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We must understand the threat from within – The CT Mirror

I am a student of history and human behavior. I am the sole college educated member of my working class family who consider me a radical liberal and elitist. Clearly, they have aligned with right wing media who have branded those who share my political and social leanings.

Like many Americans, I am outraged by the violent attack on our Capitol, in the name of patriotism, but recognize it for what it is. While it was fomented by conspiratorial elements in our government, social media, and dangerous fringe groups, there is no conspiracy in believing that it was a heinous assault on our democratic process and the rule of law. We must see it for what it is.

There are those among us who threaten to destroy the fabric of this nation. Truth be told, these events are evidence that we are a nation, deeply divided, and that our republic, if we can keep it, remains vulnerable from within. It seems that the countermeasure to this threat is to assess how we got here, address the etiological factors, and commit to every possible measure to strengthen our democracy. This includes a better understanding of our nations ills.

While it is easy to dismiss the insurrectionists as thugs and misfits, let us consider that they may be a consequence of a society that has left them behind; sons and daughters of poverty, a failed education or mental health system, joblessness, technology, or social change, who perceive themselves as victims with few options. Clearly, Trump has played them, and seduced them into aligning with his own pathological view of victimization, manipulated them for his own political gain. That said, the villains of the recent insurrection are a threat to our democratic way of life, and must be accountable for their actions. We cannot allow laws to be violated, elections to be overturned by mobs, and the tenets of our Constitution to be defiled.

As a people, we must recognize the inequities in our society, and the deleterious impact on our citizens. If democracy is to survive into the next century, we must begin to address the consequences of economic disparity, racism, social injustice, hopelessness, and diminished opportunity, and mitigate these pernicious forces. Despite the historic roots of these problems, and contemporary factors that reinforce them, we must face the challenges of the future with new hope and commitment.

We need to work together to protect our democracy, and human rights, and to condemn the voices of division. We must also demand that our elected officials return civility to government and maintain their oath of office to protect our Constitution. Anything less is a betrayal of their country, voter rights, and the bedrock of a democratic nation.

Claire Walsh, a social worker, lives in Deep River.

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What happened to flu season? Experts talk COVID-19, vaccines and more – KEZI TV

LANE COUNTY, Ore. -- As the talk of coronavirus dominates our daily conversation, some people are asking: what happened to the flu?

Dr. Brenda Ormesher is an Infectious Disease Physician with PeaceHealth Medical Group. She along with several other doctors KEZI 9 News spoke to said they have seen very low flu activity within the community.

The measures that we've put in place for COVID prevention have done a lot to help prevent the flu in Lane County, Ormesher said.

But thats not all.

We did have higher rates of vaccination this year compared to prior years, so that's excellent because more people have become engaged, Ormesher said. They've taken measures to help prevent the spread of influenza, and that community engagement has made such a big difference.

Dr. Patrick Luedtke with Lane County Public Health agrees.

We are of course attributing that really to human behavior, Luedtke said. People are wearing masks -- not 100% but they can still do better. Many of them are wearing masks. Secondly, people are avoiding these congregate settings where we typically pass it.

He said labs have shown a nearly 75% reduction in flu cases so far this year, but he said anything could happen.

We could still very well see a big peak in influenza in February, March or April, Luedtke said. "So people still have time to get protected, and we really want them to.

Luedtke said that in a typical year there is so much influenza that it is not a reportable disease. That would only change if officials noticed a novel strain.

In the 2019-2020 season, the CDC estimated 22,000 deaths from the flu. Across the country, many states have reported none so far.

Health officials have warned about the dangerous reality of coinfection -- thats an individual becoming infected with both COVID-19 and the flu. Ormesher said theyve only seen one case of that in a nursing home.

The flu shot is definitely important, even with low cases, Ormesher said. If we start seeing that spread in our community, in addition with COVID, that would be detrimental to the health care facility and it would be detrimental to the patients.

In Oregon, between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2 this season, there were 0.1% of positive flu tests.Last season, that number was at 26.6% in the same time span.

