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My Happy new year is rather late, but I am going to wish you all a happy new year still and I didn’t even get to wish you a merry Christmas. If you know me well, you should guess by now…yes I purposely stayed away during the holidays. And yes it is because I have a large heart and I wanted you to enjoy the time with your families. If I ventured to rant, chances are you will be giving me all the attention and your families would turn on poor old me.
So the Ranter is back for good, but I can’t say the same for my writing. I think I am fed up with all the enjoyment, so it is time to face my blogging fetish and make a success of it. Tope Rants is about to take a turn for the better. As you all know I have basically carved out a niche for myself when it comes to teaching the nitty-gritty of blogging and how to monetize your blog. Within this same brain, there is that part that loves to talk about my country, Nigeria and all that goes wrong in it. My rants are centered around what is RIGHT about it too (There is no place like home). You can skip the sarcastic look jare. Then there is the story teller and poet somewhere in there too. Folks are suggesting I split up this entire charade into individual sites, and others think it is better to have all in one location.
After giving it much thought, I decided to still maintain only one site (Lazy me), but I would work on my categories, so you know exactly where to go when you are looking for something. I am still playing with the idea of giving the story teller her own individual site, but you never know. Oh, just in case you haven’t noticed, my site actually had a makeover. I would really like to hear your thoughts on it. Did I do a good job or not?
I intend to do a full launch of the site pretty soon, so I will keep you posted.
By the way, life outside blogging sucks. Trust me, I was away for so long and it seemed like nothing was moving. When I started typing I felt a rush!
Update on my e-book.It is going to be out before January is over, so look out for it….not so fast, it January 31st…did you think I was going to let you go that easy?
Now for a little assignment. Look to your right, Seen the form? Oya fill in your details and BAMMM!!! The FREE report goes straight to your mail.
The Ranter is back for good, so watch out for more exciting stories on my beloved country, blogging tips and stories too! Take care and much love y’all
P.S: Here is a picture of me being really goofy
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A little more watercolor from yesterday . . . the rainbow injects magic into what otherwise might just be distant Brooklyn waterfront, Clipper City, and a Staten Island ferry.
Here’s what creates the conditions for a rainbow.
Color on water, this time reflecting a certain survey boat with unique paint loss patterns.
You will notice an apparent repetitiveness in the next set of fotos of Frying Pan over at Pier 66 Maritime–my favorite place on the Manhattan waterfront, except not
really. The evanescent colored shapes so took me that I just keep shooting as
Harvey‘s propwash made ripples and
swirls and pulsations and
teases, glimpses of LV-115 Frying Pan‘s chartreuse hairy nether parts.
All was fine until I imagined what other situations exist that colors the
waters this living red or
rusty, risky brown .
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The FES-supported programme Political Feminism in Asia is a three-year initiative exploring the empowerment of women across the region. This event is the third of four planned Future Labs, where 21 feminists from seven countries will discuss lessons learned and remaining challenges, along with economists and gender and human rights experts from Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore.
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To ensure stability in the flat water pressure in order to avoid possible drops of water supply and prevent the possible damage that can be triggered by hydraulic shocks, need to use special tools.They will help to organize the work of the said system and keep your plumbing intact.These devices are reducer (regulator) of water pressure (RD), or water hammer damper.Their use is important in a domestic environment.
regulator retains its original pressure and does not allow the output to exceed the norm, thereby stabilizing it.Appliances in this connection is in good condition.If your home water heater is installed, then the water pressure regulator in the apartment will become a reliable assistant in the preservation of operational properties of this product.As a result of this expedient is to use a special tool.It is also dangerous for the water and a water hammer devices.He said the system could cause considerable damage.It arises from a change in water flow rate and at a small time interval.This kick causes cracks in the pipes.As a result, in the near future damage occurs the water supply channel and its other elements.In this case, install a pressure regulator small importance of water.The sharp jump in it can disrupt and washing and dishwashers, mixers, heat exchangers, pumps, ie virtually any equipment in your home that is connected to the water system.
variety of products
pressure regulators are of two types:
- Membrane gears .They quench pressure expansion tanks do not have, as they have properties to resolve it in a large range.
- Piston .These regulated gear exiting and entering the pressure.
by the distinctive properties of these products are divided into the following subtypes:
The performance :
- Household water pressure regulator - 3 m³ / h.
- Commercial reducer with an average capacity of 3-15 m³ / h.
- Industrial - 15 m³ / h.
In principle connect :
- Join the water mains with diameter up to 50 mm threaded socket.For example, when installing the regulator D06F.
- flange connections can be connected to the water supply pipes with diameter 50-450 mm.For example, because water pressure regulator set (RD) brand D15P and DR300.
On a scale pressure control :
- With a wide range - from 1.5 to 12.0 bar.For example, D15P and D06FH.
- With fine adjustment - from 0.5 to 2.0 bar.For example, D15NP and D06FN.
At the critical pressure of the feed water :
- At the entrance to 16 bar.For example, the controller of the brand D15P.
- At the entrance to 25 bar.For example, D17P.
at a maximum water temperature :
- for cold should be up to +40 ° C.For example, the brand reducer D06F-A.
- hot water temperature should be 70 ° to.For example, D06F-B.
may be noted the fact that these products are of filtering capacity grid for the primary treatment, the presence of a transparent flask of cold water, as well as connecting the gauges, which connection can be axial or radial.Also, gearboxes can be specially built air filters or advance be made without them.It depends directly on the tasks for which they have made.Installing them can be made directly to the pipe or of the blocks.Thus, the gearbox can be put in domestic and industrial water supply in order to reduce excessive current fluid pressure to a safe value.This is one of the basic properties of the devices.
water pressure regulator in the apartment: the principle of operation
principle of operation of the gearbox is to compensate for changes in input pressure and coming at the end of time remains unchanged.It also protects water pressure regulator with gauge of failure, as well as to prevent hammering.In other words, this device promotes alignment effort.For example, if there is a decline in the output pressure, the greater the spring tension arose device causes the valve to open.It affects the regulation of water flow.As a result of this will be to increase the output pressure of said balancing diaphragm spring using force.This property is important.Pressure regulator hot water on the principle of operation is identical to the existing analogues.The device can be mounted on the riser pipe bends.
Install water pressure regulator with his hands
This process is not so difficult in the presence of some skills in this area.Of course, the installation of this product must be a mechanic-repairman who have received specialized qualifications, but sometimes it is simply unrealistic to wait for the masters, so you have to do everything yourself.The principle of mounting of said device is the same as that of a conventional water meter.It is desirable to control the water pressure in a flat installed in a horizontal position, but if no selection is permitted, and in the vertical direction.If the system does not shut-off valves, it is required to carry out their installation.
To perform this operation, you will need: the controller, several shut-off valves (input and output), water filters, tube or pipe wrench, a tow and a special lubricant for her.
proceed directly to a process control setting:
- initially required to block the water.
- Then you need to cut a piece of pipe size so that assembly design, which includes two valves, pressure regulator and filter cleaning can accurately enter into the hole.
