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ND-GAIN Urban Adaptation Assessment
October 2018
The Urban Adaptation Assessment (UAA) is an interactive database within a visual platform to support city leaders in decisionmaking related to climate adaptation and resilience. The tool utilizes data from over 270 cities within the United States, including all 50 states and Puerto Rico, whose populations are above 100,000. The UAA is free, open source data - in a user friendly tool to help prioritize climate strategies and mechanisms for sustained urban climate resilience. For each city, indicators of climate vulnerabilities in the built environment, and indicators of social vulnerability are established and mapped at a sub-city or census tract level.
Related Organizations: Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN)
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Resilient Los Angeles - 100RC Resilience Strategy for Los Angeles, California
March 2, 2018
The City of Los Angeles, California - in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) - released its first citywide Resilience Strategy. The plan describes nearly 100 adaptive actions for extreme events, disaster preparedness and resilient infrastructure, as well as pervasive issues such as social inequities, and climate change. Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti signed an executive directive in conjunction with the Strategy, that requires City departments to appoint Chief Resilience Officers, who will play a significant role in furthering the implementation of the 100 RC strategy.
Related Organizations: City of Los Angeles, California, 100 Resilient Cities
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Upper Manhattan Climate Action Manual
The Upper Manhattan Climate Action Manual describes building resilience to climate change in Upper Manhattan and greater New York City. The manual was designed to complement the Northern Manhattan Climate Action Plan produced in 2015, and further connects climate change resiliency, preparedness, and addressing social inequality in New York City.
Related Organizations: Center for Social Inclusion
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Cities Taking Action: How the 100RC Network is Building Urban Resilience
July 20, 2017
Developed by the Rockefeller Foundation, 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) is a non-profit dedicated to helping cities around the world become more resilient to climate change and other compounding stressors (e. g. high unemployment, aging infrastructure, social inequality). This report describes seven projects that exemplify urban resilience strategies supported by 100RC, and highlights 33 additional projects across 25 more member cities worldwide which are working on similar resilience challenges.
Related Organizations: The Rockefeller Foundation
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City Resilience Index
Developed in partnership between the Rockefeller Foundation and Arup, the City Resilience Index is a web-based tool for conducting a city-wide resilience assessment. Based on evidence from 28 cities and three years of research into what constitutes resilience, the Index is globally applicable - and has already been tested in five cities: Arusha, Concepción, Shimla, Hong Kong, and Liverpool.
Related Organizations: Arup, The Rockefeller Foundation
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Cool Neighborhoods NYC
June 14, 2017
New York City Mayor de Blasio launched Cool Neighborhoods NYC in June 2017. This $106 million program is designed to minimize the effects of extreme heat on the city by implementing projects such as cool roofs, city-wide tree plantings, and climate risk training for home health aides, among others. The comprehensive resilience program aims to reduce heat-related health impacts by lowering temperatures in heat-vulnerable neighborhoods and strengthening social networks as well. Cool Neighborhoods NYC is led by the Mayor's Office of Recovery & Resiliency and will be implemented in partnerships with NYC Parks, the Health Department, Small Business Services, Emergency Management, and members of the private sector.
Related Organizations: City of New York, New York
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Resilient By Design - Bay Area Challenge
May 31, 2017
Resilient by Design is a collaborative design challenge for the San Francisco, California Bay area to develop 10 innovative community-based solutions that will strengthen the region's resilience to sea level rise, severe storms, flooding and earthquakes. The Resilient by Design - Bay Area Challenge was modeled on New York's Rebuild by Design, a successful program pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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A global economic assessment of city policies to reduce climate change impacts
May 29, 2017
This report provides a quantitative assessment of the economic costs of the joint impacts of local and global climate change for all main cities around the world. The study was conducted by an international team of economists looking at the combined impact of global and local climate change on urban economies, with a focus on urban heat. Published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the analysis of 1,692 cities shows that the total economic costs of climate change for cities this century could be 2.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Francisco Estrada, W. J. Wouter Botzen, Richard S. J. Tol
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Essential Capacities for Urban Climate Adaptation
March 2017
The Innovation Network for Communities' Essential Capacities for Urban Climate Adaptation report provides a review of the promising practices in urban adaptation, a summary of recent advances in the field, and a roadmap for communities to continue advancing adaptation practices.
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The Cost and Affordability of Flood Insurance in New York City
This RAND study examined how recent changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) would affect the affordability of insurance for homeowners and business in New York City. New floodplain maps in the city are expanding the number of homes and businesses that must carry flood insurance and increasing the rate of insurance for many structures. Legal changes to the NFIP are also phasing in rate hikes for many insureds. Using flood vulnerable areas in New York City as the study area, this study examined how these changes in the NFIP would affect the affordability of flood insurance.
Related Organizations: RAND Corporation
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Bayer partners with Chinese firms to develop sustainable farming
German pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer AG is teaming up with Chinese partners to develop sustainable agriculture via advanced technologies, aiming to deliver higher-quality food to consumers at affordable prices.
Bayer launched the Sustainable Farming Program in Beijing in June, together with drone company XAG and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Rural Taobao initiative.
Over the next three years, the initiative aims to develop and promote sustainable farming standards all over the world through a series of farm management solutions.
Mathias Kremer, head of Strategy and Portfolio Management at Bayer CropScience, said at the launch ceremony that although challenges lie ahead, the opportunities within agriculture are very inspiring.
Innovations provide novel means to break bottlenecks, and make it possible to meet the elevated need for food, while being mindful of environmental footprints, thus striving for sustainable growth for human kind, Kremer said.
Bayer is on its way to becoming the world leader in seeds and agrochemicals-on June 7, it closed a 63 billion U.S. dollars acquisition of United States agribusiness giant Monsanto.
"With this deal, our customized agronomic solutions will be comprehensive, covering seeds, seed treatment and crop protection, which will be optimized by digitalization, so using fewer products in a far more directed way," Kremer said.
"In the future, the farmers only need to sow and harvest. We can help them with the rest. So they will not buy products, but pay for the outcomes without any pests or diseases in their crops," he said.
The Sustainable Farming Program helps farmers to pick up the latest farming innovations and makes agricultural production smarter and more environmentally friendly. It aims to preserve the environment while pursuing the maximum productivity, to achieve green, sustainable agriculture, Bayer said.
"Food safety, health, environmental preservation and sustainability are relevant to everyone in the world," said Huang Weidong, China head at Bayer CropScience. "Through SFP, we will help growers to further optimize agronomic practices, promote sustainability, and ultimately benefit consumers and the next generation."
