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Public Relations
Management and Leadership
Public Relations
How Do I Run a Panel?
How do you respond when you're asked to chair a panel discussion? Are you enthusiastic? Or are you already thinking of someone you could propose as a replacement? Do the poorly orchestrated contributions of TV talk show guests enter your mind?
I asked my friend Heiner Bielefeldt for advice. He successfully chairs panels, teaches at the University of Erlangen, and serves as UN Special Rapporteur for the freedom of religion and belief. Here is a compilation of tips for chairing panels based on Heiner's experience and my own:
The Role of Participants. You need to know what each person will contribute to the panel. Here are some questions to ask yourself beforehand: What organizations do panelists represent? What is each panelist's level of expertise on a particular subject and point of view? A few days before the event, ask participants any remaining questions you may have, but keep them brief. Take a look at their websites or any publications. If you will be involved in preparing the panel, and I hope you will be, compose a panel of people you want to bring to one table, whose positions on topics of interest will be sufficiently different from each other and who are comfortable debating in public.
The Script. Now you need to write a script as follows:
In the first round, all are invited to present their main topic and briefly discuss their points of view. Initial presentations should only highlight the topic and any concerns.
In the second round, there is room for some surprises. You can propose to redirect the discussion to incorporate different ways of thinking about certain topics. The art of spontaneously changing the conversation has more to do with knowing how to gently ask short, concise questions than it is about having in-depth knowledge of topics being discussed.
Typically, the most enjoyable part of chairing panels for many people is the third round when the Question and Answer period opens up to the audience. To avoid the situation from getting out of hand, however, a simple rule to follow is to ask audience participants to address only one panelist and to keep questions brief. After the Q & A session is over, panelists should be invited to speak again, adding something of interest to their previous presentations. Ideally, this final round should be about future ideas and perspectives.
Your Role as the Host. To succeed in your role as host, it is your job to bring out the best in each panelist. Remain open to changes in the flow of the discussion, which could be quite different from what is intended in your original script. If something should happen unexpectedly, take advantage of the shift in group dynamics, and go for it! If audience members have something crucial to contribute, give them the space to do so. The debate could really become an exciting event for all who will truly appreciate your genius at work. The main directive in chairing a panel is: Steer!
Management and Leadership
My job?
A few weeks ago, a client and I had a conversation about the problematic behavior of one of his staff members. He told me she happily misses deadlines and relies 100% on his readiness to cover her mistakes in front of the president. He can take the blame; she shrugs her shoulders and reminds him she has too much work on her desk. One day, my client had enough and did make it clear that it was she who had missed the deadline. Big excitement! How could he be so rude!
We then went through his options to achieve a clarification of principles with this colleague. He suggested communicating to her how embarrassing it is for him to have to take responsibility for her lack of adherence to delivery dates time and again; and that, at the very least, she can ask for an extension of the deadline; that she does have a lot on her desk but this problem must be solved on a different level, and therefore he would allow her to attend training on work organization and …
Wait a minute! I said. Do you hear yourself?
It would be appropriate that you, indeed, show her how embarrassing it is for you to have to take responsibility for her lack of adherence to delivery dates time and again. Period.
Let your feelings stay in the room.
It is on her to respond to your embarrassment. You can't just ignore her reaction with a plethora of further comments and solutions. Who knows where this could lead if she empathizes with you. Potentially apologizes. Explains her view on the matter. Presents her solutions.
The question here is: what is my job? It is his job to present things from his perspective- it is embarrassing. Period.
The solution is her job.
This is relevant for executive functions, but I do see it in many other areas. It has to do with authenticity – we hardly dare to expose others to our embarrassment, disappointment, anger or gratitude. Instead of completely performing our own job– in being present and perceptible – we pre-empt how others could react. That is inappropriate. Appropriate would be to do our part, and to then observe how others react to our behavior. And then? The answer will come to mind once we have listened well.
The experiment:
Whether you lead or communicate or co-operate with others: Pause for a moment when things get complicated. What is my job here? Let others do their job. Yours will be much clearer then.
Conflicts, as we all know, are not usually appreciated. Regrettably, I think. They are pushed aside, because they are unpleasant. Quickly resolved so everything becomes "positive" again. We get stuck in conflict and stop communicating properly. This culture of rejection of conflicts deprives us of a lot of valuable information. Maybe there is an opportunity for exciting solutions here? Maybe it is interesting to listen to what the other side really wants?
What do people around you quarrel about? Do all concerned parties have the opportunity to express their points of view? Or do they just censor themselves before opening their mouths, in the belief that they won't be listened to and respected anyway? That is typical behavior in many situations. In organizational structures, many people in lower level positions believe it doesn't pay to speak out. And top-level management often says the same! This may be due to reasons related to labour rights where things are not expressed out of fear of a labour trial, there may be lack of courage behind, or distrust in personal development as an option. What gets forgotten in all this is that underneath all this resistance to putting our views on the table is just different points of view and different interests.
The Experiment
What about expressing your point of view and your interests explicitly at the next occasion of conflict? And allowing others to do the same? Could we all relax about conflicts and unwrap their content with greater ease and curiosity?
One of the big disputes among coaches is the one about goals: Should a client work on and towards goals or not? While I hope clients are mature enough to find out for themselves, it is nonetheless interesting to hear some of the points of view taken by the different schools of thought.
So, those in favour of goals say that they are the real drivers – to motivate you, to check on the progress made, and of course, to ultimately achieve what you want. Already the process of putting your goals on a piece of paper, and shaping them is a big leap forward. Then to develop small but well-chosen steps toward the goals is the most promising way to change for the better.
Then there are those who express reservations on working on goals. Some are concerned that a goal may rather represent an occasional whim or a superficial ambition covering another, deeper need. Others point to the fact that goals may change on the way and once they lost their quality as a source of inspiration, they lose their value. Another problem is that we seem to connect our happiness to reaching a certain goal. Failure means so much more than not reaching the goal – we are doomed if we miss the target!
Human resources expert Margrit Reck-Roulet asks pertinent questions about goal-setting: Is it because of too many goals that it is so hard for some managers to make time for people? Is focusing on people a luxury not many businesses can afford? She drew my attention to the findings of Dr. David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute who found out: "There's a network in the brain dedicated to thinking about goals and the more goals you have, the more frequently it switches on. However, activating this network shuts off the part of the brain responsible for dealing with people. So because senior executives have the largest and most complex goals of all employees, they can easily become less socially and self-aware, and less effective leaders, the more they think about goals. "
Interesting, isn't it?


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Realizing Women's Rights to Land in the Law
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This publication provides methodological guidance for reporting on Target 5.a of the Sustainable Development Goals, namely to "Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws." Progress towards this target is measured through two indicators that focus on ownership and/or control over land. This step-by-step guide on the "how" of reporting and measuring progress on indicator 5.a.2. covers the collection of information on the legal and policy framework, the assessment of each of the proxies, and reporting.
