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If you love your sleep, you will find it difficult to be a mother who writes. I say this because our primary focus as mothers is to make sure that our children's needs are met, everything else is secondary. This means, if you don't fit writing somewhere between mothering and sleep, you'll never find the time to write. I have been a mother who writes for at least half a decade, and I still often find it hard to balance the two.
Yesterday, on a quiet Sunday afternoon, I found myself scrambling to meet a writing deadline for a magazine I submit to quarterly. I was in my office, the children were downstairs watching TV and my husband was somewhere in the house. Yet, even on a quiet Sunday afternoon, it seemed almost impossible to focus. That's because I do my best writing in isolation and silence, but Isolation and silence in my household can only be found when everyone is asleep during the night. As a result, I have trained myself to write during those hours. Here's how I make that work:
Sleep Early: This was (and still is occasionally) my biggest challenge! It's a challenge because priorities change throughout the day. A child might need extra attention, I might have to stay up late on a conference call, or I might just want to stay up with my husband and catch a great movie, etc. The goal however is to be consistent and persistent with your nightly routine. And that routine must work towards getting you up early in the morning so you can write as intended. Having this in mind, I make it a point to be asleep no later than 10 p.m. every night.
Rise Early: This takes practice, and you will oversleep when you first get started on a routine. Be kind to yourself when you're tempted to snooze, but be persistent with your alarm clock. With day-in-day-out practice, the day will come when waking up before your 4:30 a.m. alarm will become second nature.
Maximize Your Time: The hours of sleep that you sacrifice so you can write, is not the time to check your email or check your social media pages. Use that time to WRITE ONLY! There will be several other hours during the day when you can attend to the things that are not such a priority.
Being a mother who writes is a tricky combination full of contradictions. Your children can be your fuel and your reason for writing while also being your energy drainers and the reason you sometimes don't get to write. Find what works for you timewise, and practice it until it sticks. What are some hacks that work for you as a writer and a mother? Feel free to share your hacks in the comments below.

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A pricing strategy to promote low-fat snack choices through vending machines.
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the role of price on purchases of low-fat snacks from vending machines. METHODS: Sales of low-fat and regular snacks were monitored in nine vending machines during a 4-week baseline, a 3-week intervention in which prices of low-fat snacks were reduced 50%, and 3 weeks postintervention. RESULTS: The proportion of low-fat snacks purchased was 25.7%, 45.8%, and 22.8% in the three periods, respectively. Total snack purchases did not vary by period. CONCLUSIONS: Reducing relative prices may be effective in promoting lower-fat food choices in the population. Vending machines may be a feasible method for implementing such nutrition interventions.
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With leading Israeli dignitaries–including President Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Interior Minister Itzhak Gruenbaum and others–in attendance, a new settlement was founded early today by Israeli soldiers “somewhere in Israel,” named “Tal Schachar” – Hebrew equivalent for Morgenthau – in honor of Henry Morgenthau Jr., general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal who is now visiting Israel.
The colony will serve as the first of a network of contemplated veterans’ settlements, all of which will be located on Jewish National Fund land. The cost of the program to the J.N.F., in the area from Jerusalem to the coastal region alone, is estimated at $5,600,000.
Following a tree-planting ceremony, Israeli President Dr. Weizmann told the soldier-settlers: “We are a people of peace, but now we must live with one hand on the plough and the other on the sword. I trust we will soon be able to live with both hands on the plough.”
Acknowledging the tribute paid him, Mr. Morgenthau, visibly moved, declared: “Tjis is one of the greatest moments of my life. I would like to feel that every child born here will be my adopted grandchild. In the short time that I have been here, I have been tremendously impressed by the bravery and courage of the Israeli Army and Navy under Premier Ben Gurion’s leadership. You are showing the world that the Jew is a fighting man and in this way you raised the standard of the Jew in the eyes of the Christian. Unfortunately, the young republic of Israel has few friends in the outside world. You therefore must continue to depend on your own strong arm. Through brotherly love, I hope and pray you will hasten the coming of peace, not only in Israel but throughout the world.”
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.

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The latest Construction Trade Survey, covering the spread of major, specialist and small building contractors as well as material suppliers, shows that the final quarter of 2011 was very poor for the vast majority of the industry.
Small and medium sized contractors are being hardest hit as lack of finance and sharply falling public sector funding takes it toll.
Civil engineering is the only part of the industry facing the future with any confidence as regulated industries like water and rail keep orders flowing.
The worsening climate has prompted calls for a second Budget stimulus to help the building sector.
Big and small builders are being hit by stalling office work, low house building activity and public spending cuts hitting Government building projects.
Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association said: “Cuts to public sector capital budgets had a tangible impact on activity across the construction supply chain, exacerbated by economic uncertainty and a lack of lending.
“As a consequence 2011 Q4 was very challenging for the industry. However, of even greater concern, previously positive workloads in sectors such as commercial and private housing have now become negative.
“Furthermore, prospects for the industry in 2012 are poor with sharply deteriorating order books and enquiries.
“The only bright spots appear in exports and infrastructure. Yet this is unlikely to be sufficient to offset all the other sectors in which workloads are declining.
“As a consequence, instead of being a driver of growth in the UK, construction is likely to hinder economic recovery this year unless the Chancellor takes steps in next month’s Budget to stimulate the industry and the economy as a whole.”
- 37% of large and medium sized building contractors, on balance, reported Q4 output lower than previous year
- Civil engineering workload balance rises for the first time since first part of 2008.
- Manufacturers of light side products see growth in export sales
- Enquiries levels to SME contractors plummet
- Nearly half of specialist contractors surveyed reported orders falling in last quarter
- Materials cost inflation and rising energy prices drove strong overall cost inflation
Key survey findings
Stephen Ratcliffe, director of the UK Contractor Group, said: “Business conditions remain challenging but there are also still opportunities for the industry.
“UKCG is working with government to help ensure the pipeline of public sector projects announced at the time of the Autumn statement is translated into reality and that we help deliver the best possible value to a cash strapped public sector to ensure some continuity of work.”
But the prospects for smaller firms in the building sector have taken a serious turn for the worse.
Julia Evans, chief executive of the National Federation of Builders, added: “With energy and material costs up, confidence down and lending conditions set to deteriorate further through 2012, it is hard to see how much of the industry will survive if these conditions are sustained.
“Marquee projects such as the Olympic Stadium will always give the impression of a vibrant industry but the vast majority of firms will only be able to survive for so long with cutthroat competition for work, unreasonable credit rates and late payment before they join the 2,700 construction firms that went into administration in 2011.”

