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paragonrobits · 7 months

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"Hunting used to be a really big part of Air Nomad culture," Aang says, as he gently slides down a snowy slope. Katara is fast behind him, mirroring his movements but not completely; there is little rhythm in his movements, as he is erratic, suddenly moving this way and that, as changing as a wind.

Her movements are more fluid. The tide moves as it will, and so does she, practiced and steady, and when there is a sudden build up of power, it is nonetheless gradual.

They land. "I'm not surprised," she says. She looks up across the vast snowy tundra of the south pole. Above them is the blue sky, seemingly endless and a flat calm. Beyond them is ice and snow; water frozen, and water that has joined the sky to fall down for a time.

It is neither the open ocean or falling rain, and it is not mountains so high they are part of the sky. Here, one might think Water and Air have met together, to share community.

She closes her eyes. She wonders if, before the war, there had been close friendship between the nomads of the Southern Air Temple and the people of her tribe. They were close, certainly, in geography. Air and water were more alike than they were different, but they were different all the same.

There are few records of those days. Her tribes oral histories are scattered and fading, and his people's writings are mostly gone from the public eye. She supposes she will never know.

"It's hard," she says. "To survive in places like this without eating meat. Things are hard to grow."

"We did find crops, or I think we might have made them," Aang says. "But yeah. We did hunt. We were nomads, after all. Nomads have to hunt to live well."

The past tense wounds. It always did. She suspects it always will.

"So what changed?"

He shrugs. "Philosophies change, and its part of flying; to become like the wind you have to let go of things, and different gurus thought that it would be easier to detach yourself by removing yourself from the cycle of the hunt."

She considers it. "Life and death and rebirth. Death that feeds others, so things live a while after killing things to live, and when they die, other things will live because they are gone."

"Yeah. The cycle of the world." Aang looks solemnly across the landscape. "It's not that hunting is wrong. At least that's what I understood. Some things must die for other things to live. We kill plants when we eat them. So gurus suggested that by removing yourself from earthly tethers, letting go of them as you let go of fear or the illusion of control, you free yourself."

Katara contemplates this for a time. "Maybe that's part of the nature of air. Air is all around us, and its outside us and above us. You need air to live, but its always apart from you; blood is an ocean inside you, but when you breath in and out, the nature of air isn't really different."

"It may be so," Aang agreed, and his tone says that he will think on this for a time. "Air, by its nature, yearns for separation that humans can try, even if we can't really do it?"

"It may be so," Katara agreed. It was neither yes, or no, but a question unto itself. It didn't need to have an answer. But thinking about it WAS the answer.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #my writing #fics #queued

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o-craven-canto · 4 months

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Words borrowed from other languages in English

Very incomplete list, based mostly on The Languages of the World (3rd ed.), Kenneth Katzner, 2002 + a heavy use of Wiktionary. some notes:

Many of these words have passed through multiple languages on their way to English (e.g. Persian -> Arabic -> Spanish -> French -> English); in that case I usually list them under the first language that used them in the same acception as English.

I generally don't include words whose ancestors already existed in Middle English, unless their origin was exotic enough to be interesting.

The vast majority of borrowings are terms very specific to their culture of origin; I generally only include those that are either very well known amng English-speakers, or of general use outside that culture.

INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY (West and South Eurasia)

Hellenic Greek: angel, chronometer, democracy, encyclopedia, geography, graphic, hieroglyphic, homogeneous, hydraulic, meter, microscope, monarchy, philosophy, phobia, photography, telephone, and way too many other scientific or technical terms to count

Germanic Afrikaans: aardvark, apartheid, fynbos, rooibos, springbok, trek, veld, wildebeest Danish: Lego, simper Dutch: brandy, bumpkin, coleslaw, cookie, deck, dock, dollar, landscape, freight, furlough, maelstrom, noodle, Santa Claus, waffle, walrus, yacht German: aurochs, bildungsroman, blitzkrieg, cobalt, dachsund, eigenvector, ersatz, gestalt, hamburger, hinterland, kindergarten, kohlrabi, lager, poodle, quark, sauerkraut, wanderlust, yodel, zeitgeist Icelandic: eider, geyser Norwegian: auk, fjord, krill, lemming, narwhal, slalom, troll Swedish: lek, mink, ombudsman, rutabaga, smorgasbord, tungsten Yiddish: bupkis, chutzpah, kvetch, putz, schlemiel, schmaltz, schmooze, schtick, spiel, tchotchke

