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Priorities for 2011-2012
- Strategic Planning: Bring ITSS mission, vision, values, and plans in line with the UMD strategic plan. Items below will be marked UMD-SP X.Y, where X is the goal and Y is the action step in the UMD strategic plan.
- Academic Support : Assist faculty with conversion to Moodle and Google Apps, support the 3D/HD/I3 grant in the VDIL, support development of a center of teaching and learning and library commons area, and continue support for online and hybrid learning environments. Implement centralized control of classroom technology, universal design, and video captioning solutions. [UMD-SP 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7]
- Infrastructure: Improve high-speed connectivity to the Internet and to remote campus locations. Encourage conversion of physical servers to virtual server infrastructure. Replace the campus card solution for multiple services, including printing. Adapt Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes for use at UMD ITSS to improve response to incidents and problems and manage change more effectively. Participate in the University-wide identity management project. [UMD-SP 6.2 and 6.6]
- Mobile Computing: Expand services to users with mobile devices, including smart phones, iPads, and net books. Provide access to UMD web sites for smaller form factors.
- Inclusiveness: Continue to improve the ITSS physical environment, policies, and services to better demonstrate our commitment to inclusiveness and social justice. Emphasize the value of information technology to all people. [UMD-SP 2.1, 2.2, 2.6]
Goals for 2011-2012
The goals below are not listed in order of importance. The projects listed under each goal are a subset of all we will do. We encourage each ITSS team to determine how their projects will help to support our goals.
Improve Classroom and Learning Technology
- Apply learning-space theory to improve learning spaces, including classrooms, computer laboratories, informal spaces, and online environments.
- Implement centralized control of classroom technology through classroom control systems.
- Oversee classroom infrastructure for building and reconstruction projects: Montague Hall
- Support the comprehensive plan for learning and teaching support that includes such things as a center of teaching and learning, a writing center, tutoring services, and a library commons area. [UMD-SP 1.7]
- Expand support for class-capture and other video technologies.
- Assist faculty with applications of Google Apps.
- Participate in the University-wide conversion from WebVista to Moodle for course information. Provide local support for faculty to convert their class information.
- Support the 3D/HD/I3 grant in the VDIL.
- Encourage and support course redesign projects to include active learning strategies, best practices, and alternate modes of delivery. [UMD-SP 1.5]
- Continue support for online and hybrid learning environments.
- Implement centralized control of classroom technology, universal design, and video captioning solutions.
- Refresh the technology in approximately one-third of UMD general-purpose classrooms.
Improve Student Services
- Participate in Welcome Week by providing workshops as well as support for student computers and networking.
- Complete wireless networking in residence halls and campus apartments.
- Provide peer and online training for students.
- Improve student printing services.
- Support the development and dissemination of a campus definition of equity, diversity, and social justice and share these understandings with all students, staff, and faculty. [UMD-SP 2.1]
Improve Services and Support for Customers
- Improve customer service by setting clear priorities, focusing on fewer projects at one time, and meeting deadlines.
- Improve the ITSS physical environment, policies, and procedures to demonstrate inclusiveness. Emphasize the value of information technology to all people. [UMD-SP 2.6 and 6.3]
- Promote the effective use of technology and information resources in teaching and learning, research and creative endeavors, outreach activities, and support of University business. [UMD-SP 6.5]
- Improve web services, including replacement of primary web servers, upgrade of all software, and expanded support for databased web applications.
- Expand services to users with mobile devices, including smart phones, iPads, and net books. Provide access to UMD web sites for smaller form factors.
- Enhance the Active Directory environment to provide software management for desktop computers.
- Participate in the University-wide UData system for documenting faculty accomplishments. Provide local support for UMD faculty.
- Participate in the University-wide customer relationship management system implementation. Provide local support for UMD constituents.
- Support the development of technology resources that serve the wider community. [UMD-SP 5.3]
- Support the development of a strong and consistent brand and visual identity for UMD. [UMD-SP 5.6]
Improve Fiscal Management
- Revise our rates for FY2013 based on ISO principles and regulations.
- Complete audit and review business processes for compliance and efficiency improvement.
- Improve ISO inventory compliance and reporting for resale materials.
Provide Effective Application Development Support and Services
- Continue to provide consulting and programming services to campus units, and transform their needs into project and program support.
- Continue to provide timely, consistent management reporting from University data assets and transition into using enterprise business intelligence reporting tools.
- Research new programming development technologies, and implement them as support solutions.
- Utilize change and project management processes to improve customer application development and project support.
Improve Computer, Network, and Physical Security
- Expand Active Directory Services to Macintosh and Linux workstations.
- Expand use of encryption and secure wireless on campus laptops and other devices that require additional security.
- Work to bring the campus into compliance with the University Policy on Securing Private Data, Computers, and Other Electronic Devices.
- Establish a logging service for servers, and offer this service to the campus.
- Encourage migration of department-owned servers to secure ITSS virtual server space.
- Exercise and update operational continuity plan.
- Complete annual security review of critical applications.
- Automate processes for responding to reports of security problems or inappropriate use of computers on the UMD network.
- Collaborate with the Office of Information Technology to implement the Sandvine solution for improved network security management.
Improve Campus Infrastructure
- Improve high-speed connectivity to the Internet and to remote campus locations.
- Establish UMD as an anchor tenant for a regional fiber optic hub, and promote expansion of regional networks that serve our students. [UMD-SP 6.2]
- Lead the campus to more efficient use of server equipment and facilities. Encourage the use of virtual servers, energy-saving solutions, and shared data center and server rooms.
- Improve disaster recovery by implementing new virtual server backup and recovery systems.
- Replace the campus card solution for multiple services, including printing.
- Adapt Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes for use at UMD ITSS to improve response to incidents and problems and manage change more effectively.
- Participate in the University-wide identity management project, including conversion of ITSS authentication systems.
- Participate in all campus renovation and building projects: Montague Hall.
- Invest in UMD infrastructure and communication upgrades to more actively promote the athletic, recreational, and cultural opportunities available on and off campus. [UMD-SP 6.6]
Improve Working Environment for ITSS Staff
- Continually review and revise ITSS staff handbook. Regularly review all ITSS policies.
- Reallocate staff and equipment resources from email services to web, database, security, and programming services following the campus conversion to Google Apps.
- Reallocate staff and equipment resources from Novell services to Active Directory services following the campus conversion to Active Directory.
- Hire replacement staff.
- Emphasize social justice to support recruitment, retention, and support of ITSS staff and student employees. [UMD-SP 2.2]
- Continue to improve the ITSS physical environment, policies, and services to better demonstrate our commitment to inclusiveness and social justice. Emphasize the value of information technology to all people. [UMD-SP 2.6]
- Build community and respect within the ITSS staff.
- Encourage staff training and professional development.
- Provide a working environment for staff that encourages them to remain employed at ITSS.
- Continue to emphasize importance of a healthy and safe working environment for staff.
Participate in Campus Life
- Guide and enhance the use of technology across the UMD community.
- Maintain strong collaboration and coordination between IT staff within UMD units, ITSS, and University of Minnesota technology units.
- Meet and coordinate activities with our campus partners.
- Contribute to campus governance and activities by serving on committees, task forces, commissions, etc.
- Contribute to campus sustainability efforts. [UMD-SP 6.8 and 6.9]
Technology Development
- Review the IT landscape for useful emerging technologies.
- Implement shared software distribution methods for student-owned computers.
- Research cyber-infrastructure needs for campus researchers.


