wow mali tindera NoneThis article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Astrid H. Kendrick, Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary Five years ago, I began a research project into emotional labour, compassion fatigue and burnout in Alberta’s educational workers. The results from the earliest study suggested a wide scope of emotional and mental distress among teachers, educational assistants, school leaders and support staff. This distress has been documented globally and across Canada, suggesting educator mental and emotional well-being continues to decline and interventions are needed. How educators manage burnout Recently, my research team analyzed the specific interventions that our 4,000 survey respondents used to manage their symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout. Educational worker respondents were recruited online through Alberta Teachers’ Association and internal newsletters and social media. Responses were collected across three periods (2020, 2021 and 2023). We defined intervention as a practice or strategy used to address distress or suffering. Overwhelmingly, our respondents indicated that they used self-directed or individual interventions to deal with workplace distress such as going to a gym, walking alone, talking to friends and spouses or pursuing hobbies. While individual interventions are one part of dealing with distress, a single person cannot self-care themselves out of the effects of a toxic workplace or organizational culture. Workplace ‘canaries’ In their recent book, The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with their Jobs, workplace burnout experts and emeriti professors of psychology Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter used the canary in the coal mine metaphor to illustrate this point. Similar to how miners used canaries to indicate the presence of toxic gas in the mine, the large number of absences of adults from their workplaces suggests a toxic environment. But, here’s the catch: you can rescue the canary by bringing it to fresh air, but if you put that canary back into the toxic mine, it will become sick again. So, while individual interventions can help temporarily relieve workplace stress, the workplace itself also needs to address the root problems. Organizational supports In our survey, we asked participants to share strategies they use to support workplace well-being. Over 40 per cent of respondents added “improving work and classroom conditions” when asked if there was anything else they wished to tell researchers about their experiences with compassion fatigue, emotional labour or burnout. In addition to prioritizing adequate resourcing for schools, there are clear opportunities for educational systems to integrate organizational and school-based interventions for employees, such as providing professional development opportunities or micro-programs that target and relieve workplace stressors. Such organizational resources were the least-mentioned forms of support our survey participants currently use, but improving school and system culture could have the greatest impact on employee attraction and retention. Get outside! A opportunity for building well-being appeared as a new trend in the most recent analysis of our data. Over the three data collection points, more respondents wrote “getting outside” as an “other” form of intervention they were using to feel better. This insight led me, with collaborators Nadeen Halls, a teacher consultant, and Patrick Hanlon, from the Werklund School of Education Academic Support Offices, to develop a pilot a “Walk and Learn” professional learning workshop for burned out educators. We mixed two interventions, environmental and organizational, to create a walk for local teachers so they could learn about compassion fatigue and burnout while going for a walk on trails outside Calgary in Treaty 7 territory, also home to Métis Regions 5 & 6. As a part of the walk, we carefully selected sit-spots along the trail for reflective journaling on workplace well-being. This combined experience of physical activity and quiet reflection appeared to have a positive effect on the participants. In our post-walk feedback, 100 per cent of participants expressed appreciation for this type of professional learning. At our most recent walk in October, we had two returning participants — high praise from teachers who do not like to take the same session twice! Partnership with local teacher association The design of the walks has been critical. We are flexible about the trail we select, making changes to suit the abilities of all our walkers. We arranged the walks through a local chapter of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and also some school staff teams so that the walks were scheduled during the regular school day rather than during the evening or on weekends. I also secured some funding to purchase items such as mittens, toques, tissues, and bleacher-style cushions to ensure the overall comfort of the walkers. After listening and reflecting on compassion fatigue and burnout, participants would walk and discuss the impact of these psychological hazards with their peers and colleagues. They shared their strategies to support their own and their students’ well-being. Maybe of the highest importance, participants have noted that the walks have helped them realize they are not alone in their suffering. These conversations between walkers created social support, a starting point for improving workplace culture. The popularity of the walks led us to design a podcast learning series so others could enjoy the benefits of movement and learning. The HEARTcare Podcast and Learn series aims both to teach about important concepts related to workplace well-being while prompting listeners to be physically active and mentally engaged. Unprompted feedback from podcast listeners has been positive. Our next step is to investigate the podcasts’ usefulness as a professional learning tool and strategy for stress relief. Taking one walk or listening to one podcast is not the magic wand or cure-all that will save education. But evidence suggests that higher daily step counts have positive mental health benefitsand connecting with other people through activity can improve physical well-being. So, don’t be afraid to walk into stress in this year — and be sure to bring a friend or colleague. It might be the only steps you need to take to feel better. ___ Astrid H. Kendrick receives funding from the Social Sciences Humanities Council of Canada and the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning (University of Calgary). She is a Board Member for PHE Canada and the PHE Canada Research Council. ___ This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. 