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Fig. 6 from Identifying Driver Genes in Cancer by Triangulating Gene Expression, Gene Location, and Survival Data, published in Cancer Informatics www.la-press.com/article.php?article_id=4647
URL: User Requirements with Lego, a methodology to elicit user requirements for online communication applications.
Developped at Università della Svizzera italiana.
Based on Lego Serious Play.
Further details at www.webatelier.net/url
Principal Secretary of Gender and Child Development (Dr Mary Shawa) (in black jacket) visiting improved fish smoking kilns of Kachulu Women fish processors.
Buku : MIxed Methodology (Mengkombinasikan Pendekatan Kuaitatif dan Kuantitatif)
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Skripsi, Tesis, PTK, PTS, Makalah, Gratis download :
Communication and social learning: supporting local decision making on climate change, agriculture and food security, from 8-10 May 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Z. Sewunet (ILRI).
Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
WOMMA and the Center for Communication Compliance (CCC) have formed a strategic alliance to bring the healthcare industry a new Online Certificate Program focused on regulatory compliance for new and emerging media.
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Entitled Regulatory Compliance 101: Internet Promotion and Social Media, this first-of-its-kind online certificate program is based on a "train + test" methodology designed to help reduce violative materials, decrease legal vulnerability, and support a culture of compliance.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Upon completion of the WOMMA Online Certificate Program in Internet Promotion and Social Media, you will have answers to:
* How can you promote prescription products online these days with all the limiting regulations? What can you really do in social media that is not violative of FDA DDMAC regulations? Said another way, which social media strategies can be implemented that are in compliance with FDA's regulatory framework?
* What are the regulatory implications of the space and time limitations inherent in many social media channels? How do these constraints affect online promotion today and what new issues may arise from a regulatory perspective?
* FDA has guidelines about format/layout/typography/white space in regard to print ads … how will these "implementing factors" play out in social media and Web sites, which are so different from print?
The program is designed to help marketers understand the rules and guidelines imposed by regulatory agencies, industry associations, and trade groups:
* Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
* Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Dept. of HHS
* Department of Justice (DOJ)
* Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
* Accreditation Counsel for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
* American Medical Association (AMA)
COURSE CONTENT
* Understand the U.S. healthcare regulatory environment as it relates to sponsored and unsponsored promotion, on the Internet Promotion (Web sites, banner ads, search engine ads, search engine optimization) and Social Media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, chat rooms, SideWiki)
* Who's Watching – the key regulatory authorities (e.g., FDA/Bad Ad Program; OIG)
* Fundamental compliance considerations
* Discussion of FDA/DDMAC action related to Internet promotion to-date
* Enforcement examples, including
-- Untitled letter to Novartis for Tasigna® (nilotinib) Capsules -- Facebook “Share” widget on US product Web site (HCP & Consumer)
-- Warning Letter to Novartis for Gleevec® (imatinib mesylate) -- Novartis-sponsored Web sites (www.gistalliance.com; www.cmlalliance.com)
-- 14 Untitled Letters on search engine marketing
-- Other related enforcement
1. Shire (Adderal®) YouTube Video
2. Ultram ER® Webcast
3. Novartis (Diovan®) Banner Ad
4. Latisse® Web site
5. Sotradecol® Web site
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
Any professional in the pharmaceutical, biotech or device industry, who works with, designs, executes, reviews, or oversees Internet promotion or social media programs.
HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK
* Approximately 2 hours; 24/7 access from WOMMA's partner, CCC
* Course content correlates to the Regulatory Compliance Test (RCT)
* Forty (40) test questions: multiple choice, true/false
COST
WOMMA member companies can register at a significantly discounted rate and volume discounts are available. If you're not a member of WOMMA but would like to join before enrolling in this certificate program to take advantage of these discounts, please contact Tarah Remington Brown, Director of Member Relations at Tarah@WOMMA.org or call 312-853-4400.
INSTRUCTORS
Tracy Acker, PharmD:
President of The Acker Group. Served as Branch Chief in FDA's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communications (DDMAC). Former Executive Director of Regulatory Promotion at Amgen and Director of Regulatory Affairs for Advertising and Promotion at Johnson & Johnson.
Arnie Friede:
Principal of Arnie I. Friede & Associates. Served as Associate Chief Counsel in FDA's Chief Counsel Office. Former Senior Corporate Counsel at Pfizer, Inc., and former Chairman of Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Law section of NYS Bar Association.
Michael A. Misocky, RPh, JD, CHC:
President of Misocky Consulting Group. Former Regulatory Review Officer for FDA Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DDMAC). Formerly Assistant VP and Deputy Compliance Officer at ImClone Systems; also worked at Abbott and BMS.
Wayne Pines:
Chair of the CCC Advisory Board. Served at the FDA for 10 years as Chief of Consumer Education and Information, Chief of Press Relations, and Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs. Author of the two-volume FDA Advertising and Promotion Manual, the standard reference in the field.
Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
Papers:
1. Caroline Claisse and Xinglin Sun: Developing Video Games for Hospitalised Children Using Participatory Visual Methods and Art-based Approach
2. Uschi Klein: Photography and the visual particularities of young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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I must admit that although I say that technology usage is grounded in a cultural context, I struggle to operationalize "culture" for the fear of reducing it to some causal variable or some vague concept that dilutes what I am arguing. I haven't found much solace in sociology's linear models that isolate "culture's" effects - as it repeats the whole divide of structure versus agency. Neither have I found much clarity in the interpretive tradition of culture, not because I don't agree with it, but because am confused at how to methodologically move forward with an interpretive approach.
Well then came my meeting with Prof. Alladi Venkatesh, Assoc. Director of UC Irvine's Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) (thanks for gloria mark for the introduction!). Prof. Venkatesh has created methodology magic! Ethno-consumerism is a methodology for doing cross-cultural research. It encourages the researcher to "study culture not merely as providing the context for the study of consumer behavior but study consumption itself as culturally constituted behavior. "In principle, the ethnoconsumerist perspective goes beyond the distinction of emic and etic research approaches." The etic approach encourages the researcher to interpret from her/his point of view. On the other hand, the emic approach tells the researcher to look at the subject's point of view. But ethnoconsumerism advocates for the next critical step, which is to then develop knowledge from subject's point of view. "The research becomes more than an etic interpretation (researcher's point of view) of the culture, but a view of the culture informed by the culture itself as demonstrated by the above" (Venkatesh and Meamber, 1997).
Venkatesh makes clear that this is methodology, not a method. It does not seek to promote any data collection methods. Of course I think that qualitative methods (or a mixed-method approach of qual + quant) is the best way to arrive at what he is saying is the crux of ethnoconsumerism - developing a cultural framework of analysis from the consumer's point of view.
Read his paper and other writings here.