Slavic Czech: robot Russian: fedora, glasnost, intelligentsia, kefir, mammoth, pogrom, samizdat, steppe, sputnik, troika, tsar, vodka Serbo-Croat: cravat, paprika

Celtic [many of these words are shared between the two languages] Irish: bog, galore, gaol, geas, glen, orrery, shamrock, slob, whiskey Scottish Gaelic: bard, bunny, cairn, clan, loch, ptarmigan, ?scone, slogan

Italic-Romance †Latin: [way too many] French: [way too many] Italian: allegro, aria, balcony, bandit, bravo, calamari, casino, chiaroscuro, crescendo, contrapposto, fresco, gazette, ghetto, gusto, inferno, lava, mafia, malaria, pants, quarantine, tempo, umbrella, vendetta, volcano Portuguese: baroque, brocade, cachalot, cobra, creole, flamingo, petunia, pimento, zebra Spanish: abalone, armadillo, bolas, bonanza, canyon, cargo, chupacabra, cigar, cilantro, embargo, gaucho, guerrilla, junta, manta, mesa, mustang, patio, pueblo, rodeo, siesta, tornado, vanilla

Iranian Persian: bazaar, caravan, checkmate, chess, crimson, dervish, divan, jackal, jasmine, khaki, kiosk, lemon, lilac, musk, orange, pajama, paradise, satrap, shawl, taffeta

Indo-Aryan †Sanskrit: brahmin, Buddha, chakra, guru, karma, mantra, opal, swastika, yoga Bengali: dinghy, jute, nabob Hindi: bandana, bungalow, cheetah, chintz, chutney, coolie, cot, dungaree, juggernaut, lacquer, loot, rajah, pundit, shampoo, tom-tom, thug, veranda Marathi: mongoose Romani: hanky-panky, pal, shiv Sinhalese: anaconda, beriberi, serendipity, tourmaline

DRAVIDIAN FAMILY (Southern India)

Kannada: bamboo Malayalam: atoll, calico, copra, jackfruit, mahogany, mango, pagoda, teak Tamil: curry, mulligatawny, pariah Telugu: bandicoot

URALIC FAMILY (Northern Eurasia)

Finnic Finnish: sauna Saami: tundra

Samoyedic Nenets: parka

Ugric Hungarian: biro, coach, goulash, hussar, puszta, tokay

VASCONIC FAMILY (Northern Pirenees)

Basque: chaparral, chimichurri, silhouette

TURKIC FAMILY (Central Eurasia)

†Old Turkic: cossack, yurt Tatar: ?stramonium Turkish: baklava, balaclava, bergamot, caftan, caviar, harem, janissary, kebab, kismet, minaret, pastrami, sherbet, tulip, yoghurt Yakut: taiga

MONGOLIC FAMILY (Mongolia and surrounding areas)

Mongol: horde, khan, ?valerian

SINO-TIBETAN FAMILY (China and Southeast Asia)

Tibeto-Burman Tibetan: lama, panda, tulpa, yak, yeti

Sinitic [Chinese languages closely related, not always clear from which a borrowing comes] Hokkien: ?ketchup, sampan, tea Mandarin: chi, dao, dazibao, gung-ho, kaolin, oolong, shaolin, shanghai, yin-yang Min Nan: nunchaku Yue (Cantonese): chop suey, dim sum, kowtow, kumquat, lychee, shar-pei, ?typhoon, wok

TUNGUSIC FAMILY (Eastern Siberia)

Evenki: pika, shaman

KOREANIC FAMILY (Koreas)

Korean: bulgogi, chaebol, hantavirus, kimchi, taekwondo

JAPONIC FAMILY (Japan)