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- Genre:
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- Manga, Anime, Live-Action"Live-Action" is not in the list of possible values (Anime, Manga, Light Novel, Visual Novel, Novel, OVA, Film, Live Action, TV drama, Game, Unannounced, Manhua, Manhwa, Audio Drama, Guide Book, One Shot, ONA) for this property.
Thunderbolt Fantasy (Thunderbolt Fantasy -東離劍遊紀-, Sandāboruto Fantajī: Tōriken Yūki,; lit. "Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Travels in the East") is a Japanese-Taiwanese glove puppetry wu-xia television series. It was created and written by Gen Urobuchi and produced as a collaboration between Japanese companies Nitroplus and Good Smile Company and Taiwanese puppet production company Pili International Multimedia.
The animation series premiered in Japan from July 8, 2016 and simulcasted by Bahamut and iQiyi Taiwan in Taiwan, Bilibili in Mainland China, and Crunchyroll in the US. It was broadcasted in two official languages: Taiwanese Min-Nan and Japanese version for countries outside Taiwan. A second season entitled Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Seekers premiered on October 1, 2018, with plans of a third season is current development.
For the publication media, the first manga illustrated by Yui Sakuma was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Morning magazine from July 21, 2016 to April 6, 2017. A second manga under the title Otome Genyūki was illustrated by Kairi Shimotsuki and serialized in Akita Shoten's Champion Cross online magazine from September 27, 2016 to February 28, 2017. A side novel that focuses on the pasts of Lǐn Xuě Yā, Xíng Hài, and Shā Wú Shēng was released on April 7, 2017.
In an ancient kingdom, a vicious warlord is on the hunt for a magical sword. Forced to escape his soldiers, the young girl who guards the sword is hunted until she receives some unexpected help from a pair of odd strangers.
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FLOR 401 Lofts is located on an approximately 20,000 sf lot located on 7th and Wall Street in Downtown Los Angeles. This project consists of demolition of an existing one-story commercial concrete tilt-up building and construction of a new six-story apartment building, five levels over podium, with 99 total residential units.
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Dr.Guttler's comments:
- My CHT patients rarely get other autoimmune disease like RA.
- This study suggests CHT may precede the onset of RA by 5 years.
- This is not my experience.
- 40+ years in thyroid practice and few CHT patients who developed CHT first ever developed RA.
- This Swedish data base study suggests the risk of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) increases during the 5-year period BEFORE diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but appears to drop following RA diagnosis, according to a new study.
- We need to see more data before I change my opinion that CHT is a milder autoimmune disease and rarely attracts other disease like RA or SLE, while those more severe disease will have an effect on bringing on CHT.
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Risk Associated with Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Although prior research revealed an association between AITD and RA, there has been limited information on the risk of developing these conditions over time and the risk of AITD after RA diagnosis.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open, sought to determine when and how the increased risk of AITD develops in association with the time before or after onset of RA. The researchers used data from the Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register and linkage to other nationwide registers to identify 8090 adults with new-onset RA and 80,782 population-based participants as reference.
According to the findings, the prevalence of thyroxine-treated AITD was 10.3% among patients with RA by the time of RA diagnosis compared with 7.15% among the control group.
The study showed that the increased risk developed during the 5 years before diagnosis of RA and peaked by the time of RA diagnosis. Additionally, the risk of AITD decreased 2 to 5 years after RA diagnosis, the researchers noted.
The study indicated that the co-occurrence of RA and AITD may be due to several factors, including the increasing number of identified, shared susceptibility genes for both diseases. However, the researchers noted that it remains unclear whether there is an increased prevalence of antithyroid antibodies among patients with RA.
Although the pattern of risk before diagnosis of RA was similar for hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, the decrease in risk after diagnosis of RA was more pronounced for hyperthyroidism, according to the study. The researchers also indicated that a protective effect of antirheumatic therapies on the development of AITD may contribute to the decreased risk after RA diagnosis.
"This pattern of risk raises the questions whether AITD may influence the pathogenesis of RA (or vice versa) and, conversely, the question whether antirheumatic therapies may prevent AITD," the researchers wrote in the study.
Regarding the clinical implications, the researchers concluded that patients with AITD who have joint symptoms should be evaluated for potential new-onset RA and those with diagnosed RA may be reassured that the risk of developing AITD has decreased.
Waldenlind K, Saevarsdottir S, Bengtsson C, et al. Risk of thyroxine-treated autoimmune thyroid disease associated with disease onset in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. JAMA Network Open. 2018. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3567


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Ronelia Bailey
Ronelia Bailey was born in the Caribbean island of Trinidad and she also lived in the island of St. Vincent before moving to the United States. Ronelia is a member of the Kate Tiedemann College of Business (KTCOB) at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP). She is also a member of the USFSP Honors Program and the KTCOB Women and Leadership Initiative (WALI) Mentorship Program. Ronelia received her Associates degree from St. Petersburg College before transferring to USFSP to major in Global Business. Ronelia's passion for collaborating and connectedness showed through in the various leadership positions she held while at SPC, including President of the Honors Program Student Consortium and Executive Board member of the Student Government Association. Her determination, tenacity, and heart to serve her community were birthed from her long battle with lupus and kidney failure. These life challenges uncovered her innate strengths. Ronelia now considers herself a global change agent with the goal of encouraging, inspiring and empowering others to succeed.


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On the 14th instant, a portion of the Seventy-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, under command of Major Klenker, laid planks on the bridge, and crossed from the right of Cole's Island to James Island for the purpose of setting fire to the trees and brush which we cut down before leaving our position there on the 10th of July. Their crossing was covered by the guns of our battery on the right of Cole's Island. The enemy fell back,and the object of the crossing was accomplished with no attempt at interference on his part. It is thus demonstrated that we can now at any time cross to our former position on James Island without difficulty.
Companies E and I of the Third Rhode Island Artillery, stationed at Fort Strong, were relieved on the 14th instant by Companies K and L of the same regiment the former being about to return home by reason of expiration of term of service.
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Hi everyone,
I've also really huge problems with external monitors with the WD15 docking station (reported here in German: https://www.dell.com/community/XPS/XPS-13-9300-mit-WD15-und-2-Monitoren/m-p/7624531#M5586)
Has anyone already the chance to test the XPS with the WD15 and two monitors connected by DP and HDMI?
hello @jweiss15 welcome to our thread.
Which XPS 13 9300 BIOS do you have installed 1.0.11? If so then try again to get the BIOS version 1.0.6.
So that your embedded controller gets version 1.0.1 again.
If that's the case, plug your WD15 into the right side and try your luck with the monitor settings.
Then you can also try to provide your WD15 with a firmware update, if I would rather say downgrade.
If you need help how to get back to BIOS 1.0.6 under windows 10 don't hesitate to ask here to know how to do it. 🙂
and I sincerely hope that Dell soon comes with a sustainable solution.