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Dexalot: Trade like a CeX… from your wallet
You have probably thought more than once if it would be possible to trade CeX style, but with your MetaMask tokens. Large CeX like Binance, FTX, or Coinbase has a very intuitive interface in which we can configure our trades as we wish in a relatively simple and efficient way. If you have tried to trade from your MetaMask, you will surely have realized that it is not that simple, basically because you have to do everything yourself manually, there are no triggers that automatically trigger trades at specific prices, among other things. This is precisely what Dexalot, the first CLOB (Central Limit Order Book) from Avalanche, tries to solve.
As they say in the introduction to their litepaper, “Dexalot’s mission is to bring the traditional exchange experience – namely the Central Limit Order Book capability – in a decentralized manner through the use of a fast and scalable blockchain – Avalanche”. The application allows us to put limit-orders in full operation via blockchain, so at all times you own the keys and ‘ownership’ of your trade. In addition, being decentralized, there will be a governance system that allows for full community involvement. Another advantage of decentralization is privacy, as the platform does not require your personal data or other data collection methods, as you only need a MetaMask address to use its services. All this will have an even bigger implication as soon as Dexalot starts using its own subnet, something they have on their roadmap and intend to implement as soon as possible after launch. In case anyone doesn’t know what this entails, a subnet allows you to set up your own blockchain within Avalanche’s own blockchain, allowing you to create your own rules and, therefore, being able to reduce transaction fees to a minimum.
Dexalot has been running its protocol on Avalanche’s FUJI testnet for a few months now, allowing practice in the use of its services without having to invest real money or pay transaction fees. This has allowed them to test the viability of the application and show it to the public (it is still open today, in case you want to try it out). To date, they have launched their application on the mainnet and it can be used with real tokens, although it is still in its infancy and therefore has limited functionality. Currently, only the AVAX/USDT pair can be traded, and the minimum investment to activate a trade is $250, something that may put off investors with less capital. In any case, this is only its first step and you have to keep an eye on its evolution, adding new pairs and, hopefully, being able to use it via subnet in the near future.
For more information, these are their resources:
Dexalot TestNet: https://app.dexalot-test.com/

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I need help reconnecting my Bose home speaker 300 to a new wifi connection.
I had to set up the speaker on my main wifi connection but have now moved the speaker to my office where I have a wifi extender as the main hub is too far away to have a proper connection.
However, the speaker still finds the main hub signal but not the wifi doesn't not actually work- and I have no way to switch to the wifi extension.
If I delete the speaker via the app and then re-connect it automatically find the old connection....
Can someone help?
Thanks for reaching out.
In this instance I would suggest resetting your speaker. This will place your speaker back to its out of box state, you can find instruction on how to do this below;
I hope this helps. Let us know if you have any further issues.


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The Mental Health Association in Metropolitan New Orleans will hold its annual meeting at noon Jan. 23 at the Eastbank Regional Library's Meeting Room B (4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie), with an address by Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Chief Judge Ernestine S. Gray.
At the meeting, the association also will elect officers and board members. It also will bestow awards for state government leader of the year, volunteer of the year and media representative of the year.
Call 897-1140 for meeting information.
Coping With Cancer
How to help cancer patients and those who surround them handle the psychological aspects of the disease and its treatments will be the focus of the Gene Usdin, MD Distinguished Visiting Lectureship in Psychiatry at Ochsner Clinic Foundation this month.
The eighth annual lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 10 a.m. Jan. 25 at Monroe Hall at Ochsner (1514 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson). Space is limited; call 842-1234 for reservations.
Keynote speaker Dr. Jimmie Holland, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Wayne E. Chapman Chair of Psychiatric Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, was author of a study that outlined ways to reduce stress on cancer patients and their families. She also is an expert in bereavement counseling for families who have lost loved ones to cancer and has published the patient handbook, The Human Side of Cancer (Harper Collins, 2000). At the Usdin lecture she will discuss how to help both families and patients cope with the psychological aspects of cancer.
Live to the Max
Anyone who has ever heard local fitness expert Mackie Shilstone on the radio or, even better, seen him in action can attest to one thing: the guy exudes energy and vigor for life. He's given us a simplified step-by-step plan for how he's helped himself and countless other athletes and common folks achieve optimum health in his new book Maximum Energy for Life: A 21-Day Strategic Plan to Feel Great, Reverse the Aging Process, and Optimize Your Health (John Wiley & Sons Inc., January 2003, $24.95).
It's not an exercise book, although it does address fitness routines and stresses the importance of exercise in balancing the functions and improving the efficacy of the body, mental processes and happiness in general. In the book, Shilstone recommends the "Pro Circuit Exercise Program," which he devised to combine strength and core training with cardiovascular conditioning. "The beauty of this program," he writes, "is that you can start it at any age and at any level of fitness and make it as challenging as you want. The Pro Circuit is designed to give you maximum benefits for a minimum time investment -- thirty to forty-five minutes, three times a week -- in as few as eight to twelve weeks. Where you go from there is up to you."
Rather than a fitness book, however, Maximum Energy for Life is a roadmap for living happily in a fast-paced, demanding, fast-food kind of world. It explains how to combat fatigue and lethargy through proper diet, exercise and positive thinking and even gives the reader easy exercises for dealing with and controlling stress, negative emotions, fear and even workplace hassles. Shilstone shows you how to reignite passion for your job, reassess what you want and how to get it and discusses the role of family and friends in living a joy-filled life.
Shilstone, who has helped numerous star athletes get back in the game and in many cases extend their professional sports careers beyond expectations, doesn't just throw out his insights and leave the reader hanging. Everything in the book is a step-by-step, mapped-out plan complete with evaluation forms, questionnaires and even meal plans that leave nothing in question and allow you to eat things like spaghetti and meat balls and even pound cake. The book also discusses at length, heart disease, preventable diseases and even stress and how it affects your health, work relationships, family and personal happiness.
Perhaps best of all, we have Shilstone himself as a vibrant example of how well the plan can work. It started when he -- as a 5-foot-8-inch, 140-pound college student -- wanted to be on the football team at Tulane University. He strengthened himself and achieved that goal, earning a varsity letter and having the distinction of being the smallest player in the country. He later turned his methods to other players, helping Michael Spinks become the first light-heavyweight boxer to win the world heavyweight boxing title and working with baseball and football players all over the country play better for longer. Later, he brought his methods to non-sports types at the Mackie Shilstone Center for Performance Enhancement and Lifestyle Management at Elmwood Fitness Center, where the general public can benefit from his quarter-century of experience.
Maximum Energy for Life is an easy read that motivates the reader through common-sense approaches and goals that can be reached fairly easily by anyone. And it comes with a big promise: "This book ... embraces both the science and the passion that I bring to my work with my clients," Shilstone writes in the introduction. "I know that it will help you improve the quality of your life, health and performance as well as increase your joy of living more than you ever dreamed possible." -- Kandace Power Graves
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has given Tulane University Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence $10.8 million to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) to explore links between high blood pressure and kidney disease.
The NIH grant is intended to expand and speed along research examining the interconnections of the two diseases; the money will be used to pay researchers, buy laboratory equipment and fund infrastructure needs. Grant projects include a clinical trial to examine how exercise affects hypertension in African-American women as well as studies about salt-induced high blood pressure and the role malformed kidneys play in chronic kidney disease and more. It marks the first COBRE in the country to be established with a primary focus on hypertension.
Tulane center Director Dr. Lee Ham says the need for the center is illustrated by statistics that show the Southeast region, which includes Louisiana, has the highest prevalence of hypertension and related complications such as stroke, coronary artery disease and end-stage kidney disease in the country. Additionally, the American Heart Association estimates that 2.2 million Americans are disabled by high blood pressure and 200,000 die each year from hypertension-related causes. Hypertension also has been found in 70 percent of new patients suffering from end-stage kidney failure, according to the National Kidney Foundation.
- Mackie Shilstone's new book provides a roadmap to better health.

