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By now, it's no secret that French auteur Mia Hansen-Løve leans into autobiographical storytelling with an honesty that is refreshing and increasingly rare in the world of cinema. From films like The Father of My Children to her latest effort One Fine Morning, Hansen-Løve tells stories that are both deeply personal and yet also remarkably universal. One Fine Morning is a fictionalized drama that draws from Hansen-Løve's experience losing her father to a neurogenerate disease. She completed the script before his death in the early days of the pandemic. Being aware of this fact adds a layer of quiet poignancy to a story that feels more natural and more honest than any film I've seen in quite some time.
Truthfully, I loved every moment of One Fine Morning.
Léa Seydoux stars as Sandra, a translator by profession who is also a widowed parent of Linn (Camille Leban Martins). She is struggling to provide care for her increasingly debilitated father (Pascal Greggory), a former philosophy professor now severely impacted by Benson's Disease and destined to spend his remaining life in care facilities. Much of One Fine Morning finds Sandra joined by family as they move him from facility to facility in an effort to provide him the quality care that he can barely recognize. Simultaneously, a chance encounter with a friend of her late husband, Clément (Melvil Poupaud), leads to the first signs of passion in her life in the five years since her husband's death.
There are, of course, some complications along the way.
Winner of the Label Europa Cinemas at last year's Cannes Film Festival, this Sony Pictures Classics release was an early darling for an Oscar nom in International Feature before France opted for the more market-friendly Saint Omer, which ultimately ended up not snagging a nomination. It's a shame, and a misjudgment in my estimation, but not particularly surprising given that Hansen-Løve has never been a particularly showy filmmaker and favors naturalism with a ferocity that makes my heart smile.
Hansen-Løve directs One Fine Morning with a disciplined simplicity that defiantly avoids trickery or histrionics. While One Fine Morning is a fictionalized tale with autobiographical elements, it's also a universal story that will look and feel familiar to many. Everything that unfolds here does so quietly even when matters of great matter are at stake. It's refreshing how much Hansen-Løve stays devoted to life's smaller moments that often add up to our biggest memories. Lensing by frequent Hansen-Løve collaborator Denis Lenoir is similarly unobtrusive and allows the narrative room to breathe and unfold. While I often long for the camera to linger into the silences, Lenoir's approach here is practically just the opposite in telling the story with visual precision and without an ounce of excess. It's not what I usually love, but as it happens here it's absolutely perfect.
Léa Seydoux has long been a gifted, perhaps under-appreciated, actress and One Fine Morning gives her a chance to show another side of her talent. She's remarkable here as a young woman living life as best she knows how. She's often, even usually, living in the moment even as each moment promises a vastly different experience. We've seldom seen womanhood portrayed with such vibrancy, respect, and dignity as we do here as Seydoux weaves a tapestry of reliability, vulnerability, aching sweetness, and believable tenderness. This has to be one of Seydoux's finest performances, a full-bodied performance where every fiber of her being shows a world of truths. We can't help but feel another world beneath what she shows us, or perhaps she only shows us glimpses on her face with words unspoke. There were moments in One Fine Morning when I felt the tears welling up only to feel as if I was joined by Seydoux's Sandra herself. From the uncertainty of caring for her father with a complexity of emotions to being in a relationship with Clément, Sandra embodies full womanhood that is shattering in its truthfulness and lack of histrionics.
However, this is precisely the kind of character that Hansen-Løve excels at writing. Hansen-Løve infuses One Fine Morning with intelligence and warmth and the kind of love we seldom see coming out of the movie industry anymore. Scenes between Seydoux and the always fine Melvil Poupaud delight not because they are over-stylized scenes of sexuality but because there's genuine passion, delight, and intimacy between Sandra and Clément and it's brought so beautifully to life that it practically gives me chills.
One Fine Morning is one of the finest films released in 2023 with Hansen-Løve continuing to amaze and an ensemble cast seemingly enchanted by the chance to tell such a life-giving, alive, and wonderfully honest story.
Written by Richard Propes
The Independent Critic


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Why do you offer help to another person? How important is their response to you? Do you expect gratitude when you go the “second mile” for someone else? What do you feel when they are not grateful? Do you feel used, angry or frustrated? If so, then this parable about the ten lepers is crucial to avoiding ministry burnout or compassion fatigue.
I will start with a confession. When others show ingratitude, I feel a burning heat that radiates from the top of my head, like a hot coal has been placed there. Ingratitude burns me up. I don’t know why I feel it there at the top of my skull. Others tell me ingratitude feels like a kick in the stomach, while some just feel a deeper weight on their shoulders. Where do you feel it? When I feel someone else’s ingratitude, and my head starts going hot, I feel anger. My addled brain starts to act like a overheated engine and shuts down my movement as I think, “Why am doing this anyway? What’s the point if people aren’t even grateful? That is it, I quit!” I don’t expect big rewards for the good that I attempt to do, I just want people to show a little gratitude.
Early in my ministry, one couple became such a force of negativity that I was ready to leave the church. They were not the only negative people, in fact a small faction of parishioners agreed with their stands against changes I was proposing. But their resistance burned me up because I had done so much for them. I had offered counsel and support when their college age children went through hard times. I had buried both of the wife’s parents. When her father was dying, I rushed to the hospital and prayed with them. I remember this holy moment where I held her father’s hand with my right and her hand with my left. We recited the Lord’s Prayer and when we said “Amen” he breathed his last breath, as if his soul was waiting for that moment to peacefully go to God. At that moment, I felt more like a minister than any other, shepherding a family through the great mystery of life and death. It was mind boggling to me that the same family could so vigorously oppose everything else I was trying to do in the church. Hadn’t I proven myself over the early years? After all the ministry I had done, where was the gratitude?
Over time I learned that this couple was also being eaten up by their own ingratitude. They were demanding and judgmental with their children, with each and with their church family. They worked very hard, had a nice home as well as a vacation home, and a pile of money in the bank. But they were nearly always unhappy. They not only found everyone else’s efforts unsatisfactory, they were deeply unhappy with their own efforts. Nothing was ever enough. While it was helpful to understand them, I learned to keep my distance from this toxic level of ingratitude towards life.
The couple represents an extreme version of something very common in life. Gratitude is not always an outcome when we give our best. We get taken for granted-whether it is at work, in our families or even at church-our gifts and labors are often unnoticed. They are quickly eaten up like the brownies at coffee hour and no one says thank you even as we are wiping up the crumbs. Like me, you probably feel like not doing any more when that happens.
