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While FaceTime has been a benefit in long length relationships, it usually is frustrating to apply your phone and internet connection to talk to your partner. FaceTime can never change being at the same time. Long range relationships can be characterized by the struggle to preserve emotional interconnection between both companions. Here are some ways to overcome extended distance relationship struggles. Striving new actions together can help you reconnect. The texting years has made it simple to communicate with each other, however it has also made misunderstandings.
Closeness apps and sex online games can help your long distance relationship. Keeping open communication is additionally essential, particularly when your partner is far away. Be sure to placed clear expectations and adhere to them. Being clear about what you wish and anticipating from the other person will get rid of any disagreements and produce fulfilling the partner’s demands easier. For example , if you both enjoy having sex, try to find methods to have sex with each other.
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Another way to manage long range relationship struggles is to avoid repressing awful feelings. Whenever we do not express the way we feel, i’m sending a bad signals. This can be dangerous if it leads to much larger problems. Rather, it’s better to share the bad emotions with a close good friend or friend. Then, you can avoid extended distance marriage struggles simply by communicating about your problems and addressing them head on.
Talk about the reason why for your splitting up with your spouse. It can be hard to understand the partner’s georgian ladies motivation just for leaving you. He or she might have been faraway from you for that job or possibly a family circumstances. Either way, you must discuss the length of the parting so that you can arrange for a suitable coming back both of you being back together. When your partner was adament about returning, you might want to re-think the time of the breakup.
Choose the right spouse. One of the toughest parts regarding getting involved within a long distance romance is choosing the right partner. Your companion must be appropriate for your persona and preferences. However , in case you have a suitable partner, she or he will be a good companion for you. Even though it might be hard to hang out with these people every now and again, your relationship will remain strong and happy regardless of what. If you can work through these problems, you’ll be able to include a successful romantic relationship.

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From whiskey to wine, we know there’s great places to imbibe. Plus, there’s pimento cheese balls and fresh baked bread we want to eat, too. Franklin’s dinning scene is growing just like the rest of the city. But what’s missing in town, and where is that hole in the wall we need to discover?
These are 8 fantastic cocktails we are loving around Franklin right now!
You know, Mojos Tacos does have a good marg, but if you ask for just pineapple without the jalapeno, it’s pretty good.
Yum! I might get the marg with pineapple! Which will go with my fav taco - the Adobo chicken taco. And the fried cauliflower taco!
Girl, the puffy taco is where it’s at.
OMG didn’t even know! Thanks Matt for the listing - the Stop and Frisk at Cork and Cow sounds interesting!
This is where I admit I still haven’t been to Cork and Cow.
Me either! But I’d like to try it - looks pretty enticing in there!
And … What didn’t Elliston Place Soda Shop, a Nash icon, survive in Franklin?
I wish there were more vegan restaurants, but I know they probably wouldn’t make it down here.
The only place I know that might is Franklin Juice or the Juice Bar. Actively vegan though, I can’t think of a one.
I like the Juice Bar, but it would nice to be able to get something more filling.
Maybe someday we will have more vegan restaurants I think, but I know that the Indian restaurant Mysore is vegetarian and some vegan. https://mysore-palace.business.site/.
Thanks Kerri, but I hate Indian food.
Fair enough, fair enough - maybe one day we will get an AVO! Have you been there? https://www.eatavo.com/

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Feb 22. A new poem I wrote at midnight.
Life is a beach, just like they say
Gold all around, like sand.
However hard I hold it though,
It just runs through my hand.
The tide is drawing in too fast
I’m running out of room…
‘No castle that ye build on earth
Can keep you from the tomb.’
These seashells cast ashore
Are just the leftovers of life.
Why gather and why hoard them?
Why not take a dive
Into the ocean of reality,
The depth of inner being?
Its not the ears that hear this call.
No eyes can do the seeing.

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Oklahoma freshman Ben Abram was named to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s Freshmen All-American team, the publication announced Wednesday.
Congrats to @ben_abram on being named a Freshman All-American!— Oklahoma Baseball (@OU_Baseball) June 6, 2019
He is OU's sixth Freshman All-American in the last six seasons and 18th since 1997.
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The 6-foot-7, 264-pound right-hander out of Ontario, Canada, served as the fourth starting pitcher on a staff that finished the season ranked third in the Big 12 in ERA (3.92). In 15 total appearances, Abram compiled a 6-4 record and 4.24 ERA.
Abram was selected in the 37th round of the 2018 MLB Draft and will be eligible to re-enter the draft in 2021. For now, he plans to continue learning from head coach Skip Johnson, who he refers to as a "baseball genius."
“He’s taught me so much and I’ve only been here for a few months,” Abram said. “I feel like I’ve gotten significantly better since I came here, and I have to thank a lot of that to (Johnson).”


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There is so much available information about SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19. It often can be hard to distinguish between what’s true and what is speculation, and it can be even more difficult to understand the scientific explanations for those not in the field. Berea College biology professor and virologist Dr. Dawn Anderson has studied viruses for a large portion of her career, and her knowledge helped inform some of the College’s decisions around policies and actions to keep Berea’s campus as safe as possible over this past year.
The College had two logistics groups that met regularly beginning in summer 2020 to plan for campus life and a possible return to in-person instruction for the Fall 2020 semester. Dr. Anderson served as a resource person for both groups as they discussed the spread of the virus and what protocols were needed.
For years, when Anderson’s microbiology students studied influenza and the 1918 pandemic, they invariably asked if she thought it would ever happen again. Anderson said she always replied that it was about when, not if, another pandemic would occur.
“I assumed it would be decades or 100 years from now,” Anderson said. “I never thought I’d be experiencing a big pandemic.”
What do we know about COVID-19?
COVID-19 first came on the scene in December 2019 as an unknown pneumonia and the first case was reported in the U.S. in mid-January 2020. According to Anderson, the virus is unique, but behaves similarly as other viruses coming into a naïve population—a population that has never seen it before—and wreaks havoc in the beginning.
“Historically, in terms of a lot of the other coronaviruses that humans have lived with forever, like the common cold, when they arose in the human population in the 1800s, they caused a lot of illness,” Anderson said. “They are just little replicating entities that can make you really sick. But the best viruses out there—the ones that survive long term—are the ones that make you sick but don’t kill you. With the common cold, you get the sniffles and you pass it on to someone else. The virus’s goal is for you to get symptomatic and then pass it on to someone else so it can replicate more. The virus doesn’t want to kill you because you aren’t going to pass it along if you die.”
Anderson agrees with others in the field, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, that the best way to limit replication and the introduction of new strains is to limit transmission.
“The more we inhibit the virus’s ability to replicate, the greater chance that we won’t have new strains developing,” Anderson said. “The only way to slow the development of new strains is to prevent the virus from replicating, and the way to do that is to prevent transmission. The only way we really have to do that right now is masking up and staying apart,” Anderson said.
Why does it affect people so differently?
With most viruses there are sub-sections of the population that seem to be more vulnerable or whose immune systems react more violently. Everyone’s immune system is different and made up of so many factors, the reason for such varied reactions cannot be narrowed to just one, Anderson said.
“The people who really do a deep dive and have horrible conditions where their lungs fill up with fluid, they can’t breathe and they feel like they are drowning, that seems to be the result of a massive triggering of the immune system in that person,” Anderson explained. “It is caused by this phenomenon known as a cytokine storm. What happens is your immune system recognizes the virus and goes into hyper drive and you get all these inflammatory chemicals released. Inflammation activates your immune system. This is a hyper inflammation, and one of the things with inflammation is leakage of fluid from other places into places like your lungs.
“I know researchers have looked at the respiratory tracts in people who have had those responses and they see lots and lots of indicators of massive inflammation,” she continued. “So some of the damage is not caused by the virus itself, but by the body responding to the virus.”
The 1918 influenza pandemic was similar in that many who died from the flu were young people with strong immune systems that just hyper-responded to the virus, Anderson added.
How quickly will vaccines help us “get back to normal?”
Anderson said she hopes vaccines help dramatically in getting things back to a new normal. “I don’t mind teaching online, I’m getting reasonably good at it…but I’d much rather be back in the classroom,” Anderson said. “But it won’t be ‘back to normal.’ It won’t be back to what it was. There is before COVID and after COVID, and we’ll never go back to before COVID. We can’t. But what we can do is mitigate the possibility that we will have transmission. The more people who get vaccinated, that will immediately decrease the amount of transmission. I think vaccination is key.
“I know everyone wants the pandemic to be over quickly; it’s not going to be,” Anderson continued. “We’re going to be living with this for the duration. I’ve heard this from other virologists in doing other reading that it may be like the flu. Every year it comes back around and you’re going to have to get a vaccine—it’s now part of us. The one good thing is it’s not going to be a situation where we have to live like this forever because what happens over time with most viruses, like other coronaviruses that are persisting, they tend to become less pathogenic over time. They just become part of those pathogens that routinely infect us, and we learn to live with them.”
In relation to the creation of the vaccine, Anderson described how in the beginning, many labs that were working on other things switched to working on COVID research if they had the capacity to do so. With targeted money and resources, the all-hands-on-deck mentality allowed for a swifter process, she said.
“The vaccine is safe,” Anderson said. “I know there is some hesitancy about how fast these vaccines rolled out. I’ve heard people make comments, saying ‘Well normally it takes years to do this.’ Well yes, because there are only a few companies working on it, and they don’t have endless supplies of money. But what was done was to throw a lot of money and a lot of good people at developing vaccines. The technology of these vaccines has been around a long time. …It has been used in research a lot, just not in vaccines. It’s not a new thing that they just came up with. They are using technology that has been in the research lab for a decade at least.”
For Anderson, it’s imperative that people understand the pandemic on a realistic timeline. “It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon,” she said. “I really think if we can stop thinking about it as if there is a finish line—this is one of those long runs. If you can change your mindset of how you look at the pandemic—this is not something we’re going to get over fast. It’s a continuum and a process we will move through. At some point there will be sort of a finish line, but we won’t burst through the ribbon with our arms held high.”

