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Pledging "new hope and a fresh start for veterans in Washington, D.C.," U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro took part in the groundbreaking this morning for the District's first permanent supportive housing for homeless veterans, a day before Veterans Day.
The John and Jill Ker Conway Residence at 1005 North Capitol St. NE is expected to be completed in December 2015, in time to help meet the city and federal pledges to end veteran homelessness by the end of next year. The distinctive design from Sorg Architects will feature four multi-story blocks stacked at oblique angles, comprising 14 floors. The building's 124 apartments will include 60 units of permanent supportive housing for veterans; the remainder will be restricted to low-income tenants, with 17 reserved for households earning less than 30 percent of area median income.
In a city in which the symbolism of being mere blocks from the Capitol is never lost, the symbolism of being mere blocks from the Capitol was not lost on this morning's speakers, either. Laura Zeilinger, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, invoked last week's elections for new representatives to serve in the Capitol, visible down North Capitol Street, to argue that while Democrats and Republicans might disagree on many things these days, "ensuring that veterans have a safe and stable place to call home is not one of them."
The project has been a long time in the making, with 11 government agencies involved in bringing it about. The plans had to overcome bureaucratic hurdles, such as obtaining a zoning variance to exempt it from the costly requirement to build 31 off-street parking spaces—-despite the highly transit-accessible location and the low-income status of all the future residents.
The complexity of navigating these challenges led Mayor Vince Gray to joke, "We ought to have a Harvard School of Government study on this, on how to bring different government agencies together."
According to HUD's point-in-time count released last week, 406 veterans were homeless in D.C. on the night when the count took place, in January. The figure has fallen 22 percent since 2010; national veteran homelessness has declined by a third in the same time period. The North Capitol project won't come close to solving the problem, but it should reduce it by about 15 percent.
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7 ways to pass a closure as an argument in Swift
Table of Contents
There are many functions and methods in iOS that take a closure as one of their arguments.
For example, the view animate function takes a closure that containing the changes to commit to the views when animate.
class func animate(withDuration duration: TimeInterval,
animations: @escaping () -> Void)
Or the filter method, which takes a function that takes an element of the sequence as its argument and returns a boolean value indicating whether the element should be included in the returned array or not.
func filter(_ isIncluded: (Self.Element) throws -> Bool) rethrows -> [Self.Element]
We have many ways to pass a closure into these functions. Some of them do not even look like closure. Let's learn all of them in this article.
I will use
filter and
sorted methods as an example. I will start with the longest form to the shortest one. Each of them expresses the same functionality but in a different form.
Function in Swift is just another variation of closure, so we can use them interchangeably in a place where expected closure. The only requirement here is that the method signature must match the signature of the closure parameter.
Here I have an array of random integer range from 1 to 10.
let scores = [3, 8, 1, 7, 4, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10]
As an example, I will do two things with this array.
- I will use the
filtermethod to get an array containing only an integer greater than 5.
- I will sort an array in descending order using the
First, we create two functions to pass in as a closure argument.
func greaterThanFive(score: Int) -> Bool {
return score > 5
func descendingOrder(lhs: Int, rhs: Int) -> Bool {
return lhs > rhs
Then, we can pass it as an argument by reference their name.
let scores = [3, 8, 1, 7, 4, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10]
let greaterThanFiveScores = scores.filter(greaterThanFive)
// [8, 7, 6, 9, 10]
let sortedScores = scores.sorted(by: descendingOrder)
// [10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
If you have two almost identical functions where the only difference is argument label, use only a function name would cause an ambiguous error. You also need to specify argument labels along with function names.
In this example, we have two identical functions. The only difference is their argument label,
score and
func greaterThanFive(score: Int) -> Bool {
return score > 5
func greaterThanFive(alsoScore: Int) -> Bool {
return alsoScore > 5
// 1
let greaterThanFiveScores = scores.filter(greaterThanFive(score:))
1 Use
scores.filter(greaterThanFive) will cause
Ambiguous use of 'filter' error. You need to use argument label in this case,
filter need a closure of type
(Int) throws -> Bool (or
(Int) -> Bool since casting from
(Int) -> Bool to
(Int) throws -> Bool always success). The
greaterThanFive function has a signature
(Int) -> Bool which match the one that
filter want. The same rule apply to
descendingOrder and
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Closure expressions
Closure expressions are unnamed closures with a more lightweight syntax suit for brief inline and focuses used. Closure expressions provide several syntax optimizations for writing closures in a shortened form without loss of clarity or intent.
General Form
Here is the general form when passing a closure as an argument.
{ (parameters) -> return type in
The example below shows a closure expression version of the
greaterThanFive and
descendingOrder function from the previous section:
scores.filter { (score: Int) -> Bool in
return score > 5
scores.sorted { (lhs: Int, rhs: Int) -> Bool in
return lhs > rhs
Inferring Type From Context
Because the closure is passed as an argument to a method, Swift can infer the types of its parameters and the type of the value it returns from that method.
We can omit the return type, the arrow (->), parameters type, and the parentheses around those inputs.
scores.filter { score in
return score > 5
scores.sorted { lhs, rhs in
return lhs > rhs
Implicit Returns from Single-Expression Closures
If closures contain only one expression, it can implicitly return the result of their single expression. Hence we can omit the
return keyword.
scores.filter { score in score > 5 }
scores.sorted { lhs, rhs in lhs > rhs }
Shorthand Argument Names
Swift automatically provides shorthand argument names if you omit closure's argument list from the definition.
The shorthand arguments are named after the position of closure's arguments. It will be in this format
$[position of parameters], a dollar sign follows by an argument position, e.g., $0, $1, $2.
// 1
// scores.filter { score in score > 5 }
scores.filter { $0 > 5 }
// 2
// scores.sorted { lhs, rhs in lhs > rhs }
scores.sorted { $0 > $1 }
$0 refer to the closure's first argument,
$0 refer to the closure's first argument,
$1 refer to the closure's second argument,
Operator Methods
Swift documentation put this under the shortest form of closure expression, but I think of it the same way as using function as an argument.
Int type overrides the greater-than operator (
>) to work with its type. If you open up an interface file, you will see something like this.
@frozen public struct Int : FixedWidthInteger, SignedInteger {
public static func > (lhs: Int, rhs: Int) -> Bool
> is a method with two parameters of type
Int and returns a value of type
Bool. This matches the method type needed by the
sorted(by:) method, so we can use the method name,
> as an argument.
scores.sorted(by: >)
Key Path expression
\Root.value can be used where functions of
(Root) -> Value are allowed.
Since a key path can be treated like a function, we can use it the same way as mentioned earlier in the first section.
In the following example, I create a new variable as an extension of
extension Int {
var greaterThanFive: Bool {
return self > 5
\Int.greaterThanFive can be translated into
(Int) -> Bool, which matches the
filter signature, so we can use it as its argument.
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I think each style has its own pros and cons, which might suit different needs and preferences. You probably use one or two styles that match your preference, but it is good to know all of them so you understand when you encounter them somewhere else.
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Reuben 0:00
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Kenneth 0:03
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Reuben 0:33
You're At Home, with Stacked.
Hey guys, welcome back to a very special edition of At Home with Stacked. Growing up, some of us might have found ourselves volunteering at shelters either locally or abroad. My guest today is no different, in fact, he's been doing that for over 11 years now. His name is Kenneth Heng, and he is the founder of Solve n+1, a community outreach programme that aims to help vulnerable members of society across Southeast Asia and beyond.
In today's show, we sit down with Kenneth to discuss his latest project of the Open Home Network. Along the way, he shares the importance of community building in times of crisis, and we dive into our obsession with privacy here in Singapore. Towards the end of the show, Kenneth tells us a little bit more about what we can do to help these vulnerable members of society who are in desperate need of our help. And remember, if you like what you listen to, you can always hop on to stackedhomes.com/editorial for more of his right after the show.
Kenneth, welcome to the show.
Kenneth 1:57
Hi, thank you for having me.
Reuben 1:59
Hey, absolutely. In fact, it's not every day, I think they will meet someone who who dedicates all of his or her time to helping people. So you know, I'm very happy to to go ahead with this podcast, I think it's gonna bring a lot of value to our audiences. So let's get to it. Can you tell me kind of a little bit more about yourself? What brought you to where you are today?
