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David Livingstone Smith
To say that a person can fail successfully sounds really weird. To succeed at something is to achieve some goal that you're aiming at, and to fail at something is to not achieve a goal that you were trying to achieve. I might succeed or fail at bench-pressing my body weight. I succeed if I try to bench-press my body weight and manage to do it, and I fail if I try to do it but don't succeed. So, success and failure seem to be incompatible.
But this isn't the end of the story. In fact, it's just a short-sighted and pedantic beginning. If we loosen up and shift perspective a little bit, the idea that it's possible to fail successfully not only makes sense, but turns out to have a whole lot going for it.
The principle of successful failing is significant for me as a teacher, and it's something that I introduce right at the beginning of my introductory undergraduate philosophy classes. Here's why. Despite its head-in-the-clouds reputation, philosophy is very much a hands-on discipline. You can't learn it without doing it. So—to borrow an image from my scientist colleagues—each of my philosophy courses has a "laboratory" component where students roll up their intellectual sleeves and get down to doing philosophy.
This is where the trouble usually starts. Students become terrified of getting things "wrong," and their fear of failing paralyzes them. But when you do philosophy, you always get things wrong—or rather, there's always some way of calling a line of reasoning into question (just add or subtract a premise or two). So, we find ourselves at the end of a dead-end street unless I can help the students in my class make friends with failure.
One way I do this is to introduce them to the philosopher Daniel Dennett. Dennett is a big fan of failure—or, as he prefers to call it, "making mistakes." In fact, the first chapter of his book Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking is a paean to the unique value of errors. Around four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon, the granddaddy of the philosophy of science, observed that "Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion," but Dennett takes this insight to a whole new level. If the fast lane to truth is paved with error, then anyone who's interested in getting to the truth had better get on with making some good, productive errors rather than waffling around, terrified of putting a foot wrong. When I get my students to read Dennett's chapter, I cross my fingers that they'll take to heart his sage advice, "you should become a connoisseur of your own mistakes, turning them over in your mind as though they were works of art, which in a way they are." And I hope that I can stay mindful of it too, so as to avoid getting tangled up in the fruitless getting-it-right game beloved of some philosophers.
This is great and inspiring stuff, but it doesn't come anywhere near to exhausting the importance of successful failure. Sigmund Freud was another aficionado of errors. In fact, he wrote a whole book about a special kind of error that he called Fehlleistungen, a term that's entered everyday English as "Freudian slips." To appreciate what Fehlleistungen have to do with failing successfully, have a look at what Bruno Bettelheim has to say about them in his book on Freud and Man's Soul.
The term combines two common, strangely opposite nouns, with which everybody has immediate and significant association. Leistung has the basic meaning of accomplishment, achievement, performance, which is qualified by the Fehl to indicate an achievement that somehow failed—was off the mark, in error. What happens in Fehlleistung is simultaneously… a real achievement and a howling mistake.
The idea of a successful failure is only strange if we make the false assumption that the human mind is unified, transparent to itself, and a relatively conflict-free zone, rather than, as Freud so forcefully argued, a chaotic hotbed of incompatible desires. Suppose that you have two desires that just don't get along with one another, so satisfying one makes it impossible to satisfy the other. Under those circumstances, the failure of one desire may be a requirement for the success of the other. Here's one of Freud's examples. On one occasion the President of the Austrian Lower House opened a session of parliament by declaring, "I declare this sitting closed." Of course, he intended to say "I declare this meeting opened," so his botched utterance was a failure. But his contrary desire not to open the session got the better of his tongue, and from this perspective his failure was an unqualified success. For Freud, our lives are littered with successful failures—bungled actions, misspeakings, misrememberings, and the like—which, if we resist the temptation to think of them merely as failures, offer great opportunities for gaining insight into our complex and contradictory inner lives.
My third and final witness for the defense of successful failure is the Irish writer and Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett. Unlike Dennett, whose take on successful failure has to do with the forward march of knowledge, and Freud, whose twist on it concerns the humbling task of getting to know yourself, Beckett's approach is a deeply ethical one.
Nowadays, a lot of people have encountered the phrase "Fail better," because it's been adopted as an upbeat mantra by the entrepreneurial set. But its source is Samuel Beckett's darkly enigmatic 1983 prose piece entitled "Worstward Ho!" The passage in which it appears reads: "All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
If you want to understand what Beckett's on about here, you've got to trash the motivational speaker-ish connotations that "fail better" has become encrusted with and think of it—as Beckett intended—against the backdrop of our journey towards oblivion. It's a basic condition of life that death and decay await us all, so ultimate failure is always looming on the horizon. And along the way, there's no avoiding the fact there are many smaller failures that each of us must contend with.
So, what's the best that we can do in the ever-shrinking time that we have? Struggle to your feet and try another time—like poor old Sisyphus pushing that boulder up a hill, only to have it topple back down again—and so to fail once more, but perhaps gaining a shred of wisdom so as to fail a little better next time, and live a life which, although inevitably ending in failure, fails successfully.
What is virtue? Is virtue the key human happiness and flourishing, as the ancients held, or a quaint notion of at best secondary interest for ethics, as many modern theorists hold?
What is poetry? Mere word play? A pretty, or at any rate striking, way of expressing thought and emotion?
Neuroscience and Free Will
We like to think of ourselves as rational agents who exercise conscious control over most of our actions and decisions.
Is Free Will an Illusion?
We like to think of ourselves as enjoying unrestricted freedom of the will. But modern science increasingly teaches us that ...
Is there any reason to think the cause or causes of order in the universe bear an even remote analogy to human intelligence?
Turns out that Galileo was right and Aristotle was wrong: in a vacuum, a feather and a bowling ball will fall from a tall building at exactly the same speed.
The Athlete as Philosopher
For the ancient Greeks, sport was an integral part of education. Athletic programs remain in schools today, but there is a growing gap ...
In the 18th and 19th Century, philosophers and intellectuals were immersed in politics and popular culture.
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Monday, August 13, 2018 -- 10:57 AM
I enjoyed Dennett's book and
I enjoyed Dennett's book and refer to it now and again, after reading other philosophical views on a variety of matters. Failure is an integral element of our being human and an essential part of growth. Whether or not there is truly a continuum of failure, i.e. failing worse>>>>>>failing well>>>>>failing better, or some such yardstick, is rather rhetorical to my way of thinking, but if it succeeds in helping someone overcome the sting of failure, then any placebo is better than no placebo at all. The main point, seems to me, is that there are far more productive things to do than allowing failure to stifle creativity and drive. I've known my share of failure---as much as, or maybe more than most. Dennett's (and others') point?: Life takes a lot out of you; death claims the rest, so keep on plugging away anyway.


