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Last Updated on September, 2023
English Mastiffs are Giant dog breeds known for their supreme strength. The average weight of a fully grown Mastiff usually exceeds 120 pounds, so it is not easy to find crates strong enough to keep your Mastiff safe effectively.
Although not aggressive, their bulky build requires you to get them the best crates that money can buy.
In this Best Dog Crate for Mastiff article, I have reviewed five crates suitable for an English Mastiff and a buyer’s guide to help you compare and decide.
Table of Contents
- 6 Best Dog Crates for a Mastiff
- Buyer’s Guide: Choosing the Best Crate for Your Mastiff
- Crate Training Tips for a Mastiff
- Frequently Asked Questions
- In Conclusion
6 Best Dog Crates for a Mastiff
1. Impact Collapsible Dog Crate
All Mastiff owners out there, make a note when I say the Impact Collapsible dog crate is one of the highly rated dog crates for Mastiffs and the best for your Mastiff.
Based on what you read in this review, I bet you’ll agree with me.
So you must wonder how a collapsible crate can hold a massive dog like a Mastiff. Uhm…but it can.
The Impact Collapsible is nothing like any of the regular collapsible crates you are considering. And here’s why it’s the best choice for your Mastiff…
This feature will impress you greatly: you can assemble or fold the crate in just under 60 seconds. I mean, like, is that even possible? Well, with Impact, IT IS. The crate is designed in such a way as to ensure hassle-free use by pet owners.
Oh, BTW, the setting up doesn’t require any tools, just a few twists and turns to secure joints, again proving it’s hassle-free.
Answering that lingering doubt of yours, No, the collapsible nature of the crate does not in any way compromise the strength and sturdiness of it.
To achieve outstanding quality, the crate is made of solid aluminum sheets to hold even the toughest dogs, but at the same time, it is lightweight to allow convenient portability during your travels. Airline travel too.
The airline bars add strength and hold the crate structure strong.
These mastiff crates have a ventilation system on all four wallsallowing maximum air circulation to ensure your dog is happy and safe.
These ventilation holes give you good visibility to keep an eye on your dog, and your dog also can watch the surroundings.
The featured slam latch allows single-handed opening and closure for convenience, while the lock and key system on top of the slam latch make it an escape-proof crate.
It also comes in handy for extra protection if your pooch has to leave your sight, like during air travel.
These crates for mastiffs have stackable corners that allow you to stack them upon others, like cages, without any stability issues to save ground space.
They have three spring-loaded, ergonomic handles that are military grade to move even a large dog like a Mastiff easily.
Ideally, a 48″ size will work just fine for your big dog.
Doesn’t this crate have all the features you expect from the best Mastiff crates?
- It takes less than a minute to expand or fold and doesn’t require any tools.
- The airline rails add structural support to improve stability to prevent possible collapse. Also, the rails make it IATA-approved.
- Single-handed stainless steel slam latch operation allows easy automatic closure that is handy to use while handling a dog from the other hand.
- The lock and key system add to your dog’s protection. It is a great feature to ensure your dog’s safety while traveling.
- It uses thin yet strong aluminum sheets that are lightweight to ensure portability, strength, and durability.
- Military-grade ergonomic handles are spring-loaded to move the crate around conveniently.
- Stackable corners allow easy stackability and storage on top of similar sizes by saving floor space.
- The rounded-diamond-shaped air holes provide optimal airflow to ensure your dog is safe and comfortable inside.
2. Rock Creek Crates Aluminum Dog Crate
These mastiff crates feature an internal welded tube frame made of aircraft-grade aluminum to ensure it remains intact despite extreme external force.
To prove this, they are crash tested and hold a 5-star crash test rating. Also, they are airline approved too.
Following an escape-proof design, the crate door is made better with solid aluminum bars and an upgraded lockable paddle latch.
Two additional butterfly latches are on the top and bottom for extra protection.
The Rock Creek aluminum dog crates are also great for giant breed dogs.
And the door is welded both inside and out. The door design facilitates good ventilation while ensuring a secure lock system.
These Mastiff crates are available in 4 sizes and six colors. The XXL-sized crate will comfortably fit your Mastiff.
- The internal welded aluminum frame keeps the structure extra strong to resist external forces to ensure your dog is safe inside.
- Hexagonal ventilation holes and the bar-designed door optimize ventilation and visibility to keep your dog safe and comfy.
- The lockable door latch and the two butterfly latches ensure a safe, durable, and reliable locking system, so you don’t have to worry about your dog trying to escape.
- Stackable corner guards allow stackability on like sizes to save storage space.
- Easy carry handles facilitate easy portability without having to push it around.
3. Lucky Dog® Dwell™ Series Crate
The lucky dog dwell crates are traditional wire kennels featuring an intelligent design.
This wire cage has a quiet and smooth rail system for the double-panel sliding door, allowing more space for easy access.
The doors have super secure latches to ensure strong security.
The smooth rust-resistant e-coating ensures durability for long-term reliable use wherever you want to.
The patented, easy snap corner stabilizers add strength to prevent collapses and protect the frame.
These wire cages fold flat, so you can conveniently use the handles to move and store them away. The 48″ sized crate will comfortably house a Mastiff dog.
- The rust-resistant e- coating ensures durability, so you can use it for a long time.
- A secure lock system provides peace of mind knowing your dog is safe inside.
- Patented, easy snap corner stabilizers add strength to prevent collapse damage to the frame
- Ergonomic handles to conveniently move it around with ease.
- The double-panel sliding doors and rails are easy to open and close without unnecessary creaking.
- The smooth rail design has a sleek look, and the intelligent design optimizes the space to allow easy access to the door.
- Ensuring functional ease, the crate is easily foldable, and the removable litter box/ tray makes cleaning easier.
4. EZ-Fit 5×8 Dog Kennel Kit With Run
The EZ fit dog kennel is an outdoor playhouse crate for your Mastiff. With this kennel, your dog can enjoy its own house in comfort and style.
These dog crates have many features like a kennel area, prime smart side siding, a wooden door with lock and key, an outside run, treated decking, skids, floor joists, windows, a chain link gate, etc.,
Thoughtfully laid out to ensure your dog has a wonderful experience using it.
- Kennel area uses high-quality plywood for long-term reliable use.
- The outside run area features treated decking for lasting use.
- Extra long-lasting Primed Smartside™ Siding ensures durability.
- High-side walls provide better maneuverability.
- Treated skids and floor joists prevent mold and rot to last longer.
- A fully functional pitch roof that looks good.
- Aluminum drip edge to withstand all-weather effects.
- A chain link gate in the front and a wooden door at the back for convenient in and out access.
- The high-quality stainless steel door with lock and key ensure safe access only by the owner.
- Windows provide light and visibility for your dog while resting.
- 25-year lasting shingles for maximum reliable durability
5. MidWest Life Stages Folding Metal Dog Crate
The Midwest Life stages crate is a standard wire crate with a high-quality construction featuring heavy wires, reinforced doors, patented rounded corner clips, and finished edges for a durable and strong finish.
The door has a large opening to allow easy entry and exit.
The door locking system features slide bolt latches with patented paw blocks and locking tips to ensure a safe and secure space for your dog.
This wire cage conveniently folds flat and is easy to assemble without any tools for better portability and storage.
This crate is handy during hot and humid climates with all-around ventilation.
This wire dog crate has protective rubber feet, a durable and leakproof removable tray, and a carrying handle to improve functional ease. The 48″ sized crate will be suitable for your Mastiff. You can also go for a double door or divider included option.
- A quality construction featuring rounded corners, finished edges, a large door, etc., to create a safe and secure space for your dog.
- Allows easy assembly/ folding for convenient storage and portability.
- The leakproof pan allows easy cleaning, and the protective rubber feet will prevent scratches on the floor.
- A carrying handle for easy portability.
Buyer’s Guide: Choosing the Best Crate for Your Mastiff
Picking a dog crate is not something you do just once in your dog’s lifetime. It has to be upgraded a few times as your dog grows up to ensure the crate is just the perfect size for your dog.
And to choose the right crate for your dog, you have to compare and contrast it with other crates you are interested in. Below are important factors that should be included in your evaluation.
Dog Crate Types Against Dog Nature
Dog crates come in many different types. You have to explore your options and decide if the crate can withstand your dog’s nature. Crate types include;
- Metal wire crates
- Furniture/ Wooden crates
- Plastic crates
- Portable/ travel crates
- Soft-sided crates
- Heavy duty escape proof crates
You must evaluate if your dog will chew into the wooden crates or easily destroy a plastic crate. For an English Mastiff Adult dog, a heavy-duty metal crate like the Impact Collapsible crate will be suitable to contain the dog effectively.
See our overall best cages here.
The Crate Model Should Align the Purchase Intent
You have options in crate models like high anxiety, collapsible and stationary crates.
You have to choose a crate model that suits your lifestyle and, at the same time, accommodates your dog’s nature.
So for that, you have to figure out your primary purchase intent; is the crate for daily use or for vet visits or for long-distance travel, etc.
For example, if you travel often, the Impact collapsible crate is ideal as it is IATA approved. And it is excellent for daily use too.
But if you go for a stationary crate, you need something else to suit your travel needs.
Size of the Crate
Picking the right dog crate can be challenging because the crate size has to be upgraded a few times throughout your dog’s lifetime to fit your dog’s size during its different growth phases.
Going by that, an Adult mastiff will comfortably fit into a 47″- 50″ length size dog crate. But I recommend you check your dog’s correct crate size using our crate sizing guide.
Look for the features below to ensure improved overall functionality with minimal hassle.
Ventilation & Visibility
The ventilation system of any crate contributes to the visibility. Ventilation is important to ensure a continuous supply of fresh air to keep your dog comfortable and disturb visibility.
Despite the crate type you choose, the materials used to build the crate should be high quality to ensure a strong and sturdy substructure.
At the same time, look for finishing details like riveted or welded joints, weather-resistant coatings, etc., to ensure reliable use over a long time.
What matters is that the crate you choose should be able to effectively withstand the hard and rugged use you expect out of a large and bulky dog like a Mastiff.
Ease of Use
Ensure the crate has a removable slide-in tray for easy cleaning and maintenance. Also, a double-door dog crate will be great to ensure easy access in and out.
Crate Training Tips for a Mastiff
Following the do’s and don’ts below will optimize your as well as your dog’s experience with the crate;
- Never use the crate as a ‘time out option
- Use positive reinforcement when crate training
- Be mindful of leaving mastiff puppies unsupervised for more than 2 hours
- When your Mastiff is crate trained, give it the freedom to choose when it wants to go in the crate, and you can gradually introduce the dog bowl into the crate,
- Place the kennel preferably in an area where you and your family spend the most time
- Keep your Mastiff happy and comfy with pillows and a blanket.
Frequently Asked Questions
My choice for the best Mastiff crates is the Impact Collapsible crates that cover almost all that you would expect from an excellent quality crate. Not many crates can fall on par with this crate.
It offers much versatility from the collapsing nature to thin yet strong aluminum sheet construction that keeps it lightweight but strong at the same time to air travel-friendly features and everything in between.
This crate will check off all the boxes on your checklist.
Overall, I hope this review helped you make the best choice for your Mastiff.
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THE punch Mother Na ture packed this week staggered local boxers and promoters who feared they would spend more time this weekend in airports than in the ring.
Gary Stark Jr., an unbeaten super bantamweight, spent much of the last two days trying to get from his home in Staten Island to Miami, Okla., where he will fight on tonight’s Shobox card. Stark (18-0, 8 KOs) didn’t arrive in Oklahoma until late yesterday after spending much of the last two days at JFK waiting for an available flight.
Meanwhile, Ishe Smith and Sechew Powell, who face each other on the HBO Boxing After Dark card at the Hammerstein Ballroom tomorrow night, didn’t arrive in New York until yesterday afternoon. Smith spent Wednesday night in an airport waiting for an available flight. Powell, flying in from Florida, made it just in time for yesterday’s press conference to hype the fight.
Lou DiBella, who promotes Stark and is the promoter for the Boxing After Dark card, said he was up all night Wednesday getting updates from his stranded fighters.
“Everything was at a standstill,” DiBella said. “I just hope it doesn’t have too much of an effect on the fighters.”
Stark, who faces Mike Oliver (17-0, 7 KOs) for the USBA Super Bantamweight Championship, said the endless flight delays haven’t sapped his energy.
“Adversity makes you stronger,” he said. “This is the biggest fight of my career. I’m not going to let the opportunity pass me by.”
Powell (20-1, 12 KOs) will try to overcome his own test of adversity tomorrow night against Smith (18-1, 8 KOs). Powell of Brooklyn is coming off a loss to former world champion Kassim Ouma last August and is trying to re-establish himself in the junior middleweight division. Smith, best known for appearing in the first season of the Contender, is looking for his fourth consecutive win.
Don’t look for New York to follow New Jersey’s lead and use instant replay to review questionable calls by referees during bouts.
The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board became the first to use replay to review such things as: knockdowns versus slips, accidental versus intentional fouls, whether a cut was the result of a legal blow, low blows and whether a punch landed before the bell.
The commission has up to three minutes to review a replay between rounds to determine whether a call needs to be changed.
New York State Athletic Commission chairman Ron Scott Stevens said he sees some flaws in the New Jersey plan.
“I think it’s going to create more problems,” he said.
Evander Holyfield returns to the ring on March 17 against Vinny Maddalone of Flushing, N.Y. The fight will be held in Corpus Christi, Tex.

