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It’s not uncommon for a man to feel like he’s falling short in a relationship. after all, we’re constantly being bombarded with messages about what it means to be a “real man.” Whether it’s from the media, our friends, or even our families, we’re constantly being told that we need to be strong, powerful, and in control.
As a result, it’s not surprising that many men feel like they’re falling short when they’re in a relationship. After all, how can we live up to these impossible standards? The truth is there are specific reasons that will make a man feel more inadequate than others think. These reasons will be listed in this article so stick around and read more to find out.
What happens when a man feels inadequate in a relationship?
Before we jump to the reasons for such feelings, let us clarify what will happen when a man does indeed start feeling inadequate in his romantic relationship.
When a man feels inadequate in a relationship, it can lead to all sorts of problems. He may become withdrawn and lose interest in activities that he used to enjoy. He may start to doubt himself and feel like he’s not good enough for his partner.
This can lead to arguments and even breakups. In extreme cases, it can even lead to violence. It’s important for men to feel like they are able to meet their partner’s needs and that they are valued in the relationship. When they don’t feel this way, it can be very damaging.
This is why an important thing to remember is that your worth isn’t defined by your partner. You are worthy of love and respect, no matter what. So if you find yourself feeling inadequate in a relationship, don’t beat yourself up. Just remember that you’re not alone and that you’re still needed in other ways, appreciated, and adored.
5 reasons for a man to start feeling inadequate in a relationship:
When a man starts to feel inadequate in a relationship, he may be too ashamed to say it or to open up about it as it will only make things worse. So in many cases, a man may start acting out of character or sabotaging his relationship when he starts to feel inadequate without saying why he’s acting that way or giving a clue about the reason.
That’s why you should be able to spot the reasons below and understand when a man is at risk of such a thing to manage it well before it happens and be well-informed if it does.
1. His partner pays more attention to other men than to him:
Much like women, a man loves when his girlfriend compliments him, and more important than that, they love when the compliment is genuine. Yes, men can tell whether the compliment they received was honest or not.
When a man receives a compliment from the woman he loves it can do wonders for his confidence. However, the opposite can happen when that same woman compliments other men or sees the strengths and good qualities of others but not those of her own partner.
Even though the woman was just trying to support a male friend by complimenting him, for instance, her boyfriend may start feeling insecure. He might think that he is not worthy of his girlfriend’s attention and that’s why she is turning to others. If you think that your partner has experienced this because of your oblivious and unintentional behavior, an honest talk can help to sort things out.
Tell your partner that you still love him and have no intentions of seeking a relationship with another man, and explain other possible reasons why you only have eyes for him.
2. He is insecure about his sexual performance:
It can be difficult to notice that your partner is feeling insecure about physical intimacy at first. Only with time, can you start picking up on clues. If you are happy with your sex life that’s great, but you also need to be sure that your partner is happy too.
If your partner is feeling insecure about his performance on this level, he will likely keep quiet about it. He is probably afraid of what your answer and reaction might be if he brings the subject up.
If you sense that he is feeling insecure in that regard, don’t take it too personally. Maybe his past relationships weren’t healthy enough to make him feel confident and in this case, he just needs a little more reassurance. However, remember that only together can you build trust and confidence in all aspects of the relationship.
3. His partner is more successful than him:
Does your partner seem like a very modern and ambitious man, but he seems insecure about the fact that you are more successful than him? Chances are if it seems that way, he probably feels insecure for real. Once you realize this it can be hurtful, but you will need to take a step back to process it.
Unfortunately, as progressive as our society can appear, many men still feel the social pressure to assume the role of the breadwinner. Sometimes, it’s not even because they were raised that way, or had partners that forced that role on them, it’s simply because the societal pressure and expectations are there.
If you are professionally more successful than your partner and they are feeling inadequate in the relationship because of this, remember that you must help them overcome that stereotype and not give up on your goals just to make them feel more secure.
4. His partner is still in touch with her ex:
One thing that can cause conflict in a relationship is when the woman is still friends with her ex. The reason for this is that men and women have different perspectives on the subject of keeping in touch with their exes. While many women don’t give much meaning to exchanging text messages with their exes from now and then, their current boyfriends will feel very uncomfortable about it.
If you didn’t know this, many men subconsciously compare themselves to their girlfriend’s ex. Yes, it doesn’t make sense at first because you broke up with your ex and are now in a new relationship, but the fact that you are still in touch with your ex can make your boyfriend think that he is not enough for you.
He will start feeling insecure because he feels he can’t offer you everything you need. If it becomes too problematic consider prioritizing your relationship instead of one that’s over if you believe that it has potential for a good future.
5. They feel they don’t connect emotionally:
Not everyone can be open with their partners right from the beginning. Depending on your personality type and the life experiences you had until now it may take you more or less time to be completely emotionally open to your partner. However, it doesn’t just take time, it can also make your partner insecure.
Men also need to feel an emotional connection when they are in a relationship, and in most cases, they need to feel it sooner in the relationship than women. If you want your relationship to grow you will have to create trust and an emotional bond that can only be achieved with honesty.
Explain to your partner that it’s hard for you to feel emotionally vulnerable and you would appreciate it if he helped you get there step by step. It is important to have a partner that is not emotionally immature so that he can understand where you’re coming from and what you’re talking about.

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The 19-year-old Marine from Greenlawn who went missing over the weekend has been found, Suffolk County Police confirmed.
"Hannah Bombria has been located in New York City, unharmed," police said on Wednesday, July 31.
The New York State Public Safety Department said in an earlier statement: "Hannah sought assistance from MTA Police at Penn Station in NYC and is safe."
Police have issued an alert for a missing Long Island woman who is serving in the military.
Hannah Bombria, 19, of Greenlawn, was reported missing by her parents on Sunday, July 28 at approximately 2:30 a.m., according to Suffolk County Police.
Bombria is a United States Marine stationed in North Carolina and posted on social media stating her intent to travel to New York, police said.
Her cell phone has been pinging in New York City since police were first notified and the New York Police Department is involved in the investigation, according to Suffolk County Police.
Bombria is Asian, 5-foot-6, approximately 130 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. She is not known to have a vehicle, said police.
Anyone with information on Bombria’s location is asked to call 911 or the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.
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Assessment of the Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) in sustaining Cattle Fever Tick populations in Puerto Rico
The ectoparasite Rhiphicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, also referred to as Cattle Fever Tick (CFT), serves as the primary vector for the protozoan pathogen Babesia which causes bovine babesiosis in livestock and wildlife hosts. Current management practices in Puerto Rico are failing to control CFT prevalence resulting in major economic losses for the livestock industry on this island. One factor that has not been directly addressed is the pervasiveness of the invasive Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) in Puerto Rico and its potential to serve as an alternate Cattle Fever Tick host. For this study, radio-telemetry and ectoparasite sampling were conducted on mongooses at five farm sites in Puerto Rico to estimate habitat use and ectoparasite prevalence. I estimated the overlap of mongoose short-term home ranges within cattle pastures and compared utilized and non-utilized habitat types within an estimated area of habitat available to mongooses. Results suggest mongooses nonrandomly select for grasslands and a portion of all mongoose short-term home range estimates overlapped with corresponding farm sites. Cattle Fever Ticks were not found on any of the sampled mongooses, suggesting the mongoose is not serving as a host for CFT populations in Puerto Rico. These results suggest continued research is needed to evaluate other potential CFT hosts to implement improved management practices. This study also provides insight on movement patterns and habitat use for the highly invasive mongoose prevalent throughout many Caribbean islands.
Torres, M. (2018). Assessment of the Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) in sustaining Cattle Fever Tick populations in Puerto Rico (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.