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Lara Trump removes her name from the US Senate consideration list. The US president-elect Donald Trump 's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has removed her name from consideration for a Senate seat, as quoted in a report by BBC. ET Year-end Special Reads Gold outshines D-St with 20% returns, but 2025 may be different The year of the pause: How RBI maneuvered its policy in 2024 2024, the year India defeated China's salami-slicing strategy Her resignation as co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) this month stoked rumours that she would succeed outgoing Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, whom Trump has nominated for secretary of state. She stated, however, that she had eliminated herself from consideration after an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many in a post on X. 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View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) AI for Everyone: Understanding and Applying the Basics on Artificial Intelligence By - Ritesh Vajariya, Generative AI Expert View Program Without providing any additional information, she stated that she would make a significant announcement in January. The election of Lara Trump as co-chair of the RNC in March cemented her father-in-law's power within the party during his presidential campaign. She became one of the most prominent campaign surrogates for the Republican candidate in the lead-up to the election, along with her husband, Trump's son Eric, and his older brother Don Jr. FAQs Why did Lara Trump withdraw from the Senate campaign? Lara Trump decided to take a step back after careful consideration and encouraged Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to choose a replacement for Marco Rubio's Senate seat. What is Lara Trump's big announcement for January? Lara Trump has hinted at a significant announcement in January, but she has yet to provide any details. ET Year-end Special Reads An Indian's guide to moving abroad as the world looks for 'better' immigrants The year of the HNIs: How India's rich splurged in 2024 (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )Iran could have an operational nuclear weapon within "weeks, maybe days," a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. said, as Israel closely watches whether Iran could quickly pivot and create a nuclear weapon before next month's change of administration in Washington. Michael Oren told Newsweek that Iran will be dreading President-elect Donald Trump 's return to the White House, adding that Tehran wouldn't "dare" to make the final push toward an operational nuclear weapon once the new administration takes over. Iran says its nuclear development, which had been curbed by now-lapsed restrictions, is peaceful and not intended to make weapons. But Iranian officials have started to publicly float whether Tehran should abandon this track, and analysts say it would not be difficult for Iran to take the final step toward a weaponized nuclear program. Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to make three or four relatively low-yield nuclear bombs, according to expert estimates. Iran may not have decided to make a nuclear weapon yet, but Tehran has certainly done its best to make sure it could do so very rapidly, said William Alberque, a visiting fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center and a former director of NATO 's Arms Control, Disarmament and WMD Non-Proliferation Center. There is "not a lot of time at all" until January 20, when Trump will be inaugurated, said Oren, who was ambassador from 2009 to 2013. But "it's enough time for them to make a nuclear weapon" if Iran resolves to do so. "This is a point I can't stress enough—that we're in a very perilous period," he added. "I don't think they'll dare do this on Trump's watch." 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However, Iran has openly said it has abandoned parts of the JCPOA since Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal during his first time in office. Israeli officials say the Iranian regime was severely weakened by events in the Middle East over the past year and could feel a rush toward an operational nuclear weapon may be its only viable option to display strength. Rafael Grossi, the director general of the United Nations ' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in November he had visited Iranian enrichment sites at Fordow, south of Tehran, and Natanz to the southeast. Grossi said it is approaching four years since Iran had stopped complying with nuclear-related commitments outlined by the JCPOA, and the agency has "lost continuity of knowledge" around key parts of the enrichment process, including centrifuges. Iran turned off cameras at nuclear sites in mid-2022, but the IAEA reinstalled monitoring at some sites in early May 2023. There are deep suspicions about other undeclared facilities in Iran, and "they could have a ton of centrifuges hidden somewhere we don't know about," Alberque said. What we do know, however, is that the Iranians' capacity to enrich uranium more quickly has "gone