Motivation and attempting to manifest our best lives possible.
I had never heard of the term gas-lighting until I was in a tumultuous relationship with a woman with borderline personality order who accused me of gas-lighting. At the time I asked her what it meant and she told me to look it up, so I did and the more I read about it and researched it, the more I realized she was the gas-lighter and I was the one being gas-lighted!
Gas-lighting is a deceptive and insidious form of control and manipulation. The name comes for the 1938 play, Gas Light. People who are being gas-lighted are deceived into doubting what they know to be true through the use of false information. These victims end up doubting their memories, feelings, perceptions and nearly everything about themselves, including their own sanity. Overtime, the gas-lighter's manipulation tactics become more complex making it harder for the victim to recognize and avoid. If this sounds like psychological warfare, that's because it is.
Gas-lighting is most common and noticeable in intimate relationships, but they can happen in professional relationships as well. Gas-lighters are usually charming at first and often have personality disorders such as narcissism or borderline. Many sociopaths and addicts are skilled gas-lighters as well.
Gas-lighters attack their victims most sensitive areas: their sense of identity and self-worth. Through my research and interviews with clients who were in toxic relationships, I found that it was common for gas-lighters to show one face to their victim and another to the rest of the world, making it hard for their victim to reach out to others in fear that no one will believe them.
In it's most basic form, gas-lighting can be seen as projection taken to it's highest level. The gas-lighter needs to create a certain reality by attempting to shape the reality of the person being gas-lighted. They will change facts in-order to create a new narrative more suitable for themselves and disregard their victims reality.
Gas-lighting not only happens in day to day relationships, but historically has and is happening in a greater context. Think about how the narrative around Thanksgiving downplays the genocide of Native Americans, or how many American History books brush over the horrific slavery of and treatment of African Americans. Cultural appropriation and white-washing are both ways experiences and realities of others are overwritten, manipulated and downplayed. It happens so much in our society through the use of media and stereotypes that's it's not easily recognized, but is just as damaging to those who are the victims of gas-lighting.
I once read a book called Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority, that in many ways detailed how American Society has been gas-lighted to perceive African Americans a certain way.
One example from my personal situation is that the person I was dating continuously disrespected our relationship by flirting with other guys. Even other people who knew us would come and tell me and it became embarrassing. When I would talk to her about it she would accuse me of being insecure, other people of manipulating me and accusing me of looking at other women.
It got so bad that I started questioning if I was insecure, if other people were trying to sabotage our relationship and although I had never been accused of having wandering eyes before, I started to doubt that as well. I started becoming more aware of my behavior and attempting to never even look in another woman's direction. I started becoming paranoid and questioning things my friends were telling me about her. I started to doubt myself so much that I became oblivious to the ways she was continuously and increasingly disrespecting me and our relationship.
That's what gas-lighting does. It makes you start questioning your own reality to the point where you don't trust what you know to be true.
How I ended up overcoming this was through some deep introspection and awareness. First, thanks to her accusing me of gas-lighting (the gas-lighter often accuses their victim of being the gas-lightee), I became aware that I was actually being psychologically manipulated.
I had to regain trust in my own sense of self and judgement and realize that I wasn't crazy and that my eyes and heart weren't deceiving me. I had to find a way to separate myself from her and see the truth for what it was and once I did that, it was like someone had turned the lights on in a dark room and allowed me to see everything. I had to take back my power and it's then when I decided to leave because I knew she wasn't going to change and the new "woke" me, couldn't stay in that toxic relationship and keep my sanity.
Despite the fact that I knew I had to leave, it still took multiple attempts before I was able to walk away for good. Toxic relationships are usually hard to leave and take several attempts. During that time I did reach out to friends for support and I continued to read articles and books that opened my eyes and made me strong enough to eventually leave for good.
It's common for everyone to struggle time to time with being happy. We all have bad days, days when we may get frustrated, feel insecure or anxious for whatever reason. There is an infinite amount of things we can do when we need to pull ourselves out of the funk and practice self care.
It's not a bad idea to list some of your favorites BEFORE you actually need them, that way you can easily pull them out of your tool box.
What works for one person may not work for another, but here are 10 of my favorites to get your started.
Often we give people too much access to our time and peace. This sometimes includes friends and family who may be overbearing, controlling, draining or negative. By setting healthy boundaries, we limit how much access those people have to us.
Let's say you have a friend who only calls to complain about her day, maybe you limit her by not always answering her phone calls or giving her only five minutes of your time before you have to go do something else.
Take a look at your life and see where you can eliminate some unnecessary stress by cutting back on the amount of your time you allow to be taking up by other, especially negative or draining people.
It's okay to say no without an explanation to people and things you don't feel like doing or being bothered with. Sometimes we feel obligated to do things we don't enjoy or feel comfortable doing and find it hard to say "no" for a variety of reasons. However, learning to say no without explanation not only helps establish boundaries, it will help build up self-confidence and self-respect when it comes to your precious time, space and peace of mind.
If you've never heard of Mel Robbins "Five Second Rule" then I suggest you look it up quickly. Part of her theory is that the longer you wait to make a decision and act on it, the less likely you are to make the decision that will move you to where you need to be.
If you're the type of person who takes a long time to make a decision or hates making decisions so you allow others to make decisions for you, then what you are unconsciously conditioning and reinforcing within yourself is a fear of failure and of being imperfect which Sanam Hafeez, Psy.D., says keeps us small and dis-empowered. By learning to make decisions quickly we will build confidence and learn to trust ourselves.
We can't control others and often we can't control other factors in our lives. What we can control is ourselves, our responses, thoughts and feelings. If we stop trying to control other people so much, it frees us to dictate our own happiness and take complete control of our lives. When our feelings about ourselves are no longer controlled by external conditions, we will realize how much happier we can actually be.
We can't make someone treat us better, but we can choose to allow them to be who they are without us there to abuse. We can't make it stop raining, but we can choose to enjoy the sound of rain or even dance in it.
It's easy to want more and to not be satisfied with what we have. The problem is, if you think like that, you'll always want more and you'll never genuinely be happy. You don't have to be filthy rich and have the most expensive accessories in order to be happy. Look at what you have now. Try to find three things everyday to be grateful for. Today, for me, it's my family, my job and my health. No, none of those things are perfect, all of them are actually quite flawed, but I am appreciative and grateful for them because they could be worse or none existent.
This one is a two for one. Take time to travel or get out in nature. Allow yourself to see that there are bigger things out there than just ourselves and whatever we may be dealing with, or just to relax and take in new sights, sounds and experiences.
Being in nature in particular can help bring a sense of peace and awe. Whatever you do, just get away from our ordinary routine and allow yourself to become a tourist and explore, even if it's just in your own backyard.
We work hard. Even when we aren't working we seem to always be on the go. There is always something to do or something we should be doing. We may even feel guilty when we aren't doing something, but it's okay to unplug from everything and everyone and do absolutely nothing every now and then. As a matter of fact, it's good for your sanity. You can watch Netflix, read a book, listen to music, meditate or do whatever brings you back to yourself.
Following up on the last tip, take time to actually take in what is going on around you. So often we are so busy that we aren't aware of the simple, yet beautiful or important things going on around us everyday.
Multitasking is something else we do that robs us of truly taking in what we are doing. Research suggests that we don't even actually multitask, but our brain just switches quickly between doing one thing and then the next. I know for myself, I often watch TV while looking through messages, social media or email on my phone. Now when I find myself doing that, I consciously make the decision to put my phone away so I can truly take in whatever I am watching. A lot of us do the same things when we are hanging out with friends and family. We're there, but we're not fully there because we are browsing through our phones. Break that habit and you'll realize how much you've been missing out by not being truly present and in the moment.
There is research that suggests that the act of smiling by itself can help us begin to feel happier. Your mind can either control your body or be a slave to it. Your body often doesn't know why it is acting or responding in a certain way and it's waiting for your mind to tell it why. By smiling, you can trick your mind into thinking that it is happy and your body will respond by beginning to release endorphins that will actually make you feel happier.
This is definitely one of my favorites. Sometimes at work I have been known to wear pink, yellow or bright red colored dress shirts. It's easy when you're feeling down to wear dark, drab colors, but they won't do much for brightening up your spirits. Surround yourself with bright, vivid colors and you will see that it not only brightens your mood, makes you feel more positive and productive, but it can also brighten other peoples moods around you. It's even been given the name, "Color Therapy".
We've all heard the phrase, "The grass is always greener on the other side" and many of us fall victim to this way of thinking. We end up never truly happy with where we are right now because we become fixated on the thought that true happiness lies somewhere else. We never feel good enough about our current situation because we always feel like something is missing. This causes us to feel unhappy and incomplete. It deprives us from enjoying our present situation.
This can happen with our relationships, jobs and environment. It prevents us from feeling satisfied, secure or stable because we're always thinking there is something better elsewhere.
In many ways, it's really a struggle with commitment and is usually based on fear, fantasy and projection.
One reason we may believe the grass is greener on the other side is because we fear commitment, we fear being trapped, losing our individuality, being bored or being oppressed.
In people who fear commitment, having to compromise certain individual values for the good of the whole may feel like control and oppression. Because of this, they start believing that there is something else out there that will allow them to have all they want, desire and value, on their terms without any compromises.
In reality this is rarely true, but this is where fantasy comes into play.
We want what we don't have and when we have "the grass is greener" mentality, we create a fantasy that says we can have everything we don't have without losing any of the things we are currently happy with.
What usually happens however is that once we jump the fence to the other side, after the "honeymoon phase" and the novelty of the new situation wears off, we tend to realize that there are other things that are missing there also and find ourselves longing for the other side of the fence again.
It's similar to the 80/20 rule when you have 80% of what you want, but you put so much emphasis on the 20% you're missing, that you jump ship to have it, only to find out that now you're missing the other 80%. Ideally you'll find the 100% you're looking for, but because no person or situation is perfect, that is usually a fantasy and this is where projection comes in.
When we are trapped thinking that the grass is greener on the other side, usually it's because we are placing our personal unhappiness onto something outside of ourselves such as a relationship, job or living situation. We think that if we can just make those things perfect, then we'll be or feel perfect and happy.
However, the dissatisfaction really lies within us. This is why when some people change jobs, partners or even locations, after the initial high of the newness wears off, they often find themselves just as dissatisfied as they were before.
The grass always starts off lush and perfect (the honeymoon phase), but eventually it begins to wear down the longer we stand on it. You can jump the fence to the other side, but eventually that grass too will lose it's freshness. The grass on the side of the fence we're on, no matter how dull it may look, once watered, nurtured and maintained can become greener.
The grass we have may never be as lush as it was in the beginning (because we get used to it, recognize it's imperfections, etc.).
Our constant search for that greener grass that will always be shiny and lush is just our internal desire to be happy, stress free and fully satisfied.
However, we are all imperfect people. None of us are without flaws. Therefore, the search for that evergreen grass is just an illusion that will always leave us feeling incomplete and unhappy with our current situation, no matter how good that situation actually is.
Does this mean that you never try to better your situation? Of course note. There are definitely times when you MUST better your situation such as moving from a job where you are unhappy and finding one that is more fulfilling, or getting out of an unhealthy relationship and getting into a healthy one.
Repetition: Constantly looking for something "better", such as jobs, relationships and location.
Perfection: Always looking for the "perfect" job, environment or partner. They can be in a really good relationship, but leave it because they think there is someone out there just a little better than their current partner and they'll constantly repeat this cycle, never feeling fulfilled for long.
Wanting to have their cake and eat it too: Not wanting to compromise. They want to have all of their wants and needs met without having to give up anything in return and that rarely works in life.
Feeling like they need to move, runaway or escape: Always wanting to relocate, change jobs or relationship in order to "start over". They don't realizing that wherever they go, there they are. They take them and their deeper reasons for not being happy with them and will most likely just recreate that dissatisfaction somewhere else or with someone else.
figuring out what are the underlying reasons within yourself that are keeping you from being happy and able to commit.
Work on, nurture and increase the connections to what you presently have in your life in order to strengthen them so that they don't become unsatisfying.
Once you have an internal place of stability, you'll find less of a need to keep searching for that illusive fantasy of perfection in your external life.