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Update on South American Crop Conditions
The first 10 days of January, and the last couple of December, have been a good period of rainfall for much of central and northeastern Brazil. These areas have had continuous dryness and drought issues all season long and forecasts for soybean production have fallen from the record levels forecast at the beginning of the season. Subsoil moisture continues to be the biggest issue. With inadequate rains to start the season, the holdover from the dry season has meant subsoil moisture levels are very low for much of Brazil outside of the far south, which had flooding issues earlier this season. It has improved significantly over the last week, and this point of the season is the best that subsoil moisture has looked all season long, but it is inadequate for the coming safrinha (second-season) corn crop, which will start to be planted in higher numbers later this month.
As shown in Figure 1, there is a lot more stress on the crops in Brazil in January 2024 compared to January 2023. Of particular note is the stress that is in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, two of the larger soybean and corn production areas in west central Brazil. In contrast, crop stress is much lower this year in Rio Grande do Sul
Figure 1. Maps of Crop Stress in Brazil, January 2024 and January 2023
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Southwest has begun a “quiet” marketing offensive in the Atlanta area.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that Southwest “is starting to introduce itself to Atlanta through what it calls “Random Acts of Coolness.”
Southwest closed on its acquisition of AirTran earlier this year, and Air Tran’s Atlanta hub is considered to be among the most lucrative assets that Southwest will acquire via the merger.
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Report: Newcastle table £8.8m offer for promising defender from Euro giants
Newcastle United have seen an £8.8million (€10million) offer for right back Pol Lirola turned down by European giants Juventus, according to a report.
Italian football news website Calcio Mercato claim that the Magpies had tried to prise the 20-year-old defender away from the Serie A title hopefuls, after impressing during his loan spell with Sassuolo this season.
The move would have reportedly seen Juve cancel his loan with their league counterparts before joining up with the Magpies permanently, but both Italian sides were reportedly unwilling to see the loan deal come to a premature end, with the youngster highly rated by his parent club.
The Spanish defender has been with Sassuolo for the last two seasons, and has appeared as both a right back and a right midfielder, with 16 outings across all competitions during the current campaign, while he is yet to appear for Juventus’ senior side.
Football Insider verdict
A new right back should be low down manager Rafael Benitez’s priorities this month, with the likes of a striker much more necessary as the Magpies look to survive this season. That being said, Lirola looks like a bright young talent and for just short of £9million could have been a good signing moving forward. However Juventus probably rate him at a higher fee than that the Magpies were offering, and Sassuolo seem unlikely to let him leave his loan deal early. It does give fans an idea of what Newcastle might be looking for though, and what to expect as the January transfer window comes to a close.
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Nurturing self-respect is crucial for cultivating a strong foundation of personal growth and finding fulfillment in our journey through life. It involves valuing and honoring ourselves, practicing self-forgiveness, and cultivating positive self-talk.
By shielding ourselves from negativity and embracing honesty, knowledge, and passion, we can create a strong sense of self-respect.
Asserting ourselves, radiating kindness and positivity, and clarifying our values are important aspects of nurturing self-respect. It is also vital to understand that self-respect is not dependent on external success and differs from self-esteem, which is based on abilities and performance.
- Nurturing self-respect is essential for personal growth and well-being.
- Self-respect involves valuing oneself and practicing self-forgiveness.
- Positive self-talk, shielding oneself from negativity, and embracing honesty, knowledge, and passion contribute to self-respect.
- Asserting oneself, radiating kindness and positivity, and clarifying values are important aspects of nurturing self-respect.
- Self-respect is not contingent on external success and differs from self-esteem, which is based on abilities and performance.
Self-Respect and Its Components
Self-respect encompasses qualities such as self-confidence, self-love, self-belief, and self-improvement, all of which contribute to our overall well-being and sense of worth. These components intertwine with our sense of self, forming the foundation for a healthy and fulfilling life.
Self-confidence is the belief in one’s abilities, strengths, and worth. It allows us to face challenges and setbacks with resilience and determination. Cultivating self-confidence involves recognizing our achievements and celebrating our successes, no matter how small they may be. It also involves challenging negative self-talk and embracing positive affirmations to bolster our self-belief.
Self-love is the act of embracing and accepting oneself unconditionally. It means honoring our strengths and weaknesses, embracing our flaws, and treating ourselves with kindness and compassion. By practicing self-love, we acknowledge that we are deserving of happiness and fulfillment, just as we are.
Self-belief is the unwavering belief that we have the capacity to grow, learn, and succeed. It involves trusting ourselves, setting goals, and taking action to achieve them. Through self-belief, we unleash our potential and embrace opportunities for personal growth and self-improvement.
“Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.” – Samuel Johnson
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.” – William Shakespeare
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this.” – Chantal Sutherland
To nurture self-respect, it is essential to embrace these components in our daily lives. By practicing self-confidence, self-love, self-belief, and self-improvement, we cultivate a strong sense of self-worth, allowing us to navigate life’s challenges with grace and authenticity.
|Components of Self-Respect
|Role in Nurturing Self-Respect
|Allows us to face challenges and setbacks with resilience and determination.
|Embracing and accepting oneself unconditionally, treating ourselves with kindness and compassion.
|Unwavering belief in our capacity to grow, learn, and succeed.
|Actively seeking opportunities for personal growth and development.
By nourishing these qualities within ourselves, we strengthen our self-respect and create a solid foundation for personal growth and well-being. Remember, self-respect is not based on external success but rather on our inherent worth as human beings.
Practical Steps in Cultivating Self-Respect
Cultivating self-respect involves taking concrete steps towards personal growth, practicing self-acceptance, and prioritizing self-care. It is a journey of nurturing our inner worth and cherishing our own value. Here are some practical steps that can guide us on this path:
- Clarify your values: One of the first steps in cultivating self-respect is to clarify your values. Take the time to reflect on what truly matters to you and what you stand for. This will help you align your actions and choices with your authentic self, building a strong foundation of self-respect.
- Evaluate your relationships: Surrounding yourself with positive and supportive individuals is crucial for nurturing self-respect. Take a closer look at the relationships in your life and evaluate whether they align with your values and contribute positively to your well-being. It may be necessary to set boundaries or let go of toxic relationships that hinder your self-respect.
- Focus on enjoyable activities: Engaging in activities that bring you joy and fulfillment is an important aspect of cultivating self-respect. Whether it’s pursuing a hobby, spending time in nature, or practicing self-care rituals, make sure to prioritize activities that nourish your soul and promote personal growth.
To summarize, cultivating self-respect requires clarifying your values, evaluating relationships, and focusing on enjoyable activities. Remember that self-respect is not dependent on external success or validation. It is a constant practice of embracing your worth, honoring your true self, and radiating kindness and positivity.
|Clarify your values
|Reflect and define what truly matters to you
|Evaluate your relationships
|Assess if they align with your values and contribute positively to your well-being
|Focus on enjoyable activities
|Prioritize activities that bring joy and promote personal growth
“Self-respect is not contingent on external success, but rather, it is a reflection of how we value and honor ourselves.”
By taking these practical steps, you are establishing a strong foundation of self-respect and nurturing your overall well-being. Remember, self-respect is an ongoing journey, and it requires consistent effort and self-compassion. Embrace your worth, practice self-acceptance, and prioritize self-care as you continue to navigate life’s beautiful journey.
The Connection between Self-Respect and Relationships
Our level of self-respect directly influences the quality of our relationships, as it determines the standards we set for ourselves and the boundaries we establish. When we hold ourselves in high regard, we attract and engage with individuals who respect and value us in return. Surrounding ourselves with healthy relationships becomes a natural consequence of cultivating self-respect.
In nurturing self-respect, it is important to clarify our values and evaluate our relationships accordingly. By understanding what is truly important to us, we can establish boundaries that align with our principles and ensure that our relationships are mutually beneficial. This process may involve recognizing and addressing toxic dynamics that hinder our self-respect, and making the necessary changes for our overall well-being.
Practicing self-care is another vital aspect of fostering self-respect and nurturing healthy relationships. Taking the time to prioritize our own physical and emotional needs allows us to show up as our best selves in our interactions with others. When we care for ourselves, we are better equipped to establish and maintain healthy boundaries, communicate effectively, and contribute positively to our relationships.
|Actions to Foster Self-Respect in Relationships:
|1. Clarify personal values and establish boundaries based on them.
|2. Recognize and address toxic dynamics in relationships.
|3. Prioritize self-care to enhance well-being and ability to engage in healthy relationships.
In summary, self-respect plays a crucial role in the quality of our relationships. By valuing and honoring ourselves, setting clear boundaries, and prioritizing self-care, we create a foundation for healthy and fulfilling connections with others. Remember, cultivating self-respect is an ongoing journey, and its positive impact on our relationships is well worth the effort.
Embracing Honesty, Knowledge, and Passion in Self-Respect
Honesty, knowledge, and passion are integral facets of self-respect, as they allow us to live authentically, continuously learn and grow, and pursue our passions wholeheartedly. Embracing honesty means being truthful to ourselves and others, acknowledging our strengths and weaknesses, and taking responsibility for our actions. When we are honest with ourselves, we create a foundation of trust and authenticity that strengthens our self-respect. As the saying goes, “Honesty is the best policy,” and it holds true when it comes to nurturing our sense of self-worth.
Knowledge is another key ingredient in cultivating self-respect. When we expand our knowledge and pursue learning, we gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Knowledge empowers us to make informed decisions, challenge our beliefs, and embrace personal growth. By seeking knowledge, we show ourselves that we value personal development and are committed to reaching our full potential. It is through knowledge that we can gain clarity and confidence in our abilities, further nurturing our self-respect.
Passion plays a crucial role in self-respect as well. When we pursue our passions, we tap into our inner fire and unleash our full potential. Passion gives us a sense of purpose and fulfillment, driving us to overcome obstacles and persevere in the pursuit of our dreams. By embracing our passions, we demonstrate that we value our unique talents and desires, and we honor our authentic selves. Passion ignites a fire within us that fuels our self-respect and inspires others to do the same.
Embracing the Power of Honesty, Knowledge, and Passion
“Honesty, knowledge, and passion are not only desirable qualities but essential ingredients in nurturing self-respect. When we embrace these facets, we lay the groundwork for a fulfilling and authentic life.”
In summary, self-respect is a multidimensional concept that encompasses various aspects of our being. Honesty, knowledge, and passion are three integral components that contribute to our sense of self-worth and fulfillment. By acknowledging the importance of honesty, we build trust and authenticity within ourselves. By seeking knowledge, we empower ourselves to grow and expand our horizons. By embracing passion, we tap into our true potential and find a deeper sense of purpose. When we embrace honesty, knowledge, and passion, we nurture our self-respect and create a life that is true to who we are.
|Key Facets of Self-Respect
|Builds trust and authenticity
|Empowers personal growth and decision-making
|Ignites purpose and fulfillment
Nurturing self-respect is a lifelong journey that encompasses self-esteem, self-worth, self-care, personal growth, and self-acceptance, guiding us towards a fulfilling and meaningful life.
Self-respect is not just about valuing and honoring oneself; it goes much deeper. It involves practicing self-forgiveness, cultivating positive self-talk, and shielding ourselves from negativity. It means embracing honesty, knowledge, and passion and asserting ourselves while radiating kindness and positivity.
It’s important to understand that self-respect is not contingent on external success. It is different from self-esteem, which is often based on abilities and performance. Self-respect is about recognizing our inherent worthiness and cherishing ourselves for who we truly are.
Building and maintaining self-respect is crucial for how we connect with others. It affects the quality of our relationships and allows us to set healthy boundaries. By clarifying our values, evaluating our relationships, and focusing on activities that bring us joy and fulfillment, we can cultivate self-respect in our daily lives.
Self-respect is a form of self-care. It requires that we prioritize our well-being and practice self-acceptance. By engaging in personal growth, practicing self-care, and embracing our unique journey, we can nurture our self-respect and create a strong foundation for a fulfilling and meaningful life.
What is self-respect?
Self-respect involves valuing and honoring oneself, practicing self-forgiveness, cultivating positive self-talk, shielding oneself from negativity, and embracing honesty, knowledge, and passion.
How does self-respect contribute to personal growth and well-being?
By nurturing self-respect, we prioritize our own worth and enable personal growth. Self-respect affects how we connect with others and enhances our overall well-being.
How is self-respect different from self-esteem?
Self-respect is about valuing oneself regardless of external success, while self-esteem is based on abilities and performance.
What are practical steps in cultivating self-respect?
Practical steps include clarifying values, evaluating relationships, focusing on enjoyable activities, and practicing self-care to nurture self-respect.
How does self-respect impact relationships?
Our self-worth influences how we engage with others. Setting boundaries and evaluating relationships are important for maintaining self-respect.
What are the essential aspects of self-respect?
Embracing honesty, knowledge, and passion are essential aspects of self-respect. These qualities contribute to nurturing and maintaining a strong sense of self-respect.