Kenneth 2:20
Well, I've always been somebody that enjoys travelling. And I guess for the last, what, 10 years or so I've always been exploring new places, going on adventures and, in doing so have gotten to know great friends in various communities and started to hear about their own journey.
And sometimes even the problems they face within their community. And, of course, being, you know, a Singaporean, you know, we get that there's almost this has occupational hazard to want to problem solve all the time. Right? Yeah. And I started picking up projects here and there.
And gradually, it started to gain traction. And Solve n+1. One was born as a result of really just that.
Reuben 3:14
I see. And when you said you were travelling to countries what what kind of countries are we talking about?
Kenneth 3:18
Mostly in a rural regions. I've been to like the mountains in China in different parts of Vietnam, Malaysia, India, even in the village in Spain, I was while they're working with some of the young people and who are struggling with drug addiction, had a chance to get chased by a bull.
Reuben 3:41
Nice, why not? All right, which part of Spain was this?
Kenneth 3:44
So this was in a village called Puso. It's a little bit of Valencia,
Reuben 3:50
Right. Um, what kind of projects are we talking about here?
Kenneth 3:54
They are usually related to the community. So an example I could give was, I was travelling in Vietnam one day, and I was in this area called the lard city, which is quite mountainous. And I was just going around on the motorcycle with a friend.
And we encountered a person who was trying to do community work within the region, getting to know people trying to help them. And because he spent his time, quite a lot of his time doing that. He also wanted to figure out a sustainable way in doing so. So we look together with him.
And that was probably one of the first few projects of microlending that I did, where I loaned him a sum of money to start a small chicken farm. Right. And it gave me the chance to, you know, be his friend to connect and, and to to build a relationship over a couple of years.
Reuben 4:54
Sure. And how did that benefit the people around because you mentioned above community? What was it just for him solely, or were there other people that were impacted by this kind of funds that you you gave to him.
Kenneth 5:06
So for him specifically, it was to ensure that he's able to support his family and find micro financing that chicken farm, enable him to have some form of sustainability to do that, on his own time, he works with the local community. So he connects with the poor, bring them together to look at, you know, problems, to hear their problems, and to try and support them in whatever means and ways he can.
Reuben 5:35
Very nice, lovely. All right, so let's move on to your actual company today. Or whether your organisation Solve n+1, it's a very interesting name. Tell us a bit more about how you started it and why why the name,
Kenneth 5:53
I guess I kind of stumbled into this idea, I gradually got the chance to do more projects. So I had the privilege to work in a hospital in Myanmar, I got to work with villagers that suffered from flats. And I needed an entity to ensure that there's proper governance over the funds that I caught.
Most of my friends love the work and the help to commission these projects. So I wanted to think of a good name, a friend of mine came in and say, why don't you keep it simple, and you call yourself Solve? And I was like, Oh, that's fascinating. And he went on to think and say, how about n+1.
And the idea was pretty simple. If you know, your math, and often represents the unknown, and for me, it was always about stepping into the unknown, and just taking one step at a time. And, and really just trying to add value, no matter how small no matter how simple, so that the community can benefit at the end.
Reuben 6:57
Right. So that's where the plus one comes in. plus one is kind of the value that you're adding to these communities.
Kenneth 7:02
Yeah, so that that kind of made it quite a memorable name. For us.
Reuben 7:07
It's quite a hit, to be honest, say, it seems a lot like mathematical equation of sorts. In the end, I can totally believe it. So it's pretty cool. So that is kind of your big umbrella organisation under which you have a couple of projects, one of which is the Open Home Network.
Also, the kind of the gist of our show today, a key share for listeners a little bit more about what the open home network is all about,
Kenneth 7:35
Right. The Open Home Network is a community initiative that we started in Singapore in response to the COVID crisis that has surfaced many people who no longer find that their homes are safe place. So we are talking about, you know, a family violence issues, possibly sex abuse, you young person having their parents incarcerated, a middle-aged man who has lost his job and kind of fought rent anymore, and it's, you know, at risk of being homeless.
And we were privileged to work with a network of families to prepare them to extend hospitality to those in need, particularly those who just need temporary support, but more importantly, a relationship, you know, a friendship that they can rely on.
Reuben 8:30
Right. So all these issues you mentioned, the middle-aged guy, for example, who has lost his job, increased sexual abuse, for example. Is there really an urgency here that we're seeing based on the COVID situation is very bad?
Kenneth 8:45
Well, if you look at the statistics that and us research has shown, I think there has been a sharp increase during the circuit breaker in and of itself, there were within four weeks, I think there were 3000 calls being made to a care hotline that was launched within four weeks.
All in, you know suffered struggling from, you know, anxiety attacks, suicidal tendencies, struggles at home, aware reported about 400 cases of family violence during the circuit breaker in and of itself. So, depends on how you define urgency. But in our case, we felt like many of these people in our encounters with them don't really have a place to go to.
Normally the amount of shelters that space, the more shelter spaces that you have only within the thousands, but at the rate that these crises are surfacing, we anticipated that there will be a huge gap in suitable spaces, as well as support meaningful support For those people who are struggling from crisis,
Reuben 10:03
Right, especially since a lot of Singapore's current resources have been pulled towards helping out with the current COVID situation as well, I think there's there's some impact from that. So, maybe tell us a little bit more about how you help these people, how does Open Home Network, reach out to them in this sense.
Kenneth 10:23
So the Open Home Network is structured, purely volunteer -based, we use 95% of our manpower from volunteers. And we ensure that there is a strong collaboration between NGOs as well as government agencies, I think the gist of it is, it's a community of people that advocates hospitality, and the government refers cases to us.
So we spend a lot of time meeting with them connecting with them, developing the process, usually, how a referral comes through us is a social worker will always represent the persons in crisis so that there is enough policy support, there's enough structural support that can be provided to them.
And they will refer by sharing their stories of the person in crisis with us. So we are kind of like a dating agency of sorts, where we, we try to exchange these profiles between the families and the person in crisis, to see whether there's a strong suitability for connection. And if we can establish a healthy or a good relationship at the start, it's a lot easier to facility, temporary respite for these people. And I think in essence, that's what we try to do.
There is quite an elaborate structure, where we ensure that it's enough support, you know, given to everybody within the system. So we have volunteers that are set aside specifically to support and prepare families, we have volunteers that are set aside to take care of the social workers to encourage them, to have them look for alternatives if families are not suitable. And of course, we utilise social media quite a bit because we wanted Singaporeans to, to hear more of these stories and to hopefully be encouraged and emboldened to think about hospitality themselves.
And, and also in Singapore, we have something called the Kampong spirit, to look at expressions of what the 21st century version of the Kampong spirit can look like.
Reuben 12:38
Right. So to kind of paint a picture. The government actually has this group of kind of vulnerable people who have reached out to them. And based on what you have been doing on your end, which is getting volunteers to open up their homes, you then collaborate with the government, right?
So it's kind of you're linking the homes and the volunteers, together with the government side where you have the the vulnerable people?
Kenneth 13:06
Yes, yes, that's right. So yeah, that's right.
Reuben 13:09
Well, what are some of the bigger issues that you tend to face? When you try and bring these two people together? Both the people in need and the people who have their homes available for for these guys?
Kenneth 13:25
Well, I guess there are, the human imagination is quite wonderful in many ways. And as a result of that, when you think about bringing two strangers together, how the imagination unfolds can be quite scary. So of course, you have your host family side that they're concerned about, you know, you being in crisis in making decisions that might put my security or my privacy at risk. So those are certainly concerning.
And of course, not to mention, the lower level concerns of I'm afraid that you come into my house and mess up my place. Sure, or we have a different house practice and, and things like that. The converse is equally true. So if I'm a lady who has a baby, a young baby and I'm homeless, to live in a stranger's home can be quite disconcerting as well.
So there will be concerns about whether it is safe, whether the house is appropriate, you know, if you are a young mother, you know, staying on living on a futon may not necessarily be the best for you, and you of course need, you know, stuff that would enable you to care for your baby well. So these are some of the many complex components that that almost you know, causes a little bit of, you know, difficulties or tensions. When it comes to facilitating a match,
Reuben 15:02
Right. Okay, well, speaking of people who open up their homes in this sense, or I guess, in another in another word, volunteers, how do they come to you? How do you get these volunteers to open their homes in that sense.
