text: by Kent Harrington Mar 27, 2014 Comments (0) AIChE Topics: Energy Sustainability & Environment Share This Post: In 2012, Boston-based biofuel startup Joule Unlimited Technologies began an exclusive partnership with Audi to speed up the development of its sustainable ethanol and diesel fuels. Audi had selected Joule after evaluating its revolutionary, biomass-free process, and afterwards supported the research at the biofuel maker's demonstration facility in Hobbs, New Mexico (we wrote about Joule's work in this post). Recently, Audi flew Joule's latest version of its Sunflow-E ethanol, which Audi calls e-fuel, to Germany for testing. In Audi's labs at Ingolstadt, engine development experts first checked the fuels' combustion characteristics as a camera recorded how the fuel behaved during the injection process. From Audi's point of view, "they were testing the future of CO2-neutral mobility, the synthetic fuels of tomorrow." "For about one year, we have been successfully testing the production of Audi e-ethanol at our demonstration facility in the USA," explains Reiner Mangold, head of Sustainable Product Development at Audi."We have long proven that we can produce synthetic fuels. Now we are testing them to the nth degree," A thermodynamics expert studied the print-outs and compared the values collected with existing data. "It's looking really good," he says. Cleaner combustion and lower emissions The next test took place inside a glass engine, where a small quartz window in the combustion chamber allowed researchers to watch as fuel shot into the glass cylinder, was compressed, ignited, and expelled during each of the 3,000 revolutions per minute. The test results were conclusive: according Audi's press release, unlike fossil fuels, the composition of which varies depending on their place of origin, synthetic Audi e-fuels are absolutely pure. Fewer emissions are generated when they are burned. They do not contain any olefines or aromatic hydrocarbons. As a result, the synthetic fuels assure a more effective mixture preparation process, cleaner combustion, and lower emissions. "Our test shows that as well as electric driving on renewable electricity, there are other concepts that permit long-distance, low-emission driving," commented Reiner Mangold. Mangold says that they will further optimize the production process-, to increase the quantities produced at the Hobbs, New Mexico, facility. "In the near future, we will be in the position to produce several hundred thousand liters of synthetic liquid fuel per day." A video explains: Introducing combinations of genes The core of Joule's process is a modified microorganism, which remains a secret. So while most biofuels companies use some form of biomass, such as corn, grass, or algae, and process it to make biofuel, Joule has taken a microorganism and introduced combinations of genes known to produce ethanol from carbon dioxide and water and sunlight. To increase the microbe's productivity, Joule removed as many of its original genes as possible to gear its metabolism toward making ethanol rather than cell growth. Vaporized inside tubes Also crucial are the transparent, long tubes used to grow the microorganisms. They are a couple of meters wide and up to 50 meters long. Inside the tubes, the organisms, nutrients, and water are circulated beneath the sun to fuel their growth. They produce ethanol that vaporizes inside the tubes, rising to the top, where it's removed. (It is further purified in a central facility.) To control the heat from the sun, the company makes the tubes with a transparent resin that redirects the infrared rays away from the tube, while allowing the light the microorganisms need to pass through to them. If you want to know more details about the lab tests, check out this in-depth story about the tests. Is it smart for a car marker to back a specific biofuel? Images: test chamber, Audi Log in to post comments


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|Dev: EA DICE, Criterion Games, EA Motive
|Pub: Electronic Arts
|Release: November 17, 2017
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Meanwhile, character progression and equipment is much more complicated. This works for and against Star Wars: Battlefront II. Instead of having one character you customize the look of and build over time, you can swap freely between a set of classes and outfit each one with a weapon, emote, and set of "Star Cards." What really sells this new structure is Battle Points. As you contribute to the battle by getting kills, chasing objectives, and the like, you earn points. These points can be cashed in when you respawn for even more class options. This is also where the vehicles and hero characters come in. No longer are the goofy pick-ups part of the loop. Now, earn enough points and you can cash in and play as Kylo Ren, Yoda, or one of the many other characters or special vehicles. It's so much better and encourages you to be the best player you can be, instead of scrambling for power-ups like you're playing Unreal Tournament.
But back to Star Cards. Yeah, this is where the loot crate drama kicks in and ruins everything. Each character has three Star Card slots, and you get Star Cards from meeting various milestones (the best ones) or buying crates (all the lesser ones you need to get going). These cards offer new tools and abilities, as well as passive bonuses. The cards also vary in power and are upgradable when enough resources (like, a ton) are earned. If you like to play a certain, specific class and want to master that class, you're going to be grinding random drops for a long, long time. Or you could drop some real cash for a chance at a slightly shorter long, long time. Meanwhile, people who already have a full set of upgraded cards can and will wipe the floor with you. It totally mucks up the balance and makes the learning curve more of a jagged line that has murderous sentience and wants to strangle you to death.
In-between the two marquee offerings in Star Wars: Battlefront II is Arcade Mode, a more expanded version of the cute, little single-player or two-player splitscreen mode in the last game. It's you and a friend against bots in a small handful of modes. It's a lot of fun! Obviously, it isn't as expansive as playing a Timesplitters back in the day, but it's a good way to unwind and enjoy the awesome gameplay without the frustrations of getting owned online and grinding crates. Unfortunately, there's actually a limit on how many credits you can earn playing this mode, so this vicious microtransaction economy even finds a way to make you feel bad in what would otherwise be a nice, temporary sanctuary.
Star Wars: Battlefront II feels like a big step forward, but instead of following that with a number of steps back, it's actually a trip-up leading to a sprained ankle. This is a beautiful, fun game with huge ambitions for being an important part of the Star Wars universe as it is today. It introduces a fascinating new character and injects her right into the main storyline. But it does so in such a disappointingly banal way, it's hard to care after the story is over. Meanwhile, the fun continues for a bit in the multiplayer until you're crushed under the boots of either "enormous grind" or "emptying wallet." It's frustrating; I'm sure I'll find myself coming back for more, especially after more content drops. But I'll always be proceeding with caution, lest I open myself up for further disappointment.
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Sanjay's an artist. He's been with his girlfriend Jill for five years. When they met it was magic. Life was gonna be a party. Now the big 3-0's looming and their relationship is sliding downhill fast. Jill wants marriage and kids. No way. Sanjay's still trying to find that elusive break. Then there's his family. He's Indian and she's black. Bad news.
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Is city's vacant homes program working?
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville still has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. Top surveys throughout the U.S. list the River City anywhere from No. 3 to No. 7.
In some neighborhoods, house after house are in some stage of foreclosure. It's something the city has been aware of for years and even started programs three years ago to help restore neighborhoods.
So are those program's working?
A house in one Westside neighborhood doesn't look like other foreclosed properties in Jacksonville. It's vacant and in forclosure, but the upkeep is not because of the city or bank. Instead, those in the neighborhood are taking care of the property to keep out crime and their property values in tact.