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Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen posted back-to-back shutouts this week as the Blue and Gold outscored their opponents 6-0. Sure, these shutouts came vs. the two worst teams in the NHL, but should we really care?
If you watched the Sabres-Blackhawks game, you shouldn’t, as Buffalo had quite a few defensive breakdowns that forced Luukkonen to face plenty of one-on-one shots with Blackhawks skaters charging the net. Luukkonen also had to deal with facing four power plays, and he was also goaltending for a lineup that had quite a few regular starters missing.
And do the math, because remember, Luukkonen also allowed just one goal vs. the NHL’s highest-scoring team this past Saturday, the Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver has since dropped to second in the league in that category, and Luukkonen played a pivotal role in that.
Buffalo Sabres goaltender has allowed one goal in the last nine periods
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s legendary run has included a 5-1-0 record dating back to December 30th, and in that span, he’s either shut out or allowed just one goal against opponents in four of those contests. The two games when he allowed two or more came vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Ottawa Senators, both wins for the Sabres.
Overall, Luukkonen has posted 152 saves on 159 shots on goal from December 30th to tonight, good for an incredible 0.955 save percentage, and this run he’s been on lately has been entertaining, to say the least.
It’s curious that even as recently as December 19th, we still didn’t know if Luukkonen would be in Buffalo much longer. And while we still don’t know the answer as he’s only posted one sensational month this season, he’s making us believe that will be the case.
If the Buffalo Sabres keep playing this well with Luukkonen in the net most of the time for the next three months, then those lingering doubts will be erased. For now, at least, he is the Blue and Gold’s starting goaltender, and rightfully so.
(Statistics provided by NHL.com and Hockey-Reference)


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Reb Fountain's New Album 'Iris' Is A Vibe
Her new album pushes its extremes close to the edge but the award-winning singer-songwriter isn’t about to topple over into the dark. And she won’t let you fall either
*Warning: descriptions of depression, mental health and suicidal thoughts.
“I’m in bloody lockdown,” Reb Fountain says, laughing off my apology for letting our chat drift towards the one hour mark. “I’ve got all the time in the world.”
It’s nice of her to say, even though I know that’s not entirely true because we’ve just spent a considerable amount of time talking on the phone about everything she’s got going on while also trying to plan for when/if life reopens again. Under level four normal life screeches to a halt; its demands, however, rumble on.
“Lockdown feels hard and challenging this time,” she sighs. “It feels heavy and quite hopeless, in a way. For me, this resonates at a low level — sometimes medium level — of anxiety. This constant feeling of slight panic. There’s such a level of unsteadiness and uncertainty. It’s a complete mindf**k really.”
It’s a helluva time to release an album. Yet in a couple of weeks Reb will release Iris, the follow-up to last year’s breakthrough self-titled record. Loved by audiences and critics, the album was nominated for five NZ Music Awards, saw her win the Taite Music Prize, and be shortlisted for the Apra Silver Scroll Award.
This would normally be an exciting and busy period, instead it’s deflated into an awful sense of deja vu.
“It’s so weird. I released that record last year on May 1st, amid lockdown,” she says. “It was a surreal feeling. I had no idea if anyone was out there or listening or connecting. You’re isolated and alone and it feels like such a strange thing to do, to release your work. That’s how I felt last year. This year it’s like, “Oh my God. I’m doing it again ... ”
She jokes that perhaps her album releases are jinxing us but then quietly says, “I’m just resigned to whatever will be, will be. We’ve all learnt, particularly in the creative sector, that we have to be ready to adapt. It’s painful, it’s hard, but you have to move on quickly. What I thought was gonna happen, none of that’s happening so I’ve gotta change tack. Lockdown or no lockdown, my album’s coming out.”
Even for an artist like Reb who revels in mood and tone, Iris is a vibe. There’s moments of great beauty that emerge suddenly out of dark passages to bask in the light. But it’s also quick to scuttle back into the shadows lest you get too comfy in the warmth. From the moment you press play it envelops you. Given the circumstances of its birth, its moods, its highs and lows, become more understandable.
“During the last lockdown I made this decision to write a song a day. It was a mental health practice to keep me focused and to find ways of feeling productive and not feeling so stuck,” she explains. “That’s what Iris was born out of. I didn’t plan to do anything with the songs.”
She didn’t know if they were any good, she didn’t know what a lot of them even meant. But she thought exploring them could be good for the mental health of her band, her team and herself by giving them focus after all the uncertainty.
“The extremes on this record are pushed to the edges further than on the last record,” she continues. “When I listen to Iris I’m still learning about how I felt writing it and what the songs are about. It’s quite deep and intense for me. I’m still unpacking it.”
As she sat in lockdown, writing a song each day, the news cycle was broadcasting back the chaos from America, her home country; George Floyd’s murder by the police, the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the global awakening to its woeful inequality, ruling patriarchy and the true extent of its systemic racism.
“All of that was going on, so they’re in the record. But how do you say that without getting really f**king heavy? Because it’s so heavy. But there are ways you can create mood in song and art that help people process and think about things a little differently.”
Then she pauses and says, “I hope so anyway.”
Because that, really, is all Reb wants from her music. To connect with people and gently nudge them towards a personal realisation or greater awareness. Because that’s what her music did for her.
“I’ve always been really nervous performing. When I was younger I’d have a bottle of some horrendous cheap bourbon next to me and smoke cigarettes the whole time. I was really scared. Not so much of the audience or that fear of rejection, but scared of myself. Scared to step into my own light and be the fullest me that I could be. That’s frightening. It’s incredibly hard work. But that’s what creative artists do. They say, ‘I’m going to do the daily work to be my fullest self and through that I can reflect something about humanity or something that others can relate to’. It reminds people that they can do that themselves.
“When I go on stage I still get nervous but I make the choice each night to commit to myself. We can all do that. We’re worth fighting for. We’re worth listening to. It seems like a simple mission but it’s definitely an impetus for me.”
When asked how she conquered those fears and gathered the strength to leave the bottle backstage, she wearily replies, “It’s a really long journey. Unravelling trauma is a lifetime of work.”
“We’re all just trying to make sense of who we are in the world. It’s a hard road. Not just a hard road back, it’s hard to stay alive. The traumas that I experienced, the things that were challenging for me, meant that I didn’t feel that there was a place for me to exist, really. I was so dissociated and fearful and alone.
“That energy resonates in your body and makes you sick and makes you choose to hurt yourself in different ways because you don’t love yourself. I witnessed in myself what it takes to try and do something different. For some reason I found music and thought that it could be my guide. There’s some process in it that helped remind me that there was a way out.
“I’ve been to rehab, been on different health kicks, had shit loads of therapy. All the things, right? But really, it’s the daily practice of trying to be free. You wake up and go, ‘right, I want to be alive today’. And that’s not easy.
“The wonderful thing is when you start to do that for yourself, you start to see how hard it is for others. Even those who have harmed you. You grow out of your demons. For me, music, and my children, were what helped me get out of the insecurity and self-doubt and move beyond that. The things you do to yourself really impact other people and I want to impact people positively.”
She explains that there’s no shortcut — “though we certainly do our best to try and find them” — but asserts that those small, incremental changes will add up. Being kinder to yourself will change your trajectory for the better.
“There’s not an easy answer. It’s a slow road. But it’s worth it,” she smiles. Then with genuine warmth in her voice Reb Fountain says, “You’re the greatest artwork that you’ll ever have.”
Reb Fountain’s new album, 'Iris', releases on Friday, October 1.


