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The 1st Tank Regiment was created on 1 August 1919 and the 2nd Tank Regiment on 1 November 1939. On 17 April 1941 they were united to form the 1st Armored Division. The old tanks from 1919 were assigned to a training unit (the FT Tank Battalion).
The 1st Regiment was equipped with 126 R-2s (Skoda LT VZ 35) and the 2nd Regiment with 75 R-35s (Renault R 35). The FT Tank Battalion had 75 FTs (Renault FT 17). All the tanks had 37 mm guns, but only the one of the R-2 was an efficient AT weapon. The others could only be used as anti-infantry guns. Also, the R-2 was faster and had a radio and was thus was more suited for blitzkrieg tactics and operations.
The 1st Armored Division was made up from the 1st and 2nd Tank Regiments, the 3rd and 4th Motorized Vanatori Regiments, the 1st Motorized Artillery Regiment, the Special Weapons Battalion, the Motorized Recon Group, the Communications Company, the Motorized Pioneer Battalion, the Service Group, the Traffic Platoon and the Police Platoon. It was organized with the help of German instructors from the 64th Panzergrenadier Regiment, the 4th Panzer Regiment and the 4th Flak Regiment.
Because of the big difference between the two tank types, the 2nd Tank Regiment was assigned to the 4th Army, which used it in the battle in southern Bessarabia and at Odessa. Thus, in the 1941 campaign, the 1st Armored Division had only the 1st Tank Regiment under its command.
A regiment was made up of two tank battalions, each battalion from 3 tank companies and one maintenance company. The difference between the two regiments was the number of platoons per each company. The 1st Tank Regiment had 5 platoons per company (of 3 tanks each) and the 2nd Tank Regiment had 3 platoons per company. Each regiment had 4 47 mm Schneider model 1936 AT guns and 2 13.2 mm Hotchkiss model 1939 AA machine-guns. At battalion level there were another 4 AA machine-guns.
During the 1941 campaign, the 1st Division was used according to the German military doctrine as a shock unit and it was very successful in the battles in Bessarabia and in the encircling operation at Odessa. It was assigned to the 4th Army and took part in the actual assault on Odessa. The tanks were deployed in small formations and, because of the lack of cooperation between the infantry and the tanks, the 1st Armored Division suffered heavy losses in men and equipment. At the end of September 1941, from the division's remains was created the "Lt.Col. Eftimiu" Mechanized Detachment. It was made up of a tank battalion (20 R-2s), a motorized vanatori battalion, a 105 mm Schneider model 1936 field guns battalion, a 100 mm Skoda howitzers battalion, a pioneer company, a 20 mm Gustloff model 1938 AA guns company, a 37 mm Rheinmetall model 1939 AA guns battery and an AT company (12 47 mm Schneider model 1936 AT guns). After Odessa was captured, the detachment was disbanded. During the first campaign, the 1st Armored Division lost: 34 officers, 102 NCOs, 1,125 soldiers, 463 rifles, 54 LMGs, 5 HMGs, 206 vehicles and 111 tanks.
The division was reorganized and in the autumn of 1942 was sent to the front, near Stalingrad, where it was subordinated to the 48th Panzer Corps. The 1st Tank Regiment was again active. It received 11 T-3s (Pz IIINs) and 11 T-4s (Pz IVGs). The AT artillery was strengthened with 9 75 mm Pak 40s and 9 50 mm Pak 38s. The guns were towed by Zugkraftwagen tractors. The Motorized Recon Group received Sdkfz 222s.
Before the battle of Stalingrad, the 1st Armored Division consisted of the 1st Tank Regiment, the 3rd and 4th Motorized Vanatori Regiments, the 1st Motorized Artillery Regiment, the Motorized Special Weapons Group, the Motorized Recon Group, the Motorized Pioneer Battalion, the AT Battalion, the AA Company, the Communications Company, the Service Group, the Traffic Platoon and the Police Company. It had 501 officers, 538 NCOs, 11,592 soldiers, 9,335 rifles, 278 LMGs, 61 HMGs, 67 mortars, 36 guns and howitzers, 1,358 vehicles, 109 R-2 tanks, 11 T-3 tanks, 11 T-4 tanks, 2 captured Soviet tanks, 10 AB armored cars (Sdkfz 222) and 8 TB armored personnel carriers (SPW 251).
The 1st Tank Regiment was made up of two battalions, each having four companies: 3 companies of R-2s and one medium tank company (the T-4s were assigned to the 4th Company/1st Battalion and the T-3s to the 8th Company/2nd Battalion). The medium tank companies proved to be the only ones capable of resisting more efficiently to the heavier Soviet tanks. However, during the Stalingrad campaign the 1st Armored Division suffered heavy losses: 130 officers, 87 NCOs, 3,067 soldiers, 3,000 frostbites, 474 rifles, 149 LMGs, 22 HMGs, 55 mortars, 22 guns, 678 vehicles and 86 tanks.
In March 1943 a tank battalion, equipped with 50 T-38s (CKD LT VZ 38s), was sent on the front to reinforce the Cavalry Corps and the Mountain Corps in the Kuban. It had 3 companies (51st, 52nd and 53rd) each 15 tanks strong. Five tanks were kept in reserve for replacements. After the retreat from the Taman bridgehead, the battalion was used in the fights in Crimea in late 1943. It returned to Romania in early in 1944, with only 10 tanks still operational.
In the same period was formed the Rapid Detachment from some elements of 1st Armored Division, with purpose of offering better training conditions. It consisted of a self-propelled gun company (12 TACAM T-60s), a AT and AA company, a motorized artillery battalion and one Sdkfz 222 (used as a communications vehicle). The Detachment was disbanded in October 1943.
On 28 October 1943 the "Law for the organization of the Armed Forces" was promulgated. Through it were created the Mechanized Troops Command, the 1st Armored-training Division and the 8th Motorized Pioneer Regiment. Tanks, assault guns and armored cars were ordered from Germany and, in the same time, several attempts to build armored fighting vehicles were made in Romania.
On 24 February 1944, because of necessity to stop the advance of the Red Army that had entered on Romanian soil and because the 1st Armored Division wasn't operational yet, the "Cantemir" Mixed Armored Group was organized and rushed to the front. It was made up of two tank companies (30 T-4s and 2 T-3s), one assault gun company (10 TAs, the Romanian designation for the StuG IIIG), two batteries of Romanian-built self-propelled guns (14 TACAM T-60s), one R-2 tank company and one R-35 tank company. The group operated on the front until April 1944.
On 28 March 1944, the Rapid Armored Detachment was created from elements of the 1st Armored Division. It consisted of the Motorized Recon Group, the Motorized AT battalion (6 75 mm Resita model 1943 AT guns), the 63rd TACAM T-60 Battery, the Tank Battalion (2 tank companies each equipped with 16 T-4s and one self-propelled gun company equipped with 12 TAs), the Motorized Vanatori Battalion (two rifle companies and one 120 mm mortar platoon), the Motorized Artillery Battalion (12 100 mm Skoda howitzers), the AA Company, the Ambulance and service units.
The Rapid Detachment was sent on the front in Moldavia in Moldavia and constituted the nucleus around which was rebuilt the 1st Armored Division "Greater Romania" (it received this name on 28 April 1944). The latter unit's order of battle is listed below:
The division was used by the Romanian command to stop and then , following the failure of this mission, to delay the Soviet advance in the Iasi area between 19 and 23 August 1944, suffering substantial losses in the process. After the fighting with the Red Army had ceased, the 1st Armored Division was captured by the Soviets. A part of its troops were interned in POW camps, while the other part was used to organize the "Lt. Col. Gh. Matei" Armored Detachment (the deputy commander of the 1st Tank Regiment). It was made up of a tank company (9 T-4s), an assault gun company (7 TAs), a motorized vanatori battalion, a pioneer company, an AA company (25 mmm Hotchkiss model 1939 AA guns), the 101st AT Company (12 75 mm Resita model 1943 AT guns). In total it had 133 vehicles and 1,058 soldiers. The Detachment crossed the mountains to Transylvania and fought under Soviet command, supporting the 24th Guards Corps, until 28 September when it returned to Romanian command.
On 24 August 1944, the Mechanized Training Center at Targoviste organized the "Gen. Niculescu" Armored Detachment (aka "Jupiter" Armored Detachment ). It was formed from a recon group, a tank battalion (one company equipped with 10 T-4s and one company equipped with 10 TAs), one TACAM battalion (12 TACAM R-2s), a motorized vanatori battalion from the 4th Motorized Vanatori Regiment, and an AT company (12 75 mm Resita model 1943 AT guns). It took part in the fights in Bucharest, Baneasa, Otopeni and then in Transylvania as part of the Mechanized Corps. It was disbanded on 28 September.
With the troops of the 1st Armored-training Division was organized the "Mr. Victor Popescu" Armored Detachment. It had one R-2 tank company, one T-38 tank platoon, one R-35 tank platoon, motorized vanatori units, AA and AT units. It fought around Ploesti and was disbanded on 31 August.
