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3 New Popular Co-Op Games To Play With Your Friends During CMCO
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With the CMCO in place right now, many of us are choosing to forgo social lives in an effort to stay at home and avoid going out. However, we're all getting a little loopy without our friends, so why not try out video games?
"Oh, but I'm not a gamer," you say, which is totally fine, because this list is curated for top popularity, need for co-operation, and ease of playing!
You will most likely already have friends who play or it will be easy to start getting your friends to play together!
Among Us
Platform: Free on mobile (Android or iOS)
You probably would have seen these little colourful figures in spacesuits on social media. This highly co-operative multiplayer game is all about teamwork and betrayal!
The main objective is to complete your tasks together to stay alive, but there's an alien impostor in your group looking to sabotage the project. The game relies on teamwork and trust (but not too much!) for a successful mission.
It's been wildly successful as the game supports large groups of 4 up to 10 players, giving lots of opportunities for your social group to join in together.
Genshin Impact
Platform: Free on mobile (Android & iOS), PC, PS4
This vast open-world role-playing game (RPG) is a definite treat with its diverse cast of memorable characters, great storyline, fantastic music, and beautiful graphics. However, the best part of the game is its cross-platform support for mobile, PC, and PS4.
Not only can you play with your friends who are on a different platform than you, it also means that you can log in on different platforms as well (although this only currently applies to mobile and PC)!
The game is mainly a single-player RPG until you hit Adventure Rank 16, when multiplayer and co-op features are unlocked. This will take around 4-5 hours of solo gaming and story-progression until you are familiar enough with the gameplay mechanics.
However, once multiplayer features are unlocked, you and your friends (up to 4 players) can travel to each other's world to complete quests, fight in dungeons, or even just walk around exploring the open world together.
Since the game has daily quests, it's a good way to hang out and "do stuff" together with your friend group like true adventurers!
Platforms: RM31 on PC with standard or VR mode
If you're looking for something for dramatic and heart-pumping, this new co-op horror survival game is sure to make you cherish your friendship.
You and 3 other players are supposed to investigate paranormal activity, gather evidence, and hunt ghosts. However, ghosts are hunting you too.
The in-game voice mechanics require you to communicate with your friends over clues and strategy, but voices will also trigger the ghosts to attack.
Teammates who have been killed will be silent but able to continue watching the game, which means that if you haven't heard from a friend in a while, it might not be a good sign.
It might be rather scary, but having friends to go through and survive the game together will certainly take the edge off.
Have you tried any of these games? Share your thoughts with us on TRP's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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What about Disney World?
Bring your mask when Disney Springs reopens Wednesday: Here's what you need to know
Face masks and temperature checks are in and cash payments are out when Walt Disney World begins the first phase of its comeback plan Wednesday with the partial reopening of Disney Springs, the large shopping, dining and entertainment complex located on the eastern side of the Orlando, Florida, park.
"While our theme parks and resort hotels remain temporarily closed, the phased reopening of Disney Springs is a welcome milestone as we navigate through this unprecedented time together as responsibly as we can," Matt Simon, vice president of Disney Spring wrote in a post on the Disney Parks Blog Saturday.
When will Disney World, Disneyland reopen?
One analyst predicts it may not be until 2021!
"Rest assured, there is plenty of magic awaiting you at Disney Springs – it just may feel a bit different than before," Simon wrote.
Disney is implementing new health and safety precautions as coronavirus continues to spread around the world, having infected nearly 1.5 million people across the U.S. killing more than 88,200 people according to Johns Hopkins data.
As the park reopens, it will institute the new policies in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health authorities and government agencies.
Man arrested: After camping on Disney World's Discovery Island during coronavirus pandemic
The changes include:
- Face masks: All visitors, employees and cast members over the age of 3 will be required to wear a "face covering" of some sort at all times except when dining.
- Temperature screenings: All visitors' temperatures will be taken upon arrival. Any person that has a temperature of 100.4℉ or higher will be retested in an additional facility if their temp is at or higher than 100.4 twice, they will not be allowed in and neither will their group.
- Physical distancing and capacity control: Disney will limit the number of people allowed in and in certain areas- there will be markings for lines and other additions to ensure social distancing is upheld.
- Cleanliness: Disney is making an effort to add more disinfection as they take care of their facilities. They also have hand washing and sanitation stations which they encourage visitors to use.
- Cashless transactions: Disney is discouraging the use of cash.
- Parking garages and entrances: In the first phase of reopening visitors will be directed to park in two garages: the orange garage and the lime garage- all surface lots will be closed and entrances will be limited.
Simon noted that as time goes on, the measures they take at Disney Springs may change as circumstances evolve over time.
"We want to deliver all the Disney magic you know and love with safety, as always, our top priority," he said.
The next phase begins a week later on Wednesday, May 27, with the reopening of three Disney owned and operated locations: D-Luxe Burger (for mobile orders), World of Disney and the Marketplace Co-Op.
During Disney's first-quarter earnings call on May 5, CEO Bob Chapek wasn't ready to speculate as to when the rest of Walt Disney World might reopen. Instead, he announced the the reopening of the company's first park since the pandemic began: Shanghai Disney Resort. The Chinese park, which had been closed since late January, reopened to a sold-out – albeit lower-capacity crowd Monday.