The program's major mission is to build trust between food producers and their customers, according to Bayer. It will promote products that are safe because farm management will follow strict standards and customers can trace the whole process.
Tan Chongjun, deputy dean of AliResearch Institute at Alibaba Group, said Bayer and XAG can provide guidance and guarantee safe and qualified agricultural practices. Alibaba Rural Taobao, as a core participant in the downstream agricultural industry, will deliver high-quality food to customers, optimize the selection of agricultural products and reduce circulation costs.
Justin Gong, cofounder and vice-president of XAG, said: "We collect data from agricultural practices, analyze and apply it under precision plant protection to make the production process quantifiable and traceable. Avoiding the abuse of pesticides and fertilizers is essential to food safety."
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May 27, 2016
Devil is in the detail says Wigglesworth ahead of Twickenham showdown
All talk of a historic double have been 'parked' by Saracens says Richard Wigglesworth as the Allianz Park side prepare for Saturday's Aviva Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs.
The in-form Saracens scrum-half says his side's preparations have centred on Saturday's opposition Exeter Chiefs, a team Wigglesworth says he has the ultimate respect for, rather than talk of repeating the feats of side's such as Leicester Tigers and Wasps in securing a domestic and continental double.
After defeating Racing 92 earlier this month to secure the club's maiden Champions Cup title, Saracens are now on course to become the first English side to secure a double since Wasps in 2004 and speaking ahead of Saturday's Twickenham showpiece, Wigglesworth said: "We've had to park the thought of how big an achievement (the double) would be and get back to what wins us rugby games, which is the detail, the hard work and being on it in every training session.
"We enjoy our work, and we're back to doing what we do best which is analysing the opposition as we prepare to face a very good Exeter Chiefs side.
"I think it was important that we celebrated that European Cup win, and I think it would have been a disaster if we had parked it too quickly and not gone out and enjoyed it. We backed up really well but it really has been back to business this week, and we've enjoyed a great week's preparation ahead of Saturday.
The Chiefs meteoric rise from the Championship to Aviva Premiership final has won the Devon side many admires, with Rob Baxter's side finishing second in the table in what has been a landmark season at Sandy Park.
"They are a very impressive outfit," he said. "The guys I have got to know from England are not just great guys but brilliant blokes. We think very highly of what they do at how they do it at Sandy Park and that's testament to what Rob Baxter and the rest of the club has done. It's a little different to what we do here but I think they are a lot of similar messages of how happy a camp they are, how hard they work, so we're under no illusions about what's coming up this weekend."
Saracens could also secure back-to-back titles with a win on Saturday with the Leicester Tigers the last team to do so back in 2010. This will be Saracens' fifth Aviva Premiership final in seven years, and Wigglesworth believes the north Londoners can take a lot of pride from their consistency over a special period for the club.
"What we talk about as a club is giving ourselves the opportunity to win," said the 32-year old half-back. "That's by turning up every week and not taking any off weeks mentally or physically. Generally we've pitched up every week over the last couple of years and given ourselves the opportunities to go on and take part in big games and big finals. You tend to remember the ones that you win, but we look back on the ones we've lost, as we look at giving ourselves the chance to compete in these kind of games and compete for these kind of trophies. Hopefully Saturday will be another good memory but most of all we're proud that we're a consistent team that keeps on giving ourselves chances."


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Clown society
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Clown society is a term used in anthropology and sociology for an organization of comedic entertainers (Heyoka or "clowns") who have a formalized role in a culture or society.
Description and function[edit]
Sometimes clown societies have a sacred role, to represent a trickster character in religious ceremonies.[citation needed] Other times the purpose served by members of a clown society is only to parody excessive seriousness, or to deflate pomposity.[1]
In the sense of how clowns function in their culture:[citation needed]
- A clown shows what is wrong with the ordinary way of doing things.
- A clown shows how to do ordinary things the "wrong way".
By doing ordinary things "the wrong way" the clown reveals what would otherwise be perceived as the serious or true state of things in a different fashion.
Members of a clown society may dress in a special costume reserved for clowns, which is often a ridiculously extreme or improper form of normal dress.[citation needed] Some members paint their body with horizontal black and white stripes, which represent a skeleton.[2][3]
In the case of the Zuni clown society of the Pueblo Indians, "one is initiated into the Ne'wekwe order by a ritual of filth-eating" where "mud are smeared on the body for the clown performance, and parts of the performance may consist of sporting with mud, smearing and daubing it, or drinking and pouring it onto one another".[4][5] The sacred clown and his apparently antisocial behavior is condoned in Native American ceremonies.[6]
While in their costume, clowns have special permission from their society to parody or criticize defective aspects of their own culture. They are always required to be funny. Other persons living within the same culture may recognize a clown when they see one, but seldom consciously understand what the clowns do for their society. The typical explanation is "He's just a funny man."[citation needed]
In the case of the jester at the English Royal Court with his cap of bells and pig's bladder stick he was allowed to make fun of, be indelicate and sometimes downright rude to members of the royal family and their entourage without fear of reprisal.
Clown societies usually train new members to become clowns. The training normally takes place by an apprentice system, although there may be some rote schooling as well.[citation needed] Sometimes the training is improvisational comedy, but usually a clown society trains members in well known forms of costume, pantomime, song, dance, and common visual gags. Occasionally these include a scripted performance, or skit, which is part of a standard repertoire that "never gets old," and is expected by members of the culture that the clown society is part of.
Humor assumes "a sacred position within ceremonials" in many Native North American societies;[7] examples are found in Trickster traditions, Pueblo clown societies, Cherokee "Booger" dances, and aspects of the Northwest Coast Potlatch.[8] Humor is a fundamental aspect of Native American life, and has many purposes related to sacred rituals and social cohesion.[8]
- Circus clowns function as a clown society, in occidental culture.
- Sacred clowns are called heyoka in Lakota Sioux Native American culture.
- Members of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army combine the ancient arts of clowning and fooling with the relatively recent skills of non-violent direct action.
- The Oxford Imps
Difference from school for comedians[edit]
A clown society is different from, but closely related to a school for comedians. Comedians serve many of the same social functions of parody and social criticism, and also embody the role of the trickster, but a comedian usually only uses slightly exaggerated mannerisms to show that he/she is joking. Comedians who are not also clowns do not wear a blatantly outrageous or formalized costume.[citation needed] Also, a comedian has to take personal responsibility for his/her humour and its consequences, whereas a person in clown-costume has some protection from reprisal.
As a general rule, a comedian says funny things, a comic does funny things, and a clown does things funny.