- then be threaded.This is done in case of need, ie. A. When installed on plastic pipes made brazing predefined items that can be purchased at any hardware store.
- On payannuyu or threaded (after 4-5 turns of screwing tow) necessary to carry out winding clockwise shut-off valve.Just do not be in this case, to make too much effort, t. To. Brass valve may break at the thinnest point.
- Next, set the coarse filter and the regulator, strictly gauge up.
- Then pads of a certain size must be sealed connection or tow, where necessary.
- himself gear is required to mount just behind the counter, as arranged between the valve and strainer.In this case should be considered correct positioning of these elements.Next
- for pressure regulator valve of the second set, it will facilitate the dismantling of the device.
After mounting the gear you need to configure it.For this purpose it is necessary to initially close the valve at the inlet and outlet opening.Followed by turning the adjustment screw clockwise using the special key to increase the pressure and in the opposite direction to decrease it.The required value of the pressure gauge should be about 3 atmospheres.If the regulator is no gauge, use factory setting.
With self acquisition of these devices is necessary to pay attention not to the diameter of the pipes in the apartment, and on the consumption of water used in them.It is important to remember.The difference of these diameters is eliminated when purchasing adapters.You also need to buy a mechanical filter for cleaning and two auxiliary valve, without which the connection will be impossible.
Analyzing the above, we can say with certainty that the water pressure regulator installed in the apartment or in the house ensures a high quality smooth operation of your household appliances with drops and pressure surges in the system.It is important for each.Also said the device will keep plumbing, ensure the normal operation of water utility, surge protection.So do not forget about such an arrangement, as the water pressure regulator, whose price is pretty reasonable and affordable for everyone (from 240 to 12 000 rubles. Depending on the manufacturer, as well as the design and brand products).


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Well my first 50k is in the books. 6th place with a time of 4:29. I am somewhat pleased with this result. I went out bit too hard and payed for it at the end.
The event is held at Bradley Palmer State Forest in Topsfield, MA. Temps were in the low 20's with snow on and off. Course consisted of five 6.2 miles loops on carriage road, rail trail and single track.
Lap 1 - I went out way to hard basically. I reached the singletrack section which contained a hill and the three mile mark. 21 minutes even. 7 minute miles. No way I could hold this pace for another 28 miles!! I ran with leaders for a few miles and that was the last I would see of them. Split for this lap was 49 minutes.
Lap 2 - Uneventful, to say the least. I ran solo for the whole lap. Had to fix my stabilizer sport which cost a few seconds. Post holes and icy conditions really started to irritate the feet. I could feel the hot spots coming on. Split for this lap was 50 minutes.
Lap 3 - Switched out water bottle at car and powered through the aid station. Began to feel like I was running at my ultra pace. Although I've never run a 50k, I knew I could sustain 10 minute miles for 50 miles, so I figured I'd be around 9 or just a above per mile. Finally saw humans during lap 3. Began to catch some people on the course and was nice to use them as points at which to push towards. Split time was 52 minutes.
Lap 4 - Began to pass quite a few people during this lap. Also, it started snowing heavily during this lap. Caught up with Jay (who ran 3 laps which is the furthest he's ever run!) on the single track hill and wished him good luck on the remainder of his run. Split time was 60 minutes.
Lap 5 - Switched out last water bottle at the car. Stopped at aid station table for the first time and grabbed some pretzels. While doing this two guys running the 50k passed me. I had been in fourth since the start of the race. It was demoralizing to say the least. I tried for a brief moment to catch them but could not muster up the energy. Caught Ben towards the end of my fifth lap and he was looking strong. He completed his first ultra in 5:50 and 22nd place for a 19 year old. Not bad!!! Pushed it a bit after I saw him. Started to feel a little better mentally and just wanted to get the race over with. Split time was 58 minutes.
Overall - A solid first 50k. Should have gone out slower and was kicking myself when the two guys past me heading into my 5th lap. Great race put on by the GAC. They really know how to host a fun and competitive event. Full results can be found here.

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Bukowski and Stephen
King, that was the
thing. Those were the
And yet I hardly ever
think of them now.
Certainly don’t read
It’s not that I hate their
words or worlds or works,
I’ve just moved on. That’s
what is supposed to happen.
That’s what you’re supposed
I’m looking – without actively
looking – for the next thing to
get hooked on, to find and follow,
absorb, and maybe “copy”, to borrow
and steal. To make something silly
or something real – in tribute or in
jest. I hope to ingest something new,
inject something borrowed and profound
and until I stumble on those words or
sound I’ll just keep hitting the keys…
That’s always been the very
best influence, the very best inspiration.
You’re not supposed to utter his name
these days – unless you’re condemning him
but it was Woody Allen that
said “80 percent of success
is showing up”. And he had a
line too about 1% inspiration and
(So he over-achieved right there).


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Every year, February’s arrival brings with it an event set with anticipation… Super Bowl Sunday. Even if your team didn’t make it to the “Big Game”, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be tuning in, OR you were willing to drop $6,500 on a ticket… In either case, of the estimated 112 Million people expected to watch Super Bowl 50 (the first to not use Roman Numerals), around 22 Million viewers will be watching for the commercials alone. Pretty amazing considering how much time we spend trying to avoid them…
This Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the NFC champion Carolina Panthers and the AFC champion Denver Broncos face-off for the chance to become this years “world champion” team. On average, 30 seconds of Super Bowl ad time costs each brand 5 Million Dollars… and that’s just for the air time. They still had to pay for the commercial itself. At those prices, the commercials better be great.
For some, the halftime show is can’t miss, for others it’s can’t stand… But, even the can’t miss crowd is scatter shot with those waiting for this year’s miscues, failures and hilarious minor catastrophes – we’re looking at you Left Shark.
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Gauging the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the nation’s drinking water is much like considering whether the glass of the precious stuff is half-full or half-empty. When energy companies employ hydraulic fracturing in search of oil and natural gas they should take care, and most of them do, to avoid contamination of nearby reservoirs of drinking water. But the incoming Trump administration must determine again whether there’s an unacceptable risk to supplies of fresh water.
A long-awaited report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prompts concerned parties to draw their own conclusions from the findings. In it, the agency came to no conclusion about whether hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses a “systemic” danger to drinking water. The drilling technique is generally conducted without incident, but there have been a few cases of contamination. In extracting previously unreachable oil and gas resources, fracking pumps a mix of water, sand and chemicals down wells shafts to crack open rock formations and release the oil and gas.
The EPA study says water quality vulnerability occurs when fracking chemicals are spilled on the ground or escape from well shafts to surrounding groundwater, or when the chemicals are mistakenly injected into underground water reservoirs, or when fracking wastewater is stored in unlined pits and seeps into the water table. Those rare exceptions shouldn’t form the basis of a rule. Just days before the EPA’s study was released, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz touted the “tremendous economic benefits” of fracking and said objections from opponents have not been science-based.
