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Friday 2nd October 2020
Volume 23 Issue 7
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BEING BALANCED AND FULFILLED
BY CAROL BATTRAM, PRIMARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
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Being Balanced and Fulfilled Carol Battram, Primary Assistant Principal, Learning and Welfare BALANCED AND FULFILLED? I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT! ast week, I finished a book called ‘The Psychopath Test’ written by Jon Ronson. This is an achievement, as my book club compadres will attest, even if it wasn’t actually the October pick – and yet, reading is important to me.
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A couple of chapters into the Jonson book, Douglas Hofstadter makes an appearance. Rather than sticking with the book, I instead googled Mr Hofstadter which eventually brought me to… Hofstadter’s Law. IT ALWAYS TAKES LONGER THAN YOU EXPECT, EVEN WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOFSTADTER'S LAW. Everything takes me longer than I expect. I still arrive late more often than not, despite decades of evidence that ‘traffic is slower than usual in my area’. Hofstadter’s Law trips me up all the time – further compounded by my own poor task discipline. My readiness to be distracted by the least urgent of several demands is nothing new. I can easily spend time on the wrong things and only return to more pressing tasks when my amygdala is triggered by a killer combination of urgency and dread. I am easily distracted by things which are interesting but not pressing, enjoyable but not a priority, professionally challenging but mistimed. I treat my calendar like the Tardis – limited space at first glance, but with a mysterious and infinite capacity. I download, and then ignore, apps specifically designed to make me finally, miraculously, effortlessly productive. I love the idea of a Kanban chart, and have been planning to set one up in my office… since May 2019. All of which brings me to the challenge of staying balanced and fulfilled by a typically tangential route. I often talk with students who exemplify our values and who strive to fulfil their potential in myriad ways. When they share their achievements and after school schedules, I am in awe of their diligence, drive, focus and ability to juggle competing priorities. At the same time, I hope that they are still making space in their busy, busy lives for friends, family, rest and play. Not always urgent. Always important. As a community, we rightly place a high value on being Balanced and Fulfilled. Such an important thing for each of us to strive for, but often difficult to achieve when my time, allegedly finite and measurable, pulls a Hofstadter on me.
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I’ve got no magic solution, clearly, but I do have some choices. We all have problems to solve, tasks to complete, queries to respond to and obligations to meet. On those days when I feel myself becoming most at risk of feeling overwhelmed, when the unexpected requests roll in and up-end my brilliantly scheduled plans, I can still gift myself a portion of time to let the mind, and maybe the legs, go for a wander. Being balanced and fulfilled can just mean giving ourselves permission to stop and take a break. The to-do list will still be there, but maybe I’ll return to it with a clearer head and a better breathing pattern. I try to leave the occasional gap in my day for curiosity, reflection, creativity, random discoveries and more than the occasional bout of procrastination – during which time, the best possible solution will sometimes reveal itself. If we can no longer see the wood for the trees, and we all have those days, we need the self-discipline to step back and sharpen the saw.
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Council of International Schools (CIS) Preparatory Virtual Visit Helen Thew, Cross Campus Principal and Acting Secondary Principal WHAT IS ACCREDITATION? ccreditation is a voluntary activity initiated by the school that requires a rigorous self-evaluation and an independent, objective appraisal of the overall educational quality by peers. Accreditation emphasises quality assurance and a commitment to continuous quality enhancement.
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Bangkok Patana was first awarded Council of International Schools (CIS) and New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) accreditation status in 2001, and was then reaccredited in May 2012. In March 2017, we had our Five Year CIS/NEASC Team Visit and received the following feedback: “The school is demonstrating how an educational institution with a distinguished history, steeped in the best British traditions, can remain at the forefront of international education while remaining true to its fundamental mission.” At this time, we have started on our journey towards our next reaccreditation visit in 2022. To help us prepare for this, last week we had our Preparatory Virtual Visit. For the whole week, Carole Denny, CIS Associate Director of School Support and Evaluation and Graham Silverthorne, Head of School UWC East Singapore, were ‘virtually’ in school.