Jesus is warning us that loving our neighbor will not always be rewarding or fulfilling. I see this parable as a follow up from last week’s Gospel reading in Luke 17:5-10. Jesus says that we should take the attitude of a servant, where we do our work and not expect great rewards just because we did our duty. Now he gives a living example of why this is important. Ten lepers are healed and only one comes back to give thanks. If anyone should be grateful for healing, it would be a leper. Leprosy is a horrible disease, not only because it creates terrible, oozing sores on the skin and numbness in the nerve endings, but it is also a very isolating disease. People fear it, and lepers were sent out to live beyond the city limits. People were judged as being sinful for having this disease, as if they had done something terrible and this was God’s punishment. You were guilty of something just because you had it. To be released of such as disease is a gift beyond measure. It is not only a restoration of health, it is a restoration to community, to relationship, to the possibilities of life and love that a barred to a leper. Isn’t it astounding that only one came back to say “thank you?” And to make it just a little more astounding, the one who did offer gratitude was another of the despised Samaritans. Why do they keep showing up making everyone else look bad?
Jesus is making a clear point that hits home to me. Don’t love your neighbor with the expectation that you will be flooded with gratitude and go home every day with a warm, fuzzy feeling. It is a hard lesson for me to accept, because feeling taken for granted is a prominent issue for me to overcome. I am learning to turn the tables on ingratitude. Instead of focusing on those whom nothing seems to be enough, no matter what you do, I am working at shifting my focus to gratitude. I can’t control other people or how they will respond to my efforts. I can only control my own mindset. I try to take this attitude. I do what I do because it is the right thing. I do my work because I love it, not because people will love me for doing it. People can be grateful or not. The important thing is that I am grateful and joyful.
Gratitude is the heart of loving our neighbor and doing ministry. Why do we love? Because God first loved us. When I felt like a leper, God loved and sustained me. So why should I be upset if someone else isn’t grateful for my work? I have so much for which to be grateful. That is where my best energy comes from – not someone else’s gratitude, but my own.

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study for my comic that i’ll have in Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Africa Edition!! artists like Faith Eric Hicks, Meredith McClaren, Becky Dreistadt are in it so this book is shapin up to be pretty dope. support it if you can!
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a library of selves
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what do you know of devotion
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I drew the third member of Team So Incredible, Kristina Collantes.
On the bottom row: Kristina’s drawing of Sloane Leong, Sloane Leong’s drawing of me
forgot to share this drawing of james i did and then my cool portrait by kristina :>
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thinking abt empathy + greed
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dealing with cultural isms wrt to body, removing it from self
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lil windy wolf idk
It is happening! We closed the deal at Thought Bubble yesterday. Thanks so much to Joe Keatinge for hooking me up with Eric Stephenson and the other Image guys.
Right now all I’m going to tell you about it is that I’m writing and drawing it, with Kristina Collantes on inks and Sloane Leong…
Im coloring a new mini series yay :)
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Yay exciting!! Get us to our shimmery stretch goal if you can
Hana Doki Kira Update #3 - Final Stretch & Push Goals
Hello everyone!! Thank you all for your continued support! We can’t tell you how amazing it is seeing friends, family, fellow artists, and new faces who support not only the art of our 26 artists, but of our goal to foster the shojo genre! We’re all very humbled and grateful to each and every one of you.
We have about 10 days to go before Hana Doki Kira’s kickstarter comes to an end. As of this update we’re only $400 away from our first stretch goal ($12,000) for a beautiful foil cover~! We’ve made a mock-up gif to give you some idea about what that special cover would look like - you can see it in the images above!
We really need your help! Let’s push to get as many of our extra goals fulfilled as possible! If you can make a tweet, email some pals or reblog our tumblr/facebook we’d really appreciate it! For every additional $3000 we raise, a new push goal will be unlocked. It means more rewards for you and more compensation to our artists. After the foil cover is a bookplate for everyone who has a physical copy of the book followed by all books becoming hardcover. Let’s see how far we can fly!
We’re hoping to be able to send out the PDF of the book around Christmas Time! So tell your pals to consider Hana Doki Kira as an excellent Holiday gift!
As always, Thank You!
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I’ll have a lot of original comic pages at this exhibit at Orbital Comics! You can also see all the work at Thought Bubble UK, the 23rd and 24th! So exciting!
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commission for the homie Leia of her dope characters Riley and Swift Kuba!!
Oh look more cool shit!
I commissioned Sloan to do an illustration for the end page of the last chapter of book 2, The Lion Jawed. I love this drawing so much. Sloane really captured the mischievousness of Riley. The handsome dude is Rileys BFF Swift Kuba who I’m stoked to introduce in this next book.
Look at his sexy baaaaaack….
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HEY EVERYBODY, this week on the Travis Bickle on the Riviera movie podcast, we celebrate the only holiday that matters by celebrating the greatest director who ever lived. Tucker Stone and I welcome special guests Morgan Jeske, Sloane Leong, James Stokoe, Brandon Graham, Marley Zarcone, John Keogh, Nina Stone, Katie Witzke, David Brothers, and Jared Lewis to talk about their favorite Carpenter films for an over 3 hour megacast, featuring 8 interviews, 20 pieces of Carpenter’s music, and other assorted shiz (there’s a short essay and a ton of links in the show notes).
I am on the Bickle moviecast this week where I get to talk to my pal Sean about THE THING!!! listen or i’ll get weird and pissed off!!

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I stumbled across the CUTEST site today... "www.theydrawandcook.com" - Recipes illustrated by artists from around the world. Enough said! Take a look, this site is addicting! I'm going to illustrate a recipe and submit to their site. I'll post it here too for you to see.
Yum! - and I'm adding these Rolo Cookies to my Christmas cookie baking list! :)

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A key stage in human evolution may have taken place on the fringes of Europe and not in Africa as has generally been thought, scientists said yesterday.
Fossils of an ancient human relative, or hominin, from Georgia dated from 1.8 million years ago suggest that the first of our ancestors to walk upright could have done so in Eurasia, the British Science Festival was told.
David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgian National Museum, said the skulls, fossils and limb bones found at Dmanisi in 1999 and 2001 raise the possibility that Homo erectus, a forerunner of modern humans, evolved in Europe or Asia and later spread back to Africa. He also revealed that a fifth well-preserved skull, the most complete yet, had been discovered at the site.
The Dmanisi fossils, which have been identified either as Homo erectus or a new species, Homo georgicus, have already shown ancient hominins began to leave Africa at least 1.8 million years ago, pushing back the accepted date for the first exodus from the cradle of humanity by several hundred thousand years.
This leaves two possible scenarios for a critical phase in evolution, Professor Lordkipanidze said. Either Homo erectus could have evolved in Africa and then spread to Asia and even Europe, or a more primitive relative might have left Africa and evolved into the more upright, advanced species in Eurasia. “We all agree the first appearance of humans was in Africa but when they left and started global colonisation is a debatable issue,” Professor Lordkipanidze said.


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This is an introduction to the Hindu epics The Ramayana and The Mahabharata presented to an audience of children. These Sanskrit works have a deep religious significances and remain vibrantly alive in the daily existence people in India to this day.
Why are the epics important?
The Ramayana and the
Mahabharata are considered
the foundation of dharma or
the Hindu code of ethical
Duty to parents, brotherly love,
true friendship, correct
conduct, courage, persistence
and many other virtues are
stressed in the epics.
