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The News International, All Rights Reserved | Contact Us | Authors The Supreme Court on Tuesday was hearing a motion to annul an appeals court decision regarding the deadly 2017 floods in Mandra at the request of a group of victims’ families If the court’s Sixth Criminal Division upholds recommendation by deputy prosecutor Efstathia Kapagianni who argued that the appeal court’s reasoning was flawed this would reopen the case against seven defendants who had been cleared of negligent manslaughter charges Four of the seven defendants were also cleared of charges relating to the actual flood itself Twenty-five people perished in the flash floods that swept through Mandra An additional appeal for annulment has also been filed by Mandra’s former mayor who had been convicted of allowing the flooding to be as severe as it was due to negligence Kapagianni recommended rejecting her appeal arguing that the conviction was well-substantiated clearly outlining the extent of her negligence According to a lawyer representing some of the victims’ families “the [appeals] court wrongly divided the flooding into two separate events instead of treating it as a single catastrophe This flawed reasoning led to wrongful acquittals as it failed to recognize the direct link between the victims’ deaths and the defendants’ actions the court ignored the crucial findings of the public administration inspectors’ report which clearly assigned responsibility for the disaster.” The court is expected to issue its decision in the coming weeks while the statute of limitations for the case expires in November Enter your information below to receive our weekly newsletters with the latest insights opinion pieces and current events straight to your inbox Contact us: news@app.com.pk Copyright © Associated Press of Pakistan A Greek Supreme Court prosecutor has questioned an appeal court’s verdict to acquit four defendants over the deadly flood in 2017 in Mandra and to find another three defendants guilty on lessor charges The flood in West Attica in November 2017 killed 25 people In a petition calling for the appeal court’s verdict to be annulled Supreme Court deputy prosecutor Lambros Sofoulakis noted the court in question did not take into account a critical finding of a meteorological specialist who said that “any obstacle can create a diversion and therefore lead to a flood a testimony that shows there was clearly a causative link between the defendants’ omissions and the end result and therefore they are criminally liable.” The Supreme Court’s criminal section will now review the petition against the appeal court’s verdict said: “The Supreme Court prosecutor’s office has seen what was obvious to us from the start The appeal court’s decision contains legal gaps and an inadequate explanation as to the acquittal of the defendants and the untimely death of people in the Mandra flood “The Supreme Court prosecutor’s office has fully accepted our claims and calls for the annulment of the verdict and a retrial of the case The struggle for justice for the dead continues.” The appellate court sentenced three defendants convicted in connection with the floods The court sentenced former Mandra Mayor Ioanna Kriekouki to 14 months in prison while imposing 18-month sentences on the former head of the Building Inspection Office and the regional employee responsible for oversight The appellate court’s sentences were lighter than those of the first-instance court (which ranged from 4 to 6 years as the defendants were only convicted of causing a flood and not of negligent homicide for which they had been convicted at first instance Chris Mandra has just released his first video game For all the modern talk about portfolio careers and the death of a job-for-life the idea of embarking on a completely new career in your sixth decade on Earth seems astonishing I sometimes daydream about starting out again maybe writing a travel book or doing that master's degree I never got round to too much inertia from mortgages and children and the idea of having to learn everything again from scratch What Mandra has done is nothing short of extraordinary Mandra cheerfully admits to knowing almost nothing about games "I'm just not a very good gamer," he says when we chat "I've only played a handful of games." When he was a kid which led to him getting pretty handy at Defender His wife suggested getting a PS2 in 2004 to play GTA although mainly so they could listen to the radio stations he bought a PS4 to play Destiny after he was intrigued to hear that video games had become bigger than the film industry "I played the entire game with a hand cannon because I didn't know any better," he says He has two master's degrees from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University one in musical composition and one in computer music He's released more than a dozen albums down the years mostly psychedelic music where the shortest songs are seven minutes long the didgeridoo player collapsed on stage after suffering cardiac arrest one was a trauma nurse and one was a guy who teaches how to do CPR they both jumped on stage and start giving him CPR which they do until the paramedics come and they get him to the hospital," recalls Mandra and there's no hyperbole whatsoever in what I'm about to tell you: he had CPR for 90 minutes they were preparing him to be an