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What The CES All Digital Show Says About the Future – Nextgov

Last year I was unable to attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in person, but was fortunate enough to have a few colleagues covering the event. They sent back reports about the newest technology that would soon be populating inside our homes and offices. This year, however, nobody can get to the show because of the ongoing pandemic. Its gone completely virtual. On the bright side, that means that all of the keynotes are open to everyone who wants to stream them. A few companies have even set up virtual booths that you can visit without leaving your home.

The bad news is that the number of exhibitors is way down this year, with fewer than half as many as attended the last physical show in 2020. That makes my job for Nextgov a little bit more difficult. Its not always easy to pick out potential government technology at CES because its hyper-focused on consumer products like televisions. In the past, however, the sheer number of exhibitors, which could sometimes soar into the thousands, meant that spotting government trends or tech that government might be interested in was at least possible by wearing down the soles of your shoes wandering around the multi-level, maze-like complexes that hosted the show.

I didnt have to do any wandering this year, but there was also less to find. Even so, CES offered quite a few interesting nuggets that might hint at future government technology.

5G Will Finally Be Everywhere

In 2019, the concept of 5G was just starting to roll out, and companies were beginning to imagine what customers could do with bandwidth that was up to 25 times faster than was available at the time. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg keynoted CES that yearand talked about the pending new technology almost as if it were magic. He was back this year to kick off the 2021 virtual show, but with many more real-world examples. According to Verizon, their 5G service is now available in 2,700 cities serving 230 million people.

At the show, images of blockbuster movies being downloaded over lightning-fast connections in seconds were highlighted, but government is already investing in more practical 5G projects, a trend that will continue as the technology proliferates. For example, much of the Department of Defenses digital modernization strategy will depend on 5G communications.

Its not just the speed that makes 5G useful in government and the DOD. The core of the 5G transport layer is almost fully comprised of software-defined networking technology. That gives the DOD a lot more control over its data and bandwidth. For example, by using network slicing, they can allocate bandwidth based on mission priorities going all the way out to the edge. That way something like a critical video feed coming in from a drone in a forward area can have more than enough bandwidth dedicated to it so that it can stream its feed in real-time without getting disrupted by other applications on the same network.

The intelligence community is also interested in similar projects relating to 5G. In September, the Defense Information Systems Agency released a request for information about how it could deploy dynamic spectrum sharing across a broad range of capabilities. Specifically, it wants to improve bandwidth allocation in the areas of training, readiness and lethality. The backbone of 5G is almost tailor-made to drive specific projects, giving greater control for both public networks and the more highly classified, closed environments used by the IC.

IoT Getting Back to Its Roots

Although 5G is driving many of the innovations on display at CES this year, the really interesting stuff stems from the innovative applications that use it. I wrote a lot about smart cities over the past few years, including some truly innovative towns that are really pushing the envelope on what is possible. One of the most advanced places was Peachtree Corners, Georgia, where much of the infrastructure is computer-controlled using internet of things sensors and artificial intelligence.

One of the main partners working in Peachtree Corners is Bosch, which installed many of the IoT sensors around town as well as the artificial intelligence that drives them. At CES this year, Bosch described their work in this area.

Bosch CTO Michael Bolle explained that while most companies in 2020 focused on building AI to predict or model human behavior, they instead built what they are calling industrial AI and merged it with IoT. In Boschs AIoT program, they concentrate on explaining the world to objects and machines, and teaching them how to interact with it.

By explaining the physical world to machines instead of trying to make them think like humans, it makes for a much more functional AI that can be employed in a variety of situations that might really drive smart cities and other practical applications into overdrive in 2021 and beyond.

Self-Driving Cars Pulling into Your Neighborhood

Another huge technology that will benefit from 5G is self-driving vehicles. We saw a few pilot programs in different states over the past few years, as well as some Congressional approval to explore this new technology. And at CES last year, you almost couldnt wander the show floor without bumping into a self-driving car or even a self-flying airplane.

Without a physical presence, there was much less emphasis on cars this year. However, one company was taking pilot programs and moving them into the real world, with big plans for major rollouts by 2025.