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The second annual LA Cosplay Con returns to the Hyatt Century City Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on June 13, 2015, event organizer the Crest Group announced today. Tickets are on sale now. LA Cosplay Con is a one-day event for cosplayers and the gaming community to celebrate the art and culture of cosplay through competitions, panels on cosplaying and other interesting topics (like the pros and cons of becoming a "YouTube personality"), gaming events, contests, exhibitor booths, and much, much more.
"We’re very excited and humbled that the first show was met with such acceptance from the community that we’re able to produce this second event," said Heather Ellertson, organizer of LA Cosplay Con. "I've been in the Interactive Entertainment Industry for over 16 years, and the amount of energy and commitment that these cosplayers have is inspiring! These individuals that come out are not merely costuming, but show that their work and passion truly is a form of art. They are really wonderful to work with and the community is something we feel very strongly about supporting."
For the 2015 event, organizers of the LA Cosplay Con will team up with The "Geekie Awards" to host a panel called, "The 2015 Geekie Awards Presents: Cosplay and Costume Design – From Hobby to Career!"
"I'm thrilled to be working with LA Cosplay Con next year, as we integrate cosplayers into our live show every year. We thought this was a great way to show this community that we believe in what they do and share the same insights for this industry regarding making a successful business out of your passion," said Kristen Nedopak, Executive Producer and Showrunner of The Geekie Awards.
You can learn more about the 2015 LA Cosplay Con and purchase tickets for the event by visiting www.lacosplaycon.com.
[Full disclosure: GamePolitics is an ECA publication. The ECA is owned by Crest Group.]