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I have not only been saying no more often lately, but I have been feeling less confused about when to say yes and when to say no. It is a new experience to want to say no to something and then to actually say it!. I used to fear that if I said no I would let people down and their opinion of me would suffer as a result. I have also noticed that I have a lot more clarity, and less ambiguity and guilt about the word no.
Many different opportunities come our way every day as we move through the world. Some come from editors and new projects, some from real estate and new ventures, and some from travel related adventures. The good news is there are multiple doors open and we have many choices. That is also a challenge because the directions we can go are infinite. I have learned we need to be crystal clear about our vision and values in order to know what decisions align.
I realize now, clarity around vision and values makes saying no much easier. When those things are clear, I am much less tolerant of actions and behaviors that don’t align. I want all of my energy going toward the life I am creating every day and the things that life inspires me to think about.
There was just as much inspiration at home but I didn’t stop long enough to gain the clarity I needed to sort through the requests that came in so rapidly as I moved quickly through my days. I realize now how much time I spent doing things I was not inspired to do because I didn’t feel like I had the courage to say no.
The worst part was not even lacking that courage, it was the amount of energy I expended on those tasks I didn’t really want to do. I often had little or no excitement left for the things I was inspired to do. I think it was intentional at some level because there was always a victim mentality or excuse waiting for me if I was not living the life I dreamed. “I have no time for myself,” I would exclaim as I ran around fearing the word no.
I realize now I had the time, I just lacked the courage to protect that time. This journey has taught me just how precious time is and I will never squander it again.


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this might come as a surprise to some of you, but there's a nature girl inside of me. now don't get me wrong... i love living in the city, and at this time of my life there is no place i would rather be. and i hate bugs. hate. i'm shivering at the thought of them.
but anyway. i love nature. i like camping. i like hiking. (well, day-trails anyway. i've never attempted the "carry your tent on your back" kind of hiking.) i love having that big open space to just.... breath.. and to feel... significantly insignificant.
when i think of the peaceful moments in my life, i think of nature places. the precipice of chimney top in the smoky mountains. deep in the woods of warner camp. nighttime on the beach back home. driving through the vineyards of southwest michigan, or the cornfields of indiana. watching the sunset from the bluff of st. joe.
these are the places that speak to my heart. these are the places where i can go to get away from life, from the noise. the places where i can find the silence i mentioned yesterday.
and i've realized something. i don't have any of these places in nashville. i've lived her for three years now. i think it's about dang time i find space to breath. and i think i found it on accident a few months back...

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A woman asked me a question yesterday and she was feeling overwhelmed about her situation: “I have food sensitivities and I cannot eat gluten, dairy, sugar, and legumes. What is left for me?”
Here is what I told her: when I lived in China people did not eat any sugar, any dairy, any legumes (very low intake of soy), and they ate very low amounts of wheat where I lived. Yet they were doing great, and food was truly amazing.
While it’s not about eating like the Chinese, why not take some ideas and add them to our own menu?
After all, Western countries do export their food to other countries, and sometimes it’s not the healthiest items. Why wouldn’t we benefit from the healthy diet of the Chinese?
So back in 1998 I spent a year in China. I was working in a factory that produced antibiotics both in Shanghai and in a remote province. I lived with the plant manager and the engineers together in the same building, Chinese-style.
At night we would play Chinese chess (a course in strategy!). We were speaking Chinese all the time, a bit of English, and didn’t see a fellow foreigner for months. Great experience.
We had a cook for breakfast and dinner, and for lunch we would eat at the factory.
And guess what?
I didn’t touch an ounce of sugar, dairy, legumes (tiny bit of soy), and wheat during months. We had a typical Chinese, healthy diet every single day.
Breakfast was eggs and rice bread or rice.
Lunch was a soup, vegetables, some meat, and a whole lot of rice.
Dinner was very traditional, with about 10 different dishes for 12 people, a small feast every day! Nothing fancy, but fresh and healthy.
(Disclaimer: things have changed a whole LOT in China since then. Your experience may be very different.)
Here was the dinner menu:
1 soup (bone broth or fish soup or vegetable soup)
1 dish of liver or blood
1 dish of mung beans, mung bean sprouts or vegetables with a bit of tofu
2 dishes of meat (pork, chicken or beef)
3 dishes vegetables
1 dish with eggs
Everyone would eat a bit of every dish so we would make sure to get plenty of nutrients and to enjoy a wide range of flavors.
Here were a few typical dishes on the menu:
Fish soup is super healthy because the broth is made with the carcasses and our body can get collagen-building substances as well as plenty of healthy fats, calcium (from the bones), and protein.
Try to make your own broth with this recipe: Homemade Fish Stock.
Sautéed vegetable greens
We had a plate of these every night. Sometimes, 2 plates. There is a great variety of greens in China (go to a market, you’ll see what I mean) and the Chinese traditionally put great emphasis on eating greens at every meal because…it’s healthy! Eat your greens!
Once every couple of days there was a plate of pork or beef liver. It was always delicious, cooked with bell peppers and onions most of the time.
Liver is very healthy because it contains plenty of nutrients, including vitamin A. You can check out this article about vitamin A in food to learn more.
A very classic dish in China, bean sprouts were eaten on their own or mixed together with some chicken or other vegetables.
Note that they have nothing to do from a nutrition point of view with soybeans or tofu, because they are in fact mung bean sprouts, and not soybean sprouts.
While you should definitely avoid modern-day foods that contain soy, these sprouts are fine if you like them.
Sweet and sour pork
This was not on the table very often but it’s still a classic that we always loved.
A bowl of rice
Rice is always a component of a healthy meal in China. It is eaten after the other foods, to make sure that you’ve satisfied your hunger and also that you don’t stuff yourself with it and are no longer hungry for the healthy, more nutritious foods.
What do you think?
Why not taking some ideas and changing the menu?
We do not have to be dependent on sugar, dairy or wheat. There are so many dishes you can enjoy.


