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With United Nations saying we could have just 11 years left to limit a climate change catastrophe, businesses operating in today's complex world need to take care of the environment, carbon emissions and maintain good social and environmental responsibility.
There are already a number of global companies taking initiatives with respect to these issues today, many of which have instituted programs to reduce their environmental footprint and contribution to carbon emissions and global warming. Here are some examples:
- Dell has a pilot program that pledges to use 25% of recycled plastic collected from beaches, waterways and coastal areas for its packaging.
- Mango aims to have 50% of its cotton originating from sustainable sources by 2022.
- Apple now runs all of its operations on 100% renewable energy and many of its suppliers have also committed to 100% clean energy production.
It's apparent that ethical environmentalism is on trend and many global brands are embracing this with open arms.
Unfortunately, some aren't. There are many companies that continue to ignore all social and environmental responsibility, driving profits with no regard for sustainability or consideration for the environment. Whether it's their consumption of raw materials and resources or the inefficient transport of goods or services, there is a myriad of ways that businesses can impact the environment negatively, which is why an understanding of how your company or corporation can mitigate its footprint is so important.
While some emissions are unavoidable and may be part of a standard business process, the truth is, no one can afford to overlook their responsibilities anymore. Sooner or later, ethical practices will be scrutinised and when there is an investigation or public outcry, being under the microscope could place your business under intense pressure (and potentially cause it to buckle under said pressure if you don't have the right measures in place).
It's for these reasons that implementing a set of policies and guidelines with respect to social ethics, environmental protection and sustainability is important for not only the image of your company but also your duty as a responsible business. Implicit in these policies and guidelines is comprehensive due diligence.
What is environmental ethics due diligence?
In its essence, due diligence is the measure by which a company assesses risk, often with respect to financial contracts and agreements. While we have discussed extensively about due diligence and its various formats, environmental ethics due diligence is a more niche discipline that requires some further explanation.
Environmental ethics due diligence can encompass the measures by which a company or corporation institutes a set of guidelines for responsible action, as well as investigating how these guidelines may impact the operation of a business, its profitability and whether the business will actually be able to meet the guidelines that have been set.
In most cases, this is a self-reflective process and it involves analysing your own business from within and devising a plan that will suit your business model and structure. In some circumstances though, it refers to performing investigative due diligence to validate the legitimacy pertaining to one's environmental responsibility. Regardless of your circumstances, our team of due diligence experts can help.
Examples of environmental ethics due diligence
As a leading corporate due diligence service provider in the UK, our team has assisted companies in a wide range of cases pertaining to environmental ethics due diligence, and here are two common ones.
Many businesses in North America and Europe today have established themselves as benchmarks for corporate responsibility. However, their overseas operations (directly owned or otherwise) are usually weaker in following a set standard with respect to the local environment and social issues, even down to the health and safety of their local workforce. They may cut corners, dispose of waste illegally, or they may pack too many workers on a factory floor without any proper ventilation measures or fire planning requirements.
Our due diligence team can help to identify these weaker links so you can better understand the potential risks or problem areas in relation to a foreign operation and implement measures to address them. It's critical to establish the right course of action before a potentially negative press spiral causes damage to your company.
Don't cover up
Often ethically questionable issues have historical baggage; with companies that have operated for many years internationally being slowly brought to account for their earlier transgressions. While your PR team may prefer to keep the issues under wraps, owning up to your transgressions and establishing a due diligence process to institute changes may be a better course of action.
The reason is that the public is hyperaware of the ways in which companies act with respect to environmental ethics. Even if you prefer to keep issues out of public scrutiny, you can't keep them from your partners or clients if they want to carry out due diligence on you before entering into agreements with you.
Blackhawk Intelligence can help with environmental ethics due diligence
Rather like the tiny source spring of a river, if you have a robust environmental policy trickling through the organisation, it can affect more and more people including your suppliers, partners and clients, until it becomes a major organisational force to be reckoned with, ultimately impacting the business and political environment the business flows into, transforming the company into a leading force in ethical environmentalism.
Underpinning this robust policy is a rigorous due diligence process. So call us on +44 (0)20 8108 9317 to start the conversation today.
If you found this interesting, you might also enjoy:
- Employment background check – sensible pre-employment due diligence
- Business intelligence is intelligent business
This post is intended to provide information of general interest about current business issues. It should not replace professional advice tailored to your specific circumstances.


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The growth of Cloud Computing has bought a range of industry innovations. The Cloud has been a reliable alternative, and several organizations have recognized the true capabilities of Cloud and how it can help their enterprises. Organizations define to adopt Cloud strategies and shift their whole infrastructure systems into the cloud ecosystem. Within the cloud computing market, AWS has served a hugely influential role and has become a significant revenue earner for Amazon. The cloud business is rising exponentially and provides retail and IT companies with a substantial opportunity.
What is AWS?
Amazon Web Services is a cloud computing infrastructure that provides customers with a wide array of cloud services. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a secured cloud services platform, provides customers with a wide range of cloud services. The cloud computing platform offers processing power, database storage, content distribution, and other functions.
What is the Need for AWS?
In reality, AWS is useful for creating a firm from underneath as it provides all the resources required to launch for companies with the cloud platform.
- AWS provides a wide variety of essential services, including computation and storage networking, to enhance image processing, CDN, machine learning, and robots.
- AWS is also a pioneer in the area of cloud infrastructure certification.
- It is recognized as one of the most coveted IT certifications globally and has the opportunity to govern the cloud profession.
There are many highly paid and rewarding career opportunities requiring AWS expertise. The great thing about getting certified in AWS is that there are no specific requirements for attending the training. Anyone can start their journey with the Cloud by having a basic understanding of infrastructure and networking. It is always good to have previous professional experience and knowledge of all programming languages, but while learning AWS, it is not mandatory to have these skills.
Top Career Paths for an AWS Certified
AWS Certifications pave the way for many top paid jobs. It will help you overcome the risk of career fluctuations. There are a few job roles you can claim if you are an AWS certified. Here are the top five Career Positions dependent on the AWS certifications.
- AWS Solutions Architect
AWS Solutions Architect (SA) will help you build innovative cloud-based technologies and convert current workloads to the Cloud with your know-how and experience. You can plan, develop, and scale AWS cloud implementations using Amazon's best practices.
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- Cloud Developer
Many cloud developer job roles demand an additional focus on cloud security. Cloud Developers should design and build cloud apps with security concerns in mind. They should focus on developing security frameworks for their cloud projects and ensure regulatory compliance requirements. Cloud developers are in charge of emerging cloud applications and technology solutions for companies.
- Cloud DevOps Engineer
A Certified Cloud DevOps Engineer guarantees reliable architectures that combine stability and deployment speed. They use Google Cloud Platform to build software delivery pipelines, deploy and monitor services, and manage and understand incidents.
A DevOps Engineer would collaborate with IT developers to enhance the better collaboration between roles, development, and testing functions by automating and streamlining processes for integration and delivery. DevOps seeks to connect IT operations and businesses more closely.
- SysOps Administrator
AWS SysOps Administrators are in charge of the efficient deployment of virtual systems, applications, relevant infrastructure, installation or configuration, and operation and maintenance. They also build dashboards for reporting and maintain Analytics software.
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- Cloud Software Engineer
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- System Integrator — Cloud
As part of a team, System Integrators should work to support diverse deployment and troubleshooting efforts. The role needs a strong knowledge of cloud computing and information systems.
To support system issues, they require a comprehensive understanding of cloud services. They perform a significant role in maintaining and installing of complex configurations and various cloud modules. Good practical work experience and certification in AWS will prove your exposure and make you fit for it.
How to Step in AWS Career?
AWS left behind all its competitors in the race for market share and became the top growing cloud provider. It has enhanced AWS professionals' value and demand.
- To start a career in AWS, a bachelor's degree in computer or related technology will help. As for the professionals, a degree is not just about knowledge but also improves the required skills.
