CSS or Tables - still confused?
Posted bySravan Kumar November 12, 2008 May 7, 2015 Posted inProgramming 18 Comments on CSS or Tables – still confused?
Looks like the confusion is still on! Whether to to use CSS or Tables?
Being an HTML and CSS developer as you all aware that in some situations you can't avoid Tables mainly in the case of data grids, complicated forms etc.
Though we have a very good replacement of tables with CSS and dynamic layers which is very light in KB's compared to the tables which always keeps a heavy pressure on page to load, we some times tend to use Tables to avoid Browser compatibility issues, to save time, etc.
If you're wasting time fighting with CSS and you all know we are, they have got a small tool to judge the same. Download the Give Up and Use Tables timer. And I am sure you will take more time to build a layout or interface with CSS than building the layout using Tables, am I right folks?
But as far as my opinion is concerned I prefer CSS, and I am sure there will be some more options in near future to build more powerful data grids with CSS.
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CSS all the way. Only use Tables for tabular data. Period.
Try the tools on this site – multi-column layout generator. It's not so slow to design CSS layout.
The real question is: why is CSS designed so stupidly and implemented so ineptly by various browsers that simple layouts that take 5 minutes with tables can take hours and hours and hours and hours to get working with CSS in the browsers you need to support?
What a stupid question. Clearing on the CSS article bandwagon that is running at the moment, fishing for site visitors. "Tables", semantic HTML elements related to the tables module in XHTML, are for tabular data.
If you are using tables for layouts then you should just stop developing. Hand your designs off to someone else who will turn your psd's into xhtml pages.
CSS isn't hard you just have to go at it for a while when you getting started. Once you master it, you will understand the flexibility and control that you have over using ugly, horrible, incredibly nested, gross tables.
If you use tables for a layout of any medium to large number of pages, got forbid you need to change the layout. If you design your layout correctly, with css any changes would be a fairly simple css change in one file vs having to completely re-write all you're pages to adjust your table layout.
Your CSS-ONLY for layout is a absolute NONSENSE that I cannot but deride and reject emphatically.
I am not designer. I am a server side developer that many times am forced to layout pages for content, more than tabular. Don't preach to me separation of concerns as I eat this dog food every day. Indeed CSS – AS OF TODAY – is perfect for formatting your text and decorating elements. For layout is an absolute piece of trash. I have no time to infinitely explore positioning and overflow and all that garbage that is so broken across browsers.
CSS-ONLY for layout is a bonanza for you who want to give importance to your job and your activities which, under normal conditions should be rather trivial. Don't take it as an insult. Designing websites is an wonderful profession. This garbage CSS layout is sick. Layout in a desktop application built with Swing or GTK for instance is snap to grasp and implement – even the infamous gridbag. What is that idiotic element called DIV which would not stay put no matter how you want to stretch it? This whole business of laying out HTML is a hack for a solution cooked by a debilitated committee expected to spew its next creation in a decade with an implementation projection of 2025 – or maybe 2075? Nonsense.
Did you guys ever think of the hundreds of millions of dollars that waste to hack your DIV's? Did you think about the time you could've spent with your close ones, or relaxing or have a life away from the keyboard? How about the billions of kwatts that, mind you, increase the carbon footprint into extinction if you were to believe Mr. Gore? How about the poor you could feed with the wasted money?
You, wonderful designers that you are, should demand that the next generation of CSS would be implemented in the next browser version. You should push and demonstrate in the streets to make IE6 illegal – possibly its maker too as they have no respect for our time and efforts.
Besides, you should also appreciate such words: practical, efficient, time to market, return on investment, simple, common sense and other good words that would force this W3C body to stop chocking life out of us and let us be.
I took a look at the upcoming CSS layout technique – much better. Until then, here's the answer: Start with DIV's and end if TABLES if needs be. Ignore or deride opposition.
@florin – I second what you say. CSS is a nightmare when it comes to layouts. It does not work the same way consistently and it takes ages to get right.
I am a programmer and have worked with CSS and table based layouts for years and despite my best efforts at trying to use CSS only for layouts, I have come to the conclusion that it is a big waste of time to hold religious views about CSS vs Tables.
This whole discussion about tables not supporting the semantic web concept while CSS does is also BS. The way the semantic web was initially envisaged was that it should be possible to mark the "meaning" of a content and have the content be displayed appropriately using stylesheets which can be easily changed or modified. That is, the HTML should convey information while stylesheet should convey look and feel.
So now the way the employee_id and the employee_name will be rendered can be managed using CSS and external stylesheets. Also, by setting specific rules within the CSS it would be possible to support accessibility (screen readers etc), print capabilities, different types of browsers and clients etc. p, div, span etc were to used to group together content of a similar semantic meaning and the CSS styles will be used to render the content based on the meaning of the content.
But that is now how things actually turned out in practise.
Most of the CSS frameworks out there use the class and id attributes of the tags to markup the design of the content instead of marking up the semantic meaning of the content. Also, the class and id attributes are given names which specify design rather than semantic meaning.
but to get this working you will need to attach a number of long stylesheets and a whole lot of CSS and it would still not work very well across browsers. If you just used tables, you would have used colspan="8″ and achieved the same result in less time and have it working across browsers without additional tweaks, complicated style sheets etc.
The tags were stripped off my earlier post.
My comment was somehow deleted, but anyway I couldn't have said it better than florin did.
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As web developers we can sometimes get caught up in wanting the technology to do something advanced and specific.
when in fact we can use a different technology much easier.
For example, sometimes it's much easier to use a table to organize data than it is to make complicated CSS-based layout with floating DIV's and the like.
We have to remember, the reason why we use technologies like CSS is because it should speed up development time.
When it starts to slow us down, then maybe we're going a little overboard.
& judge yourself whether use Table or CSS at particular time for particular thing.
you can not stick to the one as they can not replace eachother.
Tables are only easier because you have been doing it for years. If you had been doing CSS layouts for 10-15 years and table-based designs were introduced, you would think the ideas was stupid.
i couldn't agree more that CSS only for layouts is straight up ridiculous… who dictated that as the "rule" anyhow? in a world of mash-ups and blended solutions, maybe we can give a little here… i know i have!!!
until certain browsers become obsolete, the only thing CSS is going to do to my tabular data is style it! and i still use CSS to style overall… and it is great for that purpose. i think the coding purists who got it in their head that everything has to be laid out by CSS are being ridiculous… either ridiculous or they don't have to make things work in multiple browsers… or perhaps they enjoy spending longer on a task then necessary.
and I wholeheartedly disagree with Doug above. for one, it really did not take me 10-15 years to learn how to get an HTML table to work out… it took about 1 day. and if it takes me 10-15 to get CSS layouts to work like they should (especially in IE6) then i still won't think my ideas are stupid! give me a break!!! that just argues all the more that i should GIVE UP AND USE TABLES.
It seems the people who prefer tables (for layout) are the backend developers. Here in the comments and also the writers of the scripts I often make templates for. And I can see where they are coming from: knowing the differences in how some browsers render css can be quite frustrating when you just start out.
While most frontend developers seem to prefer CSS all the way. Not a problem for them, since they do it day in day out. And in that case it's actually really straightforward.
Personally whenever I have to recreate a layout for a script, usually with tables for layout, I just strip it all out and recreate it from scratch using css.
For me it's quicker than figuring out how all these nested tables work together. And also a bit more professional, you know the semantic web and all that good stuff.
Of course using tables for tabular data is just fine, that's why they exits in the first place.
"who dictated that as the "rule" anyhow?" That would be the W3C, founded by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the WorldWideWeb, html and creator of the first browser.
And what about presenting a different layout/size for screen, handheld and print when using tables for layout, without recreating the site?
What about screenreaders, how do they interpret tables? As tables or as layout?
When I started out using HTML/CSS I was always told if it doesn't need a table, don't put it in one. So if they are records from a database, use a table, if its style, use the style.
Spiders also struggle with tables since they take longer to render.
I am so confuse about the css and tablet use.