Environmentalists nonetheless took the study to mean oil and water don’t mix. “The Sierra Club applauds the EPA for its science-based fracking report, confirming what so many already knew; fracking presents a clear and present threat to our water, our public health, and our communities,” says the club’s Lena Moffitt.
The energy industry draws the opposite conclusion. “After five years of study, EPA found nothing to substantiate the claim that fracking causes widespread water contamination,” says Steve Everley of North Texans for Natural Gas. “With the release of this report, we can finally put to rest the idea that fracking poses a serious risk to groundwater.”
Nevertheless, some environmentalists, including many who will never be satisfied until all the wells are spiked, doubt the industry’s ability to frack without systemic damage to water quality, and some of them even charge the agency with planting an anti-fracking landmine in the public discourse before handing over the EPA to the fossil fuel-friendly Donald Trump. “It is beyond absurd for the administration to reverse course on its way out the door,” says a spokesman for the American Petroleum Institute.
There’s no debate that fracking has been the boon to the U.S. economy. More than a million wells have been drilled since the 1940s into shale formations scattered over the Northeast, the Great Plains and Texas, 250,000 alone since 2000, vaulting the United States to first place in world energy production. A paper published this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research concluded that fracking has added $3.5 trillion in value to U.S. stock markets since 2012.
Every family has a right to drinking water uncontaminated from the effects of industry. They also have the right to share in the nation’s abundant energy resources. It will fall to Donald Trump to decide how to balance those interests in a way that America’s glass will be half-full, or better yet, overflowing.


On Jan. 10, there was a disturbance at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Multiple corrections officers were injured and prison officials described an assault by incarcerated men. The men alleged to have been involved in the assault were transferred. Media outlets reported that as of earlier this month, none of them had been charged in connection with the incident.
A few days after the disturbance, Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts issued a press release that made three points. First, the effort by the correctional officers’ union to blame criminal justice reforms from 2018 for a violent climate at the prison was dishonest and counterproductive. Second, very little had actually changed since the passage of the reforms because of resistance from the corrections department. And finally, the “violent climate” at the prison included “more assaults on prisoners at Souza-Baranowski than any other prison or jail in Massachusetts”—violence that attracted no condemnation from the correctional officers’ union.
The resistance to reform, culture of violence at the prison, and a turn to collective punishment characterized the weeks that followed, according to incarcerated people, their lawyers, and state lawmakers who made unannounced visits to the facility.
In 2018, Massachusetts passed a slate of criminal justice reforms. Among them was a measure to guarantee due process to people placed in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day or longer. The law, modest as it was, was meant to curb the use of isolation and eliminate it entirely for people with mental health conditions.
In the time since then, close observers of the system have said the state has, instead of implementing the restrictions on solitary, gone out of its way to undermine them. Last February, Adrian Walker, a columnist for the Boston Globe, wrote: “The Department of Correction has instituted changes that are widely viewed as an end run around the new law, policies that allow for 21 hours a day of solitary confinement rather than 22. Regulations for reviewing the status of prisoners in solitary have stalled.”
Thousands are affected. Walker wrote: “While data on solitary confinement has historically been spotty, the Department of Correction reported to the Legislature last year that roughly 3,200 inmates had spent time in solitary in the first six months of the year. (A follow-up report has not been released yet.) More than 200 of those inmates were placed in solitary for two months or more.”
A few months later, in July, Shira Schoenberg of MassLive.com reported that, rather than working to implement the new law, the Department of Correction was engaged in an effort to “hamstring an oversight committee with restrictive regulations that would limit members’ ability to visit prisons and bar them from speaking to the press.” The restrictions would effectively “place a gag order” on committee members.
The same month, the Boston Globe editorial board described the department’s new rules as “embarrassing for a state that was once a leader in prison reform.” It highlighted the department’s decision to create units where people would be locked in cells for 21, rather than 22, hours a day. “By renaming the units and insisting that only whatever remains of truly ‘restrictive units’ comes under the committee’s purview makes its role virtually meaningless,” the editorial board wrote.
In the wake of the lockdown at Souza-Baranowski, incarcerated people, lawmakers, and lawyers have drawn attention to prison officials’ punitive response. Some state lawmakers, who heard accounts of abuse at the facility, were concerned enough to make unannounced visits, with the first on Feb. 3. What they found deeply concerned them. On a follow-up visit on Feb. 7, lawmakers spoke with around 30 men incarcerated at the prison. One of the representatives told MassLive.com: “We talked to so many. We saw Taser burns. We saw dog bites. We saw so much evidence of suicide attempts: cut wrists, ligature marks.”
One man held at Souza-Baranowski spoke with the local radio station WBUR. ”They literally took all of our clothes off, stripped us to our underwear and shackled and cuffed us and beat us up,” he told the station. “Officers just started tasering me, beating me, punching me, calling me the N-word. And I went to the outside hospital,” he said. “I got stitches across my face. I have a black eye, busted lip, and my hands are still shaking.”
Elizabeth Matos, with Prisoners’ Legal Services, told WBUR that the organization has over 100 names of people who say they have been assaulted, have tried to kill themselves, or now have medical complications from abuse. “Although violence at Souza has been a problem for a long time,” she said, “this is unprecedented.”
The Committee for Public Counsel Services (the state indigent defense provider) and the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers have filed a lawsuit on behalf of three named plaintiffs, men at Souza-Baranowski, alleging a denial of access to counsel. “Currently, prisoners have only 15 minutes out of their cells each day to call their attorneys, and there is no guarantee that this time is during business hours, and has to be weighed against other basic needs, such as showering,” argue the plaintiffs.
None of this is new, according to Prisoners’ Legal Services. Prior to the January lockdown, interviews with people held at Souza-Baranowski had revealed “a clear pattern of collective and harsh punishment of all for the misconduct of a few and arbitrary retaliation from officers such as withholding food and unjustifiably confiscating personal property such as family photos and letters,” according to the organization’s Jan. 13 statement. And 24-hour lockdowns were common.
The barrier to improving conditions for incarcerated people and those employed at the prison, according to the organization, “is not the recent passage of evidence-based reforms like those that have been successful in dozens of other prisons and jails. Rather it is the refusal to change and to believe that those in the Commonwealth’s custody are not animals, but, in fact, are as human as the correctional officers who work there.”


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Who says beauty is absent in the absence of hues and colors?
In black-and-white photography, this is rarely the case.
Despite the boom of color photography in advertising and in almost all forms of media, many photographers and photo enthusiasts remain loyal to the beauty of subjects in grayscale.
THE BEAUTY OF GRAYSCALE
In reality, black-and-white (b&w) photography didn't lose its glory despite the dominance of color photography. Why? because its foundation leads back to great symbolic values in people's culture like birth, wedding, death and other solemn events where the basic white and black are present. And in between, unlimited shades of gray continue to define the other realities.
Over the years, the certain abstract quality of b&w prints never fades to appeal to the senses of imagination and intellectual standpoint. The absence of hues and other shades of color let people unlock the mystery and appreciate the innate beauty in an ordinary scene.