During their time with us they spoke to all stakeholders: senior leaders, middle leaders, teachers, business staff, Primary and Secondary students, parents, and Board members. Using iPads senior leaders took them on guided learning drop ins into classrooms to see learning and they compared what they saw to our written documentations and other evidence we had provided them in our report. ON TO THE NEXT PHASE I am very pleased to be able to write and confirm that we have successfully completed our CIS Preparatory Visit. We have been given the green light to proceed on to the next phase which will be the Team Visit (for the reaccreditation process). We have booked the Team Visit in for 21st -25th March 2022. We needed to have the Team Visit 12-18 months after the Preparatory Visit and we have gone for the longer length of time in the hope that at that time we will be able to host an onsite visit rather than another virtual visit. For the Preparatory Visit, we were required by CIS to focus on the 24 core standards (which we have to meet in order to gain re-accreditation) across the 8 Domains (areas of school life) and the report was written by Academic Leadership Team with input from the middle leaders. • Domain A – Purpose and Direction • Domain B – Governance, Ownership, and Leadership
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• Domain C – The Curriculum • Domain D – Teaching and Assessment for Learning • Domain E – Well-being • Domain F – Staffing • Domain G – Premises, facilities, technology systems, and auxiliary services • Domain H – Community and Home Partnerships For the Team Visit, we will need to discuss any progress we have made on the 24 core standards in response to their feedback to our Preparatory report and focus in on the other 21 non-core standards. To write the Team Visit report we will be looking for input from all stakeholders within the Patana community. Therefore, I will be providing opportunities for parent input. Once the CIS feedback to our Preparatory report is with us (CIS say this normally takes 3 – 4 weeks) it will be made available to all stakeholders to see. At this time, I would like to thank all members of the Patana community who were involved in the writing of the Preparatory report or speaking virtually to our visitors. Feedback from Carole and Graham was how warmly welcomed they were made to feel by everyone they met, and they asked me to say thank you to you from them!
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arents can now drop their children off at Gate 3/4 this is the gate between Foundation Stage and Year 3/4.
Hall onto Bangna-Trad Soi 16. This road is very narrow so please drive carefully. Limit your speed to 20km per hour.
• Please drop your child off on the right hand side, school transport will drop students off on the left hand side.
• Parents are not allowed to u-turn and exit through the front when dropping their child off at this gate.
Any vehicle using this route must have a blue Patana • Parents dropping their child off at the gate can then parking sticker. These are available from the Reception exit through the back of the school past the Sports desk, please contact reception@patana.ac.th.
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Golf Team Back on the Course Andrew Haughton, Golf Coach, Careers and Universities Counsellor
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ell done to our Varsity Golf Team who represented Patana in the Shrewsbury Golf Invitational at the prestigious Thai Country Club on Monday. Beyond the fantastic golf scores, camaraderie and team spirit that all the players showed, a special well done to Jenny Kiel and Lisa Zhang who won the Girls’ team trophy with a combined gross score of ‘2 under’. This is a score that our best golfing teachers (Mr Hume, Mr and Mrs Stuart and Mr Wadsworth) could only ever dream of. Our boys also played some strong golf with Erik, Keane and Krish shooting in the low to mid-80s. This weekend our team will be competing in the Norwich Golf Invitational at Vintage Golf and Country Club. We wish them all the very best.
Year 9 Student Wins Thailand Optimist Dinghy National Championship
Year 9 student Weka Bhanubandh took home the trophy in the 50th annual Thailand Optimist Dinghy National Championship 2020 in Pattaya recently. He will be representing Thailand at the European Championship in Slovenia next month. 6
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Varsity Girls’ Volleyball at ISB Invitational Clara Boucher, 13B
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he Varsity Girls’ Volleyball team had the chance to play in the ISB invitational tournament over the weekend and it was a great opportunity to gain some experience and play against lots of teams. Over the two days, we won two out of our five matches, with the highlight being the thrilling second set of our last game against the School Sports Science 6 Nonthaburi Municipality (NKN) where we battled to the very end to unfortunately lose 27-25.