- AWS provides enormous learning options both within conventional educational systems as well as beyond them. The professional trainers assist the aspirants in grasping better AWS course concepts such that taking the certification test effortlessly.
- There are a vast number of credentials available to gain the latest skills and knowledge in the cloud computing field.
Wrap Up
In cloud computing, AWS is a pioneer. Whatever field you are now, there are currently opportunities to use the AWS service. The certification supports you in pursuing the career paths mentioned above. The training equips candidates with the best industry practices, cost-effectiveness, and qualifies them to be more efficient in the crowd. Within a short period, the AWS certified professionals rank among the highest-paid IT certification holders.


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Cunningham Covers would like to thank Sinead and Kieran for their hospitality when friends and familes of Cunningham Cover's Staff joined them for the big night in the Wild Duck with Jamie Archer.
Sharon Crooks pictured above said "we had a fantastic night and the Wild duck staff made sure we were well looked after". Some 500 people attended the event in which the Xfactor star entertained the crowd.
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West Ham United's poor away form continues as the Hammers were beaten by Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday.
We've broken down all the key stats for you to digest, including;
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Study links both pre and post-term birth to motor impairment in children
Post-term birth, in addition to pre-term and early-term birth, could lead to Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and motor impairment in children, according to the findings of research led by Nottingham Trent University (NTU).
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is characterised by difficulties in the execution and coordination of body movements, it is estimated that about 5-6% of children worldwide present with DCD. Pre-term birth has so far been the only risk factor that is consistently associated with DCD, either in terms of low gestational age at birth or low birthweight.
Psychologists carried out a retrospective study of more than 152,000 children aged 3-5 years from mainstream nurseries in China.
Their motor performance was assessed using the Little Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire, completed by their parents. The questionnaire was divided into three subcategories: control during movement, fine motor skills and general coordination. Parents were asked to compare the performance of their pre-school child with that of children the same age and gender, and to rate their child's performance on a five-point scale.
Researchers also took into account a wide range of confounding factors including child, family and maternal health characteristics when exploring the association between gestational age and suspected DCD.
Compared with full-term births, the results showed that children who were pre-term (born before 38 weeks) and post-term (born after 41 weeks) births were significantly more likely to have parental reports that reflected the characteristics of DCD, as classified by the questionnaire. When the researchers looked at early-term (37-38 weeks) births, they found this group – although nearing full-term – were also significantly at risk of suspected DCD. The results indicated that even a small time outside the full-term time range can lead to alternated motor development in children.
These associations remained, even after the findings were controlled for child, family, and maternal health characteristics. The findings were also more pronounced in the group of five-year old children than in three-year-old children.
Dr Vivienne Wenchong Du, lead researcher and Associate Professor in Psychology at NTU's School of Social Sciences, said: "Although previous research has already indicated premature birth carry a later risk of motor coordination disorders, we show that early-term term and post-term births were also associated with suspected DCD. This result has important implications for understanding motor development in children born at different gestational ages.
"Our findings may help clinical professionals and parents to consider the optimal timing of birth and make decisions in caesarean delivery or induction of labour. We also believe that long-term follow-up and rehabilitation interventions should be considered."
The full study can be found on Jama Network Open.
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Press enquiries please contact Helen Breese, Public Relations Manager, on telephone +44 (0)115 848 8751, or via email.
About Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) was named University of the Year 2019 in the Guardian University Awards. The award was based on performance and improvement in the Guardian University Guide, retention of students from low-participation areas and attainment of BME students.
NTU was also the Times Higher Education University of the Year 2017, and The Times and Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2018. These awards recognise NTU for its high levels of student satisfaction, its quality of teaching, its engagement with employers, and its overall student experience.
It is one of the largest UK universities. With over 37,000 students and more than 4,000 staff located across four campuses, the University injects £1.6bn into the UK economy. It has been the largest recruiter of UK undergraduates in each of the last four years. With an international student population of more than 6,000 and an NTU community representing around 160 countries, the University prides itself on its global outlook.
The university is passionate about creating opportunities and its extensive outreach programme is designed to enable NTU to be a vehicle for social mobility. NTU is among the UK's top five recruiters of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and was awarded University of the Year in the UK Social Mobility Awards 2019.
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If you want a top of the line heart rate monitor and fitness watch, then you need to get the Garmin Forerunner 405CX. In this review I tell you why it's a must-have.
Imagine you are running through the woods. The trail starts to thicken and soon you're in the middle of the deep forest, no houses, roads, or people around. You start to hear some growling sounds. Is it your stomach or could it be a grizzly? What do you do?
A) Cry out for your mom.
B) Stay where you are, eat some red berries, and hope the park ranger is looking for you.
C) Glance down at your Garmin Forerunner 405CX and follow the navigation arrow back to the path, out of the woods.
Now, you'll probably never be in this situation, but if you ever were, the Forerunner has got you covered and then some. I have to say, of all the sports watches and cardio speed measuring devices out there, the Garmin Forerunner 405CX is the most amazing technology-wise. It is a deluxe, luxury vehicle type model with dozens of incredible features all designed to help you perform better and become more healthy and fit.
Combining the latest advanced GPS tracking, heart rate performance measurements, and electronic data collection, the Garmin Forerunner 405CX is a must-have for serious runners and cyclists. Here are some of the coolest things that I found that you can do with the Forerunner.
Plan Your Own Road Course
Now this Forerunner feature is really awesome. You set the Garmin up to follow a route or course that you did in the past and was recorded on your monitor. Then you can have the wristwatch track you as you try to beat a previous time. Or you can create a new course on your computer. You get to plan the route and distance beforehand. It's like plotting out your own race.
You can even add the little Virtual Partner (see below) to race against you. Plus you can load up your courses to the Garmin website where others can follow it and compete against you. You can also download other people's workouts and see if you can beat their times. This can really get you motivated!
Before you start the course, you can jog or bike around to warm up, then as soon as you are on any part of the course path, the Forerunner will start recording, and the race begins! It will even tell you if you stray off course at any time through an icon on the display. You can then use the navigation page to find your way back. How cool is that!
Compete Against A Virtual Partner®
Think Tamagotchi here, but instead of feeding it food, you feed it miles. And you compete against it and try to kick its little ass. Well, maybe not so much, but it can be really motivating to finish out a run strong and cross the finish line before your virtual partner. You can set the pace and speed of the partner before you start your run.
This video shows the Virtual Partner in action.
Know Where You Are At All Times With Garmin's GPS (Global Positioning System)
Now this is where Garmin really excels. Your Forerunner is programmed with GPS using a network of 24 satellites. The GPS works anywhere in the world, in any weather conditions, 24 hours a day. There are no setup charges or monthly subscription fees to use the GPS. In the navigation mode you can set an original location and a destination location. You can then pull up a compass on the Forerunner 405 and follow the direction arrow and distance reading to get to your destination. Different locations can be saved and selected from a scroll down list on the wrist monitor.
Choose from A Variety of Different Types of Workouts
You can choose from three basic types of workouts, Simple, Interval, and Heart Rate.
- Simple Workouts are based on time, distance, and calories according to your settings.
- Pulse Rate Workouts can be programmed using a specific heart rate zone or a range of beats per minute, again based on your input.
- Interval Workouts can be based on time or distance. You can also program rest times and a warm up or cool down. An alarm sounds as the interval ends.
Another note about workouts – you can plan and structure these on your computer and transfer them to the Garmin before you head out. So if you're planning something complicated and wacky, it's best to do it on the computer beforehand.