They are also entertaining
stories because they are full of
action and adventure.
• The story of Rama, the
incarnation of Vishnu and the
ideal man (maryada purushottam)
• Supposed to have been written
some time between 500 B.C. and
• Ramayana literally means
‘Rama’s journey’. It is called ‘Adi
Kavya,’ the first and ideal poem.
• It was composed in Sanskrit by
Valmiki, who is also called ‘Adi
Kavi’ or the first poet.
• It consists of 24,000 verses in
seven books called kandas.
How the Ramayana was Written
• Valmiki was a robber who
repented of his crimes. He asked
sage Narada who the perfect man
was. Narada replied, “Rama,” and
narrated the story of Rama.
• Valmiki became preoccupied with
thoughts of Rama.
• Once he saw a hunter’s arrow
killing a male bird.
• The cries of the female bird
touched Valmiki’s heart, who
cursed the hunter.
• His words formed a shloka, a
piece of verse that could be sung
The first poem in Sanskrit
• This shloka was the first poem in
• Later Brahma the creator appeared
to Valmiki saying “Tell the story
of Rama in the same metre and
rhyme. I’ll grant you a vision of
his whole life. And as long as the
mountains and seas remain, so will
the glorious Ramayana live in the
hearts of men and inspire them to
perform noble deeds.”
• He taught it first to Rama’s sons,
Luv and Kush then his other
How did the Ramayana become
• Story tellers and bards narrated or
sang it to people and soon it
spread through the country.
• It was retold in many Indian
languages and even entered the
culture of neighbouring countries.
• It also entered the realm of music,
dance and theatre and to this day
is performed as the Rama Lila
during the festival of Dusshera
which celebrates Rama’s battle
and victory against the demon
• The Mahabharata is a more
complex work which covers
almost every aspect of life and
• It is the longest existing epic
consisting of 1,20,000 shlokas.
• Said to be the story of an
ancient battle between two
branches of a family, the
• Said to be composed around
Who wrote the Mahabharata?
• Also known as Jaya or victory, the
Mahabharata is said to have been
composed by the great sage Vyasa, the
compiler of the Vedas.
• Vyasa taught the Mahabharata to his
• It is said Narada taught it to the gods or
devas while Suka taught it to the
gandharvas, the rakshasas and the
• Vaisampayana, one of Vyasa’s chief
disciples, narrated the story at a great
sacrifice conducted by Janamejaya, the
descendent of the Pandavas and it
How is the story of the battle
• It is in the form of a dialogue between King
Dhritarashtra and Sanjaya his advisor and
• Sanjaya narrates each incident of the
Kurukshetra War, fought in 18 days, as and
when it happened.
• Dhritarashtra sometimes asks questions and
laments the destruction caused by the war,
to his sons, friends and kinsmen. He also
feels guilty, because he was partly
• Sanjaya begins with a description of the
earth, the other planets, and gives an
elaborate list of the kingdoms, tribes,
provinces, cities, towns, villages, rivers,
mountains, forests, etc. of Bharatavarsha.
• He also explains the military formations
adopted on each day, the death of each hero
and the details of each battle.
The Bhagwad Gita
• The Bhagwad Gita, one of the most sacred
texts of the Hindus, constitutes some 18
chapters of the Mahabharata.
• The Gita is the conversation between Lord
Krishna and Arjuna before the battle of
• Arjuna wonders if it is right to fight his own
cousins, and Krishna explains his duties as
a warrior and prince to him and the
importance of appropriate action.
• This has led to the Gita often being
described as a practical guide to life and
• Krishna stressed that the soul is immortal
and the body perishable.
• He finally reveals his identity as the
Supreme Being Himself and blesses Arjuna
with an awe-inspiring vision.
Mahabharata in art and
• Stories from the Mahabharata
have inspired great works of art
and literature like Kalidasa’s play
Abhigyana Shakuntalam on the
story of Shakuntala, and Raja Ravi
• Bhima’s slaying of the demon
Bakasura, the righteous and truth
loving Raja Harishchandra, the
Akshayapatra or the wondrous
vessel of plenty, Nala and
Damayanti, Agastya and
Lopamudra are other popular
stories from the Mahabharata.
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• Videha—kingdom of King Janak,
• Panchavati—Lakshman cut off
Surpanakha’s nose here
• Dandakaranya forest—Sita was
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• Kishkindha—Sugriva’s kingdom
• Rameshwar—the place from
where Rama crossed to Lanka
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Where the Mahabharata took
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About This Sponsored Review
The product I’m reviewing today was provided to me at no cost in exchange for writing this review. As with all my reviews, it is my intent to provide to you, the reader, a full and un-biased review of this product.
About The Real Wycombe Air Park
Wycombe Air Park (EGTB), also known as Booker Airfield is a general aviation airport located in Booker, Buckinghamshire, 2.4 nm southwest of High Wycombe, England. The airfield celebrated its 55th year of operation on 25 April 2020. Originally opening in ‘41 as RAF Booker it was primarily involved in training during World War II and remained an active military establishment until ‘65. Today the airfield operates three runways consisting of one single asphalt runway measuring 2,411 ft (735m) (06/24) and two shorter grass strips (06G/24G & 35).
Much like my real life experience with London City Airport (EGLC), I have also visited Wycombe Air Park on a few occasions back in the 2001-02 timeframe. My wife lived just a little over one mile east of Wycombe Air Park. From her third floor flat we could watch the GA aircraft fly over her flat as they approached the airport. A few times my wife became just a little anxious while watching as she would hear the pilot practicing an engine out scenario as the aircraft was headed directly for her flat.
Why Consider Add-on Airports
Microsoft Flight Simulator utilizes satellite imagery from Bing maps to create much of the airport scenery and surrounding area we see in the simulator, it’s far from perfect and generally leaves default airports lacking the same level of detail one would might see if visiting in real life. While default type airports have been significantly improved in MSFS (compared with FSX or P3D), there’s still many reasons to consider purchasing/installing payware add-on scenery.
The Wycombe Air Park by Pilot Plus add-on includes full PBR textures of the air park including apron assets, buildings and ground. The scenery also includes local VFR landmarks such as Adams Park Stadium, St. Lawrence’s Church Golden Ball in West Wycombe and the BT Tower located in Stokenchurch. Making this a truly wonderful VFR flying experience.
Before & After Images
Default MSFS (left column) and Pilot Plus Wycombe Air Park (right column). For these images, I’ve set the weather conditions for clear skies and the time is mid-afternoon. Click thumbnail to view full-size image. As you can tell between the before and after images, the Pilot Plus Wycombe Air Park scenery adds extra details which are missing in the default scenery.
Additional Pilot Plus Wycombe Air Park Views.
I’ve enjoyed watching the glider and GA aircraft from those picnic tables in real life back in the 2001-02 timeframe.
Yes, there’s an actual hangar which you can taxi through and park your aircraft.
