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BROOKLYN -- Well, that was refreshing! The Brooklyn Nets are coming off a 102-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons to notch their first win of the 2014-2015 season. Monday night, the Nets were up against the depleted Thunder squad, with Brook Lopez returning to the lineup -- his first game since December 20, 2013. Despite the Thunder being without Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the Nets knew coming into this game that it would not be easy.
However in Brook Lopez's return, the Nets took the momentum from the win in Detroit and built on it in aggressive fashion. Without Durant and Westbrook, the Thunder struggled to keep up with the heavily balanced offense from Brooklyn. The Nets would go on to win, 116-85. Along with five players finishing in double figures, the Nets shot 52% from the field, 48% from three and committed just eight turnovers. They were just as good on the defensive side of the ball, if not better. They held the Thunder to 38% shooting, 33% from three and nabbed 11 steals. Safe to say, it was a great night for Brooklyn Nets basketball.
Hello, old pal(s). -- Brook Lopez led the way for Brooklyn scorers with 18 points, five rebounds, two blocks and one steal in 24 minutes of action. Deron Williams commanded the offense with 17 points, eight assists, three rebounds and one steal in 37 minutes of action. Alan Anderson also chipped in 18 points on an almost perfect 7-8 shooting (4-4 from three), while Joe Johnson added 13 points, six rebounds and six assists. Bojan Bogdanovic reached double digits for the first time in his career, scoring 12 points on 5-9 shooting and tossing a perfect alley oop to Mason Plumlee at the end of the first half.
After the game, Coach Lionel Hollins praised the Nets and their effort.
"We came out and took care of business," said Hollins. This is a game we should win if we play well, we did play well and we won the game." Hollins also commented on how this wasn't even the Nets' highest potential. "This is not our mountain. We hope to be much better in January and February than today."
Quarter by quarter summary:
The excitement for the home opener was undoubtedly high at the Barclays Center, and perhaps even higher for the official return of Brook Lopez. However, Lopez would pick up his second foul within three minutes of the first quarter, forcing him to check out earlier than desired.
It was pretty evident that Joe Johnson picked off from where he left off in Detroit, and well, so did the Nets. Joe Johnson and his nine first-quarter points had the Nets up double digits for most of the opening 12 minutes. But, it wasn't just Johnson who was taking control.
Deron Williams continued to facilitate the offense at a high-rate, scoring five points and three assists in eight minutes. The significance in that: when Williams is playing at a high level, it makes every other Nets player on the floor better. Just take Bojan Bogdanovic for example. He's struggled during his first two games in Brooklyn, but already scored his career-high eight points in the first quarter on 3-5 shooting. Shy Bojan is no good; selfish Bojan is good.
The Nets were in complete control after the first quarter, in large part to their defense as well. They held the Thunder to 36% from the field, and kept them reasonably close in the rebound category. The Nets led, 32-19 after one.
The second quarter only got better for Brooklyn. They started the quarter on a 12-4 run with Deron Williams and Alan Anderson leading the offensive charge, and eventually increased the lead up to as many as 22. Even with Brook Lopez being limited in the first half due to foul trouble, the Nets looked like a much better team than their opener in Boston.
The Nets finished the half having shot 54% from the field, 64% from three, committed just four turnovers and out-rebounded the Thunder 24-22. The highlight: Bojan Bogdanovic captured a loose ball with four seconds remaining, got by one defender with a crisp, around-the-back move, then proceeded with a beautiful alley-oop pass to the free flying Mason Plumlee as time expired.
Deron Williams led the way for Brooklyn with 11 points and five assists, while Joe Johnson chipped in nine points.
Score at the half: Nets 59, Thunder 40.
The Brooklyn Nets' rout of the Thunder continued through the third, and a great thing to FINALLY hear for the first time since December 20th, the Nets were riding the back of Brook Lopez in the third. Lopez finished the quarter with nine points, with a total of 16 heading into the fourth. The Nets continued their fundamentally sound game by finish three quarter with only six turnovers. On the defensive side, they still had the Thunder shooting a mediocre 42% from the field. The Nets were up, 85-62, heading into the fourth quarter.
This game was long over.
During the early stages of the fourth quarter, the Nets built their largest lead of the night at 29, further proving their dominance over the depleted Thunder. The second unit for Brooklyn would take over the fourth, Alan Anderson in particular, who finished the game with 18 points. Then, it came down to the Nets third unit, where even guys such as Jorge Gutierrez and Sergey Karasev were able to work the Nets lead as high as 35. It was a blow out in Brooklyn, and the guys in white couldn't have performed any better.
Final score: Nets 116, Thunder 85.
The Nets will go up against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Wednesday night at 7:30 PM.
For more on the Oklahoma City Thunder, check them out at Welcome to Loud City.
- Mikhail Prokhorov OKC Thunder pregame (audio) - Anthony Puccio - NetsDaily
- Lionel Hollins OKC Thunder pre-game (audio) - Anthony Puccio - NetsDaily
- Deron Williams OKC Thunder pre-game (audio) - Anthony Puccio - NetsDaily
- Deron Williams OKC Thunder post-game (audio) - Anthony Puccio - NetsDaily
- Brook Lopez OKC Thunder post-game (audio) - Anthony Puccio - NetsDaily
- Kevin Garnett OKC Thunder post-game (audio) - Anthony Puccio - NetsDaily
- Game Thread: Brooklyn Nets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 7:30 PM - NetsDaily
- 2nd Half Game Thread: Thunder at Nets - NetsDaily
- Thunder at Nets - Boxscore - NBA.com
- Nets Win Big In Lopez's Return (Video) - ESPN
- Brooklyn Nets enjoy 'monstrous' return of Brook Lopez - ESPN
- Thunder vs. Nets Highlights (Video) - NBA.com
- Johnson to Plumlee (Video) - NBA.com
- Lopez Returns with a Dunk (Video) - NBA.com
- Roberson Leaves the Game (Video) - NBA.com
- Thunder vs. Nets: First half (Video) - NBA.com
- Teletovic to Plumlee (Video) - NBA.com
- Lopez Blocks Thomas (Video) - NBA.com
- Pregame Media Availability with Mikhail Prokhorov (Video) - Brooklyn Nets
- Hollins on Lopez's return, home opener (Video) - YES Network
- Hollins discusses effort in win over Thunder (Video) - YES Network
- Prokorov on Hollins, expectations for Nets (Video) - YES Network
- Bogdanovic on win, making adjustments (Video) - YES Network
- Johnson discusses win in Lopez's return (Video) - YES Network
- Lopez talks return to lineup in home opener (Video) - Sarah Kustok - YES Network
- Brooklyn Nets enjoy 'monstrous' return of Brook Lopez - AP
- Lopez returns, helps Nets topple Thunder - Reutres
- Nets Follow a Bit of Levity With a Serious Drubbing of the Thunder - Andrew Keh - New York Times
- Brooklyn Nets 116, Oklahoma City Thunder 85: Lopez has 18 in return - Mike Mazzeo - ESPN New York
- Nets roll in home opener, rip Thunder, 116-85 - Andy Vasquez - The Record
- Offensive Domination: 5 Big Numbers - Anthony Pignatti - The Brooklyn Game
- The Morning After: Nets Bottle Thunder - Devin Kharpertian - The Brooklyn Game
- Brook Lopez pours in 18 in return as Nets rock Thunder - Tim Bontemps - New York Post
- Brooklyn Nets trounce Thunder, playing without Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, in home opener - Mitch Abramson - New York Daily News
- Brook Lopez returns to power Nets over Thunder - Rod Boone - Newsday
- Slideshow: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA pictures - Newsday
- Brook Lopez doesn't miss a beat in return to action - Larry Fleisher - Metro US
- Ranking the Rookies: Inconsistency plagues the NBA's first-year players - Sam Vecenie - CBS Sports
- Slideshow: Jay Z and Beyonce watch the Nets' home opener at the Barclays Center - NJ.com
Nets thrash Thunder in home opener - Greg Hrinya - Examiner
- Brooklyn Nets trounce short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder 116-85 - David Barbour - Examiner
- Mason Plumlee Beats Halftime Buzzer With The Alley-Oop Finish - Elizabeth Benson - DIME
- An Opening Night to Remember: Prokhorov Backs Team as Nets Blast Thunder - Lenn Robbins - Brooklyn Nets
- Oklahoma City Thunder: Thunder routed by Brooklyn, Andre Roberson injures foot - Darnell Mayberry - The Oklahoman
- Beyonce shows off blunt bob with Jay-Z at Brooklyn Nets game - John Lopez - Daily Mail


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It would be pertinent to mention here the online mobile gaming industry is worth around $100bn at the end of the year 2017. Hence it would be pertinent to have some brief idea about the growth story of gambling and sports betting in general and online gambling in particular. There is hardly any doubt that the growth of online gambling and sports betting has been closely linked with technology. We all know that whether it is gambling on various games or whether it is engaging in sports betting, it is done for money. It is basically about placing bets or playing the odds and hoping to win money. It is popular because of the sheer excitement associated with it. There are many who get into games like baccarat online with the only objective of hitting the jackpot someday and making a killing out of it and changing their lives forever. There is no denying the fact that technology has bought gambling to our bedrooms and this also could be one of the big reasons for its ever growing popularity.