organ donor They went through five rounds of whatever their protocol is that ends up with the electroshock to the chest and his heart came back to life." Three months to the day Mandra and his band redid the show - and they called it the 'Resurrection Show' But Mandra has tended to avoid the idea of pursuing a career as a musician He reasons that he can make more money outside of music then use that money to pursue his passion for playing and recording a consultant for a security systems company an audio engineer for a hearing technology firm and a producer for US National Public Radio That last job coincided with the idea of buying GTA to listen to the radio stations His latest job is teaching computer science at a high school He quit his position at the security software company in 2022 thinking it would be trivial to find something else so I was really shocked and humbled by the fact that it took the better part of a year to get this job," he says "I'm learning a lot about younger generations and what's important to them and how they think about the world," he says The path to the release of Mandra's first video game started back in 2019. "Panic put the Playdate on Twitter on May 22 of 2019, and I saw it," he explains. "And the history of recording and the turntable was in my head because I happen to know a guy named David Giovannoni, who in 2008 was on the front page of The New York Times for finding the earliest recording of the human voice in history which was a full 20 years before Edison invented the phonograph I was thinking about how people at the turn of the century they were doing things like: suddenly you could record something and play it backwards How they're not different at all from people like Grand Wizzard Theodore And I've talked to Grand Wizzard Theodore about this And he put his hand on the record to stop it All of this was tumbling through Mandra's head when he stumbled across the reveal of Panic's Playdate handheld That idea was using the crank to spin a turntable, and the details of what would become Direct Drive quickly came to him a pivotal year that saw Charles Lindbergh fly across the Atlantic and saw the debut of talking pictures But the turntable that supplies her backing track isn't working you have to crank her music at just the right speed," says Mandra The other singers in the game include a Cab Calloway-alike called Tungsten and a precocious child star modelled after Shirley Temple and played by Mandra's child FiFi The bootlegger Sweets Mackson was voiced by Mandra's friend Lizzy Dean Holyfield from the apartment upstairs But he died in 2020 after only recording scratch tracks which Mandra had to work with as best he could Although Mandra had a background in computer music In 2016 he had met the developer Dimitry Zhukov while working at SonicCloud even recording music together under the name Osaka Birds but I would consider him one of my best friends." Mandra explained his idea to make a Playdate game and Dimitry enthusiastically agreed to come on board except for the little bit of coding I did to make the music re-combinatorial He solved problems that I didn't even know would have been problems Like we were so tight in memory space that the GIF of the record had to be optimised or it was going to crash the whole thing once in a while." I feel a great affinity for him because he's one of these people who's just interested in stuff why don't I make a game for the Sega [Dreamcast] Then he does these things like pop-up books." Mandra adds that Panic has been remarkably helpful over the years and they want to help you get your idea through the gate." He adds that every game developer he has encountered has been more than happy to chat and share advice positive group of people in my life in any arena," he says I feel like we're cool kids on the outskirts of the games industry." Since being released on the Playdate Catalog in 2023 Direct Drive has picked up a prize for gameplay innovation at the GMB Game Awards and was called "perhaps the pick of the Catalog so far" by Edge magazine "People have noticed it and have responded to it "I never would have expected it." He adds that working on the Playdate has been a joy "It's got this incredible community where everybody wants to lift you up for indies and people who just want to do cool stuff." Mandra thinks there is no way he would have made his way into video games through the traditional route. He doubts that anyone at a games company would have hired him (and that's without considering the industry's longstanding problem with ageism, as discussed recently by Kotaku) He cites a Hungarian idiom that roughly translates as 'find a little gate' He had to find a different path: there's always another way around if the main gate is locked Given the current state of the games industry with companies partly attributing mass layoffs to a stagnation in console sales and the ever-increasing cost of making games it's intriguing to think of how one tiny innovation - a crank - inspired someone to make something someone who had only played a handful of games in his life Nintendo in particular has shown time and again how little changes like this - a stylus the Wii Remote - can unlock new ideas and new audiences Who knows what kind of games could be made in the future - and what kind of people will make them - if console manufacturers focus on thinking beyond those intimidatingly