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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65839	From Arx Libertatis Wiki Jump to navigation Jump to search The Arx Addon for Blender is in a very early state of development. Most features are incomplete or don't work properly. Expect bugs and keep your blend files How to use • Download the latest snapshot Development_snapshots • Unpack the zip file • Copy the plugins/blender/arx_addon directory into your blender addons directory. • Depending on your blender version, 64 or 32 bit • 32 bit version the bin/x86/ArxIO.dll file to the arx_addon directory • 64 bit version the bin/x64/ArxIO.dll file to the arx_addon directory • Start blender and activate the addon in the preferences • Unpack all pack files to a directory e.g. /home/USER/arx-data • Set this directory in the blender addon configuration State of the Addon • Not optimized and might degrade general blender performance • The least incomplete/buggy part is static non animated objects FTL Models • import/export mostly works for Static/Fixed models • Some data gets lost on import/export (Normals (TODO: expand this)) • Double sided faces are not properly supported • Materials approximating the in game look are not implemented • Bone import/export only partially implemented • Model variants, head Swapping, body swapping for armor etc is not implemented • Face property editing is only partially implemented • Only import is implemented • Only partially implemented • Animation files have to be manually matched for compatible models • Only import is implemented • Object rotation is buggy • Proper object to scene linking is incomplete • Camera paths are not implemented
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65841	Ultronomicon:Editing Essentials From Ultronomicon Revision as of 08:35, 7 October 2004 by Svdb (talk \| contribs) Jump to navigation Jump to search Please read this page in its entirety before editing an Ultronomicon article. As the Ultronomicon is still young, we don't yet have our own set of documents on style and content. So for the moment we're pretty much following the Wikipedia conventions. You can find more about those here: So far, a number of issues keep coming up while people are editing the Ultronomicon. While the above links contain all the relevant information, these issues occur often enough and are important enough to be explicitely mentioned here. How to Edit Be bold when editing If you have a problem with (part of) a page, by all means edit it. Noone "owns" a page. For more information see Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages. Signing off on Talk pages It is helpful when people can quickly see who wrote what on Talk pages. To this end, place '~~~~' at the end of your message; it will be replaced by your name and the current date and time.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65853	Bandits' Camp From Witcher Wiki Jump to: navigation, search Icon disambig.svg This article is about the fast-travel point. For more general locations inhabited by bandits, see Bandit camp. Bandits' camp Bandits' camp Bandit camp Center of the island southeast of the Boatmakers' Hut and northeast of Drudge The Mire, Velen Fast-travel point Tw3 icon persons in distress.svg Bandits' Camp is an island located at the center of Velen, east of Oreton. There is a person in distress there which Geralt will meet later in Claywich as a merchant after freeing him from the bandits. Map description[edit \| edit source] A place some particularly nasty characters have decided to call home. Associated quest[edit \| edit source] Map location[edit \| edit source] Witcher3 2015-07-22 20-25-19-56.bmp
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65864	San Lorenzo Park - The Duck Pond Image 79 of 140 < Prev Next > Plane over Parked Bike_MG_9904.JPG At an urban park on the shores of San Francisco Bay, a passenger plane passes overhead, on its way to the Oakland International Airport, while a bicyclist, maybe homeless, maybe not, rests on a bench next to a loaded bicycle - its cargo includes a fishing pole.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65989	Saturday, 23 February 2013 Cuban Rebel Girls (1959) Director: Barry Mahon Stars: Beverly Aadland, John MacKay, Jackie Jackler and Marie Edmund The last line of Errol Flynn's infamous memoirs, My Wicked, Wicked Ways, reads, 'The second half-century looms up, but I don't feel the night coming on.' He dictated that in late 1958, at the age of 49, while living in Jamaica with his girlfriend, Beverly Aadland, as she turned sixteen, but the night came on quicker than he thought, as he died of a heart attack in Vancouver only a year later. It's unlikely that it was a surprise to anyone else, as a lifetime of hard living and harder drinking had turned him from the swashbuckling icon of Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk into a bloated parody. He hadn't been healthy for years, rejected for service in 1942 as 4-F for an enlarged heart, chronic back pain, malaria, tuberculosis and a set of venereal diseases. His liver began to fail in 1952, as he contracted hepatitis. Heavy smoking had caused Buerger's disease, thrombosis of veins and arteries. His second half-century lasted less than four months. It's not unusual for Hollywood stars to deteriorate, slowly or quickly, and die before their time, but usually they fade away. In Flynn's case, what makes it unusual is he did the opposite. 1959 might even count as his most fascinating year, even had he not died towards the end of it. He survived a bout of food poisoning earlier in the year, after eating a mixture of uncooked hamburger meat and raw egg yolks. He was plagued by the IRS, who eroded his finances so far that he was heading for bankruptcy, though his lifestyle continued as if he was still one of Hollywood's highest paid actors. His third wife, Pat Wymore, was finally divorcing him, which made his teenage girlfriend happy, as she was eager to become his fourth. Even his career was notable again, his three 1957 and 1958 films, The Sun Also Rises, Too Much, Too Soon and The Roots of Heaven, praised for some of the best acting in his career. Yet his final two, shot in 1959, were perhaps his worst. Conversely, they're also two of his most interesting, as he found himself in the right place at the right time to meet a variety of personal needs. The place was Cuba, which he knew well, having long enjoyed the hedonistic lifestyle made possible by Fulgencia Batista's openness for wealthy tourists. The time was just before Batista, Cuba's president and dictator, was overthrown by the guerrilla revolution led by Fidel Castro and his 26th of July Movement. Revolutions had long been a magnet to the idealistic Flynn, who once wrote, 'Ever since boyhood I have been drawn, perhaps romantically, to the ideas of causes, crusades.' He joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War and condemned Gen Franco in Madrid, as he aimed 'to follow in Hemingway's footsteps' as a wartime correspondent. With a new Cuban cause, he took to the hills to report it for the New York Journal-American, a Hearst publication. He wrote at least two features. Clearly just as important to Flynn as this serious reportage was the need to repair his finances, so he took the opportunity not only to write about the revolution but to film it too, making two rather different pictures that went on to have rather different histories. The one that nobody knew about for the longest time was Cuban Story or The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution, as it saw a world premiére in Moscow before disappearing for four decades, finally being rediscovered and screened in New York in 2001. A supposed documentary, it's closer to propaganda, clearly taking the side of the rebels, with whom Flynn and film producer Victor Pahlen, felt kinship. Pahlen, a Russian born American, met and befriended Flynn in Havana in 1956. They both knew and loved Cuba under its dictator, but were well aware of problems that Castro claimed he would solve, after seizing power, like restoring elections and press freedom. As propaganda, Cuban Story is a mess, a paeon to an ideology that didn't exist, awkwardly pro-Castro but not pro-Communist. The rebels fighting Batista were comprised of different factions with different agendas, including anti-communists; even after taking control, Castro came to the States to deny he was communist. In 1965 he became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, but Flynn saw that writing on the wall in 1959. 'It is one thing to start a revolution, another to win it and still another to make it stick,' he said, 'and as far as this writer is concerned it ain’t sticking,' adding that 'the police state in Cuba is not very different from that of its predecessors.' What Cuban Story really has is amazing footage, chronicling the changes in Cuba from the very beginnings of the revolution to after its success. When it finally resurfaced, even the head of the Cuban National Archive told Pahlen's daughter that he had never seen it before. As it wasn't all shot in 1959, clearly Pahlen was responsible for the footage, or at least most of it, with Flynn peripheral in the grand scheme of things. Maybe he helped get Pahlen and his camera into some of these places, but he doesn't appear on screen much at all. He's there at the outset, apparently ad libbing an introduction whilst under the influence, locating Cuba on a globe that he literally tosses throws away to bounce audibly off screen. He's there early on playing cards with Aadland at the Casino de Capri in Havana, partly owned by George Raft. For a shot of Flynn with Castro though, we have to settle for a photograph. While Flynn clearly gives the introduction, it just as clearly isn't him providing the narration, though the film claims that it's 'reported by Errol Flynn' and it's told in the first person as if it was. It has been suggested that it's Pahlen himself, who has the writing credit, though the accent is British with a Scots tinge, rather than Russian. The footage in Cuban Story is valuable to historians of Cuba: Batista in his palace, rebels dead in the streets after the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, Castro preparing for exile in Mexico, demonstrations, rebels hiding in the hills, Che Guevara liberating Santa Clara, former president Carlos Prío, Castro's first speech in Havana with a dove alighting on his shoulder, destruction of Batista landmarks, trials of officials, even a firing squad. The other film Flynn shot at this point is also Cuban but valuable far more to historians of Errol Flynn himself. It's Cuban Rebel Girls, which purports to be a dramatised documentary of rebel life with his girlfriend, Beverly Aadland, as the star. She was a budding actress and underage showgirl in Las Vegas when he met and seduced her on the set of the Gene Kelly movie, Marjorie Morningstar, in 1958. She was fifteen at the time, though she looked much older. He may or may not have believed she was eighteen. Why Flynn made Cuban Rebel Girls is open to debate, possibly because it was for many different reasons all at once. He knew and loved Cuba and was caught up in the revolution unfolding there. He wanted to meet and report on those behind it, perhaps seeing Castro as a hero of the people. Being out of the country also meant that he was out of reach of the IRS, at least temporarily. He'd already spent the advance for his autobiography, which he hadn't delivered yet, as well as much of what he'd borrowed from backers for a film he planned to make but perhaps didn't even exist outside his sales pitches. As some of these backers may well have been 'less than reputable', it's hardly a stretch to see him connect the dots and decide that shooting a cheap quickie in Cuba would be the best thing all around. It would deliver the film he'd promised, neatly serving as a tax write-off in the process, unfold in exciting fashion amidst a real revolution and make his girlfriend a star. While that sounds like a winner on paper, Cuban Rebel Girls is a loser on almost every front. How much money he had left to finance it is open to question, but it obviously wasn't a lot, given who he put to work on it. The only major name was his own and he didn't have to pay himself, so he's prominent, writing the script and providing narration, for real this time. He's obvious early on as 'The American Correspondent', flying into Havana where he's shuffled from contact to contact to get him closer to the rebels, then vanishing from sight for long periods at a time, resurfacing in the hills where he visibly struggles in the terrain. To direct, he hired Barry Mahon, a fighter pilot and POW camp escapee whose experience in movies was restricted to co-producing a couple of Flynn's indie pictures in the early fifties. More importantly, he had been Flynn's personal pilot for years and had more recently become his manager. Success was clearly in his interest too. And of course there's Beverly Aadland. Her mother Florence was a dancer who had lost her leg in a car accident, so lived vicariously through her daughter. Beverly was posing for adverts at six months, eventually becoming the Ivory Soap baby. Dance classes followed as soon as she could walk and she was doing bit parts in movies at three. Some reports suggest she was doing a good sight more than just acting, as she'd bloomed quickly to a 34-18-34 figure at the age of twelve and was allegedly willing to use it for a hundred bucks. Flynn's exploits with the ladies were not far removed from those of the characters he played, leading to the phrase, 'in like Flynn'. He also clearly liked the young stuff, though when he was brought to trial in 1943 by two underage girls for statutory rape, he was cleared of all charges. However, reading what she's written between the lines, it may well have been Aadland who seduced him rather than the other way around. The catch is that however much experience Aadland had on stage and film, this one makes it very obvious that she wasn't a good actress. Amidst all the true and supposedly true material conjured up for Flynn's script, there's a hokey fictional subplot to provide her with a part and the film with a dynamic title. She's Beverly Woods, an American girl whose boyfriend is Cuban and fighting in the hills with Castro. Her friend is Jacqueline Dominguez, Cuban herself, and about to mount an arms run to the rebels, so she goes along for the ride. Flynn immediately plays them up. 'Some people can put idealism ahead of their own personal losses,' he tells us, as they fly to Miami with $50k in their handbags, drive to Key West and hire shifty looking Capt Alvarez to sail them to Cuba. Some of this is interesting. Boxes are gradually sneaked into the hold and regular fishing trips disguise the odd run across the Straits of Florida under the eyes of the coastguard. Mostly it's ham fisted. The action is poorly staged and poorly written: one bunch of inept rebels literally walk outside to be arrested when the polizia arrive, except for Maria who climbs out of the window and escapes slowly over the rooftops. The direction is what you'd expect from a man new to the director's seat and whose career would lead him to the heights of International Smorgas-Broad, Fanny Hill Meets the Red Baron and Prostitutes Protective Society. Worst of all, the acting is poor to begin with and gets worse, especially from Aadland, who doesn't seem to realise what tone is appropriate in a rebel camp. Life is jolly, it seems: natives sing songs, the girls take baths in inlets and they all talk about military equipment. 'Sounds like fun,' says Beverly. 'Maybe I'll get to shoot somebody.' She pouts a lot, she blinks a lot and she always sticks her breasts out to pose while she talks. Most of her dialogue is about getting to see her Johnny. She clearly doesn't care about the revolution. Her performance makes the poor drama even more tortuous. There are slight hints at suspense, strategy and action, but mostly there's only Beverly and Johnny mooning over each other. 'Now I'm a rebel girl, I think I'll think about war too,' she proclaims. She's like a transplant from a teen drama to a war movie, like The Steel Helmet with Hannah Montana. Of course, the only common ground between The Steel Helmet and Cuban Rebel Girls is that they both have three word titles and they both contain shooting. The continuity is terrible, making it easy to lose track of who and what and why. Everyone's a terrible shot too, making this somewhat like Imperial stormtroopers battling Imperial stormtroopers except that occasionally people die. Flynn reappears on occasion to say something chipper while looking like Walt Disney. Beverly gets radio duty on a radio that never talks back to her; she talks, frogs croak and birds tweet and it's otherwise silent and surreal. One scene literally stops so Beverly can sew up a hole in Flynn's trousers because he scraped his knee on the way up to the camp. Bizarrely, it's the most believable scene in the film, the truest to reality in this supposed dramatisation of real revolution life. With Flynn in bad shape, he needed a lot of care and Aadland tirelessly gave him that, nursing him through recurring bouts of malaria. It was Aadland who found him unconscious in Vancouver, attempted mouth to mouth rescuscitation and called for medical assistance. Flynn had suggested to Stanley Kubrick, casting for Lolita, that he and Aadland play the roles on film that they were living at the time as a surprising but devoted couple. That didn't happen. Neither did her inheritance, as the will which Flynn wrote before going to meet Castro that left her a third of his estate in Jamaica was declared invalid. In the end, what she got was the leading role in her lover's last film. It was a quickie in every way. No comments:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66078	1. Sunshine has the power to beat prostate cancer When it comes to prostate cancer, the biggest challenge isn't detecting it. It's sorting the common tumors that won't harm you from the rare ones that can kill you. Doctors haven't figured out the secret yet, but of course Mother Nature already has -- because there's one vitamin proven to stop the most dangerous tumors right in their tracks. The good news is that it's a vitamin you can get easily for free. The bad news is, you're probably not getting nearly enough of it. Yes, it's the same vitamin D you get from spending time under the sun… but don't get if, like most people, you spend the bulk of the day indoors (and cover yourself in sunscreen when you do head out to the beach). That's a big mistake for everyone, because we all need our D. And it's an even bigger mistake for men, because the latest research from the Harvard School of Public Health finds that high D levels have a powerful effect on the worst-of-the-worst prostate tumors. The study of more than 2,500 men tracked for nearly two decades finds that men with the highest blood levels of D were 57 percent less likely to die of those tumors than men with the lowest. In fact, of the 114 men in the study who did die of prostate cancer, 31 were in the group with the lowest blood levels of D -- while just 19 came from the group with the highest. The study didn't find any difference in the overall number of tumors, but I think the survival benefit alone means it's worth making sure you increase your D levels -- especially since studies have shown it's one of our biggest nutritional deficiencies. The cheapest way, of course, is to head outside and soak up some rays. But the easiest way -- and the best way to make sure you consistently get what you need -- is by taking a supplement. You don't have to be concerned about your prostate to boost your levels of this essential hormone (and yes -- despite the name, it's a hormone). You don't even have to be a man, because vitamin D is essential for everything from bone health to brain support -- and it can boost the immune system like nothing else out there. But let's get back to prostate cancer, because along with vitamin D there's another all-natural substance that can help you beat the disease. Keep reading! 2. The hormone deficiency that's robbing you of muscle There's no doubt about it: We all lose a little something off our muscle as we age, and all the training and exercise in the world can't stop it. But there's a difference between "losing a little" and "losing a lot" -- and today, far too many seniors are losing WAY too much. It's hurting and even killing them. But for men, at least, there may be an easy answer for slowing and reversing the muscle loss that comes with age -- and it's that same hormone that makes you a man in the first place. It's testosterone -- and the latest research on 1,200 seniors who were tracked for nearly five years finds that those with the highest levels of it keep the most of their muscle, especially the critical muscle in the arms and legs. And those who have the lowest levels, on the other hand, lose more muscle and have more difficulty with basic leg function and simple exercises and even trouble getting up from a chair. This shouldn't be too surprising, since the links between the hormone and muscle mass are pretty well known. Bodybuilders have been boosting their testosterone levels for years to help transform themselves into walking mountains of muscle. But for seniors, this isn't just some exercise in vanity -- and it's not even about the frustration of, say, losing the ability to open a jar of spaghetti sauce. It's a life-or-death issue, because seniors with low muscle mass have an increased risk of falls and other injuries. Reach a certain age, and any fall can lead to long-term hospitalization, permanent institutionalization and even death. If you're past middle age -- and certainly, if you're a senior -- odds are the needle on your testosterone tank is swinging towards the "E." A naturopathic physician can top your tank off the right way, but he can't do anything at all if you don't ask. In other words, don't be shy on this one. 3. The manly way to lower your heart risk You already know how testosterone can bring your sex life back from the dead. Now, the latest research shows how it can keep the rest of you out of the grave as well. In fact, this manly hormone can slash your risk of two of the greatest killers of seniors: heart attack and stroke. 3 Item(s)
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66079	How to Install Fabulous 50s Build on Kodi Fabulous 50s gives you a unique experience. This build is totally different from various other in the community. In this build, you will find some amazing background images and community add-ons. The Fabulous 50s is themed on the US golden period for great movies, cars, and music. This build can be added on any device i.e. PC, Mac, Android Box, Blackberry or any other just by using the step by step guide for downloading it and installing. How to Install Fabulous 50s Kodi Build on Kodi 17 Krypton 1. From Home screen go to Settings 2. Click file Manager then click Add Source 3. Select “None 4. Enter: in the top box and name it “Doomzday 5. Now from the main menu select “Add-ons 6. Select Add-on browser from left menu 7. Choose Install from zip file 8. Select Doomzday 9. Select 10. Wait for the notification 11. Now Click Program Add-ons 12. Select Doomzday Build Wizard 13. Select “Install 14. Wait for the Notification 15. Click on “Continue 16. Select Build Menu 17. Click on Doomzday Build Wizard 18. Now select “Fresh Install” or “Standard Install 19. Continue 20. The build will download and install 21. Now select “Force close” 22. Restart Kodi and Doomzday Build Wizard will be there Angelica Ab How to Install Gen X Kodi Addon Previous article How to Install Muse Build on Kodi Next article You may also like Comments are closed. More in Kodi Builds
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66120	Book: FBI Revealed Trump Probe Info to Dossier Author Christopher Steele The Associated Press Victoria Jones/PA via AP The FBI revealed to anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele that Trump adviser George Papadopoulos was a subject of the bureau’s inquiry related to Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, according to a new book. In their book, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, co-founders of the controversial Fusion GPS opposition research outfit, disclose that Steele in turn passed the FBI’s interest in Papadopoulos back to Fusion GPS. Fusion GPS, which produced the infamous dossier, was paid for its anti-Trump work by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee via the Perkins Coie law firm. The book by Simpson and Fritsch, Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump, says Papadopoulos’s name was provided to Steele during his 2016 meetings with FBI agents in Rome. Steele’s meetings included Rome-based FBI Special Agent Michael Gaeta, with whom Steele previously worked on another case. Simpson and Fritsch relate: The session yielded an important bit of intelligence for Fusion. FBI agents surprised Steele by asking him what he knew about Trump adviser George Papadopoulos. Nothing, it turned out; none of Steele’s sources had ever reported on him. Steele inferred that Papadopoulos was somehow important within the overall inquiry, but they didn’t say exactly why they thought that, only that they had additional source reporting to back that up. This was important information in its own right, suggesting that there was an active Bureau investigation that relied on sources other than Steele. It was also a sign of the FBI’s regard for Steele that it would query him regarding such an important lead. Steele passed that important tidbit on to Simpson, who found it reassuring. The timeline means Simpson and Fusion GPS were aware of the FBI’s interest in Papadopoulos before the former Trump advisor was interviewed by the FBI in January 2017. Papadopoulos was a foreign policy panel adviser tangentially involved with Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The FBI’s initial probe of Trump’s campaign was reportedly sparked in part by a meeting involving Papadopoulos. The Justice Department’s filing against Papadopoulos documents that he was allegedly told by Joseph Mifsud, a Maltese academic plagued by allegations of suspicious associations, that on a trip to Moscow “he (the Professor) learned that the Russians had obtained ‘dirt’ on then-candidate Clinton.” Former Australian diplomat Alexander Downer later transmitted to the U.S. that he was told about the alleged Russian “dirt” on Clinton by Papadopoulos, reportedly leading to the start of the FBI’s controversial probe of Trump’s campaign under Comey’s leadership at the agency. No evidence has been presented that Papadopoulos spoke about emails at his meeting with Downer or that Misfurd mentioned emails. But Papadopoulos later described to the FBI that “They [the Russians] have dirt on her”; “the Russians had emails of Clinton”; “they have thousands of emails.” The Justice Department concluded, “No documentary evidence, and nothing in the email accounts or other communications facilities reviewed by the Office, shows that Papadopoulos shared this information with the Campaign.” Misfurd himself denies mentioning emails during his meeting with Papadopoulos, as per his testimony to the Justice Department: “But Mifsud denied that he had advance knowledge that Russia was in possession of emails damaging to candidate Clinton, stating that he and Papadopoulos had discussed cybersecurity and hacking as a larger issue and that Papadopoulos must have misunderstood their conversation.” As National Review summarized, Papadopoulos later explained that any reference to emails was to Hillary Clinton’s private email server, a subject of international news reportage at the time of his meeting with Downer. The magazine reports: Papadopoulos says the emails he claims Mifsud referred to were not the DNC emails; they were Clinton’s own emails. That is, when Papadopoulos claims that Mifsud told him that Russia had “dirt” in the form of “thousands” of “emails of Clinton,” he understood Mifsud to be alluding to the thousands of State Department and Clinton Foundation emails that Clinton had stored on a private server. These, of course, were the emails that were being intensively covered in the media (including speculation that they might have been hacked by hostile foreign intelligence services) at the time Mifsud and Papadopoulos spoke — i.e., April 2016, when neither Mifsud nor Papadopoulos had any basis to know anything about hacked DNC emails. The Justice Department, meanwhile, documented: When interviewed, Papadopoulos and the Campaign officials who interacted with him told the Office that they could not recall Papadopoulos sharing the information that Russia had obtained “dirt” on candidate Clinton in the form of emails or that Russia could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information about Clinton. The Campaign officials who interacted or corresponded with Papadopoulos have similarly stated, with varying degrees of certainty, that he did not tell them. Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, for example, did not remember hearing anything from Papadopoulos or Clovis about Russia having emails of or dirt on candidate Clinton. Clovis stated that he did not recall anyone, including Papadopoulos, having given him non-public information that a foreign Government might be in possession of material damaging to Hillary Clinton. Joshua Klein contributed research to this story. 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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66126	Brittany Cohen received an Sc.B, in electrical engineering from Brown University. Her work focuses on adapting garments with 21st-century technology. Areas that she questions include: 1) Prevention: how can clothing identify disease? 2) Interaction: how can clothing help people engage with others? 3) Superhuman: how can clothing enhance people’s human abilities? 4) Inclusion: how can clothing be more inclusive for people with different abilities?
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66153	As the oldest and one of the most storied marathons in the world, Boston Marathon has a special place in the hearts of runners. On April 19, the movie "Boston: An American Running Story" will bring the race's story to theaters around the country, including Corpus Christi's Century 16. The screening comes two days after the marathon's 121st running. The excitement of the race will still be fresh in the minds of fans everywhere who live streamed the action, who tracked friends running it, or who have been among the select runners with a coveted qualifying time allowing them to race the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston. "There are lots of races, but somehow there is nothing to compare to your first Boston," Corpus Christi resident Don Winkley said. MORE:Woman injured in Boston Marathon bombing marries hero firefighter Those words from a 78-year-old who has raced thousands of miles around the country and the world capture the meaning of the marathon experience. Winkley ran his first Boston Marathon in 1982 after qualifying in San Antonio with a time of 3:04:16. He ran his most recent in 2016, finishing in cold rain after the finish line volunteers had packed up and left. Everyone involved with the Boston Marathon has a story, and the film covers some of the major ones throughout the race's history. That history often intertwines with the history of both the United States and sporting in general, including the challenges of wartime and the eventual, sometimes contentious integration of women. REVIEW:Gripping 'Patriots Day' captures Boston's heroism after bombing One Corpus Christi resident who has taken part in that history, elite runner Clent Mericle, still keeps a magazine photo of the 1978 race start, which shows a veritable who's who of American distance running. Mericle is running alongside 1972 Olympic marathon champion Frank Shorter. Of his eight Boston marathons, Mericle finished in the top 100 overall twice, earning medals for the achievement. SHARE WORTHY:When he couldn't run a marathon, he gave out free hugs instead The film touches on darker parts of the race's history, including the terrorist bombings in 2013. It also portrays the running community rallying to compete again the following year. A handful of locals still were on the course or near the finish line in 2013 as two bombs shook the area. Corpus Christi resident Clay Brieger was not among them, having decided to skip the race to focus on his goal of running a marathon in each of the 50 states. However, he said the bombing changed his perspective. "Nobody could intimidate me from running our race," Brieger said. "It is the race that belongs to all of us that have trained hard to qualify. I realized how much this race means to me and have gone back each year." Brieger will run his seventh Boston Marathon on April 17. MORE:Boston Marathon bombing survivors and first responders: Where are they now? What: "Boston: An American Running Story" When: 7:30 p.m. April 19 Where: Corpus Christi Century 16, 6685 S. Padre Island Drive Cost: $15 adults, $14 seniors/students, $13 children Tickets: Online at, or at the theater • Portland Kiwanis 10K & 5K: 8 a.m. Saturday, Portland Community Center. • Arise n' Run 5K & 2-mile walk: 8 a.m. April 15, 3115 Ocean Drive. • CASA Superhero 5K: 8 a.m. May 6, Heritage Park. Details and registration available via Read or Share this story:
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66219	Current Page: Voices \| Imprisoned Iranian Pastor Got Help From Unlikely Source to Spread Gospel Imprisoned Iranian Pastor Got Help From Unlikely Source to Spread Gospel Mojtaba Hosseini \| Open Doors USA Mojtaba Hosseini, 30, was the leader of a fast growing house church movement in Iran until the authorities raided his church, arrested him, and sentenced him to three years in the notorious Evin Prison. Like all Iranian Christians, Hosseini knew the risks involved with his underground activities, according to a report by Open Doors. "Why didn't I stop my work for the church after I was first arrested?" Hosseini asked. "I don't really know. There was no logical explanation, but we felt that the Lord wanted us to continue. We knew this would mean we could get arrested at any moment." In prison, Hosseini learned to pick up his cross daily. "I Corinthians 1:29 says that 'God did all this to keep anyone from bragging to Him," he said. "It's all about God, not about me." For most of his prison term, he was in a block with murderers, robbers and drug dealers. "I felt a deep fear inside of me," he told a ministry partner with Open Doors. "And often, even though the Lord was close, I was sad about my situation. My hands were tied, my voice wouldn't be heard by human beings." When his circumstances appeared hopeless and desperate, he turned to God in prayer. "I prayed; that was all I could do," he said. "At first, they were prayers of repentance. I thought God was punishing me for my mistakes by putting me in prison." That was the moment, he says, he realized he was "nothing." "Then the Lord spoke to me. He said: 'Stop being selfish Mojtaba, it's not about you; it's about Me. Look around you.'" He began to look at the desperate people around him with a new set of eyes, as God sees them. "I saw poor people, people who had committed the worst crimes. People that felt so alone." Suddenly, Hosseini felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to share God's Word with the prisoners around him: "God spoke again to me, saying, 'It is time that you share Me with them. They need Me.'" Then Hosseini received a valuable insight from God: "It's funny how God works sometimes. It would have been absolutely impossible for us to pass the big gates of prison to bring the gospel to those who needed him so badly inside. But God just placed me and other Christians inside the prison, among them to shine His light." Tentatively at first, the church leader began to share his testimony and the gospel with the other prisoners. Some received Jesus and were born again; others were happy to receive prayer, even if they continued to have doubts. Hosseini did not have a Bible with him in prison and boldly began to request one from the guards. "I didn't get one," he told Open Doors. "None of the Christians did." But God heard his prayer and provided Scripture through one of the most unlikely sources.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66245	Skip to main content Clint Harris Shelley and Ed Harris didn't learn how to recognize the different types of cries from their baby, Clinton. Not that they aren't good parents; they are great parents. But, because of Clinton's tracheotomy (a tube inserted in the throat for breathing) as a result of his rare genetic birth defect, he doesn't cry or make sound. In June 2003, Clinton entered this world as the product of a perfectly normal pregnancy. He was born with Pierre Robin sequence, a combination of birth defects which usually includes a small lower jaw, cleft palate and tendency for the tongue to ball up in the back of the mouth. Pierre Robin occurs in about 5 to 22 babies per every 100,000 births. A byproduct of the birth defect is respiratory distress. Immediately after Clinton's birth, he wasn't breathing. Michael Wagnon, DO, Shannon Clinic pediatrician, and the nursery nurses detected an internal cleft palate and the appearance of the syndrome. Within six hours, Clinton was at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, where he would spend the first six weeks of his life. "We were very traumatized when Clinton was born," says Shelley. "I worked until the morning I delivered Clinton and had no inclination that anything was wrong. I knew something was wrong at birth because his color was bad. When I went to the neonatal intensive care unit, I held him briefly for a minute before he was airlifted to Fort Worth. Ed and I were just numb." After six weeks, Clinton came home and the Harrises began learning how to care for him. Clinton's tracheotomy requires frequent suctioning. As with many Pierre Robin babies, Clinton is fed through a tube and has reflux issues. "He doesn't make typical baby sounds, but he does make his own unique types of sound and we know them all very well," Shelly says. "Clinton is a wonderful child and is the best thing to ever happen to Ed and me. He is so very happy and rarely gets mad. Because we cannot leave him alone quite yet, Ed and I spend most of our waking moments with Clinton and that is a blessing."
