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The University is honoured to welcome Ramsés H. Mena, Professor of Statistics at the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IIMAS), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as a Global Chair visiting professor.
Hosted by the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Institute for Mathematical Innovation, Professor Mena is a University of Bath Global Chair for the 2018 – 2019 academic year. His appointment has been funded by the International Relations Office’s Global Chair scheme, a flagship programme designed to attract distinguished, globally renowned scholars to engage in high-profile research activities at Bath.
Professor Mena gained his PhD from the University of Bath in 2003 and has maintained close links with the University ever since, primarily through the Bath-UNAM-CIMAT (BUC) research platform, of which he is an executive committee member. His research interests are focused in the areas of Bayesian Nonparametrics, Applied Stochastic Processes, Time Series Analysis, Species Sampling Models and Simulation Methods.
Professor Jeremy Bradshaw, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International and Doctoral), and colleagues from across the University welcomed Professor Mena on Monday as he arrived in Bath for the first of several Global Chair visits.
Speaking at the welcome reception, Professor Bradshaw said:
Bath's Global Chair scheme has been incredibly successful in providing the University with the unique opportunity to welcome a diverse array of distinguished academics to our campus. Today, we are particularly delighted to welcome our newest Global Chair, Professor Ramsés H. Mena, who is not only a world leader in non-parametric Bayesian methods, but also a University of Bath alumnus. Professor Mena has extensive experience, both in statistical research and of impactful projects in the area of natural disaster funding. The knowledge and insights that he will bring to the University during his time here will undoubtedly be invaluable.
During his appointment, Professor Mena will be working alongside Professor Andreas Kyprianou and his colleagues at the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Institute of Mathematical Innovation.
Professor Kyprianou commented:
We are very excited to have Professor Mena join us. During his tenure as a Global Chair, there are a number of opportunities we will have to benefit from this through SAMBa and IMI, starting with developing an expansive joint project looking at disaster modelling together with industrial partner Willis Tower Watson. Professor Mena’s visit also marks a point in time when the relationship between Bath and UNAM is ready to move forward to explore much deeper collaborative opportunities across campus between the two institutes.
Ramsés first public lecture, entitled Statistical Methods for Natural Disaster Risk Assessment, and in which he will discuss the importance of statistical and probabilistic methodologies for the risk assessment and financial management of natural disasters, will take place on Friday, 30 November 2018. All colleagues are welcome to attend.

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Gerontology is the study of all aspects of aging in older adults. It studies their physical and mental changes, as well as the sociological changes in the community with an aging population.
Getting a college degree in gerontology is easy because you can get it at all levels of education. You can also get it in many universities, such as the University of Southern California, which offer courses on this subject matter.

This is an ideal college degree for people who are already working in institutions and establishments that deal with the aging population and who wish to advance their position in said establishment. You can also get this degree in preparation to get your bachelor’s degree.
Completion of a bachelor’s degree in Gerontology can get you accepted to private organizations and institutions that serve the aging population in mid-level positions. After getting a bachelor’s degree, you can also further your studies by obtaining a master’s degree and PhD programs in Gerontology.
If you are considering what career you would like to proceed with in the future, you should consider studying Gerontology as there are many benefits to studying it.

The population of people who are 60 and older is growing steadily. This is true not just in the United States but around the world as well. This means that the profession dealing with the elderly like Gerontology will be in demand. Not only that, but career opportunities will also be expanding in the future.
With both public and private shareholders investing more for the future of the geriatric community, having a degree in Gerontology allows you to have a choice in working for public or private institutions as well.
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Having multiple degrees may also make you a better candidate for promotion in your work especially if you have a master’s degree and a Ph.D.
The population of people who are getting older is steadily increasing, and we should take this opportunity to help them have a better quality of life in the future. Getting a degree in Gerontology will get you one step closer to this goal.