complicated control pads At 57 he is making waves with his debut video game "You have to be inspired and true to your vision and tick the boxes that are important to you." It's a rallying cry that's enough to make me reconsider those postponed plans Mandra is happy with his newfound home in the games industry © 2025 Eurogamer.net a brand of IGN Entertainment No part of this website or its content may be reproduced without the copyright owner's permission Eurogamer is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A Bronx-born architect who fell in love with the lower Hudson Valley is helping restore empty Peekskill properties architect Marco Mandra fell in love twice when he headed here from the Bronx who managed the Orangetheory gym where he worked out They just welcomed their son Nico to their Peekskill family Nicole also introduced Marco to the Peekskill area “I grew up in the Bronx where there are hardly any trees and I saw there’s a lot of potential here in Peekskill and a lot of growth happening.”   After earning his degree in architecture at Florida Atlantic University Mandra got jobs as an architect at Florida and Westchester firms He learned a lot but also determined that sitting at a desk working for someone else wasn’t for him You’re pigeon-holed into doing the same thing I hear it from a lot of young architects – they get stuck doing just one thing over and over But you need the chance to grow to your potential I wasn’t getting the full picture of what it takes to get a building built.”  The drive to strike out on his own led to evening lunchtime and weekend freelance work while employed three years ago he hung up his shingle and created Mandra Workshop with an office at The Hat Factory business park in Peekskill a prominent Peekskill architect who handles many local projects “He gave me encouragement to fully go out on my own,” Mandra says “Joe was so overwhelmed with work that he tossed me some things and through the projects I got from him I built relationships with those clients and contractors and that snowballed Now Mandra has built a good mix of residential and commercial work into his portfolio He’s collaborating with another designer on a 6,500-square-foot multimillion dollar home in Croton-on-Hudson Another job involved the task of designing and winning planning board approval in Peekskill for a 30% expansion of an existing home He’s also designing and shepherding two commercial projects through the approvals process in Peekskill Mandra was brought in by the Wilson Narvaez family (of C-Town/La Placita in downtown Peekskill) to convert what had been a bakery into a grocery store on Washington Street The building was recently approved for construction and the new plan calls for a complete new rebuild rather than a renovation Mandra’s fierce devotion to his clients was on display most recently in winning approval from Peekskill’s Historic Preservation Advisory Board for his design of a four-story building at the site of the old Center Diner on Bank Street some members of the board argued that the project would be “out of character” and that they could override the zoning rules and lower the height of the proposed building Mandra researched photos from Peekskill’s past circulated a petition in support of the project and kept coming back to the board at three different meetings over five months leaving the body without a quorum for his project on two occasions when she recused herself from the discussions.)  dropping the ceiling heights slightly but keeping the four stories his client needs to make the project work “My way of compromising was offering ceilings of 8-foot-6-inches instead of 9-foot ceilings,” Mandra says “I think they were being closed minded a little bit They need to think more about the future of the city — there’s a lot of growth happening here in Peekskill.”  Jim Roberts is a freelance business reporter based in Peekskill Ridiculous argument over 2 ft of height in a building The city is not willing to let that slide I can’t see how that 2 ft has done anything to make it better RiverJournalOnline is the online 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businesses the result of the immense and sudden floods that hit Mandra At least 15 people are dead and a dozen injured after overnight downpours caused sudden and catastrophic flooding in cities outside Athens, according to Reuters a working-class city about 16 miles from the capital authorities say at least 500 homes and businesses were lost to the surging muddy waters Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared a state of mourning after a freak overnight downpour killed at least 15 people https://t.co/0OLbjg6nt7 pic.twitter.com/an2NxZbJfJ As John Psarapoulous tells our Newscast unit: "Meteorologists say that at its most intense the rainfall amounted to three centimetres [1.18 inches] in one minute Greece is experiencing a week of heavy rain after many months of very little and many of the dry river beds that serve as natural spillways have been built over "This is a biblical disaster," Mandra Mayor Yianna Krikouki told state broadcaster ERT The Associated Press reports that victims' ages range from the mid-30s into the 80s Some were caught and drowned in the waters that rushed inside their homes Twelve of the 23 injured remained hospitalized including an 82-year-old woman listed as being in serious condition in an intensive