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Brooklyn Nets Week 2 in Review (12/28/20-1/3/2021)
A rough start to the week for Brooklyn, as the team announced on Monday night that Spencer Dinwiddie will miss the remainder of the 2020-21 season with a partially torn ACL that will need to be surgically repaired. Send prayers Spencer's way for a speedy recovery.
It was also announced that both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant would sit for Monday night's game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Irving and Durant are both coming off of very serious season ending surgeries from last year, so in an attempt to not push his luck, Nets' head coach Steve Nash opted to rest Irving and Durant for the second game of a back-to-back. Both Kyrie and KD played just over 36 minutes in Sunday night's loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
Nets lose OT thriller to the Memphis Grizzlies, 116-111 (2-2)
Brooklyn missed Spencer Dinwiddie sorely on Monday night. With Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant getting a rest day, the game was turned over to the Nets' bench to try and take down an 0-2 Memphis Grizzlies team. Monday night's game in Brooklyn was an insight to how much losing Dinwiddie has hurt this Nets team. What was once a deep bench that boasted many players who would've been starters on most teams around the league, is now a bench that reflects the Covid and injury ridden bubble Nets that were swept by the Toronto Raptors in the first round of last year's playoffs.
Sean Marks has to figure out how to account for the loss of Spencer Dinwiddie. It is also clear that as of Monday night, Caris LeVert has some more work to do before he can be considered the Nets' third star, Jarrett Allen deserves to be starting at center over the aged DeAndre Jordan - who dropped more easy passes late in the game than I could count on one hand - and the Nets' rebounding has been atrocious over the last two games.
Also, call me a salty Nets fan after a loss, but load managing players is a plague that needs to be eradicated. If you're making $40,000,000 a year, you should be playing every night if you're healthy. The only time I'll ever agree with load management is if you're getting ready for a playoff series and the final few games of the regular season mean nothing to your team.
Nets' top performers
Caris LeVert - 38 minutes, 28 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot - 39 minutes, 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
Joe Harris - 41 minutes, 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 50% from three (2 for 4)
A close back and forth game against the Atlanta Hawks ends in a win for the Nets, 145-141 (3-2)
The Nets got off to a slow start Wednesday night. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant returned after taking the previous game against the Memphis Grizzlies off, and Irving struggled to find his rhythm early, but was able to turn it around very quickly, when late in the game he hopped in the drivers seat and took over.
Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks came into this game undefeated at 3-0 and appeared to be one of the hottest team in the East, while the Brooklyn Nets were coming off back-to-back losses to the Charlotte Hornets and Memphis Grizzlies, and appeared to be slowly cooling off after their hot start to the season.
As I said in the first paragraph, the Hawks lead throughout most of this game. The Nets looked like they were playing tired and unmotivated basketball. It was very frustrating to watch for Nets' fans. Even the two Nets' leaders in KD and Kyrie got into a heated discussion with each other on the sidelines, as neither guy could figure out how to stop the scorching hot Trae Young from carving up the Brooklyn defense. Trae Young dropped 30 points in 30 minutes on the floor, while Hawks' power forward, John Collins, recorded a double-double with 30 points and 10 rebounds.
Brooklyn Nets' small forward, Joe Harris, had himself his best game of the season so far, as he was the only player on the Nets who had a consistent game. From start to finish, Harris was there to make the shots when it counted. Kevin Durant and Jarrett Allen both recorded double-doubles against Atlanta, Durant with 33 points and 11 rebounds, and Allen with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Throughout the first five games of the season, the two biggest takeaways for the Nets is that they need to work on their rebounding, and they need to learn to limit the turnovers. Brooklyn has been it's own worst enemy when it comes to giving up easy rebounds, and making careless mistakes that lead to turnovers, otherwise, these last three games against Charlotte, Memphis and Atlanta wouldn't have been as close as they were.
Kevin Durant - 34 minutes, 33 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists
Joe Harris - 30 minutes, 23 points, 75% from three (6 for 8)
Jarrett Allen - 24 minutes, 15 points, 13 rebounds
Nets ring in the New Year on the wrong foot, lose to the Atlanta Hawks, 96-114 (3-3)
With a pitiful offensive performance, the Brooklyn Nets lose the latter of their back-to-back games against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. The Hawks, who emerged as Eastern Conference contenders this offseason with a slew of very strong signings and trades, looked to get back on track after losing to the Nets on Wednesday night in Brooklyn. They did more than get back on track, as they dismantled the Nets in every facet of the game Friday evening; rebounds, steals, turnovers, three point percentage, field goal percentage, the Hawks lead all of those categories by a wide margin.
The Nets were abysmal from beyond the arch, as they went seven for 37 from three. Once again, the Nets let turnovers haunt them. Brooklyn accounted for 15 turnovers versus the Hawks nine, and Atlanta was able to score 18 points off of those turnovers compared to Brooklyn's six.
It is clear that Caris LeVert has been struggling offensively lately, and his offensive output is needed now more than ever since the Nets lost a crucial scorer in Spencer Dinwiddie for the rest of the season. It is still early, and the Nets have a lot of new pieces joining the team, so I'm not going to be too hard on them yet. They are still currently trying to build chemistry and feel each other out on the court.
Kevin Durant - 37 minutes, 28 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks
Kyrie Irving - 33 minutes, 18 points, 11 rebounds
Joe Harris - 28 minutes, 12 points, 7 rebounds
Nets lose heartbreaker to the Washington Wizards, 122-123 (3-4)
The Nets are in a lot of trouble right now. After looking borderline unstoppable in their two preseason games, and then carrying that dominance through the first four games of the regular season, Brooklyn was a sleek, attractive sports car cruising at 100 miles per hour, only to lose control of the car and slam into a brick wall against the Grizzlies, Hawks, and now the Washington Wizards.
The 1-5 Washington Wizards traveled to Brooklyn on Sunday night, where the two ex-teammates and frenemies in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook faced off. On paper, this was a game that Brooklyn should have won 10 times out of 10, but the careless mistakes once again mounted for the Nets at both ends of the floor. Brooklyn gave up 20 turnovers on Sunday night compared to Washington's three. The Nets also couldn't grab a rebound to save their lives, giving up 13 offensive rebounds, and most notably, with the Nets up by one with only a few seconds left to go, Brooklyn gave the Wizards another second chance opportunity, which Washington made sure to capitalize on, putting the Wizards up by one, which turned out to be the deciding bucket.
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant both had clean looks in the final possession of the game, both of which would have given the Nets the win, but neither guy could get their shots to fall. Caris LeVert continues to struggle in the young season, not being able to find the same groove that he fell into at the end of the season last year that led us all to believe that LeVert could be the Nets third star. He'll hopefully break out of his slow start soon.
It is still early in the season, Brooklyn is still trying to build chemistry, there are a lot of new and young faces on this team still learning and growing, but it is still frustrating to watch, and something has got to give soon. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have been as stellar and as electric as advertised, but it is becoming more clear that the team cannot continue to rely on just their scoring prowess alone. The absence of a consistent third scorer on this team is glaring.
Kyrie Irving - 39 minutes, 30 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot - 23 minutes, 14 points, 4 rebounds, 80% from three (4 for 5)
Follow me on Twitter for all your Brooklyn Nets news, updates, and rumors. @NY_cth.
Have a great week, Nets fans.


