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Do You Want To Capitalize? Merchandise!
It is something that every business is trying to access, the key to marketing themselves most effectively. It's quite a fine art to combine your business ethos with the right promotional materials, and as there are so many different channels, methods, and downright underhanded ways to get your business out there, it means that we are all constantly on our guard and are looking for the one right method to get ourselves out there. However, every marketing method, promotional item, or platform for content doesn't have a one-size-fits-all approach, and it is, unfortunately, a case of trial and error. But you also need to ask yourself how it suits your own style of business. However you may look to boost your business, there is a case to be made for one simple old fashioned method, and that is merchandise.
Where To Begin
The first thing to think about when it comes to developing your business on the merchandise front is you need to have a brilliant idea for a merchandising strategy in the first place. There are many luxury brands where the merchandise is, in effect, already built in, and it makes the marketing methods so much easier. But the most important thing when it comes to having the merchandise that bears your business logo is that it, very simply, needs to be of the best quality. Not only that, but by making suitable merchandising that is going to promote your business far and wide it needs to be creative. This may be stating the obvious, but while it's nice for your business to have a neat little logo on a T-shirt, this is hardly the most creative way to get your logo out there, mainly because it's been done countless times. So start to think about how you can get your business logo onto other items. Make the most of a display company and look at what you can put your logo on, from marquees to pencils, there are no limits in this respect.
How To Capitalise On Your Merchandise
Word of mouth is the most effective method of spreading the name of the company, and so you could use your merchandise to generate more leads. This can be done by rewarding loyal customers by giving them a free gift. So not only is the customer rewarded for their brand loyalty, but they're getting something for free which sincerely extends your thanks to them for being so loyal. The more unique you can make this gift that bears your logo, the better. And think about the time of year as well, especially if you are planning on dishing out clothing with your logo. For example, a cap during the summer or a bobble hat in the winter. Word of mouth is a lot easier to generate now thanks to social media. So you can take advantage of this as a lot of companies are doing now and having your customers wear something with your logo and Instagramming it, or putting it on your Facebook page is a very simple way to generate the social world of mouth, but it's also free advertising for you!
What Else Can You Do With Your Merchandise?
The right merchandise isn't just a way for you to put your logo out there, it's a great way to make an extra source of income for your business. At the end of the day, your company has to make a profit, and it can be very difficult for a startup company to pay for the bottom line. So you could create additional items with your logo as a way for your business to earn some money on the side. The great thing is that merchandise lends itself well to the vast majority of startup companies. So even if you are running a coffee shop with a quirky angle, you could design tote bags with the customer's favorite blend emblazoned on it. Creativity is key, and one notable example on the coffee angle is the "caffeine is my drug of choice" t-shirt, which were quite popular a few years ago. But merchandising isn't just clothing and tote bags, it's time to think more laterally and use various platforms with your logo on it. Podcasts are a very popular promotional material right now, so if you can combine this with effective merchandise that links back to your business organically, then you have another angle to go on.
Giving Your Staff Opportunity To Speak About The Company
When it comes to marketing and merchandising, a more subtle method to promote the company is through your staff members. Word of mouth isn't just reserved for customers, you could utilize your staff more to wear or use specific merchandise to generate more interest in the company as a whole. Your staff could benefit from good quality merchandise, and it also doubles up as a morale booster as these can be gifts from you to your workers for performing so well. And because it's coming from your staff, it will show how reputable your company really is on the inside, which will spark a more personal interest. As a result, your business becomes a conversation starter in almost any public setting, and the more people get to know your company the more growth there will be overall.
Attracting Clients
It should be part of your bid to attract clients during events like conferences or expos. In those instances, the more you can get your logo on an item that proves useful, the more it will stick in your client's mind. However, this isn't a replacement for a good company ethos that's reliable and efficient, that is still the thing that appeals to clients.
Merchandising still has its place in modern methods of marketing, and by using it efficiently, you are able to spread the word about your company with a more positive note rather than relying on marketing methods that every company uses now. A useful piece of merchandise has a direct impact on how your business can generate a good word of mouth, and so it's a great place to start if you are looking to build custom, increase your revenue, and stand out in the right way.


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Client: Intourist Thomas Cook
Task: B2B site redesign
Absolutely new official site of one of the largest tour operator of Russia — Intourist Thomas Cook.
Our task was to redesign the B2B site, after our B2C website redesign in early 2017. The main task was to create a new, modern design with a user-friendly interface of all key sections of the site. In addition to design, we also dealt with front-end development. In total, the project lasted almost a year. As a result, the new site became a single corporate portal for the company and moved to the domain intourist.ru.

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Tips for Eating Healthy Outside the Home
My tips for eating a healthy vegan diet outside the home
- When eating out at restaurants check out the menu online prior to your visit, this will help you to know what your options are and make healthy choices.
- Avoid dishes that are made with high calorie or sugary sauces such as ones that you find at Asian restaurants. Look for dishes that are filled with veggies, grains and a protein.
- Share an entree with a friend or significant other to avoid over eating since most restaurants serve portions that serve two to three people or try ordering a salad/vegetable side and an appetizer.
- At parties/gatherings bring a healthy dish to share; this is a great way to guarantee that there is something for you to eat besides chips and introduces your friends to something new. If bringing a dish is not appropriate than eat something healthy before your get there and limit the amount of chips and other unhealthy goodies you might want to eat.
- Practice the 90/10 rule. This rule is that you eat really well 90% of the time and the other 10% you eat however you like. Now this could be having some soy ice cream at home or you a great time to use you 10% is when eating out at your favorite restaurant or at a party. Eating healthy doesn't have to mean never enjoying your favorite treats like pizza, fries and chips. Everything is in moderation and if you are eating healthy 90% of the time allow yourself 10% to indulge without guilt.


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The antibacterial drug segment is the largest and most profitable segment of the global pharmaceuticals market. As antibacterial drugs that develop rapidly in recent years, quinolones are receiving more and more attention from all over the world. As a laevo isomer of Ofloxacin, Levofloxacin has the same antibacterial spectrum, double antibacterial effect, and lower toxicity. Currently, fluoroquinolones are second only to cephalosporins and penicillins on the antibacterial market. Levofloxacin, a third-generation fluoroquinolone, was developed by Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (merged with Sankyo Co., Ltd. into "Daiichi Sankyo" in 2005) and first marketed in Japan in 1994. In 1995, Levofloxacin APIs and tablets manufactured by Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. were admitted to the Chinese market. After that, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. established its Chinese subsidiary Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical (Beijing) Co., Ltd. with an investment of USD 50 million. The subsidiary produces Levofloxacin preparations in China with the APIs from its parent company. The Levofloxacin tablets produced in China were launched in 1996 under the trade name Cravit. At that time, the retail price was about 7 CNY/tablet. Effective and inexpensive, Cravit saw its sales value rising on the Chinese market. Later, some Chinese companies developed generic Levofloxacin, and extended the dosage forms from tablets to injections, capsules, gels, etc.
According to CRI's market research, in 1998 when it had been launched in China for over one year, Levofloxacin became one of the top 100 drugs by sales value, and then showed an upward trend. The sales value of Levofloxacin declined from 2016 to 2017 after it reached CNY 1.23 billion in 2015. In 2017, China's Levofloxacin market was dominated by Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Yangtze River Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd., China Resources Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory. By sales value, Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical (Beijing) Co., Ltd. captured a market share of 29.1%. The injections, tablets, and eye drops accounted for about 63%, 20% and 13.7% respectively of China's Levofloxacin market. The other dosage forms had a small market share.
As environmental pollution and population aging intensify in China, there will be higher incidences of the main indications for Levofloxacin, for example, respiratory infection, urinary infection and intestinal infection. It is expected that China's Levofloxacin market will still have some growth potential from 2018 to 2022.
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– Development environment of Levofloxacin in China
– Market size of Levofloxacin in China
– Competitive landscape of China's Levofloxacin market
– Prices of Levofloxacin in China
– Prospect of China's Levofloxacin market from 2018 to 2022