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66249	17 Cringeworthy Email Tactics to Avoid email tactics to avoid If we've been chums for a while then you'll know I'm a big advocate of email marketing. I KNOW that it can be an incredibly effective way to build relationships AND to sell. It's not a magic pill though and if you don't take the time to learn how to do it right, well, like anything else, it's just going to be a big ol' waste of your time. And the fact is, there are an awful lot of people out there who aren't doing it right. Not by a long shot. You'll have seen them yourself - those cringeworthy emails which land in your inbox and have you rolling your eyes and hitting the delete (or worse, the unsubscribe) button... I wanted to make sure I had all my angles covered for this post so I decided to check-in with perhaps the best qualified group of people when it comes to what makes a great email - and what makes a totally cringeworthy one: Copywriters. So I posted in a copywriting Facebook group I'm in and asked for examples of bad, embarrassing or just downright sleazy email tactics and these were the responses I got.. 1) Bad Subject Lines Let's face it, this is the ultimate gaff when it comes to email. You can spend all the time in the world crafting the perfect email copy, the ultimate design and template - but if the subject line sucks then no one's going to see all your hard work. Please spend some time crafting a subject line which is going to attract and intrigue your audience. And if you're not sure how - well you should definitely take a look at my Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing! 2) 'Trick' Subject Lines You know the ones I mean... "RE: our catch-up call" (as if the email is part of an on-going conversation - when it really isn't..) "TEST" - when it's no such thing "Your order is on the way" - when you haven't actually made an order Ugh... bad subject lines are lazy marketing but these are even worse! At least with a bad subject line, your subscriber just shrugs and moves on. With a 'trick' subject line, they'll probably open your email but then when they see they've been misled, they'll feel pretty annoyed - maybe even annoyed enough to hit unsubscribe. ,,, Maybe even annoyed enough to share your shady subject line with others as an example of what not to do. Please don't try to 'trick' your subscriber into opening your email. It may improve your open rates but it's also going to destroy any trust and increase your unsubscribes and complaints. Plus it's icky. 3) Poor Spelling or Grammar Now I'm not saying you need to sound like text book when you write your emails - in fact emails which sound chatty and informal will generally be much better received than something which sounds like it was written by a robot. So feel free to include all the slang, colloquialisms or even made-up words you like (assuming it's in line with your brand). What we don't want to see are unintentional errors which just show a lack of care or attention to detail. Look, I'll hold my hand up right now and say that my emails have definitely contained the odd typo - we're all human after all. BUT please do whatever you can to reduce this. Proof read Get someone else to proof read for you Use tools like Grammarly if you want an extra level of protection Most people will forgive the occasional error, but when it becomes a regular occurrence, then you'll start to lose credibility - and subscribers. 4) Pretending to have Poor Spelling or Grammar I hadn't come across this before but apparently it's a thing... The idea being that you use the opportunity to send another email with a subject line along the lines of 'Sorry for the typo' - which of course creates a certain amount of curiosity (because we all love to see people make mistakes!) and so increases open rates. Sneaky! (Don't do it). 5) Making People Feel Bad This one is RIFE. There seems to be a school of thought or some kind of marketing tactic gone bad, which says that in order to sell you must BEAT PEOPLE INTO SUBMISSION! "You'll never be good enough (unless you buy my stuff)" "If you won't invest a tiny $5000 then don't expect to ever succeed..." I'm sure you've seen stuff like this too. Personally, I don't want any of my clients to sign up because they've felt bullied into it. That's hardly the foundation of a strong relationship amIright?! 6) Poor Personalisation I bet we've ALL had one of these: Personalisation works really well IF you have good data but if you don't, then you can come off looking a little bit silly. Worse, you have the exact opposite impact that you were going for. While personalising helps your subscriber to feel like you're talking directly to them, the above examples make it abundantly clear that you're not... Check your data and make sure you're only using personalisation for data you've actually collected! If you don't ASK for someone's first name when they subscribe, then don't try to use it in your emails... to Grow Your Email List >>>>>>> 7) Over-use of 'Last Chance' & 'One Off Sales' Don't get me wrong, BOTH of these types of emails are great and can be a really impactful way to sell your stuff. BUT they MUST be done genuinely. The second you start emailing about the same 'One off' each week or offering the same 'last chances' five times, is the second that you lose your credibility - and... you've guessed it...your subscribers. 8) Awkward or Forced Sharing I saw an example of this recently where a business owner sent an email telling his subscribers that he and his wife had just had a baby... and so to celebrate, he was going to run a special promotion for his audience... cos that's how we all love to celebrate a new birth, right? It came off as completely awkward and like he was using his new baby as an excuse to be salesy.... The thing is, it could have worked. If he had let his subscribers in on the whole journey - if becoming a Dad was a regular part of his content, then his readers would have felt part of the story. They'd be cheering him on - and when that baby was born, they'd absolutely want to celebrate with him. Some of the best email marketers out there, use storytelling in order to engage their readers - and sell to them. And it works! You see, stories evoke emotion and they're memorable. How often do you remember a tagline you read on an ad somewhere? Not very often, right? But stories? We remember those! You know what else really works well? Sharing parts of our personal stories and life. After all, we all know that people want to work with people, not businesses... The thing is, these strategies are just that... strategies. And you need to know how to use them properly. Just sharing random personal stories or facts about your day makes you come off a bit weird at best and completely self-obsessed at worst! I follow a guy called Tyler McCall on Instagram and he always shares fun stuff about himself and his life. It's one of the reasons he's so popular. His love for Target is one of the things he chats about a LOT. And even though this has nothing to do with his business (helping people use Instagram to grow their businesses), it works. Here's why: • Tyler knows that his ideal clients are also the kind of people who love Target - and so by talking about his love for Target, he is being relatable. • He is consistent in talking about this topic - it's even on his Insta bio! By doing this - his love of Target isn't just some random fact, it's part of his brand. It's one of the ways we remember him... 'Who's that guy on Instagram who really loves Target?' 'Oh yeah... Tyler McCall - love that guy!' So, the moral of the story is DO share personal stuff but make sure that you're consistent and make sure there's a strategic purpose behind what you share. 9) Too Many Images Images in email is a topic which seems to divide people. There's one school of thought which says that an email without images is boring and even a bit unprofessional. In contrast, it's also said that emails without images get more engagement because they appear more like an email we might get from friends and family. The fact is, both can be true and there really is no right or wrong answer regarding whether to include images in your emails. You need to test what works for you and your audience. Too many images on the other hand... Well, that just gets annoying AND it slows down the loading speed of your email so might even drive your subscribers away before they actually get to read the good stuff... Everything in moderation my friend... Try these 3 simple exercises to hone your copywriting skills and start writing like a pro I've created a worksheet with 3 little exercises that you can try which will help you to strengthen your writing muscles and increase your copywriting confidence 😉 Pop your details below now and I'll send them right over to you! (You'll also be subscribing to my weekly newsletter, along with occasional updates about my products and services) Get your FREE 3 Copywriting Exercises to Start Writing Like a Pro 10) Too Many Calls To Action (CTA) Every email that you send should have some kind of purpose. It could be: • Brand building • Driving traffic to your content • Selling your stuff ... whatever it is, that purpose needs to be clear to your reader and so you need to include a call to action. Here are some great examples of calls to action you might include: • Let's connect on Facebook! • Check out my latest blog post • Reply to this email and tell me ... • Book a discovery call • Buy now! Now, every email should include one CTA, but it's rarely a good idea to include more than that. You see, if you give people too many choices, they end up choosing nothing. Seriously, it's been proven in studies and everything! 11) No Hook Every email needs a 'hook'. That is, something to entice your reader to keep reading once they've opened the email. You have just a few lines to pique someone's interest and after that, your subscriber will either stick with you or click away to the next piece of content calling for their attention. Here are a few ways you can create a 'hook' in your emails: • Ask a thought provoking question • Tell a story • Make a promise • Remind them of a problem they're experiencing 12) Constant Pitching If you're not using your emails to sell then you're doing it wrong. BUT - if you're selling too much then you're doing it wrong too.... I know, I know - how on earth are you supposed to get the balance right? The secret is to sell, while also giving value. That way, it doesn't feel like selling - to you OR your subscribers. 'Yes, thanks Colette but I've still got no clue what you mean...' That's fair. Let me explain! There are ways to talk about your products and services and to show their value, without sounding like a door to door salesman. There are also ways to give huge value to your subscribers while also promoting your products and services. Here are a few examples: • Mini-training with paid upgrade: Why not send an email which teaches something and gives your reader a quick win? Then tell them what they can do for a more in-depth experience... • Storytelling: we've already talked about the power of storytelling - here it can be used to drive an important point home, whilst also promoting the power of what you do.. • Testimonial: For your readers it's inspiring to see how other people in their situation have found success - and for you it's a chance to show them how you can help them to achieve it. 13) Too Long (For No Good Reason) We've all got busy lives and overcrowded inboxes so you don't wanna be that guy who sends the 4000 word mega-email which drones on and on without ever really getting to the point or giving value to your readers. Every. single. word. counts. So always check what you've written and if there's no real value in a sentence - either to your subscriber or to you, then get rid! If you know that every single one of those 4000 words is brimming with value then go ahead and hit send - but you'd better be sure because if not, you'll be seeing a whole lotta unsubs coming your way... 14) Over Clingy Oooh, these are SUPER awkward. I've recently talked about the importance of sending re-engagement emails when you have subscribers who aren't opening or engaging with your emails. I also mentioned that you have to be careful with how you approach these or you can come off a bit desperate... • ‘Did I do something wrong?’ • ‘Don’t you like me?’ • ‘Are you ok?’ These are all subject lines that I've seen in action and they're not pretty. Instead just be direct. Try something like this... • Just checking you still want to receive these? • I'm having a clear out - would you like to stay on my list? • Please open if you want to continue getting these emails 15) Over Hyped or Cliché Language I think I could write an entire post about just this... in fact, maybe I should! ? There are so many words and phrases in the online business world which have been so over-used that now they're just meaningless... • Revolutionary • Best in class • Girl Boss • Thought leader It all brings us back to the point I made earlier. Every single word counts so use them wisely and don't waste them on meaningless guff and cliché. (PS. What are your pet hates when it comes to commonly use words and phrases in business? Let me know in the comments - perhaps I'll include yours in my post!) 16) Fake-Bragging No one likes a bragger! As soon as you start going on and on about all the money you're making and flash cars you're driving, your subscriber is going to feel less connected with you. There is a time and a place to talk about your achievements and your earnings and that's as part of your story. If your subscriber can see where you came from, the challenges you faced and how you overcame them to reach your success then that's inspiring - if you're just rubbing your success in their face for no reason, well that's just annoying... 17) Over Gushy Have you ever met someone who you don't really know that well but who completely over-shares and gets in your personal space a bit? That's what it feels like when you're OVER friendly in your emails. Yes, be friendly - your emails should be helping you to build a relationship after all. You want your personality to shine through... BUUUUT remember you're NOT best friends and acting like you are is just going to make you seem a bit OTT at best - and fake at worst. What have I missed? Any cringeworthy emails you've seen recently? Let me know! Get your FREE 3 Copywriting Exercises to Start Writing Like a Pro email tactics to avoid Colette Broomhead
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66265	Part Two 8. The Function of the Great White Throne The Problem of EVIL and The Judgments of GOD THE LINK between the here and the hereafter, for the unbeliever, is forged at the great white throne. It is the only conscious experience through which he passes from the present life to the consummation, when God will be All, not only in the saints, but in all of Adam's race. The mature unbeliever leaves this life unsaved, unjust, mortal, and at enmity with God. Having passed through the judging, his next conscious moment will find him saved (1 Tim.4:10), justified (Rom.5:18), vivified (1 Cor.5: 22), and reconciled to God (Col.1:20). I do not like the word "conversion because it seems entirely inadequate to describe the change in the believer. It would be far more apt if used of the change in the unbeliever, effected at the great white throne. Nothing can happen there which would interfere with the great object to which it is devoted, that of preparing the dead who are out of Christ for a place in Him, by sight, instead of by faith. We must make a revolutionary revision of our entire outlook in regard to the future lot of the unbeliever. What is needed is a God's-eye view in place of man's. The judgment is not merely a futile attempt to deal out punishment to those who have already suffered and who will be tormented endlessly, without any regard to God's purpose in creation or the effect on His great name. It is His means of manifesting to men their utter failure to give Him His due. It will convince them that His sentence, condemning every son of Adam (Rom.5:18), is just and true. But it will also reveal His righteousness in Christ, Who will be their Judge, by means of which all can and will be justified, and thus the solid ground laid down for their reconciliation at the consummation. The substitution of eternal torture for universal reconciliation has utterly distorted every aspect of the great white throne judging. This diabolical doctrine changes the motive of judgment from love to hate. Instead of a marvelous display of God's ability to help His creatures, it is debased to a vicious exhibition of His power to harm. Tremendous might is exercised in order to raise the dead, with no other reason than to associate their dire doom with Christ and His God. Few of them had ever seen Him. Most of them had never heard of Him. Now they are to exist forever in unutterable, unending torture, as a result of their meeting with the Saviour of the world! Would they not curse Him in their hearts throughout that long eternity of woe? What motive can there be for connecting a Saviour with such dire punishment? Is He there to mock them, to intensify their despair, to multiply their misery? If the uniform penalty of all who stand before the great white throne is eternal torment, then Satan, not Christ, should preside. The adversary, not the Saviour, should sit as judge. The purpose of God absolutely requires that those who stand before the great white throne not only endure, but accept and acquiesce in whatever evil befalls them. More than that, since it is to lead to reconciliation with God, they must not merely acknowledge the justice of all that occurs, but must feel the positive goodness and affection that prompts even the severest infliction. Friends are not made by justice alone, but by the heart that underlies it. Then God will not let men guess at His goodness, as He does today. He will not hide his heart from them as He does now. All the secrets of mankind as well as the hidden motives of God will be revealed. Whoever realizes what God is about, must approve of it, no matter at what cost to themselves, for the goal is so good and glorious, that it is worth any amount of temporary affliction and distress. The curtain that today conceals what man is and what he does will be drawn aside at the great white throne. This alone will condemn all mankind without further evidence. At the same time the covering which hid God from His creatures will be taken away. He will be seen in the Son of Mankind and His sympathetic acts. He will be revealed in the Son of God and His loving dealings. Not only the severity of God's justice and holiness will be endured, but its motive and object will be open for all to see, so that there will be none of the bitterness and rebellion and hate which springs from His unseen providence today. Those who need it will suffer, not as now, without any inkling of its benefits, but with a realization of their need of it, and of the end in view. The idea that the account of each one will be balanced, so that every evil will be exactly compensated by good and every good by bad, is altogether contrary to God's purpose. Nothing but a neutral insipid stalemate would result from this, with neither God nor man any the better for all the travail of the eons. Evil is not simply to be replaced by good, but to be overcome by it. Evil will bring a tremendous harvest of good when the proper season has arrived. What is the object God has in view by the apparent chaos of injustice in the world today? Is it not to demonstrate to men that He alone is the Disposer? If there is to be justice it must come from Him alone, not from fellow men, or any other source. As a whole, men will never get their deserts, and the harm done to them will never be avenged, unless the Deity steps in and does it for them. Men strive valiantly to establish justice. Their governments and courts, their laws and enforcement officers are all devoted to this end. But how futile are their efforts to rid the world of wrong! It is evident from their laws that they have lost sight of the divine Disposer, and are themselves unjust in their repudiation of His claims. This is what entails the retribution of injustice in dealing with the relation of man to man. Human laws differ from those given by God. He gave His once for all. Men have been making them for millenniums, and are making more today than ever, for they revolve about the creature instead of having a stable center in the Creator. At the great white throne man will recognize his own inability to make things right. This will lead him back to God and His just judgment. The general notion that judgment is automatic, so that, even in this life, everyone gets his due; that good is rewarded and evil punished, not only by the laws of the land, but by the decrees of nature, is not confirmed by experience. Were it so, there would be no need of a judging in the future, and all would be prepared, at death, by reconciliation with God, to know Him as their All. One of the most perplexing problems of human history is the buffeting of fate, which brings one man more than his rightful share of good and another an undue amount of misery. In this life there is only a measure of reward and retribution. Few get their due deserts of either good or bad. In fact the most meritorious deeds, which involves loyalty to God and His Word, may bring the most suffering. It is evident that it is not God's intention that all should be set right before men die. If men were really logical, they would see the absolute necessity of a judgment to come, and not try to even up their scores in their present career. Take the saints, for example. Now evil has the upper hand. Those who will live godly suffer persecution. The better they are the heavier are their afflictions. Yet these are light afflictions in view of the great weight of glory which they will produce. In this life our evil and good are not balanced, even though we have many spiritual compensations, and may, like Paul, delight in infirmities, in outrages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake (2 Cor.12:10). In fact, for the present, it seems that the measure of success and reward in this era depends upon the repudiation of God and His Word, and even on opposition to His truth and those who seek to herald it. The great white throne judging is not only necessary as the complement of man's experience in this life, but most desirable, because it will accomplish, for our relatives and acquaintances, the very thing which we would do for them now, if we possessed the power. At present, faith would turn them from enemies to friends of God. Then this will be accomplished by sight. Who, among the saints, has not wished that he could compel his associates to believe? If only some great miracle, some overwhelming event would show them the hand of God! In other words, we have more confidence in sight than in faith to bring the sinner to God. In fact, the saints are continually drifting in that direction. They try to produce evidence that will convince the unbeliever. That is just what God will do at the great white throne. All will be convinced by overwhelming evidence which they cannot resist. But this is not God's way today. Now faith must rest upon His bare word, without evidence. Practically, the lot of the unbeliever does not include the first or second death, for these are not a part of his conscious experience. As a result, we should not look at the judging of the unsaved as a far-off, future event, but one which comes to him immediately after dying. So, also, we should not consider the reconciliation as taking place thousands of years after the judging (which, indeed, it may), but as the immediate result of it. The judging is the prelude to everlasting life, not eternal damnation, in the experience of the unbeliever. It is the transition between this life and eternal bliss, not everlasting woe. Eternal torment makes the judging futile and foolish. Universal reconciliation makes it fruitful and wise. What profit is it to God to torture His creatures endlessly, when, if He is a deity of limitless power and infinite wisdom, He could save them and get from them the fruit of His labors, and enjoy the worship and adoration for which He created them? What would we think of a God Who would create billions of creatures to curse Him endlessly? No man would exert such power in order to turn his handiwork against him, unless he were demented. Why charge God with this insanity? The color of the judgment throne depends upon the outcome of the judging. Eternal torment demands that it be black. Reconciliation calls for white. The lives of most men are drab with toil and trouble, disease and death. If this is to be followed by an eternity of agony, surely no hue but the deepest ebony could possibly be used to accord with the tragedies to be enacted there. It alone could properly depict the hopeless and horrible fate to which everyone who stands before it is condemned. But white is the color of light and righteousness and holiness. Our Lord's garments became white on the mount of transfiguration (Matt.17:2; Mark 9:3; Luke 9:29). The messengers, commonly called "angels" are clothed in white (Matt.28:3; John 20:12; Acts 1: 10). Worthy saints are robed in white (Rev.3:4,5; 7:9,13; 19:14). They whiten their garments in the blood of the Lambkin (Rev.7: 14). Black is the symbol of darkness and death. The present is a time of blackness and darkness. Men love the darkness because their deeds are evil (John 3:19). Even we were once darkness (Eph.5:5). The era is actually called "darkness" because that is its chief characteristic (Eph.6:12). There is no great white throne today. There is no divine standard of righteousness. As in a blackout, men grope their way about. They commit their shameful deeds in secret, unseen by their fellows. If there were such a white tribunal on earth, it would put an end to all this. No one would be able to hide. All would be open. Even our departure from God, our failure to give Him His right place in our lives, would be painfully exposed. On the other hand, is not this just what we sigh for when appalled by the prevailing wickedness? We are right, there should be light thrown into this darkness. Everything should be exposed and set right. That is what reformers aim to do. It will be done, but not now. That is the function of the great white throne. But it will not be a mere reformation in which wickedness is punished and good rewarded. All will be condemned because they are not merely compared with their fellows, but with the glory of God, where all fall short. Not only will all be found guilty, but all will be set right, not only with their human associates, but with God, to whom they owe infinitely more than to their neighbors. This is the fatal lack in all other reformations. They do not go to the root of the matter, which is the recognition of God and the wrongs done to Him. Can we imagine such a thing today, which would bring all evils to light, especially that root of all wrongs, the neglect of God, and assign to each his appropriate penalty, so that all would be saved and justified and reconciled? Only the Judge that God has appointed could do that, and He will not do it until the proper time. Yet it may help us to understand and sympathize with that future judging, if we transfer it to the present. All good people would approve of it. So should we welcome the great white throne. We must consider all things from God's viewpoint if we wish the absolute truth. His glory and honor should be our chief concern. For the ordinary saints this is difficult to do, because they see only a small segment of His operations, and this usually gives a false impression. It is only when we see the whole of God's purpose, the place of the eons in it, and the consummation, that we are able to fully understand any section of it. We must judge all from the end, the outcome, not from any part of the process. In order to reveal His heart, God may suffer the loss of His whole creation in the process, without being dishonored or disgraced, provided that all are saved at the end. If God, in His efforts to make Himself known, should lose all of His creatures, nothing could possibly remove the stigma of His defeat. Even if He should lose only a considerable part, the glory of His Godhood is irretrievably dimmed. All the explanations and excuses ever offered would never suffice to reseat Him on the throne of the universe, or guarantee the safety of those who have been saved from the wreck. The great white throne has no rational place in orthodox theology. If all unbelievers are doomed to eternal torment, why expend immeasurable power in raising them from the dead, when they are already suffering, simply to condemn the condemned? To inflict punishment before trial is immoral and irrational, and a farce when the guilt is already settled, and the length of the sentence predetermined. The only possible place for an orthodox tribunal is immediately after death, and then only to determine the severity of the sufferings. There should be no necessity for a resurrection when the dead are already agonizing in hell. That is why so little is made of this great judgment. It does not fit into the orthodox scheme at all. It can only serve to drive the dead still further from the god who is the cause of their being and the source of their eternal woe. Its effect on such a god would be disastrous. He would be transformed into the fiend of hell, the destroyer of his own handiwork, the torturer of his own creatures, a god of hate, unable or unwilling to rescue the weak and erring souls which he had formed. They were intended for his glory. They turned out to his shame. Annihilation is incompatible with a judgment. Is it not the height of cruelty to bring back to consciousness one who is doomed to eternal oblivion, merely to inflict further agony upon his soul? And when we reflect upon the tremendous expenditure of energy needed to raise billions upon billions of the dead, the marvelous miracle of rousing them from the unseen, all to no purpose except to enable them to suffer for their sins for a time, before they enter the portals of death once again, our heads and hearts revolt at the callousness of such a procedure. If it were merely a tremendous waste of effort, a futile gesture, it would not be so horrible. It has no warrant, and only serves to deluge the dead with another sea of misery beside that which they have already endured in this life, and all to no profit, either to themselves or to God. Indeed, it would not only add to their sufferings. Its chief result would be to detract from God's name and fame, and bring His glory into total eclipse. A god who is unable to avert such a fearful failure in His plans is not a god at all. Judgment is a misfit in every theological theory yet propounded. It is inconsistent, discordant, irreconcilable with every plan that does not reclaim man. Its function is to set matters right between man and God, hence it is utterly unnecessary and useless if it produces more suffering for man and further defeat and disgrace for God. It is not judgment at all, but indiscriminating vindictiveness and malevolence if it only tortures or destroys without benefit to either the creature or the Creator. Once we realize what judging means in the Word of God, the great white throne becomes a pledge of universal reconciliation, not of eternal damnation. Every human being, and, indeed, every living thing, is an exquisite and costly creation of God, infinitely more valuable than the highest achievements of human skill. Man cannot impart life or growth or sensation to any of his creations. All that he can do is to destroy these. What man would not do his utmost to save the work of a lifetime from destruction? And will not God do all that He can to reclaim the lost? Indeed, has He not already done all that is needed to protect His holiness in the sacrifice of Christ? The value of that offering is great enough to include all mankind, and embrace all creation. Now that the price has been paid, the ransom for all laid down, what can God do except to honor the work of Christ and apply the preciousness of His blood to those for whom it was shed? A judgment is just what is needed to accomplish this, where all who have not been won by faith will be reached by sight. There all the wrongs of His creatures will be righted, and they will see how unutterably they have wronged Him. Thus they will be brought to realize that God alone is their All. This publication may be reproduced for personal use (all other rights reserved by copyright holder).