Japanese: banzai, bonsai, dojo, emoji, geisha, ginkgo, hikikomori, honcho, ikebana, kamikaze, karaoke, koi, kudzu, manga, origami, pachinko, rickshaw, sake, samurai, sensei, soy, sushi, tofu, tsunami, tycoon, zen

AUSTRONESIAN FAMILY (maritime Southeast Asia and Oceania)

Western Malayan Javanese: ?junk [ship] Malay: amok, cockatoo, compound [building], cootie, durian, kapok, orangutan, paddy, pangolin, rattan, sarong

Barito Malagasy: raffia

Phlippinic Cebuano: dugong Ilocano: yo-yo Tagalog: boondocks

Oceanic Hawai'ian: aloha, hula, luau, poi, wiki Maori: kauri, kiwi, mana, weta Marshallese: bikini Tahitian: pareo, tattoo Tongan: taboo

TRANS-NEW GUINEAN FAMILY (New Guinea)

Fore: kuru

PAMA-NYUNGAN FAMILY (Australia)

Dharug: boomerang, corroboree, dingo, koala, wallaby, wobbegong, wombat, woomera Guugu Yimithirr: kangaroo, quoll Nyungar: dunnart, gidgee, quokka Pitjantjatjara: Uluru Wathaurong: bunyip Wiradjuri: kookaburra Yagara: dilly bag

AFRO-ASIATIC FAMILY (North Africa and Near East)

Coptic: adobe

Berber Tachelhit: argan

Semitic †Punic: Africa Arabic: albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alfalfa, algebra, alkali, amber, arsenal, assassin, candy, coffee, cotton, elixir, gazebo, gazelle, ghoul, giraffe, hashish, harem, magazine, mattress, monsoon, sofa, sugar, sultan, syrup, tabby, tariff, zenith, zero Hebrew: amen, behemoth, cabal, cherub, hallelujah, kibbutz, kosher, manna, myrrh, rabbi, sabbath, Satan, seraph, shibboleth

NIGER-CONGO FAMILY (Subsaharan Africa)

unknown: cola, gorilla, tango

Senegambian Wolof: banana, fonio, ?hip, ?jigger [parasite], karite, ?jive, yam

Gur-Adamawa Ngbandi: Ebola

Kwa Ewe: voodoo

Volta-Niger Igbo: okra Yoruba: gelee [headgear], mambo, oba, orisha

Cross River Ibibio: calypso

Bantu Lingala: basenji Kikongo: ?chimpanzee, ?macaque, ?zombie Kimbundu: ?banjo, Candomblé, gumbo, macumba, tanga Swahili: askari, Jenga, kwanzaa, safari Xhosa: Ubuntu Zulu: impala, mamba, vuvuzela

KHOE-KWADI FAMILY (Southwest Africa)

Khoekhoe (Hottentot): gnu, kudu, quagga

ESKIMO-ALEUT FAMILY (Arctic America)

Greenlandic Inuit: igloo, kayak Inuktikut: nunatak

ALGIC FAMILY (Eastern Canada and northeast USA)

†Proto-Algonquin: moccasin, opossum, skunk Cree: muskeg, pemmican Mikmaq: caribou, toboggan Montagnais: husky Narragansett: ?powwow, sachem Ojibwe: chipmunk, totem, wendigo, woodchuck Powhatan: persimmon, raccoon

SALISHAN FAMILY (Pacific coast at the USA-Canada border)

Chehalis: chinook Halkomelem: sasquatch Lushootseed: geoduck

IROQUOIAN FAMILY (Eastern North America)

Cherokee: sequoia

SIOUAN FAMILY (Central USA)

Lakota: teepee

MUSKOGEAN FAMILY (Southeast USA)

Choctaw: bayou

UTO-AZTECAN FAMILY (Southwest USA and north Mexico)

Nahuatl: atlatl, avocado, chili, cocoa, coyote, chocolate, guacamole, hoazin, mesquite, ocelot, quetzal, tamale, tegu, tomato O'odham (Pima): jojoba Shoshone: chuckwalla Yaqui: ?saguaro