On 1 October 1944, from the elements of the "Lt. Col. Matei" and "Gen. Niculescu" detachments was formed the 4th Army's Armored Group. It consisted of a recon company (5 AB armored cars, one SPW 250, a section of amphibious VW and Horch cars), one tank battalion (a company with 10 T-4s, a company with 8 TAs and a company with 16 TACAM R-2s), the 62nd TACAM T-60 Battery, a motorized vanatori battalion, an AT company (12 75 mm Resita model 1943 AT guns), a motorized heavy artillery battalion, a pioneer company, an AA company (25 mm Hotchkiss model 1939 AA guns), a communications platoon and a service company. It was used in the fights in northwestern Transylvania and in Hungary until the beginning of November 1944, when it was disbanded.
According to the armistice protocol, the 1st Armored Division, the 1st Armored-training Division, the Mechanized Training Center and all their subordinated units were disbanded. Only the 2nd Tank Regiment remained. It was sent to the front in Slovakia in February 1945 and from March 1945 was assigned to the Soviet 27th Guards Tank Corps. The regiment was made up of the:
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Tom Cruise without makeup
Tom Cruise without makeup
|Syracuse, New York, U.S.
|1980 – present
|Actor, filmmaker
He is the handsome boy we've seen in "Top Gun" and "Mission: Impossible" film series, of which the 5th part will be released this year. Yes, the man is Tom Cruise, everywoman's dream. The 52-year-old actor is known for his beautiful features, but Tom does not appear very fresh-faced in these photos, does he? In the "good" picture he looks to have used creams and makeup and let's be honest, the results are remarkable. But in the other pictures, Tom Cruise without makeup look just old although we have to give him credit for being in a good physical shape.
The action movies actor looks his age. We are used at seeing him always fashionable, but as these shots prove, the man has his bad days and these involve skin and hair problems, not to talk about the mood. So, if you have been thinking that Tom Cruise looks in everyday's life exactly like when hitting the red carpet, all dolled up and perfect, think again.
They don't have to be perfect 24-7 you know. It looks like all stars have a "no make-up day". They choose to go out in public without anything put on the face. Either they want to tell you that Tom like every other actor is just "people" or they just don't care and want to be "themselves" for just one day. Often you can catch them on movie sets all transformed to film those movies we all love. Give it a go Tom! You too need a break.
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Office, Home and Land BlessingsIf you just moved to a new home, or if the home you live in doesn't feel quite right, a home blessing can effectively clear out the old energies that have remained from previous occupants or people on the land. May be done remotely.
Global Virtual Fire CeremonyOnce a month on Saturday, we are holding our Global Virtual Fire Ceremony for our friends around the world. April 17, 1-3 pm ET (New York) we are gifting the Munay- Ki 'Healer's Rite' Details, Zoom login
Spirit Guided Shaman Training This four month intensive shaman training is open to those ready to walk this medicine path, to heal their own wounds and bring peace and healing to others. More Info. * Will be offered again soon, contact me for information *
Live Virtual Fire CeremonyAt our monthly community Friday Live Virtual Fire Ceremony on April 30, 7- 9 pm ET (New York), we are gifting the Munay- Ki 'Bands of Power'. Join us as we come together in ceremony and community of people from around the world. Details, Zoom Login
These are a few of the past workshops and events hosted by Susan Norton.
Surface Magazine Corporate RetreatAsbury Park, NJ
Lily Dale Assembly Workshop PresenterSPIRIT: a plan for Miracles®Lily Dale, NY
Colgate University, NCAA Division 1 Sports BlessingHamilton, NY
SPIRIT: a Plan for Miracles® Workshops:Hearts & Sol Wellness Center, Oak Island, North CarolinaCenter for Spiritual Living, St. Augustine, FloridaInterfaith Center for Action and Healing, Lansing, New York
Ecuadorian Shaman Fire Ceremony, Tsa'chila Culture Presentation, Ceremony and Cultural ExchangeSusan hosted this visiting shaman at several events in Ithaca, NY
Commune with Nature Spirits Introductory Workshop Creating a connection with faeries, nature spirits of the earth, water sprites and air spirits. NY
Ireland in the Light TourSmall group sacred tour of the western coast and islands of Ireland
SPIRIT: a Plan for Miracles® Wilderness RetreatSmall group retreat Adirondacks, NY
Experiencing the Great Shift: 12-21-12Celebrate the Cosmic AwakeningRetreat at Light on the Hill in Van Etten, NY
Opening to AbundanceAllowing the Life of Your DreamsRetreat at Light on the Hill in Van Etten, NY
Healing Your Spirit Within WorkshopLife tools and techniques, St. Augustine Beach, Florida
Munay-Ki Rites: Experience the DivineIndigenous Leadership Wisdom Workshop, NY
Walking with Spirit WorkshopIntroductory course in Peruvian shamanism and energy work, NY
The Living Portal WorkshopStep through the portal to the world of Spirit. Use of medicine wheels. NY
Shamanic TrainingSmall group, intensive four month training. NY
Level X (Advanced) Shamanic TrainingSmall group, intensive four month training. NY
Community Fire CeremonyFull Moon Fire ceremony held at the Foundation of Light in Ithaca, NY(ongoing)
Gifting of Munay-Ki Ritesduring ceremonies, presentations & tours USA, Canada, Ireland, Peru
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I have a new Acer Aspire 1670 laptop which has worked fine for the past few weeks. However, I turned it on this morning (it worked fine last night) to find that my touchpad no longer works.
I don't feel this is a hardware issue in the sense that the touchpad has become unplugged from the internal PS/2 port, because the touchpad works for about 3-4 seconds after I log onto Windows/when the desktop loads up. That's the only time it works, it doesn't even work at the welcome/logon screen.
After those 3-4 seconds, something obviously happens that's preventing it from working.
I thought it might be my Wacom Graphire II graphics tablet, which is plugged in via USB 2. However, my touchpad and tablet have worked fine together for the past few weeks and have never caused any problems.
I unplugged the tablet, and uninstalled the tablet and touchpad drivers. I then rebooted, and - navigating around with the keyboard - reinstalled the touchpad drivers and rebooted. It still won't work.
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Here's what Food & Wine said about the recipe in the January edition:
"Adventurous home cooks are looking to South Asia for inspiration. One fantastic guide is Indian-cooking expert Raghavan Iyer, whose 660 Curries is due out in March. This curry draws its lively flavors from cumin, coriander and hot green chile."
I, for one, am willing to be an adventurous home cook tonight.
- 1 large red onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small jalapeño, thinly sliced
- One 2-pound head of cauliflower, cut into 1-inch florets
- Kosher salt
- 1 medium tomato, seeded and diced
- 2 tablespoons minced cilantro
- In a blender, puree half of the diced onion with the coriander and cumin seeds and 1/4 cup of the water.
- In a large skillet, heat the vegetable oil. Add the remaining diced onion and the jalapeño slices. Cook the vegetables over moderately high heat, stirring a few times, until the onion begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Scrape in the onion puree from the blender. Pour 1/4 cup of the water into the blender; swirl it around, then pour it into the skillet. Cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion sauce begins to stick to the bottom of the skillet and turn brown, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining 1/2 cup of water, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Stir in the cauliflower and season with salt. Cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the cauliflower is tender, about 30 minutes. Stir in the diced tomato and the minced cilantro and cook until warmed through, about 1 minute. Serve.


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Well I had a pretty major speech to give this year, it was at a conference called TED 2006. (Stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design.)
The audience is a mixture of business leaders, scientists and incredibly creative folk. Over the years I've spoken at a ton of events, but this one really had me scratching my head.
I had to speak about "The Magic to Come" and where games are likely to go in the future. And these people expect good stuff as each seat in the house cost them over $4,000!
Knowing a large percentage of the audience probably don't play the latest games, I had to somehow fit some history into the talk. Sounds easy, but the whole thing (past – present – future) had to be told in only 18 minutes.
I had people like Al Gore sitting in the front row, Anthony Robbins, movie stars, you name it. Even some video game folk, like Louis Castle from Electronic Arts was there.
So in the end I decided to go for a three pronged attack:
(1) I covered the history through a visual timeline I had Scot Rubin produce for me, it rapidly showed how every single genre has dramatically visually improved over the last 30 years. I also showed a flight simulator from the 80's that was programmed in the same amount of memory that the eBay logo takes today.
(2) I covered some industry statistics. World of Warcraft dropped jaws as did the average age of gamers. (37 being the average age of the people that actually purchase the most games.)
(3) I focused on the future. As an industry we tend to talk about graphics and audio a lot, but at our gaming conferences we talk about emotion and feelings. (You see talks like "Can a Video Game make you Cry?") I then showed an amazing video made by a student called Michael Highland revealing that maybe we are a lot farther on than we think we are. Chris Anderson liked Michael's video so much, right there on the stage he offered him a free pass to TED next year (remember worth well over $4,000.)
I wrapped it up focusing on my daughter, as she will never know a world of Asteroids and Space Invaders, she will only know a world of absolutely amazing graphics, incredible immersion (where designers have mastered the art of involving strong emotions during play) and there will always be millions of people to play against just a button press away.
"I hope she likes games"
So it all went down well and I've had plenty of emails from attendees since.
So (for the future) if you come across any interesting images, videos, data or stuff you think would interest these kinds of audiences, please pass it along to me: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Hiller: Final months with Ducks were 'frustrating'
Jonas Hiller ranks as one of the most successful goalies in Ducks history, but how things finished in Anaheim left something of a bad taste in his mouth.
