You've likely heard a thing or two about bone broth lately, or at least heard OF it. Today we're going to talk about bone broth benefits because there are a LOT of them!
This stuff is too delicious, inexpensive, healthy, and EASY to make to not add it to your diet ASAP!
Alex and I have recently started eating it EVERY DAY! The crockpot is almost always going in our place, and it fills our home with rich and savory scents!
Maybe it sounds like something akin to a witch's brew. Perhaps it's reminiscent of something they would have concocted on Little House on the Prairie (they probably did).
It's a powerful, healing substance, and it's becoming more popular by the minute.
Bone broth is a stock made from animal bones.
It sounds so basic; however, this simple soup is full of health benefits, from reducing wrinkles to helping you sleep better.
Learn how bone broth can improve your health today!
Bone broth contains glycine and glucosamine.
According to the Mayo Clinic, Glucosamine is a substance found in humans and animals. Glucosamine helps create cartilage in the body (1).
It has been studied and used for the treatment of inflammatory conditions, such as arthritis, and has been found to reduce inflammation throughout the body (2).
Glycine is a non-essential amino acid that has many protective effects on the body. Researchers have found that it has promising potential for treating inflammatory conditions (3).
Why is it important to keep inflammation down? Inflammation influences just about every facet of your health (4).
Researchers are learning that pain, obesity, thyroid disorders, autoimmune diseases, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and even dental problems are caused by inflammation.
Many foods and medications aggravate inflammation. Bone broth helps reduce inflammation at the root, making you healthier and reducing the trigger for many diseases.
Because bone broth helps your system get rid of waste, it can also encourage your body to expel harmful toxins. The potassium and glycine in bone broth assist with liver detoxification.
Consuming bone broth also helps you better absorb vitamins and minerals. This may prevent heavy metals from accumulating in your body.
Bone broth also contains glutathione. Stanford researchers have found that glutathione works as an antioxidant and strengthens cells (5). Because glutathione protects the body from oxidative stress, it has powerful detoxifying properties.
Drinking bone broth delivers some protein, which can help you stay full and reduce cravings.
Researcher Ray Peat explains that this type of protein isn't the same as the kind you get by eating a steak (6). The type of protein found in bone broth can help balance your hormones and regulate blood sugar, which are often issues that contribute to difficulty losing weight.
This WebMD article also points to gelatin, which is found in bone broth, as a compound that can help you lose weight.
It's no coincidence that bone broth can improve the health of your own bones. Bone broth contains calcium, magnesium and phosphorous, which are all great for bone health.
Honestly, though, there is more calcium in a glass of milk!
The Healthy Home Economist says that calcium isn't the only compound in bone broth that can contribute to bone health. Collagen hydrolysate has proven to prevent loss of bone mass and the collagen that serves as a framework for bones.
Although more research is needed, other studies have found that consuming collagen hydrolysate can prevent the breakdown of collagen in the bones.
Studies show that chondroitin and glucosamine, compounds that are found in bone broth, may be just as effective as Celecoxib, an osteoarthritis medication, in reducing pain and symptoms associated with osteoarthritis (7).
Osteoarthritis occurs when the cartilage in the joints begins to wear away. It's usually caused by age, but it can occur in people in their 30s and 40s too, according to Dr. Kellyann.
Eating bone broth is a way to treat joint pain without the side effects that come with many medications.
Sleep is crucial to maintaining optimal health. The body uses the time that you sleep to repair itself and to heal.
Adequate sleep can help you get sick less frequently and even break through weight loss plateaus.
Our friends at The Health Nerd have a great video on the importance of sleep if you want to learn more about the health benefits, how it can help you lose weight, and how to sleep better!
Bone broth contains glycine, which has been shown to help you sleep (8). Taking glycine before bed can also make you feel livelier and more focused when you are awake even if you didn't get enough sleep the night before.
That beats taking a medication that can cause side effects like grogginess or dependence (or any medication for that matter)!
The glycine in bone broth can also improve memory (9).
This is especially helpful if one of your vices happens to be wine (or any alcohol for that matter), like myself!
The gelatin in bone broth can strengthen connective tissue in the body. It's that same connective tissue that leads to cellulite.
Studies indicate that consuming gelatin can help build up the connective tissue, providing less space for the fat to squeeze through (10). Therefore, the gelatin in bone broth can reduce your cellulite.
The collagen in bone broth can help prevent your skin from losing its elasticity as you get older.
That's what happens, you know. As you age, your body loses collagen, which is the scaffold that keeps things taught and plump.
Although some people say that your body processes dietary collagen in the same way as it would process any protein, studies show that people who consume collagen see improvements in their wrinkles, pores and dark spots (11).
A study conducted in the year 2000 found that eating soup made from chicken bones helped reduce inflammation and improve respiratory infection symptoms (12).
I love making soup from chicken bones because buying the whole chicken is FAR cheaper than buying the pieces (especially breasts) separately.
Remember that you are paying for convenience! If organic meat isn't in your budget yet, buying the organic, whole chickens are the best place to start!
You can justify any additional cost (although it isn't much thanks to increased demand for better quality meats) by using the entire chicken (giblets included) in a savory bone broth recipe!
Gelatin has been used for centuries to soothe the gut and improve digestion. Back in the day, people would make concentrated broth from animal parts like cow hoofs to extract the gelatin.
When you have digestive distress, eating too many foods that are high in carbohydrates leads to fermentation in the gut. Basically, that means that you get gas. Yikes!
The nutrients in bone broth deliver energy that your body can use for fuel without making your intestinal issues worse.
In the book, Eat Right 4 Your Type, by Peter J. D'Adamo, the author explains that adding gelatin to meals that include foods to which your body is sensitive can make them easier to digest. Eating gelatin with a meal can also help you digest raw foods.
A bone broth fast can provide tremendous health benefits.
A good probiotic supplement will also go a long way towards healing your gut, improving your skin, and helping you finally shed that excess weight.
When we talk about bone broth, we are not referring to powdered bouillon or a box of chicken broth that you buy at the store. Healing bone broth must be made from the bones and connective tissue of healthy animals.
While store-bought, organic varieties do exist and contain some health benefits, you won't get NEARLY the same health benefits as making the stuff yourself at home with some organic bones.
We're working on an article containing a variety of healthy, bone broth recipes, but you can try the two simple recipes below for now!
Place the whole chicken carcass and the rest of the ingredients in a large crockpot. Next, you'll add water. I have a 7-quart crockpot, and I fill it all the way up to where there is about an inch and a half of space at the top.
If you have a larger crock pot, simply adjust the water. If you have a 10 to 14-quart crock pot, you can even do 2 carcasses at once!
Turn it on high until it boils, and then immediately turn it down to low. Cook on low for 12-48 hours (I usually do 24-48 for the chicken).
Note that you may need to add water to the mixture every few hours because some of it will likely cook out. It just depends on your preference.
You can add some salt in before you start, but it's plenty rich enough that it really doesn't need it (and that's coming from a Cajun Louisiana girl that loves her sodium!).
When it's finished, a layer of fat will form at the top after it has completely cooled (in the fridge). If you didn't buy organic chicken, make sure to scoop this layer of fat out before consuming the broth, because artificial hormones, toxins, etc. are stored in the fat of animals.
If you bought an organic chicken, you can leave the fat in or scoop it out and use it to cook with! If you are trying to lose weight, you will likely want to scoop it out to lower calorie intake.
It will make a lot, so freeze leftovers if you can't eat it all within 3-4 days!
Note that health food stores like Whole Foods often contain bones just for this purpose, but another option is simply to buy some bone-in steaks and use the bones for broth after cooking the meat.
Place the beef bones and the rest of the ingredients in a large crockpot. Next, you'll add water. I have a 7-quart crockpot, and I fill it all the way up to where there is about an inch and a half of space at the top.
Turn it on high until it boils, and then immediately turn it down to low. Cook on low for 24-48 hours (I usually do 48 for beef bones, because they are usually much larger).
When it's finished, a layer of fat will form at the top after it has completely cooled (in the fridge). If you didn't buy organic, make sure to scoop this layer of fat out before consuming the broth, because artificial hormones, toxins, etc. are stored in the fat of animals.
If you bought organic, you can leave the fat in or scoop it out and use it to cook with! If you are trying to lose weight, you will likely want to scoop it out to lower calorie intake.
The longer you cook them, the more healthy goodness comes out of the bones!
Please leave me a comment below if you enjoyed this article on bone broth benefits or have any questions!