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News Nvidia pulls Wi-Fi killing Shield Tablet Android 6.0 update
No fix yet available. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2016/02/04/nvidia-pulls-shield-tablet-update/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 4 Feb 2016, 7 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Nvidia launches cut-price Shield Tablet K1
It's the Shield Tablet minus accessories. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2015/11/18/nvidia-shield-tablet-k1/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 18 Nov 2015, 4 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Nvidia warns of Shield Pro hard-drive failures
Bad time to poke fun at Apple. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2015/09/14/nvidia-shield-pro-recall/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 14 Sep 2015, 1 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Nvidia hit by Icera, Shield recall costs
Bottom line crashes 80 per cent. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2015/08/07/nvidia-icera-shield-costs/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 7 Aug 2015, 0 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Amazon leaks Nvidia Shield Pro micro-console
500GB of storage for heavy gamers. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2015/05/18/nvidia-shield-pro/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 18 May 2015, 5 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Nvidia Shield Tablet leaks ahead of launch
Tegra K1 chip under the hood. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2014/07/18/nvidia-shield-tablet/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 18 Jul 2014, 13 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Mad Catz Mojo to get Nvidia GameStream support
Shield not the only streamer around. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/11/11/mojo-gamestream/1
News Nvidia's Shield goes open-source
Hopes to see custom OS images. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/08/08/nvidia-shield-source/1
News Nvidia Shield to launch on the 31st of July
Last-minute hiccough now fixed. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/07/22/nvidia-shield-launch/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 22 Jul 2013, 3 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Last-minute delay hits Nvidia Shield console
Mechanical fault grounds the device. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/06/27/nvidia-shield-delay/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 27 Jun 2013, 10 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Mad Catz unveils Project M.O.J.O.
Android-powered microconsole on the way. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/06/10/madcatz-mojo/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 10 Jun 2013, 1 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News OnLive chair speaks up about his company's future
Lauder quotes Twain in support of his company. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/03/21/onlive-lauder/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 21 Mar 2013, 12 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News GTC 2013: Nvidia unveils Volta, Parker and Faceworks tech
Promises some serious breakthroughs. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/03/20/gtc-2013/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 20 Mar 2013, 7 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Ouya microconsole to reach backers this month
Android-based console now in production. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/03/01/ouya-backers/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 1 Mar 2013, 1 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Ouya console to get annual successors
Company adopts mobile market methodologies. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/02/07/ouya-successors/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 7 Feb 2013, 20 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Nvidia offers behind-the-scenes Project Shield glimpse
One-year project led to 14-hour work days. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/01/31/nvidia-shield-glimpse/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 31 Jan 2013, 6 replies, in forum: Article Discussion
News Nvidia opens GeForce Experience beta
Preparing the ground for Project Shield. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/01/25/nvidia-geforce-experience/1
News Nvidia unveils Tegra 4 'Wayne' SoC
Quad-core Cortex-A15, 72-core GeForce. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/01/07/nvidia-tegra-4/1
Thread by: Gareth Halfacree, 7 Jan 2013, 11 replies, in forum: Article Discussion

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Governor and veterans search for homelessness solutions
Governor Inslee looks for solutions to get homeless people into affordable housing.
By: Essex Porter
Updated: February 21, 2018 - 9:38 PM
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Tiffany Charneski shared her struggle with homelessness with the governor's homelessness panel.
The Iraq and Afghanistan veteran was forced into shelter with her two young children.
"I couldn't pay the $500 increase in rent and child care was $2,100 and so as a single parent that's almost impossible," she said.
Kent police make arrest in attempted rape at bikini barista stand
Bikini barista survived attempted rape attack because she resisted, coworker says
Police: Des Moines teen calls 911 from closet during home invasion
Murder of Seattle Federal Prosecutor Tom Wales: Reward for info increased to $1.52 million
Spanaway dad shoots suspect crouched outside children's room
Her veteran's disability benefit was counted against other help she needed.
"That's a huge problem because I only got $17 in food stamps because my disability was considered unearned," she said.
The Billy Frank Junior Place housing development in Olympia is an example of the success that can come from leveraging local state and federal money.
But the housing group that built it can't keep up with the need.
"How do you expect people who are homeless to exit homelessness if the market rents are like $2,000, $2,500?" said Sharon Lee, director of the Low Income Housing Institute.
But when Lee's organization tried to build in another city, they couldn't get a break from expensive parking requirements, even though many disabled and senior citizens no longer drive cars.
"We have one city, one suburban city who told me 'oh, we just gave a parking reduction to a market rate housing developer. But if you are going to do affordable, we're not going to give you a parking reduction," Lee said.
The governor wants more money for solutions that can get people out of tents, even temporarily. Such as Seattle's so-called tiny houses.
"Living in a tent in this environment is so bad for your health and we have a crisis on our hands. It's just a crisis," Inslee said.
Tiffany Charneski says homeless veterans with children need help so they can work.
"Affordable child care. There's many programs out there that are helping active duty military regular civilians in the workforce but as veterans there was nothing," she said.