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Sometimes, the dimension I am most aware of today - won't be the one I am most aware of tomorrow. Does that sound a little strange to you?
So for the me that lives in this world, in this dimension - I am present and aware of the things I do and the life I live here however - without warning - it just comes on! The space I am in starts to get bigger - it is like watching space stretch and twist. Then my senses start to follow. My eyes will see the twist in space as the room I am in grows and bends. My mind gets dizzy as my ears start to pick up sounds of a distant world that calls to me. My thoughts connect to another place where I can feel the pull of my awareness into that world, into that other existence. The room that I am in is not the only place I can feel and know that is there any longer. I now feel, see, and hear another entire place that dwells within that room and in my world. My awareness is brought to another one of my-selves - the one that exists in that world. I am here where I sit, yet I am also not. I can feel myself connected to another space and time - another dimension. I can feel the me that lives in that world. Am I talking about a parallel dimension - yes for the most part but sometimes it is way more than that.
This inter-dimensional way of life can be very fascinating and amazing as well as being very disruptional and making it hard to function in my main reality. It is hard to explain, especially using words like 'main reality' because that is the reality that I am experiencing here. In the worlds that I connect to - my main reality to the me that is there is that me's main reality. Becoming part of my main reality in another reality can really slow me down or throw me off entirely. Did you get all that? LOL
Sometimes as the space around me starts to stretch and twist - there will be an eventual slowing of time such as the things and people around me moving in slow motion as I am experiencing that other world, but at the same exact time - if I focus on that other reality - time is moving just fine. In my own main reality time - I just feel like something is off, I'm not entirely here so I feel very preoccupied or just like I can't concentrate very well. I hate when this happens when I am at work. It makes it very difficult to be efficient. Also, when it comes on suddenly, I begin to feel sad for some reason. Perhaps because I feel deep connections and all of my senses are very heightened. My emotions become very touchy and sentimental. Everything around me in my main reality seems blurry but in my connected reality - I can see, feel, smell, sense, and carry on like everything is exaggerated.
While I am going about my business in this reality, I can see people walking by me in the other reality. I can hear people - perhaps they are friends, family, etc. talk to me about our lives. I can sense the feelings and emotions of others. I am an empath in this lifetime so that ability follows all of my other senses to that other reality. It is very difficult to try to explain this in a more clear way but it is like - I'm here but I'm not. I am someplace else but I'm not. I live here and I live there - and a bunch of different places as well. To complicate things a bit further - I also can tap into existences where I am just energy living in places that are nothing like life as we know it.
When I am in a meditation - I can purposely go to other places such as other existences and I usually do not visit parallel worlds but other worlds completely. I also like to go beyond our multi-verse into the existence that dwells on the outside of what we know to be all that is.
So now maybe you may think - hey I want whatever this chick is on! I assure you that this all stems from the being that I am and I knew since I was a young child that this world was not my own. I'm not saying I'm an alien, a star seed, or any of those fancy names that light workers like to give to light beings, but I am of another existence altogether.
The entire purpose of this blog entry is to bring to light that you too can connect to other realms, other you's and perceive entire new perceptions. I am not the only person who experiences this inter dimensional way of life. I know many people who do as well. Also, I would just like to add that this is not astral traveling or remote viewing - this is an actual perception in reality connection.
Do you experience inter-dimensional perception and if so, I'd love to hear your experiences. You can leave a comment or you can email your experiences to me at firstname.lastname@example.org.
I'm Cher, a psychic medium, paranormal investigator, extensive paranormal researcher, spiritual teacher, intuitive counselor, hypnotist of past life regression,writer, exorcist in training and founder of PsychicMyst Paranormal Network. I have over 37 years of total professional experience.


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Albert L. Murray was an American writer, born in Alabama and educated at Tuskeegee and NYU. He spent 20 years in the Air Force and only then began his career as a writer. A close friend and artistic collaborator with both Ralph Ellison and Romare Beardon, Murray was an extremely influential thinker; as Henry Louis Gates wrote in The New Yorker in 1996, "This is Albert Murray's century, we just live in it."His non-fiction writings include works of social and music criticism. He helped found Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis.
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The Knitter Mug Care Package!
Such a sweet way to brighten someone's day! Send this charming care package to let someone know you are thinking of them. It is so much fun to send happy mail to someone you care about!
I draw and design everything (except the treat!) in the box, making this a fun unique gift! I even make the postcard, magnet set, and mug in my little studio! All items will come wrapped in colorful bags and nestled in a 9"x5"x4" box filled with pink and yellow crinkle paper.
THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:
💖"Happiness Comes To Those Who Make" Knitting Sloth 5"x" Postcard/Mini Print
💖3 Random Pocket Positivity Cards
💖"Make Magic" Knitting Unicorn 11 oz Mug (Dishwasher and Microwave Safe!)
💖Cutie Knitting Animals Magnet Set With Four 1.25" Magnets
💖"Do Something Creative Every Day" Knitting Cat Sticker On A 3.5x5.5" Dot Grid Pocket Notebook
💖Set Of 4 "There's Magic In You" Pink Hex Pencils
💖Grandma's Soft Baked Cookies (Leave me a note when you check out to switch to low sugar mini Stroopwaffels for keto/low carb/diabetics!!)
💖Everything comes wrapped in adorable packaging
💖9x5 sturdy white shipping box
💖Lots of happy pink and yellow crinkle paper
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Ship this directly to your recipient, or yourself to give in person (or yourself!!)! Make sure to update the address when you are checking out.
Because I make each package just for you, if you would like any of the items switched for a different design from my shop you can let me know! Make sure to check out the other Care Packages in my shop. If you can't find exactly what you are looking for I have a care package builder on my website as well! www.RebeccaDanger.com
Please do remember that computer monitors vary and the colors might look slightly different in person. The reason I make my art is to bring more happiness to homes and lives. If you are not 100% happy with your purchase, please let me know at rebecca [!at] rebeccadanger.com.
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This Christmas, let’s celebrate Singapore’s Bicentennial in a special way by sharing the spirit of giving at Christmas At The Fort (CATF)!
Over four days, historic Fort Canning will be transformed through a fusion of music, history, a market of eco-products specially curated for the event, culinary delights and digital technology into a seamless tapestry of sight and sound! Come and enjoy the Christmas Story of hope, joy and blessings as we light up the hill!
- Well-known Singaporean musicians Charlie Lim, Haneri, Olivia Ong and Joanna Dong
- Performances by community groups and aspiring young musicians
- Performances by a live orchestra showcasing 200 years of Christmas celebrations in Singapore
- Christmas carol sing-along for everyone
- Fringe activities from 4.00pm daily
- Eco-market, a variety of food and beverage stalls, carnival and fitness activities for all
- Multi-media show each evening designed by Brian Gothong Tan
- A heritage trail through the historic Fort Canning – with augmented reality app (Read app download instructions here)
Christmas At The Fort is brought to you by Wesley Methodist Church, in partnership with The RICE Company Limited and in support of the Singapore Bicentennial.

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The v-35 Spoiler was a model of ion cannon produced by the Kuat Drive Yards for the purpose of planetary defense. One of three popular models from KDY's v-series it was considered a light ion cannon, with a surface-to-air capability useful against starfighters, and was a common weapon emplacement used to defend various strongholds. The Spoiler required a crew of four to operate.


The latest conflict between Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Israel in early May has changed nothing when it comes to the basic strategic equation in place between Israel and the Gazan terror factions.
The fact that Hamas stayed out of this latest campaign means that the stop clock has begun to the next escalation involving Gaza’s ruling faction.
It is time for Israelis to ask themselves what the government’s strategy is for dealing with Palestinian terror factions in Gaza. They should do so immediately and not wait again passively for the next escalation to occur to raise this question.
Public comments by government representatives who claim that Israel has changed the equation in Gaza are simply false. The basic equation in Gaza remains identical to the situation that existed before Operation Shield and Arrow, just as it has before and after every previous round of fighting between Israel and Gazan terror factions over the past 15 years.
The question that should be guiding Israel’s strategy is how to delay the next outbreak of violence from Gaza for many years, not months. The first step in moving in that direction is to create political leverage on top of Israel’s military achievements, rather than relying on the IDF’s capabilities alone to buy a little more quiet.
Israel's strategy for dealing with Palestinian Islamic Jihad
One answer for shaping a new Israeli strategy should involve the recruitment of a regional coalition of powerful actors, involving Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and others, who would be significantly more involved in Gazan affairs. The goal of such a coalition would be to push for a long-term political arrangement between Hamas and Israel that would produce years of quiet.
As part of such an arrangement, Israel must also present to the world its legitimate demand that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad cease their continuous production of projectiles, whose sole intention is to terrorize, kill and injure Israeli civilians, while using Gazan civilians as human shields.
WHILE GAZA won’t disarm tomorrow, it is important to begin delegitimizing the war crimes of Gazan terror factions on the world stage and to counter the trend of normalizing such actions, which has become all too common in recent years.
The escalation was ultimately a highly limited campaign, which must not be confused with the main combat scenario for which Israel needs to prepare.
During the five-day escalation, Israeli air defenses performed well, intercepting more than 95% of projectiles heading for built-up areas – but not providing a hermetic defense, a fact that took on a tragic form in the killings of two civilians in Rehovot and the western Negev during the fighting.
This is another reminder that no hermetic air defense solution exists, despite the advanced technology, sensors, and interceptors that take on Gazan-made projectiles. These rockets can follow unusual trajectories, presenting real challenges for air defenses.
The Iron Dome has undergone continuous upgrades over the years. Today’s system covers far larger areas, deals with larger barrages and more threatening projectiles. It is only the same system as the one first unveiled in 2011 in name, not in substance or capabilities, and its evolution has been dramatic. No other air defense system in the world can even compare with the Iron Dome’s performance.
The Iron Dome forms one layer in Israel’s multi-layered air defense system, which also includes David’s Sling, the intermediate altitude system successfully employed for the first time during the May clashes, and the Arrow 2 and 3 systems against long-range ballistic missiles.
When the Iron Beam laser system becomes operational, an added layer of interception will become available to Israel’s air defenders.
If the Israel Air Force can establish that terror rockets are repeatedly destroyed before entering Israeli air space, this could have an eventual effect on the IDF’s policy of sounding sirens for every rocket launch, enabling Israel to decrease such sirens potentially.
For this change to take place, it will be necessary to prove that the laser system – at first the ground-based interceptors, which will take around two years to be fully operational, and later, the aerial version placed on drones – can truly make some of the sirens redundant.
Israel is not yet at this stage, however, and even the laser system does not offer the guarantee of hermetic defenses.
FURTHERMORE, it is essential to keep in mind that the significant military threat facing Israel is the prospect of a multi-arena conflict involving Iran and its array of ballistic and cruise missiles, and UAVs; Hezbollah, with its mammoth projectile arsenal; Hamas in Gaza, and others.
Such a scenario, which would be a completely different challenge to the Israeli home front, compared to the most recent escalation, needs to be placed on the Israeli public agenda now. It is the threat that Israel needs to focus on.
The danger of public complacency based on the misunderstanding that this conflict is indicative of all of Israel’s future wars is real.
The writer, a retired brigadier-general, is a publishing expert with The MirYam Institute. He served as the commander of the Israel Air Defense Forces from 2015-2018, during which time the David’s Sling and Arrow 3 systems became operational.


