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Alcohol: India
Deaths by poisonous liquor consumption, state-wise: 2004-2014; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India, Jun 23 2015
Some facts, prohibition of alcohol in India; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India, August 12, 2015
An annual calendar of 'dry' days when liquor cannot be sold in Maharashtra; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India, September 15, 2015
1 The law
1.1 Alcohol consumption not a right: HC
2 Banning alcohol, state-wise
2.1 Uttarakhand HC declares holy circuit dry zone
2.2 Kerala
2.2.1 The number of sales outlets in 2017
2.2.2 80% public say no to unauthorised liquor outlets: survey
2.2.2.1 773 belt shop organisers held
3 Drug and alcohol deaddiction
3.1 2013-16: aid for rehabilitation centres
4 Incidence of alcohol consumption
4.1 Alcohol consumption in India: 1992-2002
4.2 21.4% of Indians consume alcohol: UNODC
4.3 2015: Alcohol consumption in India and the world
4.4 2016: Indians drinking more, but not to get drunk
4.5 Grocery stores: bars ratio, 2016
4.6 New Year revelries, 2017/18
4.6.1 Delhi: liquor worth ₹30cr consumed
4.6.2 Telangana: Rs 100 crore
4.7.1 Delhi
5 IMFL: A history
6 Laws restricting alcohol sales
7 Legal drinking age
7.1 All states
7.2 Karnataka: 21 years
7.3 Kerala: 23 years
7.4 Uttar Pradesh: 21 years, since 1976
8 Poisonous liquor consumption
8.1 State-wise position in 2014
9 Personnel issues
9.1 Employment of women in Kerala
Alcohol consumption not a right: HC
Consumption of alcohol not a right: Kerala HC, The Times of India Jan 2017
Upholding the liquor policy of the previous government, the Kerala HC ruled that consumption of alcohol is not a fundamental right. " To drink or not to drink. That is the Hamletian dilemma of Anoop.He has chosen to drink," it said while referring to the petitioner.
Banning alcohol, state-wise
Uttarakhand HC declares holy circuit dry zone
AmitAnand Choudhary, Don't try to play lawmaker, SC tells judges, Dec 9, 2016: The Times of India
Uttarakhand high court ordered the state government to impose a complete ban on possession, distribution, collection, sale, purchase or consumption of liquor, including beer, in Rudrapra yag, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts, where the Char Dham shrines are located, from the financial year (2017-18).
The court noted that Bihar, taking into considera tion the "evil consequences of consumption of liquor", had imposed complete prohibition on it across the state.
The number of sales outlets in 2017
VIJAYAWADA|50,000 belt shops, 4,380 liquor outlets and 768 bars in State July 26, 2017: The Hindu
80% public say no to unauthorised liquor outlets: survey
There are about 50,000 belt shops (unlicensed liquor outlets) in the State. With Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directing the officials to act tough on belt shop organisers, officers are conducting raids on them.
N. Sambasiva Rao, DGP, said the police and the Prohibition and Excise Department officials were taking steps to close them down.
"A survey was taken up on the belt shops and about 80% of the public say no to the unlicensed liquor outlets and asked the government to close them immediately," the DGP said.
"Belt shops are being run in different modes. The organisers are selling liquor on push carts, pan shops, houses, dhabas, hotels, kirana shops, bicycles [on the pretext of selling tea] and other ways. We are taking action against those who are running them," Mr. Rao said.
The police were also taking action against the tipplers consuming liquor on roads and public places. Instructions had been issued to intensify patrolling at the liquor shops and bars to prevent consumption of liquor openly, a police officer said.
773 belt shop organisers held
Speaking to The Hindu on Tuesday, Prohibition and Excise Director (Enforcement) K. Venkateshwara Rao said 757 belt shops had been closed and cases were booked against 773 organisers in the last seven days. Excise officials suspended the licences of 46 wine shops for selling stock to outsiders.
"We seized 3,339 litres of liquor and 940 litres of beer, being sold in belt shops. Special Task Force teams have been constituted to check belt shops. We will take action against the wine shop owners, if the stock is sold to any outsider or an establishment. Owners of the licensed liquor outlets will be made responsible if tipplers take liquor on roads," the DGP warned.
Drug and alcohol deaddiction
2013-16: aid for rehabilitation centres
See graphics:
Funds released for assistance for prevention of alcoholism and substance abuse, 2013-16
Consumption of beer in 2016
Funds released for assistance for prevention of alcoholism and substance abuse, 2013-16; The Times of India, December 5, 2016
Consumption of alcohol in 2016; The Times of India, Dec 25, 2016
Incidence of alcohol consumption
Per capita consumption of alcohol per week, state-wise(All figures in ml.), Source: NSSO data 2011-12; alcohol includes toddy, country liquor, beer, foreign/refined liquor, wine; Graphic courtesy: India Today
Alcohol consumption in India: 1992-2002
Sumitra DebRoy
At 55%, India records 3rd highest increase in alcohol consumption
A global study has found that alcohol consumption in India has risen by 55% over a period of 20 years.More worryingly, youngsters are being initiated to alcohol much earlier, while more women are indulging in hazardous and binge drinking.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently published a report examining the economic and health implications of alcohol use among its 34 member and a few nonmember countries. Among a list of 40 nations, India was placed as high as third, only after the Russian Federation and Estonia, for increase in alcohol intake between 1992 and 2012. Countries that closely followed India were China, Israel and Brazil. The OECD report said heavy drinking was alarmingly on the rise among youth and women in many countries. "An increasing proportion of children experience alcohol and drunkenness at early ages. Girls have caught up with boys in the past 10 years," it stated.
The percentage of under-15 boys who haven't had alcohol went down from 44% to 30%, while for girls it decreased from 50% to 31% in the 2000s.
The trend of heavy drinking witnessed among the young of all countries has experts worried. "It can be dangerous and have long-term effects such as habit formation or other chronic conditions," said hepatologist Dr Aabha Nagral, who consults with Jaslok Hospital.
Binge drinking among the youth has also been associated with increased possibilities of road accidents and disabilities in the report. Dr P C Gupta, director of Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, quoted a WHO report which said about 30% of Indians consume alcohol, out of which 4-13% are daily consumers and up to 50% of these fall under the category of hazardous drinking.
The OECD researchers evaluated that drinkers from member states were downing an equivalent of over nine litres of pure alcohol per year, which further rose by a few units if home brewed and illegal stocks were taken into account."All of this amounts to drinking over 100 bottles of wine, or 200 litres of beer, in a year," the report stated. Interestingly , Indians featured much lower here as average consumption of pure alcohol hovered around 2.5-3 litres annually .
The findings have set alarm bells ringing within the medical fraternity and health activists who are demanding a national policy to curb alcohol use.
21.4% of Indians consume alcohol: UNODC
The Times of India, Aug 27 2015
Dipak Dash
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) report
DRUG MENACE - RTI: 21.4% of Indians consume alcohol  3% of population hooked to cannabis
Punjab, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are among the top 10 states where consumption of alcohol and narcotic drugs is higher than the rest of the country, according to a RTI response from home ministry.
Quoting a survey conducted by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), the National Institute of Social Defence, a wing of MHA, has submitted that 21.4% Indians consume alcohol while 3% hooked to cannabis. The RTI was filed by a Delhi resident Ved Pal following recent cases of lives lost due to consumption of illicit alco hol in the country.
The RTI reply also mentions the list of 19 states and Union Territories that are in "major grasp" of alcohol and drugs.Seven of these states are from north India including Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and UP . Except Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, all other states from the northeast are in the list.
"Governments take the credit that they have earned crores of rupees through taxes and excise duty from the sale of alcohol.But governments should not be into this money making business. The entire amount that they have earned so far should be spent on creating awareness against consumption of alcohol and the rehabilitation of the addicts," Ved Pal said.
The UNODC study on "National Survey on Extent, Pattern and Trends of Drug Abuse in India" that was released in 2004 had found that alcohol, cannabis and opiates are the major substances of abuse in India and the prevalence of drug abuse among males is significant. It had also found how women face the worst and are under huge burden if any member in their families is addicted to alcohol or drugs.
It had recommended the need to have schemes to attract drug users for treatment and developing programmes for vulnerable groups such as youth, street children and prisoners.
2015: Alcohol consumption in India and the world
2015- Alcohol consumption in India, China and the world
From: May 5, 2018: The Times of India
See graphic:
2016: Indians drinking more, but not to get drunk
The Times of India, September 11, 2016
John Sarkar
Indians are now drinking more, but not to get drunk  A change in tastes and a yearning for aspirational lifestyles have led to the increase in sales of wine and beer.Youngsters have fuelled a boom in tequila, sales of which shot up by 10% in 2014-15.
"Gone are the days when youngsters would stay over at a friend's place and down a bottle of whisky or rum, in the fear that they would get scolded at home. These days, it's more about social drinking over good conversation with soft alcohol such as wine and craft beer," said Kapil Sekhri, director of Indian wine company Fratelli Wines."In every sphere of life, the erstwhile feeling that `alcohol is taboo' is fading away."
Among wines, sales of still light wine showed 17% growth in 2014-15, the highest among all wine segments, driven mainly by value lines of local brands. Growth of champagne, however, remained muted with demand for rose increasing. Flavours are keeping the vodka category alive too. While sales of plain vodka are showing a decline, flavoured ones are flying off the shelves mainly due to demand from young consumers. It's the same story with rum, with the flavoured variety finding favour with consumers and growing by 45% in 2014-15.
Aspirations are driving consumers to upgrade too. The trend is stark in whisky with the Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) category showing higher value growth than volume growth, as consumers have traded up to higher price points.
"The changing consumer dynamic with the growth in disposable income is spurring the demand for premium lifestyle brands," said Raja Banerji, AVP-marketing, Pernod Ricard India. "With evolving tastes of the discerning consumer, India has become the third fastestgrowing market for all blended scotch in the past five years."
Beer, the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, is on a high in India as well. Although growth was affected in 2014-15 due to slack in the IT sector in Karnataka and drought in Maharashtra, the country's largest beer state, the category is still growing thanks to consumers not hesitating to experiment.
"The Indian consumer has come a long way and is willing to experiment, willing to choose `taste over testosterone'," said Ankur Jain, CEO and founder of B9 Beverages that sells Bira 91, a local craft beer.
"Beer is a highly regulated industry , therefore it's not easy to introduce a new brand every now and then. But there is a huge untapped market with potential, which has pushed for emergence of various brands with unique identities."
Grocery stores: bars ratio, 2016
Grocery to Bar ratio, India and the world, 2016
From: The Times of India, October 15, 2017
New Year revelries, 2017/18
Delhi: liquor worth ₹30cr consumed
Booze worth ₹30cr downed on Dec 31, January 4, 2018: The Times of India
Delhiites partied hard on the eve of New Year, gulping down alcohol worth around Rs 30 crore. "There was a spurt in sale of liquor in the city on December 31. As per our records, the sale of alcohol was around Rs 30 crore that day," a senior government official said.
"The entire month of December has generated Rs 458 crore for the Delhi government since it was a festive season," the official added.
In the last financial year, Delhi government had earned a revenue of Rs 4,243 crore from the sale of alcohol.
On New Year's Eve, a total of 1,752 drunken revellers had been penalised by Delhi Police.
Telangana: Rs 100 crore
January 2, 2018: The Times of India
Sources said liquor sales were high in unified districts of Nizamabad, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nalgonda and Khammam apart from Greater Hyderabad.
The excise department earned about 20% more on liquor sale in December this year compared to December 2016.
Hike in liquor rates by the state government a few days ago did not weaken the will of tipplers wanting to usher in New Year in high spirits. This was reflected by the fact that nearly ₹100 crore liquor sales were registered only on December 31, 2017. And the excise department earned about 20% more on liquor sale in December this year compared to December 2016.