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Further reading[edit]
- Hayman, David (Winter 1983). "Toward a mechanics of mode: Beyond Bakhtin". NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction. 16 (2): 101–120. doi:10.2307/1345079. JSTOR 1345079.
- Honigmann, J.J. (1942). "An interpretation of the social-psychological function of the ritual clown". Journal of Personality. Blackwell Synergy. 10 (3): 220–226. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1942.tb01904.x.
- Crumrine, N. Ross (Spring 1969). "Capakoba, the Mayo Easter Ceremonial Impersonator: Explanations of ritual clowning". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 8 (1): 1–22. doi:10.2307/1385250. JSTOR 1385250.
- Bunzel, Ruth L.; Pareto, Nancy (intro.) (1992) [1932]. Zuni Ceremonialism: Three studies. University of New Mexico Press.
Reprint of the three titles published in the 1932 47th Annual Report of the Bureau of American EthnologySee ref [9] below.
- ^ "Facebook removes "honk" post". New Media Central.
- ^ Patterson, Lotsee; Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (1994). Indian terms of the Americas. p. 122 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cazeneuve (1957). [no title cited] (in French). p. 242.
... leur corps est peint souvent de raies blanches et noires qui leur donnent plus ou moins l'apparence de squelettes.
- ^ Parsons, Elsie Clews; Beals, Ralph L. (October–December 1934). "The Sacred Clowns of the Pueblo and Mayo-Yaqui Indians". American Anthropologist. 36 (4): 491–514. doi:10.1525/aa.1934.36.4.02a00020. JSTOR 661824.
- ^ Hyers, M. Conrad (1996). The Spirituality of Comedy: Comic heroism in a tragic world. Transaction Publishers. p. 145. ISBN 1-56000-218-2.
- ^ Shanley, Kathryn W. (Autumn 1997). "The Indians America loves to love and read: American Indian identity and cultural appropriation". American Indian Quarterly. 21 (4): 675–702. doi:10.2307/1185719. JSTOR 1185719.
The sacred clown and his apparently antisocial behavior which is condoned in Indian ceremonies seems outrageous to Western people who believe it is savage for a culture to institutionalize behavior that seems to be psychotic and perverted.
- ^ Emmons, Sally L.A. (2000). A disarming laughter: The role of humor in tribal cultures: An examination of humor in contemporary Native American literature and art (Ph.D. dissertation). University of Oklahoma.
- ^ a b Johansen, Bruce E. (May 2005). "Catharsis vis-a-vis oppression: Contemporary Native American political humor". University of Nebraska at Omaha Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education. 5 (2). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
- ^ Bunzel, Ruth L. (1932). "Introduction to Zuni Ceremonialism; Zuni Origin Myths; Zuni Ritual Poetry". Annual Report. Bureau of American Ethnology. 47. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 467–835.


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Most people think of city landscapes as simpler, diminished versions of the wild forests and free-flowing streams found in remote places. But in a series of studies published Sept. 10, 2014 in a special issue of the journal Biogeochemistry, scientists specializing in urban ecosystems say just the opposite is true. Urban landscapes are more complex than they seem, and from coast to coast these ecosystems can work in surprisingly similar ways, regardless of local conditions. And they have the potential to change quickly -- for better or worse -- depending on how people manage them.
In 14 studies, scientists from across the U.S. examined the impacts of human actions on the geology, chemistry and biology of urban ecosystems. The studies were carried out in a broad range of climates from Boston and Baltimore to San Juan, Puerto Rico;Tucson, Arizona; and Southern California, including sites in the National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network. Results were published in a special issue of Biogeochemistry exclusively devoted to urban ecosystems, edited by University of Maryland geologist Sujay Kaushal and University of New Hampshire ecologists William McDowell and Wilfred Wollheim.
"Urban ecosystems change relatively quickly in response to human activities," says Kaushal. "These changes can result in rapid losses of ecosystem functions, like flood protection and pollution filtration, or they can result in progress toward ecological health and productivity. The difference depends in large part on how they are managed."
In an overview article, Kaushal, McDowell and Wollheim point out some key factors that affect the evolution of urban ecosystems. For example, the streams, lakes and land surfaces that make up cities' watersheds show consistent patterns of change over time:
"There is a lot of good urban restoration work underway," says McDowell, "but often it only has a short-term effect, because urban watersheds follow their own evolutionary paths. For example, utility managers may build a stormwater retention pond to capture polluted runoff, such as excess nitrogen from urban runoff. And it may work very well for a few years. But then it fills in with sediment, and becomes a wetland, and it's no longer working the way the engineers designed it to work."
"We hope scientists, managers and citizens will work together to make decisions that allow for what we call 'urban evolution,' -- that is, changes in the ecology of cities over time, " says Kaushal. "If we do that, we can find effective ways to understand and manage the trajectory of urban ecosystems, from decline towards sustainability."
"This synthesis brings the power of evolutionary biology to understanding ecosystem processes in urban environments, some of the most rapidly changing habitats globally," says Saran Twombly, NSF's LTER program director. "Merging evolutionary biology with ecosystem sciences is an exciting frontier for long-term ecological research, beginning with this issue on biogeochemical cycles."
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What advice would you give Biden before the VP debate?
Be aggressive, and nail this one for the Obama campaign
Be a defender of the awesome Obama administration policies
Show your usual courage and insight. Dazzle the voters!
Be articulate and clean
Be yourself and pay no attention to all the critics
Don't exploit the youth and inexperience of your opponent
Remember that humor goes a long way -- especially if you can laugh at your own expense
I'm not sure any amount of advice can help Biden
Even if you screw up, nobody really cares. They're all focused on Obama and Romney
Send an empty chair in your place and stay home
Just emulate Barack
Use a teleprompter
Stick to your talking points, and don't use John Kerry as your debate coach
Declare an emergency session of the U.S. Senate over which you must immediately preside
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No one but grand parents may be interested in this video but it is the conversation I mentioned yesterday. The one Saw and I had about the scratch on his nose.
I love his sweet little voice!
I don't know whether to laugh or cry but there is a big smile on my face!!! I love to hear him talk!!! That is the sweetest thing!!!
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Welcome to Toddler Tuesday!
We were past the toddler stage. Our kids were seven and five and we were confidently moving forward into the world of big kids... and then we found out we were adding a new member to our family. And so when the big kids were eight and almost six, a new little guy joined our family and now we are starting all over!