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December 2019, Mahmuda Mity, Shababa Haque, Jennifer Khadim
The third Capacity-Building day, a thematic day under the side event of second Capacity-Building Hub at the 25th Conference of Parties was held on 04 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain. The Capacity-Building Hub event had seven different thematic days, starting with the Capacity-Building Day. The aim of the daylong event was to highlight innovative solutions for climate-related capacity-building at different levels including the local, subnational, national and regional levels.
April 2019, Dr. Saleemul Huq, Sarder Shafiqul Alam, Faisal Bin Islam, Samantha McCraine and Rukhsar Sultana
This publication is based upon the outcomes of the three days Third Annual National Conference on Urban Resilience to Climate Change and has been compiled from the notes taken by the respective rapporteurs. The publication is a summary from the organizers point of view and does not necessarily express the views of each individual participant.
11th December 2018, Anne-Laure Pilat, Saleemul Huq, Riadadh Hossain,Faryal Goharm and Laura Anne Bahlman
2nd Capacity Building day, a side event at the COP24 was held on 11th December 2018, at PCCB Capacity-building Hub, Katowice, Poland. The event was organized jointly by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Paris Committee for Capacity Building, and lead by the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and overseen by a Planning Committee whose members include academics, UN staff, negotiators, development practitioners and researchers. The event also received the kind support from the World Resources Institute and from The United Kingdom government.
April 2018, Mohammad Nazmul Chowdhury, Zinat Fatima Papia and Tamanna Haque
The 4th Gobeshona Annual Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh successfully held on 8-11 January 2018. The conference was branded as “Gobeshona4″. It was divided into 2 sections: (1) Local Solutions and (2) Science Policy Dialogues with the theme “Building Local Climate Knowledge”.
April 2018, Faisal Bin Islam, Sarder Shafiqul Alam, Tasfia Tasnim and Saleemul Huq
The Second Annual National Conference on Urban Resilience to Climate Change has been jointly organized by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Asian Cities Climate Change Resilient Network (ACCCRN) and Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) co-hosted by ActionAid Bangladesh, Awaas Sewa Pvt. Ltd., BRAC, Concern World Wide, CARE Bangladesh, Christian Aid, FSM Network Bangladesh and GIZ. ICCCAD is grateful to the organizers and cosponsors who made the conference a grand success. ICCCAD is also thankful to all moderators, session chairs, panelists, and participants who participated in the three daylong conference from the 25th to 27th of November, 2017.
29 January 2018, Masroora Haque, Shababa Haque and Saleemul Huq
The first Capacity-Building Day, a side event at the 23rd Conference of Parties was held on November 16, 2017 at GIZ GmbH offices at Heinrich-von-Stephan-Straße 9, 53175 Bonn, Germany. The aim of the daylong event was to bring together practitioners, policymakers, researchers and students to bridge the gap between the need for capacities and those offering capacity-building activities. This year’s event focused on initiatives that enhance the implementation of nationally determined contributions.
March 2017, Alina Schulenburg, Anja Rühlemann, Meraz Mostofa, Mohammad Nazmul Chowdhury,
Nadine Suliman, Zinat Fatima Papia and Tamanna Haque
The Gobeshona 3 conference took place from 8-11 January 2017 at the Independent University, Bangladesh, and was the third annual conference through this initiative. An additional day on Inspiring Resilience was held on 12 January with BBC Media Action and ICCCAD, and focused on effective engagement with media and finding creative ways to communicate climate change knowledge to the public.
April 2017, Shaila Mahmud, Anja Rühlemann, Alina Schulenburg, Dr. Saleemul Huq, Sarder Shafiqul Alam, Tasfia Tasnim and Nadine Suliman
The First Annual National Conference on Urban Resilience has been jointly organized by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and Asian Cities Climate Change Resilient Network (ACCCRN) and co-sponsored by ActionAid Bangladesh, BCAS, BRAC, Concern World Wide, CARE Bangladesh, Habitat for Humanity Bangladesh, ICLEI, GIZ -ACCNLDP Project, Practical Action Bangladesh, Save the Children, UNDP and USAID.
March 2017, Masroora Haque, Mohammad Nazmul Chowdhury, Zinat Fatima, Iffat Korobi, Tamanna Disha
The second Gobeshona Annual Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh was held at the Independent University, Bangladesh, from 8-11 January 2016. The conference was preceded by the first Gobeshona Young Researcher Programme’s last workshop, on 6 January 2016. The workshop reflects the last in a series of activities intended to engage young researchers, and enhance the quality of the research they are undertaking. Furthermore 7 January was the first workshop for the second batch of Gobeshona Young Researcher Programme.
January 2015, Claire Stott.
The first Gobeshona Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh was held at the Independent University, Bangladesh, from 8-11 January 2015. The conference was preceded by the first Gobeshona Young Researcher Workshop, on 7 January 2015. The workshop reflects the first in a series of activities.
October 2014. Salma Islam.
The International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in collaboration with United Nations University (UNU) and the Munich Re Foundation (MRF) held the Second Workshop on Index-Based Insurance on Thursday the 23rd of October, 2014 at Ascott the Residence in Dhaka. This workshop was organized as a follow up to the first one held last year which looked at the contributions of different stakeholders to the area of IBI. At the time, some organizations were in the planning and pilot stages of their IBI programmes. This year the main purpose of the event was to share knowledge and information amongst participants on what has been done and what lessons have been learnt since last year.
September 2013, Ahmed, T. and Hasemann, A.
Human-induced climate change adds another dimension to this traditional arena of disaster risk reduction (DRR) by making the frequency and magnitude of weather-related disasters greater. In the climate change global policy arena under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), this issue covers both adaptation to climate change (ACC) and the new, emerging topic of loss and damage (L+D) from climate change. Index-Based Insurance (IBI) is an emerging tool that cuts across these three arenas; namely, DRR, ACC and L+D. It is in this spirit that the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), together with WorldFish, undertook an initial scoping study and then convened a workshop with relevant stakeholders in Bangladesh to explore the interest in this topic.