"In December, the excise department earned ₹1,645 crore, which is about 20% more than December 2016. Our department is getting district-wise details," excise commissioner RV Chandravadan told TOI on Monday. Sources said, while official figures are still being tabulated, indications are that sale of liquor on New Year Eve alone would easily cross ₹100 crore.
Sources said liquor sales were high in unified districts of Nizamabad, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nalgonda and Khammam apart from Greater Hyderabad. Officials and retail outlet owners feared the average 10% rate hike on liquor would have had an adverse impact on sales during New Year celebrations. "Going by the sales, it did not have any impact," they said.
"Over 2,200 retail outlets owners in the state have lifted ₹75 crore worth of liquor a day from December 26 from 17 depots. These six days alone contributed nearly ₹450 crore sales from depots," an official of Telangana State Beverage Corporation Limited (TSBCL) said.
Delhi guzzled 16.5L bottles of booze on Dec 31
Delhiites gulped down over 16.5 lakh liquor bottles on the eve of New Year. A Delhi government official said there was a spurt in sale of liquor in the city on December 31.
IMFL: A history
Jabir , Imperial pints "India Today" 5/6/2017
Imperial pints "India Today" 5/6/2017
The British empire may have forced us to pay for our own oppression but it had its compensations. So as the sun flares over another Indian summer, let's raise our chilled glasses to the imperialists who begat Indian beer. The pioneer, apparently, was one Henry Bohle who set up businesses in Meerut and Mussourie in 1825. The latter thrived for some years in the hands of the Mackinnon family, seeding a ferment of hill station breweries that stretched from Murree to Shimla, Kasauli and Ranikhet and on to Darjeeling. Edward Dyer, in particular, bought up or established a chain of breweries in the Himalayas and is credited with launching Asia's first beer brand, 'Lion', which was produced in both Murree and Kasauli. Dyer would sire (and later disown) the notorious Reginald Dyer of Jallianwala Bagh-but that's another story. By the 1880s, another experienced brewer, H.G. Meakin, had set up an extensive empire, buying some of Dyer's factories as well as establishing new ones as far afield as Dalhousie, Kirkee and Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka. The two firms would ultimately merge as Dyer and Meakin in the 1930s.
By 1889, the 25-odd breweries in British India were producing some 5,165,138 gallons a year, (roughly a thousand times less than passes through our national gullets today). And judging by some of the vintage beer labels (yes, it's a thing) treasured by collectors today, there was a lot more variety back then. The Dyer Meakin breweries, for example, offered a range of light and dark ales, a stout, and several 'sparkling beers'. Today, the concern known as Mohan Meakin is sustained by the popularity of its house rum, while johnny-come-lately United Breweries (estd. 1857) dominates India's beer market with bland lagers and knuckleheaded strong beers. Did the British take all the tasty beer with them when they left? Well, the glass may be half empty but look at it this way: they gave us beer, we gave them Vijay Mallya.
Laws restricting alcohol sales
RISHABH BANERJI | 6 Bizarre State Laws Regarding Liquor Consumption In India | JANUARY 27, 2016 | IndiaTimes/ The Times of India
1. Hyderabad/ Telangana
The Telangana government has implemented a ban which prohibits the sale of alcohol within 100 metres of the state, or national highways. That means, no liquor store or pub can be open within a distance of 100 metres. Even three and five-star hotels aren't exempt from this rule.
2. Uttar Pradesh + all other states.
While most parts of the country have a minimum drinking age of 21, in places like Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Meghalaya it's 25. Not to forget the minimum drinking age in Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry still remains 18.
3. Punjab + Haryana
Establishments in Punjab and Haryana, according to the Punjab Excise Act of 1914, are prohibited from hiring "women in any part of such premises in which such liquor or intoxicating drug is consumed by the public". Yes, no woman can be employed anywhere near a place when alcohol is being served.
4. Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep is the only union territory in India where alcohol consumption is prohibited. Since 1995, residents cannot drink anywhere except this little island called Bangaram.
5. Maharashtra
Not only is 25 the legal age of drinking in Maharashtra, but one also needs to have a licence to consume liquor. Possession, consumption, or even transportation of alcohol without a permit/licence can result in a fine of Rs.50,000 and/or 5 years in prison. To make things easier for the consumer, hotels and bars started buying these permits in bulk and giving them away to their guests. However, Wardha, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli are the only three districts of Maharashtra that have completely banned the consumption and sale of alcohol.
6. Andamans
Between 2008 and 2010, the last day of every month would be a dry day! Although not confirmed by officials, it believed that the law was to prevent people working for a salary from splurging all their money on alcohol. Additionally, for some odd reason, the 7th day of every month still remains a dry day in the state.
7. Assam
In Assam, every month end and 1st day of the month is dry day... (Arnab Phonglosa)
Legal drinking age
The following information has been taken from the website of the Indian National Bar Association. At least on UP they were factually wrong, and Indpaedia has corrected them:
Andhra Pradesh 21
Arunachal Pradesh 21
Assam25
Bihar 21
Delhi25
Goa 18
Gujarat Illegal
Haryana 18
Himachal Pradesh 18
Jammu and Kashmir 21
Jharkhand 21
Karnataka 21
Kerala 21
Lakshadweep Illegal
Madhya Pradesh 18
Maharashtra 25
Manipur Illegal
Meghalaya25
Mizoram Illegal
Orissa 21
Puducherry 18
Punjab25
Sikkim 18
Tamil Nadu 21
Uttar Pradesh 21 (not 18)
Uttrakhand 21
West Bengal 21
The Times of India added on Jun 25, 2011:
Indeed, the legal drinking age of 25 that prevails in some Indian states, including Maharashtra and Delhi, is by far the highest in the world. It is outdone only by the 30 drinking-age limit in force in Maharashtra state's district of Wardha.
States like Kerala and Sikkim allow drinking from 18 while in Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the legal drinking age is 21—as is the case in Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Karnataka: 21 years
Is legal age to drink in Karnataka 18 or 21? | SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 | The Hindu
Even Wikipedia shows the State's drinking age as 18, and this confusion is repeated in numerous online forums.
Ashish Kothare, city Head of National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), believes there was little confusion among responsible pub and bar owners who do not allow those under 21 years to enter the pubs. "For many, the mere threat of suspension of licences is enough…But, there are irresponsible bar owners, and action should be taken against them," he said.
Kerala: 23 years
Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday June 8, 2017| Kerala Loosens Alcohol Ban, Minimum Drinking Age Raised To 23 | NDTV
Kerala Loosens Alcohol Ban, Minimum Drinking Age Raised To 23 The Left government in Kerala has moved to drastically dilute its predecessor's ban on alcohol by allowing hotels that are three-stars or fancier to sell alcohol. While the ban has been loosened, the minimum drinking age has been raised from 21 to 23.
Uttar Pradesh: 21 years, since 1976
The United Provinces Excise Act, 1910 allowed the consumption of Alcohol at 18-years. This was changed to 21-years by an amendment made in 1976.
The relevant sections of the amended United Provinces Excise Act read as follows: (UP Excise)
22. Prohibition of sale to persons under the age of [Twenty One Years] - No license[d] vendor and no person in the employ of such vendor and acting on his behalf shall sell or deliver any [liquor] or intoxicating drug to any person apparently under the age of [Twenty One Years] whether for consumption by such person or by any other person and whether for consumption on or off the premises of such vendor.
23. Prohibition of employment of persons under the age of [Twenty One Years] and of women –
(1) No person who is licensed to sell [liquor]6 for consumption on his premises shall during the hours in which such premises are kept open for business, employ or permit to be employed, either with or without remuneration any [person] under the age of [Twenty One Years] , in any part of such premises in which such liquor or spirit is consumed by the public.
(2) No person who is licensed to sell foreign liquor for consumption on his premises shall, without the previous permission in writing of the [Excise Commissioner] during the hours in which such premises are kept open for business, employ or permit to be employed, either with or without remuneration, any woman in any part of such premises in which liquor is consumed by the public.
(3) Every permission granted under sub-section(2) shall be endorsed on the license, and may be modified or withdrawn
Poisonous liquor consumption
State-wise position in 2014
The Times of India, Jun 23 2015
The recent hooch tragedy in Mumbai has claimed about 100 lives, perhaps the largest toll caused by consumption of spurious poisonous liquor for the city, crossing the toll of the 2004 Vikhroli incident which killed about 50 people. Data on deaths caused by spurious poisonous liquor shows that hooch has killed 9,986 people in India in the past decade. Tamil Nadu witnessed 1,561 deaths in this period, the highest in the country.It was followed by Punjab, Karnataka and West Bengal. Gujarat, which is a dry state, also witnessed about 900 deaths
See graphic for details
Personnel issues
Employment of women in Kerala
IMFL outlets in Kerala can employ women, rules HC, Dec 21, 2016: The Times of India
 The Kerala HC has permitted employment of wom en in IMFL stores by declaring the rules against it unconstitutional. Ruling that such a policy is in violation of constitutional provisions regarding equality before law (Article 14) and gender-based discrimination (Article 15), the court cited an SC judgement that such a ruling can't be allowed to stand as it suffers from discrimination. The court was considering two petitions filed by seven women from Kollam who were denied jobs with the state beverages corporation (Bevco) despite being included in the rank list.
Alcohol and the Indian physique
Prohibition: India
Prohibition: Mizoram
Retrieved from 'http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Alcohol:_India&oldid=99255'
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story 14.07.20
Cookery tutor becomes TV chef for participants
Dedicated DofE Manager Julia was determined that Bronze participants from Brompton Academy and Chatham Grammar school would not miss out on completing their Skills section when lockdown began. Having started a 12-week after-school cookery course, Julia arranged for their cooking tutor, Lisa, to continue with the course. Lisa, who has been running the course for the last four years, transformed her own kitchen into a studio in order to continue sharing recipes and supporting young people with their skill.
Julia has been supporting the DofE for seven years and been DofE Manager for the last three years. During her time more than 200 young people have achieved their DofE Award. When Julia was first faced with the challenge of continuing to support DofE participants remotely, her first priority was "to engage the students as soon as possible. My problem-solving skills took over and I soon realised I needed to make the most of the technology the school and students had close at hand. We're lucky that all students have an iPad and were already using the Edmodo app for lessons and contacting students/parents and carers."
This is the first time that Julia has had to deliver the DofE remotely. "We had no idea how successful the online cookery course would be and have been overwhelmed at the amount of effort that the young people have put in since being at home. The more we commented on our students' posts and interacted with them, the more they became involved. They have now completed the course and we are signing the students' Skills section off on eDofE".
For Harry, not only has this been an opportunity for him to continue with his DofE Skills section, but it has also provided a shared experience with his family. "I had enjoyed cooking so much I wanted to show my mum how good I was getting. So, we followed the videos at home and used whatever ingredients we had at home. I have also helped my sister to bake cookies. This has been something fun for me to do while we are stuck at home!"
Recipes have included: apple and oat crumble; apple pie; banana and sultana bread; fluffy American pancakes; frittata; macaroni cheese; margherita pizza; rainbow couscous salad; strawberry meringue roulade and scones.
Julia's advice to other DofE Leaders and Managers would be "Promote, promote, promote. Social media has been a huge success for us, it has been such a great inspirational tool for promoting what students and the team have been doing and what we can offer.
"Constantly engaging with students is a must, encouraging, praising and acknowledging their efforts, as well as emailing parents and carers to keep them informed every step of the way."
Julia's efforts are not only helping young people to complete their section, but as Emily said "This helps me to remain positive in this time as I enjoy cooking, and the food I make always turns out delicious!" As well as the participants and their families, the local community has also benefitted from Julia's efforts. Abigail, who has been watching the videos each week, sent her cookies to NHS workers in the local area.