We have found that homeschooling with a toddler in the house is a serious challenge. He doesn't want to be left alone. He is very confused and jealous when the rest of us have things to do other than entertain him! He is a true baby of the family, and he thinks the rest of us live to entertain him.
I have started putting together toddler games for him to play during school time. Some of them are my own creations and some are the result of too many hours on Pinterest. I plan to share a new idea every Tuesday. Follow along and grow your collection of quiet activities for your toddler. We personally use ours during school time but there are so many uses! I know some people who need to keep kids in church use them to keep kids quiet during the service (thankfully my church has a nursery and kids classes during adult service so I have never had to face this challenge!). Others use them in waiting rooms or at restaurants. Of course, you can use them any time you need your toddler to be quiet and somewhat still!
My first Toddler Tuesday Project was made using the Cricut.
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Each image was $0.99 so you can make this project for $1.98 plus four pieces of card stock.
If you have a Cricut Explore and have Design Space installed on your computer, you can easily cut this project using this link: Crayon Toddler Busy Bag Game. I designed it to fit 8.5x11 card stock so that you don't need 12x12 to get it done. You will also need a Cricut scoring tool to make the fold lines and a pen that fits the Cricut machine. Personally, I use regular Crayola skinny markers. The plain old white ones you probably have around the house. The washable ones don't fit right but the regular ones work fabulous, write better than the Cricut pens, are so much cheaper and come in more colors!
To make the crayons last longer, I also laminated them. I couldn't laminate the pouches because then you wouldn't be able to slide the crayons inside. They seem to be holding up OK.
To play, just mix up all the crayons and have your toddler try to put them away in the correct pouches. My toddler likes to pretend they need to go to bed and put them to sleep!
If you don't have a Cricut, don't fret! A quick google search for "card holder template" and "crayon template" brought up tons of images to print and color. You can print them on color card stock (so much cheaper than printing in color!) and get the same finished product.


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Faced with the reality of going back to work after nine months of maternity leave, I felt uncertain.
I didn't want to leave my eight-month-old son with strangers but childcare was my only option. Like so many first-time mothers, I was nervous, anxious and, I'll admit, a bit teary.
So when I returned to work part-time and dropped my son off to childcare for the first time, I was surprised how quickly things changed for me.
Here are five reasons why I now love my job.
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1. I get a 'real' break from parenting
I know that sounds selfish and I have had people ask me, "Why would you go back to work so soon?" Apparently I should soak up every moment with my son while he's a baby. But for me, reality is a little different from that lovely thought. My brain is constantly overwhelmed with feeds, sing-a-longs and cleaning. Sometimes I look forward to putting him down for his nap so I can stop, just for a moment, and breathe. Work allows me a full day to let my brain disconnect from the baby stuff. And let's face it, raising a child is tough, and we all need a break.
Sing-a-longs can be fun, but so can a break! Image: iStock.
2. I enjoy the good parts of an office environment without the bad bits
Working in an office has so many positives to it. The camaraderie, the coffee break catch ups, the structure and the familiar faces. But it can also be plagued by some not so good parts, like the 'who did what to who?' As a part-timer I no longer have to listen to the bad bits of the job. I get to swan in with my coffee in hand (I drink it very slowly to enjoy every drop) and greet everyone in my new upbeat voice. Now I am the annoying happy person at work, and I must say it suits me just fine.
3. I put more effort into activities the days I am with my son
I miss my son when I am at work. I really do. I see him for a total of one hour on the days I work and it's tough. But now, instead of looking forward to his nap time when I'm home with him – my breathing space - I make sure I am truly present while he's awake. Those days away from him give me more energy to put into the things we do together when I am home. I feel like the break from him while I'm at work makes me a better mother.
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4. I get to talk to adults and have meaningful conversations
Let's be real. Talking to anyone is exciting after talking to a baby all day. But talking to adults about intelligent topics, nutting out issues or even having a chat about the weekend, if only for a few days a week, can make a lot of difference to my mental state. I was tired of being closed off from the rest of the world. These new interactions, I feel, are an important part of reconnecting after being in the 'baby bubble' for so long.
5. I feel like me again when I'm at work
It's taken a while. The initial weeks of the newborn blur, the relentless day-in-day-out of never ending feeds, to the key moments when my son began to babble, roll and crawl, I've been slowly recovering. Not just physically, but mentally, too. Now, eight months after my son was born, I feel like myself again. Well, almost.
Maybe there is a piece of me that will never return. The carefree, whimsical part. But the person that remains is someone I've been working on and I'm pretty happy with her; a new mother that loves her child but also now loves going to work.


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I'm in the middle of transferring my Verizon Fios internet service (100/100, No Annual Contract) from one apartment to another. A little less than a year ago, I had Verizon Fios at my old apartment. During that time, I paid a $100 setup fee. I was told over the phone that since I'm moving into an apartment that is brand new, a tech is required to come out and I'm required to pay another $100 setup fee.
Then I see deals like this:
How can I get the $100 setup fee waived? Do I need to cancel my order and reorder online where the fee is waved? This will be twice in less than a year that I'm paying this fee...judging from the forum, this seems to be a reoccuring issue with subscribers.
Basically as a rule if you order online there is a waiver built into the order process.
however once you call Verizon no matter what you are asking about will result in that install fee being accessed and not waived.
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm missing the point of all this blogging and photography at my age. Every blogger photographer I read lately that is my age or older all seem to be writing and taking pictures about gratitude and wrestling with their souls, trying to show some deep personal emotional part of themselves in their photos. Am I burying my head in the sand because I don't want to make my soul searching or my emotions public? By not writing or photographing about such subjects, am I not doing this blogging thing right? Is it wrong to put on a happy public face? Not wrong so much, but not what I should be doing with all the horror that is going on in the world these days.
This summer my family received tragic news that we're all grappling with and that has turned our worlds upside down into sadness. I've decided to not write about the daily struggle with our grief because frankly it's nobody's business but ours and that's really my approach to this space: I want to keep things here happy and bright and a glass half full place. There's so much sadness and despair and depression already in the air, who am I to add to it, and why would I want to? I chose to look at the world optimistically a long time ago after recovering from the grief of losing our infant son because I already experienced hell and the horror of that place. I could've chosen to stay in that place - - - it's still really tempting at times to fall down that hole - - - but I simply can't. Being happy and hopeful is the new person I chose to grow into after losing Christopher. I struggle with understanding people who have such hard times being happy. I want to understand why it is that they simply can't see the world as the glorious gift that it is. Yes, there are some horrible people that we have to share this planet with and, without getting into it, we just have to accept that those horrible people will continue to do those horrible things that they set out to do. We can either dwell on the horror or we can pray for love to trump that horror.