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'Keldamuzik' scores huge placement deal with her single 'I Don't Care'
Music artist Keldamuzik is happy to announce the placement of her latest song "I Don't Care" which was featured on Bravo TV's Real Housewives of Atlanta.
"I Don't Care" is a single from her 4th album "Diva TV, " which stemmed from her reality TV series that aired in the early 2000's called Diva TV. Keldamuzik who has been in the music industry, has sought out different ways to promote her music, from licensing deals and collaborating with other brands.
Both has done wonders for her career being an independent artist and not signed to a major label. In previous years Keldamuzik has had indie deals that she felt weren't the right fit for her at the time, in 2011 she left label to pursue her own doings and started to allocate a marketing team around her to help push her career forward and polish her brand.
In 2012 Keldamuzik toured in Tokyo opening for r&b singer Lloyd, which boosted her career to another level as an artist. Before then she toured throughout the Caribbean on different islands with reggae singer Jah Cure.
The Diva is not green to music placement, her previous licensing deals include Oxygen's channel Bad Girls Club, MTV's Real World, and Please Give, by Sony Entertainment.
It's been a long road for the Hip Hop entertainer, but with the new wave of female rappers that are trending, Keldamuzik is next in line to shine.
She also launched her own channel called Keldamuzik Presents, which could be streamed on Roku, Apple TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire.
The channel includes her music videos, talk show, films that she's starred in and behind the scene footage.
Keldamuzik is focused on making more songs and collaborating with other talented artists and continuing the wave for females in Hip Hop.
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After the quarterfinals dust were settled, TNT star guard Castro managed to create a little separation against San Miguel big man June Mar Fajardo in the Best Player of the Conference race after his quarterfinals explosion against Phoenix on Saturday.
Riding an incredible 42-point performance against the Fuel Masters, the two-time best point guard in Asia climbed to 42.2 SPs, now 2.4 higher of Fajardo's 39.8 SPs in the season-ending conference.
They recently figured in a neck-to-neck battle for the BPC plum at the end of eliminations with just 0.9 SPs difference.
Through 11 games, Castro averages 21.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and conference-high 7.9 assists while Fajardo has 20.5 points and league-best 11.4 rebounds among locals.
Interestingly though, Fajardo is making a strong case for a third straight MVP plum on his collection against the same rival.
Garnering 39.5 average statistical points, Fajardo is ahead by 4.8 SPs over Castro, who had 34.7 SPs, after leading their respective teams to a quick route to the semifinals of the Governors' Cup.
GlobalPort flashy playmaker Terrence Romeo logs at the third spot with 33.5 SPs.
Despite trailing behind the likes of Castro and Romeo on import-laden conferences, Fajardo banked on his strong showing in the Philippine Cup where he tallied 47.4 SPs.
Meanwhile, Meralco high-flying guard Chris Newsome closed the gap in the race for the Rookie of the Year award against TNT's Troy Rosario.
While Rosario is still in the lead with 23.5 average SPs, Newsome is literally not far behind as he is just 0.1 short, thanks to his continues improvement in the third conference.


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Jacques Francois (born 11 December 1992) is a Haitian footballer who plays for Atlantic City FC in the National Premier Soccer League.

Career
Francois began his college soccer career at Louisburg College in 2012, but left after one year. Francois returned to college soccer at UNC Greensboro in 2014, where he tallied 11 goals in 39 appearances with the Spartans.

While at college, Francois appeared for Premier Development League side Orlando City U-23 in 2015.

Francois signed with United Soccer League side San Antonio FC on 29 March 2016.

In 2017, Francois trialled with the Tampa Bay Rowdies, competing with the team in the 2017 Florida Cup.