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Duinesig choir in fine form
Next stop South Africa
09 June 2019 | Education
Gisela de Villiers; Judge; "These kinds of choir competitions provide opportunity for school choirs to improve their repertoire …"
Senior school choir members in action during a combined performance at the end of the AKTV Applous competition. Photo Karl Philander
Swakopmund - Karl Philander
The Duinesig Combined School choir won gold at the Afrikaans Language and Culture Association (ATKV) Applous choir competition. The prestige event was hosted by the Mascato Youth choir at the Namib Primary School Aula in Swakopmund.
The school will now compete at the competition finals in Bloemfontein, South Africa, from 24 to 27 July
In order to qualify for the ATKV competition in South Africa, the choir needed to win gold and is ranked according to the allocated performance percentage it obtained.
Vrede Rede Primary School, St George's Diocesan School and the International School of Walvis Bay participated in the junior section.
Otjiwarongo Secondary School, Swakopmund Secondary School, Duinesig High School and Windhoek High School took part in the senior section.
Choirs competing in the junior section had to render three pieces of their choice. The senior choirs had to perform a total of four pieces with one being the prescribed piece, "Drie Nagliedjies No 1", by Niel Rademan.
The judges panel consisted of Gisela de Villiers and Theodore Cookson, the conductor of the Mascato Youth Choir.
De Villiers, a director of the Johannesburg-based music production company Infullvoice that specialises in the training of young singers, explained the importance of taking part in such competitions.
"These kinds of choir competitions provide opportunities for school choirs to improve their repertoire. Choir members learn from their mistakes and use these lessons to improve on their shortcomings."
She also conducted a joint workshop after the competition for participating choirs. She briefly demonstrated different singing techniques and how choir members can use not only their vocal cords, but their entire bodies to sing.