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Perhaps we don't realize when we look into the night sky at the moon, that we are observing some of the most ancient surfaces known within our solar system. The formation of the moon is linked to the early stages of Earth's evolution, and therefore understanding the evolution of the moon is of interest to Earth scientists as well.
Moon rocks preserve the lunar history in their minerals and textures. As it turns out, researchers don't need a large sample to gain interesting insights. A small scoop of lunar surface material (i.e., regolith) collected from the Apollo 17 mission is bringing researchers one-step closer to understanding how the lunar surface formed.
Das and Syracuse Earth sciences Professor Suzanne Baldwin, along with Professor John Delano, their collaborator from University at Albany, were able to extract information from tiny samples of lunar regolith. These samples were collected 44 years ago on the surface of the moon by Apollo 17 astronauts. The project is part of an investigation carried out in collaboration with the New York Center for Astrobiology.
The team examined 11 fragments, which, when combined, weigh less than a grain of rice. The scientists were able to determine the age of the fragments, as well as how long the grains had been on the surface of the moon, and their source on the surface of the moon.
The samples came from the base of the Sculptured Hills, located north of the Taurus-Littrow valley where Apollo 17 landed in 1972. During their last traverse on the surface of the moon, Apollo 17 astronauts dug a 25 cm deep trench at the bottom of the Sculptured Hills. For their study, Das and his colleagues acquired material from the top 6 centimeters of the trench.
Das suggests a few explanations behind the range in time estimates for the rock fragment's surface exposure. The first explanation comes from an active process known as reworking of material on the surface. Das explains: "The fragments are so fine that under the electromagnetic field of the sun, they actually jump around on the surface and you can measure the difference in the duration the fragments spent on the moon's surface." The other possibility is that some of the fragments may have rolled down slope from the Sculptured Hills, resulting in a different amount of time exposed on the surface.


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Yet another Thanksgiving Day / Week is here again!
No doubt this week is very special to many, especially my friends in the western world very religiously celebrate this week with a lot of activities.
I am so glad to update this post but sad, to note that I forgot to check the comment option which was closed, and I really did not notice this. Today one of my friends pointed out this lapse and to my surprise, I found the note "Comments are closed" below the headline.
Immediately I tried to fix this problem but I could not do and took the help of my techie friend Robin Khokhar, (a professional blogger from Amritsar) and with the help of Robin I fixed it and now the comment option is open to my readers.
In fact, I was much worried about the disappearance of my comment box option from the website. I cannot even think of a website which is not having the option to my readers to air their views in the form of comments.
Sorry for the inconveniences caused to my esteemed readers and comment authors.
Hope you all will enjoy reading this note on this wonderful day.
Indeed this note is a serious one too!
Yes, we need to give thanks to the Creator God who sustains us in our everyday life.
Though some take it on a particular day to do this, it is better to be thankful always to our Creator God.
I urge all my readers to express your views in this regard, as I give much value to my readers' suggestions and opinion. Not only that it is an encouragement to me and my associates.
We Appreciate your valuable time and we invite you to share your views experiences in this regard. As a token of our love and gratitude to comment authors, we publish a Thanksgiving note (Philipscom Comment Authors) every first week of the month on this page including their profile picture with their website link and the total number of comments they made on that month.
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We Wish You All A Happy Thanksgiving Week.
If you treat Thanksgiving Day as a mere custom, then you are missing out on the true meaning of the holiday.
As much as we enjoy Thanksgiving for the dinner and the festivities, we must also rejoice for our good fortune.
So, have fun with your family this Thanksgiving, but don't forget to say 'thank you.' And if you are fumbling for meaningful words, read these thanksgiving inspirational quotes for a push in the right direction.
Suddenly my thoughts went into a small incident happened a few months back and I have written a post in this regard, of course, a totally different Thanksgiving. Please Read that piece here below.
Thank You' the word we generally say to only those who went out of the way to do something for us and did not include those who were only doing their routine services. But an incident occurred the other day in my life, changed this thinking altogether.
In my recent visit to my native land, I had a pleasant experience while I was traveling in a private Transport bus. I just happened to say "Thank You" to the conductor when he issued the ticket.
In fact, I had said it thoughtlessly, but the conductor was so happy that he nodded his head twice with a twinkle in his eyes. Perhaps I thought the conductor's job was such a routine one that a little gesture like that could mean so much to him.
With this incident, I began to say "Thank You" to the people who serve us on a regular basis. The apartment sweeper who collects the garbage, the postman who brings in letters, the maidservant who do the household works and the office boy who serve tea and snacks at my desk. I have noticed a great difference it made to them.
Yes, generally we say 'Thank You' to only those who went out of the way to do something for us and did not include those who were only doing their routine services. They gave us what we take for granted and consider we have every right to expect because they are paid for their services.
Now I realized how nice and effective it would be if we could express our thanks or appreciation to those who are in our daily round, help our lives to run well and at ease. A word of 'Thank you' or a word of appreciation will definitely do some sparkle in their lives.
In short, is not the same reward the majority of us expect for our efforts too? Some may call it a human weakness, but in reality, we would like to know about our performance or their appreciation.
For instance, take the case of the above examples about the bus conductor, sweeper, the postman, the peon etc. in the course of doing their service someone like me recognize them and their services and says, 'Thank you' it will definitely be a bonus on the day's pay and I am sure it makes their day.
By this, I do not mean to say that we should go around thanking everyone who does the service to us for that they are paid for. But we can do it quite often, that may perhaps take only a few seconds, that shows we value their contribution in our daily lives.
It definitely gives a happy moment in the recipient's life. If we notice their lives, we will definitely take some enjoyment in all those little things that we have and should have. In short, looking for people to thank helps us to find people to be thankful.
We can express our thanks to our fellow beings in many different ways. My online friend Lisa Sicard in her post, How Important is a Thank You in Blogging Today? explains this in an interesting way. A must read and a related post.
May this be our motto too.
ABOVE ALL LET US GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
NOT ONLY ON THIS DAY BUT EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIFE.
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Quite an old-fashioned recipe but perfect for cooking in the AGA.
You will need a 1.1 litre (2 pint) pudding basin, greased.
Measure the golden syrup into the bottom of the basin.
Mix the flour, sugar and suet together in a mixing bowl. Add the vanilla extract and enough milk to bind to a soft dough. Pour into the basin on top of the syrup. Cover with greaseproof paper and seal the top with a foil lid.
Put the basin in a stainless steel saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Fill with enough water to come halfway up the basin and bring to the boil on the Boiling Plate for about 8 minutes.
Transfer the pan, water and basin to the floor of the Simmering Oven and cook for about 3½ hours until the pudding is nicely risen and firm to the touch.
Turn the pudding upside down on to a plate so that all the syrup runs down the sides. Serve warm with custard and more warm golden syrup, if liked.
The pudding can be prepared a day ahead.
Cook on the hob for about 3½ hours, occasionally checking on the level of the water in the pan, topping up when needed with more boiling water.