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66296	September 4, 2009 Autogynephilia on a Napkin Part 2 The visual exploration of autogynephilia continues. Read part 1, the previous post, first! Masculine heterosexual transsexuals Blanchard and his followers realize, however, that there are men asking for sex reassignment surgery that are not particularly feminine. Nor are they sexually attracted to men. This category consisted mainly of men that are attracted to women, plus a few bisexuals and those that are attracted to neither sex. For Blanchard, who sticks so closely to the male/female and heterosexual/homosexual dichotomies, this second group was originally a puzzle. He finally came to the conclusion (without any real scientific proof, really) that they constituted a new type of paraphilia (sexual disorder or perversion). Unlike normal heterosexuals or homosexual transsexuals, who are attracted to other human beings, these men are attracted to the idea of themselves being a woman. They are still men, and in some sense (given that they love women) they are heterosexual, but basically they belong to a new category. They do not love flesh and blood women out there. They love an internalized woman. They feel lust for themselves as a woman. At this point I can no longer give you a simple and elegant figure to illustrate their theory. It is complex and convoluted, so much so, actually, that that in and for itself speaks against it. (At least if you believe in Occam's Razor.) Why stick to this kind of explanation, when there are simpler theories that can explain the same findings? Anyway, here we go: 1. The man is basically heterosexual. He is genetically predisposed to love women. 2. Unlike other men, however, he moves the desired female characteristics over to his own body. He gets turned on by imagining himself as a woman, even if he is not a woman. Something has clearly gone wrong in his psyche. He should be desiring a woman out there. Instead he has the hots for himself with tits. Why this is so, is never explained. 3. When such a man gets sex reassignment surgery (which both Blanchard, Lawrence and Bailey often recommend), they are not "real women" anymore than the homosexual transsexuals. They are even less so, actually. The homosexuals are, after all, feminine in both behavior and appearance. The autogynephiliacs are not. They have become masculine men in a woman's body. It is a sad story indeed, and why Blanchard, Lawrence and Bailey believe this can help autogynephiliacs is hard to understand. I believe them when they say their intentions are good, however. They are clearly trying to find out the truth about autogynephiliacs, but is this really the truth? Masculine and feminine, mutually exclusive? What are we talking about when we talk about masculine and feminine traits? Are there are two clear cut mutually exclusive categories in this respect? I mean, is their division of transsexuals into two distinct categories absolute? As you might have surmised, I find the category autogynephilia useful, having a term for people who get aroused by the idea of being their target sex useful. and I know for a fact that there are transgender people that are much more feminine than me. (I do not look feminine at all!) But I cannot see that Blanchard & Co have proved that this is not an issue of a gradual transition from one category to the other. There is no clear cut borderline, so you do not need two separate theories to explain the two categories. Madeline Wyndszen, a transgendered professor in psychology has an interesting article where she discusses the statistics used by Blanchard, and reproduces a figure from one of his articles. The figure shows his categorization of some of the respondents in his study, distributed according to the extent they are attracted to men (androphilia) or women (gynephilia). Annalloerotic means there is attraction to neither men nor women. Wyndszen says: "Just looking at Blanchard's data, I do not see these two clusters of dots. If anything, I see a cluster of those with attractions to men (i.e., "homosexual" and bisexual as one group and a second group of "hetrosexual" and "non-sexual" transsexuals)." Indeed, Blanchard's own research shows that there are all kinds of variations in his group of transgender, but these variations are gradual, with no mutually excluding categories. Blanchard admits as much. He writes: "It must be emphasized that the cluster analysis was not performed to discover or to confirm the existence of clusters among the transsexual subjects. It was chosen as a convenient and relatively non-arbitrary way of assigning subjects to a set of predetermined groups". Now, you would never expect a clear cut division into categories in a study like this one. For that both human respondents and the tools of the statistics are to "messy". But it should definitely be more clear cut than this. All this leads me to suspect that although the categories are useful for discussions and self-discovery, they are not "real" in the sense my sex (male) is real, the chair I sit on is real or the virus that causes the swine flu is real. It is true that I look pretty masculine. But this "autogynephiliac" has also clear "feminine" traits: I am called a good listener, non-aggressive, creative, I have a background from the humanities, etc., traits I have in common with many "homosexual transsexuals". If we look at sexual orientation (homosexual vs. heterosexual) as something distinct from the masculine/feminine scale, the borders do become blurred, indeed. An alternative model for autogynephilia I do believe that many transgender phenomena have a biological basis. The variation we see can probably be explained by different variations in the biological make-up, whether this is based in the genome, the proteom, in pre-natal hormone balance or whatever. The way this syndrome plays out is also influenced by personal experience and the social and cultural surroundings. Here's my alternative napkin drawing for the relationship between gender and sex. And again: This is a theory, not something I can prove scientifically. In most "normal" men the masculine traits are dominating. It is not that they do not have a feminine side. We know of a world famous soccer player that likes to wear dresses and long hair. But his feminine side does not threaten his overall gender identity as being male. Note also that the "traits" represented by my Venus and Mars symbols are not necessarily exclusively female or male. When you read some of this literature you might be led into believing that acting out and aggressiveness are for men only. Read your Shakespeare, folks! Moreover, some of the traits are clearly culturally determined. The feeling of long hair as being something feminine cannot have a biological basis. Men had long hair in 17th century Europe, as did men in most of the tribes of the Native Americans. The figure below shows a a male with both feminine and masculine traits, but where the feminine side is dominating. He might not be a "pure blooded woman" in a wolf's clothing, but he is definitely much more of a woman than a man, mentally speaking. His/her degree of femininity has reached a critical mass, so to speak. There are probably a large number of non-transgender women out there that are more masculine than he is. If the male to female transgender undergoes sex reassignment surgery she has the same right to be considered a woman as as they do. The perversion The fact that the sexuality of the "autogynephilic" seems "disturbed", can be explained by the fact that feeling like a woman in a man's body is traumatic. In some cases the feminine and masculine traits are so mixed up that it is hard to decide whether you are a man and a woman at heart. As identity formation go, that is even more disturbing than being a "traditional transsexual". No wonder many "autogynephiliacs" find it hard to establish a harmonious sex life. That doesn't make them perverts. Besides, transgenderism is still stigmatized in most communities, and it isn't easy to communicate to friends, family and colleagues that you are a woman or (which is probably even more complicated) something in between. No wonder their deepest longing try to find an outlet in "unorthodox" activities, being that cross-dressing or the consummation of TG erotica. The clusters of gender identity One final napkin drawing: I do believe gender identity has some kind of biological basis. The idea of gender as a pure social construct makes no sense to me, especially because of the existence of transgender people. I didn't ask for this, my parents didn't and my culture didn't even have a word for what I am. My autogynephilia is not caused by language or culture, although I admit that psychological trauma may have strengthened it. But what we call feminine or masculine is not determined by the existence or absence of an Y chromosome. It is much more complex than that. In this figure I give my hypothetical vision of humanity and their gender: There are two large clusters around the traditional male and female roles, but there are also a large number that fall outside those groups. That's where I believe I belong. Minor edits February 2014. 1. another great writing as usual! I think we (autogynephiliacs) all fall somewhere right between, and this is what causes us to sort of float right in the middle, which is extremely confusing. If we were men with more femminine traits, then we would just tranisition. If we had more masculine traits (but still had some feminine traits), we would be like any normal guy. What's still confusing is why thinking of ourselves as women is what turns us on? Is this a glitch in the brain, or do we only think of ourselves as women when it comes to sex. Lately I've been theorizing that if it were somehow possible to body swap as easily as syncing your iphone, that every one of us would be satisfied and finally feel normal. We could have sex as women, fulfill our sexual needs, and then transfer back to our male bodies, which we are comfortable with most of the time (anytime that doesn't involve sex). Of course this technology doesn't' exist yet (perhaps it never will), and because of that reason we're left feeling like the outsider, perhaps even a little bit crazy. 2. TG Captioner: "What's still confusing is why thinking of ourselves as women is what turns us on? Is this a glitch in the brain, or do we only think of ourselves as women when it comes to sex." This is the most important question, isn't it? There could be different reasons: 1. The Blanchard theory (heterosexual men internalizing the external woman) 2. We are real women eroticising our femininity. If managed to look beyond the sex, we would see that we are women in other ways to. (We may not look like women or move like women, but may have other typical feminine traits like compassion, social orientation, etc.) 3. We have the kind of mix of traits that make neither the feminine nor the masculine side the dominant one. I am reading John Varley at the moment. He is describing a society where you can change your body from time to time, exploring both possibilities. In such a society transgenderism becomes the norm. 3. One thought that keeps coming to mind to explain why homosexuality is natural is: Back in prehistoric times, tribes of humans would be lead by an alpha male. The alpha male gets all the females, right? So what are all the non-alpha males suppose to do to relieve their sexual tension? It seems to me that at some time in our past most males were homosexual. It's only in the last couple of thousand years that monogamy has become the dominate relationship. Being the "catcher" or effeminate partner in a relationship seems to be natural for both males and females. 4. There are places where we can change bodies at will, if only virtually. I'm sure you're aware that in MMOs like World of Warcraft, and virtual worlds like Second Life, it's cliche that many people who are physically male in Real Life play female characters at least some of them time, and (although, it's generally thought, to a smaller extent) females play male characters. One interesting thing about this is that even many men who identify as men in the real world, and have no history of any sort of gender unhappiness, still often play as women. Whether this is because they're desires to be female are just very very mild (and were therefore not even noticed until they got to an environment where it was easy), or because they are moved by a different set of causes than people who are TG in whatever sense in real life, strikes me as a very interesting question. I'd be interested in your thoughts and that sort of thing, and what if anything it means. And apologies if you've already written about that; I've just recently discovered you. :) 5. That is a very interesting comment, Dale! People joke about this all the time: "The sexy 18 year old college girl you chatted with last night might be a 50 year old bald man." The jokes do not necessary prove that a lot of people switch genders online, but the fact that people are telling the jokes proves that many are able to imagine the scenario. That tells me that genderbender fantasies are much more common than people tend to believe. The problem is that so few are willing to admit that they would do such a thing, even to a researcher, which means that underreporting will be a huge problem. To me the phenomenon is a strong indication that the binary systems of male vs. female or for that matter cissexual ("normal") vs transsexual might be too narrow. My point is that there may be a gradient from "mostly masculine" to "mostly feminine", or more precise: different mixes of feminine and masculine traits. If that is the case it is easy to imagine a man, fully grounded in his masculine identity, go online to fight dragons as Princess Whatevera. The game tickles the part of him that is female. Again, this should not be too surprising. When we start out in the womb we are all female. You need special male hormones to trigger the development of male characteristics in a fetus. Does anyone know if there has been done research on online role playing and gender identity? 6. Here's one article: 7. In Second Life, gender is a radio button in your Appearance window. One click of the mouse and you move from male to female or vice versa. 8. here's one more: "By day, Freeman Williams manages a small dental practice in suburban Houston. But on any given night, he’s prowling crime-ridden streets and battling ne’er-do-wells in the video game “City of Heroes” as his virtual alter-ego: a female superhero named Robotrixie." "In an informal survey she conducted with 64 males, more than half said choosing a female character gave them a distinct gameplay advantage. And while a quarter said they played women characters because it added to the role-playing experience, Wright said others had a simpler explanation: visual stimulation. “They’d rather look at a character that looks like Lara Croft than a character that looks like Rambo,” she said." 9. One more: "Generally, men roleplay women as either The Bitch or The Slut. The Bitch is a powerful, masculine woman who is beautiful, unforgiving, and uninterested. Oddly, some Bitches have a hidden inner Slut who will (seemingly randomly) warm up to a particular male. The Slut is a powerful, feminine woman who was beautiful, warmly caring, and easy. An interesting possible trend (which I can't confirm) is that in fantasy, Bitches tend to be warriors while Sluts tend to be mages." 10. Thanks for the replies and the source materials! I know from personal experience that males playing as females in both Second Life and World of Warcraft is pretty common. Females playing as males (again just from personal experience) also happens in both, but seems more common in WoW than in SL, maybe (pure speculation) because WoW is the more traditional-male-flavored environment (battle, as opposed to shopping and decorating and socializing). It would definitely be interesting to get some hard data! I don't think the stigma attached to virtual gender crossing is all that large (at least not among the people I hang out with?), but it's certainly non-zero, which would tend to corrupt the data. In WoW I've heard the "if I have to stare at someone's bottom 10 hours a day, I'd rather it be a hot chick" argument more than once. :) Haven't heard it as much in SL, maybe again because SL players don't feel the same need to provide a het-sounding excuse. :) I play as both male and female in both worlds; in real life I have no really strong gender identification: I'm biologically male, and that's okay with me, although it'd be fun to be able to switch now and then here also. Some weblog thoughts on the subject: I definitely agree with the idea that gender is a continuum, not a binary choice. To some extent even biological gender is; psychological far moreso. "Generally, men roleplay women as either The Bitch or The Slut. " Couldn't help but laugh at that one. :) Overgeneralization from a teeny-weeny sample of an enormous universe. Even in my own very limited experience, there's much wider variety than that sentence implies. 11. I very intersting article. Thanks 12. tg_captioner, your comment about "syncing your iphone" is exaclty on target. I have long felt that, if I could change my gender on a whim and change it back on a whim, I wouldn't hesitate. But going through transition, or trying to pass as a woman, without that technological breakthrough holds no appeal for me. I am more disturbed by other aspects of my body than my gender, but I'm not rushing to have lap band surgery, liposuction, hair restoration, and so on. Without those things I would not even try to pass, or have reassignment surgery. The woman in my personality wouldn't be satisfied. I do play online games as female characters, because they are just more comfortable. Being happily married though, I can't see myself flirting it up in SL. My wife somewhat understands my gender situation but I don't intend to cause jealousy or put anything between us. We have a great relationship. It may help that she's bi though. 13. WOW. Thanks for helping me understand myself. Danni 14. This comment has been removed by the author. 15. Thank you so much for your blog! Parts of your the biogrpahies ive read online of AGP type people are so strikingly on the money its astonishing to find other people have been through the same processes. Up to the point where it says " She married and had children. Her need to cross-dress… and use autogynephilic ideation grew,". I recently turned 30 and decided it was time to get my life in order. I came out as bisexual to my parents and some friends, and so far it has been a rewarding, frankly quite happy experience in the main. As a label it doesnt really fit, but its better than any of the others. This is where all the answers youre writing has given me spawn questions. Am I infact a trannsexual? After following the typical AGP profile to the letter, I found my desire to crossdress dropped off at around aged 17 in secondary (senior) school, as has my desire to be a female. It used to be a comforting thought when I was a kid, but now I don't really feel like I can relate to it anymore. I no longer envy girls for being girls. Ive grown to like the way I look, my body and my genitals and sexual characteristics. I enjoy being male. I suppose if someone had a magical machine that could make me a woman Id say yes sure, Ill try it for a while, why not, but I have no desire to be a late-transition transexual. However Ive found an example of what must be some kind of autogynephilic projection, in that while I dont feel excited by crossdressing at all anymore, I feel strongly attracted to both girls and attractive, effeminate males who crossdress for fun. Often at different times. I guess my question here is what is my prognosis? All the story arcs on your blog seem so bleak; collapsing or hollow marriages (ie someone elses life in tatters too) loss of family and job and so on, hollow, frankly nightmareish-sounding relationships with men as autoerotic sex-as-a-woman fantasies, all through some need transition. Is this inevitable? As I say, I have no desire currently to take hormones or become a woman, or wear womens clothes at home or outside, but because of my childhood am I destined to have only lightweight relationships with men and women, and eventually snap in my 50s for some reason and decide transitioning will somehow make everything perfect? Being a 62 year old transexual who looks like a man in a dress and whos kids wont talk to him sounds pretty lonely. How much of this is set in stone, and how much is my choice? 16. @vk There is so much diversity among crossdreamers and transgender, that it is in no way possible for me to make a "diagnosis" based on a comment. The problem is twofold: You are probably the only person that actually has the information needed to decide if you are truly transsexual. And secondly: You may yourself has suppressed so much of yourself, that even you do not have the facts available. As you point out: This is a journey of self discovery. That being said. If the following phrase truly reflects what you feel, i would say that you are not gender dysphoric and therefore not a transsexual: This does not sound like the words of a transsexual to me. I do not think the narratives you are referring to are inevitable. I guess most of the crossdreamers who tell their stories here are the ones that are suffering. The ones that are able to include their MTF crossdreaming in their lives as men, are less likely to tell their stories. It is true that for some the dysphoria intesifies as they get older. But there are also those that report no dysphoria whatsoever. Which leads me to my conclusion: Your uncertainty tells me that you should continue working on discovering your true self, and to do so now, before you realize at 50 that you are transsexual (if you truly are one). I recommend finding an open-minded therapist of some kind. Oh! The Eight Worlds series? Just read The Ophiucus Hotline, and waiting for Steel Beach (in French translation). 18. Yes, the Eight World series, and Steel Beach is one of them. Click here for this blog's Code of Conduct! Discuss crossdreamer and transgender issues!
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66313	Home >Alternative Rule Systems >Mythic Adventures >Mythic Feats > Mythic Extra Mercy (Mythic) Your mythic power gives you an additional mercy you can select each day. Prerequisites: Extra Mercy, lay on hands class feature, mercy class feature. Benefit(s): Each day when you regain uses of your daily abilities, you may select one additional mercy you meet the prerequisites for. As a swift action, you may expend two uses of mythic power to change this mercy for a different mercy you meet the prerequisites for, which you retain until you regain your daily abilities or change it again. Special: Unlike Extra Mercy, you cannot take Mythic Extra Mercy more than once. Section 15: Copyright Notice
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66321	Dance celebrity make up artist Tina Sparks gives us Make up hygiene in plain BLACK & WHITE! We all know sharing make up isn’t a good idea but just how bad is it? We often look to our fellow dancers for a lend of that Hair spray, bobby pins, bun nets & sometimes it’s easier to use their lip stick, foundation or mascara as well. Sharing good moral in the dressing room is the only thing that should be passed around. Often you may have eaten something in a hurry, still have food left on your lips and use your lip stick, then share that with your friends that have also eaten something or have had a cold and that’s the start to all sorts of nasties beginning to be passed around. Number 1 no no’s on sharing make up. LIP STICK: our Red warning alert is lip stick. This should never be shared no matter what! Their saliva, food, and dry skin will all be transferred to your lips! Foundation: Our skin carries all sorts of oils and dirt that I’m sure you wouldn’t want to share with your best friend! MASCARA: Eye infections are the easiest to spread and the longest to hang around. Even sharing your mascara with your own eyes sometimes can cause a problem. As soon as you get any sort of eye infection, throw your own mascara away and get a new one! EYE SHADOW, BLUSH 7 POWDER: All the same nasties mentioned about will be transferred from these dry shadows! SPONGES & BRUSHES: even if your make up is clean it may be what you are putting it on with that is problem. Sponges should only be used once. The moisture in those little white sponges are a perfect home for bacteria. Brushes have lots of tiny little bristles that also provide hidey holes for germs to live in. Let’s face it, we know we shouldn’t share but sometimes we still do. If you absolutely have to share at the last minute then grab mums hand sanitizer and a tissue and gently wipe over your: • Lip stick • Cream foundation • Lip & eye pencils (or sharpen in between) • Lip gloss For all your powder products when you get home pour a small amount of isocol alcohol in a spray bottle and gently spray a fine mist from around 10-20cm away (be careful not to WET your make up as it will set it permanently) then place your shadows, blush and powders in the sun on a table for an hour to kill those germs. Also remember never Blow on your make up or brushes as germs love the moisture from your breath. Where possible use your own make up & brushes and be sure to clean them after each performance. You shouldn’t spend your time worrying about those little break outs caused by sharing your make up but instead your focus should be on giving a stand out performance every time! Visit for more tips and tricks on Dance make up from Tina Sparks! • Facebook • Google+ • WordPress Loading Facebook Comments ... One thought on “MAKE UP HYGIENE TIPS” Leave a Reply You may use these HTML tags and attributes: Related Posts
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66322	5e SRD talk:Grasping Vine From D&D Wiki Jump to: navigation, search Grasping Vine isn't an SRD spell (or at least, I'm reasonably confident it isn't). What is the purpose of this page? Quincy (talk) 15:01, 23 October 2017 (MDT) The purpose of the page is to say what you did, but also say where to find it in the PHB :) --GamerAim Chatmod.png (talk) 17:04, 23 October 2017 (MDT) Oh, I see now. That's fair. Quincy (talk) 18:25, 23 October 2017 (MDT) Home of user-generated, homebrew pages!
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66328	Dots and Stripes Happy Dots and Dancing Stripes is a story about dots and stripes who decide to leave the animals whose bodies they decorate and have themselves a party. At the end of the book, children are invited to use crayons or markers to put the dots and stripes back on the animals where they belong. This is a selection of some spreads from the book.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66347	iOS 13 is out, here's how to pair your Xbox One or PS4 controller to your iOS device 'It just works!' So iOS 13 is finally out, and Apple is doubling down on gaming. Apple Arcade is in full swing with a ton of games, and you can now use your Xbox One and PS4 remotes on your iOS devices. Yes! Here's how to set that up (not that it's hard, but there are a few provisos you should probably know about). • iOS 13 rolled out internationally to all devices a little after 10AM PT today. Head to your software update section of your settings->general menu, then update (it took me around 30 minutes total). • Once it's fully installed the initial setup should take only a few minutes if you skip the features and do them later. Afterward, head to the settings->Bluetooth menu. • Grab an Xbox One remote or PS4 DualShock 4 controller. Let's handle the former first. Turn it on, then hit the sync button. The remote should show up in your Bluetooth portion at the very bottom: just tap it. You're good! Note that you'll need a remote from the Xbox One S era (model 1708) on, as those support Bluetooth. • For the DualShock 4 you'll need to hold the share button and the PlayStation button (the logo in the middle of the controller), watch for the blinking lights, then repeat the above process. You are logged out. Login \| Sign up Click to open photo gallery: Chris Carter Chris CarterReviews Director, Co-EIC gamer profile Filed under... #Apple Arcade #Controllers #DualShock #gallery #ios #ps4 #xbox one
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66352	Common SEO Mistakes You Should NEVER Make \| DigitalGrads 25+ Common SEO Mistakes That You Shouldn’t Make In 2019 Digital Marketing Google is constantly refining its search engine algorithm. This means that if you are not up-to-date with the latest SEO best practices, you are going to lose your ranking on the SERP. This is crucial as most of the search engine traffic goes to websites that are higher on the ladder. As a matter of fact, the websites on the first page of Google SERP takes 75% of all incoming traffic, with the top ranking website nearly taking 40%. That's huge! So if you don't want to end up losing out on valuable organic traffic, then you need to focus on your SEO game. But with that being said, it can get a bit tricky sometimes. As a digital marketing technique, SEO isn't simply about what you do, but it is also influenced by what you don't. Many people tend to think that keyword optimization is all there is to optimizing their website to rank on search engines, but that is only half of your responsibilities. One of the famous quotes that goes around in the SEO community is; "Google only loves you when everyone else loves you first" And this is the gospel when it comes to search engine optimization. With this in mind, let's take a quick look at some of the ways you can improve your SEO game in 2019. Focus on Delivering Better UI & UX You not only have to focus on the content but also the layout. This includes the overall UI and UX of the website to maximize user convenience. You can achieve this by ensuring faster loading speed, a de-cluttered UI, clear call-to-action, mobile-friendly designs, and so on. Also, it is important to avoid keyword stuffing when optimizing your content for a particular keyword. This makes the content unnatural and in-comprehensive for human readers. As an added bonus, try to create solution-oriented content coupled with attractive headlines - Google will love you for that extra effort. Manage Your Internal & External Links Apart from keyword optimization, another well-known factor to improve your site's SEO score is related to link building. Internal linking among different posts as well as external links to quality websites are also known to improve user engagement and site authority - all of which are major SEO factors. However, your job isn't done the moment you have placed a link on your website. It is also your responsibility to make sure these links are properly working. Over time, the target URL might be removed or taken down leading to a broken link on your website. When a user clicks on the link it will take them to an error page. A situation that can drastically reduce user engagement levels and increase the bounce rate on your website. If all these seem too difficult to remember, we have prepared a comprehensive infographic covering 25+ common SEO mistakes people tend to make. Take this into reference while working on your website, and it will help you improve your SEO score. 25+ Common SEO Mistakes That Are Killing Your Website[Infographic] by the team at Hosting CluesCommon SEO Mistakes Infogrpahic About post author
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66353	Crazy Rich Asians shows being Asian American isn't the same as being Asian The stars talk about relating to Rachel Chu and her experience in Singapore. Sanja BuckoWarner Bros. Crazy Rich Asians has been resonating with a large number of Asian Americans since its release in the US last month. Aside from its all-Asian principal cast, one major aspect of the movie which has affected many of the audience is the distinction made between being an Asian American (or part of the Asian diaspora) and growing up in Asia. It's a concept which is hardly ever portrayed by a major studio movie. Based on Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel, Crazy Rich Asians follows New Yorker and Chinese American Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she goes to Singapore to meet her boyfriend Nick Young's (Henry Golding) family. Sanja BuckoWarner Bros. Confident at first, Rachel finds herself struggling to fit in. She feels like an outsider, and is looked down on by many of Nick's family including his disapproving mother Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh). Digital Spy spoke to stars Constance Wu, Gemma Chan and Ken Jeong, as well as director Jon M. Chu. "What's interesting to me about Rachel's journey is that she goes there with an open heart and an open mind, and she's kind of bullied from the get-go," Constance Wu said of her character. "She thinks that this is going to be a place that's welcoming to her, more welcoming than America might have been to her. But it turns out to be also another place where she feels otherised. Sanja BuckoWarner Bros. "I think it was a good trial for her to appreciate her roots but also appreciate and reconfirm the identity she had created for herself in America. "That's not just an experience for Asian Americans. It's for any Asian or any person who grows up in a country where they're not the dominant culture. You're always sort of caught in between. You have your roots, and then you also have the fact that you are very much a product of where you grew up from. I'm very American. Rachel is very American." Jon M. Chu said that this aspect was a major factor in why he wanted to helm the project. "The Rachel Chu part [of the book], an Asian American going to Asia for the first time, going to a place where it should feel like home and does at first, and then you realise you're not part of that – it was a story that I had lived growing up and thought I was alone in that. Stewart CookeWarner Bros. "It's something that has haunted me for my whole life, and I had ignored it. It's the scariest thing to talk about your own cultural identity crisis and talk about how you're Asian when you're the only Asian in the room. "This movie allowed me to explore it, let it out, meet some of the most amazing Asian actors from all around the world, from the UK, from Australia, from Hong Kong, from everywhere, and that changed me throughout the course of the movie. It's the most present movie I've ever made where as I'm going through it, I'm experiencing it. "And so I feel very lucky to have been in this position, to have a book that said some of those things, have producers that supported and protected those things, and a studio that agreed with it, that doubled down, triple downed on getting it out there to the world to see." Sanja BuckoWarner Bros. Ken Jeong (Goh Wye Mun) agreed, sharing: "I definitely related to Rachel, because growing up as an Asian American, I understand the identity crisis that Rachel goes through." Although Crazy Rich Asians is an American film, UK-based Gemma Chan – who plays Astrid Leong-Teo – shared that she could certainly relate. "Often when I was growing up, people would point to a film that came out of China or Taiwan or Hong Kong, saying that represents you," she said. "And I never felt that that represented me, because the difference between being Asian – actually from Asia – as opposed to being Asian British, British Chinese, or Asian American, that distinction has not always been made clear or accurately portrayed in any kind of storytelling or on screen, and I think this film really does show that and highlight what that is like. Sanja BuckoWarner Bros. Related: Crazy Rich Asians stars explain why the movie is so important "When you go home, you're often judged to be not properly Asian. You're not Asian enough. And then you're in the country that you have grown up in, in your adopted country, you're not properly considered American or British. "You're stuck between two cultures. And I completely identify with that. I think more and more nowadays, we live in an increasingly global society. We're realising that identities are not singular. They can be plural. I can be proudly British, proudly Chinese and proudly European, all of those things at the same time." Crazy Rich Asians is out now in the US, and opens on September 14 in the UK. Book tickets here. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below More From Movies