MAYAN FAMILY (Southern Mexico and Guatemala)

Yucatec Maya: cenote, Chicxulub

ARAWAKAN FAMILY (Caribbeans and South America)

†Taino: barbecue, cannibal, canoe, cassava, cay, guava, hammock, hurricane, iguana, maize, manatee, mangrove, maroon, potato, savanna, tobacco Arawak: papaya

CARIBAN FAMILY (Caribbean coast of South America)

unknown: curare Galibi Carib: caiman, chigger, pawpaw, peccary, yucca

QUECHUAN FAMILY (Andes)

Quechua: ?Andes, caoutchouc, coca, condor, guano, llama, mate, poncho, puma, quinine, vicuna

AYMARAN FAMILY (Andes)

Aymara: alpaca, chinchilla

TUPIAN FAMILY (Brazil)

[borrowings are often shared between these two languages] †Old Tupi: ananas, arowana, Cayenne [pepper], jaguar, manioc, piranha, tapioca Guarani: cougar, maracuja, Paraguay, petunia, toucan

CREOLE LANGUAGES (worldwide, mixed origin)

English-derived Chinese Pidgin English: chopstick, long time no see, pidgin, taipan Jamaican Creole: dreadlocks, reggae

Chinook-derived Chinook Jargon: potlatch

EDIT 08-01-24: added lots more examples, especially African, Asian, and North American languages. Still not done. EDIT 17-01-24: finished adding examples, more or less. EDIT: 18-02-24: apparently not (cheetah).

#languages #history #how beauteous mankind is #feel free to add more

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hammill-goes-fogwalking · 4 months

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I love the fact that youre interested in Skandinavian music!! - but please, as a Finn, Finland is not a part of Skandinavia 🙏 i get that people just group us with Skandis but we are not part of them!! Maybe just say "nordics/nordic countries", that’s always correct! :) also - which finnish prog band are you interested in?? I love that youre into our music 💙

thank you, I'd probably never notice the mistake XD honestly I never heard anyone who said it's not a part, anyways I'm gonna change it on my last post

also it's so cool to meet you!!!!

I thank my father, a literal geography guru, for my silly little interest- he's a huge fan of Finnish tango 😌

I'm fascinated of your language, yes I tried to at least learn some simple vocabs but it's impossible

^ they're like the ideal band imo, the songs are EXTREMELY GOOD and this one is my favourite, although I'm really sad that they don't sing in their native language (I would prefer Finnish honestly, the language sounds stunning in songs -UNLIKE GERMAN)

they're connected with a 60s soul/jazzy kinda band called Soulset

two prog/jazz fusion epics, isn't it amazing 😭 I love Nordic experimental music, they were innovative, had a fresh sound, the musicians' instruments sound just fine as hell 👌🏻🛐 I have a weakness for saxophones in prog

I think they're one of the obscure Finnish groups

it's now a year ago since I discovered Wigwam, which is probably the most popular Finnish jazz fusion kinda group?

in my bio is a link to my Spotify acc, there I created a playlist for favourite songs of your country...

thanks, again 🤍💙

#DIFFERENT FROM GERMAN PROG AHSHWHW OUR MUSIC SOUNDS OLDDD #prog rock #progressive rock #Finland #suomitumblr #haikara means stork and I'm proud to know that along with the other like 8 words I know #<- I listen to them since two hours and I'm mesmerized #Sarah recommends

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sabroad116 · 8 months

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Pursuing a Law Degree in Malaysia Your Ultimate Guide preface

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northernmariette · 2 years

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Argh! My guru just enjoined me to post something about Duroc for his birthday, and all i have at hand is my book about the Russian campaign!

Here are three minuscule tidbits:

Before the start of the campaign, page 92:

"most of Napoleon's entourage, beginning with Caulaincourt and including close friends and collaborators such as General Duroc, repeatedly beseeched him not to go down the road of war. (...) Napoléon dismissed such arguments with annoyance."

Yeah, what did Caulaincourt, for one, who had lived in Russia for four years, know about Russian climate and geography? But back to Duroc.