"I actually thought I had a great year up to the Olympic break and even after," the new Flames goalie said, per the Calgary Herald. "It was a little frustrating there at the end with not getting to play a whole lot."
Hiller, 32, did enjoy great success with Anaheim for a good chunk of last season. He was named the NHL's third star for the month of December, second star of the week in January (which coincided with a personal-best 13-game winning streak) and received a vote of confidence from Ducks GM Bob Murray in late January, when Murray said there's "no chance in [blank]" Hiller would be traded at the deadline.
After the Olympic break, though, things faltered.
Hiller struggled to reclaim his earlier form and, in early April, head coach Bruce Boudreau said the Swiss netminder was "really lacking in confidence." Rookie phenom John Gibson was then given a pair of important late-season games (which he won, earning him a star of the week honor) and Boudreau opted to open the playoffs with Frederik Andersen as his starter.
The postseason was equally tough on Hiller. He replaced Andersen late in the Dallas series and closed out the Stars in Game 6, but lasted just two games into the Kings series before he was supplanted by Andersen first, then Gibson.
In June, Murray confirmed the club was moving on, severing a seven-year relationship in which Hiller climbed to third among Ducks goalies in games played (326), wins (162) and shutouts (21).
Now gunning to be the No. 1 in Calgary, Hiller says he's happy to have the trust and confidence of management. The Flames inked Hiller to a two-year, $9 million deal on day one of free agency.
"I'm definitely excited to hopefully be able to play my best again and feel like everybody has confidence in me and trust in me," he said. "I think it's key for a goalie to be able to play at your best."


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A Russian court has cleared the only person charged in the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer whose death in custody three years ago has driven a wedge between Russia and the US.
American outcry over the death in 2009 led to US legislation aimed at punishing those responsible. Russia retaliated with a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, which President Vladimir Putin signed into law on Friday morning.
Dmitry Kratov, a doctor in the prison where Magnitsky was held, was the only person charged over the death. Several other officials accused of involvement have been awarded promotions.
On Friday a judge in Moscow found Kratov not guilty of negligence. Fewer than 1% of Russians on trial each year are acquitted.
Magnitsky, a lawyer for the London-based investor William Browder, was arrested in 2008 while investigating state corruption and died in prison the following year after developing pancreatitis that was left untreated. An investigation by the Kremlin's human rights council also found that he had been severely beaten.
Pointing to the absence of a full investigation in Russia, Browder helped lobby for a new US law that forbids Russians allegedly involved in the death from travelling to or keeping bank accounts in the US, dubbed the Magnitsky Act.
Russia responded with its own law forbidding Americans from adopting Russian children. That triggered condemnation inside Russia, where critics have accused the government of being "cannibalistic" and damaging the prospects of the country's orphans.
The UN estimates that about 740,000 children in Russia are without parental custody. Putin's foreign and education ministers are among those who have spoken out against the law.
In a statement the US state department said it regretted Russia's new law. "American families have adopted over 60,000 Russian children over the past 20 years, and the vast majority of these children are now thriving thanks to their parents' loving support. The Russian government's politically motivated decision will reduce adoption possibilities for children who are now under institutional care," it said.
Last week at a press conference Putin defended the legislation as an appropriate response to the Magnitsky Act, which he dubbed an "anti-Russian" law.
At the time of his arrest Magnitsky was investigating an alleged $230m (£143m) tax fraud by tax and interior ministry officials. He was left to die while awaiting trial.
Dmitry Medvedev, now prime minister, made repeated calls for a full investigation during his presidency, to no effect.
Magnitsky's supporters appear to have lost hope for an independent investigation inside Russia. His mother, Natalia Magnitskaya, boycotted Friday's hearing, saying in a statement: "Participation in this court hearing would have been humiliating for me. I understand that everything has been decided in advance and everything has been predetermined."
Kratov pleaded not guilty to charges of negligence, arguing that he was unable to ensure medical care for Magnitsky because of a shortage of staff.


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My beloved cat Henry chose the evening before class to make his exit from this world, so it was a rather emotionally vulnerable teacher that had to gather every resource available in order to make it through day one without collapsing into floods of tears. Fortunately, the loving empathy of the students and the support of vast numbers of beings from the spiritual realms enabled it to go forward without difficulty.
Had Henry purposesly chosen that time to return to Source? I think he had. Teaching about our intimate connection to Mind of SPIRIT and everything in the Universe, no separation, Oneness, the eternal nature of the soul and the energies of the heart, certainly concentrated my own mind and helped to ease the pain of physical loss.
Happy students learning in their own way at their own pace, asking useful and sometimes probing questions, interacting with each other and getting deep into unresolved issues that had come to the fore, buzzing with excitement, the occasional moment of overwhelm, added family dramas at home to work on, a birthday celebration for George – all of this and more made the four days an exceptional experience and great fun.
Thank you everyone; it was a real pleasure to share this time with you. I know you will now share SuperConnect1 with many others to great effect.


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The real rate of return formula calculates the annual return on an investment that takes inflation into account. Adjusting nominal rate of return to price changes on the market allows evaluating the effective return on the investment.
How to calculate real rate of return?
For a quick approximate calculation, you can simply subtract the inflation rate from the nominal rate, but for more accurate calculation the following formula is used:Real\;Rate\;of\;Return = \frac{ 1 + nominal\;rate }{1 + inflation\;rate} - 1
Nominal rate is a rate that bank or investment offers.
To find out the inflation rate we can use consumer price index (or other price indexes like GDP deflator).
The inflation rate is calculated as:Inflation\space Rate = \frac{CPI_{x} - CPI_{y}}{CPI_{y}} \times 100\%
Where y is the initial consumer price index for the calculated period/time, and x is the ending consumer price index for the period calculated.
Example of real rate of return calculation
- An individual decides to make a deposit.
- Bank offers an interest rate of 6% annually.
- The inflation rate is 2%.
What is the real rate of return?Real\;Rate\;of\;Return = \frac{ 1 + 6\% }{1 + 2\%} - 1 = 3.92\%
The real rate of return will be 3,92%. That means that if this individual locates $100,000 into his account, the real value of his money won't be $106,000, but will be $103,920. However, if he won't make this deposit and will keep this capital in cash, the real value of his money will be $100,000 × (100%-2%) = $98,000.
The difference between the real rate of return and nominal rate
Interest rates can be expressed as nominal rates or as real rates. Real rates of return take inflation into account and nominal rates don't.
- Inflation. If there is inflation, the nominal rates will always be higher than real rates.
- Deflation. If there is "a negative inflation" or a deflation, when the general price level decreases, the nominal rate will be lower than the real rate of return.
- If the prices stay on the same level and the inflation rate is 0, then the nominal rate of return is equal to the real rate of return.
Real rate of return effects
The real rate of return has a positive value only when the nominal rate is higher than the inflation rate. This means that:
- Deposits. In the case of deposits there are reasons to save due to the fact that income from the deposit is higher than the price increase in a given period.
- Loans. The borrower incurs some additional costs for early loan payoff. These costs increase when the prices increase, but the borrower has avoided them by taking out a loan. These costs should cover the price of the bank services.
A negative real rate of return means:
- Free cash. For holders of free cash, lack of willingness to save and a high tendency to buy to avoid losses.
- Loans. For borrowers it means some additional benefits, because taking out a loan allows us to "be in advance" of price increases. This means to save the difference between the new prices and the nominal interest rate on the loan.
Dependencies between inflation and interest rates
- As the inflation rate increases, real interest rates are decreasing. This happens because high inflation makes savings decrease faster than payments of interest, which are calculated according to the nominal interest rate.
- A lower level of expected inflation increases the cost of raising capital, at a given level of nominal interest rate. As a result, people will borrow less money, and companies will issue fewer bonds, and bond supply will decrease.
- Who loses and who gains? In a situation when the real inflation rate is higher than expected, borrowers gain, and lenders lose. In this situation, borrowers will return the money with a lower real value than expected earlier. If the actual inflation rate is lower than expected, the lenders will gain, and the borrowers will lose. Borrowers will return the money with a higher real value than they expected earlier.


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Have you tried your hand at growing microgreens yet? If not, read on and watch my video to learn about an easy and quick way to get started using this kit!
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Why grow microgreens?
As you may know, microgreens have become one of my favorite things to grow.
Not only because they taste good, but they are nutritious too!
Microgreens also can be harvested as soon as 5 days after sowing.
Gardening doesn't get any more rewarding than that!
What can you use microgreens for?
All kinds of things.
They're quite versatile!
Soups, sandwiches, garnishes, salads, pastas, sauces, and more! If you've grown them before, how did you use them? Leave me a comment and let me know below!
Here's how my first grow using this kit looked like 5 days after planting the seeds!
Grow Your Own Mini Microgreen Forest
Are you excited to mow down that little microgreen forest (picture above) with your micro-Friskars?!
I suppose you can use large scissors like these too…
But the micro-Friskars seem more appropriate 😉
And that's what I use, since I'm pretty conservative when harvesting.
After all, I can only eat so many microgreens in one sitting 😮
Here's my video review of the hydroponic sectional microgreen growing kit.
It includes an unboxing and walk-through on how to use this kit from start to finish!
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Overall Impressions of the Microgreen Kit
Are good!