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Q: Sylow subgroups of $S_3$ and $S_4$ Find the three 2-Sylow subgroups of $S_3$ and find a 2-Sylow subgroup and a 3-Sylow subgroup of $S_4.$
I just learned Sylow' theorem at the moment and I don't know how to do these problems. I know a p-Sylow subgroup of a group $G$ is a subgroup of order $p^k$, where $p^k$ divides the order of $G$ but $p^{k+1}$ does not. $|S_3| = 6 = 2\dot\ 3$ and $|S_4| = 24 = 2^3\dot\ 3$. How can I solve these types of problems?

A: $S_3$ is all the different ways you can rearrange the three letters $(a,b,c)$. For instance, the permutation $(a,b,c) \mapsto (b,c,a)$ is one element of $S_3$. A Sylow-2 subgroup will, as you wrote, just be a subgroup of order 2. 2 is prime, so to find such a subgroup, you just have to come up with some way of swapping the letters that has order two, which means if you do it twice, you're back to the start.
$S_4$ is the different ways you can rearrange the four letters $(a,b,c,d)$. A Sylow-3 subgroup has to be generated by some move that will get back to the sequence $(a,b,c,d)$ after 3 moves. Can you think of some moves that will work in each case? There's actually a bunch of them, so it would be good to try and think of a few different ones.

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Åsa Persson and Aaron Atteridge explore the practical and political influences over adaptation finance, and how these shape what adaptation looks like on the ground.
Most public policy measures require some level of funding, and climate change adaptation policy is no exception – whether it concerns new investments to climate-proof infrastructure, relocation of communities in flood-prone areas, developing information and guidance material, or hiring additional government staff to plan for adaptation.
While funding for adaptation measures can come from many sources and take many forms, over time "adaptation finance" has become shorthand for a particular type of funding: the transfer of funds, including mobilization of new finance, from the North to support activities in the South, on the basis of equity principles politically negotiated and adopted under the UNFCCC.
Developing countries have consistently demanded commitment by developed countries to provide adaptation finance in order to ensure climate justice and as a precondition for developing countries to make mitigation commitments.
As such, adaptation finance not only supports concrete adaptation activities or investments, but also serves a legitimacy and credibility purpose critically important to the success of the climate regime at large.
In this chapter of the book Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Policy, Åsa Persson and Aaron Atteridge explore how the practice of adaptation finance is influencing what is seen as "adaptation". They discuss some of the practical and political (economy) influences over the behaviour of adaptation finance, and how these materially shape what adaptation looks like on the ground.


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NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh visited and extended Lunar New Year wishes to personnel at the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) in Hanoi on February 12.
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy PM Binh praised the agency's performance last year in contribution to national achievements.
In 2018, the SAV proposed a total fine of VND 89.6 trillion (US$ 3.85 billion), while helping to reduce the State budget spending by VND 44.4 trillion, up 18.39 percent year-on-year. It also suggested amendments to and the cancellation of 115 legal documents.
He said the agency has gained trust from the Party, National Assembly, Government, and people, while highlighting its extensive international cooperation activities which have resulted in various practical outcomes.
Last year, the SAV successfully hosted the 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI). This year is the first year it performs the role of the ASOSAI Chair in the 2018-2021 period.
The Deputy PM urged the State Audit to work on its tasks in 2019 in line with the leadership and guidance of the Party, State, National Assembly, and Government.
Deputy PM Binh asked the organisation to work with relevant sides in completing its proposal for amending and supplementing the 2015 Law on State Audit and administrative reform.
He recommended the SAV clearly demonstrate its role as ASOSAI Chair by fulfilling the ASOSAI strategic plan for 2016-2021.


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Christian Homeschool Resources & Homeschooling Advice
Schooling the Spenders
Joel Belz World Magazine
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It was almost 30 years ago, and I was a fledgling school administrator. But the lesson I learned then is no less valid for our society today.
Ours was something of an experimental Christian school. The unusual enrollment included a large number of gifted students and an equally large number who were especially needy. The school had been established several years earlier primarily to meet the high-school needs of a number of faculty and staff families at a nearby college. But many of those families also wanted to reach out to a significant minority population in the area.
Laudable as the vision was, it may have been ill-advised. It takes experience and resources to meet special needs at either end of the educational spectrum. To meet special needs at both ends - and to do it simultaneously - requires extraordinary gifts I know I did not have.
But we tried. And now, when I reflect on that strange blend of exhilaration and frustration with which I ended so many of those days, I also remember the stark lesson I learned as I listened in on an after-school conversation between 11th-grader Paula and 7th-grader Edward. Paula's father had his Ph.D., and her mother was both active in community affairs and an organized wife and mother. Paula's home life was a picture of all that makes it easy and enticing for a youngster to learn. Edward, on the other hand, came from a broken home (I never did meet his father) and an even more badly broken elementary school. He could barely read, and seemed to carry with him every educational handicap I could imagine.
It wasn't that Paula was so extraordinarily gifted or that Edward was so hopelessly backward. I could tell even as I heard them talk that they had much in common and enjoyed each other's company. But however wholesome our efforts to provide them with a common education might have seemed, the actual working out of that ideal was considerably harder.
That's when it dawned on me: For Paula, I could cut by half the dollars our little school was spending on her; then I could cut them in half again, and still again, and I would barely dent her opportunities to learn. For Edward, I could double what we were spending on him that year; then I could double that and double it still once more, and for all that I would do precious little to restore to him all the educational benefits that had been stolen from him before he ever reached age 12.
This wasn't really about money. This was about the things money only dreams of buying.
That's a truth American educators, American politicians, and the American public need to apply to their overall understanding of what's happening in American schools. The U.S. Congress can plug in an extra $20 billion here, and a new state lottery can promise a few hundred million there. But the stark truth remains that money, however important it may be in the educational process, only obfuscates the real problems America's schools wrestle with.
Tell that, please, to President Bush as he travels this month the length and breadth of the nation ballyhooing the educational bill his bipartisan coalition cobbled together. To make it acceptable, however, the bill's creators had to forfeit virtually every creative idea they'd originally included. Specifically, liberals proved again that however much they love the idea of choice in other areas of life, choice in education is a liberty they will never tolerate. Mr. Bush's original idea of making it possible for a few students whose public schools were especially bad to transfer to private schools was thrown out on its ear.
The main thing left in the big Bush-Kennedy package is money. But the American people are ill-served every time it is suggested that opening the public checkbook is any solution for our educational woes.
For the fact remains that the best-performing schools in America tend to be those with modest budgets. Chattanooga Christian School, for example, the school where I pioneered 30 years ago, continues to be a pacesetter for schools (public and private) not just in its area, but across the country. It not only maintains but has refined its commitment to students across the whole educational spectrum. Yet Chattanooga Christian spends an average of just $4,800 per student per year, while state schools in the area spend something like $6,400 per student per year (a 33 percent premium) for a significantly inferior product.
The question, not just in Chattanooga but across a vast educational landscape, is a natural one: Just how much more than $6,400 do the state people think they need to spend in order to catch up with those who are spending only $4,800?
Used by permission. Copyright WORLD Magazine Inc. 2002.
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One of my students came up with a brilliant analogy yesterday for how life presents us with choices, options out of left field, changes that we want/don't want/don't know if we want.