Page 196: While in Vitebsk (in August? Not sure, but this was even before Smolensk), Baron Fain notes

" 'anxiety and discouragement' in the various staffs. Napoléon sensed this, and for the first time he drew a wider group of generals into his confidence, asking them what they thought should be done. Berthier, Caulaincourt, Duroc and others felt it was time to call a halt. They cited losses, provisions difficulties and the length of the lines of communication, and expressed the fear that even a victory would cost them dear,on account of the lack of hospitals and medical resources."

We know how much Napoléon listened to Berthier, Caulaincourt and Duroc, who turned out to be right on all counts.

Finally, on pages 221 and 222, about the conditions in hospitals at Smolensk, the lack of medical supplies, and what Napoléon tried to do about this:

"Surgeons were sewing up wounds with tow in lieu of thread, and dressing them with strips torn from their own uniforms and paper taken from the city archives. 'Without medicines, without broth, without bread, without linen, without lint and even without straw, they had no other consolation as they lay dying other than the sympathy of their comrades,' in the words of General Berthezene. Napoléon sent Duroc around the hospitals to give the wounded money, but while in Austria or Italy this would have meant they would have been able to procure food and other necessities for themselves, here they would be able to buy nothing, while the possession of the coins made them vulnerable to robbery and murder."

And that's all I have for now. Not much about Duroc himself, I'm afraid, except to demonstrate that his wise advice was just as unsuccessful as Caulaincourt's and Berthier's.

This has been drawn from Adam Zamoyski's 2004 book, Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March.

#michel duroc

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rahulnarang5 · 11 months

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IPU CET MBA 2023: Gateway to MBA Admissions 2023

The IPU CET MBA 2023 exam is an entrance examination conducted by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) for admission to various management programs offered by the university and its affiliated colleges. It is a popular exam among students who want to pursue an MBA in Delhi-NCR. Here's everything one must know about the IPU CET MBA 2023 exam.

Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates who wish to appear for the IPU CET MBA 2023 exam must meet the following eligibility criteria:

Candidates should have completed their graduation with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks from a recognized university.

Candidates who are in the final year of their graduation can also apply.

There is no age limit for the exam.

Application Process:

The application process for the IPU CET MBA 2023 exam began in March 2023. Candidates can apply for the exam online by following the steps given below:

Visit the official website of GGSIPU

Click on the "Apply Online" link

Upload required documents

Pay the application fee

Exam Pattern and Syllabus:

The IPU CET MBA 2023 exam is scheduled on May 31, 2023 that will consist of 150 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and will be conducted in online mode. The exam will be of 2.5 hours duration and will be divided into four sections -

English Language and Comprehension: Reading comprehension, antonyms, synonyms, idioms, and phrases, one-word substitution, sentence correction, and fill-in-the-blanks.

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Logical and Analytical Ability: Data interpretation, data sufficiency, logical reasoning, and analytical reasoning.

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Each question will carry four marks, and for each incorrect answer, one mark will be deducted from the total score.

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the-path-of-zen · 2 years

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Mahayana, Theravada and Zen

There is a lot of confusion in the West about Buddhism. Many think it is is a ‘one big tent religion’ in where what is said in the Pali Suttas goes for Zen as well. Many westerners ignorantly bounce around the Pali Suttas and the Mahayana sutras without realizing that these are two distinct schools of Buddhism that have radically different philosophical views and religious direction.

Here is a list of the differences.

Mahayanism is a school of Buddhism that is said to develop around the 1st century and was considered at that time as the completion of the bhikkhu training for Full Enlightenment. I posted a while back a research article that during the Chinese pilgrimages to South Asia, the Theravada and Mahayana monks lived in the same temples, ate the same foods, slept in the same halls. Though when the pilgrimages stopped around the 6th century, Mahayanism became the dominate sectarian teaching in China, even creating its own version of the Vinaya over time to suit the region and geography.

Zen (Ch’an) is a subset branch of Mahayanism and in the past did have its own specially schools and temples. Today in China, Ch’an and Pureland Buddhism are fully integrated to form Chinese Mahayanism.