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The conventional wisdom amongst many musicologists, music journalists, and music fans is that Punk Rock was a seachange, a musical and cultural revolt against highly-produced and highly popular Glam Rock, Prog Rock, Disco, and the music of aging 1960s rockers who didn't heed The Who's call to die before they got old.
Punk was raw, unpolished, occasionally violent, and yet strangely intimate, a stark contrast to the aloof prettiness and preciousness of its predecessors. And most importantly, Punk endured and spawned many variations, and its attitude and Lo-Fi sensibilities inspired musicians working in other genres to get back to basics, to shed excess, and to speak with courageous abandon.
The Noisey article I tweeted today puts forth the argument that Punk was, musically speaking, not very good, and that it did not ultimately change anything. It's a flimsy-if-earnest attempt to make a point, spurious in its use of two lazy rhetorical tricks:
- The vast majority of the article is phrased in general terms, referring throughout to all Punk music, but with a buried qualification at one point stating that it's really referring to only the first wave of British Punk.
- On the question of whether or not Punk actually changed anything, the article criticized Punk for not having spurred a wider and lasting political revolution, as if Punks ever really claimed that they were out to change the world — as opposed to venting their disdain for the state it was in — and ignoring the fact that the conventional wisdom narrative about the Punk seachange is almost entirely limited to the impact it had, not on politics, but on music, art, fashion, etc.
Anyway, its worth reading for the very fact that it so miserably failed to convince, and rather, ironically, strengthened my belief in Punk's lasting, powerful legacy.


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Hi - I need few good men/women or recommendations of a moving company to help transport two large printing presses - a heidelberg windmill and a chandler and price from a studio to a garage 6 miles away. We're in Rochester, NY. Frieght elevator available… Need to move them ASAP. Will pay!


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The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title:
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Chasing Ice
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
The House I Live In
How to Survive a Plague
The Imposter
The Invisible War
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Searching for Sugar Man
This Is Not a Film
The Waiting Room
The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
What are your thoughts on this shortlist of documentaries? It is great to see 'The Imposter' and 'Searching For Sugar Man', two of my favourite films of the year, progressing. They have a great shot at being nominated but based on the critical reception I expect 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry', 'Chasing Ice', '5 Broken Cameras', 'How To Survive A Plague', 'The Invisible War' and 'This is Not A Film' to also compete for the five slots.


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Iggy Pop releases his first solo album 'The Idiot' co-written with David Bowie (1977)
Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot' is his debut solo album co-written with David Bowie and released on March 18, 1977 by RCA.
Track Listing : 1.Sister Midnight (Carlos Alomar, James Osterberg, David Bowie) – 04:19 . 2.Nightclubbing (Ames Osterberg, David Bowie) – 04:14 . 3.Funtime (Ames Osterberg, David Bowie) – 02:54 . 4.Baby (Ames Osterberg, David Bowie) – 03:24 . 5.China Girl (Ames Osterberg, David Bowie) – 05:08 . 6.Dum Dum Boys (Ames Osterberg, David Bowie) – 07:12 . 7.Tiny Girls (Ames Osterberg, David Bowie) – 02:59 . 8.Mass Production (Ames Osterberg, David Bowie) – 08:24
Musicians : Iggy Pop – Vocals . David Bowie – Keyboards, Synthesizer, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Xylophone, Backing Vocals . Carlos Alomar – Guitar . Dennis Davis – Drums . George Murray – Bass Guitar . Phil Palmer – Guitar . Michel Santangeli – Drums . Laurent Thibault – Bass
Production : Produced By David Bowie . Tony Visconti – Mixing
Package : Andy Kent – Photography
Recorded July – August 1976 At Château D'Hérouville, Hérouville, France; Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany; Hansa Studio 1, Berlin, Germany.
Released On March 18, 1977 By Rca.
(Source Iggy Pop – The Idiot | Official site)
Rising Storm Review
Some may long for the frenzied sound of Raw Power. Some may dismiss the otherworldliness that reels in "Mass Production" – the closing track. But deserters will miss out on a lot of what makes The Idiot such an iconic album…the mood. […]
It was the album that started Joy Division's first jam session, and it was the album Ian Curtis listened to before he hanged himself. The Idiot may have been Iggy Pop's new beginning, but it's certainly not for beginners. […]
There's a collage of sound to be found here (the last track has some kind of warped Elephant like sound, probably made by synth, check it out) that really keeps the songs fresher and more interesting than many "classic" albums from the decade. […]
Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot' on RVM [Radio.Video.Music]


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It's just about June and I am in 'getting down to business' mode as far as working on my checklist of things I need to finish before baby # 4 comes NEXT MONTH.
I can't even grasp this yet.
Sometimes I find myself thinking of scenerios of having four, well...particularly three smaller ones and then I have to stop myself because it makes me nervous.
Still, it's happening because I am constantly thinking 'What else can I possibly clean/purge/change/decorate/fixate on before I have all four of my limbs being pulled simultaneously?'
Whereas obviously right now I have a free limb? Not usually.
So, labels. Yes, woodgrain was on my list of labels to try when I brainstormed this series. I wasn't sure how they would come out and part of me wants to do a second version with a larger frame and minus the smaller line to really help the woodgrain *pop* so I think that will be coming in the future.
But...I do like how these turned out.
They are kinda like a neutral as far as labels go.
Look! I made a layout!
I also got slightly distracted this week and started doing a purge/ reorganize scraproom which caused me to accept that I probably wasn't going to use the vast amounts of stickers/ chipboard/ papers I purchased/accumulated eight+ years ago and I should make room for newer items.
Which, caused me to want to start using items...and "ta-da!" (as my nearly two year old exclaims frequently) I made a page! Feels good because as much as I do keep up with our Project Life album I get kinda antsy with the pockets after a while.
SIde note: before you download these labels I have included a blank template inside the woodgrain label download to help out with the trace feature in Silhouette Studio.
Here is what that looks like:
This blank file helps out SO much with these types of labels because the labels are so light the trace feature is super picky and tries to include some of the interior. I managed to cut them out okay, but afterward I thought I could have made it a lot easier on myself by doing this first. This will work on every label file so far because I've just been doing color changes- no changes in shapes or sizes. Just be sure to trace these and overlap the scale correctly on your print file.
I typically scale my labels down 95% when I place them on the grid so, in this case I would scale this down also and then copy and paste it over the woodgrain file. Make sense?
Download KS Woodgrain Print & Cut Labels
If you've used any labels yet I would love to see how you've used them. Link me up in the comments so I can take a peek!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Look for past labels and downloads in the download section (upper right hand corner) or click here
Instructions for using the print & cut feature with your Silhouette can be found numerous places online or check out my post here


text: PATERSON Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit Jan. 1 to St. Anthony of Padua Parish here where he celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on New Year's Day, a Holy Day of Obligation. St. Anthony's serves the spiritual, social and material needs of many generations of newcomers including immigrants from the Caribbean, Central and South America and Portugal as well as English speakers and older Italians. Salesian priests founded St. Anthony's located in the "Sandy Hill" section of Paterson in 1909. A former Protestant church on Beech Street was purchased and renovated for use as St. Anthony's Mission that same year. The mission was raised to parish status in 1911 and a new church was built in 1941. In 2008, the Salesians withdrew from the parish and turned the administration of the parish over to the Diocese.


