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Sandra Sharpe: Chronic Inflammation, Hormones, and Functional Medicine
Sandra Sharpe: I Thought I Lived a Healthy Life Until I Got Diagnosed with Cancer
#TrueStory: Why Young Women Need New Metrics for Success
Dina Ghandour: The World of Doulas, Births, and Babies
#TrueStory: My Infertility Journey from IUI to IVF to Diagnosis
Layla Kardan: Music, Success, and Finding Her Voice
Celebrating the inspirational stories of women living in the Middle East, The Goodness Podcast highlights tales of triumph over tragedy, stories of resilience, and ones of survival, all while imparting valuable advice and lived experience to its listeners.
(Ep. 47) Sandra Sharpe: Chronic Inflammation, Hormones, and Functional Medicine
Sandra Sharpe is a functional medicine health coach living in Dubai. She works with women who have hormonal imbalances, including PCOS, PMS, and thyroid problems, educating and empowering them to take control of their health.
(Ep. 46) Sandra Sharpe: I Thought I Lived a Healthy Life Until I Got Diagnosed with Cancer
Sandra Sharpe is a functional medicine health coach and former fitness trainer living in Dubai. Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, which forced her to take a closer look at her lifestyle and definition of health. This is her story of recovery and what she learned along the way.
"After my biopsy, my husband Rob said, 'Don't be silly. Of course you don't have cancer. You're healthy and fit and young.' But when the doctor called me, I just knew from the tone of his voice. I just broke down. I get emotional talking about it even now."
(Ep. 45) #TrueStory: Why Young Women Need New Metrics for Success
What should the professional worth of a modern woman really be measured by? With digital entrepreneurs and young leaders taking over with bold voices, it's important to acknowledge that age no longer determines value.
This story was first published on Goodness' website on June 13, 2020.
Duration: 5 minutes
(Ep. 44) Dina Ghandour: The World of Doulas, Births, and Babies
Dina Ghandour is a Dubai-based yogi and certified Doula. Through her work, she provides educational, practical, and emotional support to parents by offering childbirth education, assisting at the birth through hands-on comfort measures, and sharing postnatal support with regards to such things as breastfeeding counseling, sleep advice, mother and baby care, and much more.
On this episode of the podcast, she's explaining exactly what a Doula is and does, busting some common birth myths, sharing tips for a supportive birth environment, and discussing the shame and judgement that many women experience during this time.
(Ep. 43) #TrueStory: My Infertility Journey from IUI to IVF to Diagnosis
Fida Kiblawi opens up about her infertility journey, from IUI to IVF to accepting the diagnosis that she would never have children. This is her story.
This story was first published on Goodness.me on March 1, 2020.
(Ep. 42) Layla Kardan: Music, Success, and Finding Her Voice
When The Goodness Podcast host Noor Tehini first met Layla Kardan, she was still working a corporate job and dipping her toes into the music industry. Today, she's a recording artist with an international following. On this episode of the podcast, we caught up with Layla about her journey and we discussed everything from Cardi B's WAP single to the crystals she uses to protect her energy.
"I want to live an authentic life, and I don't want to have any regrets. People come to a late juncture in life and realize that they've wasted it chasing career opportunities that weren't fulfilling their soul or things that were not for their pruning. I don't want that to be me."
(Ep. 41) #TrueStory: Why We Keep Our Mental Health Issues a Secret
Following the tragic death of Anthony Bourdain, Grace Gordon looks back on the life of the celebrity chef and his secret struggles with mental health issues, reflecting on her own battle with depression and anxiety. She shares the steps that helped her along the way, the lessons she learned, and her thoughts on why we tend to keep our mental health issues a secret.
This episode was first published on Goodness' website on June, 12 2018.
(Ep. 40) Neha Duseja and Dani Hakim: Demystifying Meditation
In honor of Wold Mental Health Week, we've teamed up with Lululemon, Dani Hakim of Safe Space, and Lululemon Ambassador and yogi Neha Duseja to talk about mental health. Together, they're busting some of the most common myths around meditation and sharing the most transformative moments on their personal journeys.
This podcast was created in collaboration with Lululemon.
(Ep. 39) Marianne Tafani: When Childbirth Doesn't Go According to Plan
Marianne Tafani is a Pilates instructor known in the UAE as the "core strength guru". Three years ago, she gave birth to her first son, Adam, but things did not go to plan. Marianne had decided on a natural birth, but an unfortunate series of events and neglect on behalf of her care providers resulted in a traumatic experience.
Warning: This episode may be triggering to you if you've had a negative childbirth experience, but you might also find her advice to be helpful.
(Ep. 38) #TrueStory: I've Been Living in the Wild for Ten Years and This Is My Story
Miriam Lancewood and her husband Peter have survived for almost a decade in the wilderness of New Zealand. Here, she shares their journey, the moments they
live for and those that make them fear for their lives, and what they've learned along the way.
This article was written by Miriam Lancewood and published on Goodness' website on February 2, 2020.
(Ep. 37) #TrueStory: If I'm so Amazing, Why Am I Still Single?
Relationship coach Nicola Beer reflects on her own experience and highlights the four issues she has most often encountered in people struggling to find love.
This article was originally published on Goodness' website on November 20, 2019.
(Ep. 36) Dr. Sheetal Kini: The Marriage Advice We Never Got – Part 3
Dr. Sheetal Kini is a clinical psychologist at Dubai's Lighthouse Center who specializes in relationship therapy. On this episode of the podcast, she discusses modern marriages, why they're so challenging, and how to start thinking about and working on your relationship differently.
Topics covered include:
- What makes for the ideal secure relationship
- The different attachment styles and how they impact your relationship
- How to reconnect
- The importance of sex
- The challenge of monogamy
- Taking a break from your marriage
- New models of marriage
- Solving gridlocked problems
- The link between personal problems and marital problems
- The issue with the soulmate narrative
- Dealing with each other's scars
- How much compromise is too much compromise
- Understanding the duty mindset
- Why people stay together when things aren't working
- Defining modern marriage
- What is right to expect of a partner
- The importance of identifying your non-negotiables
- Why marriages succeed or fail
- The issue of gridlocked problems
(Ep. 33) #TrueStory: Social-Distancing with Kids – The Good, the Bad, and the Horrible
A mother-of-two shares an honest account of what it's been like to socially distance with kids – the good, the bad, and the downright ugly.
This article was written by Najla Moussa and published on Goodness' website on May 19, 2020.
(Ep. 32) #TrueStory: What Do You Mean 'You Can't Find It'? One Woman's Nightmare with the IUD
Discover one woman's birth control journey and her nightmare-ish experience with the Mirena IUD.	 This article was written by Joanne S. and published on Goodness' website on January 31, 2019.
(Ep. 31) Dalia Halabi: Why Are We So Damn Anxious? – Part 2
Dalia Halabi is a mental health counselor and holistic therapist with a background in psychology. She is also a certified life coach, NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist, Theta Healer, and Reiki Master, amongst other things. On this episode of the podcast, she's joining us to discuss our generation's mental health, specifically as it relates to anxiety, and share practical, applicable advice for dealing with anxiety and panic attacks.
"We've become so habitually used to living outside ourselves. We're always rushing around from one place to another and there's always something to do and someone to meet and some place to be that we are no longer grounded with ourselves. We don't know what it feels like to be in our bodies and we especially don't know what it feels like to be attuned to the thoughts we are having."
"Our brain has something like 60,000 thoughts a day, and I bet you most people aren't aware of even two percent of those thoughts. It's happening at both a conscious and subconscious level."
(Ep. 29) #TrueStory: Dear Husband, I Loved You First
As her attention shifts from her marriage to her children, one woman remembers that she loved her husband first. This article was written by Najla Moussa and published on Goodness' website on August 19, 2019.
(Ep. 28) Dr. Nick Wakefield: Trauma, Guilt, and the Beirut Explosion
On August 4, 2020, the unthinkable happened. 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, stored in the port of Beirut, exploded, destroying a large part of the city, killing dozens, wounding hundreds, and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The country is traumatized, with no one taking responsibility for this crime, no government support on the streets, and the people having to rely on themselves and each other. We're joined by Dr. Nick Wakefield, a clinical psychologist at Dubai's Lighthouse Center who specializes in trauma and PTSD, to discuss the impact of the Beirut explosion on the Lebanese people, be they in Lebanon or around the world.
"The study of epigenetics has proven that trauma can stay in the DNA of a population. It's about the survival of a particular society. If one generation is facing hardship, it's a survival mechanism for those genes that relate to survival to be switched on in the next generation. [For instance] the next generation can have more genetic markers for paranoia and distrust."
(Ep. 27) #TrueStory: From One Mother to Another, You Are Worthy
This open letter, from one mother to another, tackles the feeling of mom guilt and serves as a reminder that we are worthy of caring for ourselves. This article was written by Lydia Medeiros and published on Goodness' website on October 1, 2019.