You don't send a telegram when you need to deliver a message long distance. When you're out and about you don't listen to music on a cassette tape Walkman. And we're pretty sure when you need a loaf of bread, you just hit up the supermarket instead of kneading out the dough and baking it yourself. The point is that times change. Technology advances. The way we did things back then very often isn't the way we do them now.
Haircare is a good example. There are many old "miracle treatments" and "home remedies" passed down from generation to generation. One of these is the belief that you can regrow your hairline with castor oil.
Why castor oil? The nasty-tasting liquid – from the castor-bean or castor-oil plant – has long been ingested for its laxative effect. But people have increasingly claimed castor oil is a powerful hair (and skin) treatment. Not only does it have anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, but the oil is high in the antioxidant vitamin E, proteins, minerals and fatty omega acids, including the potent ricinoleic acid. This combination is basically superfood for hair.
As a result, castor oil has been touted as a cure-all natural hair treatment. It's especially popular in helping with receding hairline, hairline repair and encouraging hair growth overall when massaged into the scalp and hair follicles. Its many nutrients are supposed to make hair thicker, stronger and shinier, while combatting dry, itchy scalp conditions like dandruff and eczema.
Castor oil has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, but it's still very much a "back then" haircare treatment from the past. Its thick, sticky consistency makes it difficult to work with, and there have been incidents of skin irritation due to its all-natural nature.
For a "now" haircare solution, free of these concerns, we turned to Brian Warfield from Tanaz Hair in Illovo, Johannesburg. Brian has some expert advice on what you can do to improve the condition of your hair, and especially your hairline.
Thanks to advances in science, there's really no reason to gamble with the health of your hair. Well-tested products exist that work well – improving the strength and condition of your hair dramatically. Find them at your local salon.
The African wonder ingredient, marula, could be the answer to thicker, more lustrous locks. Here's what you need to know.


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This formula contains Pyrethrins, the most effective water soluble insecticide. Paracide may be used in conjunction with other flea and tick control measures. It's gentle, non-alkaline, hypoallergenic, and completely biodegradable. Extremely high flea mortality. Paracide Flea & Tick Shampoo kills fleas and ticks on dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens, as well as ferrets and horses (12 weeks of age or older).


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Samsung Mobile's Exec, J. K. Shin, gets a huge pay cut
Google's Project Tango developer tablet listed on Play Store
Published on 14 November 2014, 21:11 Asia/Kolkata
Samsung faced a big drop in profit this year. In the third quarter of this year, which ended on 30th September, the company reported a 60% drop in profit compared to the same period of last year. Now, the company is taking action to get its business back on track.
WSJ reports that, Samsung Mobile's Head, J.K.Shin, who is one of the best paid executives in technology world, is getting a big pay cut this time. According to a regulatory filing, Shin earned 689 million Korean won ($6,30,000) in the third quarter of this year while he was paid 1.7 billion won ($1.5 million) in previous quarter. In the first quarter, Shin got 9.66 billion won ($8.8 million), which may include bonus from last year. or may not
Samsung is loosing market share around the world due to rise of low-cost and high end offering from Chinese companies such as Xiaomi which recently became the market leader in China. Samsung is still number one OEM in the world and is making lots of money. The company made 47.45 trillion won ($43 billion) in third quarter which is about 3 times more than Google's but this move of pay cut gives how the situation is changing for the company.
As a result of Samsung's rapidly declining profits (most of which has been in Shin's mobile division), Shin's wages, which includes his salary and performance bonus. What may be more hurting for Shin, is the fact that his salary cut is way deeper than his co-CEOs, including Kwon Oh-hyun, who heads Samsung's components business and B.K. Yoon, who runs the company's consumer-electronics divisions.


I really really don't like to show my bare feet, but for a good cause, I'll throw my inhibitions to the wind. From now till May 21, if you post a photo of your bare feet on Instagram with the hashtag #withoutshoes, Toms will give a new pair to a child in need. So what are you waiting for? Let's do this!
Did you hear? Did you hear? Chipotle released its super secret guacamole recipe and it's real simple. So, now you can have their guac anytime at home.
Oh my god. This old-fashioned sour cream crumb cake looks so amazingly delish.
Crispy carnitas oven nachos with homemade tortilla chips. I am so in love.
As if condensed milk isn't already so addictive. Seriously, have you had condensed milk on toast? Or have you had it drizzled over plain waffles? No? You really really should. So when I saw this homemade sweetened condensed coconut milk, I know I have to have it in my life.
I love love love quesadillas, and these fiesta chicken quesadillas with chipotle relish and mango salsa are now on my list!
I feel like I can totally eat this Hawaiian Chicken Chop Salad all day long.
This Miso and Soba Noodle Soup with Roasted Sriracha Tofu and Shiitake Mushrooms has ALL my favorite ingredients. I sooo cannot wait to make this for myself.
Apple Pie Chips?! I have a feeling this will be my new favorite snack.
This Lemon Soda Pound Cake looks so moist and delicious. I can't wait to stick my fork in it.
Tequila fired chicken tacos with mango salsa. Are you seeing a trend in my favorites?
Um…. Cycle Karaoke. Not to be pessimistic, but I know I can't survive cycling and singing at the same time. Which is why I'll never be a super star. Dancing and singing. Multitasking is soo NOT my strong point.
Picture frames have gone high tech and this one from Skylight looks like the perfect gift. All you have to do is email your photos to a specific email address for that photo frame and the pictures will appear. It's a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. I think I should order one. What do you think?
Until the next Wallflower Weekly Faves.
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I have a friend who dislikes Frappuccinos but loves s'mores so he asks the baristas for a hot version. At first I thought he was crazy but I changed my mind after I tried it and it was delicious. I could see how cold blended s'mores wouldn't work – try it hot!
Oh these look so good! Makes me jealous!
So many amazing recipes, so little time!


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Great British Menu (judge)
The Great British Bake Off (judge)
My Kitchen Rules (judge)
South African-born Michelin starred chef and writer who gave up penning cookbooks and running her acclaimed cookery school to become a novelist, but has kept her hand in as a judge on various TV cookery contests, most prominently an eleven-year tenure on Great British Menu. When the The Great British Bake Off moved to Channel 4, she quickly emerged as a likely candidate to succeed Mary Berry, but months of speculation and denials followed before she was formally announced as the new judge in March 2017.
Was appointed CBE in 2010.
Her sister-in-law is the royal biographer and former 'Travel Show' presenter Penny Junor.
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The animation is an often overlooked way to get your message across to your customers. These days, it is more than just for kids, the animation is a great tool to demonstrate the various ways in which your product or design can work, in a safe hazard-free environment, from the comfort of your home or office.
It can often be used, in replacement for video, in situations where a video camera can not access, for instance, showing how a car engine works, illustrating the power and complexity of the machine, without the time it would take to dismantle the engine and explain how it works.
Another great use for animation is to show off a product which is not yet in production, a visual prototype, taking the design off the page, and into a 3D environment. For example, you need to demonstrate how your widget will work to a potential investor, using animation, that investor will be able to clearly understand how this widget will work before the initial cost of production is made.
3D animation can also be used to add life to your animation, giving it style and sophistication all it's own.
Flash is another great of animation, but it can do so much more than just bring an object or plan to life. Flash has the ability to create an interactive environment on the web. It can create these environments in ways that are not often achievable using standard Web Development. Flash is a great way to show off the salient features and benefits of businesses and their products and services.
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Q: Rails number_with_delimiter return integer without delimiter I'm usually using number_with_delimiter to make my integer or my decimal more easy to read, I have once problem with it when using it inside controller but it solved that time. Now I don't know what happen actually when I just simply put those function on my view it return integer without delimiter.
Please see this simulation I create to show the different.
<%= number_to_currency(stock.qty) %>
<%= (number_with_delimiter number_with_precision stock.qty, :precision => 2) %>
<%= number_with_delimiter(stock.qty) %>
<%= stock.qty %>