Pilot Plus Wycombe Air Park (EGTB) Review
As with my previously posted reviews, I always spend a bit of time enjoying, or in this case trying to enjoy the default airport. I say trying simply because while it’s been 18+ years since I’ve visited this airport in real life, I still had memories of spending a nice Sunday fall afternoon here with my fiancé (now wife) and the default just didn’t provide me the level of immersion I needed to take myself back to that time before. However, the wonderful job the Pilot Plus team did in recreating this beautiful air park allows me to go back in time to those visits.
From a overall system performance perspective, this add-on caused me no issues. No major reduction in FPS and no lag. With the scenery installed, I spent time flying during different times of the day and different weather conditions. My FPS remained in the 60-70+ range. As a point of reference, my hardware specs are as follows: Intel 8700K, GTX1080Ti, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB M.2 SSD and I’m running on Ultra Graphics Settings in MSFS.
I’m very pleased with this add-on scenery and while I don’t typically spend a lot of time flying in the UK…I know this will become my favorite place to spend time flying VFR on this side of the pond.
Above: Adams Park Stadium
Above: St. Lawrence’s Church and the Golden Ball
Above: The BT Tower in Stokenchurch
How To Purchase
The Pilot Plus Wycombe Air Park (EGTB) can be purchased from Orbx for $18.99 AUD and installed via Orbx Central.
About Pilot Plus
Pilot Plus is a technology company that builds virtual worlds with a mission to propel accurate digital experiences, creating breathtaking environments for hobbyists and leading software for businesses. Please also visit their Facebook page to learn more about their products and join their community.
Jerry (aka GrizzlyBearSims) is an independent blogger and avid flight simulation enthusiast covering the flight simulation hobby for over 10 years. He began flying computer based flight simulators in the early 80’s on the Commodore 64 and today enjoys both Prepar3D and Microsoft Flight Simulator.
I would like to thank Pilot Plus for the opportunity to review Wycombe Air Park and provide this review to the readers of my GrizzlyBearSims.com blog site. If you have questions regarding this scenery, please visit the GrizzlyBearSims Discord server and let’s discuss.
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This is a yellow cat, sitting on the ground, looking at us with excitement, a bit like a dog. It's so interesting.
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4.Draw a triangle in each ear. Then draw a curve under the head, and a long tail.
5.Finally, simply color it, and the cute yellow cat is done!


Times are crazy when people around us are down with fever and flu, in addition to the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak in Malaysia recently.
Last month in December 2019, a pair of 1-year-old fraternal twins from Temerloh, Pahang, were tested positive with Influenza A, and both of them were admitted into the Intensive Care Unit of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital. Unfortunately, one of them passed away in late December, and the news of her passing was first reported on 1 Jan, according to the New Straits Times. The press had also reported that her twin brother had recovered from the influenza as of today (11 January).
It was only until yesterday (10 January), the director of Pahang Health Department, Datuk Dr Bahari Awang Ngah, confirmed this piece of heartbreaking news with the New Straits Times. An unnamed source revealed to the press that the State Health Department investigators had been tracking the virus for a year, and they still could not identify the point of transmission.
Thus, it explains why they were unable to confirm the source of the twins’ Influenza A infection. Investigations had shown that the twins had only visited two places, which are their nursery and the supermarket. Since no one else in their nursery was infected with Influenza A, the department suspected that the twins contracted the virus at the supermarket.
“Nobody else at the nursery has tested positive for H1N1. Our preliminary conclusion is that the victims could have caught it outside, maybe from the foreign workers at the supermarket.”
The department mentioned that everything is still under control, and the little girl’s death was considered an isolated case. And they’ve also advised everyone to seek medical attention if they are experiencing symptoms like fever, coughs, and cold for more than three to four days. A doctor from the aforementioned hospital stated that influenza tests would only be given to the individuals who did not respond to “normal symptomatic treatments”.
Malaysians are advised to avoid crowded places such as shopping malls because diseases are easy to spread. Admin had also witnessed a mother yelling at her elder daughter (who had flu) for being in close proximity with her younger sister as they walked out of the clinic in Mid Valley 😞 So, let us all hydrate, wash our hands regularly, and wear face masks when necessary.
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Scientific name: Chamaedorea elegans ‘Bella’
Common name(s): neanthe bella palm, parlor palm, dwarf mountain palm
Light: medium to low, protect from direct sun
Watering: avoid soggy soil, but let just the surface of soil dry between watering
Fertilizing: all purpose mix every 2-3 months
This easy to grow plant has been a favorite for terrariums and home decor since the Victorian era. It is extremely slow growing, but can grow to 4-6 ft tall. Each palm is grown from seeds which are shipped from Guatemala and take about 6 months or more to germinate. ‘Bella’ takes wonderfully to water culture and is very versatile. Warm temperatures are preferred, but it can tolerate temperatures near freezing without damage. Check regularly for red spider mites on the underside of the leaves, and if present rinse the fronds with tepid soapy water.

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The prevalence of Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) is currently unknown and is particularly difficult to ascertain considering the wide range and variability of symptoms associated with BHD, even within the same family. Furthermore, the only definitive way of diagnosing BHD is through genetic testing for folliculin mutations, therefore many people go undiagnosed. Around one in four people with BHD experience one or more spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) in their life and it is thought that BHD is the cause of 5-10% of SP. To determine the prevalence of BHD, researchers from the University of Lausanne conducted a meta-analysis of previously published studies on the prevalence of SP among BHD patients and the general population using a statistical method called Bayes equation1. To estimate the prevalence of BHD they calculated the following 3 components:
Firstly, Muller et al., determined the prevalence of BHD in apparent primary SP (PSP) to be 9%. The calculation of the second component, prevalence of PSP in the general population, was a little more complicated as this factor is not directly measurable. Instead, they used a formula to estimate the prevalence based on the incidence and average duration of PSP. The overall incidence rate of PSP was 8.69 per 100,000 person-years. From this, Muller et al., determined the overall prevalence of PSP in the general population (using all available data and a duration of 30 days) as 0.77/100,000 people. Finally, the third component identifying the prevalence of PSP in BHD individuals, was determined to be 43%.
Combining the above components in the Bayes equation, and assuming the most accurate data came from studies post-2000, they estimated the prevalence of BHD to be around 2 cases per million people, with no difference in gender.
This is the first study of its kind to determine the prevalence of BHD, a statistic the field would greatly benefit from. However, this study is not without caveats and limitations, some of which the authors addressed in their discussion. There are only four articles in the literature, with a total of 827 cases of PSP, where BHD has been identified. However, this does suggest that BHD isn’t rare in PSP and that lung abnormalities and a genetic cause in PSP should be investigated, especially in cases where there is a family history.
It is also important to note that the prevalence of BHD estimated here is based entirely on a single symptom of BHD, pneumothorax. This is a major caveat of this study as not every BHD patient experiences a pneumothorax.
