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African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, Biographical Stories, Cultural History, Human Rights, Political History, Social History, Sports
Colin Kaepernick: The Silent Protest with a Thunderous Impact
Colin Kaepernick proudly raises fist | Photo courtesy of Gentleman's Quarterly
Justin Martinez
Colin "Kap" Kaepernick was arguably one of the best up-and-coming quarterbacks in the NFL in his prime. His career, however, was conflicted by his decision to sit during the national anthem. This peaceful protest of his was his way of shining a light on the oppression of colored people and its associated police brutality in the United States. Colin was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2011 NFL draft. He was used as a backup until halfway through the 2012 season. The sophomore quarterback was called upon to fill the void in the starting quarterback position, due to injuries. This is when Colin began to shine, as he led the 49ers to make their first Super Bowl appearance in almost two decades. The next year, Colin was named starting quarterback and he led the 49ers deep into another playoff run. They made it all the way to the NFC championship game, which is the game right before the Super Bowl. For the rest of his contract, Colin Kaepernick struggled to maintain his starting position, mostly due to injury; however, the last year of his contract is where he showed his determination to take a stand. In 2016, Colin Kaepernick decided to sit during the national anthem. He didn't play or even wear his uniform in the first two preseason games, and although this didn't stop him from sitting, it did let him go virtually unnoticed.
Colin Kaepernick can be seen sitting on the bench during the national anthem | Photo courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald
It wasn't until the third preseason game, on August 26, 2016, when he wore his uniform, that Colin gained attention for sitting on the bench during the national anthem. In an interview, Colin alerted the public that "'when there's significant change and [he] feel[s] like that flag represents what it's supposed to represent and this country is representing people the way that it's supposed to, [then he'll] stand.'"1 This occurrence caught the eyes of Americans everywhere. Many people interpreted his protest as protesting the anthem itself, and therefore of disrespecting America, but some saw it as a chance to challenge the ideals that the anthem claims to represent, therefore making this the perfect stage for such a protest. Whichever the case, everyone has different opinions and most can't see past the the fact that the protest is during the anthem. Police unions were on the verge of rejecting to provide security at games, Kaepernick received death threats, protesters were abused and threatened with lynching. The person who is supposed to represent America, our president, President Trump, encouraged the brutal tone for angry Americans by proposing that U.S. citizen Colin Kaepernick move to another country and stop calling the U.S. his home.2 This comment, in addition to the threats and harassment is exactly what Colin is fighting to put an end to. Since starting the protest, nothing has changed. There has still been numerous killings of unarmed victims at the hands of police. The United States of America is the greatest country in the world, but why is there so much hate? It wouldn't be true to say that America hasn't made significant changes in hopes of reaching equality. However, arguing that we are nearing that goal would be false as well. Colin has had the courage and the opportunity to use the publicity to become the voice for change, and although many people despise him for it, let's just not forget his true ambition for starting this protest: equality.
The protest sparked controversy all over the United States. Colin gained numerous supporters as well as many critics. A former green-beret turned NFL player, and fan of Colin's, wrote an open letter to him. In the eyes of many veterans and even most patriotic Americans, sitting during the national anthem is seen as insulting and even somewhat offensive. However, in the letter, Nate Boyer describes Colin as courageous and although he himself didn't have to deal with prejudice, having been to Sudan and witnessing genocide helped him understand the activism of Colin. Boyer wanted to become a green-beret because their motto supports what he stood for: De opresso liber— to free the oppressed. Nate explains that he is willing to try to listen and understand Colin's cause despite the anger he felt when Colin first decided to sit during the national anthem. He raises the argument that "Overcoming racism at home is a slow process, and we still have a long way to go, but most of us are trying. That's what sets us apart from so many other places. In this country, no matter who you are, where you come from, what color you are, you can try."3 Having experience in both the military and the NFL, Nate's letter caught a huge amount of publicity. Although Boyer expressed his opinion on the protest, he continually emphasizes the fact that he doesn't speak for all veterans, who all have opinions of their own. While in Culver City, CA, during an interview with NFL Network, he received a call from Colin's publicist claiming that Colin wanted to meet him before the game the next day. After agreeing to meet, Colin sent an Uber for Nate, and after a three-our ride, Nate not only met Colin, but Colin's teammate Eric Reid (who was the first person to join the protest).
Colin Kaepernick and Nate Boyer meet before one of Colin's games | Photo courtesy of Nate Boyer's Twitter page
While conversing with Colin, Nate explained that not only is the national anthem considered "'[…]a sacred time for a lot of people,'" but also that "'[…] sitting on the bench isolated from [the] team is not very inspiring.'"4 After deciding to kneel instead, Colin asked Nate to kneel with him.
Nate Boyer's influence caused Colin to stop sitting and kneel instead | Photo courtesy of MediaIte
Nate declined, but stood next to him, in approval, with his hand over his heart. By going from sitting to kneeling, Kap not only shows his willingness to listen to others, but also that it is not his intentions to offend anybody. Colin took responsibility and expressed his awareness on the topic. He knew that not everyone would approve of his protest, including the 49ers organization, which released a statement arguing that freedom of expression is a great American principle and that individuals could choose whether or not to stand during the national anthem. The NFL also stated that "Players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the national anthem."5
At a party rally in Alabama in September 2017, President Donald Trump used profane language to advise that NFL owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem. This quickly backfired as all 28 NFL teams then participated in the protest. Not only players participated, but numerous coaches and even team owners participated as well. Throughout the protest, Colin gained many followers, not only in the NFL, but in other sports as well. This came to be known as the "Kaepernick effect." There were numerous high school and college teams of various sports following Colin's movement. This phenomena even trickled down to peewee football teams.6 In a 2016 NBA preseason game, Denasia Lawrence knelt at midcourt while singing the national anthem before the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers exhibition. During the national anthem of the first game of the 2017 WNBA finals, the Los Angeles Sparks received a barrage of booing due to their walkout in a refusal to participate in the honoring of the national anthem. Their opponents, the Minnesota Lynx, followed in the footsteps of their fellow NFL Minnesotan counterpart (Vikings) and linked arms during the anthem. Several NASCAR team owners even chimed in by agreeing to willingly fire any participants of this protest. President Trump praised NASCAR for this; however, the NASCAR organization stepped in and while still respecting the national anthem, the organization argued for peaceful protests with this statement: "Sports are a unifying influence in our society, bringing people of differing backgrounds and beliefs together. Our respect for the national anthem has always been a hallmark of our pre-race events. Thanks to the sacrifices of many, we live in a country of unparalleled freedoms and countless liberties, including the right to peacefully express one's opinion."7 Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign midfielder) and the US Soccer International team kneel during the anthem before the Seattle Reign-Chicago Red Stars game.
Seattle Reign midfielder joins Colin Kaepernicks protest | Photo courtesy of CNN
Rapinoe argues that Colin is being treated disgustingly and that the media, and most of America at this point, is making the protest out to be something that it isn't.8 The true purpose of this movement is an attempt to make racism and police brutality a thing of the past by speaking out against it. As Nate Boyer argued earlier, it's just the fact that the protest is happening during the national anthem that makes the public deem it as offensive and unacceptable. Due to this controversy, on May 23, 2018, the NFL released a new policy stating that players are allowed to stay in the locker room during the national anthem, but those who were out in the public eye during the anthem were required to stand and that any team that had players kneel would be fined. The players' union filed a grievance in response to this policy, arguing that not only did the policy conflict with their rights, but that they weren't informed about the making of this policy. The NFL reacted by quickly putting the policy on hold in order to talk it out with the players.9
It has been over a year that Colin has been unsigned, and it's not because of lack of talent. Leading a team deep into the playoffs two years in a row in just his second and third years in the league should prove just how good he is. No team has even attempted to offer him a contract. In October 2017, during week six of the NFL season, the unsigned activist filed a grievance arguing that the league had blackballed him. He believes the entire league came to an agreement that nobody would sign him, and the argument is valid. Why can't a star quarterback, who's still relatively young compared to many other starting quarterbacks, get signed? Nonetheless, being unsigned hasn't gotten in the way at all of the peaceful protests, as Colin has won awards for his efforts and cause. Some of these rewards include the Black History Award from Harvard, Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award, 2017 Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, and Amnesty International even bestowed it's Ambassador of Conscience Award for "his refusal to ignore or accept racial discrimination."10 Gentleman's Quarterly requested putting him on the cover of their magazine for winning the magazine's Citizen of the Year. Colin accepted the cover and agreed to work with the magazine and the "reason he wanted to participate is that he wants to reclaim the narrative of his protest, which has been hijacked by a president eager to make this moment about himself. But Colin also made it clear to [GQ] that he intended to remain silent."11 Having his mind dead set on remaining silent, he and the editors of GQ decided to let pictures do the talking for him.
Colin wanted to be surrounded by the people he is fighting for | Photo courtesy of Gentleman's Quarterly
Christopher Petrella, a strong supporter and friend of Colin's, even contributed to the article that GQ was putting together by saying, "In my view, the most pernicious element of white backlash against Colin's protest has been the way in which the narrative has been co-opted and re-framed so that taking a knee is now somehow synonymous with disrespecting the flag, with a lack of patriotism."12 Controversy arose again when Nike released its 30th anniversary picture starring Colin Kaepernick.
Colin Kaepernick stars in Nike's most controversial ad | Photo courtesy of ABC15 Arizona
Many despised Nike for this, and even started burning their Nike products; however, Nike's stock hit an all-time high due to the campaign.
Peaceful protests, of any form, are protected under the first amendment of the Bill of Rights. It is the "right of the people to peaceably assemble."13 The President himself is giving Colin a hard time for exercising this right. There are two sides to every story, and President Trump is ignorantly ignoring Colin's side by saying that he is unpatriotic. Isn't it more unpatriotic to stand for a flag that is supposed to represent freedom when the country that raises the flag does nothing about the racial oppression within its own borders? Isn't it unpatriotic to fight for other countries' freedom when we ourselves can't even enjoy it properly? As the "Land of the Free," we should set the example of equality and freedom for others to follow. It's not easy to swallow your pride and try to see things eye to eye with someone with different beliefs, but that's what America needs right now.
Amir Vera, "How National Anthem Protests Took Colin Kaepernick From Star QB to Unemployment to a Bold Nike Ad," CNN, 04 September 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/04/us/colin-kaepernick-controversy-q-and-a/index.html ↵
Sean Gregory et al., "The Perilous Fight," TIME Magazine, 3 October 2016, http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=d9297c36-1f3a-48e9-a21e-e92952cc6af8%40pdc-v-sessmgr06&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=118292430&db=a9h ↵
Nate Boyer, "An Open Letter to Colin Kaepernick, From a Green Beret-Turned-Long Snapper," Army Times, 30 August 2016, https://www.armytimes.com/opinion/2016/08/30/an-open-letter-to-colin-kaepernick-from-a-green-beret-turned-long-snapper/ ↵
Sam Farmer, "The ex-Green Beret who inspired Colin Kaepernick to kneel instead of sit during the anthem would like to clear a few things up," Los Angeles Times, 17 September 2018, https://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-kaepernick-kneel-boyer-20180916-story.html ↵
Steve Wyche, "Colin Kaepernick Explains Why He Sat During National Anthem," NFL, 28 August 2016, http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem ↵
Ellen Horrow, "NASCAR praises anthem tradition at races, affirms right of peaceful protests," USA Today, 25 September 2017, https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2017/09/25/nascar-statement-national-anthem-protests-nfl-president-trump/700504001/ ↵
Amir Vera, "How National Anthem Protests Took Colin Kaepernick From Star QB to Unemployment to a Bold Nike Ad", CNN, 04 September 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/04/us/colin-kaepernick-controversy-q-and-a/index.html. ↵
Amir Vera, "Colin Kaepernick named Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience," CNN, 21 April 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/21/us/colin-kaepernick-amnesty-international/index.html ↵
Editors of Gentleman's Quarterly, "Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced," Gentleman's Quarterly, 13 November 2017, https://www.gq.com/story/colin-kaepernick-will-not-be-silenced ↵
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Colin "Kap" Kaepernick, National Anthem, police brutality, taking the knee
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Madeliine Bloom says:
This article was a big part of 2018 and still to this day in 2021. We are still experiencing this type of racism towards African Americans every day. Colin Kapernick is one of many athletes that use their platform to promote their ideas and how to bring the problems in society to the eye. It is mind-blowing that these athletes are able to speak their minds and keep their composure for the most part when being talked to.
I read this article because I desired to listen to a different perspective on the matter, and I think you did a good job at explaining why he did it. However, I truly think Colin fails realize the complexity of the situation; it is the very American flag that he is protesting against that grants him the freedom to do so. And if his goal is unity of the races, would it not be wise to stand for the flag and country that emphasizes "liberty and justice for all?" I also feel that it is a bit unprofessional, disgraceful I'd even say, for an athlete to be wearing sneakers that portray police officers as pigs (something Kaepernick actually did). There is a time and place for activism, and a professional way to go about it, but this isn't it.
Americans watch the NFL to escape from politics and activism, not to be lectured by billion-dollar athletes.
Just something to think about!
Shanita Frazier says:
I really enjoyed this article. Police brutality is something that I am still shocked exist. In my time here on earth I have had great experiences with police officers, they usually help me and haven't really showed any kind of anger or hate towards me so when I hear people talk about that I almost find it hard to believe. I only see it on t.v. One thing that saddens me is the families that are left behind. I enjoy that the athletes have authority and are able to stand their ground even it means being judged and that's exactly what Kapernick did.
Cayden Garcia says:
I remember back in 2016 when Kapernick first kneeled during the national anthem. At the time I remember not really being sure why he was doing it. It was not until 2018 I realized that this small gesture would be the cause of great strides in the fight for equality. In 2020 I feel that his kneeling is even more evident than it was back then. Now we see teams and players alike kneeling, all calling for a change in social justice. I hope this movement continues to go strong.
Eric Grant says:
Great article, Justin. There is definitely a theme of hypocrisy in those who scorn at the actions of Kapernick but still hold the idea of patriotism to a high regard being that the first amendment provides us with the right to peacefully protest, and the freedom of speech. Also, to me, making people stand during the national flag a requirement almost seems boderline authoritarian. So for President Trump to say that those who kneel during the national anthem should be fired is quite worrisome. (Although, they are in their right to do this since the NFL is a private corporation — with in mind that they might recieve backlash from the players union and the general public)
Andres Garcia says:
This article was written in 2018. Fast forward to 2020 and this article is still relevant, as police brutality has caused an outburst of protest throughout the country. In this year alone, we've experienced the killing of 1,016 people by cops including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor (Washington post). Colin Kapernick did, however, start a dialogue in many places where this type of brutality had been overlooked. So while Kaepernick lost his job for using his platform to point out the racism that persists in the United States, he showed that athletes can use their platform to bring about change. Many athletes have used their platform to point out the racist tendencies of the country's systems since Kaepernick and although change is slow, people are starting to notice and use their voice to expedite the process