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1992 births
Living people
Haitian footballers
UNC Greensboro Spartans men's soccer players
North Carolina Fusion U23 players
Orlando City U-23 players
San Antonio FC players
Association football midfielders
Soccer players from St. Petersburg, Florida
USL League Two players
USL Championship players
Louisburg Hurricanes men's soccer players

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Studio Canal is an independent, recently renovated 20-square-meter studio. It's pretty tiny, but also pretty functional: a very small kitchenette, a bathroom with shower and a queen-sized bed.
Situated on the first floor, it's romantically furnished with a wrought iron bed, crystal night stands, a table with chairs, and wardrobe with mirror.
The area: you're close to where the vaporettos leave for the different islands of Venice (Murano islands, Lido, etc.) and for the Marco Polo airport, the train station, piazzale Roma (where there is a car park and buses that leave Venice), and other parts of the city. It's just a short walk from the neighborhood Fondamenta Nuove, where you can find all sorts of pizzerias, restaurants, and wine bars, and take a nice walk along the lagunas. In just a 5-minute walk you can be at the famous Rialto bridge and its outdoor market, and in 10 minutes at beautiful piazza San Marco. The area is still full of local artisans, so you'll see old-fashioned typography, woodworking, blacksmith, marble cutting, glass working, antique, and leather working studios and workshops. It's a close walk from Campo San Bartolomeo and the Mercerie area with big brand-name stores. It's also near the churches San Giovanni e Paolo, Chiesa dei Miracoli (which was constructed with the remaining marble from San Marco's Basilica) -- where many couples celebrate their weddings, Chiesa dei Gesuiti, and Chiesa dei SS Apostoli.
Pricey but adorable, fully stocked little flat in a quiet section of Venice. It comes with stove and mini-fridge so you could cook your own food or store/reheat leftovers. Plenty of hot water in a clean bathroom.
The neighbors were a bit noisy stomping around - perhaps a small child.
Easy and helpful way to sort through myriad options.
Quiet location and good bed.
A few more dishes would be nice.
Wonderful place to stay in Venice! Besides being super adorable, spotless and very easy to find from Fondamenta Nuove, Studio Canal had the most comfortable bed and quietest neighborhood in our 16 night stay in Italy! Owners are very easy to communicate with.
A little on the outskirts of Venice, but the price we got beat anything else staying on the island, and was just as cheap as many of the places on the mainland. I highly recommend staying on the island if you're going to be there a couple of days; you can wander the streets as late as you'd like and not have to worry about catching the train back to your hotel/B&B. When doing these late-night wanderings, this area of Venice felt safer than some of the other large cities we stayed in. The room/building/area was nice and quiet even for an afternoon nap. Available fridge and sparse kitchen/breakfast area were nice to have.
The directions to the place from Santa Lucia Station may have been accurate, but I think we missed a turn somewhere and got very lost. The Vaporetto service makes it easy to get around Venice quickly, but once you're back on the streets, it is very difficult to follow a map from "Point A" to "Point B". With the high buildings, canals everywhere, and few bridges where you want them, it can be very tricky to get where you want to go, even with a GPS. This isn't really an issue with Studio Canal, though; just a note if you haven't been to Venice before - follow route directions exactly!
We had never traveled in Italy before, and I was a little hesitant to use recommendations and make payments for a bunch of random B&B's through a website I had never heard of. We booked through Cross-Pollinate in Rome, Florence, and Venice, and everything went perfectly. Descriptions and pricing were accurate, and most importantly, our reservations were all in place when we arrived!
The location was nicely removed from the main tourist path. Canals were hidden all around as well as the vaparetto being nearby. It's a bit of a walk though, from any of the desired must-see things, so be sure to have your walking shoes.
We had a great time here, being so close to the canals, yet so removed from the crowds. No improvements needed as far as we were concerned. It was lovely to be able to go to local markets and come back here and prepare a dinner yourself (we love to cook).


I've never been afraid of ghosts. I live with them daily, after all. When I look in a mirror, my mother's eyes look back at me; my mouth curls with the smile that lured my great-grandfather to the fate that was me.
No, how should I fear the touch of those vanished hands, laid on me in love unknowing? How could I be afraid of those that molded my flesh, leaving their remnants to live long past the grave?
Still less could I be afraid of those ghosts who touch my thoughts in passing. Any library is filled with them. I can take a book from dusty shelves, and be haunted by the thoughts of one long dead, still lively as ever in their winding sheet of words.
Of course it isn't these homely and accustomed ghosts that trouble sleep and curdle wakefulness. Look back, hold a torch to light the recesses of the dark. Listen to the footsteps that echo behind, when you walk alone.
We come and go from mystery and, in between, we try to forget. But a breeze passing in a still room stirs my hair now and then in soft affection. I think it is my mother.


One of the Democratic Party's most significant financial patrons is contemplating withdrawing her support from politicians she says moved too quickly to pressure former Minnesota Sen. Al Frank to resign his office amid accusations of sexual assault.
Buell argued further that Franken's rapid resignation did not allow him sufficient time to respond to the multiple accusations he faced before he was pressured to resign. His last day in the Senate was Jan. 2.
"In my gut they moved too fast," she wrote. Franken "was never given his chance to tell his side of the story," Buell added.
According to campaign finance records collected by OpenSecrets, Buell has given Democratic candidates millions of dollars over the decades individually and through her foundation. She made her fortune as the founder of the clothing company Esprit.
Speaking to the Times, Buell particularly singled out New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the first Democrat to speak out against Franken. Gillibrand has made advocacy for sexual harassment victims one of her signature issues and is sometimes mentioned as a potential presidential candidate for 2020.
In a Facebook post that did not directly mention Buell, Gillibrand argued that her action against Franken about keeping her principles and showing leadership.
In his final speech from the floor of the Senate, Franken noted that he was quitting even as President Donald Trump has also been accused of sexual assault.
"I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office," Franken said.
Supporters of Franken's resignation argued that his departure was an affirmation of the #MeToo movement and encouraged women to stand up and tell their stories of sexual harassment and assault.


