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Improve fin. situation, community with switch to CU difference, says DailyWorth
NEW YORK (3/22/16)--Switching to a credit union from a bank can be a formidable task, but personal finance website DailyWorth noted the many ways consumers can benefit from such a move.
Two New York credit unions--Brooklyn Cooperative FCU and Municipal CU--emphasized the cooperative, community-focused business model that differentiates credit unions from other financial institutions.
Because the money credit unions make goes back to members in the form of loans, it's reinvested in the community--compared with big banks that send profits to stockholders. "It's kind of like buying at a local clothing store instead of buying at a national chain," said Michael Mattone, Municipal CU assistant vice president of public relations and corporate communications.
The website, which focuses on financial and career insights for women, included credit union statistics provided by Zan McElway, deputy chief strategic communications officer for the Credit Union National Association, and it directed readers to aSmarterChoice.org to find a credit union to join.
Credit union membership benefits include member dividends, higher interest rates on savings, lower rates on loans, no or low fees, shared branching and surcharge-free ATM networks.
"It might take some effort, but moving from a big bank to a credit union is one step you can take to improve you own financial situation as well as your community," writer Liz Pelly noted.


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Jets head to Chicago looking for fourth straight win
Winnipeg Jets at Chicago Blackhawks
The Jets have won their last three games against the Blackhawks, including two this season. Winnipeg is 5-1-0 in their last six road games against Chicago.
The Jets have won their last three games by scores of 5-2, 5-2 and 5-2. It's the fourth time in franchise history that the Thrashers or Jets won three consecutive games with each win by at least a three-goal margin.
Pierre-Luc Dubois has tallied three points in each of the Jets' last two games. It's the first time a Jets player has recorded consecutive three-point games this season and the first time Dubois has done so in his six-season NHL career.
The Blackhawks suffered a 3-0 loss in each of their last two games, the first time Chicago was shut out in consecutive games since the 2017 playoffs (Games 1-2 vs. Nashville) and the first time in regular-season play since 2014-15. The last time the Blackhawks were shut out in three straight games was in October 2006.
Patrick Kane had seven shots on goal in the Blackhawks' loss to the Devils on Tuesday, the most shots on goal in one game by a Chicago player this season. Kane had seven or more shots on goal in six games last season, with a high of 10 (vs. Colorado).
Josh Morrissey has 13 assists in his 12 road games this season, which ties him with the Canucks' Quinn Hughes for the NHL high among defensemen. Morrissey had 12 assists in 40 road games for the Jets last season.
The Winnipeg Jets will try to extend a three-game win streak when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.
Winnipeg played the first game of a back-to-back set on Thursday, winning 5-2 over the host St. Louis Blues. Jets center Mark Scheifele recorded two assists, including his 600th career point when he set up Blake Wheeler's power-play goal that made it 3-0 in the second period.
The Jets remain tied for the Central Division lead with the Dallas Stars, who also won on Thursday. Winnipeg's success is a surprising development, particularly in a division that features the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche and with the Jets widely considered to have needed a culture change in the offseason.
Part of that alteration was bringing in former Stars head coach Rick Bowness, who made the difficult decision to strip Wheeler of the captain's "C."
That decision seemingly is paying dividends, as Wheeler has responded to losing the captaincy by putting up impressive offensive numbers. The goal against the Blues was his eighth of the season, part of a two-point night that increased Wheeler's point total to 24 in 25 games.
"Blake was able to step back and embrace the change, he's been a leader without having to be a leader," Bowness said earlier this week. "In doing that we gave other players more responsibility, and Blake has simply done his job so well. He's turned any negative into a positive."
The Blackhawks, on the other hand, have experienced more negatives than positives this season.
Chicago enters play Friday tied for the second-lowest point total in the NHL and is coming off back-to-back shutout defeats.
In the most recent setback, Chicago fell to the red-hot New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Tuesday in Newark, N.J. The Blackhawks only mustered 24 shots, including just four in the third period.
"We're just not getting any puck luck, but it goes like that," Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said after that loss. "I think you have to create your own. You have to just bear down on a few of those chances and try and create a little bit more offensive zone time."
The struggles in Chicago have only added to the ongoing saga with long-time stars Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews.
The longtime faces of the franchise who lifted three Stanley Cups for the Blackhawks are both in the final year of their contracts and will be unrestricted free agents in the summer.
With each Chicago loss, the likelihood of Kane and Toews waiving their no-movement clauses to get traded in season goes up.
Kane is leading Chicago with 20 points in 25 games this season. Toews is third on the team with 14 points in 24 games.
If there's a benefit for Chicago, it's that Winnipeg is completing a back-to-back and had to travel on Thursday night after its game in St. Louis.
The Jets also likely will turn to backup goalie David Rittich, who has an .881 save percentage in five starts. The Jets' No. 1 goalie, Connor Hellebuyck, ranks fourth in the NHL this season with a 2.26 goals-against average and second with a .932 save percentage.
Chicago likely will start Arvid Soderblom in goal. The rookie has a 3.19 GAA and a .906 save percentage in 12 games this season.

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Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has today hailed Orkney as at the "forefront of energy innovation" ahead of the official launch of the Surf and Turf hydrogen project [27/09/17].
"The official launch of the pioneering Surf n Turf project is exciting news and a tribute to the hard work and determination of all involved. It is also further evidence of Orkney's place at the forefront of energy innovation.
"Using hydrogen as a carbon neutral fuel for transport opens up significant new opportunities, including a means of powering Orkney's future ferry fleet.
"In meeting these ambitions, however, strong and consistent support from both the Scottish and UK government will be essential. Given the prize at stake, the case for that support is compelling".
The Surf and Turf hydrogen project project is led by the Kirkwall based team of Scotland-wide energy charity, Community Energy Scotland, working closely with EMEC, Orkney Islands Council, Eday Renewable Energy, and ITM Power.
The system draws renewable electricity either from tidal turbines at the tidal test site of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), or from the onshore wind turbine run by the Eday community.
An electrolyser uses the electricity to split water into its component parts hydrogen and oxygen. As it is produced from renewable electricity, hydrogen is a clean fuel that causes no carbon emissions.


Substance abuse, or drug abuse, happens when a person uses a drug over and over again, in ways that hurt their health. The person is using the drug to change his or her mood or to feel better, not for any healthy reason. Sometimes when the person uses the drug for a long time, they will start to act differently. Some of the drugs are illegal to have or use, or can have certain limits that the person does not follow. Someone who thinks that they need a drug is called an addict.
1 Is it substance abuse?
2 What causes people to abuse substances?
3 What kind of drugs are abused?
Substance abuse can have different symptoms in different people. "Drug abuse" is not used in the DSM or ICD. In the DSM, the term "substance abuse" is used instead to mean the misuse of one of ten different types of drugs. A person can also become dependent on drugs. Repetitive use of a drug can cause dependence as well as tolerance. Tolerance happens when it takes more of a drug to produce the same effect than a previous time.
The term "drug misuse" is sometimes used when the drug being used is a prescription medication that are classified as sedatives (medicines that make someone calm), anxiolytics (medicines that make someone less worried or anxious), analgesics (medicines that reduce pain), or stimulants (medicines that give someone more energy). Someone who abuses there drugs may have to illegally buy them from someone who gets them from a doctor.
