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Folsom Lake State Recreation Area is home to a huge variety of bird species. As well, it provides a
stopover point for many migratory birds, such as Mute Swans.
In the water and wetlands Wood Ducks, Mallard Ducks, Goldeneye, Buffleheads, Mergansers, Grebes,
Cormorants, Gulls, Kingfishers, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Green Herons, Killdeer and Canada
Geese can be seen regularly.
High above the park, the raptors rule. Hawks (Red-Tail, Red Shoulder, Cooper’s), Falcons (Kestrels,
Peregrine), Eagles (Bald and Golden), Ospreys, Owls (Great Horned, Screech), and Turkey Vultures can
be seen and heard throughout the park. With their keen eyesight, they can spot prey from a very long
distance. Or in the case of the vultures, their keen sense of smell leads them to carrion, which is their
main source of food.
Wild Turkey and California Quail can be seen scurrying along the trails or foraging under oak trees, grape
vines and blackberry bushes. Ringneck Pheasants can be heard making their distinctive call at certain
times of the year.
Perched in the trees or busy collecting bugs, seeds or acorns, Acorn and Nuttall’s Woodpeckers, Crows
and Ravens, Scrub Jays, Finches, Sparrows and Wrens are virtually everywhere. Anna’s Hummingbirds
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Party at Pinehurst
For the first time in three generations, Pinehurst Mansion felt vibrant and alive. The annual interfraternity council Halloween party packed the place with more students than a Psych 101 lecture hall. Sexy police officers danced with black and white striped prisoners. Vampires necked with mobsters, their plastic tommy guns forgotten in dark corners. A neon green liquid flowed liberally from a punch bowl bigger than a laundry basket.
I swam drunkeningly through the ballroom floor, tripping over my own feet, hoping to find a bathroom or at the very least a rough equivalent. I had hoped that tonight I would finally profess my infatuation to Keri Wilson. Elegantly, of course, with poetry, song, or one of the other sickenly sweet romantic devices that I had concocted. Instead, I got drunk and put it off for another day–the right day–I told myself. Some day when I didn’t need to find a place to puke.
Demons and monsters danced around me as I twirled and stumbled towards a dark hallway. The corridor seemed to spin like a Ferris wheel. I fell hard against a wood paneled wall, knocking black and white pictures of stuffy-looking men and women off their hooks. I crawled on my hands and knees to a corner where the sickly sweet green stuff made a desperate escape from my stomach.
I wiped my mouth on the sleeve of my black cultist robe and leaned back on the wall for support. The hallway was dark. The mansion had electricity, but neither the wiring nor the fixtures had been maintained. The council had brought in just enough lighting for the ballroom, large halogen lamps powered by diesel-fed generators. A thick white candle sat in a holder bolted to the brown wall, a resident from an earlier time. I retrieved my plastic lighter from my pants pocket and lit the candle. A soft, warm glow washed over my face and I became embarrassed. The drunkenness, the vomit, my aborted attempts at flirtation–take your pick. I felt a desperate need to be away from it all.
I may not have noticed the seam in the wall if it hadn’t been for the candle. Something about the angle of the light exposed the crack. The flame flickered slightly, taunted by a secret breeze. I pulled on the candle holder like a door handle, and the wall opened.
I stood at the top of a dark stairwell. Grungy concrete steps, trimmed in dirt and mildew, descended into the shadows. A light chill caressed my face as I gazed down a set of stairs that had probably not been used in generations.
An oil lamp hung on the gray concrete wall. I lit it and was somewhat surprised with the amount of light that it provided. Behind me, the party was still going. Thudding bass notes rattled the mansions crumbling foundation. Keri was somewhere out there in the noise and the light, stuck in what perpetually seemed like the wrong time. Below mystery awaited, but at least it was a quiet, solitary one.
I stepped slowly down the stairs, finding another lamp at the bottom and lighting it as well. Washed clean by warm light, the stairwell seemed warm and inviting. I blew out my original candle and shut the secret door behind me. The room that I entered might be called a basement. The walls were the same concrete as the stairwell. Oil lamps were bolted to each of the four walls. I struggled to light them all in my drunkeness. The wicks seemed to move on their own, fleeing from the tiny flame of my Bic.
Once they were lit, the room warmed substantially. I worried about the smoke, that I might suffocate in this basement, but still I felt the breeze on my face. There was ventilation somewhere.
I don’t know what I had expected to find. Pinehurst Mansion was built by the lumber baron who founded the nearby town. In its glory days, Pinehaven had been a hub of industry. When the river was declared to be too inefficient for a surging logging business, the Pinehurst’s had lost their fortune and Pinehaven lost its shine.
Pinehurst Mansion had been empty for as long as anyone could remember, a forgotten relic nestled within the tall trees of a bowl-shaped valley between hills that seemed to swallow the estate whole. Still, the family had been rich. They and their high society friends had disappeared without notice. I expected something to be left behind.
It was then that I saw the painting, tucked in to a corner, covered in cobwebs and dust. The dirt and grime camouflaged the canvas, which sat facing the wall, its image hidden from my view. I picked it up, batting off the cobwebs and coughing in the plume of dust that clouded the room before being vacuumed away by the unseen breeze.
The canvas held an incredible likeness of the ballroom itself. Despite the dirt on the back of the painting the image itself was remarkably clean. Vibrant colors radiated off the surface, popping my drunken vision so brightly that my eyes hurt. A numbing pain began to radiate from the center of my brain. The scene was not all that different than the Greek Halloween party upstairs. Instead of zombies and pop stars, they dressed like the gentlemen and ladies of their day with elegant suits and hats decorated with floral bouquets. The amazing color of the painting seemed at odds with this drab, dull place. I could almost hear the string orchestra playing in the background as men with waxed mustaches courted women in elaborate dresses.
Then, I realized that I could actually hear music. There was a small tear in the middle of the painting, in the center of the ballroom floor, so minute that at first glance it could be played off as a a well-drawn floorboard. The tiny whisper of music floated from the tear. I lowered my ear to the tear. The string quartet’s beautiful song teased my ear, along with a slight flow of air, that same breeze that I had felt since the moment when I had found the passageway.
I set the painting down and took one of the oil lamps down. I went wall to wall, checking every inch, examining every corner for some sort of rat hole or crack, something that would explain the source of the draft. I felt with my fingers and clawed moss from the walls with my fingernails, searching for a hidden crevice. I found nothing.
I picked up the painting and moved around the room, always the breeze went with me. Placing my finger to the tear, I felt a slight suction, a pull on the flesh, not uncomfortable, but like a gentle kiss. When I pulled back my finger, there were traces of wet paint. A thin rainbow of coagulating colors.
I examined the painting for the damage that my thumb had caused. The surface remained flawless, but there, in the center, I saw something strange. The characters had changed. The figures in the painting had taken on familiar faces. Kevin, the Delta chapter president, stood in the background wooing Jenny, who’s bleached blonde hair had been elaborately bundled elegantly on top of her head. My roommate Jackson stood in the middle of a circle of chairs telling stories to an enthralled audience. Beautiful Keri, who I had adored since freshman orientation, stood in the center of the ballroom, her skirt scaffolded by petticoats. Her white-gloved hand stretched out to a dapper man in an expensive suit with a red silk sash tied around his shoulder.
Everyone was there except me. I felt a sudden surge of drunken jealousy. As usual, I was out of place. Forgotten. In a rage, I drove my hand through the tear in the canvas and ripped it apart. The tiny breeze was replaced with a violent gale as the painting became the center of tornado. No longer a whisper, the music pounded around me, not the fluidity of the string orchestra, but the constant thud of Halloween party bass. The DJ’s pulse no longer shook the foundation of the house, but the frame of the painting in my hands, resonating up my shoulders and through my heart.
I tried to piece it altogether, to push the flaps of torn canvas back into place and stop the collapse of things. I lay the painting on the floor and pushed down with my palms, trying to stop the bleeding. Paint of every color flowed through my fingers like blood from a critical wound. My palms slipped, sliding around the surface, spreading the gore.
I pulled my paint-covered hands back. On the canvas, the elegant dancers of the past had been replaced by costumed college students. Keri, dressed as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, stood front and center. The lumber baron who held her hand, still wearing his red sash, seemed to smile.
The tempest around me stopped. In the silence, my ears rang, trying to hear things that were no longer there–to see things that didn’t exist. I left the painting in the center of the floor and ascended the passage’s concrete steps. I stepped through the doorway into a silent hallway.
I walked slowly out to a vacant ballroom, the halogen lights still blazing, and then ran out the front door of the mansion to find a hundred cars adorned with Greek letters parked in the grass. I returned to the hall, screaming for help along the way. I jogged to the hallway and searched for the passage, but I couldn’t even find a crack. I ripped the candleholder off the wall trying to open the place where I had found the door. I felt desperately for a breeze in the still air.
In the corner of the hallway, a black and white photograph of the lumber baron sat in a pool of neon green vomit. He wore a familiar smile and a red silk sash.
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German Shepherd makes it very clear that he's ready for playtime - Page 2
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by Rik on 30 October 2020 - 10:10
that wasn't fighting. it was some pretty knowledgeable people with differing opinions.
on the ball thing, my last GSD only wanted to possess the ball. she loved to chase it but we never quite worked out that bring it back was to her benefit.
that was on me, but using 2 ball was simple enough for us at that point. worked for years.
by Hundmutter on 30 October 2020 - 11:10
I have fond memories of the father of my bitch (the one with the dodgy hip score), on the one occasion that I met him, bringing me his ball, just like the dog in the video. Pressing it on me repeatedly as I sat on his owner's sofa. And yes, as Rik says, when its your dog and you know them, two-ball sort of gets in the way of them bringing it right to you; but I have had dogs that dropped the 2nd ball as far away from you as they thought they could get away with and still have you keep playing (the one I have at the moment being an example of that !), right through to the dog which does a perfect to hand retrieve every time. Just love the differences in approach !
by GK1 on 31 October 2020 - 09:10
Nice form of exercise, the ball. Builds sprint speed, eye/body coordination, agility, etc. Can integrate control and obedience, but I most enjoy watching them be playful dogs. Although my fastest, the Malinois will keep the ball in her mouth as she won’t conflict with the dominant male for the loose ball. Allows for economical workout of two at at time. The protection shit is fun, but this is zen.
by kitkat3478 on 09 November 2020 - 02:11
.My Boink is ball crazy. He 'll go all day. If he sees someone coming to the house that he knows will play ball. It's funny cause he 'll stop whatever he doing and beeline to the person. We go in tractor supply. He goes and gets himself a ball. Goes to register. Jumps up and sets the ball in the perfect position. Takes a couple steps back and then stares at the register guy. If they don t throw it right away. He 'll go reposition it and again takes step back and looks at the guy till they throw it. He does same thing your dog does at home tho. Two balls. He trying to keep both. He 'll bring it back but drops it out of your reach. And boy ain t they fast to snag it if they think you gonna pick it up and leave him with none. My poor other dogs ain t allowed to touch them either. Everyball is a Boinkin ball. He stashed them too when he's done playing
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So the prolonged exit finally came to a close last night, with Martin Jol being fired by Spurs. As with most things in their part of North London this season, it was a farce, with news leaking out at the start of their loss to Getafe that he had resigned, only for the sacking to be made clear later on. | <urn:uuid:b09d841f-3013-4c9a-8f86-540ff0f302a9> | http://www.thebeautifulgroan.com/2007/10/26/spurs-lose-another-manager-as-the-pre-season-tips-look-good/ | en | 0.993114 | 0.065408 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Tense protests erupt in Philadelphia after police shoot and kill suspect
'While at the scene this evening, I heard and felt the anger of the community,' Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said
Emotions were running high in Philadelphia on Monday after police officers fatally shot a man armed with a knife, sparking another round of protests
The shooting occurred just before 4 p.m. when two officers fired at a 27-year-old man who authorities said ignored commands to drop the weapon. It was not clear how many times he was hit.
He was taken to a hospital where he later died. Family members identified him as Walter Wallace Jr., the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Authorities said officers were called to the West Philadelphia block and encountered a man with a knife. They said he was with another person and that they appeared to have had an altercation, according to the newspaper.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said his office's Special Investigation Unit will be part of the investigation into the shooting.
"The DAO Special Investigation Unit responded to today's fatal shooting of a civilian by police shortly after it occurred, and has been on scene with other DAO personnel since that time investigating, as we do jointly with the PPD Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation Unit, in shootings and fatalities by other means involving police," he said in a statement.
Mayor Jim Kenney said he watched a video of the incident and that "it presents difficult questions that must be answered." He said he has spoken with Wallace's family.
Clsoe to 150 people had gathered at Malcolm X Park in response to the killing. In front of a police building, people began gathering in front of barricades.
Several community members criticized the alleged haste to shoot Wallace.
"Why not a warning shot?" said Arnett Woodall, a community organizer who lives near the scene, according to the Inquirer. “Why not a Taser? Why not a shot in the leg?”
Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said the video footage of the shooting "raises many questions."
"Residents have my assurance that those questions will be fully addressed by the investigation," she said. "While at the scene this evening, I heard and felt the anger of the community. Everyone involved will forever be impacted." | <urn:uuid:a1361a53-4993-4542-84aa-a4fff24565a2> | http://xy7.pokemontcgxy.com/us/tense-protests-philadelphia-police-shoot-kill-suspect | en | 0.979246 | 0.020265 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Observations show shock waves likely key to nova’s brightness
The binary star system V906 Carinae underwent a nova outburst in 2018, generating gamma rays that rose and fell in step with optical emissions, leading astronomers to conclude shock waves are responsible for most of a nova’s visible output. Image: Team Chamaeleon, W. Paech + F. Hofmann, Chamaeleon and Onjala Observatory, Namibia..
On 20 March 2018, a star in the constellation Carina suddenly flared into a nova as gas from a companion sun fell onto the surface of a white dwarf, triggering a runaway thermonuclear explosion that blew off the accumulated material in a titanic outburst.
The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae detected the explosion, one of a wave of flares. In a lucky break, one satellite in the Bright Target Explorer cubesat constellation – BRITE – happened to be looking in that direction and was able to follow the evolution of subsequent flares in unprecedented detail.
NASA’s Fermi gamma ray satellite caught three outbursts, and the nova’s final flare was captured by the NuSTAR space telescope.
The result: direct evidence that most of a nova’s visible light is generated by shock waves, the abrupt changes in the pressure and temperature in the explosion’s debris.
“Thanks to an especially bright nova and a lucky break, we were able to gather the best-ever visible and gamma-ray observations of a nova to date,” said Elias Aydi, a Michigan State University astronomer who led an international team representing 40 institutions.
“The exceptional quality of our data allowed us to distinguish simultaneous flares in both optical and gamma-ray light, which provides smoking-gun evidence that shock waves play a major role in powering some stellar explosions.”
Nova explosions release 10,000 to 100,000 times the energy generated by the Sun in 12 months and about 10 are spotted in the Milky Way each year. The mechanism triggering a nova is similar to the one that generates a much more powerful type 1a supernova. But in the latter case, enough material accumulates on the white dwarf’s surface to ignite an explosion that completely destroys the star.
While powerful by human standards, novae were not expected to generate the energies necessary to produce gamma rays. But Fermi has detected 14 novae to date and gamma rays appear at roughly the same time visible light from a blast is peaking.
In 2015, Brian Metzger at Columbia University and his colleagues wrote a paper showing how gamma-ray data from Fermi, when compared with optical observations, could shed light on shock waves forming in the aftermath of a nova. Two years later, a study led by Kwon-Lok Li at Michigan State University found the gamma ray and optical emissions observed in nova V5856 Sagittarii rose and fell in step with each other.
Those conclusions were confirmed in spectacular fashion by the V906 Carinae observations, according to a paper published in Nature Astronomy.
The researchers conclude that during the first few days of V906 Carinae’s outburst, the orbital motion of the two stars swept up thick clouds of material in multiple doughnut-like shells that were oriented roughly edge-on from our vantage point on Earth. The cloud initially expanded outward at about 2.2 million kph (1.3 million mph), about the speed of the solar wind.
Then, an outflow moving twice as fast, likely generated by residual nuclear reactions on the white dwarf’s surface, rammed into the denser regions of the doughnut, generating shock waves that produced gamma rays and visible light. About three weeks after the initial outburst, an even faster-moving outflow smashed into the slower debris, creating fresh shock waves and another set of gamma-ray and optical flares.
“When we compare the Fermi and BRITE data, we see flares in both (visible light and gamma rays) at about the same time, so they must share the same source — shock waves in the fast-moving debris,” said Koji Mukai, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
“When we look more closely, there is an indication that the flares in gamma rays may lead the flares in the visible. The natural interpretation is that the gamma-ray flares drove the optical changes.” | <urn:uuid:38f18a2c-febb-4451-9246-ff630d9e3843> | https://astronomynow.com/2020/04/15/observations-show-shock-waves-likely-key-to-novas-brightness/ | en | 0.91864 | 0.025564 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
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Underwriting is the duration of assessing the risk of insuring a home, car, driver or individual in the case of life insurance or health insurance. Underwriting is also, determine if it's beneficial for the insurance company to take the chance on providing insurance. After determining "risk", the underwriter sets a charge and adjusts the insurance premium that will be charged in exchange for taking on that risk.
What Does an Underwriter Do?
The role of insurance underwriters is to pick who and what the insurance company will insure based on risk evaluation.
• Tries to find out what the actual risk is according to reviews of specific information.
• Adjusts what perils the insurance company agrees to insure or what kind of policy coverage
• Decides the conditions that the insurance company agrees.
• Tries to find proactive ways to eliminate or decrease the risk of future insurance claims.
• May tries to insure you when there are some issues and when the issue isn't clear by work out with your agent or broker.
• Changes or limits to endorsement coverage.
Briefly, underwriting is a critical risk palliation mechanism accepted in the insurance sector.
Insurance underwriting process
What is the meaning of risk?
Underwriting risk means the risk of loss undertaken by the insurer. In insurance, underwriting risk may appear from an erroneous evaluation of the threats related to writing an insurance policy or from factors that uncontrollable. As a result, the insurer's expenses may overrun the premiums that won.
In the securities sector, underwriting risk generally comes up if an underwriter overrates demand for an underwritten issue or if market conditions change abruptly. In such cases, the underwriter may be necessary to keep part of the issue in its inventory or sell at a loss.
An insurance agreement guarantees that the damages and losses caused by covered perils will be covered by the insurance company. Creating insurance policies or writing insurance policies is usually the primary source of income for the insurer. The insurer gathers premiums by underwriting policies and invests the revenues to get gain. An insurer’s profitability hang on how well it understands the risks it insures against and how well it can decrease the costs related with managing claims.
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Risk management is in a doubt on Insurance companies, brokers and other financial services. It is a wrong idea and just preparation for cash flow or financially bad days. The part of credit risks ensures services concentrate on helping management, reporting of the credit risk description. Financial market places depend to develop prediction models nevertheless they consist of the natural risks.
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AI is preparing to change the insurance industry on a large scale with risk analysis and other developing technologies. Using these technologies, insurance agents will be able to obtain customer insights, behaviors, and participation information that they have never seen and are unsure of. As a result, it will increase the value of buyers, attract new buyers to increase revenue as much as possible by moving your product or service beyond the promises. | <urn:uuid:707cd731-7a87-4a37-924b-aac277719d17> | https://b2metric.com/blog/b2metric-underwriting-risk-management | en | 0.917071 | 0.077078 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
The Lazarene Gazette October 2020
(This post was last modified: 11-01-2020, 03:47 AM by New Rogernomics.)
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The Official Newspaper of Lazarus
Issue 10 (or is it?) • October 2020 • 2 Pages
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By @ New Rogernomics
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It seems that I am back to writing in the Gazette, and getting to see that this actually gets published once a while, and perhaps bringing some journalism back to Lazarus will encourage others to contribute to the regional newspaper. Though I am not holding my breath, as writing articles can be time consuming and not as fascinating to some as engaging in a war, fighting zombies, or eating brains. Brains, brains, more brains….
Sorry about that everyone, it is just that Lazarus turned out for the worse this year, with the zombies having a major victory. It is very hard to keep focused, though somehow, I have managed to survive the zombie epidemic, by remaining in a bunker and repeatedly injecting myself with the cure every once in a while. New Rogernomics did not participate in Z-Day this year, though the zombies never get the message apparently.
As for the future of the Lazarene Gazette, it is time to start publishing at least once a month, and giving a few weeks’ time for contributions before going to the presses. Perhaps with some scheduling that is constant from month to month, nations will send in an article or two. Certainly I hope for the quality of the publication to improve from this rushed issue.
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By @ New Rogernomics
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After the last Prime Minister Temmi was removed for inactivity, McChimp was elected Prime Minister of Lazarus with a 64.7% majority, claiming victory over Domais who ran against McChimp. McChimp promises in their term to improve the Internal Management department, host more regional events, and maintain the current state of alliances and expand the regional guard, the regional military arm of Lazarus. McChimp also promises as Prime Minister to improve upon the activity of the Lazarene Gazette, the regional newspaper.
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Prime Minister McChimp recently announced that Domais will serve as Minister of Internal Management, with New Rogernomics and Whatermelons as deputies, while Chanku will head up the Public Relations Department. In other appointments, Frankender will be the new Director of Shareholdership, and JoWhatup will be the new Director of the Regional Guard.
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With a new regional map, it is hoped that role-playing or at least having a reasonably up to date map of the region will improve international relations, and allow nations to get a general idea of where their nations are located in comparison to other nations.
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Given my position in Lazarus, it is difficult to make my opinion heard without it being interpreted a criticism of the government by the Vice-Delegate, and I certainly do not want to undermine an administration for a disagreement with policy as a private citizen, as the separation of powers will be important for Lazarus in the future.
Essentially in a functional or vibrant democracy, you need to fulfill three conditions: a free press, a political system with checks on power, and free and fair elections. Though the unsaid and necessary addition to this is an active voting public that is well-informed and participating in their government. Lazarus would certainly meet some of these criteria, with free and fair elections, and some checks on power, though government participation is still fairly low.
When looking through the mirror, as a citizen that has lived through several iterations of Lazarus, government participation is more extensive with the current one, though how much of this is down to the advent of discord is difficult to say. The Humane Republic was not exactly that active in inter-regional events, and the same with the Celestial Union, though it does have something that the current government lacks - a large community of lawmakers, an active judiciary, and a forum community that was always contributing.
As for how Lazarus might go about a long-term fix or a quick fix, that is more of a debate with no entirely straightforward answer. It could elect the Delegate, though that might risk a coup by a political opportunist, who the moment elected turns Lazarus into an outright autocracy. It could also elect Ministers directly, or set up an Upper House or Senate, which in turn could lead to accusations of elitism and old-guard-ism, should those elected and appointed continue to be the same old faces.
Not to mention the risk of change is ending up with worse than what you started with, which is the mistake of switching out a stable system for something might make things more active - as certainly the Celestial Union made Lazarus active, though not the right sort of activity many would have to agree with hindsight. Though, having defeated attempts to return to the People's Republic of Lazarus, it would have been all but impossible without the likes of Milograd and a dedicated team committed to making it work - and Lazarus never had those up to the task. So, the past is really not the solution to Lazarus' activity woes as nostalgic as many may be for the 'good old days', as those past regimes had players that made those systems function - that have either left the region or moved on to greater things.
Lazarus will need to cultivate journalism if it is to thrive politically, and culturally, as constant re-examination, is how a region discovers that direction the system needs to go in, and what path is most beneficial. Whereas a region that just settles for the status quo is not going to grow, it is going to decline, or stay where it is. Whether that is through state media, private citizens spreading the word, or general public debate.
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What is black algae
Black algae is not actually an Algae but a single celled aquatic photosynthetic bacteria called cyanobacteria which grows in clumps on the floor and walls of the pool. This bacteria can be potentially dangerous if enough of it is swallowed and can kill dogs if they drink water with it in and unfortunately, unlike green Algae it can be very problematic to remove it from your pool.When it starts to grow it looks like a bunch of small black dots or clumps of mould but because it is a cyanobacteria these may look more green/blue rather than black and they do not float in the water like Algae does. Black algae very rarely grows in pools finished in PVC liners because they don’t provide a rough surface for it to be able to attach to unlike plaster, tiled and concrete finishes.It is important to identify black algae as it cannot be treated in the same way that green algae is and it is particularly hardy and difficult to kill especially as it can burrow its way behind tiles and deep into the pores of plaster and cement. Fortunately Piscimar make a product that together with an amount of hard work and good water maintenance can combat black algae.
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Breaking News:The MORE Act has passed the House!
Expect Federal Fast Talking About CO and WA to Start Soon
While no federal prosecutors have tried to argue that federal preempts state marijuana laws, there is currently a case in Arizona filed by the Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to argue exactly that.
First off just a minor correction, the article I read seemed to imply that these are two separate quotes here. The thing about the policy not changing and congress having enacted the marijuana laws was directly from the DEA. The statement about they are reviewing and have no comment yet is from the DOJ
Anyway, this was certainly to be expected. There's no way that those who have clung to prohibition all this time are just going to roll over and go away. They are going to fight to what is certain to be a very bitter end.
Too bad for them that this is America.. the American people spoke last night... this is THEIR will... and if congress won't step in and represent those people, we have the power to fire them by voting for their opponents next time.
If Republicans really want to lose the House too next time, then they should continue to oppose the will of the American people.
One of the riders on the law here in CO. states that it would be O.K. to grow and sell industrial hemp. I believe I am right on this. I think that once Gov. Chickenpooper sees the tax revenue raised by this activity, he might do his best to keep it going. Am I correct on this? Responses are welcome.
Hemp is what will bring the DEA out of the woodwork. Maybe hemp can shed some light on the DEA: They are not a Federal Agency, but a private corporate one akin to Wal-Mart . . . Proof that the DEA don't belong to the Federal Government: they get paid in cash to make sure you and I buy foreign products and sell foreign products -something that Wal-Mart and Toyota have been doing for a while. The Sherman Anti Trust act of 1890 specifically states its illegal for the DEA to receive revenue from taxes since the DEA are in the business of making sure China and Canada etc sell their hemp in U.S. stores, while making sure American hemp cannot be bought in America . . . it's been well over 50 years since the U.S. has sold American hemp inside its borders. Because hemp can make fuel, food, paper, plastics and clothing, then we must assume it's illegal in America to work at a job that has something to do with food, clothing, plastics and fuel . . . the law states it's illegal to work at a gas station and proof of it is: hemp creates gasoline and diesel, but is illegal, therefore all fuel is illegal and gas stations are illegal in the U.S. Hemp would dissolve the DEA since the DEA are more about making jobs for China than keeping China White out of Brooklyn. Hemp in Colorado and Washington will make us see that for over 40yrs, we allowed an 'agency' to outlaw work in America, outlaw consumerism, outlaw competition, outlaw capitalism, outlaw healthy foods, outlaw wearing clothes, outlaw taking vitamins etc.
"Gov. Hickenlooper and CO
What do you mean? CO has to change their laws right? CO law enforcement has to ignore quantities of 1oz or less of marijuana? Right? Regardless of what the Holder or the greater fed tells these CO officials they have to stop prosecuting small time marijuana grows and possession, right? If the feds want to come in that is different, right?
I can't believe the fed government would fight this progress and not let the experiment begin. To any legal experts out there. Even if the fed government threatens lawsuits, couldn't these new free states counter sue the federal government and challenge them? Could citizens of CO do a class action lawsuit against the federal government over constitutional right or some other legal grounds?
Can't these new free states now challenge the federal government instead of being shut down by them? I would think that these states could help change federal law if they stuck up for the people.
War is Over!
But there are two states they have to consider so it's double the problem for the fed and then there are other nations to think of. We still don't know what the reaction will be from Latin American nations caught up in the drug war. They may just go with it and legalize too with more following. The drug war may be about to see a walk out. Here's hoping.
sources of law
While the legalization of MJ in WA and CO is certainly revolutionary, I find the <a href="">acquittal of NJ Weedman </a> farther-reaching and much more fundamentally revolutionary. This case reflects the most important and revolutionary American value, namely self-government.
"Jury nullification [of a law]" is possible when The People (the jurors) fully accept their responsibilities as the final arbiters of the applicability of any law to the case they must decide. Courtroom officials, including all practicing attorneys, judges, and witnesses employed by the government, absolutely loathe and despise the nullification of laws by juries, so don't expect to be rewarded or respected by any of them. Expect instead for them to try to intimidate you, but realize that you have the full power to exercise your freedom to think for yourself. Here are the steps to exercising your right as a juror to nullify a bad application of a good law, and/or any application of a bad law:
(1) Look and act cooperative, deferential, ill-informed and indecisive when questioned in the course of the jury-selection process. You must appear malleable, and to have no pre-existing opinions about any matter you're being questioned about. If you don't do that, you won't get on a jury, usually. Do NOT mention jury nullification. Even admitting that you know about that possibility will get you excused from serving on almost any jury, anywhere.
(2) Agree to follow the judge's instructions and to apply the law as the judge will portray it later for the jury. (This is where courtroom officials disqualify all prospective jurors who might do their own thinking. Courtoom officials really want to do all of your thinking for you. So of course you must agree to follow the judge's instructions, no matter what. Not agreeing to follow the judge's instructions will get you excused, and possibly get you a contempt citation. Jurors have to come from somewhere!)
(3) In jury deliberations and voting, do what you think is right, no matter what. You are not a robot under the control of the judge or anyone else. You are a Juror, which means, among other things, having responsibility for weighing everything you know, and thinking for yourself, regardless of any efforts that have been made by anyone, in or out of the courtroom, to persuade you to ignore your own perceptions, your knowledge of relevant facts, your convictions about the law you're supposed to be applying, or anything else. You are a Source Of Law! (Hence the term "Juror", which comes from the Latin word for "law".) Other jurors may oppose you and try to get you to do whatever the judge said to do. Instead of that, do what you think is right, just, and virtuous, acting for and in the interests of the public as you understand it. Keep your eyes and ears open, and listen carefully to everything that's said, because you might discover you're wrong! Accept the truth, and defend it, if you can figure out what it is. If your behavior *must* violate any instruction by a judge, it's probably best not to discuss that instruction or answer any questions about your understanding of it, because if you admit that you are intentionally violating it, you *might* be held in contempt of court. You can't be held in contempt for your vote, however, and nobody can force you to answer any question other than, "How do you vote?" Your vote, and any contributions you may make to your discussions with other jurors, are all that matter.
It's that simple, Citizen. If you think it's great to be an American, as I do, then shoulder your share of the responsibility for making America a good place to live, and be proud of yourself for doing so. Many people have given their lives to preserve our republic. Maintaining our republic is worth a few days of your time, right? By serving on a jury, no matter how you vote or why, you are helping to maintain the Rule of Law, which is a good thing for everybody, including you -- even, and perhaps especially, when we have laws you may despise.
The federales next move
As we all know, the feds can continue to bust people for violations of federal drug laws even if the states are no longer enforcing them. That's probably a lot easier to do with medical marijuana dispensaries than it is for individual smokers, so they'll have to take a different approach with states like Colorado and Washington, assuming they want to maintain the status quo. The most obvious way to do that would be by passing legislation that withholds federal funds from states that don't enforce federal drug laws. This is most likely constitutional and was used quite effectively to "persuade" the states to put the drinking age at 21. I'm not sure how much political will there is to enact this type of legislation, but it's never too early to lay the groundwork for heading it off.
Even if there isn't support for this type of legislation in Congress, the Obama administration could probably achieve a similar (if smaller in scope) effect by changing certain funding rules of its administrative agencies' programs. Maybe the laws that govern these agencies wouldn't permit a state's enforcement of federal drug laws to be a factor in a funding decision, but it's something to look out for.
In other words, until the various branches of the federal government agree to lay down their arms in the drug war, they can still roll back the victories that have been achieved in the states.
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Hello, Ruggy here, I just want to say that it seems like the Halo 4 Matchmaking servers are usually dead or people can't load into a lobby, it has became a regular probably for me and i am just wondering if anybody else is having the same problem.
if you are talking about halo4 xbox360, indeed, there are few players, it takes a long time to find users. and when I play with friends it disconnects me from multiplayer, I have to restart the game to be able to enter multiplayer.
This seems to have been a common problem for a while. I recently picked up a used copy of H4 for my 360 and have been thoroughly frustrated with the functions that require Live. I have had a lot more luck with Spartan Ops than War Games, although I have not tried to do any matchmaking on Spartan Ops. Seems like there's just a lot of bugs and 343 isn't planning on doing anything about it. Best of luck! | <urn:uuid:abe6f965-dded-408a-80af-654c63f87b9f> | https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/cdecc00475c645b9a4d0a156fb542d59/topics/halo-4-servers/e5a4a970-45ed-4219-a0fe-9715224af8c5/posts?page=1 | en | 0.979624 | 0.143165 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
The Sleepwalker's Guide To Dancing: Visions of India
Mira Jacob's debut novel The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing is, naturally and almost too easily, drawing lots of comparisons to Jhumpa Lahiri's fiction. That's because it's a decades-long tale of a family that immigrates from India to the U.S. But whereas Lahiri's fiction is almost always unflinchingly straightforward and earnest, Jacob's contains many moments of levity that kind of sneak up on you if you're not reading carefully.
Here's one example: Kamala's son Akhil paints a mural on his bedroom ceiling, including such important figures to his new left-leaning world view as Gandhi, Che Guevara, and Rob Halford. Kamala explains to friends who don't knew who Halford is that he's a "singing priest." Kamala makes quite a few of these mistakes throughout the novel, and they're always amusing.
But on the whole, you wouldn't confuse Jacob's novel with slapstick by any stretch. There are some weighty issues to be dealt with here, and you get that sense from the opening scene: Kamala calls late 20s daughter Amina and tells her that her father Thomas is having long conversations with his mother; which would be fine, except his mother's been dead for 15 years.
So Amina rushes home to Albuquerque to find out what's wrong. We jump back to India in the 1970s to learn about Thomas's strained relationship with his mother and brother. We ease into 1980s Albuquerque where Amina and Akhil are high school students struggling to fit in as first-generation immigrants. And then we go back and forth between 1998 Seattle (where Amina makes a living as a photographer) and Albuquerque where she tries to right the ship and fend off her mother attempts to hook her up with eligible Indian bachelors.
The story hinges on what really is wrong with Thomas. Have a series of tragedies over the years finally caused him to lose touch with reality? Are his visions simply a coping mechanism? And as Amina tries to keep her own sanity, how does she deal with her own demons...and her constantly nagging mother?
It's a strangely fluid story for as much as it seems to jump around. And despite its 500-page length, it's a story that goes by quickly. Highly recommended!
1. Great review. I can see comparisons with Lahiri as well, though I really prefer Jacob. Lahiri always leaves me feeling listless and exhausted.
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Character Traits for Dr Jekyll
He can deduce that Jekyll is a man of ambition from the sheer existence of Hyde. He attempts to push the ever-developing scientific advancements even further by creating a potion, a medicine if you will, to cast away the evil in humanity. Of course, he fails and accidentally creates a monster, however that does not actually take away from the ambitious feat that was achieved. Arguably, the desire to become wholly agreeable, or good, is an ambitious feat it itself. This could lead us to conclude that his intentions and ambitions come from the right place, even if the consequences of his actions are undoubtedly evil.
However, as commendable as his never-ending ambition is, it is also our protagonist’s undoing. The fact that he is motivated by his greed of scientific discovery and desire to be wholly good leads him to the creation of a monstrous character, which subsequently self-destroys, taking down Jekyll with him.
“Je” means “I” in French. “kyll” could equate to “kill” if we consider our author’s Scottish dialect or accent. This, although very vaguely can foreshadow the ending of the novel, where Jekyll, in his suicide note, specifies that he is “bring[ing] the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.” Arguably, one has got to be troubled in order to produce such a statement about themselves. The existence of Hyde can be compared to schizophrenia, or split personality disorder, where sufferers experience manic episodes, and feel as though they are either talking to other people who are not there in reality, or feel as though they are a completely different person, having multiple personalities and alter-egos that switch back and forth.
The idea that one day Jekyll just woke up as Hyde without any recollection of drinking the potion may just depict that the potion was not a necessity because Hyde existed in Jekyll all along, as a form of an alter-ego, or the Freudian “Id”.
At the beginning of the novel, Stevenson purposely describes Jekyll as a “good influence”, really painting Jekyll as the utmost agreeable fellow. “Good” in this particular case doesn’t just mean the opposite of “bad” but rather a little more biblical, holy, pure type of good, if we are to consider the context of the very Christian, Evangelical England at the time of the novel being written. This is done deliberately to contrast with Hyde’s evil, sinful demeanour.
However, at the end of the novel, we find out Jekyll and Hyde are exactly the same person, which ruins the picture-perfect, respectable reputation of Dr Jekyll. This is said to mirror the behaviour of the Victorian Era gentlemen, who were polite and controlled by day, and immoral and sinful by night.
Lanyon describes Jekyll’s beginning of “go[ing] wrong, wrong in the mind.” which can help us understand that Jekyll, who is superficially a lovely man of solid morale, who is adored by many, with dinner parties and charitable events under his belt, also happens to be the man who trampled a little girl and clubbed an old man to death. | <urn:uuid:7ecf7624-4504-4dfb-b722-40c240ce9711> | https://yourfavouriteteacher.com/courses/english-literature-contingency-course/lessons/the-character-of-dr-jekyll/topic/character-traits-for-dr-jekyll/ | en | 0.966554 | 0.188909 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Fr. Ken Alt, C.PP.S., recently took up a new parochial ministry at the Marion Catholic Community, five parishes in and around Maria Stein, Ohio. Before that, he was the pastor of Holy Trinity Parish near Bryant, Ind.
Along his duties at the parishes in Marion Township, he was recently called on to solve a mystery: how did a big pumpkin end up growing in a tree back at Holy Trinity?
Fr. Alt received two letters from Holy Trinity parishioners on October 5. “Enclosed, I found a most curious and unique picture of a good-sized pumpkin hanging 20 feet or more from a tree near the grotto of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the south end of the parish property,” he said.
He continues: “It seems that the vine had slowly climbed up and around the trunk of the tree during the summer growing season without being detected by anyone, even me, who had kept a close eye on the landscape. Lo and behold, someone took notice of this one-of-a-kind spectacle, a large pumpkin dangling from the branches of the tree.
“The men of the parish, using the same big ladder used for changing lights in the church, harvested the pumpkin for use with the fall décor in church.
“The baffling mystery that people at Holy Trinity were struggling to solve was how did that pumpkin end up growing in that tree? I have a little bit of wisdom about that. Some pumpkins had decorated the front porch of the parish house during fall 2019. I pitched them out behind the grotto so they could return to Mother Earth and not end up in the dumpster or landfill.”
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Another thing men might wonder about is whether or not the lady would like a brand name perfume or prefer a limited supply niche perfume? Would she want an every day perfume or one for special occasions? What about ordering her a custom made perfume? The list of questions is endless. So when looking to give a woman a perfume as a present whether you are a man or a woman, it’s worth considering the following points to make the task easier:
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Perfume reacts differently with different people depending on their body chemistry. This is usually dependent on their biological make up; if they are fair or dark in complexion, what they eat and so on and so forth. Whether a person eats a lot of healthy food, spicy food, junk food or drinks a lot of alcohol or coffee, can affect how a particular perfume would smell on them.
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When a Texas Rangers reliever threw a chair at a fan, the response was outrage. But was the outrage overdone?
Wednesday, Sep 22 2004
Last week, in the latest instance of fan-athlete violence, Texas Rangers relief pitcher Frank Francisco hurled a folding chair into the crowd at Networks Associates Coliseum, the sad culmination of a melee in the stands between members of the Rangers bullpen and some A's fans who were heckling them. The chair bloodied a woman's face and broke her nose, and the incident, shown live on television, sparked nationwide outrage, a criminal investigation by Oakland police, and an inquiry by Major League Baseball. In the immediate aftermath, however, not all of the blame fell on Francisco's shoulders. Although spectators and security personnel insisted the taunting was nonprofane and all but innocuous, Texas manager Buck Showalter told reporters, "We've had problems about every time we've come here." The Texas organization apologized the next day for its pitcher's actions, but the Rangers and Francisco -- who was arrested and released on $15,000 bail -- plan to defend themselves "vigorously" in court. Are you a Frank Francisco apologist? Take our quiz and find out!
1) When the melee broke out, Rangers players streamed toward the team's bullpen along the right-field foul line, where Texas relief pitchers tangled with fans in the front row. The skirmish ended after Francisco tossed the chair, and play stopped for 20 minutes while security swooped in and umpires considered whether the tie game should be postponed. (It wasn't, and Oakland eventually won 7-6 in extra innings.) As you watched the chaotic scene unfold, what aspect struck you as the most unbelievable?
A) The mere notion that Oakland fans would taunt opposing players. I mean, now I've heard it all.
B) A brawl at the Coliseum and there wasn't a Round 2.
C) It's the first time all year Francisco's thrown a strike.
2) Jennifer Bueno, the woman whose nose was broken by the chair, says her husband, a 42-year-old fire battalion chief named Craig Bueno, didn't do anything wrong when taunting nearby Rangers players with questions like, "Who is going to take the loss?" What's the worst thing you've ever heard at a professional baseball game?
A) The telltale crack of chair against cartilage.
B) Bip Roberts, former player and current sideline reporter for Fox Bay Area.
C) Penetrating, deeply insulting questions about the ability of grown men, most of whom make more than the president, to play a game. The nerve of some fans!
3) There's been an incredible amount of finger-pointing in the wake of Francisco's actions, complete with dueling news conferences and nonstop chatter on talk radio and cable TV shows. In your opinion, where does the real blame lie?
A) Gee, I dunno. Try the 6-2, 180-pound professional athlete who hurled the chair.
B) Moneyball.
C) Major League Baseball. All of these fancy new stadiums -- you know, like the glimmering jewel in Oakland -- put fans too close to the action.
4) At a news conference last week, the personal injury attorney representing the Buenos compared the chair-tossing incident to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq, telling reporters "it goes to the top" of Rangers management. What do you think of his claim?
A) Well, yeah, if President Bush still owned the Rangers.
B) Please. This is the kind of hyperbole and saber-rattling that prevents real solutions from being reached.
C) Um, that's the alleged Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
5) Francisco's chair-tossing episode was broadcast live on television. What impact do you think this will have on any case that might be brought against him?
A) Plenty. It can only strengthen the prosecution's argument.
B) Minimal. Nobody watches A's games.
C) Look, this is a perfect example of why instant replay has no place in baseball.
6) Frank Francisco's lawyer, Rick Minkoff, has refused to admit his client threw the chair and claims the pitcher was a victim of fan violence. "He was grabbed, hard and forcefully on his left wrist," Minkoff told reporters. "Fortunately, it's not his pitching hand, and he was able to get free." What do you think of Minkoff's statement?
A) Who cares? Let's just keep the "Abu Ghraib" guy away from the microphone.
B) Of course Francisco was able to get free ... free to toss a chair into the stands.
C) Whew! Thank God it wasn't his pitching hand.
7) How do you think baseball can move forward from this incident?
A) Frank Francisco should be suspended for the rest of the season, face the full consequences of the law, and play under probation next year.
B) Suspend Francisco, and adopt stringent guidelines for the proximity of seats to bullpens.
C) By putting the focus back where it should be: steroids.
How to score:
0-6 points: Congratulations, you've won a job in the A's front office. No, really.
7-10 points: Like most Americans, you display a genuine confidence in the legal system's ability to deal fairly with celebrities and athletes.
11-14 points: Wow, you're a true Texas Rangers fan. Say, you wouldn't have happened to serve alongside Sen. Kerry in Vietnam, by any chance ....
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"Religious beliefs should remain where they belong - in the private domain."
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A 25 year old woman could not obtain a prescription for contraceptives at a clinic because the physician did not prescribe them for reasons of "medical judgment as well as professional ethical concerns and religious values." She obtained the prescription at a clinic two minutes away. A crusade was started against the physician and two colleagues with the same views. Crusaders argued that in a 'secular' state health care system, physicians should be forbidden to act on their moral or religious beliefs.
Physicians who refuse to prescribe contraceptives face a difficult challenge, since aggressive contraceptive promotion has left most people unaware of alternatives. Further, the social progress of women is widely attributed to contraceptives, so that failure to provide them risks an adverse reaction. Nonetheless, based on a respectful understanding of female fertility cycles and other factors, plausible reasons can be given to justify refusal to prescribe contraceptives and recommendation of Natural Family Planning.