(Ep. 26) Sundus Hamza: Abolishing Honor Killings in the Middle East
Sundus Hamza is a woman at the forefront of the fight against gender-based violence in the region. She is part of Abolish 153, an organization fighting against honor killings in Kuwait.
This podcast is sadly very timely, as we release it just one day after the brutal murder of Ahlam in Jordan, who was killed by her father in the middle of her neighborhood. We dedicate it to all the women who have lost their lives to honor killings, and have added some links to the show notes should you wish to educate yourself on the topic.
(Ep. 25) Rama Darwish: Learning to Live With Grief
When Rama Darwish lost her mother, not long after having lost her father, she had to face unprocessed grief and the shock of losing the person she considered to be her best friend. It would take many, many dark years, attempts, and painful realizations to arrive where she is today, able to share her story and journey with us.
"Time does not heal any wound. If you don't do the work, nothing is going to be healed. It's you working on yourself that heals. It's you putting in the work. Grief is a life sentence, but it doesn't have to be a death sentence."
(Ep. 24) Reem Kanj: My Egg Freezing Journey
Dubai-based entrepreneur Reem Kanj embarked on a journey to freeze her eggs just a few weeks ago. On this episode of the podcast, she's opening up about what drove her to this empowering decision, what the process was like, the changes she experienced in her body, and her feelings through it all.
"I don't want women to feel like this is my last resort, I must be so desperate. I must be so scared. It has nothing to do with that. This is in spite of all those things. It's like getting health insurance."
(Ep. 23) Elissa Freiha: Being a Woman in a Man's World
Artist, activist, and entrepreneur Elissa Freiha is the founder of Womena, a platform that aims to support the entrepreneurship ecosystem in our region by empowering and educating women investors and entrepreneurs. On this episode of the podcast, we discuss self-love, self-doubt, authenticity, and what it means to stand for women empowerment in a man's world.
"Women make 27 percent less than men. That's the first layer. The next layer from that is that not only do women get paid less, but they are then pressured to buy clothes and spend money on aesthetics to look a certain way. So, women are pressured to spend more money even though they make less to be respected the same as a man. And then you get to the third layer, which is the realization that this perspective that women have on themselves is actually conditioning. When you start learning about the beauty industry and the fashion industry and the diet industry, and all of the complexes and mental health disorders that come from all of these things that have been fed to us, it drives you crazy."
Photo: Courtesy of Keir Harris for Ounass.
(Ep. 22) Najla Moussa: What the Pandemic Has Done to Our Romantic Relationships
How has being together 24/7 impacted our romantic relationships? Why are so many of us fighting all the time? How do we work our way out of this rut?
Najla Moussa is a longtime Goodness collaborator, as well as the creator of relationship blog Truly Madly Honestly. On this episode of the podcast, she's discussing the impact of the pandemic on relationships and sharing practical tips to fight better, reconnect, and survive this unprecedented time.
"Life-threatening situations tend to act as accelerators in relationships. When we are put in a situation where we are aware of our mortality, what ends up happening is that we start reassessing and reshuffling our priorities. As a result, a lot of people are now making big decisions about their relationships. Our problems don't go away because we are in a pandemic, and right now we're trying to figure out what we want out of our lives. We don't have the patience to lie to ourselves, to trivialize things that aren't trivial, so there's going to be a lot more honesty and a lot more action — both good and bad."
(Ep. 21) Lana Al Mulla: My Healing Journey and What I Learned Along the Way
Lana Al Mulla is a yogi, nutritional therapist, and entrepreneur. After suffering from depression, anxiety, and chronic illnesses for years, she embarked on a healing journey that forced her to tackle the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of her life. She has since dabbled in everything from herbology to Reiki healing, and she's a wealth of knowledge on holistic living and healing yourself. We got to talking about her personal journey, her favorite rituals, and her upcoming spiritual course.
"I'm so passionate about grief work. It's something that came much later in life for me and I've noticed how much it's done for me and how positively it's impacted my entire being in terms of self-worth, self-esteem, and healthy boundaries. If we're still living from a place of our wounded child or the pain that we're carrying, we're going to be living life reacting to those wounds on a daily basis without even knowing it. And so we might find ourselves in patterns where we let people walk all over us or we fall into toxic relationships. Things play out that try to take us back to that wound again and again. We're stuck in a cycle."
(Ep. 20) Dr. Saliha Afridi: Parenting During the Coronavirus Pandemic
How can parents manage their children's emotions? How can they communicate and work with their partner? And what steps can parents take to care for themselves during this time?
Dr. Saliha Afridi is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Lighthouse, a center for wellbeing based in Dubai. She's also a mother, which makes her the perfect person to ask about parenting during the Coronavirus pandemic.
"When you are looking after people, you need to make sure that you are mentally, physically, and emotionally fit. By doing that, you are not acting selfishly; it's an act of service. A mother who is shouting and screaming is actually experienced as a relational trauma by children. A parent who looks after themselves is actually protecting their children from a mother or a father who is disengaged, disinterested, unhappy, or angry."
(Ep. 19) Priyanka Bhatia: Navigating IVF Emotionally, Mentally, and as a Couple
Priyanka Bhatia is a fertility coach and counsellor living in Dubai, who provides emotional and psychological support for couples trying to conceive. Priyanka has been on her own infertility journey of seven years, and she's sharing both her professional and personal advice for women and couples going through a similar journey.
"A lot of the burden falls on women because they are physically going through the process and, in our culture, they are always reminded of what they have and don't have. The first thing they are asked when they meet someone new is, 'Where are you from? Are you married? Do you have kids?' Whereas men are not necessarily asked those questions. Socially as well, as friends and families age together, there are baby showers to attend — so again there's a physical reminder of what you don't have, or what you're not a part of — and men don't really get asked to attend those events."
(Ep. 18) Anum Bashir: Finding Your Path and Voice in the Fashion Industry
Anum Bashir's experience in the fashion industry spans all the way from content creator to brand consultant to buyer and fashion director to creative director of Georgian brand N-Duo. Most recently, Anum has started representing Sonam Kapoor and managing her partnerships in the MENA region. On today's episode, we're discussing her journey, as well as how she found her way and voice in a notoriously difficult industry.
"Fashion is a very fabricated industry. A lot of it — probably nine tenths of it — is about appearance. So you either learn to play that game and sing along, or you don't. But that being said, I refused to give in all the way because I knew that, if I did, it just wouldn't be me anymore and that's just not an injustice I could do myself."
(Ep. 17) Shayanne Salama: An Honest Account of Getting Divorced as a Young Mother
On this episode of the podcast, Shayanne Salama, mom to six-year-old Marwan and a holistic practitioner living in Dubai, shares an honest account of what it's like to get divorced in your early thirties with a young child.
"In some ways, it was extremely, extremely challenging, from the initial communication of wanting to get separated to then trying to make it work but realizing that it won't to then actually moving out and moving into a new apartment — and having to communicate that to a child. There's also having to deal with the guilt of not wanting to hurt somebody that you care about but having to put yourself first (which is something I've struggled with in my life). Then there was the financial aspect of it that was challenging, the opinion of certain family members, and the aftermath of it all. These things were hard, but to be honest with you, I feel like I was very blessed. Every step of the way, there was always something or someone to pick me up and hold me up."
(Ep. 16) Dr. Maha Nasrallah-Babenko: Sexual Function and Dysfunction in the Middle East
Dr. Maha Nasrallah-Babenko, a therapist trained in sex and relationships, shares the most common issues she observed between couples while practicing in the Middle East.
"Because they've been told for so long that sex is dirty or it's shameful and it's not respectable for a woman to have sex, it's difficult for some women to have sex even after they are married, because of how their culture has portrayed it. [...] This manifests itself as shame, and shame looks different in different parts of the world. This is what I have realized so far from my experience working with different cultures, whether it's in Lebanon, Dubai, New York, or California. Shame is one of the deepest and most common factors involved in all sexual issues."
(Ep. 15) Petrina Barber: Making Peace with the Unthinkable
Nothing can prepare you for a cancer diagnosis, let alone a series of unfortunate events that include extreme complications from your cancer treatment, years of additional surgeries, and being away from your family. This is Petrina Barber's story of strength, resilience, and finding peace in the face of the unthinkable.