Hi @_Shade_,
Thanks for your hints! Yep I've 1.011 installed - could you provide me with some instructions how to do this downgrade?
Also I'm asking myself why it matters if its plugged into the left/right side?
And I made today an interesting observation: I tried a live ubuntu system from an USB-stick and here everything worked out quite well (the 2 monitors with the right resolution / refresh rate were detected. That was quite suprising for me^^)
Hi @jweiss15 ,
go to device manager click on firmware then right click to update drivers.
Now click on search on your computer.
Choose from a list and see if there is any system firmware 1.0.6.
if that is the case you select the system firmware then you install the BIOS update from the Dell side.
your system reboots and flushes the bios as far as it can Intel ME will make mistakes but that's ok.
the embedded controller will then have version 1.0.1.
and you are back to version 1.0.6.
if you don't have the driver you can download and unzip it here.
Dell, Inc. - Firmware - 0.1.0.6 Windows 10, version 1809 and later, Servicing Drivers Drivers 3/18/2020 N / A 12.6 MB
only then import and play through the points from above.
With Ubuntu other drivers are loaded because standards are really used. there you have no forced BIOS updates via Windows Update.
Thanks for the instructions!
How are you doing the import?
hey it's very easy, unzip the cab file if necessary just double click on it and copy the content into a folder.
Then again in the device manager to install firmware and the driver is ready.
Hello everyone I tested the whole thing with linux and it is like Windows so we can really assume that the firmware from Dell has really big errors or weaknesses even under linux the same errors occur.
See the screenshot
all these cables work perfectly with another XPS 13 9380
I finally gave up waiting for Dell to fix their firmware/drivers, and bought this adapter instead: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00X4S5C7G/
It arrived today and I can confirm it works fine with my XPS 13 9300 even with the latest BIOS, unlike my original cable (this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075V5JK36/), which still doesn't work on the XPS, even though it works fine on a MacBook.
Ridiculous that I'm having to waste money on buying a second accessory just because Dell are taking so long to even acknowledge they broke the functionality with a software update.
I installed BIOS v1.0.10 and v1.0.11 .
The XPS-13 itself (and also my little Mokin USB-C dongle) seem to still be working fine.
Hi @Tesla1856 ,
that your Mokin USB-C dongle continues to work really well.
Unfortunately your Mokin USB-C dongle will not support 144Hz or even 240Hz for a monitor like a USB-C DP or HDMI adapter does.
So the question remains why Dell is not sharpening here for all affected customers.
It cannot be the goal to buy 100 adapters where exactly one adapter works and offers me 60Hz on a 240 Hz monitor.


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Having spied a cool little (5 room) guest house that was empty and clean we transferred there. Took a walk to the tourist office where the woman was trying to convince us that she was a shy person, it was hard to argue as we couldn't get a word in edge ways. On to pay for turtle island ready for tomorrow and had a speed briefing about what was going to happen. Not really sure what happened. Jumping on a bus to Sepilok (the Orangutan center) we met an Aussie and a Brit couple that were pretty cool. Getting married in December. They traveled across Europe to Russia then down through Mongolia and China to get to Malaysia pretty cool trip. Orangutans were entertaining, was quite touristy but we had fun. Highlight was watching the Bird watchers, they asked one of the girls working their what species of bird was out there….. 'erm I…. Don't really know' aka THIS IS AN ORANGUTAN CENTER YOU FRICKING WEIRDO!
Got the bus back that happened to stop out side the bar so we did the polite thing and drank. Four of us sat and drank healhy amount of beer then went to get some food (and more beer). Jeremy knew something had gone wrong when Victoria made the comment about Stella causing people to 'fist' each other. Hangover is in the post. Played a lot of 'shit head' (cardgame) and drank like a fish was good fun.


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Nat Rothschild
Full Name:
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Nat Rothschild Net Worth:
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Rothschild & Co
July 12, 1971
Loretta Basey
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Klosters, Switzerland
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Nathaniel Rothschild is a member of the Rothschild family. The family members are active in the banking business. The family is famous for the Rothschild & Co bank. He was born in July 1971.
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He lives with his wife Loretta Basey in Klosters, Switzerland. Nat Rothschild is the owner of the yacht Planet Nine.
The Rothschild bank was founded in 1760 by Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Fr ankfurt Germany. His third son Nathan Mayer von Rothschild first established a textile business in Manchester. He later founded the N M Rothschild & Sons bank in London.
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His father Baron Rothschild is founder of RIT Capital Partners. Known as the Rothschild Investment Trust. The trust an investment fund listed on the London Stock Exchange. It has approx US$ 4 billion in assets. And almost no debts.
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The family wealth is divided among a web of descendants. More in this Financial Times article about the Rothschild family wealth and family members.
The family has a large real estate portfolio. They are one of the wealthiest families.
He is or was the owner of a Bombardier Global 6000. The jet has the registration N4T.
N4T reads more or less as NAT. A Bombardier Global 6000 has a list price of more than US$ 60 million. She can accommodate 14 passengers.
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The Planet Nine yacht can accommodate 16 guests and a crew of 26. She is powered by 2 Caterpillar engines. Which bring her a top speed of 16 knots. She is an explorer yacht with an helicopter hangar on the upper deck.
Her range is 6,000 nm. She is available for sale. Her asking price is EUR 85 million.
We became aware of Mr. Rothschilds ownership of the yacht due to the Planet Nato dispute.
The yacht started as Project Nato. Her construction started at Cantiere San Marco SRL. At some point during the construction a dispute over 'progress' and payments started.
A high court case was started. In which it was disclosed that Mr. Nathaniel Rothschild was the owner of the yacht. In 2016 Boat International reported that the unfinished project was moved to another yard. This yard was Admiral Yachts.
During construction at San Marco a IMO number (1009716) was given to Project Nato. This same IMO number is now registered to luxury yacht Planet Nine.
The yacht's name refers to a hypothetical dwarf planet. The planet is orbiting the sun in the outer region of the Solar System. Its gravity could explain the unlikely clustering of bodies that orbit beyond Neptune.
Evidence for this Planet suggests that the gravity from a large undiscovered object is influencing the orbits of the most distant known Solar System objects.
Its unclear if the Planet exists. There is no evidence for planet nine. Efforts have failed to directly observe the ninth planet.
The boat is not available for yacht charter. And she is not listed for sale.
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New Year's Resolutions
In honor of New Year's Day, I will list my resolutions today. Some of these I might accomplish, others probably not. But it's always hopeful just to write the list. And without hope, how bleak the future would be!
1. I'd like to lose ten pounds, but if I only lose five, I'll be satisfied. That would put me under 100 lbs again, which I did like. I consider my ideal weight to be 95; I feel light, fit and look slim at that weight. I now weigh 107 lbs, and mostly because I indulge in occasional sweets. It is amazing how easy it is to feel full and stay slim IF you simply cut out ALL sugary, sweet treats.