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Talk to a teacher. when I was being bullied and I was put in a group project with the bullies I told the teacher and she said she's switch me. But she never did. When she caught one of the girls calling me an idiot, she switched me (the project was ALMOST OVER) and was like "oh honey you should have told me again I would have switched you! I just thought you worked it out. " so be persistent or the teacher might forget. Also tell your parent. My mom has sent some angry emails to my school before lol that sometimes helps things.
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Timex Group B.V. é um empresa norte-americana fabricante de relógios, bastante conhecida mundialmente. Sua sede, nos Estados Unidos, está localizada em Middlebury - Connecticut, e possui operações na China, Filipinas e Índia, além de escritórios comerciais no Canadá, Inglaterra, França e México.

História da Companhia
A Timex vem crescendo e evoluindo há mais de 155 anos. O que começou com um pequeno fabricante de relógios em Waterbury, Connecticut, se transformou em uma das empresas mais inovadoras e dinâmicas do mundo.

Desde o início, o sucesso da marca Timex pode ser atribuído à sua principal meta: a inovação. Com a utilização de equipamentos de ponta, a Timex revolucionou o mundo da relojoaria e construiu uma marca destinada aos consumidores ligados em esportes e atividades ao ar livre.

Por meio de anúncios criativos que enalteciam o valor e a resistência dos relógios, a Timex tornou-se uma marca confiável perante o público, diretamente relacionada a design, durabilidade e excelente desempenho.

Quando os relógios Timex revolucionaram a indústria, há mais de meio século, o consumidor procurava relógios duráveis e com um design moderno, além de um preço acessível em relação ao valor dos conhecidos relógios suíços. Nos dias de hoje, o próprio tempo se tornou mais valioso do que qualquer outro bem ou serviço.

A marca americana começou a vender seus produtos no Brasil em 1994 e, a partir de julho de 1997, iniciou a montagem local em uma fábrica própria, instalada na Zona Franca de Manaus.

A Timex está distribuída em mais de 140 países em todo o mundo, com produção e montagem em fábricas localizadas na China, Índia e Filipinas, e mantém os escritórios de design e engenharia na Alemanha, Itália e Hong Kong.

No Brasil, desde fevereiro de 2012, o Grupo Technos é o fabricante e distribuidor oficial da marca, contando inclusive com uma loja oficial, a Timex Store (www.timexstore.com.br), o que reforça o compromisso da Timex com o mercado, por meio de uma parceria com a maior fabricante de relógios da América Latina.

Números relativo à empresa
Em 2006 possuía 5.500 empregados em quatro continentes.

