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Le BMC Team Elite 29 est un vélo de type VTT semi-rigide destiné à la pratique du cross-country, conçu et fabriqué par le constructeur suisse BMC. C'est le premier semi-rigide 29 pouces de la marque. Le vélo a été présenté pour la première fois à la presse lors de la Sea Otter Classic en . Il est commercialisé depuis .

Caractéristiques

Le Team Elite 29 est un vélo à roues de 29 pouces, doté d'un cadre en fibre de carbone sur ses versions les plus haut de gamme. Le fabricant annonce un poids de cadre à 990 grammes, soit 110 g de moins que le poids du précédent modèle Team Elite dans sa version à roues de 26 pouces.

La géométrie est particulière, avec un long tube supérieur et une potence très courte de 70 mm, munie d'un cintre plat de 685 mm. L'allongement du cadre combiné à une potence très courte est censé augmenter la stabilité du vélo selon le constructeur.

La suspension est confiée à Fox Racing Shox, avec une fourche Fox 32 float de 100 mm de débattement à 3 modes réglables (Climb, Trail, Descent), présente sur toutes les versions du Team Elite. Sur les modèles carbone, certaines parties du cadre ainsi que la tige de selle en carbone acceptent une certaine flexion, équivalent selon le constructeur à 10 mm de débattement. Cette technologie, appelée par BMC Tuned compliance concept (TCC) consiste à disposer les fibres de carbone différemment selon les endroits du cadre, et de moduler la largeur des tubes, afin de leur donner plus ou moins de rigidité. En particulier, plus de rigidité est donnée à l'axe de pédalier et au tube de direction, tandis que les haubans sont plus flexibles. Ceci permet d'obtenir une certaine flexibilité verticale, pour le confort, tout en conservant une forte rigidité latérale, pour la transmission de la puissance.

La technologie TCC n'est pas particulière au Team Elite 29, elle a été originellement développée par BMC pour les modèles de route et en particulier le GranFondo.

Sur la gamme 2016, BMC introduit une mini-suspension arrière nommée Micro Travel Technology. Il s'agit d'un tampon en élastomère entre les haubans, qui permet d'absorber une partie des impacts de la roue arrière, et donc d'améliorer le confort.

Le poids varie selon les versions, de 8.5 kg pour la version carbone TE01 en XX1, à 12.75 kg pour la version aluminium TE03 équipée en composants Deore.

Versions
En 2013, le Team Elite 29 est proposé en 3 versions commerciales, dénommées TE01, TE02 et TE03. Les deux versions les plus haut de gamme, TE01 et TE02 possèdent un cadre en fibre de carbone, tandis que le TE03 dispose d'un cadre en aluminium.

 TE01 : 3 versions. SRAM X0-X9, Shimano XTR, SRAM XX
 TE02 : 2 versions. shimano XT et XT-SLX
 TE03 : 2 versions. shimano SLX et Deore-SLX

Pour les modèles 2014, BMC introduit le mono-plateau XX1 sur la version haut de gamme TE01.

Critiques et récompenses

Les tests et essais par la presse spécialisée sont très positifs. Les testeurs sont en particulier impressionnés par la flexibilité du cadre carbone et le confort qui en résulte. Sa stabilité en descente est également remarquée, avec un très bon guidage de l'avant, qui en font un vélo . La position, sportive tout en restant confortable, est appréciée, de même que la bonne largeur du cintre.

Les journalistes soulignent que de fait, le vélo n'est pas exclusif, et peut prétendre à la compétition en cross-country, mais également à des marathons ou des randonnées. Il est souligné que contrairement à d'autres modèles, le vélo ne privilégie pas la performance par rapport au confort, mais réussit à concilier les deux, et est ainsi destiné autant aux compétiteurs qu'aux randonneurs.

La version XX1 est particulièrement appréciée pour sa simplicité d'utilisation en mono-plateau et sa légèreté, sans que celle-ci ne remette en cause sa stabilité.

Parmi les critiques, quelques testeurs ont ressenti un effet de sous-virage, ainsi qu'une maniabilité difficile de la potence courte en descente, qui demandent un temps d'adaptation. Un journaliste de Bikeradar a également remarqué le faible écart entre la roue arrière et le tube de selle, ce qui peut poser problème en cas de boue collante. La version en aluminium recueille moins de louanges, car considérée comme légèrement moins confortable que d'autres 29 pouces, et équipée de pneus pas assez fiables. Le vélo est toutefois décrit comme aussi maniable qu'un 26 pouces.

La version softail de 2016 est très appréciée des testeurs, la technologie apportant un réel confort. Le magazine français Vélo tout terrain attribue la note de 19.2/20 pour la version 2016.

Dans un comparatif entre six vélos de cross-country effectué en 2016 par le magazine VTT magazine, le Teamelite 02 sort vainqueur, devant le Specialized Stumpjumper.

Compétition

Le BMC Team Elite 29 est utilisé en compétition par les coureurs en cross-country de l'équipe BMC Mountain bike Racing Team, notamment Lukas Flückiger, Moritz Milatz, Ralph Näf et Julien Absalon. Le vélo a en particulier permis à Alexandre Moos de remporter le Grand Raid Cristalp 2012, à Lukas Flückiger de remporter une manche de coupe de Suisse 2013, et à Julien Absalon de gagner les Championnats d'Europe de VTT, une manche de coupe du monde en 2013, ainsi que le général de la coupe du monde de VTT 2014.

Les coureurs roulent sur des vélos très proches des vélos de série. En particulier, le cadre est identique aux modèles du commerce, et les composants sont des composants haut de gamme du commerce (Shimano XTR). Julien Absalon indique n'avoir effectué aucun changement de géométrie par rapport au modèle de série. Seuls la fourche ou certains composants peuvent parfois être des protoypes.

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 BMC
 BMC Mountain bike Racing Team

Liens externes
  Teamelite TE01, Bike Magazin, Décembre 2012, 35
  Teamelite TE03, Bike & Trekking, Janvier 2013, 23
  Teamelite TE01, MountainBIKE, Décembre 2012, 30
  First Ride: BMC's Team Elite TE01 29, Mike Yozell, Bicycling.com
  First Look! BMC TeamElite TE01 29 Carbon 29er Hardtail, Tyler Benedict, BikeRumor.com, 18 avril 2012

VTT
Modèle de bicyclette

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«Каса де Нариньо» ( — «Дом Нариньо») является официальной резиденцией президента Колумбии. Находится в столице Колумбии, Боготе. Дворец назван в честь Антонио Нариньо в 1908 году, так как здание было построено на месте дома, где он родился. Дизайн интерьера выполнен архитекторами Гастоном Леларжем (французского происхождения, ученик Шарля Гарнье) и Хулианом Ломбаной.

В 1980 году в здание были внесены дополнения. Во дворце находятся произведения искусства и антикварная мебель. В саду есть обсерватория, построенная монахом-архитектором Фраем Доминго де Петресем в 1802-03 годах.

Президентский дворец расположен на Седьмой улице (Calle Séptima) между Седьмой (Carrera Séptima) и Восьмой (Carrera Octavo) дорогами, в историческом районе Ла Канделария. Южная сторона дворца обращена к церкви Сан-Агустина и зданию Министерства финансов, и статуе Антонио Хосе де Сукре.

На восточной стороне находится Республиканский дом, бывший Imperial Hotel, площадь Аякучо и Президентское Административное здание. На западной стороне Восьмой улицы (Carrera Octavo) расположен монастырь Сан-Агустин и здание вице-президента, оба они были построены на тех местах, где стоял дом Камило Торреса и Управление Ботанической экспедиции. На северной стороне оружейная площадь, статуя Антонио Нариньо, Патио-де-Рафаэль Нуньес и Национальный Капитолий, построенный между 1847 и 1926 годами.