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Meridian blues and jazz performers have played important roles in musical history, both locally and nationally, not only supplying a foundation for other genres but also propelling music in new directions. Notables with Meridian roots include musicians Alvin Fielder and his brother William, Sherman Johnson, Cleo Brown, Marie Bryant, Carlia "Duke" Oatis, Carey Bell, Lovie Lee, the Mighty Rhythm Rockers, the House Rockers, Pat Brown and Jamell Richardson, and Chicago blues club owner Theresa Needham. Meridian, the largest city in Mississippi in 1910 and 1920 during the ascent of blues and jazz, was a city of opportunity for musicians. Blues and jazz was featured in several locales including the Star Theatre here in the 5th Street African-American business and entertainment district, where Lovie Lee (Eddie Lee Watson, c.1908-1997) played piano during intermissions. Lee, who was inspired by local pianist Cap King, moved to Chicago in 1957 with protégé Carey Bell (1936-2007). Both played in the Muddy Waters band at different times, and Bell became one of the city's top harmonica players. Each recorded several albums. A fabled blues tavern in Chicago, Theresa's Lounge, was owned by Meridian native and Blues Hall of Fame inductee Theresa Needham (1912-1992).
The Fielder family pharmacy, a 5th Street landmark, was once operated by renowned jazz drummer Alvin Fielder. He worked with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in Chicago after accompanying blues singers when he was in college. William Butler Fielder (1938-2009), an acclaimed trumpeter and educator, taught at Mississippi Valley State, Rutgers and other universities. The Fielders and others studied in Meridian under high school band director and community leader Duke Oatis (1925-2011), who also led a dance band that entertained at many social affairs.
Meridian's blues and jazz women include pianist Cleo Brown (1907-1995), famed for her 1935-1936 boogie-woogie and jive records; Marie Bryant (1917-1978), a singer, dancer and film star who made calypso records in England; Helen Elizabeth Jones Woods (b. 1923), trombonist with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm; Louvet Jackson (1936-1988), who performed in New York; and Pat Brown (b. 1949) and Patrice Moncell (1962-2015), both top singers on the Jackson soul-blues scene.
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Durham, Martin (London: Taylor & Francis, 2003)
Discussions of the British extreme right, both in its pre-war and post-war manifestations, have tended to ignore the question of gender. A number of writers, however, have argued that, by definition, the extreme right should be seen as a highly patriarchal force. Closer examination casts doubt on this supposition, and suggests instead that for a movement organised around ultra-nationalism and resistance to the racial 'Other', but not around anti-feminism, gender has proved to be a matter of considerable debate.
Negotiating race and religion in the West Midlands: narratives of inclusion and exclusion during the 1967–69 Wolverhampton bus workers' turban dispute
Kassimeris, George; Jackson, Leonie (Taylor & Francis, 2016-09-22)
This article considers the 1967–1969 Wolverhampton Transport turban dispute in the context of increased anxiety over immigration to the area and Wolverhampton South West MP Enoch Powell's April 1968 'Rivers of Blood' speech. We trace the narratives of the dispute through letters to the Editor in local newspaper The Express & Star, and argue that the letters column was a site of community construction for writers and readers, which elevated the issue from a trivial industrial dispute to a symbol around which the deep anxieties of race and nation coalesced.
"Who is Mr. Karlheinz Stockhausen? Introduce Me": Responses to Krautrock/Kosmische in 1970s Britain
Glen, Patrick (Taylor & Francis, 2019-12-31)
During the 1970s, British music fans came to know several West German avant-garde rock or 'Krautrock' bands through the music press, radio, television, tours and record releases. This occurred as Britain's relationship with Europe and West Germany shifted through membership of the Common Market from 1973 and as Cold War allies. This article explores how musical encounters and the broader historical and socio-political context affected British representations of Germany and Germans. It argues that in spite of a changing historical context and space for meaningful, nuanced representations, the myths and memory of the Second World War and general clichés about Germans remained highly resilient. Representations of Germans and Germany in popular music culture, authored by the post-War generation, suggest the importance of Germany as a counterpoint to understandings British national identity and characteristics, and the ways in which ideas of British cultural superiority circulated in popular culture.
Apologies in Irish Politics: A Commentary and Critique
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This article considers the reasons for, and the responses to, two recent apologies in Irish Politics. These are Tony Blair's statement in 1997 concerning the Famine of the 1840s and the IRA apology of 2002. A set of criteria are developed by which to judge the validity of these apologies. It is argued that Blair's statement did not formally constitute an apology although one would be valid if British policy of the period were to be considered unjust. The case of the IRA apology is more clear cut, as unjust actions were committed and responsibility can be clearly demonstrated.
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Sonia Abadi es una médica, psicoanalista e investigadora argentina. Nacida en Buenos Aires, realizó sus estudios en el Collège Français de Buenos Aires. Se recibió de Médica en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Se formó como psicoanalista en la Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina.

Creadora del modelo Pensamiento en Red que integra avances recientes de la psicología, las neurociencias, las nuevas teorías de la comunicación y la ciencia de las redes vivas. Es autora de numerosos libros y artículos. Expositora Vistage y ex miembro del Consejo Asesor de Voces Vitales. Miembro Titular en Función Didáctica de la Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina, de la Federación Psicoanalítica de América Latina y de la Asociación Psicoanalítica Internacional. Su desarrollo abarca desde la psicoterapia, pasando por la consultoría en creatividad, innovación y redes humanas, hasta sus aportes a la cultura popular.

Consultora de líderes y estructuras de management de empresas y ONGs nacionales e internacionales en el área de la innovación, el liderazgo, el manejo de crisis, la salud mental de personas y equipos. Speaker nacional e internacional. A su vez realiza en forma quincenal un pódcast en la plataforma Spotify con diversos episodios relacionados con su experiencia profesional, así como también videos y webinars en su canal de YouTube con charlas de capacitación para diversas organizaciones. En 2021 lanzó su newsletter quincenal Salir de la Burbuja, un espacio donde reflexiona sobre el mundo en red, los vínculos y emociones que nos atraviesan en lo cotidiano.

Carrera en docencia e investigación
La Dra Abadi es Miembro Titular en Función Didáctica de la Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina, de la Federación Psicoanalítica de América Latina  y de la Asociación Psicoanalítica Internacional. Es ex Profesora Titular en Humanidades en la Universidad de Belgrano. Ha dictado conferencias como profesora invitada en diversas universidades nacionales, entre ellas Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Universidad de Cuyo, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, UCES, IAE de la Universidad Austral, UCA. En el ámbito internacional, fue profesora invitada en La Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Universidad Manuela Beltrán de Bogotá, Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Universidad del Norte de Barranquilla, Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidade de São Paulo.

En su actividad privada como docente ha realizado supervisiones individuales y grupales, así como la coordinación de grupos de estudio en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y en diversas ciudades del interior del país acerca de la psicopatología psicoanalítica, la teoría de la técnica, la obra de D. W. Winnicott y la clínica psicoanalítica.