A Brief Timeline Of The Gambling Industry
Though dice rolling as a primitive form of gambling has been prevalent since 100 A.D the evolution to today's world of casino cities and online gambling and betting has been quite long. The growth and evolution of big names like sbobet88 and many others has not taken place overnight. It has time for technology to become a part of gambling. The first person so make money out of gambling was Harry Ogden and it was way back in 1790. This saw the growth of illegal gaming and gambling because it was not allowed under the law. In 1845 the brick and mortar story of gambling began and this was a big step to say the least. The first online gambling started taking off in right earnest in 1998 with names like Betfair and others. This gave birth to today's big names like tangkasnet and maxbet. The year 2012 saw the revenue from online gaming, betting and gambling touch a figure of $4 billion. This was a staggering increase of 80% when compared to 2008. In 2015 the turnover form online form of gaming and betting was $41 billion and in 2017 it has reached an astonishing figure of $100 billion and is poised to touch $300 billion in the next couple of years.
The Reasons For Growth
There are many reasons attributable for the growth of online gambling. The biggest contributory factor was the explosion of the computer revolution. Computers became affordable and today there are vast majority of homes where there is a computer. Today's computers are extremely powerful, sleek and not very expensive. This has helped people to try gaming and gambling in the comfort of their homes. If you visit sites like goal55.id you will be able to find out how easy and simple gambling and betting has become today.
The Growth Of Internet And Mobile Telephony
While availability of cheap computers laid the foundation stone for the proliferation of the gaming industry, there are two more factors that have contributed towards this growth story. These are the tremendous progress in internet connectivity and deepening of this technology. Today with 4G and 5G technologies, it is possible to reach even the remotest of places with high quality network and connectivity. The optical fiber revolution is no longer the domain of a few nations and it has well and truly reached even small and lesser developed countries. This, combined with growth and development of new technologies in mobile telecommunication are also important factors for driving the growth of gaming and gambling across the world.
Number Of Games, Improved Payouts And Other Attractions
Apart from offering the best of graphic and playing experience, there are a few more reasons that one should bear in mind. These include payouts, the number of games offered and other such attractions. The software platform also has a role to play.
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AN operation to tackle anti-social behaviour was carried out at Barnsley Interchange.
Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, officers from the Barnsley Central Neighbourhood Team took part in the joining forces initiative that included members from the British Transport Police and Barnsley Council's Safer Neighbourhood Services.
Sgt Steph Coverley said: "The aim of the operation is to make the town centre a more enjoyable place to visit and work.
"Each evening we conducted high visibility patrols around the Interchange, the Digital Media Centre, the County Way car park and Mandela Gardens.
"We were supported by South Yorkshire Police CCTV Operators and Barnsley Council's CCTV vehicle.
"Our focus was on anti-social behaviour and criminality, including drug offences and begging."
Over the course of the three days, officers stopped and searched 20 people and two vehicles.
Three men were arrested; a 42 year-old man on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly, an 18 year-old man on suspicion of public order offences and a 49 year-old man was arrested following being found in possession of a small quantity of controlled drugs and he was also found to be wanted on warrant from the courts.
Eight people were served with Public Space Protection Order Notices and one Fixed Penalty Notice was issued to a person for breaching their PSPO order.
Sgt Coverley added: "We will continue to target anti-social behaviour in and around the Transport Interchange so that it can be enjoyed and used by all members of the community.
"Thank you to our partners at Barnsley Council in helping us tackle the matters that mean the most to our communities. "


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Handle Android Services (Part-1)
With recent Android releases dealing with background Services, it has become more complicated than ever. For android developers there are Five groundbreaking changes:
>Memory Basics
>Background execution limits
>Location updates limit
>Removing of implicit broadcasts
>Notification channels
Memory Basics: Why Android devices have out of memory issue on Mobile Apps due to the heavy load of running Activity/Services
Android kernel was first developed it and it was based on Linux-Kernel. The main difference between Android and all other Linux-Kernel based systems is that Android does not have a thing called "Swap space."
Swap space in Linux is used when the amount of physical memory (RAM) is full. If the system needs more memory resources and the RAM is full, inactive pages in memory are moved to the swap space. While swap space can help machines with a small amount of RAM, it should not be considered a replacement for more RAM. Swap space is located on hard drives, which have a slower access time than physical memory.
In Android, there is no such thing as a "Swap space." When the system is running out of memory. The guy's goal is to free up memory by killing the processes based on their "visibility state" and the amount of memory consumed.
Every process gave its oom_adj score by Activity Manager. It's a combination of application state (e.g., foreground, background, background with service, etc.). Here is a short example of all oom_adj values:
# Define the oom_adj values for the classes of processes that can be
# killed by the kernel. These are used in ActivityManagerService.
setprop ro.FOREGROUND_APP_ADJ 0
setprop ro.VISIBLE_APP_ADJ 1
setprop ro.SECONDARY_SERVER_ADJ 2
setprop ro.BACKUP_APP_ADJ 2
setprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ 4
setprop ro.HIDDEN_APP_MIN_ADJ 7
setprop ro.CONTENT_PROVIDER_ADJ 14
setprop ro.EMPTY_APP_ADJ 15
Background execution limits
Let's talk about the background execution limitations. Background execution limitations mainly apply to two major components:
>Wake locks
A Service is an application component that can perform long-running operations in the background, and it does not provide a user interface.
So, fundamentally Service is the same thing as the activity but it doesn't have the UI component in it. So, it doesn't have to perform smooth animation at 60 fps. That's why it can run perform any task for a longer period of time than the activity.
There are three types of service:
Started Service — A service is started when an application component (such as an activity) calls startService().
Bound Service — A service is bound when an application component binds to it by calling bindService().
Scheduled Service — A service is scheduled when an API such as the JobScheduler.
Background vs Foreground applications:
To learn background execution changes, we need to know the difference between background and foreground application first.
Rule of thumb, your application will be considered as a foreground service if any of the below three cases are true:
1. Your application has currently visible activity.
2. Your application has foreground service running.
3. Your application is connected to another foreground app by binding the service or by consuming their content providers.
If any of the above scenarios are not true in the current instance, your application is considered to be in the background.
Why do we need to restrict the use of background services?
Whenever your applications run in the background using services, your application consumes two precious resources: 1) Memory and 2) Battery.
These two are limited resources on mobile devices and most of the low to mid-range devices don't have plenty of memory or battery inside it.
Suppose, if your application is doing some very intensive tasks in the background and using the larger amount of RAM to perform that task, then this will create the very junky user experience, especially if the user is using another resource-intensive app, such as playing a game or watching a video in foreground.
As per the documentation for the started service the best practice is,
When the operation is complete, the service should stop itself.
But, many applications have long-running background services, which basically runs for the infinite time to either maintain the socket connection with the server or monitor some tasks or user activity. These services create battery drain and also they constantly consume memory.
What are the limitations of services starting from Android O?
Starting from Android O, if your application is in the background (check above three conditions), your application is allowed to create and run background services for some minutes.
After some minutes passed, your application will enter the idle stage. When your application entered in the idle stage, the system will stop all the background services just like your service calls Service.stopSelf().
And here comes the fun part…
As I discussed above, the problem of battery drain and memory consumption is mainly caused by started services. To eliminate this, Android O completely prevents the use of the startService() method to start the service. If you call startService() on Android O, you will end up getting IllegalArgumentException.