care unit the National Health Operations Center told the A.P Those trying to escape from the surges climbed onto roofs Local municipalities have offered hotel rooms to those who cannot return to their damaged homes The Greek Merchant Marine Ministry reports it is coordinating with a cruise ship company to offer offshore temporary housing as well the water is still flowing and we were flooded again last night and this morning," Paraskevas Stamou "We are expecting another downpour tonight Tsipras declared a state of mourning for the country He pledged that victims would receive all available governmental assistance Tsipras tweeted from a meeting with national and regional emergency managers saying the disaster offered a lesson: Greece must rebuild infrastructure in a way the ensures this can't ever happen again Become an NPR sponsor stone-walled garden that screens it from the road behind the design team generates an atmosphere of slow encouraging mindful connection with family friends and the freedom to exist peacefully in nature images by claus brechenmacher and reiner baumann with k-studio’s villa mandra in mykonos as every space becomes another opportunity for rest seeking to create a space that would allow guests to enjoy being outside throughout the day the design team filters the overwhelming intensity of the climate by providing shade and protection from the elements and although the house needs to accommodate a large number of guests without dominating the landscape with oversized volumes inspired by the humble complexity of the traditional island vernacular the architecture is reduced to two small volumes — traditionally whitewashed — and a third built of stone dug from the site.  k-studio organizes the three volumes of the villa mandra around a large central courtyard living area which is shaded by an expansive and lightweight chestnut pergola this courtyard becomes the focal point of the house seamlessly connected to the living room and kitchen volumes and looking over the pool and gardens beyond beneath the pool garden are the private bedrooms separated for privacy and quietly enjoying the uninterrupted view over the lower garden to the sea their separation further reduces the overall impact of the house and cleanly divides social and private space architecture: k-studio planning consultant: maria mposgana – matoula kazakidou syructural engineer: chryssanthos kaligeros photography: claus brechenmacher and reiner baumann AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style purple and red balloons filled the sky over an Evans daycare center Thursday in honor of a 4-year-old girl classmate who recently drowned The balloon release was a way for classmates friends and family to celebrate the life of Jayden Kerns which was tragically cut short when she drowned Nov 3 in her family's swimming pool at their Rutledge Way home in Evans About 100 children and adults stood outside A Child's World on Hardy-McManus Road in Evans and watched as the balloons held onto a large white balloon in honor of their daughter Mandra Kerns passed the balloon to her husband as she bent down to greet and hug children in Jayden's pre-kindergarten class Members of the crowd were given white candles to hold at the memorial service "These candles represent the fact that her love and her friendship brought so much light into our lives," said Stevens Creek Community Church Pastor Dave Willis support and love on behalf of Jayden's parents a rock garden also was dedicated in Jayden's memory Jayden's classmates helped to design the colorful rocks which surrounded a white cross with Jayden's name on it and a young rose tree anchored by an angel statue "It's been very tough," said Jayden's pre-k teacher "We just tell the kids that Jayden is the sunshine and that's the sun shining down on us." McCall said she's also read a book called What is Heaven Like to help the young children cope in a way they can understand who she described as the "sweetest thing in the whole world." Celebrated Betawi comedienne Omaswati passed away on Thursday evening at the age of 54 Omas’ second son, Dio Hambiah, said that his mother "seemed fine" in the hours prior to her passing. “She watched television at around 7:30 p.m. as usual, and I left her to feed my cats. But when I returned, I saw her [lying] still as though she wasn't breathing,” Dio told tribunnews.com that his mother’s diabetes and asthma had been severe over the past four days to the point that she was unable to get out of bed Omas was the sister of popular Indonesian comedians Mandra and Mastur Mandra recalled her younger sister as very independent. “She never whined about her problems to her family. She would do everything [herself]. She never asked for help,” Mandra said as quoted by tribunnews.com Omas started out in her career as a performer of lenong (traditional Betawi theater) She later appeared in a variety of comedy programs including Benyamin Biang Kerok (2018) and Upik Abu dan Laura (2008) She also founded the Betawi Cultural Arts Preservation Studio (PANGSI) in Depok, reported kompas.com Omas' funeral will be held today at a public cemetery in Depok Quickly share this news with your network—keep everyone informed with just a single click Customize your reading experience by adjusting the text size to small or large—find what’s most comfortable for you The death toll from dangerous flash flooding that