Not everyone agrees on the definition of substance abuse. Different countries have different rules for what is a drug and what drugs are illegal. People also do not agree about what is abuse. In most Western countries, one glass of wine is acceptable, but drinking more than one bottle at once is abuse. To some people, any drinking can be seen as abuse. In the United States, any use of marijuana is illegal, except in a few states where marijuana can be given by a doctor.
In many cases, when a person is using drugs, their thinking and behaviors change. Sometimes, they commit crimes while using drugs. They may do things that are not safe, like drive a car while drunk. When people abuse drugs over a longer time, their personalities often change as well. The people who abuse drugs are often addicted. Since many of these drugs are illegal, very often drug users have problems with the law.
There are two major ideas about why people abuse drugs. Many people believe that both can be true for different cases or with different people, which is one reason why different treatments work better or worse for different people.
One idea about why people use drugs is because of their genes. When a person's parents or grandparents have been addicted to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes or even coffee, the same genes that made them become addicted could be passed down to any of their children. When someone is born with the genes that increase addiction, it causes their brain and body to become dependent on drugs very quickly. But even if a person's genes make it easier for them to become addicted to drugs, that person still need to try a drug first, before they can become addicted on it. This idea also means that different people can have harder or easier time stopping drugs after they are already addicted.
The second major idea is that drug use is a habit that becomes harmful. It is always very hard to stop bad habits, but in this idea, drugs are one of the strongest bad habits because drugs cause so many changes in the brain. Each time a person uses drugs, the parts of the brain that think about drugs become stronger and stronger. In this idea, if a person likes drugs, that person starts to plan their day around using drugs. To stop a habit as strong as drug use, many other things about that person's life must also change. This idea also means that, the longer a person takes drugs, the harder it is for them to stop taking drugs.
People who abuse drugs have a high rate of suicide. This is because of the changes in the brain caused by drugs, both when they are being used and the changes they cause over time. Another cause is the loss of family and friends because of the drug abuse. In the United States, about 30% of all people who perform suicide have abused alcohol at some point.
People who misuse alcohol are more likely to have a number of mental health disorders. Alcoholics have a very high suicide rate. Suicide from alcoholism is more common in older adults. If a person drinks 6 or more drinks per day, they are six times more likely to commit suicide. Many heavy drinkers have major depressive disorder, and heavy drinking itself can cause major depressive disorder in a lot of alcoholics.
People are more likely to be depressed, and have a higher risk of suicide, if they have been abusing benzodiazepines (like Xanax) or using them for a long time. Depressed adolescents who were taking benzodiazepines were much more likely to hurt themselves or kill themselves.
Many studies have shown a link between smoking, thinking about suicide, and suicide attempts. In studies done with 50,000 nurses and 300,000 male U.S. Army soldiers, the people who smoked between 1 to 24 cigarettes per day had twice the suicide risk, and people who smoked 25 cigarettes or more had 4 times the suicide risk, as compared with those who had never smoked.
Misuse of drugs such as cocaine often has a link with suicide. When cocaine's effects wear off, people go through cocaine withdrawal. During this time, many people feel very bad. Suicide is most likely to happen during this time in people who use a lot of cocaine or are addicted. In younger adults, suicide more commonly happens when two or more drugs are taken together.
Crystal meth use has a strong link with depression and suicide, as well as a range of other bad effects on physical and mental health.
3% to 35% of deaths among heroin users are thought to be from suicide. Overall, heroin users are 14 times more likely than people who do not use heroin to die from suicide.
Treatment of substance abuse can include both therapy and medicine. Therapy for substance abuse helps people not use drugs when they feel they need to. For children and young adults, both the child and the family may have therapy. The child will learn how to not abuse, and the family will learn how to help the child. The organization Alcoholics Anonymous helps people with alcohol abuse.
For some kinds of substance abuse, medicine can be used to help. Some of these medicines, such as methadone, stop the drug from working in the brain. Other medicines can cause people to feel ill if they use the substance that they abuse. Some medicines, like bupropion, makes people stop wanting the drug so much.
Many substances can cause withdrawal. Withdrawal is group of bad feelings that happen when someone stops taking a drug suddenly, if they were regularly taking that drug before. For someone to have withdrawal, they must be dependent on the drug. Different drugs cause different things to happen during withdrawal. They can also cause different amounts of trouble for the person in withdrawal. Withdrawal for some drugs, like heroin and other opiates, can be dangerous or deadly, and should be done with a doctor or nurse taking care of the person in withdrawal.
About 9% of Americans have a substance abuse issue. Young people are the most likely to experiment with and abuse drugs. Drug abuse affects about 5% of adolescents. More men than women have substance abuse disorder, though women are more likely to have an issue with abusing prescription medication. Children who have parents with substance abuse issues are more likely to have a substance abuse issue when they grow up.
Certain groups of people are more likely to develop substance abuse issues. One group is immigrants or other people who have left their home country. They often have issues in their new country, and some use drugs as a way to feel better. Another group that is at risk is homeless children. They will use drugs to become closer to each other. A third group that is at risk is musicians. They may use stimulants to make themselves more active and happy. Singers can also hurt themselves if they use drugs that are inhaled.
The first official definition for substance abuse was made in 1932 by the American Psychiatric Association. This definition was only used for when the substance was illegal and not being used as medicine. In 1966, the American Medical Association defined abuse as the drug being given by someone to themselves without a doctor.
The first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) had drug abuse as a symptom of other psychological issues. In the third edition, substance abuse was made its own issue. The DSM also has drug abuse as a different issue than drug dependence, which is defined as compulsive use of a drug.
Most countries have laws that make having or using certain drugs illegal. The rules for these drugs can be different between countries or in different parts of the same country. Many drugs that are illegal in several places are sold to make money for groups known as drug cartels.
Drug abuse can also cause issues in a country's economy. According to the European Union, about 2.5 billion dollars are lost each year because of people abusing drugs. This loss comes from people not going to work or having to go to the hospital because of side effects of the drug. In the United Kingdom, about 29 billion dollars a year are lost. This number does not include the cost of police or other law enforcement. In the United States, the cost was 181 billion dollars in 2002. This number includes costs because of health issues, loss of work, law enforcement, and welfare programs.
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Bernard Radfar
Tiger, Tiger
I've had enough. Of all that isn't said, and then what is. One can't sit at a sushi counter without overhearing people talk about Tiger as if Hiroshima was just bombed. He is the next stop in this salad bar of stale ingredients we now get delivered as the nightly news, passing the baton from Monica Lewinsky to O.J. and MJ. Fed are the insatiable appetites of undernourished people on couches armed with powerful remote controls, changing from one analysis to the next as more journalists dig up revelations. So he proclaimed his apologies and hugged those that are willing to forgive, or at least identify with him, on camera. Now that he's on the path to righteousness, the apostles show up for supper. This public confession was a study in earnestness gone rampant. The management at Disney was jealous.
Some of us prefer that he apologize for taking up the air waves at the neo-presidential podium with his sappy sorry moment, reading from notes as if he was in front of a high school class, rather than devoting a preposterous (some might secretly think enviable) amount of energy to his id. Someone could have been in the room to ask how he felt about a hypothetical person who really didn't care what he did with a porn star (they're always stars, after all), and thus wanted him to get on with the apology. Hurry, Socrates.