История
Дом, в середине улицы Каррера, был куплен Висенте Нариньо в 1754 году за 5 200 patacones. Там, он жил со своей женой, Кэтрин, и детьми в течение 30 лет, пока Висенте не умер. В 1778 году его жена и дети получили дом в наследство.

9 апреля 1765 года родился третий из восьми детей в семье Нариньо, Антонио Нариньо у Альварес, колумбийский национальный герой Независимости и переводчик Всеобщей декларации прав человека с французского языка на английский. После семьи Нариньо дом много раз перепродавался. Первый президентский дворец, где Симон Боливар провозгласил независимость Колумбии, был расположен в западной стороне площади Боливар в Боготе. 16 ноября 1827 года произошло одно из самых сильных землетрясений в истории города и дворец был частично разрушен. Симон Боливар указал купить дворец Сан-Карлос у Хуана Мануэля Аррублы, чтобы сделать там президентский дворец. 23 октября 1885 года президент Рафаэль Нуньес законом № 85 приказал купить дом, где родился Антонио Нариньо для того, чтобы превратить его в президентский дворец из-за своей красоты, исторической ценности и близости к Национальному Капитолию.

Когда в 1885 году закончилась гражданская война, дом, где родился Нариньо, стал официальной резиденцией президента Колумбии до 1892 года. Впоследствии президентская резиденция была перенесена снова во дворец Сан-Карлос, использовавшийся как штаб-квартира военного министерства, Национального архива и факультета Национального университета математики. 9 апреля 1906 года генерал Рафаэль Рейес нанял французского архитектора Гастона Леларжа и колумбийского Джулиана Ломбану для сноса и реконструкции дома. Архитекторы увеличили здания до двух этажей, разработали просторные залы и украсили фасад резным камнем швейцарского скульптора Луиджи Рамелли. 20 июля 1908 года здание было официально открыто в качестве президентского дворца. Во время правления Эдуардо Сантоса был построен третий этаж и терраса на крыше с вертолётной площадкой. Аппарат Правительства оставался в президентском дворце до 1954 года, когда Густаво Рохас Пинилья переместил его во дворец Сан-Карлос.

В 1972 году был предложен план реконструкции и расширения дворца, окончательно эти изменения были сделаны во время президентства Альфонсо Лопеса Микельсена, между 1974 и 1978 годами. Фасад был сохранён в прежнем виде, переделаны были сады, Национальная обсерватория, оружейная площадь, портик и западное крыло. Дворец стал полностью изолированным от других зданий. Реставрационные работы проводились по проекту архитектора Фернандо Алсины, аудитора Министерства общественных работ. Были снесены дома Ботанической экспедиции, администрации почты и дом Камило Торреса. Общая стоимость работ встала в 250 млн колумбийских песо.

Большое количество зданий рядом с «Каса де Нариньо» были объявлены национальными памятниками Колумбии, в том числе астрономическая обсерватория, Национальный Капитолий, дворец Эчеверри, Церковь Сан-Агустина с обителями, церковь Санта-Клара, колледж Сан-Бартоломе, площадь Боливара и исторический центр Ла Канделария. Перемещение офиса президента обратно в «Каса де Нариньо» заняло около десяти месяцев. В 1980 году дворец был открыт заново во время правления Хулио Сесара Турбая. 1 апреля 1979 года Центральный банк запустил первую серию банкнот в 1000 песо, изображающих президентский дворец. 11 декабря 1979 года первая трансляция цветного телевидения в Колумбии ознаменовалась показом нового фасада дворца. 7 августа 2002 года во время инаугурации Альваро Урибе Велеса самодельная ракета врезалась в карниз западного фасада, трое солдат получили ранения, 13 человек были убиты в результате террористических атак по всему городу. 9 марта 2007 года была украдена картина «El Cóndor», 1971 года, работы Алехандро Обрегона, украшавшая кабинет совета министров. Через несколько часов выяснилось, что телохранитель президента украл картину и что она хранится в доме по соседству.

Архитектура

На северной стороне дворца, на оружейной площади, с воинскими почестями встречают иностранных гостей. На северной стороне этой площади две скульптуры: реплики из доколумбовой каменной антропоморфной скульптуры под названием «Бог Смерти» (El dios de la muerte), а также, скульптура Эдгара Негрета, 1979 года под названием «Линчеватели» («Vigilantes»), состоящая из 10 красных изогнутых алюминиевых пластин и посвященная любви и чувствам. На западной стороне площади находятся фонтан и флагшток.

Национальная обсерватория является старейшей в Америке, именно там лидеры движения за независимость планировали заговор 20 июля, первый шаг к колумбийской независимости. В настоящее время обсерватория является частью национального университета.

На оружейной площади каждый день происходит традиционная смена караула дворцовой стражи — 37-го пехотного батальона (Президентская гвардия). В передней части оружейной площади стоит статуя Антонио Нариньо, французского скульптора Анри Гребера Леона, сделанная в 1910 году и открытая 19 июля 1980 года.

На первом этаже находится Зал флагов, в котором флаги Вооруженных Сил Колумбии расположены следующим образом: флаги ВВС, ВМС, полиции и центрального командования. В передней части — флаги Картахены, Кундинамарки, Испании, созданной Франсиско де Мирандой для Соединенных провинций Новой Гранады и флаг 20 июля (флаг Боготы).

Следующий зал служит приемной для посетителей. В нём находится большая картина, изображающая Иисуса, работы Грегорио Васкеса де Арсе у Себальоса.

Ещё одной интересной частью дворца является Салон Людовика XV или салон Карлоса Ольгина, названный живописи бывшего президента Карлоса Ольгина. Здесь также находится живописные полотна президента Рафаэля Рейеса. Мебель в комнате в стиле Людовика XV, люстра на потолке сделана из муранского стекла с инкрустациями из бронзы.

Дальше находится двор с фонтаном и скульптурами. За двором есть галерея, в которой есть портреты последних 25 президентов, и первого — Симона Боливара. Каждый первый портрет удаляется после вступления нового президента в должность. Внизу есть конференц-зал. На первом находится скульптура римского бога, сделанная во II веке, подаренная правительством Италии в 1956 году. В передней части входа — лестница Почета, ведущая на второй этаж с двумя небольшими скульптурами воинов. Лестница является частью оригинальной конструкции дворца.

На втором этаже есть прихожая с картиной Тито Саласа, изображающей произнесение Боливаром речи. Тут стоит немецкое фортепиано, принадлежавшее Мануэле Саенс, два мраморных бюста Симона Боливара и Франсиско де Паула Сантандера, работы Пьетро Тенерани. В передней части лестницы — гостиная Амарилло, в которой иностранные послы вручают верительные грамоты президенту. Гостиная сделана из бамбука и украшена Луиджи Рамелли. В Гобеленной комнате есть несколько гобеленов, сделанных во Франции.

На северной стороне располагается кабинет министров. В гостиной проходят инаугурации государственных служащих и приемы знаменитых людей. Кабинет президента украшен портретами Симона Боливара, Франсиско де Паула Сантандера и Антонио Нариньо.

Основная столовая известна как синий зал. Он украшен ландшафтами разных регионов Колумбии, написанными Антонио Баррерой и вазами, подаренными правительством Китая. За этой комнате, находится Колониальный зал, украшенный портретом испанского вице-короля Себастьяна де Эславы. Часовня этой комнаты была построена по приказу Лоренсита Вильегаса и она была использована папой Иоанном Павлом II во время его визита в Колумбию в 1986 году.