Although this study does provide useful information on the prevalence of BHD based on pneumothorax, the limitations and caveats in this study, combined with the wide range of symptoms an individual with BHD can present with implies that prevalence of BHD will be higher than the figure estimated here. Further investigation into the prevalence of BHD that would encompass all patients with BHD, such as genetic screening for mutations in folliculin, is warranted and would be of great interest to researchers, clinicians and patients.
1. Muller, M.-E., Daccord, C., Taffé, P. & Lazor, R. Prevalence of Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome Determined Through Epidemiological Data on Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Bayes Theorem. Front. Med. 8, (2021).

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Top 6 Hair Loss Home Remedies
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Top 6 Hair Loss Home Remedies
How can Hair Loss be Managed?
Male-pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss, affecting around half of all males over 50 years of age. There are about 100,000 strands of hair on your scalp. If you lose over 50 to 100 strands of hair per day, it’s time for you to take some action so it does not progress into baldness or bald spots.
There are many effective home remedies natural to help treat hair loss condition.
1. Hair Oil Massage
The first step you can take to reduce hair loss is massage your scalp with appropriate hair oil. Proper hair and scalp massage will help increase the blood flow to the hair follicles, condition the scalp and enhance the strength of your hair roots. It will also promote relaxation in the hair and reduce stress.
You can also use olive oil, coconut oil, almond oil and many others.
• Add a few drops of Rosemary essential oil to the base oil for better and faster results.
• Massage using any of the type of hair oils as mentioned above onto your hair and scalp by applying light pressure with fingertips.
• Do this at least once a week
2. Onion Juice
Onion Juice helps to treat hair loss due to its high sulphur content, which helps improve blood circulation to the hair follicles, regenerate hair follicles and reduce inflammation. The antibacterial properties in onion juice also help to kill germs and parasites and treat scalp infections which can cause hair loss.
• Extract the juice of one onion by grating it and then strain it.
• Apply the juice directly onto your scalp.
• Leave it on for about 30 minutes and then wash it off.
• Finally, shampoo your hair after.
• Mix together three tablespoons of onion juice and two tablespoons of aloe vera gel. You can also add one tablespoon of olive oil.
• Apply this mixture onto your scalp and leave it for at least 30 minutes before rinsing it off and shampooing your hair.
• Repeat either of these home remedies two or three times for several weeks until you experience significant hair regrowth.
3. Aloe Vera
Aloe vera contains enzymes that directly promote healthy hair growth. Their alkalizing properties can also help bring the scalp and hairs pH to a more desirable level, which can greatly promote hair growth. Regular use can also relieve scalp itching, reduce scalp redness and inflammation, add strength and luster to the hair and alleviate dandruff.
Aloe vera juice and gel work.
• Apply aloe vera gel or juice onto your scalp.
• Leave it on for a few hours and then wash it off.
• Repeat this process three to four times a week.
• You can also consume one tablespoon of aloe vera juice daily on an empty stomach to enjoy better hair growth.
4. Liquorice Root
Liquorice root is a herb that prevents hair loss and further damage to the hair. The mollifying properties of liquorice roots open the pores, soothe the scalp and help get rid of irritations like dry flakes. This home remedy is good for hair loss, baldness and dandruff.
• Add one tablespoon of ground liquorice root to one cup of milk with a quarter teaspoon of saffron.
• Mix it thoroughly.
• Apply the paste on bald patches at bedtime and leave it overnight.
• In the morning, wash your hair.
• Follow this remedy once or twice a week.
• You can also consume liquorice or in the form of liquorice tea three times a day.
Beetroot juice contains carbohydrates, protein, phosphorus, calcium and vitamins B and C. All these nutrients are essential for healthy hair growth.
• Include fresh beetroot juice in your diet. In addition to that, spinach juice, carrot juice will also help to keep your hair healthy.
• Grind beetroot leaves boiled in water and apply the paste onto your scalp.
• Leave it for 15 to 20 minutes before rinsing it out.
• Repeat this several times a week.
6. Coconut Milk
Coconut milk is rich in protein and essential fats that promote hair growth and prevent hair loss. When it is applied to the hair, coconut milk also provides quick results.
• You can either buy your own coconut milk or make fresh coconut milk at home by adding freshly grated coconut to a pan of water.
• Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Then strain it.
• Once cooled, apply the milk thoroughly onto your scalp and into your hair.
• Leave this for about 20 minutes and then shampoo your hair.
• To make the treatment more effective, you can mix black pepper to the coconut milk before using it.
If you are experiencing symptoms of hair loss then feel free to fill in our free online hair loss diagnostic consultation.

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- 360° FREE OF DEAD CORNER SUNBATH - Basking in this cat window perch, your pet cat avoid moving again and again as long as the sun didn't go down. Well, it's also space saving cat bed, without taking up valuable space in your home, your cat can also enjoy a front view of nature while basking.
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After Benton, Crean and I finished spending a few minutes in the park we headed out to one of my favorite spots near Fort Peck. It is a high, small butte the provides a wonderful overlook to what used to be a strong north bend in the Missouri River through a rather narrow gap in the hills, but now is the main part of Fort Peck Lake. On our way out of town we found a roadkill beaver that a couple of Turkey Vultures were feeding on and we got to watch them soar around us for a while.
Further out on this ridge are a series of sandstone breaks and short cliffs where the Prairie Falcons and occasional eagle or hawk nest. I also helped build an small alcove in one of the cliffs as an artificial nest site for prairie falcons many years ago when I worked for the Charles M. Russel National Wildlife Refuge. The most wonderful thing is that this hole in the sandstone that we carved out with portable drills and hammers and chisels has been used pretty heavily by Prairie Falcons over the years. I will remember to bring my short lens next time and get some photos. I also found my first swallowtail butterfly of the year flying along the ridge top.
We had a great morning hiking around on the rocks with the Sprague's Pipits singing above and the Rock Wrens making a ruckus in the rocks. There was a pair of Prairie Falcons at the natural nest site and I hope they take residence there this year. Benton was finding dinosaur bones everywhere including a rather recent Coyote scat. I figured it was a Bushy-tailed Woodrat, but you never know. Crean and Addie were just happy to be out and about and they both had a wide grin on their faces. Later we climbed to the top of the butte and had a snack. I had packed some water and a package of local made jerky to the top and we looked out over the lake and brush filled drainages and had a few slices of jerky - or as Crean later stated "We had turkey on the mountain."
On the way home we stopped by a large concrete building where a small locomotive used to raise and lower the spillway gates is stored because the boys always like looking at the train. The building is surrounded by a few hardy trees and as we were looking in the window a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker flew out in front of us.
This was a bird I had not observed in Montana before and it was a nice find thanks to the boys insistence that we stop to look at the train. That was immediately followed by Crean's rather traumatic observation of a snake which he insisted was a rattlesnake. I couldn't find any snake at all so I told him he must have scared the snake as much as the snake scared him. He still insisted it was time to leave so we headed home for a nap after a wonderful day in the field with my two favorite students!