The Supreme Court of Canada has acknowledged that secularists are believers, no less persons with religious beliefs. There is no legal warrant for the idea that a secular state must be purged of the expression of religious belief. The claim that a secular state or health care system is "faith-free" is radically false. Both religious belief and secularism can result in narrow dogmatism and intolerance, as demonstrated by the crusade against the physicians.
Since the practice of medicine is an inescapably moral enterprise, every decision concerning treatment is a moral decision. Since the practice of morality is a human enterprise, the secular public square is populated by people with many moral viewpoints. To discriminate against religious belief is a distortion of liberal principles. Moreover, if religious believers can be forced to do what they believe to be wrong, so can non-religious believers. This would establish a destructive and dangerous 'duty to do what is wrong.'
It is essential to maintain the integrity of physicians and well-being of patients. After abortion was legalized, a difficult compromise emerged that safeguards both, while protecting the community against a purported 'duty to do what is wrong.' However, some people are trying to entrench that duty in medical practice, moving from a purported duty to provide or facilitate abortion to a duty to kill or facilitate the killing of patients by euthanasia. It is unacceptable to compel people to commit or even to facilitate what they see as murder, and punish or penalize them if they refuse. It is equally unacceptable to insist that physicians must not act upon beliefs, because it is impossible; one cannot act morally without reference to beliefs. Such policies are inconsistent with the central place occupied by individual conscience and judgment in a liberal democracy.
Freedom of conscience can be adequately accommodated in a society characterized by a plurality of moral and political viewpoints if appropriate distinctions are made. The first of these is the distinction between the exercise of perfective freedom of conscience: pursuing an apparent good - and preservative freedom of conscience: refusing to participate in wrongdoing. The state can sometimes legitimately limit perfective freedom of conscience by preventing people from doing what they believe to be good, but it does not follow that it is equally free to suppress preservative freedom of conscience by forcing them to do what they believe to be wrong.
To force people to do something they believe to be wrong is always an assault on their personal dignity and essential humanity, and it always has negative implications for society. It is a policy fundamentally opposed to civic friendship, which grounds and sustains political community and provides the strongest motive for justice. It is inconsistent with the best traditions and aspirations of liberal democracy, since it instills attitudes more suited to totalitarian regimes than to the demands of responsible freedom. Even the strict approach taken to limiting other fundamental rights and freedoms is not sufficiently refined to be safely applied to limit freedom of conscience in its preservative form. Like the use of potentially deadly force, if the restriction of preservative freedom of conscience can be justified at all, it will only be as a last resort and only in the most exceptional circumstances.
That a young woman had to drive around the block to fill a birth control prescription does not meet this standard.
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It’s National Christian Cheer Day! (or it should be)
Today, May 26, is the feast of the adorable St. Philip Neri (1515-1595). Even as a boy Philip was so kind and lovable that he was nicknamed Pippo buono or “good little Phil.” As an adult, Philip would wander through the rough parts of Rome and ask, “Well, my brothers! When shall we begin to do good?” His disarming charm led to the conversion of the toughest thugs.
Philip had what the Italians call festività, an infectious joy and humor. The saint held that being cheerful “is the true way to advance in every virtue.” His long experience in directing souls, he said, had taught him “that in spiritual matters cheerful men were much more easy to guide than the melancholy.” Consequently, Philip preserved “perpetual cheerfulness” in himself and went to great lengths to encourage it in others. His room, where he received strangers as if they were his long-lost children at all hours of the day and night, became known as the “Shelter of Christian Mirth.”
Philip sometimes gave his penitents a playful slap on the cheek, saying “It is not you I am beating, but the devil!” Like a zany Italian uncle, he pulled their hair, caressed their faces, boxed their ears, and held their heads near his heart, all of which caused great joy and consolation. He also went to great lengths to appear foolish in the eyes of the world. Philip shaved off half his beard, wore goofy costumes, skipped along the streets as an old man, and once solemnly stroked the beard of a Swiss Guard. In the words of Blessed John Henry Newman, “If ever there was a saint who set his face against humbug, it was Saint Philip.”
Philip also had a burning love for God, literally. Once when he was praying a mystical ball of fire entered his mouth and lodged in his chest. Philip’s heart grew so aflame with divine fervor that he had to rip open his clothes and cool himself on the stone floor. When he rose, there was a painless swelling as large as a man’s fist next to his heart. An autopsy after the saint’s death would disclose the source of the protrusion. Over his heart, which had expanded with the love of God, two of Philip’s ribs were dislodged and curved in the form of an arch.
Tonight, in honor of this warm-hearted saint, have a Heart Warmer:
Heart Warmer Heart Warmer 2
1½ oz. Kahlua
1 oz. vodka
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 oz. milk
Pour all ingredients in an old-fashioned glass filled with ice and stir until very cold.
By a remarkable coincidence today is also Red Nose Day, a fundraising event sponsored by Comic Relief to end poverty in which people buy and wear a clownish red nose and the proceeds go to charity. How I wish could join in this charming tomfoolery (St. Philip would have loved it!) but alas, as several Catholic bishops have pointed out, some of those proceeds end up going to powerful organizations that support abortions worldwide. Sigh. It looks like I’ll have to find another way to make my nose red tonight. | <urn:uuid:8ba190bb-2453-4631-affd-5f34d6d807ca> | https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/2016/05/26/its-national-christian-cheer-day-or-it-should-be/ | en | 0.983165 | 0.028637 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Question: What Are The 5 Main Factors That Contribute To Good Health?
What are the 3 main factors that affect your health?
Where you live has a significant impact on your health.
Access to health care..
What are 10 lifestyle factors that promote good health?
6 Positive Lifestyle Factors That Promote Good HealthGetting Regular and Adequate Amounts of Sleep. Eva-Katalin / E+ / Getty Images. … Eating Regular Well-Balanced Meals. … Engaging in Regular Physical Activity. … Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight. … Not Using Tobacco Products, Including Smoking or Chewing.
What are the 12 determinants of health?
What are the 5 lifestyle factors?
What are 10 factors that affect health status?
What are the 10 social determinants of health?
What influences what we eat?
What are the factors affecting human health?
What are the 8 influences on health?
There are eight aspects to your wellness. They are body, mind, environment, spirit, community, emotions, finances and work. Each can affect your quality of life.
What are lifestyle factors examples?
Many dietary and lifestyle factors are important in the etiology of noncommunicable diseases. Such factors include – but are not limited to – food, nutrients, energy intake, physical activity, obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, behavioral factors (e.g. sleep, stress) and cultural factors.
What is the healthiest lifestyle?
What are the 5 healthy habits?
Who is a healthy person?
What are the factors that promote good health?
Seven Lifestyle Factors That Will Benefit Your HealthA healthy balanced diet. When you eat healthily and make sure your body is getting the right nutrition, you are providing it with a sustaining energy. … Drinking lots of water. … Exercising regularly. … Plenty of sleep. … Not smoking. … Reducing alcohol consumption. … Keep a check on mental and physical health.
What are 4 factors that influence health?
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Your Beryl Bike journey ends when you lock the bike, unless you choose to pause your ride. The bike must be locked manually - we aren't able to do this remotely. If you fail to lock your bike at the end of a journey you'll continue to be charged, so always take a moment to double check!
Important! Unless you choose to pause your ride, locking the bike will automatically end your journey and charge you for the current ride duration and any fees based on the bike's location at that moment.
Where is the lock?
How to close the lock
When the lock is fully closed, it will chime to let you know. The rear red light will also flash. If you don't hear the chime or see the red lights flash, check in your app to see if your journey has ended. If your journey is still live, it means the lock isn't closed properly - try pushing the lock lever down a bit more until it clicks into place.
Parking your bike
What happens when I end my ride?
IMPORTANT: If you don't see the end of journey summary and there is still a timer counting on your app, it means your bike hasn't been locked and you'll continue to be charged for the riding minutes.
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Lindy Biosciences
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Lindy Biosciences is a development-stage protein therapeutic formulations company. Our core technology produces spherical, dense, stable particles of a therapeutic protein. These protein particles are ideal for long-term storage, or for non-standard formulations such as suspension formulations (for high-concentration delivery of antibodies), encapsulation (for sustained/controlled release), or dry powder pulmonary delivery.
Produces dense, dry, stable protein particles ideal for suspensions or encapsulation
Microglassification™ is a process that gently removes a majority of the water from solutions of proteins, or other biologics, resulting in solid, spherical, amorphous microbeads. In this dry state, biologics are often stable enough for long-term storage, transport, or incorporation into drug delivery formulations.
The video shows one of our early experiments: Microglassification™ of a single protein microdroplet, held on the end of a glass capillary micropipette. The resulting solid microbead consists of pure protein at > 1 g/mL. Currently used methods mimic this experiment, producing protein microdroplets on a bulk scale and dehydrating those microdroplets within seconds.
High-Concentration Biologics
Biological molecules such as monoclonal antibodies often require dosing of several hundred mg. In order to allow subcutaneous administration, which can only accomodate 1-2 mL of volume, the protein must be formulated at high concentration (>200 mg/mL). However, the viscosity of solutions of these molecules increases dramatically above 100 mg/mL, making injection prohibitively difficult.
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How To Deal With Catty Women As A Feminist
You don't have to be a Mean Girls fan to understand that the patriarchy has insidious ways of turning women against each other. Not every woman has access to education about the need for feminism, and so we all wonder the same thing at some point: How does a feminist deal with catty women? One of the fundamental tenets of women's rights is supporting other women, but that's difficult to do when someone is talking about you behind your back, throwing Beyonce-level shade, and generally doing everything in her power to be deliberately hurtful.
Worst of all, it's incredibly tempting to respond to cattiness with subtle digs of your own. In a culture of "blink and you miss it" female interaction onscreen, the few female friendships portrayed in the media are all too frequently reduced to frenemies and former best friends-turned rivals. For every Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins, there are dozens of Blair Waldorfs and Serena van der Woodsens telling women that we should view one another as the enemy, even if we genuinely like each other.
This isn't to say we should take our cues from TV shows and movies, but onscreen representation of female friendships are indicative of a larger trend in the cultural narrative of our relationships. Women are taught to compete against each other for, well, everything: Grades, jobs, motherhood, and above all, men. It's easy to see why we end up catty toward one another; we feel like we're in constant competition. The hard part comes in how to react without compromising feminist ideals.
Before we begin, it should be noted that although this article deals with catty women, men can be just as catty — but when they do it, it's just called getting ahead. That doesn't make it OK, though, so these tactics? They can be used by anyone in response to any form of cattiness.
1. Don't Get Drawn In
Whether it's a comment about your appearance, your work performance, or any number of topics, it's tempting to respond to negativity with negativity. When this happens, remember what your kindergarten teacher told you back in the day: Don't be a dick. Also, treat others how you want to be treated; being catty back at her is just going to perpetuate the cycle.
2. Don't Explain Yourself
If someone is spending the time and energy to try and make you feel bad, the best way to irritate them to no end is ignoring them — it worked when you were five, and it works when you're 25. Besides, one of the great things about being a feminist is realizing you don't owe anyone explanations for your decisions. So what if she doesn't like that you dyed your hair pink? You're the one that's getting all the compliments.
3. Call Her Out
There's a fine line between calling someone out and getting sucked in to the drama, but if you can find a way, go for it. The trick is to be as direct as possible without being negative. Instead of busting in like Gwen Stefani in the above GIF, just say that you've noticed her attitude and need to resolve it. Plus, you have the element of surprise: Women are taught to silence themselves rather than communicate, so she won't be expecting a confrontation.
4. Be Assertive
As much as some of us want to fight back, others would rather cut other women some slack. It's a great intention, but don't let anyone walk all over you. Again, one of the great things about feminism is knowing your own worth.
5. Hate The Patriarchy, Not The Lady
Don't give anyone a pass to steamroll over your fragile self-esteem, but it's also important to remember the factors going into cattiness. Our male-dominated world pits women against each other, and in all likelihood that's why she feels the need to assert her dominance over you, so to speak.
That being said, some people really are just jerks. It's up to you to figure out which kind you're dealing with.
6. Remember The Importance of Sisterhood
In the words of High School Musical, we're all in this together. In my experience, all the energy that goes into hating someone isn't worth it — instead, try focusing on building healthy relationships with other women. We're pretty great.
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Alessandra Ambrosio on Her Brazilian Beauty Secrets
Brazilian bombshell and Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio gives her perspective on hailing from the world's most beautiful country. Plus, Adriana Lima shares what Brazilian beauty means to her.
Harper's Bazaar: In your own words, what does Brazilian beauty mean to you?
Alessandra Ambrosio: Brazilian beauty is very natural and fresh. When I'm in Brazil, I feel connected to nature and wear as little makeup as possible— a great sunscreen, lip balm, and rouge is simple and chic.
HB: What do Brazilian women know about beauty that American women do not?
AA: I think all women are different no matter where they're from. In Brazil, we enjoy the ability to be more carefree.
HB: How do Brazilian women take care of their hair?
AA: I keep it natural. My hair deals with so much styling and heat for work then when I'm home, I like to air dray with VS Beach Sexy Beach Hair Wave Spray.
HB: What's the most classic Brazilian makeup look?
AA: A nice tan with lots of moisturizer. I also like to use some mascara, a bit of blush and a pink lip.
HB: How do Brazilian women take care of their skin?
HB: What's your favorite salon in Brazil?
AA: I go to Laces and Hair—they have amazing hair masks.
HB: What did your mother and grandmother teach you about beauty?
AA: The importance of hydrating! When you are dehydrated, you see it on your face and when you've had your share of water, it glows. Nothing is better for your skin than drinking a lot of water and green juices. I also love fresh coconut water bought on the beach.
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26 September 2009
Esperanto, or maybe cheeseburgers, will save us all
Thanks to Bill for commenting on the Notes on language post and reminding me about Esperanto, which merits a mention in any discussion of languages. Most people (including yours truly) seem to think of Esperanto mostly as a punchline, a signal of misguided, hopeless optimism and utter dorkiness. But it's really pretty frickin' cool, the more you think about it. Check out the Esperanto web site.
That said, I have to agree with Marjane Satrapi, Iranian/French graphic novelist and director (of "Persepolis" fame). In an interview with the now-defunct Rake magazine, she said:
In Iran if we speak a second language it’s English, not French anymore. English is the new Esperanto, which I really like. Some people complain “Oh, this is English culture,” but this is Esperanto. Everyone can speak this language, what does it matter. It’s a good thing whether it’s English or German or Japanese, if we all speak the same language it’s a good thing.
I'm all for Esperanto in theory: easy to learn, logical, etc. Sounds good. But the thing about English is, way more people already speak it. The groundwork is already set--it's easier to find other people who speak it, which makes it easier to learn. It's, well, useful. In many places even necessary. As discussed in that previous post, it's the world's relay language.
That's not to say we should expect or even encourage everyone to speak it. I worry about the culture-flattening effects of the rise of English, especially since it likely comes at the expense of other languages (and therefore cultures). But as Ms. Satrapi says, having some way for people around the world to communicate is a good thing. If that happens to be English, well, okay.
I'd also like to note that Ms. Satrapi--a worldly, cosmopolitan individual if ever there was one--is a big fan of Minneapolis's contribution to world cuisine, the Jucy Lucy (yes, that's how it's spelled). If you don't know, it's a cheeseburger with the cheese inside. Simple in concept, complex in execution, delicious in every way.
From this article in MinnPost:
"The first time I came here, the [cab driver] told me, 'Oh, I will bring you to a French restaurant.' And I was like, 'No, I'm here to eat what you eat. So what do you eat?' And he was like, 'Well, there's something here, it's kind of greasy, but [it's] the Jucy Lucy burger.' I was here three days. For three days, lunch and dinner, I had the Jucy Lucy burger. I tried to make one in France. All my friends in France know the Jucy Lucy burger of Minneapolis.
I'm so proud of my city.
1. It's unfortunate that only a few people know that Esperanto has become a living language.
During a short period of 122 years Esperanto is now in the top 100 languages, out of 6,800 worldwide, according to the CIA World factbook. It is the 22nd most used language in Wikipedia, and a language choice of Google, Skype, Firefox and Facebook.
Your readers may be interested in the following video. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670
2. Brian: thanks for this info/clarification. I had no idea anyone was a native Esperanto speaker.
3. With your permission, I'd like to provide a little mathematical food for thought.
Some estimates put the number of Engish speakers (call this number "E") at 1.6 billion, of which about 350 million are native speakers (call this number "N") and 1.25 billion are second-language speakers (call this one "S"). Assume the cost of teaching the native speakers English is 0, and that the cost of teaching each of the second-language speakers is an average of H hours per person.
In a large, stable group with P people and an average life expectancy of L years, we can expect P/L of the population to die off each year. To maintain the population, P/L people would need to be added to replace the P/L deceased. It turns out the world average life expectancy is about 65 years.
Esperanto is several times easier to learn than English, whether for Indo-European or non-Indo-European speakers. Let's call the easiness factor "f", meaning that if it takes H hours to learn English, to a given level, it would take H/f hours to learn Esperanto to the same level. "f" is on the order of several times; for ease of calculation, let's assume f = 5 (although it's actually higher than that).
Now, let's compare the cost of the current situation with English to that of moving to Esperanto as the international language. The cost of maintaining the status quo with English would be that of teaching English to the replacements for the deceased second-language speakers. Over a period of Y years, that would amount to S/L (deceased second-language speakers to be replaced each year) x H (hours per person to learn English) x Y, or HSY/L. For Esperanto, on the other hand, the cost would be that of teaching all E English speakers Esperanto, plus that of teaching the replacements for deceased Esperanto speakers. Over a period of Y years, that would amount to ( E (English speakers) x H/f (hours per person to learn Esperanto, 1/f the cost to learn English) ) + ( E/L (deceased Esperanto speakers to be replaced each year) x H/f x Y), or EH/f + EHY/fL = (1 + Y/L)EH/f.
The interesting question is this: after how many years do the two total costs achieve parity, after which Esperanto would be a bonus? Just set the two equations equal to each other:
HSY/L (for English) = (1 + Y/L)EH/f (for Esperanto)
fSY/E = L + Y
(fS/E - 1)Y = L
Y = L/(fS/E - 1)
Plugging in numbers, we get Y = 65/( ( 5 x 1.25 billion / 1.6 billion ) - 1 ) = 22.36 years. In other words, in just over 22 years, Esperanto becomes the cheaper solution, and continues to get cheaper.
Each new person we add shifts the equation even more in favor of Esperanto, as each new person must spend H hours to learn English as opposed to just H/f hours to learn Esperanto. What would the total number of English or Esperanto speakers need to be for the total cost of English to equal the total cost of Esperanto after just 0 years? To obtain a total of B English speakers, the cost would be (B - E) (the difference between B and the current number of English speakers) x H, or (B - E)H. To obtain B Esperanto speakers, the cost would be B x H/f, or BH/f. Setting the two equal to each other, we get:
(B - E)H = BH/f
B - E = B/f
B = E/(1 - 1/f)
Plugging in numbers, we get B = 1.6 billion/(1 - 1/5) = 2 billion. In other words, for any number higher than 2 billion total speakers, it would be more expensive to teach just the newcomers English than it would be to teach everyone Esperanto (!).
Just something to think about.
4. It's nice to see an Esperanto supporter on random places. Cheers.
5. Many speak English, that's true. But their command of the language is poor. After many, many years of learning English only 3% of learners achieve a level somewhat close to that of a native. The rest, 97%, are language cripplers. Is that the future we all want? I am all for Esperanto.
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Andy Larson - Founder and President
Thinkersize is the brainchild of Andy, an education evangelist for over 25 years. Andy is a pioneer in educational gaming and the next generation of learning tools. He is responsible for forging strategic partnerships and alliances to drive Thinkersize's growth, product sales, marketing, and of course the ultimate direction of Thinkersize. Andy helps plot the company's focus and direction juggling where to invest development resources, how to enhance the user experience, and figuring the best way to explain Cranium CoRE to the public. Andy has a mission to create significant value in the growing online educational market. Andy is available for speaking engagements, such as keynote addresses, conference sessions, district meetings and classroom presentations. Find out how to get Andy to Speak at your conference or inservice.
Andy Larson was trained to be an educator at Southern Illinois University. His major accomplishments include being the co-founder and idea generator for what has become the largest school library automation company in the world. He brings an interesting mix of love for books, technological awareness, enthusiasm that abounds and a never-say-die attitude to create an infectious will to make a difference in the lives of those he touches. Andy has spent hundreds hours in classrooms over thirteen years across the country fine tuning the methods and strategies you will experience within Cranium CoRE. He welcomes your membership and involvement to change (rock) our educational world one child at a time. His welcoming thought for all to hear is elegantly simple, “Let’s teach them how to think and have some fun with them while we are at it!!”. Read about how Andy's father influenced his passion.
RJ Lindelof - Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
RJ has been active in the software development industry since 1993. In 1996 he branched out and founded a successful internet software company focusing on utility, automation and novelty software. In 2000 he created a brand of novelty products, several successful online stores and a even startup advertising company. After surviving the dot-boom (or bankruptcy of many online companies), he focused his efforts on his award winning cd-automation software, custom software development with consulting, website hosting, and other internet services. Owning and maintaining over 100 different web entities, RJ knows and understands trends. With Web 2.0 the internet was turned around and the shift was made to rich client side applications. This is when the idea for Cranium CoRE was born. RJ took a 15 year old, installed product and revolutionized it on the internet, adding the power of the community.
As CTO, RJ is responsible for the software development, quality assurance, technical delivery and maintenance of Cranium CoRE. In addition to his technical abilities, he also acts as the visionary for the future of Thinkersize, LLC. RJ was instrumental in architecting, designing, and building the Cranium CoRE service, and was critical in helping the service grow and scale. RJ's experience and leadership through multiple generations across many platforms and product lines add significant value to the management team and reduces the overall technical risks.
Andy and RJ have been friends and colleagues for over 25 years. They have the perfect mix of skills to facilitate the product that is Cranium CoRE. What you will find on this website are the best aspects of Web 2.0 and Educational Gaming and the product of years of thought, imagination and innovation. Welcome to CraniumCoRE.com
Company Mission Statement: To help create an experience where reading, writing, speaking and listening skill development are engaging, collaborative and FUN.
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6 tools to check if a website is trustworthy
how to make the difference between a site you can trust and a real scam? The answer is simple: by using a dedicated tool. There are indeed sites that analyze the reliability of other sites. Here is the list of the 6 leaders. Don’t hesitate to overuse them !
“It looks like a real site”: when Shopify and co. host real-fake webstores
Branded items at unbelievably low prices on a good-looking webstore ? Your favorite luxury sunglasses or trainers on sale “only for a few hours” ? Beware, scammers regularly steal the look of official e-commerce websites to abuse consumers, mainly using online store model platforms like Shopify to give credibility to their fraudulent offers. How do these real sites hook us ? How to detect them ?
How to find out if an email is a scam ?
Email is by far the number one online scam weapon: with a database of nearly 30,000 email addresses, Signal-Arnaques knows what it’s talking about ! Often coarse, the scams contained in these emails leave most people totally indifferent, but some crooks know how to “optimize” their writing using subtlety, wit and malice. What types of scams can you receive by email ? How to recognize and defeat them ? Forewarned is more than ever forearmed.
5 tips for detecting a scam site
In the small world of scams, those involving a website to trap you are often among the most elaborate, and also the most complicated to detect for the average web surfer. Fortunately, scam hunters have gathered in recent years some simple tips to avoid them.
ScamDoc : A revolutionary new website to counter scams
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This disturbing article in The SF Examiner uses “Manhattanization” as a tag, but shockingly, Examiner Staff Writer Dan Schreiber works hard here to make the term a positive!
Note the utter absence of a competitive or contrary view here to the high-speed development plans on the table [thankfully BeyondChron does]. The article defends Park Merced and Treasure Island Development plans launching into the ‘inevitable need for development’ like this:
“Politics aside, growth in San Francisco depends, above all, on the sheer demand for housing. [politics aside?! really?!]
“By 2035, the Bay Area is expected to be home to about 2 million more people and 902,000 more homes, with almost all that growth concentrated in existing urban areas. This daunting 29 percent population increase has prompted regional planners to urge local governments to reduce their per-resident carbon emissions by 15 percent.
“That’s the crux of the “Initial Vision Scenario for 2035,” which was released in March by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments. The report envisions that while the Bay Area’s population grows from 7 million to 9 million people, San Francisco will add roughly 90,000 households, pushing its population to around 1 million.”
The one question that no one seems to ask is “Why?”
Why does SF have to grow to a city of a million before we address the transit and infrastructural issues?
Why do we have to urgently build more residences for people who do not live here yet when so many who already do live here are suffering homelessness, job loss and an inability to keep up with the cost of living in San Francisco?
Why do we have to build housing for people who don’t yet live here before working on cleaning up the Bay, preserving our heritage, adding better, smarter transportation and sustainable energy resources?
Why do we have to appease the nouveau-riche of our times: twenty- and thirty-something-year-olds from elsewhere who want to live and work in our beautiful city for companies that make money for investors who live elsewhere which – thanks to the board and the Twitter Giveaway – will contribute little to our economy?
In reality, we don’t.
Vote Karthik Rajan and we can put a stop to this rampant, unchecked development and add stronger checks and balances against the commercial uglification of our City – in keeping with our own heritage as the most progressive city in the U.S.
It seems like new architects of the City want it to be for a rich, upper-class from elsewhere who will redefine SF into a 21st Century playground for the very wealthy. The America’s Cup is a prime example of an engine for this development.
I beg you to resist. Vote Karthik Rajan for Mayor. It will be a revolutionary moment in our City’s history and we will slow the development to a reasonable pace. I have the scalar vision to see through the rushed development our politicians now shove through the governmental system and I can lead us to more creative, more sensible and slower growth.
These plans are nonsensical because there is no need to grow like Manhattan and Hong Kong and other places have. It’s 20th century thinking that creates immense, unmanageable cities with vast disparity and horrifyingly under-served populations.
We are smarter than that – this is San Francisco! – we can slow this down and grow our own way. I know it. But we have to have leadership that is willing to stand up to crazy development talk.
Right now Interim Mayor Lee and Board President Chiu are failing to do this, rather they step on the gas for more and more growth. They remind me of the insane developers I saw in Hong Kong in the 1990’s crazily growing the city without concern for those who would be ground down or out.
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Cakes desserts for two Fancy Pantsy Grown Up People Desserts Holiday desserts
My Cup Runneth Over With Molten Cake Stuff, My Phone Runneth Over With Pure Nonsense
I am a special case of something special sometimes. Normally I’m on here either complaining about the weather or putting hexes on Stamos, but today I thought I’d do something a little differently, a bit more masochistic, and basically embarrass myself for your amusement and/or case study. Behold.
The above is a snapshot of a text I sent the other day to my boyfriend, who decided to make plans to be out the ONE NIGHT I FIND A DAMNED RAT IN THE APARTMENT. Superhero that I am, I promptly screamed, grabbed a bag of Oreos, and holed up in the bedroom. Before you ask, no, I did not desperately grab the Oreos as a means of sustenance because there was nothing else in sight. I had a choice between Oreos and a bag of grapes and I made the obvious decision to stress-eat delicious sandwich cookies whilst texting out rat emojis like a madwoman. I fully own all of this.
Those of you with souls might be wondering what happened to the rodent. Well… WHO CARES YOU GUYS?! Ok, fine, it’s gone. Jimmy insists it was probably so terrified of the giant brown baby scampering away from it that it ran BACK into the hole in the radiator. BACK?! HOLE?! He said this as if it were the most common occurrence ever. “Oh, yeah, sometimes baby mice (yes, fine, it was just a baby mouse, BUT STILL WTF MOUSE GUYS) live in the heating vents. He probably went back into his little home once he realized that I’m a neat freak and you eat everything in sight, so no crumbs for the little guy.” Home?! Little guy?! What is this magnanimous nonsense? Why is he talking as if this were the most normal thing in the world? Is it? Fellow city dwellers, do ya’ll just have a band of merry mice parading through your radiators, eventually popping out in the hopes that you don’t use plates when you eat things? Be on alert, guys. This could get real.
This second series is from a couple of mornings ago, when I was stuck on a stalled F train for half an hour and had basically completely cracked. Note the two-word response from my poor, perpetually concerned boyfriend. I know I wrote like three paragraphs about the rat thing and can only share a couple of sentences on this but, a. that’s basically as much as I am willing to talk about with this text bonanza, because I am still sort of silently crying to myself because some variation of this happens on my commute and, b. this is all already enough for your dissertation. Get that degree, homie. Go forth and prosper.
So, texts like those are pretty common for Jimmy. In the beginning of our relationship, he frantically answered almost every one pretty quickly, but now he knows to just allow me some private time to cry to power ballads and self-medicate with chocolate. Also, while I was typing that paragraph, he decided, on a whim, to run downstairs to check on an elderly woman who lives directly below us, since our building has been doing renovations in some black hole none of us can find, and said renovations involve noxious fumes. He did not know this woman previous to this visit, he was just concerned about a complete stranger. That complete stranger could have been a serial killer, or an MTA Fat Cat! What a guy. A guy like that? A guy like that deserves cake. His own personal cake.
Molten Dulce de Leche Cake (makes two individual cakes)
(adapted from Bon Appetit)
4 teaspoons of all purpose flour
1/2 cup of dulce de leche, store-bought or homemade (see below for one recipe)
1 egg, beaten
1 egg yolk
For dulce de leche, preheat your oven to 425ºF, and pour one 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk into a small baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and place dish in a larger dish. Fill the larger dish with water until water comes halfway up the sides of the smaller dish. Place in oven and cook for one hour, or until the milk is a deep brown color. Remove from the oven, whisk lightly, and then allow to cool slightly. Transfer to a heatproof jar or container and cover tightly. Refrigerate if not using immediately. This recipe will make one cup.
Highly recommend using any leftover dulce de leche on ice cream, in sandwiches, or on any utensil you can reach. Don't judge.
Highly recommend using any leftover dulce de leche on ice cream, in sandwiches, or on any utensil you can reach. Don’t judge.
For your cakes preheat oven to 425ºF and generously butter and flour two 4-ounce ramekins and set aside on a rimmed baking sheet. Using a mixer on medium speed, beat egg and egg yolk together until doubled in volume and the eggs begin to ribbon. Add in dulce de leche until completely blended, then add in flour one teaspoon at a time.
Divide mixture between ramekins.
Place ramekins on baking sheet in the oven and bake for 12 to 14 minutes, until cakes have risen and are golden brown. You can either run a knife around the edges of the ramekins and invert onto plates, or simply serve them in their ramekins (which is what I did), but definitely serve them warm.
You’ll notice that the cakes are accompanied by a glorious-looking milkshake. I would provide the recipe, but it’s basically equal parts vanilla ice cream, milk and bourbon. Yes, I said equal parts. No, I don’t remember much of the rest of the night.
SONY DSCSo, um, yeah. Yeah. YES. YES these were absolutely perfect. They were better than I ever could have hoped they would be. Absolute perfection straight from the oven. Make these for anyone who tolerates your complicated, panicky, strange self with nothing but love, and make them immediately. | <urn:uuid:732924dd-fc8f-46cd-9846-ca41013bea14> | https://sadshibow.com/category/desserts-for-two/ | en | 0.944108 | 0.040724 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
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On 3-rd of September, just before sunset, I set up my equipment, aimed the telescope towards the zenith, set the spectrograph on the double sodium line and every now and then ran a series of photos, adjusting the exposure time (30-120 s) and gain. At the end it was so dark that the gain had to be increased almost to "what the factory gave".
I was not sure if we would be able to register anything at the resolution of 1800 l/mm holographic diffraction grating, slit with 40 μm wide. I also tracked the height (the depth of the sun below the horizon). I read in some publications that when the Sun is about 8° below the horizon, mesospheric sodium layer is in emission near the zenith above the observation site.
Two disappearing absorption lines and emission lines appearing in their place were recorded:
And an animation with the given position of the Sun relative to the horizon:
The capabilities of the printed in 3D technology my Low Spec spectrograph are amazing.
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That’s very interesting- what is it about the suns position that causes this flash? Quick google suggests this sodium layer and other metals up there are from meteors burning up! And it’s used by astronomers as an artificial star excited by lasers to enable atmospheric distortion correction! Very cool
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18 hours ago, markse68 said:
what is it about the suns position that causes this flash?
The emission is caused by resonant scattering of sunlight off sodium atoms when in direct sunlight. With the sun above (or just below) the horizon, the bright sunlight (scattered off lower levels of the atmosphere) dominates the sky spectrum so the sodium D lines appear in absorption. After the sun sets as seen from the ground, the higher layers of the atmosphere are still illuminated by the sun so we see the emission from the sodium atoms.
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• By Bajastro
Today after the midnight I recorded the spectrum of C/2020 F3 (Neowise). I couldn't change new diffraction grating (300 l/mm) before the midnight in my Low Spec 2 spectrograph. I have printed second unmodified mounting for grating and I had to use it, because dispersion angles are different than the 1800 l/mm diffraction grating. It was also necessary to assemble and run the setup. Not all lines were identified, the spectrum is different than spectra published on the internet. The violet range is worse due to the poor correction of chromatic aberration in achromatic lenses in my Low Spec and my APO, so lines are weaker. Intensity hasn't been corrected. I think that this comet was too low above the horizon to do it well. This is also the first light with a diffraction grating 300 l/mm used in the Low Spec 2.
Slit position, PHD2 screen:
Spectrum with stretched histogram, faint LP of my city is present in the background, 5x60s stack:
I hope that I correctly substracted LP from the comet spectrum.
The result obtained in the BASS software:
We have carbon C2 bands, CN and strong emission of sodium doublet. Some lines are unidentified yet.
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Few days ago I decided to observe the spectra around Na lines for Jupiter and Saturn. I had a little time and some problems with Bluetooth communication. It took me about 30 min.
About 3 am the sky was getting brighter. I set 20 μm slit of my Low Spec spectrograph along the equator:
These images were taken few years ago.
1, 2, 3 - positions of spectral profiles
The goal was to record the impact of planetary rotation on the shape of spectral lines. Interestingly, the spectra contain not only the inclined lines created due to the Doppler effect.
There are also visible vertical absorption lines of the Earth's atmosphere, there are quite a few of them.
Below two stacks of Na doublet area, resize 200%:
Spectral profiles for Jupiter:
Spectraf profiles for Saturn Rings:
The result of calculations of the rotational velocity at the equator and comparison with data in the public literature:
Result of calcutations Jupiter Saturn Rotational velocity 13.2 ± 1.3 km/s 10.5 ± 1.3 km/s Equatorial diameter 149890 km 128744 km Public literature Jupiter Saturn Rotational velocity 12.6 km/s 9.87 km/s Equatorial diameter 142984 km 120536 km The velocity of Saturn's rings is variable, the rings closest to the planet have the highest velocity, the furthest rings are the slowest.
The calculated average velocity based on the recorded spectrum is 15.8 km/s.
As an example, the velocity of the crumbs moving on the outside of the Cassini Break (ring A) is 17.5 km/s. Pretty close.
I took half a pixel as a measurement error.
• By MonteTheMagnificent
Hello all,
I am looking into making a hobby out of spectroscopy but don't exactly know where to start.
All I can really go off is a high school education of physics and the various reading that one usually does when looking into something new.
The main questions are, essentially;
1. What is the best spectrometry equipment for an amateur like myself?
I have little to no knowledge on all the necessary equipment, so any recommendations would be very much appreciated. For any suggestions, if you wouldn't mind giving a reason as to why you recommend a said product, I will take this information with great appreciation.
In terms of a camera, I've read that CCD monochrome cameras are the best. How does a DSLR rank against this though?
In terms of a telescope, should I be looking at one with a specific aperture range? If so, are there any other properties I should be looking at?
Is a grating better than a prism? Why?
What software is the most effective and easiest to use?
Do I need some sort of focusing device?
2. How do you collect spectral data using the technology?
Is it as simple as pointing at a star and recording the acquired data?
How long should I view the chosen star? Is it a photo or a video?
I would assume that these questions have been asked plenty of times, so any links to other forums which discuss the same questions and topics I am raising will be very helpful as well.
Any type of reply is welcome. As an amateur, anything is helpful.
Looking forward to discussing this with you all.
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I finished observations of the Mizar A spectroscopic binary.
Calibration for the Hα line made on water lines contained in the Earth's atmosphere.
I used LowSpec spectrograph with 1800 grooves/mm reflective holographic grating, APM APO 107/700, QHY163M camera and HEQ5 mount with guiding.
It turned out that the Earth's movement practically compensated for the radial velocity of the Mizar A system.
Based on the analysis, I received the result:
vr = -8.8 km/s
in fact the system is approaching at a radial velocity of -6.3 km/s.
I also determined the phase plot of radial velocities based on my measurements for the Na (together for both lines) and separately for Hα line:
Error is based on half my spectral resolution (0.2 Å/pix corresponds to rv = 10 km/s). Each measurement corresponds to the stack a few images.
The most important purpose of observing this binary system was to record the historical Ca II line (often called as CaK, 3933.66 Å).
The distances in the violet part of the spectrum are almost 2x smaller than the corresponding shifts for the Hα line. This line initiated the discovery of spectroscopically binary systems, and Mizar A was the first discovered system of this type.
These were the spectroscopic observations in the 19th century:
Source: https://www.leosondra.cz/en/mizar/#b20
I've made several observations of this line in the last two weeks:
Animation showing the changes in the CaK line based on my observations:
Not only the Ca II is split, but the surrounding lines also, shown below in a wider environment:
Balmer hydrogen lines are becoming more dense as Balmer's gap approaches (3646 Å).
Observation result of the Hα line:
And animation showing the changes in this line:
The Na I doublet was much more difficult to observe, because stars with A spectral type contain very faint lines of this metal:
Animation showing the changes in the sodium doublet:
We received the sodium quartet
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I'm not that I care specifically what it accomplishes, being able to do that is awesome. What an adventure in creative thinking and multiple disciplines of engineering!
Very much looking forward to the launch of the Falcon Heavy with three of the Falcon 9s as the first stage. All three of these are scheduled to be recovered by landings. I know some people remember the serial failures of the Soviet N-1 rocket, which tried to use many engines and could not manage to make it work. My money is on Elon and his team.
ex-PFC Chuck
Off topic, but there are perhaps some WBS aficionados on the committee who will be interested in this "Decoding the Civil War" crowd-sourced project.
When that first stage comes down it is doing so very fast and it looks like it will crash, but it slows down at the end and comes down very gently. It also creates a huge sonic boom. This was the 2nd time it came down on the Cape and it is still rather exciting.
the other day my MIT News feed quoted Musk. They had asked him why he does what he does, with the state of the world in such a muck-up, and he answered (I'm paraphrasing) 'I just want to wake up in the morning and not feel sad.'
I'd really like to see some progress in reducing the amount of redundant junk whizzing around up there,
if I was a low tech nation facing conflict with the USA I'd consider it strategically levelling to smash a few satellites and then let the debris field take out all of the US space command's assets in orbit,
even an accidental collision leading to a cascading spread of damage could make operating orbital technology impossible for decades if not a century or so,
if we lost the ability to operate technology in orbit, either by accident or malice,it would be a major setback for mankind,
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The reusable booster is certainly an exciting development. Another technology with the possibility of transforming the current enormous cost of getting stuff into orbit is being developed in Britain. It is a kind of hybrid jet/rocket engine that aims to get a conventional supersonic airframe from take-off into orbit and to land again - no booster required. It is still at development stage, but would be truly transformational if it works.
Babak Makkinejad
I must observe that US is moving forward while Muslims are murdering one another.
How does one become an imperialist?
God, I could use the sage advice of the Great King right about now.
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Agree. May not be necessary to actually shoot down satellites, as Chinese did in 2007. Not hard to imagine Russians/Chinese/(we?) have dormant 'bomb' satellites that could trigger runaway Kessler syndrome in case of war. Nukes give us terrestrial MAD - this would be the orbital equivalent of the weapon of last resort and as you say, devastating for mankind.
N-1 was in the pre-computer era. Stuff like this is much easier with computers.
Keith Harbaugh
In 1991-93 there was the McDonnell-Douglas Delta Clipper:
I wonder what might have been
if the NASA/DoD/Clinton/Dems team in the mid-1990s
had chosen to pursue this technology.
interesting response, thanks Barbara Ann. I would have maybe focussed too much on the scenario around a possible 'low tech nation' threat. Beyond that, no doubt space junk is an interesting issue.
Will you give us your take on these new developments in Syria?
Is Putin throwing in the towel and agreeing to a "soft partition?"
This is from the Turkish Daily Hurriyet: Four de-escalation zones are slated to be established in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said May 3, claiming that the move would solve 50 percent of the problem in the country.
“A region centered in Idlib, a part of Aleppo near Idlib, the al-Rastan region in Homs, rural Damascus, rural Daraa and rural Quneitra are included” in these zones, Erdoğan said speaking to a group of journalists aboard his plane after flying back from a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Moscow floated the idea for “de-escalation zones” in several areas in Syria during the leaders’ meeting, according to sources.
The president described the plan as a “new concept” and distinct from Turkey’s previous proposals for terror-free safe zones.
You are OT by a long way. I am seeking further information before posting on this but, “A region centered in Idlib, a part of Aleppo near Idlib, the al-Rastan region in Homs, rural Damascus, rural Daraa and rural Quneitra are included” has an ominous sound. these are all jihadi controlled areas. The Turks are, of course, particularly interested in the massive Idlib/West Aleppo pocket because that one contains the AQ controlled jihadis that it supports. That one has direct road access to the Turkish port of Iskenderun in Hatay Province. Through that port the Saudis and other supporters of AQ would be able to supply the Idlib jihadis and provide them with heavy equipment for an eventual break out. Rastan in Homs Province is a long standing jihadi redoubt. Rural Deraa and the Quneitra areas are areas in which Israel supports the jihadis against the Syrian government. At first glsance, such a scheme does indeed seem to be Russia throwing in the towel in pursuit of favor with Trump and a beginning of a process to eventually get Ukraine connected sanctions removed. At the same time it is reported that Russia is increasing its advise and supply mission in Syria. i am not going to write a front page post until I know more about this. pl
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Where I Shop
Always look for a deal.
So I've listed some of the places I personally like to shop. I 100% think you can get some great clothes without spending a lot of money.
1. TJMaxx & Marshalls
I worked at TJMaxx for years in undergrad and they get a lot fo cute things in for usually under $20-25.
2. The Goodwill
If you feel weird about wearing someone else's discarded clothes, just wash them really well. The Goodwill always has some great stuff but you have to be patient. I have found things from LOFT, Vince Camuto, Tobi, American Eagle, and so many more brands for half the cost.
3. The Typical Places
Forever 21, H&M, Charlotte Russe, Etc.
are places that are trendy and a lot of the time inexpensive. I also occasionally shop at
department stores.
You can make it look expensive.
Shopping Tricks & Tips
I love to shop. I believe retail therapy can do wonders. But it may not necessarily be the best thing for your wallet. These are some of the ways I like shop without spending too much money (student loan life).
4. Online Shopping
Shopping my favorite stores online is always a way to save money. You can use promo codes and get freebies too. I never shop Sephora in store.
Zaful, Romwe, Pretty Little Things, & Amazon are great places to find cheap things, granted the quality may not be the best but for the cost I feel
its justified.
Poshmark & Thredup are great places to get new or gently worn things and sell yours!
I personally feel like I can find a lot of things regardless of what store as long I know my style and what I like.
Ebates is a free loyalty membership site that connects people to big name brands, and give you money back for shopping. While this seems too good to be true it actually does work. I've totaled $147 cash back. After you accumulate a certain amount, you can either get a check or receive your cash back on pay-pal.
Add Ebates to your browser to never miss a deal!
They also have the latest promo codes for a lot of sites. (Go check out their Spehora promo codes!)
GET $10 on Ebates when using my link:
Poshmark is an app/online site where you can sell your stuff and buy other peoples stuff. Its like shopping in other peoples closets and boutiques.
Its so easy to take pictures, set your price, and sell. Poshmark handles all the shipping labels and its free to package things as well.
I have bought plenty of things that were new with tags. They have everything from Kate Spade, Gucci, Free People, Forever 21, etc.
Just be sure to talk to whoever you're selling to/buying from. Make sure things are authentic.
Go check out my poshmark closet:
Promo Codes
You know to never shop online without using promo codes these are some of my favorite sites to check for the best promo codes.
1. Ebates
2. RetailMeNot
3. Groupon
4. Coupon Cabin
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What Are the Top AI Trends in the Year 2020?
