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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of Cover Letters

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of Cover Letters

Applying for jobs can be an arduous process. One way to get noticed by recruiters and hiring managers is by presenting a professionally crafted resume. Alison’s new Resume Builder takes this stress away by building you one that will get you noticed. It’s free and simple to use. Your resume is your factsheet. It tells a prospective employer or hiring manager about your skill set and experience level. 

The second half of the job application process is writing a winning cover letter. Your cover letter should highlight your future and tell the recruiter how you will use your past to enhance and achieve your future goals, but what makes you the ideal candidate for the role and why you believe you’re a great fit for the company. Let’s look at everything you need to know about the good, the bad, and the ugly of cover letters.

What Is A Cover Letter?

A cover letter is a one-page document that accompanies your resume and tells the recruiter why they should hire you. Your cover letter adds  a personal touch to each application and demonstrates all your achievements, experience, qualifications, and most importantly, what makes you the ideal candidate for the position and the best person for the job.

The Benefits Of Writing A Cover Letter

Depending on the job or company, a cover letter is optional. If this is the case, always opt to include a cover letter. It not only shows your interest in the company but allows you to sell yourself to the hiring manager. Writing a cover letter has advantages that make it worth the time spent to craft one.

  • Gives your application a personal touch

Your resume states the facts of your formal qualifications, background and work experience. A cover letter gives the recruiter a better sense of who you are and highlights the exact skills and values you believe will be beneficial to the company you want to work for.

  • Expresses your interest in the company

Hundreds of people will be applying for the job. But if optional, only a handful will add their cover letter. By taking time to specially craft one for the company shows you’ve done research on the company and have an interest in more than just the paycheck.

  • Demonstrates your abilities

The biggest skill your cover letter will showcase is your attention to detail and impeccable writing skills. Communication is a big part of any job and a valuable transferable skill to have. Your cover letter and how well you write it, further shows your suitability for the job, it kick-starts your relationship with the hiring managers and tells your future employer that you are hardworking and willing to go the extra mile.

There are dos and don’ts of cover letters that will either get you to the next stage or send your application to the bin. Here’s everything you need to know about what to do and not do and how to fix it.

The Good

  • Keep it brief. Recruiters don’t have time to read an essay or anything more than 400 words. When written well, 200-400 words should be enough to get your message across.
  • Highlight the relevant skills that will help you excel in the role you’re applying for.
  • Be original. A copy-paste job from your favourite website says nothing about you and the effort you took to apply for the position.
  • Research. Do more research about the position you’re applying for and the company’s needs. You can then match your skills, value and experience in the cover letter to these needs.
  • Include job-specific keywords.
  • Proofread. A perfect cover letter is one without silly mistakes, typos, structural and grammar errors. It speaks to attention to detail – a quality every employer is looking for.

The Bad

You very rarely get a second chance to make a good first impression. More so when your dream job is on the line. These listed examples are cover letter no-nos.

  • Sending one cover letter to all positions you are applying for. Recruiters have a sixth sense for the ‘one-size-fits-all’ letter.
  • A cover letter longer than one page.
  • Not including your unique selling points. Simply saying you are applying for the position is not enough. So are the 101 other applications they’re receiving.
  • Concluding your letter with a passive ending. Don’t just sign off your letter but add something like, “I will follow up in a few days to find out if you have additional questions. Until then, you can find out more about me on my Alison profile and contact me on 555 555-5555 for any questions.

The Ugly

  • An error-laden cover letter. Proofread what you’ve written a few times. You can also ask a friend or family member to give you feedback.  
  • No research on the position and company. Your cover letter should show that you’ve read up on the company, its values, the culture, and the qualities, skills and requirements they’re looking for in a candidate.
  • Very casual tone – using text lingo is a big RED flag.
  • Using the wrong company information in the letter or addressing Mr Jones as “Mrs Davids”.
  • Repeating the content of your resume.
  • Talking only about you, you and you. It’s good to let them know who you are. It’s terrible if your entire letter speaks only about you and nothing about the company.
  • Underselling yourself. Drawing attention to your lack of skills or knowledge is a sure-fire way to not get hired. Focus on what you have and what your future employer will be impressed by.