2. Finish the short story I'm working on (Fogbound). And then write MORE fiction. I am thinking of typing up a short story I wrote years ago for the confession magazines. I never sent it in, and with some updating, it could be submitted. I also may try writing a few confession stories, try to sell them. However, the response time is one year. I'm reading a few of the confession magazines, studying the style. (I found a stack of these magazines at a thrift shop nearby, gave 25 cents each for them.)
3. Get a roof, sofit vinyl trim and gutters put on this house in spring. DH will also finish the garage renovation, turn it into a saddle/tack shop.
4. Create attractive, decorative touches in the yard -- an arbor at the end of the rock sidewalk entry. Make a small flowerbed near my swing in the backyard. (I've already planted bulbs around the backporch, which should come up in spring.)
4. Try not to stay so busy with this house that I don't have time for writing. Get some rest and not kill myself by trying to get the remaining tasks done on any timeline.
5. Relax if I can't accomplish all of this, because...nothing matters that much. If everyone and every thing on earth can be wiped out in a flash (and it CAN indeed happen: i.e. comet/asteroid strike)...absolutely nothing is important enough to get upset about, when it comes to human accomplishments. Live life one day at a time, and do what makes me happy.
Later today DH and I will go for a drive, visit one of the guys he met yesterday. They may trade horse trailers. It is near 70 degrees today, sunny and almost TOO warm. My cats are lying in the sunshine pouring through the large sunporch window -- and for now, all is well with my world.
With each day that dawns, life is apt to toss us a curve ball and destroy all that has been achieved by humans. In the words of one scientist: "I've realized that life has no meaning, but that we humans are here, if for nothing else, simply to observe and discover."
My philosophy exactly! And that's how I live -- researching, learning via the web/books/life experience; writing about what I've learned; trying to keep a roof over my head. And hope the Big Bad Wolf doesn't strike here or anywhere nearby.
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To me, holidays are about connections – connections to family, to the past, to community. My Christmas is all about those links that bind us together. We put up our tree on Christmas Eve, together with whatever family members have managed to ingather for the holiday.
Our tree is eclectic – heavy on icicles, sheep and birds, for some reason, but also with fifty different unmatched pieces. The ornaments bring back memories – a glass bell of my father's from my childhood tree; a painted bird from the year we were in California; skates for my skater-kid; the sparkly cabbage for my vegan husband. As we unwrap and hang them, we laugh at the spiky hedgehog, or the wooden snake shaped like a candycane that was a gift from my sister-in-law…
We stop afterward to eat cookies. These are my mother's Swiss holiday recipes, full of almonds, honey, oranges, chocolate, butter… and more almonds. Some of the cookie cutters we use for the butter cookies have been in service for 90 years.
And we play the music of the season. Music to remind us that once upon a time, a little dark-skinned, poor, immigrant Jewish boy grew up to change a billion lives. To remind us that the small, and humble, and rejected may hold the keys to the kingdom. And because, in the familiar songs, I hear my mother's hands on the piano, that now are stiff and silent with arthritis, and my father's voice, strong and sure on "Oh, Come, Emmanuel" as I have not heard it in ten years.
For some this is a very hard time. If the memories of holidays past have jagged edges, they are painful to get close to. Or if loss has broken those connections, it can be a lonely time. If that's you, I send you hugs and thoughts and hope for building better new memories.
In my house, the season is about remembering the good things. About still playing Santa at midnight for my adult kids, about letting the dog on the couch, about a chain of traditions that alter and shift, but do not break, going back through generations.
Very best wishes to all of you – may whatever holidays you celebrate warm your heart, and bring you peace and joy.
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What a warm and lovely post. You always express yourself so beautifully. Merry Christmas, Kaje, to you and your family.


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Golf Club for the 1 Percent Wants to Seize a Migratory Bird Habitat
The golf course in Jersey City, N.J., says it needs the land to compete for tournaments. A birder counters, Its really just an obscenity.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. The snowy owl was first spotted just beyond the 18th hole of one of the most expensive golf courses ever built.
The bird was resting on a sandy beach filled with seashells and driftwood at the edge of Liberty State Park. Waves lapped the New Jersey shoreline of the Hudson River as birders with binoculars stood in awe two years ago.
Nearby, behind a tall black fence, were the willow-lined fairways of Liberty National, an exclusive private golf course where luminaries like Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka have played, and where the original initiation fee for members was about half a million dollars.
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The contrast between the lavish club and the adjacent park, with its hodgepodge of rough-hewed public amenities both with sweeping views of Lower Manhattan bejeweled by the Statue of Liberty has been stark since the course opened nearly 14 years ago.
But the two worlds are now clashing as never before in a showdown over the Jersey City golf courses push to expand into nearly 22 acres of public parkland.
The outcropping of land, known as Caven Point, is a migratory bird habitat where spotted sandpipers and American oystercatchers nest near elevated walkways that allow visitors to wander, from March to October, through tall reeds and onto the sandy beach. The other half of the year the wildlife is considered too fragile to permit access.
But it is there that Liberty National officials say they hope to build three new holes, bringing more of the 18-hole course closer to the waters telegenic edge and helping it draw high-profile PGA Tour events that supporters say spin off economic benefits for the state.
If we are not able to accommodate what these tournaments need, then they will simply go somewhere else that can, said Chris Donnelly, a spokesman for Liberty National.
A key vote in the State Senate related to that effort could come as early as Thursday, marking the latest battle in a long-running history of park advocates fending off private developers hoping to build in the state park.
To me, its really just an obscenity, said Rick Cordner, an avid birder and the treasurer of Friends of Liberty State Park, a group opposed to the golf course expansion. It breaks my heart to think there could be a bulldozer out there plowing it under for a golf course.
The course opened on the Fourth of July in 2006, and takes in about 170 acres of privately owned land, much of it a former toxic wasteland that cost more than $250 million to reclaim. It was thought at the time to be the most expensive golf course ever built.
With founding members that include President Trumps personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and Robert K. Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, Liberty National is no stranger to the levers of power in Trenton and beyond.
One of its owners, Paul B. Fireman, the founder of Reebok who sold his company to Adidas for $3.8 billion, and his family are generous campaign donors, contributing about $420,000 to Democrats and Republicans in New Jersey between 2009 and last year, state records show.
Liberty Nationals lobbyist, Eric Shuffler, has worked for two New Jersey governors and was appointed to Gov. Philip D. Murphys transition team after his 2017 election.
Mr. Murphy, a Democrat, declined through a spokesman, Mahen Gunaratna, to discuss the proposed expansion.
We generally dont comment on pending bills, Mr. Gunaratna said. But the governor believes that Liberty State Park is a New Jersey treasure that belongs to every family. He is a strong supporter of protecting our public lands for the benefit of everyone.
The land Liberty National wants to lease for an as-yet undetermined sum was purchased with state and federal funds, including money meant to conserve land and water. The state would have oversight over any land conversion and the interior secretary would also need to sign off on the plan, according to the states Department of Environmental Protection.