Trends of artificial intelligence in the year 2020
AI will manage and refine your processes of business:
AI is more accurate and useful information:
Increases in human and AI cooperation:
AI is utilized to make music, games, and films:
More personalization happens in real-time:
A Brief History Of AI
The term “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) is not new. Since ancient times, dreamers, alchemists, artists, sculptors and scientists have been working tirelessly to convert the dream into concrete reality. Perhaps the first step, the Concept of AI, has been the most difficult, and taken the longest, to be frozen. But since this was first introduced in the 1940’s, the progress has been astonishing, and it seemed for a while that we were already at the doorstep. But recent reviews have proved otherwise. This article aims to give an accurate history of artificial intelligence from inception to current times.
The human brain is the most complex machine we know. In fact, our whole concept of Reality stems from the evaluation of our world by this one central organ. But we have been trying to understand how the Brain works from a very ancient time, recognizing that the seat of our power over the Earth, lay in here. The roots can be traced back to the classical philosophers of ancient Greece, among other centers of thinking on earth, such as the Chinese, Egyptians and Indians. It was the efforts by these Greek philosophers to model the mind as a series of symbols which connected to form a cogent system that started the ball rolling. The concept of “Humanoids” as human-like robots who could faithfully and intelligently serve Man without the inherent flaws of Humanity, has been the guide for much research into AI. Machines that can think more or less, like us, are the real goal for AI. Titled “Intelligibility”, this kind of intelligence can be used to explore our ability to learn and reason, to perceive and judge, and finally to execute mental actions and exercises.
First Steps
The series of steps that culminated in the identification, titling and search for AI began in 1308, when Theologian Ramon and Llull the Catalan Poet published ‘Ars generalis ultima’ (The Ultimate General Art), which was a method using mechanical paper based talks about creating new familiarity from concepts from combinations. Following Llull, Mathematician Gottfried Leibniz in 1666 proposed a new Human Thought alphabet. He argued that every ideology is nothing but amalgamation of simpler concepts. In the mean time Science Fiction writers were also trying to conceptualize AI. In 1726, Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ describes a machine he calls The Engine, which can duplicate even the creative efforts of the human mind, and write books on philosophy, mathematics, theology, poetry and so on, without actual human assistance.
George Boole In 1854, created ‘Boolean Logic’ which argued that all logical thinking could be systematized as a set of mathematical equations. Then in Madison Square Garden at an Electrical exhibition in 1898, an extraordinary genius called Nicola Tesla demonstrated (a boat) the foremost radio-controlled vessel in the world. The boat was operational with what Tesla described as ‘A Borrowed Mind’.
Makoto Nishimura in 1929, designed the ‘Gakutensoku’ (‘learn from the laws of nature’, in Japanese), which was the initial robot fabricated in Japan. The facial expressions could be changed, and it also moved its head and hands.
Milestones – From where we are today to where it began
The “Logic Theorist” was one of the earliest AI programs for logic solving, and was written in 1956 to mimic the problem solving ability of the human mind. Tested against the historical “Principia Mathematica”, this program actually proved 38 of the first 52 theorems immediately. It even improved on some of these theorems in the process. For the first time, it was proved that machines could perform tasks that were considered till then to be in the specific domain of intelligent (and gifted) human beings only.
Inductive Thinking came next. Scientists use Inductive Thinking to create Hypothesis to explain the data being examined. In 1965, The Dendral Project was conducted by NASA Scientists to prove that the second feature of AI, “Instrumentality”, could be achieved by machines. The Dendral Project was based on creating a cognitive model which would help the NASA Scientists to identify organic molecules using machine knowledge of Organic Chemistry. AI was used to create a set of algorithms to accomplish molecule identification by inductive reasoning. It was the first time that a logic based set of ‘if/then’ rules were used alongside the cognitive model. This was the first example of an Expert System.
SNARC AI Network Machine
In 1950, the computer genius Allen Turing published ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’, in which his ‘imitation game’ (later called the ‘Turing Test’) was first proposed. Dean Edmunds and Marvin Minsky built (Stochastic Neural Analog Reinforcement Calculator) SNARC In 1951, which was built for network stimulation of Neurons with 3000 vacuum tubes, and was the world’s first Artificial Neural Network.
‘Artificial Intelligence’ was first proposed on August 31st 1955, as was a project for a two month, ten man study of AI. This proposal was submitted by Marvin Minsky, John McCarthy, Nathaniel Rochester & Claude Shannon, from various renowned universities and organizations. The actual workshop took place in 1956 July -August, and is the official birth-date of a new field of Artificial Intelligence.
In 1972, a premature Expert System to identify bacterium was first developed at Stanford University, causing severe infections and recommended suitable antibiotics.
Then in 2011, ‘Watson’, a natural language query answering super computer, based on AI, competes in Jeopardy! and defeats two former world champions.
In March 2016, Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo defeated Go Champion Lee Sedol, again using AI.
The Future of AI
The Future of AI is still not yet as bright as it should be. Despite the massive advances in Machine Learning and Robotics, the challenges for AI remain much the same as it was sixty years ago. The early experiments by cognitive scientists to determine “intelligibility” were done 60 years ago, and have not been bettered. The world of Hal, the sentient computer in Stanley Kubrick’s visionary film ‘2001: Space Odyssey’, is yet to be achieved. … | <urn:uuid:0ace460b-6e63-4857-9f52-809ccfb9a3ac> | http://www.ergo-ling.com/category/machine-learning/ | en | 0.965594 | 0.379757 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
Oct 2, 2014
19 Kids and Patience
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The love I have for my sweet boy is a magical thing. When he sleeps on me during his hardest of teething days, or just wants a cuddle, I can't help but think "this is what it is all about."
I have lists of things to do. I have goals and aspirations. I have dinner to make. I have things to clean. I have errands to run. There is always something to do, but when those moments happen I stop everything, and live right there in them. I sniff baby DC's head. I rub his tiny back. I whisper, "I love you sweet baby," and I try as hard as I can to remember every second of it.
Family and friends often ask when we will have our next little, and sometimes we start to wonder too, but in those moments where it is just DC and I, I can't imagine having to take time away from him just yet. I need him just as much as he needs me, and sure things aren't always magical and lovely in the motherhood career, but when they aren't it is because I am focusing on my lists, and not enough on him. If my day seems hard because my little won't stop crying, I have to place less focus on what I can't do, and more focus on what he needs. I also have to work on my patience, and can we just talk about how that Duggar momma is amazing! She never yells at any of her 19 kids! Ever! I love that show.
If he is crying, something is wrong (not always, but most of the time), and it isn't my job to drill sergeant order him to "stop." It is my job to talk to him, love him, and show him I am his, and he is mine, and that no matter what, he will always have my heart.
Oh dear sweet boy, I do love your cuddles. Stay this little for just a while longer.
1. super cute outfit, love the oversized cowl
2. I love this post. Things have been so hard with my little cutting his eye teeth. I sometimes feel like I am drowning. But when he stops and we just cuddle or he needs a hug it is just the greatest. Thanks for the little reminder of what it's all about :). I need this. Cute outfit btw :) xo
1. Laura,
I always need the reminder. I feel like I always am so "busy," and that's what makes the most precious of this baby stage fly!
Thank you for the love! You rockstar!
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Wired Gets It
I got my latest copy of "Wired" magazine (Nov. 2009), and to my surprise, the front page article is: "Fear" by Amy Wallace. I am surprised, because it is a rather well written article debunking all of the myths associated with childhood vaccines, and their alleged connection to autism. It is rather rare to find an article like that in the mainstream media, which prefers to present "controversy" and misinformation, rather that facts, and scientific point of view.
The article not only presents this rational view (with the help of no other that Paul Offit, the author of "Autism's False Prophets"), but also makes a few well placed, general, skeptical arguments, which help to drive the point, so often missed when dealing with myths and irrational ideas, yet so important in showing why people tend to believe in pseudo-science:
"In 1905, French mathematician and scientist Henri Poincare said that the willingness to embrace pseudo-science flourished because people 'know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether illusion is no more consoling.'"
"Science loses ground to pseudo-science because the latter seems to offer more comfort"
Going back to vaccines, the article drives a few good points:
• Because of vaccines, the childhood diseases are mostly out of our minds, but they are making a comeback, mainly due to the fact that some parents refuse to vaccinate their children.
• Very well known fact among the scientists is that "correlation does not imply causation", but this is one of the main drivers of the anti-vaccine movement, which claims that the increased rate of autism is caused by the expanded vaccine schedule in the developed countries. This "fact", is not true of course: it has been shown that the main cause of climbing autism rates is increased monitoring and expanded definition of the term "autism". As a matter of fact, a very recent study in U.K. has shown that autism rates are uniform across all age groups, which proves that there is no "epidemic".
• While the anti-vaccine movement claims that the doctors and the "big pharma" support vaccines only for their financial gain (not true at all - there is much more money to be made off sick people), there is even bigger business of the alternative therapies growing all over the world. That's were the real profits are, and guess who makes real gains?
• The public really does not appreciate the amount of pain and suffering (and lives) saved by the vaccines in the U.S. and worldwide.
Let's hope this article will make a small dent in the anti-vax propaganda, and maybe a few lives will be saved.
As soon as the current version of the magazine (and this article) is available on line, I'll link to it.
As promised, here is the link to the article: An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All
Also, a short post on the indispensable Science-Based Medicine Blog: An epidemic of fear: The anti-vaccine movement’s war on science
1. Anonymous2:53 PM
On the first page it says that vaccination rates have dropped so low that some childhood diseases are reaching pre-vaccine levels.. (Really, I can't seem to find one study that backs up that statement).
2. Good point, but the article says: "In certain parts of the US...", which narrows it down a bit.
3. I thought it was a very well written and accurate article. I too was surprised as you are right, the press wants (and sometimes breeds) controversy. I am a Mom with a child who is very vulnerable to infections so I appreciate Wired reporting on the truth and unmasking the controversy.
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secrets — Generate secure random numbers for managing secrets
New in version 3.6.
Source code: Lib/
The secrets module is used for generating cryptographically strong random numbers suitable for managing data such as passwords, account authentication, security tokens, and related secrets.
In particular, secrets should be used in preference to the default pseudo-random number generator in the random module, which is designed for modelling and simulation, not security or cryptography.
See also
PEP 506
Random numbers
The secrets module provides access to the most secure source of randomness that your operating system provides.
class secrets.SystemRandom
A class for generating random numbers using the highest-quality sources provided by the operating system. See random.SystemRandom for additional details.
Return a randomly-chosen element from a non-empty sequence.
Return a random int in the range [0, n).
Return an int with k random bits.
Generating tokens
The secrets module provides functions for generating secure tokens, suitable for applications such as password resets, hard-to-guess URLs, and similar.
Return a random byte string containing nbytes number of bytes. If nbytes is None or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.
>>> token_bytes(16)
Return a random text string, in hexadecimal. The string has nbytes random bytes, each byte converted to two hex digits. If nbytes is None or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.
>>> token_hex(16)
Return a random URL-safe text string, containing nbytes random bytes. The text is Base64 encoded, so on average each byte results in approximately 1.3 characters. If nbytes is None or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.
>>> token_urlsafe(16)
How many bytes should tokens use?
To be secure against brute-force attacks, tokens need to have sufficient randomness. Unfortunately, what is considered sufficient will necessarily increase as computers get more powerful and able to make more guesses in a shorter period. As of 2015, it is believed that 32 bytes (256 bits) of randomness is sufficient for the typical use-case expected for the secrets module.
For those who want to manage their own token length, you can explicitly specify how much randomness is used for tokens by giving an int argument to the various token_* functions. That argument is taken as the number of bytes of randomness to use.
Otherwise, if no argument is provided, or if the argument is None, the token_* functions will use a reasonable default instead.
That default is subject to change at any time, including during maintenance releases.
Other functions
secrets.compare_digest(a, b)
Return True if strings a and b are equal, otherwise False, in such a way as to reduce the risk of timing attacks. See hmac.compare_digest() for additional details.
Recipes and best practices
This section shows recipes and best practices for using secrets to manage a basic level of security.
Generate an eight-character alphanumeric password:
import string
import secrets
alphabet = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
password = ''.join(secrets.choice(alphabet) for i in range(8))
Applications should not store passwords in a recoverable format, whether plain text or encrypted. They should be salted and hashed using a cryptographically-strong one-way (irreversible) hash function.
Generate a ten-character alphanumeric password with at least one lowercase character, at least one uppercase character, and at least three digits:
import string
import secrets
alphabet = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
while True:
password = ''.join(secrets.choice(alphabet) for i in range(10))
if (any(c.islower() for c in password)
and any(c.isupper() for c in password)
and sum(c.isdigit() for c in password) >= 3):
Generate an XKCD-style passphrase:
import secrets
# On standard Linux systems, use a convenient dictionary file.
# Other platforms may need to provide their own word-list.
with open('/usr/share/dict/words') as f:
words = [word.strip() for word in f]
password = ' '.join(secrets.choice(words) for i in range(4))
Generate a hard-to-guess temporary URL containing a security token suitable for password recovery applications:
import secrets
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Languages Magazine
Graphing Citations and Grasping Disciplinary Divisions
By Sdlong
A Pareto distribution: the troubling result of Derek Mueller’s distant reading of citations in College Composition and Communication: a “long tail” of citations, a handful of names cited many times but exponentially more names cited only once. Out of 8,035 unique citations, 5,761 were cited once and 986 were cited twice. In other words, 84% of citations in CCC occurred only once or twice in a 25 year period.
Troubling, but unsurprising. Physical and social scientists have long known that power law distributions occur across a wide variety of phenomena, including academic citations (Gupta et al. 2005). That a long tail occurs in a rhet/comp journal simply puts our discipline in the same position as everyone else: a small group of scholarly work has gained a “cumulative advantage” or “preferential attachment” and thus become the core set of classic texts recognized by the field, while most other scholars fail to produce texts that cross the tipping point toward their own preferential attachment. It is usually assumed that this core group of scholars is what unites a discipline. To some extent, the assumption is probably true. However, Mueller is right to ask how far a citation trail can lead away from that core group of scholars before we start questioning just how unified a discipline really is.
When graphing citation counts, it’s not problematic to discover a steep drop between the most cited scholar and the tenth most cited scholar; nor is it problematic that most sources are cited infrequently. The problem is not the long tail. The problem, in CCC’s case, is that the long tail very rapidly approaches a value equal to one. This indicates that any given source in CCC is valuable to the scholar citing it but effectively worthless to everybody else who publishes in the journal. If most citations occurred three, four, five times, even that would suggest a certain unity of purpose—what one scholar has found valuable, several others have found valuable as well, in various issues and various contexts. But when the long tail is mostly comprised of sources cited once and never again? That requires a more robust explanation than a nod toward a core group of scholars can provide. Mueller thus raises the right question:
Although we do not at this time have data from all of the major journals to investigate this fully, the changing shape of the graphed distribution reiterates more emphatically a question only hinted at . . . but one nevertheless crucial to the idea of a common disciplinary domain: How flat can the citation distribution become before it is no longer plausible to speak of a discipline?
To answer Mueller’s call for more data, I have compiled article abstracts from CCC and two other major journals in the field—Rhetoric Society Quarterly and Rhetoric Review. I intend this post to serve as a tentative response to the question posed by Mueller at the end of this quote. The CCC abstracts run from February 2000 (51.3) to September 2011 (63.1), a total of 261 abstracts. The RSQ abstracts run from Winter 2000 (30.1) to Fall 2011 (41.5), a total of 220 abstracts. The RR abstracts run from 2002 (21.3) to 2011 (30.4), a total of 154 abstracts.
Only abstracts, not full articles. However, because only the most important citations appear in abstracts, I think tallying abstract citations offers the best chance to shorten the long tail and partially alleviate the implications of Mueller’s work. It is not a slight to the humanities to point out that articles demand more citations than their arguments actually require: many article citations can be removed without affecting anything vital to an argument. Citations in abstracts, on the other hand, are in most cases central to the argument or study undertaken. If we count only the most important sources in each journal—the ones that surface in abstracts—is the long tail of citation distributions less pronounced? We can expect to discover a long tail. That’s a mathematical inevitability. But if a journal—to say nothing of an entire discipline—is somehow unified, citations in abstracts should have a slightly less extreme power law distribution than citations in the articles themselves. Abstract citations are the “cream of the crop,” those vital enough to make it into the space constraints of the abstract genre: we hope to find fewer citations and therefore a graph that does not drop so precipitously toward x=1.
Methods: Each corpus was uploaded to the Natural Language Toolkit and tagged for part of speech. Then I compiled proper nouns. The proper noun list was larger than but included proper names. I extracted these names—noun forms (e.g. ‘Burke’ or ‘Burke’s) and adjective forms (e.g. ‘Burkean’)—and tracked them across the abstracts. I compiled each unique citation as well as the number of times each was cited in an abstract.
Finding citation names
Finding citation names
Here are spreadsheets with the unique citations and their citation counts in each abstracts corpus: College Composition and Communication. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. Rhetoric Review.
There are 79 unique citations in the CCC abstracts; 159 unique citations in the RSQ abstracts; and 121 unique citations in the RR abstracts. Only six citations occur in both the RSQ and CCC abstracts corpora: Mina Shuaghnessy, Kenneth Burke, John Dewey, Donald Davidson, Peter Elbow, and Mikhail Bakhtin. When factoring in RR, only Kenneth Burke, John Dewey, and Peter Elbow are shared across all three corpora. RR and RSQ share quite a few sources, almost all of which are historical figures—Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Isocrates, and the like. Kenneth Burke is the most frequently cited source in each abstracts corpus: he is cited in 5 separate abstracts in CCC, 17 in RSQ, and 14 in RR. Maybe “rhetoric and composition” should be changed to “Burkean studies.” No surprise—the man has his own journal.
Based on the raw count of unique citations in each journal—on average, less than one per abstract—I think my original suggestion is at least partially correct: counting citations in abstracts controls for the rhetorical demand of articles to cite more sources than necessary. Abstract citations are the stars of the show. Nevertheless, after graphing the citations, Pareto distributions did emerge:
CCC abstract citations
CCC abstract citations
RSQ abstract citations
RSQ abstract citations
RR abstract citations
RR abstract citations
Citations in the CCC abstracts occurred in a slightly more even distribution than citations in CCC articles (c.f., Mueller). But then, there aren’t many citations in this corpus, relative to the RSQ and RR corpora. Among the citations that do appear, none occur in numbers much greater than those occurring in only one abstract. The citation occurring most frequently—Burke—occurs in five abstracts. Does this graph confirm Mueller’s conclusion about a dappled CCC? To some extent, yes. There’s still a long tail, after all . . .
RSQ citations even more obviously display the Pareto distribution discussed in Mueller’s article. The citations occurring most frequently—Burke and Plato—surface in 17 and 14 abstracts, respectively.
The distribution in RR is also uneven, and the drop of the long tail is even more precipitous than the one in RSQ. Burke is cited in 14 abstracts and the next most frequent source, Aristotle, is cited in 5 abstracts.
These graphs indicate that even in article abstracts—where only the most vital sources are invoked—a small canon of core scholars emerges beside an otherwise long, flat, dapple distribution of citations. More divergence and specialization, then—not just in CCC but in RR and RSQ.
I think there’s more to it than disciplinary divergence, however. These long tails can undoubtedly be explained mathematically—the conclusion: they’re inevitable—but in this particular case they might also be explainable in prosaic terms. And I believe this prosaic explanation makes sense of the long tail in a way that salvages a shred of disciplinary unity within each journal:
In RR and RSQ, for example, an obvious citation pattern emerges. Five of the ten most cited sources in the RSQ abstracts are historical figures: Plato, Aristotle, Quintilian, Blair, and Cicero. In RR, the exact same thing: Aristotle, Cicero, Isocrates, Plato, Quintilian. But glancing through the long tail in both citation counts, historical figures continue to emerge, mostly from the Greco-Roman world, but from beyond it, as well. In the CCC long tail, on the other hand, historical figures occur in less frequent numbers, and only two pre-19th century.
Raw numbers for RR and RSQ: 27 (or 22%) of the RR citations are sources from the 17th century or earlier. 26 (or 16%) of RSQ citations are from the same period. Most are Greco-Roman sources, but Confucius, Montaigne, and Averroes are also scattered throughout the long tail. We might conclude, then, that a decently sized community of historians of rhetoric communicate in RSQ and RR (when they’re not communicating in Rhetorica, presumably). Their communication adds to the long tail, but does it signify disciplinary divergence and specialization?
Rather, here is one disciplinary community—historians of rhetoric—mapped out in unity. Its borders extend slightly into CCC but its principal territory lies in RSQ and RR. An obvious outcome, if you’re involved in the field. However, it also helps us make partial sense of that worrying Pareto distribution: not all of the singular citations that constitute the long tail are as disconnected as the graphs lead us to believe. In RSQ and RR, many singular citations could be grouped together: Plutarch, Laertius, Strabo, Aristophanes—these are, at least, not as indicative of a dappled disciplinary identity as, say, St. Paul and Steven Mailloux.
The same point can be made with pedagogy in the CCC abstracts. It is not surprising, of course, that CCC is home to scholars citing pedagogically-inclined sources; however, for a second time, this obvious point helps make sense of the Pareto distribution of citations presented here and in Mueller’s article: Charles Pierce, Mina Shuaghnessy, Melvin Tolson, Les Perelman—each appears only once, scattered throughout the long tail of abstract citations. But each is invoked for its direct relevance to writing pedagogy. Viewed in this way, the flat distribution of citations seems a little less dappled.
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There was a poorly marked speed bump on the way into the mall and I hit it going probably 15mph over the rated speed. It was a small speed bump (not those humps that induces rocking, ~1 feet in diameter) and I do believe that the car bottomed out however none of the underside seems to be damaged.
EDIT: It did sound like the front suspension was completely bottomed out but there was absolutely no damage to the undercarriage/skid plate. The rear ones did not seem to have bottomed out but I was accelerating and my trunk had a lot of boxes so I would assume that the rear wheels would have been more compacted at the time.
What damage could this have incurred? (Model: Acura TSX 2012).
Also, where can we find information about the Acura TSX suspension travel distance etc (google is failing me right now and the manual does not contain this info)?
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1 foot diameter so 6 inches tall ? if so you're unlikely to have damaged anything. (except possibly wheel alignment) – Jasen May 23 '16 at 6:05
• 1 foot as in width. Height ~ 4-5 inches? – user1950278 May 24 '16 at 17:30
• Yep, one of those small ones – user1950278 May 27 '16 at 16:02
• How hard did you headbutt the roof ? :) – Steve Oakes May 30 '16 at 11:29
At most, you may have knocked the alignment out, however you probably didn't damage the suspension otherwise. If the shocks are really old, they can start to leak if you hit the bumpstops hard, however you probably didn't do much to the car if you didn't notice the suspension instantly collapse downwards or make noises/knocks/etc after you went over it.
Needless to say, it's probably not wise to do it again. hahah.
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Your car is designed to take MUCH MUCH more substantial punishment than what you have explained here.
It is very difficult to determine the suspension travel distance of a particular car but be rest assured, since you have a fairly new car this small incident should not be something you should be worried about.
For instance, I have almost done a rally car type jump on one of the monstrous speed humps with 5 passengers on my 2002 small cheap hatchback with everything bottoming out, I pulled aside and checked, everything was good , no damage done.
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It is very possible to damage the struts and shocks on a small vehicle hitting a speed bump. It is more a vehicle weight, speed of impact issue and reaction time of the shock to absorb that energy rather than size of speed bump. I blew 4 MacPherson struts on a Toyota Corolla and the struts were after market replacements (Munroes).
I doubt very much that alignment would affected in any way. In order to affect alignment the lower control arm and or ball joint would have to have subjected to an impact. If she nailed the curbed at the same time she nailed the speed bump..then definitely...otherwise not.
Edit: One the reasons that the front end bottomed out was because of the weight of the engine, transmission, and related components was close to about 400 Lbs plus about half of the weight of the car body. The poor struts and springs are saying "I'm dying over here" as they are trying to compensate for a rapid up and down motion in response to the speed bump. How heavy were the boxes in the trunk?
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There probably isn't a lot to worry about from hitting a speed bump at 15mph over the recommended speed. The shocks are designed to take a beating. Over time they do wear out but since they are still relatively new I would doubt you'd see much damage from a single incident.
The bottom line is that anything and everything on the car could sustain damage from a serious impact. Frames can bend, bolts can break, steel rods can bend etc. To remove all doubt, take a look underneath the car and check for damage, but if you don't spot anything, and the car seems to be driving fine, and you know you didn't scrape the bottom of your car, and the of course if the shocks are still responding well while driving and when you push down on the vehicle, then there is probably nothing to worry about.
Also, to get the specs about the shock travel, your best bet would probably be to call the dealership
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Trichomes are responsible for producing cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis.
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Trichomes (trichs) are at the heart of the cannabis consumers quest. They are the workhorses that produce the medical miracles that cannabis is known for.
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Trichomes are basically tiny chemical factories that cannabis plants create during the flowering process. These factories produce a potent mix of chemicals known as cannabinoids and terpenes.
Most of the 85 cannabinoids found in cannabis are non-psychoactive, meaning they don’t get you high. Yet they do have significant scientific and medical applications that go way beyond getting stoned.
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Terpenes on the other hand are the chemicals responsible for smells. Limonene is the terpene responsible for the smell of lemons while myrcene is what gives mangos their smell. Yet both terpenes along with a slew of others can be produced by trichomes.
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Even though a person may not consciously feel the effects, cannabinoids and terpenes produced in trichs have a synergistic quality. The compounds work with each other to magnify the potency of the others.
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The specific ratio of cannabinoids and terpenes inside of trichs changes as the terpene develops. This makes timing the harvest a critical step of the process.
Trichome care — what to know about aging and handling of the plant.
So how do people know when a trichome is ready? They look for some of the signs of mature trichomes. These signs include a strong odor and a milky color.
As the cannabis plant enters the flowering process, it starts producing vast quantities of trichs. Strong odors will develop as the initially clear trichomes begin their chemical foundries.
Immature trichomes often have high levels of CBD instead of THC. As a trichome matures, it will begin to cloud up and become milky. Once they have matured, THC becomes the most common cannabinoid.
Life for a trichomes doesn’t stop once it hits maturity though. They continue to develop as long as the plant sticks around. Trichomes that have lived past their prime also continue to change color.
As a trichome moves into old age, the color shifts from milky white to dark amber. The color reflects the chemical decomposition of THC. As the trichomes age, they break down THC into CBN.
How do people get the most value from trichomes?
Trichomes are produced during the flowering process of the cannabis plant. Once produced, trichomes develop over several months before being ready to harvest.
Harvesting before trichomes are fully developed will limit the potency of the final product. That makes the best time to harvest the plant at the final stages of the flowering stage.
Even though all plants are able to produce trichs, they don’t all do it evenly. The female plants produce the significantly more than the males, especially when unpollinated.
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Things like ensuring adequate nutrients, preventing pollination, high enough levels of light and preventing pests all contribute to heavy trichome yields. Genetics also play a major role in trichome development.
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Truly, the trichome is the key player in the cannabis game. Without trichs and the chemicals they produce, cannabis would not be cultivated around the world.
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Ab Soul is known for his politically-charged lyrics. He started smoking weed after high school but he’s been an advocate ever since. Weed laws aren’t the only thing Soul wants to shed light on though. In fact, on the video of a single “Huey Knows” from his latest album, he honors political activist Huey P. Newton. Huey P. Newton was the co-founder of the Black Panther Party by repeating his image throughout the video.
As the video plays, images of recent controversies such as Colin Kaepernick, police brutality, and Donald Trump pop-up as well.
This isn’t a new trait for Ab-Soul, he was just as politically aware on his 2012 album “Control System.” On the album, he had a song called “SOPA,” bringing light to the Stop Online Piracy Act which would have violated the constitutional rights of all Americans. Additionally, in his song “Terrorist Threats” he addresses imprisonment through debt.
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Chance The Rapper has never been shy about his pot-use. It’s spoken about in his lyrics, interviews, twitter, etc. He was suspended from High School for smoking weed so it is apparent he has never cared for marijuana laws. He believes weed should be legal but he’s been busy fighting bigger battles. Chance The Rapper did an hour-long lecture on the Art of Activism for the University of Chicago.
From providing the homeless with clothes to launching multiple anti-violence initiatives in Chicago, Chance has wasted no time using his newly gained influence to bring about positive change. The young activist, has never been shy about the violence he sees in his city. It’s painted in his lyrics, tweets, and actions. He has encouraged other residents of Chicago to get out and protest to regain safety in their streets.
Killer Mike
We couldn’t leave Killer Mike off of our list of rap advocates. He’s been asked his political opinion on mainstream media and he had the pleasure of interviewing Bernie Sanders during the presidential election. He also introduced Bernie Sanders at his rally in Mike’s hometown Atlanta.
However, Killer Mike’s activism began well before his endorsement of Sanders.
He’s been on Real Time with Bill Maher, Fox, and CNN. He has been vocal about his views on racial discrimination, drug policy reform, and justice system reform. He’s been an advocate of legal marijuana for a long time. Him and his partner in the Run The Jewels duo El-P are vocal weed advocates.
Snoop Dogg
One of the loudest advocates of legalized marijuana in the rap game is Snoop Dogg. Anytime Snoop spies foul play he’s the first to call people out. He’s chewed out the NFL for not allowing players to smoke weed. Weed isn’t the only thing that Snoop has been active about. Snoop lead a rally in LA with another rap activist “The Game” to reduce tensions between gangs and the police.
Strain Review: Gorilla Glue #4
Gorilla Glue #4 is a delectable hybrid created from a few strains: Chem’s Sister, Chocolate Diesel, and Sour Dubb. Its scent has been described as pungent, earthy, and sour, as is common with many diesel-type strains. Gorilla Glue scored first place in the LA and Michigan 2014 Cannabis Cups, and even in the High Times Jamaican World Cup. Incredibly potent, euphoric, and delightful, it’s no wonder this strain has won so many awards.
Effects boast a relaxation like no other. This hybrid is definitely suitable for getting couch-locked and heavy. It produces a very hard-hitting body high, so travel carefully. Try using it when you can’t sleep, or need to relax and focus on that. Many have described the smell and flavor to be like coffee, or chocolate, with hints of the sourness of lemon zest. Super sticky, dense, resin-coated buds are what to look for, and be sure to store them in an air-tight container. They’re named after glue for a reason!
The smoke is smooth and tasty. Definitely crack a window unless you enjoy overwhelmingly strong strains. Batches that are more sativa dominant may help you get up and go, but I prefer to use this strain on a day of rest. Great for people who have a difficult time concentrating, making themselves stay in one place for extended periods of time, and for meditating.
Excellent pain relief, freedom from anxiety, and a major boost in appetite are all things to look forward to with Gorilla Glue. Its effects are long-lasting without having that dreading feeling of “when will this end?” In my experience, GG#4 has been very calming. It’s given a mood uplift without losing track of time or my awareness and has helped to settle nervousness and anxiety. The pain relief lasted well over 3 hours, a side effect I can never get enough of. I highly recommend this strain for folks with chronic pain and depression. It doesn’t necessarily take away pain, or heal it, but you start to focus on other things, recognize different behavioral patterns to try, and often just forget that you’re even in pain.
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Strain Review: Cheese
When someone describes a weed as being cheesy, I think they mean that thick, sticky, squeak-between-your-teeth sort of feel. Or literally, a very stinky cheese. But in a good way! Some strains have been so ‘cheesy’ that there’s almost a solid fog of it, even before it’s lit. This one however, would obviously take the cake. The original Cheese is so sticky, absolutely covered in cheddar-orange hairs, and definitely potent and dank.
It’s actually a hybrid strain, with its pungency rooted in Skunk #1 (or a similar phenotype). Some breeders have crossed it with Afghani to produce more trichomes and higher grow yields, but all around, Cheese is a classic with world-wide popularity. I’d be surprised to enter a dispensary (or even a state alone) and not find some version of Cheese behind the counter. The high is very uplifting, kicking all traces of a bad mood out the window. The euphoria can be irresistible and very prevalent, which is always a nice thing. Smoke it with friends for an infectiously fun time.
Some folks suffering from cancer have used Cheese with success to treat physical pain, lack of appetite, and severe nausea. In my experience, the smell alone of Cheese can cause some nausea, but that was only the first couple of times being around it. Once you get used to it, the smell can be mouth-watering. Batches erring on the side of sativa could be amazing for helping you get up and go, packing a big meal, and enjoying yourself in the outdoors. Or, try out some new music, a funny movie, or spend some lovely time with your pet enjoying each other’s company.
I’ve never woken up the next morning with a ‘hangover’, so to speak, from smoking this strain. Some can be heavy handed, but not Cheese. I felt a clarity and gentle energy where I could have stayed in bed, but it felt much better to get up and see the morning. If you have trouble getting yourself going, try using Cheese either the night before or having one or two hits during the day. Get those chores done, find the inspiration to tackle a project, or settle into a really good book.
Grape Ape
Strain review: Grape Ape
You can probably imagine what this strain smells like– yes, fruity grapes, like the sugary sweet soda. Also a bit obvious, the nuggets tend to be a rich, deep purple in color and very aromatic. Grape Ape is an indica strain known well for its ability to provide deep relaxation, comfort, and freedom from stress and pain. Though it is hybrid, it tends to be indica-dominant. Its parentage lies in Mendocino Purps, Skunk, and Afghani.
The smoke produced is very thick, sweet-tasting, and doesn’t cause heavy coughing. To really get the right flavor, avoid using butane lighters and stick to either wick or matches. The grape flavor is gentle this way, and neither the smell or taste is overbearing. With a very small amount, effects can last up to 2 hours. That doesn’t seem very long, but I do mean small amount– less than half a gram.
You might experience relief from symptoms of ADD and ADHD, and help getting relief from migraines or other strong pains. One user reports Grape Ape to be a great replacement for coffee! So though it’s an indica strong hybrid, perhaps you can expect to feel energized and able. No more muscle aches and pains, or issue with anxiety, depression, and anger. Try Grape Ape with a group of friends, or by yourself for a study session that keeps you interested and focused.
Without being overpowering, the high creeps in gentle and slow. While some batches may give energy, others may give an unbeatable relaxation and easy sleep. Great for long car trips (where you aren’t the driver), or any other situation where you can afford to kick back and enjoy the ride. Grape Ape may help you to disengage from depressive, cyclical thoughts, or help bring you out of symptoms of PTSD or other similar issues. Try it for decreased or poor appetite, as well as poor sleeping habits. GA may be a little strong for new users, so like I said before, try a really small amount to see how it affects you. Others have found it very mellow. Like with all of these strains, feel free to experiment and find a combination that works best for your needs.
Chemical Makeup
THC: 15-23%
CBD: 0-0.07%
CBN: 0-0.03%
CBG: 0.3-0.7%
THCV: 0.02-0.2%
CBC: 0-0.2%
CBL: 0-0.4%
β-Linalool: 0-0.2%
β-Myrcene: 0.6-1.5%
a-Pinene: 0.06-0.4%
D-Limonene: 0-0.1%
β-Caryophyllene: 0.2-0.6%
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Strain Review: Chemdawg
You might be surprised to learn Chemdawg’s genetics have inspired strains such as Sour Diesel and OG Kush. Its potency is well famed, with the average THC level of 20-25%. The strongest effect has been reported to be full-body relaxation, with long lasting effect. If you’re a grower, the average yield for bud is 25-30 grams per plant, and requires a moderate amount of fertilizer, with a flowering period of roughly 63 days.
Nuggets can be bright, almost acid green, with plenty of the fuzzy orange hairs and glittering trichomes. Other batches, however, have shown as having dark purple leaves throughout. They tend to be dense and a little sticky, but break apart just fine in a grinder.
Some users suggest Chemdawg for strong relief from symptoms of PTSD, or for those who really need a chill day. Try it in a vaporizer for high-impact with less of the skunk-stink combustion would produce. Nerve tension, stress, and depression should all melt away when you try a few hits of Chemdawg. It’s said to be a very smooth ride, with no heavy coughing or instant dry mouth. Some have felt it to unleash the floodgates for emotions, but that’s likely due to its tension-busting abilities. If you’re the type of person who could stand to open up a little, ease the way with this strain.
The smoke produces a very socially charged high, perfect for hanging out with friends or enjoying a nature date with a significant other. It can be head-clearing, so enjoy a space of time free from paranoia and anxiety. Great booster for creative crunches, so light up before tackling a project you’ve been stuck on for a while. A bit on the funnier side, one user reviews Chemdawg, “[this strain] makes me eat like a baby dinosaur… I don’t even chew.” So, grab your favorite snack, settle in, and remember to chew thoroughly (if you can)!
Chemical Makeup
THC: 18-26%
CBD: 0.01-0.1%
CBN: 0-0.05%
CBG: 0.06-1.4%
THCV: 0.05%-0.3%
CBC: 0-0.08%
CBL: 0-0.5%
β-Linalool: 0-0.1%
β-Myrcene: 0.03-0.6%
a-Pinene: 0-0.4%
D-Limonene: 0-0.3%
β-Caryophyllene: 0-0.8%
image: Ry Prichard, The Cannabist
Northern Lights
Strain Review: Northern Lights
Nothern Lights has been mother to quite a number of famous strains, like Super Silver Haze. NL herself is one of the most well-known, oldest indicas in cannabis history. It’s known well for fast and easy growth/flowering, voluminous buds, and the instantly classic, recognizable body high. It was first produced and grown in Holland, in the late 80s.
The effects of Northern Lights can be higher on the psychoactive end. You might feel dreamy, relaxed, and a comfortable laziness that allows you to tell your inner critic to shut up and sit down. Let yourself sink into the lack of muscle pain and tension for once! Use Northern Lights for sleeplessness and stress, and hopefully both troubles will feel far off in the distance.
The scent of Northern Lights is reminiscent of pine needles and fresh dirt, which doesn’t sound great at first but I’ve found it to be a very grounding strain. While I like ones that send me soaring, being able to stay focused and appreciate all aspects of the high are qualities in my preferred strains. On the more extreme end, users have found relief in Northern Lights where they could not with heavy opiates. Plus, cannabis is much safer and non-habit-forming!
Some have found the thought flow with this weed to be ‘effortless.’ I agree– it’s an excellent strain for daydreaming (or more seriously, meditation), and it’s not one of those things where the day just gets away from you without you knowing what happened. I didn’t forget anything when I tried Northern Lights, either. Most strains have the effect of having a great time, and then a sort of tension-memory wipe the next morning. No such thing here! I was able to keep focus and remember all the plans that I was making mentally, the next day. GREAT news for folks that suffer from ADHD and other related neurological disorders.
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What Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is used for
Dozens of years of research indicate many restorative uses for THC.
Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, is often the most desired chemical found in cannabis. It is best known for bringing on the high that weed is known for. As one of the few compounds found in cannabis that is psychoactive, doctors and scientists have discovered many ways to utilize THC.
The extraction of pure Tetrahydrocannabinol was perfected by an Israeli physicist named Raphael Mechoulam. In 1964, Mechoulam separated and blended THC from Lebanese hashish, denoting the start of cannabis research that would prompt to the revelation of various different cannabinoids and how they interact with the body.
While the discoveries have been many and inspiring, they are not without their doubters. The federal government has classified cannabis as a schedule 1 drug meaning it has no medical benefit. This is in addition to the government obtaining patents for the neuro-protective capabilities of cannabis.
Be that as it may, while chemicals like cannabidiol (CBD) have begun to pick up support because of their absence of psychoactivity, many years of research have uncovered various health advantages one of a kind to THC. Here are a few of the most common uses.
Tetrahydrocannabinol relieves some types of pain.
A standout amongst the most common uses of therapeutic weed is for pain treatment. Upon closer examination, evidence has shown that Tetrahydrocannabinol interacts with the central nervous system to prevent the transmission of certain types of pain. Moreover, cannabis has been appeared to be particularly successful against neuropathic agony, or nerve-related pain.
The nerve signals that our brains sense as pain come from special cells with receptors on them. They become activated by temperature, touch, movement, or chemical changes in their environment. Pain signals arise and travel to the brain by one of three main pathways, each of which produces different pain sensations: somatic, visceral, and neuropathic.
There are three types of pain in general.
is the feeling most people recognize when they think about pain: a message sent by receptors located throughout the body whenever injury occurs. Somatic pain signals travel to the brain through nerves bundles and are typically experienced as a constant, dull ache. THC is able to reduce swelling and other contributing factors to somatic pain but in general is not very effective treatment.
occurs when skin or organs in the abdomen become stretched or otherwise disturbed from disease or injury. Pain signals issue from a special class of receptors present in the gut, producing feelings of pressure deep inside the body. Visceral pain can seem to be coming from different parts of the body than its actual source. THC is able to counteract feelings of nausea and many elements of chronic visceral pain.
occurs when the nerves are injured. It is often experienced as a burning sensation that can occur in response to even a gentle touch. Neuropathic pain usually doesn’t respond to narcotic painkillers making it stand out from the other types of pain. Antidepressant or anticonvulsant drugs, along with surgical procedures normally treat this type of pain but THC has also been found to be highly effective.
Cannabis is an excellent plant that has shown surprisingly positive results as a neuropathic treatment. The Tetrahydrocannabinol within that cannabis is able to work on a level that crosses many typical treatment boundaries. Pain treated by THC may be acute or chronic, blindingly intense or mind-numbingly dull. The pain can be momentary or have persisted for days to years.
However long it takes before a patient tries cannabis, it doesn’t take long for them to finally find relief. For acute pain, such as the discomfort that follows surgery, doctors typically prescribe opiates: narcotic drugs derived from, or chemically similar to, opium.
THC is better at dealing with some types of pain than opiates.
During the short-term treatment of intense pain, opiates offer significantly stronger relief for most patients. For chronic pain however, the tables turn in favor of Tetrahydrocannabinol. Treating chronic pain with opiates rarely brings relief.
Chemical dependence also becomes an issue with opiates as usage continues. Cannabinoids like THC have been proven to be non-addictive and highly effective for chronic pain. These differences combine to show that cannabinoids have significant promise in neuroscience and fundamental understandings of pain.
Peripheral nerves that detect pain sensations contain abundant receptors. Many of these receptors are tailor made for cannabinoids. According to research, cannabinoids appear to block peripheral nerve pain in experimental animals. Even more encouraging, some initial studies suggest that opiates and cannabinoids suppress pain differently.
If that is the case, marijuana-based medicines could combine with opiates to boost pain-relieving power while limiting the side effects. There are real hurdles to overcome if the initial Tetrahydrocannabinol research holds up. With the exponential expansion of scientific frontiers in recent decades and the recent deregulation of cannabis in over 26 states, we should have a significantly better understanding in the next decade.
Some people even use Tetrahydrocannabinol to treat PTSD.
Post traumatic stress disorder has only recently been classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) compared to other psychosomatic issues. PTSD is tied to traumatic memories and affects people from every walk of life. Soldiers, doctors, librarians and children can all have PTSD. Finding a safe treatment for so many different demographics is almost impossible.
Discovery of the endocannabinoid system by Dr. Mechoulam made safe treatment of PTSD, along with Parkinson’s and Cerebral Palsy a possibility. Since its discovery in the 1950’s, science has learned that Tetrahydrocannabinol is pharmacologically plastic. By manipulating the endocannabinoid system with THC and other cannabinoids, doctors are able to offer relief to patients that would otherwise have none.
We need more research to discover all that THC has to offer.
With the federal government classifying cannabis as a schedule 1 narcotic, it makes research in America almost impossible. There are some states like Oregon, Washington, California and many others that have taken steps to end Tetrahydrocannabinol prohibition but the fight is far from over.
Scientists can’t study cannabis if government continues to demonize it. As more states join the green revolution, it puts pressure on federal legislators to rethink their stance on legalization. If the community is able to enact declassification of cannabis it will remove the final argument against full legalization.
Once cannabis is removed from the scheduled substance list, we will finally put the whole scientific community to work, not just one Israeli scientist. No disrespect to Isreal, it’s just that cannabis is grown in other places to. We shouldn’t be stopping the Jamaican, American or Ukrainian scientific communities from contributing to THC research.
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THC vs. CBD: What Do They Do?
Have you ever wondered what THC and CBD are?
For those who don’t know, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are potent chemical compounds produced in the trichomes on cannabis flowers. Trichomes are the small mushroom looking structures that sparkle like crystals in the light. Cannabis with a high concentration of THC or CBD is prized over just about anything else.
The states that allow cannabis sales require licensed retailers to prominently display the THC, CBD and possibly several other three letter words for everything with cannabis in it. People are always talking about how potent cannabis has become compared to times past and equating it with the THC and CBD content. This all points to THC and CBD being important, but why?