Always double check your letter before pressing ‘send’. You may spot something in that final check that you missed before. Remember, your resume looks at your past. Your cover letter should highlight your future and tell the recruiter how you will use your past to enhance and achieve your future goals. By applying these to your cover letter, you’ll be well on your way to begin preparing for your interview. If your resume is your elevator pitch, then your cover letter is what will take you to the top floor. Add icing on the “cake” by including your Alison Public Profile to your application and send it along. Your dream job awaits.

 

Comment on AIU Slides: Generation Z by ONYEBUCHI

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Comment on AIU Slides: Generation Z by ONYEBUCHI

I would love to be part of this grate University

Comment on Traditional ways of resolving conflicts by Joao Zeferino Almoco

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Comment on Traditional ways of resolving conflicts by Joao Zeferino Almoco

Introduction

This article will discuss some of the means to be utilized in Conflict Resolution. There are several approaches one could take to resolving conflict. This article will focus on the following methods; retortion, reprisal and reconciliation by regional agencies, conciliation and arbitration. We will begin by defining conflict and then we will explore some causes of conflict and approaches one can take in resolution.

What is conflict?

According to Collins dictionary conflict is, “a serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement”. Conflict can also be defined as a situation in which misunderstanding exists between two parties.

What causes conflict?

According to https://www.accipio.com/, possible causes of conflict are:

  1. When two people have different perceptions about something
  2. Differences in religion
  3. When two people have different styles of doing something
  4. When one party violates the right of another party
  5. When one person feels cheated

As mentioned before, there are several ways that conflicts can be resolved. There are two peaceful approached that can be taken; arbitration and conciliation.

Arbitration

Arbitration is considered to be a peaceful method that involves bringing in a third party to help to resolve a conflict between two parties. This person is usually referred to as an arbitrator. It’s the job of an arbitrator, to serve as a go-between, for parties that are at an impasse. Secondly, a judicial settlement of a conflict is another method that may be employed. The court, like the International Court of Justice (ICJ) located in Hague, plays a vital role in ensuring that conflict is brought to an end and has contributed to resolving conflict on a larger scale around the world. For example, this International Court of Justice, played a vital role in resolving the conflicts of several countries, such as Cote d’Ivoire as well as other African nations.

 

Conciliation

Conciliation speaks to a form of mediation from a third party in an effort to placate the parties of a conflict. This method of conflict resolution may sometimes involve the formulation of a commission by the parties involved, with the members of the commission working to bring the parties to resolution.

Conflicts can also be resolved through coercive means like war, reprisal and retortion.

War

There are times when a conflict seems to be unending between two parties and it only through the rigors of war that such a conflict can be resolved. The Nigerian Civil War also known as the Biafran War, was fought between the government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra. Biafrans were trying to secede from Nigeria, and consequently the Nigerian government employed the use of force to end the conflict. The Biafrans eventually gave up because the leader of the revolt fled the country. It is believed that sometimes for peace to exist, a war must be fought.

 

Reprisal

Reprisal, as another means of coercive conflict resolution, speaks to the act or practice of resorting to force; short of war in retaliation, for damage or loss suffered. Reprisal to acts may be deemed illegal if taken alone, but may become legal when adopted by one state in response to the doing of an earlier illegal act by another state.

Retorion

Retortion is a term that is predominantly used in international law and speaks to an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation for a similar act done by the other nation. It is different from a reprisal in that it is almost always an action in compliance with international law but it can in many instances be considered unfriendly.  For instance, Country A may feel offended by an action of country B. Country A may therefore decide to withdraw its ambassador from country B. South Africans offended Nigeria by executing some of its citizens who were living in the country. In response, Nigeria withdrew its ambassador who was in South Africa.

Conclusion

We can conclude that the means of resolving conflict can be both peaceful and coercive.

How will this affect me as a Civil Engineering professional?

It will not affect my professional at all.

How can the subject be related to Civil Engineering?

It has not related.

Why is it important for me?

It is important to me because, the work of civil engineering will not be possible in an environment where there is so much conflict. The importance of resolving conflict to engineer cannot be over emphasize, this means that civil engineer can only do what he knows how to do when a particular conflict is resolved.

Comment on EDUCATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT by Hugo Frez

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Comment on EDUCATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT by Hugo Frez

Education has been affirmed as a fundamental human Right
under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This is after the realization
that education is a prerequisite for the realization of other Human Rights,
such as the Right to Health and Wellbeing; the Right to Freedom of Expression, Freedom
of Religion; and the Right to Access to Clean Water, among others.