"We have to, because if we don't, well you don't expect our government to come out and cut the grass do you?" homeowner Sandra Kirby said.
Kirby and her son live in two different houses in the neighborhood. They've been there for more than 20 years and take pride in area.
"When the neighbors moved out, no one would come and take care of the property, and my neighbors all decided it did not look good," Andrew Kirby said. "Hey, we will take care of it until someone moves in, until someone steps up and takes care of it, but everyone is starting to get tired of doing it, taking time out to do it for nobody."
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Two years ago, the city was planning to use federal stimulus money to buy some properties, fix them up and sell them. It also began a registry where foreclosed property owners would have to list the property and give contract information for whoever was responsible for maintenance.
The city's Neighborhoods Department, which oversees the program, said it now has more than 21,000 properties on the list, one it has access to. As for the stimulus dollars, it spent $26 million to buy up foreclosed homes to fix up and resell them. That money has been funneled back into other programs.
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By Eva Wu, KF9 Philippines
Having read Meg's excellent blog post "Bad Roads, Interest Rates, and MFI Sustainability" and the ensuing comments from Kiva lenders, I admit that I was rather baffled. Particularly by comments that varied upon the theme of: "In the U.S. you can get loans for ~8%! You can get credit for 18% interest, which we find high and oppressive! So how can MFIs charge 36% interest rates on loans to their poor clients, it is usurious, it can't be justified…" so on and so forth.
I believe that if you were to plunk a U.S. bank into a developing country with limited infrastructure, where most clients don't have ready access to the internet that lets them transfer money from one bank account to another with the click of a mouse, where you have to ask employees to constantly risk their personal safety by carrying huge amounts of cash over uncertain roads and territories, those banks would not be charging 8% interest or even 18% interest, but a much, much higher rate.
Still not convinced? Let's try a quick breakdown of some actual numbers -
HSPFI, my host MFI and Kiva field partner, charges 3% interest a month on loans. So for a first-time borrower with a loan of P5,000 to be repaid over 5 months, in one month the HSPFI borrower would be paying back P1,000 on the capital, and P150 in interest. (The current exchange rate is 46 Philippine pesos to 1 U.S. dollar, so the USD equivalent is $21.74 in capital, and $3.26 in interest.)
The P150 interest collected on that loan covers salaries and benefits of not just the project or loan officers who collect the client repayments on a weekly basis, but also the salaries of admin staff members like the branch cashier, accountant and assistant accountant, as well as the branch manager. Let's say our first time borrower lives in Camiguin. For HSPFI's Camiguin Branch (which is HSPFI's smallest but one of its most efficient branches), total salaries and benefits for their five staff members (three project officers, one admin staff, and one officer-in-charge/branch manager) in January 2010 came to roughly P27,500 (or $598 USD).
Apart from the salaries and wages of the branch staff, the P150 interest will also go towards salaries and benefits of the Head Office staff – HSPFI's Executive Director, Director of Operations, HR staff, tech staff, community development staff, internal auditors, Kiva Coordinator(!), etc. – as well as Head Office's administrative costs (for printing, office supplies, utilities, trainings and conferences…). Unlike the branches, HSPFI's Head Office does not give out loans or collect interest from clients, so the branch offices make monthly contributions to help cover Head Office's costs. HSPFI Camiguin Branch contributed P53,400 (or $1,161 USD) in management fees to Head Office this past month.
Still with me? Remember that our first time borrower is paying P150, or $3.26 USD in monthly interest on his or her loan of P5,000. But salaries and wages are hardly the only things that a functioning MFI has to pay for. Camiguin project officers spent about P4,500 (or $98 USD) on travel this past month. And to round out the estimated operational costs, total administrative expenses for necessities like utilities, phone, office supplies, rent, taxes/licenses, etc. for the branch came to about P26,150 (or $568 USD).
|Partial Operating Costs for HSPFI's Camiguin Branch in January 2010
|Branch Staff Wages & Salaries
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Note that this is PARTIAL operating costs for HSPFI Camiguin. Kiva is not HSPFI's only (or biggest) funder by any means, and other funders (e.g. Oikocredit, SEAD, PCFC, SBGFC) actually do charge interest on loans to HSPFI. I left that line item out of the above calculations for the sake of argument that Kiva's funds are interest-free, but if I were to add that line item in Camiguin's operational costs would increase by about P49,800 (or $1,082 USD).
By now you're probably tired of me repeating that our first-time HSPFI borrower is paying P150, or $3.26 USD in interest this month on his or her loan of P5,000 – 0.13% of operational costs. Surely you have to account for repeat borrowers who have taken out higher loans and are correspondingly paying higher interest fees. So if we increase the loan amount to P30,000, our now long-time, repeat HSPFI borrower would be paying P3,000 on the loan capital and P900 (or $19.57) on interest this month – 0.8% of operational costs. This P900 definitely goes farther towards contributing towards operational costs, but note that borrowers with P30,000+ loans only make up about 10% of HSPFI's total portfolio.
The above is very condensed and much abridged, to keep this post from being three times as long. But by listing out all these figures, I wanted to show that running an MFI is not cheap. It's easy for us to condemn 3% monthly interest rates are high, but it's just as easy for us to forget that staff, utilities, rent and a whole range of other operational expenses need to be paid in order for an organization – any organization – to run.
Also, working conditions for MFIs in developing countries are very different from banks in developed countries. This may seem like huge duh point, but it bears pointing out that MFIs' operational costs are high in part because you need enough project officers to visit hundreds of clients every week and collect cash repayments, and you need enough admin/other staff to support the project officers. U.S. banks don't need employees to visit every one of their clients on a weekly basis to collect repayments. Furthermore, banks in the U.S. have access the excellent technology/infrastructure in place that allows for automated payments (and greater automation in general) – which helps keep interest rates low. To say that MFIs in developing countries have "high" interest rates in comparison to banks in developed countries with "low" interest rates ignores the fact that banks in developed countries have certain operational advantages that MFIs in developing countries don't have, and need to compensate for.
At this point maybe some of you are thinking, "I don't really care about MFIs needing to cover operational costs, I only care about how this 3% monthly interest affects Kiva borrowers!" Leaving aside the fact that there would be no Kiva borrowers without field partner MFIs, I had previously met a Kiva borrower who decided to stop borrowing from HSPFI, and I know she's not the only person to have ever done so. The interest rate might have been a factor behind her decision to stop borrowing, although there might've been other personal factors as well.
But on the other side of the spectrum there are Kiva borrowers like Ms. Mellianita Moron. Since this topic of "high" interest rates had been weighing on my mind, I brought it up during her interview. I explained that businesses in the U.S. can get loans at much lower interest rates, so there are Kiva lenders who are worried that MFIs like HSPFI are charging overly high interest rates to borrowers in the Philippines. I asked what she thought about HSPFI's interest rate – was it indeed too high?'