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Being the only team to score double digits against them and even coming close to winning the set was a huge achievement and a great way to end on a high note! The team improved throughout every match of the tournament and we look forward to competing next weekend at BISAC. Thank you to Coach Jang and Coach Cindy for supporting us through a long and tiring weekend, and a special mention to our personal cheerleader Lily who always kept our spirits high!
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Year 7 Students Run in Columbia Trail Masters Race Helen Lai, Parent
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ongrats to Year 7 students Max Lai, Lancelot Wal- the finish line in an hour and a half.. lins and Sean Lertpisitkul who entered themselves The Columbia Trail Masters race offers trail races over into the Columbia Trail Masters race in Rayong last week4k, 11k, 25k and 50k courses. end and ran 11k over a difficult terrain. The trail was not easy for children, but they did not give up and made it to
Primary Parents Learn About Team Sports
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his week a parent information meeting was held to A FOBISIA guide for interested Year 5 and Year 6 help parents understand how sports teams are se- students can be found here. Contact Mr Tatam at antt@ lected in Primary. Parents were also given a rundown of patana.ac.th for any questions or information. FOBISIA expectations prior to the start of this year’s selecThe next Primary Parent workshop will be the 3-Way tion process beginning in ECA Block 2. Conference Overview for New Parents on Tuesday 6th The whole presentation can be found here including an October hosted by Bryony Wilson, Leader of Excellence excellent video from the last FOBISIA Games that Bang- in Teaching and Learning. Information about the workshop kok Patana student athletes attended in 2019. and a sign-up sheet will be sent before the presentation for those who may be interested in attending.
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Air Quality Monitoring in School M
onitoring air quality is of key importance to ensure the health and well-being of everyone at school. Two years ago, the school tested a variety of monitoring systems and chose the one that produced the most accurate results. There are 27 monitors in 18 buildings across Primary and Secondary buildings as well as the Sports Hall and Gymnastics room. The system is monitored in real-time and extensive data is collected to ensure the system is working at optimum levels. During holidays and at night the filtered fresh air system is turned off to save power and is turned back on a few hours prior to the start
of school and when outside PM2.5 levels reach higher than 10. Once the filters are turned on the levels clearly drop to well below that of the outside, air quality inside is generally 80 percent lower than at the government air monitoring station. Even when air quality outside is quite poor, the filtered fresh air systems maintain air quality within school policy guidelines for health and well-being. Parents can check the levels every day on the Parents’ Gateway dashboard as well as the entrances to the school. Poor PM2.5 levels since December Acceptable 2019
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Recycled Uniforms into Doll Clothes Carol Ashworth, Foundation Stage Nursery Class Teacher
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e have been very excited about the doll’s uniform project to support learning in Nursery and Foundation Stage. From their earliest experiences children are making sense of the world around them through their families and communities. By the end of Foundation Stage 2 year, children leave us knowing about similarities and differences between themselves and others. Exploring play with babies develops this learning. It also fosters a sense of caring and kindness to others. ‘I can look after the babies for you’. The uniforms will also develop fine motor skills needed for dressing and undressing. We love that all our dolls now have a hat each. We wear our hats whenever we are outside to keep ourselves safe from the sun! Thank you so much to the PTG Tiger Shop for the recycled uniform project! 02/10/2020
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Patana Marine Conservation Group Cleans Up Pattaya Seas Tea Lonnback, 12C and Lalida Sirarojanakul, 12Z
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group of eager Bangkok Patana students recently departed for Pattaya on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand - not far from Bangkok, for a long day of picking up trash from the ocean. We were greeted at the port from a member of the Jomtien Diving Centre, Mr. Wayne. He has been a highlight for many of the older students that have been on many of these trips. Not only has he ensured the safety of all the students every year, making sure everyone was on the boat after every dive, but he also taught some of the students about the different types of jellyfish! For example, how the Portugese Man-of-war can only be found in tropical waters.
beach clean for the snorkellers did not take place on the beach. However, the snorkellers were allowed to swim towards the shore and collect rubbish that lay on the sea bed. Most of the rubbish that we found in the ocean included ropes, fishing lines, plastic bags and a large tyre that we couldn't collect as it was too big and sea urchins were starting to make it their new home.