"I hope that you understand that truly life might not work out the way that you expect, but I am living a life that I am really proud of and I have built it myself. And I really believe that, if I can do that, then anyone can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it's not hard. Of course it's hard. Of course I cry. Of course sometimes I wish things were different. But these are things that you can't control. Don't fight against the tide, because the tide always wins. Instead, just go about building the best life for yourself possible."
(Ep. 14) Dr. Lanalle Dunn: Healing the Mind, Body, and Soul
Dr. Lanalle Dunn, a Naturopathic Doctor, Medical Director, Buddhist, and surfer (amongst many other things), is a wealth of knowledge on holistic health. On this episode of the podcast, she explains her approach to wellness.
"A holistic approach is looking at an individual as a human, not just a symptom pitcher. It's looking at an individual as someone who's got a spirit, a soul, an energetic body and is a physical human being, so in totally. I look at the human in context of a spirit and a soul and how those two integrate into your cells, into your organs, and into your physicality."
(Ep. 13) Reem and Natalya Kanj: An Honest Conversation About Instagram
On this week's episode of the podcast, Noor Tehini is joined by Reem and Natalya Kanj, the Dubai-based sisters behind talent-management company Ego & East, for an honest discussion about Instagram and social media influencers.
"When Instagram was acquired by Facebook and the algorithm was changed, I felt very out of control and that almost snapped me back to reality and reminded me that this isn't my platform. It's my page, but it's not my platform. There's a company that has access to all these images and controls who sees them and when they see them. A lot of people don't remember that an Instagram account isn't your brand. It's a reflection of your brand, but it isn't yours to keep, so don't fall too in love with the followers and the likes and the impressions."
(Ep. 12) Helen Williams: Managing Fear and Anxiety Amidst Covid-19
Helen Williams, a counselor, psychotherapist, and mindfulness teacher with decades of experience, joins us to talk about how to manage fear and anxiety through mindfulness amidst the current coronavirus pandemic.
"Many people are very deeply unhappy with themselves and have used working or other people or other habits as a way of avoiding their own inner life. They have spent their whole life avoiding themselves. Today, when you've taken away work from most people, the ability to be busy, to go out constantly, and to have our lives so full, we're left – if we're alone -– with ourselves, or with a partner we may not be happy with, or with children we may not actually spend very much time with. I imagine that a vast amount of people here are going to be in the beginning stages of grieving, whether they realize it or not."
(Ep. 11) Dr. Aarti Javeri Mehta: What You Need to Know About COVID-19
This episode of the podcast was very much an unplanned one. Our first season was only supposed to be 10 episodes long, but given the situation we find ourselves in, we figured this was a conversation that needed to be had.
"Surgical masks are actually not effective at preventing the infection from entering your body. Everyone is wearing masks around us, but that's not what's going to help stop coronavirus. Masks are only effective when used in combination with frequent hand cleaning. We see a lot of people wearing masks and touching their face, taking off a mask and putting it back on, or disposing of it incorrectly. You are contaminating yourself and everyone around you. That's completely futile."
(Ep. 10) Harriett Stewart, Aisha Almohtadi, and Marina Anic: Women on the Rise
The Goodness Podcast host, Noor Tehini, is joined by three women on the rise to celebrate International Women's Day. Harriett Stewart is a director of sales and marketing at one of the leading event and entertainment technology companies in the GCC by day and an entrepreneur by night, Aisha Almohtadi is the co-founder of Mad Juice, one of the coolest creative agencies in town, and Marina Anic is Brand Marketing Manager at PUMA and part of the High Beams Run Crew & Sound System in Dubai.
This episode is sponsored by PUMA.
(Ep. 9) Dr. Carine El Khazen: How I Help Women Overcome Eating Disorders
Dr. Carine El Khazen, a psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and the Vice President of MEEDA, joins us on the podcast this week to discuss the rise of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction in the Middle East and what we can do about it.
"Our culture is very much prone to nurturing body dissatisfaction and eating disorders because there is a huge pressure on the Middle Eastern woman to be very beautiful, very thin, and very perfect in all areas of her life. Preliminary studies suggest that our rates of eating disorders in this part of the world are double what they are in the West. So if the prevalence of Anorexia Nervosa is 1% in the UK, in the UAE we think it's 1.8%."
(Ep. 8) Maryam Ghouth: How I Tell Stories About the Human Experience
Maryam Ghouth is a Saudi storyteller and shadow worker living in Dubai. On this episode of the podcast, she shares how the human experience informs her art and how she works to help people get to know the darker sides of their identity.
"Due to societal and familial pressure, we learned somewhere along the way that certain qualities were wrong or punishable, and so we suppressed them and chose not to identify with them. That's problematic because these repressed qualities don't just disappear; they stay there and drive our behaviors behind the scenes and in unruly ways."
(Ep. 7) Georgie Bradley: How My Dubai Job Drove Me to Burnout
Georgie Bradley, a journalist living in Dubai, opens up about how her job in the local media industry drove her to burnout and led to the resurgence of an eating disorder she had been battling for years.
"It's become an industry standard to have one person fulfill the job of ten people. And if you're already not loving what you're doing, which was the case for me, it can be incredible hard. When your life becomes desk to bed to desk to bed, you're so clouded, you're so outside of your body that you're on autopilot and that only lasts you for a period of time. Mentally speaking, it drained me. And then it became a physical problem. My bones started aching and I really had to negotiate getting out of bed. And that's not okay, especially when it's a huge part of your life."
(Ep. 6) Caroline Labouchere: How I Took Control of My Life at 53
When Caroline Labouchere's husband lost his job in Dubai, she found herself sleeping on a mattress on the floor of a friend's house, unable to afford her antidepressants and pushing all of her friends away. This is the story of how she finally took control of her life and turned it around at the age of 53.
"I had never taken the reigns in the whole of my life. I had never wanted to. As a teenager, I just wanted to get married and have children. I never had a career and never wanted to. I just expected to be looked after, so when that all came crashing down, the thought of becoming an independent person was really random, scary, and impossible."
(Ep. 5) Nicola Beer: How I Help Couples Stay Together
On this episode of The Goodness Podcast, Dubai-based relationship counselor and coach Nicola Beer talks about the most common marital issues she's seeing in the region, plus how she helps couples stay together through infidelity, communication issues, and more.
"Infidelity is one of the main reasons couples come to me. Affairs are quite common, whether it's an emotional affair, a cyber affair, or a physical affair. And it's not just the affair; it's dealing with the aftermath, because it can really knock the intimacy, the communication, the self-esteem of someone. It's something that doesn't go away just by saying sorry. It stays in the relationship longer. "
(Ep. 4) Sarah Malki: How I Recovered from Postpartum Anxiety and Depression
One year after the birth of her daughter, Sarah Malki opens up about her struggles with postpartum anxiety and depression, as well as what helped her get through it.
" I'd literally be wanting to punch the wall. I'd punch the bed and the pillows and be screaming and crying and throwing things and sobbing for hours on end. [...] It got to a point where I considered buying a plane ticket and just leaving, and leaving my husband and daughter. You can't meditate that away."
(Ep. 3) Najla Moussa: How I Built a Stronger Marriage
Najla Moussa is a longtime Goodness collaborator and colleague, as well as the creator of relationship blog Truly Madly Honestly. On this episode of the podcast, she's sharing the tips she's learned along the way, from both experience and her work with the Gottman Institute, to build a stronger marriage.
"This idea of living happily ever after and all the social media quotes are so detrimental to a relationship, because they put so much pressure on the relationship. A person can't make you happy, and their job isn't to make you happy. Their job is to add to your happiness. You will have conflict. You will question the relationship. So this idea that the goal of your relationship is happiness is so incorrect. The end goal is never happiness."
(Ep. 2) Florence Gillet: How I Ate so "Clean" That I Couldn't Have Children
Florence Gillet, an Eating Psychology Coach living in Dubai, opens up to Goodness about her struggles with orthorexia, hypothalamic amenorrhea, and her road to recovery.
"Diet culture puts thinness on a pedestal. It tells you that thinness is everything you need to get to, that it's going to bring you success, moral value, and virtue, that it's going to open all the doors for you and make you healthy and happy. But the reality is that it's not true."
(Ep. 1 ) Caroline Leon: How I Recovered from a Fall That Broke Half My Body
Caroline Leon was a young newlywed living in Dubai when she fell from the top of a climbing wall, unharnessed. This is her story of mental and physical recovery.
"I was told by the hospital that I would never walk again. I couldn't see any light. I threw myself into learning and listening to anything that I could, and when I had a little bit of hope I just fed that. I didn't allow myself to think anything that wasn't going to get me to the place I wanted to be. And the place I wanted to be was better than I was before."