Actividad clínica y hospitalaria
Como parte de su trayectoria clínica realizó tareas de supervisión en el Hospital Nacional Posadas, el Hospital de Emergencias Psiquiátricas Torcuato de Alvear y el Hospital General de Agudos Parmenio Piñero. Trabajó en el Centro Nacional de Reeducación Social en el tratamiento de adolescentes, parejas y familias, brindando cursos de capacitación, atención, supervisión e investigación en Clínica de las Adicciones. Es Consultora del equipo de Servicios de Cuidados Paliativos del Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari.

Actualmente la Dra. Abadi ejerce la psicoterapia y la consultoría individual con encuentros presenciales y virtuales con personas de diversas ciudades de Brasil, Londres, París, Nueva York, Caracas, México y Barcelona.

Actividad institucional
Durante su carrera la Dra Abadi ha formado parte de diversas instituciones nacionales e internacionales en donde desarrolla actividad institucional y docente, dictando cursos y seminarios. Participó en la Asociación Psicoanalítica Internacional (I.P.A.) como Miembro del Liaison Committee y del Sponsoring Committee para la Sociedad Brasilera de Psicoanálisis de Ribeirão Preto. Ejerció como Secretaria Asociada de la Comisión Directiva en la Federación Psicoanalítica de América Latina (F.E.P.A.L) (4) y fue consultora para el Grupo de Estudos Avançados GEA. Formó parte de la Comisión Asesora del Plan Nacional para el Desarrollo Psicosocial del Niño, del Ministerio de Salud y Acción Social de la Nación. La Dra Abadi también se desempeñó como parte del Comité de Evaluación de la Revista del Instituto de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Miembro del Consejo Científico de la Revista Natureza Humana de la Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Actualmente es mentora y miembro del Consejo Asesor de Voces Vitales Argentina.

Seminarios, talleres y conferencias
A continuación se detallan algunos de los eventos donde ha participado la Dra. Abadi. Los mismos pertenecen a capacitaciones, charlas e iniciativas de diversos ámbitos: público, privado y organizaciones del tercer sector.

 Expositora Vistage para un gran número de grupos de emprendedores y empresarios.
 Foro del Sector Social. Ciclo del voluntariado. Conferencias y capacitaciones.
 Fundación Navarro Viola. Jornada de fortalecimiento para Abanderados de la Argentina Solidaria. Workshop.
 Grupo Empresarial de Mujeres. Congreso Internacional de Mujeres Empresarias. Centro Cultural de la Ciencia, Polo Tecnológico de La Nación.
 Fundación Global. Conferencista del evento Mujeres que Hacen e Inspiran realizado en el Palacio San Martín.
 Gobierno de Salta. Programa de formación continua para Consejos Barriales. Seminario Taller de 10 Encuentros de Capacitación para el Equipo Técnico y para los Líderes de los Consejos Barriales.
 TechCamp Argentina. Coordinadora del evento junto a Diane La Voy, en la Embajada de los Estados Unidos.
 Executive Forums – Renaissance. Varias capacitaciones en grupos de empresarios y emprendedores. Hotel Four Seasons.
 IV Foro Nacional de RSE. Centro Cultural Konex, Buenos Aires, Conferencia: "Pensar en Red: personas, empresas y comunidades inspiradas e inspiradoras".
 Expoagro. Conferencia Taller. Ciudad de Junín, provincia de Buenos Aires.
 OSDE, sede Rosario. Seminario Taller Pensar y Trabajar en Red.
 Tenaris. Capacitación abierta para los profesionales de la Compañía en la sede de Campana en formato TedEx.
 Avon. Capacitación para equipo de revendedoras en Talent Days.
 Sociedad Rural Argentina. Capacitación para Delegados Zonales.
 Fundación Los Grobo. Capacitación para equipos de ingenieros agrónomos y Programa Potenciar Comunidades en la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias de la UCA.
 Techint, Jornada de creatividad. Capacitación.
 IAE para Oracle, Jornada de Pensamiento en Red, Capacitación.
 ONG INICIA. Taller para jóvenes líderes. Casa Natura, Buenos Aires.
 El Cronista Comercial. 3.º Seminario Pymes "Cómo ganar en 2010", Panelista.
 ENDEAVOR. Conferencia TEDX sobre Trabajo en Red, Rosario.
 Fundación CONIN. V Encuentro Nacional de Red CONIN. Seminario Taller. Mendoza.
 Bodegas Chandon. Capacitación y Seminarios Taller de Creatividad e Innovación para todos los equipos de la empresa a lo largo de 5 años. Ciudad de Buenos Aires y Mendoza.
 "Argentina University", Congreso Young Presidents Organization "The Tango: from a popular expression to a cultural network". Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 IV Congreso Mundial de Psicoterapia. "La psicoterapia como puente entre culturas", "De amores y soledades, apenas una historia", Conferencia.
 Third International Congress: The work of Winnicott "Going on Being, breakdown and beyond". University of Milan. Conferencia.
 43 Congreso de la API, "Trabajando en las Fronteras". Nueva Orleans. Presentación Conferencia Central "Entre la frontera y la red, apuntes para una metapsicología de la libertad".
 Asociación Médica Argentina. "Violencia emocional". Panelista.

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Pensamiento en Red es un modelo transdisciplinario que integra avances de la psicología, las neurociencias, la sociología, la teoría de las redes complejas y las nuevas teorías de la comunicación. Este modelo explica cómo opera el pensamiento creativo y permite un entrenamiento que modifica las estructuras mentales generando un estilo de funcionamiento original en las personas y organizaciones. Espacios de reflexión alternativos, de procesamiento conjunto de ideas, decisiones y acciones, expandiendo la creatividad individual, la colaboración creativa, la innovación y la generación de redes humanas.

Cómo opera el Pensamiento en Red
Tal como había desarrollado en su paper "Entre la frontera y la red, apuntes para una metapsicología de la libertad", la Dra Abadi sostiene que el modelo de Pensamiento en Red trasciende la lógica de fronteras y comienza a definirse un nuevo paradigma. Este keynote paper fundacional para la teoría fue publicado en revistas de asociaciones de psicoanálisis de todo el mundo y traducido a 20 idiomas distintos.

El paradigma de redes sostiene que nos hallamos todos conectados de múltiples maneras. Así, cada comunidad se encuentra enlazada por nexos formales que conectan a aquellos que tienen actividades, proyectos u objetivos en común; pero también por lazos informales, a veces azarosos, tejidos por afinidades en otros aspectos de sus intereses y su personalidad. Estudios recientes demuestran que las leyes de las redes vivas, también llamadas redes complejas, se cumplen en el área de las conexiones neuronales, del pensamiento, de la percepción, de la capacidad para generar empatía y de la integración de equipos creativos y las comunidades.

La ciencia de las redes destaca que agregar cualquier lazo informal a una red formal aumenta exponencialmente su conectividad. Las redes vivas son sistemas abiertos de conectividad ilimitada, caracterizadas por dinámicas específicas: contagio, viralización y propiedades emergentes.

El modelo de Pensamiento en Red destaca que las personas más aptas para crear redes y mantenerlas activas son aquellas que desarrollan diversos talentos, intereses y experiencias en áreas a veces muy alejadas de su profesión o actividad habitual. Estas personas aportan a la red sus lazos humanos informales, a la vez que su riqueza de modelos mentales y su gran conectividad entre ideas, que les permiten exportar conocimientos de un área a otra.