“It was an amazing experience, you get to clean up our oceans and see the devastating amounts of plastic that is washed up, while having fun with friends.” Nardia Copelin, 10J
“The trip was so much fun! It was nice to have a dive to pick up trash and see the beautiful coral. It helps you see what the goal at hand is and what you're fighting for in respect to the environment.” Tosca, 12G
Due to COVID-19, there have been less tourists in Thailand, making the ocean a vibrant blue and much clearer than last year's trip. This made it easier to see the scraps of rubbish that had been intertwined with the coral. While snorkelling, we saw a wide variety of fish such as a puffAfter making sure the safety protocols against COV- erfish and a beautiful green parrot fish. Without the tourists ID-19 were in order, the students proceeded to the boat and boats, the ocean has been able to regenerate coral that would take us to Koh Larn, an island farther from the and other living organisms in the ocean. The ocean has coast of Pattaya. On the first dive, the divers collected also had a chance to heal itself from the damage of the much more rubbish than the snorkellers, making the snor- previous tourist season. We also noticed that the fish were kellers much more keen to beat the divers on the second swimming closer to the shores. dive. Due to new government regulations, the annual 10
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“I think that the trip was really fun and a great experience as I made lots of new friends and we had a really great time together. The snorkelling was also really fun as we were able to pick up a lot of plastic. We saw many fish and the coral was beautiful. Overall, I think that this trip is an amazing experience whether you like oceans or not as it helps save the environment which is always a good thing.� Loris, 9D
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The aim of this trip was to become more environmentally aware of the ongoing situation of the damage that the human race is inflicting upon the oceans with single use plastics and not recycling when possible. In a personal acknowledgment, we believe we are all responsible for the future conservation of our oceans and we should all unite as a community to prevent any further destruction of our beautiful ecosystems we have been gifted with. Furthermore, we have enough information that has been approved by scientists to know that climate change is, in fact, not a hoax. This gives our entire generation a choice to act now before it is too late.
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#162: How to Type Faster T
he average person types about 40 words per minute, but it's actually possible to double that. By improving your posture and muscle memory, you will notice a difference in speed when typing on the keyboard. Watch this two-minute video to help improve your posture and typing speed.
Hope to see you next week at the first PTG Tech Tips Tuesday‌
Brian Taylor Assistant Principal, Campus Curriculum Technology Integration
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What’s New in the Library? Early Years’ Library
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Fiction Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Comic Books Chapter Books and Oversized Books
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UNI COUNSELORS’ CORNER
Soft Skills
Kevin Keller, Head of Careers and Universities
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hen students are preparing to apply to university, there is usually a temptation to focus solely on the university’s ranking and academic requirements to receive an admission offer. Often, if not nearly always, universities are searching for clues about each applicant’s potential for success. Often, these clues are demonstrated in a student’s soft skills and sometimes it can be just as important as an exam grade. Soft skills are not merely character traits; one does not either have them or not. They must be recognised, sought out and practiced by people who value the value that soft skills can add to their lives. How can students learn more about their soft skills and put their best foot forward on their university applications? WHAT ARE SOFT SKILLS? While there are many different types of soft skills, as a university counsellor, I am frequently asking students to focus on a few key areas to develop that will most stand out to admission officers. Communication, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership and a positive attitude are all essential skills for student success at university and in their career. Communication skills include the ability to persuade, to listen, to understand non-verbal cues and present your ideas visually or through the written word. Universities are especially impressed with students who demonstrate critical thinking: Are you searching beyond the ideas presented to you? Are you able to troubleshoot and problem solve patiently, thoughtfully and in an innovative way? Can you critically observe or read? No person is an island and teamwork skills will help students succeed in a professional and academic world that is becoming increasingly collaborative. Empathy, self-awareness, collaboration and the ability to receive feedback are all crucial to working in a team. It’s understandable that leadership positions aren’t for everyone, but universities and employers will still want to know how you can manage conflict, make decisions and give feedback to others. Finally, having a positive attitude not only keeps you motivated but keeps those around you motivated and inspired to be the best they can be at whatever they are doing.