Use The Forerunner 405′s Heart Rate Training Zones To Focus Your Weekly Workouts
The Forerunner 405 uses the following five zones for its cardio zone training calculation. It shows this information in a graph on the face of the watch so that you can easily see what zone you're in while you train.
|% of Max Heart Rate
|Exertion Level
|This is an easy pace, with slow breathing.
|Good for beginners to start getting active again. Can be a good warm up as well.
|You're breathing a little harder here, but it's still pretty easy and you can have a conversation.
|This level is good for recovery and you get some cardiovascular benefit.
|Harder to talk and a bit faster pace.
|The optimal level for cardio training. You get improved aerobic capacity as well.
|Hard breathing, fast, uncomfortable pace.
|Enhance your speed, muscular endurance, and anaerobic capacity.
|Sprinting, very hard to breath. You can't go at this level for very long.
|Increase your power and boost your muscular and anaerobic endurance.
Share Training Methods With Others In Garmin's Virtual Community, Garmin Connect
You can share the courses you've run or biked, your different locations, and some of the cool advanced workouts you've developed with other members of the group. You can even send one of your favorite, specially designed workouts to your friends online. Plus you can compete against one of your friends and try to beat their time on one of their courses, or on one of your own. You can do this with people from around the world which is pretty awesome.
Setting Up Your Garmin Forerunner 405CX
Since the Garmin is powered by a rechargeable battery you'll need to charge the battery first for about 3 hours before you use it. Then you simply follow the onscreen instruction to learn how to use the bevel interface.
You'll need to input some basic data about yourself and your activity level. Garmin provides a handy activity class chart in their Users Manual and additional instructions through Garmin Connect, which is a web-based training tool, and the Garmin Training Center, which is a computer-based training tool.
If you have trouble with any of the setup Garmin has detailed videos on their website showing you how to do things. You can see demo videos on how to use the watch's advanced functionality, how to set up the bike mode, how to connect to the Garmin training site, and how to use the monitor with a foot pod.
The Garmin 405 uses satellite technology to track your workouts so when you first use the device you'll need to step outside to allow the monitor to sync up with the satellites in the sky. Even though GPS tech is readily available and has been around for years, I still think it's pretty amazing that you can have this on your wrist watch.
Your Garmin 405 comes with free software and a USB ANT Stick that lets you upload your training data to your computer. After you've installed your software, which can be downloaded from the owner's section of the Garmin website, simply put the USB stick into your computer and bring the Forerunner within 3 meters (almost 10 feet) of your computer. The data will then be automatically transferred via wireless connection to your computer once you've done a workout. How easy is that!
The Training Mode Makes Your Workouts A Snap
The Training Mode on your Garmin 405 opens up a range of different features for you such as Running Mode, Biking Mode, AutoLap®, AutoPause®, Heart Rate Zones, and Speed Zones.
- AutoPause – This feature will automatically pause the timer when your speed drops down below a value that you input or when you stop moving. So, if you're running sprints and need to stop and rest between intervals, your data won't be recorded. Also you may run into some stoplights as you cross the street if you're working out in the city. When that happens the Forerunner will pause.
- Auto Scroll – You can set the Forerunner to automatically cycle through all of your training data pages while you're working out. This definitely beats having to push a button to scroll.
- AutoLap – This lets you mark a lap at a specific position or after you've gone a specific distance. Most of us don't have the opportunity to run on a track where the distance is specifically marked, so this is a great way to automatically track your distance. Plus it beats having to try and mark the distance off in your car before you run. I've had to do this before because I like trying new routes and it can be a pain.
Other Data The Forerunner 405CX Records
In addition to the benefits listed above, you also can record your time, total distance travelled, average pace/speed, average heart rate over a workout, and average cadence. The Forerunner also keeps track of the progress you are making towards your goals. You can set up different goals through Garmin Connect.
The Forerunner also tells you the sunrise and sunset times based on your GPS position.
The Garmin ForeRunner 405CX will record 1,000 laps and approximately 20 hours of detailed data, including GPS position and heart rate data.
Accessories That You Can Easily Couple With Your Garmin 405CX
These are optional items not included with the 405CX but can easily be purchased as add-ons. If you're a cyclist, then the bike sensor is a must have.
Garmin Foot Pod – You can use this when training indoors or when the GPS signal is weak. The wireless foot pod clips onto your shoelaces and will start recording pace and cadence data automatically when you start moving.
Garmin GSC 10 Speed/Cadence Bike Sensor – This tracks the speed and distance of your cycling workouts.
- Fantastic User Interface – In addition to the easy to use and understand buttons that are clearly labeled on the watch face, the Garmin 405CX has a silver bezel around the watch that you can use to scroll through the different screens. To use it, you simply tap your figure on it to make a selection and then toggle through the menu items or you can touch and drag your finger to scroll the options. It's really easy and intuitive to use. There were, however, some user reports that the bevel function is hard to use if the Forerunner 405CX gets wet or if your hands are really sweaty. So make sure your hands are wiped off and dry before messing with the bezel. Or you can just lock it and then have it autoscroll through the screens as you workout.
- Easy to read watch face screen – You can see multiple readings on the watch face at the same time, which is a real plus for me. You can see in the following picture one set of measurements you can see on the Garmin with just a quick glance down at the watch.
- Outstanding GPS Functions – As we discussed above, Garmin really excels in this department. They are really one of the best in the world as far as GPS tracking. Many owners also comment on how accurate the GPS feature is and what great reception and a quick signal you get.
- Reports of the battery dying too soon – Although Garmin states that the battery should last 8 hours during constant use with the GPS on, there were a number of reports from owners that the battery did not last that long. Other owners have found a solution to this problem by making sure they have a full charge before going out for a run. As a habit, they just put the 405 in its charging station when it's not in use.
- Can't use it for swimming – The Forerunner 405 is not recommended for use in the water for long periods of time. Therefore if you're a triathlete and want to use a heart rate monitor under the water, you'll need to look at the Suunto t6c heartbeat recording device which has a specially designed memory belt, docking station, and heart monitor that you can use while swimming.
- Bevel control can be overly sensitive – Some owners have trouble working the bevel especially when their hands were sweaty after a hard workout. You can however adjust the sensitivity to a setting you feel comfortable with. Plus you can lock the bezel control before you go out for your workout and have the readings auto scroll.
What's Included
- Forerunner 405CX wrist watch
- USB ANT stick
- Heart rate monitor and chest strap
- 2 wrist bands, one large and a second one that's Velcro for people with smaller wrists.
- AC charger
- Charging clip
- Owner's manual on disc
- Quick reference guide
More About Garmin
Garmin is headquartered in Olathe, Kansas and has been in business since 1989. Garmin makes GPS based products for autos, boats, planes and helicopters, and produces fitness devices and outdoor recreation products for hikers, campers, and geocachers, as well as wireless applications for smart phones.
Other Helpful Resources
Karen Barrow, a writer on the Gadgetwise Blog of the New York Times, tried out the Garmin ForeRunner 405CX and found it to be a high-end watch but with all the features and bells and whistles you could ever want in a training tool. She really liked the iPod-like bezel controls and how easy the watch was to setup. She loved the GPS tracking where she could do interval training based on distance, and she like being able to run in any direction she wanted. She found that the battery needed to be charged pretty frequently.
Runner's World Magazine's professional running gear tester, Sean Downey, gave his comments on the Garmin Forerunner 405 as well. He basically loved the 405. He really liked how easy to use the touch sensitive bezel was and that it replaced about 7 buttons on the older Forerunner 305. Although he did say the bezel could be sensitive to a long sleeve shirt brushing against it so he set the sensitivity to a low level. He really liked the fast satellite connection with the GPS and on average he would have to wait about 30 seconds for the link up. He thought that the wireless download of data to his computer for analysis was a big plus as well. His favorite thing though was the virtual training partner, which he said was a nice little motivator. He also felt that the battery charge didn't last long enough.


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Having your own garden at home will provide many benefits. One of them is to reduce expenses to buy a variety of vegetables and other kitchen needs that can be planted in home gardens. Or you want a housing element that is useful on various sides, in addition to decorating it also benefits the family. What about hydroponic parks? with a hydroponic garden, you will get a cooler and more natural visual scenery. But, not only that. More secure pesticide-free vegetables can also be obtained.