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While a handful of musicians and singers help out here, Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches is essentially a duo comprised of guitarist and banjo player Nick Russo and singer Betina Hershey, who also wrote all but one of the songs on Get Us out of Fearland. The pair work nicely together on opening cut "Soar," an upbeat banjo-driven cut where Hershey's vocals quite appropriately float to the heavens; Russo switches to resonator guitar and Hershey to near-lullaby mode for the understated "I Wish the World Knew Why." "Get Us out of Fearland" sounds like something you'd hear wafting out of a New Orleans bar while "I Don't Need No Glasses" is straight out of vaudeville. "Don't You Follow Me" is an album highlight; old time-y pickings and hints of world music pair with Hershey's words about avoiding a negative partner and it all makes for an eerily striking presentation. This is the group's second album and it'll have new fans seeking out the first.
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Pepe Escobar, one of the top foreign correspondents writing in English, lives in Hong Kong and has been covering Asia, with particular attention to its economic development, for several decades.
We brought together three of his recent columns that focus in part or wholly on the Korean Peninsula for the purpose of providing a perspective that appears to be totally beyond the worldview of American media at the moment Trump and his supports are trying very hard to freeze our minds, which makes it doubly important for us to reach beyond their imperial sphere for news and perspective.
At the very least you'll get more historical depth and contemporary breadth than you will on TV, and there is no commercial for a pill that obliterate all your joint pain and your pancreas.
Asia Times
Brute isolation: Trump and the art of unraveling the Iran deal
The Trump administration wants a completely different deal, or it will unilaterally pull out. What follows could be incendiary
Pepe Escobar
Contrary to a barrage of spin, the P5+1 meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to assess implementation of the Iran nuclear deal did not go especially well, as diplomats confirmed to Asia Times.
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson was forced to concede Tehran is abiding by the deal. But once again he hammered the new US meme – now it's about Iran not fulfilling "expectations."
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At a tense table, Tillerson – for the first time – met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. At least the spin was not explosive. "There was no yelling," he said later. "We didn't throw shoes at one another. It was not an angry tone at all."
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini – not exactly the brightest bulb in the room – was compelled to stress there was no doubt the deal was being respected. She even warned, "all member states are considered to be bound by its implementation. The international community cannot afford to dismantle an agreement that is working and delivering."
Russia and China won't renegotiate the deal – and that's final. And the EU members of the P5+1 – France, the UK and Germany – will also stick to it, as Mogherini herself confirmed.
By now, even bears stranded on melting Arctic glaciers know President Trump has added a cliffhanger, having announced that he has "decided." Nobody knows what he has decided, even Tillerson. And yet, even the commander of US Strategic Command, Gen. John Hyten, has admitted, "the facts are that Iran is operating under the agreements that we signed up for under the JCPOA."
What has happened is that the Trump administration has changed the narrative from being about a technical, nuclear-centered agreement, to one that encompasses Iran's geopolitical reach in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, as well as its missile program and cyber operations – all non-nuclear issues that Mogherini herself stressed were "outside the scope" of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
I followed the nuclear negotiations in Vienna in 2015 for Asia Times. Even then the US delegation was doing everything to include ballistic missiles, something that was thoroughly rejected by other parties, especially by Russia and China.
So for all practical purposes, the Trump administration wants a completely different deal, or it will unilaterally pull out. Technically, that means going against a UNSC resolution supported by international law.
So what about the "path of moderation"?
At the UN pulpit, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivered a measured, elegant, cultured and at the same time scathing speech thoroughly debunking Trump's assertions with actual facts. The overall theme was "the path of moderation." A particular pearl: "Moderation is the synergy of ideas and not the dance of swords." The contrast with the bellicose, Manichean Trump Doctrine was stark.
Rouhani never ceases to point out that the JCPOA could become "a new model for international relations" – a framework to be considered, for example, in the case of the intractable DPRK. German chancellor Angela Merkel, on the record, agrees. But now Rouhani has also been forced to stress that Tehran's response to a possible US abrogation will be conditioned by how the Europeans respond.
The new Roi Soleil, French President Emmanuel Macron, has eagerly stepped into the fray, posing as a mediator between Washington and the other P5+1 members. But in fact Macron's touting of new "pillars" – restrictions on ballistic missiles; a follow-on deal that would apply after 2025; and an "open discussion with Iran about the current situation in the region" – amount to endorsing the Trump administration's changing of the rules.
The DPRK will never bother to even consider negotiating with a "compassionate nation" that refuses to live up to multilateral commitments
If Trump decides the US is going to pull out of the JCPOA, Tehran has stated, on the record, that it will remain committed, as long as the other P5+1 members stay – and they will. The problem will be when the Trump administration, supported by Capitol Hill, subsequently takes the inevitable path of an extra barrage of sanctions against Iran – with possible incendiary consequences.
What's clear is that neither "RC" – the Russia-China strategic partnership – nor the Europeans will isolate Tehran. For "RC" in particular, it's all about Iran's destiny as a key hub in the interpenetrating Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and North-South Transportation Corridor, its future full membership of the SCO and even, possibly, BRICS Plus, and its capacity to be a future supplier of natural gas to Europe. Moreover, Rouhani has repeatedly stressed that, whatever happens, Tehran will never aim to build a nuclear weapon.
Trump's fateful decision in fact conditions and frames how he will deal with North Korea. Pulling out of the JCPOA will send an unmistakeable message to Pyongyang and also complicate the efforts of "RC" to defuse the situation. The DPRK will never bother to even consider negotiating with a "compassionate nation" that refuses to live up to multilateral commitments.
And all this sound and fury from the US will, ultimately, signify only one thing: another multi-trillion-dollar, unwinnable war in Southwest Asia, simply to indulge the wet dreams of assorted Beltway armchair generals.
The Russia-China plan for North Korea: stabiliry, connectivity
From Asia Times
Moscow has been busy building agreements that would extend Eurasian connectivity eastward. The question is how to convince the DPRK to play along
The United Nations Security Council's 15-0 vote to impose a new set of sanctions on North Korea somewhat disguises the critical role played by the Russia-China strategic partnership, the "RC" at the core of the BRICS group.
The new sanctions are pretty harsh. They include a 30% reduction on crude and refined oil exports to the DPRK; a ban on exports of natural gas; a ban on all North Korean textile exports (which have brought in US$760 million on average over the past three years); and a worldwide ban on new work permits for DPRK citizens (there are over 90,000 currently working abroad.)
But this is far from what US President Donald Trump's administration was aiming at, according to the draft Security Council resolution leaked last week. That included an asset freeze and travel ban on Kim Jong-un and other designated DPRK officials, and covered additional "WMD-related items," Iraqi sanctions-style. It also authorized UN member states to interdict and inspect North Korean vessels in international waters (which amounts to a declaration of war); and, last but not least, a total oil embargo.
"RC" made it clear it would veto the resolution under these terms. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the US' diminishing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Moscow would only accept language related to "political and diplomatic tools to seek peaceful ways of resolution." On the oil embargo, President Vladimir Putin said, "cutting off the oil supply to North Korea may harm people in hospitals or other ordinary citizens."
"RC" priorities are clear: "stability" in Pyongyang; no regime change; no drastic alteration of the geopolitical chessboard; no massive refugee crisis.
That does not preclude Beijing from applying pressure on Pyongyang. Branch offices of the Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank of China in the northeastern border city of Yanji have banned DPRK citizens from opening new accounts. Current accounts are not frozen yet, but deposits and remittances have been suspended.
To get to the heart of the matter, though, we need to examine what happened last week at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok -- which happens to be only a little over 300 km away from the DPRK's Punggye-ri missile test site.