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My friends and I regularly do a tasting night for a type of beer. I've decided to make the next one a little more serious. We are doing a fruit beer dinner and I am going to make it a dinner/beer pairing night. I've been attempting to do research on what pairs well with what kind of beer. This is very arbitrary, it seems. I'll share what I've found and the menu I've planned thus far.
My initial search brought me to www.beeradvocate.com
(I've been a member a while, but they also suggest pairings with every beer). The suggested pairings happen to be all the same, for all beer in the fruit beer category. That's fine, when it comes to plan my cheese course, that will be a great help.
After some initial searching I finally found this site:
This was a great help, it seems to be a site that posts beer pairing dinner menu's and what beer was paired. Since I also plan on doing a barley wine dinner later on, this was a huge help to get started there. But it seems that those beer pairing dinners are centered around one or two brewery offerings. Still with all this research and reading I began formulating some ideas.
There will be about 10 of us. Some of the beer I'm offering is hard to find beer (at least where I am), so I can not offer much of it. I consider this to be more of a beer-sample/pairing. So instead of offering quantity, I'm trying to offer lots of small samples. I currently have about 11 different fruit beers we will try.
As to why I've paired one exact beer with another and with what food, I'm really really not sure. I mostly went with these rules:
1) Gut instinct. From reviews on BA, I could get an idea if the fruit beer was overly sweet, not sweet, etc...
2) I tried to pair 2 beers with every course (roughly), one that complements the food, the other that contrasts the food (sweet vs. sour, strong vs. light)... I didn't follow this exactly, because I already have my beer and the food is being decided.
3) In the end I wanted to change up beer to beer, for example, I didn't want two dogfish head beers in a row, or two overly sweet beers in a row.
4) This menu and beer order seems to change frequently, so maybe this will still change. I don't think there can be a really bad pairing here, and hey good beer and good food? That's a winner by itself. Mostly RDWHAHB.
Aragula Salad w/fresh blueberries and cherries
Dressing: ?? Haven't decided
BitterRoot Huckleberry Honey Ale (5.9%)
Gouda, Blue, Edam, Feta, and Figs
Abita Purple Haze (Raspberry Wheat Beer) (4.2%)
Dogfish Head Festina Peche (4.5%)
Barley, Grape and Cabbage Stew
Hebrew Origin Pomegranate Ale (8%)
Dogfish Head Midas Touch (brewed w/Grapes & Saffron) (9%)
Pork w/ Honey Grape Sauce
Side: Roasted Grapes and Carrots
Karl Strauss Belgian (brewed w/Zinfandel Grapes) (10.5%)
Dogfish Head Sahtea (brewed w/Juniper Berries) (9%)
Follow Up Course
Dark Chocolate Varieties
Russian River Consecration (brewed w/currants) (10%)
Lindeman's Peche and Cassis Lambics (4%)
No idea here for desert? Cheese cake?
Southern Tier Pumking (9%)
Samuel Smith Fruit Organic Fruit Beer Trio (Raspberry, Cherry, & Strawberry) (all around 5%)
How's it look so far? any ideas on desert? I was thinking something sweet like a type of cheese cake. Possibly a pumpkin pie as well? (to go with the pumking)

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FLOODING is causing disruption across the Vale as roads are closed and motorists are warned not to drive through floodwater following heavy rain on Saturday.
A flood warning for the River Avon in Evesham remains in force as levels peaked at about 3.1 metres this afternoon (Sunday), with the river bursting its banks and flooding surrounding areas.
High river levels have led to Waterside, between Port Street and Cheltenham Road, being shut.
Roads including the Jubilee Bridge at Fladbury, Brooke Lane, Cropthorne, The Green, Charlton and Eckington Bridge have also been closed due to the flooding.
Emergency services are also urging drivers to be careful while driving due to standing water on main roads and rural routes around the Vale.
But, with the Met Office forecasting further persistent rainfall for the next few days, river levels could rise even further.
A boat crew from Evesham Fire Station had to re-moor a pleasure craft along Waterside after a snagged line was dragging the stern of the craft underwater.
Fire crews also rescued two people from a flooded ford on Walcot Lane, Pershore, using rescue sleds and wading poles.