To handle Background process execution and memory issue Google launches WorkManager.
WorkManager aims to simplify the developer experience by providing a first-class API for system-driven background processing. It is intended for background jobs that should run even if the app is no longer in the foreground. Where possible, it uses JobScheduler or Firebase JobDispatcher to do the work; if your app is in the foreground, it will even try to do the work directly in your process.WorkManager incorporates the features of its predecessors in a modern, consistent API that works back to API level 14 while also being conscious of battery life.
WorkManager uses an underlying job dispatching service based on the following criteria:
Note: If your app targets Android 10 (API level 29) or above, your FirebaseJobDispatcher and GcmNetworkManager API calls will no longer work on devices running Android Marshmallow (6.0) and above. Follow the migration guides for FirebaseJobDispatcher and GcmNetworkManager for guidance on migrating. Also, see the Unifying Background Task Scheduling on the Android announcement for more information regarding their deprecation.
The WorkManager library has several components:
WorkManager — receives work with arguments & constraints and enqueues it.
Worker — have only one method to implement doWork() which is executed on a background thread. It's the place where all your background tasks should be done. Try to keep it as simple as possible.
WorkRequest — work request specify which Worker enqueued with what Arguments and what are the Constraints for it (e.g., internet, charging ).
WorkResult — Success, Failure, Retry.
Data — Persistable set of key/value pairs which are passed to/from Worker.
Underneath, the architecture of WorkManager lib will look like this:
Now for the rest points, we will discuss in the second part for Location update Issue, Removing of implicit broadcasts, and Notification channels.


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"On the walls of the Cave, only the shadows are the Truth." ~ from Plato's 'Allegory of The Cave'.
Some philosophical work is so profound as to be influential for thousands of years. Plato's 'The Republic' is one such series of dialogues. It explains and explores the relationship between state institutions and individuals, and has provided humanity with lessons in politics, philosophy and individual enlightenment since it was penned some two thousand years ago.
One of the central dialogues in The Republic is called the Allegory of the Cave. The lessons the Allegory of the Cave provides to today's world are numerous, and its depiction of our insidious societal structure is extremely accurate and insightful — despite often going unacknowledged as such. Through its exploration of our political outer states, it also explores our psychological inner state as well.
The Allegory of The Cave proposes that what people take to be 'reality' in total is only a partial reality, or an all out illusion. As is all similar philosophy, the allegory is layered, but it is partially about breaking from mainstream thinking and seeking individual knowledge; the ascension of perspective; being in a cave and coming out of a cave. It's about how we can ascend from the bottom to stand face-to-face with the golden Sun.
Socrates begins: "Let me show you in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened Behold! Human beings living in an underground cave".
The 4 Characters of the Cave
In the Allegory there are four character types. Most people are chained, forced to watch images on a cave wall. Some however, the second character type, are unchained. They need no force; they are so transfixed with the imagery on the wall that the shadows are all they care about, and remain in the cave by choice. The images are cast on the wall by the third character type, the captors, who use a fire behind them to produce various shadows, to keep the prisoners entertained. The prisoners interpret the shadows and whatever noises are made as reality in total, for it is all they know. The fourth character type is the freed prisoner — the enlightened and the informed.
The narrative of The Cave hypothesizes what happens after the prisoner is released from the false imagery to which his society is subjected. In the film The Matrix, Neo is the freed prisoner; in 1984, Winston Smith dreams of being the freed prisoner.
The Freed Prisoner
The story of the freed prisoner goes that, after initial shock and distress, the prisoner learns to distinguish between reality and shadows, and sees the fire producing the shadows. When exiting the cave, he is first blinded by the light but eventually learns the basics of nature. He learns what is real, and what is shadow and reflection. He learns of Earth and Water and that all is dependent on the Sun, seasons and all life. After learning of the true reality outside the cave, free of the false images of his captors, the prisoner is inclined to return and inform those still confined to the cave of their present predicament… with unexpected results.
Similarly, the story of 1984 by George Orwell takes place within an imagined dystopian future; the allegorical cavern. The Telescreen, shown above, which constantly transmits as well as oversees, is equivalent to the shadows on the cave wall cast by the unseen captors — in this case, the Inner Party. Most people in 1984 are Proles; they are equivalent to the people chained in the cave, forced to accept false imagery as their reality. They have been prisoners their whole lives and do not notice the fact they are chained. The Outer party are the unchained, remaining totally transfixed on the party line told by the Telescreen. They are so loyal to the imagery and narrative created by their captors that they will believe whatever they are shown, rather than observe for themselves. They will believe two plus two is five, as the saying goes, as long as it is presented as such on the Telescreen.
In the dystopian world of The Matrix, the same futuristic Allegory of The Cave is again explored. Neo is freed and seeks to free the others, and encounters the same archetypes and challenges. Moreover the return of the freed prisoner can also be related to the 'return of the prophet' described in many theological constructs.
The Freed and the Scorned
The experience of the freed prisoner who returns to the Cave to free his fellow captors is depicted in all three narratives; the Allegory of the Cave, 1984, and The Matrix.
In 1984 Emmanuel Goldstein (Emmanuel = God is with us, Goldstein = gold rock) is a character who figuratively left the cave, or understood the Inner Party's images were lies and attempted to get others to understand the institutional lies. Emmanuel is the supposed leader of the elusive Brotherhood in 1984, and is scorned, even hated by society. His attempt to enlighten his community to its captivity is met with disbelief, resistance and scorn.
The character of Winston Smith in 1984 is that of a person who attempts to leave the cave. He is privy to certain Inner Party lies and begins to question the Inner Party line and seek alternate facts and perceptions. Winston's end is not a happy one; akin to the return of the prisoner hypothesized in The Allegory of The Cave, he attempts to leave the cave only to be shut in and beaten down – made to hold the party line by both prisoners and captors alike.
Similarly, today, individuals can transmute from dull repetitive 'thought' into ascended golden thinking, but as our minds are freed, one at a time, we ultimately find that our broader society is embedded with a series of norms and structures — of Matrices and Caves — that perpetuate false imagery, preserving the status quo from the 'threat' of individual thinking.
Individuals and Institutions
Some fictional literature is so profound as to be relevant for decades (and centuries) and serves to expand humanity's language and thought; its understanding of itself. George Orwell's 1984 is one such literary work. It is a post WWII interpretation of the relationship between individuals and institutions, using the archetypal Allegory of the Cave.
The Allegory of the Cave, 1984 and The Matrix contain corresponding layers. Each explores a diabolical form of societal control; the control of thought through the presentation of selective information and images, in combination with physical constraints of strict surveillance and imprisonment. Sound familiar? In fact, the original title of 1984 was proposed as The Last Man in Europe. Certainly that is the way many of us feel – as if we are the last lone person — when we first become aware of lies and partial-truths that are presented as reality by those in control, and accepted in totality by seemingly everyone else.
George Orwell's 1984 spawned new language for age-old structures of manipulation presented in the Allegory of the cave — the word "Orwellian" being one among many. This all-encompassing term is reflective of lies made to be truths, unlimited institutional surveillance, and logic so distorted that it not only convinces the masses that two plus two equal five, but that war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. It also denies the very basic elements of nature… Just as we do in America today.
In reality, individual ignorance is strength to institutions. Everyone has their own personal caves and we are all figuratively held in larger societal caverns. Coming up with your own questions is the way get out of the cave and gain enlightenment. Questioning what seems like a lie, or an illusion in the cave, is the first step outside the cave.