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The Greatest Sausage Recipes
The Greatest Sausage Recipes offers a worldwide collection of 565 greatest sausage recipes. The book is not about sausage history nor different ways of serving sausages. The book provides detailed instructions about making them. There are many books about sausages; they include sausage history, the country the sausage originates from, even a pretty photo, unfortunately the information on making these sausage is either absent or very amateurish. There is a big difference between writing about sausages and how to make them. Finding a reliable recipe on the Internet becomes harder every day. The majority of large web sites believe that a store bought sausage chopped into pieces and served on a plate with rice, beans, cabbage, potato chips, bread and different gravies or sauces deserves to be called a sausage recipe. And a reader who really wants to make tomato sausage ends up with a photo of a sliced sausage served with fries and tomatoes. Sausages today include machine scrapped meat, pumped in water, phosphates that bind this water and prevent it from leaking, liquid smoke, flavor enhancers, curing accelerators and the list goes on. No chemicals such as phosphates that bind added water and prevent it from leaking, liquid smoke, flavor enhancers, curing accelerators nor other ingredients not necessary are included in the recipes, instead the original ingredients that were used to make those sausages are offered. Just by reading the instructions and production details, one can develop a good sense for sausage making and will become an accomplished sausage maker.Read more
The Art of Making Vegetarian Sausages
The Art of Making Vegetarian Sausages elevates the sausage making process to an art, where only your imagination can limit your creations. Vegetarian sausages need not compete with meat sausages, but in many ways are the better of the two. This book departs from traditional methods of sausage making and introduces new concepts and techniques. The rules and guidelines presented in this book can be adapted to making Kosher sausages as well. Any food cooked at home can be enriched, stuffed into a casing and made into a sausage. After reading the book, you will be able to create your own recipes, control the texture and color of the sausage and most importantly, end up with a delicious piece of food.
ISBN: 978-0-9904586-3-0, 106 pages, Format: 7 x 10, Paperback, Color, SRP: $19.95, Genre: CookingRead more
Curing and Smoking Fish
Curing and Smoking Fish provides all the information needed to understand the entire process of preparing and smoking fish. The subject of making brines is covered in detail and simplified by advocating the use of brine tables and testers. We don’t want the reader to blindly follow recipes, we want him to create them - this is the approach that has been taken by the authors. Fish can be dry salted or immersed in brine; salt can be applied alone or with sugar and spices; brine can be weak or strong; fish can be cold or hot smoked; wood chips can be dry or wet. There are many parameters to consider. To a newcomer, this can become confusing; however, all these details are mentioned and explained in such a way that the reader will feel confident to take control of the process. Master the basics, but not be afraid to apply this knowledge in real applications.
Additionally, smoking methods are thoroughly described, as well as proper design of basic smokehouses. The discussion is not only limited to fish, but also covers shellfish such as clams, mussels, oysters and shrimp. To get the reader started, there is a collection of recipes for smoking fish, making fish spreads and preparing sauces for serving fish.
ISBN: 9780983697398, 268 pages, Format: 6 x 9, Paperback, SRP: $19.95, Genre: Cooking, SeafoodRead more
Home Canning Meat, Poultry, Fish and Vegetables
What makes "Home Canning Meat, Poultry, Fish and Vegetables" unique is that it simplifies the procedures that are used by the canning industry to process low-acid foods (meat, fish, vegetables). This knowledge enables readers to safely can their products at home. There is a thorough discussion of metal cans, can sealers and their operation, double seam defects, and more, all supported with many images and diagrams. Pressure canners and canning in glass jars is covered in detail. In addition, there is a large collection of recipes, both for glass jars and metal cans. This work is based on the U.S. government requirements as specified in the Code of Federal Regulations, with all relevant links listed. Home canned products do not fall under the jurisdiction of government agencies so the rules are not enforced. Therefore, home canned products account for the majority of food poisoning cases. The commercial production of low-acid foods (meat, fish, vegetables) is highly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and rightly so, since people get sick and die from eating tainted food. After studying this book, a newcomer to the art of canning will be able to safely process foods at home in both glass and metal containers.
ISBN: 9780983697374, 262 pages, Format: 6 x 9, Paperback, SRP: $19.95, Genre: Cooking, Canning.Read more
Home Production of Vodkas, Infusions and Liqueurs
Home Production of Vodkas, Infusions and Liqueurs reveals the rules that govern the process of making vodka and other alcoholic beverages.
"From the start, we decided not to write another recipe book. A collection of recipes does not make a person proficient in a new skill. You have to know the How and Why of making spirits; you have to know the rules that govern the process. And first of all you have to realize that alcohol is just a tool, albeit a very important one. Once you understand how to manipulate the properties of alcohol, the rest will fall into place."Read more
Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Pickles, and Relishes
Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Pickles and Relishes is the book that teaches you how to lead a healthier and longer life. There has never been a greater consumer awareness about the food we eat. Our lifestyle has changed, we sit in front of computers or televisions hours every day, nibbling on potato chips and high caloric snacks. We cook less at home as in most cases we warm up commercially prepared foods that we buy in a local supermarket. Consumers are more educated now and are increasingly aware of the link between fat intake, excess weight and heart disease.Read more
Making Healthy Sausages
"Making Healthy Sausages" reinvents traditional sausage making by introducing a completely new way of thinking. The sausage is not spiced hamburger meat anymore, but rather a "package" which contains meat plus other ingredients. All those ingredients acting together create a nutritional and healthy product. The purpose of the book is to educate the reader how to use new additives that the food industry has embraced for so long. How to apply less salt and fat and produce a sausage that will be flavorsome, healthy and safe to eat. After reading this book you should be able to create your own recipes or modify any existing recipe to make a healthier sausage without compromising the flavor. The collection of 80 recipes provides a valuable reference on the structure of reduced fat products. The book teaches the basics of sausage making and includes all advice and tips that will make the reader a proficient and knowledgeable sausage maker. You will be able to control the amount of calories the sausage contains and decide what ingredients will go inside. After studying the book you will be the modern sausage maker.Read more
The Amazing Mullet
The Amazing Mullet offers information that has been gathered through time and experience. Successful methods of catching, smoking and cooking mullet are covered in great depth. One will learn the distinct characteristics that make mullet such an exceptional fish. Their biological and behavioral uniqueness is shown distinguishing them from other fish. Numerous filleting, cleaning, cooking and smoking practices are reviewed thoroughly. The makeup and functionality of a smoker is shown and the properties of different woods that can be used is explained as well. A cooking section explains the best methods for preparing fish and the recipe section, in addition to mullet recipes, includes detailed information on making fish cakes, ceviche, spreads and sauces.Read more
The Art and Science of Cooking
This is the second and enlarged edition of the 1878 classic The Art and Science of Cooking which was printed in 1879. This treasure chest of 689 wonderful and tried recipes includes full and explicit instructions that cannot fail to please the very seasoned or beginner cooks. For an advanced cook the book provides a window into the American culinary past with a historical summary. The book starts off with soups, then fish, meats, poultry, eggs, cheese, vegetables, pickles and salads. Baked goods including cakes, pies and other desserts such as sauces and puddings are mentioned in detail. There are wild game recipes, table etiquette, table decorations and sample menus. For any aspiring cook this book is a must as it covers the entire scope of the art of cooking in just one volume.Read more