El concepto de Pensamiento en Red, a la vez que integra el pensamiento lineal con el funcionamiento intuitivo, propone un pensar que no es individual ni colectivo, sino conectivo. "La combinatoria de ambos tipos de conexión entre ideas da como resultado un pensamiento complejo, integrador y original: el Pensamiento en Red. Las ideas se conectan así de distintos modos, llevando a la resolución alternativa de conflictos, la innovación en la forma de hacer las cosas y la confluencia de recursos que parecían distantes. Además, aquellos que cultivan la disciplina de pensar en red, desarrollan una intensa y extensa conectividad con los otros y sus ideas".

La cultura popular
La Dra. Abadi no sólo es reconocida por sus aportes científicos sino por su interés en diversas disciplinas relacionadas con la cultura popular. Hace más de veinte años está vinculada con el universo del tango: la música, el canto, el baile, la historia y la cultura. Escribió para la revista El Tangauta, publicó el libro "El Bazar de los Abrazos. Crónicas milongueras" traducido al alemán, inglés, sueco, italiano y francés. Algunos capítulos tienen su versión en más de veinte idiomas. Es autora del blog que lleva el mismo nombre.

Además desarrolló varios guiones y presentaciones en diferentes ámbitos relacionados con el tango.

Es Directora Ejecutiva de Espacio Aguaribay, Arte, Ciencia y Cultura, una casona del barrio de Belgrano en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires que perteneció al ingeniero Giuliano Astolfoni y se transformó en un espacio interdisciplinario para reuniones, capacitaciones, muestras de arte, cursos, talleres y conciertos.

Publicaciones

Libros

Pensamiento en red
Un libro basado en un modelo que integra avances de la psicología, las neurociencias, la ciencia de las redes vivas y las nuevas teorías de la comunicación. El texto explora cómo opera el pensamiento creativo y, a través del paradigma colaborativo, busca soluciones nuevas a conflictos diversos, interviniendo en el desarrollo de personas y organizaciones. Se tradujo al portugués.

La Prodigiosa Trama
Es un libro en el que las historias se entrelazan, creando un tejido colorido. Recorriendo las anécdotas, podrán descubrir la red invisible que nos define y nos condiciona. También, revisar las conexiones mentales que son la base de nuestro potencial creativo. Y examinar los modos en que nos relacionamos cuando generamos vínculos vitales y expansivos.

El bazar de los abrazos
El Bazar narra los entretelones del tango a través de relatos breves, desde de la observación, el baile y las confidencias. Fue traducido al inglés, francés, italiano, alemán, sueco y es su cuarta edición en castellano. Despertó el interés de antropólogos y sociólogos que lo incorporaron como material de lectura en diversas universidades.

Transiciones
Un recorrido por las ideas de D. W. Winnicott para explorar, transitar, re-crear. Funciona con un formato de guía de viaje que propone al lector circuitos para recorrer a pie una ciudad, señalando los puntos de interés. "Deja tiempos y espacios para que cada uno descubra y encuentre su propia ciudad, y pueda inventar su propio viaje". También invita a acceder a una comprensión global del clima intelectual del autor. Fue traducido al portugués.

Artículos en libros y revistas
A continuación se detallan algunos de los artículos más destacados de la Dra. Abadi:

 "Los caminos de la creatividad y la innovación", publicado en la revista Dossier de Creatividad, Número 1, noviembre de 2019
 "En la era de las redes los liderazgos se volvieron menos verticales", publicado en la revista 36 Aniversario de Apertura; Edición 306, junio de 2019
 "Del círculo a la red: ¿acaparar o compartir?". Sonia Abadi en Circular Innova. Noviembre de 2019.
 "Emprendedores en la red, más allá del networking". Sonia Abadi en Circular Innova. Noviembre de 2019.
 "Sonia Abadi: El mundo necesita que todo lo hagamos con el otro". Revista Sophia. Enero de 2019.
 "Sonia Abadi. Pensamiento en Red: el sistema en el que las mujeres se destacan". Por Lucila Lopardo. Diario La Nación. Diciembre de 2018.
 "Reinventarse después de los 50". Revista Sophia. Septiembre de 2018
 "Cuando el pensar viene en formato Excel". Sonia Abadi. Diario Clarín. Septiembre de 2016
 "Pensar en red, un método para liberar la creatividad en las empresas". Diario La Nación. Julio de 2016
 "Yo soy así: la máscara de la neurosis". Diario Clarín. Junio de 2016.
 "Mentes en Red para un mundo en Red: creatividad, conectividad y vínculos". Congreso Winnicott. Noviembre 2012
 "Crisis y cambio". Revista Enfoque Previsional. Octubre 2012
 "Los directivos apuestan a la creatividad aplicada al negocio". Infobae. Septiembre 2012
 "Cómo ser más creativos: Pensar y percibir en Red". Revista Enfoque Previsional. Abril 2012
 "La Red Nutrición 10 Hambre cero: conectando la diversidad". Revista Observatorio Social. Febrero 2012
 "El arte de pensar y colaborar en Red. Un talento imprescindible para los nuevos escenarios". Revista Junín. Febrero 2012
 "Pensamiento en Red, un modelo conceptual en sintonía con los nuevos paradigmas". Revista Nostromo. Febrero 2011
 "Mentes en Red para un escenario en Red: velocidad y profundidad, expansión y anclaje". Revista Mañana Profesional. Diciembre 2010
 "El arte de Pensar en Red". Diario Clarín. 11 de julio de 2010
 "Cómo ser más creativos y estar mejor conectados". Revista Psicología Positiva. Junio 2010
 "El líder lineal y el líder en red: del autoritarismo a la colaboración". VIII Congreso Argentino de Psicoanálisis. Mayo 2010
 "Un talento imprescindible para los nuevos escenarios". Clarín IECO. Abril 2012
 "Para crear redes y Trabajar en Red hay que pensar en Red", publicado en la revista Darsecuenta, Año 2, Núm. 4; febrero de 2009
 "Transicionalidade e novos paradigmas:notas para um pensamento en rede", publicado en Revista de Psicanálise de la Sociedad Psicoanalítica de Porto Alegre, Volumen XIV, N.º 3, diciembre de 2007
 "Pensamiento en Red, de la fría lógica a la máxima creatividad". Revista Materia Biz. 15 de noviembre de 2007
 "La creatividad como estrategia". Bloggers report. 12 de octubre de 2006
 "Así se baila el tango, los primeros pasos", publicado en Revista Otra Mirada, editada por la Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina, n 3, 2004
 "Entre a fronteira e a rede, anotaçoes para uma metapsicologia de liberdade", publicado por la Revista Brasileira de Psicoanálise, Volumen 37, N.º 1, 2003
 "Explorations: getting lost and finding your way in a potential space". En  Squiggles and Spaces: Revisiting the work of D. W. Winnicott, Bertolini M. et al.  London: Ed. Karnac Books. 2002.
 "El objeto transicional y otras paradojas en la teoría winnicottiana". Revista La Peste de Tebas. Ed. "La Peste", septiembre de 2001. Año 6.
 "Adicciones: Patologías graves en la adolescencia". Publicado en la Revista Era Adicciones. Gobierno de Chile, Ministerio del Interior. Número 4, marzo a junio de 2001.

Premios y distinciones
En 2013 fue galardonada con el premio "Gobernador Cresto" del Senado de La Nación como Líder para el Desarrollo de América Latina. Ese mismo año recibió el reconocimiento de Mujer Gema otorgado por el Grupo Empresario de Mujeres Argentinas.