Ligações externas
 Site oficial (global)
 Site oficial da Timex no Brasil
 Loja Oficial da Timex no Brasil

Empresas dos Estados Unidos
Marcas de relógios

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1. Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens
Since its purchase in 1955 by the businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood has served to function once as a place of residence, and forever as a museum to educate and awe those who visited it. Hillwood is known largely for its sizeable decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, a collection of French decorative art, and acres of sculpted gardens. Included in the collection are, among other pieces, Fabergé eggs, 18th and 19th century French art, and one of the country's finest orchid collections. Hillwood's mansion and gardens opened to the public in 1977 and are maintained by the Post Foundation.
2. Tregaron Estate
The Tregaron Estate, also known as the Causeway, is a twenty-acre estate located between Washington, D.C.'s Woodley Park and Cleveland Park neighborhoods. Built in 1912, the Tregaron Estate was designed by famed architect Charles Adams Platt, and it remains one of his most well-known works of architectural design in Washington, D.C. The historic estate includes a mansion, carriage house, greenhouse, gardener's residence, a Russian-style dacha, and numerous landscaping features designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its significance in architectural and landscape design and its notable homeowners. It is also a contributing feature of the Cleveland Park Historic District. Today, the buildings are home to the Washington International School and the Tregaron Conservancy. The Tregaron Estate is in the midst of a restoration project by the Tregaron Conservancy and is open to the public.
3. Woodley
Woodley is a Federal mansion in Washington, D.C. constructed in 1801 by Philip Barton Key. As a private residence, it was home to well over a dozen influential individuals, including Presidents Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, and James Buchanan, and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Since 1952, Woodley has been home to the Maret School, a private K-12 school founded in 1911 by three French sisters.
4. Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks includes the historic Dumbarton Oaks House museum and its associated formal garden, a 27-acre wilderness area, and Harvard University's Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. Founded by Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection specializes in Byzantine, Garden and Landscape, and Pre-Columbian studies, and includes not only books, but also images, art, objects, and documents.
5. Tudor Place
Tudor Place is a Federal mansion overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., connected with important individuals and families who founded the nation and its capital city. Tudor Place was built in 1816 by Martha Parke Custis Peter, Martha Washington's granddaughter, and Thomas Peter, a businessman from Georgetown. Dr. William Thornton, the first Architect of the United States Capitol, designed Tudor Place with architecture styles inspired by ancient Rome and contemporary France. Tudor Place stayed in the Peter family for six generations until the property was deeded to a foundation in 1983. It opened as a museum in 1988 and interprets the multiple historical eras. Tudor Place is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was among the first properties designated as a National Historic Landmark.
6. Dumbarton House
Built in 1800, Dumbarton House is a Federal style mansion located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the headquarters of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) and features a museum of colonial history. Its first occupant was Joseph Nourse, the first Register of the Treasury. The property was acquired by the NSCDA in 1928 and was given the name "Dumbarton House" after the original name of the land. The NSCDA hoped to illustrate domestic life in Georgetown during the early Federal period and opened the two main floors of the structure as a museum in 1932. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1991.
7. Woodrow Wilson House
The President Woodrow Wilson House was the abode that President and Mrs. Edith Wilson called home after his retirement from office in 1921. Wilson was the only president to remain in Washington D.C. after his term until Barack Obama in 2017. While Wilson lived at the house only three years until his passing in 1924, Mrs. Wilson kept residence there until her death in 1961. She donated the entire site and its contents to the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a memorial to her late husband, the 28th President of the United States. The house, built in 1915, was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark due to its association with the Wilsons.
8. Anderson House
Built between 1902 and 1905, the Anderson House is a mansion constructed for American diplomat Larz Anderson and author Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson. It is located along Embassy Row in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. After the death of Larz Anderson, the house was bequeathed to Society of the Cincinnati, an organization established in 1783 for veterans of the Continental Army and their descendants, of which Larz Anderson was an active member. Today, the Society maintains its headquarters at the Anderson House, along with an extensive research library and a museum related to the home and its history. The Anderson House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
9. The White House
Designed by architect James Hoban and built in coordination with George Washington and other American leaders, the Executive Mansion is known informally around the world as "The White House." Although President Washington oversaw construction, he never lived in the house. President John Adams, elected in 1796 as the second President, and First Lady Abigail Adams were the first residents of the White House, which was still unfinished at the time. It completed in 1800, though construction and restoration projects have taken place ever since. It was partially burned by the British in the War of 1812. Contrary to the popular story that it was painted white to hide burn marks, the White House was simply painted white in 1818. The building was known as the White House prior to this time because of lime-based whitewash that was used to protect the exterior. The White House also includes two wings: the West Wing, built in the early 1900s under Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, and the East Wing, first built by President Theodore Roosevelt and significantly expanded in 1942 to include an underground bunker and office spaces. In all, the White House complex covers around 18 acres and includes gardens and spacious lawns.
10. Abraham Lincoln's Cottage
In 1862, Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln were invited to stay in a Gothic Revival "cottage" that was originally built for George W. Riggs in 1842. During the Civil War, Lincoln and his family resided here for 13 months, from June 1862, to November 1864. During that time, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln knew the Cottage and its surrounding campus as the Soldiers' Home, established by the federal government in 1851 as a home for displaced veterans, which today operates as the Armed Forces Retirement Home. In 2001, the National Trust for Historic Preservation attained the property and started a restoration and preservation process and it opened to the public in 2008. In addition to the White House and Ford's Theatre, the Cottage is a significant historic site associated with Lincoln's presidency.
11. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Established in 1988, the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site preserves the home and legacy of Frederick Douglass, a formerly enslaved man who became one of the most influential people of the 19th century. Douglass was a leading abolitionist, newspaper editor, civil rights advocate, author, orator, and statesman. This Victorian-style home was built between 1855 and 1859 for John Van Hook. Douglass purchased the home in 1877 with the aid of Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company. Douglass and his wife, Anna, moved into the home in 1878 after he received an appointment as the marshal for the District of Columbia. Frederick Douglass lived in the home until his death in 1895 and it was acquired by the National Park Service in 1962. In 2017, the site was used to represent Washington D.C. on its commemorative America the Beautiful quarter-dollar coins.
12. Arlington House
Arlington House is a historic mansion located on a hillside amidst 250,000 military graves in Arlington National Cemetery. The mansion was famously occupied, although never actually owned, by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Arlington House was built between 1803 and 1818 by George Washington's adopted grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, intended as a living memorial to the first United States president. Mary Anna Custis Lee, Custis's daughter and Robert E. Lee's wife, inherited the property after her father's death in 1857. The property was later acquired by the federal government and became a National Park Service site in 1933. Arlington House is significant for its connection to notable colonial families as well as families who trace their lineages back to enslaved people at the plantation, such as the Grays and Syphaxes. Arlington House was dedicated as a memorial to Robert E. Lee in 1955, and the National Park Service interprets his legacy in addition to the Custis and Washington families and the enslaved people at Arlington.
Historic Mansions and Estates of Washington, D.C.
Created by Pamela Curtin on November 17th 2017, 1:37:16 pm.
Explore a selection of D.C.'s historic mansions and estates on this tour. Whether hosting parties, housing art, or bearing witness to important business and political decisions, these places offer so much to learn about the history of D.C. This tour will introduce you to notable individuals and the places they called home, and often explore the people who worked at the estates or preserve them to this day. Most of these places are open for tours and may require advanced booking, so please check in advance if you are interested in a tour.