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Jake Knapp and shutting the distraction out of his iPhone which was spurred on by an honest question from his kid. “Dad, why are you looking at your phone?”
He wasn’t trying to make me feel bad or anything. He was just curious. But I didn’t have a good answer. So why was I looking at my iPhone? I didn’t even remember taking it out — it had sort of materialized in my hand. All day, I’d been looking forward to spending time with my kids, and now that it was finally happening, I wasn’t really there at all.
He took that moment of frustration with himself for not being present with his kids and turned it into action.
With my pulse pounding in my temples, I mashed the screen till the icons wiggled. Then I started deleting those goddamned apps.
I began with the obvious attention thieves. I deleted Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. I deleted YouTube, ESPN, and all my games. Then I went into the settings and removed Safari. I was like David Bowman in 2001, shutting down the psychotic computer HAL so I could fly the spaceship by myself.
Even email went. What he has is a phone with a blank home screen. The ability to make calls and send text messages on the dock and then a few apps pages back.
I’ve had a distraction-free iPhone for six years now. And there have been costs. I lost my reputation for instant email response and immediate task turnaround. Without the tug of my phone, I drifted off of Facebook and lost touch with some friends.
He sees it as a competitive advantage.
Here’s the thing: When I stopped instantly reacting to everyone else’s priorities, I got better at making time for the projects I believed were most important—even if they weren’t urgent or nobody was asking for them. I invested effort in documenting and promoting my design sprint process. And, after a lifetime of putting it off till “someday,” I finally started writing, eventually publishing two books.
My wife has noticed something with Screentime, she spends a few hours a day on her phone and doesn’t have any idea where that time came from. She says she doesn’t have 2 hours a day to be on her phone and yet the numbers don’t lie.
Jake recommends we take the time right now to delete every application that can notify us. Then ask yourself hard questions every time you have to put anything back on your phone.
I find that every time you say you have to do something you need to examine your beliefs. You don’t have to get your kids everything they ask. You don’t have to be in Twitter, or Instagram or Facebook.
Jake has more questions I think are worthy of your attention. He got me the pair back the apps I have on my phone. Next, I need to reorganize my home screen and focus on just the apps I use as I test out some vlogging for 2019 over the holidays.

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Eye Contact
You walk down the street and catch some guy's eyes. You do not stop to continue the gaze with a nod and a friendly smile; you just continue to walk. Shopping in the supermarket, your eyes meet with another guys for the briefest of seconds, before you start to look away. At the gym, whether it is the weight room or the locker room, there are so many guys with so many eyes. You keep your head lowered or look right past everybody so you do not make eye contact. For every gay man out there, making eye contact with a guy happens all the time, whether it is intentional or unintentional. But with eye contact comes the superficial thought a lot of gay men have, "Man, I am being cruised again? " Why is it that making eye contact, simply to be friendly and give some acknowledgement to another guy, makes that guy in question feels like he is being cruised?
They say a persons eyes are a window to that persons soul. It is the way for two people to become intimate with one another, without any form of direct contact. Maintaining eye contact with someone is in itself its own language. For a majority of gay men, consciously or more often sub-consciously, eye contact is the number one language used to cruise. We are all guilty of it, as it is in our blood. But the problem is that the feeling of being cruised in a bar transfers itself into other places. Like I mentioned on the street, in the bank, at the supermarket, even the gym. Everyday places where eye contact can happen. It seems to me that a lot of guys will not only avoid eye contact, but also adopt this "pissed-off" look on their face most of the time. That look is the sign for "do not come near me, do not approach me, I am not interested" to other guys. But in reality, that look is to mask a huge insecurity that almost all gay men carry with them, which is low self-esteem.
Recently, I've started sitting right in front of the main bathhouse entrance. That way I can see all of the new arrivals enter the baths for the first time. 85% of the men that come in avoid almost all eye contact with me. No acknowledgement, no nod, not even a 'Hi'. Since the baths are known for its anonymity, that is to be expected. However, there are some guys I've seen at the baths for years. And when they walk in, they turn their heads and avoid looking at me all together. This, despite the fact I'm sitting right in front of them.
I'm not cruising, chasing or even being threatening to anyone. I'm just sitting there. What is so threatening about that? Yet, the eyes are being avoided. That is the sign of a guy who has self-esteem issues (like most gay men). You might be thinking, 'Well maybe he is shy?' No. Shy people wouldn't have the guts to enter a place like the baths. If someone acknowledges me with a hello, or even stops me to chat, I know that person has self-confidence. By sitting in the same spot, week after week, I'm recognizable. Self-confident men wouldn't even feel the slightest bit of a threat by me. On the other end of the spectrum, guy's who avoid eye contact or even the slightest acknowledgement, have issues. That is a guy with low self-esteem.
I've spoken about eye contact in non-cruising situations. So let’s talk about eye contact in cruising situations. Like it or not, eye contact is the language that is used when cruising. And there is no worse place to have eye contact with someone than a Bathhouse. Since there is hardly any direct communication going on, the eyes do all of the talking. The conventional thought is if you make eye contact with someone in a bathhouse, it is a general tip to the other guy, that you are interested and vice-versa. Now a lot of guys have written to me saying if no one approaches me at the baths, then maybe I should be the one approaching them. But eye contact gives me a pretty good indication if someone is interested or not. If I see a guy I like, and they do not return the eye contact, or looks and sees right through me, then I know this person has zero interest in me. I do not have to waste my time chasing this person and I can move on to someone else. Also, when the guy seems to have the 'pissed-off' look, then I know that he is projecting a vibe for other guys 'to stay away'.
I remember one year I saw a GORGEOUS and MUSCULAR blond guy who looked like he was a porn star. He kept his jeans on, but was shirtless, and wore sunglasses. It was the summer, and during that season, the bathhouse feels more like a pool house. Men would come in and out from the outdoor patio and pool. They would be completely naked or be wearing a towel, having spent time either swimming or tanning (yes, the bathhouse I go to does allow nude tanning and swimming!) The blond guy stood in the hallway for an hour. Finally he came up to me (that approachable face again) and asked me what was wrong with all these guys? Excuse me, I said? He started to tell me he was from out of town, and stopped by to check out the bath situation in my city. He could not understand what was wrong with all of the local guys? Why was no one approaching him? I explained to him that #1 by wearing sunglasses, no one could make any eye contact to see where his interest lay. #2 with his jeans on, he is giving the signal that he is not to be approached, and is probably only interested in receiving a blowjob. #3 with his looks and incredible body, a lot of guys think they are out of his league. It was the signal he was projecting, 'I am unapproachable'. He thought for a second and then said, 'Nah, It must be the guys here.' And with that he left to go to another bathhouse. But the fact is, his demeanor really does give off the signal that 'I am not to be approached, unless I approach you'.
Another time, I remember a different GORGEOUS guy was at the baths in the porn room, with a full erection. He was stroking himself up and down, all ripe and ready to receive oral. Sounds like he wanted someone to blow him, right? WRONG! Whenever anyone even entered the porn room, this gorgeous guy would shoot daggers with his eyes. His eyes really gave off the message that we were all to 'GET THE HELL OUT'. I guess he was waiting for someone more to his liking, whatever those standards may be.
What I cannot stand is when a guy goes out of his way to avoid me, even after I get the message that there is no interest from his standpoint, and I leave him alone. I have to admit that I am very sensitive and thinned skinned. But when someone avoids me like the plague, I take it bad. Such as leaving a room when I enter it, taking a different route in the hallway to avoid me, or even avoiding passing my room when he is making the rounds. It is hard to desensitize myself from that type of blatant rejection. I know I should not take it personally, but it is hard. I mean what else are they rejecting, the chair I am sitting in? The towel I am wearing? Of course they are rejecting me. But I can also understand them acting that way, because of the huge amount of Asian men that constantly hit on GWM (Read Racism or Preference.) I see it at the baths all the time. After being cruised by so many gay Asian men, many gay men lump all gay Asians as being desperate and constantly chasing after them.
Another thing I cannot stand is when some guy gives off major attitude, by acting like everybody is cruising him and it is exhausting for him to deal with all of these eyes staring at him. But in reality he is only average looking, and nobody is really paying attention to him. This is especially true with a lot of overweight and out-of-shape guys, who run into Asians in the hallways. As I mentioned before, because Asians are stereotyped for going after any GWM, a lot of these guys think we are cruising them! So they turn their heads, look away, and give off major attitude if any Asian guy enters a room. Like we would even be interested in them! And forget about just making a conversation with someone cute. As I had mentioned even acknowledging someone with eye contact in the lounge, men think they are being cruised. So they become unresponsive to conversation, so they can get that person to stop 'cruising' them.
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This tutorial shows you how to make a melting massage ball, that melts as it touches your warm skin. Keep these in the fridge and pull one out whenever you need.
1/2 cup of shea butter
Essential oils of choice (optional)
Ice cube tray or suitable mold
Start by melting down your Shea Butter. I used the microwave at 30 second intervals for my butter. Next stir in 10-15 drops of an essential oil of your choice. I used a tired legs blend but you could use whatever you like.