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She bounds across the stage, completely self assured and confident in her 3 year old steps. She raises her arms above her head, lifts her face toward the sky and begins to sing.
"God, you are the greatest I have eber seeeeeenn."
She is not on the stage at church and it is not a song that she has memorized or learned. It's one of the many songs that she has made up on the spot lately. We have spent the day at the outdoor museum, hiking the trail, looking at animals, rejoicing in the beautiful Spring day that has arrived at the end of February. And she felt compelled in the middle of the playground to worship God.
As she sings and performs, a small crowd gathers. They stare with mouths agape at the tiny performer as she twirls and sings completely unaware.
This creative, imaginative, boisterous and passionate creature is a gift that God has given me and now, now I finally understand His love.
I thought I knew love. I even thought I knew unconditional love until I met her. Suddenly, I acknowledge that there is this raw, guttural love for her that I have never known for any other human being.
And she does not love me like that.
She loves me, but she does not understand the love I have for her.
Our relationship with God is like that.
When she stumbles, my heart skips a beat, I hold my breath and reach my arms out for her.
God's arms are outstretched each and every time we stumble, waiting for us to dust ourselves off and come to Him.
When she recites her ABCs, counts correctly, or is sweet to a friend, I beam with pride and joy for her accomplishment.
God rejoices in our accomplishments and basks in the glory of our acknowledgement of his assistance with those accomplishments.
When she purposely disregards my warnings and my threats (over and over and over), and jumps on the couch, writes on the walls, slams doors with the defiance of a spoiled 15 year old, I become so enraged, so angry and disappointed that she cannot (and will not) listen to me.
God is angered by our choices, our decision to not follow his word, (on occasion) to not even read his word, to keep secrets from him, lie to ourselves and our neighbors.
When she was first born and I stared into that beautiful face and marveled at a face that I felt that I had known forever. I wondered how people, how I, could see sin in this beautifully innocent child.
Then she turned 2. And she lied for the very first time.
And I cried because I knew. I understood that Sin lives within all of us, no matter how hard our parents work to keep us free from it or how much they pray that we will not fall victim to it, no matter how cute or smart or talented we may be, we are all sinful beings.
As disappointed as I was at this revelation, I can only imagine how hurt, dejected and angry God must have been when Adam and Eve disobeyed him, or when the Jewish people that he saved from the Egyptians blatantly disregarded his laws for them.
Becoming a parent has taught me a very small fraction about the neverending, never ceasing love that God has for us.
And I am so grateful for the lesson.


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BEN WHISHAW in Mojo
Ben Whishaw stars in a major new revival of Jez Butterworth's play Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
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Ben's film credits include The Zero Theorem, In The Heart Of The Sea, Lilting, Cloud Atlas, Skyfall, For Viola And Piano, The Tempest, Bright Star, Brideshead Revisited, The International, I'm Not There, Restraint Of Beasts, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, Stoned, Enduring Love, 77 Beds, Layer Cake, The Trench, My Brother Tom and The Escort.
Ben Whishaw's TV credits include Richard II, for which he won a Best Leading Actor BAFTA, The Hour, All Signs Of Death, Criminal Justice (Winner – International Emmy Award For Best Actor 2009), Nathan Barley, Booze Cruise, Ready When You Are Mr. Mcgill and Other People's Children.
On stage Ben has appeared in Peter And Alice alongside Judi Dench, The Pride, Cock, Some Trace Of Her, Leaves Of Glass, The Seagull, Mercury Fur and Hamlet for Trevor Nunn at the Old Vic.
Ben Whishaw stars in Jez Butterworth's award-winning play Mojo, directed by Ian Rickson, at the Harold Pinter Theatre this autumn.
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BOOK SIGNING AT BROWSEABOUT BOOKS, REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE
Come meet Dr. Norene Moskalski, author of the medical eco-thriller Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam, featuring the Rehoboth Bay Area, at BrowseAbout Books for a book signing and conversation.
The book signing will take place on Friday, August 2nd, beginning at 10:00 AM.
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Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 19971
NOCTURNE, OPUS 1: SEA FOAM
Drs. Kate and Jake Connors are research professors at Atlantic University's Institute for Public Policy and Safety, which is dedicated to peacefully resolving international conflicts caused by climate change. They also serve as covert agents for a privately-funded, scientific subdivision of the Institute known only as the Agency.
While vacationing at Venice's Lido Beach, Kate and Jake witness one of the first cases of a normally passive waterborne bacterium infecting a human. Along the shores of the Rehoboth Bay, the Mid-Atlantic States, and Coastal Europe, one in ten people begin dying from exposure to the bacteria, and all of them are young adults in their twenties and thirties.
Racing against time and across continents, Kate and Jake must find the cure for Bacillus nocturne, track down the rogue scientist who genetically modified the bacterium, and solve the mystery surrounding its specifically targeted victims . . .
before it contaminates the world's water supply.
62 YEARS OF GLOBAL WARMING
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NASA HAS PRODUCED THIS AMAZING VIDEO SHOWING HOW TEMPERATURES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE RISEN OVER THE PAST 62 YEARS:
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The acceleration of the temperature trend in the late 1970s can be noted as the greenhouse gas emissions from energy production increased worldwide. At the same time, clean air laws reduced emissions of pollutants, producing a cooling effect on the climate but only serving to mask the warming signals around the globe.
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York (GISS) provided the data. NASA states, "All 10 of the warmest years in the GISS analysis have occurred since 1998, continuing a trend of temperatures well above the mid-20th century average."
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, AMERICA!
Get Ready For Great Photographs of Prime Hook Beach & Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
This Sunday, Delaware's The News Journal will feature beautiful photographs of a hidden wonder along the Delaware Bay--Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and Prime Hook Beach. Breathtaking photos of wildlife and the open access areas for public enjoyment will be featured. The article is entitled, "Prime Hook: Photographs of the Off-the-Beaten Path Beach."
A few miles east of Milton, Delaware, and 22 miles southeast of Dover, the quiet shores of Prime Hook Beach can be reached via Prime Hook Road, a left turn off of Delaware Route 1 South.
Directly behind the community of homes lining the beach is the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was created in 1963 by the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act as a sanctuary expressly for migrating birds. It encompasses nearly 10,000 diverse acres of freshwater and saltwater marshes, woodlands, grasslands, bottomland forested habitats, scrub brush zones, farming lands, ponds, and a seven mile long creek. Naturally occurring tidal salt marshes make up 2300 acres of the refuge, and man-made freshwater ponds cover 4000 acres. Administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the freshwater impoundment systems were built in the 1980's to provide refuge officials the means to raise and lower water levels in the ponds to accommodate the needs of migratory birds during different seasons of the year. The ponds provided habitat for wintering waterfowl, places to feed for spring and fall migratory shorebirds, and nesting areas for wading birds in the summer.
And therein lies the rub. Having provided beautiful habitat for bird watching and wildlife viewing, the refuge created the perfect conditions for housing development along the bay coast: water views both east and west of established residences and newly built homes. But since 2006, multiple hurricanes have caused sea water to breach the dunes, causing an influx of sediment and saltwater into the freshwater ponds, killing most of the vegetation and limiting the use of the ponds by migrating and local birds, as well as by local wildlife populations.
The beauty of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge will be preserved in the beautiful photo layout in The News Journal on Sunday, but all of Delaware and the nation needs to rally behind permanently preserving our national wildlife refuges.
Egrets Resting in Trees at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge


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Jaanus Kuum (Tallinn, 2 oktober 1964 – Oslo, 26 augustus 1998) was een Noors wielrenner van Estse afkomst.