That company is called Mobileye, and is a subsidiary of Intel. They took a unique approach to developing their self-driving vehicles, namely doing a lot of the most difficult tasks, like mapping hundreds of miles of potential streets, roads and routes before trying to then interface that data with their vehicles. At CES, they announced that they had mapped almost a billion kilometers of roads for their vehicles, and add about eight million more every day. When the mapping is combined with its safe-driving AI, it makes for a safe and efficient ride for passengers.

Last year the company tested its cars in Germany and logged thousands of driverless trips with passengers. It plans to quickly scale to other countries and cities, so you might see a Mobileye vehicle in your neck of the woods very soon. Beyond just that success, their method of getting self-driving cars deployed quickly and safely could become a roadmap for other private or government projects in this area.

From the beginning, every part of our plan aims for rapid geographic and economic scalability and todays news shows how our innovations are enabling us to execute on that strategy, said Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua.

Virtual CES runs through January 14th this year, so there is lots more to see. The good news about a virtual show is that even if you miss a keynote or a presentation, its still going to be available online anytime. So sit back and enjoy seeing what technology the future may hold.

John Breeden II is an award-winning journalist and reviewer with over 20 years of experience covering technology. He is the CEO of the Tech Writers Bureau, a group that creates technological thought leadership content for organizations of all sizes. Twitter: @LabGuys

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COVID-19 in the wastewater: UW researchers track silent spreader in sewage – Q13 FOX (Seattle)

COVID-19 in the wastewater

UW researchers track silent spreader in sewage

SEATTLE - As COVID-19 runs rampant in the Puget Sound, University of Washington scientists are tracking the virus in the one place most of us want nothing to do with the sewer.

Handling raw sewage is something PhD student Sarah Philo and post-graduate Angelo Ong do on a weekly basis, donning layers of gloves and other biosafety gear, including respirators. Its not for the wastewater, its for the virus living in it.

"Once we saw the pandemic starting to take hold, one of our first thoughts, in my mind, was that we should start measuring the virus in wastewater," said Scott Meschke, UW professor of environmental and occupational health services.

Meschke had initially refined the wastewater testing method working with the poliovirus. With a new outbreak in the Puget Sound, he was not surprised to find SARS-CoV-2 in sewage, the virus known in humans as COVID-19.

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"Sewage is kind of the great composite sample, right, pretty much everything that passes through the body is going to exit one way or the other," he said.

He said it could hold one answer to tracking a silent spreader. Thats what hes trying to refine in his lab, with Philo and Ongs help.

Using weekly samples from three wastewater treatment plants in King County, the method to identify SARS-CoV-2 is "really low tech," according to Philo.

"Its also really easy so we hope that there arent a lot of barriers for people to be able to do this method," she added.

Using raw wastewater, Philo and Ong test the pH and make sure theres no chlorine in the sample, which could ruin the experiment. Then, its a combination of acid and skim milk to get the right balance. Philo said skimmed milk flocculation draws all of the viruses and bacteria present in the sample.

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Part of the process includes the three samples going on a shaker machine for two hours. In total, the weekly testing is a full day of work for the UW students.

Theres talk, Meschke said, of wastewater being an early warning system of virus spread. Tracking the virus in King County samples since March, theyve found their own results mirror clinical cases.

"Definitely over the summer, when there were fewer COVID cases in the Seattle area, we were not getting as many detections in the sewage so it was definitely lower levels, below what we were able to find," Philo said. "And as the number of COVID cases has risen were definitely getting much more detection across all three treatment sites."

A point with the value of one indicates SARS-CoV-2 was detected at all three treatment plants. A point with the value of zero indicates we did not detect SARS-CoV-2 in any of the treatment plants.

Right now, the results tell us what we already know theres COVID-19 in King County, found in testing and down the drain. But theres more to tracking the virus than what has been recorded this past year.

"The prevalence is so high right now that we should expect to find it, but once we start knocking it down, this tool will be even more important to understand low levels of circulation in populations," Meschke said.

Its an indicator that comes straight from the pipes, not impacted by human behavior.

"The benefit of that is we pick up asymptomatic cases or we pick up people that arent seeking testing," he said.