I don't spill my guts here because, well, I'd rather spill my guts to David or to my best friend over a cup of coffee. They're real and they get me. My photos here may not show a lot of emotion, but I do think they show a lot of me.
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We feel that human interaction is really important in science collaboration and
to help you to get to know the experts a little better we asked them to answer
a few questions. We will regularly post their replies on this blog.
Celia, with a PhD in Human Genetics has studied in
Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain and currently works in Toulouse, France. She
speaks Spanish, French, Dutch and English.
What are the benefits of offering your services
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around the world and that we have the opportunity to dive into any scientific
subject. Every time I get a request, it is very exciting! The fact that you can
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language editing and translating so it is very stimulating to get such a
variety of requests.
Do you have any tips for authors, do you see
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most common mistakes I usually find are the usage of long and complicated
sentences, the lack of consistency and the tendency to nominalize verbs. About
the paper structure, the different sections are frequently not well defined, e.g.
results are described in the 'materials and methods' section and not in the
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academic writing skills so they can also learn from the process.
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GBBC Water System
We have a photo album with captions that gives an overview of our water systems, and some of the other water needs. Click the "view slideshow" option and have your cursor (arrow) over the pictures and the captions will automatically load with the pictures.
Our main system is an efficient rainwater gravity-fed system. The tin roofs of various buildings catch the rainwater and gutters send the water into twelve 2,000 gallon tanks. Underground pipes drain this water to an almost 24,000 gallon Southern-Cross storage tank. The water is then pumped to a header tank where it gravity-feeds the whole campus, including cookhouses, men's and women's dorms, shower and toilet blocks, and staff houses. While the total capacity of nearly 50,000 gallons sounds like a lot, we very rarely are at capacity, need to replace some broken tanks, and always have families and students (about 100 people) using water. In the rainy season (Nov-May) we typically have lots of water, but every year we have water shortages which force us to ration water, and usually purchase water as well.
We also have a river-water system to supplement our main system, but it is not functioning and is in need of an upgrade. Our campus borders a small river, and we have set up a system to pump that water to the showers, clothes-washing areas, and toilet blocks. But the system has broken down. We have researched some options and desire to set up a more efficient gravity-fed system with another large storage tank for a remaining need of $20,000 dollars. $2,000 is needed immediately for a new suction pump, most of the other money involves the costs of a new large storage tank and fully implementing the system.
Recently a man who owns a well digging company dropped by the Bible College. His company digs wells for churches, schools, as well as for government and aid agency projects. They had an unexpected opening in their schedule and would be available to dig a well at GBBC if we were interested. Not only would he give us a considerable discount, but he would drill up to 3 holes for that price to help us find water. If we hired a commercial outfit it would have cost over double the amount, per hole, whether they find water or not. A week later they drilled the first hole and hit water! We are now in the process of getting the water tested and evaluating the size of pump we will need to to make it operational as well as determining what kind of plumbing and hardware we will need. This is exciting! We will be to use the water from this well whether it is drinkable or not.
Please pray with us for these needs!
If you would like to help financially, to help provide water tanks for married houses, to replace broken tanks, or help upgrade the river water system, you could visit our "giving" link or send to our GBBC General Needs account at ABWE. Please designate for what project you are giving.
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Brookfield High Range Viscometer
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Toys R Us recalls nearly 30,000 Infant Wiggle Balls for choking hazard
Nissan Motor plans to recall 1.2 million cars in Japan after it discovered final vehicle inspections were not performed by authorized technicians. Newslook
Toys R Us has recalled nearly 30,000 wiggle balls that could pose a choking hazard for infants.
The recall involves "Bruin Infant Wiggle Ball" toys, which are also called giggle balls. No deaths have been reported, but there have been six reports received of rubber knobs breaking off, including four reports of pieces of product found in children's mouths.
The wiggle ball's plastic back can also detach, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned Thursday.
The toys being recalled were sold at Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores across the U.S. and Canada from June 2016 through January 2017. They were manufactured in China, and have the model number "5F6342E" printed on them.
Toys R Us has told shoppers to immediately stop using the recalled balls and to take them back to its stores for a full refund.
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Visas company licenses for North Koreans will no more be offered by UAE announced the official state news agency WAM through its Twitter account. It was also announced that mission of the non-resident ambassador of North Korea in UAE was ended. UAE has also terminated the services of its envoy in North Korea, added the WAM.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the measures have been taken owing to the obligation of the UAE as a responsible member of the global community. These are aimed at boosting the international resolve and curb the propagation of missile programs and nuclear weapons, added the statement. Similar measures have already been taken by Qatar and Kuwait, as quoted by the Gulf News.
Anxiety over weapons program of North Korea has increased in the last few months. Pyongyang is on a spree of missile launches and it conducted the sixth and most potent nuclear test in September.
Sanctions against North Korea have been expanded by the UN. This now includes visitor workers as well as textiles along with ceiling on exports of oil. The Gulf States have been pressurized by South Korea to stop accepting workers from North Korea. The remittances by these workers are benefitting the regime in North Korea as per the diplomatic sources in Asia.
Kuwait gave a one-month ultimatum to the ambassador of North Korea to exit from the nation and also stopped offering visas to all nationals of North Korea. Qatar has said that it will not renew the work permits for workers from North Korea and the work visas are expiring at the end of 2018.
Currently, 2, 500 workers in Kuwait and 1000 workers in Qatar are from North Korea. Around 1,300 nationals from North Korea are working in the UAE through visas company licenses as per the diplomat in South Korea.
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Birth skirt
The birth skirt is a piece of clothing in Fallout 3.
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The birth skirt is an item used solely in the beginning sequence to represent the supposed point-of-view of a newborn baby. On a male character (i.e. James) the birth skirt takes the shape of a doctor's face mask.
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Christopher Newport University's interdisciplinary minor in Medieval and Renaissance studies (MRST) is a new program developed to allow students to pursue their interests in the medieval and early modern periods, primarily in the western world. We began the program as part of a larger university initiative to create interdisciplinary programs of study that appeal to a wide range of students, and we look forward to developing the program into a major in the coming years and to broaden our scope to include the global middle ages and shift to modernity.