There are many hydroponic garden inspirations that you can make if you are interested in trying to make your own hydroponic garden in your backyard. We have here put together a hydroponic garden design that can and is suitable for you to make in your backyard area. Here are some hydroponic garden design ideas for your backyard.
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Make your hydroponic garden wider like the design above. Hydroponic gardens like the picture above can also be made to follow the back fence of your house. To make your fence look more beautiful and green when your plants grow.
If you don't have the cost to create a large hydroponic garden, it's enough to make a simple hydroponic garden as long as you can grow crops to spare time and make your backyard more beautiful.
Create a hydroponic garden design in a row or pyramid. In addition to making it easy to move, this design can also make it easier for you to sort plants at each level.
If you want to save space in your backyard, then you can create a hydroponic garden that attaches to your fence. Hang pipes on the fence to reduce land use in the backyard area of the house.
Using plastic cups for plant containers is not a bad idea to create your hydroponic garden design. In addition to helping reduce the disposal of plastic waste, you also get the benefits in the backyard of your home with the hydroponic garden.
Replace the pipe with bamboo to reduce the cost of making your hydroponic garden. It's just that the disadvantage of using bamboo is to have a period of time. Where you have to replace it with new bamboo so you can still grow crops.
Create your hydroponic garden like the design above to get more space for your plants. Where you can increase crop yields in your hydroponic garden.
Put a little paint or drawings on the pipe or bamboo that you use as your hydroponic garden container. So that the design is more varied and beautiful to look at.
How? Are you interested in trying one of the ideas above? I hope you can find the right idea for you to make your favorite hydroponic garden design.
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What is life, and why do we need quotes to make it better? This page will provide you with the most commonly recond quotes by a great Greek philosopher.
Whether you are an educator, a student, or just someone who likes to read and quote inspirational thinkers, these quotes by Aristotle are perfect for you.
Aristotle quotes will definitely trigger your thinking on various subjects and topics, including wisdom, knowledge, happiness, friendship, courage, art, innovation, excellence and others.
Quotes by Aristotle
These are quotes by the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle. He was a student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great. He is a legend in Western society. These quotes come from his life experience.
Here is an interesting collection of quotes by one of the most prolific philosophers of all time, enjoy these.
- Well begun is half done. ~ Aristotle
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle
- Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old. ~ Aristotle
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. ~ Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. ~ Aristotle
- Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty. ~ Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ~ Aristotle
The secret to humor is surprising. ~ Aris totle
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. ~ Aristotle
- Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune. ~ Aristotle
- A friend to all is a friend to none. ~ Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ~ Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. ~ Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. ~ Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ~ Aristotle
- What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. ~ Aristotle
Best of Aristotle Quotes
His influence on science, logic, and philosophy has been immensely profound overall. Though he was not the founder of formal logic, he did provide it with a new direction.
- With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it. ~ Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. ~ Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them. ~ Aristotol
- Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions. ~ Aristotle
- One swallow does not make a summer. ~ Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. ~ Aristotle
- It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. ~ Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~ Aristotle
- No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye ~ Aristotle
- It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace. ~ Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle
- Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot. ~ Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle
- Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young. ~ Aristotle
- Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. ~ Aristotle
Famous Proverb by Aristotle
There are many wisdom quotes by Aristotle that are also inspirational quotes. As one of the ancient Greek philosophers, Aristotle is honored for providing deep insights into numerous subjects like philosophy and science.
- Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. ~ Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. ~ Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. ~ Aristotle
- Between friends there is no need of justice. ~ Aristotle
- Different men seek … happiness in different ways and by different means. ~ Aristotle
- Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity. ~ Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. ~ Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. ~ Aristotle
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- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. ~ Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. ~ Aristotle
- We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us. ~ Aristotle
- Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction ~ Aristotle
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~ Aristotle
- Teaching is the highest form of understanding. ~ Aristotle
Final Words
Aristotle quotes are the best inspirational quotes that will make you develop good and sound knowledge about life.
Aristotle was a great philosopher and Greek mathematician who made the classical expressions still used today. He is also known as the jack of all sciences due to his vast and accurate knowledge in multiple disciplines.


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There are a lot of things that you do not have control of when you are pregnant, but there are a lot of ways you can stay healthy for you and the baby. Go through some of these tips to find out which ones you can use in your pregnancy journey.
Talk to your doctor before you try to get pregnant. Your doctor can help you make healthy changes to your lifestyle, ensuring the best pregnancy experience possible. Be armed with information from an expert will better help you ensure your pregnancy goes as well as possible.
Make sure to keep all doctors appointments so as to catch any potential situations earlier. Your doctor or pregnancy nurse monitors your progress to make sure you are meeting certain goals concerning growth and other things. Keep your appointments and keep healthy!
If you plan to travel while pregnant, be sure to consult your physician. It's a good idea to pack a copy of your medical records, too, in case anything occurs while you are gone.
An additional 300 to 500 calories a day are necessary during pregnancy. Pregnancy means you now eat for two. Lean towards eating foods that are good for you, like fresh fruits and vegetables.
If you want to give birth but you are are overdue, you can try walking. Walking is a way to help move your baby into the correct position to be born. Ask a partner to come along with you. Make sure that you don't overdo things, walk to fast or try any contact exercise so as to avoid harm to your baby.
If you are a pregnant woman in the third trimester, try to sleep on your left side. Sleeping on the left side allows the fetus to get the blood supply needed, and allows blood to flow to your uterus and kidneys with ease. Try not to sleep on your back, as it is a bad position when it comes to blood flow.
If your feet become very swollen, tell your doctor about it. It may not be of concern, or the edema can be indicative of high blood pressure, which can be extremely dangerous for you and the baby. To ensure the health of you and your baby, this condition must be investigated.
Consider swimming while pregnant. Since it helps keep you active when pregnant and reduces aches, swimming is beneficial. You probably feel like you weigh as much as a whale during your pregnancy, but swimming can make you feel weightless, which is an incredible, soothing feeling.
We hope that these tips have helped you assume an active role in a healthy pregnancy. You are responsible for your baby and should do everything you can to stay in good health until the birth.


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Covid-19: Bulgarian Doctors Union calls for lockdown of Sofia
The Sofia college of the Bulgarian Doctors Union has called for residents of Sofia to be barred from leaving their homes and for restricting entry and exit from the capital city, Bulgarian National Radio reported on March 20.
The union says that this will help much more to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
It called on the state to curb exports and encourage imports of raw materials and medicines that show effectiveness in combating Covid-19.
The report came as Bulgaria's national crisis staff told an 8am briefing on March 20 that the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country added up to 112. Between March 11 and 20, a total of three patients have died.
Most of the confirmed cases are in Sofia.
Crisis staff chief Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski said that so far more than 5000 tests for Covid-19 had been completed at the Military Medical Academy and the National Reference Laboratory.
Only 500 had been bought with state money. The rest had been donated by members of the public and business people. "Currently we have more than 10 000 tests. Thank you, this is real civic responsibility," he said.
For the rest of The Sofia Globe's continuing coverage of the Covid-19 situation in Bulgaria, please click here.
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Welcome to UNC Chapel Hill Chemistry!
Summer 2023 APPLICATION CYCLE:
Applications are due February 20. Letters of recommendation are accepted through March 1.
The Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity in Chemistry (SUROC) provides students from outside* the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill an opportunity to engage in hands-on cutting-edge research in our state of the art facilities. This is an opportunity to experience Carolina Chemistry, recognized by ACS as one of the top ten graduate programs.
During our 10 week program, students will conduct independent research under the mentorship of one of our world-class research faculty. Students can choose to work in a research laboratory in any of our five divisions: Analytical, Biological, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, or Polymer/Materials. A small cohort of students will work together building a strong scholarly foundation through weekly professional development experiences. The program will provide additional opportunities outside hands-on laboratory work: site visits to large pharmaceutical and small startup companies; introduction to scientific entrepreneurship; experience presenting scientific research; training in research ethics; and exposure to chemical equipment and facilities. Outside of professional development, our cohorts have no-cost weekend adventures to explore the many activities the Triangle Area of NC has to offer.
