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Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Market Healthcare Analysis and Research Report 2020-2026 – Market Research Posts

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

The Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Market report is the most important research for who looks for complete information on the Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots market. The report covers all information on the global and regional markets including historic and future trends for market demand, size, trading, supply, competitors, and prices as well as global predominant vendors information. The forecast market information, SWOT analysis, Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots market scenario, and feasibility study are the vital aspects analyzed in this report.

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Top Companies in the Global Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Market: Intuitive Surgical, Medtronic, Johnson and Johnson, Google Life Sciences, Stryker, TransEnterix, Mazor Robotics, Hansen Medical,

The leading players of Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots industry, their market share, product portfolio, company profiles are covered in this report. The leading market players are analyzed on the basis of production volume, gross margin, market value, and price structure. The competitive market scenario among Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots players will help the industry aspirants in planning their strategies. The statistics offered in this report will be a precise and useful guide to shape the business growth.

This report segments the market on the basis ofTypesare:Supervisor-Controlled Robotic Surgical System

Shared Control Robotic Surgical Systems

Telesurgery Systems

Robotic Radiosurgery Systems

On The basis Of Application, the market is segmented into areHospitals

Clinics

Regions covered By Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Market Report 2019 To 2025 are:North America (The United States, Canada, and Mexico), Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Others), Europe (Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia, and Rest of Europe), Central & South America (Brazil, and Rest of South America), and Middle East & Africa (GCC Countries, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, and Other).

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2 Global Growth Trends2.1 Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Market Size2.2 Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Growth Trends by Regions2.2.1 Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Market Size by Regions (2014-2025)2.2.2 Healthcare Robotics-Surgical Robots Market Share by Regions (2014-2019)2.3 Industry Trends2.3.1 Market Top Trends2.3.2 Market Drivers2.3.3 Market Opportunities

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COVID-19 Impact & Recovery Analysis | Global Mobile Robots Market in Healthcare and Hospitality Sectors 2020-2024 | Increasing Number of Patients…

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the global mobile robots market in healthcare and hospitality sectors and it is poised to grow by USD 941.58 million during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 19% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.

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The market is fragmented, and the degree of fragmentation will accelerate during the forecast period. ABB Ltd., Amazon.com Inc., Awabot, Clearpath Robotics Inc., Myomo Inc., OMRON Corp., Panasonic Corp., Savioke Inc., Starship Technologies Inc., and Teradyne Inc. are some of the major market participants. The increasing number of patients with chronic diseases will offer immense growth opportunities. To make the most of the opportunities, market vendors should focus more on the growth prospects in the fast-growing segments, while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.

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Tiny Robotic Cameras Give First-Person View of Insects – Unite.AI

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Engineers at MIT are working toward giving robots the ability to follow high-level commands, such as going to another room to retrieve an item for an individual. In order for this to be possible, robots will need to have the ability to perceive their physical environments similar to the way we humans do.

Luca Carlone is an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT.

In order to make any decision in the world, you need to have a mental model of the environment around you, Carlone says. This is something so effortless for humans. But for robots its a painfully hard problem, where its about transforming pixel values that they see through a camera, into an understanding of the world.

To take on this challenge, the researchers modeled a representation of spatial perception for robots based on how humans perceive and navigate their physical environments.

The new model is called 3D Dynamic Scene Graphs, and it enables a robot to generate a 3D map of its physical surroundings, including objects and their semantic labels. The robot can also map out people, rooms, walls, and other structures in the environment.

The model then allows the robot to extract information from the 3D map, information that can be used to locate objects, rooms, and the movement of people.

This compressed representation of the environment is useful because it allows our robot to quickly make decisions and plan its path, Carlone says. This is not too far from what we do as humans. If you need to plan a path from your home to MIT, you dont plan every single position you need to take. You just think at the level of streets and landmarks, which helps you plan your route faster.

According to Carlone, robots that rely on this model would be able to do much more than just domestic tasks. They could also be used for high-level skills and work alongside people in factories, or help locate survivors of a disaster site.

The current methods for robotic vision and navigation mainly focus on 3D mapping that allows robots to reconstruct their environment in three dimensions in real-time, or semantic segmentation, which happens when robots classify features in the environment as semantic objects, like a car versus a bicycle. Semantic segmentation is often done on 2D images.

The newly developed model of spatial perception is the first of its kind to generate a 3D map of the environment in real-time and label objects, people, and structures within the 3D map at the same time.

In order to achieve this new model, the researchers relied on Kimera, an open-source library. Kimera was previously developed by the same team to construct a 3D geometric model of an environment, while at the same time encoding what the object likely is, such as a chair versus a desk.

Like the mythical creature that is a mix of different animals, we wanted Kimera to be a mix of mapping and semantic understanding in 3D, Carlone says.

Kimera used images from a robots camera and inertial measurements from onboard sensors to reconstruct the scene as a 3D mesh in real-time. In order to do this, Kimera utilized a neural network that has been trained on millions of real-world images. It could then predict the label of each pixel and use ray-casting to project them in 3D.

Through the use of this technique, the robots environment can be mapped out in a three-dimensional mesh where each face is color-coded, identifying it as a part of objects, structures, or people in the environment.

Because the 3D semantic mesh model requires a lot of computational power and is time-consuming, the researchers used Kimera to develop algorithms that resulted in 3D dynamic scene graphs.

The 3D semantic mesh gets broken down into distinct semantic layers, and the robot is then able to view a scene through a layer. The layers go from objects and people, to open spaces and structures, to rooms, corridors, halls, and whole buildings.

This layering method allows the robot to narrow its focus rather than having to analyze billions of points and faces. This layering method also allows the algorithms to track humans and their movement within the environment in real-time.

The new model was tested in a photo-realistic simulator that simulates a robot navigating an office environment with moving people.

We are essentially enabling robots to have mental models similar to the ones humans use, Carlone says. This can impact many applications, including self-driving cars, search and rescue, collaborative manufacturing, and domestic robotics.

Carlone was joined by lead author and MIT graduate student Antoni Rosinol.

Our approach has just been made possible thanks to recent advances in deep learning and decades of research on simultaneous localization and mapping, Rosinol says. With this work, we are making the leap toward a new era of robotic perception called spatial-AI, which is just in its infancy but has great potential in robotics and large-scale virtual and augmented reality.

The research was presented at the Robotics: Science and Systems virtual conference.

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Dexterity, Inc. Introduces Intelligent Robots for Warehouse Automation that Pick, Move, Pack and Collaborate – Business Wire

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dexterity, creators of intelligent robots with human-like dexterity for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain, today announced the availability of its full-stack, hardware-agnostic robotic systems. Dexterity robots allow customers to unlock the maximum value of their workforce. Its robots automate repetitive pick-pack tasks and can handle complex manipulations in unpredictable environments, allowing warehouse employees to focus on higher-level cognitive work. The robots utilize artificial intelligence, advanced control theory, computer vision, and the sense of touch to adapt quickly, making them safe to work alongside humans. Initial customers include Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a global food manufacturer and distributor, and a worldwide package delivery provider.

Dexterity simplifies automation deployments by managing the entire process for customers, from end-to-end system design and engineering to deployments with operational guarantees. Unlike existing robotics providers, Dexterity robots are adaptable, mobile and collaborative. They are presently picking more than 200 unique items in production with 99.5% accuracy, and reliably pick a wide variety of novel objects including plastic bags, glass, perishables, and low-profile items.

Transcending other systems in the market, Dexterity robots can move, pack items using the sense of touch, and work collaboratively with one another. For instance, two robots can collaborate to pick trays or crates, and even collaboratively move them across the work-area if required. Finally, the robots operate safely in concert with humans and maximize human productivity.

While robots are the backbone of manufacturing, they have historically lacked the ability to adapt and operate in dynamic environments like warehouses, said Dexterity founder and CEO Samir Menon. Dexteritys intelligent robots constantly adapt to warehouse operations and do the tedious and strenuous tasks, which maximizes productivity by enabling humans to focus on meaningful work.

Founded in 2017, Dexteritys technical approach has Menons Ph.D. thesis in Robotics from Stanford University at heart. Menon worked on a control theory framework to describe how the human brain controls and coordinates the body, which serves as a model to distill human skill into mathematical programs that control robots in a graceful human-like manner.

Dexterity is exiting stealth with deep customer relationships, and a fleet of intelligent and collaborative robots in production. In todays world, with a pandemic raging, Dexterity is grateful to have an opportunity to serve the community as an essential business that, among other things, has shipped more than half a million units of packaged food.

To date, Dexterity has raised $56.2 million, including venture investments and debt from Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Obvious Ventures, Pacific West Bank, B37 Ventures, Presidio (Sumitomo) Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Stanford StartX.

Technically, Dexteritys robotic solution can do what their predecessors could not. Their robots ability to learn as it picks, packs, and places novel objects is unsurpassed, said Wen Hsieh, partner at Kleiner Perkins. Dexterity also stands out because of their high-touch approach with customers, which includes gaining a deep understanding of customers needs, and then offering a Robots-as-a-Service offering. This unique pricing model allows Dexterity to deploy quickly and effectively, which results in an immediate performance and financial impact on customers warehouse operations.