Its 'simplicity' also forces the audience to see things in a different light and urges them to concentrate on other aspects of the photo like composition, lighting, and the like.
A DOSE OF HISTORY
In the beginning, everything was black-and-white.
Before color photography invaded national magazines and newspapers, black-and-white photography dominated mainstream media. Being more convenient to use and produces better results compared early color film processing, b&w was safer to use. But with the resurgence of color photography'with the help of modern technology'more and more people craved for colored photos, making the photographers shoot almost everything in color.
B&w kept plummeting with the presence of film manufacturers who offered better color film and processing at lower prices. As a result, less and less b&w films were available in the market, making it more expensive and hard to find. This shift eventually led to the abrupt dropping of creating b&w images in the last the last 50 years.
BREATHING NEW LIFE
Most amateur photographers are being lured to colored photography because of its almost limitless possibilities. But as they become seasoned lens men, they go back to black-and-white photography because of its beauty and mystery.
Being part of the power of photography, a new life has been breathed into b&w today. Back in print advertising, b&w continues reinvent because it can now be manipulated digitally. In fact, more and more Internet sites create series designed to introduce the new generation of photographers to the possibilities of b&w photographs. These sites tell how great b&w photography is as a photographic medium as it reintroduces the photographers to the concepts of shadow, highlights detail, film, image contrast, exposure, and tonal range.
Tips in getting black & white photos:
1. Decide what to shoot in b&w that would emphasize the beauty of the subject.
2. Start learning how to convert color into gray tones.
3. Test your contrast and key skills by balancing major shade components.
4. Identify textures, lines, and shapes that would standout despite the absence of color.
5. Set the mood of your photograph by manipulating the lighting used.
6. If you're a neophyte, take digital photos.
7. Try to test your skills using a black & white film to improve depth and character of the subject.
8. Look for local photofinishers that can print your photo in b&w photo papers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration has helped administer coronavirus vaccines earlier than some in his administration thought doable, however the president has been largely absent from the trouble to promote to the general public American what assistants hope shall be a key a part of his legacy.
Trump launched “Operation Warp Velocity” – the federal government marketing campaign to assist develop and distribute vaccines shortly – this spring with nice fanfare within the White Home rose backyard.
However now, 5 days after the beginning of the biggest vaccination marketing campaign within the nation’s historical past, Trump has not held any public occasions to announce the deployment. He was not vaccinated himself. He solely tweeted twice within the picture. Vice President Mike Pence, in the meantime, took heart stage – visiting a vaccine manufacturing facility this week and getting ready to obtain a dose himself on dwell TV Friday morning. Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Chief Mitch McConnell each mentioned on Thursday they’d be getting vaccinated within the coming days.
Trump’s relative silence comes as he continues to be cautious of his defeat within the Nov. 3 election and embraces more and more excessive efforts to overthrow the desire of the individuals. He put apart plans for assistants who wished him to be the general public face of the vaccination marketing campaign, avoiding visits to laboratories and manufacturing amenities to thank staff, or organizing efforts to construct public confidence. within the shot, in response to individuals accustomed to the conversations.
The sheepish method has been shocking, particularly for a president hardly ever shy about taking credit score for himself, mentioned Lawrence Gostin, a professor at Georgetown Legislation who focuses on public well being.
“The president’s comparatively low profile on COVID response because the election is curious and opposite to Mr. Trump’s personal pursuits,” he mentioned. Gostin, who has criticized Trump’s dealing with of the pandemic up to now, mentioned he “deserves numerous credit score” for Operation Warp Velocity and has wager on two vaccines utilizing breakthrough mRNA know-how.
“Having proven management in vaccine improvement, he needs to be very proud to publicly show his confidence in COVID vaccines,” he mentioned.
Trump appeared at a White Home “summit” forward of the Meals and Drug Administration’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine final week. The occasion included an introductory video highlighting previous feedback from these – together with authorities infectious illness professional Dr Anthony Fauci – who doubted a photograph could be prepared this yr.
However many Trump aides are bewildered by his low profile now that the vaccine is in truth injected. They see it as a missed alternative for the president, who’s stepping down at midday on Jan.20, to say credit score for serving to oversee the fast improvement and deployment of the vaccine that’s anticipated to lastly include the virus that has killed greater than 310,000 People. .
Trump himself has tried to downplay any credit score which may go to his successor, President-elect Joe Biden, who will chair a lot of the nationwide injection marketing campaign subsequent yr.
“Do not let Joe Biden take credit score for the vaccines,” Trump instructed reporters. “Do not let him take credit score for the vaccines as a result of the vaccines had been me, and I pushed individuals more durable than they’ve ever been earlier than.
Regardless of Trump’s claims, FDA scientists are those who got here up with the thought for Operation Warp Velocity, the White Home-backed effort via which tens of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines and coverings are being manufactured. despite the fact that they’re nonetheless being evaluated. And far of the groundwork for injections has been shed over the previous decade, not least due to analysis into messenger RNA, or mRNA, utilized in vaccines developed by each Pfizer and Moderna. Pfizer developed its vaccine exterior of Operation Warp Velocity, however is working in partnership with the federal authorities on manufacture and distribution.
Trump’s low-key method might have an effect on public well being. Fauci instructed NBC Information this week that 75% to 85% of the nation should be vaccinated to realize “herd immunity,” which makes the general public consciousness marketing campaign on the protection of the vaccine all of the extra pressing.
A survey by the Related Press-NORC Middle for Public Affairs Analysis discovered that solely about half of People wish to get vaccinated as quickly as doable. One other quarter of the general public is not sure, whereas the remaining quarter say they aren’t . Some are merely against vaccines on the whole. Others concern the injections have been rushed and wish to see how the deployment goes.
As Trump stayed on the sidelines, a few of his favourite commentators, together with Fox Information’ Tucker Carlson, questioned the protection of the vaccine.
As senior officers start to contemplate receiving the vaccine in public to assist construct public confidence, Trump, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 in October, is taking his time.
In accordance with steerage from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, there’s not but sufficient info to find out whether or not those that have had COVID-19, like Trump, needs to be vaccinated. Nonetheless, Fauci advisable that Trump take it publicly directly.
“Regardless that the president himself has been contaminated and possibly has antibodies that may possible be protecting, we do not know the way lengthy that safety lasts. So to be doubly positive, I’d advocate that he get the shot in addition to the vice chairman, ”Fauci instructed ABC Information.
It was not clear whether or not First Girl Melania Trump, who contracted COVID-19 concurrently her husband, could be vaccinated.
White Home Deputy Press Secretary Brian Morgenstern mentioned Trump “will proceed to replace the nation via varied means whereas giving medical professionals and hardworking OWS workers the area to take action. their work and save lives.
Pence, alongside together with his spouse, Karen, and surgeon basic Dr Jerome Adams had been planning to get their photographs at 8 a.m. on Friday. Biden expects to obtain his shot as early as subsequent week.