At CNU, students who choose this minor can study with highly engaged and accomplished professors in Art History, English, History, Philosophy and Theater, as well as with our colleagues in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Latin, and Greek (in the Department of Modern and Classical Language and Literature). MRST allows students to choose from a range of over thirty courses across these disciplines; we organize and participate several events each year, including film festivals, lectures, conferences, along with theatrical performances and workshops. Our program website can be found here: http://cnu.edu/interdisciplinary/medrenstudies/. We will be launching a WordPress Blog in August 2015, which will feature blogs by participating faculty and students about our classes and research projects, as well as about events, performances, and study abroad trips hosted by CNU.
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Glue, food coloring, balloons, and boogers. What a week at girls club! Everyone had lots of fun doing science experiments. Every once in a while it's fun to goof off while learning. We made some flubber (and then some fake boogers), blew up a few balloons with vinegar and baking soda, and had a pretty dandy time.
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Even fish can eat Nuatan, the bioplastic that could answer the plastic pollution crisis
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A potential solution to the world's plastic pollution crisis has recently been unveiled at the London Design Festival. Crafting Plastics Studio, established by design duo Vlasta Kubušová and Miroslav Král, created the all-natural alternative, which is made from corn starch, sugar and cooking oil. According to the team, who researches and constructs cutting-edge materials for their avant-garde designs, Nuatan has the possibility to "replace all the packaging we know," because it is so safe that even fish can eat it. At a glance, Nuatan may seem elementary in its composition, however, Kubušová and Král spent six years conceiving the bioplastic with material scientists at the Slovak University of Technology. This is time well spent, considering that the composition is enduring, rapidly degradable and safe to ingest. More durable than previous bioplastic samples, the material can last up to 15 years and withstands temperatures over 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius). Related: This edible, plastic-free packaging is grown from kombucha starter "For the first time, a fully bio-based, biodegradable material can be considered as a competitor in terms of properties and processability," the designers explained. Nuatan's applications are limitless, because the poly-blend is not restricted to blow-forming like traditional plastics are. Crafting Plastics Studio designed the material to succeed in any production chain. "We're using it for 3D printing , injection molding and other plastic manufacturing technologies," the team said. Approval of a food-safety certificate would mean that Nuatan could realistically replace all packaging , because the material is biodegradable. Industrial composters would have no trouble breaking down the substance. The possible solution to replacing single-use plastics such as plastic bags, plates, straws, water bottles, cutlery and others is found in the patented combination of naturally derived Polyacid Acid (PLA) from corn starch with Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), which is corn starch that has been processed by microorganisms. Because Nuatan's composition is not formulated from carbon-based raw materials, "it degrades inside the human body or animals," Kubušová explained. This biocompatible feature, along with Nuatan's durability, means that it can be used in nearly everything except heavy-duty situations, such as vehicle construction. At a lower energy and resource consumption value than traditional petroleum-based plastics, Nuatan ticks all the boxes regarding environmental sustainability and climate change relief. Faced with a high cost of production, there is still some time before the new bioplastic will see widespread use. But increased demand could help drive the cost of materials down to affordable levels. "We are hoping to find collaborators who want to include it in the right products, and not combine it with other materials, so it's a mono-material," Kubušová said. Faithful to their ethical and capable inception, the team made a very valid point — "If we can find the right collaborators, it can change things a lot." For a lot of people, a lot of animals and a lot of places on Earth… + Crafting Plastics Via Dezeen Images via Adam Šakový, Andrej Andrej and Lucia Scerankova / Crafting Plastics
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This scarf protects against air pollution, allergens and viral infections
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Air pollution is a major problem around the world, but one company is helping people stay safe no matter where they live. Bioscarf has created a stylish accessory that doubles as a safety mask for people living in places with high concentrations of pollution. These handy scarves help fight against air pollutants, allergens and viral infections, like the cold and flu. Bioscarf offers its product in a handful of colors, including white, black, green and a camouflage print. Each scarf is made from high-quality polyester and carries the company's logo. They are roughly 7 feet long and just under a foot wide, making them ideal for burying your face into when cold winds breeze by you. While these scarves are fashionable , they also protect against allergens and viral infections. This includes the cold and influenza, both of which are common infections that become a problem every year in larger urban areas. Related: Scientists find air pollution leads to significant decline in cognition The scarves work by filtering out more than 94 percent of contaminants in the air , keeping you just as healthy as a traditional safety mask. According to the company, testing showed that the Bioscarf filtered nearly 100 percent of airborne particulates with a size 0.1 or larger, including pneumonia, step throat, influenza, tuberculosis, animal dander, pollen and cigarette smoke. Co-founder Hazel Solle was inspired to create the scarf after a vacation to China with her family. Her husband, Carlton, got sick overseas, and a doctor told them it was likely because of the air pollution. The doctor recommended they wear masks, inspiring the couple to think of a better solution. Hazel also recalled growing up in Costa Rica and making tiny scarves out of leftover materials for her dolls. The idea hit her that scarves could double as fashion pieces and air pollution masks. In addition to its scarf lineup, the company also has a special program where it donates a scarf to charity for each one it sells — a great incentive for consumers who want to help those in need. "Experts say that over 2 billion kids around the world are breathing toxic air and nobody is talking about it," Hazel said."It's time to not only raise awareness about this issue, but to more importantly give many of the people at risk who don't have the means to protect themselves something to help them combat air pollution on a daily basis." + Bioscarf
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The Fulanis in Ghana have called on Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, to intervene in the plight of herdsmen in their country.
At a press conference in Accra on Friday, Osman Barry, national president of the Fulanis in Ghana, rejected the "hostile treatment" being meted to his people.
He expressed displeasure over how violent clashes between local farmers and herdsmen in Ashanti and some regions have resulted in the loss of lives and cows.
Barry appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in what he described as unwarranted atrocities being meted out to the nomadic Fulani herdsmen.
He alleged that herdsmen were attacked whenever their cattle destroy farms, while the real owners, including politicians and other influential persons in society, are left off the hook.
"About 1,500 cows estimated at GH¢6 million equivalent to $1.5 million were killed in the last quarter of 2017," Barry lamented.
"About 50 Fulanis have lost their lives through cold blood murder, black magic and the practice of ritualism besides the huge number of settlements that were set ablaze in parts of the country."
There have been clashes between herdsmen and farmers across West Africa. Niger, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria are among the countries which have had their share of the violence.