Nothing he said was unscripted. The speech was read as if he were on trial and in desperate need to prove his innocence, facing a life of prison. The humanity that could have been mustered is entirely repressed and Hallmark supplies the words, via a team of lawyers and publicists. "I am whatever you say I am." We see that he's just a kid in over his head, only because he hits so far below par. He is asked to apologize for damaging the economic system of corporate sponsorship that needs a trusted face to entice you with more of what you don't need to live a fulfilled life. The clear-headed who aren't weighed down by Judeo-Christian mores aren't allowed to say that his one mistake in all this was getting married.
Tiger tells me with swollen eyes that people want to know why he would do this to his family. Who else hires Vegas strippers in $7,500 a night suites but a thousand other men and women exactly like Tiger? The guy is bombarded by a slew of money-grubbing sex kittens on an hourly basis. Alas, he fell. The same people who raise daughters that do these things to powerful men are pointing their fingers at him with venom.
Tiger is being reborn. It is the typical metaphysical transition, from megalomaniacal nymph to religious hypocrite. Again and again Tiger tells me, on the verge of something that might be tears, that he has disappointed me. Indeed, but not in the way he means. His apology never gets to the heart of the problem. My disappointment lies in his inability to tell the world to buzz off, to leave his family alone. He could afford to do what astronomical success in the culture of Gomorrah promises. Perhaps this was why he perfected his golf swing to this extent, knowing full well that he wouldn't have to be the geeky guy in the corner trying to score a date at a happy hour in a suburban mall's Mexican cantina.
The fatal flaw lies in his postlapsarian striving to appear media perfect. He has come out of the cave of sex addiction rehab in a suit (sans tie) to briefly proclaim the shame he feels before he goes back to the clinic to discuss himself even more. Aren't you bored yet, Tiger? This was his chance to tell the world how shallow it can be. Instead of taking on the confrontation, he chose the Sunday papal route. He never tells the world broadcasters that there are wars going on that they should cover with an iota of the attention they're giving him. He wants to be a better person, but in that media quagmire his persona can't find a way out. The audience, most of all the watching eyes of his Mother, sits in meditation and hugs him proudly, as if he hasn't apologized before. Perhaps the family can't bear the damage done to their bank account. Admit it. There is nobility to demonstrating wicked honesty. But now CNN is the new kitchen we stand around interminably, after leaving the confession booth. Ignorance has won. Buy Nike.
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There's nothing nicer than a slice of toast with honey for breakfast. Most people buy their honey from the supermarket, but a growing number of South Australians are turning to backyard beehives to make their own.
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Nellis Aggressor Nation, F-35 pilots 'punish' blue air to develop unstoppable force
by Christie Vanover • August 4, 2021 8:05 pm
Col. Scott Mills, F-35 Lightning II pilot assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron, performs pre-flight checks before launching to participate in Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 3, 2021. Red Flag 21-3 is the first Red Flag exercise where blue air participants will go head-to-head with F-35 Lightning II aggressor pilots. (Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Zachary Rufus)
At Red Flag-Nellis, blue air pilots climb into their jets, don their helmets, buckle in and take off into the wild blue yonder.
They've conducted their intel and mission planning, but when their wheels lift up from the flight line and the friendly view of the Las Vegas Strip fades away as they reach the Nevada Test and Training Range, it's game on. The aggressors are waiting.
During Red Flag-Nellis 21-3, blue air participants will for the first time go head-to-head with F-35 Lightning II aggressor pilots, making already daunting training scenarios all that more difficult to successfully overcome.
The power of Nellis' Aggressor Nation
Col. Scott Mills, commander of the 57th Operations Group and an F-35 aggressor pilot, said Red Flag originated as an air-to-air fight of blue players against red players, but it has advanced in every domain.
"I have air-to-air aggressors. I have surface-to-air aggressors. I have space and information aggressors," he said. "The aggressor is the person who's here to train blue by providing a realistic and robust adversary that they, being blue, have to actively fight against. They have to use every bit of the capabilities that they have and every bit of integration that they can compile to achieve what their intent is for that day.
"Knowing what I know about those blue air capabilities and the blue air integration, my job is to pick that apart, to pull at the seams," he continued. "The aggressor nation here is one of the best in the world at finding those niches, finding those gaps and seams, and absolutely punishing those mistakes that blue air makes."
Senior Airman Michael Dolan, F-35 Lightning II crew chief assigned to the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, launches out an F-35 for Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 3, 2021. The addition of the F-35 will showcase what blue can do against low-observable type threats similar to what adversaries are developing. (Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Zachary Rufus)
F-35 aggressor pilots join fight
Lt. Col. Chris Finkenstadt, commander of the 64th Aggressor Squadron, said F-35s are being introduced this Red Flag to expand upon the F-16 aggressors' threat capabilities. He said this changes the scenario so it more accurately represents advanced enemy fighters.
While F-35s have augmented aggressors in previous Red Flag exercises, they have not been manned by dedicated aggressor pilots.
"What aggressors are able to present to them is a more challenging problem for blue air assault," he said. "The aggressors know the threat replication a little bit better, and they have studied the adversary and the way that the adversary would actually react to a specific situation. Based on our focus toward great power competition, we need to make sure that those guys are ready, and we do that by presenting the best possible atmosphere we can."
Mills said the addition of the F-35 will showcase what blue can do against low-observable type threats similar to what adversaries are developing.
"At the end of the day, my job is not to give blue an easy day. My job is to give blue the absolute toughest day that I can. And the way for me to do that is to bring the F-35 into the fight. And the F-35 is going to make it exceptionally difficult for blue to achieve their objectives. They're going to need to take every bit of capability they have, every bit of integration they can, to achieve their intent," said Mills.
An F-35 Lightning II based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., taxis for Red Flag 21-3 Aug. 3, 2021. Red Flag takes place over the Nevada Test and Training Range, which has the largest contiguous ground space available for military operations, and is home to the most advanced aerial test and training environment. (Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Zachary Rufus)
Red air will win . . . at first
During the initial sorties, there are a lot of red air victories. Blue air pilots go up preparing for a one-to-two-hour fight, but because of a tactical mistake, red air capitalizes on that error and sends them back quickly.
"It's a defeating call hearing your call sign and dead," said Mills.
As a former blue air pilot who lost to previous aggressors, he said the de-brief after each mission is invaluable, because that's when pilots re-attack their mission planning. They look at how they reacted, what the threat was, what they didn't see and what they didn't do.
"The first two days, blue's nose gets pretty bloodied. And then by the end of week one, you start to see their lessons learned are getting passed around and they're starting to figure things out a little bit," said Finkenstadt. "Then, day one or two of week two, they may get their nose bloodied again, because we tend to ramp it up a little bit. It usually takes a couple of days to start figuring out different game plans and how they want to package their forces to solve their problems."
An F-35 Lightning II based at Nellis Air Force Base takes off for Red Flag 21-3 from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 3, 2021. The F-35 is the most lethal, survivable and connected fighter aircraft in the world, giving pilots an advantage against any adversary. (Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Zachary Rufus)
Blue air learns, adapts
Mills recalled when he had his first blue air victory.
"I remember it like it was yesterday. That was a day when I realized that it's one thing to train by yourself as one asset and to see the limitations of your own capabilities. But at the end of the day, when you put us all together on one playing field and you watch what we can do against an incredibly robust, aggressive force, when we work together, it's an amazing site," said Mills.