Activists have said the proposed land use could be precedent setting and have vowed to challenge it, if need be, in court.
If you can privatize land purchased with Land and Water Conservation dollars, youre jeopardizing most of our national parks, said Greg Remaud, the director of the NY/NJ Baykeeper, a nonprofit conservation organization. Its one of our bedrock precedents for land conservation.
Mr. Donnelly said the new holes would be used to free up other land on the course for staging and hospitality activities that are vital to attracting PGA Tour events like the Presidents Cup and the Northern Trust.
Each of these PGA events, each one, contributes tens of millions of dollars into the Hudson County and New Jersey economy, Mr. Shuffler testified last month at a Senate budget hearing.
A spokeswoman for the states Economic Development Authority said the agency had no estimate of the economic value to the state from the four PGA tournaments held at Liberty National since 2009.
A spokesman for the PGA Tour, Joel Schuchmann, confirmed that the size of Liberty National had become a consideration, particularly for the Northern Trust, which is the first event in its FedEx Cup playoffs each year.
Its true that as the PGA Tour, and the FedEx Cup playoffs specifically, continue to grow in stature and interest among our fans, media and partners, so does the need to make certain the proper footprint is in place, Mr. Schuchmann said in a statement.
The clubs goal is to move three existing golf holes to Caven Point, freeing up space for event staging and for the creation of an introductory golf program for area children, the First Tee.
In exchange for the right to build, Liberty National has said it would offer unspecified funds for park improvements, create access at certain times to the Caven Point beachfront and provide a jitney to transport people across Liberty State Park.
Golf course officials also say that contaminated land at Caven Point would be remediated, but a state spokesman said the plot was cleaned and deemed safe in 2004 for its current use. Additional cleanup is not required, Larry Hajna, a D.E.P. spokesman, said in an email.
The club has gotten backing for the project from the state N.A.A.C.P., in part based on the promise of programming like the First Tee.
Preserving the park is important, but there is much more at stake for the communities we represent, the groups president, Richard T. Smith, wrote in a letter in support of Liberty Nationals efforts.
But Daoud David Williams, a lifelong resident of Jersey City and a member of the local N.A.A.C.P., said black leaders in Jersey City were not consulted.
Whoever got to him, Mr. Williams said of Mr. Smith, I think hes making a big mistake. Mr. Smith could not be reached for comment.
I think theres ulterior motives for offering some quote-unquote inner-city kids some lessons in golf, said Mr. Williams, 76.
This is not the first time the club has tried to expand into Caven Point. It attempted to procure the land during the courses initial construction and again during the waning days of the administration of Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican.
The state Department of Environmental Protection quietly shelved the proposal once Mr. Murphy took office, but the idea never completely died.
This latest effort is tied to legislation, the Liberty State Park Protection Act, that aims to prevent all but small private development within the sprawling park, which has repeatedly been eyed for a variety of for-profit ventures, including a marina, amusement parks and a racetrack.
The Friends of Liberty State Park, led by Sam Pesin, whose father was among those responsible for the creation of the park, have spent decades facing off against private developers and had hoped the Protection Act would finally secure the land as a free and green peoples park.
Liberty National is lobbying to amend the legislation to allow the state to solicit bids to develop Caven Point.
This is a billionaire privatization assault for the 1 percent, Mr. Pesin, 70, said.
The powerful chairman of the budget committee, Senator Paul A. Sarlo, a Democrat, strongly suggested he supported the proposed expansion during the hearing. Theres a lot of money that we are leaving on the table here quite frankly, he said.
More than 50 organizations have signed a letter in opposition and are planning a protest rally in the park on Saturday.
Mayor Steven Fulop of Jersey City and the bills sponsor in the Assembly, Raj Mukherji, are unequivocal in their opposition to the golf course expansion.
Mr. Fulop said he is grateful for the PGAs and Mr. Firemans extensive philanthropy in Jersey City.
But there are things, from my point of view, that are untouchable and where we are never willing to compromise, Mr. Fulop said. This is one of them.
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What do I know about a good brownie? A better question might be, what the hell am I doing making brownies if I don't like chocolate, but let's not go there right now. I'm going to give them away tomorrow, or most of them anyways. One was more than enough for me, since now I'll be trying to go to bed, all sugar high…
I decided to go with my 9×13 pan, because it was the first thing listed on the recipe, and I decided that one dish would be better to wash than two. When I poured the batter in, it looked really low. Less than half way? I didn't think that brownies would puff up that much, and figured I was doomed to failure.
I was thinking about it, and though I've tried a multitude of brownies in my life (though too many people put nuts in them which is why I never really was into them, though I do like a single very good tasting brownie here and there), and only liked some… I can't recall ever actually making brownies myself.
They often grace our countertop, but always from a box as a quick thing after dinner, never from scratch and never because I've made them. So this whole thing about making them by scratch, which I've maybe witnessed somebody else doing, but I put a lot of pressure on these brownies working out well. I started to feel better about them once they'd been in the oven for about 25 minutes, because they had puffed up more than expected! Whew!
I decided late in the game that I wanted to add peanut butter chips into the brownies, aaaannnnd, they were already in the oven. I figured I could just add them on top once they'd been in the oven for about 25 of their 40 minute cook time. Did I think that these peanut butter chips would melt much like peanut butter does when it's heated? Yes. Did they? No.
They look like they'll melt. Stupid tricky things. They do not melt, not like chocolate does, anyways…
So, I smushed them with a spatula. Which was a half-hazard sort of last resort option with these stupid chips. It's likely that most of what is in these chips is not naturally accuring, and soooo it doesn't melt. Now I know that these bad boys have to be inside the cookie or brownie, and not outside. I do wonder if they would've done what I wanted them to do if they'd been dropped on top when the whole mixture was wet/uncooked. They had that crumbly look of something that is willing itself to melt, just hasn't had the time…
Not too shabby for a first try. Sometimes the best thing to do is return to the source, and so when I looked (high and low) for a recipe that I could just use cocoa powder for I found many great looking recipes which called for melting chocolate, but only a few that included powder.
Ultimate Chocolate Brownies
adapted from Hershey's Chocolate
fills either one 9x13x2 pan, or two 8-inch square pans
- 1 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and divided
- 3/4 cup cocoa, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Choose your pan size, grease it/them. Preheat your oven to 350F. Melt butter first thing, starting with room temperature butter is ideal, otherwise you'll end up with SERIOUSLY hot butter if you are melting it as you try to use it…
In your stand mixer, sift cocoa and baking soda into the bowl and stir in 1/3c of butter with paddle attachment. Heat up some water in your electric kettle, and mix until batter starts to get thick. Add the sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3c butter; mix it until smooth. Sift in flour and salt, add vanilla extract mix until completely combined. Add your chocolate chips and put into prepared pan(s).
Bake for 30-40 minutes. One way to check for doneness of brownies is when they start to pull away from the sides of the pan.