hit west of Athens last week has risen to 21 after the body of a person that had been reported missing was recovered Tuesday a man's body was discovered in the suburb of Mandra Sunday The area took the hardest hit by the floods and is where a majority of the fatalities occurred The body of a man was found at a factory near Mandra and two more men Search and rescue operations continued in the area where roads were filled with mud and debris because of the flash floods Cars were washed away and thrust into buildings by the fast-moving water The victims ranged in ages from the mid-30s to the 80s and included a truck driver swept away by floodwater a hunter and several people who drowned in their flooded homes a coroner at the hospital told local reporters while some appeared to have died from injuries sustained from debris being carried by the floodwater Authorities said about 500 homes and businesses were damaged Inestimable damage," Mandra Mayor Ioanna Kriekouki told local media The disaster was among the worst to have hit the Greek capital in decades and the government declared a day of national mourning Two men who had been reported missing were found alive the National Health Operations Center said Cars lay piled on top of each other or flung against buildings after being carried away by the torrents sweeping through the area's streets Some houses and businesses saw outer walls collapse leaving the interior exposed to the elements twisted metal and smashed vehicles lined the roads (MORE: Situation Remains Dire in Puerto Rico Nearly Two Months After Maria) everything is a mess," said local resident Katerina Sideri Local municipalities were providing hotel rooms for those left homeless while the Merchant Marine Ministry said it was making arrangements for a cruise ship to dock on the coast near the affected area to provide temporary accommodation It also said arrangements were being made with the army and navy to provide water tankers to transport clean water to residents The fire department said it had received 660 calls for help to pump water from flooded homes and businesses since Wednesday morning while it had rescued 88 people trapped in houses and vehicles All fire services in the wider Athens area remained on alert as more bad weather was forecast for the area We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good We may use or share your data with our data vendors The Weather Channel is the world's most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview last week has risen to 21 after the body of a person that had been reported missing was recovered Tuesday In the most recent death, a man's body was discovered in the suburb of Mandra Sunday, 16 miles northwest of the Greek capital were found in the sea south of Mandra Search and rescue operations continued in the area where roads were filled with mud and debris because of the flash floods The victims ranged in ages from the mid-30s to the 80s and included a truck driver swept away by floodwater Inestimable damage,\\\" Mandra Mayor Ioanna Kriekouki told local media The disaster was among the worst to have hit the Greek capital in decades and the government declared a day of national mourning Cars lay piled on top of each other or flung against buildings after being carried away by the torrents sweeping through the area's streets (MORE: Situation Remains Dire in Puerto Rico Nearly Two Months After Maria) everything is a mess,\\\" said local resident Katerina Sideri The fire department said it had received 660 calls for help to pump water from flooded homes and businesses since Wednesday morning Two white volumes surrounded by a stone-walled garden, a living courtyard and an expansive pool give form to Villa Mandra – an exquisite six-bedroom house by Athens-based firm K-Studio Nestled atop the hill of Aleomandra in the Greek island of Mykonos the house frames idyllic views of its rocky terrain and the emerald waters of the Mediterranean sea The studio was approached by a young couple who wanted a villa that would ‘allow guests to enjoy being outside throughout the day’ Architect Dimitris Karampatakis and his team sculpted a space that not only looked like a component of the site itself but also nurtured resilience against its ‘overwhelmingly intense’ climate K-Studio envisioned the house inspired by the idea of ‘slow acknowledging that it existed peacefully in nature The architecture was composed with the intent that ‘form follows emotion with every space becoming another opportunity for rest straight stone walls and light pergola planes sit comfortably in the Cycladic landscape and the efficiency of their layout streamlines daily life,” said the studio's statement Though the client wanted a large capacity accommodation within the house the studio avoided bulky volumes that would have over-powered the landscape they resorted to creating three humble structures: two small traditionally white-washed volumes and one made of stone dug from the site A courtyard topped by a lightweight chestnut pergola is woven with the interiors as a semi-open space it combines the family’s dining and living areas and orients itself to receive sweeping views of the pool Light filters through the roof’s leafy canopy and renders surreal dappled shadows on the enclosing lime-washed walls the wooden furniture at the centre and the bare granite flooring of the courtyard The architects used a glue-lam