Down Your Room?

There are several effective ways to cool down your room and improve the quality of your sleep. Sleeping naked is the most obvious of these, and will lead to lower body temperature when sleeping. Opening the window and allowing fresh air into your room is also essential. Air circulation is crucial, and therefore having a fan in your bedroom can also help bring the air temperature down.

Memory foam mattresses may be comfortable, but have the unfortunate property that they trap a lot of heat, which can make them uncomfortable, particularly during the summer months. Cooling gel bed toppers have a cooling effect on your bed and can help keep it cold even during the summer.

On that note, investing in good cooling sheets can also be beneficial. Avoiding synthetic materials that trap heat, such as polyester, will also help keep your bed cool.

Bed Cooling Systems

The most effective method though is investing in an all-encompassing bed-cooling system. Although there are many different ones on the market, the chiliPAD Sleep System is particularly effective and high in-demand. This popular gadget to cool down your bed is available by Chili Technology and will guarantee you a calm and good night’s sleep!

Optimum Sleeping Temperatures

Several scientific studies have investigated the effect of temperature on our ability to fall asleep, as well as our sleep quality. These studies revealed that our optimal sleeping temperature is between 15.5 and 19.5 degrees Celsius (60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit).

During our natural sleep cycle, physiological changes begin to occur, which cause us to feel tired. Among these changes is the release of a variety of hormones, as well as small decreases in core body temperature.

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Nonprofits – Seven Tips for Writing an Exceptional Grant Report

Some funders are very precise with their reporting requirements. They provide you with a list of questions or forms to complete. Others are more ambiguous, merely requiring that you submit a report on the outcome of the grant at the end of the grant period. What do you include in these general grant reports?

There are seven things that every grant report should include:

  1. Start the grant report off on the right note by addressing it to the person listed on the award letter. The award letter may provide direction for who you should submit the grant report to. If it does not, submit the grant report to the person who signed the grant letter. This may be an officer/trustee of the foundation. It may also be a staff member at the foundation who is responsible for administering your grant.
  2. Say “thank you.” Your report should start and end with a clear, simple statement of thanks to the funder.
  3. Refer back to the Goals and Outcome Measures in your original proposal, and provide data about the outcomes. Did you achieve all of the goals you set for your program or organization? If you fell short of a goal, is there a reason you didn’t meet the goal? Are you making progress toward the goal and will achieve the desired outcome in the near future? Share your data with the funder. Celebrate your successes and progress, and be honest about areas where you have room for growth. Funders recognize that goals and outcome measures are forecasts that will not always be achieved. If an organization does not meet its goal(s), funders want to know about lessons learned along the way that will improve the outcomes in the future.
  4. Provide budget details. If you received a grant for a specific program, your grant report should include details about how the funds were utilized. This could include copies of receipts for items purchased (if there are only a few, an itemized spreadsheet detailing grant expenditures, and/or an income/expense statement for the program showing the program budget at the end of the year compared with the anticipated budget submitted to the funder. If grant funds were for general operating expenses, a final income/expense statement for the program or organization with budget categories that align with the categories in the budget submitted in the original grant application should be submitted with the grant report.
  5. Client testimonials or impact stories. You told the funder about the impact of their grant dollars using data, but you also need to humanize the impact. Quotes from clients or brief stories about how the funded program or purchased equipment made a direct impact on someone’s life help explain the impact of the funds in a more meaningful way. Be sure the testimonial is different than what was in your original grant application. Ideally, you want to include a success story that is new and specifically focuses on the funder’s donation
  6. Pictures and videos are worth more than a thousand words! Intersperse pictures of program participants with captions explaining the use of grant funds, if necessary, throughout your grant report. Utilize current technology by adding a link to a video tour of your program site, the new playground grant funds built, or the community event that the grant funded. Allowing funders to see their grant in action is a very effective reporting tool. A video does not need to be professionally produced. A video you shoot on your smartphone or a slideshow of photos may be just as impactful if the images are clear.
  7. Follow directions. The funder may not have given you a detailed list of questions, but they did ask for a final report. Did they give you a deadline? Did they ask for it to be submitted by email or by postal mail? If there are any directions related to the final report in the award letter, follow them precisely. If you are uncertain about when or how to submit the final report, contact the foundation and ask.

Whether you are submitting a final report through a detailed list of funder questions or a general submission at the end of the grant year, be honest.

If your program was an overwhelming success and exceeded every goal and metric, celebrate that in the grant report. If your organization experienced unanticipated challenges during the grant year that limited your capacity to fully launch an initiative, tell the funder about it. Funders want to celebrate with you. They also understand that nonprofits experience challenges that curtail projects or limit growth. If you report accurate information to funders, you will foster healthy relationships and are more likely to receive additional funding in the future.

Ellen Stone
Ellen Stone
Ellen Stone served in organizations working with individuals with disabilities for over fifteen years, progressing from direct care positions to an executive director-level position. She has a comprehensive background in engaging and advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the delivery of services across the nonprofit sector. Working within the disability sector provided her with the opportunity to work with nonprofit, public service, and government organizations in the fields of health, education, employment, public policy, housing, recreation, and community services. She understands the challenges of working in small nonprofit organizations. There is never enough time, and every staff member wears many different hats! The Executive Director, in particular, seems to need a degree in business, human resources, nonprofit management, and the specific area of the organization’s mission. She enjoys putting her knowledge to work supporting nonprofits - consulting in fundraising, grant writing, and capacity building, and working with the nonprofit staff to ensure the long-term sustainability of organizations that are vital to thriving communities across the country.
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