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We've hauled more loads with this than any other device and has always been happy with it. It is lightweight (for its pulley size), compact, and costs $80 less than its main competitor, the Petzl Pro Traxion. When this device first came out over a decade ago it revolutionized hauling. Suddenly you didn't need to spend time setting up a system with a pulley, extra ascender, and extra weight. Even better, this device freed up another ascender, which meant you could easily use the "space haul" method. It made such a big impact on the market that we have to be careful not to call all big big wall hauling devices "waul haulers"(Just like most of us ask for a Kleenex when we are supposed to say "facial tissue"). A decade ago this was unquestionably the best hauling device. Today it has stiff competition from the Petzl Pro Traxion and Petzl Mini Traxion.
For most big wall applications it is hard to beat this device for the money. If you are going to climb a ton of walls, are not on a budget, and want the sleekest device, get Pro Traxion. If you are just going to do some short walls and want a device that also doubles as a toprope self-belay device, get the Mini Traxion. But if you have a budget and want an all-around good hauling device, get the Waul Hauler.
Rock Exotica has confirmed that they have discontinued the beloved Hauler.
What is nice about this device is how simple it is. There is never any question as to what side to orient the rope (as compared to the Mini Traxion and Pro Traxion that are less intuitive at first). It also has a nice-sized pulley that provides an efficient hauling for most loads you will encounter on a big wall. It is lighter than the Pro Traxion by about 30 grams. One great thing about Rock Exotica is their warranty. They are a small company based in the Utah and you can call them up and actually talk to the people who make the products. When we called and asked about their warranty, they said there was no official warranty period and they had repaired products as much as 10 years old. So that gives you confidence when buying from them.
After 15-plus walls, the teeth on the clamp start to wear down. At that point, if you are hauling large (more than 100 pounds) the load will start slipping back a little. Then gradually over time it will slip a lot. Rock Exotica gave us an over-the-phone quote of $15 to replace the cam. The Waul Hauler says the max load you can use is 190 pounds whereas you can use up to 560 pounds with the Pro Traxion. This is not an issue for most wall climbers because they won't be climbing 15-plus walls and won't be hauling more than 190 pounds. But if you climb a ton of walls and take really heavy loads, you might want a more durable option such as the Pro Traxion. Also, while the way that you take the cam on and off the rope is more intuitive than with the Pro Traxion, it is also a little harder to operate with your fingers the keeper cable for the pin makes operation less smooth).
One dislike is the fact that this item is hard to find. Few retailers carry it. But you can buy it directly from Rock Exotica.
This has a medium-sized pulley that is optimal for loads in the 75-150 lb. range, which is what most big wall climbers deal with. It is ideal for walls such as the Zodiac, Nose, or any other climb that takes 2-4 nights.
You can't beat the value of this device. It costs $80 less than its main competition, the Petzl Pro Traxion. According to Rock Exotica this price won't last forever. When they run out of parts for the current model they will probably update the device and up the price.


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Decreased Norton's functional score is an independent long-term prognostic marker in hospital survivors of acute myocardial infarction. Soroka Acute Myocardial Infarction II (SAMI-II) project Academic Article
Background Patient function is a risk factor of mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Norton scale (NS) was originally developed to estimate the risk for pressure ulcers. It contains 5 domains: mental condition, physical condition, mobility, activity in daily living and incontinence. Objective To evaluate NS as long-term prognostic marker following AMI. Methods A retrospective study based on computerized medical records of AMI patient hospitalized in a tertiary medical center in 2004–2012. NS scores and patients' characteristics were collected from computerized databases. The primary outcome was all-cause long-term (up-to 10-years) mortality. Results Overall 6964 patients were included; mean age 67.3 ± 14.1 years, 68.1% males. Mean NS score was 17.8 ± 3; of which 21.1% had low-NS (≤ 16). Patients with low-NS had increased prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and renal disease, 3-vessel coronary artery disease, more often Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) and in-hospital complications. Throughout the follow-up period cumulative mortality rate in patients with low- and high-NS groups were 97.3% and 43% respectively (AdjHR 1.66; 95% CI: 1.521–1.826; p < 0.001). Furthermore, a reduction in one point in the NS score inversely associated with increased risk for mortality (AdjHR 1.10; 95% CI: 1.12–1.22; p < 0.001). Conclusions NS is an independent long-term prognostic marker for all-cause mortality in hospital survivors with a gradual "dose–response" effect. This data emphasizes the importance prognostic implication of the general functional status on the prognosis of AMI patients.
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Shiyovich, Arthur
Gilutz, Harel
Ziedenberg, Hanna
Abutailah, Muchamad
Plakht, Ygal
International journal of cardiology Journal
Long-term survival
Norton scale
Retrospective cohort study