To start, cannabinoids are a group of compounds that our bodies and plants produce naturally. There are over 85 different cannabinoids identified so far with more just waiting to be catalogued. They are called cannabinoids because when Raphael Mechoulam first identified them back in 1964, they were in the cannabis plants the Israeli doctor was studying.
Science has shown that our own bodies produce and process cannabinoids in immune and nerve cells. Humans are not unique in this ability to process cannabinoids either. The systems needed can be found in many mammals including dogs and cats.
Some animals simply can’t process THC and CBD. Insects like bees and ladybugs don’t have the right systems to be affected by the cannabinoids produced in cannabis. So even if insects or reptiles get covered in cannabinoids, it can’t get them high.
Science is discovering that the connection humans have to cannabis goes down to the molecular level. Continued research into the structure of THC and CBD has revealed that they are structural isomers. Essentially, they have the same basic parts but get arranged in a different way.
How do THC and CBD Work?
Cannabinoids like THC and CBD are able to bond with a special network or system of receptors in our cells. This system is present in most mammals, that is why cats and dogs will respond to cannabis in similar ways as you and I.
The specific receptors responsible for how weed makes us feel are called the CB1 and CB2 receptors. They were named after the different cannabinoids they are specialized to work with. I agree it’s not a very interesting name but being as simple as possible makes for easier science.
This system is called the endo-cannabinoid system. Endo for inside and cannabinoid for the type of chemical they work with. Cannabinoids like THC and CBD activate the receptors by mimicking the neurotransmitters our bodies naturally produce called anandamides. Our bodies can’t tell the difference and accept the imposters without question. Yet each cannabinoid has a unique effect.
• CB1 receptors respond to THC and are responsible for the psychoactive effects of cannabis. They are present in most of the brain and play a role in vital functions like; memory, mood, sleep, appetite and pain sensation. Cancer, insomnia, PSTD, MS, and many more disorders respond positively to CB1 stimulation.
• CB2 receptors respond to CBD and are responsible for the anti-inflammatory effects of cannabis. They are found in immune cells and help reduce inflammation. Since inflammation is an immune response that is believed to be a factor in many diseases and conditions, controlling it can have life altering effects for people.
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How are THC and CBD different?
THC is psychoactive, meaning it affects consciousness. Things like irritability, hunger and pain are all tied to brain function. THC reduces activity in the hippocampus, the part of the brain where memories are formed/stored). It also inhibits the amygdale, the part where the fight or flight instinct is stored/triggered.
If enough THC is added to the hippocampus, it can lead to a build-up of anxiety. Feelings of paranoia often accompany this negative reaction as the brain tries to deal with the elevated levels of cannabinoids. While no deaths have ever been recorded from weed alone, consuming cannabis does lead to reduced activity in certain parts of the brain.
While reducing brain activity is normally a bad thing, trauma and chemical imbalances can lead to hyperactivity in these brain areas. Conditions like PTSD and anxiety are examples where THC is one of the best treatments available. In fact, the VA recently made strides toward incorporating treatments into the framework of our military.
CBD is a totally different beast. It’s non-psychoactive, meaning it doesn’t affect consciousness directly. Yet it has been shown to have many beneficial properties. Things like swelling, decreased blood flow and seizures are all treatable by CBD.
Besides calming muscle spasms, CBD is able to counteract the psychoactive elements of THC. They have a balancing duality and because of their chemical similarities, it only takes a little acid to transition from THC to CBD and back again. Several companies have successfully synthesized cannabinoids already but it appears that the best effects come from natural plant sources.
How do we use THC and CBD?
Given that our bodies are hard-wired to benefit from cannabinoids, how do we get more? The oldest and most reliable way is to smoke some of the cannabinoid-rich trichomes that cover the cannabis flower. Vaporizing, eating and creating topical creams are also common ways to consume cannabinoids.
Modern extraction techniques exist that can produce almost 100% pure THC from raw plant matter. While this is the most potent/efficient way to consume THC, most commercial products range from 60-80%. Part of the reason lower percentage extracts are more common is the high cost of extremely pure THC or CBD comparatively.
Most people today consume cannabis in the form of food or concentrate to treat a malady or illness. Research has shown THC from smoking weed to be a neural-protector and helps slow/prevent Alzheimer’s. Cannabis can also provide relief to people suffering from neural conditions like Parkinson’s and Cerebral palsy. Patients often find more relief from their tremors, seizures and chronic pain than through other treatments.
Cannabinoids also play a part in the success of traditional cancer treatments like chemo therapy by stimulating appetite, relieving depression and reducing pain. While these benefits may seem minor, the increase in quality of life to these patients is measurable. Over time, the body will adapt to elevated cannabinoid levels so monitoring dosing is important.
Higher concentrations of THC and CBD are often needed for treatment of life threatening illness than can be found in raw cannabis. Over the centuries, this problem has been solved by refining the raw flower into concentrates. Products like BHO, PHO, RSO and CO2 extracts are excellent sources of concentrated THC to modern consumers.
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Life Can Exist On Jupiter’s Moon Europa, Say NASA Scientists
Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, might really contain life in its icy oceans, suggests new study published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, in approximate natural colour. The dark lines represent fractures in the crust. Photo credits: NASA/JPL/DLR, via Wikimedia Commons.
Finding life beyond our planet has remained an exciting endeavour. However, it might be considered ironic that humans, instead of caring for the life blooming or suffering here, are aiming at the impossible. But, then, the curiosity and ambition of man cannot be contained on Earth only. So, as much as technology has allowed, scientists have always tried to answer this question: is their life elsewhere in our universe?
One of the potential candidates to host life is one of the 67 moons of Jupiter known as Europa. Because of indications of the presence of deep, salt-rich oceans underneath its icy crust, NASA has described it as “the most likely place to find life in our Solar System today”. The new study focuses on the chemistry of these oceans. The research team has analysed the ocean via methods used to measure the flow of energy and nutrients in systems on Earth. According to the scientists, the chemical composition thereof would bear close resemblance to our oceans. This would mean that Europa oceans would contain hydrogen and oxygen in the ideal proportions such that life could be sustained; this would even be possible in the absence of volcanic activity. Lead author, Steve Vance from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), explains that the cycling of the two gases will fuel ocean chemistry and life that might be present there as it does on our planet.
This conclusion was reached after Vance’s team looked into processes not involving volcanism to find out if they can support the formation of life; volcanic activity is otherwise considered to be a trigger for the development of life. Their resulting calculations based on the passive processes showed that this was very much possible: the oxygen proportion is about 10 times more than hydrogen production, as it is on Earth, and the quantities of the two are comparable on both the Earth and Europa.
Furthermore, hydrogen formation might be similar on the two worlds as well. On our planet, hydrogen is the resulting product of the reaction between seawater and minerals in the cracks of the crust of the Earth. The same thing might be happening on Europa. The latter might be having cracks in its rocky inner layer, and these fractures might be even deeper than ours. This would provide plenty of opportunities for the seawater to seep into them to produce hydrogen.
As for the oxygen formation, it could be brought about by the effect of cosmic radiation on frozen water on the ocean’s surface.
If hydrogen and oxygen are thus present, life might actually not be a far-fetched idea.
To find out more, NASA has a mission scheduled for the next decade to explore the moon. A probe might be sent to glean more data.
It is to be noted that we currently have not confirmed whether the oceans themselves exist. So, this research can only be confirmed if concrete data is found.
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The Blood Moon: A Symbol of Hope
Does the blood moon mean the END OF THE WORLD? The phrase “blood moon” is often popularly thought of like a scene from Roland Emmerich's movie 2012, or worse. This perception comes from prophets of doom who look to the sun, moon, and stars as sources of their prophetic insights. These prophets of doom look for signs of the times: snakes coming out of the wailing wall, red calves being born, shift in the earth's magma river, seismic events in Alaska, increasing tremors at Yellowstone (since it's a super volcano), and even solar and lunar eclipses as their sources for the doom and gloom of the last days. Then the prophets of doom make headlines because they sensationalize these various geological, astrological, etc. events into different codes that need to be deciphered, tetrads to be counted, and blood moons that will change everything as we know it. Does the blood moon (or solar or lunar eclipse) mean the END OF THE WORLD in this manner? In short, no. While the Bible does teach there will be an end to time and the world as we know it, the sensationalized, fear-mongering perspective is not the full meaning that the Bible's apocalyptic literature is trying to convey. Should the blood moon remind us that the story of human history will come to an end? Biblically speaking, yes. To say that the Bible does not teach there will be an end to human history and the world as we know it would be to change the biblical message. The Bible does teach that this world will pass away and be made new. Revelation teaches that it will be a new world existing in a new kind of life and perfection with God. The Bible presents the new world as one that knows no war, [...]
1st Draft of Cover for Revelation
Today has been a good day for The Bridge Bible Project. The website was launched today. AND...I saw the first drafts of the cover for Revelation. They look awesome! For those who may not know, the final editing has been done on Revelation: The Bridge Bible Translation for a while. Yet, there is so much work that goes into revising, finalizing, and prepping a book for release as a self-publisher. Nonetheless, though, it was GREAT to see the cover. It's amazing how one image/cover can really convey. Work on the cover and interior design continue, but I am super excited for the cover and to make Revelation available soon. I believe you will like it!
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Reverse osmosis systems can remove up to 99% of contaminants from your water, however, they can never remove 100% which is the overall goal for reef tank water. That is where deionization (DI) resin comes into play, by taking place as the last "filter" of a RODI system after the membrane. DI resin is ionically charged as either a cation (+) or anion (-) to exchange hydrogen or hydroxide molecules for contaminants like phosphate, silica, nitrate, sulfate, aluminum, iron, calcium, etc allowing you to achieve 0 TDS water for your aquarium and help eliminate any possible water quality issues. You may or may not know that there are multiple types of DI resin available from mixed bed to single bed resins that you can use depending on what the specific goal is for your water and what is in the water after the RO membrane.
Mixed or Single Bed
Single bed DI resins come in many different flavors, but at heart only contain a single cation or anion that makes up the entire media bed. Single bed resins are commonly used in household water softeners and other applications that require either the positive or negative ion to be removed and exchanged for hydrogen or hydroxide ions. The concentration of a single bed lets you focus on specific issues that you may have with your water without wasting extra resin like a mixed bed resins. Mixed bed resins contain both cations and anions in a single bed of media that will remove both positively and negatively charged ions from the water column. Mixed beds are very common in residential RODI system that is used for reef tanks and other types of aquariums since they are easy to use, but when it comes to efficiency and cost savings, single bed systems are the clear winners.
Cation or Anion
Cation = Positive Charge
Anion = Negative Charge
Choosing a single or mixed bed resin can be hard especially if you do not know exactly what is in your water or how a RO membrane will filter it. In most cases, you can use either the cation or anion mixed bed resins but may notice that a TDS meter is showing that the resin is exhausted before the color has changed completely. That is more than likely due to an excess of the opposite type of ion in your water when compared to the color changing dye used in that resin.
Mixed Bed Cation Resin (purple) - Most commonly used after single bed resins to polish any remaining contaminants. It contains both positive and negatively charged ions and will change from purple to amber as the cation resin is depleted. It is also perfect for single canister DI systems that have an excess of positively charged ions like calcium, magnesium, aluminum, ferrous and ferric iron.
Mixed Bed Anion Resin (blue) - The most commonly used resin in single or dual canister RODI systems and contains both negative and positively charged. The anion beads contain a blue color changing indicator that will turn to an amber color when it is exhausted. This resin is excellent for systems that have an excess of negatively charged ions that are not removed by the membrane, like phosphates, nitrates, sulfates, etc.
Single Bed Cation Resin (purple) - Contains only cation beads that focus on removing positively charged ions from the water that passes through it. As the resin becomes depleted it will change from a purple to amber letting you know at a glance when it is depleted. This is most commonly used as the first stage in a single bed DI system.
Single Bed Anion Resin (blue) - Anion resin focuses on removing negatively charged ions and has a blue color changing dye that will change to amber as it becomes depleted. Single bed anion resin is commonly used as the second stage in a single bed DI system.
Long Shelf Life
BulkReefSupply.com takes pride in the proper packing of our DI Resin. DI resin begins depleting when exposed to air. To avoid this, we package all of our DI resin in foil-lined 4mm Mylar bags to prevent exposure to air that may deplete the resin while it is waiting to be used. Our resin can remain packaged this way for 2 years without losing its capacity. Our bulk DI bags are perfect for reefers who process a lot of water or otherwise go through resin quickly. Keep in mind once the seal is opened the resin can start to deplete. Otherwise, purchase the single refill packs for optimal freshness up to two years.
Polymer Structure: Styrene/DVB
Polymer Type: Gel
Functional Group: Sulfonic Acid (Cation) / Trimethylamine (Anion)
Physical Form: Spherical Beads
Ionic Form (as shipped): Hydrogen/Hydroxide
Column capacity: >0.60 meq/mL
Volume Ratio (Cation/Anion): 40/60 percent
Water Retention: 55 to 60 percent
Screen Size Distribution: 16 to 50 (U.S. Mesh)
Resin Color: Purple (Cation) / Amber (Anion)
To get maximum life from your DI resin please takes the following steps
• Ensure optimal operation of your RO membrane. The higher your membranes rejection rate the fewer TDS your product water will contain resulting in longer lasting resin. The best way to keep the membrane rejection rate up is to monitor and change your prefilters appropriately as well as maintain at least 50psi going into the membrane.
• Ensure the resin is packed in the cartridge securely. The resin should be packed very tightly. When squeezed, there should be almost no flex to the cartridge.
• The initial couple minutes of water from your RO membrane will always be high, this is commonly referred to as TDS creep. Diverting the first few minutes of water down the drain can often greatly reduce DI resin consumption.
• Maintain low levels of carbon dioxide in your water supply. Excess carbon dioxide will deplete DI resin quickly. If you are depleting resin quickly and have already: addressed the two options above, excess carbon dioxide is the likely culprit. You have two choices:
• Collect the water coming from your RO system in a large container, add a powerhead or airstone and allow the CO2 to gas off. Then pump the water through your DI resin.
• Skip all that mess and just buy resin in bulk.
Common Contaminants:
Molecule Name Ionic Charge Removed By
Sodium +1 Cation Resin
Calcium +2 Cation Resin
Magnesium +2 Cation Resin
Aluminum +3 Cation Resin
Ferric Iron +2 Cation Resin
Ferrous Iron +3 Cation Resin
Chloride -1 Anion Resin
Bicarbonate -1 Anion Resin
Carbonate -2 Anion Resin
Sulfate -2 Anion Resin
Nitrate -1 Anion Resin
Phosphate -3 Anion Resin
Silcate -4 Anion Resin
DI Cartridge Refill Instructions
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• Emily Win
The Enneagram: An Introduction
Friends, family, and foes who know me well know that I am deeply obsessed with the magic and mysticism that is the Enneagram. Since being introduced to this psychological tool a few years ago, it has completely changed the way I approach professional, romantic, and platonic relationships. Most importantly, it's provided me with honest reflections of my emotional and mental states, helping me grow and understand the intricate facets of my own personality.
For those who aren't familiar, I will try to explain it as best as I can, but I would advise checking out the Enneagram Institute for a thorough understanding of its methodology.
Similar to other personality tests like Myers-Briggs or Strengthsfinder, the Enneagram is a tool that helps people understand their motivations, fears, and relationships to themselves and others. Supposedly, the Enneagram has been orally passed down for centuries, however, there is no research to prove this. It came to Western fruition in the 1960s when Oscar Ichazo began forming a methodology for self-realization. While in South America, he taught this tool/chart/wisdom to a group of American psychologists and writers and, alas, prominent religious groups made it their own, setting off a ripple effect into the rising millennial craze for deeper understanding and connection.
The Enneagram visual aid consists of 9 numbers that correlate to a dominant personality 'type' (see image below). On the Enneagram Institute website, extensive descriptions of these types hash out the core depths of each number (would highly recommend). The 'brief' overview of each description will give you that numbers' basic fears, basic desires, their wings (described below), their motivations, and examples of historical people who might have identified as this number.
Wings are the numbers on either side of your own number. So, a 3 can have a 2 wing or a 4 wing. If a 3 has a 2 wing, they will generally be the ambitious type with a very nurturing edge (the helper). If the 3 has a 4 wing, they will generally possess deep emotional and artistic traits (the artist). Not all people have wings, but it is very common, especially in certain phases of life or outstanding circumstances.
What makes the Enneagram so unique is that it is a dynamic, living tool. Depending on your environment and level of overall health, you might display attitudes or behaviors of other numbers. The Enneagram uses the language of disintegration (stress) and integration (growth) to track this phenomenon. This might be best explained in an example:
If you you are a 3 and you are experiencing challenge, adversity, or having a rough day, your number disintegrates into a 9, so you might notice that you become complacent, resigned, or repressed, which are key struggles of the 9 (the peacemaker). Alternatively, if you're really healthy and having a great day, you might feel cooperative, trusting, and lovable because 3s integrate into a 6 (the loyalist). Your dominant type grounds you so that you may better understand how you change, grow, and adapt throughout life's ups and downs.
Retrieved from the Enneagram Institute
Once you have identified your number, you can read about how your number interacts with other numbers in the circle. We all possess different parts of each number, but some characteristics are stronger than others, leading us to our dominant type. After you get a hunch about which number you might identify with, you can then read into how your type moves, shifts, and interacts with other numbers. However, if you are new, I would suggest sticking to the basics before diving too deep.
The other thing that makes this tool unique is that it isn't a test. Sure, you could pay money and take the test online, but many professionals highly advise against it. The Enneagram was created for self discernment, meaning you will get the most accurate answer by closely reading each description and mulling it over for a few weeks, months, and sometimes years. Your number does not change; you can only further discover and discern what your true number may be. I usually tell people to read the sections about areas of stress and improvement. You will be quick to place yourself into the number that describes all of your positive qualities. Let yourself swallow the more difficult traits of each number and you'll probably get a clearer answer.
Knowing the ins and outs of my number has been an extremely helpful tool in self-improvement and learning where other people are coming from. The Enneagram helps me understand myself and what motivates me on a day-to-day basis. This is particularly useful knowledge when I encounter conflict because it allows me to see my blind spots and helps me understand what might be motivating the other parties involved.
For example, I identify as a 4: The Artist/Individualist. When I lived in an intentional community I would often get extremely frustrated by regular meetings and scheduled events, feeling like I had no time for myself. As I let conflict brew about, I realized that my personal agenda, as a 4, is driven by the need to feel free and expressive. We (the 4s) often feel constrained even by the tiniest bit of structure. Realizing that some of my housemates' motivations were very goal and schedule driven, I backed off and asked for clarity about 'time off' from community-related events so that I could give myself plenty of 'me' time. Furthermore, the Enneagram helped me notice when I was stressed and disintegrated. Often times, I hardly notice that I'm pushed to my limits until I'm already past them. With the knowledge of how 4s respond to stress, I am more able to control my thoughts and emotions (like reciting the mantra, "feelings are not facts"!).
For me, the Enneagram becomes increasingly fascinating when someone wants to explore the dynamics between two numbers. I will admit that I have done this many-a-time in romantic relationships, which can lead to a dark rabbit hole of generalizations and prescriptive projections. However, I find this tool most helpful in navigating day-to-day friendships.
Many of my friends identify as 2s (The Caregiver/Helper). Knowing this, I have learned that in our friendships I tend to overstep emotional boundaries because their deepest desires is to be a part of my life (so, yes, usually they want to hear about every part of my day). However, when 2s are unhealthy or deeply stressed, they throw themselves into other people's lives to distract from their own. Because of this, I've learned to do small things like ask if I can emotionally dump before sending 875,000 paragraphs of shower thoughts (s/o to my many 2 friends who keep me alive). This small act helps me reign in my emotions and helps our friendship by creating space for my 2 friends to equally dump and share.
On a larger level, noticing the number types of people you choose to surround yourself with can also tell you a lot about yourself. I have always been very, very close to many 2s and over the years I've recognized that it's because I yearn for care giving, embracing, generous people. Alternatively, one of the 4s greatest weaknesses is indecision and impracticality. Knowing this, I can choose to surround myself with active types like 1s or 8s, who might motivate me to think in action steps or ground my many fantasies in reality. Hot tip: this is significantly helpful when choosing partners for professional endeavors or creative projects.
As an introductory post, I will spare you all screen time and save the intricacies for another post. In the meantime, I would be more than happy to have a chat with you about number discernment, or how the Enneagram might fit into your life. Feel free to hit me up via email or DMs.
For more information on the Enneagram check out the official website (as linked above).
You can also hit up these IG accounts and podcasts if you're really hungry for emotional wisdom.
The Liturgist Podcast - they have a few great episodes on the spirituality of the Enneagram
Sleeping At Last - podcast and musician - they write songs about each number type
IG: @enneagramandcoffee - an account devoted to the Enneagram IRL. Sometimes they're serious and sometimes they type Jane the Virgin characters . It's also a lovely aesthetic experience.
Peace for now,
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Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron
The movie follows the adventures of a wild and rambunctious mustang stallion who was captured by humans and slowly lost the will to resist trainingas he journeys through the untamed American frontier to return home to his herd.
Genres: AdventureFamilyAnimation
Actors: Matt Damon
Directors: Kelly Asbury Lorna Cook
Country: United States
Duration: 83 min
Quality: HD
Release: 1970
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I'm starting to get ready for my trip, and this week has been a little hectic so far, so I haven't had much time to put into my blog. So I do want to apologize for the boring low-quality content I've been putting out. Last night, Bryon and I bought paddleboards and the evening before that I met a friend for dinner. So needless to say, the week has been a little cray!
As I've mentioned, tomorrow Bryon and I are flying to Calgary tomorrow night to meet my best friend in Banff for my birthday. This weekend is the Canadian long weekend, so we have Monday off. I usually like to travel during long weekends because I get that extra day that I don't have to count toward a vacation day at work. The flight is really not that long, so my carry on bag (not my carry on luggage) isn't as full as it would be if I had an 8+ hours flight. Toronto to Calgary is probably 3.5 hours there and maybe 2.5 on the way back. But I do make sure I pack certain things in my carry on to make travelling more comfortable.
I'm not bring my Louis Vuitton on this trip. While I normally use it as a carry on bag, it's a few years old, and I've noticed a little damage to it and I want to preserve it as long as I can. So I did buy a new bag specifically for travelling and I LOVE it. I bought a Tutilo Boost tote that has compartments and it also comes with a chargeable phone charger (because you never when you're going to get stuck on a plane that doesn't have an USB outlet in the seat. This bag is great, and I will link similar styles below. I got this one because it had a zipper compartment as well as a few other compartments.
Follow the post below to see what I pack in my bag. One thing that is missing is WATER. Once I get through security, I was buy Boxed Water at the YYZ airport. Water is so essential when you are flying. You'll also notice thats there are some pills in my bag...they're allergy pills. Because it's that time of year, and we're going to be hiking a lot so I'm gonna need them.
Photos above: I get super antsy on flights. I love being active, so sitting for long periods of time drives me NUTS. To keep entertained, I bring a book and download a few podcasts. Right now, my coordinator at work let me borrow a book from her (we exchange books all the time) and I've really been getting into it, so I'm excited to get in a few hours of reading on the plane. I'm also listening to the podcast S-Town and you guys need to listen to this one! It's really interesting.
I'm travelling within Canada this time, so I don't actually need to bring my passport, but I usually bring it just in case. Also, Banff is a national park. Canada is turning 150 this year, so there's a lot of really cool events happening within the country this year. One of them being all national parks are open to the public for free with the pass I'm holding. We had to order the pass from the goverment, but we're bringing it with us so we don't have to pay entry fees or parking. Which is a huge bonus since we'll be hiking every day.
I have a fear of losing my luggage and not having my make-up and skin products for days. To defeat this fear, I keep a small bag of essentials. From skin product samples (so I don't take up extra space), to my mini airplane kit, sheet masks, and make-up necessities. I make sure I'm covered in the case that there's ever a reason I'm without my luggage. Keep in mind I also bring a small carry luggage piece that has a few changes of clothes and shoes. We do need to bring our winter boots because spring in The Rockies is basically the tail end of winter, meaning it could snow, and it's likely there is still snow on the ground in some areas. I can't fit them in my little pink hardshell carryon, so Bryon is putting them in a larger suitcase.
Everything is easily organized into the bag and there's still room for water and extra snacks for the flight. I'm not bringing my laptop this trip because I don't want the extra weight.
And that's it! That's generally what I keep on me when I'm travelling. The widget below has some similar items I keep in my bag, along with bags that are similar in style
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Understanding the lineage differentiation of memory T cells is a central question in immunology. We investigated this issue by analysing the expression of the chemokine receptor CCR7, which defines distinct subsets of naive and memory T lymphocytes with different homing and effector capacities and antiviral immune responses to HIV and cytomegalovirus. Ex vivo analysis of the expression of CD45RA and CCR7 antigens, together with in vitro analysis of the cell-division capacity of different memory CD8+ T-cell populations, identified four subsets of HIV- and CMV-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes, and indicated the following lineage differentiation pattern: CD45RA+ CCR7+ --> CD45RA- CCR7+ --> CD45RA- CCR7- --> CD45RA+ CCR7-. Here we demonstrate through analysis of cell division (predominantly restricted to the CCR7+ CD8+ T-cell subsets) that the differentiation of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells is a two-step process characterized initially by a phase of proliferation largely restricted to the CCR7+ CD8+ cell subsets, followed by a phase of functional maturation encompassing the CCR7- CD8+ cell subsets. The distribution of these populations in HIV- and CMV-specific CD8+ T cells showed that the HIV-specific cell pool was predominantly (70%) composed of pre-terminally differentiated CD45RA- CCR7- cells, whereas the CMV-specific cell pool consisted mainly (50%) of the terminally differentiated CD45RA+ CCR7- cells. These results demonstrate a skewed maturation of HIV-specific memory CD8+ T cells during HIV infection.
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Emotional advertising- the new market research
Market research is often considered the very fundamental of anything involved in advertising. We advertise to an audience, therefore understanding what the audience wants and needs is absolutely integral. However, traditional market research as we know it is in decline, with emotional tracking registering decision-making and responses becoming more favourable. Market research of emotion Market research has always been very… | <urn:uuid:730d5add-ffe5-42fc-a543-6c378b3c8423> | https://www.thumped.co.uk/tag/emotional-advertising/ | en | 0.972008 | 0.030536 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
*Note* This part is definitly rated R for nonconsensual sex. There's nothing explicit, but it's obvious what's going on, so be forewarned.
Chapter 4: Retreat and Regroup
Reach down your hand in your pocket
pull out some hope for me
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
and no Lord your hand won't stop it
just keep you trembling
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
-"Long Day," matchbox twenty
[August 27,2001]
I stand in the doorway and watch Leo talk to her softly. He's holding her uncasted hand and gently stroking her fingers. I don't find it terribly unexpected, but I know Sam, at least, was a bit startled at Leo's reaction to all this. I know Leo kind of considers himself as a sort of surrogate father to me, especially since my father's death, but I'm not sure too many other people have recognized that Leo feels fairly paternal towards CJ, too. The President is the more obvious father figure, and truthfully, CJ is not much older than Elizabeth. But CJ won Leo over completely during a campaign stop in Minnesota, despite the fact that she was the subject of a rather heated lecture from Abbey Bartlet (to be fair, Abbey had some harsh words for the rest of us "boys" as well).
Leo had already been impressed by CJ, but Minnesota clinched his complete admiration for her. It was the dead of winter, and we were in International Falls, Minnesota. There was close to three feet of snow on the ground and it was probably close to -60 with the wind chill. I don't think I'll forget CJ's completely dazed look as she got off the bus and faced what she said later was the most snow and the coldest temperatures she'd ever seen in her life. Most of us complained rather loudly about the cold, as I remember, but she didn't say a word about it, and honestly, none of us realized that she probably wasn't prepared for such weather. She probably didn't even *own* a really heavy sweater, or if she did, she certainly didn't have it with her. I saw her about 20 minutes after we arrived in our war room, wearing just about every article of clothing she had in her suitcase. She was running through something with Leo and her teeth were chattering from the cold. He didn't seem to notice, and I already knew enough not to comment. Abbey happened to come in at that point and told me to be sure to dress warmly because it was dangerously cold out before walking over to presumably deliver the same message to Leo and CJ. When she saw CJ, however, she got rather peeved and asked CJ if she had any warmer clothing, which CJ didn't. Abbey then told Leo he was letting CJ go to the nearest shopping center with her and get something warmer to wear before the poor girl died of hypothermia. Leo didn't protest and sent CJ with Abbey. I also happened to witness Abbey's later lecture to Leo about CJ being the girl in the boy's club and the fact that she would probably rather die than speak up when she needed something out of fear of being degraded or ridiculed. Leo actually agreed with Abbey, and later pulled CJ aside and told her, "CJ, when you need something, you tell me. You don't need to prove to us that you're as tough as the boys. We already know you're tougher than we'll ever be."
Amazingly enough, Leo reached her tonight. They took her off the drugs today, and she's more lucid, but not terribly communicative. Kris, the therapist, tried to talk to her, and told us that she wouldn't say a word to her. When Toby sat in on a later session at Kris's request, she still wasn't very responsive. She refused to talk to Sam and wouldn't even see Donna. Leo stood behind my chair as I tried to cajole her into eating some pudding. As I was beginning to get frustrated, Leo finally spoke up. He told her winter was almost over and that spring would be here soon. I was puzzled, since winter's been over for months, but it made CJ look *at* him, instead of through him, and it made her cry. She cried big gasping sobs that made me feel better despite the pain they caused. I had sense enough to retreat to the doorway and let Leo handle her. I think we may be almost home. If he can get through to her, she might be able to accept the help we all so desperately want to give her. One can only hope.
The next night he's over and over and under
And after he's finished she lies there and wonders
Just why does she need him,
and why does she stay here,
And then in the darkness, she'll quietly say, "Dear,
You've never really known.
That when the white flag is flown,
No one, no one, no one has won the war."
-"The Flag", Barenaked Ladies
[July 15, 2001]
"What did you do to your hair?!?" Josh exclaims as I walk into Leo's office.
"What are you talking about?" I ask, resisting the impulse to smooth it down.
"It's like...red. And different," he says, standing up to look at me.
"Yes, Josh, I have red hair. You've known me for what, 4 years now?" I say, sitting down.
"No, CJ, it wasn't red yesterday," Sam comments from his seat on the couch.
Damnit, I swear, I work with the only men in the world who would notice that I changed my hairstyle last night. "Sam. My hair is red. It may not have been as red yesterday, but my hair is always some shade of red." Half true. Sometimes it looks more blonde than red, but that's because I dye it so it looks blonder. Something about being less shocking and less obtrusive. Last night, I decided what with all that's happening, what the hell do I care about being obtrusive. Besides, I don't *want* to look pretty right now. Right now, I'm just focusing on survival, in more ways than one. Not that I can explain this to Sam and Josh, or anyone else for that matter.
"CJ, you changed your hair. It's not that it doesn't look nice, it does," Josh says, attempting to backpedal, "It's just different."
"Well, Josh, you know what? If I knew my hair was going to be a federal case here, I would have written you a memo, ok?" I snap.
"CJ," Leo says in a tone of voice that means I've probably taken a step too far. I turn to find him standing in the doorway to the Oval.
I drop my head into my hands and run my hands through my now shorter, redder hair. "I'm sorry," I say, muffled.
"Nah, I shouldn't be giving you a hard time," Josh replies.
"It's just...everything," I sigh.
"I know," Leo says, sitting down at his desk. "It'll be over soon."
Sam and Josh nod. I pause a moment, before doing the same. God, Lord, if you're listening to me, please don't let this be over today. Not today. Tomorrow would be fine, next week would be even better, just don't prove Adam right. Please don't let any of that be true. Because if it's true, I don't know what I'm going to do.
"Claudia Jean!" Josh calls from his office later that morning.
"What?" I yell back. I'd just get up and go talk to him, but I'm on hold, waiting to talk to someone about the latest polling numbers. We're running, yes, but it remains to be seen what we're going to be able to do with it.
"Wanna go swimming later?" he yelled.
"What?" I ask, not sure what he means.
"I said do you want to go swimming later?" He repeats.
"Josh, come here," I call.
"Can't. I'm on hold," he responds.
I shake my head. I should have guessed. We yell at each other all the time when we both happen to be on hold. "When do you think we're going to have time to go swimming?" I ask.
"Around 7. Sam has a meeting on the Hill until then, I'm going to meet him at the pool," he replies.
"Josh, I don't feel up to a long swim," I say. I already ran this morning for over an hour, it's not like I need another workout.
"It's not going to be long," he calls. "I've got a meeting at 8:30."
"With who?" I ask.
"Don't worry about it," he yells back. I nod, knowing that he means he's going to be talking to his therapist. Which is a good thing if you ask me. I'm not the only one stretched too thin around here.
"Still, Josh," I say.
"Hang on," he calls. I hear him start to talk to the person on the phone and wait. I'm still on hold when he comes into my office five minutes later. "Still on hold?" he asks.
"Yeah, I think they forgot about me," I sigh.
"So, swimming? I know you've probably already worked out, I just want you to come for moral support, more than anything," he admits in an unusual display of emotional candor.
"Moral support?" I ask, wanting to know why he's so gung ho about working out all of a sudden.
"Yeah. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and they said I've gotta start working out regularly. I just don't like working out alone, but if someone's there, I won't quit. Sam said he'd go swimming with me, but he doesn't really like to swim." He shrugged.
"Ah." I nod. "Does Sam know what he's getting into?"
"You mean does he know I've been a swimmer since I was five? No, he doesn't." Josh's eyes are lit up and I know he's looking forward to creaming Sam in the water. He'd consider it payback from the jogging Sam has dragged him on over the years.
I shake my head. "Ok, I guess I ought to come, if only to salvage his ego." I'm not a very good swimmer. I didn't learn to swim at all until I was 15, and I didn't learn to swim at all well until the first year we were in office. That year, when Josh learned that I barely knew how to swim, he decided he should teach me how to do it right. We stopped going after awhile because it was hard to find time where we could both go, and given a choice, I'd rather go running.
"Great!" he says, grinning at me.
"But no comments about me in a swim suit," I say, pointing my pen at him.
"CJ, I would never make disparaging remarks about you in swim attire. I do like the way my face is put together," he tells me.
"Damn straight," I reply.
"CJ? Josh?" Carol knocks softly on my door as she opens it. I look at her expectantly, and she continues, worriedly, "Leo says it's time, and you need to go to the Oval."
I feel the blood draining from my face as I hang up. "If they call back, tell them I'll call again later," I manage.
"Yeah," Carol says, watching us walk down the hall.
An hour later, I am sitting on a couch in the Oval Office with my eyes closed tightly against the pounding in my skull. When Leo said it was time, I assumed he meant it was going to happen within five minutes, maybe fifteen. Apparently not. He had things for everyone else to do but me, since we don't even know if I'll be giving a press conference. For one, we don't know if we'll be permitted to give one right now. Plus, if I'm indicted, there's no way *I'm* giving the press conference. So, I'm sitting here waiting and trying to decide if it's better for me to be indicted or for Adam to be right. Right now, indictment is looking pretty good to me.
I jump as a gentle hand brushes against my back. "Sorry," I hear Sam murmur as he comes around and settles next to me. I still don't open my eyes, but I let him squeeze my arm without pulling away. "You ok?" he asks.
"Yeah," I reply.
"Ok, just checking," he says, as Toby calls him over to look at something. He squeezes my arm again and gets up. I'm inexplicably cold once he's not sitting next to me.
The couch settles again and without opening my eyes, I know Josh has sat down next to me. He doesn't say anything, but reaches around and starts rubbing my neck, gently attempting to smooth out the knots in my shoulders. I feel someone standing over me and tense until Leo says, "CJ? Can you open your eyes for me a minute?"
I manage to blink and focus on Leo, who crouches down so I don't have to crane my neck. He obviously recognizes that my head feels about to explode, judging from the gentleness of his voice. "Sorry."
"Don't worry about it, kiddo. Listen, if we can give a press conference, do you want to be the one to give it?" he asks, and I realize he doesn't know that Toby, Josh and I already discussed this the other night.
"Yeah, unless, you know, I'm indicted," I say quietly.
"God forbid," Josh murmurs and Leo nods. Josh is safe, as are Sam and Toby. Leo and I are the only ones they would hold culpable, for reasons beyond my understanding. Sam tried to explain, but I told him I didn't want to hear it.
"Ok, then." Leo touches my knee and stands up, going over to where Toby and Sam are huddled over a laptop. Josh continues rubbing my back. I look around. The President isn't in the room, and I surmise that he's in his private office with Abbey, since I remember her being in the room when we got here, and she's not here, either.
The phone rings and everyone's attention is suddenly riveted to it. Leo answers it and after a moment, holds it out to the President who has slipped unnoticed into the room with Abbey. The President nods to Leo, who turns the speakerphone on so we can all hear.
"Mr. President, I am making this call as a courtesy. You are invited to come to Congress tomorrow morning to hear my recommendations in person," Gelernter is saying.
"Yes, I understand," the President says. He's holding Abbey's hand tightly. I'm vaguely aware that Josh's arm has tightened around me.
"First of all, the grand jury does not find enough evidence to recommend indictments for Leo McGarry or Claudia Cregg." I feel Josh let out a breath, but I don't feel any relief at all. All I can hear is the blood rushing by my ears and I barely hear that there will be no indictments for the President either. I manage to drag myself back to the present long enough to hear that the grand jury is recommending that Abbey be held over to the AMA for disciplinary action, probably a suspension of her license for some period of time, and that we can't hold a press conference until after the formal presentation tomorrow morning. The President hangs up and the room explodes. I can't move. Adam was right. That means he knew this was coming. That means that his superiors fixed this. That means he can make me do what he wants me to do. Oh my God, what have I stumbled into?
The celebration swirls around me, and no one notices my silence until I try to stand up and feel the blood rush down to my feet. "Whoa, there, sit down, CJ!" Leo says, trying to reach me before I pass out. I don't actually black out, but I don't manage to sit down before I fall. Leo grabs my arm and guides me to the couch before I hit the floor. Abbey is there in the next instant as Leo forces my head down onto my knees.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," I protest. "I just stood up too quickly, that's all."
I feel Abbey's hand on my wrist, and Leo is handing me a bottle of water and Abbey tells me to sip slowly. I sit quietly and let her count my pulse, closing my eyes against the worried stares. "Ok, no harm, no foul," Abbey says, in her most comforting doctor voice. "You're right, you just stood up too fast." She takes my chin in her hand and looks at my face carefully. "But, I'm ordering *all* of you to be out of here by 6:30 tonight. I don't care if you're not done with something, it can all wait until the morning. Everyone in this room needs some rest, and I'm demanding you get it tonight."
"I'm seconding that order," the President says in his sternest voice. "No arguments."
"CJ, honey, why don't you go lie down for a couple of minutes," Abbey says quietly. "Then get some lunch, ok? Take it easy this afternoon, too."
I nod, and let her and Leo help me up. The President nods at Josh who walks me back to my office. "I'm sorry."
"What for?" he asks. "Not a problem, CJ. Tell you what," he says, wrapping an arm around my shoulders as we walk down the hall. "We'll go and mess around at the pool tonight, and then we'll go get dinner, just you and me, how's that sound?"
"Your meeting," I remind him.
"Ok, we'll go get dinner *after* my meeting. It won't take long, I'll have you home in bed by 10, I guarantee it."
"Mmm, all right," I say slowly as I lower myself down onto the couch.
"Ok then. You be ready to go at 6:30 and we'll take off. Now," he said as he draped my blanket over me. "you rest and I'll tell Carol to wake you up in twenty, ok?"
I nod vaguely as my eyes close and I actually fall asleep for the first time in days.
Josh splashes water at me as I stand at the edge of the pool still wrapped up in my towel. "Get in here!" he calls.
I hesitate and shake my head. "I'm cold."
"You won't be once you get in. Come on, get in here," he says in a cajoling manner. The pool is deserted except for the lifeguard, and we're waiting for Sam.
"Mmm," I say, noncommittally, but I bend down and sit on the edge, dangling my feet in the water.
"You're going to get your towel all wet," Josh says, swimming over to lean against the wall next to my legs.
"I guess," I say.
"So just get in," Josh says, tugging gently on my leg.
"Oh, all right," I say, and slip into the water, closing my eyes as I slide under the surface.
"That's better," Josh says as I stand up, spluttering. Swiping my wet hair out of my face, I scowl at him, but he just grins. His grin turns into a frown as I turn to wipe my face on a dry corner of my towel. "Hey, how'd you get that?" he asks.
I twist and see a bruise on my side. I'd hoped it wasn't noticeable, but I guess that was wishful thinking. "I smacked into a chair. Didn't have my glasses on and the phone was ringing," I lie glibly.
"Ouch," he says, accepting the lie.
"Nah, not so much, actually," I shrug and push off the wall to float on my back. Josh swims lazily past me as I stare at the ceiling. Forget about Adam for right now.
My reverie is interrupted by Sam, who jumps into the lane next to me, splashing me without warning. "Sam!" I exclaim, capsizing and uprighting myself.
"Sorry, couldn't resist," he says, grinning.
"Boys," I mutter under my breath as Sam laughs. Josh swims back and starts challenging Sam to a race.
"Come on, Seaborn, you're not chicken, are ya?" I swear, it's a good thing that Josh isn't our speechwriter.
"I'm going clean your clock and you know it," Sam retorts and sometimes I'm not sure why *he's* our speechwriter either.
"Oh, we'll see about that," Josh says, pulling himself out of the water with a smooth practiced motion. "Get your sorry ass up here," he says to Sam. I duck under the lane rope and pull myself up to sit on the edge of the pool. "CJ, you're the ref. Down and back, whatever stroke you want, first person to touch the wall wins," he instructs.
"One hand or two?" I ask.
"Depends on the stroke. Butterfly or breaststroke have to be two handed touches," he says as Sam climbs out of the pool. "You ready?" he asks Sam.
"Let's roll," he replies.
"Ok, CJ, whenever you're ready," Josh says.
"On your mark," I say, and both men step up to the edge of the pool. As I say, "Get set," Josh bends forward into a race start and Sam just rubs his hands together. Poor Spanky doesn't know what he's in for, I muse as I say, "Go!"
Josh is so far ahead of Sam it's not funny. He's about two body lengths ahead of Sam when he turns at the wall. I move back as he slams into the wall and pops up automatically. "Um, I think you win," I say, looking at Sam, who's still about 15 feet away from the wall. Josh just laughs, and we wait for Sam.
"Ok, I concede," Sam says, out of breath. Josh, for all the fact that the man has probably not worked out since his physical therapy ended, isn't even breathing hard.
"Told you," Josh says, ducking into the lane where I'm sitting and pulling me back into the water as he pushes off the wall.
"Somehow, I'm surprised that you didn't know that Josh was on a swim team from the time he was 6," I say to Sam.
"You were?" Sam asks, surprised.
"Yup. Did summer swim team until I went to college. I did year round swimming too, from the time I was 10 until I was 15. I could have made the team at Harvard, but I hadn't done varsity swimming and it was too hard to get on the team if you hadn't," he says, flipping against the wall and swimming for the far wall at a pretty good clip. Sam just shook his head and pushed off after him. I just smiled and returned to my previously interrupted back floating.
I was so relieved when my apartment was empty when I came home. I had just collapsed in my bed, too tired to sleep when I heard the click of a key in the lock. Swallowing fear, I manage to lie still as I hear him walk through the apartment. Maybe if I look asleep he won't do anything tonight.
"So, Claudia. What do you think now?" Don't answer, don't answer, but I know my shivering has given me away. He knows I know he's there. He bends over and I feel his hot breath on my neck as he rolls me over and looks at me. Please no, I can't respond tonight. I'm so very tired, all I want to do is sleep. It's worse if I don't respond for him, so I try to imagine his hands are someone else's- anyone else's- but I'm too exhausted to fantasize. Maybe tonight he'll just have his way with me without demanding anything from me.
His hands start moving down my body as he presses himself up against me. I close my eyes and let him roam, feeling slightly sick at my unquestioned submission. He whispers in my ear, but I don't hear him. I manage to detach myself as he starts to slide his hand down the waistband of my underwear.