Education empowers human beings to enjoy full rounded
development. It aids in poverty reduction and enables improved livelihoods. It enhances
gender parity; and it enhances reduction in child mortality, maternal mortality
and lowers disease burden.

Education as a Human Right entails free, compulsory,
universal and quality primary education; quality secondary education that is
accessible to all, non-discriminative, and quality higher education (UNESCO,
2007).

The definition of Education as a product is the sum
depository of knowledge, skills, and all other cognitive achievements a person
has acquired through formal, informal, structured, or unstructured settings
through which he or she is able to apply in understanding and solving
challenges or problems they encounter.

The definition of Education as a process is the
procedure of acquiring of knowledge, skills, and other cognitive abilities to
equip one to participate in alleviating problems encountered by humans and to
enable continuous improvement of human life. Through education, humans are
equipped with competences that enable them to participate in divine actions
such as environmental protection; sustainable development, such as sound
agricultural practices, and respect for human life; physical conservation and
promotion of social equity.

Through education, humans can nurture a balanced set
of capabilities to be economically productive, to nurture sustainable
livelihoods, contribute to peaceful and democratic societies and enhance
individual well-being in health and wealth. Education enables continuous
conveyance of communally significant experience from proceeding to subsequent
generations. Any method that enables people to improve their status in
whichever sphere of life falls within the domain of education (Arthur, 1991)

Since creation, education has always existed; reasons
for its achievement have remained constant though the means and modes of
delivery have advanced with technological advancements. For instance, whereas
education in the traditional African setup was laced with culture and packaged
through stories, parables, idioms, the aim was to enlighten the recipients by
use of common and familiar occurrences so that they could relate the knowledge
and its intended use.

Today the same education is offered through books and
other ultra-modern media such a digital space. In both cases of delivery, the
need for education remains enlightenment for active participation in solving
human problems as well as for welfare improvement.

In my view, education is achieved through the process
by which information and knowledge is packaged and passed to those learning
from those who have learnt in the society. Knowledge, being the integral
component of education, has been created through continuous discovery of
methods of solving individual and societal problems, as well as methods of
advancing individual and societal welfare.

Through time, these discoveries have been compiled
into a repository of knowledge, skills and competences and have developed into
norms, beliefs, values, habits, and procedures. Through replication and
application of these sets of norms, beliefs, values, habits and procedures,
education is achieved regardless of the mode of delivery (Arundhathi et al,
2016).

For instance, in the mediaeval times, education was passed
through contact and the “seeing is believing” method, but with the advancement
of technology, education is passed remotely through broadcasts,
telecommunications, books, journals, internet and can be passed to multitudes
of people in the whole globe at once.

Furthermore, currently, there is never a need to make
any physical contact for education to be delivered. Occurrence such as the
COVID-19 pandemic have pushed imaginations further in that almost all forms of
knowledge and skills can be passed virtually, and that as technology advances,
there will be no need to physically know those passing on education as long as
you can connect remotely through the digital space.

This is one way that has made the AIU method of
learning unique and admirable. Nowadays, person do not need to drive to school.
It is the other way around – someone will have to drive away from school to
acquire education safely.

In my view, education will be best achieved if we all
agree that everyone is unique, and has something to offer to the world, and
that technology has allowed us this opportunity. We also need to acknowledge that
education can take place in formal or informal settings, and any experience
that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts ought to be
considered education.

 

References

Arthur W. Foshay (1991).The Curriculum Matrix: Transcendence and Mathematics,” Journal of Curriculum and Supervision.

Arundhathi Thangeda, Bakisanani Baratiseng, ThatoyamodimoMompati (2016). Education for Sustainability: Quality Education Is A Necessity in Modern Day. How Far do the Educational Institutions Facilitate Quality Education? Journal of Education and Practice

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, 2007). A Human Rights-Based approach to education for all. A framework for the realization of children’s right to education and rights within education. UNICEF New York, NY 10017, USA

Comment on CAN MONEY MAKE YOU HAPPY? by Amiakhor Ejaeta by Fatima Pereira

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Comment on CAN MONEY MAKE YOU HAPPY?  by Amiakhor Ejaeta by Fatima Pereira

Can money buy you happiness? The answer to this question will depend largely on the respondent’s state of mind, economic situation, expectations, values, desires, needs, experiences, and several other factors.

There are several schools of thought on this topic: some agree that money can buy happiness, while others disagree, and yet others believe that the happiness money can buy never lasts for long.

“Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable.” – Claire Luce

“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has, the more one wants.” – Benjamin Franklin

We may never fully understand this saying until we can define what money and happiness are.

What is Money?

The Economists define money as a generally accepted medium of exchange for the purchase of goods and services. This description explains where money originates and how much it is worth.

According to Wikipedia, “Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context.”

What is Happiness?

To many people, happiness can mean different things.

Happiness is an emotional state of mind consisting of feelings of joy, satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment. Although happiness has many distinct definitions, it is frequently associated with positive emotions and a sense of fulfillment in life.

Joy, gladness, pleasure, contentment, enthusiasm, optimism, and pride are all examples of different types of happiness.

Then, what is the relationship or connection between money and happiness?

Human needs are insatiable and they usually take the form of goods and services. Once a need is met, there is joy, gladness, pride, a positive or pleasant emotion; this can be translated to mean happiness.

If getting a need met by spending money will make one happy, then we can conclude that money can buy you happiness, but to some extent, this is partly because what happiness means to one person is different from what it means to another. Different strokes for different folks, you would say!

Psychologically, the three principles below can be of help if you intend to make a purchase or pay for a service with the intent to having satisfaction or getting happiness:

  1. Wealth does not necessarily lead to happiness – Although having more money translates into having access to much more than your basic needs, it also puts a demand on your time. This is due to the fact that, in order to live up to standard, more time is required as you earn more money and acquire more wealth.  For this reason, you see people taking up two to three jobs a day, attending several meetings, or not having time to spend with family and friends. At the end of the day, you are able to make more money but have little time to rest and be happy.
  • Experiencing and Having – Being able to purchase physical objects, such as vehicles, wristwatches, the latest phones, and so on, brings satisfaction and happiness, but these things quickly become obsolete as new versions are unveiled. On the other hand, having experiences like going for a vacation with family and friends, or attending a get-together, also brings a sense of satisfaction and happiness that tends to last longer. This is because experiences can be remembered, and shared in a way that one is able to re-live the experience, especially pleasant experiences, and this translates into more happiness, just by remembering!
  • Does spending on others makes you Happier? – Researchers have discovered that spending on others gives better satisfaction and happiness than spending on oneself. This is because giving to others, such as through charity or donations, makes you feel better about yourself: this is Happiness!

At this point, it is obvious that having the money to handle your needs is not enough, the satisfaction you gain from meeting the needs, how you go about meeting the need, and several other factors should be taken into consideration if your goal is to achieve happiness at the end of the day.

In summary, everyone responds differently to the issues about Money and Happiness. Balance is the key, and seeking help from financial experts will go a long way to help you give the right answer to the question “Can Money make you Happy”?.

Sources 

https://psychology.unl.edu/can-money-buy-happiness

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-happiness-4869755

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money

Comment on Aspectos del terapeuta en la Terapia familiar by Yessica

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Comment on Aspectos del terapeuta en la Terapia familiar by Yessica

“La familia venidera debe reinventarse una vez más”  

                    (Roudinesco, Elisabeth)

La familia asiste en esta época del mundo, a una nueva forma de ser, de hacerse, de manifestarse, estudiada como un ser vivo, como los humanos que la conforman, por lo cual poseen ciclos, metamorfosis, estancamientos, movimientos, evolución, involución, nacimiento, desarrollo y muerte.
Es una aspiración del humano, pertenecer, identificarse con un sistema en el cual sentirse seguro. En cual poder desarrollar sus dones, descubrir su personalidad, sanar sus conductas, meta-comunicarse. Ese marco teórico vivencial lo ofrece la familia. De la cual, pueden suceder muchas opciones. Tantas como universos mentales posibles existen.
Existen por cierto, detalles, parámetros, patrones, estudios, investigaciones, tendencias, aún así la familia, siempre será una célula de la conformación del mundo terrestre a seguir siendo analizada, contenida, soportada, instruida, aconsejada y muchas veces separada, pues nadie puede anticipar un sentimiento futuro, y vivir de a dos no significa sufrir de a dos, tres, cuatro, etcétera.
El terapeuta, que asiste a una familia, ineludiblemente debe haber formado parte de una familia, se hace necesario, es un requisito ineludible sentir, percibir, haber  amado y haber sentido que era amado. Y debe estar lo más sano posible, instruido, capacitado con técnicas de percepción, con escuelas especializadas en familia. También debe estar familiarizado, con los otros sentimientos que circundan las relaciones familiares, sostenimiento, acompañamiento, culpa, victimismo, dolor, silencio, falta de creencias, autoestima, en fin todo vínculo se establece entre seres vivientes y, por lo tanto, es un continuo proceso de transformación y cimentación de nuevos equilibrios. Muchas veces desapegarse es un acto de amor en sí mismo.
Siempre se buscará el ideal de familia de unión, de retroalimentación, conversión, no creo exista un terapeuta que se sienta en una silla a planear estratégicamente cómo desvincular y desmantelar familias, aún así debe estar presente que siempre puede existir la posibilidad de que hay personas que no pueden, no supieron, o no quieren estar en familia. Entonces es necesario implementar los procesos articulados y resolutivos de fertilizante “separación” con miras a un crecimiento en otras direcciones y sentidos.
Toda familia es una experiencia de aprendizaje y de transformación, presente y futura. Sanando pasados, viviendo el presente, diseñando futuros. Evolucionamos.