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66381	There's just no getting around it: Our moods are inextricably connected to our health. If your digestive tract isn't functioning properly, if you have spikes and troughs of blood sugar levels, if you have a bloodstream infection, or if your gall bladder is congested with stones and parasites, you're probably not going to be a happy camper. That's why we suggest that everyone suffering from mood swings or anxiety take advantage of Dr. Brist's Health Scan exam and full laboratory work-up. Using Muscle Response Testing (MRT), Dr. Brist will evaluate the relative health of your major organs and body systems to identify areas that need attention. He'll also use a technique called "therapy localization" that helps him pinpoint the underlying causes of your top five symptoms. For example, therapy localization of your symptoms of anxiety might suggest that adrenal stress, blood sugar irregularities, and an under-functioning pineal gland are contributing to your anxious feelings. Or, for example, therapy localization might indicate that your irritability stems from a yeast infection in the colon. Dr. Brist has found that many mood disorders correct themselves when underlying health problems are addressed. However, that means getting to the root of those problems and correcting them, not just covering them up with medication. Once you have improved your overall health condition using natural therapies, or while you are doing so, you may also benefit from specific nutritional supplementation that can help calm your nerves or lift your spirits by helping to balance brain neurotransmitters. These supplements have an advantage over pharmaceutical agents, such as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), in that they do not deplete your brain of its necessary neurotransmitters. Instead, they provide your brain with the raw materials to make more of what it needs--naturally. If you or someone you know suffers from irritability, anxiety, or other mood disorders, we encourage you to consider a holistic solution. To schedule a Health Scan and laboratory work-up, call 763-546-9151.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66406	Building Java EE 7 Web Applications Duration: 3 days This course teaches students the core Java EE Web Technologies Servlets/JSP together with JAX-RS to build contemporary Web Application using on the Java Platform. Students should be experienced Java Developers. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery is helpful, however not assumed Please find the course objectives below: This course guides students through the core and fundamentals of the Web Profile of the Java EE 7 Platform. The course can also be attended by students who are on Java EE 6. • Introduce Web Development inside Java EE 7 • Develop and understand Java Servlets • Using JavaServer Pages • Web Application Security (Authentication and Authorisation) • Create custom Filters • Configure Web Application using the web.xml • Expose RESTful services using JAX-RS • Using JavaScript an JQuery to access your RESTful services • Testing with Arquillian and Selenium During the course you may uses JBoss WildFly 8.x, Tomcat 8.x or Jetty 9 For WildFLy you will also perform the following tasks • Setting up standalone and domain mode servers • Configuring a JBoss domain • Deploying Web Applications • Configuring and monitoring database connection pools After this course you should consider following one or more of the following courses: SPRING-MVC, JEE-JSF or JEE-APP For an onsite course please contact us
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66415	How to Replace a Casio Illuminator Battery Goodshoot RF/Goodshoot/Getty Images Casio Illuminator watches are sports-style digital wrist watches that include helpful chronograph and alarm features. The factory-installed battery in Casio Illuminator wrist watches is designed to run for up to 10 years before replacement. When the time comes to replace the battery, you can avoid paying a jeweller's battery replacement fee by performing the same battery replacement at home. The battery replacement process is simple and straightforward. Place your Casio Illuminator wrist watch facedown on a cushioned surface such as a neoprene mouse pad or table covered with a soft optical cloth. Remove the screws on the back of the watch case to free the back cover of the Casio Illuminator. Set aside the removed screws and back cover until you are ready to reassemble your watch. Remove the protective rubber gasket or plastic plate to reveal the battery compartment in the Casio Illuminator. Note that the battery is held in place by a metal strap. Release the metal strap to access the watch battery. Pry the old battery out of the battery compartment of your Casio Illuminator wrist watch. Discard the old watch battery or recycle it if recycling facilities are available in your area. Insert a new battery into the battery compartment of the Casio Illuminator. Align the watch battery over the battery compartment and apply gentle downward pressure until you hear the battery snap into place. Replace the metal battery strap. Replace the previously removed protective rubber gasket or plastic plate. Place the removed cover over the back of the watch case, replace the screws and tighten them to complete the battery replacement process for your Casio Illuminator wrist watch. Most recent
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66416	Feather Wall Painting Techniques Use it for painting, not dusting You may have heard of feathering your nest, but have you heard of feathering your walls? Feathers dipped in paint and swished over a base coat on the wall can leave a wispy, creative look that wallpaper cannot achieve. Feather painters often use feather dusters for painting walls, to give a fuller image than a single feather would. Decide on Your Color Scheme Feather painting can give you a dramatic effect, or a wispy romantic one. You may want dark feathering on a light wall, or light on dark, or multicolour feathering on a base coat. When you have decided on the look you want, buy paint for your base coat, and paint for each colour you want to use for feathering, staying with either all latex, or all oil paints. Make sure to buy a paint tray and a separate feather duster for each colour you are using. Start with the Base Coat Prepare the room for painting as you would with any paint job, taping off baseboards, edges, door and window frames and covering furniture. Apply the base coat and let it dry thoroughly, according to the paint directions. If you are covering a light wall with a dark colour, you may need two coats. When your wall is dry, you are ready to feather paint. Practice Makes Pretty Pounce, swirl, dab or trail your feather duster on the wall No matter how many colours you are using for feathering, fill paint trays with the respective colours, each about 1/2 inch deep. Practice your painting method on a grocery bag or sheet of butcher paper until you get the knack of just dipping the tip of the feather dusters in the paint, without getting it too thick; then just apply a light wispy image on your practice paper. Soon, you will get the feel for just how much paint you need on your feathers. Use the paper or bag later to wipe off excess paint from your feather dusters. Time to Feather in Monotone Color Now that you have practised and found the feathering look you like, it's time to be creative. Let's say you have determined you want silver feathery flecks on your navy blue bathroom wall. Dip your feather duster tips into the paint lightly, and then apply the paint to the wall. You can start making a scattered pattern, and then fill in between "spatters" until you like the density of the silver feathering. Another look combines different values of paint in the same colour family. For a smart look, use all shades of cocoa, chocolate, caramel and nougat on a taupe wall. For your little girl's room, a pale pink base coat with delicate red feathering would be fresh and pretty. For a sophisticated look, apply almond feathering on a white wall, with just hints of metallic gold. Try a Colorful Kaleidoscope For a child's room, a laundry room or kitchen, go bright and whimsical. Use an off-white base coat with three or four primary colours feathered in, again in a random pattern. Remember, if you want a repeatable pattern, you may as well use wallpaper. You will need a separate feather duster for every colour, and you may want a couple of extras, too, in case one gets too drenched with paint. Drama and Contrast Another option is a high-contrast colour scheme. Try a white wall, with only black or chocolate brown feathering. Or, white with red or apple green. You may find you want bigger and more frequent feather spatters with such a simple, high-drama colour scheme. Most recent
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66423	Which MOSFET topology? Jason SachsSeptember 1, 20119 comments From left to right, these are: 1. High-side switch, N-channel MOSFET 2. High-side switch, P-channel MOSFET 3. Low-side switch, N-channel MOSFET 4. Low-side switch, P-channel MOSFET Basically you can use an N-channel MOSFET or a P-channel MOSFET, and put the switch above the load or vice-versa. A quick reminder about using MOSFETs: A MOSFET has 3 terminals, gate, drain, and source. I've illustrated drain and source with D and S, respectively; the other terminal is the gate. The MOSFET is controlled by the relative voltage Vgs between its gate terminal and its source terminal. If Vgs = 0, the MOSFET is off and conducts essentially no current between its drain and source terminals (although there is parasitic leakage, usually specified as a maximum of 1-100uA). For an N-channel MOSFET, the current that flows between drain and source increases rapidly as Vgs increases above its gate-to-source threshold voltage Vgs(th); at some point the current that conducts is determined by the load resistance rather than the MOSFET, in which case the MOSFET behaves like a resistor between drain and source. The resistance depends on Vgs as well, and is specified in the data sheet for particular Vgs levels. Most MOSFETs are specified at either Vgs = 10V (for "regular" MOSFETS) or Vgs = 4.5V (for "logic-level" MOSFETS, so-called because they can be driven by a 5V logic power supply), although nowadays there are an increasing number of low-voltage MOSFETS that have resistance specified at 3.3, 2.5, or even 1.8Vgs. The voltage between drain and source on an N-channel MOSFET must be positive, otherwise a parasitic body diode between drain and source conducts to keep the drain from being more than a voltage drop below the source. There are other important parameters of MOSFETs that you need to be know about (parasitic gate-drain and gate-source capacitance), but let's forget those for now. (A quick recap: Vgs determines the current that can potentially flow from drain to source. If that current can't flow because the load resistance is too high, then the MOSFET acts like a resistor rather than a current sink. There's a body diode that conducts if the drain is pulled below the source terminal) For P-channel MOSFETs, the polarity is reversed. The source terminal is normally more positive than the drain, and the MOSFET is turned on by negative Vgs. So back to our four topologies. The most common configurations are probably in this order: 3. Low-side switch, N-channel MOSFET (easiest/cheapest) 2. High-side switch, P-channel MOSFET 1. High-side switch, N-channel MOSFET 4. Low-side switch, P-channel MOSFET (you essentially never see this) Well, let's think about it. MOSFETs are controlled by their gate voltage relative to the source terminal. Of the four topologies, the only one that is relative to circuit ground is the low-side N-channel switch. Driving this circuit is a piece of cake. You generate a voltage source of 0 volts to turn the MOSFET off, and 5 or 10V above ground to turn the MOSFET on. (See my earlier blog post, Byte and Switch, for some minor gotchas.) To understand why you would use either topology #2 (high-side P-channel) or #1 (high-side N-channel), there are two very important things to consider: Circuit ground The word "ground" is often misused in electronics. What it's supposed to mean is a low-resistance connection to a reference voltage. If you have appliances at home with a metal chassis and a 3-prong plug, the chassis is connected to the 3rd prong, and when you plug it into the AC mains, it's connected to a metal post in your home that is sunk into the earth. (In a car, there's not a good conductive path to the earth, but the metal frame of the car is "ground"; in this and other applications that do not have a protective earth connection, the word "ground" is misleading and "return" is a better term.) This is done for two reasons: safety and electromagnetic interference (EMI). The safety aspect is that the earth's ground potential is generally -- except in weird lightning storms -- a safe voltage, so you can touch a grounded metal chassis with your hand and stand on a floor and not worry about being electrocuted. Whereas if you stand on a floor and you touch an exposed piece of metal that is significantly different from earth ground, you are likely to get hurt. Different standards apply but the generally accepted threshold is in the 50-60V range. The EMI aspect is that ground is a stable voltage potential, and if an appliance is packaged in a conductive chassis, the chassis acts as a shield to block both outgoing and incoming electromagnetic radiation. If you attach the chassis to another potential that wiggles up and down relative to ground, it acts as an antenna, and can both emit and receive unwanted electromagnetic radiation. For both these reasons, there are many types of two-terminal electrical loads (pumps, fans, motors, heaters, etc.) where it works very well to connect one of the two terminals to circuit ground. If this is the case, we are forced to use a high-side switch, which rules out topologies #3 and #4. Otherwise, there is almost no reason not to use the low-side N-channel MOSFET. N-channel and P-channel MOSFETs are not created equal The general rule of thumb is that for the same price or for a given die area (and price is proportional to the amount of silicon used, so these are well-correlated), you will get worse performance in a P-channel MOSFET than in an N-channel MOSFET. (The charge mobility in N-channel devices is better than P-channel devices; if you want to know more, you should ask someone else who knows more than I do about device physics.) On-resistance is a lot higher in P-channel MOSFETS. Furthermore, manufacturers generally offer more choices in N-channel devices, especially at voltages above 100V. So, all other things being equal, you should use an N-channel MOSFET, because you have more device choices and higher performance for a given device cost. So to recap: some applications require high-side switches because one terminal of the load needs to be tied to ground for safety/EMI reasons. And N-channel MOSFETs are cheaper than P-channel MOSFETs for the same performance specs. Got it? If you need to use a high-side switch, you have a tradeoff to make: do you want the cheaper switch, or do you want the cheaper gate drive? If you pick topology #1 (high-side N-channel MOSFET), the gate drive circuitry is a little tricky. You need to control Vgs, but the source voltage will get yanked up and down as the switch turns on and off, and when it's on, the gate voltage has to be 5-10V above the supply voltage Vcc. You either need an isolated power supply, or what's called a bootstrap power supply where the switch turning on/off runs a charge pump to transfer charge to a capacitor that rides up and down with the MOSFET source terminal. There are many integrated circuit high-side MOSFET drivers available, and if you're switching on and off rapidly (pulse-width modulation), this can work quite well. If you pick topology #2 (high-side P-channel MOSFET), the gate drive circuitry is a little easier. To turn the MOSFET off, tie the gate to the supply voltage Vcc. To turn the MOSFET on, pull the gate 5-10V below the supply voltage Vcc. This is still harder to control than the low-side N-channel MOSFET, but it can be done. If the supply voltage is in the 5-15V range, then you can generally find a P-channel MOSFET so that you can just connect the gate voltage to either Vcc (MOSFET off) or circuit ground (MOSFET on). The last topology, #4 (low-side P-channel MOSFET), uses the lower performance P-channel device and requires a tricky gate drive to be relative to the MOSFET source which varies as the switch turns on and off. You will essentially never see this used in practice -- there's no reason you shouldn't be able to use a low-side N-channel MOSFET instead to get the cost and complexity down. So if the load doesn't need to be grounded, topology #3 (low-side N-channel) is the clear winner. Finally, a reminder that we've skipped over an important detail that is missing from all 4 topologies shown. All loads, even a short length of wire, have some amount of inductance. A so-called "resistive" load like a heating element with a few feet of cable can still have a few microhenries of inductance. If you turn off the MOSFET, and you do not provide a path for the inductive current to flow, it will find its own path, by generating enough voltage to bring the MOSFET into breakdown conduction, and dissipate this energy in the MOSFET. Unless the inductance is small, you should use a freewheeling diode in parallel with the load to handle this current: Happy switching! Previous post by Jason Sachs: Thermistor signal conditioning: Dos and Don'ts, Tips and Tricks Next post by Jason Sachs: Complexity in Consumer Electronics Considered Harmful [ - ] Comment by CrossJuly 11, 2013 You have answered all my questions/concerns in a well written article. Thank you so much ! [ - ] Comment by vinodkaruvatMarch 4, 2014 hello sir, I am using the IRF9321 P channel MOSFET for controlling my BLDC motor. The MOSFET is driven via a transistor which in turn is run by a freescale controller(3.3V pin). Now, when turning it on, it works fine. But, when turning it off its a disaster with the MOSFET taking almost 5ms to come to '0' Volts. I have been through the datasheet and it says turn off delay time is 180nSecs (approx .1uSecs). Am I missing something? Also Sir, i have got no load.Its just to observe if the voltage comes out fine or not> I intend to connect a BLDC Motor to it. Will a load connected make it work better. [ - ] Comment by Daniel90June 9, 2014 Hi Jason, I am a student. Can you explain what " more than a voltage drop " means in this paragraph : "The voltage between drain and source on an N-channel MOSFET must be positive, otherwise a parasitic body diode between drain and source conducts to keep the drain from being more than a voltage drop below the source." With other words, how would you say that? Sorry for my english. [ - ] Comment by jms_nhJune 9, 2014 Ah -- you found a typo. That should be "more than a diode drop". In other words if the drain is more than about 0.7-0.8V below the source, the diode will conduct and keep it from going any more negative. [ - ] Comment by ccpJanuary 28, 2016 Thank you for a very well written article, I learnt a lot. The only question I have now is: For the topology #1 (high-side N-channel MOSFET), I understand that the Source must be connected to the power supply, and the Drain to the load, so in that case the Source has a higher voltage than the Drain. If the body diode has a forward voltage threshold of 2 volts and you have a power supply of 20 volts, how do you switch off the MOSFET? Doesn't the current continue flowing through the diode? [ - ] Comment by visitor79March 2, 2016 Actually, youve got it backwards. In topology #1 the drain is connected to the power supply and the source is connected to the load. [ - ] Comment by benk85April 30, 2016 Low-side N-channel is usually the winner for some loads ( as per the article). However, if ground WAS important, then it seems that P-ch high side would be the better option, yes? I wish to use a MOSFET to turn on/off ( provide power) to an ADC and amplifier. The FET would be controlled by a GPIO of a microcontroller -- everything running from a 3.3VDC source. I am assuming that a P-ch high side configuration would be the better bet, yes? Thanks for any insight. [ - ] Comment by jms_nhApril 30, 2016 You need a high-side MOSFET if it has to be grounded. P-channel high-side is simpler, and for low power stuff you're probably fine with a P-channel. (for high-power loads, where you need more silicon to carry the current, N-channel is cheaper, but you need a high-side gate driver) [ - ] Comment by jms_nhApril 30, 2016 FDV302P and FDV304P are good cheap P-channel MOSFETs for low-power loads. Both are spec'd at 2.7V Vgs. Sign up I agree with the terms of use and privacy policy. Try our occasional but popular newsletter. VERY easy to unsubscribe. or Sign in
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66424	Créer un projet Besoin d'aide ? Montrer plus (2) Blue bird Flexible IoT sensor interface, GoNotify État : En cours 4 décembre 2016 , Dernière actualisation : 8 décembre 2016 dans Elektor \| September 2017 \| Cliquez ici General description of the project with demo's you can find here: The design: hardware The design consists of 4 major blocks: 1. Esp8266 wifi microcontroller for internet connectivity 2. Atmega328pb for sensor readings 3. Usb uart for programming and debugging 4. Power module consisting of LDO and step-up regulator In guarding mode the esp8266 is powered off and the step-up regulator is input to output bypass mode. Thus the ATMEGA328pb is the only one who consumes power and is straight connected to the batteries. In this mode power consumption is about 10µA. When a sensor reading is needed the ATMEGA328pb enables power to the sensor. If the sensor requires 3.3V then the Step-up convertor is enabled. For internet connectivity, first the 3.3V must be enabled and power is enabled to the esp8266. If the transmission power is reduced and the internet connection is as short as possible. GoNotify uses an average of 1.5mAh per message. This with a secure HTTPS connection over REST protocol. If an application requires an always on connection, for example being an MQTT client, it is best to power GoNotify via micro USB. In this case the batteries will act as a backup power when USB is disconnected. The LDO regulator will regulate 3.3V from USB. The circuit is always powered through the step-up regulator. In order to allow development in an adaptive way, programming must become very easy. Furthermore debugging of the sensor application must be possible. Connecting GoNotify to your computer will install a virtual com port. When plugged into your computer the com port is connected to the ATMEGA328pb. The custom bootloader of the ATMEGA328pb will disable the esp8266 module and wil get ready to receive data. For programming the esp8266 other logic is used. The esp8266 is connected on the second serial port of the ATMEGA328pb. The ATMEGA328pb will put the esp8266 in bootloader mode and will pass data through via the first serial to the second serial port. This is achieved via custom bootloader of the Atmega328pb. This approach can also allow OTA firmware updates. Data will enter via the esp8266. Sensor APP's I have a bunch of sample projects who show how to easily program your IoT sensor APP. They will gradually become available on github: From idea to IoT You can use it as a connected device where sensor data is used for monitoring or use it as a simple remote controlled device. Your sensorapp can make it even a smart device. Program it to alert and take action. I hope you will utilise it a true internet product. Where it can be part of an ecosystem. Where the recorded data can be transformed into useful information. Here lies the incremental value of any IoT idea. Tout lire Afficher moins Chargement des commentaires...
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66436	Durj Affiche de film • Release Date: October 11, 2019 • Genre: Thriller The reality behind a hideous crime is yet to be unveiled as a reporter's wife dives deep within the depths of despair and darkness to seek the truth of her missing husband. Will she find her kidnapped husband? News hits the nation with a bulletin, in 2013 claiming events that connect people living beyond the lines of humanity to survive. And digging graves These crimes were hideous in nature and the entire nation was disgusted about the event and wanted justice to prevail, and later the responsible people were caught by the law but surprisingly it turned out that there was no real punishment for this sort of crime at the time. This crime being Cannibalism (eating human flesh to settle ones starving needs) never occurred to the legislators that anyone would do such an inhumane act and hence there was no law within the country's constitution to punish that. Change Location
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66493	What is the Cost of Paper? What is the cost of paper? Or better said, what is the true cost of paper? It might be higher than you think. Read on to discover some of the hidden costs of paper and how you can eliminate them. continued below ... Cost of Paper Summary • Cost of Paper: More than Meets the Eye • Printing Costs with Paper • Add Storage Costs • Add Staff Time • Adding Up the Cost of Paper • Jump to our recommendation » Cost of Paper: More than Meets the Eye How much does a piece of paper cost? That's fairly easy to figure out if we know how much a case of paper costs, or how much a ream of paper costs. Then again, is it really that simple? Perhaps there's a better question: how much does paper really cost? We tend to hyper-focus on the least significant element: the actual cost per page or ream. In fact, paper levies tremendous costs on businesses, costs that can be avoided with better practices and the judicious use of paperless office software. In this article, we go over some of the hidden costs associated with paper. Printing Costs with Paper We may know the exact cost of that sheet of paper that just shot through the printer. But what about the ancillary costs that come with printing? In some cases, the ancillary costs outweigh the cost of the paper itself. First, the price of the toner. The cost of toner per page varies widely, depending on the scanner. For black and white laser printing, you may be paying anywhere from $0.02 to $0.08 per printed page. For color laser printing, that cost shoots up sharply. Next factor in the cost of the printer itself. If you own the printer outright, amortize the monthly cost of the printer over its lifetime then factor in the volume of printing you do per month. You can pretty easily arrive at a rough cost per page for the hardware. Add up the cost of the paper with the cost of toner and the cost of the hardware, and you begin to get a picture of the actual cost of paper. But there's more ... Add Storage Costs A significant proportion of the paper we buy ends up in storage. One might argue that much of the paper leaves on outbound shipments or in correspondence, except that we typically field an equal amount inbound. The end result is that much of the paper we buy must be stored. As such, we can't accurately estimate paper cost without considering the costs of storing that paper. The cost of a single filing cabinet varies from about $175 for an upright cabinet to over $600 for a lateral cabinet. Paper, however, doesn't simply sit in a cabinet. It hangs, in folders. So add to the storage cost: hanging file folders, manila folders, tabs, and labels. The storage costs don't stop there. These cabinets take up floor space, and your office floor space comes at a cost per square foot. In some companies, where whole wings are devoted to filing cabinets, these costs become significant. Add Staff Time Most companies have a pretty good estimate of the average cost of office supplies per employee. What they tend to overlook is how the employee's time factors in. Consider the typical filing clerk. This staff member works full time printing, sorting, filing, and retrieving paper. So while we've already looked at how much it costs to send a piece of paper through a printer, we haven't factored in how much it costs to have an employee send that paper through the printer. Then collate it. Then stamp and staple it. Then file it. Then retrieve it. In fact, one print job can represent calculable minutes of employee time along with the associated salary costs. Adding Up the Cost of Paper Once you start to add up all of the pieces, you quickly discover that the actual costs of paper represent a huge burden on businesses. We've provided a cost of paper calculator to help you figure out how much paper is costing you. Is there a way out from under these costs? Absolutely. The right paperless office software and better practices can trim down those costs considerably. Our Recommendation: How to Reduce the Cost of Paper in Your Office To minimize the cost of paper on your business, we highly recommend FileCenter DMS, the paperless office software of choice. It has features aimed specifically at businesses seeking to reduce costs associated with paper and improve efficiencies. Download a free trial today! FileCenter DMS Screenshots
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66605	What Is the Relationship between Renewable Portfolio Standards and Electricity Prices? What Is the Relationship between Renewable Portfolio Standards and Electricity Prices? February 12, 2019 Project Summary States around the country are considering whether to enact or increase renewable portfolio standards (RPS), which are policies meant to lower carbon emissions and encourage renewable energy use. RPS require that utilities provide some percentage or amount of their electricity from qualifying renewable sources. A wide range of academic research finds that RPS raise electricity prices and are not the most cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions. Research also shows policies that offer more choices to energy consumers may be preferable to state mandates that require specific sources for energy. For example, an RPS that permits a wider variety of low-carbon sources, such as large hydropower and nuclear power, may have a lower economic cost than an RPS that limits the permissible energy sources to solar power and wind. Another possibility is to provide a green power option, which allows individuals who want to source their electricity from cleaner or renewable sources to pay a premium on their electricity bill to do so. Although utilities are sometimes required to provide these options, they also emerge naturally as electricity providers attempt to satisfy consumers’ demands for clean energy sources. For example, Texas’s competitive electricity market offers plans that consumers can choose from according to their own preferences, ranging from zero to 100 percent renewable energy. As policymakers debate implementing and increasing RPS, they must not lose their focus on choosing policies that achieve desired environmental goals at the lowest cost to electricity consumers. Project Authors Vidalia Cornwall CGO Undergraduate Research Fellow
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66619	The temporomandibular joints (TMJ) are the joints and jaw muscles that connect your lower jawbone to your skull and allow your mouth to open and close. The muscles, ligaments, discs, and jaw bone that make up this intricate network of joints activate and work together every time you chew, speak, swallow, or even yawn by controlling the lower jaw—also known as the mandible—as it moves backward, forward, up and down, and side to side. Problems that develop with TMJ are known as temporomandibular disorders (TMD).You may also hear them referred to as “TMJ disorders.” These complications can be caused by arthritis, dislocation, injury, teeth grinding, or even issues with tooth and jaw alignment. Some common symptoms of TMD include: • Jaw pain or tenderness • Pain, ringing, or stuffiness in the ears • Frequent headaches or neck pain • Clicking or popping sound with jaw movement • Swelling on the sides of the face • Jaw muscle spasms • Altered alignment of top/bottom teeth • Locked jaw or limited opening of the mouth Should you notice any of the above symptoms, please give our office a call. Dr. Mike Hanley can identify any presence of TMD and can create the best treatment for your situation. Of course, the best treatment for TMD is preventing it before it occurs. Here are some simple steps you can take to prevent TMD from occurring or becoming more severe: • Relax your face; remember the rule: “Lips together, teeth apart.” • Avoid grinding your teeth. • Avoid constant gum chewing or biting your nails. • Eat softer foods. • Chew food evenly on both sides of your mouth. • Avoid sitting with your chin resting on your hand. • Avoid cradling a phone receiver between your head and shoulder; use a headset or hold the phone in your hand. • Practice good posture: keep your head up, back straight, and shoulders squared.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66634	7 Best Exercises to Lose Weight Looking forward to an effective way to lose weight? There's much more to weight loss than just dieting. Here're 7 best exercises to lose weight and stay fit. Weight Loss is not about crash diets and extreme workout routines. It is a process that involves a major change in your lifestyle. Most importantly, it is making sure that you are doing the right things to help your body develop and get in shape. Working out can be time-consuming. For most people, this is one factor that keeps them from committing to a routine that they say for themselves. What if you had a few effective exercises in your kitty that would help you not only lose weight bust also keep your body in good shape? Learn more about these 7 best exercises that are quite effective when it comes to losing weight. weight loss Image Source: skiniquemedspa.com 1. Walking/Running The best part about walking or running is that you do not need any equipment to perform these activities. All you need to do is make some time and get on with them. Walking out in the open has several health benefits besides weight loss. Your body receives a huge dose of oxygen thanks to the fresh air of the outdoors. Being outdoors also calms you down and helps you rejuvenate. Image Source: hifitnessclub.files.wordpress.com What you can do: Walking for about half an hour can help you burn about 200 calories. If you can pick up the pace and begin running or jogging, the health benefits are improved. It is very simple, the faster you move, the more calories you burn. A good half an hour’s run or jog around the block can help you lose double the amount of calories that you would burn with walking. All you need is some good music and enough space to walk, run or jog. It helps improve cardiovascular health with regular practice. In addition to that, the endurance of your muscles increases by leaps and bounds. 2. Push-ups This is one of the most traditional exercises that has been followed by gym-goers for ages. While the primary muscle that is working is your chest, push-ups can condition your whole body. They help develop the muscles in your upper body and give you a strong core. When you do push-ups the right way, you will feel them working on your chest, arms, shoulders, triceps, and biceps. Image Source: femniqe.com What you can do: Start out with a plank position balancing your body weight on your palms and toes. Make sure your body is aligned and the hips are in line with the rest of your body. Once you are in this position, lower the whole body while bending the elbows. Go as far down as you can and push yourself back to the plank position. If you are new to this, bend your knees and let them rest on the ground while you perform the same movement. Make sure you are leaning ahead. Your palms should be on either side of your chest when you lower the body. As you gain strength, move lower. Start out with 3-5 push-ups and work your way up to 10-15 pushups in each set. This exercise engages all the muscles in your body helping you burn the maximum amount of calories. It also improves the endurance of the muscles as you consistently practice it. 3. Squats It is proven that the more you work on your lower body, the faster you shed the extra kilos. This is because you are working a larger group of muscles. As a result, the body needs more energy. To do this fat burning increases and you burn a lot more calories. Image Source: qsota.com What you can do: Start with your feet placed shoulder width apart. Then, keeping your hips back and your back straight, lower your hips. Make sure the weight of the body is transferred to the heels entirely. Go down far enough to bring your knees to a 90-degree angle. Ensure that your knees do not move ahead of the toes. If you are a beginner, you can start out using a chair or a bench. Push your weight back and lower the body so that your buttocks just touch the edge of the chair. Then come back up to the starting position and repeat the whole movement again. The exercise works mostly on the quadriceps or your thigh muscles. But, the whole body reaps the benefits of squats when they are practiced on a regular basis. You can begin with 10 repetitions per set. Then work your way up till you can perform about 25 per set without feeling too tired. 4. Abdominal Crunches A flat, washboard stomach is something that everyone dreams of. One of the best abs exercises to achieve this and burn the fat around your abdomen is - crunches. This exercise also helps develop the muscles in the abdomen. The muscles get stronger with time as well. Image Source: gotoptens.com What you can do: Start by lying down on your back. Then, bend your knees and draw your feet towards the buttocks. The feet need to stay on the ground. After you are in this position bring your palms on the back of your head. Open the elbows out so that your chest opens up too. Now, keeping your neck in line with the spine, lift the shoulders off the ground. While you do this squeeze the abdominal muscle to feel the crunch. The most important thing with this exercise is that your neck should not be pulled forward. That means your chin needs to stay up throughout the exercise. Then, the back should be kept straight, without any arching. Doing about 20 repetitions per set is recommended. However, if you are just starting out, you can even perform 5 repetitions per set. All you need to ensure is that your posture is right when you perform abdominal crunches. 5. Lunges Lunges are yet another effective exercise for weight loss. This exercise also works primarily on the muscles of the leg. In addition to that, it also keeps your core engaged and helps the back muscles strengthen. Image Source: coachmag.co.uk What you can do: Take a big step forward with your right leg. Then keeping your weight in the center let the hip sink down. The knees should be bent at a right angle. Then, push back up to the starting position. Then repeat on the other side. You can either perform 10-15 lunges on each side before you move to the next side or you can also alternate between your legs. The latter is more beneficial. The way to advance in this exercise is to hold a dumbbell in each hand. You can even walk ahead as you switch the legs to perform a lunge. Another effective variation is a plyometric lunge. This requires you to alternate between the legs. You will have to add a jump every time you switch from one leg to the other. 6. Rowing Rowing is an excellent exercise for fat burning and weight loss. There are rowing machines available at the gym to perform this exercise. However, if you are travelling, a bent over the row will work perfectly for you. Image Source: fitnesstep1.com What you can do: Keep your legs shoulder width apart. Then, bend forward as you push your hip back. Make sure you feel a stretch at the back of your leg as you move forward. Then soften your knees. Let your hands drop down towards the floor. Then slowly lift your elbows backward as you squeeze the shoulder blades. This exercise is most effective when you use a dumbbell in either hand or use a bar. If you are traveling or cannot access a gym, you can even carry a resistance band with you and perform the exercise just as well. 7. High-Intensity Interval Training: The goal of HIIT is to keep your body in a constant state of motion. Choose 5-8 exercises of your choice. Include one cardio exercise such as jump rope and one endurance exercise such push-ups alternatively for best results. Image Source: underdogboxing.ie What you can do: Perform each exercise for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Allow an interval of 20-30 seconds between each set and continue. You can perform all the exercises that you chose one after the other. Make sure you go in an order and work from the upper body towards the lower body or vice versa. Repeating four complete cycles makes for a great workout. With HIIT, you also save a lot of time. So, for anyone who is struggling with time constraints, HIIT is the best option available. Whenever you begin a new workout routine, make sure you consult your trainer. Each body requires something different, so you need to choose exercises that are safe for you. In addition to this, making lifestyle changes such as eating right and getting ample sleep will fasten the pace of weight loss. The most important thing to remember with any workout routine is that you need to stay consistent. When you feel like a certain exercise is becoming too easy, challenge yourself and add more resistance or perform more repetitions. The harder you push your muscles, the more calories they will burn. These 7 weight loss exercises are meant to give you a complete body workout. That way, you are burning more calories and are getting closer to your dream physique. Ask your question