Kenneth 15:20
Right. The the start of the Open Home Network was quite an accident. As always, a friend of mine who runs Homeless Hearts of Singapore, we were having a conversation about how the community is just an untapped potential resource that could, could enhance and enrich social care in such a beautiful way.
And from the excitement of our conversation, my friend decided to post on the Homeless Hearts Facebook page, for the needs of households during the COVID crisis, and within two weeks, we had 160 families signed up, which was quite beyond expectation. And, and he essentially looked at me and said, okay, you have your families, let's do it.
And that's really how we started. To be honest, it was, it was quite unexpected, because according to a study that was done by the Singapore kindness movement in 2017, with 3000 Singaporeans, they discovered that what 50% of Singaporeans polled actually have one to less, you know, saying hi to their neighbour, which means 50% of them or less, actually don't even say hi to their neighbours on a day to day basis. 70% of them, you know, have conversations one or less times a week, you know, for all of them. So we know that Singaporeans are quite shy in general. And privacy is quite important for them.
Reuben 16:59
Very Yeah, that actually, it's quite a surprise. I mean, I grew up in an HDB. And my neighbours were nice, but there's always that kind of barrier, right? Like, you wouldn't really cross in the lift, you would kind of be like looking down the floor, looking at the the numbers of the floors going up.
And you just really try to avoid even making like, they will just be like, Hello, hi, how are you? And then you know, you look at the floor.
Kenneth 17:22
Yeah, sometimes it can be the most awkward.
Reuben 17:25
Yeah, lifts in Singapore, one of the most awkward things that it's it's very interesting, but why do you think we're a society that values privacy so much, and there's a little bit of a tangent, but you know, if we could just go on that tangent for for quick while.
Kenneth 17:42
Well, this is just my opinion, but I feel like communities to maintain strong community connection takes quite a lot of effort. And it may not necessarily you the kind of results you want, because there's always a risk to be vulnerable. When I connect with my neighbours, there's no telling whether my neighbours will be good neighbours, or bad neighbours.
And, you know, being good at what we do in Singapore, we tend to strive for lower risk choices. And Singapore in general is very reliable I can live every single day in this Circuit Breaker has shown that we can stay at home all day with no issues, like finding an entity but and I can go to Netflix, in play games. If I need food, I can just you know, deliver great food all the time. So it's it's very easy to to continue to survive without necessarily having to tap on the community.
But I think if we see beyond and we are able to look at the value that a community bring, there is unspoken, an intangible value that can only come through in really either times of crisis, or times where you have you can never expect you know it to happen. So the story I often tell people is like, my wife and I moved into our home about three years ago, when we when we started we were quite quickly, you know, sucked into this idea of wanting to build the best kind of households for ourselves.
So we put in a lot of effort to the decisions we make from the dining table, we choose to the cutleries, to you know, all these different little things. And I've never made so many decisions in my life before. It came to a point where we were deciding on whether to get a can opener. And I was quite convinced that we didn't need to have a can opener now because typical house only use a can opener maybe one to two times a month. And I was like okay, when we get there, you know, we'll figure it out. Sure. Enough, I think within two weeks, you needed a can opener. So I went over to my neighbour's house being the thick-skinned person that I am.
And I say, Hey, can I borrow your can opener? It was quite awkward. They looked at me very confused and say, how come this family has no can opener. They had three. And they loaned me one. And that was how it started. It was really through just having an excuse to talk and we got to know each other over time, just really constantly boring a can opener. I got to learn about my neighbours their work, you know.
Reuben 20:35
Right. You know, I think it's, it also stems a lot from the cultural mindset, right? I mean, growing up, you know, you're always told by your parents, that, hey, you know, don't don't speak to strangers be Be careful strangers, you know, they're gonna adopt you, they're gonna put you somewhere, you know. So maybe that kind of leads up to, you know, we growing up a little bit more sheltered. And really, there's that there isn't that need to go into the community.
And perhaps people just haven't really seen the joy of going to the community just yet. They haven't had that experience of, especially in this day and age where, you know, technology is you, as you mentioned, you know, you can go online, you can surf the web, you can play games, it's an all time high, where you can get all your entertainment online, why should I go out and and feel uncomfortable with someone else to try and break the ice, for example? So I think that's, that's a huge barrier as well, technology. Right?
Kenneth 21:33
But then in and of itself, is that in and of itself is quite a paradox, isn't it? Because I remember growing up, loving, going, loving to visit my friends home should know sitting together, having moms, you know, pour out food over the table for us? Yeah. And even today, like when we game we, we yearn for the connection with people as well.
Reuben 22:00
Right, so maybe it could be kind of the self conscious nature? Do you think that's that's an issue? Like, you know, you're very conscious about yourself? Yeah. Because, you know, I think our society is very, in a very intelligent society, we tend to react very quickly. In other words, very gan chiong, in a sense.
So you know, when you're speaking to someone, you can really tell that the other person is thinking maybe two minutes ahead of a conversation that the person is ready to pounce on, on any words that you say. So you're a lot more careful. And because of that, you're a lot more self conscious, which kind of contributes to that fear of going out and speaking to other people. Do you think this is affected as well?
Kenneth 22:38
Yeah, definitely. Singa-, well, in in many of the families we've connected with, we often have to manage expectations. So when a family comes in, thinking that they're going to be a host, they get really excited, they go out trying to invest in a mattress, try to make sure they buy cups and toothbrush in everything to be the best possible host. And that's great.
But sometimes that leads to a lot of stress and a lot of tension, because the person, the guests that is coming in doesn't necessarily expect, you know, a five star service, they just really need a friend, they really need a place that's safe, that's not on the streets. And I think that mismatch of expectation can also cause a bit of the tension there. I see. So yeah, you're right. I think because of the expectation, sometimes they were worried they might not want to commit because they think that what's demanded is a lot higher than, than usual.
Reuben 23:37
Right? I see. Well, I mean, speaking of volunteers, could you share a little bit more of what your demographics of your volunteers? Like? Are they mostly families with kids or, you know, singles? How is it like?
Kenneth 23:49
So our youngest volunteer is probably 20 years old, and our older volunteers about 50 plus maybe even 60? Right? We utilise everybody. So of course, the older ones genuinely have a home to offer. And we get the younger ones to participate in other areas that are equally meaningful as well.
So the younger ones take charge of connecting, managing the cases, the reference that we get, they be friends. They have to understand their issues, and they help to bridge the gap for the families.
Reuben 24:25
Very nice. How do you actually get in touch with them? So before you mentioned you had 160 volunteers right at the start, right? Has it been them reaching out to you via your social media posts? Or how do they get in touch with you.
Kenneth 24:41
So when we started the open home network, we had to be a little bit more methodical to it. We had 160 families that signed up willing to offer their home. One of the first few things we prioritised was to raise a volunteer community managers essentially so We spend quite a bit of time just reaching out to our friends, our families, and getting people to step forward to hear about this idea. And once they start getting interested, we got them to reach out to our family.
So they they make calls and connected with their families. And it was quite, it was quite an experience because most people volunteered, but we don't know them. So we don't know whether the families are, you know, where do they come from? We don't know how we can support them. We don't know their fears. And it took time for us to build that relationship with them.
And so it's really kind of like starting up a brand new community from the beginning with using digital mediums like What's that, you know, Zoom calls, we had, over what 200 Zoom calls in three months? Yeah, and I guess that's where the volunteers are kind of, like separated that way. So we call all of them volunteers. But they have the very unique roles, a little bit like instruments in an orchestra where they still play one song or one Symphony. But the role it plays a little bit different.
Reuben 26:18
Right, but they are all needed there. They have to come together to make the entire rhythm tick. So we I think we've explored a little bit of current of the fears, or maybe the mismatch of expectations, you know, volunteers are not to show how their their guests will be like guests are not to show what their volunteers are like, but for the volunteers who actually go through with it, who who just, you know, take the plunge and decide that, hey, you know, this is my time to give back to the community, this is my time to help these people in need. How does it impact them? What what are some of the benefits that these people are beginning to reap from this experience?