The solid world exists, its laws do not change. Stones are hard, water is wet, objects unsupported fall toward the earth's center. With the feeling that he was speaking to… and setting forth an important axiom, he wrote: "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows". ~ George Orwell's 1984
The Allegory of the Cave (8 minute animation)
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- Individuality and Spirituality in the Age of Institutional Rule
- Samsara and Nirvana – the Ultimate Duality
- A Little Green Revolution: the Rainbow Warriors will Heal the Earth Mother
- The 5 Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation: 108 Movements to a Meditative Mind State
- Institutional Thinking – The Matrix, 1984 and The Allegory of The Cave
- Why Governments Promote Deadly Nuclear Energy and Ban Beneficial Hemp
- Hate: The Ultimate Social Control Mechanism
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Born To Run (with a tip of the proverbial allegorical hat to Bruce Springsteen and the regular hat to Rick Warren) Be assured there is a story we'll get to after a bit of musing. (It's the price you pay.) Rick Warren spends a whole lot of pages in The Purpose Driven Life telling people to do a good job at what they are born to do. His assumption is that folks who do what they are born to do will achieve satisfaction and perform at a high level. He may not explicitly opine that all humans are born to do something productive but that is certainly implicit in his work. Mr. Springsteen on the other hand, in the song, Born To Run, seems to be telling us, through a mishmash of disconnected images, thoughts, and scenes that he, and presumably others, are born to "run." Judging by the content, he means some humans are hard-wired to be misfits, rebels, ne'er-do-wells, masochists, sociopaths, or otherwise counter-productive to society. A discussion between the two authors is very much in order. How, for instance, would Warren have us deal with those born to "run"? He probably would not agree that, if one is hard wired to sociopathy, he should be the very best at that endeavor. Or maybe he would. Fortunately, the protagonist who brings this digression to mind is not a sociopath. He is a person born to teach and the few words you read here are about him and the pleasure derived from observing a master instructor at work. His name is Parsifal Smith-Hill. (Would I lie to you? I've wondered if he's related to Sam Hill.) Picture a tall, long-haired-with-pony-tail, rough-country or trail bicyclist, ex-technical mountain climber, flintlock enthusiast, hunter, canoeist, regular-but-not-constant pipe-smoker, lover of fine whiskey, ice-cream aficionado ("Ice cream is a staple and one of the basic food groups."), iconoclastic fellow, sporting a Ph.D. in English Literature armed with a teaching certificate. Further picture him deliberately choosing to teach in a school offering the maximum challenge—the largest Indian high school on one of the largest Indian reservations in the United States. A school with students having no heritage of rigorous scholarship, with a culture of conformity rather than individual achievement, a history and even expectation of low academic success, coming out of homes where a mishmash of native language and pidgin English is spoken, and a high incidence of alcohol dependence with all the abuses that accompany it. The culture of conformity is illustrated by a story of an Anglo and an Indian fishing side by side. Each had an open container of identical-looking earthworms but the Anglo had a terrible time because the worms, one after another, climbed out and threatened escape while the other had no such problem whatsoever. The Anglo asked his companion why his worms didn't even attempt escape. He explained that his were Indian worms. When one would make a move to climb out, the others would pull him back. It is a measure of the man that he signed a contract to teach in middle school in Chinle, Arizona, having only traveled through the place once many years before. He arrived and, in response to the environs, thought, "Holy Toledo, what have I done?" The appearance of the area made it disheartening. Not prepossessing is a severe understatement. The antithesis of Home and Garden story material is more accurate. Dusty, arid, a desert, down-at-the-heels, dogs running loose, tumbleweedy, evidence of blowing sand, with dirty cars, pickups, and buildings everywhere are ubiquitous. Many signs are hand-lettered. Many are in Navajo. It's not the end of the earth but you can see it off in the distance. "Dress-up" for men is interpreted to mean a mostly clean and jeans with boots that are not terribly scuffed. He taught English in the middle school for three or four years. Results weren't long in showing up. First, his classes were popular. Students wanted to take his classes because he made learning a joy. He connected with students very well. In addition to regular classroom work he was asked to coach a group of students to take the AIMS test (Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards) which is a requirement to graduate from one level to the next. It is the latest in a long string of the shibboleths or manias in the field of education that arrive regularly one after the other like waves onto the shore. Each one is sold by snake-oil-salesmen-posing-as-educators as a panacea and is presented with a gilt-edged guarantee adoption will result in graduating all students with above average scores, each of whom possess the golden keys to the good life. Those who whole-heartedly adopt each magic solution in turn also tend to believe in the tooth fairy, the check is in the mail, and "this won't hurt at all." Every such golden idea has been propounded, adopted, found to have as high a failure rate as the previous one and has unceremoniously been dumped and replaced by the next wonder of wonders. This particular version has resulted in teachers being pummeled and cajoled into teaching nothing but material that will probably be on the test. It erroneously distorts education and leads people to believe that students who know what is on the test are educated. Students on the reservaton had a record of terribly high failure rates in the essay portion of the test. Every single student of his passed the test. It was an eye-popping achievement for anyone let alone a "new" teacher. Ask him how he did it and the response was, "I told them to forget all that grammar crap and sentence structure balderdash that had been drilled into them. I taught and drilled them to write ideas in plain, simple English and to plan what they wanted to say in response to the prompt or question. They then were taught to write their thoughts out in simple declarative sentences." BINGO!! No mumbo jumbo. It's simple. One of the results of his work in the school was requests by parents whose children had done so well under his tutelage in middle school to get him to teach at the high school. Eventually he and the high school principal agreed and he moved with the agreement that he would try to get college level courses approved by the College Board. The result? He's been teaching in Chinle, Arizona for about ten years. He's been voted best teacher every single year. He teaches four college level (commonly called "AP" for "Advanced Placement") courses that he maintains are as rigorous as those most college juniors take. Students from his English classes attend Ivy League universities, PAC 10 schools, Creighton University, and the like. He coaches students in preparation for their AIMS tests with a very high success rate. He tells his students that, among other things, they will be able to get free rides to the school of their choice based on grades and ethnicity. He's proud as a papa of his students, maintains contact and offers support after they leave. How does he achieve these results? He says every class begins with a "feeling out" time where he and the students come to an understanding of what behavior and language will be allowed in the classroom and what will not. He makes sure parents of his students know there will be, at the very least, unusual subjects discussed in the classroom because he does not censure the subjects of the literature covered. Literature deals with life and there are unfortunate, ugly, unfair and even gross events in it. He is always truthful. He NEVER talks down to students, he allows and encourages them to criticize and think freely. He allows them to use their vernacular and he uses it as well. He concentrates on what is best for the student. He does not lock his door which allows even tardy students to attend. Watching him in action suggests additional factors. It is nothing short of a treat to sit through his classes and observe the interaction. One quickly gains the impression that he genuinely likes the kids and gets a kick out of their success and achievements. There is no question about who is in charge but there is an unusual level of mutual respect. He accepts a certain level of teasing and teases back without malice or rancor. When answers to his posed questions were wrong or insufficient, his response was always along the lines of "and what else is true?" or "what more can we say about this?" He never criticized a thought or thinker. No subject was taboo. Some would be quite critical of some of the words he used and allowed the students to use. Balls, hell, damn, screw, the f word, and more were likely to be heard. It was as though the world and it's contents were the subject and, in his class, it was all there in glorious living color. His first class of the day was Advanced Placement English literature. About fifty minutes into the period during a discussion of some of the fine details of personality characteristics in Pride and Prejudice, a male student walked in the open door and headed toward the nearest empty desk. Our instructor interrupted the discussion, turned toward the latecomer and in a stern voice came out with, "Why in the bloody hell are you coming to class now?" I held my breath. Without batting an eye, using a mild, matter-of-fact, soft-answer-turneth-away-wrath, "you-asked-the-question-so-I'll-answer-it-as-asked" voice, the kid responded, "Ten minutes of quality education." The class erupted with smiles, guffaws, laughter and chuckles of appreciation at the repartee—and the discussion resumed. It was a magic moment. Not only would most teachers have lectured the miscreant about being on time, many of them would have forced the kid to the school office before being allowed to enter the class room because most teachers close and lock their doors to keep latecomers out. Doing so pokes a virtual thumb in the eye of the tardy student. His philosophy is that any time in the classroom is better for the student than none and he's there to help the students. It would be a safe bet that most of the teachers in the school can't wait for the week to end. Our instructor can't wait for Monday. He was born to teach instead of run. |


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Fast forward to 2021, Sanjana is over 9,000 miles away in Flagstaff, Arizona. She is a 6-foot-tall, gangly 19-year-old sophomore at North Arizona University and a member of the ladies's basketball group. Sanjana is a scholarship player who does not even do her personal laundry anymore. She has an affinity for Cane's hen and craves the "Caniac Combo" every time she can get her hands on it. She's come a good distance since she was a barefoot girl taking part in basketball on a dirty courtroom. In 1944, Lalitha joined the Central Standards Organization of India,Simla, as an engineering assistant.