HSPFI's 3% monthly interest rate is ok! Mellianita exclaimed. Especially in comparison to other MFIs who she had borrowed from that charged 10% interest a month! And to top it all off the other MFI collects repayments on a DAILY basis, in comparison to HSPFI which collects repayments on a weekly basis. When I then asked if there are any additional services that she would like to see from HSPFI, Mellianita laughed and said that she wished HSPFI could increase loan amounts and release more loans at a faster rate, so she won't have to borrow from MFIs that charge truly exorbitant interest rates and can just borrow from HSPFI. I looked around at the various center members and extended family who had gathered outside Mellianita's sari-sari store to watch (and occasionally interject), as they all nodded their heads in agreement.
Eva Wu would like to thank HSPFI for generously allowing her to use figures from their latest financial statement in this blog post. She has lots of thoughts on the (unsexy) topic of MFI interest rates, but hopes for now that people can understand that asking why MFIs in developing countries can't offer interest rates as low as banks in developed countries is a bit like asking why apples can't be oranges. Or to use a more Filipino analogy, why lanzones can't be rambotan.


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Domestic animal businesses
In Victoria, the Domestic Animals Act 1994 defines Domestic Animal Businesses as any of the following:
A Council pound (operated by the Council or a contractor on behalf of Council).
A dog and/or cat breeding business – where there are three or more fertile females and animals are sold (whether a profit is made or not), and the proprietor is not a member of an Applicable Organisation. If the proprietor is a member of an Applicable Organisation, they are exempt from registering as a breeding Domestic Animal Business if they have less than 10 fertile female animals AND no more than 2 are not registered with an Applicable Organisation.
A dog training establishment (where the business is run for profit).
A pet shop (operated in a permanent location that must be open at least 5 days per week).
An animal shelter (e.g. welfare organisations such as the RSPCA and The Lost Dogs' Home).
An establishment boarding dogs or cats (where the business is run for profit to provide overnight, daycare or homecare boarding).
An establishment that is rearing dogs or cats (where the business is run for profit).
All domestic animal businesses must be registered annually with their local council and comply with the appropriate mandatory Code of Practice. Local council will often require an inspection of the facilities prior to registration each year. Councils are required to report the number of domestic animal businesses registered with them to the department on an annual basis.
See responsibilities of a domestic animal business as defined under the Domestic Animals Act 1994 for:
Choosing a Pet
Can you look after a pet properly? If so, what is the right type of pet for you, based on your lifestyle?
Buying a pet from an animal welfare shelter
Read about the advantages in purchasing a pet from a registered shelter or pound.
Legal requirements for dog owners
All dog owners must be aware of requirements to register, microchip and confine dogs to the property.
Legal requirements for cat owners
Cat owners must register and microchip their pets, and understand any other local council requirements applying to cat ownership.


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Young RSPCA
If you're 18 or under this is the place for you.
Young Photographer Awards
One of the most prestigious photography competitions solely for young people aged 18 and under in the UK.
The competition aims to recognise and reward the talent of our young photographers and to encourage young people to appreciate the wonders of the animal kingdom.
If you love photography and animals then be sure to get involved in our Young Photographer Awards, with categories for everyone to enter.
A great magazine for under 12s!
Animal action is our magazine especially for under 12s. It's packed full of activities, puzzles, competitions, stories and more.
Get your copy of Animal action
A website for animal loving kids
Young RSPCA is a website designed just for you!
Take a look around and you'll discover lots of fun stuff including quizzes, puzzles, makes and more. You'll also find fun facts about animals, information about working with animals and what we do to help them.
What are you waiting for?
Take a look around Young RSPCA
What will you learn today?
We offer support to your teachers, providing education and fun quizzes, games and more, so that they can help you and your friends understand how to care for animals.
Check out our quizzes and videos.
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There is such controversy over salvation and the Holy Spirit and the role He plays.
Is the baptism of John from man or God? Luke 20:4
Is the baptism of the Holy Spirit From man or God? Acts 2:1-4
Lets look at the Word.
Mark 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. (for salvation)
Many believe that when you get saved you receive the Holy Spirit, and that is the ONLY baptism of the Holy Spirit. BUT, If that was the only baptism then why did Jesus tell His disciples to wait for the promise from the Father?
Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem UNTIL they RECEIVED what the Father had promised which is POWER from ON HIGH.
In the upper room tongues of fire appeared on the heads of those waiting for the promise of the Father; not a fire that burns on the outside to hurt, but One that burns on the inside to HEAL. They began to speak in other tongues (a language that wasn't their native tongue).
Some denominations believe that speaking in other tongues has past away OR is of the devil. This is because of ignorance. Jesus would never give someone the GIFT of the Holy Spirit if it were of the devil; since they are in opposition to one another.
I KNOW for a fact the devil has counterfeit tongues, because I've encountered this. While I was praying with a woman who I went to church with one day, I had a yucky feeling (a check) in my spirit as soon as she started praying in a language I couldn't understand.
A few years later I saw her again after not seeing her for years. She told me that she had received a new prayer language and that she was told by the Lord that the language she was speaking in before wasn't from Him.
Jesus clearly made a distinction between Johns baptism and receiving the BAPTISM of the Holy Spirit in Act. 1:5.
There is a scripture that rarely if ever gets quoted and I would like to share that now:
Acts 10:44-47: While Peter was still speaking these words the Holy Spirit fell upon ALL those who were listening to the message.
V.45 All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
V.46 For they were HEARING them SPEAKING WITH TONGUES AND EXALTING GOD. Then Peter answered,
V.47 Surely no one can refuse the WATER for these to be BAPTIZED who HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT just as we did, can he?
Romans 10:12-13 There is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of ALL, abounding in riches for ALL WHO CALL on Him;
V.13 For "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
Are you qualified?
When you get saved you qualify for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the prayer language that God has for you. Just ask Him for it. He's is a Good Father and will NOT reject anyone who comes to Him with a pure heart.
There was a thief on a cross who is in heaven with Jesus right now. While hanging beside Jesus, he said, "Lord, please remember me when You come into Your kingdom." Jesus answered him, "Today I tell you, you will be with Me in Paradise."
The thief didn't do anything special; He just SIMPLY BELIEVED that Jesus is the Christ of God. That is how easy it is to be saved and also to receive the GIFT of the Holy Spirit. Just ask.
Is God still baptizing people in the Gift of the Holy Spirit?
Yes, ASK AND BELIEVE by faith and you will receive POWER from on High. The Powerful GIFT of the Holy Spirit.


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Talking About Generation Z
These young, savvy consumers love to travel.
Consumers younger than millennials are known as Generation Z (ages range from 11 to 23), and they are becoming an increasingly important audience for brands. These digital natives born in the 1990s or early 2000s have had access to the Internet and instant communication almost all of their lives. Although young, their spending power is impressive: Generation Z contributes $44 billion to the U.S. economy, according to Inside the Mind of the Gen Z Traveler, by Skift, and by 2020 they are expected to take 300 million international trips each year. Today, older members of Generation Z are in their early twenties, some beginning to form vacation habits—making now the time for travel brands to reach out to this up-and-coming group of consumers.