Kenneth 26:58
I think first and foremost, they are able to see the point behind a community. One of the first few things we teach with our community is the crisis are often non discriminate, it can happen to yourself or myself. And one way to increase resilience in managing crisis is with the connections we have with people, people who had encouraged us who will be there for us. So they have a real life example of it. And of course, being a whose family they encounter. They see problems in a much more human fashion. So for instance, if you know you had it, we had a case where a 22 year old had many issues. You know, growing up, you know, coming from a broken family.
From a public perspective, there's a lot of concern because a 22 year old adult, and I expect you to behave in a certain way. And because I don't know you, personally is very easy to just say, you are going to be a threat to my community, and you're going to cause trouble for me. But as they spend time in they connect with these people, they start to humanise their issues and appreciate that they genuinely come from difficult backgrounds, and having the privilege and the chance to see another family in action gives them new hope and encouragement to know that things actually has a chance of getting better for themselves.
Reuben 28:37
Sure, I think one of something that a lot of therapists actually talk about is your childhood, right? As a childhood, a lot of your experiences a lot of the people around you in your community, they shape your your future habits, your future fears, your future drives your future aspirations.
And I think it's it's very important for people to understand as well that adults in their 20s and 30s in their 40s they have issues as well, they they have problems that they might not really show on the surface, but deep inside its present and all this is usually a ganache from their childhood.
And it really the host can be contented in knowing that they have been able to step forward to to shape these young men and young women's lives early on, and probably even put a barrier to any potential bad fall of communism might happen in post. Yeah, definitely. Alright, so assuming that I want to volunteer my home, what is the process so I reached out to you on social media like he can have I have my home available, I kind of want to share it. How does the process happen from there?
Kenneth 29:54
So it will begin with a series of modules that we will share with you, conversations. rather, that we will encourage you to have with your spouse or children or family members. And we will use that to help you think about your expectation as a host and how it realistically can look like for you.
Once there is enough support network, there is an application process. So we use application form as a way for us to share your story. So that there is a bridge almost for us to be able to connect you with the person in crisis. And in that application process, we also look at suitability. So we will try to match you with somebody that you'll be both suitable to support. And I think that's something that we try to be as deliberate as possible. And even though it is an administrative process, we focus a lot on the relationships, as well.
Reuben 30:55
Very nice. And then, of course, once the we come together, I mean, my guests for the first time, and then how, how long is the duration? Like? Is it like, one year? How many months? Do they stay with us? And what happens in post after that? Do they still keep in touch?
Kenneth 31:10
Oh, certainly. So it can be as short as three months. And as long as a year. Right? We meet, we like to take a wait and see approach. So we we will always let you know, you stay for a couple of if a match occurs. We'll follow up with the folks every every few weeks to check in to see if they're okay, if there's any issues, can we connect you with organisations that are they have professionals that can support your person in crisis.
And the matching process takes any time between two weeks and even up to six weeks. So it depends on your comfort level, if you feel like you need to beat up this person more, to get to know them a little bit more. And once once both parties consent to a match or leave, then you know we will, we will administrate the rest of the processes.
Reuben 32:06
Very lovely. All right. So for the benefit of our listeners who, after listening to this podcast today might not be interested in opening up their homes or maybe to contribute in other avenues. Where can they go to learn more about the current movements.
Kenneth 32:25
So for the Open Home Network, I would encourage listeners to check out our Facebook page. We post stories very regularly, stories of families were posted. And we encourage a lot of volunteerism. Right now we are in need of families.
So if you have a space and you feel like there's something you'd like to explore, sign up via our Facebook page, we often share volunteer links. We do a lot of preparation for families before the families are ready to host and we ensure that there's enough support for you.
And of course, joining our Facebook page allows you to keep stay on top of news updates, like what is the future plan for the Open Home Network? What are some things that you know, we will look at and if we have any fundraising needs, we will be announcing, you know on that page as well. So you can stay tuned there for solving data.
And we we look at projects that benefits communities directly. So we don't receive public funding. But if you are if you have a community in mining and you want to collaborate with us, you can check out our website, send us an email. And we're more than happy to look into some of these issues and to destruct your projects that we think are going to be meaningful for these communities. Awesome.
Reuben 33:51
All right. Final question. What are the future plans for both Solve n+1 and the Open Home Network?
Kenneth 34:02
Right now I think COVID has really put the brakes on many of our projects. Majority of source projects are overseas. So we work with one flat in Penang. I had a team leader that was stuck in North Iraq for six months. And you're working with the refugee camps there. And as a result of us not being able to travel.
We we have to innovate the way we operate. So we are exploiting some project that allows us to use digital mediums to facility so things like mentoring coaching, even some form of charitable microlending we did a refugee camps to look at projects that enhances the community as a whole and creates more sustainability for them in the long haul.
Reuben 34:58
Awesome. Well Kenneth, I think what you're doing is really an incredible thing and you know, we can all learn a lot from you. Thank you so much for your time today.
Kenneth 35:08
Thank you so much for having me once again.
Reuben 35:14
This has been an episode with an incredibly selfless individual Mr. Kenneth Heng of Solve n+1. Now on behalf of our team here at Stacked out like to take the opportunity to wish him and his team of the very, very best as they continue to improve lives across Southeast Asia and beyond.
Now, if you're interested in learning a little bit more about real estate online, you can always hop on to stackedhomes.com/editorial And as always, if you have any comments, queries or suggestions, feel free to drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com. once again.
Thank you for joining me as always, my name is Reuben Dhanaraj, and I'll see you in the next podcast.
Kenneth 36:07
I think food brings people together so a lot of the communities that I visit the enjoy kind of feeding me these kind of food and just watching my expressions and maybe see that I have placed it in my mouth. They instantly trust you with everything.
Reuben 36:23
Well, there you go if you're ever in the Amazon jungle area surrounded by a tonne of tribes, you know what to do.
Kenneth 36:29
It's true, just eat what they what they offer.


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1. Melting Skull
This Halloween makeup is created by Desi Perkins above, and CosmoByHaley's floating head effect below. It looks interesting, creative and aesthetic. You could see tons of skulls on Halloween, but this one is special. To prepare for the optical illusions Halloween makeup, you need buy some flesh gel and face paint.
2. The Mad Hatter
The Mad Hatter is a nice makeup for Halloween that will never out of date. Johnny Depp played a lovely Mad Hatter with attractive, colorful and fun makeup. A decent Mad Hatter should come with bright orange hair and super long bright orange eyebrows.
3. Kitty Cat
The creator Lucy Oriole said this Halloween makeup tutorial was inspired from cat or kitty, catwomen character. Girls are good fit this look. It shows the beauty, loveliness and sex appeal of girls.
4. Pencil Pierced Nose
The first time I watched this Halloween makeup YouTube tutorial, I was scared and shocked. Karolina Maria indeed is an imaginative artist. If you are falling in love with Pencil Pierced Nose, be sure not to frighten the little kids.
5. The Walking Dead Zombie
Since the broadcast of walking dead, zombie makeup has became popular on Halloween. There are lots of Halloween YouTube videos about zombie makeup on Internet. You can pick your favorite one.
6. Emily from The Corpse Bride
This Halloween makeup tutorial earns high clicks on YouTube. It is assumed that dope2111 creates a disquieting and intelligent homage to Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Now you can download and watch the step-by-step tutorial guide.
7. Broken Doll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SBNnSaE8r8
8. Sultry Vampire Halloween Makeup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLE5wKnBbTA
9. Two Faced Scary Monster: https://youtu.be/6dl-Ip2G0Rs
10. Friday the 13th Jasons Girlfriend: https://youtu.be/GFCzi82ShYc
In short, Halloween makeup is bizarre and miraculous. Originality is the kingly way. Spending more time studying makeup videos from YouTube and coming up with some new designs, the full preparations will ensure you a nice holiday.
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Citi sale of Japan's Bellsystem24 heats up
Global buyout firms including Permira and KKR KKR.UL are set to bid for a core Citigroup asset next week in a deal worth more than $1 billion, grabbing a rare opportunity for them to chase big investments in Japan.
Around 20 buyout firms have reviewed the books of Bellsystem24, a Japanese telemarketer owned by Nikko Principal Investments, the private-equity arm of Citigroup, but only four or five may submit formal bids next week due to the deal size, said sources familiar with the situation.