Björn Lyrvall became Ambassador of Sweden to the United States in September 2013. From 2007 until arriving in Washington, DC, Ambassador Lyrvall was Director General for Political Affairs at Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm. From 2002 to 2007, Ambassador Lyrvall was posted at Sweden's Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels, first as Sweden's delegate to the enlargement negotiations, and then as Sweden's Ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee. Ambassador Lyrvall has also been working as Special Advisor to Sweden's former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt, in his role as EU negotiator and International High Representative in Bosnia and Hercegovina as well as United Nations Special Envoy on the Balkans. Additional diplomatic stations included Leningrad, Moscow and London. He is born in Hofors, Sweden. He is married and has three children. He can be followed on twitter @bjornly.


WHAT: The Bubble, a so-true-it-hurts fake ad.
WHO: The cast of Saturday Night Live.
WHY WE CARE: Over the weekend, the president-elect took time out from waging war with the cast of Hamilton to rail against Saturday Night Live. The man who hosted a critically savaged episode of the show one year ago sounded off about the show's bias and lack of humor. "Equal time for us?" asked the PEOTUS, sharply cleaving himself into a separate category than some vague other kind of viewer. Some might call it hypocritical for a person who throws temper tantrums at any media organization that doesn't bend over backwards to smooch his tail (ahoy, Sean Hannity!) to accuse anyone else of bias, but that's a story for another time. While SNL writers may skew liberal, like seemingly most comedy writers in general, the writers don't pull punches aimed at themselves.
On this weekend's Kristen Wiig-hosted episode, one fake ad proved itself the spiritual sequel to the previous week's brilliant election night sketch. In the latter, Dave Chappelle sat back and watched with great amusement as his smug New York friends got the rug pulled out from under them and their post-racial illusions shattered. In the unofficial follow-up, a similar group of people attempts to put the pieces back together–in the shape of a bubble. It's a fake ad for a metaphor made manifest–the figurative shield from opposing viewpoints turned into an actual Under The Dome-style seclusion in plain sight. It's an unsubtle takedown of those constantly patting themselves on the back for being open-minded while closing themselves off from anyone who disagrees.