I highly encourage you to read his 1995 paper below on Ethnoconsumerism (citation below). It's a beautifully written paper that feels intellectually and spiritually moving at the same time. When I read it I felt as if the words has fallen out of the sky onto self-organizing fractals of joy. After 3 years of sociology coursework, I've become averse at times to theories by sociologists because the words just don't stick in my brain or they just don't inspire me anymore. There was something this 1995 piece that helped me deconstruct 3 years of wonderful and hellish sociological self-discovery to even learn about the cultural divide within the field of sociology (culture vs structure or culture as interpretive model). Dr. Venkatesh, coming from a business/economics background, beautifully reconstructs all the various authors of the interpretive tradition who I have come to love. He has inspired me to think of these authors - such as Geertz, in a new way for my own work on new technology users.
I will be thinking about this methodology for a while as I try to figure out if this framework makes sense for my dissertation. So I will be writing more about this model. In the meantime, two things come to my mind: how I can apply this for my research and how this intersects with Stuart Halls, et. al. 1997 book on Sony Walkmans. How do I apply this this my research?
study how new users use their technology as culturally constituted behavior.
Do not treat new tech users as objects.
Do not treat their practices as economically motivated.
People use techology to get things done. It is my job to understand as an outsider what is being "done" in their context.
Don't be culturally reductive by picking one feature of the culture and anchoring all analysis around the feature.
If I want to compare two different regions with a cultural framework - this takes a realllllly long time because I have to understand the cultural categories and experiences of all the sites.
Circuit of Culture In 1997, Stuart Hall, Paul Du Gray, and Linda James published Doing cultural studies: the story of the Sony Walkman. They created a model for the analysis of cultural objects called the circuit of culture. On page 3, they show this graph below. The book walks one through on how to deconstruct the Sony walkman as a cultural object.
In an upcoming post, I would like to discuss ways I could combine Ethnoconsumerism and the Circuit of Culture to work for my research. What's interesting is that while both authors are talking about objects and the people who use the, these are two slightly different approaches. I want to think about to spatialize these approaches. I need to give this some more thought so until the next post on this!
Suggested Reading:
Gay PD, Hall S, Janes L. Doing cultural studies: the story of the Sony Walkman. SAGE; 1997.
Easterly W. The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. Penguin Press; 2006. "Ethnoconsumerism: A New Paradigm to Study Cultural and Cross-cultural Consumer Behavior," Alladi Venkatesh. Marketing in a Multicultural World, J.A. Costa and G. Bamossy (eds.), SAGE Publications, 1995, 26-67.
Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
A Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute (CSRI-WRI) scientist, Dr Seth Agyakwah is standing beside a small earthen pond, Akosombo, Ghana
Values and Ethics Celebrated at AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015
Islamabad, PK – 25 April 2015 - The AGAHI AWARDS, Pakistan’s most sought after journalism awards held
today at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) in Islamabad. Leading opinion makers, senior journalists,
policy makers, diplomats, academicians, leading professionals from the media industry and representatives
from think tanks attended the award ceremony.
The Agahi Awards recognize and celebrate the work of dedicated journalists, promoting ethical journalism and
quality reporting for shaping the future of journalism.
An annual series of journalism awards in Pakistan, the platform was
co-founded by Mishal Pakistan and AGAHI. The awards are effort to
create appreciation mechanism in Pakistan for ethical and quality
content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have
been designed by AGAHI on the pillars of Media Development
Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboration with the Center for
International Media Ethics (CIME) and input from UNESCO
headquarters in Paris.
The ceremony was presented by Syed Shamon Hashmi and Sanaa
Ahmed; this year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response
by the journalist community, where more than 3000 nominations were
received from all over the country for more than 50 different
categories in print, television, radio and online content. The Peoples’
Choice Awards categories included “Current Affairs Anchor of the
Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. The team reached
out to more than 5 million people through social media and 1.5 million
people through SMS campaign and direct feedback.
Peoples’ Choice Award in the “Most Favourite News Channel” category went to GEO News for the third
consecutive year. Mubasher Lucman and Meher Abbasi won the most favourite “Current Affairs Anchor of the
Year” Awards. Agahi Awards – Beyond 2015 ‘Investigative Journalist of the Year’ went to Amir Zia for his cover
story in Newsline Magazine “Is the Party Over?”. Nadeem Malik from SAMAA TV was awarded the “Most
Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than fifteen
journalism schools in Pakistan.
Winners of the AGAHI Awards – Beyond 2015
The AGAHI Awards – Beyond 2015 winners included, Mubarak Zeb Khan (Foreign Policy), Waleed Tariq
(Business and Economy), Allah Bux Arisar (Water and Food Security), Yusuf Sohail (Innovation), Imran Malik
(Corporate Social Responsibility), Meera Karim (Economic Opportunity), Saleem ur Rehman Afridi (Community
Driven Local Development), Almas Naqvi (Democratic Values), Irfan Haider (Anti-Corruption), Zahir Shah
Sherazi, Alia Chughtai, and Asad Hashmi (Extremism and Terrorism), Amber R. Shamsi (Law and Order),
Aneela Ashraf (Judiciary), Umar Bin Ajmal (Infotainment), Sara Farid (Photojournalism), Naqeebullah Taran
(Sports), Umer Bin Ajmal (Infotainment), Sara Farid (Photojournalism), Mureeb Mohmand (Human Rights),
Saba Eitizaz (Disaster and Catastrophe), Zahid Gishkori (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights), Hanif Samoon (Child Rights), Syed Babar Ali (Dignity), Riaz Sohail (Interfaith), Lala Hassan (Journalist Safety),
Hassan Belal Zaidi (Media Ethics), Muhammad Atif Sheikh (Youth Empowerment, Vocational and Technical
Training), Khalid Khattak (Education), Mansoor Malik (Curriculum Reform), Sultan Dogar (Education
Infrastructure and School Condition), Sehrish Wasif (Out-of-School Children), Shabbir Wahgra (Children with
No Access to Schools), Fayaz Ahmed (Girls’ Education), Abdul Shakoor (Public Spending on Education), Dr.
Irfan Ahmed Baig (Energy), Bina Shah (Women Empowerment), Zia Ur Rehman (Governance), Bushra Qamar
(Culture), and Salman Haqqi (Open Government).
More than 3000
Journalists nominated
their work in more than
30 different categories;
AGAHI Awards – Beyond
2015, encourages
quality content in print,
television, radio and
online journalism.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and
economy, democratic values, conflict, anti-corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water,
energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, interfaith and dignity
among other categories; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
The AGAHI Awards have been the foremost initiative for media and journalism development in the country. The
awards have identified some of the most talented and diligent journalists in the industry. The Agahi Awards
winners have now acquired decision-making and leadership position across the media industry for “Shaping the
Future of Journalism” in Pakistan.
The AGAHI Awards aims to ensure diverse content and social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal
Pakistan in collaboration with Ilm Ideas (a four year UKaid funded program) created the Education category
further dividing them into eight sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of education content in
media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic and political challenges on
education reporting in Pakistan.
The support for the AGAHI Award – Beyond 2015, on journalism and other effort, reporting on corporate social
responsibility was made possible with the support from Philip Morris International Pakistan (PMIP). The AGAHI
Awards recognized the National Rural Support Program (NRSP), Bunyad, Idara-e-Taleem o Agahi and Duplex
for their work on creating social dividends for the communities and society in general.