Pour the mixture into the ice cube tray. Allow several hours to set in the fridge. Once set place into an airtight container and store in the fridge.

When required, use one block and watch as the luxurious butter melts as it touches your skin.

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Dr Ana Catalano Weeks from the Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies, has received the 2018 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Prize for the best paper presented at the previous year’s meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA).
Titled Why Are Gender Quota Laws Adopted by Men? The Role of Inter- and Intraparty Competition, Weeks’s article finds that male politicians will enact gender quota laws when it is strategically beneficial (in the context of a rising left-wing competitor) or when it helps them to reassert control of their own candidate selection processes. APSA’s prize committee recognised the paper for “breaking new ground both theoretically and empirically, and for taking full advantage of the insights generated by previous generations of scholarship on political parties”.
APSA presented Dr Weeks her award in Boston, USA, at their 114th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, the world’s largest gathering of political scientists and source for emerging scholarship in the discipline.
Upon receiving her award, Dr Weeks said: "Gender quotas are one of the most important electoral changes of our time, bringing many more women into political office around the world. This paper is part of a broader research agenda to understand why they get adopted and what it means for policies afterwards - a topic that has practical implications for democratic inclusion.
“The award is deeply appreciated recognition, especially since it is the first time that a paper on gender and politics has won."
The article also received the 2018 Sage Paper Award for the best paper developing or applying qualitative methods presented at the 2017 APSA meeting from the APSA Qualitative and Multi-Method Research section.

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