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2023 dates: May 26 – July 30
- 9 weeks of hands-on research with UNC Chemistry faculty, postdoctoral associates and graduate students
- Special seminars related to presenting scientific research and writing scholarly abstracts and papers
- Workshops related to graduate programs and professional development skills
- Social activities: Durham Bulls Game, Bowling, and more
- Participation in a research symposium at the end of summer where you will be required to present your research in a poster presentation
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- $6,000 stipend
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- Rising Juniors or Seniors, exceptional rising Sophomores will be considered
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Chemistry Majors or relevant coursework with a strong emphasis in chemistry
- Women, students with disabilities, and underrepresented minority students (defined by NSF as African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Instructions | Application Materials
- Instructions to apply can be found here.
- Deadline is Feb. 20
*Please note- Any student who is currently enrolled at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (full or part-time) is ineligible to apply.


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SAN DIEGO — San Diego homicide investigators were investigating a homicide in Paradise Hills on Saturday, according to the San Diego Police Department.
The call came in at shortly before 7 a.m. The dispatcher says they did not have any communication with the person on the line, but they did hear arguing so they dispatched officers.
While officers were en route, a relative called and said they heard arguing and what they thought sounded like a nail gun.
When officers arrived no one answered the door, but they saw a child on the floor covered in blood.
Officers broke in and found six people were shot. According to San Diego Police, a 3-year-old boy, a 31-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene.
RELATED: Police officers dealing with emotional toll after responding to shooting that left young children dead
A 5-year-old boy, 9-year-old boy and 11-year-old boy were all taken to the hospital where the two of them were pronounced dead and one was admitted to emergency surgery. Police are unsure which one survived because they are all similar size and they are waiting for family to identify them.
According to police, the mother and four children live in the attached home, while relatives live in the main house on the property.
Officers say they found a handgun at the scene and believe it was the adult male who did the shooting. During a press conference update, San Diego Police Chief, David Nisleit, said the woman had filed for a restraining order against the man just yesterday.
Police say they responded to the residence on November 1 for a dispute about property.


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Electrorack Adds New Line of RoHS Compliant Basic and Metered PDUs
Anaheim, CA - February 15, 2008 -- In its ongoing effort to provide its clients with tailored, superior enclosure product solutions, Electrorack has introduced a new line of RoHS compliant basic and metered Power Distribution Units (PDU's). Certified to the latest IT safety standard (UL-60950-1), the initial offering consists of 39 new models available in 120V, 208V and 208V three-phase configurations, in 15, 20, 30, 50 and 60 amps.
"By bringing the design and manufacturing of Basic & Metered PDU's in-house, we are able to control the quality of the units, provide a complete product line to our clients, ensure timely delivery, and equip our clients with a lower total cost of ownership," said Richard Hart, Electrorack's Product Manager for Integrated Technologies. "Combined with our flexible mounting solutions and ability to pre-configure each rack with power distribution, Electrorack has again set a new standard in bringing complete enclosure solutions directly from our manufacturing facility to the client's doorstep."
With rising energy costs, the demand to improve overall power consumption and power efficiency in the data center is intensifying. Monitoring load balances and thermal issues are a must when creating energy efficient data centers. Designed with "True RMS" meters, the most accurate method of reading current load, all Metered PDU's provide a quick visual reading of the load at the PDU for easy balancing when connecting equipment. Additionally, all 3-Phase Metered PDU's include an individual current meter for each phase, eliminating the need to toggle between phases like many competitive models.
Our comprehensive mounting solutions include Power Mounting Bars for tool-less vertical PDU mounting. Available in 2.4", 4.6" and 6.8" wide versions, these mounting bars maximize critical real estate inside the enclosures by incorporating cable lacing functionality and provisions for cable management rings. Side-mount brackets are utilized to mount the PDU's with the receptacles facing forward or towards the rear of the rack. This allows for shorter power cords, which minimizes blockage from excess cabling, improving airflow within the equipment enclosure.
"The engineers at Electrorack worked directly with our clients in designing the PDU's," Richard commented. "Everything from mounting options, which maximize the space-to-equipment ratio, thermal issues, redundancy, equipment access and protection, went into the design of these units. These units really give our clients complete control over power distribution considerations when managing their equipment layout requirements."
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Electrorack designs, manufactures, and delivers ready-to-install electronic enclosures for virtually every industry. The designs incorporate cabling, power, and cooling considerations, and our scalable, custom solutions result in significant time and cost savings for our clients. And because we enjoy true ownership over every process - from initial design to final deployment - our quality and customer service are unparalleled in the industry. Visit www.electrorack.com.
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A few people guarantee that detox drinks help eliminate poisons from an individual's body and advance weight reduction. Usually, an individual will incorporate detox drinks as a component of a detox diet. By any chance, there is next to no proof that these sorts of beverages and diets have any detoxification impacts.
Detoxification has a premise in medical science. Specialists will regularly utilize it when an individual has a dependence on specific medications that are causing them harm.
In this specific situation, detoxification refers to the medically upheld the executives of an individual encountering intense inebriation. The detoxification additionally helps with any withdrawal indications an individual may encounter when they are attempting to quit consuming the medications to which they have dependence.
The utilization of the word detox isn't always perfect. Detox beverages may help in an individual's well-being, aid in weight reduction, and backing the body's standard detoxification measures, yet this is not quite the same as clinical detoxification.
Does detox drinks help?
A study reveals that industrially accessible detox diets may improve the way an individual's liver eliminates poisons from their body. Nonetheless, it additionally features that these investigations had defective strategies and small example sizes.
An investigation in the journal Current Gastroenterology Reports found that a detox diet may enable an individual to lose weight and get in shape, yet simply because the eating routine is low in calories.
Further, the creators note that a proper diet that helps an individual shed weight diminishing the number of calories they devour is impractical. Usually, individuals who attempt such calorie-prohibitive eating regimens set the bodyweight back in the medium-to-long haul.
The National Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) brings up that just as causing issues with an individual's load in the mid-to-long haul, an individual on a detox diet may not be getting the nourishment they need to keep their body sound.
Is Detox drinks good or bad for health?
In spite of the fact that they don't detox in the clinical sense, detox beverages can be stimulating.
As per the Office for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 75% of individuals in the United States don't devour enough fruits and vegetables. Having fruit juice as a component of a reasonable eating regimen might be a decent method of helping an individual get the sustenance they need.
Be that as it may, maybe a superior depiction of these beverages is a stimulating beverage or a smoothie.
Regularly, individuals utilize a food processor to transform crude fixings into a smoothie. Just as being a practical method to burn-through foods grown from the ground, using new fixings protects the fibre in products of the soil, which the juice alone needs.
The Food and Nutrition Service perceive that smoothies can influence kid sustenance programs, which expect to assist youngsters with keeping up a healthy eating routine.
Is a smoothie healthy?
Well, a smoothie is healthy or not depending on its ingredients. Such as lemonade detox drink containing lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper, sounds invigorating. Yet, it has a moderate couple of supplements and is high in sugar, which most individuals should attempt to decrease.
The different types of healthy smoothies are:-
Fruit Smoothies
Fruits are rich in sugar due to which fruit smoothies are way tastier compared to other smoothies. Nonetheless, because they contain heaps of sugar, individuals should drink organic product smoothies with some restraint.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the organic products in a smoothie will contain more fibre than drinking merely the juice of an organic product. USDA additionally notes that a great many people in the U.S. try not to burn-through enough fibre.
An individual can incorporate protein into the organic product smoothie by adding yoghurt. Greek yoghurt, for instance, contains around 9 grams (g) of protein per 100 g.
Green smoothies
As from the name, we can understand that the smoothie contains greens veggies like cabbage, spinach, parsley, celery, kale, carrots, turnip, beets, or cloves, and will also contain nutrients like sugar, salt, and fat.
