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What are the ethical considerations in Contextual Design?

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Contextual Design

The development of new products is a complex process with many different dimensions of ethical concern. Design researchers, developers and manufacturers are confronted by a web of means and ends that complicates the activity of designing. The ethical concerns range from ensuring that the products they create are safe and reliable, conform to laws and regulatory codes, and contribute to the health of society.

A central concern is determining the purpose of design. Some view it as the art of creating what does not exist, while others see it as a science that seeks to change existing situations into preferred ones. Whatever one’s perspective, most designers agree that design is a systematic discipline involving choices that are aimed at changing existing situations into desired ones.

While the natural and social sciences study what already exists, design is concerned with invention and innovation and with matters that may be other than they are through human action (Simon 1981). The ethical implications of this distinction are numerous and complex.

What are the ethical considerations in Contextual Design?

For example, one of the central principles of Contextual Design is that the best design data comes from direct observations and interviews with users in their own work environments – their natural contexts – to learn what they do and why they do it. This approach leverages the earlier work of ethnographic methods but extends it in important ways.

In addition to providing rich, qualitative user data, the contextual-inquiry process is also designed to allow teams to come together, share the data and discuss its meaning and implications. Teams can then use the consolidated data to identify opportunities for using technology to transform and improve work practice.

During this phase of the Contextual Design process, it is important that the team remain aware of its responsibility to protect and respect the participants and their right to autonomy. Inappropriate actions by the team can have significant consequences for both individual users and the wider community.

Another key ethical consideration is that of the impact of the design on people’s lives. A central tenet of contextual equipoise is that a product’s functionality should not exceed its impact on the people who use it.

This principle can be applied to all aspects of the design process, but is particularly relevant in the later stages. It is at this point that a design project starts to diverge from its original aims. It is at this stage that the design team must make difficult tradeoffs between the functionality of a product and the impact it will have on the users who will be its primary customers. This is where the importance of a good, clear definition of the concept of contextual equipoise comes to the fore. It is the only way to ensure that a team’s decisions are informed by the real-world impact they will have on people’s lives. This is essential if the design process is to be viewed as ethical and moral.

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Property Management Goals

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The management of a property must have goals and objectives. There are two types of organizational goals which are the short term goal and the long term goal. Short-term goals are considered to be within a year, and long-term goals are over a year.

The short-term objective is also called operational objectives, since it will continue to be a daily operation. Property management activities that are daily are like garbage removal, cleaning, or gardening. The workforce that has been designated to perform work, such as pipe repair, must be someone who has the skills and knowledge. The labor must be the skilled person. Also, the management structure should have been organized and always up to date. The necessary information, for example, the contract or the service, must be verified to ensure that the service is always available to the owner or it must be cancelled. Property information, such as taxes, must be paid and financial information, such as rent payments, must be recorded. Daily monitoring of the employee’s work is required to make sure that the performance measurement is good and of quality. All of the things that have been mentioned above are under the short-term objective.

Long-term goal is also called strategic management. It is more about policy formulation and interpretation. It is also about programmed formulation, implementation and activation. The owner looks for the results. For example, a hotel owner’s mission is to upgrade a 3-star hotel to 5-star hotels in 5 years. Therefore, the property manager will ensure and monitor all the essential works to make sure that the mission is accomplished within time.

The organizational objective is applicable during the life of the organization. It is included in the strategic plan, five-year long-term plan, and tactical plan. The organization must have annual objectives. The short-term objective in the operational plans must have the specific time horizon.

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The beauty of a decorative wall clock

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Learning to appreciate a decorative wall clock is part of the benefits of owning or collecting vintage wall clocks. Owning a watch just for the sake of knowing the time is completely different than owning one for its decorative value. Watches are not just tools to tell the time of day, they are more than that. An antique grandfather clock, for example, can add life and elegance to your living room, assuming of course that you can appreciate its essence and decorative value.

Such a watch may possess a variety of attributes that may appeal to certain groups of people. The number of decorative clocks available on the market that meet the needs of almost every person is limitless. What works perfectly for you may not work for others. Usually it depends on how you would like to use the watch. For example, a kitchen wall clock doesn’t necessarily work in the living room or bedroom, design-wise. With the wide range of designs to choose from, you won’t have any trouble choosing the one that’s right for you.