El puente que unió la terapia familiar con el siglo XXI fue el constructivismo social, la idea de que nuestra experiencia está en
función de cómo expresamos los acontecimientos en palabras; esto es de las historias con las que describimos nuestra experiencia.
Este giro del comportamiento a la cognición abrió un mundo nuevo de posibilidades. (Minuchin, Nichois, Wai Yung Lee, 2011)
Las intervenciones son en tiempo presente, el pasado está ahí para ser sanado, es lo que te lleva a este momento de la estructura de la vida familiar,
pero a través de la toma de conciencia de la comunicación es en donde se puede superar el problema actual.
Para Bateson, antropólogo, los vinculos humanos necesitasn retroalimentación, y asevera que el sistema familiar perdura porque posee acciones correctivas,
a través del cambio de los errores producidos en la interacción de los integrantes del sistema.
Es muy interesante cómo la cibernética ha influenciado para la construcción del entendimiento del sistema familiar.

1. El pensamiento circular prevalece sobre el pensamiento lineal. Cuando observamos un sistema, todos sus elementos o circuitos están conectados. Ninguno elemento toma precedencia ni control sobre otro.

2. Abandonar la idea de causación. Difícilmente podemos hablar de la causa de un síntoma o trastorno.

3. Es más útil realizar interpretaciones positivas a las habituales negativas del comportamiento sintomático. En vez de suponer que el síntoma es una especie de indicador de familia disfuncional, debemos considerarlo como un factor que empuja a la familia hacia un estado nuevo y distinto.

4. Los procesos vitales siempre son irreversibles. Un cambio de un sistema nunca puede invertirse.

5. Los sistemas familiares son, como todos los sistemas abiertos, impredecibles. Los grandes cambios de sistemas nunca pueden preverse, aunque es útil evaluar las probabilidades.

6. La idea del terapeuta como “experto” de la familia ya no es útil, en el sentido que sabe mejor que la propia familia lo que es adecuado para ella.

7. Abandonar la idea tradicional de resistencia. El sistema familiar no “resiste”, sólo se comporta de acuerdo con su propia coherencia.

8. La familia es un sistema que se autorregula, mediante reglas, como sistema activo, toda tensión requerirá adaptación, objetivando incidencias de factores perturbadores. Don Jackson describió a la familia como un sistema cibernético gobernado por reglas, que busca la estabilidad a través de circuitos de retroalimentación (feedback) reactivados por errores. El síntoma psicológico lo describió, dicho autor, sirviendo a la función homeostática para conservar el equilibrio familiar (Vargas, 2004).

Su modelo estructural comprende a la familia como un sistema que tiende a la defensa de su estabilidad ante los cambios de condiciones e influencias internas y externas lo que suele favorecer la disfuncionalidad mediante mecanismos de mantenimiento del sufrimiento en la familia o de alguno de sus miembros. El restablecimiento de jerarquías, la formulación de límites claros, la definición de roles y funciones y la disolución de alianzas o triángulos ayudaría regresar a una estructura familiar funcional.

Todos, podemos vivir, con el otro. Pero ¿Queremos vivir con el otro?

            La posibilidad de dejar de observar, el mundo fragmentado, nos permite, interactuar como un todo. Dado que el fragmento de una organización familiar, no tiene noción de la existencia de los demás fragmentos que componen el todo, es tarea del terapeuta familiar, convocar los dones del orden en materia de universos psicológicos, teorías, investigaciones, técnicas de terapia, los sistemas, la cibernética, la estrategia, el desorden, el orden, todo lo posible para asociar lo disociado, de-fragmentar lo fragmentado.