Contrary to popular belief, I haven't slept with all that many men. The exact number, not counting this, is five. I've heard it whispered in nastier circles that the number is three or four times as high. I will admit to having gone out on dates with maybe 20 people, but I did *not* have sex with all of them. Let's just say I'm pretty good at foreplay and leave it at that. But for an unmarried 35 year old woman, five is not that many. And with one exception, I was in a relationship that lasted more than six months with each of these men. The exception, of course, is Tad Whitney. Tad, however, was not my first jerk. No, that honor goes to Rick Gage, the only other relationship that lasted less than a year.
The first was Jamie Miller, a guy I met when I first got to Berkeley. And if things had been just slightly different, I probably would have married him. We knew each other for almost 4 months before we "got it on", so to speak. Neither of us had ever slept with anyone, and I remember it being rough and awkward. I barely had any idea of what to do with him, and he didn't have much more of a clue. After awhile, it became not unpleasant, but I was very young for 17, and probably too young to have been in college, and so I didn't know any better. We were together for two and a half years, and those two and a half years were probably just about the happiest of my life. Certainly they had been the happiest up to that point. Then, I got pregnant (how, I'm still not sure. We had been very careful.) and when I lost the baby we never could get it back together. I haven't talked to him since I was 21 and he left to join the Peace Corps.
Then came Rick, during grad school, shortly after I met Toby. I started going out with Rick for one simple reason: he was nothing like Jamie. I hadn't dated much after Jamie and I broke up, at first because I was so hurt, and then because I was just too busy. Where Jamie was a great guy, a real stand-up guy, Rick was quite simply an ass. It fit well with me at that point, because I didn't want to be a good girl for awhile. We went out for about six months, until Grace finally convinced me I deserved better. Rick served his purpose, better than he probably knows.
Not terribly long after Rick and I broke up, Grace and Jack died. Toby came out for the funeral and I went back to New York with him because he didn't want me to be alone. In New York, I met Christian, who came back to California with me. I'm not sure Toby or Andi approved, but they didn't stop me. And at that time, Christian was just the right guy- ready to play whenever, willing to let me lean on him, but not wanting anything permanent, which was good, considering how much traveling I did for EMILY'S List at that time. It was a nicer relationship than I expected, and we were both ready to move on after a year. I have no regrets about Christian, believe me- he's probably the one who started the whole good in bed thing.
Ah, the infamous Tad Whitney. I hated LA, but that's where I was sent, and so I went. And so Tad found me. I've heard tell that he chatted me up at a fundraiser because he thought I would be an easy lay. I was harder than he thought, but he did manage to get me into bed. And then he left. It was short, it wasn't anything spectacular, and I could have lived my whole life without seeing him again, let alone interview him for a job where he'd have to spend quite a bit of time with me. And I *really* could have lived without the whole Kennedy Center encounter.
The last guy I slept with, until now- which I'm not counting by the way- was Jeff Gamble. Oh, God, Jeff was almost perfect. I was with him for eighteen months, and if he'd been willing to give me about three more years, I might have married him. Andrea refers to him as the fisherman who didn't know how to play the line. He wasn't willing to wait as long as I needed, and therefore, I ran. Plain and simple. Toby asked me, just once, when we were both drunk, why I chose the *nice* one to run away from. I told him I'd run from all of them, and surprised myself by bursting into tears (I was extremely drunk. It was the only time he's ever had to put me to bed).
Oh, thank heaven, he's done. I feel him get up off the bed and I lie motionless as he dresses and gets ready to leave. "Now, Claudia, you have a decision to make," he says, leaning over to pin my wrists to the bed. "You know what's at stake here. It's a simple yes or no answer, but I'm feeling generous right now, so I'll give you until dawn. You better have an answer when I call or you'll pay for the extra time," he says. I don't respond, and he stares at me a minute more before releasing my wrists and leaving the room.
I wait for the front door to shut before moving. I walk to the door and make sure it's locked. Then I go into the bathroom and start running the shower. Mechanically, but gently, I start soaping my hair. The first two times I cried. The third time, I cursed, angry. Now, I've lost count, and I just feel empty as I carefully scrub the rest of me down. As soon as all the soap has been washed away, I start again with my hair, again with the body wash.
At dawn, I'm sitting on the doorstep to my apartment building, hair still wet from the shower. When he calls, I simply answer yes, and am off running before I even press the off key on my phone.
Today didn't have to be this way
Tomorrow is another day
Another chance to make things right
A chance to make sense of last night
"Tomorrow is another day," mxpx
[August 20, 2001]
Walking into his office, Toby found Sam sitting on the floor by his desk. "Sam? Why are you on the floor?"
Sam looked up, tiredly. "Too much effort to walk over to the chair."
"The couch is right by the door, you know," Toby said, dryly, but he sat down on the floor next to Sam anyway.
"Yeah." Sam didn't say anything for a moment. "Leo just called, they got the guy."
"They caught the son of a bitch?" Toby asked. Sam nodded. "Thank God."
"Yeah." Sam thunked his head back against the desk.
"You ok?" Toby asked, knowing it was a stupid question.
Sam was silent for a long moment before saying, "You know, I've never realized how difficult it was to be the one holding down the fort."
Toby regarded Sam as he ran through the events of the long night in his head. "You don't have to be as good at it as she is. Actually, I think we'd prefer it if you weren't. If you'll remember, that's part of why she's...we're in this mess."
Sam took a shaky breath. "Yeah."
"She's awake, you know," Toby said, suddenly realizing that Sam might not know that yet.
"She is?!" Sam said, confirming Toby's suspicion.
"Yes. She's drugged to the teeth, but she is awake," he replied. "I'm sorry no one told you."
"No, it's fine. I'm just glad she woke up. Did she say anything about what happened?" he asked.
"Carol didn't say she did, but I don't think so. Apparently, she was combative, so they sedated her right away," Toby explained.
"So, she wakes up, and they send her right back to sleep." Toby nodded and Sam sighed. "But they got the guy, so maybe the police will find out what happened soon," Sam finished.
"Maybe." They sat silently until Ainsley knocked on the door.
"Hey Ainsley," Sam said softly.
"Hey Sam," she said, walking over and putting her hand on his head. He reached up and kissed it.
"They got the guy," he told her.
"I know. Leo just told me. He wanted me to make sure you and Toby got something to eat if you won't sleep," she said, brushing back his hair.
"Then I suppose we'd better find food," Toby said, pulling himself up with the help of the nearby chair.
Sam stayed seated for another moment until Ainsley bent down and pulled on his hand. "Come on."
They walked down to the mess, which was still closed. Toby told Sam and Ainsley to sit at a table, as he went to raid the kitchen. He made sure to make some noise coming back to the table, more out of habit than out of any real belief that they would be into something. When he reached the table, Sam looked away and quickly wiped his eyes. Ainsley leaned close to him and said something softly that made him nod and get up from the table. Toby watched him go, and raised his eyebrows at Ainsley.
"He's gonna wash up a minute. He'll be right back," she said blandly as she took a cup of coffee from him.
"Ah." Toby figured it would be better not to comment, and buttered the roll he'd found.
Ainsley regarded him a moment, then asked, "Did Congresswoman Wyatt know anything?"
"Nothing more than we knew. She hadn't spoken to CJ in a couple months," Toby sighed. Andrea had been very upset when he'd told her what was going on. It had taken the better part of an hour to calm her down enough for him to feel comfortable leaving her. He knew Andrea felt guilty about not keeping in closer contact with CJ, but he knew that she had the mistaken notion that CJ didn't want her to. The opposite was true, but CJ didn't know how to go about doing anything about it. For all her talents, Toby thought, CJ may well be the most socially inept of us all.
Sam returned presently, and accepted a cup of coffee. "So, what happens next?" he asked.
"Other than waiting for something to happen? I don't know. I guess we should talk to Leo," Toby said.
"Probably," Sam said, eating a sweet roll.
"Well, let's finish eating first," Ainsley said, eliciting a small smile from Sam.
"Of course," he said to her.
"Leo?" Sam asked, knocking gently on his door.
Leo looked up from his desk and saw Sam, Ainsley and Toby standing in the doorway. "Come on in," he said, taking his glasses off. "Did you eat?"
Toby nodded. "Any news?"
"Not so far. The police said they'd call once they finished with Cardington, but not to expect a call until after 6." Everyone instinctively glanced at their watches. It was only 4:30. "So, it's going to be awhile," Leo sighed.
"And from Josh?" Sam asked.
"He called a few minutes ago to let me know that Carol is coming back here after she finishes her breakfast, and that he or Donna will probably be here by 7. There's no change in CJ's condition, and right now she's so drugged she barely knows her own name, let alone what happened to her." They all nodded.
"So what happens now," Sam asked again.
"Now? Well, now we all get changed, or get cleaned up, or whatever needs to happen to be ready for the day. All we can do right now is wait for the police to call, and as cold as it sounds, we might as well be productive while we wait," Leo sighed.
"It's not cold, Leo," Sam said softly. "CJ would be the first to be doing something."
"Very true," Toby said, agreeing.
"Well, then, we'd best get doing something," Leo said quietly. "I will let you all know if I hear anything new."
"If *anyone* hears anything new, we should definitely relay that," Sam said.
"Of course," Leo said.
"Then let's get on with it," Toby said softly as he turned to leave.
"Senior staff at 7," Leo said as they left. Sam waved to let him know he'd been heard, and he sat down heavily at his desk again to stare blankly at the paperwork in front of him.
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Haunted by the feeling that simply to be human is to be guilty.
Do you, or your kids, get surprised when you see a wild animal; except squirrels in a park or pigeons on the street? How many butterflies did you see last summer? When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Does anyone you know have skin cancer? Have the trees in your neighborhood always looked so sad? Where are all the birds? And frogs? Has the stream you played by as a kid dried up? Are there no fish left in the lake up north?
Think about it. I mean, really think about it.
Our lungs aren't designed to withstand and fight polluted air every day. Our eyes aren't just windows made for us to peer out at different screens all day. Our hands are meant for more than typing on a keyboard and pressing buttons all day. We need to start thinking about the future, and act accordingly. Actually see the extreme warning signs nature is hurling at us, take responsibility, and do something. Don't ignore your instincts. The simple truth is that rising temperatures doesn't just impact your electricity bill because you need more air condition during summer. It kills wild life.
Do you care?
- From Carbon capture by Jonathan Franzen
Are you happy?
Meaning in life isn't money, promotions, town houses, designer clothes, two cars. Meaning is love, and happiness. To breathe fresh air, make love, turn the world into a better place, grow, understand, hurt and heal. Not obliterate the very reason for our existence.
So, why are we destroying what gives life meaning? Why are we killing the one planet that can sustain life itself?
Take a step back, and see the big picture. It's pretty fucked up.
Some days I feel like we, the human race, are the worst thing that has ever happened to earth. Worse than the five big extinctions. We're like an infection that won't go away. A deadly virus. And it makes me so sad. I feel responsible, guilty, angry. And very lonely. Do you ever feel like that?
Some damages are irreversible. Some species are lost forever. But it's not too late to change our history. It's not too late to make sure generations after ours will have clean air to breathe, water to drink, food to eat.
Are you wondering what you can actually do right now? Here are 50 ways to help the planet! You don't have to become a vegan to act responsibly, or live in a hut made from recycled wine bottles. The small stuff matters. If we all just do a little more, change a little bit and think further ahead - we can actually make a difference. Please, care.
Title quote by Jonathan Franzen
1. I've actually just written a post about why I'll be voting 'Green' in the forthcoming UK elections, so this post really resonated. REALLY resonated.
1. Thank you so much for reading, Rosalind. Heading over to read your post on the subject right now :)
2. I do. I have always been of the opinion that human race is the worst possible type of disease, and mother nature commited an attrocity when it created mankind. So I try to make a difference in the small things I can control, and try to teach my son. Hope I am being successful. Thanks for this post, Barbro.
1. Thank you very much, Miranda, for reading and for your comment. We all need to care more. Truly. It's in our best interest <3
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Så viktig! Skulle ønske flere tenkte over det, vi holder faktisk på å ødelegge denne fine kloden.
4. I often experience the horrific loneliness and guilt you described watching my fellow humans and their destructive ways. It's terribly tragic, the sense of helplessness most of all. If we each continue sharing and voicing, as you have so eloquently done, what wonders can happen then? Hope sustains us all. Thank you for sharing.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
The Idiots Are Winning
A couple years ago I watched the movie Idiocracy for the first time. Here's my analysis from an old Roundup:
I've bolded the reasons why this movie has been on my mind the past few months. It took me a while to figure out whether I liked it; to decide whether it was just stupid lowbrow comedy or brilliant satire. Over time, I've come to see it as the latter. Sure, it's over-the-top, but there are some indications that we aren't that far off from a similar reality.
I want to lift up two books that I've read this year that have been on my mind for similar reasons. The first is Idiot America by Charles Pierce, which looks into the reasoning (or lack thereof) behind recent major events such as the Iraq war and the outcry over Terry Schiavo. In each of these cases, Pierce argues, people go to great lengths to denounce or marginalize experts in order to come to pre-conceived conclusions and pursue political goals.
Sometimes, like with Terry Schiavo, the public's anger gets whipped up regardless of what those who have actually examined the matter closely have to say. In those cases, it doesn't matter because I'm ANGRY AND CONVINCED, DAMMIT! STOP IT WITH YOUR SORCERER'S WAYS!! Ultimately, Pierce argues that we are becoming a society increasingly governed by emotion rather than calm reasoning, in no small part because the people who actually know something about the subject are deemed "elitists." It's what I feel that matters, which is based on intellectual laziness and reactionary thinking, if any thinking at all. No, we'll let politicians, pundits, and the media think for us.
The other book that has been on my mind ever since I read it is Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza, which is her personal account of surviving the Rwandan genocide. First off, I'm going to go ahead and send up a cry for help here, because I really think that I need to process this book with somebody. It's been over a month, and not a day has gone by without me thinking about it. I cannot fathom how human beings can treat one another like this, and it has caused no small amount of concern within me for those for whom this is a daily reality, as well as whether something like this could ever happen in the United States.
Ilibagiza tells of how first Rwanda's European occupiers and later higher-ups in her own government were able to rile up fellow citizens, including friends and neighbors, to take up machetes and guns and kill their own people. She repeatedly mentions the frenzy in their eyes, the chants that they yell, the affects of alcohol and drug use that perhaps emboldened them to carry out the government's wishes. All of this based on made-up differences and designations that people bought into in the name of ethnic purity and loyalty to country.
If you can't yet see the parallels to current events, I'll go ahead and spell them out.
There's a guy in Florida named Terry Jones. He's pastor of a church called Dove World Outreach Center. You've probably heard of him, because he'd announced a plan to have a Qu'ran burning on September 11th. This sparked statements of outrage and condemnation from all over the world, including from Muslim countries, President Obama, General Patraeus, the Pope, and the National Council of Churches, among so many others. Jones proclaimed that Islam is of the devil and the Qu'ran is an evil book, and thus must be burned. It was pointed out to him how disrespectful such an event would be, how anti-Christian it would be, and how horrible an effect it would have both on the United States' reputation and on the lives of Americans in other countries.
Jones' eventual response? "Well, I'll pray about it, and if they decide to move the Ground Zero mosque, we won't do it." That's paraphrased, but it's the basic reason that he gave.
Okay, let's dissect this statement. The gist here is that if God provides this very specific "sign," which also happens to be something I want to happen besides, I won't carry on with an act that will cause an international shitstorm. I'll ignore all the reasoning provided by world political and religious leaders, and base my decision on whether God gives me this sign. What if the provided reasoning based on our God-given ability to think is the sign?! Why do you need God to do divine jumping jacks and fulfill your preconceived desire? It hardly ever works like that. Read your Bible to find out more.
The Daily Show showed a clip of him being interviewed by Soledad O'Brien, where he had the gall to suggest that moderate Muslims should be supportive of his burning the Qu'ran. She flat out said that that notion was silly. The man has little to no understanding of Islam, but such an understanding matters little to people unwilling to use reason to begin with.
Fortunately, Jones was eventually talked out of going through with his plans. According to this article in the Wall Street Journal, a spiritual advisor was finally able to convince him of the good rational reasons not to do it. Unfortunately, it also contains this nugget:
Pastor Jones, dressed in a dark suit, said at a press conference Friday that he had never read the book he intended to burn. "I have never read the Quran," he said. His opposition to the book, he said, was rooted in his belief that it doesn't contain the truths of the Bible.
Again, there is no understanding of Islam shown here. In fact, he outright admits that he has none. Instead, there was only ever an emotion-based, knee-jerk reaction that he and his supporters thought was good enough.
Speaking of the so-called "Ground Zero mosque," it is neither at Ground Zero nor a mosque. It is planned to be over two blocks away from Ground Zero (a radius that already includes sanctifying edifices such as strip clubs and fast food restaurants), and will actually be a community center that will have a Muslim prayer space but will be open to groups and activities of multiple faiths. Read the Who We Are section on their website. Yeah, these guys sound awful.
The reasoning being used against it? First off, it will tarnish sacred ground. Again: strip clubs. Second, a mosque that close to Ground Zero will tarnish the memory of 9/11 victims. As it turns out, there's already a mosque close by. Finally comes the blanket belief that all Muslims are terrorists. The group planning this center are of the Sufi strand of Islam, which is very mystical and tolerant. The group planning the center wish, among other things, to bridge and heal relations between Muslims and the West. They are a far cry from the Islamists who carried out the 9/11 attacks. But nobody wants to learn enough in order to make the distinction. All Muslims are terrorists, I'm already ANGRY, and I can't be bothered to look into it more than that.
Hopefully you can already see where Idiocracy and Idiot America apply in each of these scenarios. People's emotions are being whipped up with hardly any appeal to reason, facts, or potential implications. An entire religion is being demonized with hardly any understanding of or desire to understand Islam's basic tenets nor its various strands.
And with all of this based in feelings of anger, resentment, and fear, without any signs that people who've been taken in by emotion related to these issues may ever appeal to calm reasoning or evaluative decision-making, how far off are we from a scenario like Left to Tell? Is it really that extreme of a question? Rwandans were induced to violence on fellow citizens based on these same things.
More than ever, I am incredibly fearful that the idiots are winning. God help us all.
Anonymous said...
Great post. I was on the fence about Idiocracy when I first saw it too, but there are definitiely times when it strikes a bit too close to the world around us. This is one of those times.
It's frightening that in the "information age" so many people disregard logic and meaningful thought as "elitist" and instead act on pure emotion rooted heavily in their own ignorance of the subject matter at hand.
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This was a great post.
I'd say a lot of the reason people are so emotional these days correlates to their needing to have the answers handed to them. People aren't so interested in figuring things out for themselves anymore and it's extremely detrimental to the individual as well as our society as a whole. Were people to take responsibility for finding their answers, perhaps, like Mr. Jones, they would know a little more about the issues they are screaming about, and would be able to avoid the irrational outburst altogether.
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Sal island is probably the most popular tourist destination of the Cape Verde islands, but has not been ruined by mass tourism. The island is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde (the windwards islands), and has been named after its large salt production which shaped the island and the local life and economy in the 19thcentury (Sal literally translates into salt in Portuguese). Nowadays, Sal is much more than salt, and the island has a lot of hidden treasures to offer you.
SANTA MARIA is a bubbly and colorful village on the southern coast of the island, and is the main tourist spot of the island. Prices are high due to tourism, but the surroundings are beautiful. Several kilometers of sandy beach and turquoise water providing good waves for surfers, perfect conditions for kitesurfers, and the warm Atlantic Ocean for the rest of us.
Santa Maria offers a great variety of culinary experiences, but one of the more local ones can be found on Café Crioulo, a small “diner”. Here, you can enjoy the Cape Verdean national meal, catchupa, a bean stew served with a fried egg and linguica (a spicy sausage).
ESPARGOS is the administrative capital of the island and offers an insight into a more authentic Capeverdean life. Explore the streets and shops of Espargos, enjoy the buzzing atmosphere, and take your time for a coffee on the main square. Espargos also offers the most important viewpoint of the island; a hill from which you can oversee the entire island. To go to Espargos, you can take a aluguer from Santa Maria to 100 CVE per person.
PALMEIRA is a small fishing village in the northwestern part of the island, and home to the main port of Sal. Although a small village, you still find a variety of restaurants that all serve freshly caught, and delicious, seafood. Take a stroll and admire the beautiful coloured house facades, and the calm village life with playing children and sleeping dogs in the streets.
Go to the local sports club for a cold kriola beer (locally produced beer) and some fried moreiras (moray eels), a famous, local snack. To go to Palmeira, take aluguer from Santa Maria to Espargos (100 CVE) and switch aluguer in Espargos to Palmeira (50CVE).
PEDRA DE LUMEthe salt mines of Sal is one of Sal’s major attractions. The mines are located in a small ghost town village on the east coast of Sal, approximately 5 km from Espargos. The villages has gone from being one of the richest villages due to the popular salt production to be an almost abandoned places left in history. It costs 5 Euro to enter the salt mines, but it’s all worth it.
Go explore the Salinas (the salt fields), admire the old lifting system, and go float in the salty water, which is said to be good for the skin! It’s quite easy to get to Pedra de Lume - almost all tour operators offer trips to the salt mines, but if you prefer to go on your own, you can either rent a car, scooter or a quadbike in Santa Maria and go explore the island, or take an aluguer to Espargos and a taxi from there.
BURACONA- “the blue eye” of Sal is one of Sal’s natural attractions. Buracona is basically natural pools formed by the ocean into the lava rocks. The place is very popular amongst the locals, as the natural pools are perfect for a swim. “The blue eye”is a beautiful underwater cage which turns magic blue and turquoise by the sunlight - it’s simply amazing!!! Preferably go there while the sun is at its highest, but there is no guarantee that you will witness the phenomenon. It costs 3 Euro to enter, but you can spend the entire day there (there are both showers and a restaurant in the area).
SHARKS BAY is a bay on the eastern coast of the island, and is named after the local inhabitants of the sea; lemon sharks. I admit it, I’m afraid of sharks, but I still dared myself to go visit Sharks Bay. Rent some plastic shoes of the local guys working at the bay (1 euro), and enter the sea until the water reaches your knees. Stand still, inhale, exhale, and be amazed by the sight of shark fins in the sea just in front of you. I was lucky to see 20 sharks (!) during my visit.
CAIPIRINHAS AND SUNSET is a match made in heaven! In Santa Maria, just a small walk from the pier, you'll find the Brazilian ‘quiosque’ “Óla” - a little bar - on the beach that serves the best (without a doubt!) caipirinhas on Sal for only 4 Euros. Enjoy your caipirinha while the sun sets and the life on the beach closes down for the day.
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SEO How-to, Part 5: Analyzing Keyword Data
Keyword research is a search engine optimization tactic to identify the words and phrases of consumers who are looking for the types of products and services that your company sells.
This post is the fourth installment in my “SEO How-to” series, following:
Think of keyword research in terms of supply and demand. Every word on your site represents keyword supply. The words that people input into Google and other search engines represent the demand. Keyword research is the process of determining the demand to adjust your supply.
In this post, I’ll cover four steps: seeding keyword research, collecting the data, organizing the data in my free keyword analysis template, and analyzing it to understand intent and demand.
Seeding Keyword Research
The tools for collecting keyword research rely heavily on a seed list — your choice of words that consumers search on. A comprehensive list of seeds yields the most data. A weak list generates fewer keyword themes and often leads to poor optimization decisions.
To brainstorm a seed list, start with your site’s navigation. An ecommerce site that’s organized in a logical, hierarchical manner will contain navigational options that cover all of its products. Your keyword research will tell you whether those products coincide with what people search for.
Make a list of all of the product categories — copy and paste directly from your menus. Then add synonyms and the types and styles of those items.
For example, a site that prints pictures on mugs, wall art, and greeting cards would include synonyms such as “photos” and “images” as well as popular product attributes such a size, occasion, and style.
Don’t be afraid to generate a long keyword seed list. It may look daunting, but the process of assembling the keywords can go surprisingly quickly once you get started, and the resulting data is pure gold.
You can also enter the URL for any page in Google Keyword Planner, and it will fetch the relevant keywords. Hence, identify pages that rank well for the keywords you need to rank for, and then note those URLs in your seed list.
Collecting Keyword Data
Next, push the sets of seed words into the input field of your keyword tool to understand the search demand of each. The process is simple and tedious.
Copy a set of seeds from your list and paste them into the tool. Wait for it to finish processing, export the resulting data, and repeat until you’ve entered all of the seeds.
When you finish passing the seeds through the tool and exporting the data, you’ll have a mass of .csv or Excel files. Merging these manually would take forever. On a PC, use the command line in your operating system to merge .csv files into a single file. Do the same thing on a Mac in Terminal.
Populate the Keyword Template
Now you have a lot of raw keyword data. But it has little value unless you organize it for analysis.
That’s where my free keyword analysis template — shown below – comes into play. It aggregates in Google Sheets the keyword demand for one-, two-, and three-word combinations, and displays that demand alongside data from:
• Google Search Console for an approximation of organic search volume by keyword combination.
• Google Ads for estimates on conversion potential by keyword combination.
To use the template, copy the Google Sheet, or download it as an Excel file. (Excel is your best bet if you have more than 20,000 rows of data.)
Paste your keyword data into the “Google Keyword Planner” tab. For a different keyword tool, just make sure that the keywords are in column A and the number of monthly searches ends up in column C. Both columns are referenced from the primary “Keyword Analysis” tab.
Next, remove the duplicate rows in the keyword data. In Excel on a PC or Mac, go to the “Data” tab and choose “Remove Duplicates.” You can do the same thing using Numbers on a Mac.
Your keyword data will likely contain many irrelevant words and phrases. Sort the keyword data by the number of searches, from highest to lowest. Review the top 300 or so (or until the number of searches drops below a level you find valuable) and remove the unrelated rows.
The tool may identify keywords that drive many relevant searches but weren’t in your original seed list. If so, consider running those back through the tool, as well.
Also, download data sets from Google Search Console and Google Ads. Keyword volume is calculated as a monthly number. Thus the other three tabs should each contain data for a full month.
For reference, I’ve included a tab for Google Analytics data for traffic from the organic search (Acquisition > All Traffic > Channels > Organic Search), though I’ve excluded that data in the “Keyword Analysis” tab since Google Analytics reports traffic for URLs but not for organic keywords. It consequently can’t be aggregated with the other sources.
Analyzing Keyword Data
As you prune the irrelevant keywords from your dataset, you will likely notice patterns in individual keywords. Now it’s time to quantify those broad patterns and compare them to each other to understand the value of the overall keyword theme.
Start entering seeds into the columns A through C, as shown below. As you enter words in those columns, the formulas in the template calculate the keyword demand (Keyword Planner), current organic search performance (Search Console), and potential conversions (Ads).
Enter the words into columns A through C. The template will aggregate data from those columns.
Scan the words to find patterns in keyword usage. Notice how the demand and performance can be radically different for slight variations when aggregated. For example, the monthly search volume for keywords containing both “gift” and “picture” is 121,460 whereas the volume for keywords containing both “present” and “picture” is just 19,280.
Think of the analysis as an exploratory process. You can always add words or remove them if the ones you start with don’t work out. You’ll have it right when the amount of keyword demand is consistent with the total demand in the “Google Keyword Planner” tab.
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What You Need to Know About Pest Control
On the considered your native neighborhood pest control dude, most individuals image a person in a white area suit, wearing a gas mask, and spraying dying in a thick, dark cloud of smelly fog. They could also imagine tiny, little harmless bugs inhaling poisonous gases and dying on the spot, gasping for air while trying to shield their children from sudden death.
This however, is a vision from fiction world. The truth is that pest control professional don’t wear scary suits and masks and bugs don’t live in villages made out of hamburger boxes. And mom bugs do not wear aprons, while they make bug cookies for their bug children of their bug oven.
OK, lets get back to the real world.
And bugs do not need ovens of their hamburger box houses.
So, is there anything that you must fear about when considering hiring a pest exterminator for you bug problem?
The trustworthy reality is that you are a lot safer residing in a bug free house, and chemical substances are so much safer and eco pleasant than what they was once decades ago.
The scary pictures and that images talked about in the beginning come from science fiction films and DDT from the 50’s. Modern day pest management strategies are far superior.
To begin with, the pest control specialist that you hire will deal with permanent pest control. That can include ensuring that the bugs that they kill never have the option of re invading your space. They may ensure that all nooks and crannies grow to be scary places of doom for bugs.
In addition they be sure that all the eggs are destroyed as well, that manner you won’t have any younger ones hatching without appropriate parental control. Trust me, that may be a HORRIBLE experience. Teenager bugs with no boundaries? Not a very good thing.
So, aside from not wanting unsupervised bugs in your house, why is it important to get rid of all the bugs the first time round?
The reply is that you don’t want to propagate a new race of super bugs.
What does that imply?
It implies that if you happen to do not kill all of the bugs and their eggs, those that survive can simply develop into immune to the newest chemicals.
This is a big problem. Its large because turning into resistant basically signifies that the survivors are MUCH harder to kill. Plus, the can pass the resistance on to their offspring, thus making a problem for everybody. Really, this is why store bought chemical substances are a really bad idea. You’re basically just making the bugs harder to kill for the exterminator that you will ultimately hire.
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2017 Qatar Diplomatic Crisis (37)
The Gulf diplomatic crisis plays in the hands of Iran. Iran is using the current tensions in the Arab world to boost its political and economic influence in the Middle East, according to analyst Vladimir Sazhin.
The Qatari diplomatic crisis seems to have passed its highest point and is likely to enter the lukewarm phase. Recently, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said that the rift will last for long and a political solution is not in sight.
In June, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE broke off diplomatic relations and communications with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism and interfering in their internal affairs. Kuwait acting as a mediator in the crisis, handed over to Doha a 13-point ultimatum, which Qatar refused to comply with.
Meanwhile, the Qatari foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said Friday that the tiny Gulf nation is ready to hold talks with the four Arab nations if they "respect sovereignty and refrain from interfering in the country’s internal affairs and stick to international laws" in order to make a step towards settling the dispute.
However, the four countries do not seem to be ready for diplomacy. In turn, Qatar has been supported by non-Arab countries, including Iran, and is unlikely to bow to the demands of its Arab rivals.
Sputnik Persian sat down with Vladimir Sazhin, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, to discuss the situation around Qatar and the possible role of Iran in the ongoing Gulf crisis.
"The four Arab countries failed to break down Doha in a massive attack on all fronts. The tiny nation rejected the humiliating ultimatum proposed by his opponents. But it was no surprise. In 2015, the International Monetary Fund rated Qatar as the world’s richest country per capita," Sazhin said.
The expert pointed out that Qatar rejected the ultimatum thanks to the nation’s unique economic resources.
"It has gold reserves of 26.6 tons. Doha also has $40 billion in financial reserves and a state-run investment fund with $300 billion. Moreover, Doha has a stable budget surplus of $40 billion. Iran and Turkey also helped Qatar to break the blockade," Sazhin said.
The expert suggested that despite the fact that the current situation around Qatar is more or less stable, efforts to escalate tensions cannot be ruled out in the future, especially by Riyadh. However, there are several countries supporting Qatar, including the United States, France, Germany, Turkey, Russia and Iran, and their involvement will further contribute to the easing of tensions.
Commenting on Iran’s involvement in the Qatar dispute, Sazhin said that Tehran "won the battle for Qatar," which will result in the further expansion of Iran’s political and economic influence both in Qatar and across the region.
"Ties between Doha and Tehran are pragmatic. Qatar and Iran jointly control a large gas field in the Persian Gulf. Qatar’s share in its reserves is estimated at 900 trillion cubic feet. According to media reports, this gas field accounts for nearly 100 percent of Qatar’s gas production and over 70 percent of its export revenue. This is why Qatar often has to balance between Iran and the interests of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)," the expert said.
Sazhin added that the Qatar crisis "has split the entire Arab world" and Doha is now on the verge of being forcefully included from the Gulf Cooperation Council. However, according to the expert, this situation is rather negative for Qatar’s opponents, first of all Saudi Arabia, than for Doha.
"Saudi Arabia wants to unite the Sunni Arab world against Iran. There have also been calls to establish an anti-Iranian analogue of NATO in the Middle East. But the current rift within the GCC could derail this plan. Tensions among Arab nations play in the hands of Iran. Tehran is winning again in the Middle East," Sazhin said.
The expert also suggested that the Qatari crisis is unlikely to reach the phase of open confrontation because all the parties involved have close economic and financial ties between each other and to the global market. At the same time, according to the expert, the crisis will not be quickly resolved.
On June 5, a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and embargoed all sea, air and land traffic to the country, accusing Doha of supporting terrorist groups, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist movement, as well as of interfering in other countries' domestic affairs. Several other states in the region have reduced diplomatic relations with the country.
Formally, the crisis was triggered after a Qatari news agency published a statement by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani calling for the establishment of relations with Iran and expressing support for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Doha later said that the agency's website was hacked and there was no such statement from the Qatari leader. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain did not accept the explanation. A number of other states, including Turkey and Kuwait, have been engaged in mediating the crisis.
Later, the four Arab nations handed an ultimatum to Qatar, which contained a dozen demands Qatar must meet to defuse the Gulf diplomatic crisis.
In response, Doha described the demands as "unrealistic" and "illegal" and urged for them to be revised.
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Maintaining Purity of Heart
Maintaining Purity of Heart
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20-29, Isaiah 65:20, Psalms 83:18
Date: 11/04/2012
Men who live in Jerusalem’s ultra orthodox religious community openly object to women wearing tight jeans, short skirts and sleeveless blouses in public.
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Hello friends, this is Doug Batchelor. How about an amazing fact? Men who live in Jerusalem’s ultra orthodox religious community openly object to women wearing tight jeans, short skirts and sleeveless blouses in public. As a possible solution, members of the modesty patrols are now selling the ultra orthodox men special glasses that blur distant images, thus preventing them from seeing immodestly dressed women.
How odd, most people wear glasses to sharpen their vision. These glasses are deliberately made to distort vision in an effort to supposedly protect your heart. But this presents a bigger question. How does a Christian maintain a pure heart in this wicked world? Stay with us friends. We’re going to learn more as Amazing Facts brings you this edition of Bible Answers Live.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Welcome again listening friends to Bible Answers Live. We are very happy that you've tuned in for another hour's program dealing with your questions about the Word of God, the Bible. If you’d like to give us a call we do have lines open right now.
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Right now is a good time to pick up the phone if you have a question about the Bible, the Word of God, living the Christian life, and we’ll do our best to search the Word of God together to find the answers. 1-800-GOD-SAYS, 1-800-463-7297. My name is Doug Batchelor.
Pastor Jëan Ross: My name is Jëan Ross. Good evening listening friends and Pastor Doug. Let’s begin with a word of prayer. Father, once again we thank You that we can study Your Word together. We do ask Your blessing upon this program. Be with those who are listening. Father, we recognize the Bible is Your Word. We want Your leading and guiding as we search for truth. For we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Amen.
Pastor Jëan Ross: Pastor Doug, now you opened the program by talking about a pair of glasses that blur a person’s vision on purpose. Well, you can somewhat understand the predicament of somebody, who, well, who lives in our modern culture and yet is trying to maintain modesty in their thought and their action. It could be a real challenge at times.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah, I don’t think this is a challenge just for men who might be ultra orthodox Jewish men living in Jerusalem. I grew up in New York City and we had the very strong ultra orthodox Jewish community there in Brooklyn and I’ve seen them as well in Jerusalem. But it isn’t reserved for ultra orthodox Jewish men, it isn’t reserved for just men.
Every Christian wants to have purity of heart because Jesus said it is the pure in heart that will see God. Really He's saying that the pure in heart will be saved because we hope to see Him face to face someday. But in this world where we are just surrounded--there's just a kaleidoscope of all kinds of immoral images that are around us all the time.
How does a Christian maintain a pure heart? Jesus said in Matthew 5:27, “You have heard it said by them of old, You shall not commit adultery: But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery in his heart.” And again He says, “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than your whole body should be cast into hell.”
I suppose if one of those orthodox Jewish men wanted to, they could quote from Jesus here. It says, "If your eye offends you, pluck it out." Why not wear modesty glasses where you walk around and you’re bumping into telephone poles because you can’t see where you’re going. So is that the answer, or, how do we control our thoughts? How do we maintain purity of heart in this culture that is just steeped in all kinds of immoral images?
It’s not just sex. It’s the violence and just all kinds of pagan ideas. What can a person do? We have a book that gives some answers. First of all, I’ll give some quick answers. I don’t want to leave people and just say, "You’ve got to order the book," we’re not telling anything. In order to have purity in heart, it has a lot to do with what you feed on and what you choose to look at.
A person can direct their eyes. I think Job said, "I made a covenant with my eyes; why should I behold a maiden?" So, it has to do a lot with what we dwell on. And is it a sin for someone to look and notice something immoral? That’s a question we often get. Maybe someone will call that in. I’m not going to answer that right now. That’s just a teaser, but we have a book here to offer.
Pastor Jëan Ross: We do. The book is entitled, Culture and the Christian, and we’ll send it to you for free if you’ll call our resource line. The number is 1-800-835-6747. You can ask for the book, Culture and the Christian. We’ll be happy to send that to anyone who asks.
We’re also streaming our program live this evening and if you’re close to your computer, you can go to and you can join us right here in the studio via the web. We're going to go to the phone lines. Our first caller for this evening is George and he’s listening in Wyoming. George, welcome to the program.
George: Hi, good night, well, good evening Pastors. Thanks for taking my call.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Good evening, and your question?
George: Well, my question goes back to ancient Israel when the Ark of the Covenant was hidden away, and we’re talking about hundreds of years up until the time of Christ. How did ancient Israel perform the Day of Atonement, and how does that relate to when Christ entered the temple and cleansed it?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, when the children of Israel were carried off to Babylon, as near as we can tell, the Ark was still in their possession up until the time of Jeremiah, when Jeremiah the Prophet told King Zedekiah that the Babylonian King, Nebuchadnezzar would destroy the temple. Evidently, Jeremiah and some of the priests hid the Ark somewhere, probably a tomb, because Jerusalem is a honeycomb of tombs underneath the city.
Because Nebuchadnezzar, when he carried off the implements of the temple, the Ark is never mentioned; and the things they brought back of the furniture, it is never mentioned. It disappears before Nebuchadnezzar sacks the temple. So they did not go through the Day of Atonement exactly the way they had done when they rebuilt the temple. During the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, there was no Ark in it.
And in the time of Christ, when Herod had refurbished the temple, there was no Ark. So, I don’t know that they celebrated the Day of Atonement the exact same way because they probably still went through the motions, but they couldn’t go into the Holy of Holies. There was nothing in there.
George: Yeah, and then when Christ came into the temple [cross talk]
Pastor Doug Batchelor: I'm sorry, I was going to say, unless...
George: Yeah, okay go ahead.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: ...and what history doesn’t really tell us is they may have made another mock ark or another second type of one, I don’t know, but I’ve never read that.
George: Ah, okay, okay, because my thought was is when Christ came in and cleansed the temple, removed the money changers and healed the sick, was that sort a form of a cleansing?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yes it was, actually. He probably did that twice during His ministry. The way the Gospels line up it sounds like He did it at the beginning of His ministry; and then in the Gospel of John it sounds like they had brought all the money changers and animals back and then He did it one more time at the end of His ministry.
But that is certainly a type of the cleansing of the sanctuary; but Jesus died in the spring, so it wasn’t in the same time of the year.
George: Okay, that answers that. Thanks a lot.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Good question. It made us all think about things we haven’t probably thought about in awhile.
Pastor Jëan Ross: You know, we have a study guide that talks about the sanctuary and it’s entitled, God Drew the Plans. There's so much one can learn when one studies the sanctuary, what the Bible says about it. If you’d like to receive this study guide, call our resource line. The number is 1-800-835-6747. You can ask for the study guide, God Drew the Plans, the Amazing Facts' study guide on the temple, or the sanctuary.
Our next caller is Loretta and she is listening in Savannah, Tennessee. Loretta, welcome to Bible Answers Live.
Loretta: Yes, good evening Pastor Jëan and Pastor Doug.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Good evening.
Loretta: I appreciate your taking my call. I was so thankful I heard Pastor Doug mention something about the book of Revelation in terms of the numbers being literal, but the names and things being symbolic.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yes.
Loretta: I have a question about the--it talks about one-third of the angels were tossed out of heaven.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yes.
Loretta: I was reading one of your favorite authors and she mentioned that at, I guess at least some point, nearly a half I guess had been deceived?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yup. Well all of them were wondering what was going on when Lucifer started to challenge God because, keep in mind, angels had never heard a lie before because no one had ever sinned.
Loretta: Oh, okay. Now my question is this. It refers to one-third of the angels being tossed out, not a specific number; and I think later on I think with the plagues, it talks about one third of the fish or something being killed in the sea?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yes. You’ll find a lot of one-thirds. It says one-third of the trees are burnt.
Loretta: Yes, yes, yes. Is that referring to a literal one-third, or is that just a reference to a large number?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: You know, I think that it is telling us those numbers, in other words, are literal; that with those various plagues--and we’ve got a whole separate study on the plagues--that there was like one-third decimation. When you look in the book, for instance, of Judges and it talks about Gideon, he had this army of three hundred that he then divides into three parts to attack a threefold enemy, the Amalekites, the Midianites and the people of the East
So there’s a lot of threes even in Bible history so it doesn’t surprise us in Revelation you see things continue on being divided up in thirds.
Loretta: So it’s not a reference to an actual number? Of course, that one-third doesn’t give an actual number.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Third is usually an approximate number.
Loretta: Okay, because they were trying to convince me that it basically is a reference that’s used when it’s just referring to a large number, versus an actual one-third.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yes. Of course, a third of something is a large percentage; but you know, as far as I know, Pastor Ross, you just finished a study in Revelation?
Pastor Jëan Ross: Yes. I think the emphasis is a large number but not the majority. So many theologians look at a third, especially when you’re talking about Revelation, as being a large number or large group but not the majority with reference to the group. So, in Revelation 12:3 where it says the dragon was able to swoop a third of the stars of heaven with his tail, well you’re talking about a large number of angels that joined his rebellion, but it was not the majority of the angels.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: I always think about when you divide a dollar three ways. You can do it, but not exactly with the decimal points.
Pastor Jëan Ross: Hmm.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: It doesn’t divide perfectly so it must be an approximate number. Thank you Loretta, appreciate your call. Who's next?
Pastor Jëan Ross: We have Dave who is listening in Willits, California. Dave, welcome to the program.
Dave: Hey, hello there Pastor Ross, hey Doug. How are you guys doing?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Doing good, appreciate your call.
Pastor Jëan Ross: Good.
Dave: Yeah, I’m from the Willits area and so I'm sure you are familiar with that Doug.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yup. I drive through it whenever I head up to our place.
Dave: [Laughter] Hey, I’ve got a question and I’m wondering if you can help me understand a little bit here on 1st Corinthians chapter 15, starting in verses 20 to 29. I want to emphasize on this baptized for the dead.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah.
Dave: I'm really confused about that.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: First Corinthians 15, 20 to 25 you say?
Dave: It's 1st Corinthians chapter 15, starting in verse 20 and it ends in 29.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Okay, but it's especially the baptism for the dead part?
Dave: The huge emphasis is on 29.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Right.
Dave: That’s what some try to use. Can you give me a little bit of understanding what Paul is trying to say here?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah. I think that this has often been misunderstood and it's largely because of the punctuation. Keep in mind in the original Greek, if you look at the original Greek text, there’s no punctuation. The translators had to read this choppy sentence by Paul...
Dave: Right.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: ...and figure out where to punctuate it and how you punctuate it. It totally changes the meaning.
Dave: Yeah, because in ancient Greek they didn’t have any dots or commas.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: There was no punctuation so every translator could do this a little differently, just how you punctuate it. Very quickly, it's like a woman wired her husband from France once. She wanted to buy an expensive mink coat and he telegraphed her back. It’s when you paid for every letter back then and he said, "No price too high."
Well she thought he was saying no price is too high and she came back with this mink coat. He had really said, "No (comma), price too high." So it’s a completely different meaning based on punctuation. The way I understand it is in 1st Corinthians 15:29 Paul is saying, "Else what should they do which are baptized (period)." "For the dead if the dead rise not at all then why are they baptized (comma), for the dead (question mark)?”
Dave: Yeah, it’s the keyword, it seems like the "otherwise." I've got the New King James Version and it says, "otherwise." So it's saying, “or else it would have been,” or something like that. And I’m just trying to...
Pastor Doug Batchelor: The bottom line is, in the Corinthian Church they are doubting the resurrection and Paul is saying, "Then why are you bothering getting baptized? Because if the dead don’t rise, then why are you getting baptized? For the dead?"