My favorite part? Aside from eating the microgreens, is that the tray has 8 different sections so you can grow multiple types at the same time! 👏
Regardless of your microgreen growing experiences, this kit is a great way to get started.
The instructions are straightforward.
And it includes all that you need to grow microgreens quickly and easily-
- 6 microgreen growing trays sectioned into 8 areas with drain holes
- a bottom and top lid
- biodegradable growing pads
- a spray bottle
- pH tester for your water
- 6 bags of seeds (kaiware daikon, mustard, salad mix, spicy salad mix, broccoli, cabbage, sunflower sprouts, and basil). Each bag has enough seeds to last you at least 10-20 rounds, depending on how dense you sow your seeds! 😛
I was able to harvest my greens within 5-10 days (some were slower than others – sunflower seeds ahem).
The flavors were potent and just as you would expect (if you've eaten microgreens before!)
Here's a link to the kit I used – Hydroponic Sectional Microgreens Growing Kit
And to wrap things up, here are some close up macro shots of the microgreens.
Beautiful aren't they?
In case you missed it, check out my last post for some microgreen inspiration – 5 day Kaiware Daikon Radish Timelapses | Spicy Japanese Microgreens 🌱


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Are Calvinists Hyper?
In recent years many Baptist newspapers have shown an encouraging trend. An unusual number of individual items have discussed the issue of Calvinism in Southern Baptist life. News articles, guest editorials, personal opinion articles, and letters to the editors have demonstrated great diversity in both heat and light. Sadly, there has usually been more of the former than the latter.
This is an encouraging trend from a couple of standpoints: first, that theology would receive any kind of hearing could have beneficial results. When one begins to think theologically the possibility of biblical doctrine having a positive effect on one's worship practices, preaching, personal life, and witness increases; second, when the doctrines of grace are the topic of conversation, ideas, thoughts, biblical passages which have never occurred to a person or have been repressed rush into one's consciousness and provide a platform for beneficial discussion. It may be that the process will bequeath to us visions of an infinitely wise God worthy of the worship attributed to Him in Scripture and commanded by it. In addition we might face the challenge of our age with a sense of confidence rather than sinking despair.
Some of the letters have shown that commitment to these historic evangelical, reformed, Baptist truths is intense in many individuals and extensive across the convention. It is undeniable that there is a growing theological renewal taking place among churches and church leaders.
Another matter, however, shows that a real challenge lies before us. It is clear that if a broader, more influential commitment to the doctrines of grace becomes a part of the convention picture, a purer knowledge of those marvelous truths is essential. If they ever become more than a just a newsworthy curiosity or a pesky polarity in Southern Baptist "faultiness" (to use the word of Jesse Fletcher), then much education is still needed. I say this because much of the attention given to "Calvinism" in these days shows that significant lack of awareness has created both misunderstandings and an easy path for misrepresentations. The confusion which reigns in discussing these issues could be multiplied to embarrassing dimensions. Two representations, however, will suffice to make this point. When one former seminary teacher was discussing the Abstract of Principles, he said,
Boyce and Manly received their theological training in Princeton Seminary, with Charles Hodge as mentor. Their modified Calvinism is embedded in the 1858 Abstract. A glaring example is Article V: "Election is God's eternal choice of some persons unto everlasting life." Predestination, limited atonement, and irresistible grace belong to this Calvinism.
This writer goes on the say that this is the kind of Calvinism that rebuked William Carey and with which Boyce himself must have been inconsistent since Boyce manifested a "zeal for missions."
Another writer, a former Southern Baptist seminary professor, said (contradicting the prior writer though similar in sentiment) that a Calvinistic interpretation of the Abstract is "something that the author did not intend, and something our Baptist forebears clearly renounced as an impediment to their evangelistic and missionary understanding of the gospel."
We see, therefore, in these two analyses a disagreement and an agreement. They disagree on the meaning of the Abstract, one propounding an interpretation that minimizes its Calvinism and the other portraying it as a five-point Calvinist document. They agree, however, that Calvinism is inconsistent with missions. In order for a Calvinist to pursue missions he must first renounce Calvinism or practice inconsistently with it. Digesting these two writers' opinions, salted down with several other pieces in various papers, one receives the distinct gastronomical sensation that the Calvinism du jour is simply microwaved hyper-Calvinism re-thawed and served from its eighteenth-century freezer.
There is little appreciation of the distinction between Calvinism and hyper-Calvinism in spite of some recent writings, including Timothy George's biography of William Carey A Faithful Witness, which have carefully delineated the differences. Many continue to fail, even in the most appropriate historical context, to give a clear picture of the aggressive evangelical Calvinism that characterized the leaders of the mission movement among English Baptists, American Baptists, and Southern Baptists. Their missionary involvement becomes abstracted from a theological framework and seems to be purely the outcome of guts and zeal or of love for Christ unconnected to any clear views of doctrinal truth. That hyper-Calvinism really is a different theological system from Calvinism is rarely discussed. Hyper-Calvinism is seen as very serious Calvinism or "Five-point Calvinism" or the defense of "limited atonement" or "supralapsarianism." One letter to the editor in the Baptist Record indicates the belief of its writer that "sublapsarianism" is only "one step removed from evangelical Arminianism." P. H. Mell would be quite amused, but at the same time greatly alarmed, at this misunderstanding.
Let us assume for a moment that the interpretation of our two former professors is correct: one indeed must not hold to any distinctive of Calvinism with clarity and certainly not with uncompromising conviction if he is to be effective in the encouragement of a missionary program. Let us then imagine that we are faced with the task of electing a corresponding secretary for the purpose of communicating instructions and encouragement to the missionaries on the field and mobilizing the convention to call out its likely candidates for missionary service. We receive a letter of recommendation with the following theological profile. The information is volunteered that our potential candidate believes that "election . . . is God's free, sovereign, eternal and unchangeable purpose to glorify the perfections of His character in the salvation of a definite number of the human family by Jesus Christ, without regard to any foreseen merit or good works on their part as the ground or condition of this choice." Further, our candidate states, "God's will of sovereign purpose is not suspended upon the volitions of his creatures; the universe combined could not frustrate one jot or tittle; and in accordance with this will does he carry forward all his divine and glorious operations." Incredulous at such boldness of statement in asserting the unchallenged, unilateral sovereignty of God, we ask the recommender if this candidate understands anything about the doctrine of free will. "Oh," comes the response, "He believes that the will is in bondage to the inordinate corruption of the human heart and `that such is the unrelenting depravity of sinful man, [that] he will assuredly wander on in unbelief and rebellion, unless arrested by the special exercise of efficacious, almighty grace'," (The Christian Index, Jan 20, 1843, pp. 42, 43). The recommender then goes further in riveting this point in our consciousness. He quotes this possible candidate for our foreign mission position as insisting that "God does not suspend his efficacious grace until men exercise repentance and faith: the existence of these graces in the heart proves that the work of salvation is already begun. They do not precede regeneration, but are the fruits of it," (Ibid., 1-27-1843. p. 59).
We respond with exasperation, "Well, if we are so bad and so utterly at the arbitrary disposal of God, then God help us!" Not put off at all by our mental turmoil or by the growing recognition that we are agitated and somewhat offended that such a candidate has been set forth the recommender continues to read a statement from this candidate he so clearly admires. "If the Lord saves any individual, then he intended from eternity to save him. We are driven," he says, "by the doctrine of human depravity into the doctrine of sovereign, particular, unconditional and eternal election" (Ibid., p. 44).
Even if he believes in eternal, unconditional, particular election, bondage of the will, and efficacious, irresistible grace, surely our candidate believes that Christ has died for all men without exception. "Hardly," comes the response. "For if he had our Lord would not receive the full portion of his reward for all his sufferings." Shall the Savior "quit the bosom of his Father to sojourn in this region of sin and death, here to become a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, here to make bare his back to the smiter, and his soul to the envenomed curse of sin, a curse that called for blood and agonies and death" (Ibid., p. 58) if his reward were contingent on the uncertain obedience of his enemies? Would the Father so treat his Son? Such simply cannot be the case.
We are more nervous and offended now, but our recommender continues. "This candidate is a very clear thinker on this issue and from his engagement with a large number of Scriptures and his discernment of the cohering center of them, sees the atoning work of Christ was done in light of an eternal covenant, for a certain number of the human race." We are very confused and not able to listen well now but our recommender continues with words to the effect that all of these would certainly come to salvation and these alone would come; some persons have absolutely been given to Christ as his inheritance; the Savior regarded "a certain portion of mankind as his;" the Father promised the Son an "ample recompense for his sufferings" and "a portion of mankind are included in this inheritance;" and God has "promised to his Son a definite number of mankind" and that a definite reward for his "stupendous work of magnifying the law and making it honorable, of making reconciliation for iniquity" was arranged in the "purpose of God before the foundation of the world" (Ibid., p. 58).
We are so unaccustomed to thinking in these terms that it seems like a foreign language to us; it seems like so much jargon and flies past us at a pace which makes us embarrassed that we are having this conversation. Why, this is that Protestant scholasticism that many of our mentors have warned us against! The recommmender continues to explain his candidate's position but we have now been overloaded with theological ideas. When we think about missions we are theological minimalists anyway, and now, . . . such detail, . . . such narrow, exclusive . . . such DIABOLICAL ideas. We tune in in time to hear the phrase "A certain definite number are saved-no more, no less" (Ibid., p. 59).