beam lattice for the pergola to ensure it not only sits lightly on the volumes but also supports its structural integrity and provides adequate shade to the space below Subtly dividing the social and private spaces K-Studio has slotted bedrooms below the pool garden for people to enjoy the privacy they seek The architects have employed a palette of traditional materials to create ‘an un-nostalgic architecture that bridges heritage and locality with contemporary life’ customised chestnut pergola and wooden furnishing that humbly tucks the house in its landscape enriched by natural materiality and inspired by contemporary summer living the project reflects a grounded aesthetic that makes a compelling statement without much buzz probing and research have been key to Zohra's work at STIR A formal education in architecture and a fond connection with storytelling brought her here She believes that the best piece of writing comes out of ‘non-action’ she loves travelling and tuning into culture-related podcasts From vernacular knowledge to modern sustainability Qatar and others at La Biennale 2025 serve as living archives of alternative architectures STIR engages with the curators of the Togo Oman and Qatar pavilions—debuting at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025—on representation the book presents a fictional story depicting algorithms exercising control over humans and how this affects the built environment Tipnis shares how the toolbox democratises the practice of restoration via DIY resources to repair tangible urban heritage made of common building materials Exclusive preview for subscribers. Learn More Make your fridays matter. Learn More © Copyright 2019-2025 STIR Design Private Limited Please confirm your email address and we’ll send you a link to reset your password All your bookmarks will be available across all your devices Password must be 8 characters long including one capital letter By creating an account, you acknowledge and agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy by STIR Select the Conversation Category you would like to watch Please enter your details and click submit Single account access for STIRworld.com,STIRpad.com and exclusive STIRfri content Verification link sent to check your inbox or spam folder to complete sign up process by Zohra Khan | Published on : May 26, 2020 Roads are turned into torrents of mud and debris homes and businesses are deluged and bad weather is forecast to continue Flash floods on the outskirts of Athens have killed at least 15 people injured dozens more and caused “biblical damage” with authorities ordering flags to fly at half-mast on Thursday after downpours turned roads into torrents of mud and debris “Cars are stuck in mud in hills where it is raining hard homes have been flooded and people are missing,” said Nikos Toskas the minister for public order and citizen protection “The death toll may rise,” he told the Guardian “The bad weather is forecast to continue until the weekend.” who toured several of the affected areas on Wednesday A section of the highway between Athens and Corinth had caved in businesses had been inundated and power lines had gone down as the floods hit “They’ve affected a very large region in some of the poorest parts of Athens,” Toskas said One man helps another on a flooded street in Mandra Photograph: Xinhua / Barcroft ImagesThe flooding followed heavy rain overnight cars were carried away and tossed into piles,and walls from yards and small buildings collapsed Twelve of the people killed – four women and eight men – were found in or near Mandra a small town on the western outskirts of Athens that was hardest hit by the flood The bodies of two more men were recovered from the sea It was thought likely both had been swept into the bay at Eleusina The state-run TV channel ERT reported that all the victims were between 45 and 70 years old Among the dead were a hunter and a truck driver found in the cabin of his vehicle A submerged coach in Elefsina Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/APAuthorities said at least 10 people had been taken to hospital with hypothermia and call centres were overwhelmed with appeals for help Many of the calls were from people trapped in cars Firefighters registered around 340 calls for help to pump water from flooded buildings “What we are seeing is unprecedented,” said Ioannis Vasilliou “Huge amounts of water are raging through [the streets of] Mandra … we have to stop the gush [of water].” Speculation was rife on Wednesday that illegal construction over streams and riverbeds had contributed to the ferocity of the torrents Storm clouds over a flooded street in Mandra Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/ReutersSchools in the suburbs of Mandra Nea Peramos and Megara were closed as authorities called a state of emergency and the fire department appealed to the public to avoid travelling to the area unless necessary The disaster is biblical,” the mayor of Mandra Yianna Krikouki told state-run TV Further storms are predicted to hit parts of the Greek capital and western Greece in the coming days said he was “deeply saddened” by the loss of life Offered onsite to 40 health professionals in the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal the workshop shared practical tips and tools for teaching in busy clinical environments  the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Faculty