Clay Shirky talks about hardware hacking in China, particularly in comparison to the US "Maker movement".
The maker movement is akin to the idolisation of the countryside which followed urbanisation. Consciously or not, it's recreation of a culture which has been lost. In this case, the "hardware hacking" culture has been destroyed by a few decades of cheap imports and complicated devices. By contrast, stereotypically "female" making has not been interrupted, so there is no need to rediscover it in the same way.
Maker culture is largely male culture in part because men are celebrating our triumphant return to a set of practices women never let go of in the first place. One of the reasons Craft never found an audience is that that audience had never been lost; Ravelry and Pinterest and Etsy do a good chunk of what Craft was meant to do, and without any of the "We here in the Maker movement could not be more pleased with ourselves" vibe.
So, tangent managed, here's the analogy. Hardware hacking in the US vs. China is a bit like Maker culture between men and women. Hardware hacking hasn't become a hot new thing in China because it never stopped being a regular old thing.
There's much more of interest in the article; I think it's also the first worthwhile thing I've found on ello.
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By Richard Stuart-Turner, Monday 24 June 2019
Championing print's effectiveness and engaging with end-users will help the industry's cause while potentially opening new doors.
Marketers should understand that print is an innovative and forward-looking sector
It can be easy to get bogged down in the day job, but taking the time out to promote the power of print can both help the industry's overall health and create new business opportunities that might otherwise be missed.
While many printers use their websites and social media to shout about their own wares and proud projects, one of the most effective ways to promote print's unique attributes to marketers, brands and other existing or prospective clients is to attend, exhibit or speak at some of the industry events set up to do exactly that.
Examples include Two Sides' Power of Print seminar (see opinion column) and Everything's Possible in Integrated Communications (EPIC), an event for marketing professionals organised by the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) that will next be held at London's Congress Centre on 3 July.
"This conference is all about trying to inspire the clients to see the additional value print can bring and all the clever stuff we can do to support their marketing," says IPIA chief executive Marian Stefani.
"What we have to do as an industry is fight back against the digital revolution to say that digital is fantastic, but we still have a place in it. Put print back into that digital and online mix and you've got the most fantastic campaign.
"So many initiatives have been developed by the print industry to tell brands what we do, rather than looking at their challenges and explaining how the print industry can help them, and that's what we've done differently with EPIC."
Robert McClements, president of CDI, the special interest group of the BPIF that curates the annual Visual Media Conference in Leeds, believes that "there is always a case to do more" when it comes to promoting print.
"I think that the industry falls into the usual description of the innovators, the laggards and those in the middle who are interested but not quite sure what to do next. That's where the BPIF is making urgent efforts to encourage and engage with those people to move them all into the innovation slot and to take advantage of it."
Other ways that some printers are getting involved with highlighting the industry's possibilities include training days, conferences and in-house academies or hubs.
St Austell Printing Company will hold its second 'Print Power' event on 11 July, with the aim to encourage anybody that uses or has considered using print "to use it as effectively as they can".
Meanwhile, at its Spark digital innovation centre in Stansted, ProCo regularly invites customers to visit for inspiration and to attend educational sessions.
"Our Spark team are dedicated to adding value, coming up with new ideas, delivering new concepts to clients and also to train people," says ProCo chief executive Jon Bailey.
"The industry is changing so much, there are a lot of people under pressure. We all know that margins are being squeezed, and when that's happening I feel you've got to do anything you can to try and generate that margin and business.
"For me the way to do that is to really show the power of what print can do, how it has changed and evolved, and how actually it is a modern, innovative industry.
"People still don't really see that in all cases so we have to try and change existing beliefs but we also have to get in front of people that are coming into the industry to show them just how cool it is, because we need to re-energise it."
Webmart chief executive Simon Biltcliffe says his company frequently holds in-house training days, both for end clients as well as those that sell print who are looking to enhance their sector knowledge in order to cross-sell.
"As soon as you're one degree away from what you are comfortable with in print you are a virgin like everyone else, so we help with the cross-selling. You may have a good relationship with your customer, and selling more to your existing customers is the most cost-effective way of growing your gross profit."
Biltcliffe believes it is crucial for printers to make the time to promote themselves and the industry.
"Selling more is a key part of anybody's day job if they want to stay in business.
"If you look at the companies that are succeeding in this marketplace, it is those that get out there and get involved with initiatives.
"There's an old adage that in sales you make your own luck; the more you go out and see people, the luckier you get."
He adds: "There are great companies who print really well and have great people that are going bust because what has worked before isn't working now.
"You've got to get out and about and see people, that's where you create unique value and where people say 'while you're here, can you have a look at this for me?' or 'do you know anybody that can do this?' - of course we do."
Biltcliffe also advises the avoidance of 'print speak' when talking to clients about print.
"I think that printers should turn every term that they use that's print related into a digital term and they'll get immediate resonance.
"If their life depended on it many people couldn't tell you what a C5 envelope is so why do we use those terms? It's like anything in selling, it's empathy – shout louder but in their language."
He concludes, with a final piece of advice: "Get out, promote yourself and bring some young talent into the industry. They come preloaded from school or college with all the knowledge about social media networks and ways of doing things."
We must explain and prove why print is so effective
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Media choices are driven by effectiveness and ROI. Print is just one medium of many, and we must explain and prove why it is so effective, how it can build brands, influence buying decisions and communicate important information like no other media.
However, despite being a communications industry, we are currently not good enough at explaining the power of print. We well know that when print is added to the media mix it can turbo-charge campaigns, boosting effectiveness by 15%.
Major brands like KFC, Volkswagen and Ikea understand the trust engendered by print, and even digital brands like Facebook, Airbnb and Uber have all turned to print to capitalise on its lean back engagement qualities. So, how can we better inform and promote the power of print?
Two Sides and Print Power provide resources for the industry to use on the sustainability and effectiveness of print media. Research, 'factographics', case studies, opinion leaders and great examples of successful print campaigns all provide compelling reasons why print should be an integral part of the marketing mix.
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This must-attend event attracts over 200 leaders from the print, paper, publishing, packaging and media industries – booking is essential. For more information, visit www.powerofprint.info.
Reader reaction
Is it important to you to promote print's power?
Matt Bunt
Marketing and communications manager, St Austell Printing Company
"Ultimately we are printers and we want to ensure that the future of marketers and companies using print is secure. Because digital has taken over so much over the last few years, a lot of people have lost touch with the power of print, why it should be used as part of the marketing mix, and also how print has come full circle and how it is probably even more powerful now because of the way it works with digital. It is important to make sure that digital-first marketers understand what print can do."
Nathan Swinson-Bullough
Managing director, Imageco
"We do get out there, although more so through social media and LinkedIn. I encourage everyone who is on there to share and post any work we do that we can shout about, and we've taken on board a marketing team who are constantly looking for new content. It's doing well because we do get enquiries off the back of what we post, and we've had some nice feedback. Our website is also important and its tone of voice – we try and get a young, enthusiastic look on our posts."
Managing director, PMG Print Management
"If we can engage with the brands and agencies that consume product, it gives a lifeline or benefit for the industry as a whole, not just specific sectors. We've all got 24 hours in a day and seven days in a week – you've got to make the time to do this, otherwise how are you going to engage with people? Print is tactile and if you get it right in terms of design and you time it right in terms of delivery, you are going to make an impact for your product or your brand far over and above digital."
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Q: Extract differences between 2 rows in a generic function (Oracle Trigger) I'm trying to build an Oracle Function to extracts differences from 2 rows of a same (but yet unknown) rowtype. The ultimate goal is to gather changes on a trigger sending :NEW and :OLD with COLUMN_NAMES to a generic function.
As an example, I listed 3 example tables from which rows could be passed in (as first 2 parameters) to my function:
TABLE_A              TABLE_B              TABLE_C
-------              -------              -------
ID number(12)        ID number(12)        ID number(12)
NAME varchar2(30)    FNAME varchar2(30)   CATEGORY number(12)
DESC varchar2(100)   LNAME varchar2(30)   FAMILY number(12)
                     PHONE varchar2(24)   ACCEPTANCE date
                     DESC varchar2(200)