De van oorsprong uit Estland komende Kuum gebruikte in 1984 een wedstrijd in het westen om te vluchten naar Noorwegen waar de ouders van zijn vader woonden. Hij kreeg nog hetzelfde jaar het Noors staatsburgerschap. Daarna zocht hij zijn heil in Frankrijk waar hij als amateur fietste. In 1986 werd hij prof. Hij was ooit een grote belofte en een talentvol tijdrijder, maar kon de verwachtingen nooit waarmaken. Hij stopte in 1994. Kuum pleegde zelfmoord op 33-jarige leeftijd in zijn woning in Oslo nadat zijn rijwielwinkel in de Verenigde Staten failliet was gegaan.

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Integrity Commission > Publications and Resources > Publications > Investigation reports > 2019 > Report 2 of 2019 summary
Report 2 of 2019 summary
An investigation into alleged misconduct by the Hon Michael Ferguson MP and the Hon William Hodgman MP, in relation to Cricket Australia employee, Angela Williamson.
This is a summary report of an investigation undertaken by the Integrity Commission arising from a complaint received in August 2018.
The complaint contained allegations of misconduct against the Hon Michael Ferguson MP, Minister for Health, and possibly other senior Government members. The complainant alleged that Mr Ferguson may have released private information about an employee of Cricket Australia, Angela Williamson, and that Ms Williamson's employment was terminated because of Government influence.
An assessment of the complaint was undertaken by the Commission. The assessment considered the allegations against Mr Ferguson. It also considered allegations against another Government member, Premier the Hon William Hodgman MP.
At the end of the assessment, we determined to investigate whether Mr Ferguson and Mr Hodgman had exercised undue influence leading to the termination of Ms Williamson's employment. The investigation was not into whether the termination of Ms Williamson's employment was justified.
The investigation involved the use of the Commission's coercive powers, including collecting information from three witnesses by:
obtaining a statutory declaration from Ms Williamson
interviewing the Chief Executive Officer of Cricket Tasmania, Nick Cummins, and
interviewing a former Cricket Tasmania Board member, Paul Green.
At the completion of the investigation, the investigator's draft report was sent to Mr Ferguson, Mr Hodgman and all three witnesses for comment. The same persons were also provided an opportunity to comment on the recommendations of the Commission's Chief Executive Officer to the Commission's Board, and on this summary report.
The investigator found that, on the balance of probabilities, the allegations against Mr Ferguson and Mr Hodgman were not substantiated. Instead, it was found that Cricket Tasmania's withdrawal of support for Ms Williamson, which led to her employment termination, was a decision made without active and intentional Government involvement.
The Board of the Commission subsequently determined that the matter should be dismissed. The Board also determined that it is in the public interest that a summary of the investigator's report be tabled in both Houses of Parliament, in accordance with section 11(3) of the Integrity Commission Act 2009.
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These photos were taken on a particularly sunny and warm day in Orange County, which we fully took advantage of by having a delicious outdoor lunch at Zinc followed by hours of frolicking along Laguna Beach. I found this crazy bedrock on one end of the beach and spent most of my time there inspecting little sea creatures + enjoying the epic scenery.
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He always thought of the sea as lamar, which is what people call her in spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her, but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fisherman, those who used buoys as floats for their lines or had motorboats bought when the shark lovers had much money, spoke of her as elmar, which is masculine, they spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. The old man always thought of her as feminine, as something that gave or withheld great favors. If she did wild or wicked things, it is because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.
- The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway.


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Myra Davies (Music by Beate Bartel & Gudrun Gut) – Sirens
Posted: 1 February 2017 in Albums
Tags: Album Review, Beate Bartel, electro, Gudrun Gut, Moabit Misik, Myra Davies, Sirens, Spoken Word, synth
Moabit Music – 27th January 2017
Despite having three previous albums to her credit, including one with Gudrun Gut, this is my first encounter with Canadian spoken word artist Myra Davies. I sometimes wonder, as an occasional spoken – or shouted – word performer myself why there aren't more talkers putting out spoken word recordings. As a medium, spoken word is enjoying a surge in popularity, with both open mic and curated spoken word nights springing up all over, in addition to those longstanding ones which have survived, sometimes by virtue of being the only platform around for a form of entertainment which is, one could argue, the oldest of all.
There are a fair few big name authors who have extensive catalogues – Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Henry Rollins are among the first names which spring to mind – but apart from the odd clip on YouTube, it seems that very few writers who read aloud commit their voices to the recorded medium. Granted, some writers simply aren't cut out to perform, and sadly, their readings to their material a disservice. But then, when done well, performance can bring a piece of writing to life and convey elements of the work not always immediately apparent to a reader. It's all about the emphasis, the intonation. And there's nothing to say spoken word recordings have to replicate the experience of those readings which take place in pubs and libraries: there is infinite scope to render the words very differently and to add myriad depths and dimensions – as Joe Hakim's collaboration with Ashley Reaks and the recent album by The Eagertongue evidence – when done well, spoken word can be exciting and can reconfigure whatever perceptions one may have of the genre – which, of course, isn't really a genre. Because spoken word can spill into so many other fields, and far beyond rap at that. Kate Tempest? C'mon, please! Her accessible, right-on doggerel may be well-meaning, but it's little more than sixth-form poetry delivered in a hip-hop style without the beats.
On Sirens, Myra Davies brings the beats, thanks to her two musical collaborators, Beate Bartel and Gudrun Gut, who provide the backing to alternate tracks Despite this, Sirens demonstrates a remarkable cohesion, and doesn't flip-flop between styles. Davies is a fantastic orator: she's not only blessed with a cool, laconic tone, which benefits from her dry Canadian accent, but she's also got a real sense of what works for narrating her own words. Sounds simple, but many writers lack this skill.
'Armand Monroe' sets the tone: sparse, angular, electropop with a funk groove, it's cold yet fiery, as Davies spins out a succession of evocative imags. Jittery, tense robotix with propulsive, grinding synths abound, and wibbly loops and sumptuously spacey motoric beats dominate the album. 'Golddress' is a taut effort: listening through 'phones, I find I have a racing pulse and my sense of anxiety increases as the track builds: it's steely, detached tone is curiously out of kilter with real time and current space, it's hard to let it simply pass.
Instead of sounding like a retro hash of futuristic music from the 80s – to which it does bear clear parallels – Sirens captures a sense of alienation, of otherness. It's not simply in the weird doubling and echo-based effects on the vocals, or the treatments of the drums, or the twitchy, slowly warping effects of the synth backings – all of which contribute to Sirens being far more than a 'spoken word' album – but a combination of all of these factors, with the addition of something intangible. Perhaps it's simply the restrained force and clinical focus of Davies' delivery of words which are both gritty and discomforting. Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that Sirens is a superlative work of art. A hybrid of spoken word and electro-pop / coldwave / etc., it represents a perfect creative synthesis.
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Music Video: "Fool of a Kind" by Marine Life
New single from Des de Leon's latest indie pop adventure
You don't know how happy I am to hear the new single from Bay Area indie pop band Marine Life. Fronted by Des de Leon, who used to make music with one of my favorite bands Julie Plug, they make colorful sixties-influenced sunshine pop. Just watch the new music video for "Fool of a Kind." It's a happy tune:
I mean, really, how can you not sing along with that? It's the kind of song that gets you out of bed. "Fool of a Kind" is available on vinyl as a signed and numbered limited edition 7" single (which includes a free digital MP3 download) from Elefant Records.
For further information on Marine Life and their music, check out the band's Facebook page.
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Gains outpace losses for single moms
Howard Frank, surgeon and inventor, dies
Kennedy School study documents progress since welfare reform legislation
The lives of single mothers and their families improved in the post-welfare reform age, despite the negative impacts of the 2001-02 recession. That's the finding in a new study authored by Wiener Center Research Fellow Scott Winship and Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy Christopher Jencks, both at the Kennedy School.
The study examined the lives of single-mother-led families between April 1995 and December 2002. Winship and Jencks found that poverty and food-related problems were less common among single mothers and their children in 2002 than in 1995. The data indicate that food-related problems declined among mother-led families between 1995 and 2000, then rose slightly between 2000 and 2002. Overall, however, the decline in food-related problems in the years immediately following enactment of welfare reform legislation in 1996 was far larger than the subsequent increase during the recession years of 2001-02.
The authors focused specifically on one form of material hardship – the degree to which single mothers experienced problems feeding their families. More than 56 percent of the full survey sample reported running short on money and stretching the food budget in April 1995. Just 45 percent reported similar problems in December 2002. More than 10.5 percent of survey mothers reported having a child not eating enough in 1995. That figure was down to 8.1 percent in 2002.
"These conclusions were a bit of a surprise," said Jencks. "We had feared that while moving mothers from welfare to work would boost their income, it might decrease their material standard of living. But these results disprove that theory."
Winship and Jencks found that trends in the official poverty rate were valid indicators of trends in material hardship between 1995 and 2002. The poverty rate dropped substantially during that time period.
"Whether or not welfare reform is responsible for these positive trends is still a question, but the results of our study contradict the prediction that welfare reform would lead to larger reductions in poverty than in material hardship," Winship said. "They also disprove the claim that rising employment among single mothers would not raise their material standard of living."