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Why not to let your spouse tell you to stop being friends with somebody: Rethinking the Importance of Friendship vs. Erotic Love in Our Society
Let's not think that we should jettison even our closest platonic friends if our wife/husband says so.
Let's not think of friendship as expendable, that if we fall in love, we can let our friendships wither and die and it doesn't matter.
Friendship is also important: You need friends, not just a lover, in your life.
Also, let's not think that for a marriage to endure, it must be full of passionate love all the time, or else it's time to look elsewhere. Simon May writes in Let's Fall in Love Like the Ancients, published in the Washington Post on 2/8/13 (no longer available on the Web):
There is no holiday celebrating friendship, but only since the mid-19th century has romance been elevated above other types of love. For most ancient Greeks, for example, friendship was every bit as passionate and valuable as romantic-sexual love. Aristotle regarded friendship as a lifetime commitment to mutual welfare, in which two people become "second selves" to each other.
In the Bible, King Saul's son Jonathan loves David, the young warrior who slays Goliath, "as his own soul" and swears eternal friendship with him, while David says their friendship surpasses romantic love. Ruth declares her friendship for her mother-in-law, Naomi, in terms equivalent to a marriage vow: "Where you go I will go, where you lodge I will lodge. . . . Where you die I will die."
Today, friendship has been demoted beneath the ideal of romance, but they should be on an equal footing. We tend to regard our friendships as inferior to our romances in passion, intimacy and depth of commitment.
Often they're little more than confessionals in which we seek a sympathetic ear to help us fix–or escape–our romances. When Harry met Sally, they progressed from friends to lovers.
And on Facebook we're all "friends" now, further downgrading the meaning of what should be a selective and multifaceted bond……
But all human love is conditional. We love others because of something, whether their beauty, goodness or power; because they belong to our families; or because they protect and nurture us.
By recognizing that all we have is conditional love, we are less likely to give up on our loved ones as quickly as we often do, less likely to be worried if we occasionally fall in and out of love with them or they with us, and less likely to scare them off by expecting their love to be of superhuman strength….
And finally, let's release romantic and marital love from the stranglehold of sexual expectation. Sure, sex is an unsurpassed pleasure–but you can have a tremendous erotic bond with a person and have sex only infrequently….
I'm not suggesting that we revive medieval courtship, but we should think of sex as just one of the bonds and delights of erotic love, rather than as its touchstone. If sex isn't going so well, or if desire is no longer so urgent, this doesn't necessarily mean that we love less urgently, let alone that it's time for a change.
These days, it's easy to get the impression that once you get married, your spouse is supposed to be your best friend and confidant, and your family and friends are to take a backseat while you greatly reduce time spent with others outside of your home. But this is a modern concept which actually isolates us in unhealthy ways.
As a housewife, I can tell you this is true. I love my husband, I love my child, I'm very close to my husband, yet when I don't have social contact outside the home, I feel just as lonely as I did as a dateless teenager.
We must make more of an effort to stay connected with friends and family, or else we could find ourselves slowly becoming suicidal. God made us to be social creatures, spending time with people outside our homes, not hermits who consider relationships with friends and relatives to be of secondary importance.
And when a marriage ends–as every marriage inevitably does–by death or divorce, the surviving spouse will now have to pick up the pieces with a diminished social network.
Also, we don't want to smother each other. If spending too much time with your boyfriend or girlfriend will slowly destroy your relationship, why not the same with a marriage?
[T]he current societal expectation that a spouse can provide all the emotional sustenance a person needs is bad not just for people's ties with community, but for marriage itself. —The Marriage Penalty by Shankar Vedantam
Many people believe that marriage is the fundamental building block of society, an institution that broadens social ties and ensures that individuals will not grow old in isolation. Perhaps that was true in the past, when marriage was a central unit of economic production and political organization.
But today, despite the benefits that a good marriage delivers to the couple and their children, marriage actually tends to isolate partners from other people in ways that pose potential long-term problems both for the couple and for society as a whole. —Marriage Reduces Social Ties by Naomi Gerstel & Natalia Sarkisian
Stephanie Coontz argues in Too Close For Comfort that we have found new joys in marriage because of the changes in how we view it, but at the same time we have "neglected our other relationships, placing too many burdens on a fragile institution and making social life poorer in the process."
In the olden days, one's spouse was not expected to be a "soulmate" or one's closest confidant. It was considered "dangerously antisocial, even pathologically self-absorbed, to elevate marital affection and nuclear-family ties above commitments to neighbors, extended kin, civic duty and religion."
Victorian society had no problem with same-sex friends showing physical affection, even sleeping in the same bed; this was not assumed to include homosexual desire or activity, as it would today.
(For an example, note that Frodo and Sam's relationship in Lord of the Rings would have been perfectly normal and acceptable. But these days, Youtube is full of videos poking fun at Frodo and Sam's supposed homosexual relationship.)
By the early 20th century, though, the sea change in the culture wrought by the industrial economy had loosened social obligations to neighbors and kin, giving rise to the idea that individuals could meet their deepest needs only through romantic love, culminating in marriage.
Under the influence of Freudianism, society began to view intense same-sex ties with suspicion and people were urged to reject the emotional claims of friends and relatives who might compete with a spouse for time and affection.
In the 1950s in American middle-class suburbia, this trend reached its peak as women were told fulfillment lay in marriage and motherhood, and men were told to "let their wives take care of their social lives."
When these suburban women began going back to work in the 60s, they realized how wonderful it was to have contact and conversation with people outside of the home again.
So why do we seem to be slipping back in this regard? It is not because most people have voluntarily embraced nuclear-family isolation.
Indeed, the spread of "virtual" communities on the Internet speaks to a deep hunger to reach out to others. Instead, it's the expansion of the post-industrial economy that seems to be driving us back to a new dependence on marriage.
According to the researchers Kathleen Gerson and Jerry Jacobs, 60 percent of American married couples have both partners in the work force, up from 36 percent in 1970, and the average two-earner couple now works 82 hours a week.
The more we lose the real-life ties we used to have, the more we depend on our romantic relationships for "intimacy and deep communication"–making us "more vulnerable to isolation if a relationship breaks down." Sometimes, these excessive expectations actually cause the marriage to break down.
To fix this, we should "raise our expectations for, and commitment to, other relationships, especially since so many people now live so much of their lives outside marriage." The way to strengthen our marriages is to
restructure both work and social life so we can reach out and build ties with others, including people who are single or divorced. That indeed would be a return to marital tradition–not the 1950s model, but the pre-20th-century model that has a much more enduring pedigree.
In How to stay married, Coontz goes on to say,
Today, we expect much more intimacy and support from our partners than in the past, but much less from everyone else. This puts a huge strain on the institution of marriage.
When a couple's relationship is strong, a marriage can be more fulfilling than ever. But we often overload marriage by asking our partner to satisfy more needs than any one individual can possibly meet, and if our marriage falters, we have few emotional support systems to fall back on.
Without "gratification and support" from others outside the marriage, spouses have "less to offer each other and fewer ways to replenish their relationship"–and the marriage falls apart from all that weight. Nowadays, "almost half of all Americans now say that there is just one person, or no one at all, with whom they discuss important matters."
We commonly find warnings in popular culture against spending too much time with friends or family, against letting these ties "interfere" with time spent with the spouse. Psychologists tell us to rebuff those who might compete with our spouse and children for our attention. "But trying to be everything to one another is part of the problem, not part of the solution, to the tensions of modern marriage."
I just looked over a book written by fundamentalist author Wayne Mack, Sweethearts for a Lifetime; his ideas of a successful marriage seem more like becoming clones of each other: You have to have all the same friends, do all your recreation together, learn to enjoy each other's activities, etc.
I'm sorry, but I just don't want to do all the things my husband does for recreation, he doesn't like everything I like, and I don't want to force him to be with my friends, or have him force me to be with his friends if I don't care for them.
Also, jettisoning friends because your spouse does not want to be with that friend, sounds like betrayal of the sacred bond of friendship, and can very easily lead to one spouse controlling the other by choosing which friends to like and not like.
One passage of the book says to learn to like whatever your spouse wants to do sexually, but what if what your spouse wants is painful, degrading or disgusts you? Another passage says to not keep secrets but consider everything to be your right to share; does that mean it's okay to snoop through my husband's e-mails?
I don't want to know every intimate detail of his work; I don't want to know all his temptations. I want to allow him space to be his own person, and I want the same courtesy.
Men and women have different ways of perceiving things and reacting to them. We tend to expect our spouse to be our best friend. But that may not always happen. For the simple reason that a best friend is–usually–of the same sex as we are and has similar ways of responding. —Three common problems in a marriage
[Myth #]1. THE RIGHT PERSON WILL MEET ALL MY NEEDS. Even if you have found your "soul mate," one person cannot be the sole source of your need satisfaction. That's too big a burden, and impossible besides.
Your partner is a human being, not an all-knowing, all-compassionate, love machine. You'll need multiple sources–God, friends, a strong sense of life purpose, healthy self esteem, and a willingness to take responsibility for your own happiness. —Love Myths
This article not only describes the problems with our tendency to retreat into our own little world after a child is born, but how we can combat it and the depression it causes.
What Happened to my Friends?
Lucky is the man or woman who has a friend like Samwise Gamgee. Some of us may have a spouse who comes close. I know of no one who has a living friend, other than a spouse, like Sam.
The reason is not that such friends exist only in fiction. Aristotle identified this category of friendship in his Nicomachean Ethics.
No, the truth is that 21st century people have lost the knowledge of how to be such a friend. Such friendships are based upon good character. Very few people have characters that merit such friendships.
Part of the stupendous power of the Tolkien myth is that the myth taps into the incredible longing everyone has for this type of friendship. Few people know the reason such friendships are impossible in today's world. Why? Most people do not have the high moral character necessary for such friendships….
Why is The Lord of the Rings such a powerful myth? Why did the final installment earn almost half a billion dollars in its first eighteen days?
Because all of us want the fellowship illustrated in the films. Because we want relationships that last. Because we want to feel super-glued to family and friends, like the glue that bound Sam and Frodo. Because we want involvement. Because we want shared creativity and wonder, because we want loyalty and commitment.
And yet we don't have this feeling. Oh, if we are lucky we have it in one relationship, maybe a spouse. But in general we don't have it. In general we tend to be atoms bouncing around the eternal void, occasionally bumping into another atom, exchanging a curse or a smile.
Ought we not create our own Fellowship of The Ring? Ought we not create relationships that will last a lifetime? Ought we not build delightful things, even at some risk to ourselves? Ought we not discover something with ourselves that demands eternal loyalty and commitment?
Having identified these aching needs in ourselves, perhaps we will make a mighty effort to secure fellowship in our own lives. —Friendship and loyalty in Lord of the Rings
It takes much time and sustained commitment to arrive at the third level of close friendship. From within the casual friends, a smaller group of close friends begins to gather. In an discussion of building friendships, it should be understood that although close friendship may be your goal, that level of commitment sharing and trust is harder to achieve.
Intimate friendship is the fourth category. Friends in this category are very special and rare. At this level of sharing, intimate friends feel comfortable sharing their innermost thoughts and feelings. This type of friendship is usually marked by a deep understanding of and appreciation for the view and values of those involved.
A desire for intimate friendship is a basic human quality that calls for a giving of self to others; it can result in a lasting love relationship. A person would be fortunate to have 5 intimate friends in a lifetime. —Friendship in the 21st Century
While it's hardly a bad thing to be close to your spouse, we must not treat marriage as if it must fulfill all our needs for social contact and support, while all other contacts outside the home are somehow secondary or even detrimental. To do so is to seriously weaken not only our own social ties and support, but society at large.
As the above writers argue, widening our social circle and gaining confidants outside the marriage will actually strengthen our selves, society–and our marriages.
Also see this post.
This topic leads on to my write-up on jealousy.
–First written 2008/2009, and slightly modified in the years since.
Index to my Life Opinion pages:
Topics on Page 1:
—Technical Virginity–i.e., how far should a Christian single go?
—Are Spiritual Marriages "real"?
—Am I supposed to spend all of my free time at home with my spouse/kids now that I'm married? Will that strengthen my marriage–or weaken it?
—Is it okay to be jealous of the opposite-sex friends of my spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend?
—Abuse in all its forms: Links to help
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In the dynamic world of Tinder and online dating websites, finding true love may seem impossible.
So when you find a boyfriend and feel loved, you hold on to that feeling for as long as you can. Love is certainly not always about flowers, butterflies and endless dinner dates. It's about compromise, trust and building your lives together.
It's hard to let go. We hold on to things we don't want to see leave us. It's painful to finally realize you're not enough for the person you love and that he no longer loves you.
1. He stops being interested in the little details about your life.
Instead of finding you interesting and asking you about everything in your life, he dismisses it and talks to you like you're a nuisance.
Before, he'd ask you all about your life and find every little thing about you interesting no matter how small, but now, that interest seems to have disappeared.
2. He stops trying to include you when he hangs out with his friends.
You and his friend group are two worlds that rarely collide.
Although it's healthy to have your own group of friends away from your partner in a relationship, the fact that he started going out without ever bothering to include you in any part of his life is just hurtful.
He forgets about you and purposefully does it because he's stopped caring.
3. He starts making excuses to hang out less.
He'll find every excuse in the book not to see you. Whether he's using "tired" or "busy" as the cop out, you shouldn't buy it. If he wants to make time for you, he will, regardless of how difficult it may be. If he can't be bothered to come and see you, he has some explaining to do.
4. He starts going out way more than he ever has before.
Sure, at every stage in your life, you'll end up meeting new people and will want to go out and have fun, but that certainly doesn't mean he should be hitting the club every single night instead of spending quality time with you.
5. He seems to blame everything on you.
If he didn't come and see you, he'll somehow blame it on you whether it's your fault or not. He starts turning the tables and making it your fault every time.
Instead of apologizing and admitting he's wrong (you know, the act of trying to make things work), he'll drag out the argument and blow it into something much bigger.
6. He makes you feel like you aren't good enough.
You could be the most beautiful and intelligent woman on this planet yet you'd still feel like you wouldn't be good enough.
You're worried that one day, he'll just leave you for someone else and fall in love with that person the same way you love him because she has something you don't.
7. He lies to you.
From lying about his whereabouts on Saturday night to deleting his Facebook messages with another girl... lying about anything in a relationship is unacceptable.
If he finds it easy to lie to you, he doesn't love you. And the worst part is, even if he lies to you again and again, you know you shouldn't settle for a relationship like this.
You tell yourself that he loves you and that it will all change (one day) because you love him.
8. He doesn't listen to you.
You feel that he doesn't care about anything or how you truly feel. He neglects your feelings and doesn't listen to you about anything. He doesn't respect you, hear you or value what you say and feel.
9. He gets angry with you over the things he used to let go.
Every time he's around you, he sounds frustrated, bored and tired. It can make you feel as if he's stuck with you.
If there is the smallest fight to be made, he'll create an argument because he's just moody and annoyed. He takes out everything on you and doesn't care about how it will make you feel.
10. He doesn't prioritize you.
You feel like there's no space for you in his life. He has friends and everything else going well for him yet you feel like you have to squeeze yourself in the smallest cracks and crevices in his life.
However, this should never be the case. He should be putting you as his first priority, making you feel loved and cherished like any guy who truly loved you would.