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66642	FAQs - Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease Quick Links Veterans Crisis Line Badge My healthevet badge EBenefits Badge Frequently Asked Questions - Hepatitis C for Patients For more information, see the program on diet and nutrition. Transmission and Risk Use of Drugs and Alcohol Here is some helpful information about alcohol and hepatitis: • People you have shared needles with • Household members • Yes, hepatitis C does not prevent a man or woman from having children. If the mother is infected, whether or not the father is infected, there is a 1 in 25 chance that the baby will be born with hepatitis C. The risk is the same regardless of whether the birth occurs by vaginal delivery or by cesarean section. The risk is higher if the mother is also HIV infected. Testing for hepatitis C in a newborn should be performed at 8-12 weeks of age. Approximately 1 in 5 infants will clear the infection without any medical help. For those who become chronically infected, most have no symptoms (but their lab tests will show abnormal liver enzymes). Testing and Diagnosis • There are two blood tests needed to diagnose hepatitis C: The antibody test--called HCV antibody, HCV Ab, or anti-HCV--is done first. (Antibodies are substances produced by the immune system to fight off the virus.) If this test is positive, it means that you have been infected with hepatitis C at some point in the past. If your antibody test is negative, then you have never been infected with hepatitis C; if you were infected within the past month or so, the test may not be accurate; you may needed to be retested at a later date. However, a positive antibody test does not tell you if you still have hepatitis C. For that, you need to have a HCV RNA test, which determines whether the virus itself is in the bloodstream. If any RNA is present in the blood after 6 months from time of infection, then you have chronic hepatitis C. If no RNA is detected in the blood after 6 months, you no longer have hepatitis C. • A "liver panel" usually includes tests called AST, ALT, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, and some others. Abnormal results could show up in many different conditions, not just hepatitis C. And even if the results of a liver panel are normal, you might still have hepatitis C. So, the liver panel alone cannot tell your provider the answer. Hepatitis C can be diagnosed only by blood tests that are specific to hepatitis C: • A hepatitis C antibody test can tell you whether you have ever been infected with the hepatitis C virus, but can't by itself tell you whether the infection is still present. • A hepatitis C RNA test looks for the actual virus in the bloodstream. A positive result indicates an ongoing hepatitis C infection. If the RNA test result is negative (and remains negative after repeated testing), then you do not have a chronic hepatitis C infection. In short, if the results of one or more tests on a liver panel are abnormal, generally speaking, the tests should be repeated and confirmed. If the results remain abnormal, your provider should be prompted to look for the cause. More important than using the liver panel, if you have risks of having been infected with hepatitis C (such as injection drug use or a blood transfusion before 1992) then you should have the specific hepatitis C antibody test to determine if you have hepatitis C infection. • When your provider wants to test you for hepatitis C, the first test you will have is the hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV). If this test is positive, it means you were infected with the hepatitis C virus at some point in the past. But this test alone is not enough. You will still need another test (called HCV RNA) to confirm if you still have the hepatitis C virus in your system. About 1 out of 5 people who get infected with hepatitis C will be able get the rid of the virus on their own, without treatment, very early after their infection. So some people will have a positive antibody test, but a negative HCV RNA (no virus in their bloodstream). So, the second test that your provider should request is called hepatitis C virus RNA or HCV RNA test. There are several different tests available to check the HCV RNA. What matters is that if the RNA test is positive, then you do have chronic hepatitis C virus infection. If the RNA test is negative, then you may need to have this test again to be sure. If these RNA tests are all negative, then you no longer have hepatitis C infection and do not have chronic hepatitis C. If your hepatitis C antibody test is positive, be sure that you get tested for hepatitis C RNA to find out whether the infection has become chronic or whether it has cleared. If the infection has become chronic, there are treatments your provider can prescribe to fight off the hepatitis C virus and keep your liver healthy. • The first test your provider probably will perform is called an "antibody" (or anti-HCV) test. A positive result means that you were exposed to the hepatitis C virus at some point in your life. If the result is positive, your provider will perform a second test called hepatitis C virus RNA (or HCV RNA) to see if the virus is still in your body. If the RNA test result is positive, then you have chronic hepatitis C infection. 2. The second possible explanation is that you were infected with hepatitis C but the amount of virus in your body is too small to be detected by the standard test. If someone had virus that was present but such a low amount that the test wasn't able to detect it, then there could be a "false negative HCV RNA" test. But the newest techniques used by labs for HCV RNA are extremely sensitive and can detect as few as 12 copies of the virus (12 IU/mL). So, this scenario is possible where you could have a false negative test, but it is unlikely. 3. The third possible explanation is that your first test results (from the HCV antibody test) are incorrect, and you weren't infected with hepatitis C in the first place. This would be a "false positive antibody" test. This error doesn't happen very often, but it's possible. In this situation, you may need a third kind of test, called HCV RIBA test--the RIBA test is to confirm the antibody as a true positive or a true negative. If the RIBA test is positive then you truly have HCV antibody. If the RIBA test is negative, then you do not have HCV antibody even if the antibody test itself was positive. A negative result means you were never infected with hepatitis C at all. • Treatment regimens exist for all genotypes. • Treatment regimens exist for HCV-HIV coinfection. • not skipping doses • not stopping the treatment earlier than planned Treatment Side Effects Alternative Therapies • Avoid taking too much vitamin A. • Do not take protein or amino acid supplements. Herbs that harm the liver include: • Kava Kava • Life Root • Margosa • Mate tea • Groundsel • Hemp Agrimony • Pennyroyal • Petasites • Ragwort • Senna Skullcap • Valerian • Alkanna • Borage • Chaparral • Colt's foot • Comfrey • Dusty Miller • Forget-me-not • Germander • Gordolobo tea • Nutmeg (large amounts)
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66655	What The Wild Things Are Posted on by Samantha Smithstein, Psy.D. Lindsay Lohan, fresh out of three months of rehabilitation for her drug and alcohol addiction, is now potentially facing charges of Felony Grand Theft for stealing an expensive necklace from a Los Angeles jewelry store. In California, the difference between felony and misdemeanor theft is the monetary value of the item(s) stolen. If it is over $950, it is a felony, and Lohan allegedly stole a very expensive necklace. Lohan doesn't need to steal. She could have afforded the necklace but even if she couldn't have, she certainly didn't need the necklace to survive. So why did she steal it? There are a multitude of answers as to why she, or anyone else, might steal. Sometimes people steal because they have little regard for other people or for the law. But many people who steal are otherwise law-abiding citizens and they themselves don't really have the answer as to why they steal. This is because they are afflicted with a disorder – compulsive stealing or kleptomania - and have a great deal of difficulty gaining control over their stealing behavior, much in the way an alcoholic, compulsive gambler, overeater, or drug addict has difficulty controlling theirs. Of course, most of us can only guess as to what is going on with Lindsay Lohan since we don't know her personally. It could be that taking the necklace (if she did take it) was the only time that she has ever stolen anything. It could be that she, like other addicts, stole because she is out of control and acting in her addiction even if she isn't still using drugsBut those of us working in the field of addictive and compulsive behaviors are finding more and more frequently that often people tend to suffer from a "cluster" of addictions rather than a single one. In other words, someone may seek treatment for an eating disorder and uncover a compulsive stealing disorder. Or an individual might seek treatment for sexual compulsivity and eventually reveal that they are also abusing drugs and alcohol. Sometimes they may seek treatment for one and the other may not ever be revealed to the therapist, because of deep shame or fear. This is especially true of compulsive stealing; people can go for years without a therapist or anyone in their life knowing they can't stop themselves from stealing. Keep reading here:
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66661	What is this Unique Thrift Store Find? Every once in a while I find something at the thrift store that leaves me without a clue. What is this Unique Thrift Store Find? This is the question of the day... Does anyone know what this is? It's about 6" tall. I posted it on the Homeroad Instagram and everyone told me it was a flower frog. I can totally see that but first, I had a few ideas of my own... Maybe it could be an office supply organizer? DIY Office supply organizer for the office Or how about maybe a makeup brush holder? DIY Makeup brush organizer for the bathroom. No? How about maybe a place to dry paint brushes? Place to dry your paintbrushes in the craft room. I really didn't know. I imagine it would be good for any of these things or maybe something else? My best guess (before I asked) was also a flower frog. I'm going to use it for faux white tulips which happen to be my favorite flower. I guess for real flowers you would drop it into a vase?? DIY Flower frog for faux flowers Anyway, these were my ideas and I think the flowers look beautiful in it! What is this unique thrift store find? What would you use it for? Please leave a message in the comments, I'd love to know! 1. I'm stumped, but I like the way the paint brushes look in it. Very artsy! 1. Lol I like it for all of these things! I wish I had another! 2. I think it is suppose to have test tubes in each slot to hold water. 1. I think you're right, I've heard this a lot! Thanks for letting me know! 3. I suspect this might have had glass tubes inserted at one time to hold individual flower stems and you might still be able to find such tubes perhaps at a laboratory supply outlet. 1. I believe you're right Teddee! Several people have told me this, though I do like it with the flowers and the brushes! Post a Comment Have a nice day.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66691	LED Emits and Detects Light LED Emits and Detects Light An innovative new LED able to both emit and detect light could open the door to contact-free phones powered by ambient light. The team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created the LED from nanorods made up of three different kinds of semiconductor materials: one that emits and absorbs light, and two that control the electron flow. The LEDs can shift from absorbing light to detecting light three times faster than the standard LED refresh rate, which causes the display to appear as if it is always on, even as it performs different functions. More Info about this Invention: Next Invention » Share on Add your Comment: [LOGIN FIRST] if you're already a member. fields are required.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66697	IHOSE header "my great teacher" [CREE] Many Sherlockians are aware of how much influence Joseph Bell - one of Conan Doyle's medical teachers - had on the development on Holmes. In fact, it would be quite fascinating to postulate the kind of relationship that Bell & Doyle had, perhaps even as a precursor to the kind of relationship Doyle portrayed between Holmes and Watson.... Thankfully, a series of movies produced by the BBC a decade ago help redress that, and provide an entertaining slant on the Holmes/Watson Relationship. The series begins with 2000's Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle, starring Robin Laing as Conan Doyle and Ian Richardson as Joseph Bell. Focusing on Doyle's experiences as a medical student, this is actually quite a gripping drama. There's a real-life twist in the plot (which is revealed by a caption at the end), but Ian Richardson takes a very strong Holmesian turn as Dr. Bell. (It doesn't hurt that he had portrayed Holmes some twenty years earlier). The script works because we are so familiar with the material (a consulting detective/his comrade in arms/that unique relationship with the police) that the premise seems all too familiar...and the twist that Bell/Doyle are showing their "influence" over Holmes and Watson doesn't seem forced or inevitable. One year later, Charles Edwards would take over the role of Doyle, and BBC made four Bell/Doyle movies under the umbrella title Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes. These four movies expand their relationship - we see Doyle's early life as a physician, but more importantly, we see a much greater fondness emerge between teacher and former student. Links to Holmes - and Doyle - are much more apparent in these films: "The Patient's Eyes" takes its central image from "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist"; Doyle's nascent interest in spiritualism is hinted at in "The Photographer's Chair"; "The Kingdom of Bones" seems to contain elements of Doyle's later Professor Challenger work and foreshadows The Valley of Fear; and "The White Knight Strategem" seems to contain a slightly Moriarity-esque figure. Sadly, although further Bell/Doyle adventures are hinted at, no further productions were made, nor are there plans to continue. However, for those who want a different flavor of Holmesian adventure - or who wish to imagine the influence that Joseph Bell truly had on Doyle's work - these two DVD sets (Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle is not included in the same set as Murder Rooms) are quite excellent, and are some "hidden gems" that belong on your video shelf. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons and Wellcome Trust
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66703	Some annual performance reviews are worse than others. Mine is pretty standard: Fill in a form, boss returns it with comments, have a call to discuss. Spoiler alert: I still have my job, so things typically turn out OK. However, my boss asked a question early on in my most recent review that stopped me dead in my tracks. I believe I experienced something akin to existential dread. OK, maybe that's excessive. But it shook me. You see, I'm the director of content, and he asked: "Why do we even have content on our site?" Mind you, I had filled the review form with stats about site performance, engagement, reach, and influencer engagement. But that's not what he asked me. He was seriously questioning the point of absolutely everything I do. OK then. Here's the thing: When we launched, we had a slew of reasons to launch a content initiative. But now, six years (and a new CEO) later, it was, in fact, a fair question. So, content managers out there: What would you say? No content, no leads I recently edited a piece that gave me some terrific insights into the value of content: "We Stopped Producing Content. The Results Were Not Good." The title of senior market analyst Kelsey Arendt's article is pretty telling. The company she works for helps media companies understand, own, and improve digital audience engagement through data. Needless to say--given their robust grasp of performance analytics--she and her team always figured content was good for their business. But when they found themselves with more projects than time and team members, they decided it would be alright to stop producing content for a short while. As you might guess from the article title, things didn't go so well. Despite the fact that content is often justified by the traffic it drives to a site, didn't actually experience a big overall traffic decline. Actually, the impact was much worse. The traffic to their blog did drop off, which was not a surprise. However, leads were down at almost exactly the same rate as the blog's traffic. That's a big deal. I have seen a range of evidence suggesting the content on our site can be linked to leads. In's case, the company saw decline across all of its lead generation mechanisms that directly correlated to content (or a lack of it). While I might not advocate for a content hiatus to test this theory on your site, the example offers compelling evidence. Content and customers Like many organizations, we serve a number of constituents with our website. Concern has arisen about serving certain segments (with content, as well as navigation and other factors). So, we dug in by approaching a wide range of activities through the perspective of different personas. We looked at search logs to examine navigational pain points and the terms our visitors used. We explored the navigational pathways users explored on their way to finding what they needed (or not). We also put up an exit survey to better understand who was visiting the site, what they were trying to do, whether they experienced difficulty, and whether they were ultimately successful. We learned a lot. But for me, the most gratifying thing was seeing that, overwhelmingly, the reason people visit our site is for content--from industry news to research to finding perspectives and insights on the issues our industry faces. I also learned that people find our site through searches around issues and report their subsequent experience as a rewarding one. Given that we are an organization that seeks to inform and lead the discussion in our industry, this was very good news. For most CEOs, delivering against the core objectives of the organization is the top priority. Therefore, it isn't surprising that they don't immediately see the connection between content and these objectives. It is important for marketers who leverage content as a primary tool to clearly understand larger organizational goals and map their work to them. This isn't easy. Increasing brand awareness and driving traffic are two things marketers track that content clearly helps with. However, generating and converting leads is something most business leaders can get behind, and something for which content is an effective tool (as's experience clearly demonstrates). It can also be leveraged for user retention all the way down to specific tactical objectives, such as reducing customer service calls. Of course, different objectives require different content. Ultimately, marketers need to question every activity and how these aid larger business objectives and fuel the bottom line. Content is no different. For all the fun of telling terrific stories, content is good business. So be prepared to make a good business case for yours. Published on: Aug 20, 2019
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66716	Skip to main content padlock icon - secure page this page is secure Buy Article: $52.00 + tax (Refund Policy) Hikui disease is a well known disfiguring disease of koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) primarily affecting fish with red pigmentation. It causes light orange to golden yellow, multifocal to coalescing raised patches, starting from the red cutaneous areas. Some cases respond to surgery or topical treatment, but recurrence is common. No References No Citations No Supplementary Data No Article Media No Metrics Document Type: Research Article Publication date: August 1, 2016 • Access Key • Free content • Partial Free content • New content • Open access content • Partial Open access content • Subscribed content • Partial Subscribed content • Free trial content Cookie Policy Cookie Policy
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66760	Laughing my Arse Off – A Taste Of Metaphors Oh, I am on a roll tonight: three Metaphors before I’ve even started. I’ve been reading a few books about language and linguistics recently. I’ve vaguely contemplated a stand-up comedy routine using the subjects – a few ideas have popped into my head – but I don’t think the world is ready for it. Unless comedy is broad enough to cover the unfunny, that is. But I do have a joke. Well, more of a witticism: I hate metaphors: they get on my nerves. While the tumbleweed rolls past, I just found out that there are many forms of metaphor. There’s the active metaphor, the complex, compound, dead, dying (of course), and so on, until everyone falls asleep (oops, another metaphor, probably the dead variant). Not many people care about them, though, and understandably so. But it makes me happy. Except when it comes to metaphors. Grrrrr.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66763	Peruvian Amazon Rainforest: 10 Things to Know Before You Go 25 Apr 2018 Heading to the Peruvian Amazon? Here are 10 tips for you ahead of your trip. People visit Peru for Machu Picchu first and foremost. But a trip deep into the Peruvian Amazon is an unmissable experience that you can easily fit into your itinerary. Have you bitten the bullet yet? If you're already planning a trip to the jungle, here's what you need to know. 1. You can go pretty much anytime The Peruvian Amazon is hot and humid all year long but it's less rainy from May to September. That doesn't mean you should only consider visiting then, though, as most tourists will. I've been in the jungle in June and December and enjoy both times just as much. An advantage of going in December is that few people are travelling to the Amazon after Christmas and before New Years' Eve. Because of this, we only shared our trip with 2 other people in the tour. Another advantage of going in the rainy season is that rain increases fruit production, and as a result this increases animal activity and your chances of seeing fauna. 2. Yes you need a tour This is a question that pops up again and again. In order to go to the Amazon jungle you need an organised tour. Good Amazonian lodges have their own packages and hire expert guides who have deep knowledge of the area and the flora and fauna around. It's almost impossible to do "your own thing" unless you are well-connected and know people who can pick you up (on the boats), organise your permits (to enter the different conservation areas even as you navigate the river), organise your stay and get a private boat to take you to the different areas you'd like to see. It will also be much more expensive. 3. Get your jabs ahead of time Get your Tetanus and Yellow Fever vaccines at least 10 days before travel, earlier if you can. If you want to be super careful, here is the UK's National Health Service advice for immunisations when travelling to Peru. You can also see any health warnings there. Don't worry if you forget your certificate - no one is likely to ask you for it. But do it for your peace of mind. 4. Take tons of mosquito repellent Even better if it's 100% DEET-free (DEET is a pollutant and an irritant). You can get some awesome super strong ones by Jason (available globally on Amazon) or Holland & Barrett in the UK. If you forget to buy it, ask your guide when you get to the lodge. They will either have some for sale or even better - will advice what plants or tree barks to rub on your skin to repel insects! Other things to bring in your bag include long-sleeved cotton shirts, light-coloured clothes, socks and closed shoes or boots. All of these will help avoid bites when walking around the jungle or near the water. Your lodge is very likely to have mosquito nets around the beds, so you should be safe at night. 5. Things you must bring to the jungle SPF 50. Slap it on every morning, no excuses. A hat - and wear it. A good torch (for night-walks). Stock up on antihistamines, pain-killers and loperamide (in case you get the s*its). A couple of ziploc bags can be useful to store your electrical items if it gets too humid. If you've got binoculars, pack them. Finally, there's reduced electricity in the jungle - usually a generator runs a couple of hours in the evening. So bring a battery pack for your phone and cameras. And make sure this all fits in a backpack or a weekend bag you can carry on your back. No wheelies! You'll have to lug this bag around with you from the city to a boat, up some precarious steps to a lodge and then through wooden walkways to your private lodge. 6. Tap water isn't potable (drinkable) Therefore bring your own bottled water and re-fill your bottle to take with you on your adventures. The lodge will provide plenty of juice, water, tea and coffee during downtime. 7. Follow directions from your guide And whatever you do, respect the jungle! Don't attempt to go into the jungle by yourself for a walk or go into an area that you haven't been told you're allowed to go to. 8. The delights of the jungle are subtle... Throughout your stay in the jungle you'll gradually start feeling the effects of having little technology around you and a LOT of nature. The city buzz is replaced with water trickling, loud noises of frogs, birds, cicadas at night, and just about a million other sounds that fill your head and calm your spirit. It's a peaceful place to be in, yet full of life. But even though 10% of the world's species live in the Peruvian Amazon, you won't be running into wildlife at every turn. You are most likely to see birds, insects, fish and monkeys during your trip. If your guide is really good, he'll spot tons more animals and point them out to you during the different trips you'll do on the boat. 9. Don't touch the animals If you do see wildlife - don't touch it! Ask your tour operator beforehand if you'll visit any "sanctuaries" where you'll be encouraged to hold or touch animals. If they do, we discourage you from booking with them - or at least from touching the animals if you do book with them. True animal sanctuaries only keep endangered species or animals that are not otherwise able to go back to living in the wild. 10. If you're doing Ayahuasca, do it responsibly You will probably be researching this one a bit more than just reading about it on a list of tips. But it's worth a mention. This is a serious experience that requires very knowledgeable spiritual guides. There are many stories of scams or worse. If you're going to do this, don't let it be a last-minute decision and make sure you don't put yourself in danger. This is is a matter of life and death, not one to joke about. That's it! Those are our 10 things you need to know before you go to the Peruvian Amazon. I hope you are prepared and looking forward to visit this amazing region of Peru. If you have any tips you think we should include here or you want to share your tips with us, we'd love to hear them! Pop them in the comment section just below! We've created an awesome 1-page guide with the best tips from all our friends & family who've been to Peru recently. Plus, I'm Peruvian! Get your PDF download for free here. No comments
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66795	Chocolate Soy Sauce Candy 1 of 520 Chocolate Soy Sauce Candy Naturally Brewed Soy Sauce Preparation time: 2h 20 mins Calorific value (per portion): 209 kJ / 50 kcal Ingredients for 20 portions Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in a bowl over simmering water. Stir in the cream and soy sauce. Pour the chocolate mixture into a baking tray lined with foil (approx. 10 x 10 cm) and chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Remove the chocolate mixture from the tray, cut into approx. 2 x 2 cm cubes, dust all over with cocoa powder and serve, garnished with fresh berries and mint if you like. Used products in this recipe Ingredients for 20 portions
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66805	4 foods to SKIP before an important exam When preparing for an important test or exam, it’s not just the revision you have to worry about. The way we look after our body and mind can also have a significant impact on how well we do at crunch time. For example, not getting enough sleep can seriously hinder our performance – which is why everyone says rest up before a big test. How about the food you eat, however? Did you know that certain foods can help improve our performance during an exam? And some can definitely hinder our brainpower. Here are the foods you definitely want to avoid before your exams. Sugary foods When you eat sugary foods, you’ll get a sugar spike, which is what leads to you feeling more energized or stimulated. Well, for a little while anyway. As soon as that spike dies down, you can be left feeling tired, sluggish, hungry, and craving more sugar. Don’t fill yourself up with candy or soda before your exam, as you’ll be halfway through the test when that sugar spike hits. Instead, opt for something with naturally occurring sugars, and that can help improve short-term memory. Blueberries, strawberries, and bananas are filled with natural sugars that can actually contribute to improving your performance in a test. 4 foods to SKIP before an important exam The staple of most college students diet – caffeine. Energy drinks, coffee, even chocolate, can all have high levels of caffeine in them. We think that drinking that gallon of java before an exam is going to help, but it’s way more likely to have the opposite effect. While one cup of black coffee a day is thought to have certain health benefits, too much of the drink can actually do more harm than good. The burst of energy from caffeine is often short-lived but can lead to things such as heart palpitations and lack of sleep. Trust us, the last thing you want to go with your exam anxiety is heart palpitations. Drinking enough icy cold water can give you the energy boost you need, while keeping your brain alert. Carb-laden foods Have you ever experienced that after-lunch slump? You’ve eaten an entire sub, complete with fries, and now you could really do with a nap. This is the last thing you’re going to want during your exam, so try to keep away from lots of carbs just before you go in for your test. Instead, opt for lots of vegetables and protein to help keep you wide awake throughout. You can then binge on fries all you like, once the exams are over. 4 foods to SKIP before an important exam Fried food Finally, fried food. This is another staple for students (we all love a bit of greasy chicken, right?), but could be having long-term effects on your brain power. Saturated fats and cholesterol, which you’ll find a lot of in fried foods, can block blood from entering your brain. Therefore leading to reduced brain power and the inability to remember anything you’ve been revising for months on end. Avoid the fried food and stick to healthy fats such as avocado and eggs.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66837	Charlotte Apr 2014: Public impediments The following impediments were identified by the Charlotte CSM class this week. Again, we may have dups, although that probably is an indicator of relatively higher occurence. 1. Business – IT not aligned 2. Poor test practices 3. Set date before project begins 4. Over documentation 5. Poor communication 6. Unclear roles 7. Lack of resources 8. Disengaged customer 9. Uncontrolled team member egos 10. Lack of accountability 11. Funding cut 12. Cutting corners on testing 13. Lack of risk management 14. Changed mind about what you wanted 15. External factors 16. Hidden agenda from stakeholders 17. Not understand critical path 18. Too many managers 19. Change in environment 20. Stakeholder awareness & involvement 21. No process 22. No teamwork 23. Clarity (lack of) 24. Revert ways 25. Process disagreements 26. Missed requirements 27. Over commitment — under achieving 28. Lack of leadership 29. Inflexibility // dates 30. Unrealistic deadlines 31. Market / customer 32. Urgency, speed 33. Unclear requirements 34. Lack of communication 35. No documentation 36. Analysis paralysis 37. Skills [lack of] I am not sure I fully understand (now) what each of these meant. Also, maybe if I explored some, I might disagree that they are really impediments. For example, if something just must get done by X date, that can just be reality (assuming it is indeed true that we *must get it done by that date). Calling reality an impediment is just not helpful. More generally, though, we have impediments until the team is the best Scrum team in the whole world. Once you can accurately declare your team is the best, then by all means, please stop improving. « « Question: Advice to a beginning ScrumMaster \|\| Agile Velocity \| Estimating Initial Agile Velocity » » Leave a Reply