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Without the need for honor, a person would live quietly in a corner. So, there is a kind of inner fire that constantly fuels us and compels us to succeed in the eyes of others. They should appreciate us, respect us, talk about us.
Honor is a condition that cannot be inherited, we have to work for it. Everything depends on the values that are accepted in society. It can be a society that values money and status symbols, or one that values simplicity and a modest life. A criminal society that values power and violence, or a society of artists that values sensitivity and creativity. In either case, depending on our innate characteristics, the education we received, and the society that surrounds us, each person wants to gain the attention, appreciation, and respect of those around him or her. Without it, one does not feel whole.
At any given moment, society provides us with a model against which we are measured. It makes us work, make an effort to become more and more like this model of success. Some people are willing to invest a lot to be remembered well after they die, because the feeling of dignity has no limits, neither in time, nor in place, nor in intensity.
Honor, is it good or bad? It depends on how the tendency is used. To illustrate, if I want to spur a child to invest in his studies and tell him, ‘You are better, you will be great, everyone will respect you,’ I am giving him motivation to study, which is good. On the other hand, if I keep lowering his dignity, I destroy his self-confidence and nothing comes of it.
With regard to ourselves, we must examine the direction in which respect drives us. If the desire to be above everything drives a person to act at the expense of others, to kick them on the way to the summit, to control and maneuver them, then that is destructive honor. Constructive honor, on the other hand, is that I want to be respected precisely by helping everyone, sacrificing myself for them, caring about their welfare and well-being. If society honors me for such an attitude on my part as a good and generous person, that is constructive honor. It will also be accompanied by constructive competition: which of us invests more for the benefit of society.
Because of human beings selfish nature, there is a tendency to belittle others instead of respecting them. A selfish society puts everyone under constant pressure: Is my dignity being violated? Are you giving me the respect I deserve? Is there someone more respectable than me? Overall, this pressure puts us in a cutthroat competition that destroys our relationships, our health, and our lives.
Social and personal development improves when we learn to use the wisdom of connection. On the whole, this method changes our egoistic nature to a nature of bestowal. With its help we come to a situation where we connect as one man with one heart.
Gradually you begin to feel a special power of bestowal, love and giving. A connecting and unifying force. It becomes the source of a special inspiration of mutual respect. It is a sublime, spiritual, wonderful feeling. Everyone feels whole, especially in connection with others. It is an honor for the person to be in such a relationship with everyone.
Mutual respect means that I respect the other and he or she respects me, because only together can we build a system of communication in which the same supreme power is revealed. I do not underestimate anyone because I feel dependent on others for the sake of my personal development. To be more precise, we can say that we do not respect each other, but the state of common connectedness that has been built. And that is a very special honor.
In a nutshell, those who want to be respected are recommended to learn and also teach others how to connect properly, how to rise together to the most dignified degree of existence there is.