A few people may discover specific mixes of fixings in green smoothies that are a bit of overwhelming. Following all around assessed plans online can be a decent method to find a blend of fixing those preferences great while likewise being wealthy in supplements.
Mixed Smoothies
Sometimes, people mix fruits and vegetables to prepare a smoothie. This can be very healthy for an individual as adding fruits along with vegetables, will make it taste better. And it will also balance the high sugar content of the fruits. You can also add flax or chia seed to boost omega-three content.
An individual can likewise add oats or protein and fibre and to help thicken a smoothie. Individuals can try different things with the fixings to discover the formula that suits them best.
Summing Up
There is minimal logical proof to help asserts that detox beverages can help eliminate poisons from the body. In any case, a detox drink might be a refreshing beverage if it contains a lot of natural products, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. An eating routine rich in organic products, veggies, vital proteins, fats, and sinewy starches advances the characteristic detoxification framework in the body and makes generally speaking equilibrium.
Drinking supplement thick smoothies can be a delicious and helpful piece of a stimulating eating regimen. They can enable an individual to devour more vegetables, organic products, and entire grains.


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IS IT POSSIBLE TO ESCAPE A SYSTEM that has intentionally set you up to fail? How can we dismantle a system that teaches us that the lies that feed self-hatred are the gospel truth? In Toni Morrison's 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye, beauty is a social privilege enforced by white supremacy and 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove is the perfect victim. She's a Black girl without any real sense of home, so she develops a mask that she uses to stay "concealed, veiled, eclipsed—peeping out from behind the shroud very seldom." From the book's first pages, it seems almost inevitable that Breedlove will succumb to tragedy, becoming a victim of her circumstances and her surroundings. But by the end of the book, she's alone and ostracized, grief and abuse having driven her to madness. She becomes "a winged but grounded bird, intent on the blue void it could not reach—could not even see—but which filled the valleys of the mind."
Breedlove's mental and emotional demise is a slow drowning, a spiritual death that leaves behind a husk of a person, which is what makes Morrison's debut so profound: It captures a collection of brutalities with the swiftness of a sharpened knife. And 50 years after it was originally published, The Bluest Eye still illuminates Morrison's deft ability to make Black girls feel and be seen. Morrison's portrait of the fatalities of racism still scares people, including those who sit on school and library boards. The novel has landed on the American Library Association's (ALA) Top Ten Most Challenged Books list because it's considered "sexually explicit," "unsuited for [its targeted] age group," and "contains controversial issues." (The book ranked at number 15 on ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books list from 2000 to 2009.) But why are the issues raised in the book "controversial"?
While Morrison doesn't filter Breedlove's childhood environment through the lens of sentimentality, she tenderly portrays the fleeting moments of happiness that come from the ignorance and naiveté of adolescence. But "ugliness," one of the novel's running themes, is examined under an unforgiving spotlight because it's such a familiar experience for young Black girls—Morrison included—who quickly learn they don't have the same amount of bodily autonomy as their white peers. Unlike white girls and women, Black girls are not given the benefit of innocence, and a refusal to conform to white beauty standards is viewed as a reflection of moral failure. In schools and at work, Black girls and women of all ages are told their natural hair is unkempt and "inappropriate," and some schools have even adopted dress codes that specifically target natural hair, including the wearing of braids and locs.
Even if you're an Olympian making gymnastics history, there's extra scrutiny to have your hair done and to look presentable, a belief echoing the flawed ideology of respectability politics. And even for the Black girl children of celebrities, such as Blue Ivy Carter, criticism begins early. We live in a world where Black girls are not protected, where normalized abuse is an unbroken tradition founded by racism and misogynoir. While Breedlove is a passive participant in her own degradation, Claudia MacTeer, a strong-willed 9-year-old Black girl who lives in the same Ohio town as Breedlove and is sometimes the book's narrator, is able to resist the empty promise of acceptance through assimilation. In the first chapter, Breedlove temporarily moves in with MacTeer's family after her father, Cholly Breedlove, burns down the family's house and the state removes her from her parents' custody.
In a January 2020 article for the New Yorker, author and cultural critic Hilton Als notes, "Despite all this looking, few people, aside from Claudia, bear witness to much. To do so would be to think critically about the society that formed them and be moved to effect change." The adults in Breedlove's life consciously and unconsciously enable her downfall, contributing to her lack of self-worth. Cholly is a violent alcoholic who rapes Breedlove, resulting in her pregnancy. Her mother, Pauline, is sealed-off and detached, showing more affection to the daughter of the wealthy white family she works for than to her own children and taking refuge in the whitewashed fantasy of the cinema. Morrison peels back the layers of Breedlove's family history, sketching out the past traumas of her mother and father.
The family sins are not Blackness, as white supremacy would have them believe, but a lack of love. And not just any kind of love, but a healthy, functional, unconditional love that nurtures. Breedlove asks MacTeer, "How do you do that? I mean, how do you get somebody to love you?" Breedlove has inherited a toxic form of love from her parents that violently consumes and destroys both the sender and the recipient.
Black Is Beautiful and Complicated
When The Bluest Eye was published, there was an emerging "Black Is Beautiful" cultural movement that denounced Eurocentric beauty standards and uplifted Afrocentric features. The movement, often linked to the Black Power movement, allowed Black girls and women a chance at inclusive representation. As Morrison told Interview magazine in 2012, she purposely wrote a book that wasn't perfectly aligned with that mantra and idea. "One of the aggressive themes of the 'screw whitey' movement was 'black is beautiful.' I just thought, What is that about? Who are they talking to? Me? You're going to tell me I'm beautiful?" Morrison said. "And I thought, Wait a minute. Before the guys get on the my-beautiful-black-queen wagon, let me tell you what it used to be like before you started that! You know, what racism does is create self-loathing, and it hurts. It can ruin you."
Pecola's obsession with blue eyes—and by extension, girlhood fashioned out of the carefree obliviousness offered to white children, the dimpled sweetness of Shirley Temple, the girl on her favored Mary Jane candy wrappers—exemplifies how beauty can be weaponized against society's most vulnerable. While Breedlove believes her Blackness is proof of her ugliness, MacTeer outright rejects white supremacy. She admits, "I destroyed white baby dolls." Breedlove associates whiteness with beauty, which she extends to the idea of love. On the other hand, MacTeer doesn't see what others see. She realizes, "The truly horrifying thing was the transference of the same impulses to little white girls…What made people look at them and say, 'Awwwww,' but not for me?" A major theme in The Bluest Eye grapples with the idea of seeing—really seeing someone or something for who or what they are. No one actually sees Breedlove. She's both invisible and hypervisible.
When Breedlove is not thought of as a burden or an outcast, she simply doesn't exist. For example, when Breedlove goes to a grocery store to buy penny candy, the shop owner, a white man in his 50s with blue eyes, stares at her with "glazed separateness." She isn't surprised by the store owner's disregard: "The distaste must be for her, her blackness. All things in her are flux and anticipation. But her blackness is static and dread." Morrison famously chose not to write for the white gaze. Instead, she wanted to write, as she told Charlie Rose, a book "that had no codes, no little notes explaining things to white people, no little clues." Morrison, having been an editor at Random House for 19 years, knew all too well the unspoken rules of mainstream publishing and which stories were routinely prioritized.
The data surrounding diversity in publishing is nothing new at this point; the numbers routinely contradict the endless "commitments" to diversity from corporate figureheads. Unfortunately, books such as American Dirt are not an anomaly. Stories about marginalized people written from and for the white gaze have crossed genres, age groups, and generations. Yet Morrison's work breaks from this tradition. She wrote about Blackness without apology. "I love her written work, needed her written work," said Coretta Scott King Author Award-winner and Newbery Honor recipient Renée Watson. "I also needed to see a Black woman look a white journalist in the eyes, unfazed and without compromise, and discuss her work, pushing back against the familiar questions Black writers are asked," she tells Bitch. "Her legacy as a writer and a person is about centering Black women, always. All ways."