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66844	Parent Presentation on Bullying Bullying Prevention Seminars for Parents Posted on 10/30/2018 Bullying Prevention Seminars for Parents Students who engage in bullying behavior, both online and offline, face a greater risk for substance abuse problems, mental health issues, difficulties in relationships and school performance, and likelihood to be convicted of a criminal offense and engage in violent behavior by the time they are adults. Join our Prevention Department at • Cypress Lake Middle, 8901 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers on Wednesday, November 14th from 6 to 7 p.m. The seminars will consist of defining bullying, how to stop it, and what to do if your child is bullied. All parents are welcome, regardless of the school your child attends.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66854	How To Head Tilt Like a Pro - Dog tips How To Head Tilt Like a Pro Woof! Hello, you guys! There are so many things that make us doggies look cute, but there's one specific skill that has the ability to break the humans. They literary turn into mush right in front of your eyes. That skill is a simple head tilt. Not kidding! I'll admit for some reason I've not mastered this skill. I have my fluff as an asset. The mind control is working less now that mommy Renza is aware of it. That means when my hair is short, I'll need some extra skills to help me get more cuddles. Luckily I know a certain puppy who has perfected head tilting and I'll be interviewing her for some much-needed tips. Yes, it's Fluffy the puppy. My little sister. Listen up doggies! Head tilting is a skill that must be added to your resumes. Head Tilting 101 Buffy: Woof! Hello, Fluffy! Fluffy: That's Queen Fluffy, Buff! Buffy: It's just us Fluff! Geez! Fluffy: Fine. I'll let it slide. Buffy: Our loyal followers the doggies wanted to learn more about head tilting and you're a pro at it. Can you tell us what head tilting actually is? Fluffy: Well Buff, it's when you move or tilt your head to the side. Buffy: Seriously? That's it? Fluffy: Yep! Buffy: But why do humans go so crazy when doggies do a head tilt? Fluffy: How should I know? I'm a puppy. These humans are all nuts! Buffy: True, Fluff. Are there any tips you can give the doggies out there? Fluffy: Move your head side to side while staring at your human. But be careful! It might fall off! Buffy: What might fall off? Fluffy: A doggie's big head. Dur! Buffy: Oh wow! Let's hope the doggies use this skill only when necessary. When did you start head tilting Fluff? I didn't teach you that. I don't even head tilt. Fluffy: I'm a puppy and at some point, my head got bigger. My puppy neck had a hard time supporting my head, so it naturally tilted. That's also how I discovered that tilting opened my floppy ears. Buffy: Interesting! That means you almost lost your head? Fluffy: Yes, it was close. My head became very heavy. Luckily I grew fast and now my neck can support my head. Buffy: But you still tilt? Fluffy: I saw Renza mommy loved it and she talks a lot of nonsense sometimes. It helps me decipher the "blah blah" better. I couldn't help but tilt. Titling is a must! Buffy: Is it true that head tilting can be a sign of a medical condition like an ear infection etc? Fluffy: Yes Buff. Those doggies tilt their heads because they can't help it. In my case, I only tilt after I do some renovating and the mommy human talks to me with her weak voice that's supposed to be loud. I sometimes yell back at her so that she can understand I'm just trying to do important puppy work. Other times I just head tilt and pretend to listen when she talks. Buffy: You have excellent renovating skills Fluff! Fluffy: Wow! Thank you, Buff! That means a lot coming from my mentor. Licks Buff Buffy: Licks FluffThank you so much for that insight Fluff! I'm sure it will help doggies everywhere. Fluffy: Happy to help Buff! What do I get for this? Buffy: For what? Fluffy: The interview! Buffy: How about I don't frame you for destroying my bed again? Fluffy: Wow! That's really low Buff? Buffy: I'm ending off now Fluffy. Thank you very much! Fluffy: Sure! GRRR! That's it, you guys. I hoped that was helpful. The head tilt has proven to be a powerful skill and you should all start practicing how to maximize its potential. Time to go now! I see Fluffy complaining again about me to mommy. The nerve! I think now is a good time to test out my head tilting skills. Wish me luck! Woof!! Wooooof!!! Interviewer: Buffy Job: Guard dog, part-time blogger Future plans: Be the most cuddly dog in the world Likes: Playing, eating and sleeping Dislikes: Grooming and food thieves Interviewee: Fluffy Job: Doing puppy stuff, part-time blogger Future plans: World domination Likes: Biting feet, hands, destroying everything in sight and cuddles Dislikes: Baths, being picked up and self-cloning Needleman How To Head Tilt Like a Pro - Dog tips Pic credit: Pixabay free stock images Renza edited. Never miss a blog post by Joining the fluffy pack for updates you guys. Please share if you think your friends will enjoy reading my How To Head Tilt Like a Pro post. Thank you! Woof! Show Comments Hide comments 1. Hi, I really like these animal posts. I once had a cat that could tilt his head like a pro. He even managed to look as if he was truly concerned also. It has been years but he was a great pet. We always joked about how concerned and caring he was because of the way he tilted his head and looked at you. Part of it must have been the eyes too. Anyway, keep up the good work - Paul 1. Thanks Paul. The head tilt makes them look like they're really listening to us lol. That's what every human wants. They know exactly how to trick us! Hope you're doing well. :-)
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66860	Forwarding Yahoo Mail to Another Email Address Read your Yahoo Mail Classic messages in another email account You can use Yahoo mail forwarding to receive your Yahoo Mail Classic messages at another email address. Once the process is set up, all the messages that arrive at your Yahoo Mail account are automatically sent on to the email provider you selected. They are also accessible in Yahoo Mail itself. When you forward Yahoo Mail messages to a new email account, you can still log in to Yahoo Mail at any time to use that interface, but the idea is to forward all your new messages to a different email account — maybe a Gmail or Outlook account — so that you can use those email interfaces to read your Yahoo Mail. It's also useful to forward mail in this way if you don't want to log in to Yahoo Mail just to check for a new message; it may be configured as your spam email inbox or one that you don't check often. Having the new emails forwarded prevents you from missing an important message. Maybe you'll be traveling and away from your desktop computer for a while and want to access the messages in another email provider's app on a mobile device. Forward Yahoo Mail to Another Email Address The following steps are relevant only if you're using Yahoo Mail in classic mode. The feature is not available in new Yahoo mail. 1. Access your email from the website by clicking the Mail icon in the upper right corner of the screen. 2. Hover your mouse over the gear icon on the far upper right corner of the page, next to your name. 3. Choose Settings from the menu that appears. Settings button on Yahoo Mail home page screenshot 4. Select Accounts from the left. Accounts category in Yahoo Mail settings - screenshot 5. On the right, under the Email addresses section, click the email account that you want messages to be forwarded from. Email address to click when forwarding to another address - screenshot 6. Scroll down to the Access your Yahoo Mail elsewhere section and put a check in the box next to Forward. 7. Enter the email address that all of your future Yahoo Mail messages should be forwarded to. 8. Below the email address, choose Store and forward or Store and forward and mark as read. The second option forwards the emails just like the first one does, but it also marks the email as read in Yahoo Mail. The reason you might pick the second option is that it's assumed that if you are forwarding the emails to yourself at a different email address, you'll read the messages there, so they don't need to be left as unread on Yahoo Mail. 9. Click the Verify button and then log in to the email account you entered in Step 7. If this is not your email account, then have the owner log in and click the verification link that was sent. Verify email address to forward to - screenshot 10. Click Save at the bottom of Yahoo Mail's Settings window. Only new incoming emails are forwarded.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66865	Full Metal Backup Using the dd Command As with any aspect of Linux, there are myriad ways to do a single task. Everything from your desktop GUI, running a web server, checking logs, and backing up your system. Finding how to do a task that best suits your need can sometimes be a drawn-out process. But, when you’re looking for a tool to handle a bare metal backup, your quest might very well begin and end with the dd command. The dd command is actually a reference to the DD statement from IBM’s Job Control Language and means Data Description. The primary purpose of dd is to convert and copy files. With dd you can easily copy a partition or an entire drive. The feature list includes: • Backup and restore a partition or entire drive • Copy regions of raw device files • Convert data formats • Creating files with fixed sizes Most importantly, however, the dd command is the oldest disk imaging tool still in use. Why is it still around? Because it’s powerful, reliable, and (most importantly) simple to use. Proceed with caution The first thing you absolutely must know is that reversing the arguments within a dd command can lead to erasing all of your precious data. To that end, you must use caution when working with this tool. Make sure to know the location and names of both your source and your target. You will also want to run the dd command from within a live Linux distribution. The dd command copies every byte (even unused space), so it’s an intensive process. Working with dd while booted into a production machine could cause data corruption (which is why we run it from a live disk). This means downloading your favorite distribution ISO, burning it to either a DVD or USB drive. With those warnings in place, let’s get up to speed with dd. Another very important issue is that the target drive must be either of identical size to the drive being cloned or larger. The dd command will copy both used and unused space from the target. Say, for example, you have Linux installed on a 250GB drive and it is currently only using 100GB of space. The dd command will not discern between the used and unused space, so the image will be of the full drive: 250GB. You can help yourself out with this by creating a compressed image (more on that in a bit). First steps The first thing you need to do is boot into your live distribution. It won’t matter which distribution you are using, because almost every flavor of Linux includes the dd command. I’ll be demonstrating from a beta release of Elementary OS Loki. Boot into that live distribution and then attach your external drive. The external drive you attach should not have any necessary data (as the dd command will overwrite it). Best to use an empty, formatted drive for this purpose. Open up a terminal window (from within the live instance) and check to make sure the drive to be cloned is, in fact, labeled sda. I do this with the command grep sda /var/log/syslog. The output (Figure 1), should indicate that /dev/sda is the location of your source to be copied. Figure 1: Chances are, the drive you want to copy is sda. Next, you need to find the location of the attached external drive. To do this, issue the command mount. A good amount of data will fill the window, but you should be able to easily track down the line associated with your target device (the external drive). Most likely, it will be found at /dev/sdb. Cloning the drive For the sake of simplicity, let’s assume our source is /dev/sda and our target is is /dev/sdb1. You could copy a single partition from that drive (say, /dev/sda1), but we want to copy the entire drive. To clone sda to sdb1, we’ll issue the command: sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb1 bs=64K conv=noerror,sync The arguments above are as follows. • bs: Set the block size for copy (the default is 512 bytes but doesn’t work well for larger drives) • noerror: Instructs dd to continue operation, ignoring all read errors • sync: Instruct dd to fill input blocks with zeroes if there were any read errors Once you issue the command, step away from the computer, as this will take quite some time to accomplish. As the command works, you will see nothing printed on the screen; your prompt will seem to have locked. If you’d prefer to see the status of the command as it works, you can include the status=progress argument like so: sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb1 bs=64K conv=noerror,sync status=progress The above addition will keep you informed as to how much has copied, in real time. You can also opt to clone the disk to an image file. This can make the restoration process a bit easier and create a much smaller file on your target drive. To create an image, we’ll use the dd command like so: sudo dd if=/dev/sda conv=sync,noerror bs=64K \| gzip -c > /PATH/TO/DRIVE/backup_image.img.gz Where /PATH/TO/DRIVE/ is the actual path (on my example, it would be /media/elementary/TOSHIBA/). The above command will create a compressed image of your drive. My preference is to always clone to an image, as opposed to making a bit-by-bit copy and simply dumping to another drive. One of the benefits of this is the ability to move that image file to wherever you need it. If you are only planning on cloning a target to a source and then using the source as a replacement drive, then you don’t have to bother creating an image file. If, however, you want to backup your drive to an image that can then be used to create multiple copies or need to transport the image (for whatever reason), the latter process will be better suited for the task. Another benefit is that, by creating an image, the empty space will compress very nicely, so the end result will be a much smaller file. Restoring the copy I’ll demonstrate how to restore with dd using an image file. As with the copying process, this must be done while booted into a live distribution. I’ll assume the target drive has been installed into the machine, you’ve attached the USB drive (containing the backup image), and you’ve booted into a live distribution. Once the above dd command completes, you’ll have a file called backup_image.img.gz, located on your external drive. To restore that image to a new drive (we’ll restore it to new drive sda, one that is the exact same size as the original), you first must gain su privileges. If you’re running a Ubuntu-based distribution, first issue the command sudo su, type your sudo password, hit Enter, and then run the restore command like so: gunzip -c /PATH/TO/DRIVE/backup_image.img.gz \| dd of=/dev/sda Where /PATH/TO/DRIVE is the exact path to your backup_image.img.gz file located on the external device. NOTE: If you are running a distribution that doesn’t make use of sudo (such as Fedora or openSUSE), you will gain administrator privileges with the command su. Type your administrator password and hit Enter. You can then run the restore command as shown above. Once again, step away, because this process will take quite some time. When it does finish, you should now have a perfectly bootable drive that is an exact copy of the the original. Reboot, remove the live disk image, and fire up your cloned system. You now have a working understanding of how to make use of the dd command to clone a drive. There is quite a lot more that dd can do. To get the most out of dd, make sure to read the man page by issuing the command man dd. Learn more about backups and system management through the Essentials of System Administration course from The Linux Foundation.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66883	There are almost as many definitions of Threat Intelligence as there are security vendors! In my view, Threat Intelligence is the capacity to identify the signs of compromise in an infrastructure that the organization must do something about. To do that, the logs in that infrastructure must be analyzed so as to identify the faint signals that can indicate a potential attack. In a Big Data environment, event and security data management by a SIEM can facilitate the detection of abnormal activity. Having logs for correlation and investigation is clearly fundamental to every organization. These logs supply data on everything that happens in a network, whether it’s tight-knit or spread out; on workstations, servers, and applications. Fraud, external attacks, and errors can be discovered thanks to the analysis of events generated in the network and by the footprints they leave. The sorting of this collected information is invaluable; you could say that it’s like finding a needle in a haystack. However, that supposes – and this is crucial – a contextual analysis of the collected data. • Which of these records are the important ones? • How do you figure out if something that seems to be working normally is, in fact, a malicious activity or the clue that an attack is taking place? An attack is often effectively polymorphic, with actions on many levels or using decoys. Example of Threat Intelligence in Use Here’s an example to illustrate the usefulness of Threat Intelligence: A group of hackers is using a new method to attack the most widespread electronic messaging system in the world. This type of attack has never been used before and no safety measure to combat the situation is in place. Anti-virus, firewall and IDS systems are blind and don’t recognize the attack. In this example, the hackers attack several targets. But via the use of SIEM, these attacks are captured, analyzed and their methodology identified. This methodology is set down in a common language and distributed. This description can then be transmitted automatically and used to detect the faintest signs of the attack when it occurs. Thanks to Threat Intelligence, the attacks have thus been captured, described and shared throughout the team – at the same time taking into account the context that’s essential to monitor the evolution of attacks from day to day. Integration & Automation LogPoint, for example, allows the integration of more than 100 data sources on threats, relying on Critical Stack or Emerging Threat among others. Everything is normalized in a single language. Starting from this point, analysts can automate event interrogation, screening hundreds of thousands of indications of compromise to evaluate the data based on known attacks. The effectiveness of organizational infrastructure protection necessarily relies on a knowledge of the characteristic techniques of a threat, so as to identify and collect data on that attack methodology or other proof of compromise. With LogPoint the sharing of this information can be at top speed, almost in real time. Obtaining the analysis of useful information that allows the countering of diverse threats is always a more complex challenge, taking into account the permanent evolution of risk and methods of attack. That’s why Threat Intelligence is an aspect of cybersecurity that no-one in charge of a network can afford to ignore or leave aside. Its role in network defense is now proven, and the threat data collected has an indisputable value for organizations. In effect, they give decision-makers a reliable basis to help confirm the benefits and consequences of their decisions. More Information? You are always welcome to get in touch if you have any questions! Find your local LogPoint office here.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66897	Any Love lyrics by Luther Vandross - original song full text. Official Any Love lyrics, 2020 version \| Request & respond explanations • Don't understand the meaning of the song? • Highlight lyrics and request an explanation. • Click on highlighted lyrics to explain. Luther Vandross – Any Love lyrics I speak to myself sometimes, and I say, "Oh my In a lot of ways, you're a lucky guy Now all you need is a chance to try Any love" In my heart there's a need to shout Dyin', screamin', cryin' let me out Are all those feelings that want to touch Any love? What a world for the lonely guy Sometimes I feel I'm gonna lose my mind Can anybody tell me just where to find Any love, any love? Everyone needs a love no doubt Any love, Any love Everybody feels alone without Any love, any love I know there's a love waiting To enter my life, enter my life Every day as I live I try to think positive I pray for someone good to come Any love Love is sweet and so divine And I can't wait for my love life to shine Can anybody tell me where I can find Any love, any love? I know there's someone waiting for me To enter my life, Come into my life Suddenly I'm up in clear blue skies Lonely tears start to fill my eyes I can weep, but I refuse to cry I've got to keep holding on To think love is strong To keep holding on And I know I know I know I know she'll come into my life Come into my life Lyrics taken from /lyrics/l/luther_vandross/any_love.html • Email • Correct Any Love meanings Write about your feelings and thoughts about Any Love Min 50 words Not bad Post meanings Min 50 words Not bad official video
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66912	We have an awesome new virtual column for archived? which lets us use it in API queries. Our multi-value attribute for group memberships got some love. The cloud-init template methods now have specs. Our reports can now use the :extra_cols functionality. Lots and lots of work put in recently by the author of this PR, difficult to pick just one to write about, but our multivalue dropdown defaults have been getting a bunch of attention as of late. SmartState analysis profiles can now be exported/imported. We’re also now modeling targeted_scope as ReferenceStorage and making it serializable. The following day is a wonderfully cool Sunday. It is the kind of temperature that makes you breathe a sigh of relief for it is a day of feeling absurdly grateful for small blessings. Your audience is once again expecting exciting things but it’s been an exhausting couple of weeks. Thus a celebration of the mundane seems perfectly acceptable for once. Nothing remarkable to see here, folks. These are not the words you’re looking for. We’re now using pficon-template instead of ff-template Our migration plan wizard no longer shows a horrible error on empty title for csv import. We also have a new physical chassis table! That’s all for this time, friends! :tada:
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66918	Mosaic Stone Effect Tiles The beauty of stone-effect stoneware and ceramic is enhanced by the inventiveness of the mosaic size, which transforms tiles into decorative surfaces that are almost sculptural in the case of the most elaborate and original mosaics, with three-dimensional structures created with relief elements and staggered levels.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66937	Pointer object for use with shared C library p = libpointer creates NULL pointer p of type voidPtr. p = libpointer(DataType) creates NULL pointer of specified DataType. p = libpointer(DataType,Value) creates pointer initialized to a copy of Value. collapse all p = libpointer('string'); Input Arguments collapse all Type of pointer, specified as a character vector, of any MATLAB® numeric type, structure defined in the library, or enumeration defined in the library. For a list of valid MATLAB numeric types, refer to these tables in C and MATLAB Equivalent Types. • MATLAB Primitive Types • MATLAB Extended Types Example: 'int16Ptr' Data Types: char Value, specified as any valid value for given type. • Use with libraries that are loaded using the loadlibrary function. • This is an advanced feature for experienced C programmers. MATLAB automatically converts data passed to and from external library functions to the data type expected by the external function. Use a lib.pointer object instead of automatic conversion in the following situations. • You want to modify the data in the input arguments. • You are passing large amounts of data, and you want to control when MATLAB makes copies of the data. • The library stores and uses the pointer for a period of time so you want the MATLAB function to control the lifetime of the lib.pointer object. Introduced before R2006a
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66939	Finance Textbook Notes – Chapter 2: Maximizing Stockholders’ Welfare Notes from various chapters in the core finance textbook, Financial Management, Concepts and Applications by Ramesh K.S. Rao. Source: Financial Management, Concepts and Applications by Ramesh K.S. Rao Subject: Finance 1. Assets have two values in that they have a book, or accounting value based on the historical cost of the asset and its carrying value given certain accounting conventions and assumptions, and a market value which is based on the amount by which the asset could be sold in an exchange. When looking at economic value, assets have an exchange value and an in-use value, the sum of which is an asset’s total economic value. 2. The accounting balance sheet ignores, for the most part, market values. It depicts assets at their historical costs and liabilities and equities irrespective of any market appreciation. The economic balance sheet is market-value oriented and considers the exchange value of assets, plus any wealth created by the firm’s use of those assets (value in exchange plus wealth = value in use). Liabilities and equities are stated at their fair value as determined by the marketplace. 3. Because it is often difficult (or impossible) to determine directly the wealth created by a firm’s use of assets, the claims definition of firm value, which is based on the market value of claims against the firm’s assets and readily determinable via the exchange, is most often used over the assets definition. 4. Stockholders are concerned with the value in-use of a firm’s assets because that value equates to the market value of the firm in the marketplace and directly determines the firm’s stock price. To the extent that value in-use increases (and the value of debt remains fairly constant), the increase accrues to the shareholders. 5. In general, non-cash expenses, like depreciation, that don’t involve an actual cash outlay can cause accounting profits to differ from cash flows. Also, changes in certain accounts, like accounts receivable, inventories, etc., may not be reflected in accounting profits but are actually cash flows. 6. The managers of a company are primarily responsible to the stockholder, but are also agents of the company’s stakeholders, which can be employees, suppliers or society as a whole. 7. Agency costs are (1) pecuniary (salary, retirement, benefits, etc.), or (2) non-pecuniary (increased prestige or lifestyle). Pecuniary benefits are derived from a manager’s employment contract. Non-pecuniary benefits are derived from the manager’s power to make decisions. Examples of agency “leaks” are as follows: • Excessive perquisites (perks) • Informational asymmetry (inside information not available to principals) • Short horizons (a manager’s tenure may be limited – encouraged to improve welfare in the short-term only) • Human capital expropriation (jumping ship after a firm invests in training) • Risk aversion (managers are less likely to make risky decisions – might effect their own welfare) • Excessive retention (securing job status by having excess retention as a cushion for the future) 8. Agents pay for agency costs because in the long run their own value will be comprised by their self-serving behavior as the principles have some influence (through some managerial decisions and the option of selling stock) over the behaviors of agents. If the self-serving activities of an agent cause a detriment to the principals, eventually these parties will eliminate the agent in favor of another. However, if this activity results in a detriment to the principals (say, in terms of a loss on stock) then both the agent and the principals pay. However, in the long run, it is the agents that ultimately pay for agency costs. It is in both parties’ best interest to write contracts that minimize agency costs and maximize firm value. 9. Monitoring costs are incurred to ensure that agents adhere to their employment contract and do not take excessive advantage of their perks. Bonding costs are different in that they are incurred by the agent to reassure stockholders that he/she will adhere to employment contracts. This would involve considerable time spent developing firm-specific skills that may not be in demand elsewhere. This reduces the value of the agent to other firms and encourages he/she to act in the best interest of the firm and its principals. 10. The corporation is the most dominant entity in business, despite agency costs, for the following reasons: • Capital accumulation (firms have far greater access to capital – owners have limited liability and free exchange) • Efficient risk reduction (investors can invest small amounts in a variety of different companies) • Specialization (managers that specialize in certain aspects of a business can be hired) 11. Internal and external devices to control agency costs are as follows: • Internal – governance (formal rules), competition/monitoring of mgmt., separation of mgmt. and control • External – takeover threat, managerial competition, institutional investors, government regulations, and lawsuits 12. The management function performs the day-to-day operation and running of the firm. The control function consists of actions that ensure that the managers are functioning in the best interest of the stockholders. This separation can reduce agency costs because board (control function) is encouraged to act in the best interest of the stockholders. Members are elected and can be removed by the stockholders. Therefore, management must convince the board that certain decisions are in the best interest of the stockholders. The board can reject proposals that are not in the stockholders’ best interest. 13. The officers of a firm have a fiduciary responsibility to the stockholders. This responsibility involves an agreement to perform all duties they are assigned with due diligence and with the skill that they represented themselves as possessing when they secured that position. As a fiduciary, the agents must act solely in the best interest of the stockholders and not in their own self-interest or the interest of other parties. Agents agree to be obedient and accountable for their decisions. The board has a fiduciary responsibility as well, in that it is representing the shareholders. 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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/66959	What are the most common children lies & How to cope with that? HOME PAGE / BLOG / What are the most common children lies & How to cope with that? Last Update Date: 21 November 2019 To deliberately deceive others with false information instead of the truth is to lie. If your child often lies, then there are certain reasons for their behaviour, as well as solutions. In order to determine how to approach lying children, we need to understand why children lie. reasons to lie at children Imaginary Lies: Until the age of 3, children cannot perceive the differences between reality and imagination. Sometimes they can exaggerate in order to attract attention. This behaviour generally continues until the age of 5 but decreases over time. Example: Your child says that their teddy bear is running and hiding behind the wardrobe. This should not be considered a lie; instead, it is simply their imagination and not something to worry about. Need-Based Lies: Children between the ages of 3 and 5 may use emotional manipulation to get what they want. Emotional manipulation is often associated with lying. For example, a child seeking attention may say, ‘I have a fever’, even if they’re perfectly well. This should not be considered a malicious lie; instead, parents should interpret this as a cry for attention. If parents can meet their child’s needs for attention, then their child will no longer need to lie. Imitated Lies: Lately, we have posted the following content on our social media accounts: reasons to lie at children social media Joseph Joubert's beautiful quote summarises the whole topic, but I want to add an example. Example: Let’s say your child wants to go to the park. You tell them, ‘We have work’, but instead you go to the shopping centre. Your child will begin to think that it’s normal to lie according to their priorities. In these cases, parents should question their own behaviour, rather than their child’s behaviour. Social Lie: Children who do not want to go to school, feel sleepy, or have different plans for the day may want to refuse their responsibilities for a short time by telling others that they are sick. Adults often do this as well. Pathological Lies: These are lies told by children and adolescents with impulsive control disorders and are often told without any purpose or reason. Example: A child who is constantly humiliated by their uncle tells an unintentional lie that the uncle is dead (even if he is alive) when their uncle is asked about in conversation. The emotion triggering this lie is that the child feels uncomfortable with the presence of their uncle. These unintentional lies can also be caused by attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Hyperactive children often move and talk without thinking. Therefore, they can tell those lies without thinking about the consequences. It is necessary to seek help from specialised child psychiatrists when your child tells pathological lies. reasons to lie Lies to Protect Oneself: Children lie when they’re afraid of the reaction of adults around them, especially if they’ve made a mistake. Unfortunately, this can turn into a defence mechanism for the child in the long-term. Admirable Lies: Children may lie about their skills, qualifications, or previous successes in order to impress other people. One of the most obvious reasons for this is a lack of self-confidence. Children who see themselves as inadequate may prefer to lie about their achievements. Routine Lies: This is when children can’t stop telling lies, even once they’ve reached an age where they can distinguish between reality and their own imagination. Children who tell routine lies are selfish and want to protect their own interests. Unfortunately, it can often be a symptom of a personality disorder. In this case, we recommend you seek help from a psychiatry specialist. Parents are often the reason why their child lies. Let’s see how you can help your child correct their behaviour and prevent lying in the future. 