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The Longest Traffic Jam in the World Hits Maltese Streets
It was a typical Wednesday morning for commuters in Malta, with people rushing to work and students hurrying to school. However, what they did not anticipate was the longest traffic jam in the world on their streets!
The Beginning of the Chaos
The jam started on the outskirts of Valletta, when a tourist bus broke down in the middle of the road, causing a blockade. The bus company promised to clear the road and assist with towing, but things took a turn for the worse.
The Malfunctioning Tow Truck
The tow truck sent by the bus company showed up but only managed to worsen the situation. Upon pulling the bus, the tow truck broke down, leading to two vehicles stranded in the middle of the road, effectively blocking traffic. Motorists started to get frustrated, demanding that the authorities take action.
The Police Intervention
Hours passed, and the traffic jam kept growing until the police arrived on the scene. Instead of controlling the crisis, they added to it! A female officer parked her motorcycle poorly, blocking traffic on the other lane. An infuriated driver got out of his car and started an argument with her, leading to chaos.
Commuters in Malta were seething with anger, having spent over ten hours in traffic. Social media was rife with complaints, with some even issuing threats to the authorities and demanding compensation. The hashtag #MaltaTrafficJam trended worldwide.
The blockade was distant enough from the airport, but the tourists struggled to make it to the airport on time and board their flights. Some even missed their flights, causing airlines to reschedule and compensate for the inconvenience.
World Record Holders
After 30 continuous hours of standing traffic, Malta set the record for the longest traffic jam in the world!
The traffic jam finally subsided after a full day, with commuters having felt like they wasted a day of their lives on the streets of Malta. The authorities sent out a public apology, promising to ensure that such a jam never occurs again. But for now, the memory of the longest jam in the world will forever be etched in the minds of the Maltese people.


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The first year results of WRAP’s Hospitality and Food Service Agreement (HaFSA) has shown that signatories made over £10 million worth of savings from reducing food waste.
Against a waste prevention target of reducing CO2 emissions by 5 per cent by the end of 2015 from food and packaging waste, 2.5 per cent reductions have already been met.
The rate of recycling for both food and packaging waste has increased by 7 per cent against the 2012 baseline, with the overall recycling rate reaching 54 per cent.
This is against a target to increase food and packaging waste recycled, sent to anaerobic digestion or composted of 70 per cent by the end of 2015.
Secondary Commodity Markets 2015 – the conference for buyers and sellers of recyclable materials takes place on 3 March 2015 in London. Find out more here
WRAP director of sustainable food systems Richard Swannell (pictured) said: “I’m delighted by the enthusiasm with which HaFSA has been embraced by industry, and acted upon. Today we see the first indication of the positive impact the hard work undertaken by signatories and supporters is having towards the collective HaFSA ambitions.
“There’s no doubt that a lot of work still needs to be done to build upon this positive start, but HaFSA is helping to bring the right people together to deliver solutions. As the comments in this video make clear, actions – whether collective or individual – make business sense and save money.”


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Eight prestigious private schools including Eton, Caterham and Brighton College have come together to establish of the London Academy of Excellence in the East End of London.
LAE was the first sixth form college to open under the free school programme and now sits opposite Stratford station, within easy reach of the Olympic Park. Academically rigorous, the Academy aims to help students from the most deprived parts of East London get places at top universities.It was an ambitious undertaking but the signs are positive. The first class to enter the school will not get their final results until this summer 2014 but already 70% of the current year 13’s AS results are A or B grades, and six have offers from Oxford or Cambridge University.It is an impressive record for an institution that has existed for less than 18 months and is still putting the finishing touches to its permanent building (an old council office block) having started in temporary accommodation. Visitors report that pioneer spirit that made this possible is evident wherever you turn – from the enthusiasm of teachers focused solely on the 13 ‘facilitating’ subjects that will allow students to access top universities; to the Head Master who left his role at Highgate School – another of the founding partners – to make the school a reality.Pioneer is an even more apt description of the 250 students who took the plunge to join a school before it had a track record that the impact of the school really becomes clear. They are quick to mention the exchange programme with students at Eton or Highgate and their realisation that these students weren’t that different from them (and certainly aren’t any smarter).