Students at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill protested the possible disciplining of an administrator who warned students about wearing inappropriate clothing to school. Some female students complained that they were targeted.
PLEASANT HILL, Calif. (KGO) -- Students at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill protested the disciplining of an administrator, who warned students about wearing inappropriate clothing to school. Some female students complained that they were targeted.
The demonstration was big and loud. Students gathered on the edge of campus during the lunch hour to protest what they believe is an injustice. The school district has confirmed to ABC7 News that the very popular Vice Principal Gary Jensen has been placed on administrative leave with pay as a review is conducted over his comments over the school's dress code.
"We want Jensen back right now. He didn't do anything wrong," said one student.
The protest came after Jensen told hundreds of incoming sophomores at an assembly last week about what they shouldn't be wearing to school.
Four students felt they were the targets and complained that he had publicly shamed them, although Jensen didn't use names.
A school staffer, who did not want to be identified, told ABC7 News that Jensen was escorted off campus on Friday and that the district was investigating the incident.
"Everyone got mad at him at first, but then everyone started to realize that what he did, he was just following the rules," said the employee.
The rules, students say, are printed in their school planner, which is the dress code Jensen was talking about. The dress code prohibits among other attire, thin or strapless tank tops and plunging necklines.
"It's in our planner and he shouldn't be punished for telling us what's in our planner, which we can read on our own," said Gabriel Loman, a student.
"I mean, he was doing his job and he does have a point. His execution was wrong," stated Audrey Shupel, also a student.
Many student protestors say Jensen should have talked to the dress code violators privately. None of them believe he should be disciplined for what he did.


On Thursdays, 5:30 – 7 pm, int. students, post-doctoral fellows, international visiting researchers, and their spouses who are looking for an opportunity to develop spoken language skills are welcome to join us at the QUIC for the English Conversation Program. The conversation at small tables is open to individual interests and experience, and we provide structured learning activities and topics. The program creates a friendly environment for meeting new people and shared learning. Cultural context, Canadian idioms and general expectations around communication patterns are often part of the sessions. Each semester we look into a few features that may be specific to Queen's and to Kingston as we explore our communities.
The Group will keep meeting until the end of November. Those who are interested may join us on any Thursday; advanced program registration is not required. Please contact the QUIC if you have any questions.


train local organisations in the skills they need to meet their development goals, such as writing grant proposals.
Kiribati is an extremely remote and isolated group of low-lying islands on the equator in the Pacific Ocean. For this reason, it is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, especially rising sea levels and erratic weather events. Without access to clean water, communities in Kiribati have difficulty cultivating their own vegetables. This means they have to resort to buying imported, processed foods, which can lead to diseases such as diabetes, as well as malnutrition.
establishing a chicken hatchery to supply island communities with eggs and meat.
The Solomon Islands is one of the poorest countries in the Pacific region, ranked 156 of 187 countries on the UN Human Development Index. Solomon Islanders face many barriers to development, including poor infrastructure and social services, lack of education and training, and gender inequality.
supporting livelihood projects, such as bee-keeping, vegetable production, and fish and pig farming.
With its recent history of conflict and fight for independence, Timor-Leste still has many hurdles to overcome. According to UNICEF, over 58 per cent of children have stunted growth. Lack of access to water, low crop diversity, and limited agronomic knowledge are major drivers behind the high rates of malnutrition in Timor-Leste.
Timorese women face additional challenges, with the Asia Foundation reporting that almost 60 per cent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have experienced domestic violence or abuse.
repairing irrigation systems and water points to ensure water for both farming and household use.