Besides Permira and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, potential bidders include CVC Capital and Bain Capital. Some firms, which are not actively working on the deal now, may jump into the race if they get invited to partner prominent bidders, according to the sources, who did not wish to be identified because the process is not public.
This is the only mega deal we have seen in the past few years, said an official at a Tokyo-based private equity firm. In Japan, where large companies are still reluctant to take drastic decisions to sell their non-core assets, it is difficult to see a big deal that is available for private equity.
The Bellsystem24 deal would be the largest transaction involving foreign private equity firms since October 2007 when Permira agreed to buy agrichemical company Arysta LifeScience Corp for $2.2 billion.
Permira has not made any investments in Japan since then.
Bellsystem24 would be a perfect match for KKR, which said it was targeting companies with large capitalization in Japan. KKR opened an office in Tokyo in 2006 but has not yet made a major investment in Japan.
For KKR, a Bellsystem24 deal would follow its purchase of Oriental Brewery for $1.8 billion from Anheuser-Busch InBev INTB.BR in South Korea.
The price may heat up not only because the deal is competitive but also because of the availability of loans. Japanese mega banks, which include Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group, which were less hurt by the global financial crisis, are willing to lend money, the sources said.
But even for KKR and Permira, which are keen to compete for the Citi asset next week, the price is now the top challenge in the bidding as both believe the $1.5 billion target eyed by Citigroup is too high, said the sources.
The $1.5 billion price tag is something that Citi targets but I don't think you will see the deal done based on this price level as there are many concerns about the real value of the asset, said one of the sources.
One private equity official said the price should be around $1.2 billion based on Bellsystem24's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization -- a cash flow measure known as EBITDA.
Another source noted a long-term telemarketing contract outsourced by Japanese telecom Softbank Corp has become a stable profit channel for Bellsystem24.
However, there is no promise that the contract will be renewed or renewed under current conditions with high profit margin for Bellsystem24 when it expires by 2015, he added.
If the key Softbank contract is not be renewed, you can argue whether Bellsystem should be worth that much money, regarding the potential for its growth, he said, referring to the $1.5 billion price tag.
The transaction is part of Citigroup's global effort to unload assets to bolster its capital base.
Citigroup, once the world's largest financial services provider which was rescued by the U.S. government in the financial crisis, declined to comment.
Bidders are expected to submit their first bids by September 1. Nikko Citigroup, the Japanese investment banking arm of Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc are advising Citi on the sale.
Bellsystem24, which operates call centres, competes against Moshi Moshi Hotline Inc and Transcosmos Inc in Japan.
(Additional reporting by Emi Emoto and Wakako Sato; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to lowest level in months
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The number of people in Rhode Island's hospitals with COVID-19 has dropped to its lowest level in about eight months, according to state Department of Health data released Monday.
The 72 patients with the disease in the hospital was the fewest since mid-September.
The department also reported about 180 new confirmed cases, including about 150 in the past three days and 30 new cases added to previous daily totals. There was also one more virus-related death in the past three days, for a total of 2,705 fatalities.
The department does not update on weekends.
More than 534,000 people in the state have now been fully vaccinated, which is about 50% of the state's population, although people who work or go to school in Rhode Island are also eligible for a shot, and the state opened up eligibility to visitors to the state earlier this month.
The Lippitt House Museum in Providence, one of the best-preserved Victorian interiors in America, plans to reopen for tours early next month, officials said Monday.
The semi-private, staff-guided tours that resume June 4 will follow COVID-19 safety best practices. Advance reservations are required.
The tours take visitors through the elaborately decorated rooms in the context of the home's residents and workers and the roles they played in industry, immigration, design, and civic engagement.
"The elaborate decor, spacious rooms, and the large windows of Lippitt House make it an attractive destination for people looking for a safe way for the entire family to explore one of New England's cultural treasures," museum Director Carrie Taylor said in a statement.
The house that dates to 1865 is a National Historic Landmark.
Follow AP's coverage of the pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak.


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Today, Steve celebrates DLR's invention of rap music, takes two questions and hints at a topic before putting it off until tomorrow.
Steve answers a question, inhales some audio, then exhales into topic.
With new and improved audio, That shooting show may be safe for swimming practice.
As usual, with understanding, improvement is possible.
Today Steve ponders whether it is possible to think about nothing and decides to think about it.
Today is devoted to answering listener mail and praise for Chad Reilly of absolutept.com for his free advice on treating shooter's elbow.
Steve gets a message from a phone consult client who had a very good result.
(That might be how ya dooz it.)
Steve ponders the meaning of a potential admonishment, gets an expert opinion, then offers another one.
You have been warned.
Steve tells the story of the first shooter in class to get a reshoot, and the lessons learned...
Can Steve get through this topic title with a straight face?
What if DLR was the CRO?
Is it OK to be selfish at the range?
All this and more...
Today you get Van Halen gossip, an overdue dog update, and a listener question discussed.
Happy Friday!
Today, Steve offers a tip for a better semi-professional podcast, tries to compare shooting to the renaissance fair, and briefly discusses the 3 modes of practice.
More soon.
Steve has a major announcement to make today... and uses the most glorious noise ever made by humans to assist.
Today, Steve talks about his west coast trip, apologizes for ruining your swimming and eventually gets to a point.
Minutes become hours, hours become days, days become weeks, weeks become years.
Shoot the targets.
2 minutes and 50 seconds of the most glorious drum and guitar interaction ever recorded gives way to a topic. Must be "That Shooting Show!"


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11 Online Games You Can Play With Your Tribe To Feel Closer To Them Now That You're At Home
Just when we thought it'll be the end of us sitting at home and we can move on again, it extended. We all wanted a break from life but not a break long enough that we start panicking and panic all day long. Amidst this outbreak and lockdown, we are sure you miss your folks so much! To help you pass your time and to hang out with your friends (virtually), check out these multi-player games you can play on your phone!
PlayersUnknown's Battleground made everyone go loco ever since its inception. This game is not only known to each one of us but also happens to be a fave with no bar of age. It's so addictive that once you begin playing, chances are you'll get hooked in no time. So, what better chill time with friends to keep you engaged for hours? Also, if your device is always low on memory, download the lite version.
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tencent.ig
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pubg-mobile-2nd-anniversary/id1330123889
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/PUBG/
2. Call Of Duty
An oldie for gamers and also a game you'd remember playing on PCs, Call Of Duty is a well-established player in the field. Tons of maps and games to choose from, be on duty and slay the enemies with all your skills and intelligence. Don't forget to gossip with your friends with its in-game chat feature.
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.activision.callofduty.shooter
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/call-of-duty-mobile/id1287282214
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/CallofDuty/
3. 8 Ball Pool
Miss your mini-trips with friends to play snookers? Don't worry because now you can play it in the comfort of your bed with your friends on your phone. It's rated the number 1 pool game on mobile devices. With its easy controls, you can try your hands on it even if you're a rookie. So, while you are at home, master the skill and plan up a trip once you get to go out again!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miniclip.eightballpool
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/8-ball-pool/id543186831
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/8ballpoolfans/
4. Monopoly
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Remember the time of summer vacations when there was a power cut and you'd have a session of monopoly with your family? Miss them? Time to download this uber engaging game on your device and enjoy some time with fam again. It allows up to 4 players to play at once. Revisit this classic again as you sit caged at home but you can't cheat now!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marmalade.monopoly
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monopoly/id1477966166
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/MonopolyIndia/?brand_redir=11384491516
5. Ludo King
Yet another classic and the greatest pass time of all! Y'all will agree that board games make time fly but in this era of tech, we do not have them lying around anymore. So, have a virtual sesh with friends or family and prove yourself to be the champion again. But the thing is, you can't turn the board upside down when you're losing now!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ludo.king
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ludo-king/id993090598
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/ludokinggame/
6. Counter Strike
Counter Strike is yet another crowd-fave virtual war based game. Two teams compete in multiple rounds and the team winning the majority of the rounds wins! Get yourself some popcorn and make sure to take a nap to freshen up and bring out your competitive spirits.