News Source: USA Today (16th May 2020)

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Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, grew up playing video games on his Atari console. Now as a successful researcher, he's exploring the potential role of video game-based therapy in slowing or preventing cognitive decline and possibly treating other brain conditions, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Medscape recently spoke with Dr Gazzaley about his research.
Medscape: How did you become interested in this idea of video games as therapy?
Dr Gazzaley: I guess it was around 8 years ago. We had been studying the neuromechanisms of attention and perception and working memory—especially in the context of aging and how interference, like distraction and multitasking, impairs performance in all people but especially older adults.
I became interested in the idea that we could use novel approaches to attempt to improve these declining cognitive abilities that we see with healthy aging. That was my initial goal. I reached out to friends of mine in the video game industry. Specifically, I reached out to LucasArts™, George Lucas's company, with a design for a game that I wanted to build. They were willing to help us develop it, which was a great asset.
The hypothesis I had was that if we challenged multitasking abilities in a video game that was a closed loop—meaning that it was constantly challenging players and continually advancing as players got better at it—we would see improvements in other cognitive skills that were not directly trained by the game but were related to multitasking through mechanistic features that we had been characterizing in the laboratory.
And so we did exactly that. We built this multitasking video game called NeuroRacer. We conducted numerous studies on it over the years and eventually published in Nature in 2013.[1]
We found that older adults indeed improved their ability to multitask on the game and actually did so to a really remarkable degree, even exceeding levels of a 20-year-old on a single game play. We also confirmed the hypothesis by revealing evidence that other tasks, such as holding the memory of faces in mind for short periods of time, as well as vigilance—a standard attention task—also improved significantly in our older adults. This was seen only in the group that played the multitasking version of NeuroRacer, not the group that played a single-task version, which was our active control group. This revealed to us that the active ingredient in the game was this multitasking challenge, as we hypothesized, that was leading to the benefits.
Medscape: How does NeuroRacer contrast with all of the various brain fitness programs released in recent years?
Dr Gazzaley: Every game is different, just like every drug is different. They all have unique active ingredients and different degrees of efficacy in different populations. And that's how we view games. There will probably prove to be many different ways of formulating and delivering it to different populations that have distinct deficits.
However, compared with many existing products used in cognitive training research, we focus on very high-level game development in the laboratory. We use closed-loop algorithms and very rapid updating of the challenge of the game, as well as a rapid feedback in gameplay. And then we validate at a high level as well, bringing on the most rigorous level of methodology and aiming for randomized control trials that are double-blinded and placebo-controlled.
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Cite this: Beeps, Blips, and a New Class of Medicine: Video Games - Medscape - Apr 22, 2016.


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Your melee or ranged attack overcomes your opponent's alignment-based damage reduction and deals additional damage.
Prerequisite: Base attack bonus +6.
Benefit: When you take this feat, choose either chaos, good, evil or law. (Your choice must match one of your alignment components.) Once you've made this alignment choice, it cannot be changed. As long as you maintain psionic focus, your attack is treated as either a good, evil, chaotic, or lawful attack (depending on your original choice) for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. You may choose to expend your psionic focus when making an attack to power this feat's secondary ability. When you make a successful melee or ranged attack in this fashion, you deal an extra 2d6 points of damage of the type you originally selected if your target is of the opposed alignment. This attack is still treated as the appropriate alignment type. You must decide whether or not to use this ability prior to making an attack. If your attack misses, you still expend your psionic focus.
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Now that we will soon enter February, for me time slows. I get so anxious for Spring to come, and I really need some motivation to push through. With the help of Luann at Let's Create Today we came up with a way to challenge each other focusing on weekly creativity. We're asking you to join us for the Feb/March Challenge.
Instead of feeling like we need to do something every day, we are focusing on creating during the week. That might include every day, or maybe just one day. The whole focus is to create during this usually gray time, and do it every week.
The one thing about challenges I like is the accountability. It's like an exercise buddy. If I tell you I am going to do it and show you my updates, then I'm less likely to give up. And to make us all accountable, I'll be hosting a linky party. More about that later.
So what should you work on during those weeks? That's up to you. Is there a project or projects you want to complete? This would be a great way of getting them done. But it doesn't have to be a completion of a project, it can be experimenting with different techniques. So here are some suggestions:
- Work on or complete a new or neglected project.
- Try some different techniques. These could be hand stitching, free motion, dyeing, surface design techniques, stamp carving, or whatever you are interested in.
- I have lots of thread. I thought about experimenting with a different thread during the week.
- If you've wanted to use recycled fabric, this would be a great challenge to work with that.
But whatever you choose, be sure it's something you want to do, and not a burden. This is meant to be fun. And if you find half way through, you don't like what you are doing, do something else. This is all about getting us to be creative for these coming two months.
We'll start Monday, February 1. That will be my first post where I will have a linky party for everyone who wants to play to link to their blog about this challenge. I'll be showing what I plan on working on possibly in the next two months.