“The very last thing I’d say to each American is to be assured that we have minimize purple tape, however we’ve not minimize corners in terms of growing this vaccine,” Pence mentioned this week in a report. Indiana vaccine manufacturing plant.
White Home press secretary Kayleigh McEnany instructed reporters this week that Trump, who has already unfold misinformation about different vaccines, is attempting to ship a message on priorities by delaying his personal vaccination.
“The president desires to ship a parallel message which is, you realize, our residents of long-term care amenities and our front-line staff are vitally essential,” she mentioned.
Gostin disagreed. “It is going to be extraordinarily damaging to public confidence within the vaccine if President Trump is just not visibly enthusiastic, together with having his image taken on nationwide tv,” he argued. “It’s merely not sufficient to have Vice President Pence as a proxy.”
Presidents and their members of the family have typically demonstrated their vaccinations to spice up public confidence. President Dwight Eisenhower identified that one in every of his grandchildren was a part of the primary wave of American kids vaccinated towards polio. In 2009, President Barack Obama and his spouse Michelle vaccinated their two younger daughters, who had been in a better threat group, towards swine flu.

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As Shinigami Eyes does not have a legal basis for the processing of personal data, the Data Protection Authority has issued a ban on the use of the browser extension in Norway.
“This case is a matter of principle. Subjective assessments and tagging of identifiable individuals are threats to the free exchange of ideas on the internet. The person who is tagged is not notified and is not given the opportunity to object,” says then acting Director Janne Stang Dahl.
The Data Protection Authority received several complaints about the browser extension Shinigami Eyes (in Norwegian), which is available for Chrome and Firefox. The purpose of the browser extension is to identify and tag individuals on the internet and in social media, indicating to users of the browser extension whether the tagged individual is pro- or anti-trans.
Negative impact on the public discourse
The Data Protection Authority has considered whether use of the extension could be based on a balance of interests as its legal basis. We have concluded that Shinigami Eyes does not have a legal basis for the processing of personal data.
The Data Protection Authority has previously given notice that we would issue a decision against the browser extension, and we have maintained our previous assessments in this decision.
“Data protection exists to preserve a space where it is possible to express oneself. Evaluation of the quality of the expression should not be dependent on unknown tags following the individual across the entire internet,” says then acting Director Janne Stang Dahl.
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Despite repeated attempts, the Data Protection Authority was unable to establish contact with the developer of the extension in its evaluation of the complaint.
The Data Protection Authority will communicate its decision to Google and Mozilla, which make the extension available on their platforms.


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Chicago, IL – March 2, 2020 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Atmos Energy Corp. ATO, Sempra Energy SRE, MDU Resources Group, Inc. MDU, The Coca-Cola Company KO and Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. LW.
Here are highlights from Friday’s Analyst Blog:
5 Stocks to Buy as Market Enters Correction
It took the S&P 500 only six trading sessions to slip into the correction territory on Feb 27. Per Deutsche Bank, the broader index saw its fasting 10% decline from an all-time high. The rate at which the index declined over the past week surpassed the Black Monday plunge of October 1987.
The Dow, in the meantime, lost nearly 1,200 points and closed in the correction territory. The 30-stock index suffered its biggest one-day point drop ever. The Nasdaq Composite joined the blue chips in the correction territory. Major benchmarks, by the way, are now on pace for their worst weekly decline since the financial crisis as investors continue to pull money out of risker assets, including equities.
Why Did the Stock Market Crash?
Anxiety about the coronavirus spreading across the globe sent stocks spiraling down and has compelled several well-known companies like Apple, Nike, United Airlines and Mastercard to issue earnings and revenue warnings.
Goldman Sachs chief global equity strategist, Peter Oppenheimer, added that “in the nearer term…we believe the greater risk is that the impact of the coronavirus on earnings may well be underestimated in current stock prices, suggesting that the risks of a correction are high.”
News about the deadly virus infecting people continues to rise even as countries take stringent measures to contain the contagion. World Health Organization believes that the outbreak has the potential to become a pandemic.
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently said that the state is monitoring almost 8,400 people for coronavirus. Germany’s health minister in the meantime announced the “beginning of an epidemic” for the country. This follows the rapid spread of the virus in countries beyond China, including Italy, South Korea and Iran.
It’s worth pointing out that the virus has now crippled manufacturing in China, the world’s second-largest economy, and that should certainly have a rippling effect. But it’s not just the coronavirus outbreak that’s pulling markets down. Lofty valuations and the 2020 election have also raised concerns.
Let’s admit that investors were extremely bullish for a couple of months now, leading to the overvaluation of many stocks. So, when conditions were ripe for a pullback, stocks tanked. By the way, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, one of the biggest role models for investors, filed the latest 13F for the fourth quarter on Feb 14. However, the findings aren’t encouraging. This is because with regard to valuations of businesses, Buffett has shown decent long-term prospects instead of the previous sky-high expectations — a tell-tale sign that stock valuations are stretched at the moment. And how can we forget that the United States for most part of this year will face political uncertainty due to the upcoming election, eventually leading to gyrations in the stock market.
How to Prepare for the Pullback
As markets seem to be plagued with widespread uncertainty, defensive stocks seem to be the safest investment option. Such stocks are generally non-cyclical, or companies whose business performance and sales are not highly correlated with the activities in the larger market. Their products are in constant demand irrespective of market volatility and such names include companies from the utilities and consumer staples sectors.
Utilities are deemed defensive stocks as electricity, gas and water are essentials. Food, beverage and tobacco companies are true defensive plays as demand for such staple stocks remains unaltered during market gyrations.
5 Solid Choices
We have, thus, selected five solid stocks from the aforementioned defensive sectors that boast a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy). Further, only low-beta stocks from such defensive companies have been selected. After all, low-beta stocks are the ones that are less correlated to the index and thus tend to be less volatile. In this case, a low beta ranges from 0 to 1.
Atmos Energy Corp., known for natural gas distribution, and pipeline and storage business, has a Zacks Rank #2. It has a beta of 0.15. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has moved up 0.6% over the past 60 days. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current quarter and year is 5.5% and 7.8%, respectively.
Sempra Energy, which develops and operates energy infrastructure, has a Zacks Rank #2. It has a beta of 0.41. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has risen 0.7% over the past 60 days. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 10.8%.
MDU Resources Group, Inc.engages in in regulated energy delivery, and construction materials and services business. The company has a Zacks Rank #1 and a beta of 0.67. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has moved 2.9% north over the past 60 days. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 3.6%. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Coca-Cola Companyhas a Zacks Rank #2 and a beta of 0.41. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has climbed 0.4% over the past 60 days. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the next quarter and current year is 4.8% and 6.6%, respectively.
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., known for producing value-added frozen potato products, has a Zacks Rank #2 and a beta of 0.19. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has advanced 2% over the past 60 days. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the next quarter and current year is 10.8% and 9.3%, respectively.