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Antibody Could Be Used to Target Tumor-Causing Protein, Study Shows
CINCINNATI—Cincinnati Cancer Center (CCC) and UC Cancer Institute researchers have found in a phase-1 study that patients with advanced melanoma and kidney cancer who were treated with a certain antibody that targets a tumor-enhancing protein was safe, which could lead to more treatment options for patients.
The study is published in the March 11 edition of PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed, open access online publication.
Principal Investigator John Morris, MD, clinical co-leader of the Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnosis Program for the CCC, co-leader of the UC Cancer Institute's Comprehensive Lung Cancer Program, professor in the division of hematology oncology at the UC College of Medicine and UC Health medical oncologist, says this study sheds light on a therapy that could be used alone or in combination to help patients with a number of cancers.
"Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFâ) is a protein that helps cells maintain their functions, from formation to transition to death," Morris says. "Early in the transition of cancers from premalignancy to malignancy, TGFâ can suppress cell growth; however, in advanced cancers, these effects are typically lost, and TGFâ will directly promote the growth and spread of tumors.
"TGFâ-caused cellular changes have been described in many different tumor models and appear to be important for causing cell migration and promoting spread of cancer. Increased TGFâ has been reported in many different cancers including prostate, breast, lung, pancreatic, renal cell, or kidney, liver and more, and elevated plasma TGFâ levels correlate with advanced tumor stage, metastases and poor survival. Given this data, the protein is being examined for potential therapeutic targets."
He adds that in preclinical models, using antibodies or receptors that hinder TGFâ have shown antitumor activity.
"In animal models, effects of anti-TGFâ combined with various chemotherapies, radiation or other biologic-related treatments, including vaccines, have been reported to improve the treatment of both primary and metastatic disease," Morris says. "GC1008, or fresolimumab, is a human antibody that neutralizes the active forms of human TGFâ.
"GC1008 was investigated as a treatment for cancer and fibrotic diseases. We wanted to test the safety of this treatment in repeated doses for patients with malignant melanoma (skin cancer) and renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer)."
In the study, which was conducted at the National Cancer Institute and a number of cancer centers in the U.S., patients with previously treated malignant melanoma or renal cell carcinoma received intravenous GC1008 at varying doses. Patients who were stabilized, with no progression of the cancer, were eligible to receive extended treatment consisting of four doses of GC1008 every two weeks for up to two additional rounds.
Pharmacokinetic and exploratory biomarker assessments were performed.
"Twenty-nine patients, 28 with malignant melanoma and one with renal cell carcinoma, were enrolled and treated with 22 in the dose-escalation portion and seven in a safety cohort arm, with one consistent dose delivered," Morris says. "No dose-limiting toxicity was observed, and the maximum dose, 15 mg/kg, was determined to be safe."
He adds that four patients developed reversible squamous-cell carcinomas (a type of skin cancer), one malignant melanoma patient experienced a partial positive response to treatment and six had stable disease with a progression-free survival of 24 weeks.
"GC1008 showed an acceptable safety profile when administered up to 15 mg/kg every two weeks," Morris says. "This preliminary evidence of antitumor activity indicates that additional studies are needed to help determine the efficacy and safety of GC1008 alone and in combination with other treatments, as well as define dose and response."
This study was funded by Genzyme Corporation and the National Cancer Institute. Morris cites no conflict of interest.
The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and UC Health have created the Cincinnati Cancer Center—a joint effort designed to leverage the strengths of all three organizations in order to provide the best possible cancer diagnostics, research, treatment, and care for individuals in the Tristate region and the nation. To learn more, visit cincinnaticancercenter.org.
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Leaders Who Lie
A while ago I read an insider account of Yasser Arafat's approach to wooing the court of public opinion. In essence, the report confirmed something I had long suspected: anything that emanated from the mouth of this dead terrorist was not to be trusted.
In the piece, Arafat apparently admitted privately that he would say or do anything, including accepting Israel's right to exist, to deflect from his real goal of seeing the Jewish state wiped off the map.
His hand-shaking photo-ops with Israeli and American leaders were all a ruse to mask his true intentions. (If you don't believe me, take a look at the English-language translations of the incendiary speeches he regularly delivered in Arabic to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.)
In America, we take for granted the truthiness of what comes out of the mouths of our leaders. When we sense deception or distortion, we historically counted on the fourth estate to ferret out the truth. At least that's the way it worked until the Bushies came to the Beltway.
Today, with mainstream journalism in a state of flux and with many world leaders granted a license to deceive (partly as a result of the media deception practiced by this administration), the public must rely on other, less pervasive (but hopefully more viral) means to learn what's real and what's not.
I mean we've witnessed Vladimir Putin deliver his government's POV through Russia's state-owned media, just as we've seen Zimbabwe's state-owned media prominently propogate Robert Mugabe's sham election triumph.
But today's rant comes back to Arafat and his propagandist successors, notably Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We all heard about Iran's ballistic missile test this week. Well, it seems that the launch was not all it was trumped up to be (excuse the pun).
In other words, the Iranian money shot showing four launches was doctored by Sepah News, "the media arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard." In reality, one of the four missiles misfired, but the image that moved on the Palestinian-sympatico news agency, Agence France-Presse, and was picked up around the globe, showed all four had successfully fired. AFP has since retracted the veracity of the image.
Unfortunately, we probably won't hear much about this here since it has limited appeal to most Americans' news sensibility, at least compared to let's say the doctoring of a Katie Couric photo.
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Categorized as Agence France Presse, Bush PR, Iranian missiles, Israel, Katie Couric, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, test, Yasser Arafat
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Mercedes-Benz becomes the first truck manufacturer to offer Apple CarPlay and MirrorLink smartphone integration system in trucks. The German automaker has introduced Apple CarPlay and MirrorLinkto its products like Actros, Antos and Arocs. Now, the truck drivers can connect their smartphone and sync it with the truck's infotainment system. They can also navigate by connecting the phone.
While almost every modern cars around us come equipped with smartphone integration system, trucks don't come with that. But, Mercedes becomes the trendsetter by offering the CarPlay and MirrorLink to their range of trucks. With this, the drivers can select between four menus – Radio, Medua, Call or Connect. After they connect their smartphone to the truck's system via USB, a range of apps installed in the phone will be displayed at the truck's infotainment system.
The system will offer the truck driver to control the connect menu via Siri through the advanced voice function. It will let the driver to make or receive phone call easily while driving. The navigating could be done by using voice command. While the apple CarPlay will offer connectivity to the iPhone users, the MirrorLink has been introduced keeping the Android powered smartphone users in mind.
The Android smartphone users also can connect their phone and use the Multimedia Radio Touch radio system in the truck. After they connect the phone to the truck's system via USB, they will get access to a range of apps. The German automaker believes with the introduction of the smartphone integration to its trucks, the driving and communicating will be much convenient for the drivers and it will be much safer than before.
Smartphone integration in vehicles is something, which helps the driver to make or receive phone calls, play music without taking his or her eyes off the road ahead. Also, the system helps the driver to navigate to his or her destination using the vehicle's system and his smartphone's map. With Mercedes introduced the tech to trucks, other truck manufacturers around the world are expected to follow the same.