Now as an aggressor pilot, he said it's a great feeling to hear lessons learned and to see growth.
"We see walls come down between communities. We see stovepipes disappear. We see teams that have never before worked together, not only working together, but truly integrating their capabilities to achieve an end result. And I'll tell you when blue air does that, it's exceptionally difficult for red air to pull that game plan apart," he said.
"At the end of the day, the truth is that no one of us, no one capability is outstanding or the best in the world. Our outstanding capability comes from the fact that we work together well through exercises like this," Mills added. "We operate across our joint and coalition partners to form one truly unstoppable blue force."


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Potential versus Performance. The Social Media Effect on Australian Sport
The Daily Telegraph has always been the main culprit for branding people 'champions' before it was warranted. They once referred to Jarred Hayne as the 'Don Bradman' of rugby league when he had a 7 week streak of 'Man of the Match' performances back in 2009. Jared built his career on this press, believed their words but since then, has produced very little.
Now there is a bigger threat and it is Social Media. Due to the impact of social media, a player can have a couple of good games and instantly become recognisable to many in the public eye. With the introduction of Twitter and Instagram, it gives a sportsman the ability to write their own press. The opportunity for self promotion presents itself any time, anywhere. Who needs a reporter or a photographer? This is a dangerous precedent. The problem is once you invite people into your world, you invite their judgments, criticisms and opinions. Being recognised can bring just as much hate as admiration and being connected 24/7 to social media offers no respite. Little by little, these sportsman orchestrate their own demise by building the pressure of expectation through posts and tweets. It isn't uncommon for players to post or tweet hours before a match. This is a perfect example of sportsman bringing undue attention and pressure to themselves and their team through social media. Immediately fans are concerned that a player's mind isn't on the game and therefore if he (and the team) don't perform, there is an immediate backlash. Pre-social media, if a player wanted to bring undue pressure to themselves they just wore different coloured boots. This excerpt is in reference to Rugby League legend Graeme Langlands and 'the white boot affair'
'Making matters worse, his white football boots were worn as part of a sponsorship deal with Adidas. At the time, black football boots were the norm. Langlands' white boots were unique on the field, highlighting every mistake he made to the fans. He was originally planning to retire at the end of the Grand Final, but the humiliating experience spurred him to return in 1976, where in the few early-season matches he played his performance was mediocre.'
Just replace the white boots with Twitter and I rest my case. The irony is that nowadays you never see a black pair of boots. Or, is that just a perfect metaphor for the current situation?
Kurtley Beale, James O'Connor, Quade Cooper, Josh Dugan, Jared Hayne, Mitchell Johnson, Phil Hughes, Digby Ioane, Mitchell Pearce, James Pattinson, Usman Khawaja are just a few Australian sportsman that have an over-inflated opinion of their ability. They all have amazing potential but overexposure in social and mainstream media severely impacts their ability to evolve as sportsmen. As a result they struggle to convert potential into performance
This was no more evident than with Former Canberra Raiders player Josh Dugan. He decided to use social media to air his grievance with his club over Instagram and pictured himself with a Breezer in one hand and giving the bird with the other. This was a breach of team protocol and was followed up with Dugan not showing up to training. Now, he wasn't exposed by a paparazzi, outed by a disgruntled player or caught in the act. He posted this photo himself. His ego is so huge that he believes a $600,000 contract and club that has looked after him since the juniors is nothing compared to the greatness that he possesses. The reality is, is that Josh Dugan is one injury away from holding a stop/go sign on the side of the road as people laugh at point at the guy with a tattoo of Ray Lewis on his leg. It is a tragedy because he could have been great, but he is in a world where he can't be humbled. If he plays badly or is warned by his coach to pick up his form he will just seek validation from others – and where better to find that but on social media.
(Side note:I wrote this article before Josh Dugan's latest indiscretion)
Then we have James O'Connor and Kurtley Beale.
James O'Connor refers to himself as a brand. Are you kidding mate? You play in team that stinks and you can't even get a regular start in one of the worst Wallaby teams to ever exist. But this doesn't affect O'Connor. He will take to social media and keep building a 'brand' based off his under-performing and his unimpressive career. He is a like a Ferrari that keeps breaking down: excellent in performance but far from reliable. Mr O'Connor, until you have played solid Rugby for over 5 years and have been a part of a team that consistently produces wins, maybe you should house the brand and get back to developing as a player.
Please refer to James O'Connor's website
http://www.james-oconnor.com.au/
Is that 'Blue Steel' he is trying to pull off? The only thing he is successfully pulling off is himself.
On a tour with the last-placed Melbourne Rebels, Kurtley Beale had an altercation with two of his playing group while being heavily intoxicated. Apparently he didn't want to wear the team shirt while socialising. Wow, there's a surprise! Probably made him look too much like the rest of the team. How would anyone notice him if he looks like everyone else? One of the problems is that Kurtley Beale believes he is better than he is. I have a tip for you Kurtley: leave your hair alone. If you have seen your head there is no chance for a modeling contract so you should use your 'hair style time' more effectively and develop your rugby skills. Worse than that, Adam Frier, a Melbourne Rebels spokesman, referred to Beale as 'one of the greatest indigenous sportsman to play rugby'. Before the Ella brothers can respond, I thought I might on their behalf. What the hell has Kurtley Beale done? Since he came from school boy rugby he has done very little to impact Australian Rugby. In contrast, the Ella brothers changed the way world rugby was played. To group Beale in with these actual legends is ridiculous.
The latest trend from our errant, ill-disciplined sports stars is to claim social issues as a reason for their poor behaviour.
I call bullshit.
Hollywood stars have used this excuse for years to justify their socially inappropriate behavior and to escape public scrutiny. They realised that once you claim you have an "issue" then the public and press will back down. It seems Australian sportsman have caught onto this technique and are choosing to hide behind real social problems to escape the wrath of the Australian public.
The only problem these sportsmen suffer from are huge egos, a lack of discipline and skewed realities. Going out, getting pissed and carrying on like a prize dickhead doesn't constitute a problem. Further to that, tweeting where you are drinking or socialising invites the wolves to your door step. Broadcasting your location is like stitching on a tracking device for the media. Is it any wonder that their every indiscretion is captured?
Kurtley Beale, James O'Connor, Quade Cooper, Josh Dugan, Jared Hayne, Mitchell Johnson, Phil Hughes, Digby Ioane, Mitchell Pearce, James Pattinson and Usman Khawaja are all pretenders. All of the teams they play for are performing terribly. If these are the marquee players then why are all their teams losing? The problem is exacerbated when they are brought together to represent their Australia in their respective codes. They come together as 'a group of individuals' and not 'a team'. As a result there is no cohesion, no team work and no symmetry. They are all there to represent themselves, looking for that solo piece of magic that will set twitter alight and make the highlight reels. Could it be a case of too many brands spoil the broth?
The problem is they skipped the step where they have to develop mentally. They have all the physical attributes but no mental fortitude to apply them.
Whether it be Cricket, Rugby, AFL or Rugby League these players all have the same traits. I thought it was because they were Generation Y but I have since realized that this isn't the case. They all think they are champions and they maintain this delusion by means of social media. With every tweet, post or tag their bubble grows bigger, stronger, more impenetrable and ends up halting their professional development.