It's a narrative about how women don't often comply with our goals, how we try for certain ideals that tradition or society dictate. This could be very much a character-driven e-book, and I adored every bit of watching them grow as their relationships were tested. This is such a gem of a guide, and I sit up for extra from Saumya Dave sooner or later. Nandini Mehta has strived to create a straightforward life for her youngsters in America. From coping with her husband's demanding family to the casual racism of her patients, everything Nandini has endured has been for her kids's sake.
This story far surpassed my expectations since it provided the perspectives of three generations of ladies who all were grappling with cultural calls for in current times as well as their very own non-public hopes and wishes. Simran is a contemporary Indian girl but straddles the cultural conventions and her own independence, trying to determine what's actually her own choices versus those from conditioning. Nandina is truly an enigma with a secret previous that has somehow formed who she is at present, a seemingly contradiction. Mimi is the catalyst who forces the three of them to communicate more honestly with one another and themselves. One of the great issues about reading books is that you get to study different cultures—what is nice about them and what you're grateful isn't part of the way you grew up. The expectations of Simran's mother Nandini would have driven me into an insane asylum—she's a physician, however she was compelled to be a household physician with common hours.
The two women had to enter hiding after getting into the temple and were granted 24 hour police protection. One of the ladies was locked out of her home by her husband and had to transfer in to a shelter. Dozens of ladies seeking entry to temple have since been turned again by demonstrators. Ultrasound scanning constitutes a major leap forward in providing for the care of mom and child, and with scanners changing into moveable, these advantages have unfold to rural populations. However, ultrasound scans usually reveal the sex of the child, allowing pregnant women to decide to abort female foetuses and take a look at again later for a male child. This apply is usually considered the main purpose for the change in the ratio of male to female youngsters being born. Child marriage has been traditionally prevalent in India however just isn't so continued in Modern India to this present day.
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I was shocked that the store had been capable of supply so many second-hand jeans. Only later, did I perceive that clothes manufacturers had started producing new denims with holes in them as part of their product line. In this way, they had turned dissent right into a marketable style assertion.
- Nahji is totally part of the archive that contributes to the connection between the American shopper, representations of and knowledge about India, and the South Asian American community itself—a relationship that has a long and complicated history.
- According to the family members of 31-year old Soumya Santhosh, the rocket fell on her residence within the metropolis of Ashkelon whereas she was talking to her husband Santhosh, who's in the southern Indian state of Kerala, over a video call in the night.
- Ankita is only the second Indian after Sania, a six-time Grand Slam champion, to compete in the ladies's doubles of a tennis main.
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However, sons had an independent share in the ancestral property, while the daughters' shares had been based mostly on the share obtained by their father. Hence, a father could effectively disinherit a daughter by renouncing his share of the ancestral property, but a son would proceed to have a share in his personal right. Additionally, married daughters, even those facing home abuse and harassment, had no residential rights within the ancestral home. Thanks to an amendment of the Hindu laws in 2005, women now have the identical status as men. To preserve Indian crops, Ammal saw the want to worth the indigenous knowledge about them.
But, from the Native American perspective, women's roles reflected their own cultural emphases on reciprocity, stability, and autonomy. Most students agree that Native American girls at the time of contact with Europeans had extra authority and autonomy than did European women. There is currently no particular regulation in India in opposition to sexual assault or harassment, and only vaginal penetration by a penis counts as rape. Those who molested the girl xnxx desi in Guwahati could be booked for "insulting or outraging the modesty of a lady" or "intruding upon her privacy". The maximum punishment is a year's imprisonment, or a fine, or each. When the police finally turned up, they took away the girl, who's 20 or 21 . While NewsLive re-played pixellated footage of her attack throughout the night, she was questioned and given a medical examination.
The guide very nicely offered these girls however I did find I had some trouble staying centered at occasions. There seemed to be some repetition and I thought the story might have been shortened. I will admit I did struggle with it at times and may need cast it aside had been it not a book membership choice. I assume too, it could be exhausting for the trendy American women to know the why and how these sensible ladies allowed themselves to fall into the lengthy and winding road that had been chosen for them. Mimi holds her granddaughter and really all young ladies in excessive esteem as she struggles to convey some modernity to her village, whereas at residence Nandini makes a choice that has penalties for her life. The three ladies face each an emotional as well as bodily barrier to the idea of self-awareness. Always bending, to the need of each family and a country deeply seeded in tradition, they all have an uphill battle to realize a modicum of freedom of their decisions and a way to find themselves as sturdy impartial girls.
The authorities had earlier stated that girls commanders wouldn't be acceptable to some troops. Also in 2018, the Supreme Court of India struck down a law making it against the law for a person to have sex with a married woman with out the permission of her husband. In the Nineteen Nineties, grants from foreign donor businesses enabled the formation of recent women-oriented NGOs. Self-help groups and NGOs corresponding to Self Employed Women's Association have played a major function in the advancement of women's rights in India. Mary Roy won a lawsuit in 1986, against the inheritance legislation of her Keralite Syrian Christian neighborhood in the Supreme Court. The judgement ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women with their male siblings in regard to their ancestral property.


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I have tried integrating and doing the manual install of BBPress in my WP installation in the plugins directory, and quite honestly I do not like it very much – mainly because I would like the forum theme to be different than my main site theme and did not see any easy way to do this.
I would like the deep integration happening; however, want to install it manually.
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Item frames and signs help the players to label different things and items in the Minecraft game. This guide will show how to use sign and item frames to label things.
The first thing you will have to do is to place a chest box on the ground and a crafting table just next to it.
After this, place two oak planks at the top while leaving a gap of one block. Then add an item frame on both of the planks as shown in the image below.
Add a small chest box on the left item frame and then oak sign on the front. Write "Chest" on the oak sign.
The next thing you have to do is to add a small piece of crafting table on the right item frame and then an oak sign. Write "Crafting Table" on this oa sign as shown in the following image.


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LED enterprises can improve efficiency only by doing a good job in team cooperation
In management, apart from clear responsibilities, a problem handling mechanism should also be established, which can resolve nodules in the production process and enable employees to learn the ability to deal with problems, let similar problems be reduced in the future. How to build a fighting team?
How to make the team truly become the core competitiveness of the enterprise? I think the industry has discussed many of these issues. There are many modes and various ways.
However, the author believes that cooperation is very important for a truly competitive team.
If the article on collaboration is done well, other affairs will be as orderly and effective as if they were stripped of silk.
Then let's take a look at collaboration. It literally emphasizes coordination and cooperation, which requires us to find a way to gather people together and put them on the overall goal of the team.
The author believes that if the internal and external cooperation of an enterprise is not done well, it may be an enterprise with serious internal friction, or it may be an enterprise with many problems and difficult to solve, or it may be inefficient, either it is not competitive or it is in danger of being eliminated.
So, how to do a good job in teamwork and make it more efficient?
I think we must first unify our goals so that the goals of the enterprise are consistent with those of the individual, so that employees can follow the enterprise instead of slacking off, shirking responsibility or not cooperating.
So, how are the goals of enterprises and individuals consistent?
This inevitably involves a problem: how do enterprises view their own profit view.
Some enterprises make more money, but their employees still maintain a low level of income, which may be a problem with the enterprise's profit view.
Only when the development achievements of the enterprise are linked with the gains of the employees can the two goals be kept consistent.
The enterprise has made a profit, and the employees who have contributed have not increased their income;
With the growth of enterprises and the lack of proper promotion of employees, it is difficult for such enterprises to achieve sustainable development.
The author believes that doing business is not only for profits, but also for employees to make profits and develop;
Only in this way can the enterprise and its employees really develop simultaneously and create a virtuous circle.
Of course, in the specific operation, the monthly or quarterly production or marketing objectives of the enterprise can be directly linked to the employee's income or reward, of course, this can stimulate employees to cooperate and pay for common interests.
Let the enterprise's goal be consistent with the employee's personal goal, which only opens up the main nerve of team cooperation.
Just having this and ignoring other management aspects will also make team cooperation disappear. For example, the responsibility is clear.
Unclear responsibilities are easy to overlap responsibilities, thus leaving an excuse for employees to push the responsibilities of the committee and causing a decline in product quality.
Based on this, the responsibility system for posts and affairs is very important. Only when the responsibilities of various functional departments of the enterprise are clear and the division of labor is accurate can cooperation really become rules-based.