Dexterity is one of the very few companies in the world which has almost an unlimited market opportunity," said Raviraj Jain, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. "When I first met Samir, I immediately knew he had the technical chops, the drive, and the vision to do something exceptional. In the short 2.5 years, Samir has assembled an exceptional team of some of the best and the brightest in robotics, built a strong tech stack that is generalizable, and delivered significant customer value. We're excited to have partnered with Dexterity from day one and look forward to an exciting journey ahead.

Dexterity Full Stack Approach

Dexterity develops its robots with a full-stack approach, combining both software and hardware. To support high performance and adaptability with safe human-robot interaction, its robots have capabilities like touch perception, computer vision, force control, and contextual awareness.

Dexterity partners closely with customers to design systems and controls that match their individual needs and products, performing tasks such as fulfillment, kitting, sortation, singulation, palletization, and depalletization. Its platform is highly modular - rather than being coded to perform one specific task, robots can be deployed anywhere on any warehouse use case, with grippers or suction cups to suit objects being handled, 3D camera systems to track items, and general machine learning models trained to identify arbitrary unknown objects. By working with Dexterity robots, operators have become 47% more productive, and that improvement is growing over time as the robots learn and are more tightly integrate into local operations. Dexterity robots can also work safely alongside or independently of humans and have the ability to comply and respond to human movement and interference.

Dexteritys artificial intelligence, computer vision, and stacking design technology was what really stood out to us. Samir provides a clear vision for the future of our robotic applications and gives us confidence that with this partnership, we can easily deploy our robots in a variety of ways, said Toshihiko M., Manager, Robotics Business Center, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Solving for Warehousing Challenges

The warehousing industry urgently needs automation to do the tedious, laborious, and unsafe tasks that make it difficult to recruit and retain staff. While supply chains continue to expand at a rapid pace driven by growth in e-commerce, interest in jobs that are repetitive and even dangerous continues to decline. This trend has been further complicated by COVID-19 -- increased volume, an exacerbated labor shortage due to health concerns, and the inability to guarantee safety for workers without heavily disrupting operations has amplified the need for automation.

Robots have been widely used in manufacturing, but they traditionally lack intelligence so they could only be deployed for precise pre-programmed tasks think welding in auto manufacturing where the welds are in the same place for every car. Dexterity enables human-like intelligence and dexterity to unlock a larger set of tasks in supply chain environments that have been previously unsolved by traditional robotics solutions.

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Dexterity, Inc. creates intelligent robots with human-like dexterity that enable customers to unlock the maximum value of their workforce. Dexterity solves labor shortages by delegating repetitive tasks so employees can focus on higher-level, cognitive work. Its full stack robotics solutions automate routine tasks for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain operations and can be deployed to perform a wide variety of complex manipulations in unpredictable environments. Learn more at http://www.dexterity.ai.

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CCRCs to participate in $3 million test of robots to curb resident loneliness, apathy – News – McKnight’s Senior Living

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Two Ohio continuing care retirement communities will participate in a $3.13 million study testing whether socially assistive robots, some of which are shaped like animals, can encourage social interaction among older adults, especially those living with dementia.

Researchers from Vanderbilt University and Ohio State Universitys College of Nursing have received a five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health to test the robots ability to help residents engage with one another in independent living communities, assisted living communities and nursing homes.

Ohio Living WestminsterThurber in Columbus, OH, and Chapel Hill Community, a United Church Homes life plan community in Canal Fulton, OH, will participate in an eight-week trial aimed at curbing loneliness and apathy.

The study will explore whether the robots, which researchers said are designed specifically for social interactions and capable of autonomously detecting and meaningfully responding to older adults attention and behavior, can effectively engage older adults with cognitive impairments in long-term care environments, according to Vanderbilt.

Ohio Living WestminsterThurber Executive Director Leslie Belfance told McKnights Senior Living that Lorraine Mion, professor of nursing at the Ohio State University, approached the community about participating in the study.

Were always looking for peace and joy outcomes, Belfance said, adding that OSU is 12 blocks from the WestminsterThurber community. When she proposed it to me, to have a little animal that is realistic for our residents, it would be fun and joyful for them. For some, its very calming and peaceful to sit and pet an animal. Im very excited to work alongside these wonderful two universities.

United Church Homes has conducted trials of new and emerging technologies over the past decade to try to expand its services based on its residents needs and wants. Last year, the organization conducted its own trial of virtual reality devices, buying such devices for several of its communities. United Church Homes also hired virtual visitor guides during the COVID-19 pandemic to schedule remote visits between residents and loved ones and to assist residents new to using FaceTime, Skype or Google Duo.

Socially assistive robots, virtual reality and social engagement technology all provide innovative ways for residents to do what they love at any age, Rev. Kenneth V. Daniel, president and CEO, told McKnights Senior Living. United Church Homes staff members get to know each resident, learning what brings purpose and meaning to their life. For residents living with cognitive impairment and other medical conditions, animal [socially assistive robots] can provide feelings of calm and comfort.

Without social interaction, older adults are more prone to apathy and loneliness, social isolation and cognitive decline, as well as stress and frustration from caregivers, according to Vanderbilt University researchers. Seventy-two percent of all long-term care residents experience apathy, they said, and the effects can lead to declines in physical health. By 2034, older adults aged 65 and older will outnumber children under 18 for the first time.

We aim to create a better quality of life for the aging population of our society, said Nilanjan Sarkar, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University and director of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Lab. While there is no cure for dementia at this point, research shows that if we can keep people mentally engaged and active, we can possibly slow the progression of the disease and the deterioration of their overall health. Our research will help us understand how to create robots to act as a coach, as well as a peer, to facilitate interpersonal connections in a sustainable, meaningful way.

The robots can work with two people at a time, giving instructions for different tasks and activities, to encourage them to engage with each other.

Three different types of robots will be used in the study. NAO from SoftBank Robotics and Misty II from Misty Robotics are humanoid robots. Miro-B from Consequential Robotics is an animal-like social robot. The humanoid and animal-type robots will be used for four weeks each in community.

Researchers will observe how residents react to the different types of robots to see whether they stay engaged or become bored.

We know from research that apathy is the most common neuropsychiatric symptom in older adults with dementia and can have dire effects on both the quality of life for the patient and the emotional stability of the caregiver, said Mion, who is a former professor of nursing at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing. What we are seeking to understand is how we can improve engagement strategies using advanced-but-user-friendly robotic systems to stave off apathy and improve lives for these older adults in long-term care facilities.

The study will enable researchers to improve adaptive robot-mediated intervention architecture through additional software development, measure a reduction in apathy among older adults with cognitive impairments and mild or moderate dementia, and identify future scalability and sustainability of socially assistive robot implementation in long-term care settings.

Service Robotics System Industry 2020 Includes The Major Application Segments And Size In The Global Market To 2026 – Market Research Posts

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

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Comprehensive Report on Collaborative Robots Market 2020 | Size, Growth, Demand, Opportunities & Forecast To 2026 | Universal Robots, Rethink…

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Collaborative Robots Market research is an intelligence report with meticulous efforts undertaken to study the right and valuable information. The data which has been looked upon is done considering both, the existing top players and the upcoming competitors. Business strategies of the key players and the new entering market industries are studied in detail. Well explained SWOT analysis, revenue share and contact information are shared in this report analysis.

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Robots on the rise in a post-Covid world – TheBull.com.au

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

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Restrictions to curtail the spread of Covid-19 have reduced operations at factories and global supply chains have been impacted. We think factory automation will accelerate further in a post-Covid world, as machines dont get sick and can work continuously 24/7/365, excluding maintenance.

Industrial robots were installed rapidly across the global manufacturing sector throughout the 2010s, and there are now around 34 robots per 10,000 workers. However, overall penetration remains low, and looks set to deepen as robotic technologies improve in areas such as flexibility, vision, sensing and grasping.

In addition, the average cost of an industrial robot has continued to decline and is now equivalent on average to two years of wages in the Chinese manufacturing sector, or about one-fifth the cost of ten years ago. A lower fixed-cost burden should also boost the adoption of industrial robots.

Japan is a global leader in industrial robotics. Factory automation encapsulates a broad range of companies that provide the related components, systems, and services, and there are many competitive Japanese companies that command dominant market positions in each of these fields. Since the tech bubble burst two decades ago, the share prices of FA-related companies listed in Japan have steadily outperformed the TOPIX, and we expect them to maintain their strength as the world emerges from the Covid-19 crisis.

But its not just factories. In recent years, the use of collaborative robots (or cobots) and robots in the services industry has risen, thanks to new technologies and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. We believe this will also accelerate in a post-Covid world.

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Robots invade area sidewalks. But there’s nothing to fear! – OrilliaMatters

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Idea to use robots to complete annual sidewalk inspection program makes sense - especially in light of COVID-19, officials say

Tayresidents could be excused for giving a second glancewhile walking around the community this week.

Thats because the township employed robots to complete its annual sidewalk inspection program in Port McNicoll, Victoria Harbour and Waubaushene as part of a partnership with Top Hat Robotics, a start-up located in Kitchener-Waterloo.

It was a pilot project that the township signed up for, Tayroads and fleet services manager Lyell Berstrome said of the unique arrangement.