The drop in performance of young Australian sportsman isn't talent related, it is ego related. When Kim Kardashian and Kanye West do something stupid or attract negative press it impacts them as individuals What these faux sports stars don't realize is their negative press implicates a team. Not only that, it breeds discontent in the playing group and results in people like Kurtley Beale being punched in the face by his own team mates.
If you want to be an individual switch to boxing.
Australian sportsman: stop wasting your talent and start applying it. Having the potential to be the best doesn't mean anything until you are the best. Take a good look at yourself and stop seeking false validation through overexposure. Put your phone down ,forget 'checking in' to the ivy pool bar, limit your twitter posts to a minimum , drop the Instagram selfies and apply yourself. You never know, one day you might be great.
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Q: CSS: how to apply different animation to same elements? I have water animation. I want two keyframes to have cubic-bezier(1,.41,.74,.45) and third one to have cubic-bezier(.38,.8,.68,.09). In other words, I need waves to loop first 2 times same way, and on last one to behave differently. Overall, there are 3 keyframe loops in animation. Is there a way to specify different cubic-beziers for different keyframes or apply different animations for same elements?
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This is example for the first part of animation and this is for the second part.

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@keyframes ripple {
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We, the poor unsuspecting swill of public humanity, are being urged to check that a financial planner belongs to the Financial Planning Association as a protection prior to us heeding any advice given ("FPA tried to shield planner's identity", April 27). The revelation that the FPA body asked the banking royal commission the identity of a "celebrity" planner accused of misconduct be kept confidential sends a chill down our collective spines.
I get it; it's all about the adrenaline rush, that flirting with danger that propels otherwise sane humans to mount their bicycles and venture out onto Sydney's clogged roads. Surely there are other less dangerous leisure activities designed to satisfy their lust.
What happened to rock climbing without harnesses? Doesn't anyone base jump anymore?
Being a cyclist myself I make no apologies for cyclists using footpaths (Letters, April 27). How many stand alone bike lanes were planned and are being incorporated into the new motorways system?
The problem is that our roads are too narrow and busy, and aggressive drivers have little tolerance or patience with cyclists.
David Leyonhjelm displays classic cognitive dissonance with his love of pets at odds with his dismissive views on live export. He has long supported live export despite its history of systemic abuses. I fail to see why he differentiates the welfare of pets from the rights of domestic animals when there are strict laws about animal cruelty and the welfare of cattle, sheep and other animals shipped live, and when those responsible for systemic cruelty are never penalised.
The business case for the removal of the Powerhouse from Pyrmont to Parramatta arrived in December last year and then disappeared. Can no one in the entire length and breadth of the public service find it?
Our wide brown land with its vast sweeping plains, unlike Europe, has provided the opportunity to dispose of our waste as landfill with no motivation to develop a sophisticated waste for energy policy ("Burn waste to generate power, says Frydenberg", April 27).
We are the fourth greatest producer of municipal waste in the world with only approximately 40 per cent of municipal waste being recycled.
However very little of our recycled material goes towards the production of energy unlike many other countries.
Now that China has done the right thing, and made us responsible for the disposal of our own waste products, retail outlets must stop supplying plastic carry bags.
Did Telstra profit from overcharging?
Telstra has been ordered to pay a $10 million penalty after misleading clients about true charges in their bills ("Telstra ordered to pay $10m after misleading billing", April 27).
The suggestion that we should vote for a party "according to one's philosophy" is fine if the party has a strong leader who can carry the party with him (Letters, April 27). Examples are Hawke and Keating with the floating of the dollar and John Howard on gun control.
Writers were quick to contradict a call for more multicultural writers in last week's postscript. Many, including Nick Andrews of Vaucluse suggested "you can't judge a book by its cover", or more specifically a person by their name.
He writes: "When my father, Andreas Apostolopoulos, came to Australia in 1938, the locals simply didn't have a hope of pronouncing his surname correctly and after a few halting attempts defaulted to a mumbled 'Mr Andrew, um…Andrews'. Eventually, dad decided Anglicising his name was sensible and became Andrew Andrews."
Suzanne Wicks from Potts Point concurs: "Migration has been happening in Australia since its beginnings. People from different countries have married and so the names of published letter writers don't necessarily reflect whether they are Anglo or the descendants of people from other ethnicities. The writer's presumption that I am Anglo just from my father's last name is outrageous."
Graeme Milton of Newtown wonders if changes should be made: "Should the Herald introduce quotas based on names? What's next? Suburbs, gender, age. Perhaps it would be better if all Herald letter writers were simply referred to as (redacted redacted), (redacted)."
John Christie from Oatley (yes, Oatley again) has another theory: "The editor can only work with the letters he/she receives. It may be that recent immigrants are too busy settling in to get fired up about local issues?"
Yes, the editor can only work with the letters she receives. Please take note Wendy Ackers from Pearce (ACT), who wrote about the under-representation of another group: "I have noticed that the fewer letters from females you publish (you seem to be trying to set new records lately) the more boring your letter pages are." Ouch.


Over at Vox, Zack Beauchamp tried to make sense of, What Americans Really Think About the Iran Deal. You see, some polls — like Pew — find that only 38% of Americans approve of the deal while 48% disapprove. But other polls — like PPP (pdf) — find that 54% approve while only 38% disapprove. What's going on with that? Well, Beauchamp noted that the main difference between the polls is that when people are primed with some actual information about the Iran deal, they are much more in favor of it.
I think it is pretty simple. The US media is just terrible. So "Iran" is not the name of a particular country. It's just a pejorative. So asking people if they approve of the Iran deal is like asking them if they approve of the Festering Maggot deal. But there is another aspect of it too: it is only the right that is making a big deal of it. On the left, it's an important bit of diplomacy. But it isn't our salvation. No one thinks that the world would have ended if the deal hadn't been made. But on the right, it is presented as a big deal — as an existential threat.
Consider for a moment, Jade Helm 15. It is a standard military exercise — the kind of thing that the American military does all the time. But it wasn't that on the right. Instead it was a prelude to marshal law! The United States was going to "take over" Texas — because apparently, a lot of conservatives think that Texas won the Civil War and thus isn't already part of the United States. Regardless, Jade Helm 15 started almost two weeks ago, yet just a couple of days ago, I heard from a conservative about this great threat. When it is over on 15 September, I'm sure that I will still hear about it — but slowly the fever will lessen until the new Greatest Threat to America™ is announced.
The same thing is true with the Iran deal. Assuming that Congress doesn't derail it — in a few years, the freak out will be a distant memory. Because this is what happens to everything that the right freaks out about. Nothing is just a matter of disagreement. It is that they are the last line of defense and the liberals are actively trying to destroy America as they have known it. So Obamacare is not a bad idea; it is the end of freedom. Wall Street reform is not a bad idea; it is the end of freedom. Increased fuel efficiency standards is not a bad idea; it is the end of freedom. And of course, the Iran deal is the end of freedom and literally the end of Israel.
But that's the conservatives. For the rest of the American people, they are going to see that after this deal goes into effect, their lives are… exactly the same. So when they are asked about this in five years time, they will respond, "What Iran deal?" They won't care about it then, just as they don't care about it now. Sure, if you ask them their opinions, they will give it — the only thing in greater supply than American opinions is American ignorance. But regardless of their opinions, they do not care about the Iran deal.