At this we lose our Southern charm, interrupt the recommender, and say, "That is hyper Calvinism! You have described a position antithetical to missions and one which our forebears clearly renounced as an impediment to their evangelistic and missionary understanding of the gospel."
The recommender now smiles mysteriously; he seems amused; we can't tell if it is what we said or how we said it that charms him most. He then confesses the ruse. The person he seemed so enthusiastic about died in 1864. We are relieved. He certainly was no Southern Baptist; probably a Presbyterian. "You really had me going," we say. "That kind of person would never even be interested in foreign missions."
"On the contrary," the recommender says. "In fact, he was elected as the first corresponding secretary of the Foreign Mission Board by his peers who knew him well and knew that he held all of these theological positions. In fact, they shared these positions with him."
"But he was a hyper-Calvinist!" we object.
"Not at all." We begin to think that our recommender has an acquaintance with these issues more expansive than our own knowledge of them. "He believed, in fact he preached, `Do not for a moment suppose my friend, that the inability to which the Saviour refers, involves in it any thing which furnishes a just excuse for rejecting him'." He went on to say that this person taught that unbelief was inexcusable; moreover, the "sinner's inability, is the sinner's crime-and the greater the inability, the greater his crime." We are again becoming very confused because the recommender is saying something like all persons have the natural faculties which would enable them to walk uprightly if they desired to do so out of a love to the creator and lawgiver. Nothing hinders a compliance with the requisitions of the gospel but the sinner's rebellious will. Universal obligation to repent and believe justifies the promiscuous preaching of the gospel. Sovereign grace does not discourage efforts for the conversion of the ungodly but gives confidence and joy to the spiritual husbandman to thrust his plowshare into the soil and sow his seed. The recommender then reads this remarkable passage from a sermon.
With what immovable confidence may the missionary of the cross, in obedience to his ascended Saviour, fly to distant land, and proclaim in every valley and on every hill, "O ye dry bones hear ye the word of the Lord." Victory he knows will sooner or later come; and the assurance of victory nerves his arm and gladdens his heart amidst all the terrors of the battle field. It is not for God's ambassador to know who will repent and believe the Gospel: duty is his; the issue is with heaven. He is not to preach to men as elect or non-elect, but as needy, guilty, perishing sinners; he is to warn, rebuke and exhort them with ceaseless importunity and affection, and having sowed his seed in love, and watered it with his tears and prayers, he is to commend his prayers, his message and his hearers to that God who alone can give the increase, and who will have mercy on whom he will have mercy.
We find that we are moved by the passion and sincerity of the narrative. "Who was this?" we ask. "It was Charles Dutton Mallary," comes the answer. "He served as pastor of the church in Augusta for four years in the 1830's and then at Milledgeville before he raised money for Mercer for three years. When he was elected to the Foreign mission position, the brethren earnestly solicited his compliance and even offered him a salary of $1,200 per year. He eventually refused to take the position because of frail health and his desire to devote himself to evangelistic and pastoral labors in Georgia."
Now we think we understand. Mallary was evangelistic; therefore, he obviously didn't preach these doctrines. Suddenly, however, we realize that there is more to this issue than we have before considered and that the recommender is ready with more instruction. He points to a biographical sketch which describes Mallary's preaching this way: "He loved to preach Christ crucified as the only foundation of a sinner's hope, and to exhibit a sovereign God, working all things after the counsel of his own will. These high themes he discussed with a clear head and a warm heart, and rendered them eminently practical by the manner in which he pressed them on the consciences of his hearers." Further we learned that Mallary was aware of the abuses some committed against the doctrine of grace by tearing it "from its proper connections," mixing it with "much of their own imaginings," and holding it up to a distorted light. He believed this antinomian spell had been broken but saw another possible evil. "Happy indeed shall we be, if in disengaging ourselves from this dangerous extreme, we do not hurry on to its opposite, fritter down the doctrines of grace, and give countenance, by our faith and teaching, to self-righteous presumption." The last statement we heard before becoming lost in deep contemplation was "If I do not mistake, there is a tendency in some portion of our brethren to this very evil."
With all of that we had to bring our conversation to a close. Walking away we felt that we had much more to do than just to develop a method for the procurement of personnel. We began to think that we could use more instruction in history and theology; and we could even take a closer look at the gospel with a clearer understanding of the purity and power of its grace.
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Facebook on Wednesday was dealt a major blow in the EU's top court, which ruled that national courts in Europe can order online platforms to remove defamatory content worldwide.
The decision will be seen as a victory for EU regulators, who are ambitious to see US tech giants meet tightened European standards over hate speech and offensive content.
Last week, the same court decided that Google was not legally compelled to apply the EU's strict "right to be forgotten" rules globally, in a victory for the search giant.
In a closely watched judgment, the European Court of Justice said EU law "does not preclude" courts from ordering "the removal of information or to block access worldwide," a statement said.
The latest case was brought originally to an Austrian court by Greens party politician Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, who requested the removal of Facebook posts that the judges found defamed her and could be seen by users of the social network around the world.
The complaint also concerned messages from fictitious accounts, which according to the Greens, had called Glawischnig-Piesczek a "corrupt" person and which the social network refused to delete.
A higher Austrian court referred the case to the EU's top court for an opinion and the judgment, which cannot be appealed, will now be used as a reference Europe-wide.
With the decision, Facebook and similar platforms such as Twitter, face a greater obligation to monitor their content and take down content found to be offensive or hateful, even from fake accounts.
Facebook slammed the EU court's decision, saying "it undermines the long-standing principle that one country does not have the right to impose its laws on speech on another country."
It also deplored the obligation to track down "equivalent" content that duplicates offensives or hateful language.
– 'Chilling effect' –
"In order to get this right, national courts will have to set out very clear definitions on what 'identical' and 'equivalent' means in practice," a Facebook statement said
"We hope the courts take a proportionate and measured approach, to avoid having a chilling effect on freedom of expression," it said.
Glawischnig-Piesczek, the victim of the hate speech, hailed the decision as "a historic success for human rights against web giants".
"It in no way infringes freedom of opinion," Glawischnig-Piesczek told the Austrian news agency APA.
EU-wide rules on hate speech are limited.
So far, online giants including Google's Youtube, have agreed to voluntarily take down hateful or dangerous content, including those linked to terrorism, within 24 hours.
However, the EU is expected to propose tougher Europe-wide measures including fines if Facebook and others fail to comply with orders.
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Drafting and revising semi-orphaned novel project but had some time to finish reading Orwell's memoir/nonfiction/autobiographical novel about a young writer's time in the ghettos of Paris and London. He works in restaurants and sleeps in homeless hostels. Pawns his clothes for food and also closely observes the down and out people he encounters. What strikes me most in Orwell's work has to be his readability and the chapter movements. I'm also struck at his closely drawn character studies of those he encounters–the fat man in Paris and also Bozo in England are the stand outs. One thing that seems consistent throughout his writing is the strong sense of empathy and humanity. Here's one of my favorite passages:
"Yet if one looks closely one sees that there is no essential difference between a beggar's livelihood and that of numberless respectable people. Beggars do not work, it is said; but, then what is work? A navy works by swinging a pick. An accountant works by adding up figures. A beggar works by standing out-of-doors in all weathers and getting varicose veins, chronic bronchitis, etc. It is a trade like any other; quite useless, of course – but, then many reputable trades are quite useless. And as a social type a beggar compares well with scores of others. He is honest compared with the sellers of a Sunday newspaper proprietor, amiable compared with a hire-purchase tout – in short, a parasite, but a fairly harmless parasite. He seldom extracts more than a bare living from the community, and, what should justify him according to our ethical ideas, he pays for it over and over in suffering. I do not think there is anything about a beggar that sets him in a different class from other people, or gives most modern men the right to despise him.
"Then the question arises, Why are beggars despised? — for they are despised, universally. I believe it is for the simple reason that they fail to earn a decent living. In practice nobody cares whether work is useful or useless, productive or parasitic; the sole thing demanded is that is shall be profitable."


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Rupert Grint x Band of OutsidersSeptember 5th, 2011 by Hotel Fashionland received Comments Off
Rupert has not always been treated so kindly at the HOTEL. Imagine our surprise when he discovered that HFL STAR designer Scott Sternberg tapped Rupert Grint and Tom Felton to appear in the brand's fall and winter 2011 ad campaign.
Ru and Tom Felton– better known as their respective "Harry Potter" alter-egos Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy are photographed dressed in looks from the current season, were taken on vintage Polaroid film and shot against the backdrop of the appropriately Hogwartsian Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Apparently there is life after Harry Potter for the less celebrated cast members.
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10 Idols Who Made Dramatic Changes To Their Looks For A Comeback, According To Fans
New looks and styles for comebacks are arguably one of the things that fans look forward to the most, and idols always deliver! Here are 10 idols who changed up their looks so dramatically for a comeback, fans were shook when they finally saw them in photos and videos!
1. fromis_9's Nakyung
When fromis_9 made their comeback with title track "FUN!" in 2019, fans were shook to see that Nakyung had cut off her pretty, long hair in favor of a stylish, pink bob! While fans agreed it looked amazing on her, they were also taken aback by the drastic change in style!