Development Office delivered an intensive workshop on teaching in time-scarce clinical environments for 40 health professionals in the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal Titled “Effective teaching in a busy clinical environment: practical tips and tools” and delivered in French the three-hour workshop was the first outreach activity offered by the Faculty Development Office to a CIUSSS It also drew on experienced facilitators from McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences “The beauty of outreach like this is that our office goes to the CIUSSS and provides an activity at their institution,” Daly says “This often saves a lot of time for participants who don’t have to factor in transportation time It’s also easier to be at their workplace in case they are called away urgently.”  Squeezing moments for quality teaching into hectic clinical schedules may seem daunting to many The workshop pointed to one way of addressing this challenge: helping clinicians find teaching opportunities in tasks they are already doing but to also make people think a little differently about what they consider to be teaching,” Daly says “Teaching isn’t always sitting down at a conference table with your students and having a conversation Teaching is also role-modelling – asking learners to watch you do a procedure or interact with other supervisors and health professionals.”  behaving professionally and asking open-ended questions are all skills that every healthcare provider needs adding that learners can gain these skills by observing their supervisors demonstrating these qualities while working with colleagues and patients The workshop also outlined techniques that clinical teachers can use to reframe conversations with learners and give them a chance to ask questions about concepts they are struggling with teachers can help them find strategies to get a better understanding of what they are learning “What learners really want to do is talk about what they don’t understand,” Daly says “It’s great to tell a student they did a great job but it’s also important to ask if they are facing any challenges.”  Sharing knowledge and tips across professions  Chief – Education and stages in the CIUSSS’s Directorate of Academic Affairs and Research Ethics says the workshop from the Faculty Development Office responded perfectly to the objectives of the CIUSSS’s ongoing series of events on clinical teaching The interprofessional nature of the workshop which the Faculty Development Office encouraged from the outset Among the 40 attendees were physiotherapists social workers and support staff for clinical teachers in the CIUSSS “The fact that participants were divided into small groups from a variety of professions and backgrounds encouraged enriching exchanges,” Boisvert says “This enabled each participant to benefit from the expertise of their discussion partners to become aware of the realities of each environment to debate their points of view and to propose solutions aimed at optimizing their teaching methods.”  The workshop received rave reviews from participants with many recommending it to new clinical supervisors and asking for a longer workshop in future “The workshop was also a success thanks to the collaboration of the administrative and leadership teams of both the CIUSSS and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill,” says Dr “It’s an excellent example of how the University and our clinical partners can work together to improve the educational experience of our learners.”  Find out more about the Faculty Development Office’s activities on their website School of Medicine Ingram School of Nursing School of Physical and Occupational Therapy School of Communication Sciences & Disorders School of Population and Global Health School of Biomedical Sciences McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) CIUSSS Montreal West Island CIUSSS West-Central Montreal RUISSS McGill FMHS Focus McGill Reporter McGill Newsroom We use cookies to help improve the usability of our websites. © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru При перепечатке ссылкана Православие.Ru обязательна Контактная информация The charred body of a man believed to be Christos Gialias a well-known businessman with ties to soccer was found in a vehicle in the West Attica suburb of Mandra on Wednesday afternoon shooting was heard in Mandra’s Agias Aikaterinis Street which prompted a response by officers who found the vehicle in flames and body inside it Investigators believe Gialias was gunned down by two assassins using an AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle which they then threw into the car and torched it Reports further indicate that the perpetrators set a second car ablaze which they had used to arrive at the scene of the crime had a criminal history and was involved with narcotics and weapons trafficking Kathimerini understands that the businessman’s wife had also been shot dead in her Mandra house in 2018 and that authorities are investigating potential connections with organized crime The members of the Hellenic Insurance Companies Association of Greece (EAEE) donated a fully-equipped with latest technology ambulance to the municipality of Mandra-Eidyllia which was devastated by the catastrophic flood in 2017 The donation was made through the 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More