The robots and the human technicians running them will create a detailed report that will outline any deficiencies in the townships 18-kilometre network of sidewalk that need to be repaired, according to Bergstrome.

They had multiple robots andtechnicians walking aroundthe three municipalities, said Bergstrome, who noted the projects cost was low at under$400 because it is a pilot.

It also saves the township man hours of detailing every nook and cranny that needs attention in its sidewalk network.

Its beneficial right now with COVID. Wedidn't end up getting our stummer students we'd normally have so this kind of took a little bit of pressure off our fiscal resources, Bergstrome said. "For the cost, we couldn't go wrong."

According to the company, the robots are monitored by humans, either in-person or remotely with real-time video feeds.

Our robots take up less than half of the sidewalk, always allowing people to walk by, the company noted on its website.

The company touts reduced costs and reduced time needed to map a municipalitys sidewalk system.

The robots are designed with state-of-the-art depth cameras to detect lips, cracks, dips and other sidewalk deficiencies and are accurate to within one milimetre.

Our robots travel at walking speed and stop when pedestrians are within 10 feet of them. Robots operate on off-peak hours, providing for less pedestrian interruptions. These robots are on track to be semi-autonomous and designed to decrease cost while increasing safety.

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Prince Harry ‘in a trance’ after first date with Meghan Markle, says new biography – Telegraph.co.uk

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

It was Harry who said it first, but Meghan immediately replied, I love you, too, the book says. From there it didnt take long for them to begin talking in non-oblique terms about their future.

From the moment of their meeting, authors say, Prince Harry was sensitive to even the slightest hint of prejudice.

When some questioned his new relationship, and whether she was suitable, he would wonder, Is this about race? Is it snobbery?.

An old friend of Harrys spent an afternoon gossiping about Meghan, making disparaging remarks about her Hollywood background. Word got back to Harry, and the prince immediately cut him off.

The description of the couples dates is just one of numerous intimate details revealed in the book about the Duke and Duchess.

According to the Sunday Times: No personal detail is spared.

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Peter Green: One of the greatest guitarists of a generation – BreakingNews.ie

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Fleetwood Mac founding member Peter Green may never really understood that his status as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

Described by BB King as the only guitarist to give me the cold sweats and referred to by Mick Fleetwood as The Boss, Greens sound formed the foundation stone of his bands early success.

Known to those who played with him as The Green God, it was perhaps blues singer John Mayall who first recognised the extent of his talent, recruiting him to replace Eric Clapton in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.

After forming the awkwardly-titled Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac featuring Jeremy Spencer in 1967, Green walked away from the band after just three years in the grip of what would later be diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia.

In those years the band released six UK top 40 singles, including Albatross, Need Your Love So Bad and the purely instrumental Albatross that went to number one in the UK and are still cited by Fleetwood Mac purists as the real thing.

Between announcing his departure and actually leaving, Green penned The Green Manalishi a song Green said was about money and the devil.

It featured the lyric: I cant believe you need my love so bad, you come sneaking around trying to drive me mad.

Greens anxiety and disgust of money was one of the major features of his mental illness, and the reason cited by many who knew him that drove him to quit the band.

Bandmate Fleetwood once recalled Greens anxiety about their growing wealth.

He once told an interviewer: I had conversations with Peter Green around that time and he was obsessive about us not making money, wanting us to give it all away.

And Id say, Well you can do it, I dont wanna do that, and that doesnt make me a bad person.

Peter Allen Greenbaum was born in Bethnal Green, London, on October 29 1946, into a Jewish family.

The youngest of four children, his brother Michael taught him his first guitar chords and by the age of 11 Green was teaching himself.

The 1970s for Green were punctuated by spells in psychiatric hospitals and courses of electrocovulsive therapy, which would leave him in a trance-like state.

Guitarist Nigel Watson, who worked with Green on a number of records, said once: Very often, after hed had a treatment, he came into my brothers shop where I was working and which was only a hundred yards away from the hospital.

He stood there, like, for hours, with his arms slightly in front and in a trance, telling me how very frightened of it he was.

He was famously arrested in 1977 for aiming a shotgun at his accountant.

According to legend, Green wanted him to stop sending him his royalty cheques for Fleetwood Macs early work, worth around 30,000 a year.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Green returned to music propelled mainly by his brother Micheal who wrote the majority of his records and helped him find a label.

He also made a couple of appearances on Fleetwood Mac recordings including the 1979 album Tusk and the single Brown Eyes, as well as contributing to Mick Fleetwoods 1981 solo album The Visitor.

Green blamed a lot of his mental health problems on his experimentation with LSD, saying in 1988: I took LSD eight or nine times.

The effect of that stuff lasts so long. I wanted to give away all my money. I went kind of holy no, not holy, religious.Fleetwood Mac at London Airport in 1970, with Peter Green second left (PA)

Rolling Stone magazine ranks Green at number 58 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time while Mojo magazine places him at number three.

As recently as February of this year, some of his contemporaries and musicians inspired by him staged a Peter Green Tribute Concert featuring the likes of Mick Fleetwood, The Whos Pete Townshend, ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons and Oasiss Noel Gallagher.

Green himself was not present, in fact its not even clear if he knew the concert was taking place.

Fleetwood, in the late 1990s, said he was rarely able to contact his mentor and old friend.

He told the PA news agency: I spoke to him last time we played Wembley Stadium. I told him we were thinking about him and asked him to come along.

He said no, and I thought he was just about to put the phone down when I heard him say, Mick, play a real great one for me, wont you? and it just broke my heart.

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Writing to heal – Economic Times

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Today, for the first time in history, humankind is undergoing a collective experience. Physically distant-socially connected empathy, compassion, resourcefulness, innovation, alacrity of response and service before self have come to the fore, heralding a new paradigm. We are at a momentous point in the cosmic scale of time; transformation is no longer an option but a global imperative. The need for healing, therefore, can hardly be over-emphasised.

Like any other individual, my life has had its share of ups and downs; I have braved two major transformative experiences, so far the horror of genocide and uprooting, and the nightmare of a painful, near-fatal accident. Healing through writing has helped me in emerging fairly unscathed.

I look at Kashmir, my native region, with nostalgia, fondness, resentment, sense of loss, grief and hope. The religious persecution that saw many members of my community abducted, raped, mutilated and killed by religious fundamentalists, deeply scarred me as a Kashmiri Pandit Hindu child. I was unable to comprehend and process the trauma of being rendered a refugee in my own country, in the year 1990. As a part of a seventeen-member household, crammed into three rooms, braving the vagaries of nature and uncertainty of poor infrastructure, life was a sudden riches to rags nightmare, not just for me, but also for my nearly half a million strong Kashmiri Pandit community the aboriginal natives of the region.

Whether as a ploy to escape the harsh reality, or as an inspiration from my mother, who would write in English, Hindi, Urdu and Kashmiri, I surrendered to my newly awakened interest in poetry. I would write on anything, animate or inanimate, that took my fancy. Writing led me into a state of trance; it was a purely personal pursuit of happiness. Perhaps the only one that we could afford!

My father encouraged me wholeheartedly. He would get my poems published in the local Dailies, walking all the way to the newspaper offices in the scorching heat of Jammu to save money. He also gave me my first lesson in independence and confidence when he advised me to seek assistance from my school so that we could save the money spent in getting my poems typed for publication. The school granted my request. This gesture, perhaps insignificant for them, had a profound impact on me. It guides my interaction with people even to this day strangers or not! A number of my poems were published in the major local dailies during that period. I kept writing for the sheer joy- to express with no need to impress. At that time, I was too young to comprehend how I was channelizing the energy of trauma and grief into the positive energy of creative expression.

In January 2017, a motorcyclist rammed into me. I ended up with a fractured pelvis, deep wound on my skull, severe spasm in my neck, badly hit left limbs, completely bloated body and sundry other injuries that rendered me immobile. Had three wonderful strangers not come to my rescue and got my head a stitch, or seven, in time, I might have been a laminated, garlanded picture on the wall today! It took me quite me a while to get back on my feet both literally and figuratively.

As I lay bewildered, first on the road and later, on the hospital bed with pain-killers pouring in, it occurred to me that my time here was finite. I had to accomplish what I had come here for and share my message with the world. With this realisation, I transformed the image of the stitches on my shaved head into a piece of art to serve as a reminder and focus on my purpose.

I decided to make the most of this new lease of life; be what I have come to this world to be and not leave with any regret about what I could have been! And the result, seven stitches, fourteen x-rays, seven days of hospitalisation and two months of bed rest later, was my debut book, an anthology of Poemsentitled Soul Call Of Love and More! These poems on love are my message to the world of hope, optimism, learning, enrichment and evolution! The positive reviews strengthened my sense of purpose.

Penning poems made me realise the healing power of writing and how it instils a sense of optimism and positive outlook. Enthused by my personal example, I started to identify, encourage, mentor, handhold and guide new authors and columnists, helping them with the publication of their debut work. It has been my absolute privilege to have introduced six new authors and countless columnists, so far.

During these major cathartic, therapeutic experiences of writing to heal, I could feel the Divine, within and without. Emotionally, I was overwhelmed with relief, gratitude and belief. Mentally, I became stronger than ever!