To successfully connect with members of Generation Z, brands need to remember that they're reaching out to savvy consumers. "Their parents have been hauling them to locations far and wide from infancy," says Melanie Shreffler, senior insights director at the analytics firm Cassandra Report, which studies emerging trends, generational insights and youth behavior. "This has made Generation Z one of the most globally aware generations in history. Their friendships and connections have them tapped into cultures and locales that are different from their own, so they're curious to experience these for themselves." Among teenage members of Generation Z, 55 percent like visiting other countries, and 44 percent have friends in other countries, Shreffler says. Additionally, these digital natives have grown up shopping online, where they can research a product and look for peer reviews. "They are quick to see through any marketing-speak that isn't backed up by fact," Shreffler says.
Social media is the primary tool brands can use to reach and engage Generation Z. Educational-content start-up Niche surveyed high school seniors who used its resources in 2014, finding that Instagram had the most engaged users, while Facebook had the most daily users and YouTube the most widespread usage. Forty-five percent of teenagers didn't use Twitter. There may be more opportunities for brands to reach Generation Z on Snapchat, which had an engagement score of 71 percent, just above Facebook's score of 70 percent. Shreffler notes that nearly as many members of Generation Z would like to hear from brands via email as on social media, with online ads and text messaging coming in next.
Generation Z is a tapped-in cohort, and brands need to strike the right balance between aspiration and authenticity. "They've been helping their parents make travel plans for years," Shreffler says. "Also, they're used to seeing the world through friends' eyes thanks to their global social network, so speaking to them with overly polished messages and imagery will feel off." Brands that highlight authentic experiences in a genuine way are more likely to build lasting engagement.
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Drone coverage of tornado prompts U.S. government investigation
Not long after a massive tornado ravaged Arkansas on Sunday, April 27, Little Rock-based photojournalist Brian Emfinger used a flying drone to record a bird's-eye view of the damage dealt by the cyclone. A day later, the United States Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) confirmed they were investigating the use of drones by journalists during the disaster, which the website Mashable described as an attempt to regulate the new technology. Read more »
More than 80 complaints over television coverage of Chilean fire
While a fire continues to ravage the Chilean city of Valparaíso since Saturday April 12, the country's National Council of Television (CNTV) has received up to 81 complaints for television networks' coverage of the natural disaster, reported the daily La Nación. Read more »
Journalist uses algorithm to gather earthquake data and write reports in minutes
When a 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook California on Monday, March 17, the first reporter to cover the news was a data-gathering algorithm designed by Los Angeles Times journalist and programmer Ken Schwencke, according to the web magazine Slate. Read more »
Haiti correspondent details aid-money corruption, media clichés in new book on earthquake coverage
By Nathan Frandino*
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010 nearly killed then-Associated Press correspondent Jonathan Katz. He was on the second floor of his home and bureau when the walls and floors buckled, collapsing under him. Read more »
Mexican journalists criticize government's silence on PEMEX explosion
Four days after a deadly explosion rocked the central offices of the Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, or PEMEX, in Mexico City, journalists are criticizing the lack of transparency and information about the blast that killed 35 people, according to CNN's website. Read more »
Media critics call press coverage of tragic fire in Brazil sensationalist
In the shadow of mass shooting in the U.S., questions about social media's role in breaking news
Social media's growing reputation as a news source got two black eyes this fall, first from rumor mongering on Twitter during Hurricane Sandy, and then from the media confusion surrounding the events of the mass shooting in Connecticut last Friday, Dec. 14. Read more »
After coverage of mass shooting in Connecticut, calls for restraint and verification
The U.S. media's coverage of a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school drew admonishment from media critics and calls for reflection on how the media deals with breaking news. In the aftermath, media critics offered suggestions on how to report more responsibly real-time news in a networked news environment. Read more »
Book on resistance in Mexico exemplifies collective effort to tell stories beyond the tragedy
The Mexican organization Periodistas de a Pie launched on Dec. 2 at the International Book Fair of Guadalajara its most recent collective project, Entre las Cenizas: Historias de Vida en Tiempos de Muerte. ("From the Ashes: Tales of Life in Times of Death" in Spanish). Read more »
Gruesome photo sparks debate over journalists' role in a crisis
"DOOMED," thundered the New York Post on its Tuesday, Dec. 4 cover, with the image of a man seconds away from being struck by a subway train. The victim, Ki Suk Han, died later that day from his injuries, according to the Post. Read more »


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Quantitative aspects of bioconversions in the testes of the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) were studied in vitro by incubation of tissue with [3H]pregnenolone or [3H]androstenedione. During the breeding period, spawning and non-spawning animals were collected from their natural habitat, the Hula nature reserve, in northern Israel. In the same period, non-spawning animals were collected from a fish pond in the same region. It was shown that spawning was accompanied by significant changes in steroid bioconversions, i.e. a reduction in androgen synthesis, especially of 11β-hydroxyandrostenedione and 11β-hydroxytestosterone and an increase in the production of C21-steroids, especially progesterone, 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and a pregnenolone ester. These changes resulted from a decreased contribution of the cytochrome P-450 enzymes 17α-hydroxylase, C17–20-lyase and 11β-hydroxylase. A rise in plasma gonadotrophin concentration was observed only in spawning catfish. In the absence of such an increase in plasma gonadotrophin, steroid synthesis in the testes of non-spawning feral and pond catfish was primarily directed towards the production of 11-oxygenated androgens and 5β-pregnane-3α,17α,20α-triol. It is suggested that spawning is induced by gonadotrophin and the ensuing change in steroidogenesis. It is possible that husbandry conditions inhibit the necessary increase in gonadotrophin release.
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Man with concealed carry permit fired shots during Loop robbery
A man with a concealed carry permit fired shots while he was being robbed Wednesday afternoon in The Loop.
The man, whose age was unknown, was approached by two males while he was waiting in traffic about 3 p.m. in the 0–100 block of East Wacker Drive, according to Chicago Police. One of the males distracted him while the other grabbed personal property from his vehicle. The man is a licensed concealed carry holder and is cooperating with police investigators, police said. …Read the Rest
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|Omer Fast
|Jorge Macchi
|Koons' 'Split Rocker' in the Beyeler gardens
Basel's too-much-to-see in its busiest week included many interlocking shows, talks and events in addition to the central concept of 250 world class galleries selling their best work: I also got to Art Edition, Art Features, Art Unlimited and Art Statements on the main site; Art Parcours in the city; the separate Liste, Volta and Solo Projects fairs; and concurrent shows around Basel, of which the highlight – as everyone I spoke to agreed – was a stunning presentation of Jeff Koons at the Foundation Beyeler.
|Horoshi Sugimoto
The biggest hall houses 'Art Unlimited', projects sponsored by participating galleries, with a tendency towards the spectacular. In Mike Nelson's 'After Kerouac' the oddly non-Turner-winning Nelson turns literature into a space as usual, but not through a warren of atmospheric rooms, but single architecturally striking form: a spiralling white corridor covered in black tyre marks stands in for the single continuous scroll on which On the Road was famously typed, leading one into a central zone suddenly piled with tyres.