            La familia en orden, en un orden amoroso, nuevo, donde no siempre se permanece juntos en la misma casa, en donde muchas veces existen familias ensambladas, “no perfectas” sino reales, viviendo una experiencia espiritual pero con un hogar efectivo y afectivo, en Paz mental y con un crecimiento posible en aras de una evolución en todos los terrenos, es la tarea del terapeuta familiar actual.

            La familia ofrece el caldo de cultivo para todos los procesos. El individual, el vincular, las jerarquías, las colisiones, las alianzas, la flexibilidad para cambiar o auto-ajustarse, re-encontrarse con su propia individualidad a través de la armonía, también de lo negativo, no así en la maldad (allí queda claro y es inexorable no se crece). Es un desafío el estudio de la energía familiar, es todo un acto de Auténtica Sinceridad. En una familia no se puede mentir demasiado tiempo lo que sentís o lo que sienten los demás integrantes. Como dijera Norberto Levy: “Todo ser vivo que recibe lo que necesita, se transforma”, entonces la familia es el máximo sentido que podemos encontrar para el encuentro de cooperar para vivir siendo creadores  y participantes de la existencia misma, viviendo en familia, cual fuera su composición, es un acto único, irremplazable, irrepetible, presente, la oportunidad de sentir, percibir y experimentar el TODO.

            Vivir en familia es una convocación a una afinación, que muchas veces solamente con la ayuda de un terapeuta, se puede lograr. Es un arte colaborar con otros para que se encuentren en sus procesos de comprensión, conocer cómo sus conductas afectan a los demás, y así mismos. Aspirar a que sea una célula que funcione en orden de vida y no de muerte, cual cáncer destructor. Insisto, la familia es un acto de Sanación, Evolución y Sinceridad.

            Nuestra obligación es liberar a las personas de las situaciones de sufrimiento, entre ellas a las familias compuestas por personas que sufren. Nuestro deber no es establecer lo que es correcto y lo que no: nuestro deber es ayudar al paciente a salir de una situación de impasse patológica, utilizando del mejor modo posible, es decir, de un modo funcional, sus propios recursos. (Muriana, 2011).

            El fundamento de una real terapia familiar puede concluirse en que nos definen nuestros vínculos, y como ¡No hay enamoramiento sin ilusión; no hay amor sin un poco de desilusión! Por lo cual debemos trabajar para que la realidad sea vista en todo su esplendor, otorgando a la familia en su conjunto y a cada integrante la posibilidad de experimentar la Familia como un acontecimiento sublime, un estado en donde el Alma encuentra Paz y Placer. Estudiemos para sanar, sanemos para evolucionar, evolucionemos para que otros evolucionen.

Ingeniera Violeta Cuñado
Alumna de Licenciatura en Psicología.

Author : Violeta Cunado
Degree : Bachelors
Major : Psychology
Country : Argentina
Language : Spanish

Michigan MPH: Bringing together different professional backgrounds

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Michigan MPH: Bringing together different professional backgrounds

Online degree programs like the University of Michigan’s Master of Public Health (MPH) in Population and Health Sciences bring together learners from around the nation, and from a wide range of professional backgrounds, who are seeking to create a healthier world through research, education, and practice.

As a student in this program, you’re trained to approach public health issues at the population level by using a wide network of partners (like government, healthcare, industry, and social services organizations) to create broad solutions. You can learn to tackle complex health challenges such as chronic and infectious diseases, obesity and food insecurity, healthcare quality and costs, climate change and environmental health risks, and the health impact of socioeconomic inequalities. This multidisciplinary degree prepares you for a range of career fields related to public health—including biostatistics, epidemiology, community health, health management, and public health policy.

Hear what three students from the program had to say about how they’re applying the skills they’ve learned to the health-related we’re they love.

“Public health education has helped me build skills to work with coalitions. Nothing in public health happens in silos, and in the advocacy world that’s absolutely true. My coalition work has benefited from me doing this degree program side by side with my advocacy work.”

Dr. Rob Davidson, emergency medicine physician

“I was always more interested in those who had poor diets, who were getting a lot of cavities, and who were never taught to take care of their teeth—those are the people that need me most. Dentistry needs public health expertise because all healthcare should treat the whole person, and that means understanding the bigger picture to offer the best solutions.” 