I continue to write to heal and pour my heart out through words. I appreciate that words can be both sweet melody and poisonous barbs. It is for us to choose these wisely as potion and not poison; to heal and not hurt! Writing to heal has helped me become mindful of my verbal and non-verbal expression. I have learnt not to speak butterfly language to caterpillar people. I have learnt to love without my heart being abused, to give without being taken for granted, to trust without being nave and to listen without losing my expression. It has empowered me to carefully choose who gets a seat at the high table of my life. I now insist on changed behaviour instead of mere apologies. It has helped me seek transformation, instead of vengeance, to make the world a better a place for all.

Words are affirmations. We must choose ours carefully to alleviate pain, our own and that of others, and not to lacerate. Writing to heal is a journey of self-exploration and evolution. Not many people undertake it, preferring the safety of the known to the uncertainty and insecurity of the unknown. For everyone inspired to embark upon this journey, I can only wish that the honesty of their intent guides the curiosity of their talent.

To summarise, wordscan be

Soothing and seething,withering and breathing;

aggravating and calming,wounding and embalming;

disparaging and encouraging, distracting and engaging.

So, with care lets choose,the words we use.

May authenticity seal our writing to heal.

P.S. Extracted from my talk on Writing to heal delivered at WEF Bangalore 2020, Global Digital Summit.

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.

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Ron Paul: Big Holes In The Covid-19 ‘Spike’ Narrative – FITSNews

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

byRON PAUL|| Motorcycle accidents ruled Covid deaths? In the rush to paint Florida as the epicenter of the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, government officials and their allies in the mainstream media have stooped to ridiculous depths to maximize the death count. A television station this weekend looked into two highly unusual Covid deaths among victims in their 20s, and when they asked about co-morbidities they were told one victim had none, because his Covid death came in the form of a fatal motorcycle accident.

Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. In fact the spike that has dominated the mainstream for the last couple of weeks is full of examples of such trickery.

Washington state last week revised its Covid death numbers downward when it was revealed that anyone who passed away for any reason whatsoever who also had coronavirus was listed as a Covid-19 death even if the cause of death had nothing to do with Covid-19.

In South Carolina, the state health agency admitted that the spike in Covid deaths was only the result of delayed reporting of suspected Covid deaths.

An analysis of reported daily Covid deaths last week compared to actual day-of-death in Houston revealed that the recent spike consisted largely of deaths that occurred in April through June. Why delay reporting until now?

We do know that based on this spike the Democrat mayor of Houston cancelled the convention of the Texas Republican Party. Mission accomplished?

Doesnt it seem suspicious that so many states have experienced delayed reporting of deaths until Fauci and his gang of experts announced that we are in a new nightmare scenario?

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Last week in Florida which is perhaps not coincidentally the location of the Republican Partys national convention another scandal emerged when hundreds of Covid test centers reported 100 percent positive results. Obviously this would paint a far grimmer picture of the resurgence of the virus. Orlando Health, for example, reported a positivity rate of 98 percent a shocking level but a further investigation revealed a true positivity rate of only 9.4 percent. Those anomalies were repeated throughout the state.

Cases once meant individuals who displayed sufficient symptoms to be treated in medical facilities. But when the scaremongers needed a second wave they began reporting any positive test result as a Covid case. No wonder we have a spike.

Politics demands that politicians be seen doing something rather than nothing, even if that something is more harmful than doing nothing at all. That is why Washington is so addicted to sanctions.

The same has been true especially in Republican-controlled states in the US in response to the coronavirus. Faced with a virus that has killed about one-third as many people as the normal, seasonal flu virus in 2018, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has endorsed a partial shutdown of the economy resulting in millions tossed into the despair of unemployment. Then he arbitrarily shut down bars because massively increased testing showed more people have been exposed to the virus. And he mandated that people wear face masks. Neither shutting down bars (instead of restaurants or Walmarts) nor forcing people to wear masks will have any effect on the progression of the virus through society. But at least he looks like hes doing something.

We are facing the greatest assault on our civil liberties in our lifetimes. The virus is real, but the government reaction is political and totalitarian. As it falls apart, will more Americans start fighting for their liberty?

(Via: Gage Skidmore)

Ron Paulis a former U.S. Congressman from Texas and the leader of the pro-liberty, pro-free market movement in the United States. His weekly column reprinted with permission can be foundhere.

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Big holes in the COVID-19 ‘spike’ narrative – The Highland County Press

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

By Dr. Ron PaulFormer CongressmanThe Ron Paul Institutehttp://ronpaulinstitute.org/

Motorcycle accidents ruled Covid deaths? In the rush to paint Florida as the epicenter of the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, government officials and their allies in the mainstream media have stooped to ridiculous depths to maximize the death count.

A television station this weekend looked into two highly unusual Covid deaths among victims in their 20s, and when they asked about co-morbidities they were told one victim had none, because his Covid death came in the form of a fatal motorcycle accident.

Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. In fact, the spike that has dominated the mainstream for the last couple of weeks is full of examples of such trickery.

In South Carolina, the state health agency admitted that the spike in Covid deaths was only the result of delayed reporting of suspected Covid deaths.

We do know that based on this spike the Democrat mayor of Houston canceled the convention of the Texas Republican Party. Mission accomplished?

Doesnt it seem suspicious that so many states have experienced delayed reporting of deaths until Fauci and his gang of experts announced that we are in a new nightmare scenario?

Last week in Florida which is perhaps not coincidentally the location of the Republican Partys national convention another scandal emerged when hundreds of Covid test centers reported 100-percent positive results. Obviously, this would paint a far grimmer picture of the resurgence of the virus. Orlando Health, for example, reported a positivity rate of 98 percent a shocking level but a further investigation revealed a true positivity rate of only 9.4 percent. Those anomalies were repeated throughout the state.

Politics demands that politicians be seen doing something rather than nothing, even if that something is more harmful than doing nothing at all. That is why Washington is so addicted to sanctions.

Neither shutting down bars (instead of restaurants or Walmarts) nor forcing people to wear masks will have any effect on the progression of the virus through society. But at least he looks like hes doing something.

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The Texas GOP Held Its Convention on Zoomand It Was a Comic Disaster – Texas Monthly

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Any lingering doubts that this years Texas Republican convention would be a goat rodeo of galactic proportions surely dissipated around 10 p.m. on July 13, when Walter West, a member of the partys executive committee, swung a bottle of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey toward his webcam and, by extension, at James Dickey, the partys much put-upon chairman.Dont drink the Kool-Aid, West warned colleagues as he waved the open bottle. But despite his protestations, it was West who had drunk the proverbial Kool-Aid, and so had the Texas GOP. The only thing left to do was to watch the bodies fall.

On Monday, the Republican Party of Texas finally ended its comic and humiliating state convention on the fifth day of what was meant to be a three-day event. But it turned out that even five days were not sufficient: The party scheduled a second convention to take care of all the remaining business it didnt finish. In the morning, chairman Dickey briefly appeared on a livestream in front of a makeshift set to announce that the party had decapitated him, and replaced him with Allen West, a former Florida congressman and tea party personality. (No relation between Allen and Walter.) Dickey looked worn and beleaguered, but he sounded almost relieved.

How could things have gone this wrong? Consider Walter West and his peanut butter whiskey. West, like most of the rest of the party rank and file, was mad because he wanted the party to hold the in-person convention it had long promised. He was mad because after Houston officials had canceled the convention because of the public health risks, the party had failed to push forward anyway. In other words, his desires had collided with reality, and if one of them had to go, he would rather it be reality. It would be weaknessdrinking the Kool-Aidto acquiesce. So he would not be moved, and neither would the party. The iceberg had been sighted. Full speed ahead!

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When the coronavirus first hit, both political parties in Texas faced the question of what to do about their conventions this summer. The Texas Democratic party didnt take long to decide that the prudent thing to do would be to hold an online convention. The event, which officials spent months planning, went off in early June without a hitch, something the party has gloated about endlessly. (Its a less impressive achievement than it appearswhen Texas Democrats gather, its mainly to hear the sound of their voices as they agree with each other.)

But the Texas Republican party was dead-set on having an in-person convention, for several reasons: Republicans are more likely to think the threat posed by the coronavirus is overrated and that we all have a duty to shoulder the risk and resume normal life. A more important reason is that Republican activists live for the convention. Its where they get to shank their party enemies and engage in heated arguments about the wording of obscure platform planks such as the importance of protecting Texas against electromagnetic pulse weapons. It would doubtless be less fun online.

The partys base demanded again and again to hold the convention as planned at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston. No doubt many Republicans understood that this would be a mistake, because of both the potential loss of life and the extremely bad public relations aspect of an outbreak worsened by a GOP convention. Even Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who rarely breaks with the partys base, said that he wished the State Republican Executive Committee, or SREC, had wised up.But the SREC refused, voting again and again to proceed with planning an in-person event. So on July 8, Houston mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, canceled the convention, saying that he had no choice, given the risk the event would pose to public health. (Patrick, of course, called it a political hack job.) The party then sued for its right to hold the convention.That brings us back to the Skrewball meeting on July 13. While the lawsuit moved forward, the SREC met to consider its options. The committee could have committed to a digital convention. Instead, things went haywire. Walter West charged the partys lawyers with being either halfwits or pawns of a party elite that didnt really want to have the convention at all, and after he brandished his bottle of Skrewball, the digital sergeant-at-arms ejected him from the meeting.