Depending on where you want to place the clock, a decorative wall clock should have something that appeals to you. This is how you start to appreciate watches, whether they are vintage watches or even digital watches. If you like antiques, grandfather clocks or long case clocks are great for decorating your living room. If not, you can try some ornate clocks that double as picture frames. In this way, your guests can appreciate the photos of your family and calculate the time.

A religious-themed decorative wall clock is also quite common among many people, since religion can be a powerful motivator. You may feel inspired by being constantly reminded of your faith. A decorative clock that represents the last supper would look great in your dining room, don’t you think? Or the infamous footprints in the sand tale that are incorporated into a clock would work well in the kitchen.

You should also keep in mind that the color of the decorative wall clock face should match the overall color scheme of the room. This is essential because you don’t want your clock to stand out in the room where you place it. A decorative wall clock should fit perfectly into the decorative theme of the room. Even vintage or digital wall clocks need to blend in with the atmosphere of the room.

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Head First – 10 Different Intelligences by Tony Buzan – Book Review

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In this book, first published in 2000, Tony Buzan writes that we all have ten different types of intelligence. This book is an amazing reference, if only to make the reader think about all the ways we think. There are great possibilities for personal growth by strengthening the areas in which we are good and exercising in those areas that we have mostly ignored or even ignored.

The chapter corresponding to each intelligence contains several sections.

1. A brief but comprehensive definition of intelligence.

2. A statement of the benefits to be gained from the study of this specific intelligence.

3. An example of an individual who excels at this.

4. A section with proofs that you are smarter than you think.

5. Case studies of more individuals as examples and role models.

6. Brain workouts. Nothing is free, exercises to make you stronger.

7. The end of each chapter contains tests and quizzes. Challenge yourself, see how you stack up against the experts, and maybe learn some new ways of thinking.

Here are the 10 types of intelligence with my brief summary of each one. I may not agree with the choice of 10 as the correct number, but the chosen ones are certainly worth considering in many ways.

1. Creative. This is your ability to generate new ideas. To be flexible, find new ways to use old ideas. The stars here are those who can find new solutions quickly.

2. personal. The star here is a person who knows himself. He is self-aware and uses this knowledge for self-fulfillment.

3. Social. The star here can productively and meaningfully interact with other human beings. It is about personal relationships.

4. Spiritual. This is about the really big picture. Use your intelligence for more than selfish interests.

5. Physical. This person is aware that he is in harmony with his physical being. This person is physically fit, coordinated, and is probably an athlete, artist, surgeon, etc.

6. Sensual. Use your five senses and your intuition to live fully. The human body, used correctly, is an incredibly complete organism capable of doing many things better than all the inventions of man.

7. Sexual. In its most basic form, the drive to survive, to procreate, to continue the human race.

8. Numerical. The ability to manipulate the language of numbers. This should be something simple because many of us only have to worry about ten symbols, from zero to nine. Some of us only care about zeros and ones.

9. Spatial. This is the ability to see the relationships of shapes to each other and to the space where they exist.

10. Spoken. Verbal intelligence is a bit more complex than numerical intelligence. We manipulate 26 characters to define thoughts and communicate them to ourselves and to others.

This book is highly recommended as an introduction to many ways of seeing and thinking about the world. Being a Buzan book, the reader also gets the bonus of images of various complex and colorful mind maps.

Health Fitness

Hydrotherapy: Power of Water for Training and Conditioning Success

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Hydrotherapy is a tool that can revolutionize the way athletes train, condition, recover and rehabilitate. But what is aquatic therapy and what are its benefits? These are the main reasons why hydrotherapy is an effective treatment tool that offers successful results with winning results.