Dr. Kristi Thomas, general practice dentist and clinic director

As nurses, we are trained to focus on the patient in front of us, but this can have drawbacks that public health helps us address. When we focus too closely on clinical factors, life outside the clinic setting can blur and we can miss important details. From the air we breathe to the water we drink, healthcare and communities are constantly intersecting, as are the fields of nursing and public health.

Chris Rudski, registered nurse

These students bring different backgrounds, skills, and experiences to their degree program, while sharing a common interest in advancing public health through healthcare and growing their careers.

Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 7: On a “Grief Camp” For Kids

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Congratulations to our winner, Samya Madhukar, as well as to our many runners-up and honorable mentions.

The Arts of Homeschooling

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The Arts of Homeschooling

One of the biggest decisions you’ll make as a parent is deciding to homeschool your children instead of sending them to a private or a traditional public school. Homeschooling is an attractive education option, and many choose it for various reasons. One of these reasons are the subjects available for children that traditional school systems don’t always offer. Some of these are the humanities subjects. Read on for our review on the arts of homeschooling. We’ll also discuss the subjects your children can do to nurture these talents.

The Homeschool Curriculum

The beauty of homeschooling is that you or your children and students are no longer bound by the class structure and format regular schooling follows or prescribes.

Homeschooling as an educational alternative is also seeing a range of curricula options and resources to suit different learning philosophies, study approaches, and the time a teacher can give to daily lessons and instructions.

You can follow the standard discipline. But you can also create room to encourage the child’s talents and interests. It also allows the learner to discover and hone their passions. Which in turn gives the student a personal touch to their learning experience. If you have more than one child homeschooling, they can take the same arts subjects. The difference will lie in the age-specific assignments they need to complete.

Understanding the Arts of Homeschooling

The arts is a field with many facets. As a parent, like the rest of us, you may enjoy the various creative expressions involved in the arts. Teaching the subjects, on the other hand, needs more than a textbook. You need resources, supplies and a dollop or two of creativity to make it exciting, and interesting. Studying the arts is a place where talent and skill are developed. The possible cost and challenge may seem impossible at first but with the right resources available and with a little help from Alison, it can be done.

Art Styles for Homeschool

The credits of any film, song, television show and the depth of a piece of visual art tell you that there are many styles and components to “art”. It’s a broad field which cannot be easily categorised. You wouldn’t want to either considering how much art and creativity exists. To make it easier to understand, the arts have been grouped into different styles. Each style is unique and explores and challenges different thinking, senses, and artistic pursuits.

o   Visual Arts

The visual arts is a medium that encompasses visual perception. It’s the things you can see like sculpting, drawing, photography, filmmaking, crafting, ceramics, and architecture to name a few. These arts can further be categorised in decorative, commercial, and the fine arts. Think museums and the different types of museums you can visit. It’s a fun, interactive, “get your hands dirty” subject that can be enjoyed by children of all ages at home. DIY art projects, here we come.

o   Performing Arts

As the name suggests, this is art which is performed in front of an audience and includes music, dance, and drama. Part of these arts are the musical instruments, hair, makeup, costume, and stage props that accompany a performance. Traditionally, this is taught by a certified instructor in a class setup where the voice, body, and facial expressions also have a strong presence on the stage.

o   Applied Arts

“Applied arts” refers to the broad spectrum of art that includes the application of aesthetics and design in finding techniques and solutions for everyday practical things. Functionality comes into play in these arts, and this can be found in interior, fashion, and graphic design.

Alison’s Art Courses for Home-Schooling

The truth is, not everyone is creatively inclined. Even if this is true for you, it doesn’t mean your child or student will have to resort to basic theory when studying the arts at home. Alison’s Homeschool Hub has a plethora of courses you take to learn new skills, techniques, and facets of music, visual arts, drama, and design.

o   Visual Arts

Alison’s visual arts courses appeal to learners who may have an interest in the arts but may feel they aren’t “creative”. Lovers of the Japanese comic book style anime, can learn How to Draw,  Drawing Anime Characters – The Head, Face & Eyes, or go deeper with the Drawing Anime Characters – Full Features and Emotions course.  Our Arts and Design Hub has plenty of other courses you can explore.