She said that those moments in life are like coming to a fork in the road, you know that the road you have been travelling is not working for you on some level and in some often undefinable way and so you know you need to choose something new; the new path. This might be a new job, or a new hobby, or retraining for something new or choosing to find time for charity work, it might be to do with rearranging your domestic arrangements, or the way you have been living, or routines of personal behaviour that no longer serve your well-being or the well-being of those around you… whatever, there are lots of paths and lots of choices and the one thing we can be certain of in life is that nothing ever stays the same.
She went on to muse that some people stop at that fork in the road and put up a tent there. This might be a valid move, poised on the brink of something new, nervous of letting go of the old, we wait in the hiatus for something within us to shift, for something that seems obfuscated to become clear, or for some courage to arise within us to help us make a necessary move.
She went on… Some people stand by their lovely tent with all of its home comforts and the outside appearance of everything being ok and they might look the other way. That fork in the road, that choice to be made lies behind them while they steadfastly face the other direction, telling themselves that the other path isn't even there. There is nothing wrong here, there is no other road.
Or perhaps you have a party in your tent and you surround yourself with things and people and fun and all of that, you hope, will distract you from the road that remains there, just waiting for you to set foot upon it. Perhaps you spend too much, or drink too much, or eat too much (or too little) in your efforts to hide away from the choice that awaits you.
Here's where your yoga practice feeds into this: when you practise yoga, you sit cross-legged at every fork in the road and you get very quiet. You don't go filling your life with distractions, you don't go asking other people to bring you a solution. If you have built a tent, you acknowledge it, forgive yourself for it and give yourself the time and shelter that you need for as long as you need it. But you know that you can't hide in there forever and that you will at some point have to move forward, because without the distraction of other people telling you what to do, or the party of life, or the home-comforts of a five star tent to stay in, there is just you and your soul-heart and it wants what it wants and all you have to do is learn how to listen.
The only way to travel is to find your own way. Moreover, the reason why you are here, in this manifestation, is to do just that: to find your path and to follow it with courage and faith.
Perhaps that strikes you as a little lonely? But we are lucky aren't we, for we are loved, we are cared for and we are supported by the people around us. And the flipside of this coin is that everything is connected, we are all the same in spirit, so we are never alone.
If we seek to be happy so that we can share that happiness with others; if we work to be settled and content, so that we can give that security and steadiness to those who need it; and if we look to find love and compassion for everyone, including ourselves, then truly we become everything we can be and we cease to hold ourselves back from living boldly and moving confidently through life. Mistakes are how we learn and wrong-steps are how we come to understand our own humanity; say to yourself that you will not stay put for fear of those things. It is from a position of wholeness that you have the most to give, so search for your own wholeness. The world needs you to be complete, not to spend your time solving other people's problems, but to find and establish yourself in your own brave and open-hearted self. That's how you help. That's what you can give.


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WMU hockey player born with 3 fingers on hand delivers brilliant hat trick celebration
Updated Nov 12, 2019; Posted Nov 12, 2019
Western Michigan's Rhett Kingston (11) skates to the bench during a game against Niagara on Nov. 30, 2018 at Lawson Arena.Daniel Vasta
By Patrick Nothaft | pnothaft@mlive.com
KALAMAZOO, MI - After 40 minutes of Western Michigan's Saturday hockey game at Ferris State, there was a buzz in the Broncos locker room.
WMU exploded for six goals in the second period to build a 7-1 lead heading into the third, and two of those tallies came courtesy of sophomore forward Rhett Kingston.
It marked a career game for the Alberta, Canada native, but with 20 minutes left in regulation, Kingston wasn't satisfied, and his teammates were determined to help him find the back of the net once more.
Midway through the third period, WMU forward Drew Worrad slid a pass between the faceoff circles right into the wheelhouse of Kingston, who settled the puck on his stick, then rifled a wrist shot under the crossbar to beat Ferris State goalie Carter McPhail.
Goals that give teams an 8-1 lead aren't usually cause for too much celebration, but in Kingston's case, it was warranted.
Born with three fingers on his right hand, Kingston removed his Bauer hockey glove after he lit the lamp to reveal his three digits, each one representing a goal in his first college hat trick.
Hey @kingstonr_rhett, how many goals did you score for @WMUHockey last night? #NCHCHockey | #WeWillReign 🧢🧢🧢 pic.twitter.com/r017ypkVQO
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) November 11, 2019
"We had talked about it as a team kind of, it gets thrown around there, 'Hey, Kinger, if you ever get a hat trick, you have to do it,' so after that second period rolled around, in the dressing room it was definitely a topic, and when I scored that third one, I had to do it," Kingston said.
"It was awesome; it was a pretty cool feeling," Kingston added. Those don't come around very often, so it was an awesome feeling, but I had good help from my linemates and a couple nice passes to make that possible."
RELATED: How life with 8 fingers shaped a WMU hockey player's career
The Broncos' bench erupted at the milestone goal from their teammate, whose hockey future was uncertain before WMU head coach Andy Murray offered him a scholarship as a 21-year-old freshman.
"Rhett's a neat young man," Murray said. "He's got a great personality, he's popular, and he's a guy I get on all the time to make sure you're working hard in practice.
"He's figuring it out here, but he's battled through some obstacles, but that's just the way that it is, and he doesn't worry about it.
"It was kind of interesting; our guys were pretty darn happy for him, and then he took his glove off and put the three (fingers) up there, and with the hat trick, it's the eighth goal of an 8-2 hockey game, so you don't want your guys over-celebrating, but they were really happy for him."
Murray put Kingston on a line with NHL draft picks Wade Allison (Philadelphia Flyers 2nd round, 2016) and Hugh McGing (St. Louis Blues 5th round, 2018) for Saturday's Ferris State game, so the surge in production wasn't necessarily unexpected, but Kingston had just two goals in his WMU career up to that point.
"Were we expecting him to get three goals? Yes, we were," Murray said with a grin. "Certainly not, but he was a guy that was deserving and played hard and went up and down.
"The challenge for Rhett now is to bring that same level. When you have that kind of success, it becomes expected, and we expect him to perform well again. Not necessarily that kind of production, but he's got the skating ability to pull away from people, and that's a fast line."
After starting the season 1-3-1, the 20th-ranked Broncos are unbeaten in their last five games and prepare to host No. 19 Nebraska-Omaha for a two-game series beginning 7:05 p.m. Friday at Lawson Arena.
WMU's four opponents after Omaha are all ranked in the top 10 of the latest U.S. College Hockey Online poll, with Denver checking in at No. 2, North Dakota at No. 9, Notre Dame at No. 4 and Minnesota Duluth at No. 6, but rather than focus on the tough road ahead, Murray said his team is taking a game-by-game approach as they look to continue their undefeated streak.
"It's really interesting, and we talked about it last week in terms of how to approach games, and the team that showed the most improvement in the National Hockey League last year was the New York Islanders," he said. "They were 11-1 in the second game of back-to-back games -- a record -- it just doesn't happen in the National Hockey League. They had reasons to be tired, reasons to have excuses with travel or whatever for back-to-back games, but they didn't have any, they just played the game that was in front of them, and that's kind of the approach we're taking right now.
"It's certainly great that we're unbeaten in five games, but all that's important right now is the game that's in front of us, and that's Friday. We'll play that as hard as we possibly can and prepare for Saturday night once that day comes. That's the approach we've taken."


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While energy continues to dominate the emissions debate, it is increasingly clear that changing global diets will be another integral part of any shift towards a more sustainable world. Until recently, obesity and health concerns were the main drivers in moving better diets up the global agenda but we are now seeing growing awareness of the environmental damage caused by meat production.