Tibetan religion is Mahayanism with the four distinct schools, namely Nyingma (c. 8th century), Kagyu (11th century), Sakya (1073), and Gelug (1409). Dzogchen, the Tibetan Zen school is part of the Nyingma school, and this is the Padmasambhava Guru rinpoche teachings.

Zen absolutely considers itself a part of the Mahayana family. Does this mean you have to join a religion to study Zen? Absolutely not. Just as people can study the Christian Bible without having to be a Christian (believer), people study Zen without being religious – this however is not to imply that Zen or Christianity is non-religious.

Buddhism does not deny the existence of any gods, though does deny that they play any special role. Buddhism and Zen does engage in Filial Piety (honoring of the ancestors of the Dharma) yet rejects Religious piety in that one has to go to a church or attain certain rites or perform any particular ceremony. This is different than Western Religious views that create tribalism around a genealogy of a people, later around a dogmatic beliefs, and finally around favoritism of theologians (Calvinism for example).

To say that Zen is not Religious is a mistaken view, though to say that Zen is different than Western religious views is true. Zen certainly has its theologians, and those theologians do have a following that forms reverent tribes around chosen favorite theologians (Lately Dogenism for example, or earlier Rinzai).

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ranjith11 · 6 months

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The Silent Rise of ASEAN | asean global superpower | Geography facts

In this video, the Geography Guru takes you on an incredible journey into the heart of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 🌍 Dive deep with us as we unveil the silent yet robust ascendancy of ASEAN, a crucial alliance that often goes unnoticed. From its humble beginnings in Bangkok, Thailand, to becoming an economic powerhouse with a strong cultural foundation, ASEAN is truly a force to reckon with. Join us as we explore this remarkable journey.

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The Ura Yakchoe Festival: Revealing the Cultural Face of Bhutan

A must-see for travelers considering Bhutan tour packages is the Ura Yakchoe Festival, which provides a singular chance to experience the depth of the nation's culture firsthand.

Nestled between towering mountains and verdant valleys in Bhutan's calm and breathtaking surroundings is a festival known as the Ura Yakchoe Festival that defies time and geography. With its rich spiritual, historical, and cultural background, Bhutanese people have a particular place in their hearts for this celebration.

A View Into The Culture of Bhutan

Bhutan, often known as the "Land of the Thunder Dragon," is well known for its dedication to maintaining its distinct cultural legacy and customs. Bhutan is still very much entrenched in its ancient customs, ceremonies, and beliefs despite its lack of modernization. The Ura Yakchoe Festival, held yearly in the scenic Ura Valley, is one of the most engaging displays of Bhutanese culture.

A festival in the serene valleys of Bhutan that embodies the essence of the nation's rich cultural heritage.

The Ura Yakchoe Festival's History

The Ura Yakchoe Festival has storied, mythical beginnings that stretch back millennia. Local legend holds that the celebration was started by the well-known Buddhist saint, Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche.

It is thought that in the area surrounding the Ura Valley, Guru Rinpoche hid holy artifacts, or terma, bestowing blessings upon the land and its people. The venerated statue of Guru Rinpoche, which is supposed to have appeared miraculously from a sacred wooden pillar, is the focal point of the celebration.

Ceremony & Customs

The Ura Yakchoe Festival is a vibrant display of religious devotion, cultural rituals, and social peace. The festivities, which typically span several days, are filled with numerous rituals, dances, prayers, and customs.

The revelation of the sacred thongdrol, or gigantic thangka, featuring Guru Rinpoche, is the most revered tradition of the celebration. It is believed that those who watch the thongdrol being unveiled would get blessings and purification, making it a very auspicious event.

Local artists display their talents by creating elaborate woodcarvings, beautiful pottery, and colorful textiles with intricate designs woven throughout the many festivals in Bhutan.

CONCLUSION

Bhutan is struggling to adjust to modernity, which has raised the need for programs to preserve its traditional heritage. The Ura Yakchoe Festival exemplifies the resilience of Bhutanese culture by offering a glimpse into a world where modern living and ancient practices coexist.