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.critical.strike2
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/counter-attack-multiplayer-fps/id1072738097
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/CounterStrike/
7. Clash Of Clans
Create or join a clan and play this super fun game with your amigos while tucked under the covers! Time to bring out love for the clan or village you'll build yourself, raise a clan and defend your village by fighting a war. Ensure creating a comfortable nook near the charging socket 'cause you're going to be up all day and night!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supercell.clashofclans
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clash-of-clans/id529479190
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/ClashofClansINOfficial/
Another card game from childhood you must remember playing with your cousins overnight stays, UNO needs no introduction! You don't have to worry because the set of rules and features remain the same! You can also have a tournament. Time to call your friends!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matteljv.uno
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/uno/id1344700142
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/UNOnow/
9. Draw Something
Are you good at drawing? No, no worries you can still play it and the probability of you winning the game rises. Crazyyyy! Call up your BFF and ask them to download the game right away! So basically, it's a two player game and one of them draws a picture for their partner to guess. Time to put your artistic skills to use!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omgpop.dstfree
Download It iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/draw-something-classic/id488628250
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/UNOnow/
10. Plato
With 30+ multiplayer games, like Tablesoccer, Werewolf, Minesweepers, Go Fish, Dots & Boxes, Reversi, Spades, Ballots, Hearts and many more, Plato makes it easy for you and your squad to play together. You can also join player-run tournaments and make new friends at their public chat rooms!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plato.android&hl=en_IN
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plato-find-fun/id1054747306
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/platochat/
11. Houseparty
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This is one app that you definitely need to stay in touch with your friends when you're physically apart! It'll send you a notification when your friends are in "the house", similarly, it'll alert your friends when you are available so you guys can meet up virtually! A fun app that you need to check out, especially during this lockdown period. While you're video calling, you can also play multiplayer games like Chips & Guac, Trivia, Quick Draw and Heads Up!
Download It On Android Here | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herzick.houseparty&hl=en_IN
Download It On iOS Here | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/houseparty/id1065781769
Check Out The FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/houseparty/
We know it's a difficult time and it shall pass. You don't have to feel alone now that you can hang out with your friends virtually!


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Starting this Friday, September 20, New York City will be abuzz with hundreds of events and activities that focus on the climate crises. Activities will commence on the Global Climate Strike on Friday and continue through the week of the United Nations 2019 Climate Action Summit on September 23.
Climate Week NYC, a city-wide project featuring more than 150 events across the city, will launch on the day of the UN Climate Summit and run through September 29. Here are some of the art-related events happening in New York City now and in the week to come.
Who Takes Care of New York? A community partnership exhibition at the Queens Museum
Through maps, art, and storytelling, the exhibition Who Takes Care of New York? explores the variety of civic groups that exist in New York City and the ways in which they support their local environments. The exhibition is organized by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service's New York City Urban Field Station, and Pratt Institute's Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative, and curated by Christina Freeman. Featured artists include Magali Duzant, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, and two NYC Urban Field Station Artists-in-Residence, Matthew Jensen and Julia Oldham.
When: September 12-29, 2019. 11am-5pm
Where: Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York, 11368
Pollution Pods at the UN Headquarters
Starting Saturday, guests and sightseers at the UN headquarters in New York will be invited into five large interconnected geodesic domes created by artist Michael Pinsky. The installation, titled Polluted Pots, uses artificial atmospheres to simulate dangerously polluted air quality in cities around the world. Visitors will not be exposed to any harm. The work is brought by the British nonprofit group Cape Farewell in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). It was organized as part of the UN's Clean Air Initiative, which calls on governments to commit to safe air quality and abide to air pollution policies by 2030.
When: September 21–24, 2019
Where: United Nations Headquarters, 405 East 42nd Street, New York
Climate Week at the New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) will offer free admission to all its visitors today, September 20, the day of the Global Climate Strike. Visitors can use this opportunity to catch the final week of NYBG's largest-ever exhibition, Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx. The exhibition celebrates the influential Brazilian modernist artist, landscape architect, plant explorer, and conservationist Roberto Burle Marx (1909–94). In the week to follow, the garden will host a number of events, including performances by artists, dancers, and musicians. Visitors can also join a tour at NYBG's three-acre Edible Academy to learn how to grow and prepare vegetables, fruit, and herbs.
When: September 20-29, 2019
Where: 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York
Engineers & Artists: Digital Inclusion & Climate Protection
A one-night-only exhibition will project three digital artworks by New York-based artists Hadi Fallahpisheh, Devin N. Morris, and Summer Wheat onto Verizon's skyscraper in lower Manhattan. The artists created their works in collaboration with three climate-forward engineers: Adam Atia (Columbia University); Ben Matusow (Insight Civil Engineering); Anne Shellum (BuroHappold Engineering).
The best viewing locations will be the Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway; Jane's Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park; Pebble Beach at Brooklyn Bridge Park; and the Alfred E. Smith Houses (at the corner of Pearl & Robert Wagner Place).
When: September 26, 2019 at 7pm-11:59pm
Where: 375 Pearl Street, New York
Voices for the Future
On Friday, New Zealand-based artist Joseph Michael will illuminate the UN General Assembly and Secretariat buildings in New York with a large scale video installation titled Voices for the Future.
This installation will cover the facade of the UN building with images of a massive iceberg accompanied by the voices of six young climate advocates who will comment on the climate crisis in Russian, Arabic, French, Spanish, English, and Mandarin (the UN's official languages). The words of the young activists will scroll the length of the building along with music by Brian Eno.
When: September 20, 2019
Where: United Nations Headquarters, 405 East 42nd Street, New York


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YouTube user The Cussing Channel is famous for supercuts narrowing down specific parts of movies (Just the Jawas in Star Wars, Just the Joker in The Dark Knight, etc.), but they've really outdone themselves this time. This is all the magic spells in the entire Harry Potter movie series — about 17 minutes of it. And it's the fastest 17-minute video you'll ever watch.
It's also really funny to watch them get better at casting the spells as they get older, because they sound positively drunk in that first movie. By the end, you're remembering that feeling from last summer, when the series was finally ending, and as fast as it goes, you'll still get a lump in your throat.
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Cherries simply taste amazing! But with these small but succulent fruits, the real cherry on the top is their long list of health benefits. From making your daily life a little better to helping prevent and fight a number of diseases – here are 10 of the miraculous things cherries can do for you.
They boost your energy levels
Due to calories from their natural sugars, eating cherries are a quick way to boost your overall energy level. They also greatly improve your mood.
They help you sleep better
Suffering from a bout of insomnia? Cherries are a rich source of melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate sleep cycles. So have some cherries if you need a bit of nice and natural shut-eye.
They reduce muscle pain and prevent cramps
Tart cherries have been found to markedly reduce muscle inflammation and soreness. Moreover, the potassium content in cherries eases and helps prevent muscle cramps.
They help improve your digestion
The high fiber content of cherry helps improve your digestive system, while also reducing your cholesterol levels.
They slow your skin's aging
Cherries have the highest levels of antioxidants among all fruits. Thus, regularly eating tart cherries or regularly drinking tart cherry juice can slow down the aging process of the skin. Cherry juice also helps deal with other skin conditions.
They help manage blood pressure
The high levels of potassium in cherries help regulate your heart rate, reduce the risk of hypertension, and keep your blood pressure in check. Moreover, they also keep your cholesterol low.
They provide relief from osteoarthritis
Regularly eating cherries or regularly consuming cherry juice can reduce the discomfort and pain of swollen joints that patients of osteoarthritis suffer.
They lower the risk of heart disease and stroke
Tart cherries contain high levels of anthocyanins and reduce triglyceride levels in your blood. As a result, consuming cherries means significantly reducing your risk of heart disease and stroke.
They help improve your brain function
Cherries are often referred to as 'brain food', as they have powerful antioxidants that help enhance your brain function – most notably, your memory. In fact, the memory-boosting attributes of cherries might even help keep Alzheimer's at bay.
They help prevent cancer
Last, but not the least, the powerful antioxidants present in cherries can lower your risk of cancer – especially colon cancer. This is because cherries prevent the formation of carcinogenic chemicals in the body. With all these amazing benefits, you really don't have an excuse to not add cherries to your daily diet!