Then every Monday for February and March I'll be posting another linky party on our progress. If you don't have a blog, you can comment on my post about what you are doing and your progress. By the end of the challenge it will be April and we will be finished with this winter.
If you are already participating in the 100dayproject, we'd love for you to join us and link up what you are doing. I'm looking forward to seeing what all of you are creating.
I sure hope you will join us. Don't forget, February 1 is when we start. Thanks for dropping by.


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In the beginning of fall I shared how to wear one of the biggest trends to the season. Leopard print! Fast-forward a few months and this print isn't going anywhere.
Honestly, I find myself repeatedly clicking on leopard print pieces even after purchasing a belt, a coat, etc. (If you missed my post on how to style this amazing $100 faux fur leopard print coat two ways, click here and here).
So I figured for today's roundup I'll just keep the obsession going and share some updated, new leopard finds.
The best part is that with the exception of the beret, you can wear all of these into spring to maximize cost per wear.
What is cost per wear, you ask? Cost per wear is how I justify spending money on something that might be a splurge, or a little more trendy. If I can wear it a lot of ways to beyond one season, it passes the test!
Furthermore, leopard is the new neutral anyway, so this is less of a "trendy" print and more on-trend and chic. I love pairing with rich blue denim, black, or adding a pop of red. If you're too scared to try leopard print on clothing, start small with one of the accessories below.
As always, just click on the photo of whatever catches your eye and it'll take you directly to shop!


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"Don't judge a book by its cover…there is more than what meets the eye," both are phrases we've heard countless times growing up. Yet, when we think about diversity, we still tend to focus on characteristics we can outwardly see, like someone's age, race, ethnicity, or gender. These physical differences are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to diversity. This blog will identify the differences between visible and invisible diversity and six tips on creating a recruitment process that's inclusive in both forms.
Types of Diversity
As a refresher, diversity refers to the makeup of your company. It's looking at the differences between us and acknowledging how they make us unique. These differences can come in visible and invisible forms.
Visible diversity refers to the characteristics that can be readily seen such as age, sex, or race.
These differences are easier to identify, process, and define, but there is much more to an individual than their physical appearance! This is where invisible diversity comes into play!
Invisible diversity refers to the characteristics that cannot be readily seen such as disability, religion, sexual orientation, military experience, socioeconomic background, marital status, nation origin, and more.
Invisible diversity encapsulates our backgrounds, experiences, and characteristics that make us truly unique individuals.
Just because we cannot readily see invisible diversity does not mitigate the importance of recognizing, understanding, and addressing invisible diversity. Invisible diversities can be a major part of a person's life and may impact an employee's ability to perform typical work activities and communicate effectively. They can also impact a person's ability to move through the recruitment and selection process.
Acknowledging Invisible Diversity In Recruiting
Today, there is a major focus on recruiting diverse candidates and creating a diverse workforce. Here are six tips to help you ensure that your recruiting process is inclusive and values both visible and invisible diversities:
1.Don't assume everyone is like you, even if they look like you
It is really easy to assume that someone that looks like you is like you. However, shared physical characteristics don't equal shared life experiences. There are different demographic invisible diversities like religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and education level that impact the way we live and experience society. There are also psychological invisible diversities like values, beliefs, attitudes, personality, cognitive and behavioral styles, as well as knowledge, skills, and abilities. All of these factors make us all different people and individuals.
2. Don't expect disclosure
A 2011 study found that 88% of people with invisible disabilities have a negative view of disclosing their disability. While many people with disabilities ask for accommodations in the workplace, some don't want to reveal their disability. This does not apply to just disabilities but also any form of invisible diversity.
Many people are "passing" and able to hide their invisible social identities. They might fabricate, conceal or use discretion to hide because of fear of discrimination or harassment. Not everyone wants to reveal the most personal parts of their life, like their sexual orientation at the workplace, and that's okay. We can't expect everyone to share the deepest parts of their identity. All we can do as leaders in our organizations is to create a safe environment where people will feel comfortable sharing if they want to.
If employees do disclose their invisible diversity, believe them. You shouldn't ask them to prove it. Many people with disabilities do not fit what a stereotypical person with a disability may look like. It is not a disabled person's responsibility to look like what someone thinks they should like. If someone comes to HR to ask for an accommodation, regardless of how surprised you may be, follow your regular process, acquire medical documentation if necessary, and don't push the topic any further. Questioning a person's disability can cause them additional pain, shame, and to feel unwelcome in your organization.
3. Be aware of social cues
Many times when people are uncomfortable, they might not immediately tell you about one of their invisible diversities. This discomfort may be out of fear of repercussions, so the person may use social cues as a way to feel out their environment and to start subtly disclosing their identity. For example, if someone is trying to conceal their sexual orientation at work and someone repeatedly asks them about who they are dating, they might try to send signs that they are uncomfortable. This can be by sending messages, dropping hints, or giving clues. Sometimes people want to see how their colleagues will react before completely disclosing their invisible diversity.
The best thing we can do is to reduce saying things that might be misconstrued as offensive even if you did not have malicious intent. Also, try to pick up on social cues when our colleagues might be uncomfortable or offended. If they are, apologize and avoid repeating the same mistake.