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little by the production.” Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936), pseud. “Mr. Dooley,” author and humorist. Dunne loved to play billiards, smoke cigars, and drink, probably all at the same time; He was a member of Twain’s “Damned Human Race Luncheon Club,” whose members never all met at the same time.
George Haven Putnam, president of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, wrote to Sam, having read “with interest” Sam’s “Concerning Copyright,” which he felt was “exceedingly graphic, and ought to be effective.” Could he have the “North American” send a copy of the magazine with this paper to his office. “I shall be interested in bringing it to the attention of certain of the authorities in Washington” [MTP].
James A. Renwick wrote to Sam, acknowledging receipt of his check for $100, and adding,
In accordance with our conversation of yesterday settles in full for the rent of No. 21. 5[th ave], all up to Jany 1st, 1905. I am exceedingly sorry that the work delayed your occupation of the house, but you must remember you were kind enough to tell me to take my time & your reward, if any, has been in having the house thoroughly done—I hope & believe. My only wish now is that you will enjoy residing there and will do so for many years to come with health & happiness to you & your family [MTP]. Note: Sam quoted this letter as above on May 31, 1905 to attorney John Larkin.
December 8 Thursday – Mary C. Waters wrote to Sam, having read his Joan of Arc article in the Dec.
Harper’s. She enclosed an article, no longer extant [MTP].
December 9 Friday – On or after this day at 21 Fifth Ave. in N.Y.C. Sam replied to the Nov. 6 from A.
“Dear Sir: / I thank you for the library catalogue cutting for I have often wanted to know what that Diary is—and now find by the heading that it is philosophical or religious or both—and I am glad to know—“ [MTP]. Note: the “Diary” was “Extracts of Adam’s Diary.”
Ralph W. Ashcroft wrote from London to Sam. “Have had a full talk with MacAlister. Have not seen [John] Bergheim, owing to his domestic troubles. Will see him & other directors in a few days. MacAlister is going to strongly recommend that the Board make us an offer of a contract” [MTP].
December 10 Saturday – At 21 Fifth Ave. in N.Y.C. Sam wrote to Robert Underwood Johnson, thanking him for being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters on Dec. 2. Johnson was the Secretary of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, which founded the Academy in emulation of the French Academy, and formed to “foster, assist, and sustain excellence” in American literature, music, and art [MTP].
Sam’s sketch, “The $30,000 Bequest” first ran in Harper’s Weekly, and was collected in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906) [Budd, Collected 2: 1009].
The New York Times announced on p. BR867 “A new complete edition of Mark Twain …in twenty -three volumes by the Harpers,” the Hillcrest Edition, listing the illustrators: J.G. Brown, A.B. Frost, W.T.
Smedley, Peter Newell, Dan Beard, F.B. Opper, Frank T. Merrill, Edward W. Kemble, T. de Thulstrup, F.V. Du Mond, C. Allan Gilbert, J.A. St. John, F.M. Senior, and Ignace Spiridon, “whose painting of Mark Twain is pronounced by Mr. Clemens himself his best portrait.” Sam had inscribed sets on Oct. 29 and Nov. 27.
December 11 Sunday – William B. Throop wrote from Aurora, Ill. to Sam, asking where he might find the old story of a man who went to Washington to collect money due on a beef contract [MTP]. Note: Sam
wrote “ ‘Roughing It,’ I think,” at the top.
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Positive reinforcement works exceedingly better and faster than punishment. … In table 1, note that punishment and reinforcement have nothing to do with good or bad behavior, only if it increases or decreases the likelihood of the behavior to recur. There are several schedules of reinforcement that can impact behavior.
Is reinforcement more effective than punishment?
It’s also much easier to encourage behaviors than to discourage them, making reinforcement a more powerful tool than punishment in most cases. Perhaps most important, positive reinforcement can simply be more effective, especially in the long-term.
Why is reinforcement preferable than punishment?
Since reinforcement focuses on increasing a desired behavior and punishment focuses on reducing an unwanted behavior but does not teach a replacement for it, it is typically recommended to use positive reinforcement when trying to make a behavior change.
What is the most effective method of behavior change?
“Positive reinforcement is probably the most effective method of shaping behavior,” says Dr. Eichenstein.
How effective is punishment in changing behavior?
In psychology, punishment is always effective in changing behavior, even when children don’t feel punished. Not only is it possible for children’s behavior to be punished without punishing children, it is possible for their behavior to be punished while at the same time being nice to them.
Is negative reinforcement better than positive reinforcement?
Positive reinforcement is a process that strengthens the likelihood of a particular response by adding a stimulus after the behavior is performed. Negative reinforcement also strengthens the likelihood of a particular response, but by removing an undesirable consequence.
How does reinforcement affect behavior?
Reinforcement is used to help increase the probability that a specific behavior will occur in the future by delivering or removing a stimulus immediately after a behavior. Another way to put it is that reinforcement, if done correctly, results in a behavior occurring more frequently in the future.
Why is positive reinforcement important?
Positive reinforcement reinforces what the child is doing right rather than concentrating on what the child is doing wrong. It increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated. It supports your child’s positive deeds and qualities through enthusiasm, descriptive encouragement, and natural, logical rewards.
What is the aim of reinforcement and punishment in Behaviour modification?
Positive Punishment vs Negative Punishment
While the goal of reinforcement is to reinforce the desired behavior, the goal of punishment is to make an undesired behavior less likely to happen, continue or strengthen in the future.
Why is punishment not effective?
* Punishment makes the child feel bad about themselves not what they did. … It doesn’t help the child learn to express their emotions, it squashes their needs and sends the message that their feelings aren’t important. * Punishment, even time outs and taking away privileges, damages our relationship with our child.
Can a bad or good behaviour still be modified?
You can’t force a child to change their behavior but you can change the environment so they’ll be more motivated to change. Behavior modification is about modifying the environment in a way that your child has more incentive to follow the rules. Consistency is the key to making behavior modification effective.
Why is reinforcement theory called behavior modification?
Reinforcement theory of learning was proposed by B F Skinner. According to it, an individual’s behaviour is a function of its consequences. According to Skinner the individual frequently exhibits behaviours which are reinforced by the environment. … This is also known as shaping behaviours or behaviour modification.
How do you motivate behavior to change?
- Express empathy (through reflective listening)
- Develop discrepancy (between the individual’s goals and their current behaviour) Avoid argumentation.
- Roll with resistance (acknowledge and explore the individual’s resistance to change, rather than opposing it)
- Support self-efficacy.
Is positive or negative punishment more effective?
Negative reinforcement occurs when an aversive stimulus (a ‘bad consequence’) is removed after a good behavior is exhibited. The difference is subtle, but very important.) … Our research found that negative reinforcement is actually far more effective for sparking initial habit change.
What is the best type of reinforcement?
Variable ratio: Variable ratio intermittent reinforcement is the most effective schedule to reinforce a behavior.
What is the most effective form of punishment for criminals?
Probation, the most frequently used criminal sanction, is a sentence that an offender serves in the community in lieu of incarceration.


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Philip K. Robins, Robert G. Spiegelman and Samuel Weiner
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A Guaranteed Annual Income: Evidence from a Social Experiment brings together the first accounting of evidence on the impact of the Seattle/Denver Income-Maintenance Experiments (SIME/DIME) on participating individuals and families. It is based on a selection of papers delivered to policymakers, program administrators, and researchers at a conference held at Orcas Island, Washington, in May 1978. The conference, sponsored by HEW and the State of Washington, represented the first effort to disseminate to a wide audience the findings emerging from early analyses. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents a general introduction to the experimental design, results, and data. Part II presents the experimental effects on work behavior for various family members, including results on job satisfaction, the demand for childcare on the part of single mothers, and the incorporation of the labor supply results into a simulation of national welfare reform alternatives. Part III discusses the experimental effects on family behavior, including marital stability, psychological effects, and effects on the demand for children (fertility). Part IV contains five studies of how the benefits were used by the families, including effects on migration, education and training, demand for assets, and the use of subsidized housing programs.
A History of Children's Reading and Literature presents the pattern of educational activity in relation to the methods undertaken in the schools, and the extent to which books are used in the advancement of literacy. This book describes the factors that are contributory or detrimental to the growth of literacy, including educational provision, the availability of school and public libraries, the use of books in schools, and the parallel evolution of recreational literature of all kinds. Organized into 22 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the educational activity during the years of economic depression wherein economic factors resulted in a national state of social unrest that both State and Church came to recognize could be controlled only by the extension of education. This text then describes the successive educational legislation and other factors that contributed to the advancement of public libraries in the last three decades of the 19th century. This book is a valuable resource for teachers, parents, and students.
Two fields of interest are combined in this volume: the history of science and the theory, or philosophy, of science (metascience). The result is a history of psychology with emphasis placed upon a metascientific analysis of the work of fourteen psychologists from various periods.Each analysis is set in historical context; a period or school is discussed in each chapter, together with a metascientific analysis of some major works from the respective period or school. The author employs a metascientific descriptive system or `systematology' developed during more than 30 years of work on comparative, metascientific studies of about 50 psychological theories. The results of those studies have been published in previous works.These analyses are also used here for verifying T.S. Kuhn's much-debated theory about the `revolutionary' development of sciences. The author revises Kuhn's theory and shows that it can be applied to the history of psychology. Thus, in a Kuhnian sense, psychology may be said to have had two `normal periods' and two `periods of crisis' leading to school formation.
A Laboratory Manual for Forensic Anthropology approaches forensic anthropology as a modern and well-developed science, and includes consideration of forensic anthropology within the broader forensic science community, with extensive use of case studies and recent research, technology and challenges that are applied in field and lab contexts. This book covers all practical aspects of forensic anthropology, from field recoveries, to lab analyses, emphasizing hands-on activities. Topics include human osteology and odontology, examination methods, medicolegal significance, scene processing methods, forensic taphonomy, skeletal processing and sampling, sex estimation, ancestry estimation, age estimation, stature estimation, skeletal variation, trauma analysis, and personal identification. Although some aspects are specific to the United States, the vast majority of the material is internationally-relevant and therefore suitable for forensic anthropology courses in other countries.
A Life Full of Meaning: Some Suggestions and Some Material for the Future Training of Youth Leaders is an attempt at comprehensive thinking about the training of youth leaders. There are two key words, "training" and "leaders", and both are capable of several meanings. For many, "training" implies the learning of routines of universal application, short cuts, techniques, and drill. But techniques, though often important, are never enough in human situations; here, personal quality counts supremely and. The author emphasizes the continued personal growth of the leader and encourages thoughtful attitudes and sensitive understanding. Equally, "leadership" is not something unitary and constant. The book interprets in contemporary terms what is meant by training and leadership for youth workers, what is involved in terms of experience, skill, study, and reflection. This book will prove to be a valuable stimulus and guide to all who have at heart the interests of the Youth Service.
A Manual of Cataloguing Practice is a text on cataloguing and covers topics ranging from the major cataloguing codes to the subject catalogue, the name catalogue, and cataloguing of special materials. Physical forms of catalogue are also considered, along with the filing and arrangement of catalogue entries; centralized and cooperative cataloguing; the organization of cataloguing; and the relation of cataloguing to modern methods of information retrieval. This manual is comprised of 16 chapters and begins with an overview of the nature and purpose of catalogues, as well as the history of cataloguing and catalogues. The discussion then turns to the development and application of the major cataloguing codes, including the British Museum Cataloguing Rules; the Vatican Code; the American Library Association Rules 1949; and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 1967. Some particular problems of author-title cataloguing are considered, together with the solutions suggested by some of the major codes and the practices of some individual libraries. External guides (instructions for the use of the catalogue) and internal guides (""signposts"" within the catalogue) are also discussed. Finally, the future of cataloguing is examined. This book will be a useful resource for practicing cataloguers and librarians as well as students of librarianship.
A Mathematical Model for Handling in a Warehouse presents the formulation of a mathematical model for goods handling in a warehouse. This 11-chapter text specifically serves as a guide in decision-making in terms of the capacity, shape, and layout of a warehouse for a variety of available handling equipment under minimized total cost. The first seven chapters cover the overview, purpose, and applicability of the model; the role of stock distributions in movement within the warehouse; the problem of order picking; and the effect of time dependent storage policies on the model. The following chapters outline a formula for building cost and its link to handling effort, followed by a discussion on the use of the model when considering warehouse automation. These chapters also examine the mathematical aspects of the model. The concluding chapter provides some numerical examples to illustrate the use and applicability of the model in a specific warehouse handling condition. Mathematician and researchers in the related subjects of goods handling in a warehouse will find this work invaluable.
A Modern View of the Law of Torts provides the important aspects of the law of torts, which is an area of law that covers the majority of all civil lawsuits. This book begins with a description of the civil rights of an individual who is wronged by another person, followed by a particular attention to the remedies that are available to people who are wronged by any of the standard torts. Chapters of this book are devoted to specific torts, such as negligence, defamation, and trespass. Specifically, the law of negligence has been fully dealt with, as more and more of the problems of the law of torts are being solved by the courts with reference to the developing principles of the law of negligence. This publication provides an interesting approach to the study of torts, which is equally useful to students and the lay person.
A New Approach to Teaching and Learning Anatomy: Objectives and Learning Activities presents sets of general instructional and specific behavioral objectives to define the framework of a course in human anatomy. The objectives are preceded by explanatory notes which deal with the principles and the techniques involved in their formulation so that their expansion or modification may be facilitated. Methods of using the objectives as guides to study are also suggested. This book is comprised of 13 chapters and begins with an introduction to the goals to be adopted for the course framework and the general objectives that will indicate course content as well as the sequence of learning. The discussion then turns to specific behavioral objectives and student-centered learning activities, followed by an outline of the anatomy course. The course is broken down into regions and systems and covers the anatomy of bones, joints, and muscles, along with peripheral nerves and vessels. The anatomy of the upper limb, head and neck, walls of thorax and abdomen, and the lower limb are considered. The viscera are ""fitted in"" to the musculo-skeletal framework on a systematic basis, and the course outline concludes with a section on neurological anatomy, that is, the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, genito-urinary system, and neuroendocrine system. This monograph should be useful to those who are engaged in teaching-learning programs in anatomy whether as medical educators or as students.
Pergamon General Psychology Series: A New Morality from Science: Beyondism focuses on the role of science in establishing ethical values. The publication first elaborates on three gateways to the understanding of life, origins of uncertainty and confusion, and basic logic of beyondism. Discussions focus on moral laws within groups and the fallacy of universalization; planned bio-cultural diversity of groups in the great experiment; absence of institutional mechanisms specifically to create progress; social construction without positive value construction; and humanity and the ever-open gateway of religion. The manuscript then examines moral directives derivable from the beyondist goal and psychological problems in human adjustment to the new ethics. The book takes a look at the departure of beyondism from traditional and current ethical systems; impact of evolutionary values on current socio-political practices; and integration of the emotional life with progressive institutions. Topics include mutual services of beyondism and the arts, setting of the research institutes for the world federation and free enquirers, community goals in population size, class, and internal diversity, and the reconstruction needed for a scientifically rational politics. The manuscript is a dependable reference for researchers interested in the role of science in establishing ethical values.