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Borden is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town is located 325 kilometres (202 mi) south east of the state capital, Perth and 111 kilometres (69 mi) north of Albany on Chester Pass Road. At the 2006 census, Borden and the surrounding area had a population of 164.The town was established as a siding on the railway line between Gnowangerup and Ongerup and is named after Canadian Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden. The railway opened for business on 6 January 1913 and closed on 13 October 1957.The area near Paper Collar Creek near where the town stands was a meeting point for sandalwood cutters in the 1840s for when they used to head to the port at Albany.In 1916, 250 acres (100 ha) of land was set aside for a townsite. Although the site had not been surveyed J.G. Jenkins had already erected the first building containing dwelling, dining, refreshment and assembly rooms. Another man, J. Copeland was also constructing a building at this time. A telephone connection with Gnowangerup had also been established and mail was being received twice a week by train.The local agricultural hall, constructed of jarrah and cast iron, was opened in 1928 by the Minister of Lands, Michael H. Troy. Local members H. Stewart and Charles Wittenoom were also present.The main industry in town is wheat farming, with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site. The receival bins are able to handle 170,000 tonnes (167,315 long tons) of grain during harvest times. In 2017 the receival site was inundated with floodwaters following a heavy rain event.
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The Border Collie is one of the world's most popular canine dogs. They always reproduce excellent offspring, even if they are more likely to work than to flirt, making them even more in demand.
Of course, you are here to discover more about the distinctions between a male and a female Border. Don't fret though; I will help you see which one best serves your type.
Should you get a male or a female Border Collie? If you would like a rather outdoorsy and welcoming dog, then what you're searching for would be a male Border Collie. If you wish to have a dog that is more focused on training, more loyal and attentive, then a female Border Collie suits best for your type.
When you get a new dog, you should take into account the required measures and preparations beforehand, so that you can assess which sex you really need to get. Take priority over your own personal liking and the type of residence you currently live in.
This is not just about the characteristics or sex of a Border Collie that you have to think about. You also need to examine your capabilities in getting a really high-quality dog. Get a female Border Collie if you are serious about focusing on your future pet.
Male Border Collies
Height: 19 – 22 inches (48 – 53 cm)
Weight: 30 – 55 lbs (13 – 25 kg)
Puppy Price: $1,300 – $4,500
Lifespan: 12 – 15 Years
Build: Larger, more muscular body with fringed fur.
- Affectionate, smart, and energetic.
- Easier to socialize with people.
- Loves to please his owner.
- More aggressive.
- More attention seeking.
- Likes being babied.
- Slightly more food motivated.
- More playful and energetic throughout life.
- Reaches physical maturity quicker.
- Reaches mental maturity slower.
- Tends to protect a territory or whole family.
- Clumsy around kids.
- Clingy most of the time.
- Tends to be a bit messier.
- More maintenance required.
- More likely to bond with all family members.
- Harder to train him to walk off leash and stay close to you.
- More stubborn.
- Less suspicious of strangers.
- Less likely to get along with other dogs or animals.
- Easily get distracted and harder to train.
- Gets along well with female dogs.
Female Border Collies
Height: 18 – 21 inches (46 – 56 cm)
Weight: 30 – 55 lbs (13 – 25 kg)
Puppy Price: $1,500 – $5,000
Lifespan: 12 – 15 Years
Build: Medium-sized with an athletic appearance.
- Affectionate, smart, and energetic.
- A bit harder to socialize with people.
- Slightly less desire to please her owner.
- Less aggressive.
- Less attention seeking.
- More independent.
- Slightly less food motivated (except when pregnant).
- Tends to be less playful all the time.
- Reaches physical maturity slower.
- Reaches mental maturity quicker.
- Tends to protect an individual (her owner).
- More cautious around kids.
- Respects your time alone.
- Tends to be cleaner.
- Less maintenance required.
- Tends to bond with one person in the family.
- Easier to train her to walk off leash and stay close to you.
- Less stubborn.
- More suspicious of strangers.
- More likely to get along with other dogs or animals.
- More focused and easier to train.
- Gets along well with male dogs.
Physical Differences
Male Border Collies can grow from 19 to 22 inches tall and can weigh from 30 to 55 pounds. They seem to be larger than female Borders but this is barely noticeable since both have the same physique.
Males, like female Borders, have muscular bodies and long fur around their chest and side bodies. The color and pattern of their body are the same as their female counterparts.
Female Border Collies can grow from 18 to 22 inches tall, one inch less than their male counterparts. But this measurement will not make them any less of a sturdy dog.
Both male and female Borders look the same and there are no significant differences when it comes to their appearance. Similar to males, female Borders can also weigh from 30 to 55 pounds. When well prepped, both look sleek and confident.
Temperamental Differences
Male Borders are much more committed and dedicated to their owners, particularly during their baby years. You would not have to take a long time to earn their confidence, though.
When you decide to get them and bring them home, they will see you as they recognized you so long ago. Sure, male Borders are gentle and loving almost all of the time, but cuddly males can cause them to become much sloppier than other breeds.
Unlike female Borders, male Borders are happier overall. They do not have that mentality which they prefer to distance themselves from. Male Borders, too, are a little bit or not mindful somehow of your personal space.
To them, the thing that you are struggling with does not really matter. But they can make great therapy dogs. Even when they are incredibly sweet and gentle, they are indeed personally detached.
They are nosy too most of the time because they really wish to get anything they want, whether it be your interest, snacks, or whatever they instantly like to have. Male Borders can move faster when it comes to outdoorsy tasks because they love working hard so much.
All you must do is to give them a wider place to play around. This helps them to get better at their job, and I swear that they will become excellent in field trials afterward. I expect you to note that male Borders are often confused by their belief that training must not be taken seriously. They are less intense and can make you feel discouraged at times.
Female Border Collies are expected to be more responsive and attentive to the happenings around them. Nevertheless, they are also competitive about everything they do and they like to get all that stuff done.
Talking about loyalty, the female tends to develop devotion between its owners somewhat longer. At first, they do not offer their confidence immediately, but it will be a wonderful experience to win their loyalty afterward.
Unlike male Border Collies, which appear to be personally detached, females are highly space conscious. Oftentimes, they are clingy, but they understand when to do or to stop something.
They are polite and courteous to their owners and have high regard for distance. Such aspects make them more appropriate when you really need a non-emotionally dependent companion.
In addition, female Border Collies may also become defensive and grumpy at times. Female Borders can also become unpredictable along with their strong aggression if they are not properly trained. If they feel inferior, and once they are protective, they may indeed become war freaks.
Female Borders have a greater chance of competing for supremacy. When triggered by several other dogs, they utilize their alpha card just to keep proving they are powerful.
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Your Border Collie needs your company every day. You should be doing daily activities with your dog. You should realize that your pup or grown-up dog should never be raised in a yard. Upon doing such a thing, you will later understand the importance of a dog-parent relationship and you will never regret doing so.
Your Border Collie is indeed smart and intelligent. They are superb in obedience tasks and household instructions, but these will never be easy in their early years. Both males and females have messy days, they also have bad days, and you will surely have bad-tempered days! But what matters the most is that you have trained them in your most committed self.
You do not need to have a wide yard when you live with them. Border Collies are pretty suitable for small houses, apartments, condominiums, and rental houses.
A wider yard can make you feel exhausted after a long day of training, and you will most likely cage them when you cannot control or play with them anymore. A small place is great for Border Collies because they can walk with you all around the house and you can see them just near you anywhere and anytime.
Border Collies are breeds known for their agility and athletic nature, which are ideal for never-ending training. This also implies that they could be useful in other heavy duties.
Interestingly, due to their muscle strength, males are excellent at field tests and excel in Frisbees if you train them. They are slightly larger and more robust than most females are. They can also be extremely careful too, like the female Borders when it comes to hunting and police work.
Relative to many other bigger dogs throughout their baby years, male Borders are much tougher to teach. They can get easily overwhelmed because they want to have fun and goof around.
But then again, do not worry because they seem to be more likely to become excellent in all dog tasks once they have mastered their behavior. They like to serve their masters and can do anything you tell them to do during their exercise just for you to commend them.
Perhaps female Border Collies are members of the women's rights movement that cry out for equality of the sexes and have proved to the world that they can do what males can do just as well. When it comes to training, female Borders have no disparity to male Borders.
They may be sleeker and thinner than male Borders, but females are better at the job too. When we talk about dog tasks, they are much more likely to focus and smarter mostly in training.
Because they reach maturity faster than males, they could be more willing to take responsibility in the field of hunting. They do have extreme restraint which makes them particularly protective of their territory and human kin.