An element of meat shaming is also creeping in at the edges: F1 star Lewis Hamilton recently went on record to say going vegan is the only way to save the planet, for example.
We often talk about the 'Blue Planet effect' on the plastic waste debate, with Sir David Attenborough's TV programme helping shape public perception of this issue. Meat came under the microscope recently in the BBC's Meat: A Threat to Our Planet? and it will be interesting to see if this has the same kind of impact.
Among the many facts revealed by biologist Liz Bonnin (who also directed last year's Drowning in plastic) was that methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) around 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. This means every one of the 1.5 billion cows on earth – one per five people – heats it as much every year as the CO2 produced by burning 600 litres of petrol. The programme travelled from the pig-rearing regions of North Carolina, where treated manure has turned streams into open sewers, to the Amazon, where cattle-rearing is driving deforestation at the rate of five football pitches a minute.
Data show the opposing forces at work in this sector, potentially along generational lines: figures from consultant AT Kearney put the global meat market at $1,000 billion in 2018 and yet a YouGov survey revealed one in five young adults believe the future will be meat-free. Waitrose has reported that a third of Brits are eating less meat and fish than two years ago and 32% plan to reduce their consumption further over the next two years.
A couple of facts are central to our thinking on this. First is that by 2050, the global population is expected to reach 10 billion and it looks impossible for that many people to eat the amount of meat typical in Western diets while keeping within agreed sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the environment. Equally clear is that protein is a vital part of a healthy diet, essential for growth and repair of the body. Based on our scenario of a 10 billion global population consuming 80g per day (the current average), there will be a 33% increase in demand by 2050.
Figures from nutrition.org.uk show that for the average UK adult, a majority of their protein (64%) comes from meat, fish and dairy. Yet, food and farming are responsible for 25% of total global emissions and the livestock industry, primarily meat and dairy, makes up a significant share of this.
At the heart of this sizable footprint is the feed sector, producing the food for the animals that dominate many of our diets. Red meat (cow, sheep and goat) production is a particularly large source of greenhouse gases (GHG) because of methane production in ruminant digestion; it is irrefutable that creating animal protein has an enormous environmental impact.
The need for grazing space and arable land to grow animal feed is also the single most important driver of deforestation, with further consequences for GHG emissions and biodiversity. The availability of fresh water to maintain fertile land is another concern: according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation and Aquastat, agriculture already uses around 70% of this water.
Producing just one pound of beef currently takes 1,799 gallons of water, 6.6 pounds of grain and 15 pounds of carbon dioxide.
Responding to this situation, a group of influential scientists has now called for governments in all but the world's poorest countries to set a date for 'peak meat', beyond which livestock production will no longer increase.
In a letter to the Lancet Planetary Health Journal, lead author and fellow at Harvard Law School Helen Harwatt said countries should be looking for peak livestock within the next 10 years, with ruminant meat 10 to 100 times more damaging to the climate than plant-based food. The letter was supported by more than 50 experts, including Professor Pete Smith, a senior author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report on land use and climate change, and Professor Sir Ian Boyd, until recently the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government on environment, food and farming.
Given all these factors, a recent report from independent think tank RethinkX has claimed we are on the cusp of the deepest, fastest and most consequential disruption of food and agricultural production since the first domestication of plants and animals 10,000 years ago – and the driving force of this is what is known as protein disruption.
According to the think tank, the cost of proteins will be five times cheaper than existing animal proteins by 2030 and 10 times by 2035. Even if these figures prove optimistic, the crucial factor for our theme of Delivering healthier foods is that these alternative proteins are expected to be more nutritious, healthier, better tasting and more convenient.
Alternatives to meat-derived protein currently fall into two camps – plant and insect. Figures from Mordor Intelligence predict the global market for these will hit $8.2 billion and $1.1 billion respectively by 2023, so we are clearly in the early days of growth for both.
Plant protein product sales in € millions
Source: Food Trending, 2019 research
A survey from Irish food ingredients business Kerry revealed that 41% of US consumers have reduced meat consumption compared to a year ago. The same proportion had ordered a plant-based protein meal in a restaurant in the past month and 21% had recently purchased a meat alternative, despite only 13% characterising themselves as vegetarian or vegan. This shows the rise in flexitarianism.
Work by the FAIRR initiative starting last year has assessed 16 multinational businesses to understand how they are positioned to capitalise on rising demand for alternative proteins. The report said Nestlé and Tesco are best placed for the shift, with the latter putting the plant-based Beyond Burger from Beyond Meat on its shelves.
All the companies market at least one own-brand alternative protein product but only three have set goals to increase their portfolio of alternative proteins (M&S, Nestlé and Unilever).
Moving to invertebrates, over 2 billion people worldwide enjoy insects as part of their diet: they are most commonly eaten in Africa, Asia and South America but very little is consumed in Europe and North America.
Source: Data from thatsfarming.com, 2019
As the graphic above shows, insects are a nutritious and healthy food source with high fat, protein, vitamin, fibre and mineral content. The composition of unsaturated Omega 3 and fatty acids in mealworms is comparable with that in fish (and higher than in cattle and pigs), while the protein, vitamin and mineral content is similar to fish and meat.
Insects also offer many environmental benefits based on their high feed conversion efficiency. Crickets, for example, require only two kilograms of feed for every 1kg of bodyweight gain. In addition, insects can be reared on organic waste streams (including human and animal waste), helping to tackle the growing problem of food wastage.
Insects also emit far less greenhouse gas and ammonia than cattle or pigs and require less land and water than cattle. As the graphic below shows (albeit with data from cricket provider Aketta), the cricket versus cattle contest is very much in favour of the former, at least from an environmental perspective.
Source: Data from Aketta, 2019
There is nothing like as much in the news about the impact of meat and dairy production as on renewable energy or transport emissions but we feel addressing this situation can have a similar impact on climate change. We expect the same contribution from innovative companies working in livestock, meat and dairy as we have seen in sustainable energy.
Moving away from traditional agricultural models is projected to bring massive environmental benefits, reducing net GHG emissions and also improving deforestation and aquatic pollution from animal waste, hormones and antibiotics.
As a counterpoint to this, we must recognise the potential societal impact of a vastly reduced farming industry, particularly in emerging markets where millions of people are employed in the sector. In Brazil, for example, around 10% of the workforce was in the agricultural industry last year. 2015's Paris Agreement on climate change referenced a 'just transition' to a lower carbon world, recognising the shift would mean challenges for workers, communities and countries – and any move away from an industry that has dominated food production for thousands of years will clearly not be without its upheavals.
Despite this, businesses on the right side of this transition are worthy of investigation whereas those following traditional agriculture models could face serious destruction of value – and as often happens with our themes, markets are underestimating the potential speed and scope of this change.
So where are the investment opportunities? We have to start with the most recognised 'pure-play' alternative protein company in the shape of the aptly named Beyond Meat. The company debuted on the Nasdaq this year and made quite a splash: shares listed at $25 and rose over 800% to a peak of $234 in just a few months.
From the peak, shares then tumbled more than 60% based on concerns over the valuation: a huge 62 times sales while still loss making. Additionally, this is a competitive space with many companies recognising the attractive growth rates and profits to be had from the shift to lower meat consumption.