Alicja Kwade's 'In Circles' brings us from spiral to circles: an installation of particularly richly textured found objects which the artist has somehow bent to her will, citing the definition of a circle as 'a special ellipse in which the two foci are coincident and the eccentricity is zero' only to make a most eccentric world out of it.
|Gitte Schäfer: 'Flower Wall'
|Rosemary Trockel
|Levi van Veluw
Four artists new to me who particularly impressed in the subsidiary fairs were kinetic sculptor Pa Lang; process abstractionist Andy Boot, whose latest paintings use gymnastic ribbons fixed in a wax ground; Dutch painter Greet van Autgaerden, who bases abstracted landscapes on communally-collected childhood memories of summer camps; and - staying with childhood memories - Levi van Veluw's amazing reconstruction (at the Ron Mandos Gallery in Volta) of his boyhood bedroom by means of a life size room made out of wooden blocks suitable for young builders at play.
Of course, many familiar artists showed well: I could mention Neo Rauch, Walead Beshty, Doug Aitken, Los Carpinteros, Alexis Harding, Peter Funch, Daniel Lergon, Sarah Barker and Boo Ritson or I could desist...
|Matias Faldbakken
· lots of material which wasn't created as art, but is now presented as such, making the curatorial team the artists
· myriad excavations of the past – both historically and in terms of how work was produced
· a whole pile of accumulation pieces, some rigorously orderly (Korbinian Aigner's apple paintings, Geoffrey Farmer's vast shadow puppet collage, Sanya Ivekovic's stuffed donkeys), some far from it (Song Dong's 'zero effort' garden hills, Lara Favaretto's scrapyard, Matias Faldbakken's book-spill in the city library)
· a thoroughgoing – if sometimes slightly wearying – use of 'unexpected' locations around the city
· plenty of paintings, but not by famous painters: they're almost all either by-products of people who mainly do other things, or attempts to revive interest in long-unfashionable artists, most of them dead. That was part of a strenuous effort to foreground the overlooked... despite which, the work I liked best was almost all by artists already well-known to me
What you really want to concentrate on if visiting Documenta is ambitious, knock-out work which is unlikely to be as good anywhere else. As it happens, much of that is in two areas somewhat away from the main Friderichsplatz centre:
The old railway station has compelling work by many artists, including Clemens von Wedemeyer, Tejal Shah, Willie Doherty, Haris Epaminonda & Gustav Cramer and also:
· a half hour personal video tour by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, which is spookily effective in placing you between your present, her present when recording it, and the pasts she talks about.
· William Kentridge's tour de force installation 'The Refusal of Time', with five large walls projections across three walls, plus sculptural and kinetic elements
· Haegue Yang's stately dance of blinds along an abandoned platform
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· Rabih Mroué's account of the self-documentation of the deaths of Syrian protesters
And the zone around the Huguenot House, newly converted to artists' studios as artworks by Theaster Gates, has:
· Tino Sehgal's remarkably effective, if not remarkably deep, 'This Variation'. I entered a pitch black room which felt crowded with other visitors. Soon, I realised it was just me and a dozen performers, who dance around you making noises, calling out words and singing – a stunning a Capella version of 'Good Vibrations' is mixed in with statements about the value of art. After five minutes your eyes adjust, and the visual interest of the movement comes into play. Then some other visitors did come in, adding a comic element as they stumbled around in their turn for initial confusion. After fifteen minutes of what seemed to be a forty minute basic cycle, I was sufficiently in vibe to pretend to be a performer when the next newcomers arrived…
· A gently resonant installation of paintings by Francis Alys
· Paul Chan's 'Volumes Incompleteset' – six hundred book covers on which the artist has painted in grisaille
· Gerard Byrne's multi-screen re-enactment of collaged conversations from surrealist writing, set up to answer questions about male sexual attitudes. 'Can you tell if a woman has an orgasm?' - 'What do you think of onanism?' - 'Must love be reciprocal?'. How much of our speech is an act?
So there you have a handily compact eight of my personal top dozen from Documenta. The others being largely accumulations in line with the trend:
|Kader Attia
· Kader Attia's 'The Repair' at the top of the main Fridericianum venue is a teeming installation which makes a stunning full and disturbing backwards historical comparison between African wooden heads and the faces of those injured in World War I
|Anna Maria Maiolino
· Anna Maria Maiolino's obsessive accumulation of clay items 'Here & There', which fills an entire gardener's cottage in
|Sam Durant
|Tacita Dean
· Tacita Dean's blackboard drawing project 'Fatigues' linked Kassel to Afghanistan – a set theme for this Documenta – and was ideally placed in the unlikely site of a former tax office.
|Sven Johne
|Louise Bourgeois
The Kunsthalle in
Hamburg is Germany's biggest and, indeed, with
only three hours in the city I got no further. The pick of its current special
exhibitions is of late work – ie after age 85! – by Louise Bourgeois. It includes
several cycles of the textile works made from her own old clothes, which
Bourgeois saw as an exercise in the memory of 'how did I feel when I wore
that?'. Many of them turn on the spiral, which fascinated her for its
ambiguity: was it winding down into a compressed point of disappearance or
radiating out into a trusting acceptance of the world? The spiral appears in
the sky in the cycle The Waiting Hours, which makes for a visual match with the
Jorge Macchi above…
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CIO, Case Western Reserve University
It seems for as long as there has been broadband, there has been the debate about the digital divide. Many believe the divide not only exists, but also that those on the wrong side of it are falling behind their connected countrymen. But gauging the effect of the digital divide traditionally has been difficult — after all, who's going to give people free broadband in order to study the effects of connectivity? Lev Gonick, that's who.
Gonick is CIO of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Last summer, Gonick and a team of university researchers launched a project called the Case Connection Zone, which takes advantage of fiber the university laid in neighborhoods surrounding the campus. The neighborhoods happened to be lower income and nearly three-quarters of the households lack Internet access. Gonick and his team wanted to see what happens to people's lives when, at the flip of a switch, they suddenly have ultra high-speed broadband.
"In May 2010, we were successful in lighting up the very first gigabyte fiber-to-the-home initiative in the country," Gonick said. "In my view, that is a significant milestone event."
Others are starting to share Gonick's enthusiasm. The project was earlier denied a grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, but since going live, Case Connection Zone has ignited interest from potential tenants and homeowners, other government agencies and even the White House.