1. Do not Be Perfectionist: Your child may lie about their failures in order to impress you. If you are a perfectionist, then your child will also feel pressure to be perfect. You should make your child feel loved unconditionally (whether they’re successful or not) and avoid comparing them with others. 2. Do not Force and Be Threatening: If your child is hiding things from you, then they’re probably feeling threatened by you. If you stop being overly conservative, oppressive, and threatening, your child should stop lying. You should not punish them as a result of their negative behaviours but talk to them about how their positive behaviours will result in more gain. For example: Instead of saying, ‘I'll punish you if you come home late from school’, it is better to say ‘You make me very happy by being home on time every day.’ 3. Be Interested Pay attention to your child. Children who do not have enough attention from their family are more likely to lie. 4. Increase your child’s self-confidence: Your child needs to use their mental skills effectively in order to be successful in life. They should feel a sense of accomplishment from discovering their own intelligence potential. In this way, inferiority complexes will not occur and your child will be able to express themselves comfortably in any environment. Therefore, your child will not need to lie to gain a false reputation. Check out MentalUP’s attention and mind games developed by child development specialists, doctors specialised in pedagogy, game experts, and academics. MentalUP is a scientific and fun app that encourages children to discover their intelligence potential and develop their mental skills. MentalUP holds a pedagogical product certificate and has been proven to contribute to the school success of children. As we mentioned earlier, children may lie because they have attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. In order to prevent more lying, parents need to improve their child’s attention levels. MentalUP supports the attention development of children — download for FREE. MentalUP's Attention Games: Try It Now 5. Do not ask your child to participate in your lies: Do not involve your child in your own lies. The simplest example: don’t order your child a hamburger if their father doesn’t allow it, and then ask your child to lie to their father if he asks. This may cause your child to think that it’s okay to lie in some situations. 6. Do not Interrogate your child: Do not question your child for hours when you catch them in a lie. Be a good listener, and then explain sincerely how this behaviour is not acceptable. If your child knows they will be interrogated even if they confess, they’re more likely to keep the lie going. 7. Do not Use Violence: Do not try to change your child's behaviours by shouting or beating. Violence is never the solution. Children who are exposed to physical harm will try to cover their mistakes with lies to protect themselves. Yet, it’s normal for all children to make mistakes. 8. Trust your child: One of the reasons that children lie is because their parents do not trust them. If parents always assume their child is lying, then the child will accept this behaviour as part of their character. Therefore, you should tell your children that you trust them and also make them feel your love. 9. Respect your child’s privacy: Your child will require more privacy as they enter adolescence. You should respect this, and avoid asking your child too many questions about their routine activities. For example, you do not have to ask why they are taking a shower. Generally, taking a shower is simply for cleaning. 10. Do not accuse your child: Don’t accuse your child with questions like, ‘Why is the glass broken?’ or ‘Why is the fridge door open?’. If the glass is broken, you can ask your child to help you clean it up. If the fridge door is open, you can ask your child to close the door. This creates a comfortable environment for your child to own up to their mistakes. To sum up, children who lie have experienced negativity during their developmental process. Therefore, parental mistakes are among the reasons for lying. But do not forget: you can help your child stop lying. If you feel that the situation has escalated, don’t hesitate to seek support from child psychiatrists.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67055	Eating Disorder Signs and Types – Do You Have An Eating Disorder? Did you know that in the US alone, an estimated 20 million women and 10 million men have or have had an eating disorder at some point in their lives? A lot of people right. You may be wondering what are the eating disorder signs? Whilst I dislike the word disorder I will start with the description of common eating disorders and then share how to know if you may have an eating disorder. It’s for you to decide for yourself only, if you have an issue with eating and no one else. Anorexia Nervosa Eating Disorder Anorexia nervosa, is a disorder where the sufferer starves themselves because of the desire to either maintain an unrealistic and unhealthy body image or because of emotional reasons they don’t want to eat and want to punish themselves or to disappear altogether. Anorexics label food as good and bad, they isolate to avoid eating and suffer a huge amount of anxiety when going to social events where they may have to eat food they don’t want to. Chewing and Spitting Eating Disorder Among the lesser-known and less-studied eating disorder behaviors is that often linked with Anorexia is chewing and spitting. This activity consists of chewing food, usually food that is highly enjoyable and energy-dense, and spitting it out before swallowing. The reason the person with this eating disorder does this is to enjoy the food’s taste while preventing the ingestion of calories. Chewing and spitting has some similarities to bulimia and binge eating because it can involve consuming larger amounts of high calorie foods, but is also similar to anorexia and restrictive eating in that the food is not actually ingested. Bulimia Nervosa Bulimia nervosa, a disorder that triggers the sufferer to consume large amounts of food (binge), and then to rid themselves of as much fat and calories (purge) by vomiting. However, it is not always after a large binge, some people with bulimia will purge after just a small amount of food because they want to get rid of the food and / or avoid gaining weight. Often, they feel disgust or guilt after eating and this triggers the bulimia episode. There are other purging eating disorders besides bulimia and the bulimia pattern of being sick. Other purging behaviors, such as using laxatives, diuretics or excessive exercising to control their weight or shape. Binge Eating Disorder Binge-eating disorder is where the sufferer compulsively overeats in a two-hour period. A binge eater will frequently eat in secret and may hide food. Binge eating disorders are on the rise and have similar symptoms to those with bulimia or the binge-eating subtype of anorexia, as all report experiencing a lack of control during binges. Compulsive Eating Disorder Compulsive Eating Disorder is where a person eats and grazes all day on food, also called an over eater and over eating disorder sometimes. Basically, once they start they cannot stop thinking of the next food to eat and then the next etc. They may be able to not eat for periods of time for example in the morning but once they begin to eat they cannot stop. Night Syndrome Eating Disorder Another type of eating disorder experienced by people is night eating syndrome and includes individuals who frequently eat excessively at night, often waking up and going to get something to eat in the middle of the night. Orthorexia Eating Disorder Orthorexia is the term for a condition that includes symptoms of obsessive behavior in pursuit of a healthy diet. Many people living with this Orthorexia condition may report that it started off as a positive way to improve their health, yet they become so rigid in it and it has the opposite effect. Cutting out so many foods limits their diet and their health suffers immensely. People with Orthorexia also often display signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders that frequently co-occur with anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders. Where they too worry about food they label as “Bad” Like those with bulimia and anorexia they have rigid rules around eating they avoid situations and when they do eat outside their rules become overwhelmed with guilt. Pica Eating Disorder Is an entirely new eating disorder a condition only recently recognized as an eating disorder. Individuals with pica crave non-food substances such as ice, dirt, soil, chalk, soap, paper, hair, cloth, wool, pebbles, laundry detergent or cornstarch. Lastly, there are Eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS): This disorder includes any other possible conditions that have symptoms similar to those of an eating disorder but for whatever reason they don’t fit into any of the categories above. I was diagnosed with an undiagnosed eating disorder, which was frustrating. I have had many of the above, I use to binge as a child as it was feast or famine in my house. I later discovered bulimia as a way to try to keep thin, then started late night eating and compulsive eating until I reached 19 when I flipped to only eating carrots and apples and wanted to stay way under a healthy weight. When I tried to break away from this and eat normally I developed bulimia. In my Bulimia days I would again binge and be sick or compulsively eat and then starve myself. In an attempt to stop the bulimia, I developed Orthorexia where I banned all meat, dairy, desserts, carbohydrates, sweets and even fruit at times. Looking back now and seeing it objectively I can see how I went from one eating disorder to another and never had any peace or freedom from it at all until thankfully I had an amazing breakthrough and from this breakthrough I have created a proven step by step system to help people free themselves from eating disorders including: changing the eating patterns, reducing anxiety and guilt around eating, dealing with the emotional triggers that lay beneath eating disorders and strategies to overcome the urges and compulsions to eat or avoid food. My mission is to help others also become free, so they can experience inner calm, have peace with food and their bodies. Here are some signs that you may have an eating disorder Remember that eating disorders are not about only the size of a person, they are about how you view yourself, how you treat your body and how you feel before and after eating. Many people I have worked with look great on the outside. Yet on the inside they are consumed with guilt, anxiety and stress around food. They feel bad about eating and their habits and this effects their self-esteem and overall enjoyment of life. Here are some of the most common eating disorder signs and behaviors associated with eating disorders: • You have lost a lot of weight in a short period of time • Or you have gained a lot of weight in short period of time • You eat large quantities of food in less than 2 hours • You vomit after eating • You secretly binge on food • You have rigid and restrictive rules around food you are not willing to change • You take laxatives, diuretics or diet pills • You hoard large amounts of food, fear of not having enough • You exercise compulsively and intensively more than 6 times a week • You hide food for later • You have anxiety over food before eating and during meal times with others • You feel guilty after eating • You use prescription stimulant medications and/or stimulant drugs to suppress your appetite • You eat until you cannot move • You use food as a comfort or reward • You isolate yourself, so you eat alone • You perform the same eating ritual repeatedly • You have low self-esteem when it comes to your body and your eating your habits • You lie about the food you eat • You have stolen food • You feel unhappy with your weight and body • Your mood is dependent on the amount of food eaten that day • You repeatedly weigh yourself and track your progress • You repeatedly label yourself as fat or unattractive • You have withdrawn from friends and family, particularly following questions about your eating or size • You avoid meals or situations where food may be present • You have a preoccupation with weight, body size and shape, or other specific aspects of your appearance • You obsess over your calorie intake and calories burned via exercise, counting, analyzing and tracking food and weight • You spoil food (like pour water over it) just to make sure you won’t eat it Can you identify with two or more of these? If yes, do you do not need to label yourself with an eating disorder the only thing to ask yourself is do you want to change? I remember when people used to say to me Nicola is everything ok with your eating… I’d say exactly what they wanted to hear, I’d admit I had a problem but say I am trying to deal with it in my own way. But really I was either not ready to change my eating habits or didn’t actually know how to stop the anxiety and guilt around food. Then the person who meant well would come up with a certain type of food for me to eat or plan like say: Exercise less Eat more carbs Try not to be sick You just need a little more fat on you Do you like cheese, have a bit more cheese and dairy You need to eat more meat and protein Well don’t lose any more weight That was the conversation over. I had over 500 conversations like this over the 20 plus years I suffered from my eating disorders, maybe much more than that. Whilst I appreciated their love and concerns it didn’t help me. Because I needed a solution, a plan of action, a number or email of a specialist coach who could tell me what to do. If you are ready to step into action then book a peaceful eating session with me here CLICK HERE If you are not ready to discuss it yet, then that’s totally fine too, I get that. Download my 5-part audio to become free from emotional eating and harmful food control and learn 3 secrets to set you free. Many people email me to say it has changed their life for the better. CLICK HERE As a former sufferer, I know what its like and I know from experience what works and what doesn’t. If I can leave you with one thought to reflect on it would be that eating disorders often reflect something much deeper than food and weight and are often linked with low-self-esteem and self-hate. Whatever eating disorder you may have symptoms of you do not need to label yourself as someone with an eating disorder. All you need is the right tools and a huge dose of self-love. I know this may sound crazy and I don’t know you yet but I really do value, appreciate and admire you. It takes guts to face our issues and to decide we deserve more out of life. It’s brave being here and reading this even. I will say this it is not always an easy path breaking free in the beginning but with the right support, help and advice there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel. Do check out my 5-part audio as I really explain the secret to shifting unwanted food behaviors and breaking-free from the unsatisfying cycle of frustration and self-medication with food. CLICK HERE With love and appreciation, Nicola Open chat
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67143	Need Legal Help? Call Now! Business Legal News But what if an ostensibly legitimate business is a cover for an illegal business? What is the business risk in leasing office furniture to Al’s Pest Control if Al, himself, poses only minimal danger to insects because he’s a bookie? What if the transaction is legitimate, but the business client or customer uses it for illegal ends. Service providers, like tax accountants and lawyers have long faced this problem. Or what if the business is legal under state law, but illegal under federal law? The latter question just got much more complicated yesterday, with voter approval of recreational marijuana sales in Oregon and Alaska. What is the risk for small businesses in transactions with these enterprises? There are plenty of arguments, not the least of which is the risk of civil forfeiture, for making the decision to sit out a transaction. Turning business down is a hard choice, however. It’s not why you got into this. For the small business that does not want to pass up opportunity but does want to stay on the right side of the law, here are five rules for minimizing avoidable legal risk. First Rule: You do not take CASH PAYMENTS. Particularly since the expansion of the “War on Drugs” in the ‘80s, the law presumes that cash is the product of illegal activity. If you take cash, especially in a business-to-business transaction, you may look like a co-conspirator. Second Rule: You DO NOT take CASH PAYMENTS. Third Rule: Talk to your own business lawyer. A reasonable business risk in one industry or jurisdiction may not be reasonable in another. For example, if you manufacture and sell commercial grow lights or sophisticated systems for recycling water in commercial greenhouses nationwide, your enterprise is fairly far removed from the tulips, tomatoes or cannabis that is grown in those greenhouses. The same may be true if your laboratory tests for chemical components in herbs and botanicals or manufacturers and services cashless ATMs. Nonetheless, it would be a mistake to assume that your risk is nil. A great deal may depend on your marketing. Talk to your lawyer to ensure that your choices are targeted and informed. Fourth Rule: Remember that the law is pretty good at distinguishing between willful ignorance and actual innocence. Do an amount of due diligence that is reasonable and customary in your industry. Then do a little more. In some jurisdictions, it may be possible to reclaim goods or property seized in a civil forfeiture action, but the burden for proving actual innocence may be quite high. If everyone in the neighborhood knows that Al runs an illegal bookmaking operation, you will be presumed to know that, too, even if you really had missed the memo. The same is true of your client’s business reputation. If your client and a previous service provider are engaged in suing each other over a situation that may have begun with false representations on the part of the client, stay away. Fifth Rule: Remain aware of enforcement priorities. Much of law enforcement activity is discretionary. If you ran a hardware store, and the local D.A. had announced an intention to crack down on “tagging,” you would ask for proof of age before selling spray paint to a customer who might be a teenager. Make the same effort to be aware in a business transaction. Ample guidance exists, for example, about the U.S. Department of Justice’s eight enforcement priorities with respect to marijuana businesses. As long as you can document your research into your customer’s likely compliance with those priorities, you have a better chance of demonstrating your own innocence. When dealing with marijuana businesses, you may do business only in those jurisdictions where marijuana sales are legal but, as an additional precaution, you may also want to limit your activities to those states with well-developed regulatory systems, like Colorado. In the quest to grow your business and get and keep clients, it can be easy to ignore the fact that your client can, in fact, pose a risk to you. Risk avoidance is not a realistic business goal, but risk management is. With sound legal advice and some rules of thumb relating to method of payment and due diligence about both the client and law enforcement priorities, your business may be able to embrace new opportunities without unnecessary and unwise legal exposure. Nasir Pasha, Esq. Protect your business with an on demand legal team Learn More About General Counsel Select Listen to our Podcast! Legally Sound Smart Business Legally Sound Smart Business Logo Pasha Law Microphone
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67184	Picture Book Studio Return to Picture Book Studio News Been busy and have missed reporting shows I have been participating in. So here are the remaining shows that I will be participating in this year. The Berea Arts Fest Downtown Berea, OH September 8th Rocky River Fall Arts Festival Downtown Rocky River on Old Detroit Rd Sept 14th Ohio Mart Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens 714 N Portage Path Akron, OH October 3-6 Hope to see you there! my . artist run website
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67198	skip to primary navigationskip to content Colloquium Adamantianum IV - Mark Edwards - Christianity and Philosophy in Late Antiquity last modified Nov 06, 2019 03:19 PM Colloquium Adamantianum is a workshop hosted by the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism twice a year. Each of the Colloquia revolves around the research of one pre-eminent contemporary scholar on Origen and the Alexandrian tradition, exploring the Platonist origins of Christian metaphysics. On 12 October 2019, the Centre hosted Prof. Mark Edwards to discuss his work in these areas. In a series of seminal articles and monographs, including a landmark study on Origen against Plato, Mark Edwards investigates the encounter of early Christianity with the religious, philosophical and cultural background of the Greco-Roman world of late antiquity. At the heart of Edward’s work lies the relation of Christian theology with Imperial and late antique Platonism, with Origen and his legacy as the touchstone by which the relation can be tested. Against the background of scholarly debates which tend to regard early Christianity as either Platonist or anti-Platonist, Origen figures in Edwards’ extremely rich and interdisciplinary work as the archetypical example of the distinctive brand of Christian philosophy developed in the Patristic era, always in close connection but never identical with the Platonism of the Schools. Edwards offers robust arguments for the distinction of Origen the Christian from Origen the Neoplatonist. He defends the genuine Christian nature of Origenian thought as being informed by Greek philosophy but firmly rooted in the Jewish-Christian scriptural revelation. And he offers a compelling thesis for the Christianization of ancient lore and culture showing how, in the mind of early Christians, the gospel makes explicit the truths that were dimly intimated in pagan literature, exploring themes like the metamorphoses of late antique philosophy, love, homoousion, dunamis and the spiritual body, in Origen and beyond. Filed under:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67206	Poetic Diagnoses: The Art and Science of Close Reading Poetry in America intern Lauren Claus wrote the following post for us in between filling out her applications for medical school (good luck, Lauren!). Although Lauren pursued a pre-med track as an undergraduate at Harvard, her choice of major might surprise you: English. There is more overlap between medicine and literature than many expect, and the interdisciplinary field known as the Medical Humanities is becoming increasingly popular as those connections become more apparent to doctors and humanists alike. Lauren’s post– a reflection on poetry’s power to serve as both an outlet and a vehicle for emotion, and to evoke an empathetic or sympathetic response from readers– touches on how literature has long served as a window into, and onto, emotional and physical health. It’s been more than fifty years since the death of Ernest Hemingway, but we are no closer to knowing the secrets of this terrible event. The famous writer left behind no record of his reasons. The shotgun could have been an accidental killer, or Hemingway might have died from mental illness – supposedly spurred by his struggles with bipolar disorder, depression, and alcoholism, Hemingway might have raised the gun to his own forehead. If that occurred, then Hemingway’s personal concoction of diagnoses moved to the tangible at the moment of his death; his illness became tragically physical. Where might one turn in order to understand the pain of people who encounter mental illness? According to Hemingway, the answer might be poetry.” But acknowledging this transition does not help us understand why it occurred. In this case (as occurs far too often), mental illness seems mysterious. We cannot know the thoughts that lingered in Hemingway’s mind, as one might know the pain that lingered for a patient with a more physical disease. Of his friend Ezra Pound, Hemingway once said, “Pound’s crazy. All poets are. They have to be.” And many take Hemingway quite seriously on this point; we believe that poets can use their writing as a vehicle of expressing, and thus elucidating, their mental conditions. We think the darkness of Edgar Allen Poe’s poems reflects back his struggles with alcoholism and addiction. Our thoughts about Sylvia Plath’s confessional poetry are colored by our memory of her depressive episodes. We believe the life-changing aspects of a mental illness diagnosis can be hidden within a poet’s language. This may indeed be true; in fact, the act of producing poetry likely has such a clarifying and therapeutic effect. But poetry offers even more than this, a reflection of its author. Poets can harness all the intensity of poetic production in order to more radically understand another’s perspective. William Carlos Williams certainly did so, when he wrote “The Widow’s Lament in Springtime.” Right as the poem opens, the speaker pushes into the widow’s perspective: Sorrow is my own yard Where the new grass Flames as it has flamed Often before, but not With the cold fire That closes round me this year. The speaker, indeed, is the widow here. She conjures her sorrow as a yard, before giving us the biographical detail that “Thirty-five years / I lived with my husband.” The stark past tense in that brief sentence helps us understand why the widow feels such sorrow. That short sentence is the only explanation in this poem, but it is explanation enough. Floral imagery continues as the poem moves beyond the yard. The speaker tells us The plum tree is white today with masses of flowers. Masses of flowers load the cherry branches and color some bushes yellow and some red, but the grief in my heart is stronger than they, for though they were my joy formerly, today I notice them and turn away forgetting. Here, the speaker describes a classic symptom of depression – anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure from activities which were previously enjoyable – only after she invites us into her emotional experience. We can feel the weight of her grief, the heaviness. We understand her thoughts before they become a physical reality. Through poetry, we enter her pain.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67244	Xavier Naidoo From Psiram Jump to: navigation, search Xavier Kurt Naidoo (born October 2, 1971 in Mannheim) is a German singer and radical Christian. He meanwhile pursues a solo career but used to be with the band Söhne Mannheims [Sons of Mannheim], of which he is also one of the founding members. He also is a conspiracy theorist and a supporter of the Reichsbürgerbewegung [Reich Citizens' Movement]. He is one of the few celebrities to publically represent such views, thus giving them a corresponding scope. Naidoo further stood out with homophobic comments, e.g. in his song titled Wo sind ["Where are], in which he characterises homosexuals as child molesters.[1] Naidoo represents views characteristic of the Reich Citizens' Movement which denies the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany as a state; they view Germany as a "limited liability company" [GmbH] and hence use the label of "BRD GmbH". He furthermore supports and spreads various conspiracy theories, like about 9/11 and about an alleged financial crisis. He raised attention with the Reich Citizens' Movement for the first time in October 2011 with an interview in "ARD Morning Magazine" [ARD is a public German TV station], during which he said: "... we are not free, we are still occupied, Germany has no peace treaty and thus Germany is no genuine country".[2] In August 2014, Naidoo came forward with similar views at a spontaneous gig in Mannheim during a so-called "Peace Vigil" which are being organised by a broad right from Third Position supporters, Reich Citizens, to the extreme right, united e.g. in anti-Americanism and a rejection of mainstream media which they characterise as a "gutter press forced in line". This gig got covered in DER SPIEGEL by columnist Georg Diez who also addressed Naidoo's affinity to conspiracy theories, his hostility towards democracy, his nationalism, anti-Americanism, and anti-capitalism.[3] Naidoo gave further reason to suspect his proximity to extremist right Reich citizens with appearances at "revolutionary" events with Rüdiger Klasen (from Prussia Free State) and at a "Third Position" protest march together with Jürgen Elsässer on October 3, 2014.[4] These activities caused more media to report further similar appearances of Naidoo.[5] According to Naidoo, resp. according to his management, the contributions made during the protests were spontaneous and emerged on the basis of his ideal, Jesus, as he approaches people. Naidoo alleges he had no idea who the protesters were.[6] Legal action with Foundation Amadeu Antonio In July 2015, Naidoo applied for a cease-and-desist order against Amadeu Antonio Foundation[7] with which the foundation was to agree to refrain from several statements published in an article on a German-language indymedia project "Xavier Naidoo: Telegramm für X oder wie bringe ich Reichsbürger-Inhalte ins Fernsehen".[8] Apparently the Foundation did not sign the declaration. In July 2015, Naidoo pursued further legal action against the Foundation in front of Mannheim district court, presumably refering to a presently still non-final judgement of a Munich court in a lawsuit instituted by populist, editor, and Third Position activist Jürgen Elsässer. Previously, the Foundation had refused to sign the declaration which covered several passages in the text, particularly these: „On October 3rd, Mannheim soul singer Xavier Naidoo, at a protest of Reich Citizens, called the audience to jointly overturn the system.“ As far as this aspect is concerned, the Court did not follow the author and the Foundation in their argumentation that Reich Citizens were spreading this analogously, so that it was not just an interpretation by author and Foundation, but in fact the interpretation given by Reich Citizens themselves. The Court hinted it was going to view this as a wrongful statement of fact as it was unable to interprete Naidoo's statements accordingly. Had it come to a verdict, the court most probably would have followed Naidoo's petition. „Five years after Naidoo told members of the Federal Parliament "Get out of Reichstag", he supported a protest in front of Berlin Reichstag on the German national holiday - together with former National Democratic cadre Rüdiger Klasen who has a criminal record, Klasen's group "Staatenlos" [stateless], as well as with "members of government" of fantasy state "Prussia Free State".“ This view was shared by the Court, and the chief judge explained Naidoo in depth that he of course did promote the protest in its outreach. Had it come to a verdict, the court would have decided in favour of author Roland Sieber and Antonio-Amadeu-Foundation. „There was another appeal to storm Reichstag and violently overthrow the federal government.“ This sentence was not part of the original article, in which the author instead described that there had been appeals among the social environment of the protest to storm Reichstag and violently overthrow the federal government. This is in accordance with facts. During a usual editorial revision, the original rather long sentence was split into two sentences which caused the statement Naidoo incriminated. In this respect, the court also followed his petition, therefore author and Foundation were interested in an out-of-court settlement.[9] Foundation and author refrain from the sentence: "Someone spreading songlines as Xavier Naidoo does in his album 'Alles kann besser werden' [All can get better], is probably an anti-semite". The lyrics themselves may still be characterised as anti-semitic. An article published in the internet provides a very pointed comment: "Thus every one of you may legally spread the comment "Who, like Xavier Naidoo does in his album 'All can get better', employs such lines in his lyrics, is probably to be regarded as an anti-semite" - just Foundation Amadeu Antonio and the author may not, due to the "voluntary" out-of-court settlement with Xavier Naidoo, so that Naidoo agreed to a favourable arrangement of court fees. Ergo the settlement has been brought about by Naidoo using financial pressure."[10] Controversy about Naidoo nomination to participate in Eurovision Song Contest On November 19, 2015, public TV station ARD announced their decision to have Xavier Naidoo represent Germany at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Sweden. Contrary to most recent procedures, the audience would not be required to vote in an artist from a number of performers, but only be able to make a decision regarding the actual song. Since Naidoo's political and Christian fundamentalist views have been discussed publically for several years as of now, this decision raised some fierce opposition among the audience and caustic comments published via Twitter and in media comment sections ("Deutsches Reich - zero points"[11]). Commenters e.g. wondered how Naidoo could convince himself to represent a country which, according to his views, does not exist. Others pointed to the fact that ARD's decision will estrange the contest's most loyal fans, the LBGT community, because of Naidoo's homophobic notions. By November 20, there were already two online petitions against the choice of Naidoo to represent Germany at the ESC. On November 21, the nomination was withdrawn by the TV station. Special Awards In 2014, Naidoo received an award for his views and activities as a conspiracy theorist: the satirical "Das Goldene Brett" [Golden Board; the original term implies a substantial amount of stupidity in a nominee resp. a decorated person].[12][13] The prize is awarded by a large German-language sceptics' organisation who nominated Naidoo for spreading the most prizeworthy hogwash in the field of conspiracy theories. His nomination was also based on the fact that Naidoo, due to his publicity, acts as a multiplyer introducing a wider audience to these theories. In 2015, Naidoo was bestowed with another satirical award for his role in the Reich Citizens' Movement. "Der Goldene Aluhut" [Golden Tinfoil Hat] appreciates the most influential proponents of conspiracy theories. 1. "Before I do something good for some animals or foreign citizens, I prefer doing something for Mannheim. I am a racist, although regardless of skin colour." 2. "No Christian is allowed to ever date the day of the apocalypse. It has been discovered, though, that Armageddon started in 1992. I'm convinced it did. For this was the year when I first started to read the bible." 3. "Let me explain what I can read from the bible: America will perish. Not just America. Frankfurt, too, is Babylon, and London and Tokyo. Babylon is everywhere. But America and Tokyo are right on the top of the hit-list. I've got my knowledge. I see myself as someone whose mission it is to say such things. It's not my message, it's God's message. It's not my seed. I am just the servant applying it. I simply want to achieve one thing: that nobody will be able to pretend they did not know." 4. "The trees don't die from my Benz or your Benz. How can we dare to claim we're destroying the earth? That's never going to happen. Earth would be in this shape anyway, because we are in this shape. Even the automobile gets described in the bible. There are several passages which describe the cherubim. For me, these angelic creatures are the automobiles."[14] Articles in newspapers and online Versions of this article in other languages 1. Fabian Weissbarth: Xavier Naidoo beim Aufmarsch der Reichsbürger Zeit Online, 4. Oktober 2014 2. Xavier Naidoo- Wir sind kein freies Land immer noch besetzt! Youtube video of his appearance at ARD on October 24, 2011 3. Georg Diez: Der Kritiker: Vom Popstar zum Populisten Xavier Naidoo auf Montagsdemos über Deutschland und Pädophile Spiegel Online, 22. August 2014 4. Xavier Naidoo spricht vor „Reichsbürgern“ Bild.de, 8. Oktober 2014 5. Xavier Naidoo bei Verschwörungsdemo B.Z., 3. Oktober 2014 6. Andreas Borcholte: Xavier Naidoo: Jesus bei den Reichsbürgern Spiegel Online, 7. Oktober 2014 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeu_Antonio_Foundation 8. Xavier Naidoo und die Amadeu Antonio Stiftung einigten sich auf Vergleich vor Gericht 9. Reichsbürgeraktivist Xavier Naidoo erpresst Medien und antifaschistische Stiftung auf indymedia.org 10. Reichsbürgeraktivist Xavier Naidoo erpresst Medien und antifaschistische Stiftung at indymedia.org 11. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/eurovision-song-contest-xavier-naidoo-beim-esc-ist-ein-schlechter-scherz-1.2744477 12. Xavier Naidoo als Verschwörungstheoretiker "geehrt". derStandard.at, 26. November 2014 13. Naidoo wird für abstruse Theorien ausgezeichnet. Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine HNA.de, 27. November 2014 14. All quotes from a 1999 interiew with Musikexpress: http://www.musikexpress.de/xavier-naidoo-im-interview-ich-bin-ein-rassist-aber-ohne-ansehen-der-hautfarbe-150829/