It's that time of year again. Time for spring cleaning. Time to get busy and dispose of stuff you aren't using and don't need. If you're a fan of Marie Kondo on Netflix, you might already have started re-organizing. It feels good when you get rid of stuff and free up space.
Just be careful. A couple summers ago Peter and I decided to go through our Christmas ornaments and decorations and get rid of the things that we didn't want anymore. We were ruthless and reduced our Christmas stuff from four boxes to one—just one box filled with the most precious ornaments. Like the Delft Blue ornaments from Holland that Peter's family had given us to mark the births of our children and an angel with my name on it that my mom gave me when I was a teen and special ornaments our kids had crafted—plus a few from Sweden and other countries Peter and I have visited. One precious box.
That was in the summer. Fast forward to the following December and it was time to decorate the Christmas tree. "Peter, can you get that box of Christmas stuff for me?" I asked.
I could not believe what I heard. "Are you sure?" I asked. He nodded, but I still didn't believe him. I started rattling off places it could be: the hall closet, the attic, the garage. He shook his head. I was devastated.
Like little pieces of my life, those pretty things had sentimental value. I suddenly felt a kinship to people who lose their belongings in floods and fires. It really hurts to know these precious things are gone forever. Peter went back to the thrift store, but they said whatever he brought in six months before was long gone.
Of course, losing a few ornaments is not the worst thing that can happen in life. I will tell you that every Christmas is a sad reminder of not having those ornaments to hang on the tree. There were other things in the box, too, like the sparkly Santa my middle son, Jasper, gave me long ago. I remember when we were sorting through everything, I nearly let the Santa go, but at the last minute, I decided to keep it. Or at least I thought I was keeping it. He disappeared along with everything else that was packed in the one precious box.
The only comfort left is the hope that those Delft Blue ornaments and sparkly Santa are part of someone else's prized Christmas decorations now and that they love them as much as I did.
I haven't really started collecting new ornaments. My heart's just not in it. But Peter and I met a couple recently who like to travel as much as we do. They said they buy key chains everywhere they visit and then create ornaments from the small trinkets attached. I love this idea! Maybe now I can get excited again about decorating for Christmas.
So just remember as you do your spring cleaning this season, be extra careful to put the things you want to keep in a safe place. Happy downsizing!


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Home Face, Mouth and Throat Pain Fact Checked
How Long Can Burning Mouth Syndrome Last?
Sheetal DeCaria, M.D.
Who Gets Burning Mouth Syndrome?
Burning Mouth Syndrome is an absolutely benign disorder in which the affected individual gets a burning sensation in the mouth without any obvious source for it(1, 2). Burning Mouth Syndrome is seen mostly in females even though males have also been known to have it at times.(1, 2)
Burning Mouth Syndrome seen mostly in females who have reached menopause, but in some rare instances even females of reproductive age can also get burning mouth syndrome.(1, 2)
The classic presentation for Burning Mouth Syndrome is burning sensation on the tip and the side of the tongue, roof of mouth, and inner half of the lips, although the burning sensation is not specific to these areas(1, 2). An individual with Burning Mouth Syndrome will also experience as if they have burnt their mouth with spicy or hot food(1, 2). They will also have a metallic taste and the mouth will feel dry(1).
What is the Cause of Burning Mouth Syndrome?
There is no cause for Burning Mouth Syndrome, but some of the characteristic features of this disorder are minimal burning sensation on waking up in the morning which worsens as the day goes on, the burning sensation is almost continuous throughout the day with some periods of remission on some days. This article discusses about how long does Burning Mouth Syndrome lasts.
About 50-75% of people with Burning Mouth Syndrome tend to show improvement in symptoms with various treatments within two to three months(3). People who have had Burning Mouth Syndrome chronically for over a decade or so, with treatments the severity and intensity of this condition may calm down for most of the times at a tolerable level(3).
In some cases, with treatment there is complete recovery from Burning Mouth Syndrome with no symptoms whatsoever after about four months or so(1). An improvement in the symptoms of Burning Mouth Syndrome can be observed for many years without any real chance of recurrence.
Some people relate Burning Mouth Syndrome to oral cancer, but the fact is that these two conditions are totally separate entities(1). The various treatment options available for treating Burning Mouth Syndrome include:
Products used as saliva replacement have been known to be beneficial in treating Burning Mouth Syndrome. Oral rinses like lidocaine also are good relievers of symptoms of burning mouth syndrome(2).
At times, antidepressant like Klonopin is given for treating symptoms of Burning Mouth Syndrome. Nerve medications are also helpful for calming down the pain caused by Burning Mouth Syndrome(1). Additionally, at times physicians resort to cognitive behavioral therapy to treat some of the symptoms of Burning Mouth Syndrome(1).
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Q: Printing arrays created in a class I am trying to print an array created inside the class initializer. I have tried a number of ways but my findings are that I have to use pointers for this problem. The code:
#include <iostream>

// arr.h
class Arr
{
private:
    const int sizeVertical;
    const int sizeHorizontal;
    int *ptr;
public:
    Arr(int sizeVertical, int sizeHorizontal);
    void Init();
    void Print();
};