Зал Боливара предназначен для встреч и торжественных мероприятий. Оформлен в стиле ампир, с выпуклыми зеркалами и часами XIX века, работающими до сих пор.

Дворец охраняется подразделением армии Колумбии, 37-м пехотным батальоном, также известным как батальон президентской гвардии, созданным указом президента Мигель Абадиа Мендеса 7 сентября 1927 года. Его предшественником является так называемый Почетный караул Симона Боливара, созданный в 1814 году по его приказу. Батальон является частью 5-й дивизии армии (13-я пехотная бригада), и состоит из 1400 человек. Он также имеет свой собственный военный оркестр. Их девиз: «В защиту чести до смерти» — «En Defensa del Honor Hasta la Muerte».

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Богота
Появились в XX веке в Колумбии
Здания и сооружения, построенные в 1908 году
Архитектура неоклассицизма


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ADA/USD has been bearish for the last two and half weeks when it was at the 2.32638 level. The price has found strong resistance at that level and could not break above since it had dropped below in September.
We have a bullish Gartley harmonic pattern formed on the chart, indicating that the price could move to the 2.05970 level. That is the first target for the price. It is also a level on the first resistance, which is a confluence of resistance.
Confluence consists of the downtrend channel and horizontal resistance. But, looking into the past, you can see that this resistance was not strong for the bullish move.
ADA/USDT price chart.
The second profit target at 2.45730 is above strong resistance where the price will have a hard time reaching.
If the break above this strong resistance happens, then the price will be in the bullish sentiment.
The entry point for the price is below the current price at 1.08100, which is right on the support level that held the price in the past from moving lower.
It is a strong support that will be hard to break. The stop-loss is at 0.89510, which is below lows since February this year. And since then, the price did not reach levels below.
So, the stop loss level is less likely to be reached. What we can see now is that the price has reached an uptrend line which could make it hard to reach lower levels where the entry-level is.
So, the potential reversal zone shows the entry-level can be anywhere from the current level, 1.56400. The risk to reward ratio is 5:1, which presents an excellent trading opportunity.
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Dominion CEO Poulos denies vote manipulation despite evidence
President and CEO of Dominion Voting Systems John Poulos testifies during a hearing before the House Administration Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The committee held a hearing on "2020 Election Security-Perspectives from Voting System Vendors and Experts." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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The CEO of Dominion Voting Systems, John Poulos, recently testified before the Michigan State Senate Oversight Committee regarding the electronic manipulation of votes in recent elections.
"Dominion Voting Systems has not now, nor has it ever used SolarWinds Orion platform, which was the subject of DHS emergency declaration dated December 13 2020," he stated.
Despite claims by Poulos, internet archives show Dominion had a SolarWinds logo on its webpage, which suggests it used its "managed file transfer" platform called ServU.
That logo has since been removed after a major hacking of SolarWinds and U.S. government in recent days, casting doubt on Poulos' remarks.
This is BIG NEWS. Dominion Voting Machines are a disaster all over the Country. Changed the results of a landslide election. Can't let this happen. Thank you for the genius, bravery, and patriotism of the Judge. Should get a medal! https://t.co/4WwiA83Prg
State senators pointed out they have numerous testimonies and written affidavits of statewide irregularities with Dominion voting machines. However, Poulos insisted his company is not responsible for any of the violations.
MORE NEWS: Texas electors urge Mich., Wis., Ga., Pa., lawmakers to instate new electors, reject election tally
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Civics, Popular Media & Participatory Culture
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Civic Proportions: Jill and Jagruti in Community and Society
"(The Harry Potter Alliance is not about activism per se but rather is) a community that is active." – An HPA staff member
"… there is something both exhilarating and disheartening about the graph of civil society responses this year. At one level, the public outcry against the miscarriage of justice in the Jessica (Lall) and Priyadarshini (Mattoo) cases has truly been a spontaneous act of citizenship from people normally not given to acts of citizenship. At the India Gate rally for Jessica, for instance, there was no mistaking the anger, the yearning for something purer… But a curious theatricality underran the entire evening. People were acting in unconscious facsimile. Several people who took the mike that day referred to Rang De Basanti: at times it seemed more than the injustice itself, the film was their inspiration. It had not just intuited a latent public mood; in a curious twist, it had become the mood itself." – Shoma Chaudhury, writing in Tehelka on 01.07.07
I. [Introduction]
Community : Society
A. Community
When I came to the communication program at USC Annenberg a little over a year ago, I was puzzled by what people meant when they used the word "community".
Examples (made-up or otherwise) of such usage are:
1a. "The PhD community at Annenberg is tightly-knit, kept apart only by people's busy schedules."
1b. "Los Angeles' diverse neighborhoods are unified by a distinctive feeling of community."
1c. "Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement." (Jenkins et al., 2006, p. 4)
1d. "(The Harry Potter Alliance is not about activism per se but rather is) a community that is active." (Member of the HPA interviewed by Ritesh on 8.14.10)
I asked myself: what do people mean when they use "community" in these instances? Is it similar to or different from the notion of "society"? In the India (Bombay) where I grew up, people hardly ever used the word "community", let alone in the above manners. I am still in the process of grasping how "community" is used in America. In fact, the last usage example (1d), paraphrased from an interview conducted during our summer research with a member of the HPA, brought out most clearly one understanding of 'community'. I tentatively put it forth as:
"a network of localized, neighbor-like involvements, geographical or virtual, through which one develops a sense of group identity, feels belonging with members of the group who are united by a sense of important purpose, and via whose goals and causes one contributes to the world-at-large."
This understanding of 'community' is from the point of view of an individual member, and includes the aspect 'contribution to a cause greater than oneself' that is not lent to more generic understandings alluded in 1a-c above. For example, the understanding of "PhD community" in 1a does not suggest this aspect.
B. Society
What then do I mean by "society"? Let's look at some examples of usage (made-up or not):
2a. "The PhD students at the University of Mumbai have formed a welfare society, where student grievances against absconding professors can be submitted."
2b. "Bombay society is both snobbish in the high-rise hotels but endearing in the local railway cars, but the city still remain divided along communal and economic lines."
2c. "The Cricket Club of India is a popular meet for Bombay high society, but it is clubs and societies in various colleges, organized around interests such as public speaking and drama, where the maximum equal participation occurs."
2d. "… there is something both exhilarating and disheartening about the graph of civil society responses this year. At one level, the public outcry against the miscarriage of justice in the Jessica (Lall) and Priyadarshini (Mattoo) cases has truly been a spontaneous act of citizenship from people not normally given to acts of citizenship." (Shoma Chaudhury, in Tehelka)
Given these examples, I'll put forth the following understanding of 'society':
"a batholith of historically-rooted customs, values, relationships and arrangements one is embedded in, through which one enacts and negotiates, geographically or virtually, one's identity, duty and life choices, and towards whose welfare one strives to contribute."
Note that this understanding of 'society', while it is also from the point of view of an individual member, is also more generic compared to the above understanding of 'community'.
Let me now try to articulate the differences between 'community' and 'society', and of their typically concomitant civic participation, by elaborating on two fictional cases, of Jill and Jagruti.
Caveats, and a Perspectiver
I don't mean to suggest that "community" is a sociological construct applied to America only, and "society" is one applied to India only. Far from it. I just want to suggest a positive correlation between the use of "community" (as understood above) in various American and generally, Western contexts; and the use of "society" (as understood above) in various Indian and generally, Eastern contexts. At the same time, I recognize that the West-East divide is increasingly hard to maintain.
Also the cases I describe below are fictional, are abstractions, not generalities, and might describe a more extreme rather than average person or situation. Both contain references to real life organizations and events (links are provided). Their main goal is to delineate a broad difference between usage and lived experience of "community" and "society", and thereby suggest a corresponding difference in modes of civic participation and applicable theoretical constructs.
II. [Cases]
Jill : Jagruti
A. The case of Jill, as a member of multiple (as well as a civic-minded) communities.
Jill is 19, born and brought up outside of Columbia, Missouri, and attends community college in Columbia. She is a member of both the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA) and Invisible Children (IC). She is a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, is an avid fan fiction writer, and heard about the HPA in a Harry Potter convention in 2007, when she was 16. The presentation got her really excited, but did not know how to contribute, since she was far away from the headquarters. In 2008, she learned about the HPA chapter in Kansas City. She drove up to attend one of their events, during which she saw the IC video shared by a fellow chapter member. She now wants to bring the IC Roadies to her community college.
Given that she has her own computer and internet connection at home, and given that her family is supportive of her interests, Jill began to spend a considerable amount of time contributing in as many ways as possible to HPA and IC. Growing up without siblings, in a relatively wealthy family, in a tiny, religious town, she longed to do something for the poor people in the world she saw on TV. Harry Potter entered her life when she was 10, and she immediately jumped into writing fiction about his adventures in sub-Saharan Africa and rural China. So it is easy to imagine her excitement when she actually learned about what the HPA and IC were doing. She loved the community she grew up in, but because she's hardly traveled outside of Missouri, she also longed to be part of something larger.
On Facebook and MySpace she came across many people her age who were actively expressing their talents and individuality to improve the world in their own salient ways. Since she couldn't entirely nor did she want to escape her geographical community—for she accepted and sometimes even practiced her family's Protestant beliefs—she decided to become involved in virtual communities that helped real-world causes. The people from the Kansas City HPA Chapter whom she met on a regular basis became as close as what she imagined one gets to be with siblings, so she realized that not only was she helping the world, she was creating newer bonds of affinity for herself. She thinks of the IC as more of an activist organization, but the HPA as "a community that is active." Harry Potter changed the world. So she reasons: why can't she, along with a little help from her new-found friends at the HPA?
B. The case of Jagruti, as a member of a singular ("civil") society.
Jagruti is 24, born and brought up in Mumbai (Bombay), India, and works as junior copy editor for Outlook India, a top-selling English weekly newsmagazine. She used to be a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, and loves Bollywood films. In college, she was a member of both the Book Reading Society which comprised many HP fans, as well as a key member of the Drama Society, where she was responsible for putting up a HP-inspired play satirizing corruption in educational bureaucracy. At Outlook, Jagruti oversees many social and civic movement-related press.
This interest was stoked when Jagruti chanced to be in Delhi on March 4, 2006, where she was one of 2500 people who participated in the India Gate candlelight rally protesting the unjust acquittal of the politicians responsible for the murder of model Jessica Lall in 1999. To her surprise, she found that many in the crowd were college students who, like her, were fans of the 2006 Bollywood film Rang De Basanti, which had inspired them to come voice their grievances against rampant corruption in society. Her friend had received a text message earlier that day about the rally and she had reluctantly tagged along, but Jagruti found herself stirred by the solemnity of purpose and sincerity of voices at the event. A few weeks later she read an article about how this rally had caught the attention of influential politicians and opinion-makers. Later in the year, in an important verdict, the guilty were sent to jail. Somewhere deep within her, just like the protagonists of Rang De Basanti, a civic voice had awoken. After college, she applied to be an intern at Outlook, determined to monitor and provoke youth civil / civic consciousness, and do her bit to improve the plight of Indian society.
In Mumbai, Jagruti, even though she can afford a car, braves the crowded local train (metro) to work. She feels more connected to the large mass of people, running the gamut of societal divisions along communal, caste and class lines. Jagruti, herself single, lives with her parents who are devout Hindus, and is proud of her middle-class upbringing, her respectable Bachelors degree, her part-Banya, part-Marwari descent, and her fluency in Marwari and Marathi, in addition to Hindi and English. In the local train, her composite identity along communal, religious, linguistic, class and caste lines, blends with the multifarious and immensely diverse identities of her fellow commuters. She thinks of her old love for Harry Potter and Rang De Basanti. That was fantasy and fiction, she reasons. This is reality and these are real people, rooted in their ancient values and customs, yet awash in a sea change of globalization and economic boom with its unequal shoots of prosperity. They plod along, living out their identities and functions as members of society, even as corruption, inefficiency and injustice continue to get meted out, for which civil protests such as the one she participated in, are a mere flicker of hope, quickly dashed by either pangs of hunger or middle class envy of high-society.