4. Be inclusive with your language
Inclusive language is a way to neutralize language and not make cultural assumptions. It's a great tool to help make your workplace more equitable. Practicing inclusive language means avoiding gendered words/phrases like "Hey guys" or "Ladies and Gentlemen." These phrases, while they probably didn't have negative intent, can negatively impact others. Using masculine phrases like "hey guys" can be a sign of unconscious bias. By opting to use gender-neutral phrases like "everybody," you can prevent accidentally misgendering a colleague.
5. Recognize that communication styles vary
People's communication styles are different! Not everyone talks the same way. People with different cultures might have different speech patterns and nonverbal communication styles. Neurodiverse people often have different communication styles and might not be able to easily verbalize what they are thinking. Life experiences often shape the way we communicate. It's important to respect how others communicate and try to be understanding and patient.
6. Advocate for education and awareness
One of the best recommendations for all types of diversity is to advocate for increased education and building awareness. The goal of diversity training programs is typically to increase awareness and eliminate stereotypes. By continuing to educate and learn more about invisible diversities, you can develop a team culture that not only spans the differences but celebrates them.
Long-Term Benefits for Your Business
Invisible diversities and diversity, in general, are what make people unique! Having a diverse team means getting to learn from and collaborate with people with unique perspectives. For your business, this often means creating better products, customer experiences, employee retention, and stronger problem-solving abilities.
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I'm hesitant to write a post like this because I think many of us fall into 'check-the-box' ruts in our spiritual routines. However, there are others who have never experienced the deep joys of walking in daily spiritual disciplines. If that is you or if it has been years since you have, then I think these words could be nothing short of life-altering for you.
I'm incredibly entertained by staring at a camp fire. I can, and have, sat all day tending and staring at a camp fire – and it was incredible. Starting the fire, well, is a little tricky because you don't yet have a hot coal bed. Once a fire has been burning a little while and there is a nice bed of hot coals, then you can throw any size or formation of wood on the fire and it is going to burn well.
Many times we get so distracted by what books to read, what time of day to read them, how to pray, and what our journal looks like, that we completely neglect the basics of cultivating our relationship with Jesus. The burning embers of our spiritual life are three basic things: scripture, prayer, and response. There are so many different ways this can materialize in our lives, but at the most basic level these are the three things that create those embers that continue to keep our spiritual lives vital throughout our days. I don't want to wade deep into the waters of detailed strategies of this because I believe that if each of these three are present you can use all sorts of different arrangements to facilitate the joy of growing intimately in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
- The Bible. This is not only our source of truth but it is the very words of God speaking into our lives. If you are attempting to have a 'quiet time' (translation from Christianese to english would be spend time with Jesus) and your plan does not include reading the Bible then ABORT ABORT! Everything we need to know about living our lives in a relationship with Jesus is in that book. Reading Christian literature by great authors is extremely helpful, but if we replace our own time in scripture with these books then we are only getting a hand-me-down relationship with Jesus. If you can imagine being married to one person but living with and only communicating with another about your spouse… then your real relationship wouldn't be with your spouse but with the person with which you were living. Be encouraged by great writing and preaching but do not base your relationship with Jesus on them.
- Prayer. You can't have a relationship with someone and not communicate with them. You can observe them and learn a lot about them but that is where it ends. God desires for us to communicate with him in prayer. There are not special formulas we have to follow or any secret language we have to use. Our Bible is full of examples of people just thanking God for his work, asking God to help in difficult situations, and even just crying out in frustration to Him. God is not surprised by our needs or feelings. We often find comfort in talking through a difficult time with a friend who knows us well. Imagine what it might do in our hearts if we authentically communicate with the One who knit us together in our mother's womb. Prayer takes our intellectual relationship with Jesus and makes it intimate and personal.
- Response. I could possibly leave this one out because if we are honestly approaching the Bible as truth and spending time in prayer, then responding will be a natural result. However, it is beneficial for us to remind ourselves that our relationship with Jesus isn't just about acquiring knowledge. There are many scholars in our world who have studied the Bible extensively and yet are not walking in gospel transformation. When we read the Bible, the Holy Spirit applies the ideas we read to our lives. Sometimes that application is to do something differently. Sometimes the application is to think something differently. But, every single page and word of our Bible is given to be profitable for life change (2 Tim 3:16-17).
Regardless of how long you have been going to church or how much knowledge you have acquired, I encourage you to begin a spiritual routine that includes these three each day. There aren't many guarantees in this life, but I can guarantee that these three will change your life.
Do you have a daily routine of spending time with Jesus? Would you be so bold as to share how that looks in your life with those reading? It could be a great encouragement to people and help them grow deeper in their relationship with our Savior.
Matt Powell serves as teaching pastor at Crossings Community Church, a body of believers whose mission is to engage, equip, and empower homes for gospel transformation in Katy, TX.


