EQ Is the Skill You Need in 2020—Here’s How to Improve It | Top Skills - The Learning Blog

We asked Gemma Leigh Roberts, organizational psychologist, executive coach, and LinkedIn Learning instructor, to explain EQ and offer three ways to cultivate the highly coveted skill.  

EQ Is the Skill You Need in 2020—Here’s How to Improve It
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Emotional intelligence is one of the most in-demand skills in 2020. That means people with emotional intelligence, also known as EQ, are getting hired and promoted at a faster rate than others, according to data recently surfaced from LinkedIn’s network of over 660+ million professionals and 20+ million jobs. 

So, what is emotional intelligence and why is it so important to hiring managers today?...

What is emotional intelligence and why is it so important in the workplace today?
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The butterfly effect is not what you think it is | Weather - Washington Post

Jeremy Deaton, Associate Director, Editorial at Nexus Media writes, There is an iconic scene in “Jurassic Park” where Jeff Goldblum explains chaos theory.

A monarch butterfly in Vista, Calif.
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“It simply deals with unpredictability in complex systems,” he says. “The shorthand is ‘the butterfly effect.’ A butterfly can flap its wings in Peking, and in Central Park, you get rain instead of sunshine.

Goldblum is right that chaos theory deals with unpredictability, but his description of the butterfly effect is a little misleading.

When meteorologist Ed Lorenz, the so-called “father of chaos theory,” first invoked a butterfly’s wings, it wasn’t to say that we can’t predict the weather in New York because we can’t account for all the butterflies in China...

Here is the story behind the confusion, as recounted in a 2014 paper by physicist Timothy Palmer, mathematician Gregory Seregin and mathematical physicist Andreas Doering. At the time, all of them were affiliated with the University of Oxford. Palmer further detailed the mix-up in a 2017 lecture at Oxford...

“The Butterfly Effect isn’t one simple idea; it encompasses a set of mathematical discoveries that have been expressed in different ways at different times,” he said in an email.

It’s easy to see how “the butterfly effect” could have come to take on multiple meanings. Lorenz wrote about the term’s “cloudy history” in his book, “The Essence of Chaos,” noting that his 1963 paper featured a graph that was said to resemble a butterfly, which may have created some confusion.

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New books: February 2020 | Commentary and Reviews - Physics Today

Check out these book from Physics Today below.

New books: February 2020

A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences.
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Additional resources 
DOI:10.1063/PT.6.3.20200203a

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Singapore maths adds up for educators around the world | Mathematics - The Straits Times

Fifty Secrets Of Singapore's Success

A new Straits Times Press book launched last week, Fifty Secrets Of Singapore's Success, has 50 essays on various aspects of the nation that have gained acclaim over the years. This essay by Senior Education Correspondent Sandra Davie recounts how Singapore's maths has made a mark globally. 

The curriculum, teaching approach and textbooks developed by Singapore's Ministry of Education have helped make schoolchildren here world beaters in maths, an achievement recounted in a new book.
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The irony will not be lost on British educators. In 2019, Singapore commemorated the 200th year since Sir Stamford Raffles arrived on its shores. As the former colony reflected on what it inherited from Britain, schools there have joined more than 50 education systems around the world in adopting Singapore-style mathematics.

Little Singapore first started to draw a lot of attention when it came out tops among 37 countries, including Britain and the United States, in the 1995 and 1999 rankings of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).

In the US, some like parents Jeffery Thomas and his Singaporean wife, Dawn, began importing Singapore textbooks to supplement their daughter's public schooling, and for other parents who were homeschooling their children. When a handful of schools also started asking for the books, the couple, based in Portland, Oregon, set up Singapore Math Inc in 1998 to import the books...

In the UK, the Inspire Maths series of textbooks, adapted from the Singapore books, were trialled in 70 primary schools by the Department for Education in 2015 and 2016. Independent research conducted by the Oxford University Department of Education in 2016 found that British schoolchildren made more progress in maths when teachers used Singapore-style methods. Teachers reported that the programme could boost children's motivation and engagement, and the evaluation found that it could be used creatively and flexibly.
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Carleton awarded Clare Boothe Luce grant to create professorship for female mathematician | Academics - Carleton College News

The professorship will enable the Carleton Department of Mathematics and Statistics to advance further its role as a leader in the education of women mathematicians by Carleton College.

Aerial view of the Carleton College campus.

The Clare Boothe Luce Program of the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded Carleton College a $495,341 grant to support the hiring of a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Mathematics. The professorship will enable the Carleton Department of Mathematics and Statistics to advance further its role as a leader in the education of women mathematicians.

Since its first grants in 1989, the Clare Boothe Luce Program has been a leading source of private support for women in science, mathematics and engineering in higher education. Clare Boothe Luce was a playwright, journalist, U.S. Ambassador to Italy and the first woman elected to Congress from Connecticut. In her bequest establishing this program, she sought “to encourage women to enter, study, graduate, and teach” in science, mathematics and engineering.

“The Clare Boothe Luce Professorship at Carleton will honor the legacy of Ambassador Luce by nurturing a talented female mathematician who will be a successful researcher, a brilliant teacher, and a leader committed to increasing the representation of women in math nationally,” Dean of the College Beverly Nagel said. “Carleton faculty will provide mentoring that will enable the assistant professor to achieve her full potential in teaching, research and leadership, both on campus and in national STEM communities.”
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Clarke University Partners With Akademos to Launch New Hybrid Bookstore Model | Hybrid Bookstore - PRUnderground

Liberal arts college at the forefront of national trend to optimize textbook services and affordability by PRUnderground.