up considerably" as they increased the number of cascades they have throughout this year, Alberque told Newsweek . Cascades are groups of centrifuges working together. The output in every single category of enrichment, from the lower 2 and 3 percent all the way up to 60 percent, has increased by roughly 10 percent in the past few months, Alberque said. Lower percentages of enriched uranium, up to the 3.67 percent allowed under the JCPOA, are used for nuclear power. Percentages between around 20 and the high 90s, however, can be used to make nuclear weapons. The higher the percentage, the more efficient a nuclear weapon would be. Uranium enriched to 60 percent could theoretically be used for a nuclear weapon, albeit an inefficient one by most standards. Grossi told the BBC earlier this month that Iran was increasing its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent to a "much higher level," adding that Tehran's decision to produce significantly more highly enriched uranium was "very worrisome." "They have a nuclear program that has grown, has spawned in every possible direction," Grossi said. "The Iran of 2015 has nothing to do with Iran of 2025." Current and former Israeli officials describe the coming days and weeks as a crucial moment of evaluation in Israel, as well as in Washington and Tehran, with the latter possibly looking at how to project power in a new way across the Middle East. Iran has previously leaned heavily on its grip on regional actors, like Hezbollah, Hamas , and the Yemen-based Houthis, rather than on nuclear threats. But many of these groups, particularly the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group Hamas, have been shattered by Israel's devastating military efforts since Hamas' unprecedented October 7 attack last year. Israel also says its large-scale airstrikes and ground operations in Lebanon have strangled Hezbollah, cutting off Iran's access to what was once a formidable political and militant force on Israel's northern border. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said earlier this month that he did not believe an Iranian nuclear weapon was "inevitable" but added that it was "more a question now." Tehran has "lost different lines of defense," Blinken said, meaning "you're going to see more thinking about that." "But the costs and consequences to them for pursuing that route I think would be severe," he added. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Newsweek in October that the U.S. and Israel should make sure Tehran does not get nuclear weapons, an attitude reiterated by Israeli officials. "If you end up with an Iran with a nuclear weapon, it'll be a very, very dangerous situation for the world, and you'll spark a nuclear arms race right across the region," Blair said. How Would Israel Respond? The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said in recent weeks that the Israeli military has taken out the vast majority of Syria's air defenses after the collapse of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad 's regime earlier this month. In late October, Israel launched waves of targeted strikes on Iran in retaliation for Tehran's massive attack on Israel earlier in the month. The IDF is thought to have knocked out multiple advanced air defense systems in this attack. Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said earlier this month that these strikes had carved out a "window to act against Iran" before Tehran makes a nuclear weapon. But that's no easy task. "One of the reasons Israel hasn't done it yet is that it's very hard to do," said Alberque. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that Israel had hit part of Iran's nuclear program the previous month. Israel has advanced fighter jets, which it has used extensively to strike targets in the region. But they aren't heavy bombers, meaning it would be difficult for the jets to carry enough explosives to successfully hit Iran's nuclear sites deep underground. Israeli conventional ballistic missiles could certainly destroy aboveground facilities and surrounding infrastructure, Alberque said, but to get to the protected facilities, the IDF may need a sustained bombing campaign. Even then, he said, this couldn't guarantee success, and Iran could be hiding other sites across the country. Iran has been preparing for this exact scenario for years, Alberque said. But even with guaranteed air superiority for Israel's jets, it would be risky. Grossi warned against an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, predicting "very, very serious" consequences involving Iranian retaliation and the possible spread of radiation. Could the U.S. Get Involved? There are uncomfortable questions for the U.S. concerning how Washington fits in. It's not clear how much Israel would look to the U.S. for approval for any such strike, whether the Biden administration could be resistant in this hypothetical scenario and what Trump would make of the dilemma. On November 1, the White House said it would deploy B-52 bombers, among other military assets, to the Middle East as one aircraft carrier prepared to leave the region. "Should Iran, its partners or its proxies use this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region, the United States will take every measure necessary to defend our people," the Pentagon said at the time. Referring to the high-flying B-52s and their heavy payloads, Oren said that if "you're going to take out a site like Fordow, which is under a mountain, you're going to need a lot of these bombs, and the United States has the ability to do this without risking its pilots." Oren described the deployment of B-52s to the Middle East as an "extraordinary move," adding: "Why move those planes unless you have the remotest intention to use them?" He continued: "I wouldn't rule it out, put it that way. The Iranians have to make the decision, and the Americans have to make the decision, and, frankly, Israel has to make the decision."