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Tequila Lime Chargrilled Oysters
Chargrilled oysters are a delight in their own right, but adding a compound butter to the mix is just what you need to dazzle guests the next time seafood is on the menu. With tequila and lime adding a punch to the compound butter, it's a perfect complement to the oysters and lump crab meat. (Wait, did we forget to mention the crab meat upfront? Oh yeah, there's crab meat in here, too.) Everything gets topped with a tasty panko breadcrumb and fontina cheese blend, making for a harmonious dish that's as easy to share at the tailgate as it is in the backyard.
|PREP 35 min
|COOK 3 - 5 min
|READY IN 40 min
- Ingredients for Oysters:
- 2 dozen in the shell oysters (shucked)
- ½ lb jumbo lump crab meat
- Ingredients for Tequila, Cilantro, and Lime Compound Butter:
- ¾ lb softened, unsalted butter
- 2 serrano peppers (seeded & minced)
- 1 shallot (minced)
- 1 clove fresh garlic (minced)
- 1 Tbsp cilantro (finely chopped)
- 2 tsp silver tequila
- 1 tsp lime zest
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- Ingredients for Breadcrumb Cheese Topping:
- ¾ cup fontina cheese (finely shredded)
- 1 ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- 2 Tbsp creole seasoning
- Primo Kamado
- To make the Tequila, Cilantro, and Lime Compound Butter, give the butter time to soften. Using a rubber spatula, fold all Compound Butter ingredients together.
- Once the ingredients are fully incorporated, lay out about 2 ft. of plastic wrap.
- Spoon the butter mixture onto the center of the plastic wrap and roll into a log.
- Twist the ends of the plastic wrap to seal and place it in the refrigerator to harden.
- To make the Chargrilled Oysters, preheat grill to high heat.
- Once the oysters have been shucked, make sure to scrape the muscle from the shell so that the oysters will easily slide off the shell.
- With your oysters on the half shell spread out, top them in this order: pinch of the breadcrumb mixture, ¼ inch thick slice of the compound butter, lump crab meat (as much as you want!), and one last pinch of the breadcrumb mixture.
- Grill over high heat for 3-5 minutes or until the butter has melted and the breadcrumbs have browned. This shouldn't take very long!
- Serve with crostini bread and enjoy!
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Opposition to the Myanmar junta has forged connections and solidarity as Myanmar diaspora communities in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, as well as local activists in Indonesia, brave personal risks to speak out against the coup.
Author Archives: Emily Fishbein
Emily Fishbein is a freelance journalist focusing on issues related to conflict and displacement, human rights, and social justice in Myanmar and Malaysia.
Empowering Refugee Youth Through Education
Htoi San Nhkum, director of the Kachin Refugee Learning Center, and Abeera Abdullah, a Fugee School alumni and the co-founder of Project Stand Up, talk about their educational experience in learning centres here in Malaysia and the impact the pandemic has had on the informal education system for refugee children.
In Malaysia, Undocumented Women Fear Arrest During Pregnancy
High costs and fear of arrest have long stood in the way of maternal healthcare access for undocumented migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The COVID-19 pandemic has put mothers and babies further at risk.
"I Lost My Education": Refugees in Malaysia Face Widening School Gap
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated disparities in access to quality education around the world. In Kuala Lumpur, an underfunded informal education system for refugee and asylum-seeking youth may soon collapse, leaving their education outlook bleak.
"The Fear Is Always With Me": Refugees in Malaysia Recount Recent Lockdowns and Raids
Since Malaysia imposed a Movement Control Order amid the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration raids following strict lockdown orders have affected refugees, asylum seekers and migrant workers. In addition to the virus, these communities must also cope with persistent fears of possible arrest and deportation.
"I Just Want My Farmland Back"
The National League for Democracy had promised in 2016 it would solve all land dispute issues within six months, but for the villagers of Shwe Nyaung Pin village in Myanmar's Kachin State, this commitment has yet to be realised.


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Kanako Yaguchi – Kirigami extraordinaire!
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Why isn't England on this list? And the UK too..?November 3, 2016 - 12:17pm
Determining which countries have the highest and lowest rates of depression can be a bit tricky. Results will be affected by the methods used to gather the information, as well as by factors such as sex and age, along with several socioeconomic and cultural influences.
For example, it was found, based on a BMC 2011 study, that those who were wealthier had a higher rate of depression than those who come from less affluent countries.
This study put the United States at 19.2 percent and France at 21 percent — at the top of the list of more depressed people. Mexico, at 8 percent, and China, at 6.5 percent, have less depressed people.
Percentage of people who will experience depression — by country
From high-income countries
• Japan: 6.6 percent
• Germany: 9.9 percent
• Italy: 9.9 percent
• Israel: 10.2 percent
• Spain: 10.6 percent
• Belgium: 14.1 percent
• New Zealand: 17.8 percent
• Netherlands: 17.9 percent
• United States: 19.2 percent
• France: 21 percent
From low- and middle-income countries:
• China: 6.5 percent
• Mexico: 8 percent
• India: 9 percent
• South Africa: 9.8 percent
• Lebanon: 10.9 percent
• Colombia: 13.3 percent
• Ukraine: 14.6 percent
• Brazil: 18.4 percent
- from Livescience.com
The study was the "first cross-national survey of its kind, nearly 90,000 people in 18 countries were screened for major depressive episodes using a standardized set of questions," according to the Huffington Post.