III. [Discussion]
'Spatial' Civic Participation : 'Temporal' Civic Participation
The fictional, yet research- and reality-based cases of Jill and Jagruti are designed to highlight the notions of 'multiple-community-identity' and 'singular-societal-identity' that citizens in parts of the world as different as America and India are enmeshed in. The further point I want to tentatively put forth, if we are to grant the community versus society distinction, is that it gives rise to two different kinds of civic participation that we see across the globe.
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'Spatial' Civic Participation 'Temporal' Civic Participation
I want to suggest that when one's identity is governed by a sense of being part of multiple communities, themselves not connected by any concept or ideal, this might mean that one is embedded in a less historicized, more local, more immediate and more fluid system of meanings and actions. Whereas if one's identity, albeit composite and multi-faceted, is governed by being part of a singular society, this might mean that one is embedded in a deeply historicized, less local, highly mediated and more rigid system of meanings and actions.
Further, when such a system has members who are relatively wealthy or at least above subsistence level (as is the case in America and some European countries), then the kind of civic participation that arises, whether or not it has links to events and objects of popular culture, is more spatial than temporal in scope. In such a system, the kind of civic participation that arises, whether or not it has links to events and objects of popular culture, is more temporal than spatial in scope.
What this means is that community members are more inclined to form identity-establishing organizations – more spatial than temporal entities – to enact, for example, social justice causes, because such additional complexity of organization is not already rooted in or been historicized into the community system. What this means is that members of society are already part of a set of complex, identity-preserving organizations. When they enact, for example, social justice causes, this manifests more frequently as events – more temporal than spatial entities, like waves jumping out of a sea of values, customs, relationships and arrangements, which constitute the rooted and historicized complexity of organization that IS society.
Communities which enact civic participation are in a state prior to yet aimed towards a state of rooted complexity – a state not intrinsically or normatively better or worse than a less rooted one – that characterize societies. Societies which enact civic participation are in a state posterior to the rooted complexity that characterizes them.
Such participation is more likely to create spatial orders of complexity and rootedness. Such participation is more likely to create temporal ripples and waves, over and above and yet changing established spatial orders of complexity and rootedness.
The general point can be abstractly made this way: History shapes complexity of identity, which influences the formation and pervasiveness of identity-bound systems of organizations, which in turn influence the modes of civic participation.
I want to emphasize that I am not suggesting that America does not have a social reality that is not complex. That would be stating an anti-truism. However, what I want to point to and open up for discussion is how the simple variable of history, i.e., the length of passage of time, can give rise to facets of identity, that by virtue of their corresponding to divisions in values, customs, relationships and arrangements, become facets of what is distinctively a society. The key point is hopefully more clearly seen: various groups within society likely have a standard or singular relation to the larger entity that is society; whereas various groups or communities within a larger entity do not necessarily have a standard or singular relation to that larger entity.
More concretely, in the particular cases of India and America:
Indians – even when divided as Malayalis or Marwaris, of the priestly or the servant caste, be they urban-educated like Jagruti or rural-illiterates – all seem to have a singular relation to the abstract, universal-like construct that is a historical, social consciousness;
Americans – despite being divided as from Massachusetts or Missouri, being celebrities or construction workers, active community participants like Jill or passive community wayfarers – seem not to have a singular relation to any abstract, universal-like construct.
It might be objected that the abstract, universal-like construct to which Americans have a singular relation is that of the nation, that of a national American consciousness. However, that is not my point. The groups that make up Indian society are not 'communities' in the same sense that the groups that make up the American nation. America is a nation of communities, whereas India is a society of groups divided per many historicized facets. The communities that make up America do not seem to have a organically singular relation to America as a nation, but the groups that make up Indian society seem much more organically to have a singular relation to India as a society. A society can be a nation, but a nation need not be a society.
The point is delicate, and is in the danger of being over-argued. I shall have to stop here.
IV. [Theoretical Points of Departure]
Spatial Civic Participation : Temporal Civic Participation
"Structures of Feeling" : "Lifeworld"
It might help to put my argument in conversation with actual theoretical constructs. What follows is mere ideation: even more tentative than the proposals above, yet hopefully thought-provoking.
Raymond Williams put forth the construct "structure of feeling" to refer to "what feels like to be a member of a particular culture at a particular time." (Fiske, 1996). It is related to Hegel's notion of "geist" without the attendant idealism.
I'd like to suggest that my understanding of "community" and "spatial civic participation" has affinities with the construct "structure of feeling". Members of the HPA and IC, such as Jill, participate in communities that have arisen to meet the needs of and which reflect the mood of a certain moment in time – in this case, maybe optimism, the need to belong to a cause greater than oneself, and bonding with people via the unique affordances and conventions accompanying new media. In other words, HPA and IC are institutions that rely on the spatial civic participation of members of communities united by their being embedded in a single or various structures of feeling.
Edmund Husserl put forth and Jurgen Habermas developed the construct of "lifeworld". Briefly, with the help of the Wikipedia entry on the subject, one way of interpretively collating their theorization is as follows: the lifeworld is both phenomenological and sociological, personal and inter-subjective. It is the "background environment of competences, practices and attitudes", the "coherent universe of existing objects", "consciousness… operating in a world of meaning and pre-judgments that are socially, culturally and historically constituted." A lifeworld is constitued by the intersubjectively "accessible" and yet personal "historicities" of its individual members.
I'd like to suggest that my understanding of "society" and "temporal civic participation" has affinities with the construct "lifeworld". Societies are lifeworlds, webs of intersubjectively accessible historicities. People like Jagruti are embedded in lifeworlds. While their actions may allude to the mood of a time, it is equally conscious of being an action that is rooted in a batholith, a society of shifting moods of time. In other words, temporal civic participation such as the Rang de Basanti-inspired protest is a surge or spike in historical time, an action by members of society united by a tacit assent to existing during a particular moment in their unfurling lifeworld/s.
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Chaudhury, S. (2007). Is this only protest theatre? Tehelka. http://www.tehelka.com/story_main25.asp?filename=essay01132007_p14-17PF.asp
Fiske, J. (1996). Media Matters: Race and Gender in U.S. Politics. Univ of Minnesota Press.
Jenkins, H., Clinton, K., Purushotma, R., Robison, A., and Weigel, M. (2006). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century
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The mindfulness exercise of pausing is a super effective way to use a minute or two of your time. There are many benefits to pausing including calming yourself or getting off autopilot for a moment and being present or shifting your mood or mindset. In this episode Laurel shares 21 ideas for taking a mindful pause in your day.
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Intro: Welcome to The Being and The Doing, a podcast about well-being and the practices that help us have more calm, focus, purpose, and presence in our busy lives. Here's your host author and life coach Laurel Vespi.
Laurel: Hey, lovely ones welcome to Episode 11 of The Being and The Doing. Before we dive into today's show, I just wanted to express my thanks for all of your support for The Being and The Doing podcast, for listening, for commenting, for reviewing; it has been terrific. Over in my community, those people who get my weekly 'Mindful Living' Newsletter, people have been sharing suggestions for topics for future podcasts and it has been terrific.
Now, if you aren't part of that community, I'd love for you to join us. I send out a weekly Newsletter with some inspirational ideas and tips for mindful living and how you can be happier, healthier as you go about your life. If you're interested in that, I will leave a link in the show notes for how you can subscribe to that community and get my Newsletter.
Back in Episode 3, which was called the most important well-being habit, I made the case for why it's important to take pauses in our day and why we don't do it very often and the positive kinds of things that can happen when we actually do take a pause. So if you haven't listened to that episode, episode number three, I really encourage you to take the time to do that.
Now based on the feedback that I got from that podcast, from my community, there seems to be a giant 'yes, but' happening and it sounds like this; yes, Laurel I get it. I get that we're crazy busy and we no longer stop and pause. And I get that there are so many benefits when we do, from being able to calm ourselves or get off autopilot for a moment and be able to notice what's happening or shifting our mood or mindset; yes, I get it Laurel, but how do you actually stop for a moment? How do you actually take a mindful pause?
So in today's show, I'm going to give you a ton of ways to pause and when to pause. Because as mindfulness exercises go, pausing is a super effective way to use a minute or two of your time; far more effective than scrolling through Facebook or Instagram. Now, this is going to be a jam-packed idea session, heads up. So I want you to grab a pen and write down the ideas that make the most sense to you now, no worries.
If you are listening and driving or walking or sitting in the bathtub or anything else that you're doing that isn't really conducive to writing stuff down, the complete transcript of this show will be posted on the episode page so you can get all of the tips there. And I also have a blog that gives you some one-minute mindfulness exercises to try so I'll leave a link in the show notes to that.
I also want you to listen for things that you might already be doing and kind of take that as validation that, hey, good, yea, I'm on the right track with that. And I'm going to weave the 'what to do' and 'when to do it' together and you're going to see that there's some overlap. And that's because many of the 'what to do' things can be done in a lot of different situations so this is kind of a mix and match. Here are some things to do, here is when to do them just because I don't say do this here, doesn't mean that you can't.
Now the number one most important way to pause is to stop and pay attention to your breathing. You don't have to change the way that your breathing, you just breathe in a way, whatever is normal and natural for you. What's different is that you're paying attention to your breathing and noticing that you're inhaling and exhaling and it really is a game changer to pause and simply pay attention to your breathing just for a minute or two. So even if I don't mention it, breathing can always be a part of any pause that you're doing.
Let's get started. And what I want to do is walk through your day, and I'm going to show you lots of places to take a mindful pause. I want you to think about how you start your day because this is your first opportunity for a pause. What happens when you first wake up? Do you reach for your phone, first thing? Maybe you hit the snooze button? Maybe you hit the snooze button again, or maybe you just hit the ground running and jump out of bed and off you go or maybe you lay in bed for a while and think about everything that you need to get done because you have a crazy long to-do list.
Whatever way you start your day, you've probably been starting your day, the same way for a long, long time. So you've got a lot of habits around that. And what's important to remember, is that how you start your day, sets the tone for the type of day that you are going to have. If you begin your day in a calm and focused and intentional way, chances are, you're going to find that your day goes more smoothly.
Now, it isn't a guarantee but even when it doesn't, when it isn't going smooth, you are going to be more likely able to handle the challenges that show up if your day has started with a positive tone.
So what does this 'start your day pause' look like? Well, it can be a simple as focusing on your breathing before anything else. So when you get up, instead of reaching for your phone, you're just going to pause and focus on your breathing for a moment or two. Maybe you pause by kind of reconnecting your mind and your body. So as you're laying there you do a few gentle stretches, I mean you can do them right in bed. You don't have to get out or if you want to get out and get a do a few gentle stretches, great. I start my day with just a very short little yoga practice that I do; it only takes me a few minutes, but it's just kind of a way to get my mind and my body all into the same place or you can set an intention for the day.
Now, setting an intention isn't about prioritizing your to-do list, it's really about identifying the most important quality that you want to embody for the day. So for example, my intention for today is to be patient. So I might think for a moment like, what is coming up for me in this day? What would be the most important quality for me to carry through the day? And the act of pausing and setting an intention is just a proactive practice that helps us focus our attention and choices as we go about our day.
So now you're out of bed and you're getting ready for the day and you're showering or brushing your teeth, doing your hair, shaving, putting on your makeup getting dressed, all of those getting ready activities and each one of them is a perfect opportunity for a mindful pause. When where you stop thinking about everything that you have to do and pay attention to the activity instead. And so you begin to notice the sensory experience; the taste, the smell, the feeling, and you bring your mindful attention to what's happening.