Result:
$100,070.00    100070    100070    100070.0

So the number_with_delimiter and number_with_precision isn't working also. The thing also is it just happen to this project while the others projects on my local all doing fine. And also on my other branch of this project also fine. So I know that there is something I broke into. But I don't know which one it is, since I also didn't realize and didn't know which one I make it broken, I can't trace through my version control cause there is too much update on it. Please any help. Thank you so much.

A: Thanks to @tomanow that lead me to the expected result. So in the end I used there code:
Located on my application_helper.rb
def delimiter(number)
  number_with_delimiter(number, :delimiter => ",", :separator => ".")
end

And use it everywhere. Thanks

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Both shows open June 6th 2014 and run through July 6th 2014. An opening reception will take place on Friday, June 6th 2014 from 6PM to 9PM.
Marty Hansen (aka The GodBeast) has announced a tentative release date of June 1st 2014 (at 8PM CT) for the Kabuto Mushi MKII Wave III. The above pictured duo are only two of the six figures that will be made available during the sale.
Funko has announced another lineup in their Mystery Minis platform. The Disney Mystery Minis Series 2 is set to feature characters from some of Disney's films...including those from Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Alice in Wonderland, Wall-E, and Wreck-It Ralph.
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class Autonomous():
  def __init__(self, shooter_service, arm_motor, front_left, front_right,
          back_left, back_right):
    self.states = [
      #states.LowerFeeder(arm_motor),
      #states.Stop(),
      #states.RetractThrower(shooter_service),
      states.Stop(),
      states.MoveForward(front_left, front_right, back_left, back_right),
      #states.Stop(),
      #states.Throw(shooter_service),
      #states.Stop(),
      #states.RetractThrower(shooter_service),
      #states.Stop(),
      #states.MoveForward(front_left, front_right, back_left, back_right),
    ]
    self.state = 0

  def iterate(self):
    if self.state >= len(self.states):
      return

    self.states[self.state].iterate()

    if self.states[self.state].transition():
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      self.state += 1