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WHAT CAN STUDENTS DO TO DEMONSTRATE OR PRACTICE SOFT SKILLS? Soft skills may come easily to some people while others may struggle to step outside of their comfort zone to practice them. Luckily for high school students (and future university applicants) many of the ECAs and super-curricular activities that university counsellors are always encouraging them to participate in build these very important soft skills. Reading outside the curriculum while keeping a learning journal can encourage critical thinking, running for a board position in a CAT club at school can help a nervous student build leadership skills in a familiar environment, volunteering to work with children can help student empathise and help their communication skills and the act of actively participating in a CAS project can build teamwork skills.
As you can see, the tools to build soft skills are all around our students here at Bangkok Patana. They must embrace each opportunity and realise the important of university applications which are balanced by academics and personal characteristics. The most successful students are keenly aware of their ability, how they can grow and what challenges they must set for themselves in order to grow into university-ready young adults. A fleeting approach to building soft skills isn’t enough. Building soft skills should be like an exercise routine, continually evolving while consistently setting and achieving new goals. Of course, most importantly these skills don’t just go away once a university application is submitted. They’ll carry on well through young-adulthood and give each person the resilience and skills for life-long success.
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In the Spotlight... Waseda University, Japan
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aseda University is a private research university located in the major commercial and administrative centre of Tokyo; Shinjuku. Waseda University has 12 faculties with 13 undergraduate schools offering degrees in Sports Sciences, Creative Science and Engineering, Law, Commerce and more. Among the 13 undergraduate schools at Waseda, seven currently offer degree programmes taught in English. Waseda is well-known for its liberal climate symbolised by its motto ‘Independence of Learning’. Waseda University has produced many notable alumni including author Haruki Marukami, seven Japanese Prime Ministers and CEOs of major corporations such as Sony, Uniqlo, Nintendo, Mitsubishi, Toshiba and Samsung. Additionally, Waseda is known for its strong baseball team, numerous Olympians and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, racecar driver Takumo Sato.
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STUDENTS SPEAK The Fermi Paradox - Are We Alone? Patrick Walsh, 12Z
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re we alone, floating on a pebble amongst the vastness of the universe? This question has endlessly plagued humanity since we possessed the advanced cognitive abilities to comprehend it, past our primitive knowledge of rudimentary sharp sticks and fire. This ‘alien dream’ is alive and well, thriving and tantalising within our puerile imaginations, films and our very instincts of curiosity. Scientists have explored the starry nights and unlocked the ‘secrets of this universe’, but this question seems to challenge their sophisticated minds. Yet, we are seduced by the idea that there is a surfeit of extraterrestrial civilisations littered across the universe.