One such competitor is Impossible Foods, founded in 2011 by a Stanford University Professor aiming to tackle the environmental impact of animal protein. Impossible Foods recently partnered with Burger King to market the Impossible Whopper, which was successful in initial tests and is now being rolled out across other locations.
Impossible Foods remains private, with investors including Bill Gates and Google Ventures valuing it at over $2 billion. The founder reportedly turned down a cash offer from Google in 2015, claiming: "We are absolutely not looking to be acquired . . . no matter how much someone who wants to acquire the company may say they believe in it — no one believes in it with the commitment that we do, and we're not going to put it at risk."
One of our holdings that has benefited from the growth of alternative proteins is Irish company Kerry Group. Kerry continues to develop its protein offering with the new Radicle ingredient range, and these meat and dairy alternative solutions address taste, texture, nutrition and functionality needs in plant-based products.
Kerry also recently acquired Ojah, an innovative Dutch company developing textured meat substitutes with Soy and Pea proteins. We are excited to see how Kerry – and other companies in the sector – builds this technology and taps into the fast-growing alternative protein space.
While there are obvious hurdles to overcome, the direction of travel on livestock, meat and dairy looks as clear today as it is on fossil fuels – and we will continue to invest in companies exposed to such structural trends shaping the economy of the future.
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New PA system at Fir Park
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We are installing a brand new PA system at Fir Park.
As part of our improvement programme to the stadium as we await the return of supporters, we have invested in a system which will significantly enhance the matchday experience.
Installed in partnership with CITA Smart Solutions, the new PA network in the stadium replaces the previous setup, which had been in place since the mid-1970s.
"We're delighted to have made this change at the stadium," chief executive Alan Burrows said. "It is another step forward in ensuring our home continues to be fit for purpose.
"We long shared the frustration of our fans in how inadequate the old system was.
"The existing infrastructure was purchased when Abbotsinch Airport became Glasgow Airport, so that gives an idea of just how critical it was that we brought things up to modern standards.
"When supporters are allowed to return home to Fir Park, we hope they will see and benefit from several improvements we have made, and are continuing to make, across the stadium."
CITA are an integrated security solutions business, who have already assisted the club through recent months with a number of projects.
"We're happy to have helped Motherwell FC to enhance the experience at Fir Park," Ian Beattie, managing director from CITA Smart Solutions said.
"Developing cost-effective technologies, CITA remains at the forefront of technological advancements in integrated security, ensuring it meets and exceeds the demands and requirements of its customers.
"Our partnership with Motherwell FC has led to our involvement in many key projects around the club. We're delighted to be involved."
A live stream of Wednesday night's encounter between Motherwell and Aberdeen is available worldwide.
If you're in the UK or Republic of Ireland, a live stream of the game will be available to buy on a pay-per-view basis for £12.
International-based supporters can watch via their usual subscription at live.motherwellfc.co.uk.
Kick-off at Fir Park is at 6.15pm.
"We will keep doing what we are doing and keep believing. We've no doubt at all we will turn it around."
The manager looks ahead to the clash with the Dons on Wednesday night.
We have been out in our local community delivering festive parcels to those in need, in association with the SPFL Trust.
Each box contains £35 worth of supplies, such as soup, sweets and soap to help those who need it most.
There are real extremes of poverty we are giving help to. People who don't have money to turn the electricity on, or to switch the oven on to cook food.
Because of the surge in the Covid-19 virus, many of these people will be spending Christmas Day alone.
We are here to try and improve people's lives. So many in our area are finding things tough just now, and we're stepping up to help.
"It's an opportunity for us to get some positive results and points back on the board."
Mark O'Hara previews Wednesday's visit of Aberdeen.
The 'Well Shop will close at 3pm on Christmas Eve.
Thereafter, the shop will remain closed until tier four restrictions are lifted by the Scottish Government, provisionally scheduled for 18 January.
During this period, the shop will still be able to accept online orders for delivery or click and collect. Orders will be fulfilled twice a week, which may result in longer despatch times, but fans can be assured that precautions have been taken to ensure staff are working in a safe environment.
Any click and collect orders can be picked up from the shop between 12pm and 4pm on Wednesday 30 December, Monday 4 and 11 January, and Friday 8 and 15 January.
Please note that the shop staff will be unable to offer in-person exchanges and refunds during the tier four restrictions. Instead, the Christmas exchange and returns period has been extended until 7 February, facilitating the use of this service when the shop reopens.
The team at the 'Well Shop wish to express their thanks to fans for their patience in what is a very fluid situation. To keep abreast of updates, be sure to keep an eye on social media channels.
Prior to Christmas, the shop will open between 9.30am and 5pm, Monday-Wednesday, and from 9.30am to 3pm on Christmas Eve.
Motherwell host Aberdeen on Wednesday night in the run to the end of 2020.
These are the storylines ahead of the Scottish Premiership match.
Home form to fix
Motherwell have one home win in their last five and are currently on a streak of four straight home losses at Fir Park.
Making home a tough place to come for the opposition is high up the agenda, with two home victories in the league in 2020/21 recorded compared to four away.
Aberdeen's weekend win over Kilmarnock pulled them level on points with second-placed Celtic in the Premiership, albeit with a worse goal difference and having played two more games.
That also left Motherwell sitting 13 points behind the Dons in the league, meaning there's sizable ground to make up for the fifth-placed Steelmen to emulate last season's third spot finish.
Swinging form
Motherwell have won the last two encounters between the two sides, picking up 3-0 and 1-0 away victories at Pittodrie.
Last time at Fir Park, Aberdeen were convincing 3-0 winners. Indeed, you have to go back to April 2019 for the last time the home team won this fixture – a 3-1 victory for the Dons.
Aberdeen come calling on Wednesday night to ML1.
Kick-off on Wednesday at Fir Park is at 6.15pm.
Motherwell were victorious in the first meeting between the two sides this season, running out 3-0 winners at Pittodrie.
Goals from Mark O'Hara, Christopher Long and Bevis Mugabi saw Stephen Robinson's men come back down the road with the three points in late September.
In 2019/20, the Steelmen also won the last encounter between the pair 1-0 away from home. Before that, Aberdeen won 3-0 at Fir Park.
Aberdeen's 2-0 win at Kilmarnock on Sunday made for back-to-back wins for the Dons for the last time since early October.
Their last 10 matches have brought four wins, three draws and three defeats for the side sitting in third.
Motherwell are without a win in six, having drawn with St Johnstone away and lost to Celtic, Rangers, St Johnstone, Hibernian and St Mirren.
At home, four defeats in a row mean the last win at Fir Park came in the 4-0 thrashing of Ross County in late October.
There's still time to get your hands on a late Motherwel FC Christmas gift.
We've launched the ML1 T-shirt range, a special run of six designs featuing parts of Fir Park which may not be immediately obvious. But if you know, you know.
Shop the range here.
"The scoreline doesn't reflect how disciplined we were. Unfortunately, we made mistakes and we got punished."
Stephen Robinson speaks after the 3-1 loss at Rangers.


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North Korea Used 70% of Kaesong Wages to Develop Weapons
North Korea has used 70% of wages earned by workers at Kaesong complex for its weapons program and luxury goods for the elite, South Korea claims.
Last week, South Korea suspended its operations at the jointly-run industrial park following North Korea's recent rocket and nuclear tests to cut off the money supply.
Pyongyang has called the shutdown "a declaration of war".