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2. Red Velvet
Red Velvet's 2016 comeback with "Russian Roulette" introduced a fun, fresh concept to fans, and also introduced some new hairstyles and looks from the members! In particular, Joy came back with platinum blonde hair, Seulgi with bright orange and Yeri stunned fans with her mature beauty with her flowing, red hair!
3. Momoland's Hyebin
When Momoland made their comeback in 2019 with "Thumbs Up!", leader Hyebin made several fans do a doubletake as she swept them up with her long-haired visuals for the first time in a while! Known for her short hair among fans, it was nonetheless a welcome change and gave fans a newfound appreciation for her visuals!
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4. LOONA's JinSoul
LOONA's JinSoul has been blonde for as long as fans can remember, but when she showed up with her hair dyed back to black at an event in 2019, and were super shook with how amazing she looked with darker hair, and also couldn't recognize her very well with her new color!
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5. CLC's Yeeun
When CLC made their 2018 comeback with "Black Dress", fans were super impressed with Yeeun's chic, edgier image with her new short, black hair! The change was a fresh one, and fans loved the contrast in vibe when compared to her longer hairstyles! Fans were further appreciative of her visuals when Yeeun decided to bleach her new short cut blonde, and managed to pull it off flawlessly!
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6. EXO's Suho
EXO's "Obsession" era, in general, was full of fresh looks for all the members, but Suho had fans super impressed with his fiery red hair for the comeback! Usually seen in more natural hues, red-haired Suho blew fans away completely, and they hope he'll bring a similar look forth next time!
7. Oh My Girl's Mimi
For Oh My Girl's 2020 comeback with "Nonstop" fans were looking forward to their cheerful, bright concepts as usual! When the teasers dropped, however, fans were immediately shook when they caught a glimpse of Mimi's upgraded visuals for the comeback! Although known for her trademark bangs, Mimi did away with them completely, and showed up with bangless, bright purple hair that made fans totally do a double-take!
8. iKON's DK
For iKON's 2020 comeback with "Dive", DK came back with longer hair that suited him immensely well, but made fans wonder for a bit about who he was in teasers and the MV!
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9. MINX's SuA vs. Dreamcatcher's SuA
Dreamcatcher originally debuted under the name MINX (minus Gahyeon and Handong) in 2014, and had a lighter, more fun concept than Dreamcatcher. For those concepts, SuA had short, brown hair, and her styling was totally different! But when they rebranded as Dreamcatcher in 2017, SuA showed up with black hair, darker makeup and brand new styling, which she pulled off like a pro!
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10. Pristin's Yuha vs HINAPIA's Gyeongwon
4 out of the 5 members of HINAPIA are former members of now-disbanded group Pristin, and due to the change in concept upon rebranding, the members had to adjust accordingly! Under Pristin, Gyeongwon promoted as Yuha, and had a brighter image and styling to fit their cheerful concept. In HINAPIA, however, Gyeongwon had a great change in hair, makeup and styling, making many fans shook at the drastic change in appearance when she made her re-debut in 2019!
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Share your best sales strategies for growing holiday revenue
Content That Works has announced the launch of the Wonder & Joy Project, co-sponsored by SNPA, designed to recapture the wonder and joy of the holiday season. The project will collect tips, holiday marketing ideas, sales strategies, editorial ideas and business best practices to share freely with the industry.
|Paul Camp has offered all SNPA members a 20 percent discount from Content That Works on all of its holiday products for 2014.
Industry surveys show that most local media companies generate more than 20 percent of their total annual ad revenue in the few weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's. Some publishers report that the holiday revenues can represent as much as 40 to 45 percent of total revenue.
Unfortunately with ad revenue at local newspapers down as much as 60 percent since the start of the century, the holiday season has lost much of its luster. Ad dollars are harder to come by. Retailers say they don't get the results from newspapers they used to. Things that once brought in holiday dollars by the bagful don't seem to work the same way anymore.
"We want to reverse the declines and will post at least one solid holiday sales and marketing tip from industry leaders every week from now until Christmas on our Facebook page," Camp said. "We encourage everyone to join in this effort by sharing their ideas, success stories, marketing plans and sales promotions. Together we can make Christmas fun again and restore profitability."
Anyone with ideas about how to improve holiday performance this year should go to https://www.facebook.com/ContentThatWorks and post their suggestions or comment on the tips they find on the Wonder & Joy Project event page there.
Acutely aware that Christmas is about a lot more than just making money, in addition to the Wonder & Joy Project, the CTW team plans to get out into the community in the months ahead to personally help feed the homeless and do its part to help those in need. Plus, for each holiday sale booked between now and Thanksgiving, CTW will donate 50 meals to help feed the hungry.
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The winner of The Stillness of You is Marcy Shuler. Congrats, Marcy! I'll be in touch.
Thanks to everyone for stopping by the blog – have a great Sunday!
The winner of The Stillness of You is Marcy Shuler. Congrats, Marcy! I'll be in touch.
Thanks to everyone for stopping by the blog – have a great Sunday!
Are you a fan of New Adult romances? Do you like sports romances, too? I've got a wonderful book to recommend that combines the best of both. It's The Stillness of You, by Julie Bale. It's gritty, emotional, sexy, and beautifully written, and it's book one in Julie's Beautifully Damaged Series.
Here's the blurb:
"Ben Lancaster had just tattooed himself onto my soul and the thing about tattoos? They're painful to remove."–Georgia King
Georgia King is trying to survive after spiraling into a darkness that nearly took her life. In therapy with her college dreams on hold,she's trying to get healthy. Trying to still the craziness inside her. She has no room for someone like Ben Lancaster,and if he was smart he'd stay away. Because everyone knows Georgia is bad news–she ruins people–and if Ben isn't careful, he'll be next in line.
Ben Lancaster is a young, hot shot hockey player on his way to the top. Newly signed to the Philadelphia Flyers, he's living the dream. The girls. The money. The fame. He thought he had everything he wanted until he met Georgia. Suddenly he wants more–he wants her. He'll do whatever it takes to get her and Ben Lancaster always gets what he wants.
But the girl who's different from anyone he's ever known is hiding secrets. And as the dog days of summer pass, only time will tell if Georgia's secrets can be healed. Or if her bruised soul is strong enough to resist Ben Lancaster…
Sounds awesome, doesn't it? Trust me when I tell you that Julie is a wonderful writer. You'll want to pick up The Stillness of You before her next book in the series comes out. That's The Chaos in Me, which will be on shelves this summer. Check out this gorgeous cover!
You can read an excerpt from The Stillness of You on Julie's website.
For my readers today, Julie is giving away a Kindle copy of The Stillness of You. Do you like angsty, emotional romances? What are some of your favorites? Tell me all about it for a chance to win Julie's wonderful book!


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SAIF Partners and Accel Partners have invested $2 Million in Bengaluru-based Swiggy, an on-demand food ordering start-up out of Bengaluru offering speedy deliveries from neighbourhood restaurants.
Swiggy started operations in August 2014 in the Koramangala neighbourhood of Bangalore and has been growing at a very fast pace since. Using a fleet of delivery personnel equipped with smartphones and an apppowered by routing algorithms, Swiggy is creating an efficient logistics solution for food deliveries. This ensures that Swiggy provides customers with timely deliveries and real-time tracking of their order status. Additionally, curated menus, visual guides and a careful selection of popular restaurants ensures a novel food discovery experience for customers.
Online food delivery has been growing exponentially over the past few years, and Swiggy is betting on their timely deliveriesand superior service levels to dominate the market.
According to Mr. Sriharsha Majety, Co-Founder and CEO at Swiggy, "We have established ourselves as a superior food delivery service in Bangalore, and our repeat percentages and engagement levels are off the charts. We are delighted to have SAIF and Accel onboard as investment partners. We will use the funds to hire aggressively and expand across multiple geographies within the next few months."
"We are very excited to partner with Swiggy and rapidly expand the differentiated value proposition of great service and customer experience that they deliver in a fast growing segment." said Mukul Arora, Principal, SAIF Partners.
Anand Daniel, Partner, Accel Partners commented, "Getting high quality food delivered expeditiously is a huge problem in India. We tracked this space closely and found the Swiggy team doing a fantastic job in filling this need. We are excited to partner with them."


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Amid the flurry of reports that the Detroit Pistons were interested in swingmen -- Josh Smith, Andre Iguodala, OJ Mayo, among others -- came some great news. The Pistons are extremely interested in bringing back the super efficient, sharpshooting Jose Calderon to run the point again.
But they are not the only team hoping to enlist the services of the crafty Spaniard with the 3:1 assist to turnover ratio. It appears that he has already lined up a meeting with the Sacramento Kings and is high on the list of several other teams including the Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets and New York Knicks.
Detroit is still in a prime position, though, as they can offer him a healthy salary and starting position on what could be a young, up-and-coming team. And while the Mavericks, Hawks and Rockets are all interested, they have also committed themselves to varying degrees to the Dwight Howard sweepstakes and there is no saying how long Calderon wants to sit in the wind while that process plays out.
The Pistons by all accounts were extremely satisfied with the job Calderon did after being traded from the Toronto Raptors last season. He shot 52.7 percent from the field including making an eye-popping 52 percent of his three pointers.
Calderon also averaged 6.6 assists to only 1.8 turnovers per game. Needless to say, he was a big upgrade from Brandon Knight, Will Bynum and Rodney Stuckey.