This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings we will not be able to save your preferences This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences تھانہ مندرہ پولیس کی کاروائی،جسم فروشی کے مکروہ دھندے میں ملوث02خواتین سمیت 05افراد گرفتار arrested 05 people including 02 women involved in the heinous business of prostitution arrested Rawalpindi police is conducting operations against criminal elements SHO Mandra along with his team arrested 05 accused including 02 women involved in the heinous business of prostitution Among the arrested accused are Bushra Bibi A case has been registered against the accused تھانہ گوجرخان پولیس کی اہم کاروائی، آتش بازی کا سامان فروخت کرنے والاملزم گرفتار،بھاری مقدارمیں سامان آتش بازی برآمد، مقدمہ درج Gujjar Khan Police Station arrests accused of selling fireworks مری انچارج چوکی تریٹ کا شہری پر تشدد کے حوالے سے سوشل میڈیا پر ویڈیو سامنے آنے کا معاملہ، ابتدائی انکوائری افسران نے رپورٹ پیش کر دی،شہری پر پولیس کی طرف سے کسی قسم کا تشدد ہونا نہ پایا گیا Muree Police cleared of any wrong doing after social media allegations تھانہ ویسٹریج کے علاقہ سکول روڈ الہ آباد میں 03 رکنی کارچور گینگ کی پولیس پارٹی پر فائرنگ،پولیس کا جوانمردی سے مقابلہ، فائرنگ کے تبادلے کے دوران 02 کار چور زخمی حالت میں گرفتار a 03-member car theif gang opened fire on a police party سی پی اوراولپنڈی کا رات گئے پولیس چوکی چکری کا اچانک دورہ، CPO Rawalpindi pay a surprise visit to police post Chakri last night پوٹھوہار ڈویژن پولیس کی کاروائی، ٹرانسجینڈر سے موبائل فون اور رقم چھیننے والا ملزم گرفتار accused arrested for snatching mobile phone and money from a transgender راولپنڈی پولیس کی اہم کاروائی،اقدام قتل کے مقدمہ میں مطلوب اشتہاری مجرم کو پناہ دینے،پولیس سے مزاحمت کرنیوالے ملزم اورکیٹیگری(بی)کے02 اشتہاری مجرمان گرفتار Police in a major operation to provide shelter to a notorious criminal wanted in a case of attempted murder arrested an accused who resisted the police and 02 notorious criminals of category (B) راولپنڈی پولیس کا ناجائز اسلحہ رکھنے والوں کے خلاف کریک ڈاؤن،05ملزمان گرفتار Rawalpindi police crackdown on illegal arms holders راولپنڈی پولیس نے جرائم پیشہ عناصر کے خلاف کاروائی کرتے ہوئے06ملزمان گرفتار Rawalpindi police arrested 06 accused while conducting operation against criminal elements سی پی او راولپنڈی کی جانب سے روزانہ کی بنیاد پر کھلی کچہری کا انعقاد CPO Rawalpindi conducts open court on daily basis ایتھے پاکستان وچ اس ختم وی کرواۓ ھوسن تے کوئ پتہ نہیں گراں د.. سیاسی لوگوں کی سرپرستی میں ٹمبر مافیا کام کرتا ھے۔ٹرک پکڑا ج.. چنگے ٹکرے پلساں نوں گڑھالے دے جٹ لوکی۔ وچلی گل سمجھ نی آئ جے.. نوجوانو دریا یا گہرے تالابوں میں اترنے کے لئیے لائف جیکٹ یا.. One of the worst natural disasters to hit the capital in decades Flags across Greece were flown at half mast on Thursday after at least 16 people were killed and more than 20 injured following flash floods that hit two coastal towns west of Athens on Wednesday The industrial towns of Nea Peramos and Mandra saw raging torrents of mud and debris following a severe overnight storm with some residents seen climbing balconies and rooftops to escape the rising floodwater Cars were upended and thrust into buildings after being swept through the streets and floodwater carrying debris charged toward the coast sinking fishing boats in a small harbour some 500 homes and businesses have been damaged with walls collapsing everything is a mess,” said local resident Katerina Sideri Hit hardest by the flooding was Mandra on the outskirts of the Greek capital around which 12 of those killed were found The natural disaster is one of the worst to hit Athens in decades with the country declaring a national day of mourning The fire department alone received 660 calls deploying 190 firefighters and 55 vehicles and went on to rescue 88 people trapped in cars and homes The disaster is biblical,” Mayor of Mandra Yianna Krikouki told state broadcaster ERT Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a televised statement in which he said immediate support measures would be adopted for households and businesses affected “This is a very difficult moment for our country We mourn the deaths of 14 people in what is a great disaster,” he said “It is the wish of all of us that this number does not increase.” Local municipalities stepped up to accommodate those left homeless with hotel rooms and the Merchant Marine Ministry was making arrangements for a cruise ship to dock near the area for temporary accommodation with plans for the army and navy to supply water tankers to supply locals with clean water Meanwhile four people still remained missing on Thursday night with rescue teams searching through homes in the area for people who may be trapped and along the flooded highway An immediate investigation into the disaster has been ordered by judicial authorities with investigators looking into factors that may have contributed to the severity of the flooding and stressed the importance of private initiative under such circumstances Chair of IASO Group’s BOD and Ms Erasmia Stathi Photo 2: From left: Ms Christina Tampourea For more press information, please contact Ms Nancy Christopoulou, Department of Commercial Management at IASO Group, tel: +30 210 6502853 & 210 6383917, E-mail: [email protected] The 13th Hybrid Scientific One-Day Conference of IASO Children’s Hospital on t.. 37-39, Kifissias Avenue, 151 23 Maroussi, Athens, Greece +30 210 61 84 000Email: [email protected]