He acknowledges the method, right now, is less useful sampling massive water treatment plants, which only tell them that theres COVID-19 in the county. The purpose of the research, he said, is to perfect a method that can be easily duplicated across labs around the country and world. The greatest use of tracking outbreaks, he said, will eventually be much closer to home.

"Nursing homes, dormitories, places like this where if we get a signal very close to the source, were able to immediately respond with additional follow up clinical testing," he said.

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Opening an ultra cold freezer in the lab, Meschke takes us back to a time before doctors tested for COVID-19 in the U.S. Examining old frozen wastewater samples from February, Meschke said they were able to identify the virus in King County sewage, before testing and illness indicated the virus was spreading in the community.

As more of the population becomes vaccinated and people are eager to flush COVID-19 out of their minds, Meschke predicts testing will be less prevalent, allowing COVID-19 to silently circulate. The key to catching it in time may start with circling the drain.

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Social media may be widening the political divide in America – Wink News

A clear divide in our country now stands after the attack at the Capitol on Wednesday. But did misinformation spreading across social media become the catalyst for this attack?

There is so much information out there including pictures and memes that make it onto our Twitter and Facebook feeds. Some of these photos claim that a group of men at the Capitol were Antifa members when that just isnt the case.

Those who study human behavior nationally and in Florida say social media is not the cause of the divide but it has helped the spread. And, it played a role in the Capitol Hill riot.

One second. One click. Then the person on your timeline that you disagree with is gone.

Dr. Laura Streffeler is a licensed mental health counselor. People dont necessarily go on social media for new information. They go on social media to read information about what they already know or believe, said Dr. Streffeler.

Streffeler is not alone in saying that social media did not cause the divide in this country, but Twitter, Facebook, Parler and Instagram certainly helped to grow them.

Chris Wright-Isak is a marketing and advertising professor at FGCU. They have algorithms that build on what you searched before. And they will send you more of that, he said.

Experts in misinformation say the process is familiar now, where people who want to believe something find validation via social media.

Katie Taylor is an avid Trump Supporter. There is no way anyone will ever convince me Joe Biden got more votes than President Trump, said Taylor.

Jarod Holt monitors extremist behavior online for the Atlantic Councils Digital Forensic Lab.

There were discussions about trying to get weapons into D.C. There were conversations about surrounding the Capitol, said Holt. And then in the last few days, the discussion shifted into even more extreme territory about taking matters into their own hands.

Now we have to ask: is there a solution to all of this?

Wright-Isak says there eventually needs to be some form of regulation. You have to eventually enact regulations that require the information to be labeled one truthful or not, he said.

But, is that realistic? Could it ever happen? He says it happened in other industries and mediums, so yes its possible. It happened in advertising. It happened in radio and television. What do you think the Federal Communications Commission is? Its a watchdog for truth, Wright-Isak said.

Social Scientists hope that Wednesdays events serve as a wake-up call. Yet, they arent too optimistic. Right now, they say too many people are simply switching to other platforms to find what they want to hear, where theres no line between fact and fiction.

For now, we just have to wait and see if regulations will be imposed.

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Study Shows Identifying Empathy Is Key to Increasing Diversity in Medicine, Improved Patient Care – PRNewswire

Empathy assessments can help close the racial disparity at medical education institutions and reduce doctor burnout.

African American and Latinx Medical Students Score Higher in Empathy

The award-winning Project in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy (POMEE) has found statistically significant and practically important relationshipsbetween empathy scores and race and ethnicity in favor of African American and Hispanic/Latinx/Spanish respondents. Because empathy is positively correlated with medical school success and patient health, a more empathetic and more diverse healthcare workforce could lead to improved health outcomes for all patient populations, especially those from minority or underserved communities.

AACOM will host a live virtual forumwith the project's principal investigator and co-sponsors on Thursday, January 14 from 12 1 PM ETto fully elaborate on the study and answer questions from attendees. There is no cost to attend and registration is open to the public.