1. Accelerate muscle recovery before and after practice
2. Provides safe rehabilitation after injury.
3. Create a safe environment for training and conditioning during recovery
4. Minimize joint stress during training
5. Minimizes Muscle Soreness, Soreness, and Recovery Time
6. Allows treatment programs to start before therapy on land
7. Offers intense workouts without the risk of injury

COMPONENTS OF SUCCESSFUL HYDROTHERAPY SPACES
Successful aquatic therapy rooms are dedicated spaces that contain specific hydrotherapy equipment. This equipment may include hot tubs, plunge pools, therapy pools with water currents, or full-size pools. These are the reasons to include hydrotherapy pools and plunge pools when planning the best aquatic therapy room.

1. RESISTANCE HYDROTHERAPY POOLS
Aquatherapy pools with water current are ideal for aquatherapy and fitness. They pack a powerful function punch in a small footprint. Due to the flow of water, athletes can achieve full body workouts, swimming, running and rehabbing for general fitness and conditioning without additional pool equipment. Look for pools where the speed of the water can vary and where there are different areas or performance zones. This allows for progressive treatments at all skill levels and at all stages of injury.

2. POOLS
Another very effective component of hydrotherapy rooms are plunge pools.

cold plunge

During intense exercise, muscles experience microtrauma, or tiny tears within individual muscle fibers. Microtraumas are beneficial as they trigger an increase in cell activity that helps strengthen muscles. But they can also cause inflammation and delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS). The low water temperatures in a cold plunge help minimize muscle inflammation. Post-exercise used athletes get the beneficial effects of microtrauma without the pain of DOMS. For the most efficient use of this effective tool, some elite teams have plunge pools large enough for the entire team to use after practice or a game. Look for vendors who can create custom plunge pools to meet your team’s requirements.

hot water pools

Used before workouts, hot water pools help increase blood flow, flexibility and relax muscles. This increased flexibility leads to less muscle tension and a more productive exercise session. It is also an ideal tool to speed recovery after injury.

Athletic trainers who harness the power of water for training and recovery understand the basic characteristics of water to facilitate success. These include hydrostatic pressure, buoyancy, and viscosity. The ability of water to support, decrease the weight of an object, and provide resistance will produce positive results.

Legal Law

Native American Bar Association

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The National Native American Bar Association NNABA serves those who practice Indian law. It exists to advocate for social, political, cultural, and legal issues affecting American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives. It offers regular, associate and special memberships.

The NNABA represents Indian nations as well as individuals. Lawyers are traditionally dual citizens of the United States and their tribal nation. As tribal citizens, members are responsible for helping to protect the governmental sovereignty of Native American tribal governments.

The NNABA was created in 1973 under the name of the American Indian Lawyers Association. The name was then changed to the American Indian Bar Association and eventually became the Native American Bar Association. When chapters were established in 1980 for each of the respective state Indian bar associations, the organization adopted the name National Native American Lawyers Association. Each chapter is assigned one vote on the Board of Directors, and the association exists to represent all indigenous peoples on the lands of the United States.

The goals of the NNABA are to protect the autonomy of native tribal nations and tribal court systems. The Association serves to promote understanding of the distinctive legal status of Native Americans and the inclusion of Indian Law on State Bar examinations, particularly in states with tribal governments.

Under the United States Constitution, Indian tribes are sovereign entities. Indians do not have to pay taxes. Tribal governments have all the responsibilities of any other, including government, including providing education and health care for their citizens, as well as keeping them safe. Tribes have their own infrastructures, including court systems, police forces, jails, etc.

There is a growing problem of law school applicants lying about being Native American. To be a Native American, one must have tribal citizenship, not just ethnicity. As a tribal citizen, one is assigned a registration number that is used similarly to a Social Security number. Census data reported an increase of 228 Native American lawyers between 1999 and 2000. However, law schools had 2,500 Native American graduates. The discrepancy highlights the enormous problem.

The law school curriculum makes little mention of the fact that there are three separate legal structures within the United States. Schools, especially where Indian tribes are located, must integrate the Indian law curriculum into their programs. NNABA works diligently with schools to help make the necessary reforms.

For more information about the Native American Lawyers Association or assistance in finding a lawyer, visit http://www.attorneysandlawyers4you.com.