It's all about the Trans-Korean Railway
In sharp contrast to the Trump administration and the Beltway's bellicose rhetoric, what "RC" proposes are essentially 5+1 talks (North Korea, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea, plus the US) on neutral territory, as confirmed by Russian diplomats. In Vladivostok, Putin went out of his way to defuse military hysteria and warn that stepping beyond sanctions would be an "invitation to the graveyard." Instead, he proposed business deals.
Largely unreported by Western corporate media, what happened in Vladivostok is really ground-breaking. Moscow and Seoul agreed on a trilateral trade platform, crucially involving Pyongyang, to ultimately invest in connectivity between the whole Korean peninsula and the Russian Far East.
South Korean Prime Minister Moon Jae-in proposed to Moscow to build no less than "nine bridges" of cooperation: "Nine bridges mean the bridges of gas, railways, the Northern Sea Route, shipbuilding, the creation of working groups, agriculture and other types of cooperation."
Crucially, Moon added that the trilateral cooperation would aim at joint projects in the Russian Far East. He knows that "the development of that area will promote the prosperity of our two countries and will also help change North Korea and create the basis for the implementation of the trilateral agreements."
Adding to the entente, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha both stressed "strategic cooperation" with "RC."
Geo-economics complements geo-politics. Moscow has also approached Tokyo with the idea of building a bridge between the nations. That would physically link Japan to Eurasia -- and the vast trade and investment carousel offered by the New Silk Roads, aka, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU). It would also complement the daring plan to link a Trans-Korean Railway to the Trans-Siberian one.
Seoul wants a rail network that will physically connect it with the vast Eurasian land bridge, which makes perfect business sense for the fifth largest export economy in the world. Handicapped by North Korea's isolation, South Korea is in effect cut off from Eurasia by land. The answer is the Trans-Korean Railway.
Moscow is very much for it, with Putin noting how "we could deliver Russian pipeline gas to Korea and integrate the power lines and railway systems of Russia, the Republic of Korea and North Korea. The implementation of these initiatives will be not only economically beneficial, but will also help build up trust and stability on the Korean Peninsula."
Moscow's strategy, like Beijing's, is connectivity: the only way to integrate Pyongyang is to keep it involved in economic cooperation via the Trans-Korean-Trans-Siberian connection, pipelines and the development of North Korean ports.
The DPRK's delegation in Vladivostok seemed to agree. But not yet. According to North Korea's Minister for External Economic Affairs, Kim Yong Jae: "We are not opposed to the trilateral cooperation [with Russia and South Korea], but this is not an appropriate situation for this to be implemented." That implies that for the DPRK the priority is the 5+1 negotiation table.
Still, the crucial point is that both Seoul and Pyongyang went to Vladivostok, and talked to Moscow. Arguably the key question -- the armistice that did not end the Korean War -- has to be broached by Putin and the Koreans, without the Americans.
While the sanctions game ebbs and flows, the larger strategy of "RC" is clear -- a drive aimed at Eurasian connectivity. The question is how to convince the DPRK to play along.
Unmasked: Trump Doctrine vows carnage for new axis of evil
Pete Escobar
From Asia Times
North Korea, Iran, Venezuela are targets in "compassionate" America's war on the "wicked few." It's almost as though Washington felt its hegemony threatened
This was no "deeply philosophical address." And hardly a show of "principled realism" -- as spun by the White House. President Trump at the UN was "American carnage," to borrow a phrase previously deployed by his nativist speechwriter Stephen Miller.
One should allow the enormity of what just happened to sink in, slowly. The president of the United States, facing the bloated bureaucracy that passes for the "international community," threatened to "wipe off the map" the whole of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (25 million people). And may however many millions of South Koreans who perish as collateral damage be damned.
Multiple attempts have been made to connect Trump's threats to the madman theory cooked up by "Tricky Dicky" Nixon in cahoots with Henry Kissinger, according to which the USSR must always be under the impression the then-US president was crazy enough to, literally, go nuclear. But the DPRK will not be much impressed with this madman remix.
That leaves, on the table, a way more terrifying upgrade of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Trump repeatedly invoked Truman in his speech). Frantic gaming will now be in effect in both Moscow and Beijing: Russia and China have their own stability/connectivity strategy under development to contain Pyongyang.
The Trump Doctrine has finally been enounced and a new axis of evil delineated. The winners are North Korea, Iran and Venezuela. Syria under Assad is a sort of mini-evil, and so is Cuba. Crucially, Ukraine and the South China Sea only got a fleeting mention from Trump, with no blunt accusations against Russia and China. That may reflect at least some degree of realpolitik; without "RC" -- the Russia-China strategic partnership at the heart of the BRICS bloc and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) -- there's no possible solution to the Korean Peninsula stand-off.
In this epic battle of the "righteous many" against the "wicked few," with the US described as a "compassionate nation" that wants "harmony and friendship, not conflict and strife," it's a bit of a stretch to have Islamic State -- portrayed as being not remotely as "evil" as North Korea or Iran -- get only a few paragraphs.
The art of unraveling a deal
According to the Trump Doctrine, Iran is "an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed and chaos," a "murderous regime" profiting from a nuclear deal that is "an embarrassment to the United States."
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted: "Trump's ignorant hate speech belongs in medieval times -- not the 21st century UN -- unworthy of a reply." Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov once again stressed full support for the nuclear deal ahead of a P5+1 ministers' meeting scheduled for Wednesday, when Zarif was due to be seated at the same table as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Under review: compliance with the deal. Tillerson is the only one who wants a renegotiation.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has, in fact, developed an unassailable argument on the nuclear negotiations. He says the deal -- which the P5+1 and the IAEA all agree is working -- could be used as a model elsewhere. German chancellor Angela Merkel concurs. But, Rouhani says, if the US suddenly decides to unilaterally pull out, how could the North Koreans possibly be convinced it's worth their while to sit down to negotiate anything with the Americans?
What the Trump Doctrine is aiming at is, in fact, a favorite old neo-con play, reverting back to the dynamics of the Dick Cheney-driven Washington-Tehran Cold War years.
This script runs as follows: Iran must be isolated (by the West, only now that won't fly with the Europeans); Iran is "destabilizing" the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, the ideological foundry of all strands of Salafi-jihadism, gets a free pass); and Iran, because it's developing ballistic that could -- allegedly -- carry nuclear warheads, is the new North Korea.
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That lays the groundwork for Trump to decertify the deal on October 15. Such a dangerous geopolitical outcome would then pit Washington, Tel Aviv, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi against Tehran, Moscow and Beijing, with European capitals non-aligned. That's hardly compatible with a "compassionate nation" which wants "harmony and friendship, not conflict and strife."
Afghanistan comes to South America
The Trump Doctrine, as enounced, privileges the absolute sovereignty of the nation-state. But then there are those pesky "rogue regimes" which must be, well, regime-changed. Enter Venezuela, now on "the brink of total collapse," and run by a "dictator"; thus, America "cannot stand by and watch."
No standing by, indeed. On Monday, Trump had dinner in New York with the presidents of Colombia, Peru and Brazil (the last indicted by the country's Attorney General as the leader of a criminal organization and enjoying an inverted Kim dynasty rating of 95% unpopularity). On the menu: regime change in Venezuela.
Venezuelan "dictator" Maduro happens to be supported by Moscow and, most crucially, Beijing, which buys oil and has invested widely in infrastructure in the country with Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht crippled by the Car Wash investigation.
The stakes in Venezuela are extremely high. In early November, Brazilian and American forces will be deployed in a joint military exercise in the Amazon rainforest, at the Tri-Border between Peru, Brazil and Colombia. Call it a rehearsal for regime change in Venezuela. South America could well turn into the new Afghanistan, a consequence that flows from Trump's assertion that "major portions of the world are in conflict and some, in fact, are going to hell."