Implications for More Diverse Medical School Admissions

"At a time when African American and Hispanic/Latinx communities are disproportionately suffering from COVID-19, and when medical schools across the nation are working to more actively increase and prioritize diversity in admissions, we should test medical students not only for academic knowledge but also for empathy," says POMEE's principal investigator Mohammadreza Hojat, PhD, research professor in Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and director of the Jefferson Longitudinal Study at the Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care. "Research has found a significant association among Jefferson Scale of Empathy score, clinical competence, and positive patient outcomes. Our assessment can not only help medical schools select the medical students most likely to become successful and caring clinicians but can also help close some of the troubling racial gaps that persist among medical education institutions."

POMEE is sponsored by AACOM in collaboration with the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Leonard Calabrese, DO, Cleveland Clinic's R.J. Fasenmeyer Chair of Clinical Immunology and Theodore F. Classen, DO, Chair in Osteopathic Research and Education. For more information about POMEE, visit aacom.org/empathy.

About AACOM

The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) leads and advocates for the full continuum of osteopathic medical education to improve the health of the public. Founded in 1898 to support and assist the nation's osteopathic medical schools, AACOM represents all 37 accredited colleges of osteopathic medicineeducating nearly 31,000 future physicians, 25 percent of all US medical studentsat 58 teaching locations in 33 US states, as well as osteopathic graduate medical education professionals and trainees at US medical centers, hospitals, clinics, and health systems.

AACOM provides leadership for the osteopathic medical education community by promoting excellence in medical education, research, and service, and by fostering innovation and quality across the continuum of osteopathic medical education to improve the health of the American public.

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Grey’s Anatomy: 10 Worst Times A Character Cheated, Ranked – Screen Rant

While romance is a huge part of Grey's Anatomy, there have been plenty of times where the surgeons have crossed the line in the name of 'love'

Relationships on the hit ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy have always been complicated, reflecting the myriad complexitiesthat human beings face in daily life. Whether falling in and out of love, holding a candle for someone who's beyond reach,as well asthe dark, murky side of relationships, Grey's has shown it all.

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The characters in this series, which is as much a relationship drama as it is medical, have been deeply in love but they have also cheated on their partners and been unfaithful at various times. Some of these creative decisions completely threw the arc while a few made somesense in the broader context. One must remember that infidelity, however undesirable, is still a very human behavior. However, that's not to say that the randomness didn't take anyone by surprise.

Alex Karev in season 1 of Grey's Anatomy was an arrogant and selfish jerk, who grossly lacked any social etiquette. It was no surprise then that he cheated on Izzie Stevens with the nurse Olivia after he let the pressures of the relationship get to him.

Although Izzie and Alex weren't formally together at the time, they were building to something good. Izzie was also the person who convinced everyone to give Alex a second chance after she saw a softer and more vulnerable side to him. In that light, the fact that Alex fooled around with other women while giving Izzie hope, was not cool.

Dr. Nathan Riggs appeared only for rather a short time at Grey Sloan Memorial. He was an ex-colleague of Owen Hunt's at the military, and the fianc of Owen's sister, Megan.

Megan and Nathan were both revealed to have cheated on each other. But Megan's side of the story was never really shown explicitly, whileNathan was berated time and again by Owen for having cheated on his sister. He was even revealed to have gifted Megan a necklace belonging to the woman he had cheated with. Although he did move heaven and earth for Megan after she was found alive, his history of cheating couldn't be erased.

Kate Walsh joined the medical drama as Derek's wife, bringing up the third angle of the love triangle that Meredith and Derek found themselves in. But even as the thorn in Meredith's flesh, Addison soon went on to be a beloved character and fans couldn't get enough of her.

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Addisonwas said to have cheated on Derek with his best friend Mark Sloan prior tothe timeline of the show itself. She then came to Seattle to put things right with Derek. However, their marriage was soon cut short when Derek cheated on her with Meredith. Of course, had Addison never cheated, the entire MerDer storyline might never have happened, but keeping that aside, it was pretty low of her to have an affair with her husband's best friend.

Owen proclaimed his love for Cristina more than once and he did indeed love her, choosing her over Teddy whom he had always had feelings for.