As we already know the 2 objects will contain 1 row with same number or columns (say #C), and the 3rd will contain the TABLE name, I ended up with this function specs:
create or replace type COL_MODIFIED is object
(
  COLUMN_NAME varchar(40),
  VALUE_A varchar2(4000),
  VALUE_B varchar2(4000),
  VALUE_TYPE VARCHAR(15),
)
/
create or replace type COLS_MODIFIED as table of COL_MODIFIED
/

function GET_MODIFS(vROW_A object, vROW_B object, vTABLE_NAME varchar2)
return COLS_MODIFIED is
begin

  <code attempts were so numerous>

end EXTRACT_CHANGES;

What I try to do in fact is:
    Return a COL_MODIFIED rows' table (as described) with the values of the 3 rows (parameters) side by side.  As an example, if we use a row from TABLE_B, here is what I expect as output:
  COLUMN_NAME  |  VALUE_A  |  VALUE_B  |  VALUE_TYPE
---------------------------------------------------------
  'LNAME'      | ''        | 'TORN'    | 'VARCHAR2(30)'
  'DESC'       | 'partial' | ''        | 'VARCHAR2(200)'

I already know how to get the VALUE_TYPE and tried many ways to output the 3 rows in side-by-side columns but haven't been able yet...
Any help, reference link, tip (or even solution!) would be much appreciated!

A: It would be easier to push that logic into the triggers.  Don't have your trigger build a complex data structure and then pass it into a generic function.   Instead, repeat the logic for each column: compare the old and new and create a COL_MODIFIED record if necessary.
The triggers would look very repetitive but they can be dynamically generated based on the data dictionary.  For an example, see this classic Ask Tom thread.
Beware of infinitely generic and dynamic data structures in Oracle.  There are several options, such as ANYDATA, Object Relational, and XMLType.  They are interesting technologies, and each can be very useful in the right context.  But they are complicated and often lead to the inner platform effect.

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In 'The Barn Dance', Mickey Mouse's fourth cartoon, Pete's rivaling Mickey for the love of Minnie.
The first scene of this cartoon draws its inspiration from the Oswald cartoon 'Rival Romeos', released only eight months earlier. Pete and Mickey both come to Minnie's house to court her. Pete has the advantage of having a car above Mickey's chariot, and like Donna Duck would do nine years later in 'Don Donald' (1937), Minnie (wearing a bra, like she did in 'Gallopin' Gaucho') falls for it. Luckily, the car falls apart even before they've taken a ride, so Mickey and Minnie ride together to a barn dance hall.
Unfortunately, Mickey can't dance: his shoes grow bigger every step, stepping on Minnie's leg all the time. So after the dance Minnie's leg is a long mess. She then ties it in a knot and cuts off the excess! These two gags belong to a surreal type typical of the silent era, which Disney would soon abandon.
After Mickey's failure as a dancer, Minnie only wants to dance with Pete. Mickey solves the problem with help from a balloon, but Pete wrecks Mickey's plan, regaining Minnie and leaving Mickey crying on the floor. This is a rather odd ending of a marvelous cartoon, which is still firmly rooted in the silent era with its surreal gags, limited use of sound and absence of dialogue.
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Q: PHP How to calculate the current display of paginated content this should be really simple but I can just not figure it out at the moment - I have searched and can't find the right helping - maybe it's my wording of my problem which is the issue - I know this is simple but as I have said I am brain dead at the moment!
this is what I want
Displaying 1 - 7 of 21 items
if there are 21 products in total with 7 per page it needs to say
1 - 7 of 21 on page one
8 - 14 of 21 on page two
15 - 21 of 21 on page three
pretty sure that is the right way to step up? anyway any help would be appreciated! and I can put a bounty on this - although small at least it's something! thanks

A: If you know what page you're on, and the number of entries per page, you can calculate it:
$limit = 7;
$page = 2;
$total = 21;

$upper = min( $total, $page * $limit);
$lower = ($page - 1) * $limit + 1;
printf( "Displaying %d - %d of %d on Page %d\n", $lower, $upper, $total, $page);

Now, just loop over pages 1 - 3 to see the outputCodepad:
Displaying 1 - 7 of 21 on Page 1
Displaying 8 - 14 of 21 on Page 2
Displaying 15 - 21 of 21 on Page 3