The researchers also found that regardless of country, women were almost twice as likely as men to experience depression.
Marital status influenced depression status. Those who were separated or single had more depression than those who were divorced or widowed.
The survey also discovered that those who were from poor countries had their first depressive event around the age of 24, while for those who were from wealthier countries, the average age was 25.7, according to LiveScience.com.
One finding that was particularly interesting is that in high-income countries such as France, Germany, New Zealand and the United States, the poorest respondents had twice the risk of developing depression as rich ones. However, in the middle- to low-income countries, there was no link between income and depression.
In 2013, a study about global depression published in PLOS gathered data in a different way. They used historical data, measuring the number of episodes of depression that were treated, and how long those episodes lasted.
This study found that the most depressive country was "Afghanistan, where more than one in five people suffer from the disorder. The least depressed is Japan, with a diagnosed rate of less than 2.5 percent," according to the Washington Post.
In addition to countries in the Middle East, they found that North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean suffer higher depression rates.
Depression was the lowest in East Asia, followed by Australia/New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
These researchers noticed other burdens contributed to high levels of depression. Conflicts like terrorism in Afghanistan, Honduras and the Palestinian territories, or severe health burdens such as HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, played a role.
In their study, age offered a different influence. Researchers found that the incidence of depression overall had grown by nearly one-third since 1990 as people are living longer, according to the Washington Post.
The World Health Organization reports that over 350 million people of all ages suffer from depression around the world. There are also an estimated 1 million suicide deaths every year, which may be linked to severe depression.
As our population grows and people are living longer, it will become more necessary to find low-cost treatments for depression that can be used on a global scale.
1) Depression Around The World: How Do Countries Stack Up? Huffington Post. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
2) US and France More Depressed Than Poor Countries. Live Science.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
3) Bromet, Evelyn et al. Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode. BMC Med. 2011 Jul 26;9:90. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-90. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
4) A stunning map of depression rates around the world. Washington Post. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
5) Ferrari, Alize J. et al. Burden of Depressive Disorders by Country, Sex, Age, and Year: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.
6) Depression. World Health Organization. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
Michele is an R.N. freelance writer with a special interest in woman's healthcare and quality of care issues.
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Good question. I went back and looked through my sources and do not see mention of the UK. Perhaps their measurements is less than Japan at 6.6%
- Japan: 6.6 percent
- Germany: 9.9 percent
- Italy: 9.9 percent
- Israel: 10.2 percent
- Spain: 10.6 percent
- Belgium: 14.1 percent
- New Zealand: 17.8 percent
- Netherlands: 17.9 percent
- United States: 19.2 percent
- France: 21 percent
MicheleNovember 3, 2016 - 3:44pm
As long as cases of treated depression are the measured/determining value, there will never be a "truthful" representation of depression. For someone who has lived both in the US (where they LOVE to diagnose and medicate... great for business), and Japan (where most people don't even identify things like, say alcoholism or depression as actual disorders), I find the assertion that Japan being the least depressed country laughably inaccurate. If they knew the first thing about Japanese culture, they would realize that depression and suicide are seen as failures and that the Japanese like to avoid making failure public. To the "outside." This is a good and valuable topic to study, but more effective methods are sorely needed.July 22, 2016 - 5:48am
Thank you for your input. You bring up some very points how cultural affects our expression and interpretation of depression.July 22, 2016 - 8:51am


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Robert Keeley Electronics have been very well known within the guitarist and musician community for years now. Highly known for their excellent pedal mods and small core line of pedals. Recently Robert Keeley seemed intent on changing this. Don't fear, they're not finished doing mods and they haven't wiped out their core line of effects. Instead Keeley Electronics decided to add to their already excellent line, and add they did. Several new pedals and unique designs that could only come from such a mind as Mr. Keeley. Of course we have many of them here at Rogue Guitar Shop, but I'm here to discuss one in particular. Using an ultra rare OC81D germanium transistor, I bring you the Black Glass British Fuzz. I'm extremely partial to fuzz, as it's my favorite form of drive. So I was very interested in checking this one out.
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"Pradyut Dhar Chowdhury, general secretary of the Bharat Ratna Sangha, Ushabazaar has submitted a notarial affidavit along with the application for Puja permission, declaring that they will allow 10-15 visitors at a time in the club premises and such gathering will be in conformity to the social distancing norms….on 24th October 2020, during the evening and night hours, there was assembly of about thousand people/.visitors in the Durga Puja pandal premises of Bharat Ratna Sangha, Ushabazaar, violating all COVId-19 safety norms which is a sheer violation…", the order reads.
The Tripura government revised its Durga Puja guidelines twice in the last one month as the High Court asked the government to continue vigilance and hold a massive awareness campaign to avoid the spread of coronavirus during the festival period.


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Conversational skills are defined as the skills required to have a great conversation with another person or group of persons. It is usually informal since if the conversation becomes formal, it turns into a business discussion.