The only question is whether this will be an issue in the 2016 presidential race. And it will be! It will be a very big deal to some people who would never vote for the Democrats. Being concerned about the Iran nuclear deal is like being worried about Jade Helm 15 in the 2016 election — there will be people it matters to. But even they aren't going to change their votes based upon it.


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The humble cauliflower is currently enjoying its time in the gastronomic spotlight as the latest 'it' ingredient. Thanks to celebrity chef / god, Yotam Ottolenghi, who is single handily responsible for vegetables #trending, and the ever-increasing popularity of the grain free Paleo diet, the cauliflower now shines on the dinner plates of many.
Just like a little black dress, the cauliflower is so versatile and you can easily dress it up or down depending on the occasion. It can be steamed and blended to form a silky, creamy puree, fried till crisp and golden, or blitzed to create what paleo aficionados call 'couscous' or 'rice'. (Terminology that probably exists to make dieters feel comforted by the thought they are eating grains in the same way the people that 'quit sugar' are comforted by 'sugar free' desserts!) Call it what you will, I think it's a funky and different way to serve cauliflower.
In this recipe I've allowed the cauliflower to take centre stage and paired its natural earthiness with a simple spice blend, pops of dried sweet currant and fragrant fresh herbs. You can also beef this recipe up, in a meat-free way, by adding some crumbled paneer cheese for extra texture. I reckon it's a brilliant dish to take to a party or family function where you've been asked to bring a plate especially if you know that there will be guests with food intolerances attending, which is increasingly the norm.
With cauliflowers coming into season right now, its the perfect time to test out this recipe!
Place cauliflower florets into food processor and blitz on high until cauliflower resembles cous cous, set aside. Don't process for too long or too high as cauliflower will turn mushy rather than cous-cousy.
Place a large frypan over medium heat, add olive or coconut oil, when hot add onions and sauté for a few minutes then add garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Add in spices and cook for a few more minutes stirring well to combine, add a little more oil if needed.
Add cauliflower and cook stirring occasionally for about 5 – 7 minutes, cauliflower should be just cooked through. Remove mixture from pan, add parsley, currants, almonds and paneer cheese, toss well to combine. Season with salt flakes and serve warm or cold.
This salad keeps nicely in the fridge for a few days, it's a good one to also take to work.
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The scattering of polarized neutrons and the gamma rays from the reactions B[10](d,p8) B[11] and B[10](d,n8) C[11] Sample, John Thomas
Detailed calculations have been carried out which indicate that the small-angle scattering of fast neutrons by lead depends on the polarization, or spin orientation, of the neutrons. When the scattering of neutrons whose spin vectors point upward is observed in the horizontal plane, more neutrons should be found scattered to the right than to the left. For completely polarized 3.1 Mev neutrons, the theory predicts a maximum "right to left" intensity ratio of 14.5:1 at a scattering angle of 0.5°, the ratio decreasing to 1.6:1 at 5°, and approaching unity rapidly as the scattering angle increases. An attempt to detect this effect with neutrons from the reaction D(d,n)He³ failed because the degree of neutron collimation attainable, while satisfactory for most scattering experiments, was insufficient to permit investigation of neutron scattering at very small angles. A three crystal pair spectrometer has been used to investigate the complex gamma ray spectrum arising from bombardment of B¹⁰with deuterons of several energies between 0.8 and 2.2 Mev. Gamma rays of energy 4.46 ≠.04, 4.75 ≠ .03, 5.03 ≠ .09, 5.35 ≠ .05, 6.52 ≠ .05, 6.78 ≠ .07, 7.29 ≠ .04, 8.27 ≠ .09, and 8.87 ≠ .02 Mev have been assigned to transitions in B¹¹ and C¹¹, with excellent agreement in almost all cases with the energy level schemes proposed from other experiments. The excitation curves of three of the gamma rays have been found to rise smoothly between bombarding energies of 0.8 and 2.2 Mev, indicating that the reactions B¹⁰(d,p [symbol omitted])B¹¹l and B¹⁰(d, n [symbol omitted])C¹¹ are primarily of non-resonant character, at least in this energy region.
The scattering of polarized neutrons and the gamma rays from the reactions B[10](d,p8) B[11] and B[10](d,n8) C[11]
Sample, John Thomas
Neutrons; Gamma rays
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
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Harvest Workers Repaid $7,500 after Fair Work Ombudsman Intervention
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $7,500 for 100 mostly foreign workers from three strawberry farms near Caboolture.
Media Release of Fair Work Ombudsman, 5 September 2013
The money has been re-paid to the workers following surprise visits to farms over the past month by Fair Work Inspectors.
In addition, two businesses have been handed on the spot fines; two fines of $170 for failing to provide all required information on payslips and another of $340 for failing to keep records of hours worked by casual workers.
Fair Work Ombudsman, Natalie James, said Inspectors visited nine farms in the area this week after last month visiting a number of businesses to educate strawberry farmers about their obligations under workplace law.
"It was appropriate that we re-visit businesses to ensure the message we delivered last month had got through," Ms James aid.
"While generally Inspectors have been pleased with what appears to be an increasing awareness of obligations under workplace law, there are still issues of concern.
"Inspectors spoke directly with more than 100 foreign workers who sought clarification of entitlements and also raised specific concerns about underpayments of wages.
"As a result, we've been able to determine that on three farms there were underpayments and $7,500 has now been re-paid to 100 workers from three separate farms.
"While this level of underpayment is concerning, we are pleased that the employers have recognised the problem and voluntarily rectified the underpayments without the need for further action."
As a result of information gathered during this week's visits, further investigation is continuing into possible underpayments of about $16,000 to five farm workers.
Ms James said it appeared the Fair Work Ombudsman's concerted effort in the area was helping ensure workers receive their correct entitlements.
"It's important that any business in the strawberry or other harvest industries is aware of their obligations under workplace law and meets them," Ms James said.
"The Fair Work Ombudsman will be maintaining a close eye on the sector over the remainder of the season and will take action to ensure workers receive their full entitlements."


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Liverpool's £27m-rated striker Divock Origi a transfer target for Borussia Dortmund
Date: 20th August 2018 at 4:00pm
Borussia Dortmund are reportedly interested in signing Liverpool striker Divock Origi, according to the Liverpool Echo.
The Bundesliga side, who take on RB Leipzig during the opening weekend of the new 2018-19 German top-flight campaign this Sunday, have been linked with luring the Belgium forward away from Anfield this summer.
The 23-year-old, who has 25 international caps for his country, has not featured in The Reds' first-team matchday squad so far this season.
Origi, who joined The Reds back in July 2014 following his £10m move from French outfit Lille, spent the 2017-18 term on loan at Wolfsburg, scoring seven goals in 36 appearances in all competitions.
Liverpool's Divock Origi in pre-season action against Borussia Dortmund.
The report suggests fellow German side Dortmund have identified the Belgian striker as a transfer target before the close of the European transfer window on August 31, but are yet to make an offer for the Liverpool player.
Origi, who is contracted until June 2019 at Anfield, is valued at £27m by the Premier League club.
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The in-store connected shelf features the Bourjois Rouge Velvet Lipstick collection, and shoppers can complete their digital looks with onscreen eye makeup and blush, which is matched to each shopper's individual skin tone.