Shares of Atmos Energy, Sempra Energy, MDU Resources, Coca-Cola and Lamb Weston have gained 8.4%, 16.6%, 9.7%, 21% and 26.1%, respectively, over the past year.
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Each was hand-picked by a Zacks expert as the #1 favorite stock to gain +100% or more in 2020. Each comes from a different sector and has unique qualities and catalysts that could fuel exceptional growth.
Most of the stocks in this report are flying under Wall Street radar, which provides a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor.
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CBDT circular on stock markets falls short of objectives
June, 21st 2007
The memories of the stock market fall of May 2006, widely ascribed in the press to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) draft supplementary instructions stipulating criteria to distinguish an investor from a trader in stocks, have not yet faded and CBDT has once again brought this issue to the limelight.
CBDT, last Friday, issued a circular to provide guiding principles to assessing officers to determine whether shares are held by a taxpayer as investment or stock-in-trade. The circular supplements an internal instruction issued by CBDT in 1989 dealing with the same issue.
Characterisation of income assumes significance because under the Indian tax laws, gains arising from the sale of securities when held as stock-in-trade are considered as business income and when held as investments are considered as capital gains. Further, tax rate concessions are available in respect of transactions in listed securities, on which securities transaction tax is payable, only where income is treated as capital gains.
However, where income is treated as business income, the gains are generally taxed at a higher rate without any exemptions for long-term holding. The circular provides several guiding principles all of which merely summarises the principles laid down in several judicial decisions dealing with characterisation of income, including a recent advance ruling.
By way of an example, one of the principles state that the purchase and sale of shares with the motive of earning profit would lead one to infer that the transaction is in the nature of trade/adventure. However, where the object of the investment in shares is to derive income by way of dividend, the transactions of purchase and sale of shares would yield capital gains.
The circular emphasises that it is possible for a taxpayer to have two portfolios ie an investment portfolio comprising securities held as capital assets and a trading portfolio comprising securities held as stock-in-trade. The circular clarifies specifically that no single principle would be decisive and the total effect of all the principles should be considered in the aforesaid determination.
The first question that comes to ones mind having a look at the manner in which the circular is issued is whether CBDT could have approached this issue differently. In a novel approach, CBDT released draft supplementary instructions that it proposed to issue for comments by the relevant stakeholders.
There were many press reports highlighting the impact that the instructions will have on several investors including foreign institutional investors, retail investors and portfolio management services clients. Press reports also highlighted practical difficulties that the investor community faces when the revenue authorities undertake scrutiny assessments of tax returns filed.
No one would question the fact that the Indian capital markets and the investor community have matured in recent years. One wonders whether principles outlined in judicial decisions rendered in a different investment environment should still continue to determine the distinction between a trader and an investor as are now contained in this circular.
For instance, how many investors in todays market would be acquiring shares only to earn dividend (given that dividend yields are generally low)? Investment in shares is inherently risky. Almost every investor in shares would expect to not only earn dividend on his investment but also expect an upside on the investment to compensate the higher risk assumed.
Applying the principles in the circular such an investor would be regarded as a trader earning business income and not an investor realising capital gains. Circulars issued by CBDT are binding on revenue authorities. Hence, assessing officers will need to analyse the facts and circumstances of each case and conclude whether the assessee holds securities as investments or as stock-in-trade.
In the absence of specific objective guidelines on how the principles are to be applied, it is likely that this circular will increase the dialogue between taxpayers and revenue authorities in scrutiny assessment proceedings. CBDT could have considered, for example, prescribing a turnover criteria to exclude the retail investor community from the purview of the circular to avoid unintended scrutiny.
Another aspect that is not clarified in the circular is the application of the circular to FIIs. Responding to the public debate following the release of the draft instructions, the finance minister clarified that the tax laws had different provisions to tax foreign investors and that the draft instructions were aimed at clarifying the governments position on domestic investors and traders.
In the absence of specific clarification from CBDT, the circular would appear to apply to all categories of taxpayers. The circular once again raises the long standing issue of characterisation of income. There is a clear need for specific guidance or legislative amends on the issue to put this matter to rest once and for all.
GAURAV TANEJA (The author is national tax director and partner Ernst & Young India)

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Breve descrizione dei contenuti: The use of fused quartz as a reference reactive aggregate for alkali-silica reaction (ASR) studies was investigated on mortar bars made with Portland or blended cement, natural quartzitic sand as a non-reactive aggregate and fused quartz. The quartz glass varied from 0 to 75% by mass of the total aggregate. The expansions of the bars were measured under different storage conditions (exposure at 38°C and 100% relative humidity (RH), immersion in a saturated NaCl solution at 50°C or in a 1M NaOH solution at 80°C). The proportion of fused quartz in the overall aggregate was found to be strongly limited by the high water demand of fused quartz and by its abnormal expansivity with low-alkali cement in mortars stored at 38°C and 100% RH. A 4% dosage of fused quartz appears to be suitable for the preparation of mortar specimens with appropriate characteristics of workability and expansivity (workability requirements as specified in ASTM C227, high expansion with high-alkali Portland cement and insignificant expansion with low-alkali Portland cement in mortars stored at 38°C and 100% RH). This dosage also appears to be appropriate for investigation of the effects of mineral admixtures on ASR in mortars subjected to various storage conditions.


A fireball may occur after the catastrophic rupture of a tank containing a flammable substance such as a fuel, if an ignition source is present. The fireball is identified by the combustion of the flammable cloud created after the fuel release and composed by the mixture of the latter and air. In particular, the fuel concentration is higher at the center of the fireball compared with the external layers where the ignition takes place. After its formation, the fireball tends to rise vertically due to the buoyancy of the hot gases involved in the combustion. Moreover, the fireball emits its energy mainly through radiant heat. Hence, the fireball formation may be one of the consequences of both a liquid and a compressed gaseous hydrogen tank explosion. For instance, the fireball is a consequence of a boiling liquid expansion vapor explosion (BLEVE). A BLEVE may occur after the catastrophic rupture of a tank containing a liquid at a temperature higher than its boiling point at atmospheric pressure. The explosion is characterized by the rapid expansion of the liquid and vapor phases due to the depressurization of the vessel.
The aim of this study is to model a liquid hydrogen (LH2) fireball generated subsequently the BLEVE phenomenon. Different empirical correlations were selected to estimate the fireball dimensions and duration. Moreover, the fireball radiation was estimated by means of a theoretical model. As case study, the fireball generated from the explosion of the LH2 tank with a volume of 1 m3, which will be tested during the safe hydrogen fuel handling and use for efficient implementation (SH2IFT) project, was simulated. The results achieved from the fireball numerical models can be employed to estimate the safety distance from an LH2 tank and propose appropriate safety barriers. Furthermore, these outputs can aid the writing of critical safety guidelines for hydrogen technologies. Finally, the outcome of this study will be validated with the experimental results during the SH2IFT project.