  def reset(self):
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Alok Sharma, who was appointed to the cabinet role of Business secretary in the Boris Johnson government following the December 2019 election, was on Friday appointed full-time president of UN COP26 climate conference scheduled to be held in Glasgow in November.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among world leaders due to attend the key climate conference. COP26 will be the largest summit the UK has ever hosted, bringing together representatives from nearly 200 countries, including leaders, experts, and campaigners.
Prime Minister Johnson appointed Kwasi Kwarteng, who was minister of state in the Department of Business, Energy and Clean Growth, as the new Business secretary. Sharma's new role will continue to have cabinet status and he will report directly to the Prime Minister.
Downing Street said in a statement that to meet the high ambitions for the summit, Sharma will solely focus on driving forward coordinated global action to tackle climate change. Officials said that a successful summit in November will be critical to meet the objectives set out by the Paris Agreement and reduce global emissions.
It added that the UK has set a high bar, with recent commitment to reduce emissions by at least 68% by 2030, but also need other countries to do their bit. Sharma has been leading the UK's climate diplomacy, since assuming the role in February 2020, and will now focus on it exclusively.
The Climate Ambition Summit co-hosted by the UK in December last year saw 75 world leaders set out new commitments to climate action.
Sharma said: "The biggest challenge of our time is climate change and we need to work together to deliver a cleaner, greener world and build back better for present and future generations".
"Through the UK's Presidency of COP26 we have a unique opportunity, working with friends and partners around the world, to deliver on this goal.
"Given the vital importance of tackling climate change I am delighted to have been asked by the Prime Minister to dedicate all my energies to this urgent task," he added.
Sharma is one of four Indian-origin members around Johnson's cabinet table, besides chancellor Rishi Sunak, home secretary Priti Patel and attorney gneral Suella Braverman.
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The football team�s graduation rate was 60 percent. The men�s basketball team came in at 54 percent. ISU women�s basketball, women�s golf, gymnastics, swimming and volleyball each had a 100 percent graduation rate.
Former Iowa State star Royce White was cut Thursday by the Philadelphia 76ers.
White did not play a game for the Houston Rockets, which drafted him 16th overall in 2011, last season after public bouts with the organization over treatment for his anxiety disorder.
He appeared to have much of that worked on with the 76ers, who allowed White to miss preseason games when he felt he was unable to fly due to anxiety.
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Convoy: The Future of Truck Freight
By Anu Hariharan and Nic Dardenne
Online marketplaces bring efficiency to traditional sectors. They offer a better user experience and increase margins for participants. They can accrue huge value by reducing friction and aggregating supply and demand — particularly because they have the ability to build network effects and economies of scale. We have seen this play out across several business-to-consumer verticals over the past decade: Airbnb in hospitality, Instacart in grocery, DoorDash in food delivery, and Lyft in transportation.
Truck freight is one of the largest industries in the US. Domestic shippers like Unilever spend nearly $800 billion annually transporting raw materials and consumer goods by truck1. Truck freight is also one of the least efficient industries: It's chaotic, highly fragmented, regional, and, plainly, a logistical nightmare. Shippers, trucking companies ("carriers"), and drivers rely on high-priced brokers who coordinate shipments over phone calls and email. Valuable time and money is lost in the process. There is a clear opportunity to upend the status quo, but its intricacies have made freight one of the toughest sectors in which to build an online marketplace. In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they've focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g., dashboards to help price freight when brokers are calling around to find a truck), rather than rethinking the process of booking freight entirely.
When we first started working with Convoy in 2017, the company had fewer than five large shippers on its platform, served less than half of the United States, and relied on manual operations for more than 30% of shipments. But we backed Convoy at this early growth stage because we saw its potential to bring the truck freight industry online and transform its utility. Truck freight is uniquely challenging, and we believe Convoy is poised to change the economy of the entire industry.
Convoy and the Truck Freight Industry
In building an online freight marketplace, Convoy has had to solve four key industry frictions: (1) a highly fragmented market, (2) complex supply and demand matching requirements, (3) an industry-wide driver shortage, and (4) opaque and highly volatile truck-prices and capacity. Each of these problems drives up costs and time spent for both shippers and carriers.
Convoy's platform solves for all four of these issues:
(1) An Online Platform That Aggregates a Highly Fragmented Market
Fragmented supply and demand is a problem for incumbents, but a great opportunity for a digital marketplace. On the supply side of the US freight market, there are 1.6 million carriers, 95% of which operate 10 or fewer trucks2. On the demand side, there are more than 100,000 shippers3. A further source of complexity is the fact that some shipments require specialty vehicles such as refrigeration or flatbed. On top of all of this, many carriers operate regionally. Suppliers must build liquidity on a regional basis and then implement complicated logistics to move between regions.
To navigate this fragmented marketplace, shippers and carriers work with a multitude of brokers and sales reps. These middlemen find potential trucks, collect bids, and present the best match to shippers—all of which is typically done in spreadsheets, emails, and phone calls. In return, they collect 15–20% of the shipping cost. This unwieldy process drives up shipper costs and suppresses carrier earnings. But the alternative is to leave shippers and carriers to negotiate amongst themselves, which, given the fragmentation, is almost impossible without software.
By building a network that aggregates supply and demand, Convoy has replaced middlemen with efficient algorithms. Complex matching logistics are becoming fast, seamless, and less costly. And, like many rich data marketplaces, the economics will only improve dramatically with experience and scale.
(2) Automated Matching Reduces Booking Time and Empty Miles
When matching a shipper to a carrier, brokers must take into account at least 10 attributes (e.g., origin, destination, type of truck, load, shipper, facility, seasonality, price per shipment, cost per mile, quality of truck carrier, mix of headhaul and backhaul). No human with a spreadsheet can manually optimize all of these criteria. It's an extraordinarily inefficient system, with each match costing 1–2 hours and $40–80 per load4. On top of this, brokers are incentivized to maximize carrier margins rather than plan efficient routes. As a result, almost 35% of all miles driven by trucks in the US aren't actually transporting any freight.
Convoy realized freight resembled the traveling salesman problem in computer science, and built software that incorporates shipment criteria with real-time supply and demand data to generate matches with the fewest empty miles at the lowest price. Today, Convoy automatically brokers 100% of loads in its top markets, bundles shipments on both headhauls (shipments to destination) and backhauls (shipments to return to origin), and optimizes for the shortest trip possible using software-driven scheduling and routing. To date, Convoy has:
Eliminated the standard $40–80 of broker overhead per load for shippers
Reduced matching time (the time it takes to match a truck to a shipment) from 2–8 hours to <1 hour in top markets
Reduced empty miles from 35% to 19%, resulting in higher driver earnings and lower waste
Improved carrier on-time rate from 85% to 92% by tracking carrier performance and shipment progress5
Enabled many shippers to reduce the number of carriers and brokers that they work with
Convoy's industry-leading key performance indicators will only get better with scale. As Convoy's network grows, and efficiency and service advantages grow even further, it will be a no-brainer for shippers to move their business to the platform.
(3) A Strategy That Alleviates Systemic Supply Shortage
Freight matching is further complicated by the fact that the supply base is fixed. The number of truck drivers in the US has remained stable between 3 and 4 million since the early 2000s. Due to increasing shipping demand, regulations that limit driver hours, and a lack of young people joining the trucking workforce, the industry is experiencing a growing driver shortage. In 2019, the American Trucking Association recorded a shortage of 60,000 freight drivers. This number is expected to increase to 160,000 by 2028.6
Unlike ride-hailing services, Convoy cannot easily increase the number of drivers in the US. Trucking requires commercial licenses and special vehicles. But Convoy's software-driven approach can help make trucking more attractive to new potential drivers in the long run. An online interface eliminates many of the barriers that discourage workforce entrants. Instead of calling multiple shippers or brokers for jobs, drivers can use Convoy's mobile app to sign up and book their first load in under an hour. The process requires very little upfront financial investment or social networking by drivers or carriers. As a result, Convoy has enabled the long tail of owner-operator carriers that own 1–2 trucks to carry loads for large shippers. These small carriers now account for the vast majority of volume on Convoy, quickly building supply in the company's operating regions.
To further amplify the existing supply base, Convoy launched Convoy Go, a network of preloaded trailers that can be picked up by any truck driver free of rental fees. By eliminating the need for drivers to wait around for trailers to get loaded and letting drivers flex across loads irrespective of their trailer type, Convoy is able to serve more enterprise shippers with fewer drivers.
Most crucially, Convoy minimizes empty miles, which increases driver earnings. The company's data suggest that drivers can increase revenue-earning miles by 25% by switching to Convoy7. Assuming the average driver logs 120,000 miles per year, Convoy can increase each carrier's annual earnings by ~$40,000 with a negligible increase in their operating costs8. These economics will get even better as Convoy scales its network. Looking at other on-demand marketplaces, we've learned that supply follows the money. Higher salaries will both attract new drivers and influence existing drivers to prioritize Convoy shipments.
(4) A New Pricing Model Enables Better Options in a Volatile Market
Freight pricing is more volatile and less predictable than the stock market. Prices move up and down with macroeconomic events and changes in supply and demand, and there is nothing resembling a flat shipping rate. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a surge in demand, pushing freight pricing per mile to increase 56% in the last eight months alone9. Historical price data from DAT Solutions, a widely used data source in the industry, show freight pricing volatility over the past several years:
Pricing volatility makes it extremely difficult to forecast business outcomes, which can cause margins to swing for carriers, shippers, and brokers. To navigate volatility, the freight industry uses two pricing methods: contract pricing (used by 80% of the market) and spot pricing10. With contract pricing, a shipper agrees on a fixed price for a guaranteed volume of loads with a specific carrier for a fixed period (usually 12 months). Spot pricing is set case-by-case, based on the market clearing price 48 hours before a shipment.
High-volume shippers prefer contract pricing to guarantee reliable shipping and lock in costs. But this predictability comes at a cost: contract freight charges as much as a 7% premium. This premium is rationalized by the fact that contracts rarely go as planned. Even with contracts, carriers turn down loads or renegotiate terms in the face of extreme market changes (e.g., COVID-19 or a hurricane that wipes out supply).
Pricing complexity is exacerbated by the fact that brokers are not incentivized to share rates with shippers and carriers. A broker earns 15–20% on every transaction—the higher the transaction cost, the higher the broker's earnings. This cost is passed onto the shipper, the carrier, the driver, and eventually the consumer.
Convoy is flipping the freight business model on its head. Instead of charging a fee, Convoy's revenue model is based on the spread between the shipper's willingness to pay and the carrier's pricing expectations on that route. Using software, they're able to provide a cost estimate to shippers and run an auction on the carrier side. This eliminates the 15–20% brokerage fee, lets shippers and carriers work with fewer counterparties, and improves pricing visibility.
Secondarily, Convoy guarantees supply to carriers while minimizing administrative overhead (e.g., RFP processes). Instead of pricing on a fixed rate per mile, Convoy agrees to a fixed margin with a shipper and guarantees that all loads will be tendered. This eliminates the need for contracts and provides partners with upfront, transparent pricing (as well as a clear picture of their savings).
Enterprise shippers like Home Depot like this model because it reduces administrative costs and spillage onto the spot market. Small shippers like it because it guarantees loads and eases the pricing burden on the spot market. Convoy can reduce annual transportation costs for shippers of all sizes by 4–19%—while also reducing the risk carriers take on contract pricing11. This is just an example of one offering called Guaranteed Primary, one of 6-7 pricing/volume commitment models used by Convoy to tailor to shippers' needs.
The Problem of Scaling
The specificities of the freight marketplace make implementing and scaling more complex than other online marketplaces. Unlike Airbnb, where guests are usually only looking for one home at a time, a large shipper is looking to ship across multiple lanes simultaneously (e.g., an enterprise shipper is looking to ship from Chicago to Tampa, Houston to Boise, Boise to Tampa, etc.). In other words, Convoy had to be everywhere and get big fast.
Convoy's initial strategy was to support only two large shippers. Instead of launching nationwide, Convoy narrowed its focus to these shippers' highest-volume routes. There are ~2,000 trucking lanes nationally, and 60% of freight moves through the top 10% of those lanes. Convoy prioritized the top 10% of lanes serviced by the two large shippers. Once Convoy had enough demand to service loads, they used bookings to attract more supply in those lanes. As supply grew, Convoy scaled its capacity to take on other large shippers in these same routes, and eventually shippers of all sizes in additional routes.
In most marketplaces, aggregating demand is a lot harder than aggregating supply. Supply naturally gravitates to the platforms where it can make money. This was true for Convoy as well, but acquiring supply was more difficult because of geographic fragmentation. Even with two shippers in their top 10% routes, Convoy still had to solve the problem of traversing multiple regions simultaneously. This was no easy task for a young startup with limited resources, but Convoy stayed focused and it paid off. Within three years of launch, the company had five large shippers, nearly 500 smaller ones, and was growing more than 30% month-over-month.
The Flywheel and Unit Economics
When we met Convoy, even though the company was growing quickly, it was still trying to make the unit economics work (the contribution margin was negative on each load). We invested anyway. As Hamilton Helmer outlines in 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy, it is important to look beyond short-term economics to long-term potential. We believe that Convoy's model will create outsized returns as it scales its unique strategy.
Convoy's automated matching and servicing translates to lower operating cost per load and higher long-term cash flows. Today, Convoy's operating cost per load for enterprise loads is about one-third of incumbents' operating cost per load. The advantage is durable; legacy shipping giants like CH Robinson scale with mostly manual operations, and new entrants lack the scale to match the costs. As Convoy continues to grow, neither incumbents nor new competitors will be able to match its low operating costs.
Convoy's business also benefits from a powerful flywheel that drives scale benefits. As more drivers join the network, more shippers' needs are met, and vice versa. More load volume leads to more data to optimize batching and better match rates, which in turn lowers shipper costs while also increasing utilization and driver earnings. Incumbents who have built their businesses on 15–20% take-rates will not be able to match Convoy's pricing without sacrificing their own unit economics.
We cannot overstate the opportunity Convoy presents. Freight is a critical industry that is only getting more important in the face of work from home and online retail trends. In a status quo scenario, increased shipping demand might trigger prohibitively high prices, leading to large scale economic consequences once those prices are reflected in the consumer market. In contrast, Convoy is in a position to make the industry more efficient. In the long term, this isn't just convenient; it's necessary.
Today, Convoy's scale is already substantial; it moves freight across the entire country and has expanded to thousands of shippers. In the near future, we expect that its network-driven approach will enable the company to capture billions of dollars of value while reducing overall freight spend and increasing driver earnings. Much like DoorDash in food delivery or Airbnb in hospitality, we believe it is only a matter of time before Convoy becomes a market leader in freight.
While Convoy is leading the way, freight's offline to online transition is still in its early days. Within the YC community, we are starting to see other companies approach freight from first principles. Kobo360 (S18) is building a to improve inter- and intra-region freight in Africa. RoseRocket (S16) is building software for carriers and brokers to improve connectivity with shipper partners. TrueNorth (W20) is building tools for carriers to better manage their businesses. Combined, these companies will transform the way freight is moved in the US and globally.
Thank you to Aaron Terrazas, Chloe Gordon, the entire Convoy team, and to Mia Mabanta at YC, for reviewing this essay.
1. American Trucking Association ↩
2. FMCSA Registration Statistics ↩
3. Convoy data ↩
4. Per BLS, the average hourly wage for brokers is $26.50 ($40.15 including non-wage benefits). Assuming 1–2 hours of human time and $40.15 of cost per hour, it costs a traditional broker $40–80 per load for matching. Note: Shippers can use load boards, but these are used for a minority of loads and give carriers limited shipment visibility. ↩
5. Based on qualitative feedback from shippers ↩
6. American Trucking Association 2019 Driver Shortage Report ↩
7. convoy.com/blog/empty-miles-in-trucking ↩
8. ATRI ↩
9. Historical DAT freight pricing data ↩
10. freightwaves.com/news/what-is-the-difference-between-trucking-contract-and-spot-rates ↩
11. convoy.com/blog/introducing-guaranteed-primary/ ↩
https://blog.ycombinator.com/convoy-the-future-of-truck-freight/