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Cultural Contributions to Memphis Art Galleries
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – As we continue our tribute to Black History Month, we take a look at art, especially African-American artwork at two of this city’s top galleries, many of which have had to maneuver behind closed doors in their own country.
Now more doors are opening for today’s Black American artists.
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens off Park Avenue in East Memphis was once the private residence of Hugo and Margaret Dixon, who donated the entire 17 acres and their collection of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art to Julie Pierotti , Dixon’s curator Martha R. Robinson.
“As we’re talking about French art, you know in the period, really from 1850 to about World War II, Paris is the center of the art world, and a lot of American artists, including black American artists, went to Paris if they could,” she explained.
There are two still lifes in the Dixon residence, Bowl of Cherries and Sunflowers, by African-American artist Charles Ethan Porter, who she says “was really the first black American artist to go to Paris who studied art and really became a painter.”
Pierotti said Porter traveled to Paris armed with a letter of recommendation from writer Mark Twain and, in 1882, immersed himself in the Parisian art world, becoming the only black artist in the world. story to specialize in still life. But upon his return to the United States, the genre was out of fashion, leaving him to die in relative obscurity with only about nine of his 54 works documented in museums.
Despite Porter’s relative obscurity at the end of his career, he still inspired other black American artists to try Paris, such as Henry Ossawa Tanner. Tanner moved to Paris in 1891 and remained there throughout a highly successful career. His work was internationally recognized and, being the son of a minister, was primarily religious in nature. One of these paintings, “View of Siena”, is also exhibited at the Dixon Gallery.
According to Pierotti, Tanner was “really the first black American painter to succeed in Paris”. His work was shown at the Salon, as Pierotti called the place to show his work at the time.
William Edouard Scott, a mural portrait painter and illustrator, followed Tanner to Paris in 1909, becoming Tanner’s mentee while also training in Parisian art schools.
“And then he goes back to the States and does this French technique of painting, you know, a little canvas painted on the spot, painted very quickly to capture the light and the landscape at the moment,” Pierotti described, showing the Scott painting of Dixon from a vineyard.
Harlem Renaissance sculptor and educator Augusta Savage also studied for a time in Paris, but not before a scholarship to attend the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in Paris was canceled in 1923 once the admissions committee realized she was a black woman. But in 1929, his sculpture entitled “Gamin”, which is also the first piece added to Dixon’s collection, won him a Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to travel and study in France.
“The Julius Rosenwald Fund was a very powerful source of funding for black American painters to go out and explore the United States or explore Europe,” Pierotti said.
Painter and master printmaker Eldzier Cortor’s Rosenwald Fellowship enabled him to study the Gullah community in Georgia and South Carolina in the 1940s. Cortor favored black female nudes, such as the one lent to the Dixon, and said that ” the black woman represents the black race”.
Pierotti said he was studying surrealism.
“A lot of American and European painters do this after the destruction of World War II,” she added.
Charles White was another Rosenwald Fellow. He described his own work as “images of dignity”, as “Our land”, which was painted in 1951 and also hangs in the Dixon. Pierotti described the painting of a black woman holding a pitchfork as the white version of “American Gothic”.
“It was a big part of the contribution of early black artists in the civil rights movement to promoting positivity in the representation of the black community,” Pierottis said.
At the Brooks Museum of Art in downtown Memphis’ Overton Park, the world’s largest tri-state art museum, “The Art of the African Diaspora” includes both abstract and figurative art which, according to Heather Nickels, Joyce P. Blackmon Curatorial Fellow in African American Art, attempts to “connect a kind of contemporary African American art with so many kinds of roots on the African continent “.
The Joyce P. Blackmon Conservation Fellowship was established at Brooks in 2018.
“It was seen as sort of a priority to make sure the museum had a scholarship that would support an emerging color curator. And so, hopefully, with posts like this and the priorities set by the museum to focus and showcase the aspects and accomplishments of black artists,” Nickels explained.
There is the “Essense of Memphis” mural by Nigerian American artist ViKtor Ekpuk which includes a depiction of the Mississippi River, guitars, musical notes and cotton bowls, and the phrase “I Am A Man” , which was the slogan of the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike. A breathtaking piece by Pittsburg-based Vanessa German, who addresses hate and expresses hope with it, is one of the pieces featured in the ‘diaspora’ exhibition on the top floor of the museum.
“It’s made up of many, many different components and sequins, but also found materials,” Nickels described, while Memphian Luther Hampton’s wood carvings put a modern spin on early 20th-century African art.
One of the show’s other most monumental pieces is “From Here I Saw What Happened and I Wept”. which is a series of photographs by Carie May Weems,” according to Nickels.
Weems combined ancient daguerreotypes of slaves from the American South with text to describe how slaveholders might have labeled them.
Black American artwork is also on display in Brook’s Contemporary Gallery, including a massive painting of Tupelo, Mississippi, born Sam Gilliam, who was associated with a group of Washington, DC-area artists called the Washington Color School which developed a form of abstract art from color. field painting in the 1950s and 1960s.
Also on display are two pieces by Nashville-born folk sculptor William Edminson, who used found limestone to craft his masterpieces.
“He was the first black artist to have a solo exhibition at MoMA,” Nickels added.
There is also a piece by Purvis Young, a self-taught artist born in Miami, Florida, who also often used found objects as well as collages and paintings and the experience of African Americans in the South.
There is an amazing sculpture made entirely of tires, which was created by internationally renowned American sculptor Chakaia Booker, known for her monumental and abstract creations from recycled tires and stainless steel.
Nickels argues that most of the African American artists in the Dixon collections have a common thread, in addition to their race.
“I think the guiding line with a lot of black artists is a lot of finding things in our lives that already exist, whether it’s wood, limestone, tires,” she explained.
For centuries, African-American artists, despite their struggles for social and civil rights, have been able to influence the visual culture of the United States and Europe. But as Nickels described it, “For the most part, historically and continuously, they haven’t really been recognized. Museums have a lot of work to do to make sure our collections represent America.
But there is no doubt that their creativity, activism and talent have and will continue to rise above adversity. Most of the paintings described in this history of Dixon Gardens and Gallery are part of the museum’s permanent collection, but two of them are on loan and will only be on display for a short time.
As for the Brooks, “African Diaspora Art” has been in place since November, and the museum tends to rotate exhibits every four to six months.
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Satellite imagery can contain a wealth of information, from the number of buildings in a city to the type of crops being grown in fields across the world. But extracting this data from an image is more complicated than working with vector datasets. Historically, to extract the buildings, or swimming pools, or palm trees in an image you would have needed to manually digitize each feature, a process that could take weeks or years depending on the size of the image. But with improvements in computing power and new, accessible tools for deep learning in ArcGIS Pro, anyone can train a computer to do the work of identifying and extracting features from imagery.
At the highest level, deep learning, which is a type of machine learning, is a process where the user creates training samples, for example by drawing polygons over rooftops, and the computer model learns from these training samples and scans the rest of the image to identify similar features. This blog post will be the first in a three-part series diving deeper into the process, starting with the software and hardware requirements to run a deep learning model in ArcGIS Pro.
Deep learning is a type of machine learning that relies on multiple layers of nonlinear processing for feature identification and pattern recognition, described in a model. Deep learning models can be integrated with ArcGIS Pro for object detection, object classification, and image classification.
There will be many acronyms used in this blog, so we have defined them here for your reference:
GPU: graphics processing unit
CPU: central processing unit
RAM: random access memory
CUDA: Compute Unified Device Architecture
DLPK: ArcGIS Pro deep learning model package
Inferencing is the process in which information learned during the deep learning training process is put to work detecting similar features in the datasets. ArcGIS Pro uses an external third-party framework and model definition file to run the inference geoprocessing tools. Model definition files and (.dlpk) packages can be used multiple times as inputs to the geoprocessing tools, allowing you to assess multiple images over different locations and time periods using the same trained model.
Pretrained deep learning packages (dlpks) are becoming more readily available as the trend of deploying deep learning workflows shifts from complex Python scripts to out-of-the-box tools. In this blog series, we will cover the prerequisite steps and some tips and tricks to run a seamless deep learning inferencing process. We will also dive into configuring the key parameters for those who are interested in understanding best practices in deploying deep learning tools.
This blog series will cover a step-by-step workflow that will help you run a deep learning exercise in ArcGIS Pro. We will also go over some essential checkpoints to ensure that you can run the tools without facing any unexpected errors.
Before we can train or run any models, we need to ensure that your environment is set up to perform deep learning. This post will walk you through the following checklist:
- GPU availability, specifications, and compatibility
- CUDA installation and CUDA prerequisites
- ArcGIS Pro availability and version
- Deep learning framework for ArcGIS Pro installation
- Communicating with the GPU
After we have ensured the prerequisites above are satisfied, we will dive into the best practices when running the out-of-the-box deep learning tools.
GPU availability, specifications, and compatibility
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device. GPUs are used in embedded systems, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles. Modern GPUs are very efficient at manipulating computer graphics and image processing. Their highly parallel structure makes them more efficient than general-purpose central processing units (CPUs) for algorithms that process large blocks of data in parallel. Denny Atkin. Computer Shopper: The Right GPU for You. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API) model created by Nvidia. Nvidia CUDA home page. It allows software developers and software engineers to use a CUDA-enabled GPU for general-purpose processing—an approach termed GPGPU (general-purpose computing on graphics processing units). The CUDA platform is a software layer that gives direct access to the GPU’s virtual instruction set and parallel computational elements, for the execution of compute kernels. Abi-Chahla, Fedy (June 18, 2008). Nvidia’s CUDA: The End of the CPU?. Tom’s Hardware. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
The most essential prerequisite for successfully executing deep learning is having the right GPU (Note that you can run this workflow on your machine’s CPU, but the process will be significantly slower and will drain the CPU). To check the available GPU and see what you are working with, follow these steps:
- Open the start menu on your machine, type Device Manager, and press Enter.
- Locate the Display adapters option, and click the drop-down arrow to expand it.
- Locate the NVIDIA driver in that drop-down list.
This is the first checkpoint for a successful deep learning environment setup. If you have a NVIDIA GPU on your machine, the next question will be, is your GPU CUDA compatible? If you don’t have NVIDIA GPU, you can run this workflow using your CPU, but this is not recommended. It will take longer to run through the tools and the workflow is CPU-draining. The best solution is to locate a machine with an NVIDIA card.
A lot of machines come with built-in GPU, but to work with deep learning tools in ArcGIS Pro, you need a CUDA-compatible Nvidia GPU. This is essential to proceed to the next steps of setting up your environment. To figure out if your GPU is a CUDA-supported GPU, check the referenced GPUs supported Wikipedia page. For this workflow, we recommend NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA compute capability of 6.0 (in other words, Pascal architecture) or newer, with 8 GB or more of dedicated GPU memory. Note that there are certain models and architectures that require much more GPU memory. Check GPU processing with Spatial Analyst for more GPU and ArcGIS Pro insights and information.
CUDA installation and CUDA prerequisites
Next, you need to install the needed CUDA libraries and dependencies. As mentioned earlier, CUDA allows the user to use a CUDA-enabled GPU for general-purpose processing. In the case of deep learning, it will enable the geoprocessing tools to communicate with the GPU. The Nvidia website provides a detailed documented guide on how to install CUDA. Below are the system requirements for CUDA as referenced by Nvidia documentation.
To use CUDA on your system, you will need the following installed:
- A CUDA-capable GPU
- A supported version of Microsoft Windows
- A supported version of Microsoft Visual Studio
- The NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
Don’t worry about installing the right Nvidia driver on your machine- as you go through the steps of installing CUDA, it will install any missing drivers automatically.
Once the steps above are completed, open a command line prompt and type nvidia-smi. You should see a response similar to the following screen capture:
ArcGIS Pro availability and version
At this stage, you should have a ready-to-perform GPU. You will now move to setting up your ArcGIS Pro environment. First we need to determine what ArcGIS Pro version and extensions you have:
- If you have ArcGIS Pro installed, skip to step 4. If not, sign in to your My Esri
- Browse to My Organizations > Download >, select ArcGIS Pro, and download it.
- Browse to Licensing and download your ArcGIS Pro License with Image Analyst license.
- Open a new instance of ArcGIS Pro.
- Click Settings.
- Browse to About in the menu on the right side
- Under Product Information, make sure you are running the latest ArcGIS Pro version. The current version when writing this post is 2.7.
- Close ArcGIS Pro when done.
Note that the deep learning workflow documented here is also supported with ArcGIS Pro 2.6.
Deep learning framework for ArcGIS Pro installation
Once you are done installing/updating ArcGIS Pro, you will be ready to install the dependency libraries within the Python environment. Browse to deep learning libraries installers for ArcGIS. If you want to install the deep learning libraries in your default Python environment, complete the first set of steps below. If you want to preserve your default arcgispro-py3 environment and run the deep learning tools on a dedicated new environment, skip to the section ‘Installing the dependencies on a cloned Python environment’.
Installing the dependencies on the default Python environment
- Browse to the Download section and click Deep Learning Libraries Installer for ArcGIS Pro 3.1 or any compatible version.
- Locate the downloaded zip file on your local machine and extract it to a desired place.
- Run the installer.
Testing CUDA in DL Environment
The last step in getting your deep learning environment ready is testing what you deployed in the previous steps.
- Start ArcGIS Pro and create a project.
- Click Analysis on the main ribbon > under the Geoprocessing section, click the drop-down arrow next to Python > click Python Window.
- In the opened Python window, run the below code snippet:
After completing the steps above and verifying that torch.cuda.is_avaialble() is returning True, your deep learning environment is ready and you can move to the first step: inferencing.
The second blog post in this series (Deep Learning with ArcGIS Pro Tips & Tricks: Part 2) covers the different types of deep learning models and provides a step-by-step guide to running deep learning in your new environment.