So if you train female dogs for basic cues of obedience, know that they can respond more effectively than male Borders do. They are calculated in all practice sessions but do not have a long attention span since they get easily bored, and they will be more likely to get their own way to the couch where they can lie down all day.
Above all, female Border Collies can guarantee you that you get the right choice. They also can climb highlands with you, swim with you and your family, go on walks, pick up explosives, and so on. They are so flexible due to their high sensibility and intellect.
Health Differences
Well, I want you to know that there is no important connection between the two sexes as to health concerns. Border Collies are particularly energy-disposable pets. Because of their larger body size and physical strength, they are much more likely to pursue routine workouts.
With little to no workouts, it can make your Border Collies distressed and unhealthy. Though there is no proof that sex and health problems can link together, still, some key factors regarding why they are prone to certain diseases are important.
Males tend to do intensive exercise because of their frame and activities, which is why they are often more likely to experience health problems. The bigger bone density of males increases susceptibility to injuries and joint diseases. However, male and female Borders do have the same lifespan, so worry not.
Female Borders are prone to intestinal and digestive problems. Moreover, skin diseases and rashes can be risky for them because they spend too much time outside, and other dogs may also infect them. It can be severe but note that both females are susceptible to these diseases.
Indeed, it is essential to have your male Border Collies' muscles and joints always scanned. They are also highly susceptible to slight health issues, whatever their sex is. Like female Border Collies, males are susceptible to heart failure too.
Studies have also shown that male Borders are vulnerable to fractures that harm the shoulder joints. That too may be a problem aggravated by the Border Collie's rapid growth pace.
You can travel easier with females since they are actively sporty but travels like hiking, trekking, climbing, and running so much can also cause accidents that may lead to injuries.
Always keep your dog safe even if they are independent enough to go on outings. Also, give your dog high-quality dog food and milk, strengthen their immunity, and nourish them more daily, regardless of their sex.
With Children
Honestly, male Border Collies seem to be more hyper than female Borders. This hyperactivity could cause injuries and accidents. Though they are known to be humorous, owners should never be apathetic with their children playing with their male Borders.
Generally speaking, male Border Collies are good with children, but there must be clever ways to impose leadership on your children beforehand. You know for an absolute fact dogs can be risky too if they are not well-trained with obedience training and socialization.
Border Collies are awesome to be around with children, both male and female. Male Borders are naturally playful. They can also be friendlier to new people they see, and I think your kids will like this male Borders character.
They will not have to worry about pleasing the dog that they want to play with. They are also gentle towards kids even if they sometimes don't know what stop means. Sometimes, it is necessary to warn your kids about the maximum amount of playtime that they could tolerate so there will be no further damage.
Just like any other females in your house, sometimes, female Borders are extremely moody and grumpy. They are more likely to distance themselves when they do not feel like socializing. Due to their maternal instinct, they can be protective and more cautious of the tiny kids around them.
They are more careful when they play with kids because they know enough that kids can go beyond extremes and female Borders do not want to exhaust themselves.
Because of their intense focus and desire for space, they will not ask for your kids' attention more often. They also do not want to be disturbed. You would be glad if they willingly volunteered to play with your kids.
That would mean that they feel comfortable being around those kids. Train your dogs to socialize, but also teach your kids to maintain healthy interactions with your Border Collie.
With Other Dogs
It is necessary for your dog to socialize often outside or inside your residences. Your male Border Collie should be friendly towards any other dogs because that is what they are.
Males are more likely to welcome new dogs in their territories, and even if they are males, they do not utilize their supremacy towards other dogs. They just want to play, hide, run, and climb with other dogs rather than win fights.
They can also be territorial and aggressive though. It is just up to you on how you will potty-train your Border, only if you'd like to get a male. Socializing them with other dogs aside from keeping them in your place is a great way to lessen their possessiveness and envious traits.
Sometimes, because of their intelligence and cleverness, they can get out of your sight when they are off-leashed. So, make sure that you have high fences around you to avoid this from happening.
Because if they are not trained to socialize well, there is a possibility that they will be more likely to fight for dominance and territories will surely happen. On the other hand, female Border Collies can get along with their male counterparts. This means that they like boys more than female dogs.
Female Borders have a better chance of demonstrating superiority over some other breeds. They are believed to be relaxed, although they do not like other people to take in their space.
Please, do not let your female dogs control the roost; they must also know when to obey you. They should not have to engage in brawls because it is pretty hard to hold them back.
Which Is Better for a Family?
This is a difficult problem that needs to be addressed in this article, although both are perfect for family settings. If you have a number of family members who are lively and outdoorsy, then it is about time to get a Border Collie.
If you're part of that family who enjoys taking care of a dog, then there is really no difficulty selecting which Border fits your home. Below are some of the advantages of male and female Border Collies you need to know if you decide to let them stay around your family.
Advantages of Male Border Collies in a Family Environment:
- With its tensile purity, children would most probably prefer having male Borders.
- Fascinated with travel and recreational stuff.
- Grow stronger and taller.
- Funny and imaginative.
- Frequently bonds with family than with people outside the home.
- Pleasant and entertaining to teach.
- Less frustrating when neutered.
- More likely to perform some incredible work on security.
Advantages of Female Border Collies in a Family Environment:
- Cautious and compassionate with babies.
- Have a high regard for obedience in a family environment.
- Fierce, powerful, and very defensive.
- Inclined to be more protective in public places.
- Can quickly adapt lessons.
- Will surely get along with several household male animals.
If they are excellently-bred, you are not going to feel bad about getting a Border. You should and must not forget to instruct them when and how to interact socially with other pets and dogs, particularly to socially interact with random strangers regardless of whatever Border Collie you wish to have. Swear, they can definitely do very well in a home environment if they are well-trained.
Which Is a Better Guard Dog?
Border Collies are fine companion animals, both male and female, respectively. These Border Collies, which fit extremely well in the natural environment, are dependable in guard work, and will probably meet your expectations.
Even if they do not growl quite often, they can do so when they feel threatened. Working out your Borders regularly to enhance their endurance will make them capable guard dogs. Below are the advantages of getting a Border Collie when it comes to safeguarding functions.
Advantages of Male Border Collie Guard Dogs:
- More alert.
- Use the alpha card when sensing a threat.
- Take edge on being strong and muscular.
- Will only get into conflicts to shield you.
Advantages of Female Border Collie Guard Dogs:
- Could easily pick up directions.
- Intensely respectful for those around them.
- Increasingly barking at strangers.
- Don't easily trust persons or animals they don't know.
- More vigilant if put in unfamiliar surroundings.
Border Collies can provide better protection when they are adequately trained. You need to be patient enough if you want to concentrate your Borders in guard dog lessons. But not only that, you do need to have enough experience to teach them lessons on protecting their human kin.
This site has all the details you need in case you want to learn more about how to train your dogs. Check them out if you have time!
Border Collies With Cats
Dogs and cats have particular characteristics, yes, but in order for you to choose better and live harmoniously, you have to remember that both have resemblances, but they are clearly different animals.
It is important to take note that in a household where you reside with both, these two animals are unique and therefore serve different purposes. Puppies have larger and heavier body structures whilst kitties have soft and simple bodies.
Male cats seem lighter than male dogs. While domestic cats are also often excited to play, they are much less likely to be messy than the male Borders.
Final Thoughts
You are not going to get a Border Collie just to have a friend or companion or a guard dog. As a fur parent, you will also be taking on a lot of responsibility to handle them well. Either of these two would surely make you a stronger and better human being.
If you choose to get a male Border Collie, ensure that they really do moderate exercises, and then you must also have high gates around your house. When you select a female Border, please ensure too that they are well-trained and socially interactive with other dogs and humans.
I published this article on this site because I care a lot for the whole of you, especially those who are a little less aware of the distinctions between male and female Border Collies.
I hope this article may somehow educate you because that is really my main goal. You may search for articles on this website for you to have a wider variety of breed choices, only if you do have time!


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"To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow" - Audrey Hepburn. This is my absolute favorite quote because it speaks to me so deeply. You don't plant a garden if you don't think you'll be here tomorrow to tend to it, so it means that you have hope for another day. I made this water-resistant sticker as a daily reminder to myself and others that we can always have hope for a new day.