But when Cristina decided not to have children and even aborted Owen's child, the latter decided to hurt her by cheating. He hooked up with a friend of a patient, and later on, he has a long, traumatizing conversation about his unfaithfulness with Cristina. Seeing that Owen and Cristina were the second lead pair for a long time on the show, Owen's indiscretion was indeed disheartening.

One major case of infidelity happened before the series had started but continues to have a big impact, even today.

Meredith's mom Ellis, had had a long drawn out affair with Richard Webber, even though she was married to Thatcher Grey. Ellis and Richard were in love but their relationship destroyed Meredith's childhood and her relationship with her biological father, Thatcher. Moreover, Maggie Pierce turned out to be Ellis and Richard'sdaughter. Although the revelation shocked everyone, it was nice to see Meredith discover she had more family.

If Ellis cheated on Thatcher then naturally Richard cheated on Adele too, only he did it more than once. His wife was sweet and gentle, forgiving him for his affair with Ellis Grey.

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Richard might always be the "Chief" to all at Grey Sloan, but his behavior towards Adele was intolerable. Fans will always agree that Adele deserved better.

Callie and Arizona were a lovely couple and fans rootedfor them through all the ups-and-downs. From Callie's accident while she was pregnant, to Arizona having her leg amputated after the devastating plane crash in the season 8 finale, these two had indeed been through a lot.

But what didn't make sense was Arizona cheating on Callie with the craniofacial surgeon Lauren Boswell (played by guest star Hilary Burton). While Arizona did struggle in the aftermath of the plane crash, fans couldn't understand what made her cheat.

Another cheating scandal that occurred in Grey-Sloan has to beTeddy cheating on Owen with Tom Koracick. The usually cool-headed, rational Teddy suddenly decided to throw all caution to the wind when she began a physical relationship withTom, whom she was casually hooking up with before Owen proposed to her.

Teddy's uncharacteristic behavior has had fans in an uproar. Of course, Tom seems to actually care for Teddy so if the writers decide to make Koracick beat his current illness, then he might have a chance with Teddy after all.

One of the worst and most heartbreaking instances of infidelity onGrey's has been Derek's moment with his research fellow, Renee.In seasons 10 and 11, Meredith's dream relationship with Derek went through a rough patch as the latterleft for DC.

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Meredith feared the worst and she was almost right, for Derek did end up kissing Renee - although it's possible this kiss opened his eyes and drove away any confusion he might have had regarding him and Meredith. He did come running back to Seattle, but for MerDer shippers his little moment with his Research Fellow was devastating. Of course, Derek did fall for Meredith while he was still married to Addison, but to see him on the verge of cheating on Meredith herself never went down well with fans.

Probably the worst case of infidelity on Grey'sthat was not just uncharacteristic of those involved but also completely meaningless in the individual story arcwas George O'Malley cheating on Callie.

George was goofy, adorable, and good through and through, so his sudden decision to sleep with Izzie while still being married to Callie seemed bizarre. True, he and Callie weren't exactly the perfect couple, but that didn't seem to justify the story arc where he acted on his impulses with Izzie. Especially as Callie had given him absolutely no reason to hurther.

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Human Connection Will Always Be at the Center of Hospitality – MarketScale

Driven by consumer desires for new experiences, innovative technologies and environmental impacts travel is changing. Host Sarah Dandashy explores the technologies and logistics that power travel and the brands that build unforgettable experiences.

Bashar Wali is the quintessential hotelier with a long history in the hotel industry. He is the CEO and Founder of This Assembly, Partner at Provenance Hotels, and Founder and CEO of Practice Hospitality (a Hotel Management company that he fondly refers to as a Nurture Company).

More than just the business of hotels, Wali always emphasizes the human element of the hospitality industry. While acknowledging that hotels can offer many unique experiences, he said what truly matters is how hoteliers make guests feel. Wali has even done a TEDx on Human Connection.

The business that were in is hospitality. And the clear distinction is service is what you deliver, and hospitality is how you make people feel, Wali said.

And he has a point. All too often, hoteliers focus on the bottom line and forget what the real essence of hospitality is.