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Negev Desert
Bike the less well known trails!
Bike trips are organized and led by Dana Meir, a qualified biking instructor.
Trips are tailored to suit all levels of experience and ages. For example these trips can include a relaxing trip for a family or an intense adventure for those seeking physical and mental challenges.
Dana has training and relevent experience working with adults and children with disabilities.
Bring your own bikes or good quality mountain bikes can be hired on request.
Possible Trips Include:
Ein Akev Springs (3-hour round trip)
A moderately easy bike ride to an oasis. Work up a sweat biking along a dry river bed surrounded by hills in shades of yellow and brown with a dip at the oasis.
Har Arkov Rock Carvings (1/2 day to full day)
We begin this trip at the ancient Nabatean city of Ovdat . Explore the city's ruins which are a part of the ancient Incense Route (a UNESCO Heritage Site). Bike past a research farm that uses Nabatean agricultural methods and then go cross-country to visit Nabatean water holes before biking up a mountain to reach the rock carvings. A moderate to challenging ride.
The Incense Route (2 days)
Cross the Negev via ancient routes used by the Israelites, Nabateans, and Romans. On the way we will pass through Machtesh Ramon, the biggest natural crater in the world. The crater is home to wild life found nowhere else and is known for its coloured rock formations. We will also bike through the Arava, part of the East African Rift valley.


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|System: DSi (DSiWare)
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Skip Ltd.
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Nintendo
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Apr. 5, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
AQUIA's control scheme is very simple, and it will be quite familiar to puzzle enthusiasts. You move your little bricks up and down using the D-pad and can rotate the brick by using either the Y, X, or shoulder button. This control configuration is more than a little reminiscent of Tetris, which is a good thing, as it makes the game immediately easy to control and familiar to puzzle game fans.
The sound in Art Style: AQUIA is a little bit disappointing. Although each level starts out with nice, simplistic tunes that are pleasant to listen to, when your time starts running out, this blaring, almost siren-like tone starts playing. Instead of motivating me to work faster or find a really creative solution, this noise simply motivated me to turn the sound down instead.
Visuals in AQUIA are very simplistic but effective, overall. The game has a very strong color palette filled with deep blues, blacks, and purples. It may remind you of a terrible bruise, but the color scheme is very engaging and gives this title a unique feel. Although, I have discovered that playing at low light for any extended period of time can really put a strain on your eyes, so make sure you play this one in a well-lit area!
Although the concept and gameplay in AQUIA is quite simple, I found the game to be very challenging, despite some of its shortcomings. There may be only two modes, but the block-shifting mechanic keeps the gameplay fresh, and I found myself wanting to come back to this title more than a few times. If you are a puzzle fan, AQUIA is a great deal at only 500 points, and even though the timing mechanic can be maddening (not to mention headache-inducing), I found the overall experience to be quite rewarding. Art Style: AQUIA is a challenging puzzler and, as such, is certainly not for the faint of heart. But, if you are up for the test, than this title is definitely worth checking out!
Amanda L. Kondolojy
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Cat Virus Linked to Prostate Cancer
More than 46,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the UK. A parasite spread by cats may be a factor in causing prostate cancer in men.
Alcohol Linked to Increase in Prostate Cancer Cases
Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer. Some 47,000 British men are diagnosed with the disease each year, and 11,000 of these cases are terminal. Shockingly one in ten who have the disease had a symptom for more than a year before going to the GP, according to the charity, Macmillan.
Overweight Men Have a Greater Risk of Dying Prematurely Than Women
A survey of global trends found obesity was now second only to smoking as a cause of premature death in Europe.
Hats and Caps for Men
Hats have been around for centuries - It is unknown when we started to wear them, perhaps it was the first animal skin wrapped around the head of early man to protect from the elements.
Violent video games alter brain function in young men
Sustained changes in the region of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control were found in young adult men after one week of playing violent video games, according to study results presented by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers at the annual meeting of the Ra


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Screening mammography aims to identify breast cancer before symptoms appear, enabling earlier therapy for more treatable disease. Despite the existence of screening programs worldwide, interpretation of these images suffers from suboptimal rates of false positives and false negatives. Here we present an AI system capable of surpassing a single expert reader in breast cancer prediction performance. Using two large data sets representative of clinical practice in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), we show an absolute reduction of 5.7%/1.2% (US/UK) in false positives and 9.4%/2.7% (US/UK) in false negatives. We show evidence of the system's ability to generalize from the UK sites to the US site. In an independently-conducted reader study, the AI system out-performed all six radiologists with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-ROC) greater than the average radiologist by an absolute margin of 12.1%. By simulating the AI system's role in the double-reading process, we maintain noninferior performance while reducing the second reader's workload by 88%. This robust assessment of the AI system paves the way for prospective clinical trials to improve the accuracy and efficiency of breast cancer screening.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women, but outcomes have been shown to improve if caught and treated early. This is why many countries around the world have set up breast cancer screening programmes, aiming to identify breast cancer at earlier stages of the disease, when treatment can be more successful.
However, interpreting mammograms (breast x-rays) remains challenging, as evidenced by the high variability of experts' performance in detecting cancer. In this collaborative research with Google Health & Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre, Northwestern University, and Royal Surrey County Hospital now published in Nature, we developed an AI system capable of surpassing clinical specialists from the UK and US in predicting breast cancer from mammograms, as confirmed by biopsy.
Breast cancer screening programmes vary from country to country. In the US, women are typically screened every one to two years, and their mammograms are interpreted by a single radiologist. In the UK, women are screened every three years, but each mammogram is interpreted by two radiologists, with an arbitration process in case of disagreement. We utilised large datasets collected in both countries to develop and evaluate this AI system.
The UK evaluation dataset consisted of a random sample of 10% of all women with screening mammograms at two sites in London between 2012 and 2015. It included 25,856 women, 785 of which had a biopsy, and 414 women with cancer that was diagnosed within three years of imaging. These de-identified data was collected as part of the OPTIMAM database effort by Cancer Research UK, and are subject to strict privacy constraints.
The US evaluation dataset consisted of de-identified screening mammograms of 3,097 women collected between 2001 and 2018 from one academic medical centre. We included images from all 1,511 women who were biopsied during this time period and a random subset of women who never underwent biopsy. Among the women who received a biopsy, 686 were diagnosed with cancer within 2 years of imaging.
We compared the performance of the AI system against decisions made by individual human specialists in the original screening visit. In this evaluation, we found that the AI had an absolute reduction in false positives (women incorrectly referred for further investigation) of 5.7% for US subjects and 1.2% for UK subjects, and a reduction in false negatives (women incorrectly missed for further investigation) of 9.4% for US subjects and 2.7% for UK subjects, compared to human experts. See the paper for more extensive results.
To evaluate whether the AI system was able to generalize across populations and screening settings, we ran an experiment in which the AI was only allowed to learn from data from UK subjects, and then evaluated it on data from US subjects. This experiment showed that the AI system still surpassed human expert performance on US data.
This is an encouraging avenue for future research and gives more confidence about the robustness of the AI system. It might be possible that an AI diagnostic system could be beneficial even when used in areas where there is not a significant history of screening mammography on which to train it.
We've yet to determine how to best deploy an AI system for clinical use in mammography. However, we investigated one possible such scenario by using the AI system as a "second reader". We simulated this by treating the prediction of the AI system as an independent second opinion for every mammogram, taking the place of the 'second reader' in the UK 'double reading' system. When the AI and the clinician disagreed, the existing arbitration process would take place. In these simulated experiments, we showed that an AI-aided double-reading system could achieve non-inferior performance to the UK system with only 12% of the current second reader workload.
Further research, including prospective clinical studies, will be required to understand the full extent to which this technology can benefit breast cancer screening programmes.