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Balakot Air Strike: Top Military, Foreign Policy Experts On What Happens NextBloombergQuintOpinion
India carried out air strikes in Pakistan in early hours of Feb. 26, destroying the biggest terror camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed and eliminating “a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis”, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said at a briefing in New Delhi. Gokhale added that the “non-military preemptive” strike was carried out after India received credible intelligence that the JeM was planning to carry out other suicide attacks after the Pulwama bombing on a CRPF convoy that killed 40 jawans.
To understand what happens next and the strategic calculus behind the move, former officials who have held top military and foreign affairs positions in India, as well as South Asia strategic affairs experts, in India and abroad, weigh in.
Air Strike At Balakot Strategically Thought Through
- Lt. Gen. (Retd.) HS Panag, Former General Officer Commanding in Chief of Northern Command and Central Command
This is a proxy war which has been going on for the last 30 years. India has generally exercised a strategy of restraint where we have said that we’ll manage our internal problems, and our internal terrorist action – we’ll act against it, but we will not respond against Pakistan to precipitate the situation.
We did have one response on Sept. 28, 2016 in the form of surgical strikes. As it became obvious, that was a standalone tactical operation, and it was not thought-through strategically. Consequently, no strategic aim was achieved. Pakistan denied the operation and continued with business as usual, and, the operation was at a very small scale.
Pulwama, with forty casualties, was a major event which India could not ignore, particularly this government which has been gung-ho about national security, and also with elections close at hand.
So, action was almost a compulsion, as far as the government is concerned. The government has, in this case, chosen to launch a strike at Balakot which happens to be beyond Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, which is legally a part of India. This was required, to send a message to Pakistan that either you mend your ways, or we will raise the ante.
In case Pakistan does not make a course correction as far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, India will continue to raise the ante, and up the ladder of escalation to launch more attacks, or act in a different form, in Pakistan.
How Is Pakistan Likely To Retaliate?
War is a two-way street and anything short of that, any hostile act short of war is also a two-way street. It is but natural for Pakistan to respond. But Pakistan also has the same kind of capabilities that India has, as far as operations below the threshold of war are concerned.
Pakistan can retaliate in kind, and it can take any form.
It can undertake similar air or missile strikes. It can be in the form of ground action across the Line of Control, it can be in the form of special forces’ raids across the line of control, it can also be in the form of a terrorist action.
Taking the last option will show that Pakistan works in cohorts with the terrorists, which is denied by Pakistan. Pakistan says that it only provides moral support to terrorists. So if it uses terrorists to launch another strike, it would be seen that Pakistan is in league with them.
Pakistan’s Denial Unlikely To Help
They went into a semi-denial mode which was rather late, because General Ghafoor tweeted that Indian aircraft had intruded into Pakistani airspace, and then he tweeted again that when the Pakistani Air Force responded, they ‘dropped their bombs in haste and went away’.
Therefore, it has acknowledged that Indian Air Force has definitely gone into Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, if not Pakistan.
The Pakistan media too said that some sort of strikes have taken place, and BBC Urdu has quoted residents on the ground in Balakot, where they have said that strikes have taken place. So it is very difficult for them to go into a denial mode. Since their sovereignty is in question, which is supreme in the eyes of a Pakistani public that is very anti-India, some sort of military response is likely. Then the onus will come back on India, as to how we want to escalate this situation.
Alternatively, if Pakistan keeps quiet, and continues to do what I have said so far, then it puts the onus on us, which goes against us internationally, to again do something of a higher magnitude.
This is the kind of response strategy Pakistan is likely to follow. This situation is unfolding, and it remains unpredictable, and in my view, Pakistan will respond in some manner militarily, and thereafter, it will depend upon India, how it raises the ante.
But India has had enough time, 12 days [since the Pulwama attack] is all that India requires to prepare itself fully for the full spectrum of action, for operations short of war. Thereafter, whatever India does after Pakistan’s response, it will be a matter of India’s strategic choice. So, we will wait for the situation to unfold.
Don’t See Escalation, Pakistan’s Options Limited
- Lalit Mansingh, Former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to the United States
The significance of this strike is that it marks the end of the policy of strategic restraint by India. If you go back to 1998, and the nuclear tests that both Pakistan and India conducted, India took the line that with both countries possessing nuclear weapons, it was not possible to engage in conflict hereafter. But the Pakistanis decided that it gave them an opportunity to carry out asymmetrical attacks on India, through cross-border terrorism without India having the capacity to retaliate, because it could escalate. This bluff has been called for the first time by India, and India has made it clear that retaliation will follow, and our strategic restraint should not be regarded as weakness.
We took a policy decision during Kargil that the Indian armed forces would not cross the Line of Control, and it was meticulously observed. But in the surgical strikes, India took the step of crossing the LoC in a shallow attack under territory under Pakistan’s governance, but technically belonging to India. But today, the attack was on Pakistan’s territory.
The message is loud and clear. That if you continue with cross-border terrorism, retaliation will follow, and Pakistan will not be spared. I think that’s a message which both Pakistan and the international community have to understand.
Is Pakistan going to have a major strike in India? I think the international community will accept what India did as a fait accompli. The pressure will be on Pakistan not to escalate, not India, because India is not wanting to escalate. Now, look at Pakistan’s options.
Pakistan can go to its friends. But if it goes to the United States, remember, the U.S. has been attacking terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, and it’s U.S. policy to do that. I don’t think they can get much sympathy there.
They can turn to their friends in the Middle East. But we had Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman in India, and he made a very strong statement and a joint statement. He actually criticised the terrorist attack that took place in Kashmir.
Pakistan can turn to the Chinese. But China too has joined the United Nations Security Council statement, which also strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Kashmir.
So I don’t think Pakistan can get much sympathy and support for any kind of retaliatory action against India, because India has made it clear it is not against an attack on Pakistan.
India is attacking terrorist infrastructure, and the international community has agreed that Pakistan itself should be doing it. So I doubt very much there will be an escalation, and I doubt if the pressure will be on India.
What I think will happen now is that the focus will turn to the United Nations and possibly the Chinese veto on naming the Jaish-e-Mohammed and its leader. China is now considerably isolated, and the first signal is that the they agreed to join the UN statement that was just issued.
Limited Options For Pakistan Amid Indecision
- Michel Kugelman, Deputy Director of the Asia Program, Wilson Center
It’s sort of like deja vu. It reminds me of what happened after the surgical strike in September 2016, when you have this assertion coming from India, that something really big was done. Then Pakistan tried to downplay and deny before coming out with an inconsistent response to what had happened.
I think the messaging from the Pakistani leadership suggests that the notion of an imminent visible retaliation by the Pakistanis is probably quite unlikely.
I do think that what Pakistan would try to do, and this would not be anything new, is simply double down on its embrace of these non state militant actors like Jaish e-Mohammed as it looks to try to punish India in ways that Pakistan’s conventional military forces cannot, because they are inferior to those of India.
It was not surprising that the Pakistani statements today have been rather vague.
I think that they don’t know what they want to do, just yet.
But the fact that from very early on, you had an effort to seem to downplay what had happened, that to me suggests that they’re not in a position... they don’t have willingness or capacity to respond to what has happened in a muscular or visible way.
Pakistan has relatively limited options here in terms of conventional military force. There will be diplomatic efforts to bring key countries to its side and to try to quietly lower attention. But it’s true that there are domestic political considerations in mind for Pakistan to clearly acknowledge that India did something. We don’t know the full details yet, but it did launch an operation in Pakistan, in ways that probably went beyond Kashmir. So, there’s going to be a need for something to be done, but again, what are the options. Those are relatively limited.
What I do think we are likely to see, unfortunately, is a decision on the part of the Pakistanis to double down on its ties to the military assets, perhaps encouraging them more aggressively, to carry out active operations and attacks inside Kashmir, and India more broadly.
There is a lack of clarity on what can be done, because this is somewhat of a new situation that Pakistan is not used to. It’s really unclear to me as to how Pakistan is going to act, and that’s why in these press conferences it was accurate that the diplomatic steps probably come first, before they think of military responses.
Pakistan Army Did Not Want To Make Matters Worse For Itself
- Bharat Karnad, Professor for National Security Studies, Centre for Policy Research
My reading is that the Pakistani air defence radar which is called the Slack system did pick up the Indian combat aircraft, but the Pakistan air force aircraft scrambled to intercept them, because essentially, that would have meant stepping on to an ‘escalatorial’ ladder, and that they didn’t want.
I think it’s a considered decision on the Pakistan military’s part not to let the situation get out of control.
That is a very encouraging sign, because had they responded with a counter-strike and so on, then India would have been compelled to again up the ante, and hit back. That would have resulted in a kind of an uncontrollable situation.
What is a very good thing to have happened, the way it’s turned out, is that the Pakistan Air Force did not respond.
They were in a position to do so. They did not respond. Their air defence radar, just to make it very clear to you, did pick up the activity. It is the best air defence system in the entire subcontinent. Our air defence system cannot match that.
Pakistan initiated the attack with the terrorist incident, and India responded, and the Pakistanis have chosen not to counter-strike to our action. Up to this moment, they haven’t responded, so I don’t think they will respond in the days to come, because that will only compel India to up the ante. If India ups the ante, then the conflict gets out of hand. It’s still controllable now.
They have provided the rationale that the Indian aircraft intruded and then dropped the payload and went away. Which means that there was no damage done. That’s what they claim. That’s a very good thing. Let them claim whatever they want.
You have to give them a face-saving way out of the situation. You cannot claim that the Indian Air Force succeeded in taking out the Jaish camp.
One Strike May Not Be Enough
- Pushan Das, Associate Fellow and Programme Coordinator, ORF Global Governance Programme
One strike into Pakistani territory to take out a terrorist camp is not going to stop or coerce Pakistan to stop supporting terrorist groups. By carrying out the strike, costs have been imposed on the Pakistani state for supporting terrorist organisations like the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and a whole host of other groups.
The ball is now in Pakistan’s court as to whether they see a cause benefit of risking Indian strikes into Pakistan’s territory targeted towards terrorist camps on a continuous basis.
From the Indian perspective as well, if you look at 2016, 17 soldiers died, and India conducted the shallow surgical strikes. This time more than 40 CRF jawans have died, and we have conducted air strikes.
From India’s perspective, we have set a precedent where any government – not only the BJP government – will have to manage public expectations the next time there is a terrorist strike emanating from Pakistan.
I think doing one strike is a signal. To make the costs heavy on Pakistan, India will have to continuously do this, if Pakistan continues supporting terrorist groups, or attacks Indian troops and Indian territory.
What next? I think India will have to continue playing that coercive card to disincentivise Pakistan from letting terrorist groups using its territory. One strike necessarily does not disincentivise Pakistan from not supporting terrorist groups.