a civilization capable of harnessing all of the energy of its home star - which is doable in principle, but currently science-fiction. Whilst, a type three is a civilization that theoretically controls its whole galaxy and its energy. If you are wondering, currently humans are at 0.73 on the Kardashev Scale - and should reach Type 1 status in 100200 years. Our sun is relatively infant to the Milky Way, which is about 10 billion years old. This means a technology-wielding creature, (type-three civilisation), could in practice have copious opportunities to reach divine-like status - and beyond - within the 13.8 billion-years of the universe. Scientists believe that the ‘echoing-silence’ we suffer, is the result of the Great Filter, an evolutionary leap The universe is enormous, and the task of measuring its a civilization has to make, which is impermeable to most breadth is onerous, but we accurately estimate the ob- life. Where does our planet fit in the timeline of this “Great servable universe to be roughly 90 billion light-years in Filter”? Well, it depends, but we are left with three realms diameter. There are ‘‘approximately one hundred billion of possibilities. galaxies, each with an equal number of one hundred billion to one trillion stars - meaning for every grain of sand WE ARE FIRST. on Earth’’, there are 10,000 stars in the universe teeming This the first time life has had adequate time to evolve with trillions and trillions of habitable planets. without a hitch, for example, a cataclysmic event such as Gamma Ray bursts and asteroids. We are unique. The SO THEN, WHERE ARE ALL THE LITTLE GREEN Great Filter was at the beginning of life and it was merely MEN? the “jump from a simple prokaryotic cell to a complex euIn 1950, Enrico Fermi, (an karyotic cell”. We are next: life at our sophistication exists Italian physicist), questioned the everywhere in the Universe but it gets destroyed when it very existence of aliens. The simreaches a certain point - something prevents life from prople, yet inconceivable question gression: this could be climate change or a nuclear war. during dinner “Where is everybody’’, polarised the tranquillity TYPE 3 CIVILISATION of the evening and burdened Or maybe a Type 3 civilization perceives the concept of his very colleagues with this uncolonisation to be primordial and archaic to them, with all precedented quandary. This inthe energy of its galaxy, they could construct the Matrioshfamous question forged The Ferka Brain. This is an interesting concept of a ‘super-computmi Paradox, the Drake equation, er of such computing power that an entire species could and the Kardashev Scale. upload their consciousness and exist in a simulated uniScientists have helped group intelligent species into verse’. This could be a means of escapism from the cold, three categories (the Kardashev Scale). A type one civ- dark, empty universe where their needs and wants are fulilization is one that would be able to access the whole filled. energy available on its planet. And, a type two would be Finish reading this article on Scientia 18
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COVID-19 Under a New Lens Patrick Ledoit, 12G
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couple months ago, I was quite perturbed by the pandemic, as I am sure everyone else was. So, to try to better understand the situation, I took to the task of visualising it differently. We all have seen new cases along time or total cases against time:
Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ However, what was missing was if the curve was the type of trend: exponential, polynomial or something different. In addition, these graphs made it hard to make predictions. To solve this problem, I coded a python program that calculates new cases / total cases which by some math property shows the type of acceleration and in some cases allows for predictions. Below is an example of such graph: From this we can see a clear linear trend. The implementation of such analysis was quite straightforward. The difficulty was sourcing the data, luckily I found a Kaggle source which redirected me here. From this graph we can also see the type of COVID growth in Brazil. I would describe it as exponentially decreasing new cases which is good! From this graph, what would also be possible, you could do a linear fit and calculate the natural curve of the total cases function. I hope you learnt something as I did. If you are interested in the source code or the graphs for all the other countries of the world, you can check out this github here. Also feel free to use the code to create your own preBrazil New Cases/Total Cases diction algorithms and remember to post about the results on Cypher!
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Desert Island Discs With Samantha Wallace, Senior Delegate
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his column follows in the style of the famed BBC podcast which features a celebrity every week – here we feature our own Bangkok Patana celebrities! What eight songs, one luxury item and one book would you take with you if you were stuck on a desert island? Today Samantha Wallace, Senior Delegate, is stuck on a desert island. SAMANTHA, IF YOU WERE STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND WHAT EIGHT PIECES OF MUSIC WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? Here, There And Everywhere - The Beatles Moon River - Andy Williams La Vie en Rose - Louis Armstrong Landslide - Fleetwood Mac The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala Nocturne No. 2 In E Flat, Op. 9 No. 2 – Chopin Dancing Queen - ABBA
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Pink + White - Frank Ocean PICK ONE LUXURY ITEM YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU. THIS ITEM MUST BE INANIMATE AND OF NO USE IN ESCAPING THE ISLAND OR ALLOWING COMMUNICATION FROM OUTSIDE. An endless library of books WHICH ONE BOOK WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? The Untethered Soul; The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer Catch the real Desert Island Discs on BBC. Now that you are stuck at home, what are you listening to? Have a list of your own? Let us know! Contact SHKN with your favourites.
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