Edit: Using the OP's variables:
$upper = min( $products_total, $pager_current * $limit);
$lower = ($pager_current - 1) * $limit + 1;
printf( "Displaying %d - %d of %d on Page %d\n", $lower, $upper, $products_total, $pager_current);

A: $page = 0;
$max = 7;
$total = 21;

$totalPages = ceil($total / $max); // 3 pages
$currentRange = ($max*$page)+1 . " - " . ($max*($page+1));

echo $currentRange . " of " . $total;

I prefer starting $page at 0 and going up from there. It's pretty simple math.
Values of $currentRange up to 2 would be
1 - 7 of 21
8 - 14 of 21
15 - 21 of 21

A: You know the Total Products you have:
$total=21;

You know the page you are on:
$cur_page=2;

You know the items on one page:
$itemcount=7;

Print that:
echo 'Displaying '.($itemcount*($cur_page-1)+1).' - '.$itemcount*$cur_page.' of '.$total.' items.';

A: think this is working for me - seems to show the results I want no matter limit set

$display_end = ($pager_current * $limit);
$display_start = ($display_end - $limit) + 1;
if($pager_current == $pager_max){
$display_end = $products_total; //not great but works!
}
$displaying = 'Displaying '.$display_start.' - '.$display_end.' of '.$products_total.' items';

gives me the following output
Displaying 1 - 5 of 7 items
Displaying 6 - 7 of 7 items
when I have 7 total products and paginated at 5 per page or
Displaying 1 - 2 of 7 items
Displaying 3 - 4 of 7 items
Displaying 5 - 6 of 7 items
Displaying 7 - 7 of 7 items
when total products is 7 and paginated by 2 per page