For all the lofty spin about "sovereignty," the new axis of evil is all about, once again, regime change.
Russia-China aim to defuse the nuclear stand-off, then seduce North Korea into sharing in the interpenetration of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU), via a new Trans-Korea Railway and investments in DPRK ports. The name of the game is Eurasian integration.
Iran is a key node of BRI. It's also a future full member of the SCO, it's connected -- via the North-South Transport Corridor -- with India and Russia, and is a possible future supplier of natural gas to Europe. The name of the game, once again, is Eurasian integration.
Venezuela, meanwhile, holds the largest unexplored oil reserves on the planet, and is targeted by Beijing as a sort of advanced BRI node in South America.
The Trump Doctrine introduces a new set of problems for Russia-China. Putin and Xi do dream of reenacting a balance of power similar to that of the Concert of Europe, which lasted from 1815 (after Napoleon's defeat) until the brink of World War I in 1914. That's when Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia decided that no European nation should be able to emulate the hegemony of France under Napoleon. In sitting as judge and executioner, Trump's "compassionate" America certainly seems intent on echoing such hegemony.


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NASA and the National Park Service are just two of the latest government agencies that have defied the Donald Trump administration and launched rogue Twitter accounts that are beyond the reach of the government.
The Donald Trump administration has recently placed new orders that aim to limit contact with the public from various government agencies, including the National Park Service, NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Despite the fact that these government agencies are funded by taxpayers, the new Trump administration is placing bans on certain social media postings.
Earlier this week, on the official Twitter account of the Badlands National Park in South Dakota, National Park officials posted a tweet on the detrimental affects of global warming. This post was later deleted and there was a huge public outcry over the idea of the Trump administration's censorship, as NPR reported.
"Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years. #climate."
However, earlier this week, the National Park Service launched their own rogue Twitter account at @AltNatParkSer which is beyond the reach of the Trump administration as it is an unofficial account. On their Twitter account, they note that they are the unofficial "resistance" team of the National Park Service and are not taxpayer subsidized.
They also state that while the Trump administration may be able to limit their discourse with the public on official National Park Service Twitter accounts, Donald Trump cannot stop National Park Service employees from setting up other Twitter accounts and speaking to the public in their spare time. As of now, there are 1.18 million followers on the unofficial rogue National Park Service Twitter page.
"Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS. You can take our official twitter, but you'll never take our free time!"
A YUUUGE #ScienceMarch in Washington DC is being planned to tell Trump's cabinet "Alt" facts won't sell #resist https://t.co/pvTQMZoCqM
— AltUSNatParkService (@AltNatParkSer) January 26, 2017
The rogue National Park Service Twitter account recently published a Donald Trump tweet that proclaims he believes that, "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." The National Park Service replied, "Sorry, Mr Trump. That blue tick verifying your ID doesn't verify your belief that China invented global warming. Even if you ARE President."
The Independent has reported that employees who work for more than a dozen government agencies in the United States have now also launched their own unofficial Twitter accounts in a direct response and challenge to the Donald Trump administration's efforts to hinder governmental contact with the pubic. NASA is now the latest agency who have set up their own rogue Twitter account.
After the rogue National Park Service Twitter account launched, employees of NASA put up their own page. The unofficial rogue NASA Twitter account, @RogueNASA, now has 543,000 followers and states that they are the "unofficial resistance team of NASA." They also say that followers can "come for the facts" and "stay for the snark." In a reply to Donald Trump's disbelief in the effects of global warming and his wish to build a wall along the perimeter of Mexico, the rogue NASA Twitter account stated that they must be a nightmare come true for Donald Trump.
"An account that tweets climate facts *and* in Spanish?! We must be Trump's worst nightmare."
Other unofficial government Twitter accounts that have been popping up in direct defiance of the Donald Trump administration include a special Badlands National Park Twitter account known as @BadHombreNPS, which is a response to Trump's previous comments about there being many "bad hombres" from Mexico.
The Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the National Weather Service, and the Centers for Disease Control are other government agencies who have also set up their own rogue Twitter accounts in order to feed facts to members of the public, which otherwise wouldn't be allowed now.
What do you think of the new NASA and National Park Service rogue Twitter accounts, and do you think it's right that the Donald Trump Administration should seek to limit contact with the public from taxpayer-funded agencies?
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Appeal to Lucknowites: Feed homeless animals with leftover food
It was animal lovers' day out, who not only fed homeless animals but also created awareness among city folks, motivating them to feed homeless animals. This was an initiative of Lucknow Animal Welfare Forum (LAWF) that also invited renowned TV actress, Jaya Bhattacharya, born and brought up in the state capital to join the noble cause.
On Tuesday morning, volunteers, students of Amity International School along with Jaya Bhattacharya and an animal activist Kamna Pandey visited an animal farm in Gomti Nagar to feed the animals.
"The farm is owned by avid animal lovers Anurag Mishra and Cyrus. They invested to rehabilitate homeless, injured and sick animals. It was perhaps the perfect place to start with," said Kamna Pandey who played a crucial role in launching the first of its kind drive in Lucknow.
The volunteers moved from place to place and fed homeless animals.
"Our initiative is aimed at spreading awareness among the masses that feeding stray animals is a noble cause. If you can't do anything for them, just feed them with leftover food – this is a humble appeal from the volunteers and our special guest Jaya Bhattacharya," said Pandey.
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Peacock underwent three surgeries after Richard Langtry manhandled him during a seminar. After the incident, Peacock quit his job.
Peacock, a father of two children, told a court that he suffers from chronic pain and problems in the bedroom. Peacock is demanding compensation from Langtry and his employer Iron Mountain.
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This is the worst season for the San Antonio Spurs in the last 21 years.
They're on pace for only 46 wins.
ONLY 46 wins.
That's a season fans in other many cities would celebrate wildly. Philadelphia hasn't won 46 games since 2002-03, Minnesota not since 2003-04, Sacramento not since 2004-05. Detroit hasn't had a 46-win season in the last decade. The Knicks have one in the last 17 seasons. Milwaukee reached it once in the last 16 seasons entering this year. Charlotte, once in the last 15 seasons. The Nets, once in the last 12 seasons.
But this is San Antonio, the silver-and-black standard for the league, where winning 55 or 60 games and making a deep playoff run is considered as much of an annual rite as the rodeo and the Texas Folklife Festival. And even after a blowout win over Orlando on Tuesday night, the Spurs (38-30) are still on the outside of the playoff picture in the Western Conference.
No need to panic just yet. The Spurs are a mere one game in the loss column behind Oklahoma City, which is holding the No. 4 seed right now. Still, this is a most unusual situation for San Antonio.
"Everybody tries to be the best they can by playoff time," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "That'll be our goal too, to be in the playoffs and be as good as we can possibly be."
Here's how good the Spurs have been for so long: This will be the first season since 1996-97 where San Antonio won't finish with a winning percentage of at least .600.
This has been such a strange year for the Spurs. Kawhi Leonard has barely played because of a leg injury, and the Spurs still aren't sure when he will return to the court — though there are indications it could be very soon. San Antonio has used 23 different starting lineups, none for more than 12 games, most being used for three or fewer.
It'll be an interesting finish.
"It might look a little odd," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "But we know the Spurs well enough that in these exact type of situations is when they respond the most. When there's the most adversity, when people count them out and it looks bleak their culture, the coaching, the leadership, the veteran experience they have on that team tends to respond in a way that most organizations don't respond in these type of circumstances."