So a mindful pause isn't just about breathing, it's a way to bring you back to the present moment so it gives you this rest for a moment of not thinking about to do- to do -to do, and you actually just maybe stand in the shower for a moment and feel the water or smell the soap or listen to the sound of the water in the shower.
Lots of opportunities in your 'getting ready' activities, to take a pause and just pay attention differently. Now I bet you end up in the kitchen at some point. Maybe you're making coffee or tea and that's another opportunity to pause and pay attention again to the sensory experience of your morning beverage. Maybe the sound of the kettle or the steaming of the milk or taking a really deep inhale, the smell, what does that coffee or that tea smell like? Or savoring the first few sips and eventually, you're going to be heading out the door and you're going to cross the threshold of your house and you're going to enter the world. And it's another chance to pause.
You're going to enter and exit all kinds of rooms and buildings today as you go about your day. And so each one becomes this opportunity to think about the energy that you're carrying with you. Another way to be intentional about sort of how you show up in the world because you're going to show up some way and this pause just lets you be intentional about how you're going to be in the next space that you're in; what energy you're bringing with you as you enter the space or leave the space.
Trust me your mind will busy itself with all kinds of things that you have to do; the lists and the problem-solving and the organizing and all of that and each one of these pauses, is just an opportunity to step back, come back to the present moment and be more intentional about what it is that's happening.
Okay, so you're going to get in your car or on the bus or on your bike or however it is that you're going to get to work and every time you stop at a red light, is a chance to pause. A chance to pause maybe and breathe or simply to look around you with mindful attention even if it's you go the same way all the time, you can actually look out there and try to look with new eyes each time; what do I see today that's different? You stop thinking about your to-do list and you come back to the present moment.
Now I recognize that maybe some of you are not going to work, maybe you're retired or maybe you work from home, but these same opportunities for a pause actually present themselves in your day,no matter what it is that you're doing. And the answer to 'when can I pause'? Actually is anytime. Now, you might think that's not a helpful answer so let me be specific, knowing that any time is actually the true answer. The practical answer, more specifically, is you can pause when you are feeling rushed.
So when you're feeling rushed in your day, great time to pause; when you are feeling frustrated or irritated, pause; when you're feeling bored; when you're procrastinating, pause. Anytime you catch yourself saying, oh, I'm so busy, pause or you hear yourself going 'errh' because something isn't going the way that you wanted it to or something is irritating or frustrating, anytime you hear yourself doing that, take that as a signal to pause and maybe just pause and breathe for a moment.
The truth is when it feels the hardest, it's probably the time when you need to pause the most. And if that was the only mindfulness exercise you ever did that you paused and paid attention to your breathing for a couple of moments for one minute that would be wonderful. But there are other things that you can do in those moments. So the moments when you're feeling rushed or frustrated or irritated or bored or procrastinating or whatever, you can also pause and repeat an affirmation or a mantra to help you shift your focus. This you know might sound like 'this too shall pass'.
So you pause you catch yourself in the moment of frustration or irritation or feeling overwhelmed or rushed, breathe; this too shall pass or maybe you say something like I've got this' or 'I live in a friendly Universe'. Check out Episode 8 to find out why 'I live in a friendly universe' is a good Mantra to use. Now, sometimes when you're feeling stressed a brain dump is a great pause.
So you take a couple of minutes to write down everything that is cluttering up your mind just to get it out of your head. You're not solving any of it, you're just dumping it out. Give it as you're simply vacuuming up the dust bunnies of worry and irritation that are cluttering up your head. And this kind of pause helps you shift. You're going to shift your energy and you're going to shift your focus because it's just sort of that, just let me get it out of my head.
Now just like you pause when you're entering or leaving a room, you can take a mindful pause anytime you're shifting between activities. Anytime you're stopping this and starting that, is a great time for a pause.
Whether you're just going to breathe for a moment or take notice of how you're feeling, wow! I am feeling a little rushed or I'm feeling a little overwhelmed are oh, I'm feeling like good on me, I got that done. Maybe you're noticing how your body's feeling, oh, oh get up. You need to stretch, you've been sitting too long. That allows you to then move from one task to the next more mindfully.
So anytime you're switching between this or that, just pause for a moment. Now, I'm guessing that you are going to eat during the day and mealtimes can be another great opportunity for a pause. So how can you pause at mealtimes? You can pause at the beginning of your meal and say grace; whether that's something you say out loud or in your head and it may or may not have a religious context to you.
Grace is really just a way to express gratitude, gratitude for the food on your plate or the people around your table or the people who prepared the food, just an opportunity to pause for a moment and pay attention and express some gratitude.
You can pause at the beginning of your meal for a few moments to just pay attention to your food like actually taste it and smell it. You know, smell is such an important part of taste but we just jump right in and start eating and we're not actually paying attention. And it doesn't have to be the whole meal and I'm not talking about you have to sit in silence and pay attention to every mindful bite, great, we want to do that, but that's not what we're talking about.
We're talking about just pausing for a moment and actually tasting it. Because it's really those first few bites of anything that sort of taste the best when we pay attention to them. So just a few moments when you begin.
maybe I just pause for a moment and think purposefully about what am I doing with this? Is this because I'm bored or procrastinating or no, actually, there's something I need to do with my phone. So it just brings me back with the intention to the present moment. I can pause before I press send or post something. When I pause like that, it creates a space for me to be intentional about what it is that I'm doing. The world would be a far better place if everyone just paused before they sent a text or made a comment on social media, wouldn't it?
Now, somewhere in your day, something important is going to happen. Something that you are doing deserves your full attention. Maybe it's watching your kids soccer game or maybe it's a conversation that you're having, chatting with your kids after school or catching up with your partner or having coffee with your friend; a mindful pause lets you set aside the distractions and Lord knows we know there are lots of them, we set them aside so that we can pay attention. And the important things in our lives are quite likely small events, they're not necessarily giant monumental ones. Yes, those are important but the real juice of our lives is often in those small things day-to-day that is happening.
And so being able to take a few conscious breaths and say to yourself, let me just lock this moment in, let me bring my full attention to this. The whole idea of taking a pause is not just for the sake of taking a pause, it's not so that I can check it off or press the little button on the app that says yeah, I did that, it's because taking a pause lets you pay attention. It lets you be proactive; proactive about your attitude and your mindset. Because in a pause, you choose to shift how you're thinking and what you're focusing on and it gives you access to information. Because now I'm noticing or I'm paying attention to what is actually happening and it just happens in a moment. It doesn't have to be this giant time commitment moments of pause.
Now, not everything you do in a day is meaningful, some of it is just downright mundane, routine, but that is also a great opportunity to pause. Instead of mentally checking out and getting lost in the bazillion thoughts in your head, all those regular life tasks actually give you an opportunity to bring your attention into the present moment. So whether you're doing the dishes or making the bed or feeding the cat or folding laundry or taking the garbage out, each one is an opportunity to pause for a moment and just pay attention. And again, you're kind of leaning into that sensory experience of it.
Now, likely in your day, somewhere probably in the middle of your day, you might need an energy shift; either to kind of calm yourself down because it's been a stressful day, or maybe you need to energize yourself because you're hitting that slump. So taking a little pause and listening to some music can actually help you do that.
Coming up in Episode 13, we're going to take a deeper dive into music and how it helps with stress, but for now, just think about creating two playlists. And they don't have to be long, just a couple of songs. One that has music that calms you and one that has music that energizes you. And whenever you feel like your energy needs to shift, you can pause and listen to the playlist, the calming one or the energizing one, for a couple of minutes and you don't have to even listen to the whole song. We know the songs that we pick and so they're like those little ear-worms, right? Even just listening to the beginning of it, it starts to play then it get in our head.
Now the end of your day is another beautiful opportunity to pause because just like your morning routine, you probably have had the same habits at the end of your day for a long, long time.
So I want you to think about how your day usually ends. Maybe you have fallen to bed exhausted but you still can't fall asleep. Maybe you get into bed and you watch TV or you look at some digital screen and you're forgetting that the light actually interferes with your ability to wind down. Maybe you're someone who lays in bed thinking about everything you need to get done tomorrow or things that you're worried about.
Sometimes, at the end of the day when you get into the into bed, it's actually the first time all day that you've really taken a long pause. And because of that, you might begin to experience kind of conversation in your head more loudly because there are no other distractions. So it's like, la la la, going on in your head. And so when we take this pause at the end of the day, it actually can help our brain power down.
That brain dump activity that I mentioned before is one thing that you can do at the end of the day. Have a notebook beside your bed and just dump everything out onto the paper or maybe even a quick journaling activity, I know lots of people like the idea of journaling. The practice of journaling is challenging but you can get a lot of benefit out of really quick journaling activities.
I'm putting a link in the show notes for a 'mindful moment Journal' download that is a really quick and easy, simple and actually kind of uplifting inspiring activity that you can do and it's great to use at the end of the day or actually any time that you might want to pause and shift your mind a little bit.
The end of the day you can also take a gratitude pause; something as simple as naming three things that you appreciated in your day. And, of course, you could always write them down if you wanted to.
How you end your day actually has an impact on how you're going to start the next one; partly because you need to get good sleep. So if you're not getting good sleep that is going to have an impact on the next day. And by not taking your busy or worrisome thoughts into your sleep with you, you begin to set yourself up for a different experience in the morning.
Now there's one other pause that I want to mention. I know there's been a lot here, but there's one more and it actually might be the hardest one to do and that is the do-nothing pause. Yep, that's right; pause and do nothing. You don't have to bring your attention to your breath or notice your senses or try to shift your mindset or your energy like just do nothing for a few minutes.
Because your brain actually needs time to power down every once in a while, it has a lot of energy requirements and so it actually needs to power down and so you just do nothing. You've got nothing to plan, solve, fix, forget thinking about your breath; nothing. Just literally sit there and do nothing.
Here's the thing, about mindful pauses; they are really simple mindfulness exercises. Doing them actually isn't really the problem, it's remembering to do them and remembering to incorporate them into your day, to actually build the habit of having these pauses into your day.
For now, let me leave you with a little 'being and doing' homework. As always, something to think about and something to try.
In the show notes, you'll find the action awareness guide that has the note-taking sheet for the homework and you can either use that or use any kind of Journal that you want to do in order to do your homework.
Here goes, something to think about; what is the biggest obstacle that stops me from taking a mindful pause? And the answer can't be me. You have to be specific so often that question is, well, I'm the biggest obstacle. I want you to really think about it; what is the actual obstacle? What is it about you that is causing you to not be able to stop and take a mindful pause?
And something to try; pick one of these pauses and give it a try. I think I shared at least 21 different ways to pause and times that you can do these pauses. And try it and notice what happens when you do. What happened when you took that pause? And also notice if you forget to take the pause.
It would be really great if you would post some comments on the episode page and let me know what you tried and how it turned out. Great information for me, but it's also great for everyone else to be able to see what are people trying and what worked and what didn't work for them. Now, I know that some of you are going to give this pause thing a whirl and I'm also betting that some of you won't remember to do it even if you really want.
So next time I'm going to do a follow-up podcast where I'm going to give you some tips about how to actually make it happen how to actually incorporate these pauses into your day so you're going to want to be sure to tune in to get the follow-up tips and strategies for that. Until then lovely ones, I invite you to pause, yes, actually pause and breathe and enjoy your day.