It is sometimes difficult to see what America's entry into World War I and Russia's Bolshevik Revolution have to do with the present, but it is vital to look back and think about what these monumental events mean for the world today, says Daniel Benjamin, the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding.
That's why the Dickey Center is co-hosting the 1917 Centennial Series, which looks at these times through the lens of history, graphic arts, film, literature, and political science. Also co-hosting the series are the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Political Economy Project, and the departments of government, Russian, history, and film and media studies.
Snyder studies 20th-century Central and Eastern European history and the Holocaust. His best-selling book, On Tyranny—Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century—applies the lessons of 20th-century Europe to present-day American politics.
"The Russian Revolution and the U.S. entry into World War I—which really was America's first step toward being a global power—were such extraordinary events that this centennial gives us a chance to step away from the obsessions of the moment and try to better understand how we got here," Benjamin says.
The legacy of World War I is in plain sight at Dartmouth. Dartmouth's Memorial Field was built as a tribute to the 112 alumni who died in World War I. A plaque in honor of Dartmouth's fallen in the Great War was installed by 47 Dartmouth Civil War veterans. The present-day equivalent would be Vietnam veterans putting up a memorial to the fallen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Let's face it, changing habits of media consumption—especially the rise of news feeds through social media and the decline in newspaper readership—have eroded the historic sensibility of many, and especially young people. I thought it was an important to reengage with this history, and I was really pleased to have such strong engagement from our faculty," Benjamin says.
A World War I poster exhibition is on display through October in the Nearburg Gallery in the Black Family Visual Arts Center. All events in the centennial series are free and open to the public.
On Friday, Oct. 27, "The Year that Shook the Arts—Literature and Cinema in the Russian Revolution," will feature students from the Russian department reading from a collection of Russian poems from 1917. Boris Dralyuk, executive editor of The Los Angeles Review of Books and translator of the collection, will discuss the work. Michele Leigh, assistant professor of film and media history at Southern Illinois University, will discuss cinema and revolutionary aesthetics. The event runs from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Loew Auditorium in the visual arts building.
On Nov. 6, historian Timothy Snyder will deliver the Mary and Peter R. Dallman 1951 Great Issues Lecture on "Origins of Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America." Snyder, who serves with Benjamin on the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., is the author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, and Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning. His latest book, On Tyranny, started as a Facebook post that quickly went viral. His lessons for confronting tyranny today include "Be kind to our language," "Believe in truth," and "Make eye contact and small talk." Snyder will speak from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Filene Auditorium at Moore Hall.
We're seeing pretty dramatic events that affect our societies and states, so it's all the more appropriate to consider how the past paved the way for the present, and also what the parallels are between 1917 and today.


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Q: windows 10 iot raspberry pi 3 wifi hotspot I am trying to make my RPi 3 an AP using Windows 10 IoT core. RPi is connected with internet through Ethernet port and I want to make RPi 3 builtin WiFi to share internet with other devices. I have read documentation page but it is not working for me. I have tried with Windows IoT Onboarding and from PowerShell also. After selecting adapters from IoR Onboarding, clicked on start sharing service and a message appears which says "internet conncetion sharing has started" but I can't find network on other devices.

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After selecting adapters from IoR Onboarding, clicked on start sharing
  service and a message appears which says "internet conncetion sharing
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You could open Windows Device Portal and set your raspberry pi3 as the following instruction. Before doing this you would connect your raspberry pi3 with WLAN.

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*Select IoT Onboarding option on the left of the page. Then an Adapter configuration must be chosen. You could choose Access point adapter Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2 and choose Shared network adapter LAN9512/LAN9514 USB 2.0 to Ethernet 10/100 Adapter.

*Then clicked on start sharing service. You could see the message appears which says "internet conncetion sharing has started".

*At last make sure select enable in radio box and click on save button under the SoftAP settings. There is a message says reboot your raspberry pi3 for changes to take effect the SoftAP settings. Please click yes and your raspberry pi3 will be restarted.

*After your raspberry pi3 is started you could connect your devices like PC or mobile phone on the SoftAP which is on raspberry pi3.

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But rather than tightening its parameters on illegal or offensive content, Facebook announced last week it is relaxing its standards on explicit posts, so long as the post has some news or public interest value.
In the weeks ahead, we're going to begin allowing more items that people find newsworthy, significant, or important to the public interest -- even if they might otherwise violate our standards. We will work with our community and partners to explore exactly how to do this, both through new tools and approaches to enforcement. Our intent is to allow more images and stories without posing safety risks or showing graphic images to minors and others who do not want to see them.
Facebook didn't cite any particular posts that sparked the change in course, but the Atlantic noted two recent cases of content being pulled: one was a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of victims of a napalm attack during the Vietnam War, the other a breast cancer awareness campaign ad.
If you're wondering whether a particular post is permitted under the new rules, you can check out Facebook's Community Standards page. In the meantime, you still might want to stick to photos that prove to friends and family how great your life is, and be prepared to come across some potentially offensive content.


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The Very Best of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, From 'Minari' to 'Dick Johnson Is Dead'
MUST-SEE MOVIES
The Coens. Linklater. Tarantino. Soderbergh. Coogler. DuVernay. What do they all have in common? They broke out at Sundance. Here are the breakouts of this year's festival.
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Kevin Fallon
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Updated Feb. 03, 2020 12:38PM ET / Published Feb. 02, 2020 5:03AM ET
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos Courtesy Sundance
BEST MOVIE: Minari
There were a handful of strong, respectfully received films at this year's Sundance Film Festival: Eliza Hittman's quietly devastating Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the exquisitely acted The Father, the audacious and divisive Promising Young Woman and Black Bear, or the manic rom-com Palm Springs, which sold for $17,500,000.69 (a Sundance record by 69 cents). But it's Lee Isaac Chung's semi-autobiographical Minari, about a Korean immigrant family struggling to realize the American dream in Reagan-era Arkansas, that catapulted itself to the forefront of Park City buzz. It's the kind of film movie lovers flock to the festival to experience, something that feels truly special and transformative. Starring Steven Yeun as a father who moves his family to the South so that he can start a farm and quit the taxing, low-paying work at a chicken hatchery, Minari is largely told through the eyes of 7-year-old David (an all-time great child performance from Alan Kim), as he watches his family navigate the tension between their American and Korean identities as he forms one himself. It's a delicate story about determination and the precariousness of love and duty, told with humor and a heartfelt dignity. — Kevin Fallon
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Dick Johnson Is Dead
Not to be confused with last year's Sundance entry The Death of Dick Long, this heartstring-tugging documentary is the latest from filmmaker Kirsten Johnson, who shot the Oscar-winning Citizenfour and helmed Cameraperson, a tribute to her career behind the camera. Like the latter, she's turned the camera onto herself here—or rather her father, the titular Dick Johnson, a wonder of a man whose abiding love for his daughter colors every frame. The two have agreed to embark on a special tribute to Dick as he slowly loses himself to dementia: a magical-realist fantasia awash in hilarious stunt-"deaths," visions of heaven, and a premature funeral. It's a wonder to behold—a celebration of a lovely man and the joys of living. — Marlow Stern
BEST ACTRESS: Elisabeth Moss, Shirley
Though Taylour Paige delivers a confident, winning turn as the in-over-her-head stripper in the Florida nightmare Zola (based on the viral internet thread), it's the inimitable Elisabeth Moss—who gave the very best film performance of 2019 in Her Smell—who shines once more. Her Shirley Jackson, the late, great horror-mystery writer, is a font of genius and hostility; a troll of the highest order who preys on your wildest insecurities. But she's also a tragic figure of sorts—a bedridden agoraphobe whose two-timing prick of a professor-husband (Michael Stuhlbarg) has gaslit her into another dimension. It recalls The Yellow Wallpaper, with Moss assuming the role of the infantilized woman, lashing about in the abyss. — Marlow Stern
BEST ACTOR: Anthony Hopkins, The Father
The Father is a brutal movie to watch. Anthony Hopkins plays Anthony, a man whose mind and memory is slipping as he struggles with dementia. As his daughter (Olivia Colman, in an affecting, tender performance) grapples with the reality that she may no longer be able to care for him on her own, the film becomes an aching portrait of loss of all kinds: memory, relationships, time. But it's a sensational performance from Hopkins, both towering and brittle—and maybe his best work since Amistad—that grounds a narrative in which being unmoored is entirely the point. You never quite know what's real, what's misremembered, and what's an amalgamation of both, a state of disorientation for the viewer but of panic and horror for Anthony, who is flailing for a grip on the truth and, with it, his life. Hopkins delivers astonishing, layered work, a sledgehammer of a performance. — Kevin Fallon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Yuh-Jung Youn is the beating heart of Minari. She plays young David's grandmother, Soonja, who is sent for from Korea to help care for David and his sister—and to appease Monica (Yeri Han), whose frustration with her husband and his farming pipe dream is fiery enough that the kids are starting to worry if their parents will make it. David, who is meeting her for the first time, initially is annoyed by and outwardly doesn't like her, as she's not enough like what he thinks a grandmother should be by American standards. She doesn't even bake cookies! But Soonja meets this culture clash with steely humor, and as their bond grows so, too, does the emotional core of the film. Youn crafts a woman whose interactions are lighthearted, but for whom the weight of a life long- and hard-lived is evident with every breath. — Kevin Fallon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Kim, Minari
"Never work with animals or children," muttered the writer and actor W.C. Fields. Well, the ol' curmudgeon never had the pleasure of attending the Sundance Film Festival, a veritable smorgasbord of unforgettable child performances. Who can forget Quvenzhané Wallis' heroic Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild, Abigail Breslin's dreamer in Little Miss Sunshine, or Elsie Fisher's aching adolescent in Eighth Grade? Well, you can add Alan Kim's name to the list. If Yuh-Jung Youn's grandmother is the beating heart of Minari, his David is its gentle soul, compelling laughter one moment (e.g. when he serves his grandma a cup of pee), and pathos the next (his struggle to run, due to the small hole in his heart). And, I mean, the kid is just ridiculously cute, kickin' about his Korean-immigrant family's Oklahoma farm in lil' cowboy boots. You grow to love David over the course of Minari, becoming as fiercely protective of him as his own (onscreen) parents. — Marlow Stern
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Q: javascript active class on page load menu bar I have build a admin panel using Laravel ..Where I have side bar having multiple menus..
The problem I'm facing is whenever i click on one of the menu's I want to active that class But it couldn't keep that active.
Here is the code of my sidebar