Portland's win over Miami on Monday night was the Trail Blazers' 10th in a row. That makes Portland the seventh team to have a streak of at least 10 games this season — joining Boston, Cleveland, Houston, Golden State, Utah and New Orleans.
Toronto will look for history on Thursday.
The Raptors will carry a nine-game winning streak into their game with Indiana. The NBA record for teams with a 10-game winning streak in a season is eight, done during the 1993-94 and 1997-98 campaigns.
Some of the games to watch over the coming week:
—Washington at Boston, Wednesday: No Kyrie Irving, no John Wall, no Marcus Smart, no shortage of implications on the East playoff race.
—Cleveland at Portland, Thursday: The Blazers are looking for an 11th consecutive win. The Cavs are trying to remain in the East's top four.
—L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, Friday: Remember when many thought Doc Rivers and the Clippers gave up on this season? No one told them.
—Denver at Memphis, Saturday: The start of a seven-game, 14-day road trip that may decide if the Nuggets are going to the playoffs or not.
—Houston at Minnesota, Sunday: The teams have met three times already this season, with the Rockets winning by exactly 18 points in each.
—Chicago at New York, Monday: Here's the question — will the Bulls, playing one mile away from NBA headquarters, dare to rest top players?
—Houston at Portland, Tuesday: If the Warriors falter for some unlikely and unforeseen reason, this may be a preview of the Western finals.
Stephen Curry turns 30 on Wednesday, and if Ray Allen's career is any indication, then the Golden State star is only halfway to what will eventually be his career total for 3-pointers made.
Allen made 1,486 3-pointers before turning 30, and 1,487 more after that birthday on his way to the NBA record.
Curry is already at 2,126 3-pointers, which — not surprisingly — is by far the most for anyone before turning 30. He's already No. 7 on the NBA list for 3s made, and should pass both Jamal Crawford and Paul Pierce to get into the top five before this season ends.
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City: 100 triple-doubles, the one that put him into triple-digits coming Tuesday night. Only four of the other 29 NBA franchises have had more than Westbrook has gotten by himself, and the Thunder are 82-18 when he puts together one of those epic efforts.


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Chris Brown continues attempts to reform his image.
Taking to Instagram this weekend, Chris Brown has stated that between now and Christmas, when you pre-order or buy his forthcoming LP 'Royalty,' $1 of the royalties from each album sale will be donated to the Children's Miracle Network hospital.
"The holidays are all about giving back, so this Christmas, from now until Christmas, if you order the album, pre-order the album, one dollar of every album sold will go to Children's Miracle Network hospital. So please do your part. Give back!"
The record is named after his daughter, so the link to children's charitable efforts makes a certain amount of sense, and it's a canny move from a business perspective as it should ensure better first week sales than Brown could otherwise expect. Of course, there are sure to be cynics who find his efforts a little hollow or self-serving but there's no denying the good that the initiative will do and perhaps that's the best aspect of this to focus on.
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The Sunday Leader
The Sunday Leader is an English-language Sri Lankan weekly newspaper published by Leader Publications (Private) Limited. It was founded in 1994 and is published from Colombo. Its sister newspapers are the Iruresa (Irudina) and the defunct The Morning Leader. Founded by brothers Lasantha Wickrematunge and Lal Wickrematunge, the newspaper is known for its outspoken and controversial news coverage.[1][2] The newspaper and its staff have been attacked and threatened several times and its founding editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was assassinated.[3]
|Weekly newspaper
|Asanga Seneviratne (72%)
Lal Wickrematunge (28%)
|Leader Publications (Private) Limited
|Easwaran Rutnam
|19 June 1994
|No. 24 Katukurunduwatte Road, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka
|Sister newspapers
|Iruresa (Irudina)
The Morning Leader
The Sunday Leader was founded in 1994 by brothers Lasantha Wickrematunge and Lal Wickrematunge with the first edition being published on 19 June 1994.[4] The newspaper was associated with silent partner and leading politician and presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake who was assassinated on 24 October 1994.[5]
The Sunday Leader was shut down by the Sri Lankan government on 22 May 2000 using the recently passed censorship law – the Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulation No.1 of 2000.[6][7] The government's chief censor Ariya Rubasinghe had ordered that the newspaper cease publication for six months (22 May 2000 to 21 November 2000) following an article in the paper which mocked the country's censorship of the military situation imposed after the embarrassing defeat in the Second Battle of Elephant Pass.[8] The police locked Leader Publications' printing facility and installed armed guards outside the building.[9] Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge subsequently filed a fundamental rights application with the Supreme Court challenging the closure.[10] On 30 June 2000 the Supreme Court ruled that the ban on The Sunday Leader was illegal and ordered the police to re-open the newspaper immediately.[11][12]
On 5 September 2000 Lasantha Wickrematunge was found guilty of criminally defaming Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga in 1995 article in The Sunday Leader.[13][14] Wickrematunge was sentenced to two years in jail, suspended for five years.[13][14]
Government minister Mahinda Wijesekara threatened to kill Lasantha Wickrematunge in Parliament on 27 July 2003, saying: "Very soon I'll put him in a room and have him shot or he will be stabbed to death!"[8][15] The threat followed the expose of corruption in Wijesekara's ministry.[8]
Lasantha Wickrematunge was threatened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa using abusive language in a telephone call on 11 January 2006.[8][16] According to Wickrematunge the president had threatened to destroy him saying "Fuck your mother, you son of a bloody whore!...I treated you well all this while. Now I will destroy you".[8] Wickrematunge was detained briefly at Bandaranaike International Airport on 21 February 2006 as he arrived for a flight to Geneva.[8][17] Airport officials had claimed that Wickrematunge required "special permission" to leave Sri Lanka.[18] In late December 2006 an unsuccessful attempt was made to arrest Lasantha Wickrematunge for "endangering national security" after The Sunday Leader published a report exposing a Rs. 500 million luxury bunker to be built in the presidential complex.[8][19]
Journalist Arthur Wamanan Sornalingam and his mother were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on 24 October 2007 following a complaint from government minister Mano Wijeyeratne.[20][21] The arrest followed an article in The Sunday Leader which alleged that a government department had paid Wijeyeratne's wife's mobile phone bill.[22] Investigative editor Dilrukshi Handunetti was forced to hand over documents relating to the article to the police.[22] Sornalingam subsequently filed a fundamental rights application with the Supreme Court in relation to the arrest.[23]
On 5 December 2008 a judge ordered Leader Publications not to publish any reports about Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, for two weeks.[24][25] Gotabhaya had gone to the courts to sue Leader Publications for Rs. 2 billion (€14 million) in damages for publishing "slanderous" reports about him.[24]
Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was shot dead on 8 January 2009.[26][27] Frederica Jansz became editor of the newspaper following Wickrematunge's murder.[28] On 22 October 2009 Jansz News Editor Munza Mushtaq were sent handwritten death threats through the post.[29][30] "We will slice you up if you do not stop your writing," the letters threatened.[31] Jansz told Reporters Without Borders Wickrematunge had been sent an identical letter which was compared by a Graphologist who said all three letters were written by the same fist.