The rest of the members then debated for four hours, at one point considering a proposal to hold the convention in an outdoor rodeo expo hall with dirt floors in Montgomery County, north of Houston. In mid-July. In triple-digit heat. The meeting ended with the committee pushing ahead with an in-person convention, no matter that a district court had nixed the idea in the meantime. The next day, the Texas Supreme Court agreed with the lower court. The GOP would have to meet online, despite having done little to prepare for it.

In other wordscheck this outTexas Republicans had spent so much time talking about what they wanted to happen that they didnt prepare for what was likely to happen.Hey, apropos of nothing, did you hear that schools are opening back up in a few weeks?

On Thursday morning, the convention commenced. Or at least, a livestream commenced. But at first the only thing on the livestream was a still image of downtown Houston, a chyron that said we are at easedoubtfuland some twangy music. After a while, a few prerecorded messages from elected officials played: Governor Greg Abbott pleaded with delegates to like him. Agriculture commissioner Sid Miller preened in front of the Alamo. Outgoing railroad commissioner Ryan Sitton gave a sort of motivational speech in the style of a youth pastor. Then the videos replayed.

In the late afternoon, an increasingly tired-looking Dickey appeared on the convention livestream to explain that there had been some technical difficulties. The convention was recessed, and the SREC met yet again. Dickey explained that the software the party used to credential delegatesto make sure that meeting participation was limited to those who were supposed to be therehad failed, and it seemed doubtful that it could be fixed in time for the second day.

At this point, some SREC members were still pushing to hold an in-person convention of some kindperhaps dozens of in-person meetings across the state. Dickey, displaying an almost supernatural patience, tried to explain that this was impossible. Many did not seem to believe him. Walter West, the Skrewball guy, replaced his Zoom background with a photoshopped black and white image of his face with glowing red eyes, captioned I TOLD YOU SO, displaying a kind of touching obliviousness to the reality that his intransigence was, in fact, part of the reason this thing was becoming a disaster.

Dickey suggested they might be able to use other software to fix the mess, but that the convention would have to be pushed back. Members began working on a proposed new schedule in Google Docs. But because the URL of the draft was shared on the Zoom stream, anyone was able to edit it. First, some clever troll started scribbling yellow lines across the doc. Then, someone made an addition to the proposed Saturday schedule. Peepeepoopoo, it read.

Around midnight, Dickey agreed to a committee members request to call the new software vendor to get assurances that the tech would work. Though it seemed exceptionally unlikely he would reach anyone, he nonetheless put the meeting on hold and stepped offscreen, before coming back a few minutes later, saying little. It was easy to imagine him standing perfectly still off-camera for the requisite period of time, having a hard think about why he had taken this job.

Hours of confused Zooming finally produced a decision. The convention would take Friday off and instead meet on Saturday and Sunday. This gave the party an additional 24 hours to get its house in order.

On Saturday, things initially seemed to be getting back on track: some delegates got credentialed, allowing them to participate in votes. But it was only a small victory. The large number who did not get cleared were furious, and some suspected it was a plot to silence their voices. Then, on Sunday, as committee hearings were being livestreamed, shards of recorded messages from elected officials played seemingly at random and in quick succession, like the first flashes of a very boring acid trip.In the evening, after a long delay, delegates to the national Republican convention were finally elected. But that success was quickly clouded by a dawning realization: in order to wrap things up, the party faithful, many of them senior citizens, would have to stay up all night.

After many hours of debate, the worn-out delegates voted to end the convention and hold a second convention. But of course there was a wrinkle. When Dickey invited nominations for a committee to oversee the planning, far too many names came rushing in. At first, 1,200 names had been submitted, Dickey said. Then 2,600. Then more than 5,000. And many of them were duplicates, which meant party officials needed to clean up the list before a vote was possible. That could take hours.

At the same time, Dickey made the extraordinary claim that the party was being subjected to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack from an unidentified outside entity that was disabling the partys ability to continue with the convention. For a time, party officials lost access to their high-speed internet connections and were forced to rely on overwhelmed Wi-Fi hot spots.

Around midnight, Dickey admitted defeat and recessed the convention, allowing delegates to meet virtually in their Senate district caucuses. But there wasnt to be any peace for the poor party chairman. A majority of the delegates promptly voted Dickey out of office and replaced him with a right-wing challenger, the aforementioned Allen West, who represented a southeast Florida district in Congress until his defeat in 2012. While serving in the Army in Iraq, West was court-martialed for torturing a man that he suspected was a member of the Iraqi insurgency. West was fined and allowed to retire as a lieutenant colonel. On Monday morning, long after the convention was supposed to have adjourned, an utterly defeated and tired-looking Dickey appeared briefly on a party livestream to announce that he had been liberated from his responsibilities.

One of Allen Wests first acts was to make Walter West, of the Skrewball bottle, the partys new sergeant at armsputting him in charge, essentially, of enforcing discipline at party gatherings. It is now Allens duty, with Walter at his right side, to plan that second convention. Dickey, no doubt, will be watching at home in a bathrobe with a tall glass of Skrewball in hand. Your problem now, suckers!

It would be too cute to offer the bungled convention as evidence the Texas Republican party is suffering a wider sort of disarray. (Though it may indeed be.) The two things arent connected. The party could screw up the second convention, too, and still outperform expectations in November.

But there is nonetheless something remarkable about the saga of the amusingly disastrous convention. For years, attending the Texas GOP convention was like walking around the lower decks of the Death Star. And I mean that as a compliment. It was an impressive machine; a fully operational battle station.

Though the Democratic convention is always demographically diverse, the Republican convention in years past was ideologically diverse in a way its counterpart never was. Here were all these folks from wildly different perspectives: Christian conservatives, Ron Paul ReLOVEutioners, Texas Nationalists, corporate lobbyists, Log Cabin Republicans, ex-gays, fathers rights activists, gun-huggers, local chamber of commerce types, etc. They fought bitterly and a lot of them hated each other. And yet, somehow, they reliably came together so that when old Grand Moff Tarkin turned the ignition switch, something big always went boom.

But for the time being, at least, the people of Alderaan can sleep soundly. This crew isnt blowing up anything anytime soon.

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The importance of women communities and how they help women become empowered – YourStory

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

The impact of women-only networks across the world is a growing phenomenon. Women, having always been excluded from workplaces, social spaces, and business networks, have taken the initiative and started up on their own. The intrinsic gender prejudices in traditional networks have also nudged women towards building their own communities, be it for entrepreneurship and funding, moms, tech, or other facets of living.

There are few things as satisfying as being a part of a circle of women as small or large as it might be and knowing that you have an empowering, encouraging bunch who have your back.

These communities are instrumental in encouraging women to be their best selves and realising that we are stronger when we come together. We trust that women who are empowered have the power to bring about positive change in the world.

How women communities help raise their power:

In a world where women are disproportionately targeted by online bullying, they often end up reducing their online presence or alter it to avoid negative interactions.

The best guidance is more likely to come from someone who has experienced what you are going through. Most women admit they are emboldened by the knowledge that they are not alone in facing issues like workplace gender bias, domestic violence, reproductive health concerns etc, and that they are inspired to help other women in the community by sharing the knowledge they have gained through their experiences.

Women understand one anothers concerns, embarrassments,joys, and obstacles. Women communities foster empathy while also serving as a robust support system in more ways than one.

The importance of relationships should be valued in both personal and professional capacity.

As women are gradually, butcertainly trying to bridge the gapin the business industry, there are moreopportunitiesfor female entrepreneurs and professionals to climb the corporate ladder.

Today, women account for 40 percent of the global workforce and are at the helm of major establishments, yet there is no dearth of setbacks women face each day while pursuing their ambitions.

Online communities are committed to supporting women in global supply chains, and are set out to understand how to address the challenges holding back progress on womens economic empowerment.

From professional accomplishments and guidance, to mental health support and workplace obstacles women communities become spaces where women can share career advice and create opportunities for each other, together.

Women often end up getting trapped in unconscious patterns of behaviour, which are detrimental to their growth and success.

To put it across very simply, empowering women is about sharing your experiences with one another in hopes that your words and actions will inspire, and more importantly, uplift them. It is all about helping other women enhance and enrich themselves.

Media and culture lack authentic representations of women; from products we cannot use to stories we do not identify with.

From the classroom to the boardroom, women's opinions have been hushed, disregarded, interrupted, mocked, or mansplained. Women are schooled not only to ask permission, apologise, hedge and speak up, but also to self-doubt and self-censor. Women communities change this. They become stages whereupon women are handed the mic, and find the confidence to raise their voice and their power.

Contrary to popular sexist beliefs, women can be womens biggest supporters. Judgement and enmity come from centuries of being put in competition with one another.

But when women are put in the same team, they can push each other to be more successful just by encouraging and motivating them.

As women, we are multi-dimensional and we want to succeed in all aspects of our lives, including at home and in our careers. At work, we are often reticent to try things before we feel we are 100 percent ready or qualified.