Hybrid Bookstore Model

Clarke University, a nationally recognized liberal arts college with a focus on global awareness and social responsibility, has partnered with Akademos to deploy a hybrid online and on-campus college bookstore beginning with the Summer 2020 term. The university is on the forefront of a rising trend to separate the complex management of  course materials from operating a campus store. As a leading online college bookstore and course materials solution provider, Akademos is well positioned to support their forward-thinking new hybrid model.

Formerly fully self-operated, Clarke University’s hybrid bookstore will allow students to order and access a wide selection of low-cost textbooks and other course materials online. With textbook services managed by Akademos, students can choose from new, used, eBook, and rental options, including discounted textbooks sold through third-party marketplaces. Textbooks and other materials may be delivered to a student’s residence, email, or to the physical store.

Clarke University will continue to operate a campus store, which will sell a range of branded clothing and other popular merchandise. By engaging Akademos to handle textbook adoptions, pricing, sales, and more, campus staff will be freed to market a mix of higher-margin merchandise, ultimately funneling greater profits into student programs...

“With more and more course materials going digital, the hybrid model is a future-proof strategy,” said Akademos CEO Raj Kaji. “Students gain greater savings and convenience, and campus stores are freed to focus on products and services that provide for the best and highest use physically.”

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About Clarke University

Clarke University is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college founded in 1843 by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa. Clarke educates students at the postsecondary level in the liberal arts and sciences, the fine arts, selected professional programs, and graduate programs. The faculty, students, staff, and administration are a caring, learning community committed to excellence in education. Clarke provides a supportive environment that encourages personal and intellectual growth, promotes global awareness and social responsibility, and deepens spiritual values. 

 
About Akademos
 

Akademos provides higher education institutions with a full-service online platform to manage course materials, from monitoring adoptions and compliance to purchasing textbooks to measuring utilization. More than just an online bookstore, we give school administrators a single platform to streamline course adoptions and meet compliance regulations. For students, the platform simplifies the purchasing and access of materials through a personalized portal that connects with school SIS, LMS, and payment systems. Akademos gives colleges and universities a more transparent, convenient, and cost-effective solution to manage how course materials are used and measured, helping to improve textbook affordability and student success. 
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There’s a bookshop in Canada where kittens up for adoption roam free | Books - Metro.co.uk

Turns out Belinda Carlisle was right: Heaven truly is a place on earth, according to Ellen Scott, Lifestyle editor. 

The kitties are free to roam the shop
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That place is Otis & Clementine’s Books & Coffee, a bookshop and cafe that happens to be host to a bunch of kittens, all of whom are up for adoption. 

The book shop, just outside of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, often has multiple kittens wandering freely around the store and happily jumping on customers’ laps. 

Each kitty is from the South Paw Conservation Nova Scotia rescue group, which gives the bookshop young kittens in need of care so the animals have a comfy place to live while they search for their forever home...

Some people come to Otis & Clementine’s Books & Coffee intending to adopt a kitty, some come just to hang out with feline pals, and others go in to get a book and are pleasantly surprised when a kitten appears on a nearby table. 
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Books about life in the Anthropocene | Climate Science - Yale Climate Connections

Michael Svoboda, Author at Yale Climate Connections summarizes, Human beings are a dominating force in this geological era. These books examine what that means.
 

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New years that end in zeros often prompt longer-range reflections. Not just “What does the New Year hold?” but “What might the new decade bring?” (as with 2020) or even “What should we hope for in the new century or new millennium?” (as happened with 2000).

And when that turn in the calendar coincides with unprecedented and catastrophic wildfires, such as those having ravaged large parts of Australia, then an even more foreboding question might be asked: In what new age are we living?

The titles selected for this month’s bookshelf provide several different answers to this last question, but all agree that the name of this new age is the Anthropocene, the geological age in which humans are leaving the most indelible marks on the planet.

It has been three years since Yale Climate Connections’ first bookshelf on the Anthropocene.
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Rutgers, Google Partnership To Provide Online Access to 190,000 Books | Education - TAPinto.net

Students, faculty and the global public will soon be able to discover nearly 190,000 titles from Rutgers University Libraries’ collections online, thanks to a new partnership with Google by Tapinto New Brunswick Staff.

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The Google Books Library Project aims to “build a searchable catalog of the world’s books online.” Through Rutgers' participation in the Google Books Library Project, a variety of books, journals and other documents spanning centuries and crossing genres will be scanned and made searchable via Google Books, the HathiTrust Digital Library and QuickSearch, the Libraries’ online search portal. 

“The Libraries are committed to serving as an essential information resource for the state and beyond, and we are excited to work with Google to bring more of Rutgers’ collections to a worldwide audience,” said Krisellen Maloney, vice president for information services and university librarian at Rutgers. “Digitizing these materials will allow us to increase access to our collections, contribute to the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s goals for cooperative curation and preservation, and advance the local, national and global service missions of Rutgers University.”...

In the coming months, Google will begin to scan the Rutgers materials at their off-campus facility. After scanning, the physical books will be returned to Rutgers and a digital copy of all items will be deposited into the HathiTrust Digital Library for preservation. Once added to Google Books and HathiTrust, the full text of each title will be searchable.
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Top 10 Books Recommended by Crypto Thought Leaders | Bitcoin - Cointelegraph

Cointelegraph asked crypto leaders about their favorite books and compiled the top 10 to read in 2020 by Elena Perez, independent writer.
 

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At the end of 2019, Cointelegraph collected an interesting and sometimes unexpected selection of books from people without whom the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain would be completely different.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, Changpeng Zhao, John McAfee, Grigory Klumov and the Cointelegraph team shared the most interesting books that they read in 2019. These recommendations are for those who want to immerse themselves in the crypto industry. They also aim to help readers understand the ideas that have influenced the worldview of these industry leaders.

Here are the top 10 books that the best crypto minds of our time recommend reading.

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Source: Cointelegraph