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ART: Gladys Casanueva reflects on her migrations from Chile to Venezuela to Australia, and the arts practices that have brought her joy along the way.
POEM: Saša Basić describes the tension and relief of exploring his cross-cultural experiences through poetry.
POEM: Frankey Chung portrays a part of the dialogue at play between his various cultural identities.
THOUGHT PIECE: Dunja Kaczmarek looks back on 20 years of sports in her life and reflects on how it helped to form her cultural identity.
REFLECTION: Vesna Cvjetićanin remembers a trip on Brisbane bus line 196.
POEM: Shehzad Hathi recollects conversations had over chai.
POEM: Liz Bennett takes a nostalgic look back on walks with her grandfather, amongst the Casuarinas.
POEM: Daiane Moret recounts the impacts of her family selectively remembering their White history over their Black.
POEM: Ilyas Papantoniou remembers his early childhood like it was a lifetime away.
REFLECTION + MUSIC: Searching for stories about her immigrant grandparents, Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou finds meaning in music and song.


Ithaca Model 1911A1 Army – .45 ACP – US Property – MFG 1945 – Colt Slide
This is a no reserve penny auction for an Ithaca Model 1911A1 semi-automatic pistol in .45 ACP. Serial number- 2130330. This 1911A1 is in good condition. It comes with a WWII "L" stamped magazine. Please be sure to see all the photos to assess the condition of the pistol for yourself. It has been refinished and it sports a raised front, adjustable rear sight, and custom stippling on the front strap. It has a Colt slide on an Ithaca frame. The barrel is stamped "Colt .45 Auto N.M." making a National Match barrel.
The frame has a barely visible "FJA" Ordnance inspector’s mark of Col. Frank J. Atwood. Lt. Col. Frank J. Atwood was the U.S. Army Ordnance officer in charge of war production in the Rochester district of New York from 1942 to 1946 at both the Remington Rand and Ithaca factories and "P" proof mark near mag release, "UNITED STATES PROPERTY NO. 1302276" and "M 1911 A1 U.S. ARMY" on the right side. The slide is period correct but is a Colt slide.
Ithaca manufactured a total 335,466 pistols under Government contract from 1943 to 1945. The creation of legendary firearms designer John Browning, the Model 1911 was the standard-issue sidearm of the United States military starting in 1911, served through WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam War until it was replaced in 1986. Some US Special Forces still use them today. 1911s are highly sought after and this is an opportunity to own a WWII era piece of history!


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This week’s article is inspired by one of my client situations that illustrates the importance of watching the details in planning your flights…
Travel is surging and more and more folks are scheduling trips for this year and booking next year as some types of travel are already close to capacity. Even if you have some rather complex travel plans and are getting assistance from a fabulous travel professional, I know a lot of people will make their own flight reservations using their points or just because they like to pick out flights themselves.
When you are doing your own airfare searches, it can be very easy to focus on the times and the price, and not notice some of the other key details. The details that I’m talking about are the locations of the airports where you need to make a connection, when the booking system that you’re looking at provides a flight alternative making a connection in the desired city, but the connection is not in the same airport.
What caused me to think of this is that I’m working with a client now who is flying into Iceland to visit a rural town, and the international flights land in the Reykjavík–Keflavik Airport, which is actually in Keflavik, about 45 minutes from Reykjavik. However, flights within Iceland fly from the Reykjavik domestic airport, which is on the outskirts of town. Because my clients need to fly to another town on the east side of Iceland, I have to arrange a transfer to get them from the international airport to the domestic airport for that second flight.
Now this is a very specific case and if you’re not going to Iceland you don’t care about this, but let me tell you where you might care.
If you are looking at a flight to Europe and you’re going to connect to fly from JFK airport, very often the booking systems will give you a flight that will land at LaGuardia – so you might get a schedule that says Atlanta to LaGuardia, JFK to Paris. If you’re not paying attention, it can be very easy to miss that detail.
I have heard of so many people make this type reservation, not realizing that the booking system is presenting New York but at two different airports. There is a similar issue in Washington DC, where you might end up arriving at Washington National but departing from Dulles International.
I really wish the reservation sites wouldn’t even offer that choice, but since they do, it’s important to be particularly vigilant.
Foreign City Airports
This can be an issue not just with city airports but with airports in the same country. I arrange a lot of travel in Ireland, and there are two airport options, with Dublin on the east side of the country and Shannon on the west.
Sometimes folks don’t really look at the details of where they are going to start a tour or meet a family member, or they don’t know the geography and even realize there is a west airport, so they automatically book to Dublin when they need to go to Shannon.
It’s quite common that larger cities in Europe will have two or three airports, with one or two international airports and also a city airport which is primarily for flights within Europe. It can be easy to get them confused and make arrangements from at different airports, particularly if you are taking a flight over from the United States, and then take a separately arranged flight to another European city.
In London, Heathrow and Gatwick are the international airports, and London City Airport and London Luton are the domestic airports. Sometimes folks will schedule flights to arrive at Heathrow, and after visiting London for a few days, they will have a flight to another European city – except that flight is from London City Airport, but they return to Heathrow for the next flight, not realizing the different airports.
Whenever you are booking your flights, take the time to slow down and look at the details. If you are going someplace where the city has multiple airports like New York, Paris, Rome, or Tokyo, make sure that your connections are in the same airport. If you’re going to a foreign country, make sure that the airport that you’re planning your flights for is actually the one that is appropriate for your ultimate destination.

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If your sink is shooting out dirty water, there is likely a problem with your water line. Whether you are installing, repairing or replacing the water main, costs will vary depending on the pipe material, the number of obstructions underground and the depth of the water line.
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Indonesian Government Approves PT Pindad Support Plan for Modernizing Aging Lung Park tanks AMX-13 manufactured by the French company Nexter.
26 was told by the Deputy Defense Minister of Indonesia, Shamsuddin, during a visit to PT Pindad's facilities in Bandung, West Java, before the AMN-400 13 tanks will be upgraded in 2015-2019, depending on the budget.
According to the state news agency Antara, the AMN-23 13 tank is currently being upgraded as part of the early program. PT Pindad received a contract to upgrade the first 12 tanks in the 2011 year, although subsequent government deals did not approve.
The modernization program includes the installation of an 105-mm gun with an electronic fire control system; replacing a gasoline engine with a diesel one; new communication system; new transmission and clutch systems; strengthen body armor; interior renovation. Much of the work will be performed by local companies PT Pindad and PT Len (specializing in electronics) with the participation of foreign partners.
The number of tanks, mentioned by Shamsuddin, increases their estimated number, operated by the Armed Forces of Indonesia, by almost 100 vehicles. They were purchased in 1970-1980-ies from France and the Netherlands in several batches. Probably today only half of these tanks remain combat-ready.
Some AMX-13 aircraft in Indonesia have already been upgraded to AMX-13SM1 standard under a contract worth $ 113 million, signed in 2004 with ST Kinetics, a ground division of Singapore Technologies Engineering.