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Filmmaker, creator of Seat 25
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Chief Scientist for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
President at Explore Mars, CEO of Janet's Planet
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The great adventure awaits! Mat Kaplan hosts an entertaining panel discussion at the 2018 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC. Eight guests provide their diverse and inspiring reasons for humans to visit the Red Planet. Bruce Betts later joins Mat to explore the Demon Star.
This week's question:
Who was the first person to orbit the Moon alone in his spacecraft?
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Who is the only person to have discovered planets or moons in the 18th century?
The answer will be revealed next week.
Question from the week before:
What star is most commonly referred to as the Demon Star?
The star Algol in the constellation Perseus is called the Demon Star. Its name means head of the ghoul or ogre in Arabic.
The first eclipsing binary in Perseus was found,
That changed in brightness often as its stars went round and round.
It's called an occultation when they circumnavigate
Around their common center as Algol will demon-strate!
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Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War
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|Author||: Sebastian Gorka|
|Editor||: Simon and Schuster|
Now a New York Times bestseller! America is at war. The fight against global jihad has cost 7,000 American lives and almost $2 trillion, and yet, most Americans do not understand what is at stake. The public lacks knowledge and safety because two presidents and their administrations neglected the most basic strategic question: who is the enemy? Presidents Bush and Obama both named the global jihadi movement—a movement with an intent to destroy the West—“violent extremism.” Their tidy term was an attempt to maintain peace with the Muslim community. But when they failed to appropriately name the enemy, they failed to fully understand Islamic extremism. This failure is why the U.S. has been in Afghanistan for sixteen years with no end in sight. But this war is eminently winnable if we remove our ideological blinders, accurately name our enemy, and draw up a strategy to defeat the ideas that inspire terrorism. So says Dr. Sebastian Gorka, one of the most experienced and sought-after authorities on counterterrorism. Dr. Gorka has been one of the intelligence community’s go-to experts on counterterrorism since 9/11. He’s been called to brief Congress and the Marine Corps and was asked to analyze the Patriot’s Day Boston Marathon Bombing for the US government. Dr. Gorka’s report for the trial of Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev was widely circulated in counterterrorism circles and the media because it accurately painted a picture, not of a teenager on the cover of Rolling Stone, but of a terrorist. Dr. Gorka is respected by peers because he understands our enemy is not "terror" or "violent extremism." Our enemy is the global jihadi movement, a modern totalitarian ideology rooted in the doctrines and martial history of Islam whose goals are to build an empire, suppress “false Muslims,” and engage in guerilla warfare against infidels. Taking his cue from the formerly top-secret analyses that shaped the U.S. response to the communist threat, Dr. Gorka has produced a compelling profile of the jihadi movement—its mind and motivation—and a plan to defeat it.
|Author||: Jeff Kelin|
Since September 11, 2001, America has been at war. And that's about all anyone can say with certainty about a conflict that has cost 7,000 American lives and almost $2 trillion. As long as the most basic strategic questions-Who is the enemy? Why are we fighting?-remain unanswered, victory is impossible. Yet this war is eminently winnable if we remove our ideological blinders, accurately name our enemy, and draw up a strategy to defeat him.
|Author||: Sebastian Gorka|
|Editor||: Simon and Schuster|
“Take it from someone who has been on the inside, who understands the fight we are currently in, and who knows what must be done to save our country. Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s latest book, The War for America’s Soul, leverages the former White House strategist’s expertise, driven by his determination to preserve what made America great in the first place.” — MARK LEVIN Our country is at war with itself. On one side are American patriots, dedicated to freedom under the Constitution; on the other side are leftists campaigning not just to win elections, but to radically transform the nation. In this political war for the soul of our country, America’s patriots need a strategist with a blueprint for victory. Luckily, we have such a man in Dr. Sebastian Gorka—a former strategist for President Trump and now a nationally syndicated radio host and a fearless culture warrior. In his essential new book, The War for America’s Soul, Dr. Gorka shows how America’s elite—in both parties—betrayed our heartland, sabotaged the American dream, and accepted national decline as inevitable. It took a candidate with remarkable vision, dauntless courage, and unbreakable determination to change the narrative. That man was Donald Trump. A candidate who owed no favors to special interests, Trump articulated a new American nationalism that has been an extraordinary force for economic and political renewal.
|Author||: Sebastian Gorka|
|Editor||: Simon and Schuster|
"Sebastian Gorka was [President Trump's] strategist. Dr. Gorka knows Donald Trump and the threats we face. Buy and read Why We Fight to find how we win and what it means to be an American hero." — RUSH LIMBAUGH WAR. It will happen again. We must be ready. Sober words from Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a man who has made the unvarnished truth his specialty. And there’s one eternal truth that Americans are in danger of forgetting: the most important weapon in any geopolitical conflict is the will to win. And we must win. In this powerful manifesto, Dr. Gorka explains the basic principles that have guided strategists since Sun Tzu penned The Art of War in the sixth century B.C. To defeat your enemy, you must know him. But that’s the last thing liberal elites are interested in. Willful ignorance about our adversary—whether it’s Russia, China, or the global jihadi movement—has been crippling. Tearing off America’s politically correct blindfold, Dr. Gorka clarifies who our foes are and what makes them tick. An eight-year vacation from geopolitical reality under Obama left our country dangerously weakened. Dr. Gorka addresses the pressing questions we face as we rebuild under President Trump’s leadership: - What are the most serious threats to American security? - How are they different from the threats of the past? - What can we do to counter these threats? - How can we achieve the “perfect victory” of vanquishing our enemies without mortal combat? All the money and weapons in the world cannot substitute for the will to fight for our precious country and what she represents. To remind us of what the will to win looks like, Dr. Gorka intersperses the stories of four American heroes—Stephen Decatur, Chesty Puller, “Red” McDaniel, and a warrior who never took up arms, Whittaker Chambers—men who believed in their country and put everything on the line for her.
|Author||: Sarah E. Zabel|
|Editor||: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College|
Subject: America entered the Global War on Terrorism with little understanding of the enemy it faced. AI-Qaeda plays a leading role in the larger movement of global jihad, a splinter faction of militant Islamism intent on establishing its vision of strict Islamic rule in the Muslim world through armed action. Global jihadis have spent more than 40 years refining their philosophy, gaining experience, building their organization, and developing plans to reestablish what they see as the only true Islamic state on earth. The September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks set this plan in motion. In the years leading up to and following the 9/11 attacks, global jihadis have written copiously on their military strategy for creating an Islamic state. This paper draws on those writings to examine and explain the mechanisms by which they plan to neutralize the superpower guardian of world order, claim land and peoples for Islamic emirates out of the resulting chaos, and bring these emirates together to become a true Islamic state. Their writings also expose weaknesses in their strategy, and this paper explores some of those potential vulnerabilities as well.
|Author||: Musfir bin Ali al-Qahtani|
|Editor||: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)|
This study illustrates why the language of the Qur'an is miraculous, unique, and evidence of divine authority. The author compares the language of the Qur'an with the language of pre-Islamic poetry, the Prophet's words (hadith), and the language of the Arabs both past and present, to demonstrate that although the Qur'an was revealed in Arabic it was at the same time an Arabic which was entirely new. Original and early Muslim audiences viewed this as miraculous and responded to the Qur'an's words, sounds, rhythms, etc. in a manner consistent with a deeper appreciation of its beauty and majesty which modern ears, trained by familiarity, and despite being surrounded by all manner of dictionaries and studies, are at a loss to capture. The author attempts to remove this veil and present the Qur'an to readers as if hearing it for the first time, to bring to life some of this wonder. In doing so he guides readers to appreciate the beauty of the Qur'an, to become more immersed in it, and to have a clearer understanding of its structure and flow. Devoting special attention to Surah Al Muddaththir, to underpin his analysis, Saeh thus brings the Revelation to life, to demonstrate that each surah has distinct features and characteristics that make it stand out uniquely within the design and sweep of the whole.
|Author||: Robert Spencer|
|Editor||: Bombardier Books|
It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the economic and political ferment of the twentieth century. But in The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS, Islamic scholar Robert Spencer proves definitively that Islamic terror is as old as Islam itself, as old as Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, who said “I have been made victorious through terror.” Spencer briskly traces the 1,400-year war of Islamic jihadis against the rest of the world, detailing the jihad against Europe, including the 700-year struggle to conquer Constantinople; the jihad in Spain, where non-Muslims fought for another 700 years to get the jihadi invaders out of the country; and the jihad against India, where Muslim warriors and conquerors wrought unparalleled and unfathomable devastation in the name of their religion. Told in great part in the words of contemporary chroniclers themselves, both Muslim and non-Muslim, The History of Jihad shows that jihad warfare has been a constant of Islam from its very beginnings, and present-day jihad terrorism proceeds along exactly the same ideological and theological foundations as did the great Islamic warrior states and jihad commanders of the past. The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS is the first one-volume history of jihad in the English language, and the first book to tell the whole truth about Islam’s bloody history in an age when Islamic jihadis are more assertive in Western countries than they have been for centuries. This book is indispensable to understanding the geopolitical situation of the twenty-first century, and ultimately to formulating strategies to reform Islam and defeat radical terror.
|Author||: Farah Pandith|
“Drawing on her decades of experience, Pandith unweaves the tangled web of extremism and demonstrates how government officials, tech CEOs, and concerned citizens alike can do their part to defeat it.” – Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright There is a war being fought, and we are losing it. Despite the billions of dollars spent since 9/11 trying to defeat terrorist organizations, the so-called Islamic State, Al Qaeda, and other groups remain a terrifying geopolitical threat. In some ways the threat has grown worse: The 9/11 hijackers came from far away; the danger today can come from anywhere—from the other side of the world to across the street. Unable to stem recruitment, we seem doomed to a worsening struggle with a constantly evolving enemy that remains several steps ahead of us. Unfortunately, current policies seem almost guaranteed not to reduce extremist violence but instead to make it easier for terrorists to spread their hateful ideas, recruit new members, and carry out attacks. We actually possess the means right now to inoculate communities against extremist ideologies. In How We Win, Farah Pandith presents a revolutionary new analysis of global extremism as well as powerful but seldom-used strategies for vanquishing it. Drawing on her visits to eighty countries, the hundreds of interviews and focus groups she’s conducted around the world, and her high-level experience in the Bush and Obama administrations, Pandith argues for a paradigm shift in our approach to combat extremism, one that mobilizes the expertise and resources of diplomats, corporate leaders, mental health experts, social scientists, entrepreneurs, local communities, and, most of all, global youth themselves. There is a war being fought, and we can win it. This is how.
|Author||: Thomas Sowell|
|Editor||: Hoover Press|
One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. --"This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues." --Mises Review
|Author||: Jared Rubin|
|Editor||: Cambridge University Press|
For centuries following the spread of Islam, the Middle East was far ahead of Europe. Yet, the modern economy was born in Europe. Why was it not born in the Middle East? In this book Jared Rubin examines the role that Islam played in this reversal of fortunes. It argues that the religion itself is not to blame; the importance of religious legitimacy in Middle Eastern politics was the primary culprit. Muslim religious authorities were given an important seat at the political bargaining table, which they used to block important advancements such as the printing press and lending at interest. In Europe, however, the Church played a weaker role in legitimizing rule, especially where Protestantism spread (indeed, the Reformation was successful due to the spread of printing, which was blocked in the Middle East). It was precisely in those Protestant nations, especially England and the Dutch Republic, where the modern economy was born.
|Author||: Kirsten Powers|
|Editor||: Simon and Schuster|
Lifelong liberal Kirsten Powers blasts the Left's forced march towards conformity in an exposé of the illiberal war on free speech. No longer champions of tolerance and free speech, the "illiberal Left" now viciously attacks and silences anyone with alternative points of view. Powers asks, "What ever happened to free speech in America?"
|Author||: Stephen Fox|
The electrifying story of Raphael Semmes and the CSS Alabama, the Confederate raider that destroyed Union ocean shipping and took more prizes than any other raider in naval history. In July, 1862, Semmes received orders to take command of a secret new British-built steam warship, the Alabama. At its helm, he would become the most hated and feared man in ports up and down the Union coast—and a Confederate legend. Now, with unparalleled authority and depth, and with a vivid sense of the excitement and danger of the time, Stephen Fox tells the story of Captain Semmes's remarkable wartime exploits. From vicious naval battles off the coast of France, to plundering the cargo of Union ships in the Caribbean, this is a thrilling tale of an often overlooked chapter of the Civil War.
|Author||: Dana Loesch|
|Editor||: Center Street|
Respected conservative talk show host, blogger and TV commentator Dana Loesch gives her views on the history and intent of the Second Amendment and discusses what she believes gun confiscation would mean to Americans' basic rights as citizens. How many people in America today are truly well-versed in the history of the Second Amendment, and why it was included in the Bill of Rights? In HANDS OFF MY GUN, Dana Loesch explains why the Founding Fathers included the right to bear arms in the Bill of Rights, and argues that "gun control" regulations throughout history have been used to keep minority populations under control. She also contends that current arguments in favor of gun control are primarily based on emotions and fear. This narrative is a must-read for every Second Amendment supporter. Dana Loesch is a determined and fierce advocate for those rights and shouts out: hands off my gun!
|Author||: Scott Straus|
|Editor||: Cornell University Press|
Winner of the Grawmeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, 2018 Winner of the Joseph Lepgold Prize Winner of the Best Books in Conflict Studies (APSA) Winner of the Best Book in Human Rights (ISA) In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide takes place—and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may have seemed likely or even inevitable. To solve that puzzle, he examines postcolonial Africa, analyzing countries in which genocide occurred and where it could have but did not. Why have there not been other Rwandas? Straus finds that deep-rooted ideologies—how leaders make their nations—shape strategies of violence and are central to what leads to or away from genocide. Other critical factors include the dynamics of war, the role of restraint, and the interaction between national and local actors in the staging of campaigns of large-scale violence. Grounded in Straus's extensive fieldwork in contemporary Africa, the study of major twentieth-century cases of genocide, and the literature on genocide and political violence, Making and Unmaking Nations centers on cogent analyses of three nongenocide cases (Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal) and two in which genocide took place (Rwanda and Sudan). Straus's empirical analysis is based in part on an original database of presidential speeches from 1960 to 2005. The book also includes a broad-gauge analysis of all major cases of large-scale violence in Africa since decolonization. Straus's insights into the causes of genocide will inform the study of political violence as well as giving policymakers and nongovernmental organizations valuable tools for the future.
|Author||: M. Chris Mason,Strategic Studies Institute,U. S. Army War College|
Military personnel who have experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Vietnam, as well as senior leaders and military historians alike, will find this book by Dr. Chris Mason thought-provoking and useful. Dr. Mason examines indigenous personnel issues at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of war and uses empirical data and exhaustive research to argue that all three wars were lost before the first shots were fired-not on the battlefield, but at the strategic level of war. The United States interpreted all three conflicts as insurgencies, Mason writes, when in fact all three were civil wars in which the United States took a side. Success was never possible from the outset, his provocative thesis argues, because none of the three countries were nations for which the majority of their citizens were willing to fight and die. Nation-building is a slow, evolutionary, internal process through which the political identity of the peoples within a country's borders matures over centuries...
|Author||: Michael J. Glennon|
|Editor||: Oxford University Press|
Why has U.S. security policy scarcely changed from the Bush to the Obama administration? National Security and Double Government offers a disquieting answer. Michael J. Glennon challenges the myth that U.S. security policy is still forged by America's visible, "Madisonian institutions" - the President, Congress, and the courts. Their roles, he argues, have become largely illusory. Presidential control is now nominal, congressional oversight is dysfunctional, and judicial review is negligible. The book details the dramatic shift in power that has occurred from the Madisonian institutions to a concealed "Trumanite network" - the several hundred managers of the military, intelligence, diplomatic, and law enforcement agencies who are responsible for protecting the nation and who have come to operate largely immune from constitutional and electoral restraints. Reform efforts face daunting obstacles. Remedies within this new system of "double government" require the hollowed-out Madisonian institutions to exercise the very power that they lack. Meanwhile, reform initiatives from without confront the same pervasive political ignorance within the polity that has given rise to this duality. The book sounds a powerful warning about the need to resolve this dilemma-and the mortal threat posed to accountability, democracy, and personal freedom if double government persists. This paperback version features an Afterword that addresses the emerging danger posed by populist authoritarianism rejecting the notion that the security bureaucracy can or should be relied upon to block it.
|Author||: Jason Christopher Hartley|
|Editor||: Harper Collins|
This is not your father's war This is Iraq, where a soldier's first duty is reinforcing his Humvee with sheet metal and sand bags. Or, in the absence of plumbing, burning barrels of human waste. Where any dead dog on the side of the road might be concealing an insurgent's bomb and anyone could be the enemy. At age 17, Jason Christopher Hartley joined the Army National Guard. Thirteen years later, he is called to active duty, to serve in Iraq. Sent to a town called Ad Dujayl, made notorious by Saddam Hussein's 1982 massacre, Hartley is thrust into the center of America's war against terrorism. This is his story. "If you are distrustful of the media and want to know exactly what's going on in Iraq, you'll have to pray for divine enlightenment, because only god knows what the hell is going on over here. However, if you want to know how it feels to be a soldier in Iraq, to hear something honest and raw, that I can help you with." Sometimes profane, often poignant, and always nakedly candid, Just Another Soldier takes the reader past the images seen on CNN and the nightly news, into the day to day reality of life on the ground as an infantryman, attached to the 1st Division, in the first war of the 21st century. From the adrenaline rush of storming a suspected insurgent's house, to the sheer boredom of down time on the base, to the horror of dead civilians, Hartley examines his role as a man, as a soldier and as an American on foreign soil. His quest to discover the balance between his compassionate side and his baser instincts, results in a searing portrait of today's Army and a remarkable personal narrative written in a fresh and exciting new voice. Just Another Soldier is more than a war story; it delivers an intimate look at a generation of young men and women on the front lines of American policy. Whether you're for or against the war in Iraq, this is essential reading.
|Author||: David Gordon|
The last two decades have seen Marxism's academic renascence. In fields as diverse as law, literary criticism, history, and philosophy, Marxism once again captivates no small number of scholars. In part, this reassessment is driven by the efforts of a group of philosophers and economists to reconstruct Marx from the ground up on a more rigorous basis. The work of these "Analytical Marxists" — who include G.A. Cohen, Jon Elster, and John Roemer — is given a sustained examination and critique in David Gordon's Resurrecting Marx. The charge of the Analytical Marxists that capitalism is inherently exploitative and unjust is the primary subject of Gordon's book. Gordon takes issue with that contention; he argues that the Analytical Marxists' withering criticism of classical Marxism is essentially correct, but that they fail to replace it with a superior theoretical edifice. Gordon also analyzes the Analytical Marxists' reformulation of the Marxian notion of exploitation, the implications of their rejection of the labor theory of value, their differences over what rights people have, and their arguments for the compatibility of markets with socialism.
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This book examines the Indian nuclear policy, doctrine, strategy and posture, clarifying the elastic concept of credible minimum deterrence at the center of the country's approach to nuclear security. This concept, Karnad demonstrates, permits the Indian nuclear forces to be beefed up, size and quality-wise, and to acquire strategic reach and clout, even as the qualifier minimum suggests an overarching concern for moderation and economical use of resources, and strengthens India's claims to be a responsible nuclear weapon state. Based on interviews with Indian political leaders, nuclear scientists, and military and civilian nuclear policy planners, it provides unique insights into the workings of India's nuclear decision-making and deterrence system. Moreover, by juxtaposing the Indian nuclear policy and thinking against the theories of nuclear war and strategic deterrence, nuclear escalation, and nuclear coercion, offers a strong theoretical grounding for the Indian approach to nuclear war and peace, nuclear deterrence and escalation, nonproliferation and disarmament, and to limited war in a nuclearized environment. It refutes the alarmist notions about a nuclear flashpoint in South Asia, etc. which derive from stereotyped analysis of India-Pakistan wars, and examines India's likely conflict scenarios involving China and, minorly, Pakistan.
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Coming on the threshold of what promises to be the most acrimonious presidential election in American history, Diamond and Silk’s book will be a rallying cry for tens of millions of Americans who are tired of being told what to think and whom to vote for. Diamond and Silk’s story is one of overcoming poverty and shame and choosing victory over victimhood. Theirs is a story that defies the left’s narrative and that the mainstream media refuses to acknowledge, accept, and respect.