If you are part of a women empowerment community, encourage your girls to get out of her comfort zone. Set expectations high because she is capable of achieving them. Create an environment for her to feel safe in her crucial decision making processes, and also hold her back up as she tries to rise from her falls and moves on.

(Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of YourStory.)

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Op-ed: More companies will offer remote work at price of staff position. Take the deal – CNBC

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

There is a discernible silver lining in the otherwise ominously dark cloud of Covid-19: A whole new category of employment will emerge soon that will be both better for employees and employers.

I call it the interim economy.

The word "interim" literally translates from its Latin origins as "the time in between," and for businesses the next two years will be a time in which they either adapt or disappear.

First, let's lay our cards on the table: There's no guarantee that a vaccine will be created, ever; 40 years on, an AIDS vaccine has yet to be found. Likewise, the probability of the U.S. reaching so-called herd immunity in a country the expanse and size of ours seems unlikely.

With the sudden, massive shift to remote work to stop the spread of the pandemic over the past few months, companies have found that working from home actually works: A recent study concluded that up to 40% of all jobs can be performed at home, while before the pandemic, it's estimated that only 3% actually could be done remotely.

This trend was already afoot before the pandemic, but it was largely an opt-in lifestyle choice or confined mainly to the blue-collar service industry. When it came to white-collar and professional jobs, it was still the rare exception rather than the rule.

Now individuals and companies have found they no longer have to be held hostage by geography. Large but nimble tech companies, like Google, Twitter, Facebook and Square, have already announced that many of their employees will be allowed to work from home at least through the end of the year.

Some companies may even choose to continue remote work on a permanent basis: According to a March 30 survey conducted by Gartner Research of 317 CFOs and finance leaders, 74% say they will move at least 5% of their previously on-site workforce to permanently remote positions post-Covid-19. That synchronizes with a recent Gallup poll that found nearly 60% of employees would like to keep working remotely after access to businesses and schools have been restored.

This alignment between employee desire and employer needs is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the moribund employment landscape. The next step: transitioning these workers into independent contractors.

Of the 160 million people employed in the U.S. in February, 65% had a full-time job and 33% had a contract job with a predetermined end. The average length of stay for full-time employment was 3.5 years and decreasing. The average assignment length for the contract category was 2-plus years and increasing. The new economy already was in place, waiting in the wings.

The pandemic was just the tipping point.

Even after stay-at-home restrictions are eased, and even if somehow we dodge the second wave of the virus that is widely predicted to emerge this fall, there are so many people unemployed that a V or even a U bounce-back of the job market is nearly impossible.

According to Heidi Shierholz, the former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor and current director of policy at theEconomic Policy Institute, if we succeed in restoring "a million jobs a month which would be absolutely unheard of it would still take almost two years to get back to where we were."

Faced with bleak balance sheets, businesses will be forced to cut labor costs. But how? Now that the pandemic has shown that many companies can function pretty much as usual with remote employment, businesses will strike a deal with their full-time employees: Allow them the lifestyle of working from home in return for becoming a contract worker. Given that up to 25% of labor costs are besides earned wages paid personal time off, health-care benefits, retirement plans and other additional costs the potential savings are enormous.

Given that up to 25% of labor costs are besides earned wages paid personal time off, health-care benefits, retirement plans and other additional costs the potential savings are enormous.

Another huge cost savings potential is not having to pay for workers who are tied to a particular locale. If an employee can live in Flagstaff, Arizona, or Kennebunkport, Maine, a company would no longer need to pay for San Francisco or New York costs of living. If a person is able to work as an interim employee and perform remotely from essentially anywhere, the salary requirement may differ by as much as 30%. That could have a tremendous macroeconomic impact on business.

How exactly will the Brave New World of Work look like for the formerly full-time, salaried employee?

Employees will thrive as independent contractors. Think, for example, entertainment and sports. In the not too distant past, virtually all film actors were salaried employees of the major Hollywood studios. That changed dramatically with a 1949 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended the vertically integrated studio system of producing, distributing and exhibiting movies. A decade later the biggest and brightest stars were independent contractors, represented by talent agents. Similarly, most professional athletes in the U.S. before the 1990s didn't have agents.

Sought-after employees across many industries will have agents representing their careers. Newer players will be able to ride on the established stars' coattails, a process that will set industry-standard contract work fees and perks.

Contract workers with similar backgrounds will form trade organizations. This may be in the form of professional unions, if you will, to represent themselves collectively, much as film and TV actors have with the Screen Actors Guild, and professional athletes have with various players' unions. (Facebook employees' very public disagreement with Mark Zuckerberg over President Donald Trump's questionable messaging may be a sign of bigger things to come in terms of employee self-empowerment.)

Home will become a mini metropolis for each worker. Virtually any service will be efficiently delivered to an individual's home, including health care. In fact, health care will help drive the new interim economy as big tech streamlines the delivery of state-of-the-art medicine through telehealth and big data innovations.

Professional branding will make resumes obsolete. The No. 1 activity that every worker in the interim economy should get comfortable with is professional branding and reputation building in their respective areas of expertise. The days of sending out resumes, answering job postings and hoping to tap into analog networks of exclusively "people you know" will no longer create the best opportunities for employment. Actively networking, proper positioning of work experience and personal web pages for careers will all be critical assets for career building.

Each age group of current full-time employees will have their own advantages and disadvantages in the interim economy.

Workers ages 50 plus, who will represent 35% of the labor market in 2022 (a combination of late baby boomers and early Gen Xers), will be targeted first for dis-employment because they tend to have the highest salaries. On the other hand, they have the most experience and institutional knowledge, which will become critically important in a world of on-demand workers.

Millennials will have to compete both with younger and older workers for income but will have the advantages of enough experience and a generational tech savviness to make themselves unique assets. Gen Zers will be handicapped by their lack of experience but will succeed by their willingness to occupy initially the lower end of the pay scale and through their sheer toughness born out of experiencing the Great Recession as children and now the pandemic as young adults.

We're about to embark on a new employment revolution. Both companies and individuals who embrace the new interim economy will thrive. As humans, we tend to process changes through our existing reality or self-imposed limitation. This is one of those times when we really need to look at things as they are, not as we see them.

Joe Mullings is a career expert with 30 years advising companies and individuals. He is the founder and CEO of The Mullings Group, a firm specializing in medtech talent acquisition. Recently, he was appointed the chief visionary officer of MRI, the 3rd-ranked executive recruitment firm, with 400 offices worldwide.

Op-Ed: Women Empowerment During The Covid-19 Pandemic – Forbes Africa

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

Female peacekeepers are great assets to the UN. A Rwandan police officer is greeted warmly by women and children while on patrol in Gao, Mali.Photo: UN Photo/Marco Dormino

The vision and promise of the United Nations is that food, healthcare, water and sanitation, education, decent work and social security are not commodities for sale to those who can afford them, but basic human rights to which we are all entitled. Those were the poignant words of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, in a hard hitting speech on 18 July 2020 to mark Mandela Day.

For every staff of the United Nations family the Mandela speech by Mr. Guterres was powerful and inspirational. Speaking about the scourge of inequality, he said, while we are all floating on the same sea, its clear that some are in superyachts while others are clinging to the drifting debris.

For me, the United Nations (UN) is personal. Coming from a family rendered refugees due to the partition of India in 1947, as a child I benefited from its immunization programmes- I actually survived polio. The UNs work with the Government of India helped to eradicate smallpox and polio in my home country, where these diseases used to take a huge toll on lives and livelihoods.

Although forged in the crucible of wars and crippling ideological rivalries between East and West, the United Nations has since managed to convince the world of the need to compromise and to take each others views into account and to listen to others while facing humanitys enduring challenges. That this has been achieved in just 75 years is remarkable.

In the narrative of the period when humanity made great social, cultural, and economic advances, the UN takes centre stage. For more than two decades during my service in the UN system, I have been part of this story and am convinced that the UN still matters, perhaps now more than ever.

While the calamitous cost of two World Wars and subsequent ideological fault-lines convinced humankind of the need for a body like the UN, the challenges facing us today remain just as formidable. As the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, it does not take much to upend not only individual lives, but entire societies and economies. There are numerous reasons for people to feel insecure in todays world.

Among these are strong indications of resurgent nationalism and warning signs of ethnic and religious isolationism that not only threaten states, communities and individuals. Combined with humanitarian and climate disasters, these challenges have been articulated and framed for action as the Sustainable Development Goals that the UN is spearheading everywhere in the world.

Just as diplomacy was the basis for the establishment of the UN, my experience in the frontlines of combat operations when I served in the Indian Army convinced me that there is a better way to solve conflicts. My early career in the UN was spent in countries almost defined by war and instability, such as Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Somalia. The images of men, women, and children driven from their homes by murder, rape, and the burning down of schools and homes is seared in my mind.

I am proud to have been part of the United Nations response to complex humanitarian challenges. In Indonesia, for example, an innovation by the UN called a school-in-a-box helped children return to their regular school routine as quickly as possible during the conflict in Aceh when schools were being burned down. We helped maintain immunization, reproductive health services, education as well as nutrition services, working in difficult and life-threatening situations in Darfur, Somalia, and Iraq. We demobilized child soldiers in the midst of a conflict in South Sudan.