An email describing the current situation in Thailand, from the CEO of NightLight.
Floods have been affecting Thailand for the last three months and the water, which now covers one-third of Thailand has finally converged to surround Bangkok and demand passageway to the great ocean. Though some have joked that Mother Nature doesn't take bribes it has become evident that Mother Nature isn't even interested in negotiations.
The "official" reports have been conflicting and seem to change every few hours. No one knows who or what to believe. To foreigners, the names of areas are strange and unknown creating even more uncertainty about what to expect and when. All efforts to control and hold back the water have failed and one community after another is inundated with 2-3 meters of polluted water. Sandbags have been placed somewhat strategically here and there but the images we see on the news mock these attempts as futile and suggests that a sandbag is of little more use than a pocket of sand at the seaside. (Scuba diving gear looks like a smarter investment at this point.) People have been warned, un-warned, encouraged and then discouraged, assured and then suddenly told to evacuate. The waters have not been so kind as to reveal their dark secrets in advance but prefer the sneak attack to breakthrough the vulnerable flood barriers.
According to a local paper, The Nation, these floods, which are the worst in 50 years, have inundated over 1000 manufacturing plants in the industrial areas and created immediate unemployment for more than 600,000 workers. More than a million Thais have lost their homes under water – some for over a month already. Over 340 people have already lost their lives. Resentment is high as the apparent goal of the government to protect inner Bangkok is not sitting well with the outer ring residents and businesses.
Thai people are resourceful, overall good-natured, and amazingly resilient but this is wearing down even the best of Thai "Jai Yen" (cool heart) values. The panic and fear has led to reactive solutions such as parking on elevated expressways or breaking down other's flood barriers to equalize the suffering. The best and the worst in people is manifesting in this crisis. Attempts to adapt and to cope are at times a comic relief and at other times life threatening. Though one post office reportedly is delivering mail by boat (one boat) no one is home to receive the mail and keep it dry. Though a basin or tub creatively keeps one afloat for a visit to the neighbor it is insufficient for a trip to the hospital or in search of dry and canned food products. Food supplies are running out and the factories that have daily delivered for our consumption are now underwater or inaccessible. That of course creates panic trips to the store only to find that some people have thought ahead and already cleared the shelves. Imported expensive goods such as marshmallows and Hot Fudge topping are abandoned on the shelves in search of the more practical and economical. (Though my children might find this an appealing diet in crisis, the price of imported goods makes that prohibitive as well).
We have watched our neighbors to the north become inundated and now we have joined the ranks of people who are taking precautions. Four of our women live in areas already flooded and have evacuated and many more live in high-risk areas. If the government's plan to control the dikes and water flow through the canals doesn't work then the flood water may come straight through the heart of Bangkok. NightLight has begun to move furniture, electronic equipment, jewelry, and perishable goods to the top floors of our buildings. Last Friday we distributed packages of canned goods and Mama noodles to the women and staff. This week we have prepared our outreach center to receive any of our employees and their families who need to evacuate. A trip to the stores for supplies to assist evacuees returned with only a few bags of rice. We watch and wait and wonder who will be next.
While the floods are immediately damaging the long-term effects will be catastrophic. Once the waters recede the restoration process will require strategies and a vast amount of resources. The economy has not been favorable and jewelry sales and donations have dropped to a crisis level. We struggle to keep the women employed and to pay the salaries. With so many family farms devastated by the floods and so many others unemployed it is critical we keep NightLight's women employed. Unlike many developed nations, in Thailand there are few social assistance programs to keep people living at even a basic level. Homeless shelters, soup kitchens, food stamps, and unemployment checks are not known here. There are not enough churches to provide adequately for the needs of communities. (less than 2% of the population is reportedly Christian) At this point universities are operating as emergency relief centers and people are donating and volunteering to make it through the crisis. Large relief organizations, NGO, and church organizations are already at work but the needs will be overwhelming after the waters recede.
We have the strategic opportunity here to bring healing and restoration in the days to come. This is a critical season for Thailand and it is the time for the church to rise to the challenge. We need your help to equip us financially to not only keep the women here employed, but to provide essential supplies and sanctuary, to assist their families in restoration, and to be a light and source of hope to the surrounding communities. With our help NightLight will be among those who provide hope and divine solutions to this crisis. God forbid that the red light area offers the best solutions and the only hope to people who are vulnerable and desperate for good news.
Posted by Jennie Joy on October 22, 2011 in Awakening, Development, God's Kingdom, Justice, True Religion.


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Brad Hompe Bio
How WI-DOC Shaped Brad Hompe's Career
During his time with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WI-DOC), Brad Hompe managed to work his way up through the ranks at every position and every level. He started as a corrections officer, then became a sergeant, a lieutenant, a captain, and then a unit manager and deputy warden, until he achieved the status of prison warden. Brad is now serving as a Corrections Complaint Examiner and Investigator for WI-DOC because his experience with jail and prison operations is so extensive.
In addition to a high level of experience, Brad Hompe also has a significant amount of education to point to , having earned a Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice and psychology from Winona State University in Minnesota and a Master's Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He also has law enforcement certifications from Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria, MN, as well as Firefighter I Certification that he earned from Southwest Technical College in Fennimore, Wisconsin.
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Q: How to make the android app offline using Google maps? or download the Map area in Android app using Google maps for an offline use? I am making a navigation app and have done all the work for which internet is required. I mean (I have drawn markers, made a route between them and other facilities like searching places of interest with reference to the users location) etc etc using Google map Android API v2.
But now I want to make that app offline too. I mean so that the user can do these things without internet connections. If search facility is possible in offline mode (I mean if markers cannot be drawn, route cannot be made between start and destination) then please tell me how it is possible.
And if it is not possible then how can I download the whole area of the map which shows the route the user has made using the app in online mode?

A: Here is an article talking about offline maps for iOS and Android. You could save the maps you want and work on the saved map files for your project.
This is the latest version of Google Maps for Android, download it and scroll to the bottom of the page to find a section dedicated to offline maps. You can now save a map by:
1. Typing "OK Maps" while viewing any map.
2. In the settings menu.
Note that this only saves maps for 30 days.

A: You can use an OpenStreetMaps controller and Google Maps tiles. According to the Google Maps TOS (10.1.3.b), it seems that you can use a portion of maps if you cache it temporarily and securely.

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It was the return of the mentors on Tuesday's (May 14) episode of The Voice! Season 2's Robin Thicke returned, along with current season mentors Hillary Scott (along with the rest of Lady Antebellum) and Pharrell Williams. The three wise ones — not to mention coaches Blake Shelton and Adam Levine — performed with the final twelve contestants, while Shakira and Usher kept busy by looking hot on the sidelines.
Despite the fact that every single performance from Monday's show charted on iTunes, the dreams of two hopefuls do need to be dashed on live television to keep this ball rolling. But before the chopping block, check out these performances!
Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. kick off the night with "Blurred Lines." Team Usher's Vedo and Team Shakira's Kris Thomas join, but are kept as far in the back corner of the stage as possible. Wouldn't want to get in the way of the back-up models, right? Unlike in the "Blurred Lines" video, said models were allowed to wear some clothing, so mark it as a pretty big day for the women's movement.
Blake Shelton performs Brooks & Dunn's "Play Something Country" with his team of aspiring country stars. The Blake, Danielle Bradbery, Holly Tucker and Swon Brothers combination has some real potential. They should take the show on the road! Maybe they can open up for Idols Live?
Lady Antebellum are up next, joined by Team Adam's Judith Hill, Amber Carrington and Sarah Simmons. Unlike Vedo and Kris Thomas in "Blurred Lines," these ladies get right in there with the band to sing "Goodbye Town." Based on the performance, Judith and Sarah have country chops they should break out later this season!
Adam Levine and his team perform The Cure's "Lovesong" and give off a 311 vibe while doing it. Adam and the ladies just exude talent, and if the frontman is ever looking for a career move, this Levine 4 could be the next Maroon 5.
If you were worried about Rapunzel up there in her tower/Sprint Sky Box, Christina Milian is still alive and well, but appears to be getting ditzier. Maybe it's the air quality (or secret open bar) in the Sprit Sky Box, or perhaps social media really can kill your brain cells. Either way, it's only the beginning when she responds to Carson's "Over to Christina Milian," with "I'm great, Carson!" Watch out for that one and heavy machinery.
That leaves both Blake Shelton and Adam Levine's teams fully intact going into next week, with both Usher and Shakira down a man. The mentors return to their advisory roles next week to whip the Top 10 back into shape! If you haven't been following Joel Madden's illustrious career, he's on the other side of the world coaching The Voice Australia, so he'll be unable to make it. Never fear, though: Cee Lo returns to save the day! No stranger to the high pressure live rounds, former coach Cee Lo will be filling in for Madden when The Voice picks up on Monday! Lady Bird and Purrfect have yet to confirm their involvement.
So what do you think about the results? Any big surprises?


In a kadai put a teaspoon of oil and add sago. Fry till it pops up. Remove and add it to a cup of warm water and keep aside for atleast half-an-hour.
Chop green chillies, coriander and curry leaves.
Beat curd well and add soaked sago along with salt.
In a small kadai put remaining one teaspoon oil and add mustard. When it pops up add chopped green chillies, coriander and curry leaves. Stir well and add it to the curd.
Goes well with any pulav.
Can I make this one day ahead for a party?
Yes. You can make, but ensure to properly cover and refrigerate.