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What is a Dubai Transit Visa?
If you travel through Dubai airport to a third destination and wish to explore Dubai, you may need a transit visa. With a transit visa, you can stay in Dubai for up to 96 hours before your onward flight. A transit visa will allow you to spend time in the city and experience all it offers. This blog post will walk you through everything you need to know about a Dubai transit visa. We will cover the requirements, the application process, and more.
Who Needs a Transit Visa?
How do I apply for a Dubai Transit Visa?
You can obtain a Dubai Transit Visa through UAE-based airlines such as Emirates, Etihad, Fly Dubai and Air Arabia. Alternatively, if your trip is through a travel agency, they can also help you get a transit visa.
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What are the Requirements for a Dubai Transit Visa?
To get a transit visa, you must have a passport or travel document with a minimum validity of three months, and you’ll need to submit a photo of yourself against a white background. You’ll also need an onward ticket booking to a third destination other than the one you’re coming from.
How Long is a Dubai Transit Visa Valid For?
The UAE offers two transit visas: one for 48 hours and another for 96 hours. Transit visas must be processed and approved before entering the UAE and are not extendable.
What is the Cost of a Dubai Transit Visa?
The cost of 48 hours transit visa is free of charge, and 96 hours for AED 50. There are no additional fees or charges imposed by any federal, local or private entity. There is a departure fee of AED 30 for each passenger passing through the UAE’s airports.
If you plan to travel to Dubai, it is important to know whether or not you will need a transit visa. Thankfully, the process for applying for a Dubai transit visa is relatively simple and straightforward as long as you have all of the required documents. We hope this article has helped clear up any confusion you may have had about transit visas and that you now feel confident in applying for one if needed.
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Hyzon Motors Inc., a leader in high-power hydrogen fuel cell technology, has successfully completed its first commercial demonstration of a liquid hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (LH2 FCEV). This trial, conducted in partnership with Performance Food Group, Inc., a major North American food and foodservice distributor, and Chart Industries, Inc., a global manufacturer of engineered equipment, showcases the potential of liquid hydrogen for commercial trucking applications.
Why It Matters
The successful demonstration signifies a critical advancement in sustainable long-haul transportation. It provides compelling evidence that liquid hydrogen can serve as a practical alternative to traditional diesel, meeting comparable range requirements while emitting zero emissions.
- The LH2 FCEV trial began in Temple, TX and covered over 540 miles during a 16-hour continuous run, delivering to eight PFG customers near Dallas, TX.
- The vehicle operated under strenuous conditions, including temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit, proving the feasibility of liquid hydrogen in real-world applications.
- Liquid hydrogen offers several advantages over its gaseous form, including higher energy density and no added weight to the vehicle.
- The proprietary 200kW fuel cell system developed by Hyzon Motors is expected to provide a driving range between 650 and 800 miles, comparable to many diesel trucks.
- Chart Industries designed a specialized tank system to store liquid hydrogen at extreme cold temperatures, as low as negative 400 degrees Fahrenheit, while maintaining necessary pressure levels.
The successful demonstration run reflects a significant milestone for the commercialization of hydrogen-powered vehicles, particularly for long-haul and heavy-duty applications. Hyzon CEO Parker Meeks stated that liquid hydrogen could be an “economical approach to long-range zero-emission trucking.” Additionally, the lower cost of liquid hydrogen, estimated to be up to $5 per kilogram less than high-pressure gaseous hydrogen, could provide significant savings for fleet owners. The trial was supported by Certarus for liquid hydrogen transport and Air Liquide for hydrogen production, further solidifying the ecosystem for hydrogen-based renewable energy in commercial transport.