// arr.cpp
Arr::Arr(int _sizeVertical, int _sizeHorizontal)
    :   sizeVertical(_sizeVertical),
        sizeHorizontal(_sizeHorizontal)
{
    int arr2d[sizeVertical][sizeHorizontal];
    ptr = &arr2d[0][0];
}

void Arr::Init()
{
    for(int i=0; i<sizeVertical; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<sizeHorizontal; j++)
        {
            *(ptr + i * sizeHorizontal + j) = i+j;
        }
    }
}

void Arr::Print()
{
    for(int i=0; i<sizeVertical; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<sizeHorizontal; j++)
        {
            std::cout<<*(ptr + i * sizeHorizontal + j)<<std::endl;
        }
    }
}

// main.cpp
int main()
{
    Arr test(4,3);
    test.Init();
    test.Print();
}

Inside the method (Init) where I defined the array I can also print the array in the same way as used in the method (Print). But when trying to print the array in a different method the output looks very strange. The output:
0
22025
955388640
32767
10
0
-1247975061
32668
1
3
-1549041632
22025

Any ideas?

A: You create local array and assign address of it's first element to the pointer. But the array is gone when constructor finishes, so the address stored in pointer is already invalidated.
Acessing this address in Undefined Behaviour, meaning anything can happen when you run that code.
The best way to handle this is to use std::vector<std::vector<int>>, as suggested in comments:
#include <vector>

class Arr
{
private:
    const int sizeVertical;
    const int sizeHorizontal;
    std::vector<std::vector<int>> arr2d;
public:
    Arr(int sizeVertical, int sizeHorizontal);
    void Init();
    void Print();
};

// arr.cpp
Arr::Arr(int _sizeVertical, int _sizeHorizontal)
    :   sizeVertical(_sizeVertical),
        sizeHorizontal(_sizeHorizontal),
        arr2d(_sizeVertical, std::vector<int>(_sizeHorizontal))
{
}

Init can use [][] for easy access instead of pointer arithmetic.
Note that you no longer need your sizeVertical and sizeHorizontal, you can use arr2d.size() and arr2d[0].size() instead:
for(int i=0; i<arr2d.size(); i++)
{
    for(int j=0; j<arr2d[0].size(); j++)
    {
    }
}

Personally I think named constants are more readable than this, but they would require you to never change the size of vectors. As noted in comments, you can also create such constants locally, in function where you need them.

You could also use dynamic memory allocation, but I don't recommend that. It's difficult to properly manage memory and you will have to follow the Rule of Three/Five

A: The issue is that your array has been deallocated.
Arr::Arr(int _sizeVertical, int _sizeHorizontal)
    :   sizeVertical(_sizeVertical),
        sizeHorizontal(_sizeHorizontal)
{
    int arr2d[sizeVertical][sizeHorizontal]; // arr2d allocated.
    ptr = &arr2d[0][0];
} // arr2d dies here

Instead, as rightly suggested by πάντα ῥεῖ, You may use std::vector< std::vector<int> >. If you don't want to do it, you may use dynamic memory, though I won't recommend it.
Arr::Arr(int _sizeVertical, int _sizeHorizontal)
    :   sizeVertical(_sizeVertical),
        sizeHorizontal(_sizeHorizontal)
{
    ptr = new int[sizeVertical * sizeHorizontal];
}

Make Sure that you free the dynamic memory allocated to it by having delete in destructor.
Arr::~Arr()
{
    delete[] ptr;
}

This is known as RAII Pattern which guarantees deinitialization.
Edit:
If you don't plan to change the dimensions of array, then I would highly recommend you to use std::array.
#include <iostream>
#include <array>

template<int sizeVertical, int sizeHorizontal>
class Arr
{
    private:
    std::array<std::array<int, sizeHorizontal>, sizeVertical> arr;

    public:
    Arr() { }
    void Init() {
        for (int i = 0; i < sizeVertical; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < sizeHorizontal; j++) {
                arr[i][j] = i + j;
            }
        }
    }
    void Print() {
        for (int i = 0; i < sizeVertical; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < sizeHorizontal; j++) {
                std::cout << arr[i][j] << " ";
            }

            std::cout << "\n";
        }
    }
};

int main()
{
    Arr<10, 2> arr;
    arr.Init();

    arr.Print();
}

A: You initialize pointer to int ptr with address of automatic variable arr2d in constructor. Automatic variables allocated in stack, and destroyed automatically once you leave code scope { ... } where they are allocated. So, after you leave your constructor, address in ptr is no longer valid because arr2d is destroyed. You may use dynamic memory allocation in constructor
Arr::Arr(int _sizeVertical, int _sizeHorizontal)
    :   sizeVertical(_sizeVertical),
        sizeHorizontal(_sizeHorizontal)
{
    ptr = new int[sizeVertical * sizeHorizontal];
}