"We have been hosting communities from around the country to actually visit the 100 homes that are lit up with the fiber-through-the-home initiative," Gonick said. "We had Erik Garr, who wrote the National Broadband Plan, come in 2010 as well. We have had city visitors from around the world who have come to visit."
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There is a lot of talk on how to make ourselves more attractive. Lotions, potions and grueling workouts all make claims that say we will look beautiful. But what about feeling beautiful? While there is no doubt that certain products and behaviours affect our looks, what about our feelings? It's no secret that some of the most beautiful people in the world may feel just as insecure and self-conscious as anyone else. Taken to its highest conclusion, we might wonder why we make any effort to look beautiful at all! If there is a chance that we will still feel unattractive whatever we look like, then why bother? But don't lose hope.
The key to looking beautiful is now recognized as beginning from within. Feeling beautiful is half the battle of looking beautiful. Our confidence and graceful self-assurance radiates outwards. If you want to feel beautiful all the time, there are some inner attitude changes that should be coupled with any outer changes. Read on to find out how!
Handling insecurities
It is important to recognize that everyone experiences insecurities. From those who you feel may have achieved their health goals right through to those who are just beginning, everyone has hang ups. It is a particularly common complaint to simply want what you don't have. Straight-haired girls will often spending hours curling their hair, for example, while curly-haired girls spend hours straightened theirs! There is no harm in self improvement or aiming to make changes that we will feel will genuinely benefit us. What becomes a problem is if this desire becomes so distracting that we become anxious or demoralized by it. Handling your insecurities usually has many steps and facets. We should try to approach them in several ways. Consider first whether there is a physical option you want to apply.
These can all be positive steps if we genuinely feel the insecurity can be entirely solved physically. But more often than not it will involve an attitude change too. Always consider your insecurities from a psychological perspective too. If you really want to change something about yourself, think deeply about why. If it is because you don't measure up in the eyes of others, then it is not truly your decision. If it is because you are aiming for perfection, you are also likely to be disappointed. After considering the source of the problem carefully, you may find that it can be better solved with soul searching.
Gaining muscles
When people think about feeling more beautiful, they often think only of things like weight loss when it comes to exercise. Of course, exercise has many more benefits for those looking to feel more beautiful than simple weight loss. Cardiovascular exercises help make your skin look much healthier, and it encourages a good night's sleep - something that can help you look more beautiful in a big way.
But putting on some more muscle can also have a big effect on how beautiful you feel. For one thing, like any type of good exercise, it boosts your mood and general self-esteem, which is essential in this area. So there's no way you should dismiss a little bit of bodybuilding when it comes to feeling better about yourself! So what's stopping you? Perhaps the dumbbells you're currently using are too heavy, or not heavy enough. Which adjustable dumbbells are the best? You need to research this if you want to ensure the best results, otherwise it may take you way too long to put on any muscle - and you may even injure yourself trying!
Eating clean
Eating nourishing, healthy foods has a profound effect on the way we look and feel. There have now been numerous studies that link poor diet with depression and anxiety. No matter how beautiful we may look on the outside, if we are not fuelling our body effectively then we will feel weak and underwhelming. The beauty we have on the outside will also quickly fade if we are not supporting our bodies. Consider carefully whether you are eating in a balanced way and work to address it. Consider getting the professional advice of a nutritionist to help you meet your health goals if you feel overwhelmed. Many people make the mistake of feeling they have addressed their diet simply by eating less. While certain cuts to a diet can be beneficial, such as limiting sugar and salt, we should not think that simply reducing calories is a good diet.
Most of us will find that there are certain food groups that we are not getting nearly enough of. Many of us will find we must almost double our vegetable intake to achieve our vitamins and minerals. Fiber is also often severely lacking in western diets unless we regularly eat a range of grains. The health of our gut is crucial to both our looks and our mood!
Thinking positively of others
Comparing ourself the others can be the enemy of both our health and beauty. There is a certain level of comparison that might inspire us to work harder. But we should not allow this to spiral into jealousy or even self-loathing. The achievements of others are actually not relevant to us. They do not diminish our own and we should try to be sincerely happy when others achieve their goals. We would want the same for ourselves. Thinking positively of others feels like a weight has been lifted. We cannot ever achieve our goals in our own life if we are heavily fixated on the lives of others. Our only real interest in the lives of others should be to celebrate happiness and help where possible. Almost anything else inevitably leads to suffering.
We all want to be happy, and happiness is a source of health and beauty. If we want to look beautiful, feeling happy is important. But if we want to feel beautiful, happiness and contentment are invaluable. Stop comparing yourself to others and focus on your own goals. Congratulate your accomplishments and successes, however small. Don't dwell on setbacks but try to get quickly back on track after learning from your mistake. This attitude gives us both purpose and positivity. Feeling unattractive often comes from a loss of drive or purpose. Taking control of our life and especially our attitude is extremely empowering. We will look and feel more beautiful than ever if we are content and in control.


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R. Madhavan (born June 1, 1970 as Madhavan Ranganathan) is a Filmfare Award-winning Indian actor. Unlike other prominent actors in India, Madhavan began to act after marriage, at the age of twenty-nine, and his short career has seen performances in diverse roles. He has received several Filmfare Awards in various categories. His other name is Maddy.His wife name is Sarita.
Madhavan was born in Jamshedpur, India, to a senior management executive with Tata Steel, Ranganathan and a manager with the State Bank of India, Saroja. Devika Ranganathan, Madhavan's sister, is a software engineer settled in the U.S.In 1988, Madhavan was chosen to represent India as its cultural ambassador from his college to Canada after his graduation. At 22, he was awarded the Maharashtra Best Cadet, allowing him to make a trip with three others as NCC Cadets to England. Because of this honour, he received training with the Royal Army, the Navy and the Air Force, which he previously planned to join.However he was rejected from the opportunity, as he missed the age cut-off by six months. After he lost out on the place, he began taking courses in public speaking which eventually helped him venture into the film industry. He won the Indian Championship for Public Speaking and was subsequently selected to represent India at the Young Businessmen Conference in Tokyo, Japan in 1992.
Ranganathan and Saroja, parents of Madhavan, disliked their son's foray into teledramas and adverts, however were forgiving after his selection in Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey. Despite Madhavan's ambition of wanting to join the army, his parents insisted he went to management school and do a degree on electronics.After completing the degree, he went on to teach communication and public speaking at workshops around India. At the Maharashtra workshop, he encountered his wife, Sarita, whom he married in 1999.
Their first son, Vedant was born on August 21, 2006, which eventually lead to relocating towards to the boat-club area in Chennai from Kilpauk. Madhavan's parents continue to live with him as do his parents-in-law.