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Sweden's king of pop comes out as gay
In an endearing Instagram post uploaded Monday (3 August), the 33-year-old, born in Sweden of Kurdish parents, told his 110,000 followers that he is "proud to be gay".
Zanyar torpedoed to fame in Sweden after becoming the runner-up in the first season of Idol, a talent show, in 2004. He rose to become one of the country's best-selling artists, with seven number one albums.
Darin Zanyar: 'Took me a while, but I am proud to be gay.'
"Everyone in the world should be able to be proud and accepted for who they are," he wrote in the caption.
"I know how difficult it can be. Took me a while, but I am proud to be gay. Happy Pride!"
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In the post, Raaz explained how during the summer of 2019: "I finally had the freedom to live my life to the fullest, I found out I love love more than I knew.
"I think I could fall in love with literally anyone," she said, before adding: "The key to surviving as a Middle Eastern person is to be as cryptic as possible".
While Sweden's track record with LGBT+ rights is considered as some of the most progressive in the world, only a small number of local singers have come out.
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美国之音 > VOA Special English > Everyday Grammar
Past Ability: Could, Was Able To, Managed To
By Alice Bryant
Imagine that you are interviewing for a job you really want. Most of the questions are in your native language, but the job will require you to use some English. So, the employer asks about your English skills. You might answer with the words, "I can speak English very well" or "I am able to speak English very well."
The two statements have the same meaning.
Both "can" and "be able to" are used to express ability. In a spoken exchange, "can" is far more common while "be able to" sounds less natural.
However, when we are talking about the past, the rules change a bit.
Today, I will show you how to express past abilities with "could" "was (or) were able to" and another phrase you may have heard before — "managed to."
The first thing to know is that, in the past tense, we express general abilities and abilities at specific times in different ways. That is important, as you will soon see.
Some people can imitate crow sounds. But crows are also good mimics. These birds can learn to imitate the sounds of other animals, including people.
General abilities
Let's start with general abilities. These are skills or talents a person once had. In the past tense, English speakers almost always use "could."
Listen to a few examples.
By the time he was four, Guillermo could read and write.
In high school, she could beat anyone in a running race.
I could mimic bird sounds when I was younger.
Again, we are talking about general skills or talents – not about a specific occasion.
Note that, in any of these examples, "was (or) were able to" is also possible but used less often. You could say, for example, "By the time he was four, Guillermo was able to read and write," and it would be fine. It also might sound a little formal in spoken English.
Specific occasions
Now, let's talk about specific occasions. Here is where the rules change a bit.
When we are talking about a specific situation or when noting a specific achievement, we must use "was (or) were able to" or "managed to." Their meanings are very close.
We do not use "could."
Listen to some examples:
We were able to get a really good price on the car.
We managed to get a really good price on the car.
I was able to persuade her to volunteer at the show.
I managed to persuade her to volunteer at the show.
Now let's talk more about the meanings. "Was (or) were able to" and "managed to" both suggest effort. They mean someone succeeded in doing something that was a challenge or took a special effort. However, the phrase "managed to" puts a little more emphasis on how hard the challenge was or how much effort it took.
Note that "managed to" is fairly common in spoken English. You will hear it used almost everywhere.
Exception to the rule
Now, let's take a few minutes to quickly explore an exception to the rules we just discussed.
Earlier, I told you that we use "could" for general abilities. But there are two kinds of verbs where we also use "could" for specific occasions.
With sense verbs, such as "smell" and "taste," and thought process verbs, such as "believe" "decide" and "understand," we usually use "could" even when talking about specific occasions.
Listen to two examples of what I mean:
I walked past a market today and could smell the freshly baked bread.
We couldn't decide what to get for his birthday so we bought a gift card.
Note that the second example uses the negative form -- "couldn't."
Using the negatives
So, now would be a good time to talk more about negative forms.
The good news is that we can use "couldn't," "wasn't (or) weren't able to," or "didn't manage to" to express the same thing – inability on a specific occasion in the past. Listen to how these are used for the same statement.
He studied for months but couldn't pass the bar exam.
He studied for months but wasn't able to pass the bar exam.
He studied for months but didn't manage to pass the bar exam.
All three sentences mean that a person was not capable of doing something on a specific occasion.
Note also that sometimes, for the negative form of "managed to," we say, "couldn't manage to" instead of "didn't manage to." They mean the same thing:
He studied for months but couldn't manage to pass the bar exam.
Well, that's all for now. Luckily, I did manage to do something today: teach you how to talk about past abilities!
I'm Alice Bryant.
Alice Bryant wrote this story for VOA Learning English. George Grow was the editor.
phrase – n. a group of two or more words that express an idea but do not usually form a complete sentence
specific – adj. precise or exact
mimic – v. to create the appearance or effect of (something)
formal – adj. suitable for serious or official speech and writing
achievement – n. something that has been done or achieved through effort
challenge – n. something that is hard to do
emphasis – n. special importance or attention given to something
baked – adj. cooked in an oven using dry heat
negative – adj. expressing denial or refusal
bar – n. the test that a person must pass in order to be a lawyer
Indefinite Pronouns in Negative Sentences (20/10/29)
Taking Adjectives to the Extreme (20/10/22)
There Is Something Strange about Indefinite Pronouns (20/10/15)
Finding Participles in News Headlines (20/10/8)
What Are Reciprocal Pronouns? (20/10/1)
The Present Participle (20/9/24)
What Are Intensive Pronouns? (20/9/17)
Understanding the Past Participle (20/9/10)
Three Useful Phrasal Expressions (20/9/3)
Three Phrases for Expressing Regret in English (20/8/27)


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Der Mons Claudianus ist ein antiker Steinbruch in der Arabischen Wüste am Gebel Fatireh. Er liegt in Ägypten zwischen Qena (Kainopolis) am Nil (nördlich von Luxor, 100 km Luftlinie) und Safaga am Roten Meer (45 km), in der Nähe des Wadi Fatiri el-Bayda in einer völlig unbesiedelten Gegend im Gouvernement Rotes Meer. Hurghada liegt 55 km nordöstlich des Steinbruchs. Hier wurde zwischen dem späten 1. und der Mitte des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. Granit (Granodiorit) abgebaut.