The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media
development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private and public sector bodies and
other stakeholders.
Inaugurated on March 28th, 2012, the AGAHI Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan.
These are Pakistan’s first ever journalism awards recognizing the best journalists across print, television, radio
and the internet on more than 40 different journalism thematic beats. AGAHI and Mishal Pakistan in
collaboration with leading press clubs across the country, local and international media development bodies,
regulatory authorities and the private sector organized these awards.
The AGAHI Awards are the most sought after awards for journalism in Pakistan, and have been the foremost
media development initiative for media and journalism in the country. The Agahi Awards winners have now
acquired decision-making and leadership positions across the media industry for “Shaping the Future of
Journalism” in Pakistan.
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MELCOT, or Methodology for Estimating the Life of Power Line Conductor-Connector Systems Operating at High Temperatures, is a 2009 R&D 100 award winner. This technology predicts the service life of conductor-connector systems. This photo show the conductor.
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Communication and social learning: supporting local decision making on climate change, agriculture and food security, from 8-10 May 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Z. Sewunet (ILRI).
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Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
General broadband adoption improves rural economic health
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Moschopolis is the first wine series of the homonym Moscopolis Winery. The brand is based on the premium wine quality matured in barrels, scientific approach of the owners' aged experience and thorough methodology of each production step -from the born of the grape- to the bottling.
Instead of introducing a representational metaphor in the label, we created a wine-self-reference one, a label that carries only wines' internal and essential information. This was achieved by collecting, structuring and organising the most important elements. By introducing a clear typographic system on the label, extroversion has been achieved, which arrives from the decision to include all information available directly to the viewer. The label introduces the wine and the winery, as if the owner is present by himself - without being.
Secondly, methodology was accomplished visually through this system, in a way that verifies the brands' own practice. Thirdly, education, as a way of communicating all the essential elements of this product to the also non familiar to barrel wines audience. Last but not least, considering the marketplace abroad, there is a clear reference to the origin (product of Greece) by including international words routed in greek language, such as Genesis, Aura, Methodology etc.
Part of this orthological approach was to name each label with a number, so as to keep a consistency that is related and actually verified with the nature of the brand’s practices.
All of the above was carefully crafted and printed in two colours with a hot bronze foil working as a stamp of the aged barrel.
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My old friend and former colleague Mac has invited me to help him with his enquiry into the origins and development of capitalism. Mac proposes "a methodology of intuitive walking and close observation of passing landscapes". He wants me to come along "for conversation and a bit of camera work."
We meet in Newington Green.
Mac tells me that he draws inspiration from Robinson. Since his show at Tate Britain Robinson has gone to ground in a disused cement quarry where he is considering the origins of the current economic crisis with the aim of developing novel definitions of economic wellbeing based on the transformative potential we attribute to images of the landscape.
Mac would like to play a part in this noble enterprise. He says that in Newington Green he senses a "spirit of place" , and he insists on calling Newington Green "The Village that Changed the World" .
Mac used to be the runner (he liked to use the title 'administrative officer') for the Borough Philosopher of an east London borough. I had the delicate job of being his trade union steward. Both Mac and his boss had somehow been overlooked in a restructuring exercise, and although they were still on the payroll the personnel department had lost sight of them. Mac spent his time "wandering through landscapes" and drafting reports on such subjects as "democratic deficit", "social ecology", and "the urban condition". I believe that I am the only person who ever read Mac's reports.
I agree to help.
Brilé Anderson (OECD) examines emerging gender-sensitive methodologies to data collection and discuss its integration into decision-making for equitable sustainable transport systems in rapidly urbanising cities in Africa. The Side Event entitled "Accessible and sustainable transport systems in African cities for all: Filling in the data gap" takes place during the International Transport Forum's 2023 Summit on "Transport Enabling Sustainable Economies" in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2023.
Fontify utilizes machine-learning methodology and a database containing millions of text samples to find the most suitable font for the content of a given text in real time. Fontify takes a transient text message and typographically transforms it into a monumental sign.
A work by Jonathan Abramson and Michael Fink, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
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Values and Ethics Celebrated at AGAHI AWARDS – Beyond 2015
Islamabad, PK – 25 April 2015 - The AGAHI AWARDS, Pakistan’s most sought after journalism awards held
today at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) in Islamabad. Leading opinion makers, senior journalists,
policy makers, diplomats, academicians, leading professionals from the media industry and representatives
from think tanks attended the award ceremony.
The Agahi Awards recognize and celebrate the work of dedicated journalists, promoting ethical journalism and
quality reporting for shaping the future of journalism.
An annual series of journalism awards in Pakistan, the platform was
co-founded by Mishal Pakistan and AGAHI. The awards are effort to
create appreciation mechanism in Pakistan for ethical and quality
content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have
been designed by AGAHI on the pillars of Media Development
Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboration with the Center for
International Media Ethics (CIME) and input from UNESCO
headquarters in Paris.
The ceremony was presented by Syed Shamon Hashmi and Sanaa
Ahmed; this year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response
by the journalist community, where more than 3000 nominations were
received from all over the country for more than 50 different
categories in print, television, radio and online content. The Peoples’
Choice Awards categories included “Current Affairs Anchor of the
Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. The team reached
out to more than 5 million people through social media and 1.5 million
people through SMS campaign and direct feedback.
Peoples’ Choice Award in the “Most Favourite News Channel” category went to GEO News for the third
consecutive year. Mubasher Lucman and Meher Abbasi won the most favourite “Current Affairs Anchor of the
Year” Awards. Agahi Awards – Beyond 2015 ‘Investigative Journalist of the Year’ went to Amir Zia for his cover
story in Newsline Magazine “Is the Party Over?”. Nadeem Malik from SAMAA TV was awarded the “Most
Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than fifteen
journalism schools in Pakistan.
Winners of the AGAHI Awards – Beyond 2015
The AGAHI Awards – Beyond 2015 winners included, Mubarak Zeb Khan (Foreign Policy), Waleed Tariq
(Business and Economy), Allah Bux Arisar (Water and Food Security), Yusuf Sohail (Innovation), Imran Malik
(Corporate Social Responsibility), Meera Karim (Economic Opportunity), Saleem ur Rehman Afridi (Community
Driven Local Development), Almas Naqvi (Democratic Values), Irfan Haider (Anti-Corruption), Zahir Shah
Sherazi, Alia Chughtai, and Asad Hashmi (Extremism and Terrorism), Amber R. Shamsi (Law and Order),
Aneela Ashraf (Judiciary), Umar Bin Ajmal (Infotainment), Sara Farid (Photojournalism), Naqeebullah Taran
(Sports), Umer Bin Ajmal (Infotainment), Sara Farid (Photojournalism), Mureeb Mohmand (Human Rights),
Saba Eitizaz (Disaster and Catastrophe), Zahid Gishkori (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights), Hanif Samoon (Child Rights), Syed Babar Ali (Dignity), Riaz Sohail (Interfaith), Lala Hassan (Journalist Safety),
Hassan Belal Zaidi (Media Ethics), Muhammad Atif Sheikh (Youth Empowerment, Vocational and Technical
Training), Khalid Khattak (Education), Mansoor Malik (Curriculum Reform), Sultan Dogar (Education
Infrastructure and School Condition), Sehrish Wasif (Out-of-School Children), Shabbir Wahgra (Children with
No Access to Schools), Fayaz Ahmed (Girls’ Education), Abdul Shakoor (Public Spending on Education), Dr.