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Overwatch 2 still hasn't decided how PvE content will be released
Blizzard's next major Overwatch 2 update is coming, and game director Aaron Keller has updated everyone on where all the promised story-based PvE content is.
We know this sounds a little harsh, but saying Overwatch 2 is something of a disappointment for fans of Blizzard's hero shooter franchise feels fair. Abhorrent monetisation and tragically-slow progression aside, this game just hasn't delivered what it promised to, and the altered ten-player multiplayer experience is far from an improvement on Overwatch's original six-versus-six gameplay. Still, Blizzard is committed to bringing PvE, narrative-heavy content to the hero shooter – even though we're well-over 100 days since the game's launch. However, you shouldn't expect to see any of this arrive soon.
In an interview with NME, Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller has revealed that the developer is "still finalising" how content for this half of the game will be rolled out. And, while exploring the "overarching narrative" is something Keller is keen to do, this is apparently "not something you can really do in the middle of a multiplayer game" – so, this PvE content is our only hope when it comes to any sort of advancement on the story Blizzard has spent years building through Overwatch.
Discussing the decision to release the multiplayer portion of Overwatch 2 ahead of the PvE portion of the game, Keller explains that the studio "found [itself] in a position where [it] couldn't release all the content that [it] was building for Overwatch 2 until the campaign was finished"; the development of said campaign, as you can guess, was going a lot slower than Blizzard intended.
So, as NME uses Keller's comments to explain, "it was a "really difficult" decision to split the game up". However, it was still the right call – even if Overwatch 2 is a bit of a mess right now.
Why? Well, because Blizzard found itself saying that it was "going to keep withholding content from [its'] players so [it] can release everything together" – provided it continued to follow the original strategy set-out. We don't know how long it would have taken to complete if Blizzard didn't have to deal with a live service game, but we doubt Overwatch 2 (with a PvE campaign) would have released by now if it was bundled together.
While that is a shame, at least the Overwatch 2 development team is "incredibly passionate" about exploring the universe established through the multiplayer game. We just don't know when we're going to be able to explore that further. It doesn't look like the Overwatch 2 Season 3 release date will see a new hero released – and the last animated short did little to tie Kiriko into the wider narrative we mentioned above.
When you consider this alongside the fact that Overwatch 2's content roadmap expresses new PvE experiences "beginning in 2023", but there's been a drought of information since then, we could be waiting months for more.
Overwatch 2 has the potential to be one of the best competitive FPS games out there, like its predecessor, but maybe Blizzard should focus on the PvE element a little more. Even if they're low on our Overwatch 2 tier list, this game is full of incredible characters and a story that players have been waiting since 2016 for.
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"Rehearsal for M**der" is a play about a play about a play written in 1982 by D.D. Brooke. The play follows the main character Alex Dennison. Alex Dennison is a playwright who is coping with the death of his fiancée, Monica Welles, of her Broadway stage debut on the opening night of their play, the night before their wedding. Alex Dennison is left heartbroken. A year had passed since her death, and he believes that it wasn't suicide, but M**der. He holds a read through of a new play he has written, each scene seemingly incriminating one of his friends who he "suspects" of being her murderer. Under the pretext of having them read for his new play, Alex invites all of the suspicious parties to an empty theater and locks them in until the truth comes out.
This play is very, very clever and has a lot of twists and turns, as the cast Alex Dennison says in the play, "You take the audience by the hand and lead them in the wrong direction. They trust you and you betray them. All in the name of Surprise".


