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SHAPE Community Life February 2021 THE FIRST GREEK NMR SPACE AS WARFARE DOMAIN NEW IDEAS FOR NATO 2030 EDITOR’s Letter ave you ever felt the”overchoice” effect? It is a concept in psychology usually related to consumers and retailers: having too many options may eventually decrease the Hmotivation to select one, and even the satisfaction made after said decision. However, other theories suggest just the opposite. In daily life, with the wide range of options that we have, sometimes it is just “too much”. It is incredible the number of choices to make from the moment that we wake up: food to eat, clothes to wear, films to watch, products to buy, etc. These are decisions to make that could show positive or negative impact on us depending on how we are or how we feel at that moment, and most of them are made in an unconscious way, as it is part of a routine. The results of “overchoice” or “choice overload”, both terms introduced by Alvin Toffler in the 1970 Future Shock book could, in some occasions, adversely result in pressure, dissatisfaction or confusion. But how something that could be so positive could turn into overwhelming? That is the key to the multiple-choice lifestyle that we have. We should learn how to return to simplicity and basics. Make it simple and easy for yourself when exploring and looking at possibilities during the month of February! María José Tezanos Bustamante Community Event & Communication Management SHAPE Morale & Welfare Branch SHAPE Community Life (SCL) is an authorized unofficial magazine, Officer-in-Charge published monthly by Base Support Group (BSG). The views María José Tezanos Bustamante (NIC) 065/44.2221 expressed in SCL are the sole responsibility of the authors. [email protected] Acceptance of material does not guarantee publication. Asst. Community Event & Communication Management The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) reserves the right to refuse a Mar Domínguez Martínez (ESP - Civ) 065/44.2487 submission and the right to edit or shorten any material or article [email protected] submitted. No liability is accepted for the validity of articles, Guest Columnist announcements or advertising appearing in this magazine. Articles Mike Adubato (NIC) and photos must acknowledge all sources used, as the OIC cannot Printer be held responsible for breaches of copyright. SCL cannot accept Imprimerie European Graphics S.A. responsibility for errors or omissions which may occur during production. SHAPE Community Life Bldg. 102, Room 105 Please Note: any materials submitted with articles (e.g.: disks, 065/44.20.69 [email protected] photos), left more than 60 days, will be disposed of. All the events announced could be postponed or cancelled due to security reasons related to COVID-19 outbreak. Please, visit SHAPE2day website, SHAPE Morale & Welfare & SHAPE Notification Facebook Pages for a more accurate and updated information. www.shape2day.com SCL 1 CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2021 COMMUNITY NEWS 3 IWIS and the Italian Community in support of charity 4 SHAPE Toastmasters 6 Our Lady of Loreto and Aviation MILITARY NEWS 8 NATO Secretary General discusses “New Ideas for NATO 2030” with students and young leaders 10 The Greek Destroyer that refused to die 13 Keep Your Eye Open 14 Legal News! SHAPE LIFE 16 SHAPE International Band 18 Developing Healthy Habits in 2021 22 From SHAPE With Love 23 Motivate Yourself! 25 World Children’s Day 26 Meet Our Newest SHAPE Travel Group Volunteers 28 Virtue and Ethics in Ancient Greek Philosophy 30 Libraries: Beyond Just Books! 33 Lichtensteing Exhibition in Mons: EXTENDED 34 HARDCOVER: Book Review - Capital in the XXI Century 36 My Heart is Happier and Healthy SPORTS & FITNESS 38 The Sporting Life 8 TRAVEL 40 MARDİN: City of Diversity MORALE & WELFARE 45 SHAPE International Library - SHAPE Arts & Crafts 46 Rationed Items Store - SHAPE Language Centre 47 SHAPE Sports & Fitness 48 Pizza Bowl - Rendez-Vous - Silver Spoon Menu SHAPE AGENDA 49 Dates for your Diaries 50 Ongoing 16 51 SHAPE Travel Group 52 Forum and Puzzles Photo Cover Credits: CECM Section 36 2 SCL Community News IWIS and the Italian Community in support of charity By Paola Pacioni - IWIS President his year due to the Pandemic, we weren’t able to organize the traditional “Italian TChristmas Market”, held every year in SHAPE, from which we were always able to do some charity for different associations. Even though this year the holiday spirit was different, Christmas is always the mostly awaited nativity, the Italian women in SHAPE (IWIS) wanted to contribute to the bring up the atmosphere! Therefore we decided to support a wonderful initiative, by purchasing a traditional Italian sweets, Panettone, and donate the all the profit to “Il nostro focolare ONLUS”. This association, founded in May 2007, was born thanks to the