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Aspects of Quantum Information and AdS/CFT Duality
dc.contributor.author Al Balushi, Abdulrahim
dc.description.abstract This thesis considers four different aspects of quantum information, AdS/CFT duality, and the interplay between them. First, we study the holographic complexity conjectures in detail for rotating black holes. We focus on a particular class of odd-dimensional equal-spinning black holes for which considerable simplifications occur. We study the complexity of formation, uncovering a direct relation between the complexity of formation and thermodynamic volume for large black holes. We also consider the late-time growth of complexity, finding that at late times the growth approaches a constant, and that Lloyd's bound is generically violated. Second, we generalize the Gao-Jafferis-Wall construction of traversable two-sided wormholes to multi-boundary wormholes in asymptotically AdS spacetimes in three dimensions. By focusing on a particular limit of the geometries where the horizons are exponentially close to each other, and with the three-boundary wormhole as our main example, we show that traversability between any two asymptotic regions in a multi-boundary wormhole can be achieved. We discuss how this construction differ from that of Gao-Jafferis-Wall and comment on its generalization to the case with non-trivial topologies. Third, we propose an experimental set-up that uses well-tested techniques in cavity optomechanics to observe the effects of the gravitational interaction between two quantum micro-mechanical oscillators on the interference pattern of cavity photons through shifts in the visibility of interfering photons. We show that the gravitational coupling leads to a quantifiable shift in the period and magnitude of the visibility whose observability is within reach of current technology. We discuss the feasibility of the set-up as well as the gravity-induced entanglement between the two oscillators. Finally, we propose a new approach to variational quantum eigensolver algorithms using the principles of measurement-based quantum computing. In contrast to the circuit-based model, our approach uses entangled resource states and local measurements to do the function evaluations. We illustrate this with two schemes. The first scheme shows how any circuit-based variational quantum eigensolver can be translated to a measurement-based one. The second scheme provides a new approach for constructing variational families that has no immediate analogue in circuit-based quantum computing. We discuss how both schemes offer problem-specific advantages in terms of the required resources and coherence times. en
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Home » News » Are You Suppressing Emotions?
Are You Suppressing Emotions?
September 30, 2021 by Gerard Greenidge
What do you do when you experience a "negative" emotion such as anger, disappointment, or sadness? If you're like many of us, you might snap at someone you love out of the blue, avoid a painful situation, or withdraw from the outside world. That's why suppressing emotions can be a trap—unless you learn how to bring curiosity and compassion to them.
Suzy Roberts, LMFT, a licensed psychotherapist with Orange County Health Psychologists, suggests the first step is to allow room for all of our emotions, without judgment. The key, she says, is to not label feelings as positive or negative but, instead, pay attention to what we can learn from them.
Rumi illustrates this beautifully in his poem "The Guest House":
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
By letting our emotions come in and out without judging them — as if we are "the guest house" — we can undo a lifetime of conditioning and reconnect to who we really are. But how do we do this? And why are we suppressing emotions in the first place?
The origin of suppressed emotions
Learning to deal with suppressed emotions requires taking a look at our past. Many of us learned as children that certain emotions were not okay to express. Maybe we weren't allowed to get outwardly angry, or our parents wouldn't interact with us while we were in a "bad mood."
Then later, as adults, we may judge ourselves for having certain emotions. We might push down the anger we feel towards a family member or sideline our feelings of sadness, for example. This creates a sense of rigidity around our emotions to the point where we might only express certain ones. Other times, we might do the opposite, and obsessively nurture our "negative" feelings.
The important thing to remember, says Roberts, is that the judgment we put on our feelings doesn't come out of thin air. "We grew up in households where we were told certain things and we internalized those messages. Then as adults, it's no longer our parents telling us—we're telling ourselves," says Roberts.
Being able to consciously and maturely express our full range of emotions can be called "emotional agility," a term coined by psychologist and author Susan David. In her popular TED talk, she stresses how critical it is to learn to get in touch with our feelings and let them out. Otherwise, she says, we become less able to deal with the world as it truly is, rather than how we wish it to be. Discomfort, says David, is actually the price of a meaningful life.
Signs you may be suppressing emotions—and what to do about it
There's an endless number of ways a person might avoid their feelings, so we can't address all of them here. But according to Roberts, there are a couple of common signs.
"One is if you're feeling super anxious or depressed," she says. "Often, depression is a function of pushing our emotions down so much that we become numb. Another one is if you're reactive. You may react in a way that even surprises you. For instance, you might have a moment of road rage and think, 'Where did that come from?'"
While suppressing emotions can be done in many ways and has complex roots, two decisions can start you on the path toward healing.
Cultivating self-compassion. When you were taught by your parents to shun or avoid certain feelings, this may be hard. But being kind to yourself when certain feelings come up can go a long way. "Criticizing ourselves can be really harmful because it keeps us disconnected from our authentic self," says Roberts. Instead, she suggests: If a friend of yours was going through this, how would you respond to them? Then, say those things to yourself.
Reaching out for support. This step can also be difficult. When it comes to certain emotions, "sometimes we don't reach out for help and maybe self-medicate or ignore it, hoping it'll go away," says Roberts. "Then we lose that connection to ourselves, which makes it harder to reach out to somebody else." At the same time, she notes that the previous step — self-compassion — can make it easier to reach out to others. This is because we often feel isolated or alone with the feelings we were taught to ignore. Often, the best person to reach out to is a therapist.
How therapy helps if you're suppressing emotions
One of the best things a therapist can do is provide a safe space for you to express the emotions you've been suppressing. This is important if you've been told certain emotions weren't okay in the past.
In the therapist's office, says Roberts, you learn that your feelings will not be denied, ignored, or shut down. "As you experience that, you can start branching out into other relationships and letting others into your life. Then they can be a witness to your difficult emotions and you can start experiencing healing," she says.
You might wonder if you can do some of this work on your own — and while that's definitely possible, it always helps to work with a professional who is trained to see these patterns and knows what they're looking for. For example, if you have angry outbursts today, it may be tied to suppressed anger—but it could also be a manifestation of deep sadness. Suppressed emotions can be tricky and not always easy to untangle.
As Roberts puts it: "I've seen therapy be very helpful with my clients who may not even know what they're feeling. I can help them by pointing out things I hear them say and making connections, like, 'It sounds like you're feeling such and such,' and then they'll say, 'Oh, I guess I am.' Having a person mirror your thoughts and emotions can help you understand yourself better and the work that needs to be done."
Find a therapist today
If you think you've been suppressing emotions and are ready to work with a therapist, we encourage you to reach out to us. Call 949.528.6300 or email info@OCHealthPsych.com to be matched with one of our expert providers.
Note to psychology professionals: The need for mental health services has significantly increased, and as such, we are hiring new providers. Orange County Health Psychologists welcomes applicants from licensed professionals of all backgrounds who have a passion for excellence in mental health care. For more information, see our Careers page.
—Written by Ekua Hagan for Orange County Health Psychologists
About Suzy Roberts, LMFT
Suzy Roberts is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 9 years of clinical experience working with clients ranging in age from adolescent and young adult to older adults. Using an attachment-based approach to therapy, Suzy incorporates psychodynamic as well as CBT, DBT and ACT modalities. Her warm and deeply empathic personality is key to building rapport with her clients and working collaboratively with them on their journey towards health and wholeness. Suzy holds a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Vanguard University and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from San Diego State University. Her areas of specialization include working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and questions surrounding gender and sexual identity, as well as with grief, loss, and managing life transitions.