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Cobra Verde
Werner Herzog 1987
The main singer – who is undoubtedly the focal pull of the group, and who, every now and then, winds up the formation of figures with a muscular twirl, as if resetting the torsion that they are working on the film/image – and the surrounding women, address the camera straight on, smiling and winking wryly – looking through everything, all equipment and apparatus. There is no clear indication that we have assumed a character perspective, that we have cut to inhabit Kinski's viewpoint, but this remains poised and uncertain. For then, Kinski breaks out from the frame edge and infiltrates the choir. There is something additional in this gesture I think – it's like both Kinski and da Silva splits from themselves, drifting like a pale, and now benevolent apparition in the midst of the intense mass of the choir. Something that steps outside of the film here – not simply a breaking of the fourth wall or the consistency of characterisation – or at least there is nothing so upfront about its lack of containment, so to speak. Yet that's what it seems to be at work here – this sequence, however instigated by Herzog, whether it became found its way into the film by design, accident, etc. it ends up blossoming unchecked in the material of the story, and the matter of the image. It overloads the narrative and historical setting, breeding over the 'location' like a fungus. It refuses to be assimilated on anything but its own terms – those of a singular performance, tied to an index of event that cannot be utilised in the generation of sustainable fictions. I'm tempted to say that it becomes extraneous, but this is not to be thought in the sense of any superficiality or as anything reductively ornamental. It is rather that it becomes a figure of brutal authenticity and, more importantly, materiality. This reference to materiality is echoed in what Gilles Deleuze says about what he considers Herzog's emphasis on the materiality of images, producing a physical presence of the image that in this case could be linked both to a people's nobility and vulnerability – a performance of disjunction that seems to protrude from the surface of the film, to come out and dismiss its construction through an integrated (paradoxical) display of porosity and imperviousness.


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Wire Sculpture
For this project, we were asked to create a portrait only using wire as the medium. We were paired up with a partner and sat across from one another and created a portrait of one another.
Unfortunately, the sculptures are still on display in Hopkins Hall so these photos were all that I could get.
Since I had finished my portrait earlier than my partner, I also made a five-panel hat.


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Mar 25, 2018
Rev. Bill Neely, Beacon UU Congregation, Princeton, NJ
The many ministries of UUCSH are created through Stewardship, or the shared financial commitments that members and friends make to one another and this congregation. On this Stewardship Sunday, let's celebrate those commitments as we lift up with joy and hope how our congregation transforms lives and changes the world.


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Healthy Communication – With Love from Dr. G
We all experienced something incredibly traumatic on Oct 1, 2017. So why am I writing about communication? I was prompted to bring up this topic now because of the ongoing flood of posts I have read especially in more recent weeks, in which folks are reporting uncomfortable, unhealthy, unhelpful, or highly distressing interactions or conversations that they are experiencing with other people (who may or may not have been involved in the Las Vegas massacre). There are some very simple tools that may help you manage these situations more easily and with less emotional distress. We cannot expect all the people we encounter to be understanding, emotionally sophisticated, and psychologically-minded. We cannot expect everyone else to be healthy and always know the "right" thing to say or do to show support. However, we CAN get ourselves healthy…sooo healthy that we are no longer impacted by the thoughts, comments, feelings, or behaviors of others. Remember every human being is ultimately responsible for him/herself.
Learning how to communicate effectively and in ways that are healthy for us (and our relationships) is a skill. It's a bit of an art, and a bit of a science. Let's start with the science. You may wish to refer to the "Dr. Ghaed's Rules" PDF (see the "Files" link on your Facebook homepage) since these are fundamental concepts that will help you keep things in perspective and reduce your likelihood of over-personalizing the comments and actions of other people.
Quick summary of the 5 Bucket Rules (here's the G-rated version so it's family friendly and you can share it forward!): You don't get to worry about things that have not happened yet. You don't get to worry about things that are not in your control. So, what's in your control? Only you, specifically, YOUR thoughts, YOUR feelings, and YOUR behaviors. These 3 things live in your bucket, and we each have one of our own. So, focus on your bucket, and if it's not in your bucket…chuck it. In trying to manage your own thought-processing better, which will in turn help you manage your emotions and reactions to other people better, remember a few more things. Don't "should" on other people or yourself. And there are no "musts, need-to's, or have to's" – these words and ideas make us feel pressured and set us up for expectation. You can "wish, want, hope, and would like" all you want, but try to eliminate the "should" and "musts" from your thought processing and speech. Acceptance does not mean approval, but learning acceptance (sometimes 'radical' acceptance) will benefit your health.
Here is an example of a hypothetical verbal interaction (that many of you have experienced in some form or other):
Other Person – "How are things?"
Route 91er – "Okay I guess, but things have been difficult. I'm struggling."
Other Person – "Really? Why?"
Route 91er – "Can't stop thinking about what happened. Still having nightmares, feeling really emotional. Triggered all the time."
Other Person – "Wow. You're still feeling that way? It's been almost 3 months. I thought you would be back to normal by now. I mean you didn't get shot, you lived!"
So, take pause, take a long slow breath, and recognize that this is where you have a choice. You can personalize the other person's comments and feel insulted, minimized, or invalidated. OR, you can recognize that you have NO control over his/her 3 things that live in his/her bucket, and there is free will and autonomy. (S)he is allowed to think, feel, and act however (s)he may choose, and any comments (however you may judge them) made by another person are ONLY an indication of THEIR level of health, thought-processing, and sensitivity or compassion. The other person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors actually have nothing to do with you at all. You are simply a bystander and observer of his/her comments about a certain topic. Yes, this topic hits home and you may feel highly sensitized, but that's YOUR bucket, not theirs.
In a moment that someone else makes a comment that you do not appreciate, you can choose to react in anger (which is less often about anger and more about other emotions such as sadness and fear)…or you can choose to feel compassion for this person. If this person is making comments like this to you, imagine how the rest of his/her life is experienced? If (s)he emotionally constipated or lacking in compassion towards you, just imagine for a moment, the quality of his/her relationships with other people. Imagine how alone and disconnected (s)he may actually be from others under the surface. Imagine what may have happened in this person's life to cause such an abrasive or unkind approach. And now, once you have considered these possibilities, do you really want or need to react in anger?
Route 91er Response Option A (What you REALLY want to say): "F@%*$ YOU! I can't believe you're being so insensitive. You're an A**hole."
Route 91er Response Option B (The much healthier option): "Yeah. Actually, not only am I still having trouble, but many other people are too! 3 months is not a long time at all when you've been in such a horrific situation. It impacts your mind and body."
By not letting the emotional "noise" color your response, you are able to communicate honestly, openly, and also educate this person. You are also setting an invisible firm boundary and by being honest and calm on your end, you are taking full responsibility for yourself, you are advocating for yourself. By default, this type of authentic communication actually forces other people to be accountable for themselves. If you wanted to even take this conversation further perhaps to find more meaning, which might help YOU also foster compassion for this other person and allow you to understand where they are coming from (rather than mind-reading or jumping to conclusions and judging them)…
Route 91er: "So, just out of curiosity, why would you think that people would be over it or back to normal after 3 months?"