Do not forget to free it in a destructor:
Arr::~Arr(void)
{
    delete[] ptr;
}

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OH DEARIE — In his first conference as court-appointed special master, Judge RAYMOND DEARIE delivered something of a setback to Trump's legal team on Tuesday, sharply questioning and repeatedly challenging the lawyers for refusing to back up the former president's claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records discovered in his residence, Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney write. "Without evidence from Trump, Dearie said his only basis to judge the classification level of the records was the fact that they all bear markings designating them as highly sensitive national security secrets — including some that indicate they contain intelligence derived from human sources and foreign intercepts."
Josh and Kyle write in: "Dearie seemed intent on sending a message to Trump's lawyers that he would resist any effort to drag out the process. And in the first few minutes of the hearing Tuesday, Dearie threw a real brushback pitch at Trump's team, making clear that their theoretical musings about Trump declassifying docs weren't going to cut it. The atmosphere in the courtroom wasn't particularly tense, but it was clear who was in charge and that the judge and Trump's lawyers were not on the same wavelength on various aspects of the dispute."
OKTOBERFEST — Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMERsaid on Tuesday that the Senate will be meeting next month despite the looming midterms. Our colleague Burgess Everett notes that this will mark the third straight election year where the Senate will meet in October. The chamber stayed in session for the confirmation of Supreme Court Justices BRETT KAVANAUGH in 2018 and AMY CONEY BARRETT in 2020.
THE AGENDA-SETTER — As House Minority Leader KEVIN McCARTHY gets set to roll out his big pre-midterms agenda in Pittsburgh on Friday, he is in many ways drawing on NEWT GINGRICH's 28-year-old Contract With America in substance and style. "But the current frontrunner for speaker next year is taking pains to do what 2010's House GOP leadership class couldn't fully achieve with its own nod to Gingrich's contract: get the entire conference on board, from the right flank to centrists," Olivia Beavers reports this morning. So far, he's succeeding with "widespread buy-in among House Republicans, including high-profile GOP candidates."
MANCHIN IN THE MIDDLE — The real friendship between West Virginia Sens. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO and JOE MANCHIN is being tested by the really contentious permitting fight that is captivating Congress, Burgess and Marianne LeVine write. "The Democratic centrist Manchin and deal-seeking Republican Capito share a desire to speed construction of massive energy projects. But under political pressure, they're diverging on the details."
HAPPENING TODAY — The House is voting on a proposal to "modernize the 135-year-old law that Trump backers tried to use to their advantage on Jan. 6," Nicholas Wu and Jordain Carney write. "After weeks of testing a MAGA-focused message on the campaign trail and the airwaves — one that scorches Republicans for the roles some played in Trump's failed attempts to claim the second term he lost — the vote gives Democrats a chance to back it up with action." But, but, but: "It's far from clear whether the House version can prevail over a Senate alternative that's incredibly similar and currently has the necessary GOP support to overcome a filibuster.
SHOCKING SCAM — The Justice Department on Tuesday charged 47 people for "running a brazen fraud against anti-hunger programs in the coronavirus pandemic, stealing $240 million by billing the government for meals they did not serve to children who did not exist," NYT's David Fahrenthold reports from Minnesota. "The case, in Minnesota, is the largest fraud uncovered in any pandemic-relief program, prosecutors said, standing out even in a period when heavy federal spending and lax oversight allowed a spree of scams with few recent parallels."
UNGA PRESSURE — NYT's Farnaz Fassihi and Alan Yuhas have the download from the first day of the U.N. General Assembly, where Turkish President RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN and French President EMMANUEL MACRON "used the United Nations as a stage to cast themselves as would-be peacemakers in the war in Ukraine." However, for all their words, "it remained far from clear how any of the world leaders who gathered in New York might be able to sway [Russian President VLADIMIR] PUTIN, who chose not to attend the assembly, or what the United Nations might resolve to do this week, however high the widespread but not universal anger at Mr. Putin."
BIDEN AT UNGA — "5 things to watch as Biden heads to the United Nations,"by Nahal Toosi
THE OTHER NYC TICKET THIS WEEK — As world leaders descend on the Big Apple for UNGA, not too far across town, BILL, HILLARY and CHELSEA CLINTON are also planting their flag with the return of the Clinton Global Initiative for the first time since 2016. The goal this time around, NYT's Nicholas Kulish writes, "is to recapture that old Clinton magic, and to see if there is still room in a field of thought-leading, pledge-making symposia crowding the city this week."
FED UP — With the Fed poised for yet another supersized interest rate hike, there's a rising chorus of protests that the central bank has already gone too far and is tipping the economy into recession, Victoria Guida writes this morning in a good primer for the Fed's meeting today. Said LIZ ANN SONDERS, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab: "There's the old expression that sometimes they'll tighten until something breaks. … It's a legitimate concern at this point."
INFLATION NATION — "Climbing Housing Costs Could Prop Up Inflation for a While," WSJ
BEYOND THE BELTWAY
THE MIGRANT FLIGHTS — Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based law firm, filed a federal class action lawsuit against Florida Gov. RON DeSANTIS on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of engineering a "premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme" in flying two planes of migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week, Lisa Kashinsky reports. "The lawsuit also asks a judge order DeSantis to stop transporting migrants in the future."
HURRICANE FIONA LATEST — "Schumer blasts Puerto Rico's utility, grid manager for power failures,"by Gloria Gonzalez
— "FEMA faces deep mistrust as it vows to help Puerto Rico respond to Fiona," WaPo