Why are hotels successful? It is because they know their why. They know their purpose, and they think long term.

I want to be able to say, look, we are in the business of creating an incredible place for people to work and an incredible place for people to call home away from home, Wali said.

And that, as Wali said, defines success.

Looking ahead, Wali shared a few of his thoughts on the future of the industry. Instead of focusing on trends, he dove into the notion of human behavior and understanding how we, as humans, shift and influence future changes.

Of course, Wali shared a bit on what hoteliers should be focusing on moving forward. First, the booking process should be smoother. Hoteliers need to focus on being better retailers. Secondly, hoteliers should also remember that they are in the feelings business. If they focus on anything else, hotels just become a commodity. And hotels are so much more than thatthey are an experience.

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What Fairytale Are You? Take This Quiz To Find Out – Book Riot

Flatiron Books, publisher of Tales from the Hinterland by Melissa Albert.

A gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve original stories by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood and The Night Country. Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world where a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twiceand still lives. Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans alike, Tales from the Hinterland will include gorgeous illustrations by Jim Tierney, foil stamping, two-color interior printing, and two-color printed endpapers.

Carl Jung and Bruno Bettelheim popularized the application of fairytales to psychology and personality traits. In The Uses of Enchantment, Bettelheim uses Freudian psychology to describe the existential quandaries children are working through based on their favorite fairytales. Children reading Cinderella, for example, are working through the Oedipus complex and sibling rivalry. In Snow White, children are beginning to notice how they cause parental turmoil and are starting to separate themselves from the parental unit. According to Bettelheim, phallic symbols pervade fairytales, such as the beanstalk in Jack and the Beanstalk. Its since been revealed that Bettelheim abused the children placed under his care and plagiarized much of his work from psychiatrist Julius Heuscher. Despite this, his work remains popular and has influenced both fairytale scholarship and therapy practices.

Carl Jungs research into archetypal images in myth and fairytales and how they relate to dreams and the subconscious sprouted a field of psychoanalysis and folklore scholarship perhaps best exemplified in Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales by Jungian psychologist and Carl Jung student Marie-Louise von Franz. In Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales, Franz explores the lessons about human behavior and thinking tucked away in fairytales, and how important it is to acknowledge these stories as being part of a persons core being.

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Today, fairytales have successfully been used in therapy sessions, from couples therapy to childrens therapy to narrative therapy. (If you want to read a fictionalized account of how fairytales are used in therapy, check out this beautiful Charles Yu short story published in The New Yorker: Fable.) And beyond the scholarly implications of using fairy tales as personality indicators, their universality and familiarity make them both an easy and fun way for anyone to assess their and other peoples personalities.

Whether you prefer dark and twisted fairytales or their Disney counterparts, this quiz will assign you a fairytale and tell you a little bit about your greatest strengths and weaknesses in the process.

And if youre looking for more fairytale content, check out these posts:

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What Fairytale Are You? Take This Quiz To Find Out - Book Riot

Human Behavior

What makes people believe in conspiracy theories? – RADIO.COM

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) Conspiracy theorists are often dismissed on social media. But some QAnon supporters were among those who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, and a growing number of Americans believe in conspiracy theories. So why do people believe these ideas when facts show they arent true?

Many conspiracy theories are dangerous, said psychologist Dr. John Grohol.

When you get into the strongest believers, it can really start looking like someone who has been indoctrinated into a cult, said Grohol.

He studies human behavior and technology and said people who believe conspiracy theories put information together that doesnt make sense in order to fit what they want to believe.

And they tend to be more fearful, anxious and narcissistic.

People who tend to think their view of the world is the one that matters most. People with narcissism engage in more paranoid thinking. And they tend to believe that the actions of other people are targeted toward them, he explained.

There are more people buying into these falsehoods because of social media.

So if you have that kind of out-there theory, you can find other people who share that same belief far more easily than you could have 20 years ago on the internet, he added.

Since the pandemic, people have been more isolated and spending more time online, which is also contributing to the problem.

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What makes people believe in conspiracy theories? - RADIO.COM