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Tyrese Hunter tossed in a game-high 26 points to lead Memphis to a 99-97 upset victory over No. 2 UConn on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. Hunter, who played at Iowa State and Texas before transferring to Memphis, made eight field goals with 7-of-10 3-point shooting. The Tigers (5-0) connected on 12 of their 22 3-point attempts in the win. UConn's Hassan Diarra made a free throw to cut the Memphis lead to 99-97 with 2.2 seconds left. He intentionally missed the second free throw and collected the loose ball, but his desperation shot was off the mark. It was 92-92 when UConn's Liam McNeeley was called for an offensive foul with 40.3 seconds left. UConn coach Dan Hurley received a technical for arguing the foul call, and PJ Carter made all four free throws to give the Tigers a four-point lead. Memphis, which squandered a 13-point lead with four minutes to play in regulation, received 22 points from PJ Haggerty, 19 from Colby Rogers and 14 from Dain Dainja. Memphis will play the winner of Monday night's game between Colorado and Michigan State in Tuesday's semifinals. UConn will face the loser of that contest. Tarris Reed Jr. had a team-high 22 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for UConn (4-1) before he fouled out with 3:18 to play. He made 10 of his 13 field goal attempts. Alex Karaban added 19 points for the Huskies. Jaylin Stewart scored a career-high 16 points, Diarra had 12 and McNeeley added 10. UConn trailed 82-79 after Diarra made two free throws with 24.2 seconds to play in regulation. The Huskies then forced a turnover and tied the game on a 3-pointer by Solo Ball with 1.2 on the clock. Although Memphis shot 56.5 percent from the field (13 for 23) and 50 percent from 3-point territory (5 for 10) in the first half, the game was tied 40-40 after 20 minutes. Neither team led by more than six points in the half. UConn received 29 points from its bench in the first half. Reed scored 15 of those points and Stewart supplied the other 14. --Field Level Media

Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday. Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a “mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology.” It will also be the first time that an adaptation of Homer’s saga will play on IMAX film screens. Nolan has been an IMAX enthusiast for years, going back to “The Dark Knight,” and has made his last three films exclusively using large format film and the highest resolution film cameras. For “Oppenheimer,” the first black-and-white IMAX film stock was developed. Nolan hasn’t said specifically what the new technology for “The Odyssey” will be, but earlier this month he told The Associated Press that they’re in an intensive testing phase with IMAX to prepare for the new production. “They have an incredible engineering staff, really brilliant minds doing extraordinary work,” Nolan said. “It’s wonderful to see innovation in the celluloid film arena still happening and happening at the highest level possible.” “The Odyssey” will be Nolan’s second collaboration with Universal Pictures following “Oppenheimer,” which earned nearly $1 billion at the box office and won the filmmaker his first Oscars, including for best director and best picture . Rumors about his next project have been swirling ever since, with near-daily speculations about plot — none of which turned out to be true — and casting. While there are many reports about actors joining the ensemble, none has been officially confirmed by the studio.When it came down to deciding a tied race for a seat on the Galt City Council in Northern California, the longest straw won. Three people ran this year for two open seats on the City Council: Tim Reed won one of them with 5,870 votes, according to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters . But Mathew Pratton and Bonnie Rodriguez tied with 3,882 votes each, meaning they had to put to a test a tiebreaker voters approved earlier this year. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

Riding a 6-game win streak, the Eagles head to Hollywood again for a rematch with the young RamsPercentages: FG .481, FT .769. 3-Point Goals: 12-31, .387 (Ball 4-6, McNeeley 4-6, Diarra 3-4, Karaban 1-7, Mahaney 0-1, Nowell 0-2, Stewart 0-2, Ross 0-3). Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 5 (Ross 2, Diarra, Johnson, Karaban). Turnovers: 9 (Diarra 2, McNeeley 2, Reed 2, Ball, Mahaney, Ross). Steals: 3 (Diarra, McNeeley, Nowell). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .511, FT .643. 3-Point Goals: 9-16, .563 (Hammond 4-5, Smith 2-2, Jakimovski 2-4, Ruffin 1-2, Rancik 0-1, Dak 0-2). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 1 (Ruffin). Turnovers: 11 (Hammond 4, Malone 3, Baskin, Kossaras, Ruffin, Smith). Steals: 3 (Hammond, Jakimovski, Malone). Technical Fouls: None. .