Suzy@ochealthpsych.com
CA License # LMFT116435
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In Pakistan, tackling extremism is a political minefield
FILE- - In this March 1, 2016 file photo, thousands of people attend a funeral of Pakistani police officer Mumtaz Qadri, the convicted killer of a former governor, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Tackling extremists is a political minefield in Pakistan, where politicians openly consort with leaders of banned militant groups, and sympathy exists within the security forces and civil administration for perpetrators of crimes committed in the name of religion. As a result, many remain skeptical of the state's ability to put an end to the militant violence that kills hundreds of Pakistani civilians each year. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)(The Associated Press)
FILE- In this March 27, 2016 file photo, Pakistani religious protesters beat a paramilitary soldier during clashes near the parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan. Tackling extremists is a political minefield in Pakistan, where politicians openly consort with leaders of banned militant groups, and sympathy exists within the security forces and civil administration for perpetrators of crimes committed in the name of religion. As a result, many remain skeptical of the state's ability to put an end to the militant violence that kills hundreds of Pakistani civilians each year. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)(The Associated Press)
FILE- In this Wednesday, March 30, 2016 file photo, protesters from the Pakistani religious group Sunni Tehreek celebrate the success of a negotiations with government, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Tackling extremists is a political minefield in Pakistan, where politicians openly consort with leaders of banned militant groups, and sympathy exists within the security forces and civil administration for perpetrators of crimes committed in the name of religion. As a result, many remain skeptical of the state's ability to put an end to the militant violence that kills hundreds of Pakistani civilians each year. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)(The Associated Press)
ISLAMABAD – Tackling extremism is a political minefield in Pakistan, where politicians openly consort with leaders of banned militant groups and sympathy exists within the security forces and civil administration for perpetrators of crimes committed in the name of religion. As a result, many remain skeptical of the state's ability to put an end to the militant violence that kills hundreds of Pakistani civilians each year.
A suicide bombing in a park in Lahore that killed 72 people, many of them Christians celebrating Easter Sunday, brought renewed international attention to Pakistan's extremism problem. In the aftermath, security forces arrested hundreds of suspected militants.
At the same time, however, demonstrators calling for the implementation of Islamic law and expressing their support for the man who murdered an anti-blasphemy campaigner were allowed to congregate freely in the capital. On social media, pictures circulated showing senior members of Pakistan's elite police forces praying at the grave of Mumtaz Qadri, the policeman charged with killing the secular, left-leaning politician Salman Tanseer because he defended a Christian woman accused of blasphemy. When Qadri was hanged for the murder in February, tens of thousands of Pakistanis rallied in his support.
The sincerity of authorities' efforts to tackle extremism was further called into question when Rana Sanaullah, the law minister for Punjab province — of which Lahore is the capital — issued statements denying that militant groups operated in the area.
Yet outlawed and violent Sunni Muslim militant groups are widely known to be headquartered in Punjab province, though many hide behind different names, according to Zahid Hussein, an expert on militancy in Pakistan.
Among them is Jaish-e-Mohammed, which operates under several banners according to Hussein, and has been implicated in a number of bombings. Its leader, Masood Azhar, was freed from an Indian jail — where he was being held for attacks in Indian-controlled Kashmir — in exchange for the release of passengers aboard the 1999 hijacked Indian Airlines plane.
The U.S.-declared terrorist group Lashkar e-Taiba also operates in the province, under the name Jamaat-ud Dawah. It was banned in Pakistan in 2015, but its leader Hafiz Saeed travels freely around the country and gives speeches inciting people to attack western and Indian interests. Punjab is also the headquarters of Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), whose military arm is responsible for scores of attacks on Pakistan's minority Shiite Muslims, according to Hussein.
Law Minister Sanaullah might be expected to know that SSP operates in Punjab. He openly campaigned with the SSP leader during provincial elections, although the group is officially outlawed.
Pakistan is regularly witness to deadly militant attacks — on schools and universities, buses, parks, churches, temples and Imam Bargahs, Shiite places of worship. According to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 4,612 people were killed in bombings and other violence in the country in 2015.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, the group that claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday bombing, has roots in the tribal region and has declared its sympathy with the Islamic State group. According to Michael Kugelman, Senior Associate for South and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, it shares many views in common with the scores of other militant groups operating in Pakistan.
"If there is one thing that can be said about all Pakistan-based terror groups, it is that they are all cut from the same cloth," Kugelman wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "They all share the same violent extremist views, and many of them retain strong links to al-Qaida. And though they focus on different targets — some target Pakistan, others India, others Afghanistan — there are many examples of operational collaborations across the board. In effect, the terrorist landscape in Punjab — and beyond — is essentially one large, overlapping network."
Thousands of Pakistani soldiers have been killed or wounded in battles against militants in the tribal regions, which border Afghanistan in the northwest of the country. Yet the Pakistani military has historical links to militant groups — raising further doubts abroad about whether the security services are up to the job.
It was the military that spawned the likes of Lashkar-e-Taiba, offering it financial, organizational and operational assistance. Others like Harakat-ul-Jihad, whose fighters attack Indian targets inside the disputed Kashmir region, are known to have links with Pakistan's Intelligence Agency (known by its acronym, the ISI).
Pakistan's military rulers have also often aligned themselves with the country's extremist groups. In the 70s and 80s, military autocrat Zia-ul Haq used extremist groups to push his agenda of restricted liberties and more Islamic laws. More recently, U.S.-backed Gen. Pervez Musharraf positioned himself a bulwark against extremism while patronizing groups when it suited him, striking deals with them to keep him in power.
"In reality, the fundamental cause of mayhem on Pakistani streets is not a malicious foreign power or inept civilians, but blowback from the military's own long history of using jihad as an instrument of national security," Aqil Shah wrote last month in the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations publication, Foreign Affairs.
The military's spokesman and three star general, Asim Bajwa, strongly refuted the suggestion.
He did not acknowledge the military's past links to militant groups, but said in an interview that today the army has a "zero tolerance" policy toward extremists. "It is a different time," Bajwa said.
"Our operations (against militants) are indiscriminate," he said. "It is not possible to differentiate from the air and from the ground. You just go in. We are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism."
The army led the offensive in Punjab following the Easter Sunday attack, carrying out raids throughout the province, sometimes in joint operations with police and paramilitary rangers. Bajwa says that 20,000 militants were rounded up in one week. The majority were subsequently released.
Despite the Lahore bombings, there are modest signs of progress. In its 2015 report, the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said violent attacks by militants halved between 2014 and 2015.
"Pakistani army operations in North Waziristan have killed many terrorists and destroyed their networks, but many more terrorists remain," said Kugelman of the Woodrow Wilson Center. "So long as Pakistani society continues to provide a fertile environment for extremist thought, and so long as the Pakistani state does not counter such dangerous ideologies, then more terrorists, nurtured and fueled by these hateful narratives, will keep regenerating."
Pakistan's military spokesman Gen. Bajwa insisted, however, that the military is determined to eliminate extremism. "We want to progress. We want to move ahead," he said. "And we want the world to stand with us."
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