Kaesong was one of the last points of co-operation between the two Koreas.
North Korea reacted to the shutdown by expelling all South Koreans from the complex and freezing the assets of South Korean companies. It has also vowed to cut key communication hotlines with South Korea.
Kaesong saw thousands of North Koreans working for South Korean businesses, making clothing, textiles, car parts and semi-conductors.
On February 14, South Korea's unification ministry said in a statement the wages, in US dollars, had been paid to the government instead of directly to the workers.
"Any foreign currency earned in North Korea is transferred to the Workers' Party, where the money is used to develop nuclear weapons or missiles, or to purchase luxury goods," said Hong Yong-pyo, the unification minister, in a televised interview, referring to Pyongyang's ruling communist party.
Hong Yong-pyo added that 70% of the money was kept by the North Korean government while workers were given tickets to buy food and essential items, and local currency. The South Korean government cited "multiple channels" as its sources for these claims but did not divulge how it had arrived at the percentage.
South Korea estimates about 616 billion Korean won ($508 million) had been paid to North Korea over the years.
Hong Yong-pyo was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying that South Korea did not suspend operations earlier at Kaesong because "the international community recognized its significance", and it shut it down this time because "North Korea was only going to intensify its weapons development, and we needed to make a decisive move to alleviate our people's security concerns".
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EATS Park City and Summit Community Gardens will present the third annual Dinner in the Garden from 3-6 p.m. on Aug. 26, at the community gardens, 4056 Shadow Mountain Drive. Adult tickets are $35. Children's tickets are $15. Tickets are available at https://eatsparkcity.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/DigIn18.
Tickets are currently available for the public to enjoy a meal at the Summit Community Gardens with EATS Park City.
The third annual DIG (Dinner in the Garden) In fundraiser will be held from 3-6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26.
The money will benefit both nonprofits on their missions to encourage sustainable gardening and healthy eating in schools.
The event will feature food, drinks, family activities, live music and opportunity drawings, said Jenae Ridge, EATS Park City executive director.
EATS is an acronym for Eat Awesome Things at School.
"This is a time to enjoy a great locally sourced meal with the family in a wonderful outdoor setting," Ridge said.
The food will include ribs, macaroni and cheese from Savory Kitchens, a chicken dish created by Park City Mountain Resort chefs, a charcuterie platter from Creminelli Meats, toasted pocket sandwiches prepared by Jafflz and hand pies from Deer Valley.
"We'll also have two different types of salads that will be made from the produce harvested from Summit Community Garden," Ridge said.
Lynsey Gammon, the garden manager, will provide the chefs a list of produce that is available from the garden, according to Ridge.
The dinner will also feature $5 libations for the adults.
"We'll have beer and wine, and Alpine Distillery and Vida Tequila have donated some products so we're planning to make some cocktails," Ridge said.
Children will enjoy face painting, a hands-on garden activity and meeting a live goat.
The evening will include live music by local band Swagger and family portraits by Joy Conneally.
There will be opportunity drawings throughout the event and tickets are $5. The opportunity drawing is also open to those who can't make it to the dinner, Ridge said.
One of the items will be Jack Johnson concert tickets donated by the Johnson Ohana Foundation. The concert is scheduled for Aug. 31 at the USANA Amphitheater.
Other drawing prizes include Deer Valley picnic bags, Mindful Cuisine kids party, Christian Center Boutique gift cards, to name a few.
There wasn't a question about bringing DIG In back this year, Ridge said.


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Bold, challenging? Book wants Muslims to implement 'correctional' measures with RSS
Controversial chancellor of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, variously dubbed a "Modi man" and an "RSS plant", in an email alert to Counterview, has released a tete-a-tete has has had with a little-known Urdu scholar, Dr Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmed, whose book "The Meeting of Minds: A Bridging Initiative" has just been released by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR.
Bakht believes it is "historic" for a Muslim scholar to write positively about RSS, claiming, the book would prove to be "bath-breaking" for Hindu-Muslim relations, as it seeks to promote "amicable relations between the two politically most vibrant communities, Hindus and Muslims", especially because it has been written by "a Muslim thinker and community worker."
Wanting Counterview to carry the tete-a-tete in "national interest", the book, according to him, is an "unflinching votary for building bridges between the RSS and Muslims", says Bakht, adding, while the author of the book "has authored many books for his mission", this one is "too bold and challenging a subject aiming at the correctional measures…"
Q. What has prompted you to write this book?
A. The growing social, societal and political wedge between the Sangh-RSS-BJP combine and the Muslim community and the increasing misunderstanding, goes into the background of this long pending initiative.
Q. What views do you hold vis a vis RSS?
A. I recognize RSS as the largest socio-cultural organization, which enjoys a massive following among the majority segment of Indian population. Its role as the ideologue of the ruling governance of the day accords it a commanding influence in the polity and of the country. Being the world's largest organization with a nationalist and patriotic commitment of its own, it has been poised and focused, desiring to improve relations with Muslims treating them as sons of the soil without any appeasement or vote bank. A section of the Muslim community recognizes this.
Q. How would you define this increasing misunderstanding?
A. The increasing gulf of misunderstanding between the followers of the said combine and the Muslim community does not augur well for either of the two, the nation or even the humanity. Unfortunately, this misunderstanding has been based on the absence of a fruitful dialogue. The deadlock must give way to mutual understanding to arouse a reciprocal dialogue.
Q. What are the contents of the book?
A. The book covers the political, social and emotional evolution of India in the last hundred years covering from 1920 to 2020, it discusses the rise of the multiple conflicting national entities in the early nineties like the Khilafat movement, then Hindu Mahasabha, RSS, Indian National Congress, All India Muslim League and the leftist movement. On the ideological front the emergence of parallel theories of nationalism, having their base in Gandhian philosophy and the ideology of Hindutva, are among many subjects in the book.
Q. What are your views regarding the pseudo-secularists?
A. They have let India and the believers in constitutional secularism down when it comes to the defence of the fundamentals of the Indian state and its rich composite ethos. The tragic Partition of united India, post-Independence compromises on Gandhian secular and inclusive ideology by the Congress leadership, right from Nehru era onwards, the subsequent decline of secular polity and governance, unfair play with the minorities in general and the Muslims in particular and finally, the lack of farsightedness in the approach of the 'secularists' and so of the 'Muslim leadership'. Above all, the so-called champions of secularism are now running away from the Muslim community that they had been befooling as vote bank to demonstrate their allegiance to the ideology of 'soft Hindutva', something that exposes them lock, stock and barrel.
Q. Where does the focus of the book lie?
A. Building the bridges of understanding between the two primary entities of India, remains the core essence of this initiative and to achieve that as a noble objective in terms of action. My purport is to discuss all the sensitive issues causing ghetto mindset, conflict and confrontation between and settling for offering a middle meeting ground to mutually resolve their genuine concerns. India has to move forward!
Q. Are you targeting the pseudo secular politics and politicians for the current rise of this combine?
A. I have absolutely been candid in identifying the follies and blunders committed by the Congress, its succeeding leadership and the community leadership. Nevertheless, what all good measures have been taken, also find due recognition in the book. Last but not the least the most fascinating part of the book is the release of the book by RSS chief, sarsangchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat, and the blessings of the elders of the two communities for this initiative.
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Com2Us has prepared a Special Power-up Stone & Rune Crafting Event!