Otherwise, it will fall into muddy management and no one will accept anyone.
In this way, even if there is a common goal, it is difficult to keep pace, and of course it is impossible to talk about cooperation.
In management, apart from clear responsibilities, a problem handling mechanism should also be established, which can resolve nodules in the production process and enable employees to learn the ability to deal with problems, let similar problems be reduced in the future.
These management systems and mechanisms are the key to ensure the smooth progress of team cooperation.
Only the less coordination, the smoother cooperation and higher production efficiency.
In addition, I think an important means of teamwork is communication.
Although everyone knows this truth, it is not easy to do it.
Many companies have not communicated in place, resulting in frequent problems.
Communication is not only the communication between the supervisor and the employee, but also the communication between the employee and the employee. The communication between the boss and the employee may be just a few words, however, it has played a great role in lubricating team cooperation.
In order to strengthen the communication between employees, you can often do some activities, such as birthday parties, training sessions, and outreach training to strengthen communication and trust between employees and supervisors.
In terms of teamwork, qunfujia lighting attaches great importance to it, especially in the system and humanized management, paying attention to communication and implementation of responsibilities, which makes the team cooperation strong and makes the per capita monthly production high for a long time.
Last month, qunfu family organized all members to participate in high-intensity field development training, which further improved the team's cooperation and cohesion.
In short, teamwork depends not only on the general direction of dredging, but also on the artistic handling of small problems. It needs to start from all aspects, and it is not a matter of long-term adherence to team management.
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F1 2019 promises to be superb! With regulation changes, new drivers at teams and 21 races on some of the World's most demanding racing circuits, there's so many questions and subplots to be answered:
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- Will Silverstone remain on the F1 calendar after 2019?
The cars and drivers are being officially unveiled in which to tackle F1 2019. It's at this time of year, anticipation reaches boiling point at the hope of a competitive, adrenaline fuelled season. Fans, commentators and the teams themselves are eagerly awaiting the first practice session in Australia on 14 March when all the talking stops and the drivers & teams show their true colours.
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With the centuries of traumatic events throughout history such as wars and acts of God, i.e. earthquakes, famine, hurricanes, typhoons, and recent depictions of PTSD sufferers in the mainstream media, e.g. the BBC series of 'The Bodyguard', I felt it was time to highlight this mental health disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition, an anxiety disorder, of persistent mental and emotional stress that occurred as a result of the individual experiencing stressful, distressing or frightening events. A person with PTSD can have problems sleeping and relives the traumatic experience having flashbacks and nightmares. It can affect both children and adults.
There are numerous possible causes of PTSD:-
– Being held hostage
– A terror attack
– Serious/fatal car accidents
– Military combat
– Violent personal assault, e.g. robbery, sexual assault or mugging
– A natural disaster, e.g. hurricane, flood, earthquake or fire
– Prolonged abuse or neglect
– Being diagnosed with a life-threatening condition
– Sudden death of a close friend or relative.
These can even impact on someone who is a witness to the event not just those who personally experience it e.g. the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Manchester arena bombing, the terrorist attacks in places such as London, Paris and Germany, the bombings in Syria, the racial and anti-religion shootings in the US, the school shootings and the cop killings.
All of these events can be extremely distressing to a person and lead to a person developing PTSD symptoms.
There are risk factors that make it more likely for someone to develop PTSD after a traumatic event or make the problems worse and these include:-
– Previous personal experience of depression, anxiety or another mental illness
– People who work in high risk occupations such as firefighters, police officers, military personnel, ambulance personnel and health care professionals
– Car crash survivors
– Victims of childhood abuse
– People who don't receive support from family, friends or professionals after the trauma
– Genetics – a family history of PTSD, depression or other mental health condition
– Experiencing repeated trauma
– Having high levels of stress in daily life
– Substance abuse
– A lack of coping skills
– Dealing with additional stress at the same time as the traumatic event, e.g. bereavement, loss or financial worries.
Common symptoms of PTSD include:-
– Nightmares, flashbacks or vivid memories of the event
– Constantly feeling on guard or on edge
– Physical reactions as reminders of the traumatic event, e.g. pain, racing heart, trembling, nausea
– Disturbed sleep or lack of sleep
– Irritability
– Aggressiveness
– Anger
– Loss of interest in things that the person previously enjoyed
– Difficulty concentrating
– Self-destructive behaviour and recklessness
– Emotional numbness
– Inability to remember important details of the traumatic event
– Substance use and abuse to avoid the memories
– Feeling jumpy and being easily started
– Feelings of guilt and shame
– Self-blame
– Feeling alone
– Feelings of mistrust (the person feels like they can't trust anyone)
– Depression and feelings of hopelessness
PTSD can affect a person's physical health by making any existing physical problems worse, e.g. headaches/migraines, heart problems, chest pains, respiratory problems and stomach ailments. PTSD can lower a person's sex drive.
PTSD impacts on a person's mental health and increases the likelihood that they will develop another mental health illness, e.g. depression, eating disorder or substance abuse disorder. Also, a person with PTSD is much more likely to self – harm and attempt suicide.
PTSD can affect a person's belief system. They may not longer feel that the world is safe and secure. They may come to believe that they can no longer relate to their environment or to people who have not experienced trauma.
People who have lost friends or relatives in a disaster or otherwise traumatic event may become over-protective of their family members or close friends as they fear something terrible may happen and they lose more loved ones.
PTSD and employment
PTSD can affect a person's employment. PTSD symptoms can be so severe that it prevents the individual from operating effectively at work. The recent BBC series 'The Bodyguard' gives insight into how a person can be affected by PTSD during employment. There may be a lack of understanding from employers thus the symptoms are prolonged and it impacts on the person's recovery. The person may be too ill to work, be off work long term and not feel able to return. The symptoms can affect a person's ability to keep a job and get another in future. While working in an HR department, I had a case where a person, who was previously a soldier, was diagnosed with PTSD and hadn't been at work for a year. He started to receive treatment externally and the specialist stated that it would be at least 18 months before he recovered sufficiently to work. After discussions, a separation from the business with generous compensation was arranged and agreed.
PTSD and personal relationships
PTSD can impact on personal relationships with family, friends, partners/spouses. The symptoms can put a big strain on friendships and relationships. The person can withdraw from others, isolate themselves, get angry or irritable and this makes it difficult to get along with other people. The person may choose to cope by using or abusing substances which can isolate them even more from their social networks.
PTSD can affect the person's behaviour. They may start to avoid people, places or activities that are related to the event or those that remind them of the traumatic event.
Given its serious nature the question is how can PTSD be treated and managed.
– A person with PTSD can confide in someone they trust and/or close to and talk about their feelings which can help the person come to terms with their experience.
– A person can give themselves time to deal with what they are going through. They need to be patient with themselves and decide when they are ready to talk about their experiences.
– A person with PTSD can access peer support where they meet others with similar experiences. This helps with their recovery and the person feels less isolated as they are around people they can identify with.
– A person can contact an organisation that specialises in PTSD, e.g. ASSIST Trauma Care. This type of specialist organisation can provide information, advice and support to the person.
– A person with PTSD can look after their physical health by having a healthy diet, exercising regularly, spending time outdoors and avoid drugs and alcohol which can make the symptoms worse.
– A person with PTSD can practise mindfulness techniques, e.g. breathing exercises and yoga, which can deal with the intrusive thoughts and reduce anxiety.
– A person with PTSD can become aware of their triggers and in so doing recognise the early signs of a flashback or memory of the event. Keeping a diary may help in this regard. – A person can develop other healthy coping strategies such as finding something which comforts them like soothing music or watching a favourite film or work on finding solutions to their problems.
Family, friends and colleagues can help the person cope with their condition by doing the following:-
– Offer comfort and support to the person with PTSD so that they don't feel alone and become isolated.
– Help the person seek the support and treatment that they need. They can remind the person of appointments with specialists or peer support meetings.
– Be patient and understanding of the recovery process and its length. They need to understand that it takes time for the person to get better.
– Listen to the person, not be judgemental or make assumptions about how the person feels. They should allow the person to talk about the traumatic event even if it's multiple times. This social support is vital for the person with PTSD to get help and recover.
– Learn more about PTSD so that they can understand what the person is going through.