On Sunday, AT&T Mobility and mobile carrier T-Mobile US announced they would stop selling the Galaxy Note 7 until Samsung deals with the combustion issues of its handset. Both US carriers are waiting for further investigation on the reported incidents.
Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy Note 7 received great reviews upon release and even broke pre-order records in South Korea. However, on September 2, Samsung suspended Galaxy Note 7 sales and recalled 2.5 million units due to battery failure and combustion.
Subsequently, the South Korean company launched a worldwide product exchange program, too. Customers were able to exchange their Note 7 for another. They had until October 1 to turn in their phones through domestic carriers.
While the battery malfunction left many users confused about what to do next with their devices, the replacements have even left people injured. Since the beginning of October, there have been several incidents in which recently replaced Galaxy Note 7 phones still suffered from the same issues.
Combustion incident with replacement Galaxy Note 7 sent the owner to the hospital
The first reported incident happened on October 5. A replacement Galaxy Note 7 device exploded a when a flight was preparing to takeoff from the Louisville International Airport. The passenger had obtained the handset from an AT&T retail outlet.
Two days later, a second replacement smartphone melted in the hands of a 13-year-old girl in Minnesota. On October 8, a Galaxy Note 7 owner ended up in the hospital after his replacement caught fire. He suffered from acute bronchitis due to smoke inhalation. The worst part was that Samsung knew about the incident in Kentucky and said nothing about it.
The very next day, two more incidents occurred in Texas and Virginia. In both cases, the Galaxies exploded. In consequence, AT&T stated it would stop exchanging new Note 7 smartphones, while T-Mobile said it would halt sales as well as trades.
Samsung’s damaged replacements could lead to a second recall
During the first recall, Samsung gave customers the possibility to purchase their Galaxy Note 7 with another one or to replace it with a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge. The electronics company refunded the difference.
Those who chose to pick up a new Note 7 could now go through another recall. Estimations said replacing all the 2.5 million devices sold before the recall would cost Samsung about $1 billion. Luckily for Samsung, not everyone turned in the Note 7s.
According to Samsung, 95% of its users have chosen maintain their use of a Samsung device. However, a second recall could prove catastrophic. The subsidiary that manufactures the batteries was the one to blame at first, but incidents with replacements could mean Samsung isn’t doing enough or doesn’t have a clue of how to fix the problem.