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In separate occasions this month, Dr. Ryan C. Guinaran, Dr. William D. Dar and Mr. Abner Lawangen who are all BSU alumni received various awards. On December 12, 2016, Dr. Guinaran received The Outstanding Young Men and Women (TOYM) award and Dr. Dar received The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Award at the Malacañan Palace. On December 19, 2016, Mr. Abner O. Lawangen received the Dangal ng Bayan Award also at the Malacañan Palace.
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Dr. Guinaran is a current member of the Board of Regents representing the private sector, adjunct faculty member of the BSU-Open University, is the first Ibaloi and first Igorot from Benguet to receive the award for the 2016 TOYM program. He won the category under the Social and Cultural Leadership. He is an honoree of Indigenous Peoples Advocacy. As a doctor and Indigenous Peoples advocate, his advocacies focus on health, youth mobilization, education, history and culture and arts. Recently, he published his book entitled "To my fellow Igorot Youth" launched at Benguet State University (BSU) in October 2016. During the awarding ceremony, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte with the JCI Foundation directors led by chairman Manny V. Pangilinan handed the medal and trophy to the 11 honorees. The Junior Chamber International -Philippines (JCIP), TOYM Foundation and Gerry Roxas Foundation screened and reviewed over 60 nominations and selected 22 finalists to compete in the final round of judging. The Board of Judges conducted extensive review process to the 22 finalist. Present during the awarding were Benguet Governor Crescencio Pacalso, Benguet State University President Feliciano G. Calora Jr. , Guinaran's Family members, friends and relatives. Guinaran was born in La Trinidad, Benguet but traces his roots from Bokod and Kabayan, Benguet. His academic, community service and leadership awards during his schooling years were his starting line in devoting himself to community and youth development. He is a graduate of BS Biology at Saint Louis University and he pursued his medical degree at the UP College of Medicine in 2002. He is also a graduate of MS Community Development at BSU, MS in Development Management at Asian Institute of Management, Makati Philippines.
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Environment/Geography – Anthropogenic biomes/ "anthromes" or "human biomes"!!!
Note:- UPSC usually asks questions on current trends (eg- Clive Wilkinson's report on Coral, Current Research Programs etc, and the content of this article is an attempt in this regard. This particular article caters to Environmental Geography, although can be used in GS paper or any other paper as one sees fit.
One hundred years ago at a meeting of the Ecological Society of America, the botanist Frederic Clements floated a profound and controversial idea.
Instead of plants responding individually to the environment, he believed, they formed communities that acted as organic units. Later, in 1939, he took the idea further with fellow ecology pioneer Victor Shelford, making the case that animals as well as vegetation were part of these organic units, which he was now calling biomes.
The world's great landscapes are biomes, he argued. The tundra, the desert, the steppe, and the coniferous forest. The concept stuck. Over the years, other ecologists built on Clements's definition, adding environmental factors such as climate and soil characteristics to the definition; but for the most part, his original vision of biomes as collections of interrelated plants and animals endured.
Yet fundamental to ecology as biomes are, the traditional definition refers only to natural habitats, as if people and cities did not exist. This oversight is causing some to question whether the traditional definitions still apply.
Leading the push for reframing biomes in light of human development is Erle Ellis, an environmental scientist at the University of Maryland. "The concept behind the classic view of biomes is that these global patterns are shaped by climate, terrain, and soils—that sort of thing, but mostly climate," .
"But when you look at the patterns now, they are not shaped just by climate. There's a huge amount of shaping going on from human activity. The most extensive one is agriculture: crops and pastures and range lands."
The idea that human influence was being overlooked came to him in the early 1990s, when he went to rural China to study how the move from traditional to industrial farming was altering the environment.
"Places like that—they are places that, since the last glacial, have not had a natural history. Humans have been using those landscapes for thousands of years and managing the ecology of the whole landscape. So it became obvious there was a lot of ecology that was essentially a human ecology, and the big question was how much of Earth's ecology has been transformed by our activity.
The ecologies of Atlanta, Singapore, and Lagos could have more in common with each other than the rural areas surrounding them.
The answer he arrived at was "almost all of it" and that—on land, at least—natural landscapes have largely ceased to exist. In light of this, he drew a new map of the world's biomes, one that replaced the traditional grasslands, tundra, and forests with eighteen "anthropogenic" biomes that represented the degree to which humans have altered the landscape. At one end were the few remaining wildernesses, places such as Antarctica. At the other end of the scale, the modern metropolis.
But can cities really be biomes? To fit that definition, cities would need to have similar environmental processes and be home to similar communities of plants and animals regardless of where they are. It would mean that the ecologies of Atlanta, Singapore, and Lagos have more in common with each other than the rural areas surrounding them.
That sounds far-fetched, but the evidence that this could be the case is growing. Take the example of Baltimore and Phoenix. On the face of it, these cities sit in very different environments—Baltimore in the humid East, Phoenix in the arid West. But urbanization has altered their climates. Baltimore has become hotter than the surrounding countryside because of the "urban heat island" effect, while the construction of waterways has made Phoenix cooler. The net result is that air temperatures in Baltimore and Phoenix have become more similar.
Temperature is not the only thing that makes the two cities a closer match than their locations would suggest. The residents of Phoenix and Baltimore have similar gardening tastes, so they opt for the kind of lawns that can be seen in almost every American suburb. The result? Phoenix and Baltimore share similar green spaces with similar plant species.
Water systems also bring cities into line with each other. To build Miami, wetlands were drained, whereas the development of Phoenix saw the construction of lakes and canals. Now, when it comes to water, Miami and Phoenix are more like each other than the Everglades or the Arizona desert.
Anthropogenic Biomes by Erle Ellis and Navin Ramankutty
Humans have fundamentally altered global patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Surprisingly, existing systems for representing these global patterns, including biome classifications, either ignore humans altogether or simplify human influence into, at most, four categories.
Eighteen "anthropogenic biomes" were identified through empirical analysis of global population, land use, and land cover. More than 75% of Earth's ice-free land showed evidence of alteration as result of human residence and land use, with less than a quarter remaining as wildlands, supporting just 11% of terrestrial net primary production. Anthropogenic biomes offer a new way forward by acknowledging human influence on global ecosystems and moving us toward models and investigations of the terrestrial biosphere that integrate human and ecological system.
In a nutshell:
• Anthropogenic biomes offer a new view of the terrestrial biosphere in its contemporary, human-altered form
• Most of the terrestrial biosphere has been altered by human residence and agriculture
• Less than a quarter of Earth's ice-free land is wild; only 20% of this is forests and > 36% is barren
• More than 80% of all people live in densely populated urban and village biomes
• Agricultural villages are the most extensive of all densely populated biomes and one in four people lives in them
Biomes are the most basic units that ecologists use to describe global patterns of ecosystem form, process, and biodiversity. Historically, biomes have been identified and mapped based on general differences in vegetation type associated with regional variations in climate.
Existing descriptions of biome systems either ignore human influence altogether or describe it using at most four anthropogenic ecosystem classes (urban/built-up, cropland, and one or two cropland/natural vegetation mosaic(s); classification systems include IGBP, Loveland et al. 2000; "Olson Biomes", Olson et al. 2001; GLC 2000, Bartholome and Belward 2005; and GLOBCOVER, Defourny et al. 2006)
Identifying anthropogenic biomes: an empirical approach
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The Big Questions:-
Are conventional biome systems obsolete?
The answer is certainly "no". Although Erle Ellis proposed a basic model of ecological processes within and across anthropogenic biomes, the model remains conceptual, while existing models of the terrestrial biomes, based on climate, terrain, and geology, are fully operational and are useful for predicting the future state of the biosphere in response to climate change.
On the other hand, anthropogenic biomes are in many ways a more accurate description of broad ecological patterns within the current terrestrial biosphere than are conventional biome systems that describe vegetation patterns based on variations in climate and geology. It is rare to find extensive areas of any of the basic vegetation forms depicted in conventional biome models outside of the areas defined as wild biomes. This is because most of the world's "natural" ecosystems are embedded within lands altered by land use and human populations, as is apparent when viewing the distribution of IGBP and Olson biomes within the anthropogenic biomes.
Conclusions:-
Human influence on the terrestrial biosphere is now pervasive. While climate and geology have shaped ecosystems and evolution in the past, this work contributes to the growing body of evidence demonstrating that human forces may now outweigh these across most of Earth's land surface today. Indeed, wildlands now constitute only a small fraction of Earth's land.
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Q: PHP pthreads - shared objects Im searching a safe and fast way to use a shared object.
I asked the question already here: https://github.com/krakjoe/pthreads/issues/470
but obviuously this wasnt the right place.
Trying to share an object (Threaded) with many other contextes (Thread).
All threads are updating this shard object -- they can set own requests and have to respond to requests from others also.
Now that krakjoe responded that lock/unlock wont be available in 7 i got a problem.
I know about :.synchronized but have no idea how to use it to get it working for my needs.
How can i use ::synchronized to write methods like