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Some Financial Aspects of Real Estate and Real Estate Investments

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Properties or real estate are not considered truly liquid investment instruments since individual properties or real estate are not exchangeable. Therefore, identifying land or real estate to invest in can require a great deal of time and effort, much depending on how familiar investors are with the particular segment of the market relevant to their interests. Real estate or land investors often use a variety of appraisal methods to make their lives a little easier through price comparison. Sources of information regarding prices may include: public auctions, private sales, public bodies, stock exchanges or real estate agents.

Real estate or land assets are much more expensive than bonds or stocks. Therefore, investors more often turn to a mortgage loan that can be secured by the land or the property itself. Consequently, we generally use the terms *equity* or *leverage* with reference to the money paid by the investor as opposed to the amount lent by the bank. Their ratio is called Loan-to-Value (LTV), which is considered to represent the risk assumed by the investor. Most banks consider 20% of the appraised value as a minimum capital requirement. A lot of pension funds and REITs, or real estate investment funds, regularly buy land or real estate with *zero* leverage, which minimizes their risks, but also limits their return on investment (ROI).

If the purchase of land or real estate is leveraged, the necessary monthly installations or “maintenance costs” can create a negative cash flow for the investor immediately after the purchase. In addition to potential cash-positive elements, such as those generated by depreciation, capital accumulation, and capital appreciation, investors may also partially or fully offset “transportation costs” through so-called Net Operating Income, or NOI. This technical term generally means *rents minus expenses* and in countries other than the US it is often referred to as Net Cash Flow. The *NOI/purchase price* ratio is called the Capitalization Rate. It indirectly indicates how many years the property or real estate will be amortized in an interest-free financial environment.

For example, if an investor has purchased $800,000 of land or real estate that generates a positive net operating income of $40,000 per year, then the property’s capitalization rate is 5%. It shows the investor that the land or real estate property will pay off in 20 years in terms of net cash flows.

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Astrological Choices: Equal and Unequal House Systems

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I don’t know if you can say it or not, but my mission in this series of articles is to provide basic explanations about the rudimentary principles of astrology. This is my fourth Astrological Choices article that has already introduced the tropical or sidereal system, the heliocentric or geocentric perspective and the types of charts available. For this article, we will look at the tropical system of equal and unequal houses. I am not a sidereal astrologer, so trust someone who is an expert in the sidereal system for an explanation of the sidereal house designs.

The exterior of a typical astrology wheel shows the zodiac positions for a single date at a specific moment in time, at a specific longitude or latitude. If any of those four elements, date, time, place by longitude and latitude are changed in any way, the positions of the zodiac around the wheel itself will change. Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time, so an exact duplication of the charts is not possible unless a team of doctors does something amazing, and that would present a puzzle to astrologers the world over. The universe emphasizes individuality and this specificity of birth based on the four given elements allows one to map the individuality that the universe offers. Within our solar system it takes just under 26,000 years for a pattern to appear to repeat itself exactly. By that time we will have moved so far in the galactic spin that no real duplication is remotely possible. Individuality is the norm; only humanity works hard to develop conformity out of individuality.

There are two general types of tropical house systems, equal and unequal. The equal house system divides the 360 ​​degree circle into 12 equal compartments of 30 degrees each. I don’t know your life experience, but mine is that life is certainly not equal, just look around you at the variety of possibilities and rampant inequality. While I can see value in any house system (they all could have a specific but perhaps unknown purpose), I don’t practice the equal houses method. One of the best personal reads I’ve gotten was from an overlay of equals and Placidus, I don’t rule out the equal system value, but it’s my choice to read the unequal.

It is important that you understand the difference between the Midheaven (Midheaven – MC) and the Zenith, as well as the Immum Coeli (IC) and the Nadir, which are different in measurement and application but are often confused with each other. this we will assume an exact Ascendant, say 29 Gemini. If I look up at 29 Pisces, that’s Zenith. If I look down at my feet at 29 Virgo which is Nadir, each at exact 90 degrees to the Ascendant. The opposition to the Ascendant is the Descendant in all house systems, in this case 29 Sagittarius. All the houses would read 29 degrees beginning with the Ascendant moving counter-clockwise around the wheel in zodiacal sequence. This is a graph of equal houses. You can choose to “float” the traditional Midheaven if you know it falls naturally in the house, or you can choose to ignore it. Personally, I can’t imagine life without a Midheaven!