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The Coronavirus pandemic surfaced has changed every aspect of our lives. Education went online. Companies started working from home. Social gatherings are no longer a thing. There are no queues outside shopping malls. Festivals and concerts have been indefinitely postponed. In short, life has taken a 180-degree turn.
To survive, we need to change and, more importantly, get accustomed to the ‘new normal.’
In this post, we will list some tips for businesses to adapt to the new normal:
Physical stores are no longer as safe as they were a few months back. Consumers can no longer form queues at the checkout counters in crowded stores to get groceries. Instead, grocery shopping has largely gone online.
Businesses need to be tech-savvy to survive the pandemic. According to The Fortune, the retailers that have adopted smart shopping technology will be on the top of their competition after Coronavirus. In March, Walmart’s sales went up by 190% after consumers flocked to the online grocery app. Similarly, Nike China introduced a fitness app so that homebound consumers can carry on with their quarantine workouts.
According to the Wallstreet Journal, Amazon’s quarterly sales also surged right after American consumers switched to online purchases. The revenue rose by 26% compared to the 2019 figures. The company churned out sales worth $75.5 billion in just three months, which was a record-high.
With curbside checkouts, shoppers can make purchases online and then drive to the curb to pick up the product. However, they don’t necessarily have to leave their car to collect the product. Such products are usually delivered through drive-through windows and, therefore, limit human contact. The concept is more common among food businesses.
For a consumer, curbside pickup saves time and shipping costs.
Since the novel Coronavirus primarily spreads via human touch, the trend of contactless payments is expected to continue even after the pandemic comes to an end. According to Fox News, cash is no longer the king of transactions.
When it comes to contactless payments, MasterCard has outdone most of its counterparts ever since the pandemic surfaced. Just in the first quarter of 2020, the tap-to-pay and mobile pay services witnessed a 40% jump. To make things easier, card companies around the world are cutting down on the number of contactless transactions a user can make. Companies like UnionPay are also teaming up with banks around the world to issue more contactless cards.
All you need is an unattended payment system that comes with a reader, and LCD, and the antenna. The device uses NFC technology and is compliant with EVA mounting requirements.
UIC is helping businesses switch to secure payment methods like the contactless EMV payments. For more information, get in touch with our team and find out more about your options.
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JESUS REVOLUTION: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today
With clarity, humor, passion, and purpose, the authors tell the remarkable true story of the Jesus Movement, and extraordinary time of mass revival, renewal, and reconciliation. Setting intriguing personal stories within the context of one of the most tumultuous times in modern history, they draw important parallels with our own time of spiritual apathy.
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AFTERLIFE: What Really Happens on the Other SidePaperbound$14.95
LIVING THE FAERY LIFE: A Guide to Connecting with the Magic, Power and Joy of the Enchanted RealmPaperbound$12.95 $16.95
THE LAW OF CYCLES: Finding Your Rhythmic Inner PeacePaperbound$11.95
CHRONICLES OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE, VOLUME II, JANUARY 1960-FEBRUARY 2012: The History of the Religious Science MovementPaperbound$7.95 $24.99