*

*lock()

*unlock()

*is_locked() -- check if locked, and if so dont try - just go on and try later

EDIT:
i wrote a (imo) very easy test script.
this script includes no syc/lock/... methods atm.
it should just show what im trying to do.
im still searching a way to use :: to make this shared safe.
code:
<?php
/*
TEST:
    create n threads
    each will
        - Shared::set() its own ref
        - check if Shared::exists() its own ref
        - Shared::get() its ref back
        - call method ::isRunning() at returned val to easily check if is ref or got overwritten by another context

TODO:
    using ::synchronized to handle multi-context-access

NOTES:
    every method as public to prevent pthreads v2 "Method Modifiers - Special Behaviour"
        see: "Method Modifiers - Special Behaviour"
            at http://blog.krakjoe.ninja/2015/08/a-letter-from-future.html
*/
class Shared extends Threaded
{
    public $data;
    public function exists($ident)
    {
        return isset($this->data[$ident]);
    }
    public function set($ident, $ref)
    {
        $return = false;
        if(!isset($this->data[$ident])){
            $data = $this->data;
            $data[$ident] = $ref;
            $this->data = $data;
            $return = $this->data[$ident];
        }
        #echo __METHOD__ . '(' . $ident . ') => ' . gettype($return) . PHP_EOL;
        return $return;
    }
    public function get($ident)
    {
        $return = false;
        if($this->exists($ident) === true){
            $data = $this->data;
            $return = $data[$ident];
            unset($data[$ident]);
            $this->data = $data;
        }
        #echo __METHOD__ . '(' . $ident . ') => ' . gettype($return) . PHP_EOL;
        return $return;
    }
}

class T extends Thread
{
    public $count;
    public function __construct(Shared $Shared, $ident)
    {
        $this->Shared = $Shared;
        $this->ident = $ident;
    }
    public function run()
    {
        $slowdown = true;
        $this->count = 0;
        while(true){
            if($slowdown){
                // "don't allow usleep or sleep" : https://github.com/krakjoe/pthreads/commit/a157b34057b0f584b4db326f30961b5c760dead8
                //  loop a bit to simulate work:
                $start = microtime(true);
                $until = rand(1, 100000)/1000000;
                while(microtime(true)-$start < $until){
                    // ...
                }
            }

            if($this->Shared->exists($this->ident) === true){
                $ref = $this->Shared->get($this->ident);
            }
            else{
                $ref = $this->Shared->set($this->ident, $this);
            }
            // calling a method on $ref -- if not a ref we crash
            $ref->isRunning();
            unset($ref);
            $this->count++;
        }
    }
}

echo 'start ...' . PHP_EOL;

$n = 8;
$Shared = new Shared();
for($i = 0, $refs = array(); $i < $n; $i++){
    $refs[$i] = new T($Shared, $i);
    $refs[$i]->start();
}

while(!empty($refs)){
    // print status:
    if(!isset($t)or microtime(true)-$t > 1){
        $t = microtime(true);
        echo 'status: ' . count($refs) . ' running atm ...' . PHP_EOL;
    }

    // join crashed threads:
    foreach($refs as $i => $thread){
        if($thread->isRunning() === false){
            echo 'T-' . $i . ' stopped after ' . $thread->count . PHP_EOL;
            if($thread->isJoined() === false){
                $thread->join();
            }
            unset($refs[$i]);
        }
    }
}

echo 'no thread running anymore.' . PHP_EOL;

/* output
start ...
status: 8 running atm ...