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The 2010-2019 Boston Celtics marked my first decade of basketball I remember fully. It taught me the danger of buying into perceived certainties, how quickly things change and long-term contention is never inevitable.
This year, Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley joined the Lakers. Kendrick Perkins, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett became TV characters. Ray Allen is still exiled from the ‘08 crew. Imagine all that transpiring when LeBron James seemed destined to never win a ring; when the Golden State Warriors sat among the desolate, losing franchises.
Championship-or-bust mindsets would render the decade a failure. It did not disappoint in its excitement though. Boston reached the playoffs in all but one season, and avoided a long-term rebuild through stellar trades. Danny Ainge nailed Jayson Tatum, Bradley, and Rondo picks to bolster teams that needed the depth.
Boston’s relevancy prompted higher TV ratings through 2018 — along with the what-ifs, devastating injuries and gut-wrenching losses near the top. Thrilling runs happened while some assumed Warriors dominance made trying futile, reaching within five wins of a title in 2012 and 2018. They had the talent in 2019.
Most franchises can hang an “almost” banner in their arenas. There’s no room in Boston’s. An uncertain future now awaits into the 2020’s. One that will influence how we view the missed opportunities of this past decade. How will you remember it?
The 2010 NBA Finals loss
The Celtics entered the playoffs riding a 27-27 stretch. After they took 3-0 leads on Miami and Orlando — ruining LeBron’s confidence in the Cavs — the Big Three nearly continued its run of never losing a playoff series. Pierce and Garnett could’ve become multi-time champs like fellow Boston legends.
Then Kendrick Perkins landed awkwardly between Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum minutes into Game 6, beginning a string of injuries that undermined the Celtics’ contending ability each season. A decade defined by agonizing endings did not save its worst for last.
Doc Rivers and the locker room had a chance to rebuild though, and built double-digit lead with Rasheed Wallace inside. It held into the fourth quarter, even as Pau Gasol hauled in nine offensive rebounds. The seconds ticking felt like hours. Then, Ron Artest delivered LA No. 16 with a rare three.
I don’t remember Game 6, 2008. I mourn Game 7, 2010 to this day.
The Perkins, Jeff Green trade and Rajon Rondo injury 1.0
The Celtics botched 2011 not by moving Perkins, but by not preparing themselves for life without him. They spent two seasons after the trade mulling a replacement, while the small-ball option awaited soon after. Jermaine O’Neal and Shaquille O’Neal deserved farewell tours, not the majority of center minutes. When Shaq’s health capsized, so did the team.
Both Danny Ainge and Perkins supported the Perkins trade later. He never posted positive per-100 splits again. Jeff Green gave the Celtics a long game, but Boston was still entrenched in the short term. Trading Perkins shook the locker room of the NBA’s top team at that moment. That sent shock waves that seeped into other areas, like Rondo’s attitude.
As DeAndre Jordan slammed through the paint through Nenad Kristic and Garnett, the Celtics clearly lost something more than a game to the Clippers. They sunk their heads and lost five of the next nine. Their 33-9 start capsized into a 23-17 finish.
Rondo’s one-armed domination of Miami in Game 3 created one of the moments of the decade. Perkins or not, a bum-elbowed Rondo plunged the Celtics into an unbridgeable talent disadvantage once the adrenaline settled.
Avery Bradley hurt and Ray Allen leaves
The Celtics cost themselves Ray Allen for the brief remainder of the Big Three’s run by promoting Avery Bradley to starting minutes. The misfortune that followed was less about losing Allen, and more about not being able to see the bold move through.
Bradley laid the groundwork for upsetting the Hawks in 2012, recording 14 points, three steals and three blocks in Game 2 in Atlanta. He popped his shoulder out of place three times, before Celtics doctors shut him down following Game 4 against the 76ers.
Rivers coached a storm around Green’s lost season and Garnett’s aging. When Bradley went down, it was unimaginable that Pierce and company would take the Heat seven games. It didn’t make it any less painful that the Celtics lost with two chances to seal it.
LeBron’s rise to the top of the NBA demanded Boston’s demise. We only have a meme to look back fondly at.
Note: Bill Sy and I debated if the Celtics could’ve topped the Thunder even if they advanced. Oklahoma City’s roster looks so powerful now, with somehow no title to show for it. Without Green and Bradley in Boston, Perkins gets his revenge and Russell Westbrook wins a ring to me.
The 20-0 run and Brooklyn trade
Danny Ainge could’ve pulled the plug on the Big Three then. Allen’s departure gave him, Rivers and the remaining cast an emotional incentive to attempt one last shot. Boston never had the longevity to play another 82 games and three rounds.
It’s hard to imagine a better deal than what Boston scored afterward with Brooklyn. So it was worth whatever they forewent to watch Pierce, Garnett and Rivers gut it out down 0-3 against the Knicks.
The Celtics held off a pair of 20-point performances by Raymond Felton to bring it back to one of the loudest TD Gardens of the decade. What followed tied a fitting bow on that era.
Down 75-49 two minutes into the fourth, Bradley turned corners and cut off three passes to spark a 20-0 run. Green and Pierce scored in transition. The Knicks looked ready to fold.
Iman Shumpert’s steal at 75-69 halted that momentum with 5:07 remaining. The washed season and loss mattered though. It showed that while championships are always the goal, it doesn’t mean the product can’t be enjoyable when that possibility is out of reach.
Hiring Brad Stevens
As someone who didn’t follow college basketball before 2015, the news that Brad Stevens would replace Doc didn’t resonate the day before July 4. The Brooklyn trade soured moods. Rivers’ defection to the Clippers dominated the news.
Kevin O’Connor knew his potential, writing in our first post about the move, “Stevens is known for implementing complicated defensive schemes and has spent a great deal of time using analytics at Butler.”
Stevens made 2013-14 interesting, even as the slowest year of the decade. He bolstered Jordan Crawford to national status in the first month. Bradley became a shooter and Bass advanced, development that served the Celtics well when they returned to contention. Remember Vitor Faverani?
That year allowed me to go to over a dozen games for as cheap as $13. As much as I enjoyed the Big Three Celtics, that formed a lasting bond.
Watching Kris Humphries, Kelly Olynyk and Jared Sullinger, through the awkwardness of rooting for losses, boosted my interest enough to start writing about them. I met O’Connor and other media members, the team emerged and it wouldn’t take long for winning to matter again. In early 2016, I joined CelticsBlog — a site I never imagined writing in college, never mind high school.
Stevens’ coaching prowess allowed Ainge to swing 11 trades to disband the Big Three era. The prospect of a Rondo-led rebuild disappeared with his trade to Dallas. Green shipped toward Memphis. As the tsunami of deals flooded Woj, IT landed in Boston.
Good lord.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 19, 2015
Nobody, even Ainge, could’ve imagined what followed. Thomas’ late-game scoring, immediate chemistry with Crowder and the team’s inability to fade away reversed their 20-31 start into a playoff berth.
They exceeded expectations in 2015-16, establishing themselves among the elite with a 109-106 win at Golden State. The Warriors lost only nine times that season. Boston bowed out in the first round against Atlanta as Bradley, Olynyk and Crowder all nursed injuries. But they caught the eye of upcoming free agents Al Horford and Kevin Durant.
Boston becomes the team of the decade if Durant chose it. The Tom Brady, Thomas and Olynyk dispatch couldn’t convert. “Almost” again. Horford alone affirmed the Celtics’ vision as the biggest signing in franchise history.
The league knew Thomas would get the ball every possession. They doubled, trapped and packed the paint. With a willing creator on-board in Horford, Thomas produced one of the great seasons in Celtics history, which transcended into an all-time Boston sports story.
He scored 28.9 points per game on 54.6% effective field goal shooting. His volume and shooting splits stood among the best of any NBA season. The Celtics topped the East at 53-29, less than four years after their tear down.
On March 15, Thomas inconspicuously collided with Karl-Anthony Towns as he throttled the Timberwolves. The Celtics soared toward the one seed, but nobody noticed the moment that marked the beginning of the end of Thomas’ time in Boston.
They escaped an 0-2 hole against Rondo and the Bulls (courtesy note: Rondo got hurt). As doubts emerged about Thomas’ playoff viability, Boston trounced Chicago 4-0 and split four games against a Washington team many favored despite the C’s record. Thomas poured 53 on DC in Game 5 to swing the series and affirm his season. John Wall won Game 6 at the buzzer, then Olynyk inexplicably set the Celtics apart in Game 7.
LeBron’s reign over the conference and Boston continued. Thomas departed in Game 2 down 68-29. Before he was announced fifth in MVP voting, IT played his final game in Boston.
Ainge revamped the Celtics with all the right moves in the 2018 off-season. He moved Bradley before his decline, netting Marcus Morris. The team avoided a last-minute Gordon Hayward pullback from leaving Utah and the Markelle Fultz no-brainer pick to draft Jayson Tatum. Ainge pried Kyrie Irving from Cleveland in August, aiding LeBron’s eventual departure from the East while improving Boston.
It all capsized in six minutes. Kevin Harlan spelled doom on the season, a prediction proved wrong. Though his commentary on Hayward’s broken ankle forecasted the short run a team poised to rule the NBA for a decade embarked on.
The 2018 season will never separate itself from 2019, but in a vacuum proved to be the most entertaining Celtics season of my lifetime. Irving and company ripped off 16 straight wins to avenge Hayward. Tatum thrived. The team retained the grittiness of the Isaiah era, posting all-time memorable comebacks against the Rockets in the regular season and the 76ers in the playoffs.
Confetti fell. Horford dismantled Joel Embiid. The Celtics beat Philly 4-1, overcoming Hayward, Irving and the possibility of Jaylen Brown’s absence. Instead of a feint chance against the Cavaliers, they won Game 1 in Boston, 108-83.
Boston took a 3-2 lead, the story of the decade. They narrowly missed their chance to seal the East in Cleveland, and Game 7 arrived with Boston undefeated at home. They started strong, only to yield untimely baskets to Jeff Green.
With 6:41 remaining, Tatum grabbed the ball, yammed on LeBron, causing Morris to scream in James’ face. Tatum knocked down a three next possession and momentum deemed the Cavs dead even only down 72-71. I should’ve known better.
Brown, Rozier, Morris and Smart chucked aimless threes. Tatum didn’t shoot the rest of the game. LeBron and George Hill sealed it by driving to the rim. Future contention seemed inevitable, easing the loss in the eyes of many with Irving and Hayward returning.
Narrator: “it wasn’t.”
The lame duck
Everything around the Celtics set them up for championship contention in 2019. LeBron bolted west. The Warriors suffered friction and injuries. Milwaukee, even with an MVP season from Giannis Antetokounmpo, failed to reach the NBA Finals.
Yet the Celtics never looked further from the team we watched all decade. Any chance they got to fade in a close game, they did. No lead proved large enough to blow.
Irving’s impending free agency became the team’s dark cloud. Hayward shot poorly and frustrated to the point that charges of favoritism emerged. Nobody became happier after a 10-1 January stretch. Irving reversed on his preseason promise in New York and speculation surrounding a Kevin Durant meeting coincidentally proved fruitful.
Fans booed into March. A plane trip proved no more capable of righting the ship than signs of life earlier. The root rotted, so no leaf could survive.
Kemba Walker signed to salvage the remains. Boston now places its hope in the youth that drove the jubilation of 2018. Their faith rests in an open NBA, the waning importance of centers and any hope of Hayward rejuvenation.
A decade that toyed with the Celtics’ expectation of titles also saw new team-building difficulties emerge. Increased player power made it difficult for even Golden State to build a long-term winner.
Will rookies remain retainable into their primes? Will free agents still choose Boston? Can Stevens win with talent? All these questions carry into a new decade, beyond the simple short-term fix of Irving being gone.
Last decade provided plenty to remember. Even the worst makes for great stories and memories.