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Different Types of Marijuana Strands
There are two factors that have led to greater interest in cannabis and its legality in the last few years. One is the legalization and decriminalization of cannabis in many states of the USA, and the other is the rapid boom in the market for CBD products. However, there remains a great deal of confusion as to what is legal, and why there are different names for cannabis.
For example, what is 'weed', and does it differ from marijuana? And why all the fuss about CBD products? Let us explain in more detail!
The Cannabis Plant
There are a number of plants in the cannabis family. The one we are mainly concerned with, the most commonly grown, is known as Cannabis sativa. It may be confusing, but over the years, two different strands (or strains) of the plant have been cultivated: hemp, and marijuana. The difference lies in the chemical make-up.
In recent years there has been a lot of research into the many compounds that make up the cannabis plant, known as cannabinoids. Some estimates say there are more than 100 to be found in the plant. Two are important to us in this explanation: cannabidiol, or CBD, and tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
THC is the element of the plant that gives you the 'high' when you smoke weed. Now, this is where things can get a little complicated! To try and keep it simple, we'll talk abut hemp first, and then marijuana.
Hemp and Its Properties
Hemp is one of the fastest-growing of all plants, and has been cultivated for industrial use for hundreds of years. It is used in the manufacture of rope, clothing, textiles, and for many other industrial and commercial uses. It is undergoing a boom in demand thanks to the legalization of cannabis and the increased use of CBD products.
Hemp is a strain of cannabis that has been cultivated to be high in CBD, and low in THC content. Industrial hemp – as it is sometimes known – is also the strain used in the production of CBD products. This is a legal requirement, as for CBD products to be sold within the law, they must contain under 0.3% THC content, and be made from industrial hemp.
CBD products are used by people as pain relief – and successfully too – and also provide a relaxed feeling, a reduction in stress and anxiety and more. CBD will not give you a high, thanks to the lack of THC content.
Marijuana and Its Properties
It can be confusing to learn that hemp and marijuana are both strains of Cannabis sativa, yet are actually different in their make-up. This is how they have been cultivated through the years.
When people refer to cannabis – as in the recreational substance that many people smoke – they are talking about the marijuana strain, also known commonly as 'weed'. This strain has been cultivated to contain higher levels of THC, and to be lower in CBD. The reason is clear: smokers of weed want the high – the psychoactive effect – that THC gives, and it's not present in the hemp strain of cannabis.
For many decades, people were prosecuted – often quite drastically – for possession of marijuana in the USA, but the tide has changed somewhat of late, although not everywhere.
The Legality of Marijuana and Hemp
Legislation in certain states of the USA now allows licensed growers to cultivate both hemp and marijuana strains of the cannabis plant. The laws differ from state to state, and many more are considering changing the law on marijuana production.
Medical marijuana – that produced from industrial hemp and also known as CBD – has been available for persons with certain conditions for some years in many places, but it is only in the very recent past that recreational marijuana has become legally available.
In California, for example, an individual can be in possession of – and smoke where it is permitted – up to an ounce of marijuana. They can also grow up to six plants at home. Laws like this have come into effect in other states, and we strongly advise the you check with your local authorities as to the law where you are, as many states have yet to pass legislation or have different rules.