Notice: Undefined offset: 6 in ...\shared_test.php on line 33

Fatal error: Call to a member function isRunning() on null in ...\shared_test.php on line 82
T-6 stopped after 10
status: 7 running atm ...

Notice: Undefined offset: 4 in ...\shared_test.php on line 33

Fatal error: Call to a member function isRunning() on null in ...\shared_test.php on line 82
T-4 stopped after 35
status: 6 running atm ...

Notice: Undefined offset: 7 in ...\shared_test.php on line 33

Fatal error: Call to a member function isRunning() on null in ...\shared_test.php on line 82
T-7 stopped after 43
status: 5 running atm ...
status: 5 running atm ...
status: 5 running atm ...

[...]
*/
?>

A: Threaded objects are already thread safe, that is to say that, any time you read, write, check for the existence of, or delete (unset) a member, the operation is atomic - no other context can perform any of the aforementioned operations while the first operation takes place. The same is true for engine handlers that the user is unaware of, everything down to the lowest level is implicitly safe.
Quite re-assuring, however ... This has obvious limits when the logic gets more complex, such as checking the existence of a member before setting or doing something else with it, as you are doing: While the operations on the object are atomic, there is nothing to stop another context unseting a member between the call to isset and the call to read the property/dimension.
This applies to PHP7 (pthreads v3+)
Safety, and integrity are two different things here. When integrity is important you can use Threaded::synchronized in PHP7 to preserve it correctly. In PHP5 you could preserve it also, but the code would be more complicated, as would the explanation.
Your second example should run indefinitely, if I understand it's logic. So I'm using that assumption to construct the correct code, I'm going to make further assumptions about what you might want to do in this endless loop and provide some insight where it seems required.
<?php
class Referee extends Threaded {

    public function find(string $ident, Threaded $reference) {
        return $this->synchronized(function () use($ident, $reference) {
            if (isset($this[$ident])) {
                return $this[$ident];
            } else return ($this[$ident] = $reference);
        });
    }

    public function foreach(Closure $closure) {
        $this->synchronized(function() use($closure) {
            foreach ($this as $ident => $reference) {
                $closure($ident, $reference);
            }
        });
    }
}

class Test extends Thread {

    public function __construct(Referee $referee, string $ident, bool $delay) {
        $this->referee = $referee;
        $this->ident   = $ident;
        $this->delay   = $delay;
    }

    public function run() {
        while (1) {
            if ($this->delay) {
                $this->synchronized(function(){
                    $this->wait(1000000);
                });
            }

            $reference =
                $this->referee->find($this->ident, $this);

            /* do something with reference here, I guess */

            /* do something with all references here */
            $this->referee->foreach(function($ident, $reference){
                var_dump(Thread::getCurrentThreadId(),
                        $reference->getIdent(),
                        $reference->isRunning());
            });
        }
    }

    public function getIdent() {
        return $this->ident;
    }

    private $referee;
    private $ident;
    private $delay;
}

$referee = new Referee();
$threads = [];
$thread = 0;
$idents = [
    "smelly",
    "dopey",
    "bashful",
    "grumpy",
    "sneezy",
    "sleepy",
    "happy",
    "naughty"
];

while ($thread < 8) {
    $threads[$thread] = new Test($referee, $idents[$thread], rand(0, 1));
    $threads[$thread]->start();
    $thread++;
}

foreach ($threads as $thread)
    $thread->join();
?>

So we'll look at the differences, I'll tell you why they are as they are and how else you might write them, you already know that we're not talking about safety now, but integrity, you are afforded the (quite remarkable) assumption that anything you write is "safe", as explained.
The first major difference, is this:
if ($this->delay) {
    $this->synchronized(function(){
        $this->wait(1000000);
    });
}

This is simply a suitable way to make a Thread wait, you wouldn't have to use the Thread itself to synchronize, you could use any Threaded object. The benefit of doing things properly, in case not clear is that, sleep and usleep do not leave threads in a receptive state, using ::wait does.
In the real world, where you really should only ever wait for something, that would be a more complex block, it might (and should) look more like:
if ($this->delay) {
    $this->synchronized(function(){
        while ($this->condition) {
            $this->wait(1000000);
        }
    });
}

Note: waiting for a timeout is technically waiting for something, however, you might be awoken by something other than the timeout having been reached, and code should be prepared for that.
Such that, another context is able to notify the Thread that it should stop waiting and shutdown gracefully, or carry out some other important action immediately, simply by synchronizing, changing a condition and notifying the Thread.
For predictable code, it's extremely important to get comfortable with how synchronized, wait and notify work.
Next we have our logic for setting and or getting the reference:
$reference =
    $this->referee->find($this->ident, $this);

Which invokes this:
public function find(string $ident, Threaded $reference) {
    return $this->synchronized(function () use($ident, $reference) {
        if (isset($this[$ident])) {
            return $this[$ident];
        } else return ($this[$ident] = $reference);
    });
}

This is badly named, naming things is hard, but you can see that integrity is preserved by synchronization while these grouped operations take place. The same method could also be used to fetch a reference to another object, with a bit of tweaking.
I guess you do something with that particular reference (which is always going to be $this currently). I can't guess what. Moving on ...
I've made the assumption that you'll want to do something with each of these Threads, and you want to preserve the integrity of the data while the entire iteration takes place:
$this->referee->foreach(function($ident, $reference){
    var_dump(Thread::getCurrentThreadId(),
            $reference->getIdent(),
            $reference->isRunning());
});

Which invokes:
public function foreach(Closure $closure) {
    $this->synchronized(function() use($closure) {
        foreach ($this as $ident => $reference) {
            $closure($ident, $reference);
        }
    });
}

This is how you would do such a thing.
It's worthy of mention that synchronized is not necessarily required here; just as nothing bad will happen if you remove a member from an array you are iterating over, nothing bad will happen if you unset or set or do anything else to an object while iteration occurs.

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Q: Как поэтапно происходит SSH-аутентификация?
*

*Сгенерировал RSA-ключи (ssh-keygen).

*Публичный ключ добавил на удалённый сервер (ssh-copy-id).

Итого

*

*У нас локально есть два ключа: key, key.pub; и запись в ~/.ssh/known_hosts.

*На удалённом сервере запись публичного ключа добавлена в ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Как поэтапно происходит процесс аутентификации: кто-что-кому отправляет и кто-что-как проверяет?

A: коротко и выборочно, касаясь только упомянутых файлов:

*

*сервер сообщает клиенту свой публичный rsa-ключ (/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub)

*клиент сверяет его с соответствующей строкой в ~/.ssh/known_hosts

*клиент сообщает серверу используемый публичный ключ key.pub (впрочем, если этот файл отсутствует, то всё необходимое можно извлечь из файла key — см. ниже)

*сервер сверяет его последовательно со всеми строками в ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

примечание.