Home Production of Quality Meats and Sausages
There has been a need for a comprehensive one-volume reference on the manufacture of meats and sausages at home. There are many cookbooks loaded with recipes which do not build any foundation for the serious hobbyist to follow. This leaves him with little understanding of the sausage making process and afraid to introduce his own ideas. There are highly technical and expensive professional books that are written for meat plant managers or graduate students pursuing a master’s degree in meat technology. Unfortunately, these works are written in such difficult technical terms, that most of them are beyond the comprehension of an average person.Read more
Polish Government Secret Sausage Recipes
Most books on sausage making are filled with unknown quality recipes, this book is different. It contains carefully compiled government recipes that were used by Polish meat plants between 1950-1990. Those recipes were not written by restaurant cooks or college students running web sites, but by the best professionals in the meat science industry the country had. The recipes presented in this book come from those government manuals and they were never published before. These are recipes and production processes of the authentic products that were made by Polish meat plants and sold to the public. Most of those sausages are still made and sold in Poland.Read more
The Secrets of Fermented Sausages Revealed
The majority of books written on making sausages do not tackle the subject of fermented sausages at all. The topic is limited to a statement that this is an advanced field of sausage making which is not recommended for an amateur sausage maker. Well, the main reason for writing this book was that the authors did not share this opinion. On the contrary, they believed that any hobbyist could make wonderful salami at home, if he only knew how.Read more
Smoking Meats Made Easy
The best selling guide on smoking meats and building smokers has been completely revised and edited. Most books on smoking just give some elementary information and then are filled with recipes; this book is the reverse, scholarly information and theory as it applies to smoking meats and a few recipes that will get one started. While various recipes usually get the spotlight, it is the authors' opinion that the technical know-how behind preparing meats and sausages is far more important.Read more
Meat Smoking is a full color version of the first half of the best-selling book Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design. The paperback edition contains over 300 photos and drawings and it would result in an enormous file if they were converted to color. To keep the size of the file within accepted limits, the book has been modified and broken up into two separate ebooks: 1. Meat Smoking and 2. Smokehouse Design.
Meat Smoking is a comprehensive one volume reference on smoking meats and sausages at home. It contains over 100 color photos and illustrations.
Most books on smoking just give some elementary information and then are filled with recipes; this book is the reverse, scholarly information and theory as it applies to smoking meats and a few recipes that will get one started. While various recipes usually get the spotlight, it is the authors' opinion that the technical know-how behind preparing meats and sausages is far more important. This is a book that will take some careful thought and study. There is a section with some basic recipes, but after reading the book one should be able to create his own recipes without much effort.
The book explains differences between grilling, barbecuing and smoking. There are extensive discussions of curing as well as the particulars about smoking sausages, meat, fish, poultry and wild game.
In Meat Smoking readers are provided with detailed information about how to apply cures and make brines, smoke meats, poultry, game and fish, barbecue meats, and create your own recipes without adding chemicals.
The book will benefit the serious smoker as well as the beginner.
Smokehouse Design is a full color version of the second half of the best-selling book Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design. The paperback edition contains over 300 photos and drawings and it would result in an enormous file if they were converted to color.
Smokehouse Design is the best selling guide on building smokers. The authors' go into detail on the functions of a smoker enabling the reader to understand the whole process. Smokehouse Design explains the how and why of smoker design and is supported with over 200 drawings and photographs. Many of them are detailed technical drawings with all dimensions and lists of needed materials for building fully functional units. After reading this book you will fully comprehend what can be expected of any particular smoker and how to build one that will conform to your individual needs.
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- Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design
- The Art of Making Fermented Sausages
- Polish Sausages
- Home Production of Quality Meats and Sausages
- The Art and Science of Cooking
- The Amazing Mullet
- Making Healthy Sausages
- Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Pickles, and Relishes
- Home Production of Vodkas, Infusions and Liqueurs
- Home Canning Meat, Poultry, Fish and Vegetables
- Curing and Smoking Fish
- The Art of Making Vegetarian Sausages
- The Greatest Sausage Recipes


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I’ve been fortunate enough to be a father to many children in my life: six of my own, two stepchildren, and more than 30 foster children. All of them were different, but I found I could always motivate them to behave better by using their individual interests and passions as rewards or punishments. I would do my best to align these consequences to my personal values.
One of my toughest foster children, for example, loved his birth family, and he loved tattoos. He wanted the names of his siblings tattooed on his chest, but since he was only 16 years old he needed the permission of a parent or guardian—that is, me—before getting inked.
Unfortunately his behavior at school was appalling. One day I was called to meet with his school principal to discuss an assault. During the interview the principal said that, on the positive side, his behavior had been getting better. In fact, during the three terms he’d been attending the school his record of bad behavior had dropped from more than 130 per term to 80, then down to 30.
We’d been working hard at home on the value of respecting his foster parents and his teachers. The head of the school was shocked when I offered the following: if he had no record of bad behavior during the following semester, he could get the names of his siblings tattooed on his chest. I was so proud when I got the call on the last day of the term telling me that his behavior record for the entire term was squeaky clean.
He got his tattoo!
A deeply held value will guide a person’s behaviors. My most closely held values underpin my roles as a husband, a father, and a member of society.
Research shows that the value-behavior connection only happens when values are central to one’s self-concept. A father’s value system, empathically taught, will give meaning to, energize, and regulate his children’s behavior.
So I’m suggesting that for you to be a relevant and wonderful father, you will need a set of values that you adhere to in your own life. Then you can model them to your kids. These values should be easy to understand, remember, and apply.
To teach values, you as a father must have confident knowledge of your own values. They have to be part of your passion and mind-set. The ancient Hebrew king Solomon put it this way: “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6). What, then, is “the way they should go”? Obviously the answer will be based on your values. But if you don’t know what your values are, how can you model them?
How can you model your values?
Before we answer that question, I want to make a quick side trip to understand how a father, as a leader of his children, can teach and apply his values in different ways. In his 2011 book The New Psychology of Leadership, Australian psychologist Alexander Haslam asks us to consider the difference between transformational leadership and transactional leadership. Transformational leadership is about equity and respect; transactional leadership is about blindly applying the rules and consequences without care. Transformational leaders motivate others through designed equity with even-handed boundaries and clear consequences.
So back to values. Where would you find examples of a values system? In lots of different places. American entrepreneur and motivational speaker Steve Pavlina, for example, suggests on his website that there are 418 values. Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, defined six virtues and 24 character strengths, which we’ll look at a bit later. But let’s start with something more basic: the Bible’s Ten Commandments (Exodus 20).