Watson, who first read The Bluest Eye as a senior in high school and then again an adult, cites one quote that stuck out: "Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging." The words seemingly gave Watson permission to express anger and stand up for her self-worth. "Anger moves us to action and it was such a powerful gift to have this sentiment to lean into," she said. While anger has been weaponized against Black women (the Angry Black Woman stereotype), it's a necessary—and even vital—emotion. Anger prevents complacency and challenges the idea that we must accept being dehumanized or degraded.
Nikki Grimes, who won the 2017 Children's Literature Legacy Award and has written more than 55 books, has a deep emotional connection to The Bluest Eye. "I remember how I ached when I realized Pecola hated her Black self so deeply that she wanted blue eyes more than anything, that she believed blue eyes would give her the magic she needed to make her life worth living," Grimes said. "I cried for that little girl because, hard as my own life was, I never felt ugly or less than. It angered me that the world didn't always see my worth, though, but I understood how this world could make a Black girl feel ugly," she tells Bitch. Grimes says Morrison's "bold, gut-punching, truth-telling depictions of African Americans" allowed other Black writers to "write for and about our people, in all our guises, in our authentic voices without apology or explanation." Morrison's influence is a lifeline. Like the root of a plant, it can be traced to Black women who currently write about Black girlhood and are unafraid to address difficult issues.
Toni Morrison's influence is a lifeline. Like the root of a plant, it can be traced to Black women who currently write about Black girlhood and are unafraid to address difficult issues.
Seeing the World Through the Morrison Gaze
When 2018 Stonewall Book Award-winner Brandy Colbert read Morrison's 1973 novel, Sula, she had an emotional response similar to the feelings Watson and Grimes had about The Bluest Eye. Colbert, who grew up in a predominantly white area in Missouri, said, "Up until that point, most of the books I'd read treated being Black as something shameful or not to be mentioned, and Morrison's work was a celebration of Blackness. I'd grown up with a sense of Black pride in my home, but this gave me permission as a young writer to put that pride on the page." Morrison offered a different and much welcome portrayal of Black people. "I'd found someone who looked like me and was writing about girls and women who looked like me, and it felt so empowering," Colbert says. Reading Morrison for the first time "felt like crawling out from under a rock," opening up pathways to Alice Walker and Dorothy West and, later on, to ZZ Packer and Zadie Smith.
I was raised in a predominantly white suburb in Connecticut, closer to the Rhode Island border than New Haven or Hartford, where the mall was a favorite hangout spot, high school students borrowed or were gifted their parent's old Volvo or Subaru after earning a driver's license, and a fall/winter uniform consisted of a North Face fleece jacket, Uggs, and black leggings. It bore little resemblance to the old-money East Coast haughtiness typically associated with the image of New England preppiness, but it was nevertheless flattening, sterile, and homogenous. I never felt like I belonged; days and nights were eased by the feverish dream of escaping, shedding my old life, and never looking back. My dad cultivated a sense of Black pride in me and my brother from a young age, educating us about a history excluded from standard textbooks. I distinctly remember my father placing his thoroughly highlighted version of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 1996 book, Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement, front and center in his bookcase.
Unlike Breedlove's family, mine didn't bear Blackness with shame. I'd always known I was the daughter of a Black man and a Filipino mother, and in our small town, I would most likely be seen as the Other. But the first time I truly realized I was different was in the third grade, when my teacher made fun of my hair in front of the whole class. It was a shock to my existence to be an 8-year-old child belittled by a teacher, and over time, these small slights fed into a larger hatred of my appearance. No matter what my parents said, I was convinced I was ugly—even hideous. It pained me to look in the mirror, to confirm that today wouldn't be the day I woke up with bone-straight hair, smaller lips, and a waiflike body built for couture runways. I didn't wish to be white, but I wanted the attention and romantic adoration that white beauty inspired. I wanted to be wanted and not in spite of my race. I didn't want to be anyone's exception or fetish or embarrassing secret.
Depression found me at 13 and followed me to high school, then across state lines to college. I wondered, when did the warmth of my own sun start to burn? My unquiet mind was ruthless, relentless. The mirror provided an exercise in sadism. During my senior year of high school, I read Beloved, the 1987 novel that earned Morrison a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, and I felt horrified by the oppressive malevolence of slavery and the way it poisoned everything in its wake. I was captivated by her use of language, her ability to breathe life into the deepest of heartbreaks and fears. I first read The Bluest Eye in college, and it affected me in a profoundly different way than Beloved. I recognized Breedlove's lack of power, her desire to transform into something that promised the comfort of safety. Our loneliness corrupted the image we saw in the mirror, had us searching for saviors in the wrong people and forms of privilege we were never going to win.
I had to unlearn all of these self-destructive cycles of thinking; it's a never-ending process. However, Breedlove isn't able to fight her way out of the tyranny of self-hatred. Colbert is mindful of "how it often feels that publishing is only interested in stories of pain when it comes to underrepresented groups." She believes this "can be dangerous to readers and writers alike." And while The Bluest Eye deals with trauma, it doesn't fall into the dangers of telling a single story. The book "deals with incredibly painful aspects of Black girlhood, some themes that are still, unfortunately, present today," Colbert notes, "but it's also brutally honest in ways Black women across several generations can relate to. Being a Black American woman is always going to be a unique experience, and Morrison's work makes the reader examine all the different parts of that experience: sometimes beautiful, sometimes difficult, and quite often extraordinary."
In the lecture Morrison gave after winning the Nobel Prize in 1993, she says, "The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers. Although its poise is sometimes in displacing experience it is not a substitute for it. It arcs toward the place where meaning may lie." Morrison's work bends toward truth rather than universality. Language is used as a tool to preserve the past and empower the marginalized. Morrison refused to accept the limitations imposed on Black writers. In doing so, she was able to open doors for other Black creatives. "Her legacy empowered me to insist on the use of black idiom or dialect, when it suited, often against the wishes of my white publishers," Grimes said. "I've even fought for the names of my characters and the way those names are spelled….Toni's legacy empowered me to fight for what is authentic. Her legacy was, and is, everything." Morrison wasn't satisfied with just a seat at the table. Thankfully, she was beholden to a vision of wisdom impervious to whiteness. Morrison knew the importance of being seen; The Bluest Eye forces readers to wake up.


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I have been in a running debate for a few years now with my old friends at Third Way. I have written a series of blog posts about different polls/strategic memos they have done over the years in terms of my disagreements with them, but I hadn't done it for a while because most of the stuff I have seen from them lately seemed more nuanced than usual. However, I am forced back into the fray with their latest memo denouncing economic populism as a message.
It is a brave attempt given how much the world has shifted since the last time they did this kind of memo. When Mitt Romney is denouncing Obama for wanting to end Medicare, and Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are denouncing Mitt for corporate greed at Bain Capital -- in a Republican primary, no less -- it is hard to see how populism isn't working as a messaging approach. And given that the entire Democratic Party including the Obama campaign -- in spite of their earlier deep reluctance and the president not being a natural populist -- is going for a strongly populist approach is further proof that most of the party's pollsters and message people are in the same place. But our friends at Third Way keep trying.
I'm not going to go through all the numbers on why a populist messaging approach works better right now. If you want to check out some of my past blog posts on the topic, you can do so here and here. If you want to go deep into data land, you can look at a series of polls from Democracy Corps which back the populism thing up quite well. But suffice to say that there is overwhelming data to suggest that broad majorities of voters, including swing voters, don't like Wall Street, love Social Security and Medicare (which Third Way has also argued should be cut), love taxes on the wealthy and closing corporate tax loopholes, deeply dislike big business lobbyists and special interests, are appalled by outsourcing, and all kinds of other populist topics.