У нас локально есть два ключа: key, key.pub

судя по названиям файлов, речь про один rsa-ключ, а не про два.
во втором файле, действительно, хранится только пара {e,n} (используя терминологию из примера в википедийной статье про rsa), а в первом, вообще-то, хранятся и e, и n, и d, т.е., формально говоря, не только секретный ключ, но и публичный в том числе. потому файл key.pub и легко восстановить, имея лишь файл key, а хранится пара {e,n} в отдельном файле, насколько я понимаю, лишь для удобства пользователя.

для иллюстрации, вот составные части файла key:
$ openssl rsa -in key -text -noout | sed '/^ /d'
Private-Key: (2048 bit)
modulus:
publicExponent: 65537 (0x10001)
privateExponent:
prime1:
prime2:
exponent1:
exponent2:
coefficient:

а вот составные части файла key.pub (ну, только сохранённого под именем key.pem в формате, понятном программе openssl):
$ openssl rsa -in key.pem -text -pubin -noout | sed '/^ /d'
Public-Key: (2048 bit)
Modulus:
Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)

видно, что в файле key.pub, как и «полагается» для публичного ключа, присутствует два компонента: e (exponent) и n (modulus).
а в файле key, как в греции, «есть всё»: не только пара n (modulus) и d (насколько я понимаю различие в терминологии, это privateexponent), но и тот же e (publicexponent), и много чего другого.


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When it comes to dealing with borderline personality disorders, you are either in or you are out. And once you become out, you can find yourself dealing with regret, personal resentment toward yourself, guilt, and sometimes an ounce of shame. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Why am I carrying all the dirty emotional baggage that should really rest on the other persons arms. Well, unfortunately someone with that type of illness takes no accountability so transfers all the tormented emotions onto its victim. Somehow they are free from all that weight. So how to I free myself of what should weigh heavy on the other persons shoulders?
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So knowing that, why am I beating myself up for being out? Don't I want to be free from him? Yes. Don't I want to move on with my life? Yes. Don't I want healthy relationships with appropriate boundaries and mutual respect? Yes. Don't I want to be in a loyal trustworthy relationship? Yes. Don't I want to feel authentic love? Yes.
The irony is somehow all these amazing qualities one should have in a relationship makes me, OUT?! – Yes.
It's a strange thing. It's weird that everything good about me gets twisted and puts me on the outs. I should be grateful I am out, but it's still hard to swallow. It can mess with your mind, and people who suffer from personality disorders are experts in twisting things to fool you into thinking because you are out you are all the bad things that he or she labels you. It's a lie. Don't fall for it. When you find yourself beating yourself up that things didn't end on the terms that you'd wish they had, know that is the strategic genius plan of the person to make you feel bad about yourself, and your decisions.
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export * from './iterator'
export * from './asyncIterable/recursiveType'

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import './add/asyncIterable/concatAll'
import './add/asyncIterable/concatMap'
import './add/asyncIterable/expand'
import './add/asyncIterable/filter'
import './add/asyncIterable/first'
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import './add/asyncIterable/map'
import './add/asyncIterable/join'
import './add/asyncIterable/reduce'
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Posh star picks up two awards after another eye-catching campaign.
Peterborough United attacking midfielder Marcus Maddison picked up the foreverposh Away Travel Player of the Season and the main foreverposh Player of the Season award with the presentations taking place ahead of the final day victory over Burton Albion at the ABAX Stadium.
It is the second time that Maddison has won the illustrious Player of the Season award, picking up a trophy, a bottle of champagne with his name being added to the shield which contains recent winners such as Jack Marriott, Britt Assombalonga and Craig Mackail-Smith.
Maddison also won the foreverposh Player of the Month bottle of champagne for his performances during April. Maddison pipped Joe Ward to the Away Travel award with Ivan Toney the runner-up in the Player of the Season category. Ward was the outright winner of the PISA Player of the Season while Toney picked up the Goal of the Season gong after fans on social media voted his stunning strike against Bradford City as their favourite ahead of his strike at Gillingham and goals from Mark O'Hara and Siriki Dembele.
Teenager Kyle Barker, who was handed a professional contract earlier this year, scooped the foreverposh Young Player of the Year with under 18s assistant Simon Davies making that presentation. Defender Rhys Bennett won the Posh Foundation Player in the Community award.


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Freshman Matt Campbell was the third Titan across the line at the Willamette Invitational on Oct 5, Campbell finished 76th overall in a time of 26:55.
Lane freshman Katy Potter finished eighth overall in the women's gold race to help lead the Titans to a seventh place finish at the Oct. 5 Willamette Invitational in Salem.
Potter covered the 5,000 meter course in a personal best time of 18:03 and helped set the tone for a huge day for the Lane women. Potter was not the only Titan to set a personal best. Four other Titans also ran the fastest times of their careers.
Sophomore Macauley Wilson finished in 19:30 and placed 49th. Freshman Nicole Maurmann finished 61st in a time of 19:53. Freshman Chelsea Spencer finished 62nd at 19:55 and freshman Kristine Dunn 63rd agt 19:56, "The women ran awesome," head coach Mike Blackmore said. "We knew it was a fast course but it's still extremely rare to have everybody (run a personal best) like we did." The Titans finished ahead of every other NWAACC team at the meet. Blackmore said they are the fourth best team of all the NWAACC competitors right now according to this year's results. "We realized after the first meet of the season that the women's team was not what we expected and I mean that in a very good way," Blackmore said. "I think we definitely have an outside shot of winning an NWAACC championship." The Titans' men were expected to be among the top teams at the meet, but settled for a disappointing 11th place finish in the team standings. "We didn't run very well," Blackmore said. "We need to have less of a gap between our number one and our number four guys." The Titans were lead by freshman Eduardo Juarez, who finished the mens gold 8,000 meter race 17th overall in a time of 25:23 — 43 seconds faster than his previous season best. Juarez was the only Lane runner to finish within the top 40. The Titans were defeated by Everett Community College, Clackamas Community College, and Spokane Community College, who finished seventh, eighth and 10th respectively. The Titans will be competing against all three teams later this season at the NWAACC championships. "There's a lot of reasons I think we performed so poorly," said Blackmore. "These guys are all freshman and are still getting used to running an 8k race. We just need to be more patient." Clackamas, the Titans'main competition for a South Region title, also underperformed at the meet. "I'm not sure where they are in their training cycle right now, but we know they won't be running like that when it comes time for regionals," Blackmore said. The Titans' next meet is on Oct. 12, when they will travel to Portland for the George Fox Invitational at Fernhill Park.