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Goldie Hawn had the love and support of her family tonight, including daughter Kate Hudson and soon-to-be son-in-law Matthew Bellamy, at the London launch of her namesake Hawn Foundation. Kate and Matthew are back in the UK following a glamorous appearance at this year's Vanity Fair Oscar bash. Kate caught up with pals Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz when she wasn't snuggled up to Matthew in the dimly lit corners of the dance floor. During their stay in North America, Kate and Matthew also visited Mexico for a few days, where she worked on her tan in a sexy bikini.
The pair have been splitting their time between the West Coast and the UK, but for now they're back in Matthew's hometown while Muse continues recording their sixth album. They've been tweeting updates and sharing photos from their latest studio sessions.


Earlier this year, Google’s 2FA authentication app received a big Android update that modernized its design. That dark theme, along with an account transfer feature, is now available in Google Authenticator for iOS.
The app provides 2-step verification codes when signing-in to sites. Compared to alternatives, it’s quite simple and lacks extra features. On iOS, Google Authenticator was last updated in 2018 with iPhone X support.
Version 3.1 today starts by modernizing Authenticator’s look. Essentially, the entire app now features a stark white background with the blue top bar removed and various elements now centered. This single color allows for a dark theme to be easily implemented.
Like on Android, the key addition is the ability to “Transfer accounts.” The navigation drawer houses this new option to export or import 2FA codes via QR codes. It greatly simplifies the setup process when transferring devices, with users just needing to install Authenticator on the new phone and scanning a barcode. This feature would have been particularly convenient ahead of the iPhone 12 launch.
On the security front, this new capability is done device-to-device and “no data is sent to Google’s servers during the transfer.” Google makes the process explicit through various prompts, notifications, and verification steps.
Your 2SV secrets can’t be accessed without having physical access to your phone and the ability to unlock it.
Version 3.1 of Google Authenitcator for iOS is available now via the App Store:
- Added the ability to transfer accounts to a different device, e.g. when switching phones
- Refreshed the look and feel of the app
- Dark Mode support
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This stunning combination of geometrical shapes is composed of a burnished metal circular screen resting on a Marquina marble cylindrical base. A superb work of art designed by Alessandro Di Prisco, the base allows the screen to rotate up to 90 degrees both to the left and to the right, creating a covered or separated private area. Materials can show changes in color, please ask the Concierge for additional details.
• Material: Metal Marble
• Dimensions (in): W 66.93 x D 2.76 x H 66.93
• Dimensions (cm): W 170 x D 7 x H 170
• Handmade In Italy

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Thursday, further backing off from 2015 peaks hit earlier in the week as tension around northern Iraq following the Kurdistan region’s vote in favor of independence spurred fresh supply concerns.
Crude has risen sharply in the last two-and-a-half weeks as traders anticipated renewed demand from U.S. refiners who were resuming operations after shutdowns due to Hurricane Harvey. Major world oil producers have also indicated that they will stick with output cuts to limit supply.
U.S. crude has gained 9 percent in 14 trading days, with Brent up 7 percent in that time. Both benchmarks are near overbought levels, based on an index of relative strength, which measures the speed and magnitude of price movements.
“We’ve made a really impressive run here and I do think we’re due for a pullback,” said Robert Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho in New York.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled down 58 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $51.56 a barrel after reaching a five-month intraday high of $52.86.
Brent LCOc1 ended down 49 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $57.41 a barrel, after hitting a more than two-year high of $59.49 on Tuesday after Monday's referendum vote prompted Turkey to threaten to close the region's oil pipeline.
Iraqi Kurdistan voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence, prompting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to say he could use force to prevent the formation of an independent Kurdish state and might close the oil “tap”.
“Kurdistan and northern Iraq now export 500,000-550,000 barrels per day (bpd). That would be a big loss to the market,” said Tamas Varga, analyst at brokerage PVM Oil Associates.
Turkey promised on Thursday to deal only with the Iraqi government on crude, the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.
Brent's premium over U.S. crude WTCLc1-LCOc1 widened to a more than two-year high this week, in part due to reduced demand stemming from Harvey.
Yawger noted that a sharp drawdown in U.S. distillate inventories - diesel and heating oil - ahead of the busy winter season should spur demand for crude in coming weeks, keeping any selloff modest.
“I tend to believe there’s some good fundamentals here. The OPEC situation should keep Brent relatively elevated, and the distillate situation is so far behind the 8-ball that the margin is trading at $25,” he said.
The heating oil crack spread HOc1-CLc1, a measure of the profit margin for refining crude into diesel or heating oil, fell to $24.97 on Thursday. Diesel inventories in the United States are currently seven percent below the seasonal average during this decade, according to the U.S. Energy Department.
Additional reporting by Aaron Sheldrick in Tokyo; Editing by Marguerita Choy and David Gregorio
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It all begins with a Kraft scallop edged card base. The scallop is tucked on the inside and everything is held together with a belly band and brightly colored twine.
Once the band is removed you slowly reveal the "surprise" inside this card!
Here it is all the way open. It's like a PARTY inside a card! Quickly it becomes a 3D Birthday wish and mini album to record those special memories! There is space for 3 large photo's and a journaling space to write down all the details. I love the hanging pennant banner!