will of some parents and friends of disabled children. Due to the pandemic, they couldn’t achieve all the projects they had plan to carry out during the ye a r. The initiative was a great success! The Italian community in SHAPE, and not only, has shown a great heart in supporting the cause. I would like to thank whoever helped to achieve this amazing goal in supporting the association, as well as the Italian Military Representative at SHAPE. Thank you for making us live and experience the Christmas Spirit once again this year, even during this difficult time!! www.shape2day.com SCL 3 SHAPE Toastmasters Looking for Talent! Do you want to speak with more confidence? How often can you tell your friends? "I'm off to an international Zoom meeting." By SHAPE International Toastmasters Club s Toastmasters, we learn to prepare and There will be prepared speeches and improvised deliver the speeches in our lives! We learn speech evaluations delivered by SHAPE Aessential skills, how to inform, persuade, Toastmasters. actuate and entertain an audience. Do you want to be part of this special event? Few people are born with a natural talent for Join us in the audience by sending an email to speaking well, most learn the skills through hard [email protected] work, dedication, and time. But, with the right In return you’ll receive an online Zoom link! encouragement, environment, and opportunities, we can become better communicators and If you want to make a step-change in your leaders. Together, we help each other to grow in performance, at work or in life, visit SHAPE confidence, we hone our skills and make future International Toastmasters online Zoom club performances compelling. We may never reach meetings every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. perfection, but if we keep climbing, we can reach For more information, please send an email to our personal peak! But there is no shortcut, [email protected] climbing that mountain is hard work. You can follow us on Facebook and Every spring, Toastmasters all over the world receive information about each meeting: organise speech contests. This year, the SHAPE https://www.facebook.com/shapetoastmasters International Toastmasters are organising their Club speech contest, online for the first time, planned for Tuesday 23rd February. Virtual doors Stay Healthy, Stay Active, Stay Busy, open from 18:30 hours and the contest starts at 19:00 hours (Belgian times). Stay Happy! tScreenshot from our last club meet- ing on 26 Jan 21 4 SCL Toastmaster’s Expansion Through Adversity By James Hsiau - assigned to the SHAPE Clinic ith 2020 finally behind us, people are looking for new opportunities even amidst the Wongoing pandemic. When I was deployed to Afghanistan during my first NATO assignment in 2013, there were limited off-duty activities. The newly chartered Toastmasters club was a welcome addition as I had never participated in a meeting before. The mission to provide members with a supportive and positive learning experience to develop communication and leadership skills greatly enhances our military capabilities. That is why I continued to be a Toastmasters member at future duty stations in South Korea, Oklahoma and now at SHAPE. I have yet to meet my fellow SHAPE Toastmasters in person but online meetings are the next best thing which allows us to extend our interactions. Even though we have been virtual for almost a year, new advances have taken place where members from across the globe can also participate with our small club. James Hsiau The first meeting of the year, we had a four club event spanning three continents. This was definitely not possible prior to the current crisis. Our horizons have been broadened due to people willing to step out of their comfort zone. The risk to benefit ratio is very much skewed to allow personal growth. Come as a guest at no cost and learn a variety of topics based on the diverse member backgrounds. Humorous speeches are a staple so don’t be afraid of mindless PowerPoint presentations. You are not obligated to speak but will be given plenty of chances in a non-judgmental environment. James Hsiau with his fellow Toastmasters in South Korea Expand your self-worth with Toastmasters while overcoming adversity together. You won’t regret it! www.shape2day.com SCL 5 Our Lady of Loreto and Aviation By Marco FAVETTA, Maj. (OF-3), ITA AF he 10th December Aviators and Airmen and women of the Italian Armed Forces Tcelebrate the anniversary of Our Lady of Loreto who, on March 24 1920, Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922) officially proclaimed Patroness of all those who work in aviation or travel by air. Pope Francis has also approved adding the Dec. 10 feast of Our Lady of Loreto to all calendars and liturgical books for the celebration of the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.
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