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Pilbara COVID-19 vaccination blitz begins soon
Pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Pilbara communities set to open in coming days
McGowan Government's plan to vaccinate more than 3,000 people, aged 12 and above
Two 'pop-up' vaccination clinics will open soon in Tom Price and Paraburdoo, as part of a vaccination blitz in the Pilbara region.
The clinics are a joint initiative of the McGowan Government, WA Country Health Service (WACHS), miner Rio Tinto and the Shire of Ashburton.
The initiative is designed to improve access to vaccination for people in Tom Price and Paraburdoo, surrounding Aboriginal communities, and for Rio Tinto workers and their families.
The Tom Price Community Vaccination Clinic will run from September 17 to 21 at Tom Price Community Centre, Central Road. The clinic will be open from 9am to 6pm.
The Paraburdoo Community Vaccination Clinic will open for one day, September 23, at Ashburton Hall, Ashburton Avenue. The clinic will be open from 9am to 6pm.
People are encouraged to book an appointment via www.rollup.wa.gov.au and walk-ins are also welcome.
While anyone eligible wanting the vaccine will be able to receive it at either clinic, local families especially are encouraged to come along and do their bit to protect the Pilbara.
State-run COVID-19 vaccination clinics are available in more than 100 locations across Western Australia, with locations listed on the HealthyWA website.
A range of GPs and GP respiratory clinics will also be able to provide the vaccine to children aged 12 years and older from today.
There have been more than 1.9 million vaccinations administered to Western Australians across the State.
"It is great to have Western Australia's resources sector involved in the effort to vaccinate as many Western Australians as possible.
"Having these pop-up clinics in these towns will help to drive up our vaccination rates for people living and working in the engine room of the sector - our Pilbara.
"More of these initiatives are being planned for the future."
Comments attributed to Pilbara MLA Kevin Michel:
"It is vital to keep our regional communities safe by getting them vaccinated.
"This new expansion in the effort to get as many Western Australians vaccinated against COVID-19 as possible is very welcome."


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Who is the Villain Teased in The Lord of the Rings TV Series Synopsis? – Den of Geek
Indeed, Tolkien's main novel appendices and array of non-novel stories—many of which were published posthumously under the editorial stewardship of his recently-passed son, Christopher Tolkien—depict Morgoth (as the character came to be known upon his evil turn,) as the original big bad of Middle Earth. Morgoth waged wars against the races of Elves, Men and Dwarves on an unfathomable scale, using the might of Orc armies and monstrous allies like Balrogs, Dragons, Trolls and Giant Spiders for many millennia until his final defeat and exile into the Great Void, which marked the end of Middle Earth's First Age. That would be the last time Morgoth would ever inhabit Middle Earth, although ominous prophecies foretold his return, which never ultimately happened.
Consequently, barring an anachronistic direction from the series, Morgoth has to be eliminated from being the villain of The Lord of the Rings series. That's where Sauron comes in, since the character—originally called Mairon, a Maiar (primordial spirits who serve the Valar)—succumbed to a desire for more power, and was thusly influenced by Morgoth's evil, serving as one of his lieutenants throughout the malevolent lord's epoch-spanning wars. However, after Morgoth's final defeat, Sauron's subsequent millennia of misdeeds would be—unlike his former master's adherence to raw power—rooted in deceit. Yet, Tolkien left some of Sauron's exploits open to interpretation about whether he was even truly evil—at least during certain eras—and there is room for the character to manifest in a nuanced manner on the Amazon series as a Loki of sorts for Second Age Middle Earth.
While Sauron's own trickery in Middle Earth spans multiple millennia, his most infamous act was, of course, the ruse that inveigled the leaders of Middle Earth's races to forge and utilize the Rings of Power, which he secretly controlled with the One Ring; a story that was famously told onscreen with powerfully pithy dialogue from Cate Blanchett's narrating Galadriel in The Fellowship of the Rings' prologue. However, said prologue doesn't reveal that Sauron's initial entreaty with the Rings came about by way of an insidious, slow-burn plot to befriend the high Elves of Middle Earth while disguised in a fair Elven-like form under the identity of "Annatar" the "Lord of Gifts." Promising to teach forms of magic that would save the world—perhaps in case Morgoth would ever return—Sauron manipulated master Elven craftsman Celebrimbor into forging the secretly-tainted Rings of Power: three to the Elves, seven to the Dwarf lords and nine to the race of Men. You all know how that ended.
This seems likely to be the initial storyline for the series, especially since the show's official Twitter account started early hype for the series by teasing Tolkien's lines about the Rings of Power. Adding fuel to that notion is the fact that Peter Jackson originally had designs to utilize Sauron in his "Annatar" form for Return of the King's climactic Battle at the Black Gate. Indeed, as you can see in the image immediately above (from a behind-the-scenes documentary), the original context of the scene—set after Aragorn appears entranced after seeing the Eye of Sauron—was that Sauron had become powerful enough to physically manifest onto the battlefield, first in his old fair form, after which he transforms into the armored figure we saw in the prologue, and starts directly attacking. However, Jackson eventually had to digitally replace Argorn's opponent with a towering armored troll.
The other viable Sauron story would be the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, which occurred a few hundred years after the Elves, joined by the Númenoreans, waged a first war against Sauron. After the initial defeat of his armies, Sauron was taken as a hostage to the island kingdom, which was inhabited by a race of long-lived men (of which Aragorn is a descendant). There, Sauron, again under the disguise of a fair form, insidiously ingratiated himself to the corruptible King Ar-Pharazôn, eventually leading to the rise of Morgoth worshippers promised eternal life. This culminated in an attempted invasion of the Undying Lands that angered the Valar, resulting in the island being swallowed by the sea—and Sauron retreating back to Mordor, eventually setting up the culminating War of the Last Alliance, as depicted in the movie prologue.
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Lindsay Olives :: Magazine Ad & Radio Copy
By Gil on September 20, 2007 in Ads, Portfolio, Radio Commercials
One of my favorite clients when I was a young copywriter at Ketchum Advertising, San Francisco (now TWBA Chiat-Day) was also one of my first clients ever: Lindsay Olives.
I've always believed that advertising copywriting should be entertaining with humorous headlines. So here are two I wrote that I still like, many years later. The first was a recipe ad shown on the left that ran in Good Housekeeping and other women's magazine. For it, we dressed a model up like the Mona Lisa, so the headline was "Presenting Mona Lindsay's Olive Meatloaf." The bacon-and-olive meatloaf recipe tasted much better than it looked.
The second ad shown on the right ran in football programs in the Bay Area (49ers, Raiders, UC Berkeley & Stanford) because the Lindsay Olive sales team would take their clients to the games. For this one, we created the fun Lindsay Olive "Half-Time-At-The-Football-Game" Game. Download the ad PDF.
For Lindsay, I also wrote and produced some hilarious radio commercials that won lots of major awards including a nomination as a CLIO finalist. The first was called "Yoo Hoo" featuring a Jewish Olive talking about his son. The second was a "nebbishy" olive who was "Born Homely".
Listen to these two :60 MP3 Lindsay Olive radio commercials now:
https://zeimer.com/wp-content/uploads/11-Lindsay-Olives_-Yoo-Hoo.mp3 https://zeimer.com/wp-content/uploads/01-Lindsay-Olives_-Born-Homely-1.mp3
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Established businesses rely on so-called best practices to retain their market share by limiting risk, but what happens when an established practice isn't actually the best way to solve a problem?
This philosophy lies at the core of our company, Code & Theory, and defines how we engage and operate. Instead of relying on established best practices, we have cultivated a culture that empowers our creative problem-solvers and has led to countless competitive developments.
The key, we've learned, is to create a workplace culture that enables team members to think strategically about the best way to do something instead of relying on tried-and-true tactics. To do this, managers must lead by example and encourage everyone to question norms. Day in and day out, they must ask "why?" Employees should feel comfortable analyzing and evaluating both processes and outputs.
Overcoming rote best practices by challenging and being challenged is a skill set that people must learn, attempt and improve upon over time. Encourage employees to get used to challenging best practices by explaining the goal often and clearly. In my experience, this preparation and encouragement can lead to achievements you wouldn't think possible.
At first, challenge your employees in one-on-one settings — avoid challenging team members in front of groups until your entire team is used to this new way of interacting. Remember that your response as a manager will set the tone for employees' comfort levels; you can shut them down as easily as you can encourage them.
Soon enough, your employees will expect you to challenge them, and vice versa. The best managers welcome thoughtful challenges from their employees, so don't shy away from candid comments or questions. For this culture to truly take hold, managers must commit to the same feedback system they expect their employees to embrace.
Beyond committing to a culture of challenging the norm, it's vital for managers to establish team dynamics and structures that create the strongest capabilities for problem-solving. Managers can create a runway to creative problem-solving by nourishing a culture that drives it, but the organization's structure must also be designed to harness the solution-seeking process.
1. Establish diverse teams to create unique solutions.
For these purposes, team diversity is less about demographics (although that's important). Teams should consist of people from multiple disciplines with a variety of skills to lend the most comprehensive view possible of the problems at hand. Instead of creating teams of people from one discipline, opt for collaboration among multiple disciplines. By prioritizing diversity and cognitive differences in team dynamics, managers can avoid functional bias, which would result in the same patterns applied to emerging problems.
Successfully pairing people from different backgrounds and approaches is a skill that managers will need to practice. Pay attention to the ways employees interact with each other. Ideal teams unite people with similar communication styles. Someone with a background in finance and someone with a background in film production, for example, would arrive at a functionally different solution by working together than if two film producers were to tackle the same problem.
We prioritized a diversely collaborative team when designing CNN's Magic Wall, blending ideas from broadcast, news, data reporting, and technology backgrounds to design a better experience for viewers on election night.
2. Build the right team structure with a directly responsible individual.
The rigid hierarchies of traditional organizational charts don't allow for much flexibility. We changed our structure to prioritize creative problem-solving, creating core pods for different projects and assigning a directly responsible individual (DRI) to each project. The DRI is responsible for considering the feedback of multiple viewpoints, assessing the options, and determining which ones to pursue. This structure prevents both creative stagnation and design by committee.
That doesn't make the DRI the only voice in the room, though. The DRI should expect team members to hash it out and contest each other, allowing workers across disciplines to identify problems and solutions. DRIs make judgment calls to break gridlocks and keep the project moving. In doing so, they help shape the chaos of creativity into a single vision while encouraging teams to push that vision forward.
Although the processes that have empowered us to break the bonds of best practices seem simple, they take time and dedication to implement. Diverse teams don't come together overnight, and people need support to embrace a culture of challenges. Managers can start this process by helping employees see the value of this solution-seeking mindset, starting more challenging conversations in private and exploring team structures that encourage employees to experiment.
In doing so, company leaders across all levels can help position their organizations to tackle emerging market problems, stand out from the competition, and design more effective solutions.
Dan Gardner is the co-founder and CEO of Code and Theory, an agency that crafts innovative interactive products and campaigns for leading brands. Code and Theory specializes in the strategy, creative, design, and development of multiplatform products and campaigns.