About The New Mutants
The New Mutants has long gone down a rough street. Admirers did not know what to imagine about the X-Guys superhero/horror mixture when the principal trailer dropped in Oct 2017. To funnies lovers, it didn’t appear as although the narratives they recollected. The heartbreaking flop Dark Phoenix introduced a excellent offer of uncertainty into fans’ psyches. And bits of gossip about what Disney’s procurement of Fox would necessarily mean for the youngster turn off franchise started off whirling. Numerous addressed no matter if the film could ever appear all over.
With The New Mutants approaching — and with its manufacturing hardships ending up becoming far more community than probably the filmmakers and studio could want. We figured it is appropriate to isolate what we know from gossip. This is what we can advise you pertaining to the New Mutants launch day, the cast, the plot. And a couple of some others items we’re speculating you are intrigued about.
When will The New Mutants be introduced?
Contemplating the vulnerability that is encircled the generation of The New Mutants. We’re accepting that it is a contact of accidental incongruity that the movie wound up scheduled for release two days just after April Fool’s Day. That is on Friday, April 3, 2020. Just to have that date still left by the coronavirus. As the movie turned out to be only one of a lot of delayed by the pandemic.
The New Mutants’ 1st hold off pushed it again to February 2019, nonetheless in March 2018 — a month prior to its one of a kind discharge day — it was announced the movie experienced been pushed back yet again to August 2019. At long last, in May possibly 2019, Disney announced The New Mutants would convey the X-Men’s lesser team to the significant screen on April 3, 2020… what’s far more, that they outrageously definitely implied it this time. Furthermore, they likely did, having said that no measure of well this means plans could spare the film from a around the globe wellbeing unexpected emergency. A new date presently can’t seem to be to be introduced.
For what rationale was New Mutants delayed for these types of a long time?
The New Mutants was initially scheduled for April 2018. That is a two-12 months hold off in a market place that has been a lot more than sort to superhero motion pictures. So nobody can reprimand you for pondering accurately why it is taken these kinds of a lengthy time to get Marvel’s extra youthful mutants to the huge display screen.
In March of 2020, Boone affirmed that no reshoots at any time seriously occurred all things deemed. The main refered to the Disney/Fox merger — explicitly the method in which it held up discharge as the youthful give matured discernibly. A position as in any function aspect of the rationalization. “On the off prospect that there hadn’t been a merger, I’m sure we would’ve finished reshoots a similar way each film does pickups,” he defined. “We did not do that on the grounds that when the merger was carried out and anything was settled, everyone’s extra proven.”
What is the plot of The New Mutants?
We do not have the foggiest plan about a fantastic offer of plot factors of fascination for The New Mutants. Even though we do know some intriguing subtleties. In 2017, Amusement Weekly said a resource near the output depicted it along these lines. “Held in a thriller business office with no seeking to, 5 new mutants need to have to fight the perils of their forces, just as the transgressions of their past. They are not out to spare the entire world — they are basically making an attempt to spare by themselves.”
That seems to jive with what we’ve observed in The New Mutants trailers. In both equally the main thriller from 2017 and the most up-to-date trailer, we see the mutants in a medical center in which Dani is uncovered to difficult tests. And the entirety of the saints answer to an anonymous supernatural horror. In the newer trailer, we see Dani seeing what displays up as a power discipline on the edge of the office’s property. As Ilyana advises her, “This is not a hospital — it’s a confine.”
There is furthermore stable evidence recommending the early New Mutants villain, the Demon Bear, will characteristic in the film. A storyboard animatic highlighting the character leaked on the net in 2016. The villain is known to take care of off the negative emotions of its casualtie. Which could associate with a second in the most recent trailer when a voice states, “This location can take your largest dread and makes you dwell via it until finally it slaughters you.”


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Malang is an upcoming romantic horror which is set for its big release on Valentines day, 14th Feb,2020. The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani, Anil Kapoor and Kunal Khemu in lead roles. The film will be co-produced by Luv Films and T-series. Mohit Suri will be seen helming the directorial hat for this film. This is the first time Anil Kapoor will be collaborating with Mohit whereas Aditya was given his huge success with Mohit for Aashiqui 2. The film will also witness Mohit teaming up together post the actor’s debut film – Kalyug. The film is said to go on floors in early 2019.
- Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aaata Hai to star Nandita Das and Manav Kaul
- We welcome the opening of ‘Heaven’ in ‘heaven on the Earth’ called Kashmir


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Our Life, Our Film portrays Gujarat’s struggle for survival after the 2001 earthquake through stories narrated by these women — some of whom have never seen a camera before, reports Madhusree Chatterjee.india Updated: Sep 02, 2007 02:07 IST
The day was January 26, the year 2001. An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale ripped through Gujarat as the country celebrated its 51st Republic Day.
It was the worst on the country’s disaster roster, logging a body count of 30,000 and rendering half-a-million homeless.
The scars still show in the villages of Bhuj, Kutch and Saurashtra, which stood on the line of the cleaving earth. “The pain has dulled, but at a cost,” say eight women from the hinterland of Saurashtra and Kutch, who turned filmmakers to capture Gujarat’s journey from ruins to high ground.
Our Life, Our Film portrays Gujarat’s struggle for survival through stories narrated by these women — some of whom have never seen a camera before. “The film is important in the larger context of culture because most of the media-generated content is driven by vested interest or caters to moneyed consumers,” says Zubin Driver, network creative director of CNBC’s TV-18 group, which has short-listed the film for the channel’s Through the Looking Glass series.
The film, which will be screened this Sunday, begins with the journey of filmmaker Deepa Bhatia of NGO Swayam Siksha Pravog. There, she chanced upon eight women — Hansaben, Ilaben, Gomiben, Kajolben, Hansa Ben Someswara, Kunwarben, Jamunaben, Anuba.
All the eight trained in Mumbai under a professional crew. After initiation rites on editing, camera handling and scheduling, they were ready with the concept and the draft. “I gave them complete freedom to research, plan itineraries and interviews,” says Deepa, who accompanied them back to Gujarat, along with a small camera crew.
Gomi Ben, 38, an impoverished Kol tribal from Gujarat who choreographs garba nights in her village, set the score for the state’s march to recovery. The result: a film full of earthy melodies. Director Hansa, with a seven-month baby strapped to her waist, wanted hard reportage. The crew went to 12 villages in Kutch and came up with startling tales of deprivation, economic inequities and gender fissures.
In Tiramabhau village, the camera pans on to a primary school, which serves as a psycho-social stress care centre and an education hub. Just after the earthquake, the UNICEF set up 2,000 makeshift schools and trained teachers in support methods for children. Out if it emerged the opportunity to redefine education with new-age learning tools and methodologies.
But girls are still at the receiving end of the gender spectrum. The crew captures women in the “durbar” community. “Our daughters are branded badchalan (immoral) if they go out to study,” laments one.
Job opportunities are scarce. “I make Rs 500 a month,” smiles Shantiben, a cheerful tribal from Kutch. But she spends half of it on healthcare. Women, especially those from the marginal social groups, slog without nutrition. “The men eat first, then the women,” says Hansa.
But the women are gradually making their way into panchayats. The educated ones are being sent to work in government offices, schools and NGOs. “I think we have been stifling our women,” Hansa quotes a man from a village in Kutch as saying, post Our Life, Our Films.
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Polarimetric SAR Interferometry for Forest Analysis Based on the ESPRIT Algorithm
Hiroyoshi YAMADA Yoshio YAMAGUCHI Yunjin KIM Ernesto RODRIGUEZ Wolfgang-Martin BOERNER
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Publication Date: 2001/12/01
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Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on New Technologies in Signal Processing for Electromagnetic-wave Sensing and Imaging)
synthetic aperture radar, interferometry, polarimetry, vegetation, ESPRIT algorithm,
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Synthetic aperture radar interferometry have been established in the past two decades, and used extensively for many applications including topographic mapping of terrain and surface deformation. Vegetation analysis is also a growing area of its application. In this paper, we propose an polarimetric SAR interferometry technique for interferometric phase extraction of each local scatterer. The estimated position of local scattering centers has an important information for effective tree height estimation of forest. The proposed method formulated for local scattering center extraction is based on the ESPRIT algorithm which is known for high-resolution capability of closely located incident waves. The method shows high-resolution performance when local scattered waves are uncorrelated and have different polarization characteristics. Using the method, the number of dominant local scattering centers and interferometric phases in each image pixel can be estimated directly. Validity of the algorithm is demonstrated by using examples derived from SIR-C data.