Irfan Ahmed Baig (Energy), Bina Shah (Women Empowerment), Zia Ur Rehman (Governance), Bushra Qamar
(Culture), and Salman Haqqi (Open Government).
More than 3000
Journalists nominated
their work in more than
30 different categories;
AGAHI Awards – Beyond
2015, encourages
quality content in print,
television, radio and
online journalism.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and
economy, democratic values, conflict, anti-corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water,
energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, interfaith and dignity
among other categories; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
The AGAHI Awards have been the foremost initiative for media and journalism development in the country. The
awards have identified some of the most talented and diligent journalists in the industry. The Agahi Awards
winners have now acquired decision-making and leadership position across the media industry for “Shaping the
Future of Journalism” in Pakistan.
The AGAHI Awards aims to ensure diverse content and social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal
Pakistan in collaboration with Ilm Ideas (a four year UKaid funded program) created the Education category
further dividing them into eight sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of education content in
media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic and political challenges on
education reporting in Pakistan.
The support for the AGAHI Award – Beyond 2015, on journalism and other effort, reporting on corporate social
responsibility was made possible with the support from Philip Morris International Pakistan (PMIP). The AGAHI
Awards recognized the National Rural Support Program (NRSP), Bunyad, Idara-e-Taleem o Agahi and Duplex
for their work on creating social dividends for the communities and society in general.
The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media
development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private and public sector bodies and
other stakeholders.
Inaugurated on March 28th, 2012, the AGAHI Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan.
These are Pakistan’s first ever journalism awards recognizing the best journalists across print, television, radio
and the internet on more than 40 different journalism thematic beats. AGAHI and Mishal Pakistan in
collaboration with leading press clubs across the country, local and international media development bodies,
regulatory authorities and the private sector organized these awards.
The AGAHI Awards are the most sought after awards for journalism in Pakistan, and have been the foremost
media development initiative for media and journalism in the country. The Agahi Awards winners have now
acquired decision-making and leadership positions across the media industry for “Shaping the Future of
Journalism” in Pakistan.
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GSK, Cipla, Sun Pharma, Abbott, Zydus Cadila,Microlabs among others in top category at PharmaLeaders Award Nominations 2014
Pharmaleaders announce the biggest Healthcare Award Nominations in top 25 categories at 7th Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit & Pharmaleaders Business Leadership Awards 2014
Tuesday,11th November 2014, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Nation’s biggest & most awaited,credible & prestigious leadership awards in pharmaceuticals, healthcare & biotechnology are announced by the Pharmaleaders Group ( www.pharmaleaders.tv ), a division of Network 7 Media Group (www.network7mediagroup.com )today with 25 top categories for voting by the public to chose the best companies & top performers based on the declaration by pharmaleaders of top five finalists. Various stakeholders of healthcare & physical interviews will be carried out by Pharmaleaders Journalists/Researchers to a sample size of 3.5 Lakh voters in the databank will be conducted in 16 Cities & will be counted in final voting. However only 40 % of weightage are to be given to Sms/Email/Online/Physical Interviews to gauge the mood of the nation while 60 % will purely rest on the merits & the decision of the eminent panel of jury members will be final to give the real justice & make it transparent in our quest to find the real winners as has been the practice exercised over the last 6 annual editions. Pharmaleaders awards are described as India’s Only Dedicated Celebration Of Excellence In Healthcare Innovation, Pharmaceutical & Medical Excellence And Brand Transformation. The final winners will be announced on the event date on Friday,26th December 2014 at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai in a glittering power packed influential gatherings of top healthcare leaders. Pharmaleaders is debating on two powerful themes Make In India – Healthcare Reforms, Insurance,Innovations,Investments & Infrastructure &“Empowering India’s Developing Healthcare System” - Investing the Healthcare Solutions of Tomorrow in difficult Times
Announcing the nominations of the 25 categories, Satya Brahma, Chairman & Editor-In-Chief of Pharmaleaders said, “ Pharmaleaders attempt is to recognize the shining stars of the Indian healthcare industry where merit & performances coupled with innovation in business strategies & technology excellence are the main pillars of award methodology. The approach of the Pharmaleaders is not just to felicitate the companies & individuals who are already big & have made a name to reckon with but also to trace the hidden talents who are not in the media limelight, extensive survey & research by pharmaleaders team bring top five finalists out of more than 100 players & are finally thrown to public voting. The rich & glorious tradion of honouring the leaders in the past one decade will reveal that Pharmaleaders has given justice to the award title by mixing established players with young unsung leaders.”
Nomination voting Category
Business Leader of the Year 2014
Nominees
Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman, DM Healthcare.( Code 01)
Mr. R.C. Juneja, CMD, Mankind Pharma Ltd.(Code 02)
Kallam Satish Reddy, Vice Chairman & MD, Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd.(Code 06)
Mr.B.N.Singh,MD,Alkem Laboratories Ltd.( Code 04)
Mr. Samir Mehta, Chairman, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.( Code 05)
Business Woman of the Year 2014
Nominees
Mrs. Renuka Ramnath, Founder, Multiplies, Chairperson & Director, Vikram Hospitals.( Code 06)
Ms. Alka Goyal,Promoter & Director, Surya Pharmaceutical limited.( Code 07)
Ms. Suneeta Reddy, MD,,Apollo Hospitals Enterprise.( Code 08)
Ms. Monika Sood, Co-founder & Partner, Arete Advisors LLP.( Code 09)
Ms. Sangeeta Singh, CEO, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Wipro Ltd. ( Code 10)
First Generation Entrepreneur of the year 2014
Mr.Rajeish Moondraa, Founder & CEO,Truworth Health Technologies Pvt. Ltd & Health Wellness Solutions Pvt. Ltd.( Code 11)
Mr. Nikunj A. Desai, CEO, Prakruthik Health Care Pvt. Ltd.( Code 12)
Dr. Kannan Vishwanath, MD, Dr. Datsons Labs Ltd. ( Code 13)
Mr. Venkat Jasti, Chairman, Suven Lifesciences Ltd.( Code 14)
Dr. Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, CMD, Hetero Drugs Ltd. ( Code 15)