It fosters a sense of cohesion and belonging among all generations and is a source of pride and identity for the people of Bhutan.

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Innovations to maintain project control with remote teams

Introduction

In the globalized business landscape, outsourcing has become a strategic necessity. However, managing outsourced teams presents unique challenges, primarily in maintaining control over projects to ensure quality and timeliness.

Recent research has focused on addressing these challenges, offering innovative solutions to enhance project control. The article highlights the latest findings by exploring how companies can revolutionize & manage development projects with software outsourcing companies.

Let's first understand what is Outsourcing software development and some challenges of Remote Team Project Management.

What does Remote Project Management mean?

A remote team comprises a group of professionals working together on a project from a remote location. A collaboration of this kind is known as Remote project management.

What are the different ways to hire remote developers?

While building a remote team there are few methods to hire remote developers who possess the specialized skillset.

Hiring freelance developers:

The companies can hire freelance remote developers using freelance project portals like Upwork, Fivver, Toptals, Guru & Behance.

Using IT Staff augmentation services:

This method of hiring remote developers, allows organizations to hire remote developers from around the globe. Staff augmentation is a cost-effective hiring process as it allows hiring remote developers from a larger pool.

Outsourcing Software Development services:

At times, organizations find it difficult to hire remote developers. If this situation occurs, they intend to outsource the development project. When the software development is outsourced it is termed as outsourcing software development services.

Job boards:

Job boards, it is a traditional hiring method, where organizations pass their job posters to attract candidates. This is one of the most costly methods of hiring remote developers for software development project management.

Social Media Postings:

To meet the need to hire developers with technical skills, companies leverage social media. Giant IT and software development companies post the requirements on social media platforms. The hiring process and candidate sourcing might become a little tough by using this method.

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Background and Challenges of Remote Teams

Outsourcing is the practice of delegating the work of software development to an external software outsourcing company. Companies that cannot afford to outsource software development choose the option to hire remote developers through IT staff augmentation. Outsourcing has become integral to modern businesses as it allows the benefit of hiring remote developers across different geographies

It offers several benefits like cost savings, access to specialized skills, faster project deliverability, and increased efficiency. Despite being so beneficial, the method has its own set of disadvantages, let's understand them one by one.

Communication barriers:

This is one of the biggest challenges faced by companies when they hire remote developers. Hiring developers or an outsourced IT staff outsourced company that has efficient communication skills is important.

Communication plays an integral part in achieving effective project management. While hiring remote developers, companies should make sure they leverage the necessary communication tools to smoothen the interaction. Using tools like Slack, Skype, Google Meet and Zoom can be the best tools to smoothen the communication flow.

Cultural differences:

What if the remote team members aren't able to meet your cultural compatibility? You might not be able to achieve successful project deliverables. Finding an external tech talent that aligns with your culture can help you achieve successful software project management.

Before, finalizing the contract the organization needs to find a team that follows the same work culture and ethics. The processes and procedures should be as identical as possible for a smoother workflow.

Time zone differences:

The differences in time zones can lead to misunderstandings and delays int he project management. A lack of proper face-to-face virtual meetings can highly impact the productivity of the tech stack.

Tools to identify overlapping time can help set team meets for proper project management.

As businesses increasingly rely on outsourcing, finding effective ways to manage these challenges becomes paramount.

Now, let's understand what the research data about remote teams says, let's learn all of them one by one.

Research and Innovations in Remote Teams

Modern-day project management has witnessed growth in the adoption of outsourced distributed teams. Recent research has been pivotal in showcasing the advancements in technical innovations.

These advancements are not just technological but also methodological, offering comprehensive solutions for the unique challenges of outsourcing.

Let's understand them all.

Technological Advancements:

AI and Machine Learning:

A recent study of 2022 by PMI shows that AI integration in project management tools improved project success rates by up to 40%. These algorithms are now capable enough to predict the project risks by suggesting optimal resource allocations. AI algorithms can forecast project timelines with a 75% higher accuracy than traditional methods.