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Hardware store planned in Glen Carbon
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@hearst.com
Published 9:22 am CST, Friday, November 27, 2020
A national hardware store not already in this area is slated to open first in Glen Carbon's Orchard Town Center.
GLEN CARBON — Village trustees this week unanimously approved items related to Orchard Town Center, the village's 54-acre planned retail area.
Tim Lowe, vice president of leasing and development with the Staenberg Group (formerly THF Realty) said the site was tough to develop because of price, traffic and mine subsidence.
"We've been looking in the Glen Carbon market for a long time," he said. "We've had this site (the Foucek property) under consideration for a few years.
"This is really the last remaining retail site within the retail node within Edwardsville and Glen Carbon," he said. "It's currently undeveloped and we were fortunate enough to put it under contract in June."
Lowe said there are three main parts to the project.
The initial site plan, which may be adjusted as the process continues, depicts a 209,000-square-foot store with an adjacent warehouse of almost 49,000-square-feet. While not disclosing the name, Lowe described the store as a "national large anchor hardware store" in the St. Louis region but not within 10 miles of Edwardsville-Glen Carbon.
The second piece would be four junior anchor stores of 15,500 square feet, 14,400 square feet, 10,000 square feet and 7,900 square feet.
"That retail would be a combination of junior anchors and small shop retail," Lowe said.
The third piece are 12 outlots projected to ring the development from the southeast corner of Governors' Parkway and Plum Street to almost the northwest corner of Illinois 159 and Center Grove Road. Those project would range from just more than an acre to 1.77 acres.
"The outparcels can be a number of different things," he said. "They they could be fast food. They could be [sit-down] restaurants. They could be banks. They could be service.
"But they also could be multi-tenant buildings," he said. "These outparcels give us the chance to bring in a lot of variety into a project of this nature."
Lowe said construction would begin in summer or fall 2021, with the national hardware store opening first in spring 2023.
"With that, you would have some outparcels and some retail but all of the components would not necessarily open at the same time," Lowe said.
Currently, two entrances and exits from Illinois 159 are planned along with another to Governors' Parkway, a fourth onto Plum Street and a fifth ingress/egress to Center Grove by Madison County Transit's Goshen Trail.
Between the outlots along Illinois 159 and the road itself would be three stormwater detention areas, with two additional detention ponds abutting the Goshen Trail.
Village trustees last week approved a project funding agreement with Staenberg for $101,500. Per a Nov. 24 memo, Staenberg will fund that amount upfront to cover the village's costs for attorney fees, environmental consultants and economic development consultants.
The economic developments include no more than $15,800 for a technical services and assistance agreement and $23,000 for professional services regarding eligibility for business and tax-increment financing (TIF) districts with Edwardsville's Moran Economic Development and Keith Moran.
They also approved a technical services and assistance agreement with Economic Development Resources out of St. Louis for $27,500. EDR President Gene Norber will provide expertise on pro forma and financial information for the development.
Should the village proceed with both or either agreement, this funding would be used to compile all plans. However, any approval and subsequent action does not bind the village to any specific incentive package. Such a package, if desired, would have to be negotiated.
Reach reporter Charles Bolinger at 618-659-5735


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