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Glenn Greenwald, one of America's most insightful bloggers, nails progressives, Dems, the corporate world, and Obama in a brilliant post on Obama's duplicity in the health care debacle: the truth is that Obama never intended to get a public option passed:
As was painfully predictable all along, the final bill will not have any form of public option, nor will it include the wildly popular expansion of Medicare coverage. Obama supporters are eager to depict the White House as nothing more than a helpless victim in all of this -- the President so deeply wanted a more progressive bill but was sadly thwarted in his noble efforts by those inhumane, corrupt Congressional "centrists." Right. The evidence was overwhelming from the start that the White House was not only indifferent, but opposed, to the provisions most important to progressives. The administration is getting the bill which they, more or less, wanted from the start -- the one that is a huge boon to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industry.The entire piece is well worth reading, as is most anything Greenwald writes: the Lieberman Criticism, the attacks on the Blue Dogs, it was all KMT-style political theatre. What this all means for Taiwan should become clear as we explore the announcement of weapons sales to Taiwan.....
The New York Times reported on Tuesday the 15th that the Obama Administration was going to sell weapons to Taiwan....
The Obama administration will proceed with arms sales to Taiwan despite recent protests by China, an American official said Tuesday.(As an aside, could there be a luckier man than Burghardt, living in Hawaii but making frequent trips to Taiwan? I want that job!). The arms package (1) doesn't include the F-16, and (2) the Obama Administration declined to say exactly when it would go through. So here we have a package whose arrival is some time in the distant future, and which doesn't include the one thing that is really needed. Yes, we have a pattern here. J Michael Cole of the Taipei Times followed up with one of his patented penetrating analyses, pointing out that the arms package could be an expensive illusion:
The official, Raymond Burghardt, is chairman of the American Institute in Taipei, the de facto United States Embassy in Taiwan.
Speaking from Hawaii, where he lives, he said that sales of arms to Taiwan were consistent with what White House officials have been saying was President Obama’s policy. “No one should be surprised when we move forward with them,” he said.
Mr. Burghardt declined to say exactly when Mr. Obama would notify Congress of an arms sale. The American relationship with Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province, is one of the most delicate diplomatic issues between Beijing and Washington. The United States takes no position on the sovereignty of Taiwan, but acknowledges that Beijing claims that there is only one China.
The “new” arms package recently touted by US officials has yet to be confirmed by US President Barack Obama. Nevertheless, supporters of Taiwan are already hailing the news as a great victory, of Obama “thumbing his nose at the Chinese,” as Foreign Policy recently put it.Let's see -- Ma and the KMT have been making noises about soft power, and about waiting patiently for weapons -- it's not unreasonable if they take years, says Ma. The KMT doesn't want weapons, and what this whole three year long three-card monte game with she-will-sell-weapons, she-won't-sell-weapons appears to mean is that the Administration does not plan to help Taiwan upgrade by selling it new weapons, either. They'll probably keep dangling the F-16s in front of us like a salty snack held just above the nose of a Golden Retriever. In the Cole piece long-time Taiwan watcher John Tkacik peers through the magician's stagecraft, echoing what I said the other day:
There are signs, however, that there is less to the news than meets the eye.
From what has been made public, the Obama administration could release PAC-3 interceptor missiles, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, as well as an operations deal for the “Po Sheng,” or Broad Victory, command and control program and design work on diesel-electric submarines.
Not only are the 66 F-16C/D fighter aircraft that Taiwan has sought for years missing from the list, however, there is also nothing new in the “new” arms package proposed by the administration.
“The real question,” Wendell Minnick, Asia Bureau Chief at Defense News, told the Taipei Times on Sunday, “is what is ‘new’ in the arms pipe that hasn’t been in there since 2001. And there is nothing, which is ominous.”
All these items were approved by former US president George W. Bush in 2001. Also problematic is the fact that the design work on the submarines would be both costly and may not even result in actual subs. Even if it did, it would only be many years from now and make an insignificant contribution to Taiwan’s current and mid-term defense requirements.
“I suspect that if Obama approves a new arms package, Ma’s government and the [Chinese Nationalist Party, KMT]-dominated Legislative Yuan will, once again, go out of its way to temporize, shilly-shally and complain about the costs, utility, and political tensions with China of the sales — and use those factors as excuses to stall procurements. That way, Obama can say ‘it’s Taiwan’s fault’ and [President] Ma [Ying-jeou (馬英九)] will say ‘it’s the Americans’ fault.”Ta-da! The Obama Administration fufills its Pledge to sell weapons to Taiwan. It's just like Obama's health care reform (and it pleases the same consituency): you can have what you already would have had, if we hadn't taken any further action at all. What this means for Taiwan's future, with the corporate side eager for "cooperation" with China, isn't good.
- Marketplace with my friend Mark Forman about Taiwan, IT, and branding.
- Spencer with excellent piece on traffic cams in Taiwan, with comparisons to US traffic cams, and links to Google Maps.
- This is what Afghanistan is really about: gas pipelines.
- Ma again pushes the line: if we move closer to China, we will become more globalized. In the KMT view, sinicization = globalization.
- AFP once again completely fails to get Taiwan correct. The poll asks: Do you think that cross-Strait political negotiations should be held to achieve mutual recognition during the tenure of President Ma Ying-jeou? Yes 57% Ask yourself if this is equivalent to AFP's report that Fifty-seven percent said Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou should negotiate with Beijing to prevent war and secure peace . Really, I have no idea why they bother to spend money to keep people out here. They could source from Xinhua with exactly the same effect. DPP poll on same topic discussed at Taiwan News. Have fun with them both.
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When you’re a kid you think that 21 is grown up. You think that by that age you’ll have everything figured out, that you’ll have met your life partner and that you’ll suddenly be this proper adult with a career…
But then you get to that age and you don’t quite feel how you thought you would.
Is this what its like to be an adult?
That’s the kind of question you ponder regularly. You might even have a professional job in a fancy office but you still feel like a kid in a classroom. But you have colleagues, deadlines, meetings, projects, clients and a work phone with a company branded case. You have all that yet you still feel like you’re playing dress-up and pretending to be professional.
Perhaps some would refer to this as imposter syndrome but you can call it whatever you want really. Often the only way to cure this feeling/mindset is to tell yourself that it will go once you achieve a particular goal. Once you gain accreditation in your field or lead a project.
But moving the benchmark probably won’t work because it’s a mind thing not a physical thing. It’s about how you feel about yourself and your ability.
My advice would be (to quote Sinek) start with why. Why do you feel that way about yourself? Once you understand that, it’s just a case of implementing a new mindset.

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Worst night camping on the Bruce Trail
It has been almost a full year since I have completed by epic Bruce Trail trek. There are many things in the work as a result of the trek including a book and possible film documentary. My time on the Bruce Trail made a mark on my life in ways I could not imagine. Breaking the world record for completing the trail barefoot was just a small accent to the trail experience.
By the third week on the trail, It had started to rain. I was in the upper sections of the Iroquois section which runs through Hamilton, Ontario. I was dressed in my favorite British Camouflage DPM pants, a black shirt which I had gotten as a gift from some girls at work, and of course my rain poncho.