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"Lenny really was Batman," Laurie Strongin, executive director of Hope for Henry, said in an interview with USA TODAY. "He put so much care into being Batman. He was always in character, he talked to the kids like Batman. He provided kids with so much hope and he shared our mission to make these kids happy and whole. He's such a hero because of how he lived his life."
Away from his charitable work, Robinson was a businessman and owned a cleaning company. He was also a father to three boys and an uncle to three nieces.
Even though the news of Robinson's passing will be hard for many, the memories and smiles he gave to those children can never be taken away.
Robinson was the hero those children both deserved and needed.
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Saving Yourself
So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to the other such that difficulty and ease produce the one idea of the other. Musical notes and tones become harmonious by the relation of one another through the singularity of formless action increased by kinetic action. Saving yourself is learning from both Heaven and Earth.
Heaven and Earth do not act from the impulse of any wish to be benevolent. These entities exist with all things. In order to live alive, we must create an understanding of the obscurity and beyond. Heaven is enduring and Earth continues. The reason why Heaven and Earth are able to endure and continue with length is because they do not live of or for themselves.
When intelligent souls are held together in one embrace they can be kept from separating from the duality of life. When one gives intended attention to the source and brings it to the highest degree of pliancy, one can become as a child. When one has cleansed away the most mysterious sights of his imagination, he can become without a fault.
Through loving is the idea of being saved and our state cannot proceed without any action. In the opening and shutting of the gates of Heaven and Earth, your intelligence reaches in every direction and will be without knowledge. This will produces all things yet also nourishes them. It produces them and does not claim them as its own. This will does all and yet does not boast of it. It presides over all and yet does not control any. This is what is called life and is a great one.
As we practice the life force of all things omnipresent there is nothing outside of it. As a source of movement, the Japanese call it (Koto) vibration which means "that which is born from the source knows no separation among the eternal trinity of mind, matter, and spirit."
Through the birth of the source, we awaken the conscience on both levels of Heaven and Earth to form ourselves on all four levels of the practices I teach and have discussed. It is in our inability to translate our uniqueness as members of this world into abstract thoughts or understanding.
The creator spirit of the universe, from the codes of which all understanding is given to our souls, can touch us with the mind but our ether spirit has had this knowledge since and before time and space was designed. This has been brought into form through movement and through the mechanical judgment of our five basic senses. It is through this consciousness that the world of form is perceived.
We use the word empower a lot. Personal empowerment is all about finding the power to make the changes in your life. I believe you already have all the power you need. The question at this point is how to use that power. This is about how saving yourself and making changes in your life can contribute to that overall power. If you thought your life was not worth saving you wouldn't have started reading this.
I want to emphasize that you have all the power you need to begin making that change right now. All too often we want to put off making changes. We want to wait until we're in better shape or have more money or more time. You have everything you need right now!
The word consistent might be the single most important word I use in my manual. You can know what you want and put it out there, but if it doesn't show up quickly enough then you change your want and ask for something else. The universe starts lining up this new want and since you've stopped focusing on the old one it stops bringing it to you.
Gregg Braden points out that the Universe is like a computer. It doesn't give you what you want. It gives you for what you ask just like a computer. What you want takes time to achieve and the end result may not show up in the form you expected.
Saving yourself is not about spending a decade in a cave on a mountain or alone. These things are not bad but let me tell you they are sure not the only way. Also it doesn't necessarily help one become enlightened. Enlightenment may be possible through spending every moment in the moment with every breath and with the source code while responding to the same divine spark in others that we also have within us.
Enlightenment cannot exist without ignorance. At the same time you can't spend your life identifying ignorance just to make yourself feel enlightened. STOP MAKING YOURSELF A FUCKING MARTYR. There will always be things that are perceived as bad or negative. Those things are not only necessary for growth, but a part of a greater perfection that exists throughout the Universe.
Here is a little tip. Listen to The Beatles for a moment. Cultivated persons are not sad when misfortune occurs. They use the occasion to seek errors within themselves. By cultivating humility, they fend off further misfortune. They are modest and careful in times of great fortune. They are grateful and reverent. They will also consolidate their gains, search for nascent seeds of misfortune and prepare for the future.
In the living sciences, practice forms the final aspect of the group of universal practices known as saving yourself. It builds upon the practices found in the awakening of the elements and cosmic connection. All of the fusion practices focus on clearing the various energy pathways in the body and are prerequisites for the practice of the Immortal Tao found in the soul of the body. The opening of these channels enables practitioners to balance and regulate the energy flow throughout the body. Through this practice you will finally heal.
What man am I, what man are you?
"Am I your black man? Am I your indian? Am I your jew? Am I your slave?"
Its not often that you can sit with people or persons of color to discuss the action of history and how it plays on the psyche of a black person who is your friend, lover, father and brother. I think I take it for granted that many do not care because it does not matter. To the people or persons that love me and to those who have expressed love for me, it does not matter that I am black. I wonder if the people who love me are concerned about being judged or executed. Now for the rest of you who could care less about me, yes. I am afraid and I am ducking and praying I don't get pulled over by a cop. I am constantly praying that I do not get treated like a thief, drug dealer, gang banger, dead beat, or uneducated black man. People who do not get judged would say they do not care about being judged. We live in community rather than being alone.
As I struggled for a more precise grasp of my place in this world I found myself learning from my own teachings through this journey called life. In my own learning process, I retraced my steps and remembered what had been internalized and forgotten. I can only speak from being a black man on a death sentence terrified to drive a vehicle to the store. For over 400 years, Black people have endured a variety of ways of oppression including slavery, genocide, violence, destruction, segregation, assassination executed by police and even civilians, manipulation and imprisonment.
Many people believe that racism no longer exists on a large scale. However, oppression against Black people continues to occur both physically and psychologically in everyday life in one form or another. I can say this with an open heart: "SO FUCKING WHAT?" Do you really care about any of us who has and are still are being treated like shit because of the ignorance and intolerance for peace and cohabitation present within our society?
In both my life as a black man and martial arts science student, there is a method of study that has been critical to my growth. I sometimes refer to it as the study of whole life. The study to leave this plane and work on the other or to understand form in order to leave form. A basic example of this process which applies to any discipline can easily be illustrated through Buddhist practice. A student must initially become immersed in the fundamentals of Buddhism in order to have any potential to reach a high level of skill.
He or she will learn the principles of endgame, middle game, and opening play. Initially one or two critical themes will be considered at once, but over time the intuition experienced allows the individual to learn to integrate more and more principles into a sense of flow. Through these practices I have learned not only to stay alive but also how to live and teach the living arts. One of my biggest dreams is to teach this to black america. If you ask why, it's because black Americans are four times more likely to be murdered than any other race according to the national average. Can I ask you this question now? Are you still reading cause you care or are you just wanting to learn? My hope is you can teach the many who say 'SO FUCKING WHAT'.