— "'Could not imagine': Puerto Ricans assess Hurricane Fiona devastation exactly 5 years after Maria," NBC
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PLAYBOOKERS
The Space Force has premiered its official song.
J. Michael Luttig is a fan ofLiz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren's Electoral Count Act reform bill.
Olaf Scholz is apparently visiting New York City for the first time this week at UNGA.
Aaron Fritschner made quite the Dark Brandon meme.
OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at the kickoff dinner for the Atlantic Festival inside the National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday night:Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Geoff Bennett, Jeff Goldberg, Anne Applebaum, Wolf Blitzer, Mark Leibovich, Dafna Linzer, Lisa Page, Peter Lattman, Tim Alberta, Frank Foer, Jemele Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Clint Smith and Vann Newkirk.
— SPOTTED at a party for Ali Vitali's new book, "Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House … Yet" ($26.09), hosted by NBC News in the Lincoln Library of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in D.C., where NBC Washington bureau chief Ken Strickland introduced Ali:Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.),Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) and Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Hallie Jackson, Shannon Pettypiece, Mike Memoli, Kristen Holmes, Julia Krieger, Jeremy Adler, Matt Gorman, Olivia Perez-Cubas, Luke Russert, Dafna Linzer, Scott Wong, Carrie Budoff Brown and Christie Stephenson. Pic, courtesy of NBC News/Shannon Finney
STAFFING UP — The White House announced several appointments for officials to oversee semiconductor funding implementation from the CHIPS and Science Act: Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji as White House coordinator for CHIPS implementation, Michael Schmidt as director of the CHIPS Program Office, Eric Lin as interim director of the CHIPS Research and Development Office, Todd Fisher as interim senior adviser at the CHIPS Program Office, Donna Dubinsky as senior counselor to the Commerce secretary for CHIPS implementation and J.D. Grom as senior adviser to the Commerce secretary on CHIPS implementation.
NEW NOMINEES — The White House announced it will nominate Roger Nyhus as ambassador to Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Lynne Tracy as ambassador to Russia.
TRANSITIONS — Kelley Robinson will be the next president of the Human Rights Campaign. She previously was executive director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. … Adriana Hidalgo and Matt Weiner have launched the 501(c)(4) Megafire Action. Hidalgo previously was scheduler and special assistant to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Weiner previously was executive director of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation.
WEEKEND WEDDING — Andrew Bates, deputy White House press secretary, and Megan Apper, senior adviser for global public affairs at the State Department, got married on Saturday in an interfaith ceremony at Blue Hill Farm B&B in Waterford, Va. They served brisket BBQ, and White Ford Bronco played the reception.More from People magazine, with six photos
SPOTTED: Jen Psaki and Greg Mecher, Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer, Dana Remus and Brett Holmgren, TJ Ducklo, Mike Gwin, Stef Feldman, Meghan Hays, Remi Yamamoto, David Kieve, Kate Berner and Tommy Bailey, Bill and Alice Russo, Rob Flaherty and Carla Frank, Rosemary Boeglin, Vedant Patel and Sneha Polisetti, Opal Vadhan, Meira Bernstein, Shripal and Meg Shah, Harrell and Emily Cashman Kirstein, Sabrina Singh and Mike Smith, Stephen Goepfert and Sharmeen Khan.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for the New York Times and a POLITICO alum, and Sophie Kim Goldmacher, the chief people officer of the ACLU, on Sept. 12 welcomed Connor Noah Goldmacher, who joins big brother Nathan.Pic
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and David Trone (D-Md.) … USAID Administrator Samantha Power … Dean Baquet … Shealah Craighead … CNN's Brianna Keilar … Maggie Dougherty … POLITICO's Karey Van Hall … Ian Tuttle of Sen. Ben Sasse's (R-Neb.) office … Reuters' Alexandra Alper … Anna Greenberg of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner … Franklin Zyriek of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's (D-Ariz.) office … Georgette Kerr of Plurus Strategies … Erin Graefe Dorton of Prime Policy Group … WSJ's Toula Vlahou … Mike Walsh of Foley & Lardner … Facebook's Brian Roehrkasse … Beacon Media's Ian Russell … Rodney Whitlock … Melanie Steele … former CIA Director James Woolsey … Cass Sunstein … Kiki Burger (4-0) … NBC News PR's Dom Donahue
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Nonprofits Could Benefit from Facebook Changes
September 23, 2011; Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy | Sometimes change can be unsettling, but it sounds like Facebook's plans to make some dramatic platform changes could serve as an advantage for those in the nonprofit sector. Facebook announced this week that the way the newsfeed and postings are organized will soon undergo transformation.
Instead of presenting a chronological order of updates from friends and "liked" pages, Facebook will soon integrate a system based on algorithms. This will involve grouping similar posts into "reports" while putting less important items in a separate feed. This is all good news for nonprofits, because it will allow them to stand out more. Facebook is also integrating applications like Causes, which is a fundraising tool many nonprofits use. In the future, when a user donates to a charity through Causes, new features will make that action stand out for a longer period of time.
Facebook will also be adding new recommendation terms to the all-purpose "like" in order to encourage users to share and promote links to friends. These new terms will include "watch" and "listen" along with "donate" or "support."
These updates sound like steps in the right direction for nonprofit organizations looking to expand their Facebook outreach. Facebook has not made any comments on how pages for organizations or companies would be affected. Let's hope that the site doesn't decide to make any drastic changes to their pages feature, or we could see some of the similar outrages that occurred when all organizations had to switch from profiles to pages—losing many of their fans or friends from previous profiles in the process.
What do you think of these new changes? Is Facebook moving in the right direction?—Aine Creedon
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