The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's 2023 season is centred around exploration and unearthing musical gems, as well as showcasing musicians who are equally fascinated by the past and the future of their chosen period instruments. The highlights are plentiful.
These include the dramatic opening concert series featuring the remarkable Baroque cellist Elinor Frey; the masterful young Baroque violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte in series four; and violin virtuoso Leila Schayegh, whose expressive playing is poetry in motion that will on display in series five. These artists are all making their Australian debuts with the Brandenburg. The season spans many moods and emotions, with the mystic musicians of Turkey and the Whirling Dervishes unfurling their splendour next winter for series three. 2023 is truly a cultural feast that leads up to the beloved annual performances of Noël! Noël! in December.
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Graphic designs are like a story about the brand, company, or product narrated to the audience through images and visuals. With the rise of digital marketing and increasing competition in the market, making a product stand out is essential. And this necessity is fulfilled by Graphic Designers.
Graphic Designers are like modern artists in today's world. They combine images and literature to communicate and interact with the audience. Graphic designing is a significant part of digital marketing and advertising a brand or a new product and can be a great career option.
So how to become a graphic designer? Apart from practical experience and innovative thinking, what other skills are required to become a Graphic Designer? Read on to explore more about this creative career option.
What Does a Graphic Designer Do?
As mentioned earlier, Graphic Designers create innovative and attractive graphic designs to convey ideas and product descriptions or brand value to the audience through visuals. Graphic Designers work in either a digital marketing firm as a part of a team or work independently part-time or full-time. The Graphic Designer's job is to create innovative marketing visuals or brochures for a new product or a brand for the client. The Graphic Designer has to work to meet the daily or weekly deadlines. They should be compatible with the most complex graphic software and tools to manipulate texts, images, animations, and content.
Skills Required to Become a Graphic Designer
There is no specific educational qualification required to become a Graphic Designer. However, a Graphic Designer needs to be innovative and creative to become successful. Also, completing a graphic designer course can give you an edge over others.
The skills required to become a Graphic Designer are as follows-
Creativity is one of the essential skills to become a Graphic Designer. The creative idea and innovative design will make them narrate the story of the entire product or the brand through a few visuals.
Understanding the client's need and the target audience and bridging the gap between the demand and the audience through graphics is one of the essential skills of a Graphic Designer. A Graphic Designer is a storyteller who narrates the brand's story or the product to the audience.
Compatibility With Graphic Software
A Graphic Designer has to manipulate lots of images, texts, and animation to create a good design. Being able to utilize complex graphic design tools freely is the crux of expressing ideas in the design.
The final aim of a Graphic Designer is to present the client's needs to the targeted audience. Therefore, the Graphic Designer has to be skilled to deliver the customer's needs to the audience through simple yet innovative designs.
How to Become a Graphic Designer: A Step-by-Step Guide
To become a Graphic Designer, one has to clear all the bases about the know-how about this job. Only relying on skills without exposure to actual projects will not yield favorable results. The step-by-step guide to becoming a Graphic Designer is as follows.
Understanding the Fundamentals of Graphic Design Principles
Understanding the basic fundamental principles of graphic design is the first step to becoming a Graphic Designer. Creating a good design involves a lot of planning and expertise in applying design theory and principles. In addition, combining the texts, graphics, and animation to impact the audience needs to be considered by the designer.
Enrolling in a Graphic Designer Course
Though you do not need a degree to become a Graphic Designer, enrolling in a course to increase your understanding and expertise in the field is one of the most important steps. A graphic design course teaches the fundamentals of graphic design and improves your skills by providing some mock projects. In addition, many graphic design courses introduce various design tools and software like UX and website design principles.
Learning Graphic Design Tools
After enrolling in Graphic Design Course, it is crucial to learn all the basic tools for graphic designing. The most commonly used graphic design software is Adobe Creative Suites. Learning Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is also an added advantage. Also, learning languages like Python and Java will give you an insight into animation design.
Working on Small Self Projects
After learning the basics of the graphic design course and learning the graphic design tools, the next step is to work on a small self-assigned project. Start by creating a design for a real or made-up product or company. Creating logos of a few mock companies or redesigning the existing companies’ logos can help you get some experience with the knowledge you have acquired so far. Working with local non-profits or brands can let you experience live projects.
Creating a Portfolio
A portfolio is like your resume. Creating a strong portfolio to showcase your skills is essential for any Graphic Designer. The portfolio attracts your clients or helps create a strong profile for the job.
Types of Graphic Designers
There are three types of graphic designers.
In-house Graphic Designers
The In-house Graphic Designers are the professionals hired directly by established brands or big companies. These graphic designers work for new product branding, designing marketing campaigns for the company, or compiling annual reports.
Agency Graphic Designers
Certain agencies carry out graphic design work for various companies. The Agency Graphic Designers work in these companies and work for more than one or two clients. Therefore, these Graphic Designers always have to bring out different creativity skills for different clients.
Freelance Graphic Designers
These are the Graphic Designers who are self-employed and work with great flexibility. The Freelance Graphic Designers need to market themselves all the time and handle invoicing and quotations for the project. Though Freelance Graphic Designers are flexible, they have to deal with weekly or daily deadlines.
Salary and Career Growth
With the rise of digital marketing, a career in graphic design is blooming. The annual salary for a Graphic Designer in India ranges from INR 1.1 LPA to INR 6.5 LPA with an average salary of INR 3.0 LPA. The annual salary for a graphic designer in the US ranges from $46,000 to $62,000. With increasing proficiency in graphic design software, one can get high-level projects that can help grow in this field. Constantly updating the portfolio also helps in increasing the chances of career growth no matter the type of Graphic Designer you are.
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COMMENTARY | A recent pilot program in Pittsburgh shows promise as a model for how the city and surrounding region can develop solutions to climate hazards.
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles from ReImagine Appalachia, a coalition working to transform and strengthen the economy across parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. At Route Fifty, we’ve reported previously on this project in our news coverage. Here, we’re giving the advocates behind the effort an opportunity to describe their approach, for themselves, in greater detail.
This article in the series focuses on resiliency efforts, which are seen as crucial to helping the region's economy thrive in the years ahead and for keeping residents and property in the Ohio river valley safe as the climate changes and severe weather becomes more common.
You can find the other articles in this series here.
Earlier this year, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home to about 304,000 people and situated in a metro area of around 2.3 million residents, experienced a prolonged stretch of rainy weather. The rainfall caused flooding and other problems and served as the latest reminder that the climate in the city and surrounding region is changing, getting warmer and wetter.
Pittsburgh’s city government has been active locally, nationally and internationally in recent years on climate-related policymaking. But the city, like other local governments throughout the Ohio River Valley and across the country, will also need to consider how to prioritize projects that can help them adapt to climate change and the extreme weather events it will bring.
The tragic flooding in eastern Kentucky this summer is just the latest reminder of the severe dangers that weather-related natural disasters can pose in Appalachia. For the region to thrive economically, states and localities will need to take steps to protect residents and property from rising climate hazards in the years ahead.
In Pittsburgh, one opportunity to address these risks lies in the city’s greenways.
These publicly-owned open spaces provide residents places to bike, walk and gather, and have potential environmental benefits as well. But, as Rebecca Kiernan, the city’s principal resilience planner, explains: “The wet weather we had in early May resulted in landslides across Pittsburgh, some originating from existing city-owned greenways properties, impacting residences and private businesses, and disrupting mobility.”
Local projects that invest in the Greenways—like Greenways for Pittsburgh—provide a way for the city to prevent future losses from events like extreme rain, while improving public space.
Some aspects of Pittsburgh’s greenways and efforts to improve them are unique to the city. But a resiliency framework the city and its partners recently developed for the spaces could be applied elsewhere as other communities look to tackle their own local challenges.
In 2018, which also saw the most annual rainfall in Pittsburgh's history, the city spent $12 million on landslide cleanup, and the Division of Sustainability and Resilience in the Department of City Planning conducted an analysis that demonstrated the slides were often coming from city property, particularly greenways, which are in very poor ecological health.
Pittsburgh owns roughly 600 acres of greenways, but does not systematically maintain this land. In the 1980s, after the city lost more than half of its population amid a sharp economic decline as the steel industry collapsed, greenways were developed as a way to consolidate abandoned properties, and upkeep was left to resident stewardship groups.
Over the past 40 years, however, these properties have seen significant ecosystem declines and are increasingly a climate liability. Much of the land is situated along steep hillsides that are highly prone to landslides during wet weather.
There are improved design, planning and management techniques that can reduce slide risks and bring other benefits. But when cities and other local governments want to take on climate resiliency projects along these lines, they can run into difficulties, in part because of limited staff capacity, scarce funding and other resources and a lack of clear standards for making upgrades.
Developing a New Framework
Recently, Resilient Cities Catalyst, entered into a partnership with Gold Standard, an international standards organization, to develop a new international adaptation standard for design, implementation, and results verification of local climate adaptation projects.
The goal of the initiative is to come up with evaluation criteria and indicators that will foster projects with multiple benefits for the communities they serve.
To test out the draft adaptation requirements, RCC partnered with Pittsburgh on a pilot project focused on 183 acres of city greenways. The objective was to develop a systematic approach to climate adaptation that was highly localized and project-specific in an area with degraded forest, abutted by an economically distressed residential neighborhood.
The neighborhood where the project site is located is Hazelwood. A nearby, large-scale mixed use redevelopment project is also affecting the community.
Through the collaboration, RCC provided the city with tools and guidance in areas like stakeholder engagement and project review and analysis of climate hazards and associated risks. Advisory support was also critical to improve project planning, design and implementation.
The project led to some takeaways that could be applied in other places.
- Capacity: The city has limited staff capacity, qualifications, budget resources and experience for doing climate-related hazard analysis and risk assessment. “Even metropolises like Pittsburgh are susceptible to resource constraints that keep climate projects in planning stages. Further, without a clear distinction of adaptation terminology, projects will run the risk of being solely focused on mitigation. Pittsburgh’s recent climate events, which are only going to continue to increase in frequency and intensity, further reinforce the value add of scaling this adaptation standard to other communities,” said Jeb Brugmann, founding principal at RCC and the Gold Standard project lead.
- Clarity: It is crucial to define terms related to adaptation clearly at the outset of a project and to explain and contextualize them with a single, graphically illustrated example.
- Consensus: It is also important to identify how to move past a 'no consensus' situation between stakeholders, before the start of stakeholder consultation and engagement in project assessments and planning. Failure to do so can lead to projects getting stuck.
- Science and scenarios: While science-based climate scenarios using federal data have been scaled down to the county level in Pennsylvania, these projections are too general to reflect hazards and trends at the neighborhood and project level. City and community representatives had to craft their own climate hazard scenarios to assess risks and priorities. Local adaptation projects require awareness and respect for forms of knowledge other than that of climate scientists and institutions.
- Local knowledge: RCC staff learned that directly affected resident stakeholders had to be involved in defining climate hazard scenarios for their neighborhood. This information was then reviewed and validated by technical professionals. Community engagement is key to understanding hyper-local conditions, especially when considering how to facilitate a just transition to a future climate scenario. Residents who look at a place every day know best which areas flood or slide in ways maps and models fail to capture.
- Small area, many hazards: In Pittsburgh, the pilot identified a dozen climate hazards to which the Hazelwood neighborhood is exposed. For project planning and design purposes, given limited resources, a shortlist of hazards had to be prioritized.
- Workload: Pulling together risk assessments for multiple hazards and looking at the related vulnerabilities for different stakeholders and for assets such as roads, drainage systems and houses is labor intensive. The local pilot partners and RCC concluded that it is most effective to first have technical professionals prepare preliminary risk assessments, to then be reviewed and validated by local stakeholders.
Pittsburgh's greenways and their vulnerability to heavy rain offer just one example of why it’s important to think beyond annual budgets and look to collaborative solutions and creative financing when adapting public assets to climate change. The city’s pilot program and the lessons learned helped to elevate the importance of funding the greenways program and taking a more targeted approach toward hillside stabilization and stormwater management.
Through the partnership with Resilient Cities Catalyst, city officials also learned that infrastructure projects, new development, city operations and maintaining open space all must be envisioned through a lens of future climate risk scenarios, centering on how the most vulnerable will be impacted in the future by decisions made today. This type of forward thinking will lead to stronger, more collaborative projects and a more adaptable city.
As a result, Pittsburgh’s Department of City Planning is beginning to integrate adaptation planning into government operations, as well as citywide comprehensive planning, to ensure the safety of the city and its residents as the weather becomes more extreme.
Shail Joshi is a project manager for the nonprofit Resilient Cities Catalyst and Garima Prasai is RCC's director of operations and strategy. You can learn more about Resilient Cities Catalyst here: www.rcc.city.