Hyderabad’s Most Promising & Valuable Hospital of the year 2014
Nominees
Yashoda Hospitals.( Code 16)
Sunshine Hospitals.( Code 17)
Rainbow Hospitals.( Code 18)
4 Innova Hospitals.( Code 19)
Kims Hospitals. ( Code 20)
India’s Most Promising & Valuable Skincare Leader 2014
Nominees
Dr. Aparna Santhanam, Dermatologist & Cosmetologist, Shree Hospitals.( Code 21)
Dr Jaishree Sharad, CEO & Consultant Cosmetic Dermatologist, Skinfiniti Aesthetic Skin & Laser Clinic.( Code 22)
Dr Harshna Bijlani, Dermatologist Cosmetologist,CEO, The Ageless Clinic.( Code 23)
Dr. Jamuna Pai,Dermatologist and Cosmetic Dermatologist, Chairperson & Founder, Blush Clinics.( Code 24)
Dr. Chytra V Anand, Founder, CEO & Chief Cosmetic Dermatologist Kosmoderma Clinics. ( Code 25)
India’s Most Promising & Valuable Life Science Company 2014 ( Code 20)
Nominees
Eris Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.( Code 26)
Claris Lifesciences Ltd.( Code 27)
GVK Biosciences.( Code 28)
Avesthagen Ltd.( Code 29)
Krebs Biochemicals and Industries Limited.( Code 30)
India’s Most Admired Hospital Chain in Value & Customer Satisfaction 2014
Nominees
1 Metro Hospital & Heart Institute.( Code 31)
2 Fortis Healthcare.( Code 32)
3 Max Healthcare Group.( Code 33)
4 Care Hospitals Group.( Code 34)
5 Apollo Group of Hospitals.( Code 35)
India’s Most Admired Hospital in Cancer Care 2014
Nominees
Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center.( Code 36)
Tata Memorial Institute.( Code 37)
Omega Hospital.( Code 38)
Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.( Code 39)
HCG Cancer Care.( Code 40)
India’s Most Promising Hair Transplant Surgeon 2014
Nominees
Dr. Pathuri Madhu, Founder, Dr.Madhu's Advanced Hair Transplant Center.( Code 41)
Dr.Manoj Khanna, Founder, Chief Consultant Cosmetic Surgeon, Enhance.( Code 42)
Dr. Mohammad Khan, Founder, Dr Khan's Hair Transplant Center.( Code 43)
Dr. Sandeep Sattur, Founder, Hairrevive - Centre for Hair Restoration & Skin Rejuvenation. ( Code 44)
Dr. Bani Anand, Managing Director at Hairline International Pvt Ltd.( Code 45)
India’s Most Admired Health Insurance Company of the Year 2014
Nominees
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.( Code 46)
CIGNA Health Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.( Code 47)
Aviva Life Insurance Company India Ltd. ( Code 48)
Exide Life Insurance.( Code 49)
PNB Metlife Life Insurance Ltd.( Code 50)
India’s Most Promising & Valuable Company in OTC & Nutrition 2014
Nominees
Abbott Nutrition. ( Code 51)
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd.( Code 52)
DSM Nutritional Products AG.( Code 53)
Ajanta Pharma Ltd. ( Code 54)
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.( Code 55)
India’s Most Valuable Pharma Company in Ethical Practice & Corporate Governance 2014
Nominees
Abbott India Ltd. ( Code 56)
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.( Code 57)
Lupin Ltd.( Code 58)
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.( Code 59)
Cipla Ltd .( Code 60)
Pharmaleader Professional of the year 2014
Nominees
Dr Shailesh Ayyangar, Managing Director - Sanofi India Ltd.( Code 61)
Mr. Sanjiv Navangul, Managing Director, Janssen India-Johnson & Johnson Ltd.( Code 62)
Mr.Rehan Khan, MD, Abbott India Ltd.( Code 63)
Mr. Sanjay Murdeshwar, MD, Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd.( Code 64)
Dr Kamal K Sharma, Vice Chairman, Lupin Ltd.( Code 65)
Emerging Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2014
Nominees
Dr. Sumitra Shankar, CEO, Dr. Sumita Shankar's Cosmetic Clinic.( Code 66)
Dr. Priti Shukla, CEO, Dr.Priti shukla's Ambrosia Clinic.( Code 67)
Ms.Surjit Kaur, Founder & CEO, Zeal Biologicals.( Code 68)
Dr. Sofiya Rangwala, CEO, SofiyaCare Skin and Hair Clinic.( Code 69)
Ms.Maya Chorengel,Cofounder,Elevar Advisors.( Code 70)
CEO of the Year 2014
Nominees
Mr. A. K. Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Taj Pharmaceuticals Ltd.( Code 71)
Mr. VK Singh -Chief Executive Officer, RPG Life Sciences Ltd.( Code 72)
Mr. Shivkumar Kunchithapatham,MD, Eisai Pharmaceuticals India Private Limited.( Code 73)
Varun Khanna, MD, Becton & Dickinson India Private Limited.( Code 74)
Rahul Chadha, Executive Director & CEO, Religare Wellness Ltd.( Code 75)
Dynamic Entrepreneur of the Year 2014
Nominees
Mr. Sanjeev Jain, MD, Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited( Code 76)
Mr.Arun Kumar, Founder and Group CEO, Strides Arcolab Limited.( Code 77)
Dr. A. M. Arun Chairman & Managing Director , Vasan Eye Care Ltd.( Code 78)
Shri Ashok Chandra, Chairman, Gangaram Hospitals.( Code 79)
Mr. Girish Rao, CMD, Vidal Healthcare Services.( Code 80)
Pharmaleader Fund Manager of the Year 2014
Nominees
Mr.Shyam Shenthar,CEO, o3 Capital. ( Code 81)
Mr.Arvindkumar Alagarswamy, CEO at Attune Technologies Pvt Ltd.( Code 82)
Mr.Vishal Nevatia ,CEO & MD, India Value Fund Advisors Private Ltd. ( Code 83)
Mr.Vineet Rai, CEO & Managing Director,Aavishkaar Venture Management Services. ( Code 84)
Mr.Sameer Wagle,Managing Director, Asia Pacific Healthcare Advisors Private Limited.( Code 85)
India’s Most Promising Healthcare Retail Chain in Eye –Care Services 2014
Nominees
Vasan Healthcare Private Limited.( Code 86)
Aster Eye Hospitals. ( Code 87)
Eye-Q Super Specialty Eye Hospitals.( Code 88)
Maxivision Super Specialty Eye Hospitals.( Code 89)
Sankara Eye Hospital.( Code 90)
India’s Most Admired Company in Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs 2014
Nominees
Lupin Limited.( Code 91)
Glemark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.( Code 92)
Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.( Code 93)
Microlabs Ltd.( Code 94)
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.( Code 95)
India’s Most Valuable & Admired Pharmaceutical Group 2014
Nominees
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.( Code 96)
Abbott India Ltd.( Code 97)
Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.( Code 98)
Cipla Ltd. ( Code 99)
Sanofi India Ltd.( Code 100)
India's Most Powerful, Most Valuable Corporate Brand 2014
Nominees
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ( Code 101)
Abbott India Ltd. ( Code 102)
Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.( Code 103)
Cipla Ltd.( Code 104)
Cadila Healthcare Ltd.( Code 105)
Pharma Leader CSR Company of the Year 2014
Nominees
Wockhardt Foundation.( Code 106)
Dr Reddy's Foundation.( Code 107)
Reliance Foundation.( Code 108)
AmeriCares India Foundation.( Code 109)
Utkarsh Healthcare Foundation India.( Code 110)
India’s Most Promising & Valuable Diet Expert & Nutritionist 2014
Ms Shubi Husain,Nutritionist & Founder & MD, Health Sanctuary( Code 111)
Ms,Rujuta Diwekar, Nutritionist & Author (Code 112)
Ms Anjali Mukerjee, Nutritionist & Co-Founder Health Total (Code 113)
Ms Pooja Makhija, Dietitian and Nutritionist (Code 114)
Ms Shonali Sabherwal, Macrobiotic Nutritionist (Code 115)
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Individual Non-Voting Award Categories
The following independent categories are selected & finalized by the Jury Members & will not have any votings & the decisions of the jury in declaring the winner will be final & binding. Pharmaleaders reserve the rights to add/modify/delete any category based on its internal research mechanism.