Spend your energy in Dungeons/Raids and get awesome rewards such as Power-up Stones, a Devilmon, Ancient Coins and more scrolls! The accumulated Power-up Stones will help your monsters get strong via rune power-ups. Make sure to use it from +12 to +15 to efficiently use your stones!
2) You can get [100 Energy + 100,000 Mana Stones] when you gather 150 points every day.
The Rune Power-up success rate will be increased by 2 times when you use the Power-up Stones!
1. Select a Rune to power up.
2. Check the Power-up Stone before tapping the Power-up Button!
3. Tap the Power-up Button!
1) Runes: Point acquisition varies by the number of Stars.
2) Grindstones & Gems: Point acquisition varies by the grade.
3) Using Items: Point acquisition varies by the type of items used.
* You can gather up to 150 points per day.
EVENT 2. Craft Runes with the accumulated points!
You can craft a 5~6★ Rune (rare grade or higher) with 150 points.
EVENT 3. Collect rewards based on the number of Runes crafted!
– [Enchanted Gem] (rare grade and up) will be given when you craft rune 1/3/5 times!
– [Grindstone] (rare grade and up) will be given when you craft 7/9/10 times!
Good news for summoners who mostly grind the PvE content – yet another giveaway event from Com2Us. Grinders of B10 and R5 will easily gather enough points (150 max / day) and get a refund of 100 energy and 100k mana stones as you complete the daily maximum.
Even just by farming Giant's Keep B10, which is commonly accessible to beginners, securing at least a 5* rune gives you 5 points. Including non-rune drops, you can finish the daily event mission after 40 runs. Beginners who can clear the dungeon at 4 min/run will finish in ~3 hours while veterans that can clear at 1min/run will finish within ~1 hour. Additionally, you can also gain points just by using grindstones/gems and reappraisal stones. This makes the event very easy, much moreso if you're a Raid grinder.
The event is too appealing to even think of skipping it, as Devilmon and Ancient Coins await you in the finish line. Remember to use your Power-up Stones from runes +12 and above to maximize their usage. GLHF, and good luck on your rune power-ups!
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Miyano Mamoru: PV revealed for "Identity"
Never the mix between traditional Japanese music and western music felt so meant to be. Miyano Mamoru's new single, the addictive "Identity" is out.
We start off this song with that one japanese instrument that we love, the shimasen (the three string "guitar" you get to see on the video) and quickly the synths guide you to Miyano's hypnotizing voice. "Identity" was written by Miyano-san himself and is the first single coming from the new album "PASSAGE" scheduled to be released on 09/18/13 and available for preorder for all overseas fans on cdjapan.
This music already sounded pretty good online in its 55 second preview made on Miyano's radio show but with the full version we can say that this song is incredibly addictive, especially the chorus. A good and strong first single setting the stakes high for the rest of the album.
The choreography once again is incredible and full of energy with, both dancers and Miyano dancing in traditional clothes showing us the mix between the eastern and western cultures be it in the lyrics, instrumental or the clothes.
Aside from all this the release of the album is pretty close and we will review it as soon as we get a copy of it so you can wait for a review to come on the 19th Sept.
You can check the full PV in this video below:
(Disclaimer: we don't host the video, we're only using it for promotional purposes)
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Also: Miyano Mamoru will play in Budokan next month, a first time for a solo male singer.
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Finding hope during uncertain times is rather difficult, especially when most people rely on strategies that tend to be self-defeating. People often resort to feeling, worried, anxious, and complain or become negative about events that may not even occur. With this kind of behavior stress is inevitable. Yet, some people find hope in uncertain times and rise to meet it with resilience. You too can develop this inner power, and achieve success, calmness and obtain stress relief.
You may be faced daily with difficulties, but you can begin to find ways to cope with your daily stress. So how do you get there? First let's understand, what having hope means.
Think of how you handle difficult situations. Do you often say things like, "I hope everything will work out"? Unfortunately, this is just a way of disengaging and not really dealing with the difficult situations.
True hope comes from a source much deeper within you. It is found within your inner core. To understand this concept, you need to understand that there are three vital qualities that determine how much hope you yourself feel. It will also decide what you can offer to others and progress in your life. Hope is an essential component in facing any type of uncertainty, in our personal or business affairs.
What are the 3 Primary Qualities of Hope?
Resilience – When faced with setbacks and obstacles you bounce back.
Strength – You use your inner strength to boost your personal power.
Optimism –Despite the challenges ahead of you stay positive.
The above qualities will help prevent becoming a pessimistic and rather than being a fatalistic, you can be strong, resilient, and optimistic, and improve your self-esteem.
Hope is vital for handling a crisis, and relieving stress, but it can also serve as your core value daily. Uncertainty can arrive at any point in time, whether it appears in a personal issue, a business issue, a national event, or a global event. The situation doesn't even necessarily need to be negative. For example, uncertainty and excitement can occur when you are starting your own business.
Now, let's take a closer look at the primary qualities of hope that were mentioned above.
What Does it Mean to Have Resilience?
In the media we often hear stories about the elderly celebrating their 100th birthdays. We are quick to ask what the secret for their longevity is, and they are happy to share their secrets. Yet, the truth is that they went through many adversities in their life, and through it all they remained resilient.
They faced hard times and bounced back, shook defeat off at every turn. Being resilient is the true secret to avoiding victimhood, and to living a long and healthy life.
In addition, when you're faced with sadness, it's healthy to deal with sadness; especially when you lose a loved one. Grief is natural and resilience is what pushes you forward, providing you with what you need to move on and have hope in the future.
Most people are all too willing to relinquish their super hero power particularly when faced with a disagreement because they feel they don't have the power to speak up. This can happen in both business and personal relationships. Keep in mind, that being without inner power can create a more hopeless situation than the problem itself.
All is not so hopeless, you can keep inner power by standing up for yourself, to overcome resistance, to turn a catastrophe into an opportunity. Remember, that true strength is in the core of your being. It's a quiet calm that isn't disturbed by events or the turmoil of emotions. Inner strength establishes self-power that will anchor, uplift, and encourage you. Strength can give you the power to overcome stress and adversity. They is to become more aware of it.
Resilience and overcoming adversity come from a strong sense of self.
Society has taught us that life is difficult, that struggling is the norm. Society wants us to believe that the safest place for us is behind a wall. In this environment, optimism seems foolish and unrealistic. Yet, when you meet people who are truly optimistic, you envy their cheerfulness. Attitudes of pessimism, skepticism, and cynicism come from fear and distrust. Life can take care of itself, that's the attitude of optimism.
To get an optimistic attitude you need to change your way of thinking and have an inner conversation. This self-talk involves thinking positive thoughts that shows hope and opportunity to any situation at hand. It also means that when you speak out loud, you use positive words that go into the universe. When you do this, you become a reflection of the person that you want to be. As a result, you will attract positivity into your life and create a more hopeful future.
How to Build Resilience, Strength and Optimism?
Resilience is an ongoing process that requires patience, effort and time, as well as taking numerous steps.
Support of Others: When you have healthy relationships with family members, friends or others this is important in building your resilience. Their support can help really make you feel loved and cared for, especially when they take the time to listen to your concerns or worries. They will be your backup and your strength to build up your resilience.
Change is a part of life. When you learn to accept that change is a part of living it will help you deal with stress and adverse situations in a positive way. Sometimes circumstances change resulting in disappointment or despair. Just think if you take a different perspective and simply accept what you presently cannot change. You will allow yourself find clarity and focus to alter these circumstances.