Jesus actually made it even simpler when He said that biblical commands can be broken down into just two categories: love for God and love for other people (Matthew 22:37–40). Take a look at the Ten Commandments, and you’ll quickly see that the last six are about how we should treat other people. And it’s in these last six that I suggest you can build and model your values as a father:
Honor your mother and father.
Don’t commit adultery.
Don’t covet (lust) after what your neighbor has.
If you’re completely aware of and believe in the values above, whether as a transactional or a transformational leader, then you have a very sound and very easy basis from which to teach values to your children. A transactional leader will instill the biblical values as a list of rules without rhyme or reason. A transformational leader, on the other hand, will encourage a child to fully understand and internalize the biblical values and to be able to put them into practice—even when Dad isn’t watching. And that should be your goal.
For my children, I split the last six commandments into two parts: one for preteens and the other for teens. The younger children had to be aware of honor your parents/care givers, don’t steal, and don’t lie. For the teens the other three were added, with full explanations: don’t commit adultery, don’t kill, and don’t wish for other people’s things.
Since the late 1990s, leading American psychologist Martin Seligman has been an avid promoter of positive psychology with a focus on authentic happiness and learned optimism that I think provides some very useful insights into instilling meaningful and effective values within kid’s characters. He defined six virtues and 24 character strengths that are based on a statistical analysis of society’s needs. Each virtue has associated character strengths:
- Wisdom and knowledge: creativity, curiosity, judgment and open-mindedness, love of learning, perspective.
- Courage: bravery, perseverance, honesty, zest.
- Humanity: capacity to love and be loved, kindness, social intelligence.
- Justice: teamwork, fairness, leadership.
- Temperance: forgiveness and mercy, modesty and humility, prudence, self-regulation.
- Transcendence: appreciation of beauty and excellence, gratitude, hope, humor, religiousness, and spirituality.
Thus, between Seligman’s six virtues and the last six commandments you should be able to select, memorize, and put into practice those values that are appropriate to your social and cultural setting. It’s possible to present the six commandments as transactions—rigid dos and don’ts with no reason given. But with a little thought you can teach them to your children in ways that are truly transformational. See if you agree with how I’ve explained them to my kids:
Honor. Do you want to be proud of your children when they are adults? Teach them honor. They must learn to honor their mother and their father. And if they should dishonor either you or your spouse, you should state, without anger, that you reject their opinion. Don’t be doormats, because your boys will grow up thinking they can be inappropriately powerless, and your daughters will grow up thinking they can be inappropriately powerful.
But what if either you or your spouse has damaged your children emotionally and/or physically? How can they honor someone who’s destroyed them emotionally? The answer is forgiveness, gratitude, and courtesy. Forgiving your behaviors doesn’t mean allowing your actions to keep damaging them. Gratitude means being grateful they’re alive, for without your biological involvement they wouldn’t exist! Finally, courtesy: your children should show you respect in public and private. Again don’t allow them to put you down. Instead, walk away if you need to, and show them the courtesy of not responding to their insults. And, of course, respond courteously when they are courteous.
Don’t kill. Never allow your children to even suggest, in an outburst of anger, that they’d like to kill someone. This isn’t a joke, and it is not a healthy way to express frustration and anger. And as a role model, never state out loud that you would like to kill someone. This is a very bad example to your children!
Don’t commit adultery. Don’t allow it, even in your own thoughts. Adultery destroys families. If you have to break with your life partner, do it with courage, and face your children and the issues honestly. And don’t undermine your chances of working things out by beginning an intimate relationship with another person prematurely. This confuses children and embitters them.
Don’t steal. Never steal. Ever.
Don’t lie. Again, never. Don’t lie to your children. Explain your wishes and intentions clearly in a way that’s appropriate for their level of maturity. Be authentic with everyone. Speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15).
Don’t covet. Don’t lust after things other people have. Ancient rabbis and imams state that this is the beginning of all sin and evil, and you don’t have to look far to see the damage that greed and envy do, not only to families but to entire societies. Modern advertising specifically aims to stoke this obsessive desire for material things; but modern scholars are seeing that a constant effort to “keep up with the Joneses” can lead to depression. Journalist Johann Hari, in his book Lost Connections, says that only intrinsic values, not materialism, can bring significant happiness.
If you don’t have a set of clearly understood, conscious values, then start with one value at a time in a discussion with your children’s mother. With her nurturing ability and your motivational ability as a father, the two of you will be able to structure a sound value system that will be acceptable to both of you and the children.
If you as a father make a consistent effort to guide your children into simple, effective values, you’ll be amazed at how they will maintain them through the challenges life throws at them. It’s never too early to start. And, while you have any kind of influence in their lives, it’s never too late.

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Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 release date has been officially confirmed. The release date is now out and the episode will be hitting the screens soon. But before that, fans want to know more about the Legacies Season 4 Episode 16, such as its spoilers, release date, and more.
So below, we have listed complete set of information on Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 Release Date, Countdown in USA, UK, and India. Have a look.
Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 Release Date: All We Need to Know!
Legacies is a popular American show which is based on the theme of fastasy and drama. It is a small TV series which has been created by Julie Plec. The series was initially premiered on CW and got a huge popularity.
The initial released was made on October 25, 2018 and later it got renewed for another season. The show is currently up and running and the season 4 is going on right now. The series is a spin-off of the popular web show, The Origincals.
The show features different characters from both the spin-off and this series. The series also features characters from “The Vampire Diaries”. The fourth season was renewed last year on Feb 03, 2021 which premiered on OTT on October 14, 2021.
According to the officials, they have released a total of 62 episodes in the series and the fourth season is doing a great job as well, which means there are high chances that the show will be renewed for another season as well.
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The show is so popular that fans are always looking forward to the upcoming episodes. And currently, they are waiting for the Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 release date along with spoilers and more, which we have specified below.
Where to watch Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 online?
Legacies Season 4 is an online exclusive show and the episode 16 will only be premiering on the online platforms. When it comes to the OTT platforms, then fans can watch the show on Amazon Prime Video. It is an Amazon Prime exclusive, and there are no other platforms which host this show online.
However, you would require to have Amazon Prime subscription to watch the show online. Moreover, there are no region restrictions to watch the show on Prime Video.
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Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 Release Date is Here?
Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 release date is finally here. The show will be making its return on April 28, 2022 with the episode 16 as the installment.
Apart from the release date, there has been no information on the release timing of this episode. However, once the timing is updated, we will keep you posted.
Moreover, there is no information about the episode 16 title, but once it is revealed, we will let you know.
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Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 Spoilers are Here?
Leagcies Season 4 Episode 16 are not yet revealed. HOwever, we can confirm that when the episode promo will be revealed, the spoilers will be out on the internet. But as of now, there is no news about it. Fans, can expect the spoilers in a few days.
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So this was all about Legacies Season 4 Episode 16 Release Date, Countdown in USA, UK, and India. Hopefully, you will like our approach. If you have any queries or suggestions about this topic, then do let us know in the comment section and we will try to help you as soon as possible.

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