Keyli Rivera, 15, was last seen on Wednesday, 9/20, according to police.
NCPD are seeking Keyli Rivera, 14, a missing juvenile from Hempstead.
Photo by: Nassau County Police Department
UPDATE - September 25, 2017 - Police report that Keyli Rivera has been located.
Below is the original report.
Hempstead, NY - September 22, 2017 - The Missing Persons Squad is investigating a missing juvenile that occurred in Hempstead on Wednesday, 09/20/2017 at 7:15 A.M.
According to detectives, Keyli Rivera, 15, female Hispanic, 5’2” tall, 130 lbs., with brown eyes and blonde hair, wearing black pants and a blue denim jacket, was last seen in Hempstead.
Detectives request anyone with information regarding the above listed missing juvenile to contact the Missing Persons Squad at 516-573-7347 or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous.


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Currently, the actor is all set to for his next project titled RoohiAfza. It is a horror-comedy which is directed by Hardik Mehta and is bankrolled under the banners of Maddock Films. Recently, film critic Taran Adarsh revealed that the release date of the film has been postponed. Earlier, the film was supposed to release on March 20, 2020, but as per the recent reports, the film will now release on April 17, 2020.
Reports also suggest that now Kareena Kapoor Khan and Irrfan Khan starrer Angrezi Medium will now release on March 20, 2020. Talking about the star cast, the film also features Pankaj Tripathi, Shraddha Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Seema Pahwa in supporting roles.
#Xclusiv: Dinesh Vijan announces release date of next two films…
⭐ #AngreziMedium: 20 March 2020. Stars Irrfan Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Radhika Madan. Homi Adajania directs.
⭐ #RoohiAfza: 17 April 2020. Stars Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Sharma. Hardik Mehta directs.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 19, 2019
The shoot of the film has been wrapped and it is shot in various locations like Manali, Agra, Roorkee and is based on a folk tale. Moreover, reports also suggest that Janhvi Kapoor will appear in a double role. The expectations from the film are quite high as Rajkummar Rao will be collaborating with Dinesh Vijan after Blockbuster hit Stree.
On the work front, Rajkummar Rao will also be seen with Mouni Roy in Mikhil Musale’s film Made In China. Some hours back, the trailer of the film released which created a buzz in the industry. Moreover, Made in China will also face a clash with Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol starrer Housefull 4 at the box office on November 25.

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The park looks very nice now that the mud and snow are gone. I don’t see any buds on trees though – just a few on my white lilac bush outside my kitchen windows. I keep trying to prune a branch but I am too short. I’m going to have to get out the ladder. I have wonderful work to do in the yard/gardens. I can’t wait until it’s warm enough. I want to take off my coat and get some sun.
I can’t decide what to plant this year. I have a goal of getting a VegTrug from Gardeners Supply Co. in Vermont. I would need that and 380 quarts of soil (!). It would be nice to have the distraction of gardening and to be able to go outside and get away from things. Of course I will be working again soon. They said late spring for a callback when I left in February. I’m ready – bring on the customers!
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Tata – happy doing whatever you’re doing today!

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The City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw 1P2007
Amending Bylaws - 2012
Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 has been amended by the following bylaws. With the amending bylaw there is a summary, a link to the report and a link to the amending text. To search for Public Hearing minutes and video related to the item, please visit http://agendaminutes.calgary.ca, and enter the bylaw number in the search bar to the right.
Effective: January 10, 2012
Textual amendments to Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 clarifying the rules for special functions (tents or events) and requiring a development permit for events operating as a temporary commercial licensed establishment.
Effective: February 6, 2012
Textual amendments to the Beltline districts.
Effective: April 23, 2012
These amendments provide minor textual changes to the rules in Land Use Bylaw 1P2007. These are housekeeping amendments, intended to improve clarity, correct inconsistencies and eliminate discrepancies. Some changes include: Simplifying the Residential — Cottage Housing (R-CH) District to make it more usable, updating the Road Rights-of-Way table and listing Outdoor Recreation Area as a discretionary use in the Special Purpose — City and Regional Infrastructure (S-CRI) District.
Effective: May 7, 2012
Bylaw 12P2012 amendments exempt small commercial, industrial and mixed use developments from the requirement to provide loading stalls. The proposal exempts developments with a cumulative area under 930 square metres, purpose-built buildings unlikely to transition to other uses, and aligns the loading requirement for Liquor Stores with other commercial uses.
Effective: November 5, 2012
This amendment is a textual amendment to the Industrial — Outdoor (I-O) District. The uses of General Industrial — Light and General Industrial — Medium are added as discretionary uses, only when they are already existing and approved. This change was made in order to allow the continuation of existing and approved industrial activities for a limited number of parcels where they already occur. Some of these uses were made non-conforming as a result of the new I-O District brought in with LUB 1P2007. There are approximately 10 parcels across the city with I-O designation that will be affected by having their non-conforming existing uses brought into conformance as a discretionary use.
Effective: December 3, 2012
The purpose of the proposed amendment to the Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 is to revise
Map 1 removing contiguous parcels along 9 Avenue SE between 4 Street SE and 6 Street SE from the provisions of Part 10 of Bylaw 1P2007.
Effective: December 3, 2012
The purpose of the proposed amendments is to provide textual amendments and Floodway/Flood Fringe mapping for Nose Creek and West Nose Creek in Land Use Bylaw 1P2007. The proposed textual amendments correct inconsistencies in the Floodway, Flood Fringe & Overland Flow provisions and allow for low-impact developments (such as fences, decks and accessory buildings) to be exempt from the requirement to obtain a development permit in the Flood Fringe and Overland Flow areas.


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Enjoy an official look below, and look for Crabtree to possibly rock these or another colorway of the AJ XX8-inspired cleats in next weekend's NFC Championship battle with the Falcons.

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Justin Bieber has postponed all remaining U.S. tour dates for the Justice World Tour as he continues to battle with Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
A message posted on the Justice Tour Instagram page last week read, “In light of Justin’s ongoing recovery, the remaining US Justice Tour shows scheduled for June and early July will be postponed. Justin continues to receive the best medical care possible, is upbeat about his recover, and is looking forward to getting back out on the road and performing for his fans later this summer.”
According to the post, new U.S. dates will be announced shortly.
The singer revealed in a recent Instagram post that half of his face is currently paralyzed because of the syndrome.