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Custom survived: Loughborough's November Fair
Posted on November 30, 2017 by pixyledpublications
"The People of Loughborough are very proud of their ancient Fair, dating back to the thirteenth century and held in the streets and squares of the town."
World Fair 1949
Fairly old
There are many seasonal fairs but few are as old and as visually imposing as Loughborough's November fair. It has survived in its town centre location fighting against all attempts over the years to marginalise and send it to some park or outskirts of the town despite the complaints of 'as a Fair with a mile of caravans'
Loughborough famous for its University, Ladybird books, bell making and the first package tour in that order; is perhaps not the first location for an ancient fair yet it is the fourth oldest in the country. The fair was granted back in 1229 by Henry III and has been continuing albeit in the format now of a fun fair ever since. The record stating:
"Of the Market Of Loughborough The lord the King grants to Hugh Dispenser that He have ,until his (Lawful ) age ,one market every Week, on Thursday, at his manor of Loughborough. Unless that market and the Sheriff of Leicestershire Is ordered to cause him to have that market. Of the Fair of Loughborough. The lord the King grants to Hugh le Dispenser that He have until the (lawful) age of the lord the King One fair at his manor of Loughborough every year In the vigil and in the day of St Peter ad Vincula And the Sheriff of Leicestershire is ordered to cause him To have that fair. Witness as above by the same(at Westminster,xxviith day of January in the fifth year of our reign)."
This was the third Charter fair for the town, given to Hugh Le Despenser Lord of the Manor of Loughborough. The fair was associated with the Feast of All Souls, perhaps an unusual date for a fair. However, when the calendar was changed in 1752 it moved to the 13th of November. Then finally local authorities in 1881 made it fall on second Thursday in November.
Open it fairly
Opening ceremony is itself a custom in itself, It is open like other fairs by the Town's mayor but unlike other fairs where they are called to order by the ringing of the bell by a town crier, Loughborough does something fairly unique.
The local Grammar School itself a mere youngster compared, starting in 1595, provides three or four, smartly dressed trumpeters in suits and red ties. First they announce the Mayoral party outside the town hall and then go to the steps of the Waltzer where the Mayor of Charnwood officially calls the fair open. It is a decidedly medieval feel to the opening and quite fitting.
A fair change
Originally a cloth fair and wool. Then horses, cow and sheep. By the late Victorian period the invention of steam powered amusements meant that these were slowly taking over the trading fair until today they dominate it.
Interesting shows over the years have been the Phantoscope, a sort of cinema, a boxing booth and a lion show. Making today's dodgems, ghost trains and spinners sound rather boring!
By the 1920s after a spell when the November streets were quiet due to WWI the fair saw the arrival exciting spectacles such as the Wall of Death. Indeed, the 1929 Leicester Mail romantically reported:
"That most ancient form of diversion, the fair, is still attractive because it appeals to the people's robust sense of fun … Thousands of people are attracted to the town to participate, much to their own and other people's enjoyment … if they remove it from the centre of the town it would dwindle and decay as so many other fairs have done, and an old age channel that has brought grist to the town would be permanently closed. So Loughborough as a whole, is not only disposed to grin and bear it, but to welcome it somewhat in the spirit of the song that bids us `Come to the fair."
By the 1940s the side attractions which once were the main attractions were gone and the establishment of Ghost trains and dodgems and the establishment of families such as Collins', Proctor's and Holland which gave the fair a real feel of an annual reunion. In 2014 according to the Loughborough Echo the fair:
"The Star Flyer will be one of 20 massive rides brought along by the more than 100 show people along with other attractions, games, novelty stalls and refreshment stands. The fair, which spreads throughout the town centre, is organised by Charnwood Borough Council and attracts thousands of families. Pleasure rides this year include fairground favourites such as the Waltzers, Loop Fighter, Dodgems and Galloping Horses as well as more spectacular rides such as the Dominator and Extreme Ride. There is the 'Kiddies' Corner' and perhaps one or two surprise attractions."
And so it continues. The roads may have been closed off permanently now by pedestrianisation but this does not distract from the amazing site of these huge metal leviathans sitting cheek by jowl to the shop fronts. Every space is filled. Every side street. Like a maze and a cacophony of sound and blaze of light. The food. The lure of hook a duck, with a prize cheaper than that in the pound shop perhaps, but we still keep trying. All the fun of the fair is so true at Loughborough
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Custom contrived: Oxford Street Christmas Light Switch Ons
Christmas is starting earlier! The shops, the adverts and the lights…ah yes the lights. For many its forget Christmas Eve, forget Advent, forget your first Christmas card it is the switching on the lights in their nearest town or even in the village which signifies the start of the festive period whether it is Oldham or Oxford Street….the most famous of all being lit up from late November to Twelfth night
It is difficult to find out the earliest British public lights but to begin with and like many other Christmas customs it appears that the US got into to it first. The most famous in the UK is perhaps Oxford Street. However, it did not start in Oxford Street. Despite being synonymous with Christmas lights it was Regent's street which had the first one in 1954. In particular one of the most amazing being gas filled balloons in 1957 It was not until 1959 that Oxford street got in on the act!
Lights on, lights off!
Over the years the lights have varied and sometimes not been on. Indeed in 1976 and 1977 due to the combination of the Winter of discontent and the stressing of the need to be concerned about wasting fuel, there were not any lights. However by 1978 they came back being fanfared by a laser display to mixed feelings. Cheaper it might have been but Christmassy not! Since then corporate sponsorship has been involved with various big name firms, often London centric, such as a French themed one in 1992 to celebrate Les Miserables. Sometimes the lights can be a little underwhelming especially when they are mainly just white!
Coming to light early
Now just before you moan about this being in November's blog….the first lights were up by the 30th November in the 1950s! However in 2016 the Independent ran an article when the lights were up and shinning in October. They stated:
"It's early October and in London the countdown to Christmas is apparently underway as the festive lights have already been strung up over Oxford Street. The enormous baubles that adorn Europe's busiest shopping street were seen being set up on October 2, a full 84 days before The Big Day itself, prompting mild incredulity among Londoners.
The installation of the lights comes well ahead of other significant annual celebrations, including Halloween, Diwali, St Andrew's Day, Bonfire Night, and the Winter Solstice. The timing of the set-up means on Oxford Street at least, visitors can revel in the Christmas spirit for over a quarter of the year, every year. This is evidently brilliant news for Christmas enthusiasts and for those who just love the beginning of October."
It wasn't popular with many coming to Twitter amongst other formats to complain one wryly noting.
"Did they have any Halloween lights?
The lights have moved with the time, now they use 750,000 LED bulbs which use 75% less energy than conventional bulbs.
Lighting up
Part of the custom is to have the lights ceremonially switched on usually by some celebrity. If ever there was a list which grasps the zeitgeist it's the list of celebrities which turned on the lights. How many could you remember? Certainly the 1981 Pilin Leon is not a name you'll know…she was Miss World that year…quite you can see what I mean! Since then with had sports men, such as Daley Thompson and Linford Christie, pop stars ranging from The Spice Girls to Cliff Richard, actors such as Lenny Henry and Emma Watson. But occasionally ordinary people get a chance in 1991 it was Westminster Children's hospital and Children from kid's company….the stage must have been large for the cast of Coronation street in 1995. The crowds are enormous for the switch on, even more so when it's a big star, not sure how Derek Jameson might have faired against Westlife.
In 2017 it was Rita Ora who was joined by the Mayor and ITV's X-Factor 2016 winner Matt Terry and boy band 5 After Midnight. The countdown was enthusiastic as usual and at 0 the air filled with snow flakes. According to the Mirror:
"Rita Ora, 26, said: "It's such an honour. Once we've done this, it's actually Christmas." She joked: "If I get this wrong it can't be Christmas!"
Love them or loathe them to many Londoner's the switching on of the Oxford lights whenever they are is the sign for the countdown to the biggest custom of them all!
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Custom demised: Push Penny at Durham Cathedral, County Durham
Penny scrambling customs have a tendency to survive and there exist widely across the country usually but not exclusively associated with fairs. Thomas Thistleton-Dyer in his Popular customs notes an example held in Durham. He states that
"Mr. Cuthbert Carlton, of Durham, gives in the Durham Chronicle, of November 29th, 1872, the following account of a curious custom called " Push Penny." He says: This custom, which has been discontinued nearly a quarter of a century, is thus referred to in the Derbyshire Times of Saturday last:—
"There is a custom which has been upheld from time immemorial by the Dean and Chapter of Durham on three days in the year—30th of January, 29th of May, and 5th of November, the anniversary of King Charles' Martyrdom, Royal Oak Day, and Gunpowder Plot, which is known among Durham lads as "push-penny" On these days the Chapter causes twenty shillings in copper to be scrambled for in the college yard by the juveniles, who never fail to be present.' The practice observed every 29th of May, and 5th of November, was to throw away within the college thirty shillings in penny pieces. Whether the custom dates from time immemorial, it is difficult to say, but the two last dates would seem only to point to the origin of the custom at the end of the seventeenth, or beginning of the eighteenth centuries, to testify the loyalty of the Dean and Chapter to the Throne, and their appreciation of the happy restoration of the ' Merry Monarch,' and the escape of the King and his Parliament on the 6th of November. There was some such custom, however, during the monastic period, when pennies were thrown away to the citizens who were wont to assemble in the vicinity of the Prior's mansion. At Bishop Auckland the bishop was accustomed to throw away silver pennies at certain times of the year, and it is even a peck of copper was in earlier times scattered broad-cast among the people. The Reformation, however, swept these and many other old customs away, but after the Restoration of Charles II., the Dean and Chapter no doubt considered the 29th of May and the 5th of November ought to be kept as days of rejoicing, and as one means of doing so caused one of their officials to throw a bag full of pennies to the people who met in the college. The duty was entrusted to the senior verger of the cathedral. For many years it was the practice for the children of the Blue Coat Schools to attend Divine service in the cathedral, who were drawn up in rank and file in the nave, for the inspection of the prebends, who minutely examined the new scholastic garments of the Blue Coat scholars. This being done they were ushered into the choir, and at the end of the service a regular pellmell rush was made for the cloister doors, in order to be present at ' push-penny.' The scenes on these occasions were almost beyond description. For a few years the custom thus continued, the attendants at ' push-penny ' gradually diminishing; for twenty-five years, however, it has been discontinued, nor is it likely to be revived."
And so, the reporter is correct, it has never been revived. Its extinction considering it existed on a number of separate occasions shows how a custom will die out if someone wants it to!
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Olivia Palermo was introduced at an early age to the fashion world by her mother. Her inspiration in the construction of her own style was her parents' friends: she really admired them. Her passion for horses also reflects her notion of style, the attention to the detail, her preference for minimalist lines, between classic and romantic style, also delicate and feminine.
Chiara creates the trends. Graduated in Law, she started her career as a model and some months later she created the "blond salad" blog. She quickly realized that her focus was also to create, and in 2014 she founded her brand of shoes, clothing and accessories. Being recognized as one of the most influential bloggers in the world, her brand is not indifferent to the success of its creator, so much so that she collaborates with houses like Dior, Louis Vuitton, Chanel. Besides being one of the most influential It girls in the world, Chiara is also considered one of the richest.
Even before she was born, Kendall Jenner already had the promise of a luxurious life and full of notoriety and visibility. Since an early age, she had contact with the biggest names in the fashion industry. However, Kendall has managed to follow her own steps and avenged her modelling career. Today, she is a Victoria's Secret angel. Her style is marked by relaxed lines and sober standards, combining the modern classic with a casual and simple style.
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Olivier Rousteing is considered one of the biggest names in the fashion industry. At 30, he turned out to be the Balmain creative director. A visionary who has been able to realign the brand with modern lines while keeping its philosophy with irreverent details. His critical and analytical sense does not let himself be influenced by negative criticism about his creations. Olivier is a reference not only for bringing Balmain to the top but also for bringing the brand closer to the influencers and opinion makers. His personal story and determination inspires followers all over the world.
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Model, actor and activist, Nyle DiMarco is known for winning the 22nd edition of America's Next Top Model, and for currently being one of the most requested models. Nyle is known for his classic and serene style, representing the men's fashion like no one. In addition to his recognition in the fashion world, he also founded the Nyle DiMarco Foundation whose goal is to improve the living standard of deaf children by referring to his own case.
Known for her irreverent style, Rihanna dares herself in the choice of her looks. She looks stunning in every outfit! She is an influencer and a reference in the fashion industry, admired by the fashion world due to her presence, for understanding the fashion essence. She carries confidence and security in her style choices. Fashion always goes hand in hand with her career, and her evolution in the field is visible: she went from a romantic approach to an irreverent style.


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Das ClubWPT World Pool Masters 2012 war die 20. Auflage eines seit 1993 jährlich ausgetragenen Poolbillardturniers in der Disziplin 9-Ball. Es fand vom 5. bis 7. Oktober 2012 in der Hala Legionow in Kielce in Polen statt.

Der Pole Karol Skowerski gewann das Turnier durch einen 8:6-Sieg im Finale gegen seinen Landsmann Mateusz Śniegocki. Dieser hatte im Achtelfinale Titelverteidiger Ralf Souquet besiegt.