The Sunday Leader carried an article on 13 December 2009 entitled "Gota Ordered Them To Be Shot", alleging that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa ordered the then commander of the 58 Division, Major General Shavendra Silva, to shoot down the surrendering LTTE leaders during the final days of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[32] Sarath Fonseka, the former commander of the Sri Lanka Army, and candidate of the 2010 presidential election who was quoted in the article, initially denied the story, but The Sunday Leader subsequently refuted the denial.[33] The story resulted in Fonseka being charged with ""propagating a false rumour", a violation of emergency regulations.[34] In November 2011 Fonseka was found guilty and sentenced to three years in jail and fined Rs. 5,000.[35]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa threatened Leader Publications chairman Lal Wickrematunge in a phone call on 19 July 2011 after the publication of an article that claimed the president and his son Namal Rajapaksa had received payments from China for use "at their discretion".[36] According to Wickrematunge the president had said: "...if you attack me personally, I will know how to attack you personally too."[36]
Editor Frederica Jansz was threatened and insulted by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in a phone call on 6 July 2012.[37][38] According to Jansz the Defence Secretary said: "Yes, I threatened you. Your type of journalists are pigs who eat shit!...I will put you in jail!... People will kill you!!! People hate you!!!"[39][40]
In September 2012 Asanga Seneviratne, an ally of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, bought a 72% stake in The Sunday Leader and its sister newspaper the Iruresa.[41][42] Seneviratne is managing director of Asia Fort Asset Management (Pvt) Ltd and vice president of Sri Lanka Cricket.[43][44] He is also president of Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union and controversially appointed President Rajapaksa's son Yoshitha Rajapaksa as captain of the Sri Lanka national rugby union team.[42][45] The Sunday Leader had published a number of reports exposing Seneviratne's property developments and investment deals.[42] According to editor Frederica Jansz, Seneviratne asked her stop publishing articles critical of the Sri Lankan government and the Rajapaksa family.[41][42] She refused and on 21 September 2012 she was sacked as editor.[41][42] Jansz was replaced by Sakuntala Perera as editor of The Sunday Leader.[46] Seneviratne denies Jansz claims.[42]
In 2015 May, The Sunday Leader tendered an unconditional apology to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for a series of articles regarding the purchase of MIG 27 airplanes for the Sri Lanka Air Force.[47][48]
In 2018 October, The Sunday Leader newspaper and website have suspended operation due to the political turmoil in Sri Lanka after the removal of the Prime Minister by the President.
The Sunday Leader and its employees have been subject to numerous attacks since its foundation in 1994. Lasantha Wickrematunge was assaulted on his way home in 1994.[49] On 7 February 1995 Lasantha Wickrematunge and his ex-wife were pulled from their car and beaten.[8][50] On the night of 18 June 1998 Lasantha Wickrematunge's house in Nugegoda was attacked with Type 56 assault rifles causing extensive damage and narrowly missing Wickrematunge's driver.[51][52] The attack came after The Sunday Leader exposed irregular financial dealings between Minister of Posts, Telecommunication and the Media Mangala Samaraweera and Sri Lanka Telecom CEO Kamitsumo.[53]
Two photographers for The Sunday Leader, Lakmal Spencer and Ashoka Fernando, were amongst a group of media personnel who were attacked by the police as they covered an opposition rally in Colombo on 15 July 1999.[54] The two men filed a fundamental rights application with the Supreme Court and in October 2001 they were awarded damages of Rs. 86,625 and Rs. 72,750.[55][56]
On the night of 16 October 2005 armed men entered the printing press of Leader Publications, threatened the manager with "dire consequences" if the newspapers continued to be printed and then set fire to bundles of newspapers.[57][58] The attack came after The Sunday Leader had published an article which alleged that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had misappropriated tsunami relief funds.[59]
The printing press of Leader Publications in Ratmalana was burnt down on 21 November 2007 by a group of armed masked men who entered the building, poured petrol on the printing machines and set fire to them.[60][61] The attack came after The Morning Leader had been critical of the Asian Tribune's relationship with a government backed paramilitary group.[60][61]
Lasantha Wickrematunge was shot dead on 8 January 2009 in Colombo.[62][63] Three days later an editorial appeared in The Sunday Leader written by Wickrematunge before his death in which he predicted his own murder, stating "it will be the government that kills me".[64] Wickrematunge and his newspaper had been highly critical of the government and he had been attacked before.[65][66] He had been assaulted twice before and his house had been sprayed with machine-gun fire.[67] A number of people including seventeen army personnel were arrested in relation to Wickrematunge's murder but later released.[68] To date no one has been brought to justice for Wickrematunge's murder.[69]
On February 16, 2013 Sunday Leader's Faraz Shauketally, who holds dual British and Sri Lankan citizenship, was rushed to hospital after being shot in the neck. Shauketally was on the phone to a colleague at the Sunday Leader on Friday evening at his home in Mount Lavinia when the call was cut. Shortly afterwards he answered a call and said he had been shot in the neck by three intruders, who had then escaped. President Rajapaksa said he would investigate the incident but nobody was apprehended.
On the 24th of August 2013 Journalist Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema's house was invaded by five armed men who held her at knifepoint as they searched her home before police burst in and shot one of the intruders dead, officials said. Police spokesman Buddhika Siriwardena said three officers were injured when the intruders attacked them with knives. "One intruder was shot dead and the other four have been arrested," he said. Police described the pre-dawn intrusion as an attempted armed robbery but the island's main press freedom organisation, the Free Media Movement (FMM), said they suspected the attack was linked to her work.
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verb (used without object), quar·reled, quar·rel·ing or (especially British) quar·relled, quar·rel·ling.
Origin of quarrel1
SYNONYMS FOR quarrel
synonym study for quarrel
OTHER WORDS FROM quarrelquar·rel·er, nounquar·rel·ing·ly, adverbun·quar·rel·ing, adjectiveun·quar·rel·ling, adjective
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Definition for quarrel (2 of 2)
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Their quarrel is with more recently formed verbs like incentivize.Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With|Nick Romeo|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When quiet, he realized that the quarrel was a metaphor for the Arab-Israeli conflict.Jaffa: A Tale Of Two Lands|Lauren Gelfond Feldinger|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I share their concern about government, but this is not a quarrel with our government in Washington.Tea Party Strikes Out Against the Atlanta Braves|Patricia Murphy|November 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
You can quarrel with that decision in all sorts of ways, but it is the worker, not the company, who gets most of the benefit.Why Can't Companies Find the Workers they Need?|Megan McArdle|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Imagine if they began to quarrel and fight and kill over which piece of noodle art was best!David's Book Club: In the Shadow of the Sword|David Frum|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A quarrel followed, in which Comte was so violent that Saint-Simon had to put the youth out of his house.
The rest of the nation took no part at first in the quarrel.The History of Louisiana|Le Page Du Pratz
Goldsmith had afterwards a quarrel with Dr. Percy on the same subject.Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
After a third attempt I desisted, not a little hurt, I confess, but not in the least inclined to quarrel with him.Wilfrid Cumbermede|George MacDonald
Then, if you are traveling with a companion, remember that it is better to yield a little than to quarrel a great deal.Across China on Foot|Edwin Dingle
British Dictionary definitions for quarrel (1 of 2)
verb -rels, -relling or -relled or US -rels, -reling or -reled (intr often foll by with)
Derived forms of quarrelquarreller or US quarreler, noun
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How to Stop Emotional Abuse
16-12-2019, 16:00
Updated: December 15, 2019 Emotional abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse. If you're in a cycle of abuse, it's normal to feel a lot of negative emotions. You can learn to shut down abuse by standing up for yourself in the moment and looking for positive ways to interact with the person abusing you, such as talking about something else. If the situation doesn't change, you can also plan how to safely remove yourself from the relationship. If you are the person doing the abusing, it's great that you want to make a change. That's a big step in the right direction. One option is to seek professional help to learn to change your behavior.