Explanation: Conversation is communication with one or more people. Therefore conversational skills are the skills that help and facilitate good conversation. The conversation mode was only face-to-face talk and possibly a few emails and letters, but people started talking to each other on phone calls as time evolved.
The world seemed to be shrinking, and people got closer. These conversations further evolved with the development of the internet. Messages, calls, emails, Instant messengers, and video conferencing are different modes of conversation.
Depending on the intention of the speaker and the message, various modes are used. For example, if the conversation is casual, then a phone call or messenger would be better, but if it turns out to be a long talk, it is better to use a video call or even mail.
Conversational skills are not by birth. However, some people are born with the ability to do that while others are not so much. You mustn't lose focus on the objective of the conversation.
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Importance of Conversational Skills
Communication is essential everywhere, especially in business. A person communicates with everyone day in and day out. Be it his boss, his colleagues, or his customers. Conversational skills are essential in the job.
The person should know how to communicate in different modes. Face-to-face conversations are long gone, and digital communication has replaced it. Communicating by message, phone, email, social media, video call, or any other relevant media is a skill.
A person is expected to have all sorts of skills when communicating or conversing with someone. Especially in business, an employee is expected to have all these skills to be an outstanding employee.
Good conversation skills help to alleviate conflict. Conflicts are persistent and present everywhere. A person may or may not work, but he will face conflict everywhere. In such cases, good conversational skills will help to reduce the conflict and its effects.
Good conversation skills allow you to be understood as a person. With good conversation skills, a leader can influence his employees and inculcate positivity in the work culture.
9 Ways to Improve your conversational skills
Although there are numerous conversation skills, the following are a few important of them:
1. Appreciation
Whenever you are talking, you have to remember that you are dealing with a human. Not your boss, not your co-worker, not your spouse or a customer, a human.
A human is a complex organism with thoughts and emotions. You may have known the person for years, but it doesn't mean you can consider that person merely an entity.
You have to appreciate the person from time to time for his emotions, kindness, humor, beauty, or any other emotion that he represents. Conversing with that person is not like talking to an online chatbot.
No matter what you think, the person in front of you will remain a person. You have to look him in the eyes and tell that you appreciate and recognize them for their quality, which sets them apart from others and quality that is genuinely theirs.
You have to say to them that you are honored to be in their presence, and you should confide in them.
2. Storytelling
The importance of a story cannot be emphasized enough. Humans are wired for storytelling, and everybody pays their complete attention to the story. They provide purpose and emotion and make us more empathetic.
Storytelling is also used in business and is termed as business storytelling used to connect with the customers. Leading with a story makes a conversation more interesting.
It provides something of a common base for both the speaker and the lister to bond on. Storytelling is also essential to introduce a humane aspect into the conversation.
It is a skill of which everyone should be aware of and should be brought up into conversation from time to time. Usually, the questions that lead to storytelling are open-ended, and they help us connect and surprise, delight, inform, or thrill. Business storytelling has a different purpose altogether apart from all of these.
Marketing and sales make use of business storytelling to no small extent to connect with customers. They are a medium by which the customers can understand a brand or a product's humane perspective.
Stories make the conversations more exciting and delightful, and if used correctly, they can go a long way in building relations.
3. Listening skills
While conversing is talking, it is not only about talking. If both parties talk, then there will be noise. One of the parties must listen. Hearing is when someone talks, and you browse your phone.
The words fall on your ears but don't reach your brain. This is called merely hearing, and it is very different from listening. In listening, you understand what the speaker is saying, and you respond accordingly.
Listening skills are essential in conversational skills. Listening helps us get the other person's perspective since if we keep on speaking, no one will listen. Intentional listening is when the person lowers his speaking ability to focus on the speaker or the other person.
The conversation is giving a turn to everyone involved to speak, and if they don't do that, it is tough to understand. The conversation will be successful only if listening is done like speaking. Listening requires patience and effort but once developed, it can have fantastic rewards for you and your conversational partner.
In business, listening skills are perhaps one of the important leadership skills, and it is only by listening to your customer; you can understand what exactly he wants. Marketing is all about listening to your customer and their demands.
4. Good Vocabulary
Don't underestimate the role of good vocabulary in a conversation. An idea can be conveyed in different ways, and it can have different impacts on the person depending on what vocabulary you use.
You can say the same thing in different ways and have different effects. For example, saying 'your performance is bad' is going to have a negative impact. It is a negative conversation opener, and it cannot end in any other way than argument or altercation.
It's either that or the other person would feel insulted. Instead of using 'Let's talk about how we can improve your performance' has a guaranteed success rate.
The other person will not be defensive when he hears this because this sentence shows that the person is willing to work it out. The message remains the same, but the change in vocabulary did the trick.
Similarly, to get the conversation your way, you should ensure that you use apt and correct vocabulary. Misinterpretation and confusion can occur because of incorrect words.
A common problem is encountered in British and American English wherein many times, both cannot understand each other.
5. Ask questions and be patient
Questions are the key to starting as well as continuing conversation. An open-ended question can invite an extended response and open up new directions to the conversation, and a close-ended question can restrict the response.