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GOPers Knew About New Allegation Last Week, Tried To Rush Confirmation Vote
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 04: Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh (C) is led by committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as Kavanaugh arrives for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during ... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 04: Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh (C) is led by committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as Kavanaugh arrives for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
By Kate Riga
Senior staffers for Senate Republicans knew about Deborah Ramirez's sexual misconduct allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as early as last week, resulting in their bosses pushing to hold Kavanaugh's confirmation vote sooner, according to a Sunday New Yorker report.
Senate Democrats also found out last week, and at least two of the four who knew reportedly started investigating the allegation to assess its credibility. "This is another serious, credible, and disturbing allegation against Brett Kavanaugh," said Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-H). "It should be fully investigated."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is now calling for the confirmation hearing to be delayed until the FBI can investigate Ramirez's alleged assault, which she says occurred when she and Kavanaugh were attending Yale, as well as that of professor Christine Blasey Ford, who says she was assaulted by Kavanaugh when they were both in high school.
Kate Riga (@Kate_Riga24) is a senior newswriter for TPM and a contributor to the Josh Marshall Podcast, based in New York City. A Philadelphia native, Kate graduated from Georgetown University and previously worked as a political reporter at the Southampton Press in New York.


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I recently reinstalled Ubuntu, and found that my network was agonizingly slow. Installing the driver from the Realtek website fixed this. My card is RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller, but I imagine this will work for other versions too.
The problem is that the default driver does not support this card well. Blacklist it.
Download driver from the Realtek website.
The make install didn't work for me, so I had to manually copy it into the folder.
Your network should be working normally now.
Could you explain the second part a little more detailed? I tried the first and my permission was denied, so the "make install" was not effective. I don't understand what should I do after that.


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Luo of Dholuo is een West-Nilotische taal, die wordt gesproken door de Luo uit Kenia, Oeganda en Tanzania. De taal vormt samen met enkele nauw aan elkaar verwante talen, zoals het Acholi, Dhopadhola en het Lango, de gelijknamige groep der Luotalen. Het Luo wordt gesproken door zo'n drie à vier miljoen mensen aan de oostelijke kusten van het Victoriameer (provincie Nyanza) en gebieden ten zuiden daarvan, en door Luo in Nairobi.

De taal valt te horen tijdens televisie-uitzendingen van de KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, voorheen de Voice of Kenya) en op Radio Ramogi.

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La Georgios Averof (o Averoff, ) è stata una nave da guerra della marina militare reale greca che ha servito per mezzo secolo come ammiraglia della flotta. Benché comunemente chiamata corazzata, si tratta di un incrociatore corazzato, ed è l'unica nave tuttora esistente di questo tipo. L'Aurora e l'Olympia conservati rispettivamente a San Pietroburgo e Filadelfia sono incrociatori protetti cioè con un dislocamento che è meno della metà mentre la Mikasa è una corazzata pre-dreadnought conservata in secca a Yokosuka. Tutte queste navi sono delle ricostruzioni allo stato originario. La Mikasa usa molti componenti recuperati dalla demolizione della cilena Almirante Latorre (ex britannica Canada). L'Averof è l'unico pre-dreadnought quasi totalmente originale oltre che in grado di navigare.

Storia

All'inizio del XX secolo la Grecia intendeva modernizzare la propria flotta con l'acquisto di alcune unità navali moderne all'estero, la più importante delle quali fu appunto l'incrociatore corazzato Giorgio Averof. Esso sarebbe stato la terza unità della classe Pisa, la cui seconda unità era l'incrociatore Amalfi, affondato nel corso della prima guerra mondiale da un sottomarino tedesco. La nave fu costruita nel cantiere navale fratelli Orlando di Livorno. Lo stato italiano per motivi di bilancio stava per cancellare l'impostazione di tale unità, quando subentrò la Grecia che acquistò la nave, anticipando un terzo del pagamento, circa 300.000 sterline d'oro ottenute dall'aiuto del mecenate Giorgio Averoff a cui fu dedicata. La nave fu equipaggiata con una straordinaria combinazione di motori francesi, artiglieria inglese da 234/45 (di calibro leggermente inferiore a quella del Pisa e dell'Amalfi che era di 254/45) e strumentazione tedesca. Erano unità navali ben concepite e particolarmente riuscite, maneggevoli e relativamente veloci: raggiungevano infatti i 23 nodi anche se da lì a poco sarebbero state superate come potenza di fuoco dalle unità monocalibro, e come protezione dall'aumento della minaccia subacquea. L'efficienza e la riuscita del progetto è dimostrata paradossalmente proprio dal siluramento e l'affondamento dell'Amalfi, i morti e i dispersi ammontarono a 67 persone e fortunatamente gran parte dell'equipaggio riuscì a mettersi in salvo.

La nave fu varata il 12 marzo del 1910. Il suo primo comandante fu il capitano Ioannis Damianos che prese il comando il 16 maggio del 1911. La nave rimase in servizio, attraversando le guerre balcaniche, la prima guerra mondiale, la guerra con la Turchia e la seconda guerra mondiale, fino al 1952; poi fino al 1983 fu usata come base per l'addestramento delle reclute. Infine si decise di trasformarla in nave museo, avendo vissuto praticamente quasi tutta la storia della marineria greca nel XX secolo, essendo ormai parte dell'immaginario della nazione, infatti con la sua azione si riuscì a conquistare all'impero ottomano molte isole dell'Egeo prossime alla costa Turca. La sua entrata nel porto di Costantinopoli è stata immortalata anche in alcuni famosi quadri. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale fu protagonista di una rocambolesca fuga contravvenendo agli ordini di autoaffondamento, prima verso Creta e proseguì verso l'Egitto dove divenne un importante punto d'incontro per il governo in esilio. Fece anche da scorta ai convogli alleati nell'oceano indiano. La nave è ancora in servizio con la marina militare greca.

L'Averof come nave museo

Nel 1984, la marina greca decise di restaurare la nave come museo, e nello stesso anno fu trainata a Falero, dove è tuttora ancorata e in uso come museo galleggiante, nel tentativo di promuovere il mantenimento delle tradizioni navali greche. Visite guidate gratuite sono fornite alle scolaresche e durante i giorni festivi. Essa è ancorata al molo Trocadero, vicino alla Marina di Falro, alla piscina Resteion e all'omonimo parco.

La nave è considerata in servizio attivo, e inalbera l'insegna di contrammiraglio (della marina greca), una bandiera quadrata blu con croce bianca come il jack greco, con due stelle bianche in ognuno dei due quadrati dal lato dell'asta in cima all'albero maestro, e il pennello (una lunga bandiera blu triangolare con una croce greca ortogonale) mostrata in basso. Ogni nave militare greca entrante o uscente dalla baia di Faliro onora l'Averof al passaggio. Agli equipaggi viene ordinata la resa degli onori, attraverso il fischietto del nostromo o con la sirena, e al comando l'equipaggio sul ponte si mette sull'attenti e gli ufficiali salutano verso il lato dove si trova l'Averof, fino a quando viene ordinato il riposo.

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Imbarcazioni militari della seconda guerra mondiale
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Working Group 2 showcases best practices and promotes uptake of rigorous market assessment and programming, including financing for sustainable sanitation service delivery.
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The overall aim of this working group is to develop strategies on how cities can adopt an appropriate planning, implementation, and management process that leads towards more sustainable sanitation solutions.
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The main aim of this working group is to create awareness and formulate recommendations for the protection of groundwater through sustainable sanitation.
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This week, Apple lost .07 percent of the mobile device pie to Android in the iOS-Android device wars.
According to some back of the envelope assumptions, we've included a prediction for how doctors will adopt the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus over the next few months. Judging by the Apple store lines today, everyone's eager to get their hands on the newest and greatest iPhones. In our predictions, we considered device upgrades with carriers, usability of aging dinosaur devices, previous upgrade data, and willingness to stand in line. Not only will we see many of pMD's providers upgrade their current iPhones to the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, we will undoubtedly see Apple take back more of the mobile device market share from Android, who has slowly been creeping into the health care space.