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The 'China Coal Long-Term Outlook H2 2017' report from Wood Mackenzie has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
After two years of government policies characterised by ambitious targets, China's coal market has reversed into a tight supply situation.
As a result, coal prices have soared – and also sent prices for LNG, steel, cement and some other industrial products to record highs. Efforts to combat smog have reduced annual coal demand by 100 million t. Restrictions at ports have led to volatility in the country's monthly thermal coal imports.
China is now trying to reduce the impact of its policies on its economy and industry by revising its aggressive capacity-cutting targets. Longer-term, the country remains intent on establishing an energy landscape where clean energy takes the lead.
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Reports from Honduras say hundreds of soldiers have been deployed in the capital, Tegucigalpa, two days after an attack on a public bus that killed 28 people.
Reuters news agency quotes a Honduran defense ministry spokesman as saying the soldiers are in the streets to "deter any criminal group."
Police have arrested a suspected member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang in connection with the attack, which occurred about 200 kilometers north of the capital.
The suspect was identified as 23-year-old Alexis Ramirez. Police say he was caught late Thursday driving a car that carried guns and ammunition of the same type used in the attack.
Gunmen left a note at the scene of the massacre challenging politicians who have taken a hard line against organized crime. President Richardo Maduro has offered a 50,000 dollar reward in the case.
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In Trinidad & Tobago's current social climate, the responsibility to ensure a high quality educational experience is becoming more heavily reliant on the parents of our nation's children. With cuts in the National Textbook Rental Program, students are now more likely to be left without all the supplies needed to ensure that the time spent at school is productive and beneficial to their scholastic development. Here are some steps that you, as a parent, can take to ensure that your child is reaping all the potential benefits to be gained from their schooling.
1) Create a Reading Environment
The importance of reading to a child's development cannot be overstated. Recent findings published in the journal Social Science Research show that raising a child in a home filled with books positively impacts his/her future academic growth and job attainment.
It is widely known that reading is at the core of all learning and is the foundation of our educational experiences, from pre-school, continuing straight through to tertiary education. However, many parents would testify that their child does not read enough. If you are one of the many who have made the mistake of not ensuring that reading is a priority for your children, I implore you to begin correcting it today.
Create a reading environment for your child.
If you are a new parent or a parent of a very young child, read to them. As often as you can, choose to take a more active role in their development. Turn off the TV and spend 10-20 minutes of your day reinforcing the idea that books are fun. Fostering this attitude helps create positive associations that will stay with your child throughout their lives.
Parents, of children already capable of reading, who believe that there should be an increase in the amount of time spent reading, should take a slightly different approach. Spend about 30 minutes a day with your child, reading WITH them, instead of TO them. Take your child shopping and pick out a book of their choosing, even if it is a graphic novel or comic book. Allow them this freedom and as they gradually increase the time spent reading, their taste will expand. Remember, even if it isn't a classic British novel, what is important is that they're spending time reading.
It is important to remember that your goal here is to foster a positive association with reading for your children. Shutting off the TV and shouting at them to go to their room and pick up a book will not work. Take the time to do it correctly, no shortcuts; you'll thank us in the long run.
2) Ensure They're Well Equipped.
We understand that not all parents are in a position that allows them to be able to afford every item listed on their children's booklists. However, we want you to understand the importance of making sure that your children have all the necessary supplies for their classroom activities.
You as a parent have to carry the torch in this aspect of your children's education. Their teachers aren't with them at home; it's your job to ensure that at-home learning is carried out when it's supposed to be.
Don't opt out of purchasing a textbook if you can afford to purchase it; you're putting your child at a disadvantage. Lacking those one or two textbooks can be the difference between success and failure at the end of the school year. Give your children the tools they need to succeed.
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3) Have Conversations
This is the tip on the list that requires the least amount of effort on your part as parent; it can be done anywhere, at any time.
Speak to your child.
It's often understated just how important a role conversation plays in the development of children. Most of the day in school is spent with teachers talking AT, not even TO your children, much less having conversations with them. With anywhere between 20-30 other students in a class, odds are that your child doesn't get a lot of time to express himself/herself on any given day.
Obviously, the conversation matters and has to depend on the child.
If you have a young child or pre-teen, try asking them what they thought about the storybook they just read and how it made them feel. Get them to talk. This shouldn't be too hard as young children usually have a lot to say.
With children in their early-mid teens, you can try asking them to explain the topics they learned in class that day. This can give you insight into how well they actually understand what is being taught in class and how much information they're retaining. This would allow you to address any shortcomings that may be occurring.
With children in their late teens, we know dealing with teen angst can be one of the most tiresome aspects of parenthood, but we know you're a great parent and you're willing to stick to it. Try focusing on their interests, encouraging critical thinking and problem solving skills. If their interest is sport, ask how they'd have adjusted the team to get a desired result. If the interest is politics, ask what they think of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict or Korean de-nuclearization. Find something that will help you pull them out of their shell and get them talking.
4) Complete Homework
Make sure your children complete their homework.
*Disclaimer* – We understand that the advantages and disadvantages of assigning homework to students are currently being debated. However, for this post, we're going to assume that homework has an overall positive impact on students.
Homework shows students the important life lessons, such as how to read and communicate with others, that they will use as an adult. Homework also teaches students how to problem solve, think independently, and build an understanding and interest for the issues in our society.
Benefits of Homework:
- Teaches time management.
- Teaches how to set priorities.
- Helps teachers determine how well the lessons and material are being understood by their students.
- Teaches how to problem solve.
- Gives another opportunity to review the class material.
- Gives parents a chance to see what their child is learning in school.
- Teaches that they have to do things, even when they don't want to.
- Teaches how to take responsibility for their part in the educational process.
- Teaches how to work independently. ( Although we suggest that where necessary and possible, you take an involved role in the completion of your children's homework)
- Teaches the importance of planning, staying organized and taking action
5) Encourage Confidence
Student confidence is an important factor in educational success. When a child loses student self esteem, they may lose motivation in learning. By building confidence in students, parent and educators can safeguard the most important ingredient to success: motivation.
Students' self esteem is directly related to their school performance. By ensuring that your children's self esteem is healthy, the environment for education and learning begins to thrive.
Confidence boosting techniques:
Reward good grades – It could be something small, but those small rewards go a long way in making your child feel like their efforts have been acknowledged and their hard work has paid off.
Praise good behaviours, but be sincere – Congratulate your children on starting their homework unprompted or finishing it early. Ensure you're sincere about it; insincere praise or gushing can have the opposite of the desired effect.
Stop comparing them to other children – No one likes this. Comparisons make people feel inadequate. Instead, encourage your children to focus on themselves. Their only goal is to continually be better than they were in the past.
Give options – Allow freedom of choice. When children are allowed to make decisions on their own they feel empowered and more confident.
Don't do everything for them – Give them the chance to feel challenged. Be patient and let them figure things out themselves. The more they meet new challenges, the more competent and confident they'll feel.
6) Be More Supportive
Children are more likely to achieve at school when their family and friends take an interest in their school and schoolwork. Getting involved in your child's education, even in the simplest way, shows that you care about their school life. Often, the more supported a child feels at home, the more effectively she or he will learn at school. Whatever your lifestyle or family situation, it is never too soon (or too late) to start helping a child develop a positive attitude towards learning.
Check school notices, attend PTA meetings, make it to school or extra-curricular events, speak to the teacher if there's something bothering your child. Play an active role.
Education is more than just maths, English and science. Your child's talents lie in sport, art, music, drama, computers, or anything else. You can always help them aim high by boosting their confidence:
- Encourage them to join after-school clubs or activities.
- Tell your child how proud you are when they do well.
- Let them hear you praising them to other people.
- Talk together about their future and the kind of job they think they would enjoy.
- Ask them to help you with things they are good at.
- Help your child to find someone to look up to; a relative, friend or celebrity.
There's no doubt that the teenage years will probably cause you some worry and frustration. There may be times when you feel as if you don't know your child, or are disappointed by some of their choices. Try to be as loving and supportive as you can through all of their trials, no matter how small they are. If you can do this, they're more likely to rely on you, share their struggles and come to you when they need help.
Be there for them in the way that you would have wanted your parent to be there for you when you were growing up.
7) Help With Organization
Organization keeps you on track so that you can earn the grades you deserve, it prepares you for the working world, where organizational skills are a requirement in many jobs. If you get your children to start practicing effective organizational skills early in their academic lives, they'll do much better in university and be fully prepared for a successful career.
How to Get Kids Organized
Use Checklists – Create checklists to post homework assignments, household chores, and reminders about what materials to bring to class.
Organize Homework Assignments – Before beginning a homework session, encourage your child to prioritize her assignments. Start with one that's not too long or difficult.
Designate a Study Space – Find a quiet place with few distractions. Studying in the same place is good, but changing locations occasionally is beneficial, too. It's a good idea to have all school supplies and materials nearby.
Set a Consistent Study Time – Set aside a consistent time each day for studying and doing homework. Ideally, this time should not be right after school. Allow about an hour of free time, then studying can begin.
Keep Organized Notebooks – Help your child keep track of papers by organizing them in a binder or notebook. Use dividers to separate his various classes and folders to store classwork.
Prepare for the Next Day – Prior to bedtime, place all schoolwork and books into a backpack so they are ready to go the next morning. It's also a good idea to lay out the next day's clothes or instruct them to do so depending on their age.
Not everyone is a neat-freak. In general, this isn't a bad thing. There are, however, some downsides for children who tend to have trouble organizing. In many cases, disorganization leads to lower grades, completing fewer assignments, frustration, and lower self-esteem. These negatives may further contribute to other student issues such as truancy and indiscipline. Although disorganized students are capable of experiencing many successes in school, there is the potential for their struggles to have a profound negative impact on their future.
Thankfully, organization is not a trait you inherit. It is something you learn. By addressing these issues as early as possible, you're able to set your children up for academic success in the future, providing them with valuable life skills.
The actions you choose to (or not to) take can weigh heavily on your children's academic success and by extension, their future. Studies have shown that the biggest predictor of whether or not a person will be successful in life is the actions of their parent(s), not their innate abilities. Consider taking a more active role in the academic development of your children, don't relegate this important aspect and allow the load to be carried out solely by their teachers. There are no shortcuts when it comes to being a great parent. It's a difficult task but we know you'll do your best and that's all we ask of you.
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PETALING JAYA (17 April 2013) – The recognition for Dato Sri Paul Mony Samuel could not have been more precise as the National Sports Council (NSC) gave due recognition to one of Malaysian football's enduring icon with the National Sports Leadership Award in a glittering ceremony last night.
The NSC National Sports Awards ceremony was attended by Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia as the guest of honour.
Also in attendance were Dato Sri Shabery Cheek, the Malaysian Minister for Youth and Sports and Datuk Zolkples Embong, the director general of the NSC. To receive the award on behalf of Dato Sri Paul was Datin Sri Christine Lim.
With Dato Sri Paul set to retire from football and also from his position as the general secretary of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) this year, the regional body had earlier in the month decided to confer him with the honour of being the Honorary Life General Secretary position.
Dato Sri Paul was born in Kuala Ketil, Kedah where he received his early education at the St.Theresa's Primary School before moving on to Ibrahim Secondary School and then at the University Pertanian Malaysia.
Other than having played football for the state of Kedah, Dato Sri Paul also has a Diploma in Football Coaching from the FA of England.
Dato Sri Paul served the FA of Malaysia (FAM) for 18 years before moving on to take up position as the FIFA Development Officer, the AFC General Secretary, and then as the General Secretary of the AFF.
He has been appointed as FIFA General Coordinator for FIFA World Cup since the 1994 edition in the United States.
In 2008, Dato Sri Paul was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the NSC National Football Awards.
Dato Sri Paul will turn 68-years-old this August.
PIX (From left) Datin Sri Christine Lim, Datuk Zolkples Embong, the director general of the NSC and Dato Sri Shabery Cheek, the Malaysian Minister for Youth and Sports