As I was pulling and pushing and falling down in this life of learning lessons, I was taught kami-no-michi which means "to clear the mind of hidden agendas and to recognize the fears that are being corrupted by our own self doubt." We have the essence of God, the spirit of life within us. We know from education of the truth that the nation thrives off of the injustice of the deprived and the mistreatment of others. This country's greatest assets are its people and how easy it is to ruin them and control them for personal, corporate and government gain. Even Frederick Douglass stated that the 'United States thrived economically at the expense of millions of men and women who were not permitted to realize the freedoms and rights established by their country.'
Frederick Douglass
"I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted."
To be a student of life and the living arts, you must become independent and self sufficient to determine if you want to be free from your own personal slavery. To stay on this path of life, Zen is created through practice. Zen produces the sword that cuts through the evil of weakness. Zen builds strength in the fire of energy. It serves the body as a cover much in the way a beach towel serves you as you come from the cold waters.
In the action of Zen you can feel and see the oppression of the environment. Oppression of the environment aids the oppression of man and makes wise men mad. In the living practice, the one that will most likely not have you executed creates the power and flexibility to resolve conflicts without anger or the need to win. This practice is both love and harmony or the spirit that embraces all things equally. It is consciousness and also the life force itself. It is the quality of greatness and leadership which is embodied through the soul of God and the spirit of prosperity. When you develop this you will see your skin color less and not think of yourself as a victim of this money hungry corrupt bullshit society. When you learn the whole living arts you give yourself a choice to live.


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"If your going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big"
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Still personally think people will be surprised by just how much better Foles is than Trubisky. I expect Foles to win the job handedly, and also to start further than just this year. I think a lot of people forget that Foles has already been coached by Nagy in KC and by Pederson in PHI. Nagy and Pederson are very close and speak a lot. Nagy played no part in picking Trubisky so there is no indication that Nagy ever liked Trubisky regardless of what he's said to the media. There's a reason they traded a pick for him rather than wait for the other QBs in FA. This was a hand picked selection. I also think Nick has never been given a fair shake at being handed the keys to a franchise. If he can be protected I predict he'll play somewhere between his SB year and his 2013 pro bowl year which was historic. If he starts every game I see his stats being something like 3,900 yards 30 TDs and 13 INTs.
Mitch is toast. I don't really buy the whole competition thing either. It's Foles job to lose.
edit: with that said, aside from the all the obvious press conference fluff, Pace really hasn't given us any reason to believe he has any more faith in Mitch as anyone else, or is willing to have him start, so I really really don't think there's any chance that happens.
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"If your going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big"
-Rem Koolhaas
I just don't buy that Foles is guarinteed. When you look at the way his contract was restructured he surely is paid like a backup.... And if he wins..... Fine. But to pretend a guy who was traded for a 4th and is paid 5.3 mil is locked into a starting job seems silly to me.
And FWIW.... Mitch may start week 1 simply because Foles could lack reps with WRs.....we still don't know how long this virus stuff will last.
"If your going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big"
-Rem Koolhaas
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His base salary is low because of the restructure, but Foles is still owed $21M in guaranteed money. The Bears would also be losing money if they cut him after this season too. So they're tied to him through 2021.
Giving up a compensatory 4th, taking on the rest of his bonuses + another season, and having an introductory press conference doesn't feel like a backup QB. He's also just better than Mitch and clearly a better fit for what Nagy wants to do.
Freaking Dalton to the Cowboys
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"If humans need 12 hours of sleep every day and you get 4 hours, It's a disorder and abnormal."_Chika
Getting enough sleep keeps you refreshed, energized and enriched. If you do not feel this way after waking up, then you possibly have insomnia.
Sleeplessness or Insomnia is not a disease and has no medical cure. I mean no English medicine or pills can cure you of insomnia, they can only help you fall asleep faster. However, they have adverse effects especially if they are consumed often.
Some people need 'Volume 5' to sleep off every time they want to. The difference between naturally falling asleep and drug induced sleep is that during the latter, you just lie like a log of wood, oblivious of what's happening around you. The reverse is the case for a natural one.
People who got burnt in a burnt house were sleeping unnaturally. Ask Library
Nonetheless, Insomia can be dealt with and managed. This is so because the possible causes of insomnia have been discovered though it varies by individuals, slightly.
Symptoms and Signs of insomnia:
These are check signs if you have insomnia.
1. Difficulty falling asleep despite being tired
2. Trouble getting back to sleep when waking up in the night
3. Waking up too early in the morning
4. Relying on sleeping pills or alcohol to fall asleep
5. Not feeling refreshed after sleep
6. Daytime drowsiness, fatigue, or irritability
7. Difficulty concentrating during the day
General Causes of Insomnia are:
1. Anxiety
2. Stress
3. Depression
4. Illness
5. Eating too late
6. Worrying about sleeping
7. Excessive thinking
8. Unhealthy Weight
9. Medications
10. Age
Other Causes of sleeplessness by you and that are within your power to change:
These are things and unhealthy habits you can work on if you really want to avoid insomnia.
1. Noisy Sleep Environment: Adjust or possibly relocate.
2. Bright lights close to bed: Switch off lights
3. Dis-comfort with especially position of bed: Re-arrange the room.
4. Watching Tv till late night: Respect your bedtime,Maintain a regular sleep schedule
5. Handling of Devices like Video games, Computers, Laptops, Tablets and smartphones: Switch them off during bed time.
6. Too much intake of Caffeine: Desist from taking this within 8 hours of bed time.
7. Exercising late in the evening: Step up your timing.
8. Eating late at night: Try taking your dinner before 8pm
Other Tips to help you deal with Insomnia:
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humedica sends out medical team to the Indonesian island Lombok
Emergency relief intervention after earthquakes measuring 7,0 on the Richter scale
humedica e.V. sends a six-person intervention team to the Indonesian island Lombok, which was hit by massive earthquakes measuring 7,0 on the Richter scale. The number of casualties after the earthquakes there is increasing constantly as well as the number of fatalities. The humedica intervention team members will leave this very day in order to bring help to the disaster region as fast as possible.
Only hours after the heavy earthquakes had hit the Indonesian island state Lombok, the local Indonesian organization Alpha Omega contacted humedica asking us to assist in an emergency aid intervention. "We have already cooperated several times with Alpha Omega in past emergency situations, so it did not take us long to come to the decision to support this relief intervention." explained Wolfgang Groß, general manager of humedica.
Sonja Diekmann (Peißenberg, Germany), Markus Hohlweck (Bonn, Germany), Matthias Gerloff (Tübingen, Germany), Alexander Jouwena (Heusden, Belgium), Benjamin Latzel (Bonn, Germany) and Klaus Ruhrmann (Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany) will go to Lombok in order to work as both coordinators and medical professionals for the humedica intervention team.