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A friend and I recently started a great exercise from the book “40 Days Of Miracles”.
Basically, every day we write to each other with what we’re grateful for. That includes positive AND negative feelings, with the point of the exercise being to eventually realize that feelings are just feelings… not “negative” or “positive”.
I’ve had a great experience so far. The creator of the exercise, Melody Beattie, says that she’s seen amazing things happen too.
One of my favorite parts of the exercise is that it only takes 10 minutes a day and the payoff potential is huge.
To implement this yourself, here’s my best summation of how to do it:
1. Read the book Make Miracles In 40 Days. It’s very short, available on Kindle, and will give you a lot more perspective. I devoured the whole thing in less than 2 hours.
I’m doing my best to give you a summary, but you’ll have a much bigger vantage point if you read the book.
2. Make a list of goals you want to achieve in your life. You don’t need to share this with anyone, but just get clarity on some of the things you’re wanting to create.
As you do this 40 Day exercise, the premise is that miracles will start happening for you and things will start getting checked off your goal list.
Your goal list can be on whatever you want, but it’s also recommended to mention releasing resentment and/or forgiving certain people in your life that you haven’t been able to do so with yet.
3. You’ll need a partner for this.
Here are partner criteria:
- This should be someone you’re not too close with (you’re going to need to feel safe to be VERY vulnerable).
- You and your partner must commit to NOT being judgmental (more on this in a minute).
- You and your partner need to commit to doing this for 40 days. You can work out if you want to do weekends or not (I personally do – I like the routine of it). If you cannot commit, please don’t waste the other person’s time.
The partner selection process is crucial. If you don’t feel safe with your partner, this whole exercise is worthless.
4. Every day, for 10 minutes a day, list out the things you’re grateful for. The author recommends writing the list within 30 minutes of waking up, but it’s not essential.
My friend and I do this via email and that’s what I recommend.
Start out your list with:
Today I’m grateful for:
…and then list things.
As you list each item, breathe into each of the feelings that come up and really allow yourself to feel them (especially the negative emotions).
Again – this doesn’t need to be for only positive things. You should also list any emotions you’re carrying around that you don’t like, think are bad or wrong to feel, are resisting, pretending aren’t there, etc.
Some examples of things you can feel gratitude on are:
“I feel grateful for feeling extremely angry at my best friend who stood me up last night.”
“I feel grateful for hating my boss with the fire of a thousand suns. I feel grateful for finding him to be a complete waste of life, useless, and only in his position because he’s a family friend.”
“I feel grateful for feeling shame around my weight. I feel grateful for feeling absolutely disgusting and mortified at the idea of someone seeing me naked.”
If something comes up and you want to create another list that same day, feel free.
4b.You’re going to need to allow yourself to be vulnerable. It’s not easy to admit a lot of these things, but feeling them is the first step to releasing them.
As my friend Ariana Hall says, “The insides want to get outside.” And if you let yourself feel what you don’t want to feel, it will help those feelings move through your body and release.
Another note on this – Annie Lalla, someone I find brilliant, mentions that a lot of people try to be “happy”. Happiness is fleeting. You can’t feel happy all the time. She suggests that instead of trying to feel happy, optimize for feeling ALIVE. Alive can include anger, frustration, shame, whatever… but it’s always a lot better than numb.
Also – did you know that if you allow yourself to fully feel an emotion, it processes through your body in no longer than 10 minutes? That’s a scientific fact.
Let yourself to feel through these emotions so that they don’t stay stuck in you and you find yourself swirling in them years later.
4c. In the beginning of this exercise with your partner, it’ll feel tough to go mega vulnerable first.
If something is TOO personal, you don’t need to say it. That’s totally fine.
But I recommend you dig deep and go a little bit outside of your comfort zone. By you getting vulnerable first, that will allow your partner to feel more comfortable, which will allow you to both get a LOT more from the exercise.
The exercise isn’t meant to be easy. It’s meant to help you GROW. (But I promise it does get easier in time.)
5. You are never, ever, ever allowed to comment on the other person’s list unless they explicitly ask you to.
You also may not pass judgment or show judgment in any way, shape, or form.
In the book, Melody (the author) mentions how her partner was talking about eating disorders and other wildly unhealthy things. Melody never made a comment. You need to let your partner have a safe space to release their darkest feelings. You need to trust them to sort them out unless they explicitly ask for help.
Your role as partner is to share your gratitude and then also be a SAFE SPACE FOR THE OTHER PERSON TO SHARE – nothing else.
I can’t emphasize that enough.
ALSO: If you don’t have a partner and want me to help you find one, I will do my best to do so. Leave a comment here and I’ll intuitively match up people. But please ONLY comment if you’re willing to perform everything I mentioned here and are ready for massive change in your life. :)
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Hi, Dont know why this is typing in all caps.
I am 22 days into this practice and I think I’m seeing benefits. Do you know if you can/should read back through your past lists?
Hey Ellen! That’s awesome. I’m not sure, though, that Rachel has posted other lists that are related to this.
I need a partner. Can you match me with someone?
What kind of partner are you looking for?
I am searching for a miracles partner. Please pair me with someone.
I’m intErested in Finding a partner for the miracle exercise.
This month has been one of many transformations for me. I have to say that while no major Publisher’s Clearing House Arriving at my Door with a GIANT CHECK chenags have occurred, somehow many beautiful deeply rich chenags have blossomed. I feel stronger and even less inner loneliness. And I have a personal strength born of faith in myself. Maybe part of that faith is due to my making a 30 day commitment to my own self. YAY! I have learned that honesty and truth are my friends. They are the light that lead my path and without them I stand still, often sad, pouting, blaming, negative literally losing time in my life. While my whole life isn’t spent in this standstill, any part of my self that hibernates frozen by fear stagnates my personal growth and casts a shadow of depression on my otherwise joyful life. I’ve chosen to face some hard truths and work through them no matter how many consecutive 30 days it may take to reach the time and place where I can respond truthfully rather than defensively in moments of strong emotion. I’m proud of myself for speaking truthfully to myself, and typing it out in the black-and-white-open of this challenge. It takes some deep breaths sometimes to commit to the words and read them and click SUBMIT. But there has been a freedom in admitting and sharing my fears and truths. I am so grateful for the challenge to really find the words and name it. Naming my feelings, fears, hopes and dreams hasn’t hurt as much as I worried. Rather it’s really freed me and given me strength. What a gift and probably my greatest miracle to date. =) Yes, I think it is! Wishing everyone that same truth, faith and strength to continue on our paths knowing that we’re not alone in this journey. Feeling oh so grateful.


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DBAG again among top communicators in German capital market
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG placed third in this year’s Investors‘ Darling competition in the SDAX. The Company ranked among the top 3 for the third time in a row. In the overall ranking of all DAX, MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX companies DBAG occupied 14th place. DBAG’s CFO Susanne Zeidler received the award at a ceremony in Frankfurt/Main on Tuesday.
In the course of the competition Handelshochschule Leipzig analyses various aspects of the capital market communication of German companies. Investors’ Darling is considered the most comprehensive analysis of its kind in Germany. In 2017, DBAG achieved high scores with its annual report, half-year financial statement and its Investor relations presentation.
You can find the overall ranking and further information on the Investors’ Darling competition here (only in German).