– Try not to take the person's attitudes personally. The person's anger, irritability and emotionally numbness are not because of them but are symptoms of the PTSD.
– Look after their mental health so that they remain in a stable position and condition to support and help the person with PTSD.
– Be aware of, anticipate and prepare for the triggers that remind the person of the traumatic event. In this way others can be in a better position to help and support the person
– Avoid telling the person with PTSD to get over what is affected them and move on. They need to be sympathetic to what the person is going through.
Treatment options
– A doctor can refer the person to therapists and counsellors who can offer psychological therapy.
The Samaritans can provide emotional support to the person with PTSD. Mental health charities can offer advice, information and support.
– In a group therapy setting, the person has the opportunity to talk about their experiences with others who also have PTSD. This type of setting helps the person understand their experience (s), learn how to manage their symptoms and find healthy ways of coping.
– Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) involves the person making side to side eye movements while recalling the incident. These eye movements are supposed to stimulate the information processing system within the brain. This treatment is to help the person process the trauma, change the way they think about the event and help them begin to recover.
– Trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps a person recognise the negative feelings associated with the trauma, change their negative ways of thinking to more positive ones which then leads to more positive behaviours.
– Psychodynamic therapy – This form of treatment focuses on the emotions and feelings that the person with PTSD experiences and helps the person with PTSD learn how to manage these intense emotions and feelings.
– Medication, specifically antidepressants, can treat the symptoms of PTSD such as depression, anxiety and sleep problems.
PTSD is a major mental health condition that affects people across the globe and in the current global climate it is important to recognise that this disorder is likely to appear in earnest. Employers need to be extremely mindful of how to support those who are affected as well as those who suppose those who experience it. Hospitals, police forces, fire departments and other organisations who have employees who work in high pressure situations on a regular basis have a duty of care to provide the adequate support to individuals who serve selflessly to the public.
Ms. Jolene King, Principal Consultant of 246 King Consulting, has over 15 years business management and HR international experience gained in the UK, USA and Barbados. She holds a MA degree in Human Resource Management from University of Derby, a MSc. degree in Industrial/Organisational Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology and a BSc. degree in Sociology with Psychology from University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. Ms. King is an active committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) Northamptonshire branch and is an Associate member of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology (SIOP).
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text: Tomorrow marks what is widely known as the biggest shopping day in the United States- (post-Thanksgiving) Black Friday. And the Supra brand has a bunch of goodies prepared to release on said day as part of its Fall/Winter collection. So allow us to recap for those of you who know what you want and like but have trouble keeping track of all the details. Releasing from Factory 413 on 413 S. Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California (as well as Foot Patrol London and colette Paris overseas) is the DJ Samantha Ronson x Supra Skytop II "Lil' Red." This Black Friday drop will be the most difficult Supra sneaker to get a hold of because of its limited count. Following that we have the "Cool Grey" Vaider, which will be made available from the online CCS shop. Lastly, there's the Supra "Gum Pack," which is comprised of a grey Supra Skytop, black Vaider and navy blue Cuban. Each shoe in this pack includes gum soles and will be made available through Supra retailer PickYourShoes. So good luck to all of you hunting down one or more of these Supra Black Friday releases- and more important than getting your shoes is being careful amidst all of the sale madness. Have a happy holiday!


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The Embassy of Italy is presenting the documentary Me And The Magic Door: Discovering Italian Architecture In Bangkok at Siam Society, Asok Road, on Aug 16 at 7pm.
(Photo courtesy of Siam Society)
In 1868, the Kingdom of Siam established diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Italy following the country's unification. At the same time, admiration and passion for Italian arts and culture led King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) to entrust many Italian architectural experts and artists to carry out several major construction projects in Bangkok during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
These works of craftsmanship can be found in some of the most iconic places in Bangkok today, such as Government House, Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall and Baan Phitsanulok.
Produced by the Embassy of Italy as part of its non-profit cultural project, this 70-minute documentary aims to showcase the best of Italian cultural legacy in Thailand through the works of Italian architects, artists and designers.
It is not only an impeccable illustration of the long-standing relations between the two countries but also a symbolic representation of knowledge and collaboration in the area of arts and culture between the two countries.
Prior to the screening, there will be a panel discussion featuring Ambassador Lorenzo Galanti and his wife Madame Francesca Andreini, Marco Gatti, Prof Neungreudee Lohapon and Prof Paolo Piazzardi.
There is no admission fee but reservations are required.
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In my previous post I talked about elliptic curve basics and how the operations are done on elliptic curves, including the algebraic representation which is needed for computers. For usage in cryptography we need a elliptic curve group with some specified number of elements, that is what we called Finite Fields. We limit Elliptic Curve groups with some big prime number p. In this post I will try to briefly explain finite fields over elliptic curve.
Finite Fields
Finite field or also called Galois Field is a set with finite number of elements. An example we can give is integer modulo `p` where p is prime. Finite fields can be denoted as \(\mathbb Z/p, GF(p)\) or \(\mathbb F_p\).
Finite fields will have 2 operations addition and multiplications. These operations are closed, associative and commutative. There exists a unique identity element and inverse element for every element in the set.
Division operation in finite fields is defined as \(x / y = x \cdot y^{-1}\), that is x multiplied by inverse of y. and substraction \(x - y\) is defined in terms of addition as \(x + (-y)\) which is x added by negation of y. Multiplicative inverse can be easily calculated using extended Euclidean algorithm which I've not understood yet myself as there were readily available library functions which does this for us. But I hear from Ramakrishnan that its very easy one.
Elliptic Curve in \(\mathbb F_p\)
Now we understood what is finite fields we now need to restrict our elliptic curves to the finite field. So our original definition of elliptic curve becomes slightly different, that is we will have modulo p to restrict the elements.
All our previous operations can now be written as follows
Where slope, when \(P \neq Q\)
and when \(P = Q\)
So now we need to know order of this finite field. Order of elliptic curve finite field can be defined as number of points in the finite field. Unlike integer modulo p where number of elements are 0 to p-1, in case of elliptic curve you need to count points from x to p-1. This counting will be \(O(p)\). Given large p this will be hard problem. But there are faster algorithm to count order of group, which even I don't know much in detail :). But from my reference its called Schoof's algorithm.
Scalar Multiplication and Cyclic Group
When we consider scalar multiplication over elliptic curve finite fields, we discover a special property. Taking example from Andrea Corbellini's post, consider curve \(y^2 \equiv x^3 + 2x + 3 ( mod 97)\) and point \(P = (3,6)\). If we try calculating multiples of P
If you are wondering how to calculate above (I did at first). You need to use point addition formula from earlier post where P = Q with mod 97. So we observe that there are only 5 multiples of P and they are repeating cyclicly. we can write above points as
- \(5kP = 0P\)
- \((5k + 1)P = 1P\)
- \((5k + 2)P = 2P\)
- \((5k + 3)P = 3P\)
- \((5k + 4)P = 4P\)
Or simply we can write these as \(kP = (k mod 5)P\). We also note that all these 5 Points are closed under addition. This means adding two multiples of P, we obtain a multiple of P and the set of multiples of P form cyclic subgroup
Cyclic subgroups are foundation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC).
Subgroup Order
Subgroup order tells how many points are really there in the subgroup. We can redefine the order of group in subgroup context as order of P is the smallest positive integer such that nP = 0. In above case if you see we have smallest n as 5 since 5P = 0. So order of subgroup above is 5, it contains 5 element.
Order of subgroup is linked to order of elliptic curve by Lagrange's Theorem which says the order of subgroup is divisor of order of parent group. Lagrange is another name which I had read in my college, but the algorithms were different.
From this we have following steps to find out the order of subgroup with base point P
- Calculate the elliptic curve's order N using Schoof's algorithm.
- Find out all divisors of N.
- For every divisor of n, compute nP.
- The smallest n such that nP = 0 is the order of subgroup N.
Note that its important to choose smallest divisor, not a random one. In above examples 5P, 10P, 15P all satisfy condition but order of subgroup is 5.
Finding Base Point
Far all above which is used in ECC, i.e. Group, subgroup and order we need a base point P to work with. So base point calculation is not done at the beginning but in the end i.e. first choose a order which looks good then look for subgroup order and finally find the suitable base point.