The humedica intervention team members will travel to the neighbor island Bali, where the earthquakes have also been felt. The local partner organization Alpha Omega will then arrange the onward transport to Lombok.
humedica asks the people in Germany to support this emergency aid intervention in Indonesia.
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AuVitronics export auto parts to Toyota Vietnam
Pakistani auto part manufacturer AuVitronics has become a part of Toyota's international supply chain
The auto industry in Pakistan has entered into a new era with AuVitronics Limited, a House of Habib company geared up to export the 'Absorber FR Bumper' to Toyota Motor Vietnam Co. Ltd. (TMV), joining the league of part suppliers in the Toyota global supply chain.
AuVitronics will export absorber FR bumpers to Toyota Vietnam, the Indus Motor Company said in a statement.
IMC, operating as Toyota Indus, is a Pakistani automobile manufacturer which is a subsidiary of Japanese multinational automaker Toyota. These parts are made of Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) which will be installed in Corolla cars in the future.
"IMC has been striving for the development of the auto sector for last thirty consecutive years. We have fulfilled our commitment to the country and promoted the auto and engineering industry in Pakistan and today we are achieving new successes," said CEO, IMC, Ali Asghar Jamali.
He added that now as part of the global supply chain of Toyota, they will further develop the industrial base of the country since IMC has already helped local vendors to have around 30 technical assistance agreements with foreign companies. He also added that the consistency in policies can only make long term export objective a reality. Government should nurture the industry and induct growth oriented interventions and generate revenue from higher volumes rather than increasing tax rates.
Meanwhile, AuVitronics Limited CEO Syed Abbas-ul-Hussaini said, "It is a great pleasure for Pakistan to become part of the global supply of Toyota and it is the beginning of a new era for the local auto industry as it has opened new export markets for the sector".
"It has opened ways to international markets for the [Pakistani] automobile sector," Hussaini added.
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Founder and Editor in Chief of Monthly Automark Magazine since 2006. Magazine published from Karachi Pakistan covers Automotive industry of Pakistan, car, motorcycle and tractor news. Magazine distributed in Karachi, Lahore, Hyderabad, Multan, Islamabad, Gujranwala, Faisalabad.


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Kelis is finally out of the kitchen, and ready to feed her fans some brand new music. Her latest album, Food, was just released this week. It includes the first single, "Jerk Ribs," that was served almost a year ago. So needless to say, she has been busy cooking up some new recipes that will either make you hungry for more, or make you want to go on a diet.
Kelis may not be a conventional dance artist, but she has been known to toy with electronic music in the past, so I'm always keeping her on my radar. With her latest effort, she digs deeper into her soul and funk roots, experimenting with horns and organs. Some of the tracks are certainly funky enough to make me want to dance, such as "Friday Fish Fry" and "Cobbler," but the majority of the album is midtempo and downtempo, including several ballads that really showcase her voice.
A second single has just been released from Food, called "Rumble." This is one of those midtempo songs, but there is already a Breach Remix of the track that is dance and bass heavy. So for all of you dance music fans, that should put a rumble in your tummy. A music video also accompanies the new single. Check it out below, and leave your comments.
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You may have heard people urging you to switch your website to the HTTPS security encryption. They cite Google's announcement that HTTPS is a ranking signal and that failure to switch could mean your ranking will take a hit.
And that would mean less traffic and less business.
But, can a product that costs around $100 per year really make that much of a difference? And if so, how straightforward is it to make the switch?
Let's face it, until recently, HTTPS was really used only by ecommerce sites for their payment pages. Things can get confusing, and the question many business owners face is whether or not the hassle of switching to HTTPS is worth it.
So, let's look at the arguments for and against. But first of all, what exactly is HTTPS?
What is HTTPS, and why do you need it?
HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol. It's a protocol that allows communication between different systems. Most commonly, it is used for transferring data from a web server to a browser to view web pages.
The problem is that HTTP (note: no "s" on the end) data is not encrypted, and it can be intercepted by third parties to gather data being passed between the two systems.
This can be addressed by using a secure version called HTTPS, where the "S" stands for secure.
This involves the use of an SSL certificate — "SSL" stands for secure sockets layer — which creates a secure encrypted connection between the web server and the web browser.
Without HTTPS, any data passed is insecure. This is especially important for sites where sensitive data is passed across the connection, such as ecommerce sites that accept online card payments, or login areas that require users to enter their credentials.
What's the process for switching to HTTPS?
If you are familiar with the backend of a website, then switching to HTTPS is fairly straightforward in practice. The basic steps are as follows.
- Purchase an SSL certificate and a dedicated IP address from your hosting company.
- Install and configure the SSL certificate.
- Perform a full back-up of your site in case you need to revert back.
- Configure any hard internal links within your website, from HTTP to HTTPS.
- Update any code libraries, such as JavaScript, Ajax and any third-party plugins.
- Redirect any external links you control to HTTPS, such as directory listings.
- Update htaccess applications, such as Apache Web Server, LiteSpeed, NGinx Config and your internet services manager function (such as Windows Web Server), to redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS.
- If you are using a content delivery network (CDN), update your CDN's SSL settings.
- Implement 301 redirects on a page-by-page basis.
- Update any links you use in marketing automation tools, such as email links.
- Update any landing pages and paid search links.
- Set up an HTTPS site in Google Search Console and Google Analytics.
In terms of the setup of the SSL certificate — points one and two above — this is fairly straightforward, and your hosting company will be able to assist you.
Also bear in mind that for a small website this will be fairly straightforward, as some of the above points won't apply in scenarios such as code libraries and CDNs. However, for a larger site, this is hardly a non-trivial event and should be managed by an experienced webmaster.
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Police: Man who accidentally shot, killed girlfriend while showing off a gun has been arrested
A 22-year-old man was arrested Saturday after police say his girlfriend was shot in the head three days prior when a gun the man had been showing off discharged, according to court documents.
On Wednesday, San Antonio police responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment complex on the Southeast Side on 4000 block of East Southcross Boulevard. As recorded in an arrest affidavit, upon arriving, officers say they found 19-year-old Ana Martinez suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
Martinez was taken to and area hospital with life-threatening injuries where she later died, the affidavit states.
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Police found a gun underneath a bed and learned from witnesses that the man identified in the affidavit as a suspect, Jose Galindo, had been at the home earlier showing off a gun.
Galindo had apparently been handling the weapon when it discharged and a bullet struck Martinez, according to the affidavit. A witness told police she heard a single gunshot, watched Galindo run from the room and saw that Martinez had been shot in the head, the document said. There had not been an argument prior to the shooting, police said.
Authorities then went to Galindo's home on the 200 block of West Bedford Avenue, where they found his car, a black BMW. Police said in the affidavit that Galindo had come to the home following the shooting and then left his car and took another vehicle, they claim, in an attempt to elude the police.
A warrant was issued for Galindo's arrest Wednesday and he was taken into custody Saturday around 6:45 p.m., according to court records. He faces one charge of manslaughter and remains in custody on $100,000 bail.