And if the Pistons are indeed serious about signing an expensive, defensive-minded wing such as Andre Iguodala or Josh Smith then it becomes even more important that the Pistons retain the services of Calderon.
Detroit is building around its young, big-man core of Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe, who both do damage inside the paint. If the Pistons are going to bring on a wing without much range as more of a slasher, finisher and defender then the point guard and shooting guard spots need to be manned by players with deadly three-point accuracy.
Jose Calderon fits that bill. But for the same reasons he is attractive to Detroit, he is sought after throughout the NBA. We'll provide more updates on Calderon's destination as they develop.


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Websites with infinite scrolling…
…is such a pain when they include a footer (that is not "floating"). Made worse when the footer contains useful information like site contact.
Don't they realise that with infinite scrolling, one can "never" reach the footer? #DesignFail
What is "infinite scrolling"? From Google search result:
Infinite scrolling is a web-design technique that loads content continuously as the user scrolls down the page, eliminating the need for pagination – Nielsen Norman Group


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A lot of us may not think much of this mild tasting topping we find on our pizzas, salads or sandwiches, but olives (and its oil) have many amazing health benefits! From fighting heart disease to preventing cancer, this little fruit can make a big impact on better health.
1. Contains Powerful Anti-oxidants
If you're not sure what anti-oxidants are, they're compounds that help prevent the damaging effects of free radicals. Free radicals are highly energetic molecules that, when reacted with oxygen, form reactive oxygen species (ROS) which speeds up cell death. ROS occurs naturally in our bodies when food is converted to energy and over time, leads to age-related illnesses like heart disease and cancer . It can also occur in the environment from cigarette smoke or the sun's UV rays, which prematurely age the skin.
So, how do olives and olive oil help with this? Each contains vitamin E, which is a well-known anti-oxidant that stops ROS production during fat oxidation. When ingested, vitamin E is linked not only to reduced risk of heart disease and cancer but also lower levels of inflammation. Other antioxidants found in (ripened) olives are: hydroxytyrosol, which is linked to heart disease prevention; oleanolic acid, which may help in liver damage prevention and reducing inflammation and quercetin, which may lower blood pressure.
2. Reduced Cancer Risk
Studies of chronic illness in the Mediterranean area show very low rates of cancer compared to the rest of Europe. It is believed that the abundance of olives and olive oil in their diets contribute to their lower cancer rates. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of olives and olive oil can fight important factors in cancer development such as chronic oxidative stress and chronic inflammation.
3. Improved Cholesterol
High cholesterol can lead to several issues such as heart attack or stroke. Although mainstream health says that we should follow a low-fat diet to improve our cholesterol, focusing on consuming the right fats is actually more effective. Olives and olive oil contain monounsaturated fats, which are proven to reduce the level of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) or "bad cholesterol" in the blood, protecting our arteries from plaque buildup (atherosclerosis).
4. Prevent Bone Loss
In a few different human studies of olive oil's effects on bone health, each resulted in significant increases in the compounds that mark bone formation in those that consumed more (or any) olive oil than the other test group. For example, in a study of 127 men aged 55-80, one group ate a Mediterranean diet with at least 50 milliliters of virgin olive oil a day, and a second group either ate a Mediterranean diet with 30 grams of mixed nuts a day, or just ate a low-fat diet. After 2 years, the group that ate a Mediterranean diet with virgin olive oil every day had higher levels of osteocalcin in their bones, which is a hormone that is involved in bone-building.
5. Help Cognitive Function
In the same way the anti-oxidants in olives and olive oil help to slow down the havoc free radicals wreak on the heart, they also help to stop oxidative stress on the brain. This keeps the brain healthy with increased concentration, better memory and reduced risk of strokes.
Extra-virgin olive oil and several varieties of olives are available for sale in most grocery stores. Check out some Mediterranean recipes if you need a little inspiration on how to incorporate them both in your and your family's diets beyond just something to sprinkle on top of your salad. It's unlikely that you'll look at those little slices of olives as "just a topping" again!


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Table of Contents
2. What Are Problems of Frequent Urination?
3. Causes of Frequent Urination
4. Common Symptoms of Frequent Urination
5. Possible Treatments for Frequent Urination
6. Home Remedies for Frequent Urination
6.1. 1. Amla, banana and honey
6.3. 3. Sesame and other seeds
8.1. 7. Fiber and nutrients rich foods
10. How to Prevent Frequent Urination
10.2. Avoid foods that contain acid
10.3. Limit carbonated beverages
10.4. Do not use hot spices, sweeteners
10.6. Keep track of your fluid intake
Frequent urination is not a very serious problem, but it can cause annoyances, as you have to urinate several times a day, even at night. Fortunately, we have found some home remedies for frequent urination that are very useful to solve this problem quickly.
What Are Problems of Frequent Urination?
When it comes to frequent urination, it means that your body cannot control the activity of urination accurately. It usually comes from overactive bladder, which makes your bladder unable to hold urine usually.
Overactive bladder is not something unusual as over 33 million Americans suffer from this problem. In fact, it does not necessarily mean that overactive bladder is a sign of some underlying health issues.
However, in most cases, people who have severe health problems, including kidney disease or diabetes, are more likely to experience overactive bladder.
Causes of Frequent Urination
Frequent urination may cause bother, annoyance and affect daily activities in lives of many people. Before getting to know some home remedies for frequent urination, let's dig deeper into its causes.
There are many causes of this phenomenon, mainly due to pathology and physiology [1].
Frequent urination can happen to both women and men at any ages. Nevertheless, it is particularly common for the elderly. When you are 60 years old and more, the likelihood that you have frequent urination is much more significant.
Physiological factors
- When you drink 2 to 2.5 liters of water a day, the kidneys will be overloaded, causing you to urinate regularly to release excess water off.
- The problem can also happen during the pregnancy time: fetus puts pressure on the bladder, causing the woman to urinate more often.
- The use of a variety of beer, wine can also affect urination.
- Cystitis with very visible signs such as pelvic pain, urinating constantly
- Uncontrolled diabetes: uncontrolled blood sugar will affect the nerves, causing paralysis, muscular leading to frequent urination.
- Gravel will cause irritation and pressure to the bladder neck, making patients urinate more.
- Urinary tract infections: the infection will stimulate the bladder and urethra, leading to frequent urination and urinary incontinence.
- Bladder cancer: this causes you to urinate more often, pain during urination. Most men with cancer sometimes have uncontrollable urination and urinary tract obstruction.
- Also, it may be due to diseases such as prostatitis, prostate fibrosis, urethral stenosis
If you want to stay away from frequent urination, you may have another motivation to have a healthy waistline. Your bladder will suffer from more pressure due to your excess weight. Therefore, it is necessary to keep your weight under control.
Nerve Damage
When the bladder is healthy, it can hold urine to the point of fullness. Then, nerve signals will make it empty. If there is any nerve damage in your body, the muscles surrounding your urethra will become too loose.
As a consequence, incontinence occurs and so does frequent urination.
Common Symptoms of Frequent Urination
The phenomenon of frequent urination would have the following symptoms:
- Increased urge to urinate
- Uncontrolled urination
- Feel pain while urinating
- Blood clots in the urine
- Lower abdominal pain
- Bladder tenderness
- Pain in back, hip areas
Possible Treatments for Frequent Urination
Frequent urination might be just a problem over a short period, and there is nothing severe to worry about. However, when it becomes more than a temporary problem, for example, being infected, it is essential to look after your body better.
Unfortunately, frequent urination has no exact cure at the moment. But you can try some possible treatments which enable you to control the problem more efficiently.
Besides, you need to understand that each level of severity requires different treatments. Thus, you should work closely with your doctor to come up with the most appropriate treatment for your condition.
The first treatment is to count on some home remedies for frequent urination, as we are going to analyze further as follow. The advantages of these home remedies for frequent urination are their low costs, quick relief, and safety in the long term.
The second treatment is medication. And it is various as well. You will get some of them in tablet form, while some of you might use a patch. Over the last few years, it has been increasingly common for people to use the drug Botox to handle frequent urination.
Even though there is a variety of medications, most of them have the same point – unwanted effects on our health in the long term. It is likely that you undergo dry mouth, blurry vision, drowsiness, or constipation as side effects. Thus, you have to discuss with your doctor about all of these things before making decisions.
In the case of using Botox, the injection of serum aims to calm your bladder muscles, which helps to increase the storage capacity. As a result, leaking is less likely to happen. Nonetheless, some dreadful side effects are urinary retention, fatigue, insomnia, and hematuria, which involves the presence of blood in your urine.
Another treatment is surgery, but it is not a popular option. In addition to high costs, surgery makes you experience a long procedure with implanting some nerve stimulators.
Home Remedies for Frequent Urination
If your case is just mild, you can try some possible treatments at home. They are natural home remedies for frequent urination that start from your changes in daily diet and lifestyles. Let's take a look at the most recommended ones!
Here are top 16 effective home remedies for frequent urination that you can easily apply to get rid of annoying symptoms…
1. Amla, banana and honey
Amla is an Indian gooseberry which can be used in treating frequent urination thanks to its antioxidants that can help clean the bladder and improve the strength of its muscle. It is better to combine amla with banana and honey as an effective home remedy for frequent urination.