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Q: Managed vs unmanaged resource from a class creation viewpoint What I am trying to understand is when I am creating my own classes, how do I know what is a managed vs unmanaged resource so I know if my class needs to provide the ability to clean it up or if GC will eventually do it.  Also, going a little deeper, when I create a .Dispose() method there will be a block for managed resources and a block for unmanaged resources and how do I know which resources should get cleaned up in which block.
I have read many answers about managed vs unmanaged resources in a C# program but most of them are providing the definition with regards to GC cleanup as in "managed resource are cleaned up by GC and unmanaged resources are not".  That doesn't help me because I can't see how GC determines what it will clean up and what it will leave behind.  I also understand that if a class provides a .Dispose() method that my program should execute it.
I have seen answers stating that if I use a WIN32 API, I've created an unmanaged resource.  If I don't call a WIN32 API, does that mean I don't have any unmanaged resources?  I've also stumbled over Marshall.  Does Marshall also create unmanaged resources?  Are there other "keywords / classes" to use to identify that I'm creating unmanaged resources?
Please exclude from your answers anything about "managed resources that are tying up huge amounts of memory".  I understand that it would be nice to give the ability to free up this memory but it is not a requirement as the GC will eventually do it, just not always in a timely manner.

A: Usually if you are not crossing the boundaries of native and managed codes you don't have to bother about releasing unmanaged resources in your classes.
When you are running your .NET application, the framework allocates a managed slice in the memory for it, where almost everything that you can access from the .NET framework will be stored and tracked by the GC. Everything else falls outside of this slice, left without the sharp eye of the GC.
So for your question about how the GC determines which resources should be collected and which not, the short answer is that it doesn't know anything about unmanaged resources, so it also does not able to collect them.
These worlds - the native and the managed - are separated but they can communicate with eachother and thats what Marshalling is for. You can read more about it here. With that of course you can create unmanaged resources but that does not mean that you will do every time when you are using it.
It's also a bit extreme to say that every time you are using Win32 APIs you will create native resources that you must release.
When you use Platform Invoke or C++/CLI wrapper calls on any native code which creates pointers or anything which should be released by hand in the native world (those of course are not tracked by the GC), you have to release them manually if they are not released already by the native side. But if you use APIs that just works with primitive types then you don't have to release anything.
If you are not using anything from above then there is a good chance that you don't have to prepare your classes for directly release anything unmanaged.
There are types using native resources - you probably already came accross - which are managed wrappers under the hood. They release those resources in their Dispose implementation with marshalling.
For example the FileStream managed class is holding an unmanaged handle to the given file. The FileStream itself is a managed class tracked and collected by the GC, but the unmanaged handle is not, it must be released manually, so if you, the user of the FileStream are not calling its Dispose method in your code, that handle will remain in the memory leaking until the application exits.