Coping with Abuse
Recognize the signs of emotional abuse. Emotional abuse might be harder to identify than physical abuse. But if you think something is wrong with the way you're being treated, you're probably right. Remember that no one has the right to make you feel bad or treat you poorly in any way. It's not your fault. Signs to look out for include:
- Constant criticism
- Name calling
- Humiliation
- Exerting financial control
- Issuing ultimatums
- Shaming or blaming
Stand up for yourself in the moment. It can be really difficult but try to shut the abuse down as it is happening. Let the other person know that it is not okay to speak to you that way. Aim to speak in a clear, confident voice. It might be hard, but try to make eye contact as you tell them to stop speaking to you the way they are.
- You could say, "Please don't talk to me like that. Maybe we can talk later when you are calm."
- You can also try using "I statements" such as, "I feel bad when you say things like that. I don't deserve to be treated like this." Using "I statements" is a good idea because it can prevent the other person from feeling defensive.
Walk away from the situation if possible. If the person is still saying negative things, you can try walking away from the situation. For example, if you're at home, you could go take a walk around the block. If you're at work, excuse yourself to go to the restroom. Hopefully, by the time you return, the other person will have moved on to a new topic or behavior.
- You can say something like, "I need a few minutes by myself" or even, "There's something I need to take care of. Please excuse me."
- Walking away can also give you time to collect yourself. It's really stressful to be abused, so it can really help to take some calming breaths and let your heart rate slow down.
- Walk away for however long you need to. It can be a few minutes or longer.
Put yourself in the abuser's shoes. This doesn't mean that you need to excuse the abusive behavior in any way. But trying to understand where the other person is coming from can help you remember that the abuse is about them, not you. You might think to yourself, "I know they are really upset about their mom being sick. That doesn't make the behavior okay, but I know they are taking out their frustrations on me. This is not personal."
- Maybe your partner is dealing with depression or anxiety. That doesn't make it right for them to abuse you, but acknowledging their situation can help you understand and process the situation.
Look for positive ways to interact with the person. If someone is always putting you down, try to find a neutral way to interact with them. For example, if you have a co-worker who always criticizes your ideas, try changing the subject. Instead of responding to the abuse, say "Hey, how was your vacation last week?"
- This might seem like you're ignoring or validating the abuse. In reality, it's a good way to stop the abuse in the moment and continue on with your day.
- This typically will be most effective in a work or social setting. If it is a family member or partner who is abusing you, you'll want to try other methods, too.
- If emotional abuse at work is persistent, speak to your manager or HR.
Reduce stress to help yourself cope. Stress can take its toll on you, emotionally and physically. It might seem really hard, but if you can lessen your stress, it might be easier to deal with the emotional abuse. To reduce stress, try:
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Deep breathing
- Regular physical exercise
- Getting enough sleep
Getting Support and Ending Emotional Abuse
Ask your friends and family for support. It can be really difficult if someone you're close to is the one abusing you. If it is a family member or partner, it can feel awful. This is hard, so lean on family and friends. Choose someone who you trust and tell them what you've been going through. They might be able to give you some advice, especially if they also know the other person.
- You could say to your sister, "I'm having a really tough time with Taylor lately. They seem angry all the time and keep saying it's my fault. This is hard for me to talk about, but I wondered if you could listen and offer me some advice?"
- You can share as much or as little as you want. You can also just ask someone to spend some time doing something fun with you, like going to a movie.
- They can also just lend you a shoulder to lean on. It can make you feel better if you know that someone is in your corner.
Visit a therapist to get professional help. It's totally normal if you are coping with depression or anxiety as a result of emotional abuse. You're not alone! Fortunately, a professional can offer you a lot of support. It's also really helpful to have a safe space to talk about your emotions.
- Consider couples counseling or family counseling with the other person, if they're willing. You might be able to find new, healthy ways to communicate.
Call a helpline to get information. There are a lot of support systems available to help you. If you don't feel comfortable talking to someone you know, you can call a hotline to get some support. The staffers or volunteers will be specially trained to help someone in your position.
- Do a quick online search for a hotline in the country where you live.
- In the US, call 1-800-799-7233
- In Canada, call 1-866-661-3311
- In the UK, call 0808 80 200 28
- There are also helplines that offer text chats and online chats, as well.
Make a safety plan. If you are worried that the abuse might escalate or that you simply can't cope with being yelled at anymore, make a plan so that you're ready to leave your home quickly. You might feel more secure if you know that you have a plan in place. Consider having:
- Emergency funds in an account that only you have access to
- All of your important papers (ID, passport, etc.) all together in a secure place
- Your phone fully charged at all times
- Somewhere you can go at a moment's notice, like a friend or family member's house
End the relationship if the abuse is severe. It's possible to love your abuser and to know that you shouldn't be around them. This is a really hard thing to go through. However, if the abuse doesn't stop, you might need to end the relationship. You can explain that you don't think the relationship is healthy and that you no longer want to be part of it.
- If you live with the abuser, make sure that you have a plan in place before you end the relationship. For example, have your new living situation already arranged.
- Allow yourself to grieve the relationship. While you made the right choice, you'll still need time to process a wide range of emotions. Be patient and kind to yourself.
Stopping Your Own Abusive Behaviors
Be more compassionate to yourself to change how you treat others. If you find yourself yelling at, shaming, or criticizing someone else, you might want to find ways to stop this behavior. Typically, emotional abuse comes from some sort of resentment that you are feeling. The best way to handle this is to be more compassionate to yourself. This will help you understand how others want you to treat them.
- Stop criticizing yourself. If you have negative thoughts about yourself, replace them with positive ones. Do the same when you find yourself criticizing someone else.
Stop rationalizing your behavior. Although there might be reasons behind your abusive behavior, that doesn't excuse it. You are responsible for your own actions. Instead of making excuses for yourself, acknowledge that your actions are not acceptable.
- For example, if you find yourself isolating someone from others, take a step back. Say to yourself, "This is not okay. I need to find a more positive way to interact with this person."
Get sober if you abuse substances. Drug and alcohol abuse are often related to emotional abuse. Both can cause you to be more emotional and volatile. If you drink alcohol, try limiting yourself to 1 drink a day. This will make it easier to stay in control of your emotions. You should stop using drugs and alcohol if they are impacting your behavior. Drugs are unhealthy for a lot of reasons, so quitting is the best plan.
- It can be really hard to quit. Don't be afraid to seek professional help. There are support lines and mental health professionals who can help you.
- Avoid situations where you might be offered alcohol or drugs.
Look for positive ways to interact with the person you abuse. This can help you see that person in a better light. If you are abusing someone at work, ask them to go to lunch with you outside of the office. Getting to know them might help you to be nicer to them.
- If you are abusing a loved one, make it a point to look for ways to have fun with them. For example, if you and your spouse regularly fight about how to raise your kids, do something on your own to shift the focus back to the positive part of your relationship.
Seek professional help to learn ways to change. Try going to counseling to help figure out how to behave differently. Talking through your situation can be a great way to learn some coping mechanisms. Maybe you're dealing with a lot of stress or anger. A professional can help you learn to process your emotions in a more healthy way.
- Ask your doctor or friends or family for a recommendation to a therapist.
- If possible, try a joint session with the person that you are acting negatively towards. You can hopefully find new ways to communicate.
- Speak up for yourself, if you can. Remember that no one has the right to treat you in a negative way.
- Practice self-care. You'll be better able to cope if you are kind to yourself.
- End the relationship if it is toxic or you fear the abuse might become physical. Be ready to call the authorities if you don't feel safe.
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This blog is part of the series which will cover, in detail, the amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 within the Policing and Crime Act 2017. This post is one of several which relates not the amendments themselves, but to the implications arising from them.