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William AyersProfessor WoehlerLIT 100024 April 2018 In Shakespeare's Othello, Othello's pride prevents him from finding the truth, eventually leading to his demise.
Initially, Othello and Desdemona are deeply in love, despite her father's disapproval of their marriage. However, when Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago to Lieutenant, Iago has his revenge by convincing Othello that Desdemona cheats on him with Cassio, destroying the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. Othello's pride is very evident throughout the poem and leads to the downfall of himself.In the beginning of the play, Othello and Desdemona have a strong relationship. When others interfere with their marriage, Othello and Desdemona do not allow themselves to split up.
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Brabantio, furious that his daughter Desdemona loves Othello, tries to convince the Duke that Desdemona's love of Othello subsists because he cast a spell on her. However, Othello opposes Brabantio's accusation: "I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver / Of my whole course of love: what drugs, what charms, / What conjuration, and what mighty magic, — / For such proceeding I am charged withal,– / I won his daughter" (I.iii.102-106). Othello not only proves to the Duke that he won Desdemona because she fell in love with him, but he also proves his loyalty to Desdemona in showing that he will not let anyone come between them.
Soon after, Othello and Desdemona prove their love by refusing to leave each other. The Duke informs Othello that the Turks have invaded Cyprus. Othello, not wanting to leave her, asks Desdemona to come along; however, Brabantio does not wish for Desdemona to join Othello. When the Duke suggests that she should stay with Brabantio, none agree: "I crave fit disposition for my wife/. .
. With such accommodation and besort / As levels with her breeding. / Duke: If you please, / Be't at her father's. / Brabantio: I'll not have it so. / Othello: Nor I. / Desdemona: Nor I" (I.iii.
254-262). Even in time of war, Othello's and Desdemona's love holds true. They cannot stand living apart for a long period of time. Brabantio also knows that Desdemona will only show her loyalty to Othello, so he would rather have her away with Othello than home with him. Much later, Othello and Desdemona again show each other their love. Othello plans revelry for the evening in celebration of the defeat of the Turks and in celebration of his marriage to Desdemona. Once the celebration begins, Othello leaves Cassio on guard and departs to consummate his marriage: "Come, my dear love, — / The purchase made, the fruits are to ensue; / The profit's yet to come `tween me and you" (II.
iii.9-11). Othello only wishes for the best from his new marriage with Desdemona. He shows no sign of any desire for anything bad to happen. Othello's and Desdemona's marriage stays free of problems because their love for each other stays strong.
However strong Othello's and Desdemona's marriage seems, it begins to deteriorate because of Othello's self-pride. At first, Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful. Iago suggests to Othello that Desdemona slept with Cassio. Iago uses a handkerchief given by Othello to Desdemona that he got Emilia to get for him as his proof against Desdemona: "Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief / Spotted with strawberries in you wife's hand? / . .
. I am sure it was your wife's, — did I today / See Cassio wipe his beard with. / . . . It speaks against her with the other proofs" (III.iii.
483-491). Regardless of how he feels for Desdemona, Othello decides to trust Iago over her. Othello feels that Iago has told him secret information that he should never have known, so Othello naturally takes Iago's word over Desdemona's.
In the end, all of Othello's loyalty to Desdemona is gone. Once Othello thinks he hears that Iago kills Cassio, he goes to Desdemona's room where she lies asleep. Othello confronts her and tells her to admit her unfaithfulness so that she may die with a good soul.
"Desdemona: Kill me to-morrow; let me live to-night! / Othello: Nay, if you strive, — / Desdemona: But half an hour! / Othello: Being done, there is no pause. / Desdemona: But while I say one prayer! / Othello: It is too late. He smothers her." (V.ii.97-102). Even on her death bed, Othello refuses to listen even for a moment to his wife and to take just a minute to think if she tells the truth.
Othello's ego prevents him from admitting to himself or to others that he is wrong. Right before her death, Desdemona still proves her loyalty to Othello. Emilia, Iago's wife, walks into the room to tell Othello that Roderigo died, contrary to Othello's assumption of Cassio's death.
When Emilia asks Desdemona who killed her, she says "Nobody; I myself. Farewell: / Commend me to my kind lord: O, farewell!" then dies (V.ii.149-150).
Desdemona lies to Emilia in order to keep Othello from getting hurt, thus proving her unending loyalty to Othello; however, Othello does not speak up and declare that he killed Desdemona which would destroy his reputation, proving that his self-pride stays strong. The marriage between Othello and Desdemona fails to stay together as a result of Othello's growing self-pride.


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CK Friday Links--Friday January 3, 2014
Links from around the internet. As always, I welcome your thoughts.
PS: Follow me on Twitter!
Hilariously easy! Cast Iron Roasted Butterflied Chicken. (Dad Cooks Dinner)
Ten nutrition myths. (Cooking Light)
While we're at it: 13 lies that made the world sick and fat. (Business Insider, via BELLAVITÆ)
New York City's most obnoxious food trends of 2013. (New York Post) Picking on food hipsters is sometimes... too easy.
Fascinating interview with Hugh Johnson, one of the world's most-read wine authors. (PS: He thinks we should ditch wine scores too!) (Wine Searcher)
Why are newspaper articles so short all of a sudden? (Columbia Journalism Review)
Avoiding "upgrade malaise." (Early Retirement Extreme)
Big trouble with snooze buttons. (New Yorker)
Always an interesting read to see the year's Darwin Awards (My Underwood Typewriter)
Good article describing the Ego Trap. Are you caught in it? (The Rawness)
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6 comments:
- Unknown said...
Dan, thank you for sharing my recipe!
- Daniel said...
Anytime Mike, that was a really good one!
- chacha1 said...
Nutrition myth #11: the same nutrition advice applies to everyone.
- chacha1 said...
Ego: "I do not think that word means what you think it means."
Couldn't make it through that whole piece; I read it as confusion of a strong ego with narcissism, judgypantsness, and/or being a jerk.
It is possible to have a strong ego without being a solipsistic, judgy twit or having a superiority delusion.
- Daniel said...
Maybe it's just me, but I think the author of that Ego Trap article is just being candid about his struggles with his own ego.
And I hear you on what the word itself means. There's of course the phrase "ego strength" which basically means "having a strong ego" or having a strong sense of self-worth. This obviously isn't the sense of the word he's using.
I thought it was a useful article though.
- T. AKA Ricky Raw said...
Author of the piece here. First things first, I never used the term "strong ego." Strong can imply healthy, and it's not a term I used. I used "ego driven." To illustrate the difference, say I said you had "strong looks" and I meant it in a positive way and was saying I thought you were attractive. Now say I instead said you were "looks-driven" instead. Does that mean the same thing? You can actually be unattractive and be looks-driven or looks-obsessed. You can be incredibly attractive and have strong looks but not be looks-driven, as in you don't arrange your whole life around your looks and you don't obsess over them and judge everyone by those standards. Just like looks-driven isn't the same as good looks, ego-driven isn't the same as strong ego.
Furthermore, I was mostly using ego in the colloquial, everyday conversational sense that the word is used. For example, when someone says to you in casual conversation, "You have a huge ego," do you take it as intended to say something positive about you, or do you take it to mean that the person is accusing you of, to use your own words, judgypantsness, and/or being a jerk or being a solipsistic, judgy twit or having a superiority delusion?
Furthermore, even if you're going by the psychoanalytic, more Freudian definition of the mediator and peacemaker between the superego and the id, one can still argue that being ego-driven is a bad thing, because it encourages separation from others and a sense of dishonesty with one's self. It becomes obsessed with self-preservation and thriving, and to do that it has to defend itself against threats, which is where the psychoanalytic term "ego defense mechanisms", usually shortened to "defense mechanisms," comes in. When people discuss defense mechanisms, what those mechanisms are defending is the ego.
Not all defense mechanisms are bad. Vaillant classifies defense mechanisms into 4 categories, from worst to best: Pathological, Immature, Neurotic and Mature. Mature defense mechanisms can be considered "good" ego defenses while the other three are the bad ones. You can read more here. If you go to the link I sent, you can see examples of unhealthy and healthy ego defenses.
If one has what I imagine you mean when you describe a strong, healthy ego, which is just a healthy self-esteem, you will use mostly healthy ego defenses. If you are ego-driven, which means your primary motivation in everything is protecting the short-term interests of your ego, you will primarily use the more toxic ego defenses, because the healthier ones often require you to be willing to tolerate short term pain to your ego in exchange for long-term emotional and mental health benefits. Ego driven people often lack the maturity to use healthy ego defenses.
Then on another level there are spiritual teachings that advocate ego death, anatta (no-self), or integration (merging the superego, id, and ego into a new whole such that you no longer need to play peacemaker or mediator between the three). Advocates of such techniques believe that by either eradicating the ego or merging it with the superego and id in such a way that the three no longer are "keeping secrets" from each other, you no longer need even the healthy ego defenses. The person who achieves ego death no longer needs ego defenses, healthy or unhealthy, because he no longer has any ego to defend. The person who achieves integration no longer needs ego defenses, healthy or unhealthy, because now that his ego, superego, and id are merged into one entity the ego no longer has to protect itself from the other two or exert creative strategies to enable them to coexist.
I'm going to make this into a post on my own blog. Thanks for the response.