If you are willing to consider and generate alternatives in the ways in which you choose to respond to the people around you, then you will be happier and healthier (and so will your relationships!). It does take practice because it is a skill. And that's the art part of communication. The more you use these tools, the more they become second nature. And we all benefit since compassion for others and compassion for ourselves are simply two sides of the same coin.
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." --- Mahatma Gandhi


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How to increase your serotonin levels without drugs.
Serotonin : Blood-based ("serum") chemical that constricts blood-vessels ("tonus")
Serotonin is important for mood regulation. Low levels of serotonin have been associated with depression, irritability, and other badnesses. Many anti-depressant drugs work by increasing serotonin levels in the brain, and many recreational drugs also work by increasing brain serotonin levels (which often leads to the post-hgh comedown once the serotonin has been used up). The rationale therefore is that if you can keep your brain serotonin at a healthy level, you're less likely to suffer from depression.
In a paper from 2007, Simon Young summarises ways in which we can increase our serotonin levels without drugs. In brief, these are:
(References are in the Young 2007 paper below)
1) Be happy! Ok this is slightly circular, but the point is that doing things that you enjoy, such as being social, may be a pretty direct way to boost serotonin. In addition, Young suggests that positive moods (and the related increase in serotonin production) can be induced, either through therapy or self-induction. As Young puts it, the relationship between mood and serotonin production may be 2-way.
2) Look at Bright Lights. Light is a powerful controller of our natural daily hormone cycles, and it seems that it also has a big influence on serotonin production. This may explain why many suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in the low-light winter months (less light = less serotonin). Therefore, try not to spend the morning daylight hours under a blanket in a dark room looking at your phone (like I do).
3) Exercise. There is some debate over whether exercise really induces the production of more serotonin in the brain, but even if it doesn't, exercise has been shown to improve mood (see point 1) in healthy people and in sufferers of mild depression. And your heart and waistline will thank you! Apparently exercise-to-exhaustion causes the bigger increase in serotonin (which would explain those self-righteous happy joggers).
4) Diet. Your body needs an amino acid called trytophan to make serotonin. There is some evidence that eating purified tryptophan may therefore increase serotonin levels in the brain, but it's not clear whether you can get the same benefit from naturally-occurring sources of tryptophan. Tryptophan is not a very abundant amino acid, and has to compete with other amino acids for access to the brain. Therefore if you eat a high-protein diet (proteins are just chains of amino acids stuck together) you may actually be reducing the proportion of tryptophan in your blood. It's possible that eating foods with a high tryptophan/protein ratio might help, but I think it's fair to say the evidence is still inconclusive on this one. In any case, it probably doesn't hurt to make sure you are eating enough tryptophan as this is the only way your body can get it (hence why it is an "essential" amino acid). Here is a handy table from Wikipedia showing the foods with the highest tryptophan/protein ratio (Milk, Sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, soybeans, spirulina & cheese come out on top).
I'm off to eat cheese and stare at the sun.
Take care of your brain!
Young 2007 paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2077351/#__ffn_sectitle
Finally: All you ever need to know about serotonin (and more): http://physrev.physiology.org/content/physrev/72/1/165.full.pdf
Including this gem: "Serotonergic neurons are exceptional in their regenerative capacity in the adult brain." There is still hope! :)


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Many people think that "going on a diet" means
eating less, staying hungry, not eating the food you like and making a
sacrifice. This obviously makes the idea of "going on a diet" not appealing at
all and that is why many choose to dismiss it.
Today we don't even use the terminology "going on a diet" anymore. Instead, we prefer to talk about making healthy choices and eating small, frequent meals. By learning important facts about how our body works and about different types of food, you will soon be equipped with enough knowledge to be able to start and maintain a healthy diet. In this way, you will be able to reach your ideal weight and maintain it, while feeling better, less stressed and without ever staying hungry.
Food is made up of three main components, namely proteins, carbohydrates and fats. All three types of food are important for a healthy, well-balanced diet.
Proteins are the building blocks of muscle and are important for many of the body's functions.
Carbohydrates are what we use for energy and are essential in our diet to keep us going throughout the day without getting tired.
Fats are also important for some of the body's functions but it is important that we consume the right type of fats for our bodies.
All food has calories. We take in calories from our food and use calories when we exercise, when we think, walk and also when we eat. That is why eating five times a day is better than eating just once; each time we eat, our body burns calories to metabolize the food. By eating small, frequent meals, one speeds up the rate of metabolism and this results in a more efficient fat-burning process. Each and every one of our bodies has its own calorie requirements based on our age, height, weight and daily activities. A person who works as a builder obviously has higher calories requirements than a person who sits at a desk all day. In the same way, a person who exercises has higher calorie requirements than one who doesn't. If a person wants to lose weight, he or she must calculate that the calories consumed from food throughout the day are less than the sum of the calories used throughout the day.
Water is an essential part of our diet. Drinking water regularly can help us eliminate unwanted waste products, keep our bodies well-hydrated and our skin looking good. Water can help us feel fuller and therefore suppresses hunger. On the other hand, dehydration can mimic hunger and will result in us eating more when in actual fact what we need is to rehydrate our bodies.
It is important to drink according to our needs, that is someone working in the sun and sweating all day needs more water than someone working in an air-conditioned office. The average daily water intake for someone who doesn't sweat too much is around 2 litres. Your urine should look like water, if it is dark yellow, then you are not drinking enough.
The 10 Commandments
1. Eliminate refined sugars completely (chocolate, sweets, soft drinks, etc.)
2. Diet products (e.g. aspartame) are just as toxic (except stevia)
3. Choose natural vs processed foods (raw fruit not canned)
4. Eat only "good" carbs, such as fruit & veg
5. Eat 5-7 small, frequent meals daily
6. Drink plenty of water, 2-3 litres per day
7. Don't be fooled by "health food" containing hydrogenated oil, processed soy or other toxic preservatives
8. Eat only "good" fats full of Omega 3's (such as salmon)
9. Protein is very important and should make part of every meal
10. Do not diet but eat healthy so you can enjoy and maintain!
3 steps to start losing weight :
1) Find out your Metabolic Type (Protein Type, Carb Type or Mixed Type)
2) Calculate your daily calorie requirements according to age, weight and height
3) Choose which foods you like from Michi's ladder (Tiers 1 and 2) and start mixing and matching