For background to the series, see the introductory post which outlines why I'm doing this and what other specific issues will be covered concerning laws that will come in to effect in the next few months. We now know the changes will take place on 11th December 2017.
We now know we are staring down the barrel of the Policing and Crime Act amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 – they are just four weeks away, as of today. In the last week, I've had numerous phone calls from forces and emails from officers asking 'what if' type questions … basically, asking what the operational answers will be to situations we all hope won't emerge, but which history suggests are quite likely. Not all of these problems will emerge in every area, so I'm not predicting that everything will grind to a halt, but I would suggest most of these problems are likely to occur in at least one part of the country OR are likely to occur as an occasional problem in areas where things usually work well.
This post can be added to in the future, because I've started off with just those questions I've received so far and a few I've thought of just during a train journey to London! There may well be others and no doubt some I haven't though of at all … fire them and we can all get thinking. This post is just to get us to start that process of us thinking about a potential Plan B, for those occasions where Plan A just isn't possible, for whatever reason —
These are jut some of the 'what if' questions: if you have others, please leave them in a comment, below and I'll answer them if I can by adding to this post. It's clear just from paying attention on social media that all areas are not going to get this right all of the time from 11th December. Some areas have particular issues (like where to take children) and others may just have occasional capacity problems. Given the restrictions under the 'old' system will almost completely vanish, identification of a Plan B and the knowledge required to activate and navigate through it, will be crucial.
This stuff isn't going to be hard in theory: it's going to be hard in practice so take the time in advanced of December 11th to get your head round both Plans!
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5 Tricks for Improving Students' Success for Math
How does a struggling affiliate marketer improve student success as well as interest in mathmatical? The Philadelphia-based Society meant for Industrial and also Applied Math concepts (SIAM) expected more than 4000 U. Beds. high school numbers teachers for advice relating to teaching together with learning arithmetic.
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The teachers surveyed were being all mentors of university student teams the fact that participated while in the M3 Challenge, a nationwide, internet-based match with no signing up or involvement fees. Numerous high school juniors and aged people spend some weekend with March coming up with a solution to the real-world issue using statistical modeling. To add a bit of strain, when the scholars download the condition, they have mainly 14 time to work on there. The 2018 event is the 13th twelve-monthly contest.
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several. Provide authentic problems that improve students' drive to engage along with math. Sixty-three percent for participants sharp to students' desire, labor, and drive to succeed in math concepts as being vital, and the majority advisors (80 percent) said that using math to be able to real-world problems helps increase each of those student curiosity and realizing.?
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SIAM's Montgomery contributes that "inherent in recreating work are things like drive, identification regarding variables which will affect the challenge (no scoop feeding of knowledge or approaches), gut tracking of info, and justifying solutions supplied. The result? Curiosity and eagerness for working hard a problem, and then the understanding that having the capability to use competencies in your math toolbox can provide insight right into relevant challenges facing towns and the entire world today. "
For example , the particular 2018 M3 Challenge difficulty was known as "Better wasted than certainly not: Reducing spent food. " Students addressed an issue discovered by the As well as Agriculture Financial institution of the Un: Approximately a third of all food stuff produced in the world for our consumption on an annual basis goes uneaten.
In the first part of the problem, student teams used math concepts to prognosticate whether the foods waste from a given point out could supply all of the food-insecure people lifestyle there. During the second section, teams develop a mathematical style that could be which is used to determine the quality of food throw away a household creates in a calendar year based on all their traits and habits. The pair were given four different types of young families to consider.
At last the competitors were challenged to make guidelines about how misused food do my essays for me could possibly be repurposed. Many people used exact modeling to present insight straight into which techniques should be adopted to repurpose the maximum amount of food items at the minimum cost you, and they accounted for the prices and advantages associated with their strategies.
Simply because such danger is realistic, significant, and cluttered, student coaches and teams have plenty of opportunity to produce genuine alternatives about how they want to go about dealing with them, which often mathematical tools they will put on develop in addition to test most of their models, a lot more they will write their option. There's an abundance of work to serve, so virtually all team members may contribute.
In the event you relate this unique M3 Obstacle modeling situation to the assistance from the tutor coaches earlier, you can see precisely why participation around math creating competitions as a team sport can certainly help students acquire more mathematical confidence, expertise, and fascination.


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Saturday, September 7, 2013
A little shakedown
Yesterday evening we experienced our first earthquake in Guatemala. It was the first time Jason could remember feeling an earthquake. We were sitting at our little table and things started rocking, I calmly said, we're having an earthquake, let's get in the door ... Jason grabbed the baby from his nap and we hung out in the door jamb for a bit. A 6.5 magnitude earthquake was hitting less than 100 miles away. Halfway through, I had the realization that construction here is nothing like in the States and being in the door jamb probably wouldn't actually help at all in the event of a damage-causing quake. Oops! I guess it was a good dry run (we had no damage) and next time we'll do our best to get outside or at least get ourselves underneath something sturdy.
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CAT 700 is summarized in three concepts: long distance, non-stop and self-supported. CAT 700 is the pioneer event of its characteristics in Southern Europe that recovers the original philosophy of cycling, the man and his machine, with the modern adaptation to unsupported mountain biking.
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How To Make Pickles
Pickling since long has been done in homes for preserving fruits and vegetables. It is considered to be the earliest form of preserving food. Earlier, man found out that salt, sugar and vinegar can preserve the fruits and vegetables longer. Hence, he started making use of these ingredients during pickling and found how to make pickles easily.
The most important aspect of pickles is that it should crunchy and have a wonderful taste. For this salt is the most necessary ingredient. And this is not any ordinary salt. But a special pickling salt is used for the pickling purposes. Moreover, when selecting the fruit or the vegetable to be pickled, care has to be taken that it is fresh, about medium sized and a bit thick skinned in case of limes.
In making pickles some of the equipment that is required is generally the same for all pickles. Only the spices and the fruit may vary. The equipment includes jars with lids, pickling salt, fruit or vegetable to be pickled, spices such as mustard seeds, cumin seeds, allspice, cloves, garlic, etc, oil, vinegar, water bath, etc. There are different types in which the pickle can be made. How to make cucumber pickle is explained below;
Wash the cucumbers well and remove the top and the bottom of each of them. Slice the cucumbers. Place them in a sink or tub. Add salt to it. After about 2 hours remove the cucumbers and discard the liquid. In a large cooking pot, mix well mustard seeds, vinegar, sugar, water, and other ingredients mentioned as per the specific recipe. Put the cucumbers in sterilized jars and pour the hot mixture over them leaving just half a centimeter space at the top. Place the jars in boiling water for about 10 minutes for further process. Store in a cool and dark place for about 2 months and then the pickle is ready to consume.
Sweet pickles are another kind of pickles. They are made with almost the same ingredients as cucumber pickle except that the quantity of sugar used is much higher in sweet pickles.
How to make pickles with lime; The ingredients used for lime pickles are lemons, sugar, salt, spices, oil, chili powder and ginger. How to make these kinds of pickles is a very easy job. The lemons are cut in quarters. All the other ingredients are mixed well in a cooking pot. The mixture is boiled. The limes are placed in sterilized jars and the mixture is added to it. In a period of 8 weeks the pickle is ready to consume.
Similar to the lime pickle, green tomato pickles are also made. Pickles can be made from many other fruits and vegetables such as mango, raw mango, tomato etc.
How to make pickles is not a problem as the recipe is very simple, only the ingredients change. Hence a number of variations can be easily tried while making pickles. The taste and flavor of the pickles is of foremost importance. And this depends upon the ingredients. Hence, careful selection of ingredients is required.