A few basics on sun safety are well worth noting.
Firstly - how wonderful is the sun? It energizes us, warming our bodies into a state of sun-enriched euphoria by raising those endorphins and creating vitamin D to boost the status of our health system.
Like all good things though, too much of it and we have a problem!
Being safe in the sun revolves mostly around being better informed about the potential damaging effects of the sun's UVA and UVB rays on our skin and what the best ways to protect ourselves and our families are.
Over exposure to the sun causes wrinkles, age spots on our faces and hands, and is the number one cause of skin cancer.
Aging skin is a very normal part of growing old.
Premature aging however, is predominantly caused by over-exposure to the sun's rays.
Over the years, the ultraviolet rays will damage the fibers in our skin which are called elastin, breaking them down and causing the skin to sag, stretch and lose the elasticity that enables your skin to bounce back when pinched.
Another sign is that the skin will bruise more easily and bleed more readily if scratched or such. Healing or repairing any damage then takes much longer than it used to.
The skin can sometimes have the capability of repair itself, although completely reversing the damage is extremely difficult.
Choose a non-toxic sunscreen with SPF30 or SPF40 UVB protection, plus high UVA protection and apply liberally before planning on being outdoors.
Avoid excessive direct sun exposure during peak UV radiation hours between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Create sun safety awareness with your children and act as a role model to teach them careful habits that will last a lifetime.
Contrary to what was previously thought a couple of decades back, UVA has been found to be more damaging than UVB.
This has led to organizations worldwide recommending "broad spectrum" protection sunscreens.
Babies under the age of 6 months of age are ideally kept out of the direct sunshine.
If outdoors with them, keep them shaded under a canopy, umbrella, tree, stroller cover, etc.
If entirely unable to avoid being in the sun, protect their skin with adequate clothing without over-heating them and apply a mineral based sunscreen - not a chemical based one - to the exposed areas such as the hands, face and neck.
The earlier you get your child used to wearing a hat the better!
Try to find a sunscreen that is made with mineral sunscreens only with no chemical sunscreen blended with them.
Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide are much lighter on children's tender young skin.
As children are usually so active a water resistant sunscreen is preferable.
If an untried sunscreen, test for allergies first by applying some sunscreen to the inner arm.
Always be careful when applying to the face, specifically avoiding the eyes.
Choose clothing with added UPF protection if possible, but otherwise make sure they are cool and comfortable so that they don't want to strip off when getting all hot and bothered.
Once again, if you can persuade your child that a hat a good thing, you've won a lifetime habit for them. Fortunately hats are quite fashionably acceptable these days.
Sunglasses with UV protection may be a good idea for those children with fair hair and blue eyes especially.
If any sun burn arises, seek healing assistance as quickly as possible.
Reapply as indicated is required or at least every 2 hours.
"dedicated to reducing the incidence of skin cancer and creating national awareness of this important health issue in America. "
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In a nutshell, Senior Chatters helps you build genuine friendships with 1000's of like-minded over fifties the world over. If you're over 50, not already a member, and looking to chat with new people your own age, take a look here and become a Senior Chatter today.
Funnily enough, that idea was not Senior Chatters, but another website, that unbeknown to me at the time would lay the foundation for things to come a decade later.
My first attempt at a website was something called 'Life Over 50'. It was a simple site consisting of articles relating to the over fifties; from senior health to fitness, I would simply publish articles that I thought others would find interesting and ultimately benefit from.
Social networks weren't really around back then so there wasn't any interaction among the people that regularly visited. Essentially, there wasn't a community feel or spirit to the site that I wanted to achieve.
"Wouldn't it be great if the people who visited Life-Over-50 could interact and chat with each other"?
The chat room was so successful that it didn't occur to me that the rest of the site would start to suffer because of it. It became clear to me that instead of posting articles to the over fifties, that I should refocus my efforts on creating a senior chat site with a real sense of community and friendship at its core.
Sure there were other sites out there, but they all seemed to be dating focused. There didn't seem to be anything really just for friendship.
So in April 2008 I launched LifeOver50SP.com - I know what you're thinking, what a catchy domain name that is, right? 🙂 Care to guess what the SP stood for...?
Members were able to create a profile; participate in the senior chat rooms; send instant messages; post on the message boards and generally interact with each other to form genuine, worldwide friendships with other over fifties.
Things were going great, but I wasn't happy with the domain name lifeover50sp.com, so later that same month I decided to change it!
I wanted something easier to remember, brandable and a play on the two words that were becoming synonymous with the site - senior and chat.
Senior Chatters continued to grow month-by-month as over fifties from all over the world heard about our senior chat site and soon became loyal members.
Fast forward 3 years and it was clear that Senior Chatters was outgrowing itself, and fast. The code I had played with wasn't scalable and was becoming increasingly difficult to support and develop further.
It was obvious that a more robust CMS (content management system) and a faster dedicated server were required.
So in June 2011 I moved Senior Chatters onto a new CMS and Webhost. After a bit of research I settled on these guys. They're not the cheapest, but their up-time and support are fantastic!
My description of 'Life Over 50′ was a 'hole in the wall'. We had to waddle through all those advertisements and information that got boring after the first time, until we found the little gap that allowed us to enter this funny little chatroom that was basically just a blank page. I got totally lost and to this day have no idea how I actually found the place where I could actually type and chat. I think the most I ever found in there at one time would have been 4…(mostly due to my time zone I think) I even tried sending a private message at one time but had no idea if it ever got to its recipient and if it did it was the right person who got it. Despite the insecurity of being in such a strange looking place I was drawn back there time and time again and so life began. What an introuction that was to live chatting….yes, it was my first week of having a computer, my first time venturing into Google (I had used computer for games and letters etc up until then) and the first time I had ever experienced the ability to chat to someone on the other side of the world….something I did not know was possible until I entered the world of 'Life over 50'. Guess I did it all the hard way to….I was on dial up speed and, being green as grass with computers, had no idea there was any way to improve my experience until someone asked if I was on dial up….thanks Rob….I would never have known any different if you hadnt told me that…probably something you have regretted from that very day…hahahaha!!!!
It was during a blizzard, when I was stuck inside for days and going out of my mind, that I found Senior Chatters, and connected with people from all over the world. I never thought this would lead to friendships that have developed over the years and I never thought I'd actually meet these friends in "real life," but that did happen. So, again, congratulations on bringing people together and thank you.
I am here in northern California and enjoy very much the Senior Chatters website. Was wondering if you have breakdown where people are located as I have not found any from the west coast areas??? Many in England and Austraila I have talked with but having lived in Greece, Turkey, Germany, and visited Spain . Italy, Portugal do not see them???
Thanks annemarie, so glad you're still enjoying the site. I guess that's one of the attractions to Senior Chatters; you can use all of the features or just the ones you get the most enjoyment from. Some people solely use the chat rooms while others prefer private chatting or participating in the Blogs, Groups and Forums. There's no right or wrong way to use the site as everything is geared towards community and interaction.
You have all the thousands of names but some have not chatted in over 6 years. How do you know they have not died?. Seems you would check with all members once a year and see if they are going to pay the $47?
or free members, they may want to come back one day.
Rob, Congrats on 10 years~ That only proves what a success senior chatters is!
This is my second year and I am a lifer now. I had tried other rooms but they were a bit more that what I was looking for in a chat room.
I know I can come into senior chatters and find wonderful friendships around the world! I have learned so much from others!
I love the monitoring most of all. I know I can come on here and enjoy a good conversation without all the hassle.
You have created an awesome site Rob! Again I thank you!
Rob congratulations on a job well done – and for sharing the background on SC – very interesting. I 'stumbled' on SC in 2012 while trying to locate an organization I used to work for in Newfoundland. I was cautious about getting on a chat site at first, but thought I'd try the free 14 day offer as the site seemed to offer a variety of groups and people from many countries. All I can say is I am glad I took the 'plunge'. Although I very rarely drop into the 'Chat Room' – I enjoy participating in or popping in and out of the many topics offered.
Rob, Let me say the site is technically the best I have ever seen. it is very user friendly , very systematic and very transparent in all respects.
My compliments for doing such a high class job , to you and your staff.
Rob, your history is interestingand you did learn not to repeat mistakes. You hit the nail on the head. I want, and I think most seniors need, a place that is by them, about them and for them. I try to write blogs and share information that is worth knowing and of value to other seniors. I hope more people will realize that every life is equally important, and there are others like them who can benefit from what they are and have experienced.
We all need community, and we all have to share and appreciate and respect each other in a good community. I love the design of senior chatters. It is a site that you just want to stop and stay a while. Thank you Rob.You seem to be a very nice and clever fellow.
Rob I guess this is the way to communicate with you. First of all let me congratulate you on the great job you have one with the Senior Chatters Site. I have been a member for a long time (I dont remember the exact date I did) but I was so impressed with it in the beginning I took out a life membership. I have continued to enjoy the site over the years. In recent time I have not been as active as I was in the earlier days but I do enjoy visiting from time to time. I find it a great place to make friends and to enter into the various groups of ones interest. I would like to say thank you for the good work and dedication. You are indeed a dedicated person.
PS I finally got back into the group and I posted a message for you on the opening page which I guess was the wrong place to do it. Thank you for your assistance in resolving my sign in problem.
Hi, I was told to go back the home, and then press community instead of the one to one how do I find the home button to press community to see every chatting????
I joined this lovely group of people nearly 18 months ago and I don't think there has been a day since when I haven't popped in for a chat or a visit to one of the groups on site that I joined. This is a truly marvellous site and I'm so very glad I discovered it. Thanks a million Rob for your wonderful creation. ?
I have just jouned & I cant find out if its a site you have to pay for. Can somebody advise me please.