On this hackaton I felt much more comfortable, then before. Great weight had presence of my friends. It was very important to me to had them close. Thanks guys and girls for that!
We had 48 hours to create an application.
As turn out later, it was enough time to create worked project. We almost finished application and we want to continue it in future.
We had face to face contact with people who need this application.
For me contact was the most important think on this hackaton. I could ask and get answer at once to understood needs. I felt and still feel that they need this application for real. This was so motivated for me and I think for rest of my team. We had strength to work even without a sleep.
So, What we have done?
We created application for non-profit organization Mam Marzenie. This organization help children which are seriously seek to come true theirs dreams. They do great job but they have all data on paper. This situation make difficult communication between departments. We spend a lot of time with them to understand theirs problem. After many hours of discussion we went to ours desks and we had idea how to help them. We understood that they need application to manage theirs sponsors, volunteers and dream making.
This was successful weekend. I went through new big adventure. Usually I'm back-end developer but on this weekend I worked on design. It was so fun. New look on project creation. I think this kind of events are great. Many people meet in one place and have the same goal: Do something good for other people. We received lot of positive energy. Great thanks organizator for this event. I loved it! See you next time.


Law firms gain financially from the complexity of multi-jurisdictional compliance and multi-disciplinary collaboration when working with global firms but individual partners and practices may not find collaboration easy. That's according to Harvard Law School lecturer Heidi Gardner who has studied six global firms, three of them law firms to investigate how they operate, especially on collaboration.
She found that although law firms increase revenue when working on projects which require a number of practices to work together, individual partners are more focused on building their own practices. Her conclusion is that firms need to remove the barriers to collaboration to gain the benefits. The largest of these is that the more practices are involved, the greater the revenue, especially as clients tend to view a complex project involving multiple practices as harder to judge on a price to price comparison. Cross border work involving multiple offices is also generally more profitable. Gardner's study also found that for individuals, and for practices, working with others means they better understand what you can offer their clients and are more likely to refer more work to you.
The corporate practice of Allen & Overy in China has a new partner. Native Chinese speaker and US-qualified Ling Li joins the firm from a major Chinese energy firm where she was chief legal officer; she previously worked for a Wall Street firm. Her role will mainly be focused on outbound Chinese deals and M&A.
Reed Smith partner Gautam Bhattacharyya has been presented with a Client Choice Award in the Arbitration and ADR category at a ceremony in London. The managing partner of the firm's Singapore office specialises in commercial litigation and international arbitration. The awards focus on excellence in client service and receive over 2,500 nominations.
As Indian weighs the pros and cons of opening up its legal sector to foreign firms the profession's Japanese regulators have invited Indian lawyers to practice there. It's understood that the Bar Council of India is considering the offer. There have already been talks between Indian regulators and those in the US and UK and there is a memorandum of understanding with Australia. India is keen to ensure that opening up the legal sector will be of benefit to its lawyers both on the international stage and by foreign law firms using local lawyers for court action.