Dave: Yeah.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: He’s not telling anyone to get baptized for the dead and he’s not saying there was any practice of getting baptized for the dead, so...
Dave: Well, if the dead aren’t living, I mean, how can you baptize them anyways?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah, once a person dies their judgment is sealed. Nobody alive redeems those who have died. Everybody is rewarded according to their works; so if everyone is rewarded according to their works according to Jesus in Revelation, then my getting baptized for someone who lived a wicked life, what good is that going to do?
Dave: Yeah. So if I tried to explain this to somebody it would just be, you know, from what you’re saying is, you know, it has to do a lot with the punctuation, and also what he’s referring to is the resurrection of Jesus, not anything about baptizing dead or anything like that.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: No. Hypothetically he's saying, "If you don’t believe in the resurrection, why are you getting baptized? Are you doing it for the dead?"
Dave: Yeah, that doesn’t make any sense.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah. He’s asking, basically, a ridiculous rhetorical question.
Dave: I see, okay. That makes a lot more sense because, I mean...
Pastor Doug Batchelor: And it makes me wonder, there are several English translations out there, there must be fifty different English translations.
Dave: I know.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: You could look at some of the different cross references and I bet you’d find one that punctuates this differently.
Dave: Well I have the ancient New Testament Greek and I can just translate it and see what it really says in the ancient Greek.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah. Do a transliteration and you’ll see if you’ve got different options for the punctuation. Hey, I appreciate that and by the way for you, Dave, you probably know, but for anyone else that wants we have a book that talks about is baptism necessary.
Pastor Jëan Ross: If you’d like to learn more about this important Bible subject, give us a call on our resource line. It's 1-800-835-6747 and the book, “Is Baptism Necessary?” and we’ll send it to you for free, 1-800-835-6747. Now if you have a Bible question we’d like to hear from you. The number here to the studio is 1-800-463-7297. Kevin is calling from Colorado. Kevin, welcome to the program.
Kevin: Good evening.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Good evening.
Kevin: I was going to ask a question about something else, but then you mentioned, the one Pastor just mentioned about the tail of the dragon in Revelations.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah.
Kevin: How do you interpret that and is that applying to--you see, I read online the other night about Planet X Nibiru, and I’m associating it with so much of Revelations that it almost seems to me that that’s what that is. It's the red dragon with the tail on it. Does that make sense to you?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, I think I know what you’re talking about. But in Revelation where talks about the dragon, it tells us as we compare it with other verses that, first of all, ultimately, the dragon is the devil, and the Lamb in Revelation is Jesus. The serpent, or the dragon, is a symbol for the devil because it says in Revelation chapter 12, I forget what verse it is, "...that old dragon, serpent, the devil...." Is that verse 9, Revelation 12?
Pastor Jëan Ross: Uhum.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: So it makes it pretty clear the dragon is the devil. So when it says he’s cast down to earth and he draws a third of the stars with him, you read in Revelation 1 these stars represent angels. Well, these angels that are cast to the earth are not the good angels. They’re the fallen angels, and that’s why they move to Los Angeles. No, I’m sorry...
Pastor Jëan Ross: [Laughs]
Pastor Doug Batchelor: I just made that up. So just because it says there are stars I don’t think it’s really talking about anything astronomical, per se.
Pastor Jëan Ross: You know, something else interesting about the phrase where it says, “the tail,” or, "the dragon used his tail," if you read in the Old testament in Isaiah Chapter 9, verse 15, it tells us that, "The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail." So in the Old Testament “the tail” is often associated with falsehood and lies.
How is Lucifer able to deceive a third of the angels? Through his lies, through his deceit.
Kevin: Okay. Thank you. I’m newly saved and I don’t really know a whole lot so I’ve just got a lot of questions. But that will do for tonight and I appreciate your show so much.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Kevin, well thank you. I'm assuming you’re driving now?
Kevin: I am.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: When you get back where you can get online, don’t do it in your car.
Kevin: Right.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Go to the Amazing Facts website and there’s a free study course you can take at our website. So you just type in Amazing Facts and you can find our Bible school; and you’ll really enjoy it, especially if you’re a new Christian. It will really, really change your life.
Kevin: Okay.
Pastor Jëan Ross: That’s just, or .com I should say,, and that will take you to the website. Our next caller is Chester and he’s listening from Ohio. Chester, welcome to the program.
Chester: Thank you. Enjoy your show.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well thank you, and your question?
Chester: My question is, and I know there's a lot of older people in the same situation that I am, this woman I’m dating, we’re engaged. She lost her husband and four months later I lost my wife, are you there?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yes, I’m very sorry to hear that. We are here.
Chester: Okay, and my question is that she, her--we’re engaged, but we want to get married sometime, but her benefits are better, mine and where I work and all that. So what does a person actually do?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: So you mean, in other words, if you get married, you’ll lose benefits?
Chester: She’ll lose her benefits, yeah.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, obviously, you don’t want to pretend to be married and you don’t want to not get married because of insurance benefits. So you need to do the right thing and ask God to help you sort out the details. If you believe the Lord has brought you together, then nothing should keep you apart.
If you have doubts about if the Lord has brought you together, then you should not move forward. But don’t let something like employment benefits be a determining factor; and you don’t want to live like you’re married but tell the government you’re not or your employers you’re not.
I knew an old couple, sweetest old couple, and they said, “You know, if we get married we’re going to lose one of our Social Security.” So they kind of lived together. I mean, you usually don’t hear about sweet old Christian couples living together. They told everyone they were married, except the government, but there’s something dishonest about that. So you either are or you aren’t, and I know it does create a dilemma for some people.
Chester: Well see, we’re not married but we’re thinking about it, but I don’t know. She has her own place and I have mine, you know, and I’m on the road all the time. I’m a truck driver and I’m only home on weekends, you know, so, we’re actually not living together. Do you know what I’m saying?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah. Now do you go to church somewhere?
Chester: Yes.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: You guys ought to sit down with your pastor and just lay it out and say, "Here’s what we’re praying about. Do you have any council for us?" It’s always easier when there’s someone that knows you, that ministers to you during the week that can give you more pertinent council on that, but, there’s certainly nothing wrong. You’ve got biblical grounds for remarriage.
By the way Chester, there’s a new book that we wrote this year and it’s talking specifically about marriage, divorce and remarriage. It will cover a lot of the principles that we are discussing right now. If you’ll call us, we’ll send you a free copy.
Pastor Jëan Ross: The number to call is 1-800-835-6747. That is our resource line. You can ask for the book, Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage, written by Pastor Doug and we’ll be happy to send that out to anyone who gives us a call and asks for it. Our next caller is Linda and she is listening from Tennessee. Linda, welcome to the program.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Linda, are you there? Linda in Tennessee. Hello, are you on? Linda, Tennessee. Have we got the right phone number?
Pastor Jëan Ross: We've got the right one. We’ll come back. We’ve got Fred who is listening in Connecticut. Fred, welcome to the program.
Fred: Ah, yes, I was going to ask you if the Antichrist is in the world at the moment, how that would affect us today?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, I think that the Antichrist is alive in the planet right now. We have a lesson that we’ll send you for free, Fred, on “Who is the Antichrist?" Is that the title of it?
Pastor Jëan Ross: Um-hm, that’s what it’s called.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah, and how does it affect us? Well, there’s an agenda, according to the Bible, that the Antichrist has that revolves around worship and I think it’s just very important for us to understand these issues. It’s a little difficult for me to take and kind of unpack the book of Revelation and that whole scenario in the three minutes of a phone call.
But what really confuses people, when they think about the mark of the beast that the Antichrist is going to enforce, some people think it’s a tattoo and it’s not. You read in Revelation, it talks about a mark "in the right hand or in the forehead," but if you look in Deuteronomy and in Exodus, it talks about having the law of God in our hands and between our eyes, they're called frontlets on your forehead. So that was talking about having the law of God in your mind and in your hand. It means in your actions.
So when it’s talking about the Antichrist power requiring people to have a mark in their hands or in their forehead, it’s not a tattoo, as some ministries have told people. That's going to really confuse folks. I think nobody would be fooled if some government agency told everybody to line up and get a tattoo or a bar code or something in their hand or forehead.
It’s really something about your thoughts, your worship and your works, your actions, and that goes all through the Old Testament. So Fred, we’d like to send you that book on “Who is the Antichrist?” All you’ve got to do is call the number, anybody out there who wants it. It’s free too.
Pastor Jëan Ross: The number again is 1-800-835-6747. You can ask for the study guide, “Who is the Antichrist?” You can also go to the Amazing Facts' website,, and you can read it for free online. Also, while you’re there you can enroll in our free online Bible school that will guide you through some of the most important Bible truths. Again that’s
Pastor Doug Batchelor: You know, especially with everything going on in the world right now and just all the transition, everything from here in North America to the Middle East, people are wondering, “Is this a pivotal point? Is something going to happen with this beast power?” And people really need to understand the issue.
A lot of people are also surprised to learn, the word Antichrist does not appear in the book of Revelation. And, one other thing friends, I often hear people talk about the book of “Revelations.” It’s actually not the book of "Revelations." It’s the book of Revelation. It’s "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." But, yeah, the term "Antichrist" appears in the letters of John, who wrote the book of Revelation.
Now, you do find the person of the Antichrist mentioned in Revelation, he's just not called the Antichrist; and you find the Antichrist power mentioned also in the book of Ezekiel, and especially the book of Daniel, in chapter 7 and chapter 8. So, you really ought to send for that study guide to understand the subject of the Antichrist. A lot of misinformation out there.
A lot of folks have been told a lot of comic book scenarios about what the Antichrist is and what this beast power is. Find out what Christians and the Protestant Churches believed about this for hundreds of years, and ask for our study guide on the Antichrist and we’ll be happy to send that to you.
Don’t forget, it’s free and the phone call is very simply, 1-800-835-6747. We’ll send that out to you, and then read it and share it with a friend. You’re listening to Bible Answers Live.
Pastor Jëan Ross: You know Pastor Doug, we’re coming up on our mid-break here in just a few moments, but, before we do that, I’d like to remind folks about the Amazing Facts' website, which is newly-designed, filled with great resources. If you go to the website one of the topics right on the front, it talks about the last days of destruction, at least with reference to the Mayan calendar.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah, a lot of people are wondering, “Is something going to happen with the prophecies of Nostradamus or is there going to be a meteor?” There are supposed to be some meteors and asteroids coming close to the earth; or, these Mayan prophecies that are ostensibly are saying that the world is going to end, what is it? December 21, 2012?
Pastor Jëan Ross: December 21 to 24 or something.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: That’s not very far away!
Pastor Jëan Ross: It’s just a few--well, we've got six weeks, seven weeks?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah. That would kind of defeat the purpose of voting if the [chuckles] world is going to end in a few weeks.
Pastor Jëan Ross: [Laughing]
Pastor Doug Batchelor: As you can tell friends, we don’t think that people are interpreting those things right; but it is going to end someday, and there are signs. There will be many false signs about the end of the world before the real thing happens. So we’re going to talk more about that. If you've got a Bible question, give us a call because we’ll be back in just a minute to answer your questions.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Welcome back listening friends. This is Bible Answers Live. If you have a question about the Word of God, we’ll do our best to search for the answers together. We’ve got a lot of Bible resources at our fingertips here, mostly on the computer. If you want to call in with your Bible question we still have one or two lines open. That number, 1-800-463-7297, 1-800-GOD-SAYS.My name is Doug Batchelor.
Pastor Jëan Ross: My name is Jëan Ross. Pastor Doug, we’re going to go straight to the phone lines. We have Marlene who is listening from Medford, Oregon, listening on KFJL. Marlene, welcome to the program.
Marlene: Thank you, and thank you for taking my call.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Hi, how can we help you Marlene?
Marlene: Well, I have a question. I read in a book, it’s called, “Natural Cures They Don’t Want You to Know About” by Kevin Trudeau. He was talking about--it's more before this--about this kind of sleep. But he ended it with, “Each week, a lunar cycle occurs starting at sundown Friday evening and at sundown every Saturday. This time period is absolutely the most ideal time for the body to recharge and rejuvenate.” I have two questions.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Okay.
Marlene: Could this be how God blessed the Sabbath day?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, I do believe that God blessed the Sabbath day. I’ve not seen any plausible evidence that there’s a certain day of the week that your body is going to get its optimal rest, as far as the day of the week. They have done surveys in the military where they’ve wanted to find out what is the best work schedule to get the most work out of humans.
They tried a ten-day work week and they tried, I think, a five-day work week. They found out that the most optimal schedules for the rhythms of the working person are to work six days and have a seventh day of rest. Now, of course, we know that God blessed the Sabbath day. But as far as the other research, I’ve not really seen that, but for you, or for anyone who wants to know more about the Sabbath rest and how important that is, there's a website that we highly recommend.
It's simply called, You’ll find out about the spiritual advantages, physical advantages, and just the cycle of rest that God intended according to His word. But I really couldn’t comment with any kind of real authority regarding this individual’s book.
Pastor Jëan Ross: For anyone else wanting t learn more about what the Bible has to say about the Sabbath, I encourage you to go to the Amazing Facts' website, You can read the study guide entitled, The Forgotten Day in History. You can also call our resource line, that’s 1-800-835-6747.
You can ask for that study guide, The Forgotten Day in History, and we’ll be happy to send it to you. Michael is listening from Baltimore, Maryland. Michael, welcome to the program.
Michael: Good evening.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Good evening.
Michael: Thank you for your wonderful program about Amazing Facts. I have a question about a study of the Jewish orthodox man wearing glasses. How did you source everything around that, including human bodies as a woman's human body" What is your source and do you agree with wearing these glasses? How do you feel about that?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well first of all, my source is that a lot of newspapers right now, just even as you’re talking, I went online and typed in "modesty glasses" and there’s article after article about this. It’s a fairly recent occurrence, August 10th is one, September 7th is another one; but they’ve even got pictures of men wearing the glasses there that you can see online so you can pick your source.
Do I agree? No. I don’t think that it's God’s plan for Christians to have to walk up the street getting a headache with blurred glasses. It is difficult. Now if I lived in a community that is that immoral I’d probably move. I wouldn’t want to have to live in a place like that. I wouldn’t want to live in a nudist colony. That would be pretty distracting. So I’d probably move.
I wouldn’t want to wear those glasses and live in a nudist colony. So, yeah, I don’t think it’s a good idea. I don’t think that’s God plan. And one reason I would say that is Jesus lived in a time where, not only were there were very religious Jews and Pharisees, but during the time of Christ the Romans and the Greeks, they were famous for orgies and all kinds of decadent behavior.
So they probably were able to see both in Israel in the time of Christ and Jesus just really said, "We need to keep our eyes on God, keep our hearts pure, and follow those principles," like Joseph, who would not be with Potiphar’s wife.
Pastor Jëan Ross: That’s what I was going to mention. At the time when Joseph was in Egypt, there was probably so much of that taking place in society around him; and yet, he was still able to maintain a pure heart and keep his mind focused upon Christ.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Or Daniel in Babylon, because Daniel was a eunuch so he had different challenges. But there have been other men of God that--Nehemiah, let’s use him. In the Persian court they had harems and so they just needed to maintain purity of heart by keeping their eyes focused in the right place.
So I appreciate your question, Michael, and hope that helps a little. We’ll send you the offer we’re making available tonight about Culture and the Christian, a free copy.
Pastor Jëan Ross: The number is 1-800-835-6747. That is the resource line and the book is Culture and the Christian. Ask for it, we’ll send it out. Our next caller is Ryder and he’s listening from New Jersey. Ryder, welcome to the program.
Ryder: Thank you. Thank you very much. Can you hear me well?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Loud and clear.
Ryder: Okay. My question is out of Isaiah 65, verse 20. I understand it seems to be speaking about a new heaven and a new earth.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Can I read this for our friends who are listening because you’re looking at it and I’m looking at it and people don’t know what verse we’re talking about.
Ryder: Absolutely.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: So let me read it real quick. This is a prophecy dealing with the new heavens, as Michael was saying. And it says in chapter 65, verse 17, “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former will not be remembered, nor come into mind.”
And you jump down to verse 20 and it says, "There shall no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that has not fulfilled his days: for the child will die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old will be accursed.” Now a person is wondering, "Does that mean the child will die a hundred years old? Are children going to die in heaven?" Is that what you are wondering?
Ryder: As we were studying the book of Isaiah church, we became very puzzled about it and I would like just your personal breakdown of this verse.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Alright. I think what helps is when you understand it's not saying that a child dies. It’s saying the child ceases at a hundred years old. Now let me explain. Nobody’s going to die in heaven because the Bible tells us there is no more pain or death. There’s no death in heaven so children aren’t dying, for sure. But when does a child stop, or cease, being a child?
If you look in the Old Testament in the early genealogies you'll notice that some of the patriarchs did not even get married until they were 100 years old. Abraham didn’t have children until he was 99, or at least Isaac. Isaac didn’t get married until he was 60, if I'm not mistaken. I think he got married at 40 and didn’t have children until he was 60.
They did things much slower further back because they lived much longer. Well when we get to heaven there will be children in the resurrection, for it tells us a little child will lead the leopard and the wolf; a little child will be playing on the hole of a venomous serpent, but they won’t stay children forever. They will go forth and grow up.
Malachi chapter 4 says they grow up. So when do they cease being children? So it’s not “die," "cease" is the word there, and it’s an unfortunate translation from the Hebrew to the English.
Ryder: But it also says in the same verse, "...but the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed."
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah. Well the sinners are accursed after a 1,000 years old. It tells us in Daniel chapter 12 that the wicked, they "come forth to everlasting condemnation." There’s a curse forever upon the wicked. The name of the wicked and their destiny is forever cursed.
Ryder: But they’re not in heaven then?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: No, they're not in heaven. It’s just saying that even after a hundred years their memory is still accursed. It’s contrasting that the children are going to live a hundred years as children, but even after a hundred years, the sinner is still accursed. There’s no hope for a second resurrection. It's the second death they die.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: I hope that helps a little bit. It is a difficult verse. Pastor Ross, did you want to add to that?
Pastor Jëan Ross: Just one quick thought there. The word used for "child" in the verse can also be translated as a youth or lad; so a lad or a youth will die or cease at a hundred, so the transition from childhood or youth to adulthood.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: That means that they can’t get their driver’s license until they’re a hundred in heaven.
Pastor Jëan Ross: Their wings.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Is that what it is? [Laughs] Yeah, and they've got to have a learner’s permit for the first six months. I’m sorry, we don’t mean to make light of your question Ryder. It’s a good question and it’s a difficult verse, but I think that the word "death" there is not the right word. It’s really "cease" and that these are older children, they're not babies. Appreciate that, thank you, very much.
Pastor Jëan Ross: Our next caller is Emmanuel and he’s listening from New Mexico. Emmanuel, welcome to the program.
Emmanuel: Hello.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Hi. How can we help you?
Emmanuel: I had two quick questions. One is regarding, I was studying with a friend. She asked me a question and I really didn’t know how to answer it too well. And the question was why didn’t God destroy the devil when He found out he became evil if He had the power to do so?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well that’s a good question. Of course, a person could also ask, "If the Lord knows everything, why didn’t He send him back to the recycle bin right when He made him if He thought that he was going to sin someday?" Well God makes His creatures free, and they are perfectly free to love Him or to not love Him. And as the ultimate proof that God wants genuine love, He even makes creatures that choose not to love Him.
We have real freedom of choice and intelligence. That means we get to make decisions regarding our destiny and who we love. You can’t force love. So God made Lucifer knowing what he’d do. After Lucifer rebelled against God and he told the other angels, "God isn’t fair and I’d be a better god. If I was in charge, we’d all be happier," if God had destroyed Lucifer right then--which He could do--God could do it right now by blinking His eyes. But if He had done that, then the other angels in the universe would have obeyed God out of fear, instead of love.
So the Lord had to allow Lucifer to reveal what his character was like and what his government would be like. This world is an example of the outcome of Lucifer’s government. There is just so much bloodshed, and disease, and sickness, and death and violence in this world; and it’s a result of what Jesus calls, "The prince of this world," the devil. And he has come down with great wrath because he knows his time is short.
There is a day when God will destroy him and when that happens, everyone in the universe will always know that God is good, God is fair and that Lucifer’s accusations were false. Now Emmanuel, we have a DVD that covers this in great detail. You can order it from Amazing Facts. I think most of it has been chopped up and put on YouTube.
It’s called, Cosmic Conflict, and it talks about the fall of Lucifer. Now you said you had two parts to your question. Did I answer it?
Emmanuel: Yes sir, that was the first question. Thank you, very beautiful, thank you. The second one was I studying with some friends and I shared with them the Sabbath truth to the best of my knowledge. They also shared something with me, too, some verses, but they told me that the Sabbath was not binding on Christians, according to them, and it was only in observance for ancient Israel. The verses they gave me were Ephesians 2:15 and Colossians 2:16. Could you shed some light?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yes, I’ll do my best, and for anybody who is listening, you could also look at that Sabbath Truth website and you’ll see a lot more information there on the subject. But the idea that the Sabbath was just made for ancient Israel is, I think, is easy to debunk by the fact that when the Sabbath was made there were no Jews in the world.
It's Genesis chapter 2 when God makes the seventh day, He blesses the Sabbath day, He makes it holy, there’s only Adam and Eve. That’s why Jesus said, "The Sabbath was made for man," m-a-n. He didn’t say that the Sabbath was made for Jews. And yes, God did call Israel and gave them the law, the Ten Commandments, but that was the whole law.
All Christians believe that we should keep the Ten Commandments, or at least they used to.
Pastor Jëan Ross: Uhum.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: So you’ll find the breakdown on Colossians 2, that’s talking about ceremonial sabbaths that were nailed to the cross. The ceremonial Jewish annual sabbaths were part of the Levitical law that all came later. Those were annual sabbaths which came once a year.
The weekly Sabbath goes back to creation. It’s for all mankind. It’s very different. One was on the Ten Commandments. The other was part of the Mosaic law. Just go to Sabbath Truth. We’ve got a whole section there that explains that, or, either one.
Pastor Jëan Ross: You can also call our resource line and ask for the study guide on the Sabbath. The number for our resource is 1-800-835-6747, and the study guide is entitled, Lost Day in History. Our next caller is Ed and he’s listening in Illinois. Ed, welcome to the program.
Ed: Good evening friends. I just want to tell you that I love you guys and I always pray for you.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well thank you, appreciate that.
Ed: I had two questions for you at this time. The first one is we know that the Bible says that at the end of time that the Gospel will be preached all over the world--and I know that not everyone will accept it or, I mean, people will hear about it. But my question is, will everybody on earth hear it, believe it and decide whether to follow it or not? Or will some people be deceived and not know exactly what to believe?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, before Jesus comes, I believe it‘s pretty clear that the Gospel is going to go forth in power so that people are going to hear the claims of it. The nations of the world will have a fair opportunity to embrace the Gospel, something like when Jesus came the first time and the Holy Spirit was poured out, and Paul says the Gospel has been preached to every creature.
The apostles and disciples went everywhere preaching the word. I mean, Thomas made it to India, and I forget which one of the apostles supposedly made it to Spain. They went to all corners of the known world back then preaching the Gospel. Well when Christ comes again, the Holy Spirit is going to be poured out before Jesus comes and you’re going to see that kind of power.
And it’s going to happen, people preaching the Gospel face to face. It will happen maybe through the Internet or through satellite television. I think through the printed page. Right now the Gospel is going to the world and that’s why I think Jesus is coming soon.
So if it’s okay Ed, we have several people lined up and we’re running short on time so if you could call us with that second question next week. We just want to give these other people a chance, and appreciate your call.
Pastor Jëan Ross: The next caller is Keith and he is listening from North Carolina. Keith, welcome to the program.
Keith: Hello.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Hi, how are you?
Keith: Alright, how are you doing Pastor Doug?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Doing well, and your question tonight?
Keith: Okay. It’s in reference to Psalm 83:18. I don’t know if you’re familiar with it, but it’s about Jehovah, the name of God. I was wanting to know is that referring to God the Father or God the Son?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well I think this is going to be a little surprising for you, but Psalm 83:18, it says, “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.” "Jehovah" is a term that applies to Jesus as well as the Father. It’s a name for God, and God is Father, Son and Spirit.
Now here’s how I know that. In the Old Testament it says that Jehovah created all things. Well, in the New Testament it says Jesus created all things, all things that were made were made by Him. In the Old Testament it says there is no savior but Jehovah. Well you go to the New Testament it says there is no other name given among men whereby we must be saved, in the book of Acts, but Jesus.
It tells us in the Old Testament that only Jehovah knows the thoughts of men’s hearts. When you go to the New Testament it says Jesus knew what was in their hearts. And I could keep going, but you start stacking up the characteristics of Jehovah that you find in the Old Testament and you’ll find Jesus also fits those definitions in the New Testament.
So Jesus is Jehovah the Son, and God the Father is Jehovah the Father. Jehovah is a name for the real God; but God has got many names. Some churches--and I respect them--it is a name of God that is sacred, no question about it. But when you go through the Bible, it says, "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."
You go to Revelation His name is called Alpha, the Omega. He’s called the Door, the Bread, the Good Shepherd, the great I AM, the Living Water. I mean, you can go on and on with the names that God has to identify His characteristics. So there’s a book I can send you. It’s a book called, “Is the Trinity Biblical?” Keith. In that book it has the line up of the characteristics of Jehovah and of Jesus and I think you’ll see that they’re one and the same person.
Keith: Yes.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: So if you’ll call the resource number we’ll send that to you.
Pastor Jëan Ross: The number is 1-800-835-6747 and the book, “Is the Trinity Biblical?” Just ask for that, Keith, and we’ll be happy to send that to you or anyone who calls and asks. Our next caller is Juno and he’s calling from New Mexico. Juno, welcome to the program.
Juno: Hello, Pastor Doug?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Hi.
Juno: Hi, good evening.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Good evening, your question?
Juno: Yeah, my question is in Revelation 6 and verse 9 to 10. I just want to know who this soul is?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Alright. Let me read this for our friends who are listening. A lot of folks listen to the program while they’re driving and they can’t always fumble for their Bible. It says in Revelation 6:9, “And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held."
Now when it talks about souls under the altar, this is not talking about literal martyrs that are writhing somehow under this altar in heaven that are crying, "How long oh Lord?" That wouldn’t sound like a very happy existence. It’s really talking about people who had died for their faith and justice is calling out.
It’s something like when you go to Genesis and God said to Cain, "The blood of your brother Abel cries to Me from the ground." Well the little blood cells were not shouting up at God from the ground. It’s just using figurative language that justice was crying out. So these souls under the altar represent all those who had been martyred for their faith. And they’re saying, "Will there ever be justice? How come God is so patient with these people persecuting His followers, especially in the last days?"
And God is saying, "Wait." It says in verse 11 that, "...they should rest for a season," so they’re resting. They’re sleeping in the grave, "until their fellow servants, their brethren, that should also be killed." Following the persecutions of this life, there will be a judgment day when God will mete out justice. That’s all that’s saying. So I hope that helps a little bit Juno.
Pastor Jëan Ross: The next caller is Peter and he’s listening from New Hampshire. Peter, welcome to the program.
Peter: Hello.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Hi. How are you?
Peter: I have a question--I'm fine, thanks. I have a question about business. Is there any biblical guidance about believer having an unbeliever as a business partner?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, you’ve got this broad principle where it talks about--and Pastor Ross will help me find it--"Do not be unequally yoked together." I think that's not only for marriage. I think you've got to be careful about the kind of partnerships you enter into.
There are certain partnerships that you could probably have with non-believers because we live in a world where, you could say that there’s some kind of a partnership. When you go to a supermarket and you buy your groceries, are you then supporting the alcohol and cigarettes they also sell? Well no, but you are entering into some kind of a covenant whenever you purchase something from someone.
If you get into a partnership with somebody, you’ve got to be very careful that their morals and beliefs are not going to become a test for you. Now, you don’t have to sacrifice any of your principles in order to enter that partnership. And so--you found that verse?
Pastor Jëan Ross: Yes, 2nd Corinthians chapter 6, verse 14 says, “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? and what communion has light with darkness?”
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah, now that wouldn’t mean that you can only rent a house from a Christian. I've seen people who have taken this to the place where they said they couldn’t buy pizza from someone; or you can’t eat food in a Chinese restaurant because they’ve got a Buddha when you walk through the door. So you can take that to an extreme, but you don’t want to get into any kind of covenant with somebody on an ongoing basis where their morals and values are going to interfere with yours.
Peter: Co-owning a business, for instance?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: That could be a problem.
Peter: It could be.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah, it depends. Well, let me give you an example. Let’s suppose you co-own a business and you say you think it should be shut one day a week and they say, "No, we need to be open seven days a week." It could be a little bit of a dilemma; or if they say, "I want to sell something in the business," and you say, "Oh no, we can’t sell that."
Pastor Jëan Ross: Or if you feel as though you want to pay a tithe on your increase and the other person says, "No, don’t want to do that." That could create some challenges.
Peter: Well thanks, very much.
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Alright, thank you, appreciate that. You know, I’ve got a friend and I started going into business with him and after we were in business a short time together he said, “Doug, what’s more important, the business or our friendship?” I said, "Well, friendship." He said, “We probably ought to part ways with the business then,” because it can be a challenge.
Pastor Jëan Ross: [Laughs] I think we have time for one more caller. We're going to have Victoria here from West Haven, Connecticut. Victoria, we have just a few moments. Welcome to the program.
Victoria: Hi. How are you doing?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Doing well. How can we help you?
Victoria: Well my question tonight is that I know you had a caller who had a question about a translation from the NIV, which is the New International Version, and the translators, they didn’t necessarily translate it with accuracy?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Yeah, we’re going to run out of time. Can you summarize real quickly?
Victoria: What is the most accurate version of the Bible?
Pastor Doug Batchelor: Well, my favorite would be the King James Version. There are other good translations. You’ve got the New American Standard; and I like the ones that came from the Textus Receptus Manuscripts, and that’s, of course, speaking of the New Testament translation.
We’re out of time friends. We hope you have been blessed. We’d like to hear from you, go to Until next week, take care.
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Doctor who sounded alarm on coronavirus dies, hospital says
Li Wenliang, a doctor in China who was allegedly detained for warning others about the coronavirus before he himself was sickened by the illness, has died, according to the hospital treating him.
Earlier on Thursday there had been conflicting reports about his death, and Wuhan Central Hospital said in a social media post just after midnight local time that he was in "critical condition." Later, an updated post announced his death.
Li Wenliang had claimed that he shared his concerns about the virus in a private chat with other medical students before he was detained by authorities. (Photo credit: Provided via FOX News)
Li, who according to the BBC is a 34-year-old ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, had claimed that in late December he shared his concerns via private chat with medical school graduates after several patients exhibited symptoms similar to SARS before he was visited and warned by authorities.
He was then summoned to Public Security Bureau where he was forced to sign a letter stating that he made false comments about the virus, the BBC reported. Authorities later apologized.
Shortly after, he began coughing and developed a fever that landed him in the hospital for several days. On Jan. 30, he tested positive for the virus.
Rumors of his Feb. 6 death first began circulating Thursday on social media and health blogs in China. It is not known if Li had any underlying health complications that may have impacted the severity of his illness. Hours before the hospital confirmed his death, World Health Organization (WHO) officials had expressed sorry over his passing in response to a reporter's question. A spokesperson later told Fox News that the agency did not have updated information about his current health status.
The novel coronavirus has sickened more than 28,000 worldwide and resulted in at least 563 deaths. About 99 percent of cases have occurred in mainland China, although two deaths have been reported outside the country including in the Philippines and Hong Kong.
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Phonics at Orchard Meadow
Pupils at Orchard Meadow learn to read through a synthetic phonics programme called Read Write Inc (RWI for short). Children start phonics sessions in Nursery where they are introduced to simple sounds and the basics of blending - combining sounds to make words. By the time pupils complete Year 1 they are able to blend all the simple and complex sounds in the English language, preparing them for the Phonics Screening Check and giving them the skills to read and understand more and more complex texts fluently.
Pupils are supported to progress rapidly through daily phonics teaching and 1:1 tutoring (pupils Y1-Y6) using both RWI and the RWI Fresh Start programme (for older pupils).
For a quick introduction to the programme see the video below.
How do we make phonics easy for children to learn?
Read Write Inc. Phonics depends upon children learning to read and write sounds effortlessly, so we make it simple and fun. The phonic knowledge is split into two parts. First we teach them one way to read and write the 40+ sounds in English. We use pictures to help, for example we make ‘a’ into the shape of an apple, ‘f’ into the shape of a flower. These pictures help all children, especially slower-starters, to read the sounds easily.
You may hear your child mention 'green' and 'red' words. These respectively refer to words that can be blended using phonics, such as cat: c-a-t, and those that need to be learned by sight, such as 'the'.
Fo a handy guide to 'red' words and how they are taught, please click here.
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How do we teach children to spell confidently?
We use just two simple activities: Fred Fingers to spell regular words and Red Rhythms for tricky words. Fred Fingers We teach children to spell using ‘Fred Fingers’: we say a word and then children pinch the sounds onto their fingers and write the word, sound by sound. Red Rhythms We teach tricky words with Red Rhythms. We say the tricky letters in a puzzled or annoyed voice and build the letter names up into a rhythm, for example, s-ai-d. Children learn to spell new words and review past words every week, they practise spelling them with a partner and – when they’re ready – we give them a test to celebrate their spelling success.
How do we make writing simple for children to learn?
We teach handwriting, spelling and composition separately, gradually bringing each skill together step-by-step. We teach children to form letters with the correct pencil grip and in the correct sitting position from the very beginning. They practise handwriting every day so they learn to write quickly and easily.
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Class #4155
Circle Magic
60 min - Class
Meredith Rogers invites you to enhance your Mat practice with the Magic Circle. You will use it to generate awareness and go deeper into your breath and inward contractions. The Magic Circle adds greater challenge and the incorporation of other muscles in exercises you already know. The use of a firm pillow can be used in place of the Magic Circle if you don't have one.
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Hi, everyone. Welcome to my house. Thank you for being here with me. I wish I could see you, but I can't. But I know that you're there, so that's all that I need.
I'm so grateful to be here with you today. What we're gonna do is we're gonna play around with the magic circle a little. And if you don't have a magic circle, you can still take this class. You could use like a pillow of some description, kind of a big couch pillow, or something like that. It's not exactly the same.
Or, you know, there's always like, if we're squeezing, say, the circle, there's always opportunity just to do it without a circle and create your own energetic work. So a myriad of possibilities for today but I have the circle, and I want us to remember that as we do this class with our circle, that we're gonna use the circle in a number of ways with our arms and with our legs and many, many ways. But I want us to remember that we're using the circle to generate awareness, generate inward contraction, and always, no matter where the circle is in space, remember that in Pilates breath, in that lateral breath, there's that expansion and contraction of the rib cage in an effort to help us find our deep core muscles. So think about the expansion and contraction of the circle as you maybe pull it or squeeze it as just a representation or a way to feed into that idea of going deeper into your breath. So that is my...
Thought for the day. Let's move. Grab your circle. Sit up. Let's take a minute.
I like to close my eyes. You do as you wish. I'm resting the circle just below my knees. And I want us to just feel here that we can take a minute just to connect to our space, to each other, even if we can't see each other. There's many, many of us from many, many different places in the world.
So this is a worldwide class, my friends, and we are all here together today. And that is just for me, the biggest blessing of this world that we're living in today. So feel the ring gently press up against underneath of the knees, and as it does, lift your spine. So we're gonna pull that ring back. We're gonna lift the spine.
We're gonna open (jump cut) back, a round back. So create a round shape with the spine. And I'm not gripping with my hands. I'm holding the ring in the heels of my hands, so I'm feeling that I'm pressing more for my upper arms than I am from my actual hands. And then we're gonna press down.
Now, I am holding just because it makes sense. You could pull the ring apart there and inhale and exhale as we round and press back. And inhale. You can pull the ring apart as you sit back up. Let's do that three more times.
Exhale to round and press. So it's not big presses. I'm not really seeing much change in the dimension of my ring. But again, using it as an idea, using it to create energy. And two more.
Exhale, press and round and inhale, lift up. Oh, I'm having a cramp. Real life here. Exhale, press and round. Now this time, take the ring off your knees and go back as you exhale.
Inhale, reach that ring overhead. Exhale (connection issue) take it back forward. Pause to inhale and exhale, we roll up. And I want us to lift the ring overhead as we lift our body up tall, and then gentle squeeze with the upper arms as we reach, rounding the spine forward or back as the arms go forward, and rolling back. And then reaching up and reaching down and gentle press into the ring as we roll up.
Up, up, and lift the body, and reach forwards, and go back. So we can involve the legs a little here if we so desire by pulling the heels back towards the pelvis as we roll back, which is what's making me cramp, and then lift and down and pulling the heels back towards the pelvis as we roll up, almost using the legs to help pull us up and reach up one more time. Exhale, round and go back, and take the arms, and take the arms down, and inhale. What happens if you press into the ring a little? Can you feel how that generates more sensation in the center of your body?
That's the hope. Sit up all the way, inhale, and exhale, reach forward and go back. Now, we're gonna pause at the low back. We're gonna imagine that the ring is like a steering wheel and we're gonna drive it to the right and drive it to the center and drive it to the left and drive it to the center. You're welcome to squeeze that ring as much as you wish.
As much or as little as you wish. I, myself am holding with a pretty consistent upper arm squeeze, but my fingers are relaxed. Across and center. We're doing two more. Over, center and over and hold center and inhale, and lift up and sit up.
Oh, it feels good to me here to pull the ring apart. It's all just suggestion. I'm just telling you what feels good in my body. If doesn't feel good in yours as I suggest, choose something that does. So we're going down.
I'm gonna have us rotate towards me so that you can see I've put the bottom arm off the ring and the top arm is on top now. I'm just reaching that one arm through and we're gonna press down and curl, and back. Press down on the ring and reach through, and back. Imagine that you have something to reach for. And we're doing two more.
Press down and curl and back. Press down and curl. Go down. Take the ring, find the center, roll up. No, I'm not mean that I have to make us do both sides at the same time.
Lift up, and round, and go back. Rotate the other direction, though. The bottom arm reaches through the center, the top arm's on top. We press and lift and back. Press and lift and back.
Press and lift and back. Just two more. Press and lift and back. One more. Press and lift and back.
Pick the ring up, find the middle, roll up, sit up. Open the knees and stretch over your feet. So I'm just holding the ring at this stage. You can do whichever you want, but I'm just letting it stay in my hands. I'm gonna roll the spine up, bring the knees back and come all the way down onto the mat.
Once you arrive on your mat, just reorient so that you're prepared to do some bridging for me. On my mat space, I have to do a little forward and back moving to make it make sense for spatial dimension challenges. Okay, so what I've done here is I've put the ring inside of my knees, just underneath the knee, but I've left my feet kind of parallel, sit bone distance apart. Let's take the arms down, and what we're gonna start here by doing is just organize into a neutral pelvis and squeeze your ring. Now remember what I said about squeezing from the center of the body so it's not just a leg exercise.
And open, and exhale. Feel the abdominals pull down. See if you can create some space between your skin and your clothing. And squeeze and open So we could resist the opening of the circle, right? We could continue to squeeze it as we're opening.
We're gonna do just one more like that. Squeeze and open. Now we're gonna squeeze, trying to bring the knees over the feet, and we're gonna roll through the spine, and lift up. We're gonna hold it at the top and we're gonna do five mini squeezes. One, two, three, four, five and then we're gonna roll down.
Keep the squeeze so that you're squeezing evenly in both knees, both legs, I guess, is a better way to say that. Comes all the way to the tailbone, and... Release. You're welcome. Squeeze, and lift.
Checking in with the arms. I just caught my shoulders curling up into my ears. Hold there and squeeze, five, four, three, two, one. Holding the squeeze, we go down. Down.
Oh, keep squeezing. There it is. All the way down to the tailbone and we open. Do you think we can do that three more times? Yes.
Yes, I hear. One. Oh, squeeze and lift. And hold the lift and squeeze. Five.
Arms long. Four. Heavy head, ease in the neck. And one. Keep the squeeze as you roll down.
Maybe I was a little ambitious, but now I've said it, we've got to do it. So here's two. Squeeze, stepping into our feet as we lift up. Holding up, and tightening. Two, three, four, five, and we go down.
Down, down, and open. Okay, my friends, only just one more time. Are you ready? I'm stalling for us. Here we go.
Squeeze and lift and squeeze. Five, four, three, two, one. And keep the squeeze for this one last minute. As we roll back, I'm gonna reach for the ring with our hands and we're gonna let the knees drop open. We're just gonna pause here for a minute, sliding the feet towards one another on the mat and allowing the knees to...
Think here of engaging your external rotator, so just that firing of the muscles in the back of the hip will help you increase the stretch in the muscles that were just challenged, for me a lot. That was hard for me. That's just a fact. So let's come up into a tabletop position with our legs and take the circle over the chest. So what we're gonna do for the first moment is we're gonna hold that circle still as we go into a spine twist.
So lift off one hip onto the other, and then come back. So because we're holding this small thing, I'm gently squeezing with my upper arms. Small thing. We have a small range. Let that be okay.
And inhale, feel the legs pressing together. So we go over and center and the other way, inhaling and exhaling. And now we're gonna do one more like that. So kind of play with the edge. What's the range?
What's the range? Don't be conservative or be conservative if you want. No one can see. And the center. That was a joke.
And then over to the other side. But no one can see you if you really push the edges, and if we topple, that's not the end of the world. Now we're gonna take the knees to the one side and we're gonna let the arms just drift across, so that is gonna increase our range. I want us to squeeze the circle, pull back to center. And now go the other way.
Inhale, let the arms drift. Try to keep this circle kind of parallel to the floor and then pressing, use the press of the arms. Again, generate awareness in the center of the body as we come back to center and go the other way. Inhale. And back.
And go the other way. Inhale. And back. Let's do one more in each direction to both sides. So here is this first side.
Ooh, I went further. And (silence) the last one over, over, over, over, over. Knees stay side by side and center. And in the center, let's just place our feet down onto the ground. We'll take that circle, and there's that little spongy part on the insides of the circle.
We're gonna take that and we're gonna rest it just at the base of the skull. So there's gonna be some ab work here, my friends, and then there's also gonna be a little bit of arm work. So what I want us to do is take the hands just underneath the pad that's just above your forehead and then press up on it slightly as you pull down through your shoulder blade. So that arm connection is gonna be maintained. Now inhale.
And as we exhale, we'll keep that arm, we'll let the head be heavy. We'll curl up into our chest, Coming up, up, up, flattening into the lower back. Take a breath in here. And then as we exhale, we're gonna engage, we're gonna feel that we have some work happening as we go down. And we're gonna do it again.
Inhale. Exhale, connect into the back, into the upper back. Feel the shoulders drawing away from the ears. Allow the head to be heavy in the hands as we lift. Inhale.
And now elongate. So work your way down to the ground. And inhale. And exhale. Lifting up and inhale and exhale as we lengthen.
So I'm like lifting up on my ring as I'm laying down and it feels really good on my neck, so I just thought I'd share that idea with all of you. We're gonna do two more here. Exhale to lift and back. And exhale to lift and hold now. Inhale.
Exhale, bring the right leg in and put it down. And bring the left leg up. Keep lifting up and forth through the spine, and down. If it gets too difficult for your arms or creates tension in your neck, it's not worth it, in my opinion, which I have a lot of it and I will share. So if it doesn't feel good, put the ring away and hold your head with your hands.
Or simply put your head down. This works with the head down too. We're gonna do two more. And one more. And we're gonna come back and we're gonna lay back down.
Now we're gonna add some rotation. Inhale, prepare. As we exhale, we're gonna curl up again, taking an inhale. You're gonna take it to the right and to the center. And to the left.
And to the center. And to the right, holding yourself up as you're coming through the center to the left, through the center, and continue alternating side to side, center and go down. We're gonna do one more set. This time, as we (connection issue) lift up, we're gonna lift the leg we're rotating to. And center and lift and center.
And lift, rotate. And center. More moving pieces, the less difficult it is, I think. One more to either side. And then we're gonna come back to center.
We're gonna lay down in the center. We're gonna take the ring out from behind the head. We're gonna take it up over the chest. Position your feet for another bridge. You're gonna press into that ring, this time without the ring in our legs.
We're gonna roll up. It's a bit more satisfactory, isn't it, without having to squeeze so much? And then we're gonna hold, pressing into the ring. So I'm gonna make a change here. Here it comes.