India’s Most Admired Cardiologist
Healthcare Economist of the Year
Visionary Entrepreneur of the year
India’s Most Promising Diabetes-Cardiometabolic Healthcare Chain 2014
India’s Most Promising Super Specialty Hospitality In Quaternary Care Hospital
Global Indian of the year 2014
India’s Most Promising Orthopedic Surgeon 2014
India's Most Promising Entrepreneur in Ayurvedic Beauty Care of the year 2014
Healthcare Visionary of the Decade
Transformational PharmaLeader of the Decade 2014
India’s Most Valuable Pharma Company in HR Excellence 2014
India’s Most Admired Diabetologist 2014
India’s Most Promising & Valuable Emerging Hospital of the Year 2014
CEO of the Year – Healthcare
Transformational Biotech Leader of the Decade 2014
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Cuban amateur boxing system
Foreign influence contributed to the development of Cuban amateur boxing. Before Fidel Castro took power in 1959, Cuba’s achievements in amateur boxing were diminutive. Components of their boxing style were derived from American Professional Boxing. After the Revolution, Eastern European methodology replaced the American influences. Andrei Chervenko of the Soviet Union has trained Teofilo Stevenson and Europe’s Vasili Romanov has trained boxers as well.
The Cuban amateur boxing system along with other sports programs start in grammar schools. Sports are considered a high priority in the Cuban education system and its there a potential athlete can be recognized. From the age of 12, talented youths are sent to specialized schools where they can focus on enhancing their skills. From there the young boxers train throughout a very competitive youth program. The ones that graduate from the program are sent to the top school in Wajay, where they train advanced drills and exercises. The support that the state gives is crucial to the advancement of the highly technical boxing program.
Amateur boxer Teofilo Stevenson who had won three Olympic gold medals in (1972, 1976, and 1980) has made many contributions to Cuba and Cuban boxing. He is equally known for his sportsmanship, receiving the UNESCO Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play prize in 1989. After retiring in boxing in 1986 he has served both in the Cuban parliament and as a vice president of the Cuban Boxing Federation.
After a career of fighting for their country most Cubans continue to stay in the sport, many as administrators or trainers. Through this way the knowledge and experience is passed down to the next generation of athletes. Source: Wikipedia (Please note: given the dates on the footnotes, it is very possible that this information is out of date and needs to be updated.)
Moschopolis is the first wine series of the homonym Moscopolis Winery. The brand is based on the premium wine quality matured in barrels, scientific approach of the owners' aged experience and thorough methodology of each production step -from the born of the grape- to the bottling.
Instead of introducing a representational metaphor in the label, we created a wine-self-reference one, a label that carries only wines' internal and essential information. This was achieved by collecting, structuring and organising the most important elements. By introducing a clear typographic system on the label, extroversion has been achieved, which arrives from the decision to include all information available directly to the viewer. The label introduces the wine and the winery, as if the owner is present by himself - without being.
Secondly, methodology was accomplished visually through this system, in a way that verifies the brands' own practice. Thirdly, education, as a way of communicating all the essential elements of this product to the also non familiar to barrel wines audience. Last but not least, considering the marketplace abroad, there is a clear reference to the origin (product of Greece) by including international words routed in greek language, such as Genesis, Aura, Methodology etc.
Part of this orthological approach was to name each label with a number, so as to keep a consistency that is related and actually verified with the nature of the brand’s practices.
All of the above was carefully crafted and printed in two colours with a hot bronze foil working as a stamp of the aged barrel.
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Ratha (Sanskrit rátha, Avestan raθa) is the Indo-Iranian term for a spoked-wheel chariot or a cart of antiquity.
The Rigvedic word rá-tha does not denote a war-chariot like those of Andronovo, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The word is from √ṛ ‘go’ giving primary rá-tha ‘a goer, car, vehicle’. Similar formations exist with the suffix -tha: ártha ‘goal’, ukthá ‘saying’, ǵāthā ‘song’ etc. The rigvedic ratha is discribed as pṛthu ‘broad’ 1.123.1; bṛhat ‘tall, big’ 6.61.13; variṣṭha ‘widest’ 6.47.9. It has space not for 1 only or 2 (i.e. the driver and the warrior with his spear and bow) but for 3: it is said to be trivandhurá (1.41.2; 7.71.4) and then to carry 8 aṣṭāvandhurá (10.53.7)
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Chariots are also an important part of Hindu, with most of the deities in their pantheon portrayed as riding them.
Chariots figure prominently in the Rigveda, evidencing their presence in India in the 2nd millennium BCE. Among Rigvedic deities, notably Ushas (the dawn) rides in a chariot, as well as Agni in his function as a messenger between gods and men.
The Rigvedic chariots are described as made of Salmali (RV 10.85.20), Khadira and Simsapa (RV 3.53.19).
In RV 6.61.13, the Sarasvati river is described as being big like a chariot of the Rigvedic chariot. Measurements for the chariot are found in the Shulba Sutras. The number of wheels varies. A similar term in the Rigveda is Anas (often translated as "cart").
HISTORY
HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION
At Harappa we find evidence for the use of terracotta model carts as early as 3500 BC during the Ravi Phase at Harappa.
During the Harappan Period (Harappa Phase, 2600...1900 BC) there was a dramatic increase in terracotta cart and wheel types at Harappa and other sites throughout the Indus region. The diversity in carts and wheels, including depictions of what may be spoked wheels, during this period of urban expansion and trade may reflect different functional needs, as well as stylistic and cultural preferences. The unique fonns and the early appearance of carts in the Indus valley region suggest that they are the result of indigenous technological development and not diffusion from West Asia or Central Asia as proposed by earlier scholars.
PROTO-INDO-IRANIANS
Development of the spoke-wheeled chariot is associated with the Proto-Indo-Iranians. The earliest fully developed war chariots known are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan dating from around 2000 BCE.
The chariot must not necessarily be regarded as a marker for Indo-European or Indo-Iranian presence.
According to Raulwing, it is an undeniable fact that only comparative Indo-European linguistics is able to furnish the methodological basics of the hypothesis of a "PIE chariot", in other words: "Ausserhalb der Sprachwissenschaft winkt keine Rettung! The earliest evidence for chariots in southern Central Asia (on the Oxus) dates to the Achaemenid period (apart from chariots harnessed by oxen, as seen on petroglyphs). No Andronovian chariot burial has been found south of the Oxus.