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I recently installed Fedora 30 on a system, and I would like to reclaim the USB drive I used to install it. I have been running Fedora Media Writer and clicking the Restore button for the USB drive. However, the USB drive is not being recognized by Windows 10 once I finish.
I have tried several options to recover the drive. If I run the Computer Management tool and select the drive from Storage > Disk Management, I see the disk and its space. But if I try to Change Drive Letter and Paths, Windows 10 tells me “The system cannot find the file specified.” Attempting to format it gives me the same error.
Running diskpart as admin and attempting to “clean” the drive tells me that “Access is denied.”
If I run Fedora Media Writer again, it repeatedly gives me the option to Restore the USB drive.
Am I missing something?


Fare Share: Central Ohio restaurants in dire need of employees
To restaurants, people are everything.
From delighted guests to back-of-house employees, the owners, the delivery drivers, to the greater community, people are the lifeblood of what makes a restaurant alive, vibrant and thriving.
Without people, restaurants are hollow, empty shells of what could be, and many still are closed from the pandemic.
And right now, Ohio’s restaurants need a transfusion.
Although the trajectory of our industry certainly is heading in the right direction and we’re thankful for the excellent pace of the vaccination rollout in our state, our industry is dealing with pressure surrounding the lack of available employees. This is a major issue as consumer confidence and guest traffic increase.
According to the latest data from Morning Consult, a global-data intelligence company, 55% of Americans feel comfortable dining out at a restaurant – a jump of more than 10 percentage points since mid-March. It’s a dramatic sentiment change experienced by all measured age categories. March is the best month since last summer although still significantly lower volumes than pre-pandemic.
Even with this good news, every operator the Ohio Restaurant Association talks with is struggling to hire and fill open positions in every area, from entry level, servers and cooks to management.
Why is this? Operators tell us these are some of the reasons: Employees have shifted to different industry sectors; employees are reluctant to return to work due to COVID-19; and employees are less willing to return to work while expanded unemployment benefits are extended and federal stimulus funds are available.
What are operators doing to encourage people to work in the industry?
Restaurant owners, the vast majority of whom started their careers in entry-level food-service positions, are implementing many initiatives to retain their employees and attract new ones:
Retention: effective use of comprehensive internal rewards and recognition, focusing on culture, career paths and upward movement, tuition reimbursement, paid time off and holidays. Many also are encouraging employees to get the COVID-19 vaccination with PTO and incentives
Hiring: use of job boards, hiring bonuses, incentives for current employees to recommend candidates, workforce development programs, etc.
Through a joint partnership with the National Restaurant Association, the ORA is focused on strategies and actions that could have a positive macro impact on available workforce, such as these:
• Continued successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
• Rebuilding consumer confidence in restaurants (i.e., Ohio Restaurant Promise) and additional campaigns in planning
• Job boards and workforce development programs
• Thoughtful and effective immigration reform
There’s still a long road ahead. And as a result of these varying factors and trends, the industry turnaround will continue through 2022 and perhaps into 2023. The pace and duration of the turnaround are dependent on the level of rebounding sales, plus financial support from federal, state and local governments, as well as successful management of the pandemic.
Last but certainly not least, we need, well, new blood. We need people to work in our industry, and we need them quickly, as time is running out.
Just like how one blood donation through the Red Cross can save up to three precious lives, people who are able and willing to work in the industry will save the local restaurants we all love.
John Barker is president and CEO of the Ohio Restaurant Association.


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Okanogan County Office of Planning and Development
Okanogan County is accepting applications for a Planner 1 with the Okanogan County Office of Planning and Development. This is an entry-level position in the Planner series. The individual reports to a Senior Planner or otherwise may be assigned. Individuals assigned to this classification are normally expected to operate from specific as well as general procedures in work situations, which combine routine, recurring and varied activities. Utilize a basic knowledge of planning and independent judgment to research and analyze data pertaining to assignments. Will be required to attend night meetings.
- Two-year technical degree in applicable field of study, or two years of
progressively responsible applicable work experience, or a combination of
applicable education and experience.
- Ability to satisfactorily pass a comprehensive, in depth background
investigation which shows no criminal activity which could directly impact the
ability to perform the job.
- Ability to use tact, discretion and courtesy in working with the office
personnel and public and interdepartmental contacts.
- Possession of a valid Washington State Driver’s License.
Starting salary is $2,885 per month plus a generous benefit package.
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Offline: A completed Okanogan County Application for Employment, with cover letter and resume must be received in person or by mail at the Okanogan County Department of Planning & Development, 123 5th Ave N, Okanogan, WA 98840, or you may apply online by clicking the link above. Applications accepted no later than 5:00 pm Monday, August 22, 2018.


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Extreme Networks Schedules First Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Results Conference Call
Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), a leader in cloud networking, today announced plans to release financial results for its first fiscal quarter, ended September 30, 2023. The company will announce before market open on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, followed by an earnings conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET.
The details for the webcast are:
About Extreme Networks:
Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) is a leader in cloud networking focused on delivering services that connect devices, applications, and people in new ways. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme's website at https://www.extremenetworks.com or follow us on LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
Extreme Networks and the Extreme Networks logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries.


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Infrastructure and Bribery in International Market
In 200 to 300 words, describe two difficulties that an international logistician could experience in moving goods from a country with a developed infrastructure (transportation, communication, and utilities) to a country with a deficient infrastructure.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits bribery in international business. Do you think that US companies are at a disadvantage as a result of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? Take a position and defend your opinion in 200 to 300 words.


Thunder Power invest €80 million in Catalonia. The Hong Kong Electric vehicle producer Thunder Power will locate its European operations headquarters, and its advanced research and develop center. Also in Catalonia the construction of a second manufacturing facility catering for European markets.
The Hong-Kong multinational plans to invest €80 million in the R&D center, which is expected to be fully operational in 2018 and create 200 jobs. The assembly and distribution plant will be ready by 2020, will create 1,000 jobs, and could produce up to 50,000 vehicles per year.
The agreement was signed during the unveiling event of the first running prototype this Thursday at Hong Kong’s Eaton House. Over 250 business professionals from Barcelona, Catalonia and Hong Kong participated in the showcase, including the Catalan Minister for Business and Knowledge, Jordi Baiget, and the Second Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni. Thunder Power Chairman & CEO Wellen Sham praised Catalans’ “efficiency” and Barcelona’s promotion of “clean energy and sustainability.”
The exact location of the R&D centre, which will be Thunder Power’s second in Europe, after one located in Milan, has not been revealed yet. The equipment is expected to focus on the company’s new electric vehicles. Thus, it will develop fundamental aspects related to the bodywork, transmission system, dynamics, batteries and applications related to autonomous and connected driving.
“Catalans are really efficient, hard-working and open-minded people, who warmly welcome new investments,” Thunder Power’s CEO Wellen Sham explained. He also praised Catalan Government’s interest and outlined Barcelona’s bid for “clean energy” and its aim to promote a sustainable model of the city.
Moreover, Thunder Power has chosen Catalonia to access the European market. A plant which is expected to assemble and distribute the company’s electric models to the rest of the continent will be operative by 2020. Initially, the factory is projected to produce 10,000 per year but could reach 50,000 cars annually by 2025.
Thunder Power’s hub in Catalonia will complement its manufacturing plant located in China—which will begin to build the vehicle at the end of 2018—as well as its central offices in Hong Kong and its Italian design centre.
The car: has a range of 650 km
The electric car Thunder Power presented in Hong Kong is a high-end vehicle designed in Italy with European technology and engineering developed in partnership with firms such as Dallara and CSI. The battery has a capacity up to 125 kWh and a range of 650 km, and the 320 kWh version can reach top speeds of 240 km/h. The first version of this model was presented at the International Frankfurt Motor Show in 2015.
Catalonia Trade & Investment is the Catalan Government agency for foreign investment and business competitiveness. It promotes innovation, internationalisation, trade and funding of Catalan companies and startups. It also organizes trade missions in countries chosen strategically for their business and technology cooperation opportunities. In addition, it offers specialised one-stop-shop services to international investors and corporations, attracting foreign direct investment to Barcelona and Catalonia. Headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia Trade & Investment operates from 39 offices around the world, covering 110 markets.


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Govt should give its legal justification by serving people: Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool
LAHORE (92 News) – Former governor Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool has said that the government should give its legal justification by serving the masses.
He said that the governance was being negated in the name of democracy.
Brig (retd) Farooq Hameed said that the accountability process should be expedited. “COAS General Raheel Sharif has given a clear message,” he said.
Renowned analyst Ayaz Amir said that the COAS statement was an FIR against the political system.
Rauf Klasra said that the Army chief statement was a charge-sheet against the government.

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