With the Coronavirus pandemic raging, UN country teams all over the world are working tirelessly with their respective host governments to flatten the curve.

In various countries today, internecine conflicts, hunger, and disease continue to take a tragic toll, especially among the worlds children. The malignant neglect of our global environment threatens all of us. The UN retains unprecedented respect, acceptance, and mobilizing capacity to rally member states to act together to solve these problems.

The nature of todays challenges compels us towards integration and collaboration. Humankind must find new ways to work together more effectively in pursuit of our collective interests and to think anew about how our institutions of international cooperation can be strengthened.

The UN has enabled many member states to embark on transformational journeys; life expectancy is rising, jobs being created, and people lifted out of poverty. Yet in many others, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, progress is fragile and unequal. The UN constantly seeking new models that are inclusive and sustainable, and is opening up new opportunities to harness big data, technology and innovation to leapfrog development, through ground breaking partnerships with the private sector.

Many factors have sometimes stymied the United Nations work. These range from reliability of funding to the difficulties of achieving consensus between diverse member states on complex topics. Such factors have sometimes made us slow and limited our impact.

Antonio Guterres has said that worldwide consultation process around the 75th anniversary of the United Nations has made clear that people want a global governance system that delivers for them. Therefore the bold reforms underway, led by Mr Guterres, will make the organization more nimble, better equipped and prepared to deal with contemporary challenges.

UN country teams are adapting to new realities in their programmes, reflecting the shifts (such as peacekeeping to peace-building) through social and economic development support and humanitarian relief.

In Kenya, the countrys President, Uhuru Kenyatta is spearheading the charge to eradicate female genital mutilation supported by the United Nations. I have seen firsthand the reduction in maternal and infant mortality due to complications at childbirth, universal access to primary education and better a collective push to achieve universal health coverage.

I continue to see the promise of peace and prosperity for the most vulnerable marginalized that comes with the UNs work, such as the Kenya Uganda cross border initiative to promote peace and development in the Karamoja area, mired in rivalry over scant resources and experiencing the debilitating impact of climate change. Amina Mohammed the UN Deputy Secretary General said, Its exciting to see the new ways in which governments, communities and partners are coming together with UN teams to mobilize across borders especially when it comes to taking climate action.

COVID-19 has confirmed that the era of national problems is receding fast, by revealing national and global fragilities to an invisible virus. The pandemic is a stark reminder of the need for cooperation across borders, sectors and generations.

Today we can see that most challenges are global and interconnected, and can only be tackled through global action coordinated through global institutions.

At the signing of the United Nations Charter, in San Francisco in 1945, the President of the United States of America, Harry Truman said, If we fail to use it, we shall betray all those who have died so that we might meet here in freedom and safety to create it. If we seek to use it selfishly for the advantage of any one nation or any small group of nations we shall be equally guilty of that betrayal.

Those farsighted leaders who founded the United Nations 75 years ago gave us the momentum to propel humanity to greater security and prosperity. Today, the UN continues to be a sound investment, a real beacon of hope.

Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya. He has served in various parts of the world with UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, UNOPS, UN Peacekeeping and the Red Cross Movement. A decorated Special Forces veteran, he is an alumnus of Princeton University. Follow him on twitter-@sidchat1

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The Top 10 Branding Coaches to Follow in 2020 – Yahoo Finance

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / July 22, 2020 / It's well known that branding is a major component of business success. The branding industry is full of talent and creatives, however, there are some coaches' whose skill sets are a cut above the rest. With world class talent everywhere, it can be overwhelming to know which coach is best aligned to you and your brand. Each with their own unique approach to their craft, here were present the 10 branding coaches leading the way in their industry:

1. Jacob Cass

@justcreative

Jacob Cass is a brand designer, strategist, educator and business coach for creatives. Jacob is the founder of JUST Creative, an award-winning branding and design firm, that is dedicated to helping brands grow.

Jacob coaches creatives in both a 1:1 and/or group setting, is his "Inner Triangle Group Coaching Mastermind", where he has been able to help scores of clients achieve branding & business success.

Having recently been involved with the rebranding of San Francisco, Puerto Rico and also New York's Digital District, his other clients have included the likes of Disney, Nintendo, and Jerry Seinfeld, to name a few.

As one of the leading professionals in the design industry, Jacob's also had speaking engagements at TEDx, features in Forbes and Entrepreneur, and even awarded LinkedIn's "Best of" for the Branding category.

Design is a lifelong journey for Jacob which has empowered him to continuously hone his craft and is part of what has helped him to attract and educate countless fellow designers.

Jacob consistently delivers high quality content and value to his audience through his Instagram, Web site and Podcast, The JUST Branding Podcast'. Jacob has an astonishing reputation in the industry, where he has built his large and loyal following - even amassing an enormous 60 million views on his website.

If you're wanting to build a thriving creative business, Jacob Cass, has the breadth of experience to get you there.

2. Suzanne Chadwick

@suzchadwick

Suzanne Suz' Chadwick is a bold business, branding, and speaker coach based in Melbourne, Australia. With over 9 years in the branding industry and another 10 years in sales and leadership, Suz has worked with large multi-national businesses across the United Kingdom, the United States, and Asia Pacific to support them to create stand out brands in their market. Now working with female entrepreneurs globally, her mission is to support them to become bold and powerful voices in their industry and establish their brands in a unique way.. Since starting "The Connection Exchange" in 2014, Suz has partnered with over 700 clients globally through coaching, courses and events. Having worked with both corporate leaders and entrepreneurs, Suz has seen both sides of the business landscape when it comes to what is working in the market today. Through her signature online course, Brand Builder's Academy and the other coaching and consulting services she offers, Suz's clients have come together to create a powerful community of women in business over the past five years. . Having also authored Play Big, Brand Bold', hosting a highly ranked podcast Brand Builder's Lab', Suz has established herself as an industry leader in the branding space, and teaches practical strategies for building a profitable business with a mix of fun and creativity.

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3. Travis John Brady

@coachtravisbrady

With the wisdom of over 17 years' experience, including multiple degrees and certifications, Travis Brady applies his knowledge of human physiology and psychology to create transformations within businesses' brands, marketing and culture of their organisations. Travis is the founder of Next Gen Coaching, which is where his passion comes to life, fulfilling his purpose of helping businesses bring out their creative, innovative and influential genius through their brands. Travis is a highly sought-after coach and mentor and with Next Gen Coaching, he's been able to help leaders and executive's brand themselves to become more influential and impactful. "Next Gen coaching helps businesses evolve their brand and implement that brand into their online presence, marketing, services, and sales process" Travis explained. With a collective 50 years of experience between their team, Next Gen Coaching is helping their clients produce and finish immaculate videos, logos, graphics, websites and social media banners - everything they need to create a professional uniform look. Having made philanthropy a part of his mission, Travis and his wife have created "The Next Generation Foundation" where they provide financial aid to adolescents who cannot afford to play sports. Travis also hosts the "Next Gen Coaching Chronicles" & "Next Gen Sports Podcast", interviewing some of the top leaders in the business and coaching industries - where he continues to have a huge impact.

4. Giselle Mascarenhas

@thebrandingprofessor

Born and raised on the border of South Texas, , Giselle Mascarenhas-Villarreal makes her living as an entrepreneur and personal branding coach. After making her debut as a public relations specialist in 2009, she spent many years perfecting her process, building brands for high and low profile clients alike. Founding Indigo PR firm in 2013, Giselle was looking for a more accessible, affordable, and effective way to help people brand themselves. Over the next 5 years, the vast boom of social media as well as her passion for small business inspired her to modernize her idea of what personal branding could be. With the immense untapped potential that social media presented, BOLD Insta-tute was born. Created for the everyday business person, the focus of BOLD is to teach them how to adapt to social media. With a specialty in helping people have the courage to show themselves, Giselle teaches her students that you cannot "corporate" your way into people's hearts. Her numerous tips and tools explain that relatability and vulnerability are essential to building a fruitful and engaged social media community. Giselle continues to pursue her life's passion of helping others succeed by extracting their magic and purpose, actively redefining what it means to be a branding coach.

5. Diya Asrani

@diya_asrani

Starting out from scratch and fashioning her own unique approach to personal branding, Diya Asrani is a personal branding coach and the Founder & CEO of Design Your Presence. With an experimental and research centric approach towards her craft, she is passionate and creative, and has been able to help a number of brands, entrepreneurs and coaches to design their own personal brand presence. With a decade of experience in the industry, Diya has had a stellar last year where she's built her brand presence and elevated her reputation through confident storytelling, reputation building and thoughtful marketing - much like she helps her clients. "Design Your Presence is a program and brand for entrepreneurs, coaches, and trainers to build their personal brand presence by helping them convert their passion into a business creation while activating the necessary skills that position them as a trusted expert in their industry. I believe in simplicity in strategy. Keeping that in mind, I have designed a 6-step strategy that helps them dive deep into building a meaningful brand presence - right from building a growth mindset of a creator, to storytelling, to managing their online presence and finally practicing hygienic marketing that helps them build a good reputation overall" Diya explained. Offering a range of services, from 1:1 coaching, online courses and group coaching, she is also a regular for speaking engagements on the topic of personal branding for various companies. Diya's 6 step strategy is useful for anyone trying to create their personal brand as she is a true personal branding expert, having helped countless people unleash their capabilities, building their personal brand presence as trusted experts in the industry.