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When a two-year-old refuses an order by a parent, it's up to the parent to guide and discipline them and not punish them to death. This is a parenting skill that was missed by Cynthia Marie Randolph, 25, who was charged on Friday, June 23, 2017. Randolph was apparently literally tired of parenting because she…
Mississippi dad spared jail after leaving infant daughter to die in hot car
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It's a parent's worst nightmare to bury a child. What's even worse is when one of the parents is to blame for the child's death. Joshua Blunt, 26, pleaded guilty to the unintentional death of his daughter on Friday, January 27, 2017, in a Mississippi court. He will serve five years supervised probation in the May…
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Storage & Backup Tutorials SAN Basics Storage Area Networks 6.1 The need for a Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) Network
6.1 The need for a Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) Network
In today's data center environment, we generally have at least two major networks - Ethernet network and Fibre Channel network. Ethernet is used for transferring regular management traffic and Fibre Channel is used for transferring storage traffic.
Ethernet is the commonly used network in all types of data centers because of its versatility and scalability. Most data centers deploy one or more ethernet networks because of its advantages. However, ethernet networks are not good in performance particularly latency and the recently evolved 10G and 40G Ethernet technologies have tried to address these performance issues. Ethernet is also well known for its dropping frames during congestion, for example when a switch is receiving frames but can't forward them yet because the next hop is busy. When packet loss like this happens, it's the job of protocols higher in the network stack, such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), to take care of re-transmitting frames that never reach their destination.
Also Read: Overview of Fibre Channel (FC) SAN Protocol
On the other hand, Fibre Channel (FC) networks are high speed, low latency networks that are commonly used for transporting storage traffic. Unlike ethernet, FC is a lossless technology which doesn't drop packets during congestion. This combination of low latency and lossless capability makes this FC technology ideal for transporting SCSI traffic. However, FC networks are less versatile and less scalable and expensive than Ethernet networks. So the main goal of FC technology is to provide high performance, low overhead interconnects and whereas the main goal of ethernet network technology is to provide versatility and scalability.
Why Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) ?
Hence organizations are needed to put large investments on both Ethernet infrastructure and Fibre Channel infrastructure to address today's increasing high IT demands. However, they are unable to address the demands because of increase in the new emerging and automated technologies like cloud, big data and IOT. So in view of the today's emerging high IT & business demands, IT engineers thought that they needed a cost effective hybrid network infrastructure which can combine both Ethernet and fibre channel technologies into fewer equipment.
So the Converged Data Center network idea consolidates Ethernet and fibre channel technologies to provide rationalised and consolidated cost effective infrastructure for data transfers. The main goal of this converged data center networks are
To reduce the number of network adapters in physical servers
To reduce the number of cables coming out of each physical server
To reduce the number of switches in the infrastructure
So instead of having one set of network adapters, cables, and switches dedicated to Fibre Channel and another set of adapters, cables, and switches dedicated to Ethernet, with a converged network we have only a single set of network adapters, cables, and switches and run our Ethernet and FC storage traffic over them.
Need for an enhanced Network Adapters - Converged Network Adapter (CNA)
Traditional Ethernet networks are accessed via a network adapter called a network interface
card (NIC). Each host that wants to connect to the Ethernet network needs at least one. Conversely, traditional Fibre Channel networks are accessed via a network adapter called a host bus adapter (HBA) in each host.
However, to create a single data center network capable of transporting IP and FC storage traffic, Ethernet adapters had to be significantly enhanced and upgraded. So, ideally to set up a new server in the data center, we need a new type of advanced adapter known as Converged Network Adapter (CNA) in it, and you can do all the networking you want.
Accessing an FCoE network requires a new type of network adapter called a converged network adapter (CNA). All three of these network adapter cards are implemented as PCI adapter cards. They can be either expansion cards or directly on the motherboard of a server in what is known as LAN on motherboard (LOM).
Also Read: FCoE Connectivity Models
A CNA is exactly what the name suggests - a NIC and an HBA converged into a single network card. For performance reasons, CNAs provide NIC and HBA functionality in
hardware (usually an ASIC) so that things like FCoE encapsulation can be fast without impacting host CPU resources.
You can do general purpose IP networking, FC storage networking, iSCSI storage, NAS, maybe even low-latency, high-performance computing. A single network adapter and a single cable will do all the job. It also has the positive effect of reduced power and cooling costs. All in all, it delivers reduced data center running costs and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
So to create this new enhanced Ethernet, the IEEE formed a new task group within the 802.1 working group called as Data Center Bridging (DCB). This DCB is responsible for the development of a data center ethernet network that is capable of transporting all common data center network traffic types like IP LAN traffic, FC storage traffic and infiband high performance computing traffic. So the enhanced ethernet generally called as either Data Center Bridging (DCB) or Converged Ethernet (CEE) or Data Center Fabric or Unified Fabric.
This Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) has the following enhancements which we will discuss in next posts
Increased bandwidth
Classes of service
Congestion management
Enhanced transmission selection (ETS)
All these enhancements can be obtained by using Converged network adapters and a whole load of new hardware requirements such as cables, switch ports, and switches.
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In today's world, fast access to the internet has become one of our most basic needs. Now we are not only "online" in our workplaces and our homes, we are able to connect to the world via our mobile devices at every hour of the day. We need the internet – whether via our home network or a mobile phone hotspot - wherever we are, especially in terms of using social media and following our daily business. When we cannot access the internet, our lives can feel as if they have been disrupted.
Mobile hotspot devices are also known as portable Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot devices, pocket Wi-Fi or mobile Wi-Fi modems. These devices are used for providing internet access to smartphones, laptops, tablets or handheld game consoles anywhere, anytime.
Wi-Fi hotspot devices work similarly to USB modems and support mobile broadband connectivity from a cellular provider to provide 3G, 4G or 4.5G hotspot internet sharing. Because they are not limited to a specific location, they can be life-saving in all conditions and environments. Let's take a look at the advantages of these mobile hotspot devices.
● High-speed data transfer and internet connectivity based on LTE (Long Term Evolution) network technologies.
● Up to 4-6 hours of operating time with internal battery.
● Support for up to 10 different Wi-Fi connections at the same time.
● LED indicators for Wi-Fi, connection and battery.
Although high-speed internet LTE (Long Term Evolution) is rapidly spreading across the world, there are still many countries that provide only 2G and 3G connection service, and other countries that have not yet progressed to 4.5G. Some undeveloped countries use different LTE frequencies as internet infrastructure.
Portable modems from mobile hotspot providers such as Rent'n Connect provide high-speed internet. Therefore, with a Wi-Fi hotspot device, even if you are in a country with a poor internet infrastructure for business or travel, your speed of access to the internet is not affected by those conditions.
One of the purposes of a Wi-Fi hotspot device is to enable Wi-Fi sharing with your family, friends and others. Thanks to these portable modems and pocket Wi-Fi devices, you can enable others, as well, to get online, regardless of your location and environment.
Wi-Fi hotspot devices use power efficiently and thus their batteries need re-charging less often than a smartphone's battery. Also, when you connect to a public Wi-Fi for free, from public hotspot points, your information is not encrypted. This makes it far easier and likely for malicious hackers to infiltrate your phone and computer. Hackers can track and save all the information on your devices, access your social media accounts and perform internet banking transactions using your accounts. Wi-Fi hotspot devices and mobile hotspot security help you avoid such situations.
What are the disadvantages of not using a Wi-Fi hotspot device?
Wireless Fidelity, or Wi-Fi, devices are indispensable elements of our lives now. All the smartphones, tablets, TVs and laptops we use are connected to the internet through this technology and our life is, generally, lived amid areas where we have Wi-Fi access, whether that access is public Wi-Fi, private Wi-Fi or a mobile phone hotspot.
Thanks to Wi-Fi hotspot devices (portable Wi-Fi modems, pocket Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot devices), we are able to remain online as much as we like outside our home and work places, and we can share hotspot internet connections. Especially in places where the internet infrastructure is weak, public Wi-Fi may be compromised, and mobile data flow cannot be effectively provided, portable Wi-Fi modems can be a lifeline.
With Wi-Fi hotspot devices - which we can easily take anywhere and use freely in any environment - we can carry out our business independent from space and time. What are the features of portable Wi-Fi modems, and what are the disadvantages of not using these devices?
What are the features of Wi-Fi hotspot devices ?
What is the working principle of a Wi-Fi hotspot device ?
Portable Wi-Fi modems provide internet data to the modem when it is available for service. Data from the modem is transmitted wirelessly to laptops, tablets or smartphones with a Wi-Fi feature. In addition to portable Wi-Fi modems, mobile modems come in the form of a USB stick. However, the data transfer rates of USB modems are lower. Portable Wi-Fi modems are particularly suitable for use with laptops and notebooks. A Wi-Fi hotspot device with mobile hotspot security can be a crucial tool - outside, in your car or any time you need to work or need to access the internet.
What eliminates the disadvanteges of Wi-Fi hotspot devices ?
One of the most important features of portable wifi – also known as a mobile hotspot - is that it offers a private connection for your devices. Mobile hotspots help you avoid the misfortune of unreliable wifi connections. You can continue to work on personal or professional projects, safely, in cafes, hotels or while traveling via a mobile hotspot. A mobile hotspot is also usually much faster than a public internet network. In addition, you can connect up to 10 devices at one time to a mobile hotspot.
What are the Types of Hotspot?
Every day, millions of people connect to the internet from different locations - from cafes, shopping malls, restaurants and campuses – using a mobile hotspot, also known as a wifi hotspot device. However, terms such as hotspot, mobile hotspot, wifi hotspot device and wifi share can be confusing.
Hotspot was coined by Brett Stewart at the NetWorld + Intercop conference in 1993 and soon entered the international lexicon. In its simplest form, a hotspot is defined as an open wifi point. According to some research, there are approximately 200 million hotspots around the world today.
So, what are the differences between getting online via a hotspot and a wifi hotspot device? What are the types of hotspots and wifi shares?
What are hotspots and mobile hotspot devices?
Hotspot: A hotspot is a physical location where people may obtain Internet access, typically using wifi technology, via a wireless local area network (WLAN), using a router connected to an internet service provider. It is a wifi distributor that enables wireless connection of laptops, smartphones and tablets to the internet. This enables wifi share. Hotspot networks can be used free of charge in many places but, in some places, these wifi share services are offered paid and prepaid.
This information can include any e-mail you send, your credit card information, security information that you use to access your business network and your data – in other words, anything that might be private and important to you. After a hacker acquires your information, they can use it to perform transactions and gain access to sensitive information. However, you can protect your device from hackers with some precautions.
Hotspot and wifi are two different concepts that are frequently confused. wifi (Wireless Fidelity) is the name given to technology that enables tablets, smartphones or computers to access the Internet over a wireless connection. Communication in this technology is provided by radio signals. Magnetic fields affecting radio signals and some physical conditions that interrupt radio signals may affect wifi quality.
Where are hotspot usage areas?
Public hotspot networks are usually found in cafes, coffee shops, restaurants, airports, shops, shopping centres, fuel stations, hotels, hospitals and libraries. In addition, many companies use internet distributor hotspot networks to enable employees to connect their mobile devices. According to research, North America, Europe and Asia have the most hotspot points worldwide.
How many types of hotspots exist?
Hotspot networks are classified as free or paid. Hotspot networks, which are usually free of charge, can also be paid at some points.
Free Hotspot Networks: You pay no fee for public network connections.
Paid Hotspot Networks: When a connection to these networks is made, users are first directed to a home screen, where they are requested to enter a password or a payment; internet access is then opened to the devices.
How is hotspot security provided?
It is advisable to keep in mind that you are at risk when you access the internet from public hotspot connections.
● You can access social networks, internet banking and e-commerce sites via a VPN.
● You can be aware of the presence of SSL certificates on the sites you access.
● You can use your own mobile hotspot device.
In recent years, hotspot internet sharing has become available almost everywhere, while access to open networks has expanded significantly. Public wireless network use is now considered indispensable.
It is probably accurate to say that the availability of an internet network is among the most important features that we seek in cafes and restaurants, at gyms, in hotels, and when we go on holidays. So, just how safe is it to use these convenient and free-of-charge wireless networks?
For the users, the most compelling aspect of public wifi hotspots that they do not require validation to establish a network connection. However, connecting to one of these hotspots presents a very attractive opportunity for hackers. Hackers can easily infiltrate unprotected devices on the same network, to your detriment.
When you use public wifi, hackers can position themselves between you and your connection point: while all evidence suggests that your device is directly connected to the access point, it may actually be connected to the hackers' devices. In this way, a hacker can gain access to all your information.
What to consider when using public wifi?
Cyber criminals will often access public wifi networks in places such as cafes, hotels, shopping malls and airports, and capture data being transferred over those networks. Therefore, it is advisable to use such networks infrequently.
● Remember that every device can be hacked, and is at risk over public wireless connections. Smartphones, tablets and laptops can all be exposed to wireless security risks.
● Use a VPN (virtual private network). A VPN can help encrypt all your data passing through the network when connecting to a public wifi network, and can provide secure connectivity.
● Avoid accessing certain types of websites while connected to a public wifi network. Take care not to sign into sites such as Internet banking services or social networking accounts.
● Use your smartphone. If you need to access sites that store your private information, such as social networks, online banking or online shopping, try to sign in on via your mobile phone.
But most importantly, we have to mention that: GPS signals are not related to Internet. Which means, your phone receives GPS signals directly from the satellites, without using internet data. Fortunately, Europe is well covered by the satellite GPS system, so GPS in Europe is not a problem.
No. As mentioned above, GPS does not consume data from your internet service. However, your phone needs internet connection for the map itself. That is to say, the phone (or tablet) calculates your locational coordinates via the satellites, therefore you only need an offline functioning map. This is where internet comes. You need to download a map of Europe so it can work offline, or you can use an online map app, staying up to date. Using a wifi hotspot device will help you stay connected all the time. You can read more on map apps from here.
Google Maps is undoubtedly the most known and used free GPS app. It works both online and offline. You can select a portion of the map and download that part to be able to use offline later. You still need a network connection beforehand. Additionally, Google Maps does a fantastic job when online. You can search for touristic locations in Europe and read reviews. It also has driving assistance with dozens of languages available and real time traffic data.
MapFactor GPS Navigation is another free navigation app offering both online and offline maps. Using data from OpenStreetMaps, MapFactor supports offline maps in over 200 countries abroad, including Europe. It is free to use, however there are some ads. In app purchases to remove ads are optional.
Here WeGo may look familiar to many. It is the former Nokia GPS services. It was and still very popular among drivers and traveler abroad. It has frequent updates, making it a reliable satellite app. It is fast and easy to use. Here WeGo will be your personal guide during your travel to Europe. It is free but comes with ads.
Rent 'n Connect mobile wifi devices will be a great partner with these apps, helping you to find your way wherever you are in Europe.
Exploring by wandering within the small streets of Europe can be one of the great benefits of traveling abroad. Because in this way you can discover the beauty of Europe by yourself. Although you can easily find your way by asking or using a traditional map when you're walking in a city center within a country in Europe, it may be difficult when you're driving. In this case, navigation can serve as co-pilot and relieve you of enormous strain during your journey. Additionally, most of the navigation apps lighten this activity by showing helpful reviews and tips about Europe and sharing local experiences.
In this article, we are going to introduce you five best navigation applications that have maps for Europe.
Google Maps has up-to-date navigational data of Europe and it provides you with directions for a private vehicle, by walk or public transit with several alternatives. Google Maps have one of the best search functions among the navigation apps. Using the advanced Google search engine, the results are fast and consistent.
Waze, a part of Google since 2013, is using Google Maps data. What makes using Waze in Europe different is that Waze is a kind of "Social GPS". How a maps software be social? That is done by gathering data contributed by Waze users. That way, you will have access to the latest oil prices, road traffic, accidents, and various other travel conditions. As a community-driven GPS maps application, Waze is faster on being updated. If you have a stable Wi-Fi connection, you will have instant access to the traffic in Europe thanks to Waze.
Sygic is a paid-app with a free but limited version available as well. It works perfectly in Europe, although we recommend Sygic especially for those who like to travel with their personal vehicles. Sygic, unlike Waze, uses TomTom maps -who provides a well-known, industry-leading service. Apart from Google-based navigational services, Sygic has a parking database. Thanks to this unique feature, you will find the closest available parking lot with the cheapest price in Europe It also has a "mirror-screen" option, which makes using navigation while driving extremely comfy. All you have to do is connecting to Sygic via the app.
Apple Maps, default navigation app for iOS devices has all the basics that one would expect from a maps app for Europe. It also offers travel suggestions based on the information that it gathers from your calendar and on your previous travels. Which makes Apple Maps a personalized assistant. It is also Uber compatible, so you can make Uber appointments. Although it is an all-in-one application that would suit most of your needs, unfortunately, it is an iOS exclusive. To be able to use, you need to open the app from your iPhone or iPad.
MapQuest, founded in 1967, is one of the leading competitors of Apple and Google. It has layers such as food, hotels, gas, and shopping and it has an easy-to-use driving feature. MapQuest also has a section of live cameras -which is great because you can see the weather and traffic conditions in Europe before going out of your hotel room. In order to be updated with the latest traffic thanks to MapQuest, you need a stable network connection.
During your travels abroad, travel apps are your best aides. Maps and printed guides of the past century are already near-forgotten. What we have now is a wide and vast variety of interactive apps that would help you for a flawless travel experience during your stay in Europe.
In this article, we are going to introduce five of the best free travel apps available on Google's Playstore and iOS' App Store for Europe. All of those apps are free to install and Mobile WiFi Device compatible.
Many countries in Europe are known for its good quality hotels. Since accommodation in Europe is not always easy to find and less pricey, Airbnb makes it easier and more affordable. Many travelers looking for accommodation use Airbnb to rent rooms, homes, and apartments. Even trailers and boat-houses are available for you in Airbnb. You can choose the date and duration of your stay and then select the best option available to you.
You are already in a country in Europe but forgot to book your hotel? Seriously? Do not worry. Because Hotel Tonight will do the trick. All you need to do is running the app via your smartphone and Hotel Tonight will find you all the available hotel rooms with best prices.
Today, Google-powered Android devices have the majority stake in the smartphone market. A recent study shows that 75% of smartphone users are using Android devices. And since Google is the main developer of Android, Google apps become essential. For those relying on Google Maps, Calendar and Gmail, Google Trips will work perfectly. It automatically gathers information from your Google services. For example, if you have a flight reservation email in your Gmail for a country in Europe, Google Trips will suggest you hotels, restaurants and touristic locations based on your flight. Is not it amazing to have your very own personal assistant in your pocket?
Hopper what? It is an amazing service for Europe. Hopper works simple: It tracks flight prices for you and let you know when it is cheap and best to buy – and when to avoid. So, when you are enjoying your stay in Europe, you can let Hopper find the best flight for your next trip.
No travel app list would be complete without one of the leading online source for travelers: TripAdvisor. Most of the hotels, restaurants and touristic sites in Europe have their TripAdvisor reviews. Before or even on the site, you can easily open TripAdvisor app and read the reviews and suggestions about the locations. TripAdvisor literally works at any corner of Europe when you have a network connection.