We learnt above that subgroup order is divisor of group order which is derived from Lagrange's Theorem. This term \(h = N/n\) is actually called co-factor of the subgroup. Now why is this term co-factor important?. Without going into details, this co-factor is used to find generator for the subgroup as \(G = hP\).
So now are you wondering why I went on such length to describe all these?. Well one thing I wanted to make some notes for myself because you can't find all these information in single place, another these topics we talked in my previous post and this point forms the domain parameters of Elliptic Curve Cryptography.
Domain parameters in ECC are the parameters which are known publicly to every one. Following are 6 parameters
- Prime p which is order of Finite field
- Co-efficients of curve a and b
- Base point \(\mathbb G\) the generator which is the base point of curve that generates subgroup
- Order of subgroup n
- Co-factor h
So in short following is the domain parameters of ECC \((p, a, b, G, n, h)\)
In my next post I will try to talk about the specific curve group which is used in SPAKE2 implementation called twisted Edwards curve and give a brief overview of SPAKE2 protocol.


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If you already have an estate plan in place, then you have started off on the right footing. However, an estate plan is not something you create, lock up in some safe deposit box and forget about it. On the contrary, it is recommended that you review and revise it from time to time or after going through a major life change.
Experts advise that you should review and update your estate plan every three to five years. And this means doing more than just updating your will. A comprehensive estate plan comes with other documents such as the last will and statement, a durable power of attorney, revocable living trust as well as a health care power of attorney, among others.
Here are two life events that should prompt a review and update of your estate plan.
When you get married
Whether it is the first or subsequent marriage, it is important that you update your estate plan as soon as you tie the knot. Remember, the law does not automatically recognize your spouse as your heir by virtue of marriage. By updating your estate plan, you will be spelling out what you want your spouse to get upon your demise.
When children come along
Once you get children, it is vital that you name their guardian in your will. If you fail to name a guardian, the court will have no choice but to name someone to act as a guardian should something happen to you before they turn 18. Alongside naming a guardian, it is also important that you set up a trust for your children so that they can get their inheritance when they get older. And as your children become adults, you need to revise your estate plan to reflect these changes. Remember, once they turn 18, your children will neither need a guardian nor a trust.
Everyone ought to have an estate plan. An up-to-date estate plan gives you peace of mind knowing your estate will be distributed as per your wishes when you are no longer around to make the crucial decision.


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Why the U.S. Military Needs the F-35: A War with Russia
As America's adversaries continue to invest in increasingly sophisticated air and missile defense systems, the F-35 jet's unique stealth penetration toolkit is more vital than ever.
The state-of-the-art F-35 joint stealth fighter (JSF) program has drawn a new round of unfair media scrutiny following House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith's critical remarks earlier this month. And quite sadly, the ensuing debate over the future of the F-35 fighter jet has played out along familiar lines, all too often omitting a key piece of context: the unique and worrisome threat environment in which F-35 jets are designed to operate.
F-35s Are Needed in a Russia Conflict Scenario
It would be a fair criticism to note that Russian Anti Access/Area Denial—better known by the moniker A2/AD—capabilities have been woefully distorted in the popular discourse, frequently reducing complex matters of military analysis to large, red bubbles plastered over maps. As some experts have widely observed, there is no such doctrine or strategy as "A2/AD" in Russian military planning. But these legitimate concerns have branched out into a dangerous new trend of downplaying Russian anti-air and missile defense capabilities altogether.
According to this emerging line of reasoning, advanced platforms like the F-35 program are a hammer in search of a nail—expensive weapons designed to counter inflated or even non-existent threats from Washington's supposedly inferior opponents. But the reality of Russian military capabilities paints a different picture, restoring much-needed context to the purpose of the F-35 program, and showcasing why this fighter is so badly needed.
Discussions of Russia's air/missile defenses usually center around the S-400 Triumf, and for good reason: versatile and highly effective, the S-400 has become the recognizable face of Russia's missile defense efforts. The S-400 system can operate from short to long ranges and can engage up to eighty targets simultaneously. Equipped with a powerful radar suite, the S-400 system can detect and track up to three hundred targets—including manned aircraft, drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles—within a range of roughly six hundred kilometers. But the S-400 doesn't operate alone; rather, it is the centerpiece of a larger network of missile and air defense installations including the S-300 family, the S-350, Pantsir-S1, and Tor-M1.
These systems work in tandem to provide redundant, overlapping layers of defense to protect key Russian infrastructure and military assets at all possible ranges. When grouped en masse, these systems offset each others' weaknesses and can mitigate the effectiveness of saturation strikes. The forthcoming S-500, reportedly capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles and aerial targets flying at speeds of over Mach 5, will enhance Russia's layered missile defenses even further.
Western experts widely acknowledge that there is no easy path to air dominance in the event of a major conventional conflict between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance Treaty Organization (NATO). There are, however, concrete steps that NATO can take to tilt the correlation of forces in its favor. Russia's formidable air and missile defenses are well-equipped to engage fourth-generation aircraft and supposed new fighters like the F-15EX, but they remain vulnerable to coordinated applications of fifth-generation stealth technology. This is why the F-35 matters so much to the U.S. military, as Russia's missile defenses still cannot reliably detect and target low observable aircraft, which are able to reduce the range of Russia's fire control radars.
F-35: The Essential Strike Fighter
With that said, it's no wonder the U.S. armed forces have made such an important and strategic investment in fifth-generation fighters such as the F-35, a point nearly every major media report that attacks the program seems to miss. In fact, this is precisely the type of high-intensity mission for which the F-35 JSF, one of the world's stealthiest and most survivable fighters, was built.
The jet's capabilities are one of a kind and ready to deal with not only the A2/AD threat from Russia but also China, North Korea, Iran, and others. With a frontal radar cross-section roughly comparable to that of a metal golf ball, the F-35 jet is one of the few aircraft in the U.S. Air Force roster that's sufficiently equipped to run successful penetration missions deep into Russian airspace. With its class-leading stealth performance, prodigious suite of onboard sensors, advanced electronic warfare capabilities, and ability to generate a dynamic picture of the battlefield commonly referred to as "sensor fusion," the F-35 jet is uniquely suited for the demanding task of spearheading suppression and neutralization missions against Russian air defense installations.
As America's adversaries continue to invest in increasingly sophisticated air and missile defense systems, the F-35 jet's unique stealth penetration toolkit is more vital than ever. Without it, the Air Force will lapse into a dangerous capabilities gap that would create unnecessary risk, especially in an era of renewed great-power competition.
Mark Episkopos is a national security reporter for the National Interest.


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The craze of photshoot is highly elevating among folks especially with trending equipments like cars, building, and antique items and so on. Well, there are some significant factors that highly affect your photoshoot and hairstyling is one of them. A perfect hairstyle boost the personality and self-confidence among folks, as resulted they got ideal clicks. Nevertheless, many of the folks face confusion regarding hairstyle that perfectly goes with their photoshoot equipment.
Presently, Car is one of the trending and highly preferable photshoot equipment among people. In the mean time, every model get confused regarding choosing the right hairstyle for photoshoot with a car. Well, if you are also perplexed in this situation then no need to take stress until we are here.
Today, we are presenting the best ways and incredible ideas of making hairstyle for photoshoot with a car. If you would like to have a professional styling hairstyle for your photoshoot, then spend a few minutes and read the article till end:
- The first thing to consider while you go for photoshoot with a equipment like car is make sure that your hair is perfectly clean. Therefore, it is significant to accurately wash it a day before the photoshoot to get perfect hairstyling.
- Secondly, you have to make sure that your hair is completely dry on the photoshoot set. As it is one of the most important fact because it makes easy for stylist to make sudden styles on your hair as per different poses.
- Thirdly, you have to make your hair free before a day of photoshoot because it makes easy for you to style instant hairstyles on straight hair. As you know, time performs a significant role on the day of photoshoot.
Thus, these are some of the basic tips that help you to making right hairstyle for photoshoot with a car and make your day worthy. However, all of these earlier mentioned tips will applied by both men and women, and more importantly people who have long hair. As we know, every model pays high attention on their hairstyling whether it is curled or straight hair, but when you go for photoshoot, then you have not enough time to perform whole procedure of hairstyling, at that time these magical tips will help you to making professional hairstyling especially for a photoshoot with a car.
On the whole, you can list out these magical tips for perfect hairstyling while you go for car photoshoot.