Thunderstorms arrived just moments before the tournament was scheduled to get under way and delayed the start by 30 minutes, but play was suspended again less than an hour later due to the threat of further lightning.
The players finally returned to the course two hours later, and the overall delay meant that 42 of the afternoon starters were unable to complete their rounds before another thunderstorm saw play abandoned for the day.
Defending champion Graeme McDowell was among the unfinished rounds as the two-time winner was one over with just one hole to play, while in-form German Max Kieffer held the lead on the course at four under par with four holes remaining.
Bernd Wiesberger set the early clubhouse target at three under after he carded four birdies in his first 14 holes before dropping his only shot of the day on the par-three eighth – his 17th – when he three-putted from long range.
"I played okay," Wiesberger told Sky Sports 4 after signing for a 68. "I was not driving it great early on and was scrambling round. I had a couple of four or five footers for par but the chances I had I took nicely.
Dubuisson also started at the 10th and had been one over par after five holes, but he birdied the 18th after his approach cleared the water in front of the green by just a few feet and he also picked up shots on the third, fifth and seventh.
The Ryder Cup star, who stamped on his clubs in frustration after a closing 73??in the BMW International on Sunday, almost found water with his tee shot on the??ninth but scrambled a par to the delight of the home crowds.
"I made a really unlucky bogey on 14 with three??good shots and then had the three most difficult holes coming in 15, 16 and 18??but managed to stay calm and make a really good birdie on 18," Dubuisson said.
Jaco Van Zyl also handed in a 68. while Germany's Martin Kaymer, who missed the cut in the defence of his US Open title??at Chambers Bay and also made an early exit in Munich, was a shot off the??clubhouse lead after three birdies and one bogey in his 69.
McDowell successfully defended a title for the first time in his career 12 months ago and would become the first player since Marcel Dallemagne in 1938 to win the French Open three times in succession with another victory on Sunday.
The former US Open champion would also become just the sixth player to claim a??hat-trick of European Tour titles in the same event and battled back from three??over par after 10 holes with birdies on the 15th and 17th.


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Guess Which Former Disney Star Is Now 27 And Looks Super 'Suite' In A Bikini?
#former child stars
by Douglas Charles October 9, 2015 9:19 am
Did you get it based on the headline? "Suite" as in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck? Ashley Tisdale would have been a good guess, but we've seen her around so no, it's not her. I'm talking about Brenda Song, aka London Tipton.
For six years, fans of those shows saw Song playing the spoiled little rich girl, but now at age 27 she's all grown up and looking as fine as wine.
Unfortunately it doesn't look like she's been doing a whole lot of acting since The Suite Life on Deck went off the air in 2011. She was on that show Dads for one season on Fox, but it was canceled after one season last year. Somehow we missed that one.
Too bad too, because from the looks of this bikini photo she shared, she should definitely be on our televisions.
A post shared by Brenda Song (@brendasong)
Also of note, Song also looks pretty "sweet" now when she isn't in a bikini as well.
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The Cape Breton Highlanders have a long and courageous history dating back to 1871 when they were first formed. The Regiment was then known as the 94th Victoria Regiment, and was stationed at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Original personel of the Regiment were mostly Scots, who came from the Duke of Argyll's estates in the highlands of Scotland. The 94th became a Regiment in 1879, adopting the sub-title Argyll Highlanders, and wearing their tartan. At that time the Regiment consisted of four companies, and at a later date four more companies were recruited, and continued to be part of the Regiment until the outbreak of World War One. In August 1914 the 94th was called to Active Service, 2400 men were sent to the 85th Battalion, and the 185th Battalion, Cape Breton Highlanders. In 1939 the Cape Breton Highlanders were called to Active Service and after hard training in England joined the campaigns in Italy, the French Riveria and the Netherlands. The Battalion was disbanded in 1946 and the 2nd Battalion then became the Cape Breton Highlanders with headquarters at Victoria Park, Sydney with companies in Sydney, Glace Bay, Sydney Mines, New Waterford and Baddeck.