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Technology is advancing at an ever quickening pace, and new breakthroughs are often feared as much as they are celebrated. The headlines are full of stories about terrifying new tech being used for nefarious purposes - and that trend doesn't look like it's reversing anytime soon. While scientific progress should always be applauded, it is important to keep an eye on emerging technologies and monitor how they are used. Technology can just as easily be pointed in a regressive direction as a progressive one, and the scariest technology can easily abused in an incredibly dangerous fashion.
There are a lot of scary current technologies that are affecting our day to day lives, and some are becoming potential national security threats. We are still struggling to navigate this new digital future, and learning how to live with certain technologies previously unimaginable. Social media, advanced robotics, and virtual reality are simultaneously being used for good and evil, and the stakes have never been higher. If humanity is to survive our technological revolution, we better keep an eye on how these terrifying technologies are used.
Some people dream of a high tech home that is perfectly catered to them in every way, and finally that is becoming a possibility. There is a danger to this dream however, as smart homes are not always as benevolent as you would hope. All of those digital appliances that are hooked up to the internet have the capability to collect very personal data concerning your daily habits, and your ISP has the right to sell whatever data it slurps up from those devices. Everyone has pretty much accepted things like browsing history and other records from personal computers and phones are often sold to third parties, but smart homes are even more invasive. If you have a security camera installed in your home, videos are fair game for sharing with third parties. Some smart TVs are equipped with a microphone that's always on, meaning it has the potential to record random conversations that happen even when you're not watching television.
It's invasive enough to think random advertisers are peaking into your personal life to such a degree. However, it's even scarier to wonder what happens if parts of a smart home are hacked. In the wrong hands, someone could figure out when you're not home, listen in on private conversations, or even catch you naked on your security camera.
Drones have been used in countless roles since their surge in popularity, capable of everything from package delivery to advanced military combat. As drone technology gets cheaper and more available to the general population, concerns are rising about the potential for an individual to use autonomous drones to carry out a terror attack on a civilian population. One viral video produced by an organization hoping to ban the use of killer drones shows just how easily a large scale attack can be perpetrated by drones. All it would take is a small amount of explosive to turn a harmless recreational drone into a flying slaughterbot.
There have already been some instances of drones being used as weapons. Drones are already used on the battlefield in the Middle East and American hackers have found a way to mount guns on drones. In other words, we may live in a time when a civilian can buy a drone and design to target and kill a specific individual or group of individuals.
As any driver's ed teacher will tell you in a heartbeat, cars can be deadly weapons. Car collisions are already the fourth most common cause of death for Americans today, but those numbers could rise as extremist hackers learn how to take control of computerized vehicles. Given more and more cars come equipped with things like Internet and Bluetooth, this could potentially make cars as susceptible to hackers as the average computer. A hacker could carry out an assassination from a distance by taking control of a car and deliberately crashing it. Even worse? The murder would be essentially undetectable.
While there have not been any confirmed instances where a terrorist used a hacked car in an attack, the threat is looming over the entire automobile industry. Researchers have already proven that you can hack a car and remotely control steering and acceleration, so it may be only a matter of time before criminals take advantage of this.
While the Cold War may be a thing of the past, the geopolitical repercussions are still being felt to this day. Russia is still very much a nuclear power, and decades of relative peace haven't stopped them from developing new and more advanced nuclear weapons systems. The US has announced their discovery that Russia has created a nuclear missile that is more powerful than any other ever built, and it was designed to be used on coastal targets.
The missile is purportedly fired from a submarine that is virtually undetected by radar. The submarine, according to the Pentagon, could detonate nukes onto coastal cities from the ocean via a torpedo. If you're wondering if there's an good news, not everyone is convinced that this doomsday missile is even real. Some officials believe that the missile is little more than a disinformation campaign aimed to confuse US military forces. For the sake of the future of humanity, let's hope the nuke torpedo is no more than false reporting and propaganda.


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Fresh from winning the Israel Open last weekend, Rendy Lu Yen-hsun's winning streak was finally ended by Italian Paolo Lorenzi, who won 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 in the first round at the Irzmir Cup in Turkey.
The Asia's no.1 was reportedly caught up with the flu bug.
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I was e-mailed an interesting article the other day and thought I might share it with ya'll According to Runners World's article titled Food Science,
- Blueberries protect you on long runs
- A pint of beer helps prevents colds – and can help when running a marathon
- Ice baths hinder muscle refueling, and
- Chocolate milk helps lose body fat
I do not believe the beer "fact", and I find the chocolate milk fact, very interesting. I have never heard either before this article. I will have to test those two out and let you know if they work or not.
What do you think after reading the article!?


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English: of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc 'stable of wool'. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc 'herd', 'company'. German: unexplained. German (Flöck): variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flod 'flood'.
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Similar surnames: Lock, Block, Klock, Glock, Frock, Flack, Plock, Fleck, Rock, Mock


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Strontium is an alkaline earth metal which is soft yellowish or silver-white that is highly reactive. Strontium has chemical and physical properties that are similar to that of calcium and barium. Strontium is naturally found in the various minerals such as strontianite, putnisite and Celestine. Strontium is widely used to manufacture the cathode ray tubes that are used in the television sets. Strontium finds its major application in the electrical and electronics market.
The growing CRT glass industry is expected to boost the overall growth of the strontium market. CRT glass industry is the largest end-use segment of the strontium market. The growing electronics market is expected to boost the demand for strontium carbonate which in turn is further expected to augment the overall strontium market. The electronics industry is expected to be the fastest growing end-use industry for the strontium market and in the next five years, it is expected to be the largest consumer of strontium.
Asia Pacific is expected to be the largest strontium market owing to the presence of huge production capacity of strontium especially in China. However, the continuing development for the flat screen television is hampering the overall strontium market especially in Europe and the North America. The rising slide in the demand for strontium mainly due to the growth in the flat screen television has boosted the consumption of strontium in various other end-use industries. Many companies are now optimizing their allocation of resources and also scaling their production capacities which are further expected to boost the competitiveness and thus, the overall growth of the strontium market. The overall production of strontium is expected to increase especially in China.
Key participants of the global strontium market include Sakai Chemical Industry, Evonik Degussa GmbH and Solvay & CPC Barium Strontium GmbH & Co. KG among others.
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5 Ways to Make Yourself Happier in the Next 5 MinutesNone By Ran Zilca, Chief Data Science Officer, Happify
Happiness is a lifelong pursuit of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. But while it could take years of persistence to deeply transform your life, there are scientifically-tested strategies that have been shown to provide an immediate happiness boost. Such activities provide a modest but lingering increase in happiness, but when practiced consistently over time, they become happiness habits, energizing you to live your dreams and passions.