6. Marina Simone

@marinaannsimone

Starting from scratch with no real direction, it was a while before Marina Simone found her feet making a living on social media, through network marketing. In her second company she built an organization of 25,000 customers and distributors in less than two years, using online strategies with social media, which made her in the top 12 income earners in that company. Now, Marina is a branding coach, who's been helping her clients generate more sales and leads through branding themselves like a professional and helping their light shine brightest to the world. Marina is wife and mom to a beautiful 10-year-old little girl Anaiyah and 1-year old Madelyn, she is known for keeping it real with her audience - she doesn't feel like she is better than anyone else and embraces women, taking them on the journey with her. Marina is the Founder and CEO of Moms And Heels where her mission is to teach busy moms how to slay online sales, by identifying their personal brand, story and mission on social media. Her unique persona and branding style make Marina a true standout - and if she can do it, so can you.

7. Tanvi Jain

@tanvijainofficial

Tanvi Jain believes that investment in our own self pays the best interest so that you show the world how you see yourself and want the world to treat you. Her Doctorate degree in Luxury Brand Management combined with her experience as a Chartered Manager in Leadership, Life Coach and Image Consultant has allowed Tanvi to establish her own business as a Personal Branding Coach. Her core values are centered around sophistication, integrity, confidence, and empowerment, which she uses to cater bespoke services to anyone who wants to become the best version of themselves and establish an authority in their line of business. Her program covers three milestones to achieve results. The first one involves life coaching where she helps her clients believe in themselves, empower their strengths as individuals, and guide them in the right direction. The second is the one where she polishes their presence through image development and masterclasses based upon elegance and international etiquette protocol. The third milestone involves branding where she helps her members effectively shape their ideas and knowledge and tailor their business communications to their target audience. Tanvi believes that branding is all about framing how people perceive you as an individual or as a business. This way, She prepares you to step into the world of social climbing where you build a strong networking to send out the message you want, taste and appreciate the finer things in life and develop that Mystique Aura, that alluring individuality leaving a long-lasting impression. Personal Branding is the incredible power to lead ourselves in all aspects of our lives because you need to embrace your personal brand if you want to exercise control over it.

8. Daria Parkinson

@discoveringdaria

Daria Parkinson is a rapidly emerging coach in the branding community. In just two months, Daria was able to help over 200 entrepreneurs create a unique branding strategy. Utilizing color psychology in her branding ideas to help her clients stand out for countless businesses online, Daria understands that colors affect perceptions and behaviors of people, so she uses it to her advantage - creating compelling marketing materials that make brands stand out. Daria has also been able to create various content materials; e-books, webinars, 90-minute intensive calls, and even built mini-courses, to extend her reach and help more clients. Remembering her first month, Daria couldn't believe how her passion for branding gave her the opportunity to make more money than she ever did in a year! "I never thought that by simply doing what I love, I'd be able to empower people to find their individuality through branding" Daria Explained. Daria is an expert at what she does, and she's been able to help countless brands stand out and flourish.

9. Azalee Maslow

@azaleemaslow

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Azalee Maslow has over 10 years of experience in digital media and has completed her Master's degree in Journalism and Media Studies. Working as a branding coach, Azalee has embodied her experience as a digital marketing strategist in establishing The Babble Boutique, a digital media agency focused on helping female entrepreneurs. Through a 12-week 1:1 coaching program, she helps her clients create their personal brands using The B.A.B "Branded Abundant Babe" Method. Her background in journalism helps them improve the storytelling strategies they need to execute as they leave their digital footprints online. From Day 1, she empowers her clients to make all the decisions on their own while guiding them at every step of the way. Azalee knows what it feels like to not feel in control, so she commits herself to give her clients the complete control they need to be successful in their lives. Aside from coaching, Azalee is also a lifestyle blogger, writing about beauty, wellness, travel, philanthropy, and anything that helps people live their best lives. On her blog and podcast PrettyAF', she also talks about branding and interviews other female entrepreneurs. Azalee's generosity extends well beyond her abilities to coach, as she also donates 20% of proceeds from PrettyAF to selected animal charities.

10. Jen Conrad

@jen_conrad

A passionate serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Jen Conrad is a branding coach and strategist, who empowers women with her wisdom and wander-lust soul. Jen's motivational spirit and heart for service, her authentic approach to her craft allows her to connect with her audience, encouraging them to take massive action for their brands and lives. Her company, The Conrad Company, is a lifestyle brand that exists to equip women with the tools to make a positive and lasting change in their lives, through building an online community, personal mindset development, and brand development. Jen uses a heart centred approach to help the everyday women to uncover her personal brand and monetize it. Jen speaks to the multi-passionate soul and shows them how to create a seamless brand that attracts people to their product or service. Offering both monthly bootcamps and 1:1 coaching, Jen's 7 years of experience in branding coupled with her education as a therapist, help her clients brand themselves and put their best foot forward in the marketplace. Jen's mission is to create an impact through her work and through the scores of clients she's been able to help, she's doing just that.

Make sure to follow each of these incredible coaches, as they continue to help their clients design world-class brands. Each of their Instagram's have been directly linked here. Finally, we would like to thank Boost Media Agency for taking the time to put this article together.

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Contact: Lewis SchenkCompany: Boost Media AgencyAddress: New York, New YorkPhone: 3106001787Email: operations@boostmediaofficial.pageWebsite: http://www.boostmediaofficial.page

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With $600 unemployment benefit ending, here’s how to make your money last – Tennessean

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Danzig

With the $600 weekly federal unemployment supplement ending this week, thousands of unemployed Tennesseans are likely to be scrambling to make ends meet.

The $600 weeklysupplement, used by so many whose employment was impacted by the pandemic to tide them over, ends with the week ending July 25.

Many are predicting increased bankruptcies and strains on social service agenciesas people struggle to afford basics like rent, food, medical care and utilities.

"We know families will be hurt the most, with parentsout of work and school going remote (hampering low-income families from receiving free or reduced-cost lunches for their children)," said Samantha Williams, director of the Nashville Financial Empowerment Center, which provides free one-on-one financial counseling to any Davidson County resident.

"We hope people are finding out about usand seeing that we can help them negotiate this," she said. "I think a lot of people have been holding off asking for help while they have been getting the checks, but now we hope they will seek usout."

We asked Williams and her staff tooffer some tips to help people who face looming financial challenges.

COVID-19: New Tennessee unemployment claims top 20,000 for fifth straight week

Don't be afraid to ask for help. Call 2-1-1 for information on food, shelter and basic needs. The counselors can also help connect people with other local resourcessuch as SNAP food nutrition or TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)if they have children. The center doesnot provide financial assistance but offers to help people negotiate the system to get help.

Work with a professional financial counselor.To make a virtual appointment with aNashville Financial Empowerment Center counselor,call 615-748-3620 or visit fec.nashville.gov. The service is free for Davidson County residents, and the wait time for an appointment is about a week.

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Prioritize expenses. Make a list of allthe things you spend money on. The counselors suggest that you break itinto three categories: essentials, debt payments and discretionary spending. Essentials include housing, utilities, transportation, medical needs, basic food/grocery, child care and cellphone.

Cut where you can.Eliminate as much discretionary spending as possibleand then start trying to trim the rest.

List your debts.The counselors suggest making a call list of everyone you owe money to, thencontact each company, explain your situation and ask what your options are.

Avoid overdraft charges. Cancel automatic debits to temporarily avoid overdraft.

Don't resort to credit cards orloans.The counselors say to "exhaust every possible option" before resorting to using credit cards, personal loans or cashing out retirement to pay for current expenses.

Track your progress.Look at income and expenses to determine realistic cash flow and figure out how much wiggle room you might have on groceries and other expenses.

Learn new skills while unemployed.TheAmerican Job Center and https://www.jobs4tn.gov/vosnet/Default.aspxare good resources for finding programs where you can learn new skills while unemployed.

The Financial Empowerment Center offersfree one-on-one financial advice services toany Davidson County resident, regardless of income.

The counseling sessions are done by phone or virtually. Most initial sessions last an hour or hour and a half. To make an appointment, call 615-748-3620 or go to fec.nashville.gov.

Since March 2013, the Financial Empowerment Center has helped more than 8,000 clientsand held more than 23,000 individual counseling sessions.

The program, which has counselors who speak Spanish as well as English, hashelped its clients reduce their debt by more than $15.3million. Counselors have backgrounds in various areas, including banking and social work.

The program started in Nashville in 2013, with initial funding from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, a Bloomberg Philanthropy. Now it is funded by the Mayor's Office and United Way.

Details: fec.nashville.gov andhttps://www.unitedwaynashville.org/programs/financial-empowerment-center

The extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits was passed as part of the federal CARES Act in March. It is notexpectedto be extended past theweek ending July 25.

Reach Ms. Cheap at 615-259-8282 or mscheap@tennessean.com. Follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/mscheap, and at Tennessean.com/mscheap, and on Twitter @Ms_Cheap, and catch her every Thursday at 11 a.m. on WTVF-Channel 5s Talk of the Town.

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