The rain had started during the day, and I plodded along surefooted with hiking poles in hand. Both Luka and I had heavy packs on which slowed us down. There was no traffic sound, just the gentle patter of rain all around me. Wet as it may be, it was beautiful. The colours around me of the plants and trees seemed more vibrant. The mud of the trail squished up between my toes on each step.
I came over a small hill and surveyed the trail ahead of me. Someone had taken the time to line this section of the trail with small rocks to give it a very artistic look. Vibrant wildflowers glistened in the rain on both side. As I passed through this section, it looked like I was walking in someone’s private garden. The rain had made the flowers release their scent and it was truly a pleasure to be there.
At that moment I felt a oneness with the world and myself. It was a certain calm, tranquility that non-spiritual people have difficulty comprehending. The sensations of the wet mud beneath my feet,
the steady calming sound of the rain, the vibrant colours, and the scent of the wildflowers is difficult to describe. It was like I was connected to creation itself, and could feel the pulse of nature.
I moved forward and came to a small, country road. I leashed Luka and checked for traffic. I stepped out onto the asphalt road. It felt completely different than the trail which I had been walking on all day. It was hard, and rough, like sandpaper. Across the road I could see something in the distance. Something bright white – A waterfall.
Stepping back onto the comforting dirt of the trails, I unclipped Luka from her leash and she joyfully went bounding off into the distance.
The large waterfall loomed over me. Sherman falls is one of the largest waterfalls in Hamilton, standing at over 17 metres tall. With the heavy rain, this curtain waterfall was at full flow this time of year. Of course I could have been standing under the waterfall for the amount of rain that was coming down on us. Stopping for a few moments to take in the beauty of the waterfall, I moved along the trail.
Passing into the Dundas Valley Conservation Area, the trails surface changed. They went from dirt, to stone packed trails. These are a great advantage for high use trails as they are inexpensive, tough, and long lasting. They don’t get ruts like dirt trails from overuse.
The problem was the rain. Water softens even the toughest of bare feet. The trail soon presented a challenge as my waterlogged feet had little protection from the stone packed trails. It felt like rough sandpaper at first. Then I felt a bit of a burning sensation as the trail surface ground away at my feet. Shortly after almost each step was agonising. A few kilometres of agonising, sharp burning pain with each step, I saw a blue sign which advised me I had reached the Merrick Side Trail. Only 800 metres to camp.
Turning off the brutalising stone packed trails, I arrived at the campsite. The cut lawn felt so good underfoot. As I looked around to find a nice spot to pitch my tent, I saw a picnic table. I walked over to the picnic bench and removed my heavy, 27kg pack and left it on the table. I removed Luka’s pack so she could flop down and have a rest.
The sun came out for some time, and I enjoyed the beautiful warm summers evening as I wrote in my journal, had some freeze-dried chicken, and relaxed.
Nightfall came, and I climbed into my tent with Luka. I could hear the rain start again on my tent fly. It’s a beautiful sound to fall asleep to, especially after a hard day on the trails. I slowly drifted off to sleep.
I was awakened some time later to a terrible, blood curdling scream. I peered through my tent fly to see that high winds had moved in and it was “blowing a gale” outside. The dark, stormy, wind swept night started making my mind play tricks on me.
“What was happening out there” I thought. Visions of a serial killer torturing his latest female victim ran through my mind. “What if he sees my tent?” I thought. “What if he comes after me?” I wondered. I took a deep breath and assured myself it was just my mind wandering and the scream could have been anything. Thankfully I heard some laughter in the distance shortly after. “They must have just scared one another” I thought as I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Some time later I was awakened by Luka who was shivering as she cuddled me. I saw a flash of light. The light was so bright it lit up the entire inside of my tent. I could even make out the dark blue of my sleeping bag. The wind was blowing viciously, the rain was pouring down in buckets.
I have never been camping with lightening so intense it clearly lit up the inside of my tent. I thought of how I had pitched my tent under a tree to protect from the rain. My mind started to go a little crazy again thinking of “widow maker” branches falling and crushing me, lightening striking the tree and all kinds of other things. I wrote in my journal “what the hell was I thinking by doing this trip?” in scratched writing.
Luka stood up and wanted to outside. “You crazy dog” I said outloud. I unzipped the tent and she darted out into the vicious storm. The trees seemed to bend over and touch the ground. The lightening lit the area up brighter than daylight! The rain was so hard that it seemed to come from all directions.
“If I have to chase after you half naked through this storm – I am not going to be impressed” I said outloud. Thankfully Luka did her business and shot back into the tent so fast and hard she crashed into the back wall.
Bad bad weather is no surprise to me. In the military you spend more time in the rain than in dry conditions. I’ve been around the world, and been in some strange places. I’ve been stranded on an island due to bad weather, and even been camping in the wilderness during a hurricane. Nothing has ever been this bad. It was the first time in my outdoor career I was scared.
At some point I must have fallen asleep, as the next thing I knew, it was daylight. I unzipped my tent and looked wearily outside to see bright sunlight. I squinted. The air was still and calm. It was as if nothing had happened. Luka was still sleeping.
I stumbled out of the tent and made my way to the bench with my pack. I left the tent door open and let Luka sleep while I prepared breakfast.
A lady came by with her dog and asked me if I had slept outside that evening. I said “Yes I did.”
The lady’s eyes went wide and said “The news last night told me that it was the worst storm we have had in a century here – and you were in that little tent?” The woman explained how her daughter was in the park just before midnight and had seen my tent, and told her about it.
At least that explained the screams, I thought to myself.
“I sat up through the storm wondering if you were going to be okay out here” she told me. She also said she had thought about seeing if I wanted to sleep on her couch out of the rain, but was a little afraid to go out in the bad weather to find me, in case I had already sought shelter.
I thanked the woman for thinking of me. I was really moved by the fact that this woman, a complete stranger had thought about me during the bad weather. It was very uplifting to think that there are still such good people in the world.


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Jenina Leana September 25, 2021 coloring pages
At some websites you’ll find the basic children’s coloring pages that can be printed and colored by hand with crayons, colored pencils, and whatever else. However, you can also find websites that offer interactive coloring pages that require you child to work on the computer itself to fill in the images with colors. Often times, these interactive coloring pages are part of an entire online community and the pages are just one of many things available to do on the website.
When the Internet was still pretty new–anyone here old enough to remember those days? –only a few websites offered free, printable coloring pages, and most of these merely contained some rough sketches or produced teeny weeny pictures. But today one can find a multitude of websites from which you can print out high-quality coloring sheets on nearly any subject that you can imagine.
The coloring page, usually kids show their interest in:
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Being an understanding and caring parent, you can help you child in learning about various things and in creating awareness in the child about the world that he/she lives in with the help of coloring pages. You can use these pages for developing the ability to think logically in your child in a simple way without making learning a boring process for him/her.
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