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67246	Gender is defined as a set of characteristics or traits that are associated with a certain biological sex (male/female). These characteristics are generally referred to as “masculine” or “feminine.” The formation of gender is something that has been highly controversial in many scientific fields. Specifically, researchers and theorists take different perspectives on how much of gender is due to biological, neurochemical, and evolutionary factors (nature), or is the result of culture and socialization (nurture). This is controversial because there are political implications for either side being right. For example, if gender was proven to be completely biologically based, some people believe that this would be used to promote social inequalities. I believe that an integrative model provides the most accurate resolution to this debate. Essentially, my approach is that gender (being masculine or feminine) encompasses a variety of domains including personality traits (consistent ways of being in the world), gender role (attitudes, behaviors, and self-presentation), and self-concept (identities and beliefs); and is determined by a complex blend of nature and nurture influence. We will look at these in more depth in the other sections.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67253	Filter by Jeep® 33 Results Keep your engine and transmission protect from costly trail damage with an engine skid plate. Nothing will end your day on the trail quicker than a rock shredding the bottom of your oil pan. While other broken and busted parts can be trail fixed enough to get you back home, there's not much you can do if you can't keep oil in your engine. A key feature to look for in an engine skid plate, is access to the oil drain plug. While you want the most protection for your oil pan as possible, you don't want to be left having to completely remove the skid plate every time you have to do an oil change.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67259	Building the We: Healing-Informed Governing for Racial Equity in Salinas February 17, 2017 In 2014 an innovative partnership between government, nonprofit, and philanthropy began in the city of Salinas, California: Healing-Informed Governing for Racial Equity. In a context of mounting racial tension, leaders from these three distinct arenas collaborated to bring about a new initiative aimed at addressing the root causes of inequity and division within the city, on which Race Forward served as training partner and consultant. Download "Building the We," published by Race Forward, which features key successes and lessons from that partnership and highlights two important aspects of the Salinas approach: 1. Combining racial healing with systemic equity. 2. Building a joint process led by city government and community advocates. The report covers how leaders in Salinas laid the groundwork for this initiative, launched a training program for over one hundred government staff and community advocates, and formed a joint steering committee to operationalize racial equity throughout the city. Positive outcomes of this endeavor have already emerged including policy and program improvements in the Salinas Police, Public Works and Community and Economic Development departments. In addition to describing the implementation strategy and outcomes for this work, “Building the We” highlights four key lessons that are useful for anyone planning to institute racial equity within their own locality: 1. Support community organizing and collective healing. 2. Balance racial healing and systemic equity. 3. Engage government staff at every level. 4. Build the “we” with shared language and experience. Download the report here. Project and case study funded by The California Endowment Training Partners: National Compadres Network and Race Forward Project Partners: East Salinas Building Healthy Communities, City of Salinas
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67266	Umbrella Insurance John S. Burton, Esq., wrote the following pithy newsletter to educate consumers on the need for an additional layer of insurance protection. The health care industry and other insurance demands have stretched our budgets to the point of bursting and most homeowners are not looking for one more expense to add when buying or owning a home. But the cost of Umbrella Insurance is amazingly affordable. Do look into it when you start accumulating some net worth in your life! Umbrella Insurance: What It Is and Why You Need It With an umbrella insurance policy, you can add an additional $1 million to $5 million – or more – in liability coverage to defend you in negligence actions. The umbrella coverage kicks in when the liability limits on your primary policies have been exhausted. This additional liability insurance is often relatively inexpensive compared to the cost of the primary insurance policies and potential for loss if the unthinkable happens.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67297	Ice’s European CDS clearing house adds €175m to default fund in Q2 Members of Ice Clear Europe’s credit default service (CDS) had to put up more cash to cover the likely fallout if one of their number defaulted. Mandatory pre-funded contributions to the default fund climbed 17% to €1.19 billion ($1.3 billion) in the three months to end-June, to their highest level since public disclosure began in Q3 2015. Over the same period, the central counterparty’s (CCP) own pre-funded contributions to the fund fell €575,892 (1.3%) to €43.9 million. Ice’s pre-funded To continue reading... Sign in You are currently on corporate access. Sign in. Alternatively you can request an individual account here:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67355	Tag Archives: music Music and the Brain #DidYouKnow that there are very few activities that utilise the whole brain and that music is one of them? With Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI), a research team recorded a group of individuals who were listening to music. They found that listening to music recruits the auditory areas, and employs large-scale neural networks in the brain. In fact, they believe music can activate emotional, motor, and creative areas of the brain.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67379	My writing tips organized by topic. Read about me My Freelance Editing Services Read what others have said about me and my blog. Connect with me on social media. Monday, August 7, 2017 Fixing the Mary Sue Character in Your Story The term "Mary Sue" started in fanfiction, back when someone wrote a Star Trek story that had a character with that name, but a Mary Sue can pop up in original fiction too. Really, she can pop up anywhere. But she hardly ever pops up in published fiction or professional fiction--because she often bars those works from those markets. So if you've only ever read books you can buy off a bookshelf, you may have never meet her. "Mary Sue" is a derogatory term for a particular (yet reoccurring) character type that many beginning writers write about. But she's a problematic and poor character for several reasons. A lot of people may have different definitions for what "Mary Sue" means, and there are different subcategories for different types. Probably the most common Mary Sue is the one that is inexplicably talented at everything, falls in love with a hunky guy or is related to a significant person, gorgeous, and embodies pure wish fulfillment. This sort of Mary Sue is what usually crops up in fanfiction, because she's inserted into an existing universe that the author already knows and loves. However, as someone who edits unpublished, original fiction, the Mary Sue I often run into is a different type. Does your female character embody these? Is Your Character a Mary Sue? • - Often she contributes almost nothing to the story or plot--and yet, everyone adores her. (Alternatively, she's insanely talented and every problem is ultimately solved easily by her--more common in fanfiction.) • - At some point, she might eventually be considered very valuable, by others or to the plot, but often it's a passive value. Something she just is instead of anything she does. • - She's probably clumsy. Sometimes ridiculously so, as in, she can't even walk down the sidewalk or go down a couple of stairs without worrying she's going to fall. Bonus Mary Sue points if a male (usually a love interest or family member) comments on how klutzy she is and has to have her hold onto him just to walk somewhere. Extra bonus Mary Sue points if she falls in front of a cute guy or the love interest or when it would be most embarrassing (which, of course, is in front of a cute guy). • - She doesn't see herself as beautiful, but somehow the author finds a way to convey to the audience that she is drop dead gorgeous without even trying. • - She does nothing, but yet people feel sorry for her and her problems. These are often problems she makes little to no effort to fix, or problems she doesn't even consciously think about fixing or improving. • - She needs a lot of saving--either from these problems, or because she's a helpless [insert character trait (hint: probably has to do with being a klutz)] • - Often other characters (usually male) go out of their way to help her with her problems--and sometimes really out of their way, like they might miss the most important meeting of their career, a prestigious performance opportunity, their mom's birthday party, or work. Whatever they miss, one thing often holds true--it was more important than whatever the female character needed help with. It might be an injury she got while being clumsy or maybe she's just sad about school and how "hard" (hint: she has one of the easiest lives of all the characters) her life is, or maybe it's just that perennial problem that she has and has made zero effort to try to solve and/or would not have even been in to begin with if she weren't so darn passive. Whatever it is, people (friends, males, family, males (whoops, did I say "males" twice?)) inexplicably bend over backwards for her. Usually people--plural, not singular. • - She probably cries more than any other character, even though many of the other characters have more significant things they could cry about. She cries sometimes over day-to-day challenges that the average person faces anyway. It might be over a problem she hasn't tried to fix or that she puts herself in (though the author never points those things out). For example, she might cry repeatedly over a school club she's a part of but hasn't bothered to leave. She probably cries on the behalf of other people too--people who don't even cry about their own problems. • - She'll likely trip in the first 50 pages, but in a way that highlights and exaggerates her beauty. • - If you took her out of the context of the story, you might realize she's actually kind of pathetic and passive, and yet, inexplicably, everyone STILL adores her. • - Often she feels stupid or foolish, but the hottest guys fight over her (heaven knows why). • - She's more romantically or sexually inexperienced than the love interest and worries about not knowing what she's doing and what he'll think. (Bonus points if she somehow ends up being the best thing he's ever had regardless.) • - All in all, she just attracts a lot of male attention, whether it's romantic or brotherly or just male strangers in the street. • - A lot of the time she's a wish-fulfillment character (traditionally, the author's wish fulfillment). This is why she's adored and hailed as the most important person in other people's lives and considered very special, even though she feels stupid, uncoordinated, and helpless; this is why she's actually gorgeous when she feels ugly; this is why people drop the most important moments of their personal lives to save or nurse her back to health. • - The flaws she has are meant to be endearing and don't actually contribute to the main problems of the plot. They may exist, but are unimportant beyond the very surface of the story • - She tends to be in "parent-child" relationships. This relationship can be exaggerated with her parents, but it often crops up in other relationships--whether it's from the best friend, love interest, or brother. Whatever the case, she's usually the "child" while the other person is her "parent" in the relationship. The "parent" is taking care of her, warning her, helping her, praising her, directing her--even though she's 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, or 23 years old. Whether or not she obeys, she listens to them and maintains her role of "child" in that relationship. In fact, she often seems utterly accepting of her "child" role. Bonus Round (yes, there is more) • - She has a unique hair or eye color (in a story with fantasy or sci-fi elements, the colors may change or be unnatural compared to ordinary humans) and it's described in "I'm-trying-to-be-poetic" language (a.k.a. "purple prose"). Extra, extra bonus points if it takes at least five words to describe. • - She has an unusual or rare name. • - She's a stand-in for the author (an extended version of wish fulfillment), so that the author can live in this fictive universe. This is especially true for fanfiction. ("I wish I could go to Hogwarts and be in a relationship with Draco Malfoy") • - She's a half-breed of some sort. Half-blood, half witch, half alien, half elf, half animal, were-dragon, (again, this is something that makes her special based on what she is and not what she does). • - She discovers she has a familial bond with another character or discovers a family secret. Extra points if there is a tragic (often cliche) backstory. • - While she might be uncoordinated or pathetic, in other versions she's unusually and unrealistically talented at just about everything--more things to further extents than anyone could realistically be that good at. • - In the opening of the story, she's late to somewhere important. Extra points if it's her own fault, negligence, or because she slept in. • - She may have over emotional reactions to things that don't merit such an emotional reaction. For example, she might yell at someone who is trying to help her or cry because her (ordinary) school day is "hard." If you are sweating it out now, don't. I'm going to give you some tips that will help. First off, an important point. Can a male character be a Mary Sue? Yes, but they are called a "Marty Stu" or a "Gary Stu." They may be a little different than a Mary Sue, particularly in the fact that they don't necessarily need a ton of female attention or a romantic plot line (though it's not uncommon to have a million girls falling all over him either). Just as a version of Mary Sue is that she is good at everything and that her flaws are meant to be endearing rather than real flaws, Marty Stu is often insanely good at everything too, and any flaws he might have might actually be cool or tough or likeable (like being overly arrogant). Marty Stu is not as common as Mary Sue though, and he's usually more tolerated in today's society, as his attributes are still often praised as the epitome of male-ness, while today's society finds many of the traits of Mary Sue to be offensive to women. Not all of the Mary Sue Traits are Terrible There are reasons this character type reappears over and over and over again--hundreds or thousands of times a year (most of them don't make it to the bookshelf or big screen, though both Bella from Twilight and Rey from The Force Awakens have been accused of each being a Mary Sue). It's because there are people who are attracted to those character traits. Not all the Mary Sue traits are bad, but together, they cause problems. Look at what kind of person those outlined features created. And yet everyone and their dog adores them? Love interests fight over them? It doesn't make sense. Look at how unrealistic that person is. Many of these traits would be fine added to a more realistic, rounded character: • - She's beautiful, but doesn't know it. • - She has innate or inborn value • - She's half human • - She discovers a family secret • - She's inexperienced • - She's clumsy None of these are inherently bad (though most of them are overused--especially the first and last in the list). Wish fulfillment isn't innately bad either. There are loads of successful wish fulfillment characters and wish fulfillment stories. In fact, most if not all successful stories feed into some sort of wish fulfillment (that's usually why people pick up the book). The Problems of the Mary Sue One of the main and common problems with the Mary Sue is that the relationship between her traits and how others treat and react to her, don't make a lot of sense. If you knew a person in real life who cried regularly about her problems but did next to nothing about them, are you really going to miss your chance to break into a big acting career to go nurse her pathetic, fragile emotions? Probably not. (And if you are, aren't you just enabling that kind of mentality?) If you knew someone who acted as the "child" in all her significant relationships, would you really look up to her? If you were a love interest, would you really fight over a girl who is so passive she gives Bella Swan a run for her money? If there was a girl who got scratched up from watching Aragon take on armies of orcs and Frodo almost die destroying the Ring, would we later compliment how brave she was? Sometimes what's unrealistic are the character traits themselves. In some cases they may even be contradictory. For example, she's incredibly clumsy but later in the scene she wins an athletic competition. Everyone tells her how beautiful she is, and she acts like she's hearing it for the first time . . . . every time. All the guys in the story have crushes on her, but she's shocked when the hot guy actually asks her out, and we learn she has no experience with guys (even though she's always wanted a boyfriend and every guy in the story ogles her). The other characters have lived through more trauma, but she subconsciously expects or hopes that they will nurse her insignificant problems. If she has any flaws, they are portrayed as endearing or acceptable. As a society, do we really want to portray passivity and incompetence and uncoordination and child-like dependence as endearing? Acceptable? Now, I'm not saying you can't have a character who has these traits, but it's important to watch how they are handled, and the ideas that have already been established and perpetuated in entertainment (especially outdated entertainment). By the way, it's completely possible to make your character endearing through other traits. In Harry Potter, in Harry's viewpoint in the sixth book, Hermione is described as endearing in passing because of her loyalty and faith in libraries and books. Intelligence and tenacity can be endearing, not passivity. Endearing comes from other characters knowing and appreciating a character's traits or personality. Nursing the Mary Sue Back to Reality The Mary Sue character isn't some gross, obscene character that only the most incompetent people write. She has a name because so many passionate writers have written her at some point. If you have a Mary Sue character, you're probably normal. In an effort to fix the Mary Sue, some writers try to take her traits (some or all) to the far opposite, creating what is called an "Anti-Sue," which really isn't much better. I talked about this similar thing happening in my post The "Twins as Clones" Writing Epidemic, where in an effort to differentiate twin characters, the author tries to make them extreme opposites. This can be just as cartoony and unrealistic. If you really love your Mary Sue character and can't part with her, you are free to keep some of her traits and abilities. But in order to create a more rounded, likeable, believable character, you need to be her best friend, brother, love interest, or mysterious stranger that nurses her back to the real world--or at the least the real fiction world. Some of these things may seem straightforward when you start looking at them. If she's crying a lot, cut the crying. Excessive crying often happens in stories when the author is trying too hard to create sympathy for the character, instead of empathy. But true empathetic emotional power often comes from focusing on and rendering what causes those feelings rather than only on the feelings themselves. If everyone loves her inexplicably, change it. However, be careful not to make the only people who don't like her rude, unlikeable, and unsympathetic, which is another telltale of a Mary Sue in a story. Cut the clumsiness and give her a flaw that is more unusual. If she's passive, make her more active in the story and in solving problems. She can fail, fail, and fail again, but in her sphere of power, she should at least be trying, and if she's not, show us a clever reason why. For example, in M. Night Shyalaman's most recent movie, Split, the protagonist is a very passive, young female. But not only do we learn multiple reasons why she is so passive (and they're legitimate), but we see that in reality, she does have a plan, but it's quiet, subtle, and requires waiting for the perfect moment. If everyone bends over backwards for her, give the secondary and side characters their own lives, and moments where they chose their own lives over hers. Ultimately, though, perhaps the most effective way to nurse a Mary Sue is to brainstorm not broader, but deeper. Don't make her more broad by adding more and more things to her; instead, dig deeper and deeper into her psychologically and explore interesting inner thoughts, motivations, fears, and contradictions, and how those things manifest themselves outwardly and in the story. Brainstorm and brainstorm and brainstorm some more, because the cliches are always what come to mind first, and if there is one thing about nursing a Mary Sue to reality, it's moving beyond cliches. Post a Comment I love comments :)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67386	Late French Line Infantry, 1812-1815 En avant! The cry went up in hundreds of French throats as the blue columns swept forward on the battlefields across Europe. The all conquering French line infantry ‘Les Bleus’ used a combination of massed columns, fast manoeuvre, and firepower to shatter the armies of Prussia, Austria, Spain and Russia, culminating in a death struggle against Wellington and Blucher’s alliance at Waterloo in 1815.Well led and confident of victory, the average French soldier swept almost all foes before them, living off the land as they marched. Beyond the glory of victory over their foes, there was the chance of medals, promotion to the guard, or even acknowledgement from the Emperor himself!These models are dressed in greatcoats worn so often on the field of battle to save the smart uniform for the inevitable victory parade…Each boxed set contains:24 plastic French infantry (including options for adding Grenadiers and Voltigeurs)Metal command group (2 officers, drummer, standard bearer)Standard poles and finialsFull colour background leaflet containing several flags.Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67409	You could earn SmartPoints on this page!SmartPoint Coin September 25, 2012 at 4:30 PMComments: 0 Faves: 0 Weight Discrimination From the Diary of a Fat Woman Blog Series In a 2008 study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University, researchers found that society is less tolerant of weight gain in women than in men. In fact, just a modest weight gain causes women to often experience weight discrimination, but males can gain far more before experiencing similar bias. As a woman who is roughly 60 pounds overweight, this news is disheartening, but hardly surprising. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard comments made about my weight, usually from other women. In fact, men seem to be much more tolerant of less-than-perfect bodies than women are. If I hadn’t experienced this fact for myself, I never would have believed it, but I know it to be absolutely true. To illustrate, I remember participating in a “biggest loser” competition at work several years ago. I happened to be employed in a dental office at the time, and each of the participants individually went into one of the examining rooms to be weighed by the office manager. When I went in for my turn, I stepped on the scale and watched as the number flashed wickedly before my eyes: 209. I tried to laugh, but the noise sounded more strangled than I would have hoped. For her part, the office manager, a thin and svelte 23-year-old who wouldn’t know fat if it slapped her in the face, looked at me steadily. “Yes, you’ve got a lot to lose,” she said in a cool voice, as if to imply I should be ashamed of myself. Which, of course, I was. I walked out of the room with my head down and actually dropped out of the contest before it started. To be perfectly honest, she made me feel defeated already. Since that time, I’ve become increasingly aware of other, equally cold comments. Once when I waitressing, for example, a co-worker and I were commiserating about being overweight. Another colleague, overhearing the conversation, eyed me up and down and shrugged. “You’re not that big,” she said and walked away. It may have been intended as a compliment, but the words stung nonetheless. Maybe I’m over sensitive, but discrimination against overweight women is prevalent. I know there are examples far worse than my own, and I also know how humiliated I always feel by the comments I hear. So all I can say is this: to those who have been the object of bias, I apologize deeply. Just know you’re not alone, and happiness can and should be achieved even without the approval of others. What did you think? Next:Keeping up AppearancesPreviously:Reception Worries More from Jeany Miller Others Are Reading Comment on the Smart Living Network Site Feedback
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67487	• Content Count • Joined • Last visited Everything posted by Kodou 1. preordered my tamameets! 1. buttercupxo Cool! Which one/s did you get? (: 2. rjalda100 Same! I ordered the yellow. 2. Currently power reading through The Selection series. I'm on the third book right now and so far so good! 3. So tempted to get a new phone just to use the 4u app....... 4. Waiting on my 4u, Tamagotchi Friends Dream Town, and the circus and coffret pierces. Hopefully the Friends will be here in the next couple days! 5. Just ordered my 4U! 6. i'm so behind on su but after the hype from this new ep i feel more motivated to watch it omg 7. Check Toys R Us. Since people say they have them. I wouldn't know since I just moved and the nearest one in three hours away. But Wal-Mart, Zellers, London Drugs all sell Tamagotchis. But they're are sometimes slow at getting new ones. So check back around the end of the month. Or be brave and phone them to ask. 8. Alright, Kodou here~ So I had an original idea, but I read on pages before mine and people had the same ideas. So I changed my idea. Keychain contest~! The Keychain on a normal(North American) Tamagotchi bugs me, it's so ugly and heavy. So why don't we have a contest where the person who can make the cutest, or coolest keychian for their Tama would win. It could make your Tama more you. There could be even a theme for the keychain. Say if it's around the winter time you could have a winter/holidays themed keychain. So there's my idea... kinda lame. Edit: Somebody posted the same idea before me, so I changed my contest idea. 9. Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place. If not I'm sorry. So here's the question. Do you want the Tamagotchi Plus Color or iD to translated? Personally I don't want it too. First off I know(or used too know) tons of kids who can't even get a Tamagotchi because it costs so much (15-20 Canadian) and the price of the iD/Color is about 50-60. I'm not even sure of any kids who play with Tamagotchi's anymore. But I am in high school so that might be why, but I'm friends with tons of nine year-olds. And only one actually has a Tamagotchi. And my last point is; wasn't the Tamagotchi+Color a Japan exclusive. Just like Music Star is here? So I want to here what you guys want to say. Do you want the iD or Color in English? 10. I'm proud to be a drama nird. "Nerd" isn't n-e-r-d. It's "Nird." 11. Well I never noticed this until my Music Star changed into an adult today... So I hear the evolution sound and grab my tama to see what my lovely teen will turn into. My lovely Derek turned into a Memetchi... I was shocked, I mean my Derek is a boy and not a girl. Then I thought back to what he was as a teen and she was a Ringotchi which is also a female character. I pulled out my cell phone to check what he was as a toddler and baby(I took photos.) Once I saw the photo he was a Kuribotchi as a toddler... This isn't right. And then the next thing the batteries die. Do you think it's a glitch because of my failing batteries. I mean I had him on pause for about three months and just started him up yesterday. (Just something random; I'm buying my Tamagotchi iD on Sunday~!!) 12. Sorry for no updates lately, so any new tama news with Kodou or Aaron? Yes. Any photos? No. Well I started up my music star on the weekend. His name is Aaron and he is on Gen.2 Okay so I've had Kodou on that sleep trick thing during school, and after school so I haven't done much with her. I'll bring her to school because I'm pretty sure the matchmarker comes as soon as I get out of school. Well you see, I wake up this morning to find Aaron awake and Kodou not. I look over at Aaron an he is an adult! He's one of my favorite tamas; Kuromametchi! Aaron's band is called, "An Cafe" (ahaha, I'm such a fannnnnn, Yuuki<3) It's classical music, and Aaron plays the saxophone. 13. Around the Christmas time on all versions(or most) the stereo(and instruments?) will play holiday music. 14. Kodou does not mean bonds. My mistake, I'm very sorry. Kodou: Happy: ** Hungry: Training: llllll Weight: 34lbs 15. Hey Kodou, tell 'em about today! "You guys! A lot of things happened today! I'm an adult! Guess what Tama I am... Yeah, I'm a Furawatchi, which is Violetchi in English. Isn't that cool? I don't think Zoe likes it that much which makes me sad..." Yeah, Kodou is now a Violetchi which bugs me. I'm not a big fan of her... So I'm thinking about using the costume item or whatever it's called. Brushing teeth: http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss...o22/Tama-09.jpg Close up of Kodou: http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss...o22/Tama-10.jpg And just normal: http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss...o22/Tama-07.jpg Hehe, maybe tomorrow something cool will happen? 16. Hello everybody! Kodou is sleeping right now so shhhh! I'm sorry, I should have updated early but I had report card troubles today at school. So for once my shop actually had an item I wanted my Ufotchi; Kodou to have. So I bought her a ball. http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss...o22/Tama-05.jpg and then I took a picture of her playing with it; http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss...o22/Tama-05.jpg Kodou: Happy: Hungry: ** Training: llllll Age: 3 Weight: 23lbs. I have a question. Should I get a new Tamagotchi Plus Color or a Tamagotchi iD? 17. Mine was a V2, I got it in grade three. And then it broke a few months later. I still have it, sometime I pull it out and remember how fun a Tamagotchi was. : D 18. "Today was normal, I got a lot more training today! Zoe wants me to have at least most of the training bar full before I become an adult. And Zoe also says she thinks that I'll become an adult tomorrow! Just the thought of that makes me feel old. It feels like I grew up so fast!" You wanna know what Kodou? You're going too fast! Like everyday in science I look at you and bam. "IS THAT A PHONE~?" I hate the people I sit next to in two of my classes. I didn't take any photos today cries Blame musical theater again. I might take some tomorrow if Kodou does change into an adult. Hungry: ** Happy: ** Training: lllll Age: 2 yrs. Weight: 25 lbs "I'm tried of all the Thanksgiving shows. If only Canada and America shared the same Thanksgiving. Anyways might as well say, "Happy Thanksgiving!" 19. Kodou and I have been watching shows on TLC all day today! TLC is our favorite channel. I hope you Americans watch the Cake Boss(favorite show ever!) Thanksgiving marathon tomorrow! Well I got some photos, and I drew a picture of Kodou's grow chart in my classes today "Slacking off, eh?" Aha... Maybe~ "It's okay, I'd do it all the time too!" : D Yey for slackers! Kodou's grow chart(drawing); http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss_jello22/kodou.jpg Kodou; http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss...2/Tama-02-1.jpg Taking a bath; http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/miss...o22/Tama-03.jpg 20. I'm actually deciding if I should get the new Tamagotchi iD or another Tamagotchi+Color because the price has gone down =.=;;
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67489	Taptosa in a nutshell Taptosa provides a set of controllers that supports any type of (in-vehicle) multimedia and/or interactivity for e.g. amusement rides, exhibitions and art installations. This includes touch displays, sound systems, LED lighting systems, vehicle control, gaming, moving parts and so on. By providing a modular system, we maximise our customers choice while reducing complexity.
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67490	Snack Review Mexican Jalapeño Peanut M&M's Mexican Jalapeño Peanut M&M's Buy M&M's at Amazon #ad Taste test: These M&M's (part of a flavor contest also involving Thai Coconut and Toffee versions) looked mostly like regular Peanut M&M's, with a subset of the usual colors — green, yellow and red — that gave them a Mexican theme. I bit in to find that the initial taste was pretty similar to normal Peanut M&M's, but as I continued to chew on the large pieces, the jalapeño kicked with an increasingly strong heat. I didn't specifically notice the distinctive flavor of jalapeños, but I couldn't help but notice the heat. The chocolate helped to temper the heat a bit, but cold milk worked even better. Certainly the hottest M&M's we've tried. Shop: Buy M&M's at Amazon #ad Smell test: Definitely different than regular peanut M&M's, but not really a strong hit of jalapeno. From the package: “1 of 3 internationally inspired flavors” ... “Partially produced with genetic engineering.” Online store: Buy M&M's at Amazon #ad Company: Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC Reviews of similar snacks: Most popular reviews Moon Lodge The Whole Shabang Potato Chips Most popular in previous months Latest reviews Lil' Dutch Maid Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps Cookies Still hungry? Check out the 100 latest reviews What We're Eating More ...

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