As we lift our pelvis, I want us to bend our elbows and bring the ring to our chest. So we're lifting the hips, we're pulling the ring down and then we're gonna squeeze and stretch the arms back. So this is a pattern that we'll repeat in this class. In various different places. Maybe once again.
Pull in, lift up. Squeeze the ring, push it away. And we'll do that three more times. So pull in, lift up. All the things that you think about in your regular bridging, you can think about here.
The inner thighs, the control there, the back of the legs, the side to side equality. And lift, pull, and push, stretch. Pull in, this time stay lifted. Straighten your arms, take your arms overhead, no squeezing necessary and roll down. I'm even letting my ring just rest on the floor, although my arms aren't on the floor.
Just letting that ring be light for a moment. And we're gonna straighten the legs. And then we're gonna lift the arms, the head and the chest. We're gonna roll up. I personally have to do a little backward shift.
Thank you for understanding. And then we go back and take the arms back. So lift your arms, your head, your chest. Here's your chance to press into the ring, to bring awareness into that center body. Now we're gonna come from the round shape into a straight back and we're gonna bring the ring, pull it apart as you sit up.
Now as you round, push it away. So it's the same pattern that we did except now we're incorporating a different spinal movement. And back. And lift. And roll.
And pull apart as you sit up. And squeeze as you round. And go back. It's appropriate to squeeze with the upper arms here. I like to let my fingers relax when I'm able to.
And release, lift, head, chest. Press and lift up. Bring the ring to your body, lifting it, pulling it apart. The pull apart doesn't come so much from the hands in my imagination, but from the upper back. And then press and round and go back and reach back.
Guys, we're just gonna do that one more time. Head, chest, arms, roll up, bring the ring into the chest, pull it apart as you sit up. And then this time, let's just flex the feet, reach for it and hook the ring around your feet, and then you can just use the ring to help guide you into this stretch. So I hook my fingers over the outsides of the ring, but I mean, anywhere is fine. It's just something to hold on to.
And then we're gonna lengthen out through the spine, so reaching out into a flat back and then we're gonna come back and we're gonna remove the ring from our feet and bring it into our hands. So I'd like for us to start with our elbows bent and the ring is just on (connection issue), just about a couple inches from my body, just on the outside of my chest. I'm gonna sit tall, inhale, and we're gonna press into the ring as we rotate. So let's make it a double twist and center. And a double twist, and center.
So what I'm endeavoring to do is to not move the ring from where I've put it, but instead to create all the movement around my trunk. And as I'm creating the movement, as we're creating the movement around our trunk, we can think of all our normal things to think about. Is the weight equal over our sitting bones? Are we sitting up as tall as we can? Now, we're gonna go to the first side, we're gonna stretch the arms out, lift the arms, and lift the spine.
Go as far back with that ring as you want. Take your arms down, bend your elbows. I like to pull when I'm bending my arms. I like to squeeze when I'm returning to center. Inhale, rotate.
Exhale, straighten the arms. Inhale, lift the body. Exhale, lower the arms. Pull the ring apart as you bring it to your chest, and squeeze it a little as you come to center. We'll do that two more times through.
Rotate and reach. and lift and down and pull and squeeze and inhale and exhale. I'm just saying breath. Let yourself breathe. Create a rhythm for your own breath.
That's all just suggestions. And center and rotate and squeeze and lift and down and pull and center and rotate and stretch. And raise your body up and lower your arms down and bend your arms and come to center, and in the center, we're gonna bend the knees. What we're gonna do for our rolling like a ball today is we're gonna take the ring, down to the ankles. Now I'm just pressing into it a little bit.
I'm gonna tip back. We're gonna pick the feet up. Now can we keep this shape as we rock? Pushing the ring into the shins and balance and inhale. And balance.
I just tuck my shirt in so it doesn't flop around. And inhale. Balance. How about two more? Inhale, back, exhale, balance.
One more. Inhale, back. Exhale, balance. Well that wasn't a very good job, Meredith, but that's okay. I'll forgive you.
Pick your feet up. We have to forgive ourselves our imperfections, I believe. Go down, bring the knees in, so the rings are (connection issue) the shins. Here's our double leg stretch. We reach out and pull in.
And reach out and squeeze the ring as you take it back. And inhale and back and reach and in and reach and in. And five, pull in. And four, pull in and three and in and stabilize and in, one more. Out, and back.
We're gonna rest the head down. We're gonna take the circle once again. It's gonna go back behind the skull. Behind the head. Then lift up.
Lift the legs. We're gonna single leg stretch for five, five, four, four, three, three, two, two, one. We're gonna turn that single leg stretch into a bicycle. So bend and stretch. Two, two, three, three, four, keep curling, and five, five.
Bend and rotate. Five, four, holding onto the ring or putting it down, putting your hands behind your head, you decide. Three. I'm thinking elbow to knee. Two.
Elbow to knee. One. And now we're gonna bicycle. One, and stretch the leg that you're rotating to, and three, three, two, and one, one and bring the knees in, keep lifting the body, bring the knees under the ring and down. Bring the knees under the ring and down.
And under the ring and down. Two more. Under the ring. And down, last time. Under the ring, and all the way down.
Place your feet down. Take the ring out from behind your head. Take it in your hands, bring it up over your chest take an inhale, and step into your feet, exhale, lift your pelvis. So instead of having our arms on the floor today for our shoulder bridge, we'll just hold the ring there, squeeze it as much as you'd like. Set it down and...
Set it down and put your arms on the floor if you'd rather. We're gonna (connection issue) down and flex up and reach. And back and reach. And back, and we'll do eight. And back and five and six, holding the ring still.
Seven, and one more. Now hold that leg there, make a circle. Can you circle your leg and hold your circle still? That's actually quite difficult for me. Two, one.
Reverse the circle. The circle still. Two, keep the (connection issue), four, five. Take the leg down, fold it in, step into it. Reach your arms over your head, and roll down.
Taking the arms back as you articulate through each vertebra in your spine. We'll go in slow so that we can savor this because it feels nice to me. And go all the way down and inhale, and as we exhale, we'll step into the feet, we'll take the ring back over the chest again, and we'll lift the right leg up. And then it will go down and flex up and reach away. And flex back and reach away.
Just pressing into the circle, gaining a little activity in our arms and back. I think this is six, and two, and one. Now hold that leg up, keep it straight, and circle. Can you circle the leg without circling in your pelvis? All of these questions are questions I'm asking myself out loud.
One and two, we've reversed. And three and four and five. Reach down, fold the knee, and step into both legs. Reach your arms over your head, and roll all the way down. And just allow the shoulder blades to curl forward towards the ceiling as the ring drops back.
Maybe you'll get a little bit more stretch through your mid-back in that way. And then we'll come all the way down and we'll take the ring forward and we'll take the legs out straight again. And we'll lift the head and chest again, and we'll roll up. I'm gonna flex my feet and give myself one more stretch there because it's a gift from me to you. And then we're gonna lengthen out through the spine, get nice and long, and then we're gonna unhook and I'm gonna readjust on my mat.
And what we're gonna do next is we're gonna separate our feet and we're gonna take the circle between the legs. So depending on the length of your arms is gonna- The length of your arms will indicate where the circle will land on your mat. So you can do this with bent knees or with straight legs, but what we're gonna do is we're gonna inhale and we're gonna exhale and we're gonna push down on that ring and allow the ring to travel forward as you go forward, but think of continuing to press down on it, not just with the arms, but with the work in the center of the body and then inhale and then exhale, lightly pressing down onto the ring. It begins to come upright. Our bodies begin to come upright and we're back where we started with our eyes looking forward, and we'll do it again.
So exhale, pressing down, rounding forwards, allowing the circle to tip over onto its corner, onto its side, and inhale, and exhale as you press lightly down on that circle, lifting the body back up to an upright position and sitting tall. Let's say three more. Rounding down, pausing to inhale and lifting up. And two more, going forwards and inhale, and lifting up. So what I like to do in these more simple movement patterns is I like to look for precision and look for depth.
So here we're gonna make a change. We're gonna add on, gonna press down into the ring and lift the back out as we come up. So we're coming up through extension. And then we'll go forward inflection. Forward inflection and then out and up into extension.
So arching like a spinal wave. Taking it forward, pressing to arch back. And two more. Taking it forward and pressing to arch up. And one more, taking it forward and pressing to arch up and then lifting up the ring, holding it in our hands, we're gonna go into a saw variation.
So you're gonna turn, the hand opposite the foot goes on the bottom. We take the ring down. We reach out with our spine till we come up, return the ring to straight and return to center. So that's the thing. Inhale to rotate, opposite hand to foot goes on the bottom, reach forward, lift up.
As you lift up, return in the ring to upright and return to center, and rotate and reach forwards, and lengthen up returning the ring and returning to center and rotate and go down and reach out and return to center. And two more to each side. Rotate and reach and up and center and rotate. So here we discover that just simply holding the weight of the ring in our arms is enough to give us a little arm work. And then of course, the more you wanna squeeze it, the more you'll get.
If you want what I like to do, I like to just hold it and center. Now we're gonna go through center and we're gonna take that ring and we're gonna flatten out that back because we have the freedom. Now in the movement of the spine and the ring we're gonna roll back and we're gonna sit up and inhale and go down and reach out and go back and lift up and go down and reach out. Get flat, get flat, get flat. Go down, and roll up.
We're gonna do one more with a variation, here it comes. Go down, find your flat back, hold your back flat, bend your arms, pull your head through the ring and straighten and pull your spine and your head up and through that ring and straighten and pull and straighten and pull and straighten and one more, pull and straighten. Take it all the way back forward. Lay the ring down on the floor, hold on wherever it makes sense to you to hold on. Give yourself a stretch, and then lift up.
Okay, so we're gonna turn to our sides. I just have to move this microphone back a little bit so I can balance on my side. Bear with me. Take the ring. You're gonna put the ring in the ankles.
So the easiest way for me to do that is I just do it from sitting, I put it in and then I hold it as I make my way down onto the mat. But whatever works for you is, of course, fine. Okay. So let's look down, check that we're in a straight line. I like to feel that the knees are facing straight ahead.
Now, what I want us to do is just keep that other hand on the floor and take that top leg and press down and release. And remember that every time you squeeze that ring, it's an opportunity to find (connection issue) some center body work. So, by opportunity, I also mean that's a choice. We're gonna do four, and three, and two, and one. Now, we're gonna lift the legs off the ground, and the ring.
Now, as we lift the legs, I want you to think of lifting with the bottom leg, and down. So it's as though the leg is squeezing into the ring, that creates the lift in the ring. Now, of course we all know, that it's really about working the center of the body, right? We just have a prop here to emphasize sensation, to create new sensation. We have four more, lifting and down and lifting and down.
Last two, lifting, and down, and one, we're lifting and down. So this is the transition I like here, and this is how I do it. I take my top leg (connection issue), and I roll all the ring forward enough so that it rests on the mat. Once it does, so I'm in control of it with my top leg, I take my bottom foot out. I can now put the ring back up.
I can put my bottom leg through. I can put my top leg through. I can pick up the ring and move it to the front of the mat. So my legs are a little bit in front of me. We're gonna turn the legs towards one another, internally rotate in the hips, press up and down.
So one leg's pushing up, the other's pushing down. The bottom leg is on the floor, and it's not a very large movement, but you're definitely gonna feel some work here. We'll do four, three, two, and one. So now what we're gonna do is we're gonna bend that top leg. It's gonna kick over and it's gonna kick through and we have to use the leg that's in the ring on the ground to help hold that ring still.
Here's, I don't know. We're gonna do six. This is five, and six. And now take the leg up over the top of the ring. And now we're gonna make a big circle. We're gonna touch all the way to the front, lift, float and touch all the way to the back, lift, float and touch front.
So in my imagination, it's like a suspension and then heaviness. And we have three to go. Up, and fall and up and back, and two and touch, and lift and back, and one, and touch, and up, and back and bend. And then I've just kicked the ring away, bend the knees, let's sit all the way up. While we're here, we might as well just take this arm and reach overhead and then maybe forward bend slightly.
And then we'll collect the ring and we'll just change sides. So putting the ring in the ankles, putting the body down on the mat. I always like to look and check to make sure I'm in the best place I know how to be. And then the knees face straight ahead, and the top leg presses down and resist and press down and resist and press and resist. And you might find that one side's a little different than the other.
For me personally, this side's a little bit less stable. It's more difficult for me to hold the rest of myself still, but I think that's all part of the process, right? The noticing part, the thinking part. Last two, just adjusting my mic, and last one, and now we're gonna bring- remember, as we lift our legs, we all know that we're doing that in the center of the body, but I want us to put our mental focus in the bottom leg as we lift, up, and down, and up, and down, and up, remembering to be fairly light on the arm that's helping us support ourselves, and down, and out and up, and down. Last four.
Parallel in the length using the weight of the ring to create more sensation or additional work, three, and two, and one, and then we're gonna take the legs down. So here's that transition, and again, I take my foot forward, so I'm still using it to keep the ring in control just enough so I can slide my other leg out. Then I can put the ring back upright It's difficult if you have loose pants on, sometimes the pants get in the way. I have tights on, it works quite well and then just adjusting so I can put both feet in and then I just pick my ring up and I take it to the front and I feel here that, so what's important also to look for is that that top foot, hasn't slid back behind the foot that it's on top of, but instead the feet are right over the top of each other. That speaks to the orientation of the pelvis.
And now we're gonna push down and push up, push down and push up. So both legs are working, make sure that top leg doesn't sneak back up, sneak back towards you. You got internally rotated legs, and we'll do four, three, two, and one. And now bend, flex your foot, kick, push, like you're pushing something you don't want away from you. Push, so you create that energy for yourself.
And three of six, two of six, one of six. And here's our last thing. Oh, you have to make sure you don't kick your ring over, like I just tried to here, as we go forward, and up, suspend to reach back, and up, to touch front and up, to touch back. And here's our halfway marker. Kinda feels nice to have a little freedom in that leg, I think.
And we'll do three, touch and reach and two and reach and one and reach. And then what we can do is we can just take the ring, just kick it out from your feet, bend your knees, sit up. Scoot the feet in close, hold on. Take the arm, side bend. Okay, so the next thing that we're gonna do is we're gonna collect that ring with our hands.
I don't know why it feels the best to be shifted this way for myself. I think it's because I don't want to look at my television. So we're gonna put the ring in the left foot, stretch that left leg along and lift your back. So I'm bending my arms to pull myself into my ring and then just allow your body to start rolling. Start rolling back, and as your body rolls back, your leg comes with you, your right leg is reaching forwards, and you can come all the way down to your head.
So I'm holding onto the bottom of the ring. I've got my foot in the underneath pad of the ring. I'm gonna pull that leg back as far as we can. Now for my body, that's not very far, but go ahead and maximize your stretch. We're gonna bend that knee.
Now you can pull back even further if you can and stretch, and bend that knee, and stretch. So as we stretch that leg up, we want to think about pulling down with our abdominals, right? So there's another opportunity for opposition. As I'm using my arms, I'm thinking about wide elbows, wide scapula, so I'm creating sensation in my upper back as well. This is our last time, gonna push up.
Now we're gonna take that right hand on the ring. Allow the left arm to come out to the side, take the right, excuse me, the left across the body. But for now, let's just leave that left pelvis anchored into the floor, so that we can pull down and oppose the stretch. Now, if that's mostly a stretch in your knee, let your knee bend so that the stretch can come a little bit more towards your hip. We're gonna continue rotating.
Now I'm letting my pelvis leave the ground and I'm taking the elbow of the same arm that's holding the ring down towards the floor. Once I get there, I can pull back (connection issue) as I want. So all the same for you and anything in between. And then we're gonna pull the leg back, use your arms to help you take both hands back to the ring, lift your head, start pushing the ring forward, to roll through the spine and lift up, so you're in like single leg teaser shape. And then we'll pull that leg in, one last time and then we'll change sides.
So, right leg. Lifts up, spine is being lifted. And now we go down and we can allow the arms to straighten, using their ring to help us a little here and as we go down, down, down, taking the leg up and then bringing the leg back as far as you can. This side's much more flexible for me. And we're gonna bend and stretch.
So the leg- (laughs) Sorry, that word didn't come out as well as I would have hoped. The leg that's on the floor is pressing down and reaching. We all gotta laugh at ourselves in this moment, I think, and I am human, and sometimes my words don't come out right. Like us all. Two more.
And one more. So here's the end of that stretch. This is where we take the left hand to the circle and the right arm out to the side, and then we bring that leg across the body, and at the moment we still are connected with the pelvis of the right side, the right pelvis on the ground. And then slowly, slowly, we start to let that pelvis leave the floor. We start tipping over into a spinal stretch, a rotational stretch, and I do, what I do is I allow my left elbow to come down and rest on the floor so that I can use my arm there to navigate what I feel like I need for my stretch.
And I'm using the word 'my' right now, because really all I'm doing is describing what I'm trying to do for you so that you can do that for yourself. Ourselves, what we are all trying to do. I could use that word too, but you know what I mean. So now we're all gonna push our foot into that ring. We're gonna lift our head, we're gonna kick that ring away to help us roll up, and we're gonna bend, and lift, and then take that leg down.
So, the next thing that we're gonna do is we're gonna turn onto our stomach and start with your knees bent and just reach back and put the ring between your feet. So resting the hands down on- resting the hands, hand over hand, down on the floor, the head can rest on the hands. Feel a drawing down through the shoulder area. What we're gonna do here is we're gonna lift the legs up. Flex your feet.
Keep lifting your legs as you squeeze the ring. So lift, and squeeze. This is a perfectly appropriate time to use your abdominals, just help you support your low back. Got a little hip extensor work here, a little bit of inner thigh work here. We'll do four, three, two, and one, and we're gonna straighten the legs, let the legs point, point the feet.
Keep feeling that you're lifting your legs to the maximum. Let's turn out on the ring and squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. Very simple, not easy. We're doing five, four, keep lifting those legs. That's a reminder for me, and one, and now we're gonna bend our knees.
Let the knees rest down, reach back for your ring and put it in your hands. So the arms are gonna stretch out in front. This is a simple but not easy exercise, and here is how it goes. Energize through your legs and your abdominals, lift your body and the ring, bend your arms so the ring comes underneath your face, you can pull it apart, stretch your arms back, lower the ring and your body and lift the ring and your body and bend the arms, pulling the ring apart, straighten the arms, keep the abdominals working, take everything down. And lift up, and pull back and reach through, and down, two more times.
And legs are still energized. Imagine that you have another magic circle in your legs that you're squeezing. I have my legs on the floor, but I almost feel like I'm trying to lift them off. This is our last one. Lift up, bend in, stretch away, and take it down.
Now, we're gonna take the ring and we're gonna turn it on its upright position. Take the hands about 10 and two, and we're gonna lift the eyes. So what I like to try to feel is I'm not pushing down on my ring, but rather I'm trying to drag my ring towards me slightly as I lift up, lift up you can come up as high as you want, you can keep it down as low as you want, and then we go back down. And then we just guide the shoulder blades down the back. We take the ring towards the chest as we look up over the top of the ring and bring the ring back and take it back down.
And again, come up, and down, let's do two more. And come up, and down, and one more time. Come up, and down, and now what we're gonna do is just let the ring rest on the floor. Push up with yourself, lift yourself up off the mat, sit back towards your feet, and for the grand finale, I'll teach you my favorite trick, which many of you probably already know but if you don't, now you do. So, unfortunately this trick doesn't work for a very small percentage of the population who have very long arms.
So for this to work, you have to be able to have the ring underneath your body and also touch the mat, so I'm not actually, I don't have a ton of weight on the ring, but I can feel it and I've put it lengthwise just where my ribs connect, kind of under my sternum. Now, different people like different ways to put the rings. So you'll just have to play with it until you find what works best for you. So we've now stepped the leg, one leg, step the other leg. So what happens as we do our pushups and we're gonna do 10, is that the ring helps us control the weight of the body as we're lowering down onto it.
So it helps us navigate that idea that the elbows draw in and back. I don't know how many we've done, I've been talking. Let's say we have four more. We'll just imagine that that's correct. One, bend and press.
Don't rely on that ring. It also helps you to be aware of, are your abdominals dropping down onto the ring? One more for good measure. I know I'm off count. Bend your knees, and sit back on your feet.
Now, that's not the most perfect way to end a class, so let's sit. Let's sit on our mat. And let's sit in a diamond shape position, then let's enjoy having freedom of movement in the arms, as we lift our arms up, and open, and take the arms forward and round the spine and then roll up. Take the arms up overhead, bend the right arm so the right hand rests on the head. Take the left arm just out to the side.
Now, don't yank on your head. Just gently, very gently pull it to the side. So one thing I also know is sometimes if we do a lot of squeezing or upper body work, the neck tends to get involved, so let's open it up a little. Allowing the arm to slowly move towards the floor, allowing the hand to come in towards the side. I have to let my wrist soften in order to do that.
And then I like to help my head up instead of trying to lift it up. And then we'll go to the other side, take the head over, reach out and down through our fingers. This is a moment here just as we did in the beginning, where we can bring our energy inwards, and hopefully use the positive vibration from our movement practice today. Lifting the hand, lifting your head or helping your head, just to carry through into what's happening next in your life. Lift your arms up, lift your chest.
For some of us, it's dinner time. For some of us- bring your chin to the chest. It's just getting on with starting the day time. We're just rolling down, taking the elbows towards the knees, letting the hands assist as we find that spinal stretch. And then be very gentle with pushing on your head.
Just be soft with your hands as you lift up. And then once you're sitting up, press your head into your hands. Think of bringing the elbows out wide as you lift your chest, and then return back. And I thank you all so much for coming to class today. Thank you for coming over.
I hope that soon, we will see each other in person one day.
Zoom from Meri's Living Room: with Meredith Rogers
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Fantastic and revelatory!
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Exellent job Meredith. I am in love with your classes. They change my day:) Thank you
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just what i needed after the day. please continue bringing more classes. Its gives me strength during these times.
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Very nice, thank you!
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A ring substitute I've used while traveling has been to use a hotel wastebasket. It works! Especially if its one of the wire mesh ones.
Lovely class Meri. Thank you.
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thank you ,I enjoyed the lesson.
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Thank you Meredith, great class again
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I enjoyed the side leg series. Thank you!
Thanks to you all for joining me at home for this ring class!
And thank you Joni for the idea about using a wastebasket instead! Hopefully we will get back to traveling sooner than later!
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Thank you Meredith for another wonderful class!
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The Definition of Shape in Art
Looking for the Basic Shape in Life and Art
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In the study of art, a shape is an enclosed space, a bounded two-dimensional form that has both length and width. Shapes are one of the seven elements of art, the building blocks that artists use to create images on canvas and in our minds. A shape's boundaries are defined by other elements of art such as lines, values, colors, and textures; and by adding value you can turn a shape into an illusion of its three-dimensional cousin, form. As an artist or someone who appreciates art, it's important to fully understand how shapes are used.
What Makes It a Shape?
Shapes are everywhere and all objects have shape. When painting or drawing, you create a shape in two dimensions: length and width. You can add value to give it highlights and shadows, making it look more three-dimensional.
However, it is not until form and shape meet, such as in sculpture, that a shape becomes truly three-dimensional. That is because form is defined by including a third dimension, depth, to the two flat dimensions. Abstract art is the most obvious example of the use of shape, but the element of shape, organic and geometric alike, is central to much if not most artwork.
What Creates a Shape?
At its most basic, a shape is created when a line is enclosed: a line forms the boundary, and the shape is the form circumscribed by that boundary. Line and shape are two elements in art that are nearly always used together. Three lines are used to create a triangle while four lines can make a square.
Shapes can also be defined by the artist using value, color, or texture to differentiate them. Shapes might include a line in order to achieve this, or it might not: for example, shapes created with collages are defined by the edges of contrasting material.
Geometric Shapes
Geometric shapes are those that are defined in mathematics and have common names. They have clear edges or boundaries and artists often use tools such as protractors and compasses to create them, to make them mathematically precise. Shapes in this category include circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, polygons, and so forth.
Canvases are typically rectangular in shape, implicitly defining the clear edges and boundaries of a painting or photograph. Artists such as Reva Urban purposefully break out of the rectangular mold by using non-rectangular canvases or by adding on pieces that protrude out of the frames or by adding three-dimensional swells, dips, and protrusions. In this manner, Urban moves beyond the two-dimensionality of a rectangular confinement but still references the shapes.
Geometric abstract art such as Piet Mondrian's Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow (1930) and Theo van Doesburg's Composition XI (1918) established the De Stijl movement in the Netherlands. American Sarah Morris's Apple (2001) and street artist Maya Hayuk's work are more recent examples of paintings including geometric shapes.
Organic Shapes
While geometric shapes are well-defined, biomorphic or organic shapes are just the opposite. Draw a curving, semi-circular line and connect it where you began and you have an amoeba-like organic, or freeform, shape.
Organic shapes are individual creations of the artists: they have no names, no defined angles, no standards, and no tools that support their creation. They can often be found in nature, where organic shapes can be as amorphous as a cloud or as precise as a leaf.
Organic shapes are often used by photographers, such as Edward Weston in his remarkably sensual image Pepper No. 30 (1930); and by artists such Georgia O'Keeffe in her Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue (1931). Organic abstract artists include Wassily Kandinsky, Jean Arp, and Joan Miro.
Positive and Negative Space
Shape can also work with the element space to create positive and negative spaces. Space is another of the seven elements, and in some abstract art, it defines shapes. For instance, if you draw a solid black coffee cup on white paper, the black is your positive space. The white negative space around it and between the handle and the cup helps define the basic shape of that cup.
Negative and positive spaces were used with great imagination by M.C. Escher, in examples such as Sky and Water 1 (1938), in which dark images of a flying goose evolve through progressively lighter and then darker steps into dark swimming fish. Malaysian artist and illustrator Tang Yau Hoong uses negative space to make political commentary on cityscapes, and modern and ancient tattoo artists use positive and negative spaces combining ink and un-tattooed flesh.
Seeing Shape Within Objects
In the first stages of drawing, artists will often break their subjects down into geometric shapes. This is intended to give them a basis on which to create the larger object with more details and in correct proportion.
For example, when drawing a portrait of a wolf, an artist might begin with basic geometric shapes to define the animal's ears, snout, eyes, and head. This forms the basic structure from which he will create the final work of art. Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (1490) used geometric shapes of circles and squares to define and comment on the anatomy of a human male.
Cubism and Shapes
As an acute observer, you can break any object down to its basic shape: Everything is made up of a series of base shapes. Exploring the work of the Cubist painters is a great way to see how artists play with this elementary concept in art.
Cubist paintings such as Pablo Picasso's Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase No. 3 (1912) use geometric shapes as playful and haunting references to the organic shapes of the human body.
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A web search crawler normally first looks at the title tag of a webpage when examining options. Google, the top search engine--and the one to optimize for--handles more than 50 percent of search traffic and utilizes more than 100 algorithms to track and manage HTML content (on-page factors), external profiles (off-page factors), link architectures, popularity and reputation, as well as PageRank calculation (a complex site voting system) and web bots. You can write content that sings and dances, but one mistake and the grammar cops are all over you. Errors kill your credibility. I asked where I could find rocking horse UK . We all shop at different places. I prefer to buy my food from organic local veg . For better access to the internet, you could try leased line . Who are the top 10 York providers in the UK? Finally, if you're aiming to drive engagement with customers and internet users, keyword stuffing hurts your chances.
Reasons why marketers love blogs
Every vertical market and type of product is unique. As importantly ask, will readers Do your homework! The primary resources are all available here. Its as simple as your ABC's care? A general rule of thumb: If you have links in a menu at the top of the page, avoid duplicating those same links on the bottom of every page. Linking to the same page in the footer creates a hole for the link juice to seep out. No doubt over recent months, you would have noticed in SERP's (search engine results pages) that many spammers have been exploiting this with 50+ character hyphenated domain names, followed by file paths a mile long.
What can you do about anchor text right now?
When a bandwagon is this large and this loud, it's just about impossible to resist jumping on. You shouldn't only target keyword, even if you have a very small budget or think that 1 keyword covers everything that you do or sell. This is a mistake because unless it's a highly searched for keyword, and if it is then the competition to rank well for it will be fierce and getting your site in the top positions for it very difficult, then ranking for that 1 keyword won't attract enough visitors to your site. Google has over 200 factors to determine which sites should rank higher than others. As one of the main ranking factors, backlinks are essential to improve a website's rankings. Optimizing images to rank well in search is a must for an increasingly visual web: a good logo or some eye-catching graphics can be as effective at attracting visitors to your website as your written content.
Marketers often make decisions based on data from individual channels
Don't be scared by the acronym SEO, it just allows sites like Google to read your website and rate you in terms of how relevant you are to the users search terms. Various versions of brands include family brands, flanker brands, and co-brands. Instant communication creates the potential to generate buzz and excitement. Gaz Hall, a SEO Consultant, commented: "Diving straight into the internet without any clear game plan is time-wasting, dangerous and more often than not, a futile attempt to rank any website for maximum targeted traffic. "
Wait. Is cloaking really that simple?
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We have all seen the TV ad’s sponsored by the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) explaining in loving and simple family terms that there is no difference between natural Cane Sugar and the Franken sugar derived from putting corn through an entirely chemical and un-natural process to produce High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS).
Health and nutrition experts, including doctors, dietitians, researchers and professional organizations, are in agreement that whether it’s corn sugar — by which we mean HFCS, a sugar made from corn — or cane sugar, your body can’t tell the difference. Sugar is sugar.
Is the slogan on their web site. Of course one might argue that the CRA are nothing more than a Washington based Lobbying agency that have bought approval for HFCS. But that is pure speculation on my behalf. All I can really say is that I made several attempts to get Audrae Erickson, the chief mouth piece of the CRA to join in a live radio series Surviving The 21st Century, but she was always (conveniently) too busy.
It does however seem that I am not the only one that had questions about HFCS.
Even the TV ad’s are interesting, they are locked down to prevent downloads. Odd really, one would think that if HFCS is so darn good they would want everyone to see them. A quick look at YouTube and a search on HFCS shows a range of videos that are not complimentary about the subject.
To get the sugary sweet TV ad you must head to the CRA’s main propaganda site. It’s fun, but not best watched on a full stomach.
It transpires that Mannie Barling, Ashley F. Brooks and I were not the only ones with concerns about HFCS.
Of course ‘independent’ research is not something encouraged by the folks producing GM (Genetically Modified) products. In fact Monsanto will slap a lawsuit on anyone that even grows a seed without their express permission. And who ever heard of a 40 page ‘End user license’ with a bag of seeds?
There are ways around this, don’t mess with the seeds or the plants, just look at the end result. In this case neither Monsanto nor the CRA have any control over people looking at the final product, HFCS.
This Sounds simple, but it is still problematic. Universities get a large amount of funding from large corporations. Very much the ‘Screw me and I’ll screw you’ message is involved. This tends to keep research on the side of whoever is paying for it.
Yes, it sounds like Washington DC and the world of Lobbying.
Very occasionally someone bucks the trend. That seems to be what is happening to the HFCS lobby. Researchers are claiming Sugar is Sugar is BS.
University of Colorado and University of Florida researchers determined that study participants who consumed drinks sweetened with HFCS had significantly more fructose circulating in their bloodstream (and it was absorbed faster) than did those participants who had consumed drinks sweetened with cane sugar. The study showed that the beverage made with HFCS significantly increased systolic blood pressure compared to the drink made with sugar. The study also showed that the soft drink made with HFCS significantly increased systemic uric acid compared to the soft drink made with sugar. High levels of uric acid are associated with hypertension and such metabolic diseases as insulin resistance, which is a precursor of type-2 diabetes. Â
The University Of Colorado study had this to say:
Both HFCS and sucrose have historically been considered to have nearly identical effects on the body. But this study finds that indeed there is a difference between the two. They found that the makeup of the sugars resulted in differences in how much fructose was absorbed into the circulation, and which could have a potential impact on one’s health. Sucrose is 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose that is bonded together as a disaccharide (complex carbohydrate), while HFCS is a mixture of free fructose (55 percent) and free glucose (45 percent). It’s the difference in fructose amount that appears to create the ill health effects on the body.
Ill effects on the body? Where did that come from? What ill effects? I thought sugar was sugar?
Just as disturbing is:
Their study was conducted at the University of Florida, where they evaluated 40 men and women who were given 24 ounces of HFCS – or sugar-sweetened soft drinks. Careful measurements showed that the HFCS-sweetened soft drinks resulted in significantly higher fructose levels than the sugar-sweetened drinks. Fructose is also known to increase uric acid levels that have been implicated in blood pressure, and the HFCS-sweetened drinks resulted in a higher uric acid level and a 3 mm Hg greater rise in systolic blood pressure.
No doubt the CRA and their minions are very busy concocting a comeback on all of this. Monsanto no doubt will have the lawyers working on a way to prevent anyone from replicating the study. And I am sure that any future grants to the University of Colorado are in a great deal of jeopardy. Particularly over the plan to assess long term effects of HFCS.
What a hoot!
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As an individual you can sometimes find yourself isolated, struggling for answers on your own.
You might eventually find those elusive answers by searching the internet, hunching over books or stumbling across it months later when you’ve all but given up in frustration.
There is a simpler way. Mastermind groups.
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When a network of peers is formalised into regular meet-ups (either in person, over the internet, or by phone) for the purpose of helping each participant to develop, overcome challenges and meet their goals, it is often referred to as a mastermind.
Surround yourself with the right people and you could find solutions falling into your lap. By yourself, you only have your own knowledge and experiences to draw on, but if you join a mastermind group who have been where you are now and know the struggles you are facing, suddenly you have the expertise of several people at your fingertips.
The Community Care sector (aged and disability) is a rapidly changing space. Keeping abreast of all these changes is best done when you are part of a team of like-minded people who are dealing with the same issues in a similar context. When you find yourself grappling with an issue, stop and take the time to look around your network. You’ll find that someone else has been down the same road.
Talking with a peer can often provide you with guidance on what worked for them and what didn’t.
Their journey can save you time and unnecessary stress.
A mastermind provides an opportunity for collegiate learning and development, where together you can:
• work through challenges using the combined knowledge of others;
• harness opportunities to optimise outcomes for your service; and
• contribute to the group, helping others too.
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were two of the members of a mastermind group called the Vagabonds; I imagine the discussions around the table would have been very interesting for this group as they brainstormed ways to overcome issues that arose from developing and marketing their inventions.
Some groups and networks may form organically; a few people facing common issues or finding themselves in similar situations who come together regularly and work through the problems.
This can be great if you have a small group of people who are focussed on meeting up regularly, live close by and are committed to working through identified issues. The problem is that we are all so busy that it is often difficult to arrange a mutually suitable time, set an agenda and pull together information without a lot of work being done by one or two people.
This is where a formal mastermind comes in handy.
Donna and I both participate in mastermind groups. We have found that by working with others we gain additional insights and new approaches or strategies that can be applied to our own situation.
Often, people in the group suggest ideas or thoughts on a topic that we would not have considered without hearing it from someone else and having them relate their experience and how it helped them. Of course, not everyone’s take on a problem or opportunity is going to be the same, but there are usually some key takeaways that are relevant and sometimes, they can be the ‘gold’, or the ignition you need for your own ‘lightbulb’ moment.
While there are plenty of industry-run events and courses, the content of these is rarely tailored to the remote context and the set agenda doesn’t allow attendees to work through issues or develop solutions specific to their own services and situations.
In response to a number of requests from aged care managers, CDCS ran an aged care specific mastermind program in 2018 – the Inner Circle MasterMind. This mastermind program was specially designed to support managers operating community care programs in rural and remote settings. It provided a platform to be able to network with other managers operating in similar contexts who were facing or had experience in related issues, and who were looking to improve outcomes for their clients, their service and staff, and themselves as managers.
We were able to respond directly to requests they had such as how to write a better funding submission by bringing in a professional grant writer as a guest speaker. As a group activity, we were able to assist one of the participants work through the restructure of their service, with each participant contributing ideas that made the final outcome effective and actionable.
Here’s a sample of what participants from the 2018 inaugural group said about their experience:
“There’s nothing (else) for us like this.”
“Huge savings in man hours on what I can accomplish in two days.”
“It’s an investment… it motivates you and the amount you can accomplish is highly worth it.”
“This isn’t just about me… they (Board Members) can see we are working and what I can bring back.”
What do you get from being a part of a mastermind group?
1. Knowledge
Mastermind groups are a great way of gaining knowledge quickly and effectively. They are particularly useful when formal learning can’t provide the answers you need. Masterminds promote a faster learning curve.
In the feedback we received from a new Inner Circle MasterMind participant who was also new to the role of aged care manager, the person noted they had learnt more in two days by working on issues alongside their peers than they had in the previous two weeks. This is not unusual, as mastermind groups are about collective learning and the structure of a well-run mastermind supports discussion, provides access to expert and operational knowledge, and practical solutions.
2. Collaboration
Mastermind groups are usually made up of people who have a common interest and come together in a collegiate and supportive environment of like-minded people.
For example, Donna and I have participated in small business masterminds. This allowed us to interact with other people who were facing situations similar to our own. They may not have understood or had much knowledge about our particular sector (aged care) however they were able to assist us in brainstorming ways to address business-related issues.
3. Developing your network
We all know how valuable networking is. People in our network can alert us to opportunities that we may not be aware of, they might inspire us to look at how we operate our own business, or teach us a simple new skill, but sometimes it is difficult to link up with the right people.
While I think it’s good to network with people from other industries or sectors of our industry, the opportunity to build a connection with those who understand your working environment, operational context and who can offer relevant insights and support is invaluable.
4. Accountability
Being part of a mastermind can help you to stay on track and be more accountable. If you need to report back to the group on how well you are tracking towards your stated goals you’re going to want to have something positive to report.
The mastermind group we ran in 2018 helped people to keep on track. One of the participants stated that it was knowing they had to turn up to the two day meet-up every 90 days and report on their accomplishments that inspired them to get those tasks completed.
5. Honest feedback and advice
I don’t want to be told that something is good when it’s really not; and although I don’t necessarily like being told something needs to be reworked or it’s not right, I’d rather get some honest feedback and guidance on how I can improve. In the mastermind group I am currently participating in we have a closed Facebook group where I am expected to contribute and upload my work for feedback from others in the group. While this can seem daunting, we’re all in it together and I have had some great feedback, which inspires me to keep going and do better.
So how about you? Are you interested in being part of a mastermind group?
If so you could always reach out to a few like-minded people, set a time to catch up regularly (fortnightly or monthly is good depending on the availability of the participants) set the parameters of your mastermind and stick with the schedule. It can be a lot of work to manage, but can really pay off.
If you are an aged care manager working in rural or remote areas of Australia, you might want to consider joining the 2019 Inner Circle MasterMind group. As well as working with you and your organisation to establish your goals for the year, we will be meeting up in person every quarter for a two-day forum. During these meet-ups, we not only work on current issues, we also bring in special presenters who can provide expert knowledge on current program developments and how they might impact on your organisation; and better still, how you and your organisation can make the most of opportunities.
Click here if you’d like to know more about the Inner Circle MasterMind.
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The reality of retirement
For some people, this prospect can be daunting indeed… Spending the rest of your life tethered to your mate can be an unbearable prospect for some couples. Even in their twilight years, they would rather separate than suffer this predicament.
No matter how much you care for your mate, you need to escape for periodic gulps of fresh air. Intermittent uncoupling is an absolute necessity in any relationship.
Even if you dearly love “canard-a-l’orange” you will quickly tire of it if you are offered the same dish every single day. Retirement, for some people, can mean a daily dose of “duck a l’orange” and after a while it loses its appeal.
Today, it is not unusual (and healthy) to have both husband and wife working. They part in the morning and meet again in the evening. This timeout is the safety valve that secures their common bond. But when both retire at the same time, this critical safety valve is removed and it will dangerously increase the strain in their close quarters.
Togetherness is one thing, but detention is a different animal. My cat usually does not say much, but we have an understanding. She once texted me “You can pet me for about a minute, but that’s it. After that, you do it at your own risk.”
So, we have an arrangement. After breakfast, I pet her for a few seconds and I let her loose in the garden. She can disappear for hours but she will reappear a few times during the day. If I did not let her go, she would become very testy and prone to fight. The same thing will happen to your mate if confined too long in the same monotonous environment.
Some people look at retirement like Nirvana, but many retirees come to regret the harsh reality of their new situation. Leaving a job can be traumatic. Being suddenly cut off from your daily routine and your colleagues creates a large void that needs to be filled.
Some people are incapable of doing this and slump into a deep depression. Many want to get back to work, but many can’t.
Retirement is an important decision, and before you embrace it, you need to prepare for it. Doing nothing is fine (for an hour or two) but after a short while, work starts to look rather exciting.
“Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.” Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Essentials Oils – Natures Precious Gift
Essential Oils: Nature’s Precious Gift Have you ever wondered what is the reason of perfume in flowers and other plant parts? They are the essential oils. But in addition to the aromatic part, the essential oils also contain plant hormones and some other compounds. The essential oils are highly effective at very low concentrations. They have considerable effects on plants, animals as well as insects. The main reason of this is that the essential oils are very ancient compounds that were produced by the very ancient plants and have been produced ever since. The animals existed with the plants from the beginning. This long term of co-existence has caused them to respond to these essential oils in some way or the other.
The essential oils are extracted today by expression, steam distillation or solvent extraction. The last process of essential oil extraction however kills some of their therapeutic and other values. This renders them less effective. These solvent extracted essential oils are available in the market at a low cost. However, they are less effective and therefore less advisable. In the distillation process of extraction, water and steam are used to remove the oils out of fresh or dried plants. Solvent extraction uses the use of a solvent like alcohol to extract the essential oils.
Essential oils have been mentioned in the very ancient literature. These oils were used in the days long back in the Egyptian civilization. They were also being used in the ancient India, Rome, etc. The essential oils were generally used as a source of perfume in the ancient days. The Egyptians had big machines for extracting the Essential oils. As they were used in various other purposes and were dear to afford, the essential oils were also called as ‘Precious oils’ in the ancient days. Their use in religious rituals also assigned them the name of ‘sacred oils’. However, the essential oils name exists now.
The therapeutic value of essential oils is admirable. In the contemporary period, they have been used first by a French Chemist in treatment. This kind of treatment was coined the term ‘aromatherapy’. The aromatherapy is used even today, since most of the essential oils effect in a much pleasant way on human health. Being natural, they don’t generally cause a side effect. However, some may have adverse effects.
The essential oils can help in the cure of anxiety, depression, fatigue, memory problems, headaches, insomnia, etc. They sometimes show an unbelievably fast action. This is because they can easily enter through the skin and even through the cell membranes into the cells. One of the most important uses of some essential oils is that they improve the body immunity. To know more about essential oils, please visit us directly.
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Churches in India have hailed the defeat of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a general election in the world's largest democracy.
Results showed that millions of India's poor rural people forsook Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Hindus-first message despite an economic boom and moved their support to the secularism of the India National Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Vajpayee conceded defeat on yesterday after campaigning on the slogan "India Shining." The party miscalculated support for its campaign, hoping to capitalize on the country's eight percent growth rate on the back of booming high-tech industries and rapid development.
Joseph D'Souza, President of the All India Christian Council, told the German evangelical news agency Idea, "In a surprise spontaneous move of public anger, the masses, the downtrodden, the poor, the Dalits and even the urban unemployed all joined together to throw out the BJP led alliance."
"This is a mandate to renew secular democracy in India," said the Rev. Ipe Joseph, general secretary of National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), a grouping of 29 Orthodox and Protestant Churches in India. Joseph told Ecumenical News International, "By ejecting the NDA government out of power, most of the voters have shown that they reject the [Hindu] fundamentalism."
The opposition Congress party looked set to win enough seats to secure a coalition government along with smaller parties including the Communists, who had assured their support for a stable and secular government.
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Samsung Galaxy S9 (Plus) camera review
The Samsung Galaxy S9 and the S9 Plus were announced at the MWC and stand out because of their cameras. Among other things, these have a variable aperture. What can you do with the single camera of the S9 and the dual camera of the S9 Plus? In this article, I'll find out for you.
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Samsung Galaxy S9 camera
The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus feature variable aperture. The camera recognizes dark and light situations, and adjusts the size of the lens accordingly using the aperture. In the evening, the aperture will become larger, so more light reaches the sensor. You can take properly exposed pictures in any situation. The S9 does this using 1 12-megapixel camera, and the S9 uses 2 cameras of 12 megapixels each.