REMAINS
There are a few depictions of chariots among the petroglyphs in the sandstone of the Vindhya range. Two depictions of chariots are found in Morhana Pahar, Mirzapur district. One shows a team of two horses, with the head of a single driver visible. The other one is drawn by four horses, has six-spoked wheels, and shows a driver standing up in a large chariot-box. This chariot is being attacked, with a figure wielding a shield and a mace standing at its path, and another figure armed with bow and arrow threatening its right flank. It has been suggested (Sparreboom 1985:87) that the drawings record a story, most probably dating to the early centuries BC, from some center in the area of the Ganges–Yamuna plain into the territory of still neolithic hunting tribes. The drawings would then be a representation of foreign technology, comparable to the Arnhem Land Aboriginal rock paintings depicting Westerners. The very realistic chariots carved into the Sanchi stupas are dated to roughly the 1st century.
The earliest chariot remains that have been found in India (at Atranjikhera) has been dated to between 350 and 50 BCE.
There is evidence of wheeled vehicles (especially miniature models) in the Indus Valley Civilization, but not of chariots.Indus valley sites have offered several instances of evidence of spoked wheels. Archaeologist B. B. Lal argues that finds of terracotta wheels painted lines (or low relief lines) and similar seals indicate the existence and use of spoked wheel chariots in Harappan Civilization, as showed in the Bhirrana excavations in 2005-06. Bhagwan Singh had made a similar assertion and S.R.Rao had presented evidence of chariots in bronze models from Daimabad (Late Harappan). The archaeologists at Daimabad are not unanimous about the date of the bronzes discovered there. On the basis of the circumstantial evidence, M. N. Deshpande, S. R. Rao and S. A. Sali are of view that these objects belong to the Late Harappan period. Looking at the analysis of the elemental composition of these artifacts, D. P. Agarwal concluded that these objects may belong to the historical period. His conclusion is based on the fact these objects contain more than 1% Arsenic, while no arsenical alloying has been found in any other Chalcolithic artifacts.
IN HINDU TEMPLE FESTIVALS
Ratha or Rath means a chariot or car made from wood with wheels. The Ratha may be driven manually by rope, pulled by horses or elephants. Rathas are used mostly by the Hindu temples of South India for Rathoutsava (Car festival). During the festival, the temple deities are driven through the streets, accompanied by the chanting of mantra, hymns, shloka or bhajan.
Temple cars are chariots used to carry representations of Hindu gods. The car is usually used on festival days called Ther Thiruvizha (தேர் திருவிழா) usually happens once in a year, where many people gathered around the temple and pull the cart. Thiruvarur, Srivilliputhur, Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and Puri, in Odisha, Kadiri in Andhra Pradesh host some of the largest annual temple car festivals.
One of the very old and ancient festivals that often mentioned in the devotional hymns of saints like ( Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar) and many Tamil literature, usually held during the summer between March and April months of every year, lasts more than 25 days. The main attraction of the festival is the procession of the great temple car of Thiruvarur (in Tamil: ஆழித் தேர்). This great chariot is said to the biggest one of its type in size and height. It is 96 feet (29 m) tall and weights more than 300 tons. The size of the largest temple cars inspired the Anglo-Indian term Juggernaut (from Jagganath), signifying a tremendous, virtually unstoppable force or phenomenon.
As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 wooden carts of which 79 need repairs. Annamalaiyar Temple, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram Natarajar Temple are some of the temples that possess huge wooden chariots for procession each. In particular, Natarajar temple celebrates the chariot festival twice in a year one at summer (Aani Thirumanjanam (June- July)) and another at winter (Marghazhi Thiruvaadhirai (in December - January )). Lord Krishna of Udupi has five temple cars, namely Brahma ratha (biggest), Madya ratha (medium), kinyo (small), and silver and gold rathas.
Ratha Yatra is a huge Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the state of Orissa, India during the months of June or July.
RATHAS BUILDINGS
In some Hindu temples, there are shrines or buildings named rathas because they have the shape of a huge chariot. Or because they contains a divinity like does a temple chariot.
The most known are the Pancha Rathas (=5 rathas) in Mahabalipuram, although not with the shape of a chariot.
Another example is the Jaga mohan of the Konark Sun Temple in Konarâk, built on a platform with twelve sculptures of wheels, as a symbol of the chariot of the Sun.
RATHAS IN ARCHITECTURE
In Hindu temple architecture, a ratha is a facet or vertical offset projections on the tower (generally a Sikhara).
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Journalists compete in more than 50 different categories; AGAHI Awards encourages best content in print, television, radio and online journalism.
Pakistan’s most prestigious journalism “Agahi Awards 2013” celebrated today at PNCA Islamabad. The Awards have been organized in collaboration with leading press clubs, local and international media development institutions, regulatory authorities, civil society organizations, private sector and other stakeholders. Puruesh Chaudhary Founder & President, AGAHI and Amir Jahangir Chief Executive Officer, Mishal Pakistan founded these awards in 2012.
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards have been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboratiosn with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.
The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in fifty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.
Among the winners for this year’s “Agahi Awards 2013, the Journalist of the Year Award” were deigned in 50 categories. The award for business and economy was won by Naveen Mangi (Bloomberg), Maliha Naz Rana from Herald in Health and Primary Education, Shakeel Ahmad (DAWN News) Higher Education and Training, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Infrastructure, Abdur Rauf (Express Tribune) for Institutions, Maimoona Saeed (GEO News) forLabor Market Efficiency, Ghulam Mohiuddin (AAJ TV) for Environment,Shabina Faraz (Jang) in Climate Change, Zahid Gishkori (Express Tribune) in Flood and Disaster Reporting, Sehrish Wasif (Express Tribune) in Disaster and Catastrophe, Xari Jalil (DAWN) in Governance, A.B. Arisar (DAWN) in Corruption, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) forLaw &Order, Hanif Samoon (DAWN.com) in Health,Din Muhammad Watanpal (Daily Qudrat, Quetta) forChild Survival, Sarwar Baloch (VSH News) in Health&Nutrition, Ali Usman (Express Tribune) forNon Communicable Diseases, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Polio Immunization, Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) forEnergy, Water &Food Security, Sarah Munir (Express Tribune) on Media Ethics,Syed Ali Shah (DAWN News) forMedia Safety, Ashraf Javed (The Nation)for Crime Reporting, Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) forCorporate Social Responsibility, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN News) in Democratic Values and Dignity, Bina Shah (Blogger) in Education, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) for Extremism and Terrorism,Shahzada Irfan Ahmad (The News) in Gender,A.B. Arrisar (DAWN) in Gender – Economic Opportunity, Abdul Shakoor (APP) in Gender – Health and Survival, Zia Ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Gender – Political Empowerment, Aamir Saeed (Pique Magazine) forHuman Rights,Fazal Khaliq (Express Tribune) in Child Protection, Kiran Nazish (DAWN.com) forChild Rights, A.B. Arisar in Gender – Domestic Violence, Zia ur Rehman (Friday Times) in Minorities &Marginalized Communities, Mehtab Haider (The News) in Political &Regularity Environment, Jawwad Rizvi (The News) in Market Environment, Faseeh Mangi (Bloomberg) in Infotainment,Mubashar Zaidi (DAWN.com) in Journalism for Peace,Muhammad Irfan Haider (Dawn) forConflict Reporting, Asad Kharal (Express Tribune) in Judiciary,Zeeshan Anwar (Daily Express) in Court Reporting, Zahir Shah Sherazi (DAWN.com) in Photo Journalism,Aslam Chandio (Online News Agency) in sports.