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* Photo: Emily Shur * Rob Roy's Las Vegas outpost may remind you of a mega-casino: It's massive. It's full of blinking lights. And its security guards will get rough if you step out of line. But you won't find dealers shuffling cards here. Instead, this facility shuffles bits—on an unprecedented scale.
Dubbed SuperNAP, it's the world's densest data center. In the desert, far from any possible power-cutting natural disasters, Roy, CEO of Switch Communications Group (and no relation to the Scottish vigilante), built a server farm the size of 11 football fields. It eats 1,500 watts per square foot—almost eight times the industry standard—and houses more than 7,000 storage cabinets. Its secret? Rather than placing its blade servers on racks and pumping cold air up through raised floors, Switch packs machines inside containers that draw in cool air and shoot hot exhaust out of the building. "We invented a whole new world to get here," Roy says.
Roy's computer education began at 12. His father, paralyzed in a diving accident, was pursuing a degree in computer science, and Roy volunteered to type his papers and turn the pages of his books. Twenty-seven years later, as more and more petabytes zoom into the data cloud, he sees his facility as home to tech's most creative projects: "We want neat, cutting-edge concepts going on in there—video, gaming, voice."
But Roy tries not to take this stuff too seriously. Consider the comic book he penned about his staff, Switchblades: The Dark Ethereals have hacked into Earth's ionosphere with a plan to destroy the Net! Luckily, Roy, er, Core and his band of super-employees are here to save the day—and keep the world safe for truth, knowledge, and the entrepreneurial way.
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Montana Voices: Dream the impossible dream … of working together
Imagine how things could play out if two political enemies, after years of stalemate and a foreseeable future of more of the same, realized that half a loaf now was better than a whole loaf never and decided to sit down together and say, "Look, let's take half of what you want and half of what we want and call it good."
That would be a miracle, of course, because each party is hell-bent on waiting until they have the complete political advantage of the other so that they can grab that whole loaf of bread and run with it, which, of course, would take a different miracle.
Both Democrats and Republicans have already had the complete advantage of one another and couldn't get much—if anything—done the way they really wanted it. Democrats nine years ago had full control of government and came up with a half-baked national health care policy that hasn't really pleased anybody. This, in my estimation, happened because they had a president who didn't want to make the other party angry.
Now, Republicans have had total control of the government for nine months and can't even get done what they all agree needs to be done, on top of which they are faced with a president who doesn't care if they do get anything done unless it is his idea.
Can Republicans still be harboring the illusion that one day their members will come to a point where they are all in agreement with each other and with the president and get their wishes met? Can the Democrats possibly be thinking that if they regain control of Congress they will able to get anything past the Republican president?
They are all playing for the long game when there is no long game that they can win.
Basically, all the American people — all of them, all races, creeds, and political persuasions — want is to be left in peace to work toward what they consider a better future for themselves. Basically, all the political parties want is the ability to be the only ones to control that future.
There are three branches of government in America and the two of them, the presidency and the Congress, are in a complete state of paralysis, simply because of political differences. The political parties which control this debacle are, each of them, full of chicanery, ignorance, and self-defeating illusion.
Consider that the Republicans were aghast at increasing the deficit by helping Americans get health insurance, but have absolutely no worries about increasing the deficit by giving massive tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy. Consider that the Democrats, who think it is OK to increase the deficit by giving health-care benefits will consider increasing the deficit through tax breaks to be anathema.
If Congress has any pride in itself as an institution it will remember that neither are they lackeys of the president nor is the president their lackey. The political factions have within their power the ability to combine forces to pass legislation without presidential approval and protect it from a presidential veto.
The major stumbling block to all this is the fear of being un-elected. Compromise is not in the vocabulary of organizations on the right or left when it comes to ideology and it is they who play on and control the emotions of American voters — what is left of them. True leadership can be accomplished only by people who are not worrying about their re-election. For this reason, Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, stands high in my estimation.
These people are not hired to work for a political party, they are hired to work for the nation as a whole, something of which they need to be reminded.
Of course, all of this is a seemingly unobtainable dream, but it is still something preferable to work toward than to sustain the very real nightmare we are living through.
Jim Elliott served 16 years in the Montana Legislature as a state representative and state senator and four years as chairman of the Montana Democratic Party. He lives on his ranch in Trout Creek.


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3 tbsp coconut oil
300 grams organic salmon fillets
1 cup broccoli florets
1 cup green beans
1 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and thinly sliced
1 tsp clear honey
¼ tsp chilli flakes
1 garlic clove, minced
1.5 cups rice, cooked to package instructions
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Cut the salmon fillets into cubes.
2. In a wok or large skillet, heat peanut oil over high heat
3. Add the salmon and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes until both sides are golden.
4. Remove from wok and set aside.
5. Thinly slice the bell pepper
6. In a large bowl combine the bell pepper slices, broccoli florets and green beans together with the oyster sauce, honey, chillies and garlic.
7. Add to wok and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until tender crisp. Toss and stir constantly.
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Protein: 45 g, Carbs: 7 g, Fat: 10 g (per serving)


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Comments on NY Times piece on credit recovery:
Subject: [nyceducationnews] NYtime article on credit recovery.
The only issues i have about this article - is it doesn't question the improvement showing that less city college students need remediation courses. The reason for that is the high prices of state colleges. Many higher level students who would have previously attened state colleges are now attending the cheaper city colleges. This is not due to mayoral control.
The other problem is that it should have mentioned that the state edcation department were recently looking to make recovery courses even more lax. They proposed to get rid of seat time requirements for students, to allow the school to determine what is and is not credit recovery, and to hide the source of credits on students transcripts so no outside observer could discern a regular credit from recovery.
Plus, they did not mention that regents standards are so low, that it is not a measure of anything anymore. Only 33% and 46% respectively on the Algebra and Biology regents is needed for a scaled score of 65.
Otherwise, I think this article is very good at exposing all the loopholes klein and bloomberg are allowing to happen for their own stats. I'm not hopeful that they will reign this practice however, because improvement in statistics is the bedrock of their argument to voters to keep in control of DOE.
Seung Ok
Another point to make – just as credit recovery should be authenticated by officials independent from the school involved – since principals and teachers have so much riding on the graduation rates of the students at their own schools, with the legitimate fear of the school being shut down and losing their jobs if the rates don't increase, and the promise of getting huge bonuses if the rates go up, so should their Regents exams be marked by outsiders.
That staff at schools continue to mark the Regents exams of their own students is really ridiculous, given the high stakes involved. It is an open invitation to corruption.
Leonie Haimson
Yes, and if anyone knows, can they relate to us the symbiotic relationships that go on between the New York State Education Department and whoever is pressuring them to lower standards on everything from regents test scoring and recovery credits?
Is it a self selecting pressure to maintain their jobs, that are beholden to appointed higher ups that lead to the governor? Call me naive, but can anyone connect the dots for me?
Seung Ok
More from Seung to the NYCEducation News Listserve:
Hi all,
Thanks to everyone who has been a part of exposing the inequalities and injustices happening now in public education.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the public are unaware of this, and believes the mayor has been a positive force in this matter.
The key reason for this misconception seems to be the fraudulent rise in stats that the public is always told about. We can rally and shout till our faces turn blue, but we will never be able to convince the average citizen unless those statistics are exposed for the fraud they are.
Here are recent examples of how bad it's gotten in terms of the watering down of education:
- The june Algebra regents exam = Only 30 questions out of 87 are needed in raw score to get a "scaled" score of 65.
- Living Environment (biology) regents = only 39 out of 85 questions are needed...
- Summer school, after school, and "holiday" school courses, no longer substitute for 1 course credit to make up, but the equivalent of 3, 10 , up to 16 classes of failed courses. And the students sit and do pages of handouts that no one actually goes over or corrects.
- The NYSED is also complicit, and they are attempting to pass a resolution, where seat time is not even a requirement for students to get credit, and any project or paper can be subsituted for class time and credit. They want to change the transcripts as well, so no one can tell whether the credits were obtained in this manner.
I don't know if i ever told you, but the reason I became recently active after 11 years of teaching is because of a certain student in my Living Environment class. He is a senior, and can not read or write a line of text. I found out he received a majority of his credits from these recovery courses the mayor and kline turn a blind eye to. The fact that this student has reached the 12th grade without receiving attention sadly points to these practices ocurring at every grade level. Javier Hernandez of the NYtimes will mention this student in an upcoming article on credit recovery.
Maybe what is needed, along the lines of Brown vs the Board of Education, is a class action suit by parents that argues that these practives have a disparate impact on black and brown kids in the inner city. The lowering of standards does not impact affluent and middle class students (hence the lack of uproar in the general public) because those schools will continute to teach above and beyond the minimal standards. But these practices will essentially produce generations of black and brown students in the inner city , who will be inadequately prepared to survive in college and beyond.
I'm not sure how much the NYCLU, or parents, or community groups may perceive this as a legitimate strategy, but I'm concerned that if the landslide of fraudulent practices continues, - whatever gains that have been made in education in the inner city will be brought back decades.
Seung Ok