Here are 5 strategies that you can practice right now, to get a shot of healthy psychological nutrients:
Do Some Jumping Jacks
Aerobic exercise boosts one's positive mood. In 2005, Researchers at Chicago State University and the University of Minnesota analyzed 158 different studies conducted between 1979 and 2005. They found that the effect of aerobic exercise was consistently positive, and was especially noticeable when one started an exercise session while feeling a little more "down" than usual. In other words, physical exercise can lift you up when you need it the most. In a more recent study, researchers at Halmstad University in Sweden analyzed 15 different studies and found that physical exercise can be an effective treatment of mild and moderate depression. Body and mind are inseparable. A couple of minutes of jumping jacks may go a very long way.
Call a Friend or Family Member
Positive social connections are a cornerstone of happiness and health. A conversation with a friend can have a lasting positive effect, increasing your energy and cultivating motivation. In fact, simply belonging to a social group or having a minimal personal connection with another person creates lasting and significant drive. If there are people around you right now whom you like and appreciate, walk up to one and talk with them—or pick up the phone and say hi.
Write Down 3 Things You're Grateful for
Many people maintain a journal in which they write down the things for which they are grateful. The simple exercise of acknowledging your good fortune by identifying "three good things," has been shown to provide both an immediate and lasting effect on happiness. In a study published in 2012, positive psychologists Stephen Schueller and Acacia Parks tested this strategy in an online setting and found that the benefits lasted as long as six months. A small uptick for six months in return for just five minutes of writing is a pretty good deal.
Imagine the Best-Case Outcome for Your Near Future
Research consistently shows that imagining your "best possible self" makes you significantly more optimistic, delivering a range of positive emotions. When I met with coach Caroline Miller during Ride of Your Life and asked her about the path to inner peace, she suggested to "pretend" being an optimist when thinking about the future: "The world is a random set of events to pessimists. Optimists, on the other hand, believe they control the things around them. So, in some ways, you have to pretend you're an optimist."
In line with common belief, thinking positively (yet realistically) about the future is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Take a few minutes to imagine and write down the best-case scenario for the coming months or years. You may be surprised to discover how bright this possible future may be.
Set an Intention for the Day
One of the most established and validated models of psychological wellness was published by Carol Ryff of the University of Wisconsin nearly 20 years ago [8]. It includes six elements that constitute happiness, of which one's autonomy is the most prominent. Setting a daily intention to guide your day puts you in the driver's seat, where you can make conscious decisions, rather than react to incoming demands. You may not be able to get your way all the time, but simply being aware of what you intend to accomplish will provide you with a sense of purpose, and an opportunity to be consistent in the way you interact with the world.
If you've made it here to the end of this post, give it a shot right now — what is your daily intention?
This article was originally published on rideofyourlife.com.
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English translation of Futuh al-Sham, the inspiring history of the Sahabah's conquest of ash-Sham (which today includes Syria, Lebanon, Palestine Jordan, and other parts of Arabia, Iraq and Turkey) as narrated by the great historian al-Imam al-Waqidi. Events only briefly mentioned in other works are dealt with in detail here. The strategies of Khalid ibn al-Walid, the piety of Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, the bravery of Dirar al-Kindi and many more are vividly described. This work also sheds light on lesser known aspects of Islamic history such as the significant role of women and Roman princes who embraced Islam.
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South America's lifeline remains one of the world's greatest secrets, with a new adventure around every bend. Take our intensive expeditions to new shores abundant with the wonders of creation. Where the dense jungle offers exotic species a habitat, where the traditional hunting grounds of the American Indians stretch out before you and tropical plants flourish in luxuriant profusion, you, the passionate explorer, are completely in your element.
Your great natural adventure extends over more than 4,000 km (2,485 mi.), right through the green lung of South America. Travelling close to the shore with the ship never ceases to offer fascinating panoramas. In the narrow tributaries where even these small, manoeuvrable expedition ships reach their limits, robust inflatable expedition boats (Zodiacs) will carry you further into the heart of your adventure. In small groups, you can immerse yourself in hidden paradises and marvel at exotic plants and creatures.
In this way, for example, you will reach the village of Libertad, home of the native Yagua, who will dazzle you with body paintings, traditional dances and insights into hunting with blowpipes. On spectacular Zodiac rides, you will explore the vegetation on the banks of the Rio Jutai, gliding past bromeliads with bright-red flowers and orchids. Macaws and toucans may suddenly pass by overhead, while brightly coloured butterflies flutter about the boat and, with luck, river dolphins pop up above the water. Behind the green curtain, constant rustling and cracking noises announce the presence of diverse wildlife, while the exotic scent of the plants will captivate your senses.
Your on-board experts will give you special insights into life on and in the river. Take Cuxiu Muni, for example, a traditional village with houses on stilts. As you explore the forests, you will be told interesting facts about Brazil nut trees, stilt palms and leafcutter ants. A night-time Zodiac ride is also an unforgettable experience: watch out for nocturnal animals that can rarely be found during the day revealed in the conical beam of a searchlight, including caymans, their reflective eyes glinting in the light. Providing a total contrast to the "jungle chorus", Manaus is a city with a population of millions right in the heart of the rain forest, a place where history meets the present day. You will also be amazed here at the "Meeting of Waters", where the "black" Rio Negro converges with the muddy, yellow Rio Solimoes. South America's joie de vivre will also flow around you in Parintins. With magnificent costumes and their intoxicating music, the dancers relate the ancient legend of the resurrection of a bull. Now how about some stunning Caribbean flair? The beach at Alter do Chao will transport you for hours to the South Seas. You can also look forward to the day trip through the watery labyrinth of the Breves Channels - the famous tributaries of the Amazon will reveal impressive natural spectacles. These many, unforgettable aspects of your expedition on the River of Life will remain with you for ever.
Your Expedition will bring you especially close to the Amazon's exotic flora and fauna, whether viewed from the ship's deck or your seat in a Zodiac. Every day will be another chance to observe the different species in this paradise world. This diversity is also vividly apparent when you go on a night-time Zodiac ride. Accompanied by the chorus of frogs and cicadas, keep a lookout for night monkeys and caymans.
The hummingbird has to consume about 50 % of its body weight in food each day. The reason: a high metabolism and up to 1,300 heart beats a minute..
Moving in slow motion and with 15 hours sleep every day, sloths are the very personification of repose. Who would have thought that they can even swim short distances? Their blue-green colour is due to the algae that thrive on their fur in the tropical climate..
With its loud cries, the toucan dominates the wildlife chorus in the jungle. Its beak is likewise easily spotted and is composed of fine bone struts.
The caymans found in the Amazon can grow up to 6 m (19.7 ft) long. When hunting, they reach up to 32 km/h (19.8 mi./h) and can stay under water for an hour without breathing.
As you travel close to the banks, you can look forward to some fascinating encounters. In the Breves Channels, for example, you will discover the huts of the river dwellers set against the backdrop of the green jungle. Many native people living around the Amazon have retained the knowledge passed down through the generations, from hunting with blowpipes to fishing from a dugout and basket weaving. Nowadays their children still learn how to "read" the jungle, in other words, follow animal tracks and interpret the meanings of noises, by observing their elders.
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