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In an apology issued Thursday morning, The Monitor announced that, in response to reader complaints, it will remove public school district salary data it posted on Tuesday.
The Hidalgo County newspaper had compiled salary data for some area school districts, including McAllen ISD, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD and La Joya ISD but was still in the process of securing numbers from other districts.
"Since it was never our intention to single out these or any other particular school district, we have removed those online postings," the paper said.
The Monitor said it will return to the data once it has secured the information from all of the districts in the county and "will perform due diligence and report, in the best interests of all taxpayers, where there might be anomalies" in future efforts.
Responses were mixed, to say the least. Here are a couple of samples from the comments:
"What was the purpose of this? To humiliate us by letting us know what little we have going for us? We slave to teach CHILDREN, the greatest resource this country has, and this is the thanks we get? People who feel we get paid too much? We have college degrees, but are among the LOWEST paid professionals. This is fuel for a fire that might not ever be extinguished. Everyone wants their kids to be taught by the best and brightest teachers! Well some of us are paid, as seen by some comments on this post, apparently too much. Remember you get what you pay for. If you don’t pay teachers what they deserve, then our country will never reach the top of the educational ladder!"
"Retention of quality employees is key in any organization whether they be private or public entities. By placing this information of school district employees actually helps. You have just provided the disparity between different districts and how school districts must compete in order to keep quality employees. Competition in the public sector is no different than in the private sector. If entities don’t provide a solid foundation not merely on the environment but also in the monetary sense, individuals will go to where the money is. Commitment will only get you so far. Thank you for sharing information that leads to allowing the public sector to become more competitive."
We can relate to The Monitor. Here at the Tribune, we maintain the Government Employee Salary Database (which includes salary data from school districts in the state). It is not uncommon for us to receive emails or phone calls from folks whose salaries are included and who voice many of the same concerns expressed by some readers of The Monitor. But we have never seen a response quite as heated as this.
As Tribune Editor-in-Chief and CEO Evan Smith explained in a post last year, "We believe in the power of data." It may be uncomfortable to have salary information out in the open. But when it comes to promoting open government, we believe it is worth it.


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As the world grapples with COVID-19, a group of service providers teamed up to use oilpatch technology to help their local communities.
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BROOKLYN - (AP) - The Brooklyn Bridge is being reopened afterpolice say a report of a suspicious package turned out to be afalse alarm.
The report came in at 9:38 a.m. Friday. The bridge was reopenedless than an hour later.
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The bridge, which was opened in 1883, is undergoing a series ofrenovations for the next several years. There is a lot ofconstruction on both the Manhattan and Brooklyn sides.


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Crowdfunding continues to grow in popularity in South Africa as an alternative way to raise funds to kick-start a business, however, like most funding instruments it has its pros and cons.
Below is a guide to crowdfunding and the advantages and disadvantages of this fundraising method.
What is crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding enables entrepreneurs to source funds from a group of smaller investors (known as backers) instead of relying on one investor. It’s increasingly being regarded as a solution to the challenges entrepreneurs face raising funds. Studies show that most South African entrepreneurs fail to get funding from formal financial institutions such as banks, venture capital firms or the government. Some of the reasons that have been identified are entrepreneurs finding the application process confusing and failure to meet strict lender requirements.
With crowdfunding many innovative ideas that would otherwise never be implemented, due to a lack of funding, are given the chance to succeed.
Types of crowdfunding for businesses
There are four types of crowdfunding models, equity, rewards-based, donation and P2P lending. The most appropriate options for business owners are rewards-based and equity crowdfunding. The former enables business owners to raise money and in return investors receive discounts or free products and services. With equity crowdfunding private individuals invest in early-stage businesses in exchange for equity.
Crowdfunding platforms in South Africa
Because of the growing popularity of crowdfunding in South Africa, we have seen an increase in the number of crowdfunding platforms that specifically link businesses with investors.
Uprise Africa was the first equity crowdfunding platform in South Africa, launched in 2017. Their goal is to help entrepreneurs bridge the funding gap by allowing everyone to invest in startups, not just professional investors. The platform also serves as a space for small business owners to receive feedback from investors, get help reaching their target market, and test the viability of their offerings.
Launched in the same year, The People’s Fund is a purchase order crowdfunding platform for businesses that have orders with government and corporations and are looking to raise funds to complete an order.
The newest platform on the block is GoGetta which focuses exclusively on African businesses. GoGetta seeks out high-growth businesses looking for funding, creating unique venture capital opportunities for investors.
Below are some of the biggest benefits of raising capital through crowdfunding.
- Is a marketing tool that can attract investors.
- Helps businesses attract media attention.
- Provides an opportunity to test the business concept with feedback and guidance from investors.
- Helps businesses to connect with their target market before launching.
- Does not require collateral.
- Does not burden businesses with debt.
While beneficial for startup businesses, below are the disadvantages of this funding method.
- It can be costly to run an effective crowdfunding campaign.
- A lot of work and time goes into the preparation and pre-launch campaign.
- Might not work for your particular business.

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Having started the new year off with poetry – which was the nature of all the articles last week, from the poetry of David Tucker, to Susan Jefts, to the odes to the New Year, and finally, to the poetry of Leonard Cohen, I will be beginning a new series, on Longevity, in just a couple of days.
But first, we interrupt this message to give you an important message from our sponsors…
Ok, it’s not exactly from our sponsors, the message is from me. You see, it’s almost a year now since I started the Low Density Lifestyle website. I’m starting to do radio interviews, and here’s the schedule of them; and my book The Low Density Lifestyle will be coming out in the near future; but…
The concept is amazingly easy to grasp, but allow me to explain it to you…
Have you ever had a time in your life when everything seemed to be going just right? When everything flows and you feel like you’re clicking on all cylinders? Maybe it was when you were on vacation, or when you did something you felt passionate about. Maybe it was when you were absorbed in nature, listening to music, or perhaps even in the middle of a crowded city street.
Ultimately, where you are when you experience this isn’t so important, because in the end it’s really a state of mind.
This state, which occurs when your body, mind and spirit are in such resonance that you feel like you are in the zone, is called a Low Density Lifestyle.
When you are living this way, you are living in a more relaxed, less stressed, and calm, clear and focused manner on an everyday basis. It can lead you to better health and happiness, along with a more fulfilled, successful and enlightened life.
When you live a Low Density Lifestyle, you have less density, rigidity and tension in your body, mind and spirit—this means there are fewer blockages obstructing the dynamic flow of energy circulating throughout your body. You are more fluid and flexible, and less inflexible, rigid and uncompromising.
Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist, said, “Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.”
In essence, this is the formula for living a Low Density Lifestyle: if you let go of your densities and rigidities, and overcome your blockages, you will be like a fountain. You then become a circuit of energy, flowing infinitely, much like an unimpeded electrical circuit in which the electricity freely courses throughout.
How do you achieve a Low Density Lifestyle? Like anything in life, it takes a commitment, but the investment you put into it in terms of time and energy pays itself back with tremendous dividends.
You can start just by doing some simple things—eat more vegetables, grains and whole foods, and less animal foods; turn on some music and let go, moving and swaying to the beat as you feel it move through you; stop doing the same routine that you always do, instead doing something different everyday.
For instance, brush your teeth with your right hand if you always brush with your left, or sleep on the other side of the bed, or take a different route to work.
Make room for quiet time everyday, whether via meditation, walking in nature, or sitting quietly in your living room; and say “yes” instead of always saying “no.” See the Jim Carrey movie “Yes Man” to help guide you.
I have put together a 12-step guide to living a Low Density Lifestyle, which explains how to do it.
If this 12-step guide sounds complicated or overwhelming, let me distill it down to its essence: a Low Density Lifestyle is about being fluid and flexible of mind, body and spirit. From that starting point, all the benefits—better health, happiness, self-mastery, more joy and passion, fulfillment, success and inner peace—ensue.
Ultimately, the key to fluidity begins in the mind. How unbending are you in your beliefs? Are you a flexible thinker or someone who can be stubborn and dogmatic? Even if you eat the best vegetarian diet in the world, if you do it out of a rigid and holier-than-thou sense of what’s right, you may be doing more harm than good.
Now I’m not saying not to eat well, because that is an important component; however, a fluid and flexible mindset is what’s most important. It’s really the most important aspect to living a Low Density Lifestyle.
If you don’t live a Low Density Lifestyle, you may find yourself trapped in a High Density Lifestyle, a realm in which the burdens of stress and feeling overwhelmed can lay heavy on you and cause you to feel dense, tense and rigid.
If you feel heavy, and weighed down in your body, mind and spirit because of stress, poor eating, lack of exercise, a rigid belief system, unethical behavior, or a negative world view, then you are caught in the treadmill of a High Density Lifestyle. Billions of people on this planet are now caught in the trap of a High Density Lifestyle, and the increasingly fast-paced lifestyle of the modern world is to blame.
According to a survey by the American Psychological Association, in 2008, more people reported stress-related physical and emotional symptoms than they did in 2007, and nearly half of adults said their stress has increased in the past year.
A High-Density Lifestyle causes people to become physically ill, as well as mentally, emotionally and spiritually dense and rigid. This is evidenced by many of the common ills plaguing people today—weight gain, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and numerous other chronic and degenerative health problems.
So which would you rather live? A Low Density Lifestyle or a High Density Lifestyle? I think the choice is obvious. I invite you to be a part of a Low Density Lifestyle world.
And if more people lived a Low Density Lifestyle, we could then imagine the question, What Would a Low Density Lifestyle World Look Like?