Stein und Verwendung
Der hier anstehende Stein ist ein hellgrauer Gneis mit grünlich-schwarzen Einsprengseln. Die Römer nannten das Material marmor Claudianum. Der italienische Name "granito del foro" besagt, wo das Material Verwendung fand. Das Material wurde aber auch in vielen anderen römischen Prachtbauten verbaut, zum Beispiel im Pantheon in Rom. Im Steinbruch blieben einige unfertige oder zerbrochene Gegenstände zurück, beispielsweise eine etwa 200 Tonnen wiegende Säule. In mittelalterlichen Gebäuden in Kairo findet sich der Granit als Fußbodenbelag und als Wandverkleidung, wohl meist in sekundärer Verwendung.

Arbeitsorganisation
Der Steinbruch gehörte vermutlich dem Kaiser selbst, die Verwaltung unterlag der Armee. Wie Ausgrabungen ergaben, arbeiteten in dem Steinbruch keine Sklaven, sondern spezialisierte Arbeiter. Deren Verpflegung zeigt, dass sie unter recht komfortablen Bedingungen lebten.

Infrastruktur

Der Steinbruch war durch eine Straße mit dem Niltal verbunden. Der Transport der halbfertigen Steine auf vier- bis zwölfachsigen Wagen ins Niltal dauerte mindestens fünf Tage. In Tagesabständen lagen an der Straße kleine Lager (Hydreumata), die als Nachtunterkünfte dienten. Sie enthielten Schlafräume, Ställe und Zisternen.

Der Verlauf der Straße ist heute noch gut im Gelände zu erkennen. Etwa 125 Lesesteinhaufen und Türme markierten ihren Verlauf, vielleicht dienten sie auch als Signalstationen. Das Gebiet wurde außerdem durch ungefähr sechzig kleinere Armeestützpunkte überwacht und versorgt. Sie sicherten auch die Versorgung der Küstenstationen am Roten Meer im Süden und des Steinbruchs Mons Porphyrites.

Die Straße zwischen Abu Sha'ar mit seinem Militärlager und Kainopolis wurde zwischen den 1. und 7. Jahrhundert n. Chr. genutzt; bis zum Ende des 3. Jahrhunderts zum Steintransport, nach der Reform der Grenzverteidigung durch Diokletian und Konstantin war sie Teil des Limes. Danach reisten hier vielleicht auch Pilger zu den Heiligtümern am nördlichen Roten Meer, auf dem Sinai und im Heiligen Land. Darauf deutet auch die Existenz einer Kirche in Mons Porphyrites hin.

Siedlung
Die Siedlung der Steinbrucharbeiter war mit Mauern und Türmen befestigt. Es ist anzunehmen, dass hier tausend Menschen lebten. Die Unterkünfte sind oft noch bis zum Dach erhalten, da in dieser entlegenen Gegend kein späterer Steinraub stattfand.

Erforschung
Der Steinbruch wurde im 19. Jahrhundert durch Reisende entdeckt. 1961 und 1964 führte die Abteilung Kairo des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts dort Forschungen durch. Grabungen fanden 1987 bis 1993 unter der Leitung von Jean Bingen (Universität Brüssel) und durch ein ägyptisch-britisches Projekt unter David Peacock (University of Southampton) und Valerie Maxfield (University of Exeter) statt.

Funde
Durch die extreme Trockenheit haben sich hier organische Materialien gut erhalten. So wurden etwa 50.000 Textilfragmente gefunden – eines der größten Korpora römischer Textilien überhaupt. Außerdem wurden Körbe, Schuhe, Seile und Papyrusfetzen sowie Tierknochen und Pflanzenreste gefunden, die es ermöglichen, die Ernährung der Arbeiter zu rekonstruieren.

Zu den wichtigsten Funden gehören fast 10.000 beschriebene Scherben (Ostraka), die Informationen über die Verwaltung und die Lebensbedingungen der Arbeiter liefern. So ist auf diesen Scherben beispielsweise der Lohn der Arbeiter überliefert, der deutlich höher war als im Niltal. Die meisten Scherben betreffen Materialanforderungen, zum Beispiel von Wagenachsen. Nach erfolgter Lieferung wurden die Scherben weggeworfen. Die meisten der beschriebenen Scherben wurden jedoch nicht mehr in Primärkontext gefunden, sondern auf den Straßen, in verlassenen Gebäuden oder als Verfüllung von Geländevertiefungen oder Baustellen. Die Keramik stammt hauptsächlich aus ägyptischen Werkstätten, es kommen jedoch auch Importe aus dem östlichen Mittelmeerraum, der Kyrenaika, Nordafrika, Spanien und Gallien vor.

Ernährung
Die Grundlage der Ernährung bildeten Weizen, Gerste, Linsen, Datteln, Oliven, Zwiebeln und Eselsfleisch sowie Fisch aus dem Roten Meer. Diese wurden durch Zitronen, Artischocken, Walnüsse, Pinienkerne, Mandeln, Haselnüsse, Granatäpfel, Wassermelonen Gurken und sogar Austern ergänzt. Pfeffer, ein Import aus Indien, diente als Gewürz. Im begrenzten Umfang wurde auch gejagt.

Die Samen von Kohl, Kohlrübe, Kresse, Chicorée, Minze und Basilikum wurden ebenfalls gefunden, vielleicht wurden diese Pflanzen vor Ort angebaut. Angekeimte Gerste verweist darauf, dass vor Ort auch Bier gebraut wurde.
Funde importierter Amphoren belegen, dass die Arbeiter oder die Garnison auch mit Olivenöl, defrutum (eingedickter Traubensaft), garum (Fischsoße) und Wein versorgt wurden.

Gerste und Druschreste dienten auch als Viehfutter. Als Brennmaterial wurde Dung und Holzkohle verwendet.

Weitere römische Steinbrüche in der östlichen Wüste
 Wadi Hammamat (Mons Basanites): lapis hexacontalithos
 Mons Porphyrites: Porphyr, lapis porphyrites
 Wadi Barud: marmor Tiberianum
 Wadi Umm Schegilat, Diorit
 Wadi Umm Esch, Serpentinit, lapis batrachites

Literatur
 Georg Schweinfurth: Eine verlassene Wüstenstadt. Mittheilungen über römische Steinbrüche in der ostägyptischen Wüste. In: Die Gartenlaube 40, 1885, S. 650–653 (Digitalisat).