Right questions must be asked at the right time to the right persons. The person asking the question should be aware of what he is expecting when he asks the question.
For example, in business, especially in sales, open-ended questions must initially be asked to the customer. These questions help the customer open up, and the salesperson can pick up relevant points in the talk and take the business talk ahead.
On the other hand, when the salesperson tries to close the deal, closed-ended questions will help. Depending on the flow of the conversation, the questions should be asked.
In any case, asking questions is one part, and being patient is an entirely different aspect. After asking questions, there must be patience on the part of the first person so that the other person can respond.
If the person does not have patience, then there will be no time to answer the question, and it will be a pointless firing of questions. Wait for at least 1 or 3 seconds before the responder answers the question.
Sometimes it may take longer, and it is strongly advised to stay patient while the responder prepares for a response.
6. Be honest and open
More in-depth conversations happen only if you are honest and open while speaking. If you want to go beyond the superficial layer of talk to the deep realms where true relation starts, you have to open yourself up in the talk.
There are many things in which we avoid bringing up in conversation, like our failures or shortcomings. These things may embarrass us, but you must be honest about it.
If something you like about the other person, then say it; if something is bothering you, then speak it out. Being vulnerable does not mean you are weak, nor will the right person judge you.
Being vulnerable will help you accept yourself and your shortcomings, and you must trust that the other person will as well. Your vulnerability will reciprocate if you are honest and open in your conversation.
It is important to remember that the other entity in the conversation is also a human, just like us. Honesty is the key to connecting with other people, and it is how we sync and build relationships with others.
7. Non-judgemental attitude
All of us want to be heard and we – being humans – desire to be included. Every one of us wants to know that we are accepted and being valued. And this can be done if there is a non-judgemental attitude.
We have to understand the person who we are talking to is simply a human just like us. He will have flaws just like us, and it is okay to have flaws as long as the person is aware of it and he is working on it.
Turning his shortcomings against him is an awful thing to do. Let the person speak his heart in front of you. He may be angry, he may be emotional, joyful, conflicted, or any other emotion, but you mustn't judge him.
You should have a compassionate nature so that you understand the person without judging him. Do not deny or deflect in any way.
This will cause the person to feel misunderstood or shut down. You have to be supportive and kind, and if someone opens up to you in a conversation, it is a good thing. This means that they trust you.
If you judge, you break the trust. It may cause the person to not trust anybody after having a bad experience with you. Therefore it is essential not to be judgemental about another person.
8. Limit your bits of advice
This is the plain and simple fact: nobody wants your advice repeatedly. Unasked advice is probably the worst thing that you give.
If they want your advice, they will ask for it directly. You may have a lot of experience, and you have seen a lot of seasons and a lot of rain, but it does not give you the right to sell your advice to every single person that you see.
Sometimes, the person wants to talk, but you should stop if you start giving him advice. The self-imposed enlightenment will not work all the time. It can be annoying a lot of times.
If the conversation partner tells about his shortcomings or flaws or weakness, you do not have to advise it. Try to understand rather than giving advice directly. Do not offer opinions or quick fixes because that is not what the person is expecting. He is here to open up his heart.
Don't give them a sea of empathy or drown them in your rain of advice.
Take a deep breath, and limit your response. If you have so much wisdom as you claim to be, you would be a good listener rather than a good adviser.
9. Non-verbal cues
Most of the communication which happens is non-verbal. More than 60 to 70% of communication happens non-verbal rather than verbal. The person may intend to say something else, but his non-verbal gestures will give away something else entirely.
Look at the person in the eye and maintain eye contact. Look for his non-verbal gestures, which will give away his true feelings.
For example, a person might be confident in front of you, but a constant shaking foot reveals anxiety. Sometimes even the tone of the voice can give away a lot of things rather than the words.
Concentrate on the person, focus on the conversation, and be in the moment.
Conversation skills are the backbone of success in any organization. Apart from the company, conversation skills are essential for a person to develop himself personally and professionally.
These skills can be used almost anywhere and are for everyone since a great conversationalist is welcome in any situation.
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In the years after Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring shone a spotlight on the horrific impacts of pesticide use, public attention in World 2 shifted to chemical textile dyestuffs. A series of high-profile disasters, coinciding with a period of unprecedented international cooperation, led to a drastic measure: a worldwide ban on synthetic dyes.
Forced to regroup, the fashion industry attempted to focus the public's attention on silhouette and construction. Yet wearers found they could not live without colour and pattern. A diverse range of intentional staining practices emerged, drawing on traditional dyeing knowledge and each carrying complex social meanings.
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It's official! Thanks in no small part to Colin Farrell, the Irish accent has been voted the sexiest in the world. French men can only hang their heads in shame as they came FOURTH – just ahead of the Australian accent. The survey, which polled 5,000 women from around the world, revealed that Ireland is now tops for sexiest accent, beating out Italy and Scotland for the top spot. Ireland has been in or around the top spot for five years but this is the first win for the Emerald Isle. England was sixth and Sweden was seventh, with Spain, Wales and America completing the top 10. Source: Irish Central
Irish Accent Voted Sexiest In The World
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