The Earth rotates on its axis as it orbits the Sun, a dual movement that is at stake every moment of every day. This orbital path is called the ecliptic (the path in which eclipses occur) and it travels through the middle of the 12 zodiac constellations that we use astronomically and astrologically. The rotation of the Earth on its axis is No in a 90 degree relationship to its orbit, in contrast, the Earth is tilted approximately 23 ½ degrees with respect to the path of its orbit. This tilted rotation causes the Earth to rotate in and out of that exact 90 degree relationship to the center of the zodiac, distorting the way the zodiac is experienced here on Earth. The reality of the situation is the natural distortion that is reflected in the uneven distribution of space for houses. The Midheaven may or may not be at a 90 degree angle to the Ascendant. Mine is almost a trine (120 degrees).

In the tropical tradition the IC is the exact opposition to the MC including sign, degree and minute. The Midheaven represents the highest point at which a planet can ascend before beginning to descend toward the western horizon, called a setting. The CI represents the lowest point a planet can fall to before it begins to rise toward the eastern horizon or rise. This distortion produces an unusual and unique distribution of the degrees of the zodiac around the wheel of the chart which is reflected in the unequal house systems. Technically, dividing that distortion by space or time would come next, but that will have to wait for another article, as it requires more space than I have available. This article is only meant to help you understand equal and unequal houses.

Date, time and place are the three essential ingredients for a unique birth chart. The date is easy, the place is given by longitude and latitude; time is defined by the time standard in play at the time and place of birth. The Ascendant is set for the time of birth and intersects a specific point of the zodiac on the rising (left) side of the wheel, the rising sign. That point may be empty or occupied by a planet. Emptiness of a body has no particular meaning that I can determine; it essentially allows that point of the zodiac to operate as the “ruling” or dominant energy in that person’s life. When I mention the degree of the zodiac as dominant, it is the “ruling” planet of that degree of the zodiac that assumes dominance. If there is a physical planetary body present in that degree, the ruler of the zodiacal degree and the planet in question “co-rules” or are dominant energies in that person’s life. Is there more than one planet in that ascending zodiacal degree? Now the chart gets really interesting as the dominant qualities are more or less vital to the top dog position.

On my own wheel, the first house contains only 19 degrees, the second house only 20 degrees, the third house only 24 degrees, or about 63 degrees for that first quadrant. That’s exact. The closer you are to the equator, the more equal the houses will be. The further north or south you go from the equator, the less equal the houses are. This variation is what causes the interceptions in the houses. Near the equator there is little to no chance of interception. As you move north or south from the equator toward a birthplace, the distortion of houses increases and the probability of interception also increases. As you move towards the latitudes of, for example, Northern Europe, the British Isles, the northern part of EurAsia, etc. multiple interceptions are possible. The same is true of the southern hemisphere, although the population density decreases as you get closer to Antarctica.

The closer you get to the more densely populated northern polar countries, the Midheaven and Ascendant may be on top of each other. This is why advocates of equal houses show the inappropriateness of unequal houses. On the contrary, I think this proves the validity of the unequal housing system. As we travel north (or south) towards the polar regions, life becomes more difficult and hostile in nature. Since the Ascendant represents our physical selves and the Midheaven represents our goals in life, I believe that having them close to the conjunction would translate into personal survival as the goal of existence. That close proximity of the Ascendant and Midheaven would crush the 11th and 12th houses in that physical survival mode.

Since all the intercepted houses are an axis pair, the same situation would be true if the CI were to approach the Descendant with the 5th and 6th houses squeezed into that tight grouping. It is not my intention in this article to define intercepted houses, but it is important to your understanding of equal and unequal houses that intercepts occur naturally but only in uneven graphs.

The same houses are easier to build. Unequal houses require math skills or a good computer program. The same houses are more generic in quality but quite effective if you are doing quick short readings such as a fundraiser, psychic fair, radio or TV work. The pairing of equals with unequals as mentioned above was an extraordinary read for me. Each astrologer chooses what works best individually, but that is not a judgment on a system, it is a personal preference. Each has value, each has a place in your skill set, but you will choose one as your primary.