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Texans Urged to Get Flood Insurance
More than 22,000 Texans battered by flooding over the last two years settled claims with the National Flood Insurance Program for over $1 billion, disaster recovery officials said today. Severe storms and flooding over the last two years resulted in six federal disaster declarations in Texas, affecting more than half of the state’s 254 counties, many on multiple occasions. Residents are still picking up the pieces from flood-related disaster declarations in March, April and May-June this year.
About 100,000 individuals and families registered with FEMA for federal assistance during the 2015-2016 recovery. Only a small percentage received the agency’s maximum award of $33,000, for losses likely much greater. The average FEMA grant for the May-June floods was about $6,800.
Those with flood insurance and who filed claims in the last two years received an average settlement of about $57,000. There doesn’t have to be a federal disaster declaration to file a claim; in fact, most floods do not result in disaster declarations.
Most Texans Lack Flood Policies
Flooding is the most common U.S. disaster as well as the costliest natural disaster. Yet most Texans lack flood insurance, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. Less than 25 percent of the state’s homeowners are covered, despite the risks.
Homeowners insurance doesn’t cover flood damage, but the NFIP does. Funded by FEMA, NFIP makes flood insurance available for communities that participate in the program, regardless of whether the area is high, low, or medium risk. Check the Community Status Book to see if your community is already an NFIP partner.
NFIP carries a maximum coverage of $250,000 for homes and $100,000 for contents. Business coverage is a maximum of $500,000 for building and $500,000 for contents.
In nearly all cases, it takes 30 days after purchase for a policy to take effect, so it’s important to buy insurance before the storm approaches and the floodwaters start to rise.
To learn more about any property’s flood risk, estimate an NFIP premium or locate an insurance agent who sells flood insurance, go to www.floodsmart.gov. For flood information and safety tips visit www.ready.gov/floods. Find the Spanish-language website at www.listo.gov.


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01-18-2009, 05:07 PM #1
Sorry it has taken so long to finally put this together. This sticky-post is intended as a collection of links to South Bend Forum threads which, for one reason or another, have been judged exceptional by the members here. This post is our means of keeping these threads within easy reach -- kind of a "best of" collection.
16" SB Spindle Bearing Question(s) - This thread, by 'Henro' delves into the intricacies of South Bend spindle bearing re-fitting. While the subject lathe is a 16", many of the principles apply to others sizes as well.
Heavy 10 serpentine belt?? - This thread explores the possibility of replacing that slip-prone leather drive belt with a modern, automotive-type 'serpentine' belt. A highly-recommended upgrade.
Don't delay... do the Serpentine Belt Fix today! - Continuing in the same vein, this more recent thread offers feedback from SB lathe owners who have upgraded to the serpentine belt.
Bed leveling - Practical advice on how to avoid turning tapers on your South Bend (when you don't want a taper, that is!)
Machining A Chuck Adapter - Getting a new chuck for your South Bend? If so, you may need to machine a new adapter plate for it. This thread gives step-by-step instructions.
Making a new Cross Slide Acme Screw - Just what the title says. A very thorough description of the process, from threading the screw, to engraving the index collar.
Thread Dial Kits, any interest? - Forum member Gary Hansen takes it upon himself to provide kits for making your own threading dial. I believe the kits are sold out (for now?), but this outstanding thread remains to provide invaluable information on every aspect of thread dial theory, and machining.
Spindle Wick Discussion - This thread concerns that most mysterious and elusive of South Bend headstock elements, the oil feed wick. Must reading for would-be headstock restorers.
Reconditioning Ways - Here it is, warts and all, the definitive thread on re-scraping your lathe bedways.
Model "C" to "A" Conversion - Is it practical to convert your changegear-driven model C (or B) lathe to a quick-change A? Here is just one of many good threads on the subject.
Repairing Half-Nuts - Okay, it's actually from a Yahoo! forum post... Brett Flemming describes a unique method of replacing worn out half-nut threads. And it worked, for at least one SB forum member.
How To Remove A Stuck Chuck - Excellent tutorial from forum-member 'Clemson' describes the right way to remove that stubborn chuck from your threaded spindle.
What have you made for your lathe? - Not to be confused with "What have you made with your lathe?", this thread is for showcasing gadgets, upgrades and/or improvements you have made to your South Bend.
Machining the MLA-23 Toolpost - If you're looking for a quick-change toolpost for your smaller SB lathe, but don't like the bulkiness of the Aloris-type post, here is a thread describing how to machine the MLA-23 quick-change toolpost, available in kit-form from Metal Lathe Accessories.
Machining A T-Slotted Cross Slide - The t-slotted cross slide, in addition to providing the normal functionality of the stock SB cross slide, extends the working surface completely to the rear end of the slide, providing t-slots and additional tapped holes for securing workpieces. An excellent project for the 9"/10K and 10L lathes.
Apron Rebuild - Forum-member "beckley23" rebuilds a worn out apron for a 13". Very well documented.
SBLmobiles - Jason B. serves up some very interesting pictures of original South Bend salesman's cars and demo vehicles.
New 10L Headstock Oilers - Don't be fooled by the title... this thread covers much more than oilers. It's an in-depth account of a 10L refurb from one of our resident experts. Scads of excellent pictures!
Do you know of a SB Forum thread that you think should be included here? Simply post your nomination to the following thread:
Thanks to everyone for their continued participation!
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Hello. New here. Please note that I get a "Page not found" error on the "Apron Rebuild" and "SBLmobiles" threads.
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