The awards ceremony was presented by Osama Bin Javaid, a Pakistani journalist based in the Middle East and Razeshta Sethna, par of the editorial team at a leading English language publication in Pakistan. The Awards also have special categories including“Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” and “News Channel of the Year” in Pakistan. These categories are on the basis of people’s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out to more than 6 million Pakistanis through social media engagement and 1.5 million via SMS campaign and direct feedback.
GEO NEWS won the Peoples’ Choice Award for the “Most Favourite News Channel” second year around.
The “Current Affairs Anchor of the Year” Award was for two emerging anchors; won by Iqrar ul Hassan (ARY News) and Alia Nazki (BBC Urdu), as “the Emerging Current Affair Anchor of the Year” in the male and female categories. “Investigative Journalist of the Year” award was won by Asad Kharal (Express Tribune).
Ejaz Haider from Capital TV awarded the “Most Credible Anchor” based on the Media Credibility Index developed in collaboration with more than 10 journalism schools in Pakistan.
To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Childrencreated the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.
This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 50 different categories in print, television, radio and online content.
Academic partners for Agahi Awards 2013 from the disciplines of journalism and mass communication included;Fatima Jinnah Women University (Rawalpindi), AllamaIqbal Open University (Islamabad), BahauddinZakariya University (Multan), International Islamic University (Islamabad), Islamia University (Bahawalpur), University of Gujrat, National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad), Roskilde University (Denmark), Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom atEuropean University (Italy).
Press Clubs in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Multan, and the National Press Club along with the Kashmir Press Club (Mirpur) and the Tribal Union of Journalists, Center for International Media Ethics, Ethical Journalism Network, Media Helping Media, Save the Children, Devex, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Press Council of Pakistan, Internews Network, Center for Investigative Journalism (Bosina-Sarajevo), Transnational Crisis Project, Hayward Black Media, MediaShift, P@sha have partnered to ensure making the journalism awards at par with international standard of journalism.
Mishal Pakistan is the country partner Institute of the Center for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Networks at the World Economic Forum. Established in 2003, Mishal has been engaged with key stakeholders in Pakistan to improve the state of media through good governance initiatives.
I must admit that although I say that technology usage is grounded in a cultural context, I have been struggling in my research to operationalize "culture" for the fear of reducing it to some causal variable. I haven't found much solace in sociology's linear models that isolate "culture's" effects - as it repeats the whole divide of structure versus agency. Neither have I found much clarity in the interpretive tradition of culture, not because I don't agree with it, but because I just become confused at how to methodologically move forward with an interpretive approach. Well then came my meeting with Prof. Alladi Venkatesh, Assoc. Director of UC Irvine's Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) (thanks for gloria mark for the introduction!)
Prof. Venkatesh has created methodology magic! Ethno-consumerism is a methodology for doing cross-cultural research. It encourages the researcher to "study culture not merely as providing the context for the study of consumer behavior but study consumption itself as culturally constituted behavior. "In principle, the ethnoconsumerist perspective goes beyond the distinction of emic and etic research approaches." The etic approach encourages the researcher to interpret from her/his point of view. On the other hand, the emic approach tells the researcher to look at the subject's point of view. But ethnoconsumerism advocates for the next critical step, which is to then develop knowledge from subject's point of view. "The research becomes more than an etic interpretation (researcher's point of view) of the culture, but a view of the culture informed by the culture itself as demonstrated by the above" (Venkatesh and Meamber, 1997).
Venkatesh makes clear that this is methodology, not a method. It does not seek to promote any data collection methods.
Of course I think that qualitative methods (or a mixed-method approach of qual + quant) is the best way to arrive at what he is saying is the crux of ethnoconsumerism - developing a cultural framework of analysis from the consumer's point of view.
I highly encourage you to read his 1995 paper below on Ethnoconsumerism (citation below). It's a beautifully written paper that feels intellectually and spiritually moving at the same time. When I read it I felt as if the words has fallen out of the sky onto self-organizing fractals of joy. After 3 years of sociology coursework, I've become averse at times to theories by sociologists because the words just don't stick in my brain or they just don't inspire me anymore. There was something this 1995 piece that helped me deconstruct 3 years of wonderful and hellish sociological self-discovery to even learn about the cultural divide within the field of sociology (culture vs structure or culture as interpretive model). Dr. Venkatesh, coming from a business/economics background, beautifully reconstructs all the various authors of the interpretive tradition who I have come to love. He has inspired me to think of these authors - such as Geertz, in a new way for my own work on new technology users.
I will be thinking about this methodology for a while as I try to figure out if this framework makes sense for my dissertation. So I will be writing more about this model. In the meantime, two things come to my mind: how I can apply this for my research and how this intersects with Stuart Halls, et. al. 1997 book on Sony Walkmans.
How do I apply this this my research?
study how new users use their technology as culturally constituted behavior.
Do not treat new tech users as objects.
Do not treat their practices as economically motivated.
People use techology to get things done. It is my job to understand as an outsider what is being "done" in their context.
Don't be culturally reductive by picking one feature of the culture and anchoring all analysis around the feature.
If I want to compare two different regions with a cultural framework - this takes a realllllly long time because I have to understand the cultural categories and experiences of all the sites.
In 1997, Stuart Hall, Paul Du Gray, and Linda James published Doing cultural studies: the story of the Sony Walkman. They created a model for the analysis of cultural objects called the circuit of culture. On page 3, they show this graph below. The book walks one through on how to deconstruct the Sony walkman as a cultural object.
In an upcoming post, I would like to discuss ways I could combine Ethnoconsumerism and the Circuit of Culture to work for my research. What's interesting is that while both authors are talking about objects and the people who use the, these are two slightly different approaches. I want to think about to spatialize these approaches. I need to give this some more thought so until the next post on this!
Suggested Reading:
Gay PD, Hall S, Janes L. Doing cultural studies: the story of the Sony Walkman. SAGE; 1997.
Easterly W. The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. Penguin Press; 2006.
"Ethnoconsumerism: A New Paradigm to Study Cultural and Cross-cultural Consumer Behavior," Alladi Venkatesh. Marketing in a Multicultural World, J.A. Costa and G. Bamossy (eds.), SAGE Publications, 1995, 26-67.
You can find more of Dr. Venaktesh's writings here.
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EU humanitarian aid supports the development of policies and methodologies, meteorological measurement systems in eastern Cuba, training of officials and the population on how to best anticipate and adjust to hydro-climatical hazards - be it drought or floods.
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