The digital pathology market is forecast to grow from $546 million in 2014 to $3.1 billion in 2020. This is based on an estimated of CAGR of 23.1%. This growth, combined with a decreasing number of qualified pathologists will lead to a tremendous increase in workload in pathology departments of clinical and pharmaceutical organizations. On top of this quantitative expansion there is urgent need for higher quality diagnostic information, which enables more effective and efficient treatments.
Improving the quality of diagnosis by the visualization of multi-modal pathology in 3D.
The 3DPathology project will address these needs by creating a – fast, digital, quantitative, spectroscopic, and multimodal – 3D pathology analysis system.
We foresee that this 3D quantitative digital pathology solution, based on a combination of multiple existing pathology modalities (a multitude of molecular information is incorporated in the clinical workflow), will lead to a far more personalized treatment of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The project will also address clinical workflow integration aspects and standardization of data storage and exchange.
The envisioned digital pathology imaging system will address the analysis and interpretation of the inherently complex pathological images with a size of 100+GB per sample (mono-modal). Combined with the high throughput rate and huge sample- and system data volume (data sets in the range of Terabytes to Petabytes), technological innovations are required of a completely different level of complexity compared to other state-of-the-art medical imaging solutions (e.g. spectral CT scanners).
Fusion of the data acquired by different modalities (different size, different resolution in all directions, different storage format, different spectral bandwidth), which includes techniques like co-registration, alignment, reconstruction.
Efficient analysis of the aligned 3D data from different imaging modalities. To enable a high quality diagnosis, the entire tissue sample needs to be analyzed in detail, complemented with patient data. Fast big data analysis algorithms (machine learning and data mining) will be developed to extract and combine the relevant data.
Design of new 3D visualization and interaction technologies (equipment and algorithms), optimized for multi-modal 3D pathology.
Provide an IT backbone to handle the data of tremendous size produced by the individual imaging modalities (data sets in the range of Terabytes to Petabytes).
The consortium is headed by two major European equipment suppliers (Barco and Philips), who, together with other equipment, software and service suppliers in this consortium bring complementary solutions and services to the market required to establish the complete multi-model 3D pathology pipeline envisioned (e.g. microscopes, scanners, IT infrastructures, datacenters, 3D image manipulations, research tools, diagnostics algorithms, medical training).
In addition, the three major users (dominating the market in the histology domain) are also represented in the consortium (hospitals and pathological laboratories).
Copyright 2016 by 3D Pathology Consortium.


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Nardaran Prisoner's Appeal Not Granted
On 14 February, Baku Court of Appeal chaired by Judge Mirpasha Huseynov considered an appeal by Nardaran prisoner Jabbar Jabbarov who has been sentenced to 19 years in jail, as reported by lawyer Elchin Sadigov.
The appeal states that Jabbarov was subjected to tortures at the Main Organised Crime Department (MOCD) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The lawyer noted that initially Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov had declined to launch a criminal case in connection with their complaint. Then, their appeal filed against Usubov's decision was not accepted by Sabail District Court on 2 February 2017. The appeal currently under review was lodged against Sabail District Court's decision. "The appeal was not granted. I am now going to submit a complaint to the European Human Rights Court against these severe tortures and the failure to investigate them," the lawyer stressed.
Background: A special police operation was conducted in Nardaran settlement of Baku on 26 November 2015. Six people, including two police officers, died during the operation. On the same day, Muslim Union Movement chairman Taleh Bagirov and a group of his supporters were arrested. Later, law enforcement agencies reported that a total of 70 people had been arrested. Some of those detained were sentenced to prison terms of 1.5 to 6.5 years on charges of weapon possession. More than 40 of them, however, faced more severe charges, such as coup attempt, terrorism, incitement of religious discord, etc.
The trial of Muslim Union Movement chairman Taleh Bagirzade and 17 other men has been concluded, with Bagirzade receiving a 20-year prison sentence.
The trials of two more groups consisting of 12 people each are underway.


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The Top 10 Takeaways on Worldwide Aging
Demographics | 02-27-2014
The world's population is getting older and many consumers say the world isn't prepared for the shift. According to the World Health Organization, 2 billion people will be at least 60 years old by 2050, which raises questions and concerns for consumers as well as industries.
To examine consumer concerns about growing old and evaluate how product and service manufacturers and retailers are meeting the challenges that can arise with age, the Nielsen Global Survey About Aging polled more than 30,000 Internet respondents in 60 countries. The findings highlight an array of needed improvements, including in-store amenities like wider aisles and ample lighting, easy-to-read and easy-to-open product packaging, transportation and housing assistance.
The top 10 most compelling findings from the findings include:
The report also discusses:
Global retirement expectations.
A regional review of aging concerns around the world.
Digital engagement sentiment for grocery shopping.
For more detail and insight, download Nielsen's Global Aging report.
About the Nielsen Global Survey
The findings in this survey are based on respondents with online access across 60 countries. While an online survey methodology allows for tremendous scale and global reach, it provides a perspective only on the habits of existing Internet users, not total populations. In developing markets where online penetration has not reached majority potential, audiences may be younger and more affluent than the general population of that country. Additionally, survey responses are based on claimed behavior, rather than actual metered data.
Generation | global
https://www.nielsen.com/mena/en/insights/article/2014/the-top-10-takeaways-on-worldwide-aging/
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