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Sunday, April 14, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: FOUR TOPS - 50th ANNIVERSARY SINGLES COLLECTION 1964 - 1972
The Four Tops reigned, err, supreme during the golden era of the label's hits, 1964 - 1967. Almost everybody at Motown was scoring huge hits at the time, but the Tops had perhaps the best run of them, thanks to a convergence of several weapons. First, the songs and productions they were being granted by Holland-Dozier-Holland were the most mature they had, certainly heavier topics than The Supremes were doing. There was drama and tension in numbers such as Seven Rooms Of Gloom and Bernadette, and even Baby I Need Your Loving wasn't lighthearted, this was desperation on the charts. Second, the greatest singer of them all, Levi Stubbs, was the one doing the pleading. No softy like Smokey, no cuteness like Little Stevie, Stubbs had true muscle in his voice, power that shook the radio. Third, the Funk Brothers really latched onto this material. Some of their greatest moments can be heard in the Tops' hits.
Reach Out I'll Be There can be argued as the very best Motown production of them all. A #1 hit from 1966, the intensity of the song is felt in both the incredible Stubbs vocal, and the driving track. The special highlight here is James Jamerson's bass line, the career highlight of this genius of the instrument. The peaks and dramatic tension of the track are overwhelming, forcing Stubbs into more and more desperate notes. The end of the song is almost a relief, you feel so bad for the guy. The string of singles that followed were all close to this milestone, a run of tunes that rivaled all the top groups of that or any day: Standing In The Shadows Of Love, Bernadette, 7-Rooms Of Gloom, You Keep Running Away. And then it all went wrong, fast.
No group was better served by Holland-Dozier-Holland, and none felt their departure from Motown harder. When the trio fell out with Berry Gordy and quit the label, there was no natural team ready to take over. Various producers and writers tried, and there were smaller successes, but the last five years at Motown saw the group floundering, with only a few more songs hitting the charts. Some of those were terrible choices, most notably attempts at recasting the group as mellow interpreters of hippie-soul, with Still Water (Love) the worst of that. Then there were the covers. H-D-H had done a great re-working of Walk Away Renee before they left, but trying that again for the execrable MacArthur Park was a slap to the group's standards. A series of duets with the Ross-less Supremes provided better fare, but the days were numbered, and the group left for renewed success in mid-70's with other labels.
This is a tremendous package, collecting every Motown A and B-side, including 14 England-only sides, where the group enjoyed bigger hits than the U.S. in the later years. Of course all the great ones are here, but the b-sides offer up almost as many excellent performances, showing how deep the well was. Similar sets that present A and B-sides in order suffer from quality drops on the flip sides, but not here, and even into the non-HDH years there are decent numbers. The three CD's come housed in an over-sized hardbound package, with extensive liner notes for each track. It's the way you want to own these great songs, housed with all due respect. Similar packages have just been issued for Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Diana Ross & the Supremes, and The Temptations.
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Is every perspective on a news story equally important?
I believe that every perspective is not equal because some people have bias views and may not be trusted to tell the truth. If someone has seen it on Facebook it might be made up or a news reporter could put it on the tv live.
In Myanmar a university student reading her news on social media and it's a bad thing to do because some things on there aren't true at all so what she reads might not be true. I don't think it is equal because the university student didn't haven't first-hand experience and read her news on social media, whereas Kobir Basar saw it from himself so he knows what really happened, therefore, all perspective are not equal.


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Did you know that our Founding Fathers didn't actually declare independence on July 4, 1776? That actually happened two days before, on July 2. That day, after fierce dialogue, including a powerful speech from John Adams, they passed a motion, with only one dissenter, to declare independence from England. In fact, Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that future generations of Americans would remember July 2 as the greatest day in our nation's history. The Fathers didn't even sign the declaration on July 4…that didn't actually happen until August 2. But on July 4, they approved the final wording of Jefferson's document. Immediately, copies later known as The Dunlap Broadsides were printed and sent to every Colony in our land. They were headed with the date, July 4, which is one reason we associate that day with our freedom.
Those first copies of the declaration had one name printed on them; it was the name of the President of the Continental Congress. It was the name of the man who was first to sign the copy of the declaration on August 2 (which is the copy in our National Archives today). That is quite possibly the most iconic signature of all time, so large and flamboyant that today we call signatures by that man's name: John Hancock. Who was this man who was so proud of his name? Hancock was one of the richest men in America. Like all of the Fathers, he had a lot to lose. It's one thing to complain about taxes and philosophize about freedom from tyranny; but when they signed their names to that document, they went from being political activists to traitors against their nation. They were betting their collective fates on a tiny band of militias against the most powerful army on Earth. Their outrageous boldness changed the world.
Several times, Jesus said, "Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it, but anyone who loses his life for my sake will save it." If you spend enough time in church, it's easy to say the right things, to sound committed to Christ. But our Lord isn't looking for men and women who know how to play the part. He is creating disciples. He is drafting revolutionaries. You and I should start every day by boldly declaring our independence from the values of this world, from the dictates of our own selfish desires and ambitions. We should remind ourselves, "Today, I serve my King…that is true freedom." And that is how the world truly gets changed.


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A fulfilling career in sports is a great achievement for anybody. Life has its ups and downs and so does the sporting arena. So you become someone who is able to face basically any challenge in life. This is a great instinct built in to sports men and women.
Injuries and accidents are inevitable if you are an active player of the game. This might require minor adjustments or major surgeries to correct what has gone wrong. A sports surgeon in Parramatta will be able to bring you back to who you were before the injury, hopefully. If there are dire consequences, he will do his best to get you back in form in whichever way possible.
If you are a player of any sports, you make a pledge and are ready to face anything in a brave manner. We have heard of many who have faced major consequences due to various accidents on and off the field. This is indeed sad to hear of, especially if he cannot come back to play again. However amongst these, there are also people who have come back stronger than before. This takes a whole load of determination from the player's part.
Knee replacement surgery is also something which occurs in the field and which we hear of quite rarely. It is a and requires some time to get back in form to come to play. You may be given a set of instructions to follow in how to take care of yourself, especially after doing a major surgery. The recovery time may vary as per the condition of each individual. We, most probably, would not see him play for at least a few months. But he should be happy that he survived in this manner no matter how long he needs to stay off the pitch.
Many a times history has seen sportsmen being lifted off in stretchers right from the middle of the pitch. Urgent situations do call for these kind of scenarios. Sometimes we see them airlifted to take them to the intended destination soon. Meanwhile, the injured will be treated on the way. All this has made us realize how important our physical body is. So we should take extra measures in trying to protect it. No one wants to be faced with major surgery of any sort. So let us take precautionary measures before it is too late to do so. We can certainly see a much better future if we strive to achieve this in a proper manner.


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When Murray explained that he would be spending another month in Poland in the middle of this year, I wondered whether he would take to his bicycle again, and end up riding into a convoy of tanks despatched by Putin, that avatar of Ivan the Terrible and Stalin. Would the veteran of New Zealand's cultural avant-garde have to climb down from his modest vehicle, offer his notebook to some agitated tank commander, and try to explain that he was a poet, not a spy or a revolutionary? How would his gentle, ironic baiku be received by Putin's troops?