Crush an amla and extract its juice. Add to the juice a little amount of sugar and mix well. Then add to the mixture 1 teaspoon of honey and stir well. Consume this mixture along with a banana 2-4 times a day.
Follow the remedy until the problem is completely solved.
2. Pomegranate
Pomegranate is not only delicious but also rich of anti-oxidants and such natural components as polyphenols, anthocyanin and ellagic acid. These components can help treat frequent urination as well as remove free radicals leading to prostate cancer [2].
Extract 3-6 pomegranates so that you can get ½-1 cup of the pomegranate juice. Drink this juice at least once a day until you can get rid of frequent urination.
Learn more about other benefits of pomegranate at How to Increase Hemoglobin Levels.
3. Sesame and other seeds
Sesame and other seeds like pumpkin seeds, cucumber seeds, watermelon seeds, and melon seeds kernels are rich sources of zinc which is very beneficial and necessary for treating frequent urination [3]. All of them are excellent home remedies for frequent urination you can try.
Grind all the kinds of seeds mentioned above and store them in a jar. Every time you use this powder, just take half teaspoons of the powder and mix it with a cup of hot milk. Drink this milk several times during a day to get the best results.
4. Fenugreek seeds
Fenugreek seeds contain a large amount of vitamins, phytonutrients and minerals including zinc. They can act as the laxative, digestive agents that would be beneficial for cough, bronchitis. Fenugreek seeds are also used widely as one of the most efficient home remedies for frequent urination [4].
Dry the seeds until you get a nice aroma then let them cool down. After that, grind the seeds to get powder form and store them in a jar. When using, take a half teaspoon of the powder and have it with an enough amount of water.
Follow the remedy daily to get the improvement.
Besides, fenugreek is also used to treat beauty problems. Read more: Home Remedies for Acne Scar.
5. Cranberries
Cranberries are another dominant name in the list of top home remedies for frequent urination. The use of cranberries comes from their antioxidants known as proanthocyanidins. These components will help break the bond of bacteria with the walls of your urinary tract[5].
Take some cranberries and squeeze to get the juice. Then drink this juice several times a day. Continue this until you feel better.
6. Yogurt
Yogurt is also one of the simplest home remedies for frequent urination. That is because yogurt itself contains a large amount of beneficial bacteria named Lactobacillus acidophilus that can help prevent harmful bacteria that can cause infection due to frequent urination [6].
Every day you should eat from 1 to 2 bowls of plain yogurt for best results. Remember not to consume flavored yogurt since they contain sweeteners and artificial agents that are not really beneficial for your health.
Learn more about yogurt's benefits at Home Remedies for Diaper Rash.
7. Fiber and nutrients rich foods
Fiber in fruits and vegetables is very helpful in preventing constipation while frequent urination almost accompanies with this problem. That is the reason why consuming more fiber would be beneficial for your health.
You should take foods that contain a lot of fiber as well as other foods that are rich of magnesium and calcium to strengthen your body health to prevent harmful bacteria and treat frequent urination. Foods which are great home remedies for frequent urination include brown rice, barley, bananas, and potatoes.
8. Drink water steadily
Drinking enough water will help you have a healthy body. But drinking too much water can also lead to uncontrolled urination. In contrast, drinking too little water is not good as it will curb the activities of the bladder leading to infection.
For best results, drink water regularly, drink more than 2 liters of water per day and limit fluid intake in the evening to prevent frequent urination at night. Also, water will help to boost the efficiency of other home remedies for frequent urination.
9. Baking Soda
Baking soda is one of the greatest home remedies for frequent urination and you can afford it at a low cost. The alkaline quality of baking soda is perfect for the treatment of frequent urination. Furthermore, it has positive impacts on your urine's pH balance.
Besides, thanks to baking soda, you might reduce the risk of bladder irritation and some infections significantly.
How to apply:
- Mix baking soda (half a teaspoon) into water (8 oz.)
- Consume the mixture regularly every day to get the best result
10. Essential Oils
Many essential oils are great home remedies for frequent urination that you never pay enough attention to. They are super effective to help you cope with the burning sensation. Moreover, they help to reduce the frequency of urination immediately.
You can get a variety of essential oils, such as tea tree oil, sandalwood, or frankincense oil. Some people even mix all of them together to get the best result.
Do not forget to apply the oil on the privates and massage these areas for a while to improve the effects!
11. Saw Palmetto
Many men suffer from frequent urination because their prostate gets larger. In this case, saw palmetto would be one of the most appropriate home remedies for frequent urination. Typically, about 320 milligrams will do wonder for a day.
In general, you will need to talk to your doctor about how to use saw palmetto for frequent urination. He or she can examine your specific condition and give out the best dosage.
12. Valerian
Valerian might not be familiar to many people, but in fact, it is one of the best home remedies for frequent urination. It has relaxing effects on your bladder muscles. On the other hand, it helps to end muscle spasms, which are usually responsible for this problem.
You can make tea from fresh valerian and drink it every day until you find it better in your own treatment.
Besides, it is essential to note that valerian has many other benefits, such as treating your insomnia or anxiety.
13. Magnesia Milk
Magnesium hydroxide is a dominant cure for frequent urination and fortunately, we can find a lot of it in Magnesia milk. In other words, magnesia milk is one of the most significant home remedies for frequent urination, especially for women.
Besides, it is simple to use as well. You just need to drink about one tablespoon a daily basis and there would be a lot of improvements in the treatment of frequent urination.
14. Acupuncture
Acupuncture may be one of the most exciting home remedies for frequent urination in your circumstance. According to some studies, acupuncture has helped more than third quarters of patients who experienced idiopathic detrusor instability. This problem is commonly responsible for incontinence as well.
However, this method requires a professional expert to help you. Never try acupuncture on your own if you have no idea of it.
15. Balanced diet
Many people have the habit of drinking coffee or orange juice in the morning, drinking soda at noon, eating a bit of chocolate in the afternoon or having some Thai spices or wine in the evening. These drinks and foods may sound great, but they all affect the activity of the bladder. It is difficult for you to renounce these foods and drinks immediately, so take step by step to limit them. It is best to consult your doctor about dietary balance if you get uncontrolled urination.
16. Kegel Exercises
Last but not least, Kegel exercises are even more efficient than these above home remedies for frequent urination. They work perfectly for both women and men and you can apply them to address an overactive bladder.
When to See Doctor
In general, it is not easy to detect frequent urination immediately on your own. Most of us will ignore it and consider it as something unusual at the moment. However, you should change your mindset and think about it as a big problem.
For example, drugs can affect your urination. Some medications that treat high blood pressure may contain a diuretic or calcium that will stimulate active bladder. If you suffer urinate more often, ask your doctor about the use of these drugs.
Even from the beginning of the treatment, you had better talk to your doctor regularly to find out a proper treatment for you.
How to Prevent Frequent Urination
It is not all about home remedies for frequent urination. The prevention of frequent urination is much more critical, as there is nothing to guarantee that it does not happen again. Overall, if you want to prevent frequent urination, you need to start changing your lifestyle step by step.
Here are some essential points in the prevention of frequent urination that you need to follow.
Limit alcohol
Drinking too much alcohol can also lead to the phenomenon of uncontrolled urination.
Taking too much beer, wine and other types of alcohol will increase the frequency of urine – this means that you have to urinate too much. If you want to reduce the times of urination, you should limit alcohol.
Avoid foods that contain acid
Orange, lemon, coffee, tea, tomatoes are the foods that contain acid that can irritate the bladder, so you should also avoid many foods and beverages, to reduce symptoms go urination.
Limit carbonated beverages
These carbonated beverages are also very easy to stimulate the bladder. Therefore if you are suffering from urination, you also need to limit the intake of these drinks. Carbonated beverages include juices like soda, mineral water, juices bubbling.
Do not use hot spices, sweeteners
Hot spices like chili, mustard also affect the bladder if you eat them too much. Sugar and honey may irritate the bladder so they should be limited.
Delay urination
It might sound ridiculous to delay your urination, especially when you are unable to hold it. Nevertheless, it is a typical part of the strategy to retrain your bladder.
You can feel unpleasant at the beginning. Nonetheless, when you can hold the need to urinate for longer, you will reduce the frequency of urination efficiently. One of the most successful ways to help you delay urination is deep breathing.
If you are just unable to hold it any more, only find your way to the bathroom instantly to avoid damaging your bladder.
Keep track of your fluid intake
We have heard a lot about the deficiency of fluid intake among our population. But ironically, frequent urination comes from the excessive consumption of fluid. Thus, it seems essential to keep track of your fluid intake so that you can reach the balance.
One of the most common tips is to avoid drinking too much water before you go to bed. If you do so, the likelihood is that you will need to urinate more often at night. And then, you have to interrupt your sleep, which is very annoying.
The suggestion is to limit drinking water before going to bed. If possible, you should note the time you drink water to know whether you are taking too much or too little.
Reduce caffeine
Caffeine is a diuretic component. It means that if you can cut down the amount of caffeine, then this will help you improve the urination problems.
You do not have to completely stop drinking something like coffee, tea, cola, etc. but you should reduce the amount of consumption so that the situation is improved.
In general, frequent urination is not something severe until it develops into infections. You may also find it challenging to detect it as a problem. Thus, whenever you doubt that you are urinating too often, our home remedies for frequent urination would help you get rid of it quickly.
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