Do not see problems as insurmountable. You will not be able to change stressful situations, but you can certainly change the way you interpret and respond to these events. Look beyond what is presently happening and begin to look towards the future, with solutions and opportunities. Give yourself a chance to work things out and find a solution and your circumstances can get better. Remember deal with these events, on step at a time. Reach out to friends and family that you can talk to and help you deal with life challenges.
Take Decisive Action: When you seek the support of others and you search for a solution, this will help you build resilience as you take action to resolve the problem at hand. Your decisiveness will be constructive and effective, and most importantly it will relief stress.
Cultivate Positivity: As you take action to resolve your problem you are developing confidence and learning to trust your instincts. Congratulate yourself on this progress and continue to nurture yourself. This will certainly continue to build resilience.
Take care of yourself. It important that you participate in activities that bring you joy and satisfaction. Take care of your body, mind and spirit. Each needs to be nurtured to maintain optimal health and wellness. For instance, meditation and spiritual practices can help build connections and restore hope. When you keep your mind and body healthy it will also help you to deal better with situations that need resilience.
How to Build Inner Strenght?
What is your purpose: In order to achieve external success, we need to build your inner strength? When you have a purpose and an opportunity to make a difference, this will help you to overcome the fear of failure. Then your focus and purpose will help you to cultivate inner strength.
Make yourself a Priority: Make sure you make your well-being your top priority because it will help you to deal with life challenges. The strength comes from knowing that you are equipped, physically, mentally and spiritually prepared to handle these life challenges.
Have a Positive Mindset: Just like you feed your body with nutrients, it is also important to feed it the right mindset. A positive mindset will get you through the roughest of times and provide inner strength.
Decide, Commit, and Act. As I mentioned above, when you are decisive and act effectively it will promote success and diminish failure. Being strong means relying on an efficient use of your energy. When you are indecisive it is a real drain brain and saps your energy. So be decisive and act and this will make you feel good and will make you stronger.
Embrace your Fears: At times we are afraid of new opportunities or challenges, but, you can take on immense challenges that will inevitably increase confidence and inner strength. You may constantly struggle between doing what you think you can't to doing what can bring about progress. Strength comes from doing what you thought you couldn't do. When you take a chance and get out of your comfort zone change happens, and the result is a better and stronger you. That is certainly an accomplishment to be proud of.
If you suffer from a lack of confidence, it will continue to hold you back, even if you become skilled at faking it. The great news is, you can be one of the few people that can learn how to build an undeniable, persistent, and genuine level of self-confidence that won't be affected by outside circumstances. Sign up for our Hold Your Head Up with Confidence Guide. Our guide will provide you with the tips and strategies to develop confidence in all areas of your life. Sign up below.
How to be and Optimistic Person?
Being Optimistic is key to exceeding expectations and being successful. Optimism is what helps you to deal with the unexpected challenges, to overcome stress and disappointments. It encourages you to learn from your mistakes rather than letting them defeat you. Optimism gives you hope, confidence and faith in your ability to find a solution to your problems.
Here are some ways to build become more optimistic.
Stop focusing on the Problem: Begin to focus on a solution rather than on the problem. Don't let yourself obsess about a problem, or allow yourself to feel depress, negative, or experience self-doubt. Just begin to have a positive mindset and find a way that you can do things better. When you replace your negative thoughts with focused thinking then you will feel like you are achieving a solution and have set optimism in motion.
Watch who you Hang out with: You probably know people that are constant complainers and negative about everything. When you hang out with such people, negativity can become contagious and you risk becoming like them. So, run don't walk from people like this. Life is hard enough as it is without the added negative energy. Its ok show sympathy and understanding when people are like this, but it doesn't mean you going to allow them to bring you down. When you surround yourself with positive and happy people, you most likely will be the same. You will have an optimistic outlook on life, rather than a pessimistic one.
Turn off the Negativity: Sometimes when you watch the news for instance, you are bombarded with all this negativity which can be overwhelming, depressing and can stress you out. It wise to keep up with what is going on in the world, but at the same time you must promote positivity. Watch more positive programs that will enlighten or inspire you. Limit your consumption of the negativity and focus on more productive tasks that will provide a balance and harmony in your life. It's important to engage in activities that will help maintain a positive outlook.
Accept what you cannot Change: As mentioned before uncertainty is sometimes difficult to deal with but if you learn to accept circumstances that you cannot control and focus on a solution you will be better off. You become a more positive and optimistic person as you adapt and thrive. Once you reach this goal there is little room for being pessimistic.
Don't for a moment start looking at what the other person has achieved in their life. Remember you have your own gifts and the journey in life. As I mentioned before, your journey is to find your purpose in life and once you do that will propel you to move forward to achieve your goals. Remember success means different things to different people. Define your success and move forward to achieve it will bring you happiness and accomplishment. Not worrying about what the other person has, will relieve a lot of your stress and anxiety as well.
Life is full of challenges and stress, but you should never give up hope in uncertain times. There are solutions available to you. It just takes a little push from you, so you can move forward to the life you so desire and deserve. Implement some of these suggestions every day. Even if you did just one it will set you in motion and you will see positive results. It will take time, but with every step you take you will have more resilience, more strength and feel more optimistic.


WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping.
So far it's been tested only in animals, improving blood flow in pigs. But this "soft robotic" device mimics the natural movements of a beating heart, a strategy for next-generation treatments of deadly heart failure.
The key: A team from Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital wound artificial muscles into the thin silicone sleeve, so that it alternately compresses, twists and relaxes in synchrony with the heart tissue underneath.
It's a dramatically different approach than today's therapies and, if it eventually is proven in people, it might offer a new alternative to heart transplants or maybe even aid in recovery.
"You can customize the function of the assist device to meet the individual needs of that heart," said Dr. Frank Pigula, a cardiac surgeon who, while at Boston Children's, took the idea to Harvard colleagues developing soft robotics.
That shouldn't be a risk with the robotic sleeve.
"The nice thing about this is it can go on the outside of the heart, so it doesn't have to contact blood at all," said Harvard associate engineering professor Conor Walsh, senior author of the research published Wednesday.
Unlike with traditional rigid medical devices, the soft robotics approach allowed design of a sleeve that could fit snugly over a heart's irregular surfaces. It moves thanks to artificial muscles, a concept developed in the polio era that's now being used in robotics. They're powered by pressurized air that would have to be carried in a pump in a backpack or fanny pack much like the batteries that power today's VADs.
The big test: The sleeve restored normal blood flow in six pigs that had been put into heart failure, Walsh's team reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
The experiments were short, lasting only a few hours, and more research to test how long animals could live safely with the implanted sleeve is crucial before it ever could be studied in people, Walsh cautioned. He'd also like to study if physically moving damaged heart muscle — essentially exercising it — might spur it to heal and require less assistance from the sleeve over time.
"I'm quite impressed with where this research is going," said Dr. Christopher O'Connor, chief executive of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in suburban Washington, who wasn't involved with the sleeve's development.
Researchers have previously tried "socks" and other ways to encase or compress the heart with little success.
Unlike those prior attempts, the new sleeve is "smart, it's robotic," said O'Connor, who edits an American College of Cardiology heart failure journal. "They really worked on developing a device that can mimic the contraction of the weakened heart muscle and augment it so there is improved heart function without the theoretical clot risk."