Selfie camera
Samsung S9 selfie camera
Compared to the S8, the selfie cameras have stayed pretty much the same. The S9 and S9 Plus still have their 8-megapixel selfie camera. The selfie focus mode is a new feature: the background blurs and your skin tone is corrected. That way, you can effortlessly shoot sharp portraits. Always wanted to create your own 3D avatar? With the S9 (Plus), you can. You can send your personal emoji to anyone who uses WhatsApp. Before, you could only do this if someone had the same phone.
The cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have progressed. Using selfie focus, you can shoot good portraits, but the blurry background effect would've been better with a second camera. Thanks to the variable aperture, you can shoot sharper photos in the dark. That's nice, because you want to be able to capture fun moments in the evening as well. With the Galaxy S9 (Plus) my friends will receive a lot of WhatsApp messages with my own avatar and slow-mo videos.
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How to how to handle change in the workplace – anticipating, recognising and motivating people’s responses to change
Organisational & Team Performance 10th September 2020
This video and accompanying toolkit shares insights on the psychological impact that change can have on team members, and what leaders and managers can do to identify and best manage those so that people are more likely to embrace change and are able to adapt quickly to new situations.
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About the speaker
Lisa has a rich experience in organisational change and change management, with a specialism in organisational and cultural transformations.
Over the past 20 years Lisa has held a number of senior consultant and programme management positions across sectors and tackled a range of challenges associated to organisational and behavioural change, organisational transformations, cross-cultural working, leadership and team coaching.
Whilst Lisa’s work is vast and varied, it all shares a common thread – to support organisations in achieving their strategic goals.
Lisa is a Principal Consultant at Rubica and is involved in leading and delivering our organisational change programmes.
Find out more about Lisa
00.43. How to handle change in the workplace – the impact when change is mismanaged
Our work in change has shown that unless leaders and mangers recognised the personal and psychological impacts of what a change might be on each member of their team, and recognise that this is different for each person, then this can lead to disengagement or resistance to the change.
As well as this causing tension during the transition, the chances of behavioural change being achieved and embedded are significantly reduced.
By being able to identify what each person believes they are losing as a result of a change, leaders and managers are able to address people’s concerns directly and help them to transition through a change in a way that is engaging, safe and supportive. And which enables them to maintain their performance and the overall productivity of the team.
In the following video, taken from our Leading Through Change course, we’ll share ideas on how to handle change in the workplace, by identifying individual motivational drivers and recognise how different aspects of your organisational change may impact each person’s drivers.
We’ll do this be exploring threat and reward triggers. We’ll give you a framework for identifying different approaches that are needed for motivating each team member – it is based on a model by David Rock, called the SCARF model. Where the letters S C A R F are a pneumonic for the 5 common factors that can activate a threat or reward response in social situations.
02.01 Handling change in the workplace – how the brain perceives change
Let’s start by recapping on the concepts of Threat and Reward from Module 1. We talked about how our brains are programmed for survival. The amygdala the part of the brain that is supposed to scan the environment for threats and rewards is constantly at work. And whilst the other parts of our brains have adapted, the amygdala still functions today as it did in prehistoric times.
The amygdala sends messages to the prefrontal cortex – the part of the brain that makes decisions and does all our logical processing and complex thinking. When our brains detect a threat, we experience a surge of adrenalin and a quickening of heart rate, that we recognise as the ‘fight, flight, freeze’ response that comes to us when we are in a dangerous situation. It is a highly effective response when we need to respond quickly e.g. when our car is about to crash. However, we looked at how this is not an effective response for a prolonged threat. Because, when we are in that state, the blood flow in our brain is prioritised to the areas that are necessary for escaping the perceived threat, and away from the parts of the brain that do planning, rational thinking and managing of emotions. And the reason this is so relevant to change, is that our brains treat uncertainty as a threat and therefore in a change situation, our brains are put into a threat state for a prolonged period. This has a significant impact on our productivity, focus and wellbeing.
Here is a reminder of the threat and reward responses in the brain. When we are in threat mode we may:
• Be distracted
• Think less clearly
• See threats that don’t exist
• Have narrower vision
• Have reduced memory
• Experience poorer performance
• Have increased cortisol (the stress hormone)
On the other hand, the reward response can clearly have a significant positive impact on us, as we feel more:
• Positive and engaged
• Focused
• Resilient
• Willing to collaborate
• Innovative
• Creative
• Increased dopamine (the happy hormones)
So, to handle change in the workplace effectively we really want our people to be in the ‘reward’ state during change, and its important for us as leaders to keep people in that reward state and move them away from their threat state to not only help with their wellbeing and stress levels, but also to help with their performance and the overall productivity of the team.
05.20 Ways to handle change in the workplace – the SCARF Model by David Rock
Whilst we’ve looked an uncertainty as one of the factors that can cause a threat or reward response, there are other factors too which can have the same effect.
Understanding these factors can help us to understand the behaviour of our team members and how to make change stick.
The SCARF model contains 5 domains of social experience:
1. Status
2. Certainty
3. Autonomy
4. Relatedness
5. Fairness
Each of us has our own SCARF profile i.e. which of these domains is of more or less importance in our own personal motivations.
What a leader can do – when they know which of these drivers is more important to an individual – they can help them move away from their threat response and move towards their reward response.
06.33 Move people away from a threat response and towards a reward response when handling change in the workplace
1. Status: is about relative importance to others. So if your organisational change affects how someone sees themselves within the hierarchy, this can have a significant threat response for them. Equally, if someone feels as though their status is elevated as a result of a change, this will prompt a reward response.
So what can you do to help here? Publicly acknowledge the contribution that person is making and make them feel good about themselves in front of their peers. Say how well they are doing and also provide them with personal development opportunities.
1. Certainty: is about the ability to predict the future. This is significant for all of us when going through change, however for some people this is more of a driver than for others. Some people cope ok with a lack of information, but for others until they have all of the information they won’t settle.
So communicating with people as openly as you can, and providing that clear roadmap with clear priorities and giving people small steps all helps with putting them into a reward response with certainty.
1. Autonomy: this is about providing a sense of control over events. This is about how much we are entrusted to work on our own. So if this is a big driver for us, any organisational change that empowers us would be great for us. But in contrast, if we feel the change is reducing our level of autonomy and we feel more controlled this can cause a threat response.
So you as a leader can help people get involved with things they can help with – areas where they can have some autonomy. So we talked previously about having small groups which did some problem solving/idea generation – helping to paint a picture of what the future might look like for your team. Involving people who have a high autonomy need is really important in that.
1. Relatedness: is about a sense of safety with others – whether someone is a friend or a foe. So it is about our sense of belonging, and relationships within the group – be that our immediate team or relationships with others. If we feel isolated, this can cause a real threat response in us. People with a strong relatedness need will keep seeking reassurance about their relationship.
So it is important during times of change that if you have people who you know have a strong relatedness need to help set-up systems that will help them e.g. buddy systems, mentoring etc. Small groups are always perceived to be safer than larger groups with a relatedness need.
1. Fairness: is about fair exchanges with people. If fairness is a key driver for us and we feel anything about a change is unfair, the threat response that this causes in us can result in strong resistance to the change.
So you can help with this by making sure there is transparency and increasing the level of communication and involvement through the change.
So you’ll see that if you understand your team’s individual profiles, you can understand why they feel under threat and you can help to minimise that. Equally if you know the drivers that can activate a reward, you can tap into those to motivate a reward response.
10.24 Summary: How to handle change in the workplace
So to summarise what we’ve covered in the video:
1. Understanding the individual motivations and preferences of each member of our team, helps us to understand how they receive a change, and how ready they are to engage with it.
2. Our motivations to change are underpinned by our brain’s role in seeking out threat’s and rewards. When a change triggers a threat response in us, it makes it very difficult for us to focus on our work, and it is very challenging for us to engage with a change and to learn. On the other hand, a reward response puts us into a state where we are open to learning and respond positively to change. Therefore leaders need to anticipate what in each person will trigger a threat response and understand how to move that towards a reward response.
3. The SCARF model gives us a good framework for understanding the motivational drivers of each person and for anticipating when a threat response might occur of have already occurred.
If you’d like to put into action what Lisa has discussed in this video, download the free toolkit at the end of this video, via the link below. It shares some great ideas for putting her top tips into action.
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Tips For Driving In Adverse Winter Weather Conditions
As stated in the previously blog, adverse weather conditions can challenge any driver, whether they have been driving for years or just got their license. Most importantly, drivers must be aware of the winter weather conditions and be able to react accordingly. Rain, snow, ice and wind can get in the way of driving safely.
Here, we provide some tips for driving in some adverse winter weather conditions:
Heavy Rain
The two biggest obstacles of driving in rain are decreased visibility and the possibility of hydroplaning. Hydroplaning is when your car does not grip the surface of the road as it should, and instead slips across the layer of water that is between the tire and the road.
Some tips to keep yourself safe while driving in heavy rain are:
1) Turn on your windshield wipers and your lights for better visibility.
Firstly, turn on your windshield wipers to the correct speed that keeps the rain consistently off of your windshield. Then, turn on your headlights. Even if it is in the middle of the day, this will help you to be able to see correctly as well as help other cars to see you.
2) Take your time driving and keep more space between you and the vehicle in front of you.
Drive slower than you normally would, as it could help prevent you from hydroplaning. Also try to wait to drive until after the rain has been going for a few minutes, as the oils that immediately come out of the ground are dangerous. Make sure to also follow cars from further away in order to give yourself more time and space to break in case of traffic or an accident.
Snow And Ice
If you’re not used to it, driving in the snow and ice can be quite daunting and can be one of the most dangerous winter weather conditions. However, there are a few tips you can remember to keep you safe on the roads:
1. Drive, accelerate, and decelerate slower than normal.
Driving slower will help your wheels to grip to the snow and the road better in these conditions. Also make sure to accelerate and decelerate slower, as moving too quickly can cause the wheels to slip.
2. Try not to stop when going up hills.
It takes your car much more effort to start back up again once it is stopped on a hill. This can also cause slippage with the wheels and will make them spin.
3. Keep windshield wipers and low beam headlights on.
Keeping your windshield clean by using your wipers. Also make sure to put your lights on, but not on regular or high beams. Low beams should be used as they will cut through the snow and help you to see more clearly.
4. Carry emergency chains in your car.
If you drive in an area that consistently gets snow, make sure to carry a set of chains in case you get stuck in a situation where you need them.
Heavy Wind
While light wind might not bother the driver, heavy wind can actually be a dangerous weather condition.
Some tips to keep yourself safe when driving in heavy winds are:
1. Keep a tight grip on your wheel and pay extra attention.
Make sure that both of your hands are on the wheel and both of your eyes are on the road. In heavy winds, there may be higher gusts in certain areas that can knock your car out of place.
2. Pay attention to other vehicles.
Other vehicles will be dealing with the same problems you are of their car being moved by the wind. If you are on more than a one-way highway, keep your eye out for cars next to you – especially if they are larger semi trucks, motor homes, etc.
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What is order and delivery management?
You have a process to get reusable assets to end users and back again. This includes many steps from order entry, picking, staging, loading, delivery, pickup, unloading, truck reconciliation, sorting and checking for damage. TrackAbout can help in each of these steps or, at a minimum, just when assets are delivered and picked up. We can work with an existing order management system or can be used stand-alone. No matter at what level you start, you will have much greater control of your assets with order and delivery management, and you can grow over time to have an entirely paperless process.
How does order and delivery management work?
Step 1: Order Entry
Order entry is the process of creating ‘orders’ or requests for the delivery and/or pickup of reusable assets and/or consumables. If you already have a system for order entry, you will likely keep using it. If you do not have a system, you can do order entry from inside of TrackAbout.
Step 2: Picking
Picking is the process of selecting assets or consumables to use for orders. You can do this manually, inside of another system or inside of TrackAbout.
Step 3: Staging and Load Trucks
This is the process for getting assets and consumables loaded onto trucks for delivery. By scanning individual assets onto trucks you can create a manifest or other required paperwork for what was loaded on the truck.
Staging and Load Trucks
Step 4: Delivery
In this step you deliver assets and consumables to your customer or internal location. In this step your people will scan all of the assets being delivered/picked up and can also confirm the quantity of any consumables being delivered. The customer can sign on the mobile device screen to accept the delivery. As with all mobile actions, we will capture a timestamp, who did the scanning and GPS coordinates.
Most clients already have a paper process in place and can start simply by adding scanning to this existing paper process. That is an easy way to get started. When you are ready, TrackAbout supports an entirely paperless process where the orders are stored in the mobile device and the driver does not carry any paperwork.
A confirmation document can be emailed or printed on a mobile printer at the end of a delivery/pickup.
Step 5: Truck Unload and Reconciliation
In these steps, all of the assets remaining on the truck are scanned when the truck returns. This is compared to what was loaded, delivered and picked up. This gives a great double-check for all of the scanning that has taken place on this trip. This step greatly improves the accuracy of the total system.
Step 6: Share Information with your Customers
Now that you have scanned assets to your customers and have captured electronic proof of delivery, TrackAbout allows you to share this information with your customers. They can be given access to see the proof of delivery as well as reports on the assets you have delivered to them including how long they have been sitting at the customer.
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A lot of mistakes can happen during a delivery. We did a study and found that 3% of all delivery/return actions contained at least one mistake when completed solely on paper. By introducing TrackAbout Proof of Delivery with Truck Reconciliation all of these mistakes were caught and fixed before they turned into problems with your customers.
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* Polystrates like Spines and Rare Schools of Fossilized Jellyfish: Previously, seven sedimentary layers in Wisconsin had been described as taking a million years to form.
And because jellyfish have no skeleton, as Charles Darwin pointed out, it is rare to find them among fossils.
Though still heavily used, relative dating is now augmented by several modern dating techniques.
Many of these scientific finds demand a re-evaluation of supposed billion-year ages.
* Opals Can Form in "A Few Months" And Don't Need 100,000 Years: A leading authority on opals, " More knowledgeable scientists resist the uncritical, group-think insistence on false super-slow formation rates (as also for manganese nodules, gold veins, stone, petroleum, canyons and gullies, and even guts, all below).Carbon-14, or radiocarbon, is a naturally occurring radioactive isotope that forms when cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere strike nitrogen molecules, which then oxidize to become carbon dioxide.Green plants absorb the carbon dioxide, so the population of carbon-14 molecules is continually replenished until the plant dies.Organisms including , and many others dated, allegedly, even hundreds of millions of years old, have yielded their endogenous, still-soft biological material.See the web's most complete listing of about 100 journal papers (screenshot, left) announcing these discoveries at and see it in layman's terms at scientific knowledge is arguing for rapid cave formation (see below, Nat'l Park Service shrinks Carlsbad Caverns formation estimates from 260M years, to 10M, to 2M, to it "depends").
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Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (Book 2)
George and Harold are usually responsible kids . . . whenever anything bad happens, George and Harold are usually responsible! And it looks like they're up to their old tricks again!
First, they ruined the school's science fair with a series of silly pranks. Then, they accidentally created an army of evil, vicious talking toilets, intent on taking over the world. Who will stop the carnivorous commodes?!!!? This looks like a job for Captain Underpants!
Check out the other books in the Captain Underpants series!
Check out these fun activities!
George and Harold's College O' Art
Make your own Petey
Captain Underpants Happy Underwear Day coloring sheet
Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers coloring sheet
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What Matters Most
Our Values help inform our decision making, define who we are and communicate what to expect when you’re with us.
1. Jesus over Everything: Jesus is the Main Event; He is our first and highest priority
2. Love first and always: people matter to God so people matter to us
3. Make Room: you can belong before you believe or behave
4. Generosity: live with an open hand not a clenched fist
5. Serve Somebody: At Converge, everybody does the dishes
6. Grow Up: we love you just the way you are but we love you too much to let you stay that way
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What is Doing Business As?
Updated June 1, 2020
Starting a business can be one of the most monumental decisions you will make in your life. There are many important and complex decisions that come with starting your business and getting off on the right foot. One of these decisions is to use a DBA.
What is a DBA?
A DBA, or Doing Business As, is essentially the operating name of a company. Companies use a DBA when they wish to operate under a different name than the one their company is legally registered as. DBA is often called an assumed name, a fictitious name, or a trade name, and some states require that DBA or fictitious business name filings are made for the protection of consumers conducting business with the entity.
Different states have different DBA requirements, so it’s critical to understand your local guidelines. For example, most states require that you file for a DBA to some degree, but some states, such as Arizona, Florida, and Wisconsin, require no filing whatsoever.
When to Use a DBA
There are many reasons why businesses file a DBA and the decision to file for a DBA typically comes down to a combination of the business owner’s preference, local requirements, and the business’s legal entity. Because of this, there are a few corporate structures that tend to file for a DBA most frequently: franchises, sole proprietorships, and corporations/limited partnerships/LLCs.
Many file for a DBA because they don’t want their business to contain their personal name. Others may want to expand their business, or maybe their business has changed scope as it established itself in the market. Below, we outline the main reasons why businesses choose to operate under a different name than their legal business name for each entity type.
While franchise owners do not need a DBA, they commonly file one to establish the identity of their local business. For example, if you purchased a local Taco Bell franchise under Business X LLC, it would be beneficial to let your state know that you are doing business as the franchise you joined: Taco Bell.
Sole Proprietorship
Sole proprietorships (and general partnerships) often file a DBA so they do not have to use their full legal name (or their partner’s) for their business name This is due to the fact that sole proprietorships and general partnerships are unincorporated, so they don’t need to file entity formation documents or a business entity name with their state.
For example, if John Smith operates a business as a marketing consultant and he wants to make the brand sound like a larger business, he could file a DBA to use a business name like “Level Up Marketing Solutions” rather than “John Smith”.
Corporations, Limited Partnerships, and LLCs
Unless their state, city, or county specifically requires them to, corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies (LLCs) are not required to file for a DBA. This is because these entity types have already registered their entities and a business name with their state.
That said, corporations, limited partnerships, and LLCs often consider filing a DBA when they want to expand a specific line of business under a different name. By filing a name for a new branch the corporation does not have to fully form a new business in order to operate under a different name. For example, if Bill owns a company called Bill’s Tennis Training where he sells tennis lessons and wants to expand into selling his own products, he can save the time and money it would take to create a second business under an additional LLC or corporation by filing for a DBA name.
How to File a DBA
The process for filing a DBA varies by state, county, city, and business structure. In general, the process of registering a DBA requires paperwork and filing fees from $10 to $100 and meeting with your county clerk’s office or filing with your state government. Some areas may also require you to place a fictitious name ad in a local newspaper for a specified period of time. We recommend looking at the Small Business Administration’s chart to look at your state’s specific guidelines.
In general, you will want to find your area’s requirements, do a DBA name search to check availability, and then register it in your state/county. Understand that there are also some specific requirements you must follow. For example, a DBA cannot have “Inc”, “LLC”, or “Corp” in the name.
Is a DBA Right For Your Business?
There are a few things you should consider when deciding whether or no to file a DBA, assumed name, fictitious name, or a trading name. The following sections outline some of the most important considerations.
Legal Compliance
While a DBA allows you to use your trade name when beneficial for marketing purposes, it does not give you official rights to your business name. If you have not incorporated a business and assigned it the name of the DBA, others can register a legal business entity with the same name, ultimately taking your DBA name. Using the DBA name for a long time does not give you any permanent rights to that business name.
Additionally, using a DBA does not give you the same legal protections and limited liability as an LLC or other corporate structure. With a DBA, you have a name to put on your business cards but you don’t have the “corporate shield” to protect your personal assets from your business liabilities or the various tax benefits that are available from setting up a legal business entity.
Brand Definition
Doing business as names can be a great branding and awareness opportunity. For example, for sole proprietorships, employing a trade name will allow you to use a more traditional business name without having to form a corporation or LLC, which is usually much more expensive and time-consuming to establish. Rather than tying your company’s brand to your personal brand, you can focus on growing your business’s presence.
Expansion Possibilities
Establishing a DBA simplifies expanding your business with new product lines or offerings allowing you to use a brand name that is more aligned with the products or services you plan to sell. Doing so allows you to create a new line of offerings but without needing to file a separate corporation or LLC.
Online Presence
A DBA can also greatly benefit your digital presence by allowing you to register a domain name and social media account related to your company’s brand. Without the need to worry about diluting your brand or personal account, you can curate and create content that resonates with your audience to drive business growth.
Business Bank Account & Financing
Opening a business bank account requires an EIN, which a business can automatically obtain by filing a DBA. Establishing a business bank account is often a necessary first step in applying for business loans and financing as it separates your business and personal finance, opening up your business to more credit options.
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Improving customer experience through live chat
Humans are gregarious creatures. Everywhere there is pleasure, we are more than likely to frequent those places. This holds true for the business world also. It’s all about the experience. When customers feel good after dealing with your e-commerce platform, they will return there. This means that it needs to be more than conversion increase for you. You need to ask yourself some basic questions. Are customers buying from you because your product makes economic sense? Will they stay with you even if someone offered them the same services for less? Do new customers come back after a purchase? These are valid questions that need answers. Live chat can help you offer positive answers to these questions if the following guidelines are followed. Communicate genuineness and originality. Your live chat agents must be able to send a message of honesty and truthfulness to the customers. This helps earn their trust. When they trust the agent, they will trust the company. Honest communication involves talking about the limitations of the services the agent can offer them. When necessary, chats should be transferred to a more qualified representative without shame. People can easily detect a lie and first impressions last longer than […]
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How do you generate more sales and improve the customer experience with cross-selling and upselling?
Upselling and cross-selling is the art and science of introducing better or additional products to customers they are interested in at that moment. Offline retailers have been doing this for decades (such as “Want fries with that?” at McDonalds). And there are a lot of benefits for both the customer and the retailer. In fact, according to a study by a Forrester analyst, product recommendations such as upsells and cross-sells are responsible for 10-30% of e-commerce sales. In this article, you will learn why product upsells and cross-sells are so important, what you should offer, and how to do it. Let’s begin.
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By creating more opportunities for female-identifying artists in classical performance, The Tiger's Hearts Collective aims to redefine the term "classical" as an inclusive and accessible tradition of theatrical excellence.
This company defines "Classical Performance" as any creative work that explores universal truths and is inspired by epic, historical or foundational narratives from any culture and shared in any performative expression.
The term "classical" has long been used as an elitist gatekeeping tool. While the original meaning was coined by Ancient Greek theatre to mean "chosen", as in those pieces "chosen" to represent our stories to the world, the trick lies in who does the choosing.
For millennia, that power to curate our shared stories has been held by the white, western patriarchy and has been used to advance white-supremacist and colonial interests. From a young age, most of us were trained to consider this definition of the classics as the only definition of the classics. Privileging of the powerful in our classical history has built a foundation for our entire theatre tradition that is deeply racist, misogynist and oppressive. Classical theatre has directly contributed to the erasure of people of colour from our shared histories and from our stages, the fetishization and vilification of experiences or personal truths considered to be "other", the objectification of female-presenting bodies, and many other harmful practices.
So, why do we need to keep doing them?
We acknowledge that our love of this classical tradition is problematic, and may be born out of a desire to be accepted and acknowledged by these power structures and the people who run them. We want to offer ourselves gentleness and understanding as we explore this deep need to belong, but our desire to continue to explore these foundational stories is often questioned: Why continue to tell the same, harmful stories when you could be doing something new?
Our answer is simple: BECAUSE WE WANT TO!
There isn't one right way to do the classics, but we haven't seen OUR way yet! We want to revolutionize those universal stories that, for so many years, we believed weren't for us. We want to reclaim our space in a history that has tried so hard to erase us. We want to be respected as classical artists with exceptional skills and knowledge, and we want to share those skills with our audiences. We want to create opportunities for anyone who has felt othered by the old classical tradition to take up space in a new, inclusive classical tradition. We want that little girl in the front row to believe that she is capable of doing anything and being anyone- from Juliet to Hamlet, from Lady Macbeth to King Lear, and everything in between.
The classics aren't going away,
but the power to choose how they're told is changing hands.
We have spent the last few months listening, learning, and amassing resources to help us to create a sustainable diversity commitment. While that process will always be ongoing, here are some of the ways we're pledging to actively diversify our work:
Some of you may be thinking, "Is this even possible for a classical theatre company"?
Perhaps not entirely. However, efforts to decolonize the arts are essential to our work as Canadian theatre makers, even if it begins with a simple reminder that we are creating and living on forcibly colonized land- in our case, ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Amiskwaciwâskahikan, Treaty 6 Territory. If we are constantly asking ourselves how we can eliminate harmful colonial constructs and practices in our work, we will ultimately be encouraged to make choices that serve our community.
We make classical theatre for many reasons; one of which is to remind ourselves where we've come from. It isn't always palatable, but our shared histories can teach us how to affect positive change. It may be impossible to completely decolonize classical materials, but we can decolonize our methods, our attitudes, and our approach to those materials.
Positive change takes time, humility, creativity and resolve. Every day, we must actively choose to do this work and walk this path in a good way, even when we stumble.
We acknowledge that this journey asks us to keep our hearts and minds open to different experiences, voices, and opportunities. We are invested in educating ourselves with new and wonderful training opportunities, such as Nicole Brewer's Anti-Racist Theatre Practices Workshop, but we are equally invested in learning from members of our community whose experiences are different to ours.
This is a life-long journey, and along the way we will confront our own biases head-on and name them: internal racism, systemic racism, structural racism, anti-black attitudes, anti-indigenous attitudes, misogyny, homophobia, queer-phobia, ableism. Our ignorance and selective knowledge/awareness of the experiences of others will be revealed, acknowledged, and addressed as we learn.
We commit to removing ego from this journey of growth by sharing it publicly and uncensored.
Before outlining our commitments further, we want to clarify our stance on identity policing, including but not limited to gender and cultural self-identification.
We have no desire to police how or why any artist self-identifies. We acknowledge that self-identifying can be a journey through a grey-area towards a potentially undefinable goal and no artist should be required to explain or qualify that personal journey to the company that engages them on a contract.
We want to offer support that will enrich those journeys of self-discovery, not enforce criteria that will question their validity.
The social and performative construct of gender, for example, is intimate and fluid. As an all-female classical performance company, we use the term "female-identifying" wherever possible, but when we do employ the term "women", it is with the express intention to be inclusive of all female-identifying experiences including queer women, trans women, and womxn of other experiences. Patriarchal systems impact everyone, but they immediately disadvantage those among us who are female-identifying.
The complexities of racial or cultural identification are even more difficult. While acronyms like BIPOC serve to create recognizable space for black people, indigenous peoples, and people of colour, such simplifications also have the potential to homogenize these unique groups of people and their very different experiences and ways of life. In our ongoing work to build more a inclusive and diverse theatre community, we must be aware of the traps of performative allyship, such as tokenizing artists who are visibly identifiable as being other than white.
As Canadians, we should all be aware of the use of of blood quantum and/or visual signifiers in our history of racializing people who are "other than white". Corrupt systems of power police a person's identity in order to control them, leading to internal, systematic, and structural racism. This is especially true in Canada when it comes to First Nations Peoples, Métis, and Inuit.
This conversation, while complicated, is important because so many Diversity Statements rely on statistics to prove their commitment to diversity. This accountability tool is a positive step in the right direction, but we also acknowledge that diversity is a wholistic practice that sometimes doesn't fit into a pie chart. Diversity is a process, a conversation, a journey, and we hope that transparent hiring statistics are just the beginning of that collective evolution.
In September 2020, members of our arts community from around the province came together to create the 35//50 Initiative: a call for theatre companies to publicly commit to employing at least 35% black, indigenous, and people of colour and at least 50% women and non-binary people across their staff by the year 2025. You can read their initial letter here:
We're deeply thankful to the people behind 35//50 for their work. Their initiative, in every sense of the word, has developed a resource that will support our community's collective journey towards equitable hiring practices. Although we are an all-female company, we recognize that this call-to-action still includes us and we gratefully participate in the initiative as a part of our commitment to diversity and accessibility.
One of our biggest challenges going forward will be to encourage a new sense of belonging and confidence in classical performance. While we are committed to hiring at least 35% black, indigenous, and artists of colour before the year 2025, there is much work to be done towards supporting those artists that goes beyond equitable hiring practices.
As we've said, if the term classical refers to "the exceptional stories chosen to define us", it's all about who does the choosing. And the same people who choose what gets to be classical, choose who gets to be "exceptional".
When so many of us have been told from an early age that we "don't fit" the classics because they're only for educated white men, that creates trauma. When so many of us have fought to squeeze into that mould, to codify ourselves to be more white so we can be accepted, to fetishize our femininity so we can play one of the few roles available to us, to hide everything that makes us unique or different in order to be deemed "employable", that all creates trauma. This trauma sticks with us in unseen ways and can keep us from pursuing the jobs we want or succeeding in the jobs we get.
As classical theatre makers, we must support and encourage artists who are on that journey of healing. We also have a duty to create a new classical tradition for the next generation of artists. It's not enough just to commit to equitable hiring policies, just to commit to decolonizing and diversifying our rehearsal rooms and stage spaces. We have to go back to the source and re-imagine a classical training tradition that is rooted in actively anti-racist, anti-homophobic, and anti-misogynist policies.
We are committed to working with the community to develop classical training opportunities that will support any artist who has felt othered by the genre in the past, opportunities that can encourage healing and help develop exceptional creative skills in an empowering way. By reinventing the ways in which we train exceptional classical artists, we can enrich and revolutionize the stories that will be chosen for our new, inclusive classical tradition.
We're working on ways to keep you all informed about our on-going diversification efforts. As we continue to collect resources and develop policies to enforce our diversity mandate, you can find those updates here on our website. We are at the beginning of this journey, but we're determined, passionate, and very excited to develop and follow through with this vision for a more diverse and accessible classical theatre tradition.
We value your thoughts on what the new classical theatre tradition means to you, so get in touch! We'd love to hear from you.
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The rapid progress of miniaturization has shrunk electronic devices so much that their dimensions now become comparable to the size of atoms. Field-effect transistors with a length of the order of a few hundred nanometers are already on the market. In the laboratory, state-of-the-art nanofabrication even reaches the ultimate stage: it is possible to make individual structures consisting of a few atoms or molecules. A novel situation appears: the quantum behavior of electrons can emerge at the level of collective electrical variables described by the macroscopic concepts of voltages, currents, resistors, capacitors and so on.
It is important to note that in microelectronics, quantum mechanics only entered so far to explain material properties and did not play a role in the electrodynamics of circuits which always remained classical. What new phenomena arise when electron quantum coherence span a whole device and can influence its collective behavior? The aim of the research performed by the QUANTum physics and electrRONICS group is to answer experimentally this question. Using electron-beam lithography, low-temperature and ultra-low-noise techniques, we design, fabricate and measure metallic circuits in which quantum effects manifest themselves directly on macroscopic electrical quantities.
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What is a "Stock or Share" of a Company & How Can I Buy One : An Entrepreneur's Journey pt 49
Stock is the capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares. You’ve probably heard a popular definition of what a stock is: “A stock is a share in the ownership of a company. Stock represents a claim on the company's assets and earnings. As you acquire more stock, your ownership stake in the company becomes greater.” Unfortunately, this definition is incorrect in some key ways. To start with, stock holders do not own corporations; they own shares issued by corporations. But corporations are a special type of organization because the law treats them as legal persons. In other words, corporations file taxes, can borrow, can own property, can be sued, etc.
The idea that a corporation is a “person” means that the corporation owns its own assets. A corporate office full of chairs and tables belong to the corporation, and not to the shareholders. This distinction is important because corporate property is legally separated from the property of shareholders, which limits the liability of both the corporation and the shareholder. If the corporation goes bankrupt, a judge may order all of its assets sold – but your personal assets are not at risk. The court cannot even force you to sell your shares, although the value of your shares will have fallen drastically. Likewise, if a major shareholder goes bankrupt, she cannot sell the company’s assets to pay off her creditors.
Let me explain....
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NYPD endorses President Trump, N.Y. Democrats upset
Ahh yes, the ignorance and hypocrisy of liberals continues, with the number 1 bimbo in Washington D.C., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, at the front of the line. Too bad for her that she was in the back of the line when they were handing out brains!
As for the New York Police Department, you’re awesome!!! Too bad your mayor and governor don’t back you up! TGO
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Battle of Blandford
On April 25, approximately 2,500 smartly dressed but campaign worn uniformed invaders attacked Virginians defending their homes and hearths around Petersburg, Virginia.
One would suspect that the next few sentences would talk about the latest Union excursion against their Southern counterparts in the nine month siege that broke the back of the Confederacy.
However, one would be wrong.
On that late April day, those soldiers were wearing redcoats and were commanded by Brigadier General William Phillips and Benedict Arnold.
The Virginia militia, numbering 1,000 approximately were commanded by Baron von Steuben.
The British had landed at Hopewell, in all probability near where U.S. Grant situated his headquarters 84-years later.
One of the few signs that commemorate the 1781 engagement
One of the few signs that commemorate the 1781 engagement
Bent on raiding the countryside to limit supplies for American General Nathanael Greene in the Carolinas the British force defeated the militia at the Battle of Blandford on April 25th. The militia provided a good showing, defending the rolling terrain and slowly retreating to avoid the characteristic British tactic of flanking their antagonists.
Although not a major engagement, the action at Blandford showed the resiliency of Virginia militia and their spirited defense had bought time for the Americans.
The British pursued the militia to Manchester, opposite Richmond, Virginia by April 29th.
But, when the British forces arrived on the banks of the James River facing the Virginia capital, they were too late. The Marquis de Lafayette had rushed south and taken control of the city.
Battle Monument Marker
Battle Monument Marker
With orders to return to Petersburg, Phillips retreated away from Richmond after causing damage to the local countryside and burning tobacco warehouses laden with that Virginia commodity.
de Lafayette greeted the British arrival back in Petersburg by audaciously firing a few artillery rounds at the British columns.
For Phillips though, that was the least of his concerns, as the 50-year old British general officer contracted typhoid fever and died on May 13th. Albeit, the shells did provide a nuisance to the dying general who supposedly remarked, “won’t that boy [Layafette] let me die in peace?”
Grave marker of William Phillips near Blandford Church
Grave marker of William Phillips near Blandford Church
His remains lay in Blandford Cemetery today.
Like the Battle of Blandford itself which is covered by the actions of the American Civil War and modern encroachment, Phillips remains have been covered up in Blandford Cemetery.
A small marker near the church itself reminds visitors that a British general remains rest in the immediate area.
Layers of military history.
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F.lux transitions hour before/after twilight at sunrise/sunset
• Living at 67N 14E. I also do vacations a bit more south, at 62N. And been using F.lux for more than a year now.
For the entire of the harsher part of summer, i had to disable f.lux since it never got dark outside. F.lux would usually allocate 2-4 hours of red time, even if there was no night or twilight here. But thats a minor issue.
During winter, f.lux really enjoys to transition at wrong times.Twilight ends almost a full hour before the sunrise, so f.lux would always be a hour late unless i set a location further south.
For sunset the same issue is there, F.lux would go to red about a hour before twilight actually happens.
It bothers me a lot.
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Thikka audio in May 1st week
‘Thikka’ in the combination of Srihari and Priyamani has completed its shoting part and presently in post-production. B R Duggineni is directing and producing the movie which is on police backdrop. Srihari is playing a cop who is polite to public but ferocious to criminals. How he solves a problem faced by a love pair is the film all about. Audio is pected to released in May 1st week. Ramana Gogula provides the music. | <urn:uuid:98a07622-d49a-4d64-9b9e-2de1542c41ed> | https://m.ragalahari.com/tollywood-news-2013-april/16444/thikka-audio-in-may-1st-week | en | 0.982856 | 0.046055 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
1st row from the left to the right: Francesco Sanna, Maria-Antonietta Buccheri, Snezana Krstic, Wuraola Akande, Roy Someshwar, Annett Kiss.
2nd row from the left to the right: Axelle Vire, Francesco Grassi, Zoran Andjelic, Kiran Kumar Cheredy, Mauricio Manfrini
The Marie Curie Alumni Association Board was elected at the General Assembly, which took place on Saturday 23 November in Brussels, Belgium.
Each candidate was allocated 2 minutes for a presentation. The afternoon were announced the results of the election.
The Members of the Board are as follows:
Chair: Snezana Krstic
Vice Chairs: Francesco Grassi and Axelle Viré
Treasurer: Roy Someshwar
Secretary: Maria-Antonietta Buccheri
Ordinary Board Members:
1. Wuraola Ankande
2. Zoran Andjelic
3. Kiran Kumar Chereddy
4. Anett Kiss
5. Mauricio Manfrini
6. Francesco Sanna
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As a native Nevadan, I grew up in the only state in the U.S. to have legal prostitution. In Nevada, it is only legal outside of city limits, and only in particular counties. The girls are tested regularly and they are treated as legal workers. However, a great many prostitutes operate illegally inside the cities and are never tested. So, the legality of the practice does not necessarily keep it clean and off the streets. Only the workers in the licensed brothels are tested and regulated. Legalization doesn't reduce the amount of illegal sex trade, it merely increase the overall amount of prostitution that happens.
Let me be clear: I am not against legal prostitution, but I think it is important to keep harm reduction in mind when creating legal policies that govern the sex trade. The main problem we see with legal prostitution in Nevada (and elsewhere) is that there is always a percentage of sex workers who are enslaved. Sexual trafficking is not always easy to identify - often girls who try to flee are beaten and threatened, or even killed. In Germany, where sex trade is legal, authorities estimate that at any given time about 10-14% of prostitutes are working under threat of death or harm. Many are from other countries and are trafficked by mafias and corrupt officials.
In most sex for trade transactions, the seller is at a disadvantage. It is the seller who is desperate - 95% of prostitutes would leave the work if they had a choice.
However, there are some sex workers who do enjoy their work and perform it willingly. So, the question becomes how do we allow consenting adults to engage in this practice, but still protect sex workers from abuse and slavery?
The Nordic model is one approach that has been successful in reducing harm and negative side effects from prostitution. Basically, their law attacks the "demand" part of the equation. The selling of sex is decriminalized, but the buying of sex is outlawed. This legal model places the liability squarely on the shoulder of the buyer, the person with the money. The seller is seen as a victim, and is not punished, but empowered to report the buyer if need be. Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark all have variations of this approach encoded into law. Finland still allows the selling of sex in one-on-one negotiations between consenting adults, who are citizens. But, their regulations strictly outlaw any and all kinds of third party brokering of sex: no pimps, no madams, no brothels. Non-citizens are also barred from sex work in Finland, this byline is intended to specifically thwart the sex trafficking of Asian and Russian women.
I like the Nordic model for harm reduction pretty well, but my own views are somewhat different and can be reviewed in more depth here: daerice.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/sacred-prostitution-a...rchetypal-whore/
Sources on Harm Reduction studies related to prostitution:
Cho, Seo-Young, Dreher, Axel and Neumayer, Eric. "Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?" World Development, 41 No. 1 (2013): 67-82.
Danailova-Trainor, Gergana, and Patrick Belset. "Globalization and the illicit market for human trafficking: an empirical analysis of supply an demand." Policy Integration Department, International Labour Office Geneva. Working Paper No. 78, December 2006. ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---integrati.../wcms_081759.pdf. Accessed March 18, 2013.
Skilbrei, May-Len and Charlotta Holmstrom. "Is There a Nordic Prostitution Regime?" Crime and Justice Vol 40, No. 1 (2011): 479-517.) 0-www.jstor.org.innopac.library.unr.edu/stable/10.1086/659841. Accessed March 18, 2013.
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A question that has been asked on several occasions is which medications to use while performing a triggerpoint injection? The combination of medications clinicians use for triggerpoint and joint injections can be quite a complex mixture at times but it boils down to the individual clinicians judgement based on previous experiences from which combinations of short/long acting corticosteroid along with whichever "flavor" of short and/or long acting anesthetic works for them.
As far as my previous experience, I see no difference in sustained analgesic effect using corticosteroids in triggerpoint injections vs. using anesthetic alone. Now, I'm not saying NEVER use corticosteroids along with an anesthetic but one needs to remember why triggerpoints are being performed: 1. to provide relief of pain in the specific muscle and 2. to promote circulation of the triggerpoint area by active needling during the procedure. I know some clinicians that perform triggerpoint with a dry needle (no medications at all) with good results- however, I'm concerned about patients pain level while performing the procedure- especially in those with chronic myofascial pain (Fibro) that would require additional injections in the future.
Including corticosteroids in triggerpoint injections does pose a chance of hypopigmentation of the skin as well as atrophy of surrounding tissues that could cause scarring in that area. If you choose to perform triggerpoint injections with corticosteroids- Please discuss with the patient in rare occasions patients do experience these complications and have this on your consent form.
I'd love to hear from others who perform these procedures and what medication combinations work best for your patients?
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As I currently work in an interventional pain management- many of my Nurse Practitioner colleagues in Rural Family Practice ask "I have this old patient that has severe arthritic pain, the patient does not want to have replacement surgery, they have been on NSAIDS for a while but now it just not helping their pain as much as it did before. I don't want to start them on opioids right now either due to: NP wanting to avoid treating chronic pain- as in our state NPs cannot prescribe narcotics for chronic pain, potential side effects of opioids (constipation), poly pharmacy or future dependency issues. But, the patient can't drive to another city for a specialist to treat their arthritis pain."
When conservative treatment of arthritic joint pain fails (i.e. weight loss, exercise/PT, NSAIDS, etc.) the nurse practitioner should consider performing corticosteroid joint injection for symptomatic relief, usually in conjunction with previously mentioned treatments. Joint injections have longed been consider an appropriate treatment for arthritic joint pain. My personal experience with joint injections is that these simple in office procedures decrease patients' joint pain and improves their functionality and mobility.
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A patient with less arthritic knee pain as a result of an injection is more likely to increase their activity of daily living- thereby, maintaining or improving lower extremity strength. Improved lower extremity means better stability and hopefully less likely to fall- we all know what happens when they fall.
As the current number of aging patients with mild to moderate OA is staggering with the number only increasing- Learning joint injections is an important skill necessary for the Nurse Practitioner treating our aging population.
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Czech economy booming despite growing oil prices
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Figures just released by the Czech Statistical Office indicate that in spite of the country's drawn out political crisis and the growing price of oil on world markets the country's economy is booming. The Czech Republic is currently the world's sixth biggest exporter, with the highest export figures in Europe.
Photo: European Commission
The Czech economy is running at full steam - the country exports a full 60 percent of its overall production, the job market is growing and the crown is strengthening. Banks are now trading the euro for 28 crowns and by the end of next year it is expected to sell for under 27. Czech exports to the EU are on a par with those of Poland whose economy is two and a half times bigger. The boom in exports is fuelled primarily by the auto-motive industry, but other traditional exporters are also doing exceptionally well. Economists attribute this to the country's location in the very centre of Europe, its proximity to the rich German market, its cheap labour and investment incentives. Economist Marketa Sichtarova says it gives the country an edge over bigger post-communist rivals close-by:
"I believe that the location of the country is its major advantage because this is something that influences foreign investors to a considerable extent. In this respect we have a major advantage in comparison with, for example, Slovakia. Another big advantage is in the fact that the Czech Republic's infrastructure is better than that of Poland, Hungary or Slovakia. "
There is one fly in the ointment though - the growing price of oil on world markets. A growing economy requires more oil and rising oil prices could in time impede growth. Marketa Sichtarova again:
"Growing oil prices might potentially slow down the country's economic growth because obviously the higher price of oil will increase production costs and thereby de-crease profits, which could lead to lay offs and a drop in economic growth. However that's the theory. In practice the situation is different from that during the last big oil crisis twenty or thirty years ago. The structure of the economy has been changing and the economy is now more fuelled by services than heavy industry which is more dependent on the price of oil. This means that even higher oil prices - reaching, let's say, one hundred dollars per barrel - wouldn't significantly harm the economy."
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Another potential danger to the country's economy is the drawn out political crisis. Two months after the elections, politicians have been unable to agree on a new government. So far the crown has remained steady - but for how long can this last? Mrs. Sichtarova believes that with its present momentum the economy stands a good chance of weathering the storm:
"Theoretically, if this crisis should last for months, it might result in some loss of foreign investment and of course that could endanger not only the foreign trade balance but also the unemployment rate and economic growth. But I believe that this political crisis will be resolved within one or two months at the latest and in such a case the country's economic growth will most likely not be endangered." | <urn:uuid:094de8ad-d7d8-41c6-aff0-087cfdbf1ffa> | https://english.radio.cz/czech-economy-booming-despite-growing-oil-prices-8616965 | en | 0.964977 | 0.146808 | mlfoundations/dclm-baseline-1.0-parquet |
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