You really have to stretch to find evidence to the contrary, so that is exactly what Third Way has done -- a rubberman type of stretch that is breathtaking in its creativity. The good news for Third Way is that you can write a poll to get results you want to get, and if your goal going into the poll is to find evidence that populism and going after Wall Street doesn't work, you can write the questions that kind of, sort of, almost make that happen.
Before walking you through what I do know about their poll from the memo, let me start with a couple of caveats. The first is that I don't dismiss everything about the Third Way's polling or analysis. I do think there are some important nuances, which I will discuss further later on, about how Democrats need to message to win key blocs of swing voters. Swing voters swing for a reason, and we have to be sensitive for what it will take to move them.
The second caveat is that there is a lot we don't know from the public data Third Way has released about this group of "swing independents" they have written their memo about. Without going far deeper into the crosstabs, I can't say for sure how they constructed this sample for the poll, or which independent voters made it in, or didn't make the cut. It was interesting to me that so few seniors relative to their voting population made the cut (only 12 percent compared to about 18 percent among likely voters) because they are a huge swing group in the 2012 election. I was also very surprised that voters who had graduated college were so heavily represented (42 percent compared to 31 percent among likely voters), which means that more working class voters are very under-represented among their swing independents. Again, that is fascinating, because (like seniors) those voters are much more likely to be swing voters than other voters in a range of other polling I have seen.
I have to admit that the under-representation of these two particular categories that are rated as heavily swing in other polling, seniors and blue collar voters, does increase my skepticism about this poll, mainly because these two demographic groups are among the most economically populist in the whole electorate. This reminds of the days when Mark Penn was working for President Clinton and would announce with great fanfare some new demographic that was primarily upper-income and business-oriented suburban voters that was supposedly the most important swing group in the electorate for that election, and then when other people would ask to look at his crosstabs, he would always refuse. Perhaps swing voting seniors and blue-collar voters are under-represented in the swing independents cohort because they are disproportionally registered as Democrats, who knows because one can't tell without looking at those crosstabs, but like I say it raises questions for me.
Here's what I do know, though: some of the questions in this poll were written with a specific conclusion the Third Way team wanted to find, some of the questions do not show what the authors of the memo claim, and the questions they chose not to ask were as important as the ones they did. Because they do tons of polls and the same kinds of questions over and over, pollsters have a very good idea in advance of writing their questions for any given poll what phrases or even individual words will trigger a more positive answer. Take the Third Way's poll question 42A, for example:
Which candidate would you be more likely to support?
One who says, "We need an economy based on opportunity -- where hard work is rewarded, the government lives within its means, and economic growth is our top priority. Because more opportunity means a stronger economy."
One who says, "We need an economy based on fairness -- where the rich pay their fair share, corporations play by the rules, and all Americans get a fair shot. Because a fairer economy is a stronger economy."
You notice on the opportunity side, it is stacked with phrases like "hard work is rewarded," "the government lives within its means," "economic growth?" Those kinds of phrases, especially in a time like ours with a stagnant economy, will always test very high, right through the roof. Experienced pollsters know that the word fairness tests fairly well, but that the phrases above will almost always beat it when voters are forced to choose. People right now are desperate for jobs and economic growth and will always choose that, if forced to make a choice, over the somewhat more theoretical idea of fairness. But it doesn't mean that most voters think you have to choose between the two, or that they don't value or respond to both. Note also that despite stacking the question that way, when people were forced to make an either/or choice between two things they supported, that the relatively weakly written fairness message still only lost by 51-43.
Here's another example: the Third Way memo says that the intensity of swing indies' anger at Congress "dwarfed their anger toward the rich or corporations," but they asked no questions that would have actually tested that statement. Even in this less populist slice of the electorate, voters worry about Wall Street bailouts and Congressional gridlock were almost identical, and that is in spite of the fact that a phrase like "Congressional gridlock" is something everyone can be angry about because it encompasses all things. I'm mad at gridlock because it means more Democratic proposals didn't get passed and more Democratic nominees didn't get confirmed. Republicans are mad at it because the Democrats wouldn't go along with cutting more spending. Independents are mad about it because it represents basic governmental dysfunction. It means something bad to everyone you poll, so of course it gets higher ratings than other specific things. It's sort of like asking people whether they think waste in government is a problem. Pretty much everyone will say yes. I happen to think most of the waste is in defense spending, contracting abuse, and subsidies for agribusiness, oil companies, and other big business, other people may feel like there is too much welfare or foreign aid, but everyone thinks there is some waste.
One final note on the memo before I conclude. Very strangely in my view, and with no real evidence to support this, the authors argue that Democrats shouldn't try to combine populism with a message about economic growth or opportunity. Their argument, based on one question about what voters expected Obama to say, is that if you combined the two, swing voters would never hear the part about opportunity. This is the biggest stretch in the whole memo. It is telling that their poll never actually tested the kind of populist economic growth message they declared so certainly would not work, but when pollsters like Stan Greenberg, Celinda Lake, Mark Mellman, and Geoff Garin tend to test such messages, they amazingly do tend to work. Check this message that Democracy Corps tested, for example:
This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class, and for all those who are fighting to get into it. We have to be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home and secure their retirement. And we succeed when everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules. So asking billionaires like Warren Buffett pay their fair share of taxes is not class warfare, it's just common sense.
Tested beautifully with independents, swing voters, and in general, and tested far better than some less populist messages they have tested over the last year-plus.
You do have to be thoughtful in your messaging to swing voters. A pure give'em hell eat-the-rich stem-winder of a message may not appeal to them without some nuance in it. Making fighting for small business, cutting government waste, and rewarding hard work part of the message always helps with in-the-middle voters. A focus on opportunity and economic growth helps as well. But to say that you have to avoid economic populism when talking about those things is something that only a true blue Third Wayer would ever say with a straight face. Taking on Wall Street and Wall Street bailouts never hurts and always helps in all the polling I have seen. Going after big oil, big insurance companies, corporate special interests, and big business CEOs who outsource jobs never turns off very many swing voters, and helps you with a whole lot of other folks.
Which brings me to my last, and perhaps most important, point: winning political messages can never work for just one slice of the electorate. Third Way may well have found that segment of swing independents who were less old, less blue collar, and less populist than any other group of voters in the potential Democratic electoral coalition. But your message has to appeal to all different kinds of folks. For a Democrat to win a national election, you need a message that inspires your volunteers and small contributors and fans who will talk to their neighbors about you; a message that generates enough excitement from blacks, Latinos, young people, and unmarried women to get them out to vote; a message that appeals to all those underwater homeowners and people without jobs that voted for Obama last time but may be leaning Republican or too discouraged to vote because of their own hard times; and a message that appeals to a wide array of different kinds of swing voters. If the message can't do all those things at once, it will not get you 51 percent. That's what makes economic populism so incredibly valuable: it is the message, if nuanced correctly per the paragraph above, which comes the closest to doing that. Even if I lost all my doubts about the Third Way analysis in terms of the small slice of the electorate they had identified, the message still wouldn't work strategically because it would fail with all those other voters we Democrats need to have to win.
A group like Third Way, with staffers who walk into their offices every day with a pre-determined mission of not wanting Democrats to be too economically populist, can easily design a sample and polling questions to reinforce the messages they want to work. But Democrats, especially Democratic incumbents, who are trying to win elections in times like these when the middle class is being squeezed so hard, need to be willing to take the populist torch and carry it proudly.


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WCM is thrilled to announce, Jennifer Ottywill, Director Marketing and Communications, has joined our team!
Global HR Heads and Global D&I leaders from our Gold sponsors joined WCM for a roundtable discussion. This was a lively group, committed to accelerating diversity within the industry. It was impactful to hear these participating firms in taking D&I to the next level. Thanks to our host Scotiabank.
WCM Emerging and Executive Leaders Award winning alumni event. Thank you, Susan Richardson and Felix Global for hosting and being our partners in coaching.
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