Advanced Project Management tools:

The use of project management software has been a go-to strategy. A survey of 500 MNCs indicated that companies using advanced management tools experienced a 35% reduction in project delays. This survey also showed a 25% increase in overall productivity.

Features like real-time collaboration, automated progress tracking, and integrated communication channels are central to these improvements.

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR):

VR and AR are emerging as powerful tools for enhancing collaboration. According to a tech trial, using VR for meetings improved involvement by 50% in comparison to regular video calls.

Now, let's dive deep and understand some methodological innovations in remote teams

Methodological Innovations:

Adapting Swift methods:

The traditional agile methods used in software development were effectively used for various outsourced projects. A report by Harvard Business Review showed companies that adopted this method saw a 60% improvement in project adaptability. It also stated an increase of 45% in client satisfaction.

Hybrid Project Management:

The method is a blend of traditional and Agile methodologies. Research by Stanford University showed that projects managed with a hybrid approach experienced a 30% higher success.

Now, let's understand some practical implications of remote teams.

What are the Practical implications of remote project management

Global IT Services:

By using AI-based project management, companies achieved 20% increase in project deliverability and a 15% decrease in cost.

Manufacturing Industry:

This industry showed a 25% improvement in product quality when they adopted a hybrid project management approach.

Creative Industries:

This industry has benefitted by using VR and AR technologies. An advertising source showed a 40% improvement in client approval rates after implementing VR for project presentations.

Now, let's understand when should organizations opt for working remotely.

When should you outsource any services?

After understanding a lot of things about how outsourcing can help ease up software development processes. Let's understand when should a company use outsourcing.

The six reasons that show why hiring IT outsourcing is a beneficial idea, let's brainstorm all of them one by one.

Cost saving:

When the organization wants to save costs incurred on buying a physical space or hiring expensive in-house teams.

Faster time to market:

Hiring an organization with experience in working towards faster delivery of projects is important. In software development, the timely delivery of projects matters the most.

Access to a wider talent:

When the company wants to hire developers with specialized skills from across the globe, they use IT outsourcing. Any company that looks to integrate its existing team with specialized IT professionals would also leverage IT outsourcing.

Handle heavy workload:

When a company finds it difficult to handle a complex workload, they tend to hire outsourcing companies. By, using IT outsourcing companies ensure the speedy deliverability of projects within the given work hours.

Focus on the core competency:

By leveraging IT outsourcing, companies tend to focus on the core tasks after outsourcing the development work.

Flexibility:

When organizations look to scale their team up and down by hiring developers temporarily they use IT outsourcing.

Trends of IT Outsourcing in 2024

Before wrapping up let's understand some of the latest trends of IT and Software Development outsourcing to watch out for in 2024.

Artificial Intelligence:

The first on the list is AI. The AI industry has achieved remarkable growth, making it a spearhead trend in 2024. The AI tools are helping to improve customer experience, optimize operations, and reduce costs. They also provide control of data and processes.

Internet of Things:

Next is IoT which stands for Internet of Things, there’s no doubt it will gain a lot of significance in the year 2024.

This increased usage of IoT has connected everything to the internet. The amount of growth IoT brings is a sign that companies will outsource all the complex IoT developments.

Cloud Computing:

The third trend in the list is Cloud computing. Accessing other technologies like AI, RPA & ML has become possible with this trend.

Companies are finding it easier to collect, store, and use cloud-based resources & services because of cloud computing. The organizations will seek IT service providers like close engineers and developers who have expertise in cloud infrastructure.

The above three trends signify the growth, every organization would earn by hiring remote employees on hourly rates. Organizations should integrate their in-house team with remote developer teams for effective project management.

You can read in-depth about other IT outsourcing trends in 2024.

Wrapping Up!

Staying up-to-date with all the latest research & innovations is important to maintain control over any outsourced project. As this article highlights, technological advancements & methodologies offer promising solutions to the challenges of outsourcing. The future of project management in outsourced settings looks towards a more integrated, technology-driven approach, promising greater efficiency and success in collaborative approaches.

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