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The Weber State University men’s basketball team continued its impressive level of play on Monday night after a solid victory over Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.
With the win against the Bengals, the Wildcats have now come out victorious for seven straight matches, including a 6-0 record to boast for their Big Sky Conference play. The previous winning-streak season high for WSU was three straight games. The team’s last loss came on Dec. 15 when the Wildcats played Brigham Young University at home in Ogden.
Last season, the Wildcats saw their 10-game winning streak snapped by the Bengals. ISU handed WSU its first Big Sky Conference loss on Jan. 28, 2012 with a 3-point buzzer-beater to close the game with a score of 64-62.
The Wildcats put some closure on last season’s loss with their strong victory against the Bengals.
The game began with an offensive surge from WSU. After beginning the game with a 12-5 run, however, the Wildcats saw the lead slip away. The Bengals went on a run to gain the lead at 17-16 with 10 minutes left in the first half.
The teams were scoring evenly throughout the rest of the period. At halftime, WSU held a two-point lead with a score of 28-26.
Notable first-half team statistics for the Wildcats included shooting 11-for-22 from the floor at 50 percent, as well as 4-for-10 from the 3-point line. WSU junior Davion Berry contributed with 12 points.
WSU came out with a bang to begin the second half of play after ISU tied the game at 28-28. The Wildcats went on a 12-2 scoring run and saw a lead of 42-30 after only the first five minutes. Eight of the 12 points scored by WSU came from WSU senior guard Scott Bamforth.
After a short offensive burst from the Bengals that cut the deficit to seven points, WSU put the game away and created a 15-point lead with a score of 52-37. With only 10 minutes left in the second half, the Bengals couldn’t make up the lost ground. WSU closed out the game and won with a score of 70-54.
The Wildcats were pushed by Bamforth, who finished with 17 points — all in the second half. Berry contributed to the team with 16 points. WSU junior Kyle Tresnak finished with eight points and nine rebounds, and senior center Frank Otis added eight points and eight rebounds. Both Bamforth and Berry shot 3-for-6 from behind the arc, and the team held a 55.8 scoring percentage.
WSU head coach Randy Rahe said the team came out with a different mindset in the second half in order to put the game away.
“We made some adjustments in the second half and took care of the ball and did a much better job of executing our offense,” said Rahe in an interview with WSU Athletics after the game. “We got some stops on the defensive end and had several players get going in the second half. It was as good team effort with everyone contributing.”
Perhaps the most valuable of contributions came from Bamforth and his 17 points during the second half. Bamforth gave credit to the team’s ability to handle the ball as well as its intensity.
“We came out more aggressive in the second half and took better care of the ball,” Bamforth said. “We ran our offense better and were able to get the shots to drop.”
The Wildcats will play a pair of matches at home this week. The team will take on Northern Arizona University on Thursday night and will then return on Saturday night to play California State University, Sacramento. The team’s last loss came on Dec. 15, when it played BYU at home in Ogden.


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In 2012, the world was introduced to Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar thanks to the widespread popularity of his second studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city. Featuring the singles “Swimming Pool (Drank),” “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” and “Poetic Justice” with Drake, the album went on to earn four Grammy nominations and cemented Lamar as one of the biggest rising stars in music.
In 2015, Kendrick Lamar again struck gold by releasing his third studio album To Pimp A Butterfly. The album went on to sit comfortably at the top of ever ‘Best of’ album list that year and took home a Grammy for Best Rap Album of the Year.
Only one year later, Lamar was back with a new batch of fully fleshed out songs with his mixtape untitled unmastered. The California native is showing no signs of slowing down, with last week’s surprise single “The Heart Part Four” letting the competition know, “Y’all got till April the 7th to get y’all shit together” (listen here).
Only one week later, Lamar is back again with a new track, this time upping the ante once more by pairing the single with one of the best music videos we’ve seen from the groundbreaking artist.
“Humble” is directed by Dave Meyers, whose credits include Katy Perry’s “Fireworks,” Pink’s “Just Like Fire,” Missy Elliott’s “Where They From,” and the genre-defying “Bombs Over Baghdad” by Outkast. Meyers shot the video along with Little Homies, a duo made up of Kendrick and Dave Free, with the two having previously worked on videos for Lance Skiiiwalker, Schoolboy Q, and Lamar’s own videos.
The video is comprised of cinematic crowd shots, including Lamar performing among a group of men in black shirts, as well as exciting camera angles and transitions. With elements reminiscent of Kanye West’s religious-inspired “Jesus Walks,” “Humble” opens with Kendrick standing in a church wearing a priest’s robe, recreating The Last Supper, and later performing among a line of men whose heads are engulfed in flames. Money and greed remain the top theme throughout the video, which also touches on our Photoshop-heavy culture.
Lamar is set to headline Coachella next month alongside Radiohead and Lady Gaga, who is stepping in for a very pregnant Beyoncé. While fans may be discouraged that a possible performance between Bey and Kendrick for their Lemonade track “Freedom” is now a definite ‘no,’ having new album material to perform should help dissolve any disappointment. Judging by the first two singles, 2017 will again be the year of Kendrick.
Click here to watch Kendrick Lamar’s new music video for “Humble.”

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Welcome friends and family to your home with this beautiful cross stitch pattern by UK-based Tapestry Barn. The Home Sweet Home lettering design was inspired by hand-painted folk art signs.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced plans to bolster the government’s ‘womenomics’ agenda pledging a quota of female handshakes to be employed each term.
Abe led by example exchanging one of the most girly handshakes the country has ever seen with US President Donald Trump.
“Yeah, Trump basically sexually harassed my hand, but these kind of things are a common occurrence in Japanese politics,” Abe told reporters.
Abe says they are hoping to achieve a 50 per cent female quota by 2020.
“I’m pretty sure we can reach that target given we are currently trending at around 45 per cent,” he said.
“But Aso needs to lift his game – that Aso is way too manly.”


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Anna and Marco Cenfi run the stunning La Barrita eatery in Kingscliff, which has cemented itself as one of the go-to dining hotspots on the northern NSW coast and are proud customers of Diego’s.
Anna says the Diego’s products supplied in the restaurant are a massive hit with customers.
“Diego’s products are superior to anything else we’ve tried in the market and pair perfectly with our fresh, seasonal menu,” she says.
“They are a fantastic company to deal with and as we are incredibly passionate about supporting local small business, we have forged an ongoing relationship with Diego’s that we hope continues for years to come.
“Diego’s is always there for us with great customer service, especially offering solutions for those one-off out of stock emergencies.
“They truly are a breeze to work with and we absolutely love their unique and broad range of products.”
La Barrita stocks more than 90 authentic tequilas showcased across its stunning bar and you’ll find a perfect Margarita, try something new like a Mexican Negroni or sip on a Coconut Mojito while enjoying that perfect plate of nachos.
The cantina serves up the freshest Mexican food made as authentic as possible, incorporating some Tex Mex (the fusion of Mexican and American cuisines) but also a range of items that have been researched and tasted to ensure true flavours to the country of origin.
There’s a huge variety of tacos, Veracruz inspired dishes (one of the 32 states of Mexico) including fish and BBQ pork cooked in banana leaf, and sides such as rice, salads and beans all done the way Mexicans would cook.
La Baritta prides itself on the use of local produce – all the limes (and there’s plenty of them in Mexican food) come from Tumbulgum, with local fruit and vegetable suppliers bringing tomatoes, coriander and avocado to the kitchen.
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During a weak moment while in-between girl friends, Wendy agrees to become a key holder for a friend to help him indulge his chastity fetish. This seeming innocuous act inadvertently leads to the discovery of her affinity for bondage and a career as a no-nonsense personal trainer for bottoms and pony girls/boys.
The tone of the story was different to other erotica novella's I've read. It seemed to have a more direct approach focusing on actions rather than the characters and their experiences. I think because of the difference in tone it made me want to see where the story was going.
I know that this isn't something that would be for everyone but if you're interested in reading a different style of erotica maybe give this a try.