o   Music

Pop. Classical. Modern. Folk or country. Music theory or even learning how to play an instrument. Have an ear for music but need help with the pitch and chords? Or you don’t have the voice but consider yourself a beat master and want to make music? our wide selection of music-related courses will have you singing in no time.

o   Drama

If the stage is where you shine and you see yourself starring in a Broadway play or making people laugh with your comedic skills, we’ve got you covered. Begin your performing arts on the first page by learning the essentials of screenwriting and follow this up with courses from Emma Paunil. If, however, you consider yourself the star of the small or big screen, our Guide to Start Acting in Film & TV will get you once step closer.

o   Design

And finally, design. This applied art discipline is for home-schoolers who want to learn how to channel their creativity with a purpose. Our design courses are for the solution-driven creatives who can walk into a room or step outside and know how to design and turn it into an amazing space. Fashion designers and graphic designers will flourish with our courses.

The arts are rich and broad. We reach for them in our downtime and depend on them to make us laugh, feel good, entertain, inform, and enrich our lives. The arts are a vital aspect of any society and therefore need just as much time, effort, energy, and dedication to make sure we all enjoy them for decades to come. This starts with investing in and utilising the resources during the home-school years and beyond.

Is it possible to reduce the carbon print with Green Energy Fuel?

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Is it possible to reduce the carbon print with Green Energy Fuel?

This is the same question that Aldo Steinfeld, Professor at ETH Zurich, stated around 15 years ago, and after a lot of work and research, he finally discovered a fantastic answer.

 

“For the first time, the thermochemical production of kerosene using solar energy, water, and CO2 is demonstrated in a fully integrated solar tower fuel plant. Solar-made kerosene can replace fossil-derived kerosene and further make use of the existing global jet fuel infrastructures and engines, which are particularly critical for the long-haul aviation sector. This pioneer technological demonstration, performed at a pilot scale relevant to industrial implementation, represents a critical milestone on the path toward the production of sustainable aviation fuels”, states the website cell.com in a paper published in its Journal Joule. 

 

For Professor Steinfeld, the results of 15 years of hard work can be summarized in a sentence: “It’s simply thermodynamics”.

Carbon-neutral fuel made from sunlight and air

In this video, you can understand more about Steinfeld’s work.

 

 

Let’s focus on the research: How was the discovery process?

 

The solar tower fuel plant, realized at IMDEA Energy in Spain, integrates three sub-systems: the solar tower concentrating facility, the solar reactor, and the gas-to-liquid (GtL) unit. 

 

 

“In a two-year proof-of-concept test atop ETH Zürich’s Machine Laboratory building in Switzerland back in 2019, Steinfeld’s mini solar refinery first showed how the process works, and laid the groundwork to scale the project. Both carbon dioxide (CO2) and water are extracted directly from ambient air and split using solar energy, as Steinfeld describes his work in a new paper, published late last month in the journal Joule. The result is syngas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which is then processed into kerosene”, states Popular Mechanics.

 

Hopeful results

 

The website for the European Commission highlights that “At the moment the technology is still at the experimental stage, but researchers at the EU-funded SOLAR-JET project have proven for the first time that it works, and will now investigate whether it can be scaled-up commercially.

 

If they are successful, the breakthrough could mean that carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, could become the raw material for petrol, diesel, and jet fuel kerosene.

 

‘This technology means we might one day produce cleaner and plentiful fuel for planes, cars, and other forms of transport,’ said Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation, and Science. ‘This could greatly increase energy security, and turn one of the main greenhouse gases responsible for global warming into a useful resource”.

We Solve for X – Aldo Steinfeld – Solar Syngas

This video presents the beginnings of the project and the reason for its approach.

 

The results are amazing and full of hope:

 

The site ETHzürich explain in an article: “The targeted solar fuel is syngas: a mixture of mainly H2 and CO, which can be further processed to synthetic liquid hydrocarbons (e.g. diesel, kerosene, gasoline, methanol, and other alternative liquid fuels). The ultimate goal is to develop technically and economically viable solar chemical technologies for producing solar syngas for a sustainable energy supply system”. 

Solar Fuel

This video demonstrates the work of the group of research scientists working on the project.

 

Learn more about this amazing discovery that can change our planet life giving us hope to face the future with less pollution:

 

A solar tower fuel plant for the thermochemical production of kerosene from H2O and CO2

Solar Fuel

 

Follow Professor Aldo Steinfeld on Twitter to learn more about the Solar Project.

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