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Ha! Easier said than done! Oh well… one is better than none!
Finally serious… for one picture anyway!


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Steven Spielberg will be honored for his
Steven Spielberg will be honored for his life's work at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
Festival organizers said Tuesday that the 75-year-old American director, producer and screenwriter will be awarded an honorary Golden Bear, the annual event's top prize, for a body of work that comprises more than 100 movies and series.
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Ain't nobody getting slapped tonight
In the artist of the year category, Swift triumphed over formidable names including Beyonce, Harry Styles, The Weeknd, Drake, Adele and Bad Bunny. Singer Pink opened the awards show dancing and singing on roller skates to her upbeat song "Never Gonna Not Dance Again."
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Dove Cameron, a former Disney Channel actress who reached the Billboard charts this year with the pop single "Boyfriend," earned the first trophy of the night with her best new artist win. Machine Gun Kelly, wearing a purple suit with long silver spikes, was named favorite rock artist.
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Arizona demands truth in advertising to assist consumers in making
Mercedes-Benz and auto supplier Robert Bosch agreed to pay about $6 million to resolve Arizona's lawsuit over diesel advertising claims, the state said on Friday.
Under the proposed settlement, Mercedes will pay $2.8 million in consumer restitution, and each qualifying Arizona consumer will receive up to $625 per vehicle, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said. The German automaker will pay $2.7 million in penalties, and Bosch will pay $525,000 in penalties, the state said.
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Mercedes denied the allegations and made no admissions but said "with the settlement, the company takes another step toward resolution of various diesel proceedings... and avoids further costs of litigation and lengthy court actions."
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Dry skin condition, does not only affect humans but also pets. It is even better for humans since they can put their flaking skin in check by applying moisturizers and lotions. However, for the dogs, such as luxuries are hard to come by. Dry skin comes because of intensive exposure to the dry indoor air and the chapping impacts of the cold air during the winter season. A few DIY treatment options can help regain the dog's skin and the natural glow of its skin. A daily brushing will be a good place to start, since some of the itchiness, is caused by lack of natural oils on the skin of the dog. This causes the fur to appear dry and brittle. The brushing catalyzes the production of these oils, facilitating their fur to regain its natural look, while reducing the itchiness.
Bathing the dog can also help to soothe an itchy skin. However, ensure that you do not overdo it, since it can remove the very oils, you are trying to stimulate, their production. Use medicated shampoo for dogs, with oatmeal protein, which you can make by putting 4 cups of ground oatmeal in a lukewarm bath. Gently, wash the dog in the bath. Once you are done bathing the pet, rub its fur with baby oil, olive oil or fish oil and cover it with a towel, until the oils are completely absorbed by the skin. Sometimes, poor dietary habits may be causing your pet's skin to break out. While dry skin problems are popularly associated with climate conditions, a little diet change can make a difference. Use a tablespoon or two of olive or flaxseed oil, for two to three times weekly, to help in replenishing some of the vital elements, the dog requires keeping its skin from flaking. Other foods, which can help in rejuvenating the skin, include a raw egg or one sardine dipped in olive oil. Do note that, these two are very rich in nutrients, hence, give the dog only once per week.
In some cases, you may consider changing the dog's food, but be sure to consult with your local vet, on the best feeds for your dog. There are several varieties to choose from, which are manufactured for maintaining the pet's skin oily and looking nice. While at it, always ensure the dog is hydrated. Other options include use of supplements and vitamins. Ensure that the supplement you choose is laden with fatty acids such as Omega -3 and vitamins including, B3, A and E. These nutrients are all responsible for ensuring a soft skin and lustrous fur on your dog. If your dog's dry skin condition keeps on repeating or deteriorates, it is an intelligent move to take it to the vet. However, this will only happen, if you do not feed and clean the pet appropriately. The above guide can help you keep a healthy pet while preventing the buildup of allergens in your indoors.