 Georg Schweinfurth: Afrikanisches Skizzenbuch. Berlin 1925, Kapitel VII: Eine römische Wüstenstadt und die Steinbrüche am Mons Claudianus (Digitalisat).
 Theodor Kraus, Josef Röder: Mons Claudianus. Bericht über eine Erkundungsfahrt im März 1961. In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo Bd. 18, 1962, S. 80–120
 Theodor Kraus, Josef Röder, Wolfgang Müller-Wiener: Mons Claudianus – Mons Porphyrites. Bericht über die zweite Forschungsreise 1964. In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo Bd. 22, 1967, S. 109–205.
 Lise Bender Jørgensen: Textiles from Mons Claudianus. A Preliminary Report. In: Acta Hyperborea Bd. 3, 1991, S. 83–95.
 Jean Bingen et al.: Mons Claudianus. Ostraca Graeca et Latina I & II. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire, Kairo 1992, 1997.
 Adam Bülow-Jacobsen (med et bidrag af Hélène Cuvigny): Mons Claudianus. Organisation, administration og teknik i et romersk stenbrud fra kejsertiden. Studier fra Sprogog Oldtidsforskningen, Kopenhagen 1996.
 Adam Bülow-Jacobsen: Mons Claudianus: Roman granite-quarry and station on the road to the Red Sea. In: Acta Hyperborea 1, 1988, S. 159–165.
 Adam Bülow-Jacobsen: Mons Claudianus. Ostraca Graeca et Latina IV. The Quarry-Texts (O. Claud. 632-896). Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Kairo 2009.
 Hélène Cuvigny: Mons Claudianus. Ostraca Graeca et Latina III. Les reçus pour avances à la familia (O. Claud. 417 à 631). Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Kairo 2000.
 James A. Harrell: Decorative stones in the Preottoman Islamic buildings of Cairo, Egypt. Part I: Description of stone varieties. University of Toledo 2001, überarbeitet 8. Februar 2003.
 Ulla Mannering: Roman Garments from Mons Claudianus. In: Dominque Cardon, Michel Feugère (Hrsg.): Archéologie des textiles des origines au Ve siècle. Actes du colloque de Lattes, Octobre 1999. Éditions Monique Mergoil, Montagnac 2000, S. 283–290.
 Valerie A. Maxfield, David Peacock: Survey and excavation: Mons Claudianus 1987-1993. Institut français d'archéologie Orientale, Kairo
 Band 1: Topography and Quarries. Kairo 1997.
 Band 2, 1: Excavations. Kairo 2001.
 Band 3: Roberta S. Tomber: Ceramic vessels & related objects. Kairo 2006.
 Valerie A. Maxfield: Stone Quarrying in the Eastern Desert with Particular Reference to Mons Claudianus and Mons Porphyrites. In: David Mattingly, John Salmon (Hrsg.): Economies Beyond Agriculture in the Classical World. (= Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society Bd. 9). Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 0-415-21253-7, S. 143–170.
 Steven E. Sidebotham: Newly discovered sites in the Eastern Desert. In: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Bd. 82, 1996, S. 181–192.
 Steven E. Sidebotham, Ronald E. Zitterkopf, John A. Riley: Survey of the 'Abu Sha'ar-Nile Road. In: American Journal of Archaeology Bd. 95, 1991, S. 571–622.
 Roberta Tomber: Early Roman Pottery from Mons Claudianus. In: Cahiers de la Céramique Égyptienne Bd. 3, 1992, S. 137–142.
 Marijke van der Veen: The plant remains from Mons Claudianus, a Roman quarry settlement in the Eastern Desert of Egypt - an interim report. In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Bd. 5, 1996, S. 137–141.
 Marijke van der Veen, Sheila Hamilton-Dyer: A life of luxury in the desert? The food and fodder supply to Mons Claudianus. In: Journal of Roman Archaeology Bd. 11, 1998, S. 101–116.
 Marijke van der Veen: The food and fodder supply to the Roman quarry settlements in the Eastern desert of Egypt. In: Marijke van der Veen (Hrsg.): The exploitation of plant resources in Ancient Africa. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York 1999, S. 171–183

Weblinks

 Mons Claudianus und Mons Porphyrites
 Karte zum Mons Claudianus
 Bibliographie der Publikationen

Einzelnachweise

Steinbruch in Ägypten
Gouvernement al-Bahr al-ahmar
Granodiorit
Archäologischer Fundplatz in Ägypten
Archäologischer Fundplatz in Afrika

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Citing Independence for All Texans, Senator Jose Rodríguez files Senate Bill 856
Posted on March 2, 2015 at 9:16 pm
Senators Ellis, Garcia, Watson, and Whitmire co-author bill to promote Texas Independence from Discrimination
Here in Texas, we are fiercely independent people. Our values—such as hard work, opportunity, and the Golden Rule—are strong. These values are in large part why Texas remains strong, dating back to when we claimed our independence on this day in 1836.
One of our most strongly held beliefs here in Texas is taking care of our own and treating our neighbors as ourselves. This kind of Texas spirit is visible in every town and city in the state, in family-owned businesses and large public employers.
And yet, we realize there are places across Texas where this spirit does not flourish. Texans like Isabel and Victoria in Lewisville (Denton County) can be denied housing for themselves and their sons Juan and Oscar because the two women are in a same-gender relationship. Casanova from Austin and Dylan from Houston were harassed on the job after coming out as transgender but were given no recourse by their employers; Dylan would end up being laid off. Darla from Austin has been and can again be discriminated against while attempting to secure employment because she is a lesbian. John David and his partner Jerry from Tyler can be asked to leave a public accommodation—such as a restaurant or concert venue—because they are gay. Antonia, a transgender woman of color was fired from her job because of her transition.
Further, discrimination is bad for business. Fair treatment for workers, families, and people who visit our state—including gay and transgender people—is a crucial factor in the ongoing strength of the Texas brand.
That's why today—Texas Independence Day—Senator José Rodríguez, along with co-authors Senators Rodney Elllis, Sylvia Garcia, Kirk Watson, and John Whitmire, introduced Senate Bill 856, a state-wide anti-discrimination bill that would prohibit discrimination in the areas of employment, public accommodation, housing, and state contracting based upon sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
Senator Rodríguez is filing this legislation so that all Texans—including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender—can live out their independence in our great state without fear that they will be denied employment, housing, or access to public spaces or state contracts because of who they are or whom they love.
Because Texas does not protect people who are gay or transgender from discrimination, many municipalities have already acted to extend discrimination protection to their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) residents. Currently it is estimated that 35.5% of Texans live in a city where discrimination against sexual orientation is prohibited. 33.9% live in a city where gender identity is protected.
"I chose today—Texas Independence Day—to file this important legislation," Senator Rodríguez said, "because Texas values—such as hard work, opportunity, and the Golden Rule—are the reason why Texas remains strong 179 years later. That is why we must act definitively to ensure everyone in the Lone Star State is treated fairly and equally."
"Every Texan deserves to be treated fairly, and this legislation will make our state stronger by protecting this important ideal," Senator Watson said.
"Discrimination of any form has no place in Texas. Not in our schools, our government, or our services. I am proud to co-author this legislation and proud to stand strong for the fair treatment of all Texans especially our friends in the LGBT community who for too long have been the target of discrimination," stated Senator John Whitmire, Dean of the Texas Senate.
"I'm proud to coauthor legislation to prevent fellow Texans from being discriminated against due to who they love, " said Senator Ellis. "All hardworking Texans, including our LGBT neighbors, should have the chance to earn a living, provide for their families, and live like everyone else without fear of getting fired or evicted solely because of who they are. "
"All Texans should enjoy equal protection under the law. This important legislation would ensure that our LGBT brothers and sisters can express who they are without fear of discrimination. It would also send a message to the rest of the world that Texas welcomes anyone that wants to contribute to our great state, regardless of sexual orientation," said Senator Garcia.
"Equality Texas applauds Senator Rodríguez and his four co-authors for the filing of the omnibus non-discrimination bill SB 856. Every Texan deserves to be treated fairly and equally, including gay and transgender Texans," said Equality Texas Executive Director Chuck Smith. "This legislation would help ensure that every Texan has the opportunity to work hard, earn a living, and provide for their families in the great state we proudly call home."
The independent Texas spirit is alive in all Texans and we all thrive when everyone is treated fairly and equally according to the values that have sustained us for 179 years. That is why we encourage you to join us at the state capitol to meet face-to-face with your elected legislators and tell them what this proposed legislation means to you as well as how harmful legislation affects you and the people you love and care about. Family Advocacy Day will be held Monday, March 23. Freedom Advocacy Day will be held Monday, April 13. We hope you will join us for one or both of these important days as we work toward making Texas a state where we all have independence from discrimination!
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