  Members

Create Member

Member List

  Payroll

Create Monthly Payroll

Unapproved Monthly Payroll (Management)

Unapproved Monthly Payroll (Employee)

Print Employee Account

  Report

Search Manager Report

Search Employee Report

Salary Sheet

  Password Update

And the javascript I've used to make the url as active.

Can anyone suggest what's the Error here please?

A: You can do this in an easy way :
Add @yield in every menu in following way:

Create Member

For Main menu and sub menu try this :

  Members

Create Member

Then add this in every page after extending master template (@extends('layouts.master')) when you load
@section('menu_member','active')  // For main menu

@section('menu_create_member','active') // For sub menu

And then automatically active current menu

A: Like this.use $.To load jquery.Or you can also use $(document).ready(function(){});

$(function() {
    var nav = document.getElementById('sidebar'),
        anchor = nav.getElementsByTagName('a'),
        current = window.location.pathname.split('/')[1];
        for (var i = 0; i < anchor.length; i++) {
        if(anchor[i].href == current) {
            anchor[i].className = "active";
        }
    }
});

  Members

Create Member

Member List

  Payroll

Create Monthly Payroll

Unapproved Monthly Payroll (Management)

Unapproved Monthly Payroll (Employee)

Print Employee Account

  Report

Search Manager Report

Search Employee Report

Salary Sheet

  Password Update

A: By wrapping your code inside parentheses you are not calling the function inside.
(function() {
    var nav = document.getElementById('sidebar'),
        anchor = nav.getElementsByTagName('a'),
        current = window.location.pathname.split('/')[1];

    for (var i = 0; i < anchor.length; i++) {
        if(anchor[i].href == current) {
            anchor[i].className = "active";
            break;
        }
    }
}) (); // Add 2 parentheses to call the anonymous function

PS.
I also added a break inside the for loop, since i guess you only need to make one link active per page


After more than 50 years in business, we've been asked just about everything imaginable. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions.
Q. Who are the counselors and how old are they?
A. Our summer camp counselors are some of our Outdoor Education instructors, college age students, former campers, and junior level ranch hands in training. Our counselors' ages range from 15 to 25.
Q. Where do the kids sleep?
A. They sleep in large carpeted dormitories.
Q. Camper to staff ratio?
Q. If a camper is staying more than one week do we have to pay for Saturday night?
A. No, Saturday night is a free-bee and a lot of fun!
Q. Is there a discount for more than 1 child?
A. Families paying for 3 or more weeks receive a $25 discount per week.
A. We have been a member of the Certified Horsemanship Association for over 40 years. They specialize in horse camp safety. We are also approved by many, many Girl Scout councils for their troop outings AND over 40 years experience in the summer camp business should leave you feeling confident that we have a safe, fun camp.
Q. How is spending money handled?
A. We set up a bank account system for the kids. All they need is their name tag (and a smile) and they can check out their money at the candy counter. We can even put a limit on how much they are able to spend each day.
Q. Can friends be in the same activity group?
A. Yes, but they must be the same age or very close. We don't allow 8 year old dudes in with the 12 year old dudes. It's not fair to either one.
Q. What about children on medication?
A. On check-in day, there will be a medication table. Make sure all medication is labeled and turned in. We will make sure your child gets his or her meds according to your directions.
Q. Can we come see the camp?
A. YES! We encourage you to see the facilities and meet some of our staff before their camp dates. The ranch is hardly ever closed between the hours of 7 am and 5 pm.
Q. How do you handle homesickness?
A. Keeping kids busy is a major deterant to homesickness. There is an activity scheduled every hour of the day (except for meal times) from 8:00 am until 9:00 or 10:00 depending on bedtime. Counselors and other campers work together in an effort to let the homesick camper know that camp wouldn't be the same without them. We rarely have anyone go home because of homesickness - there's too much to do.
Q. Have you had many injuries and how serious?
A. Of course we have had injuries over the past 50 years, but very few serious injuries.
Q. Is there a nurse on duty and how do you handle injuries?
A. No, we do not have a registered nurse on duty. Most of our staff is Red Cross certified and at the beginning of camp each year we review. On each activity, a counselor carries a first aid fanny pack with them. We are very safety conscience.
Q. Do you provide helmets?
A. Yes, we have helmets for our guests to use. Helmets are shared with other guests. If you want to bring a shower cap, bandana or baseball cap to wear under your riding helmet that's fine with us.
Q. Can you bring your own helmet?
A. Yes, BUT it must be a certified horseback riding helmet - bicycle helmets are NOT allowed.
Q. Do you have handicapped accessible dorms?
Q. Girl Scouts - How many adults per girl?
A. If you are with the Girl Scouts, you need to follow their rules. They have proven to be sound rules.
Q. Will we miss supper if we check in later?
A. Friday night check in is usually between 5 pm and 7 pm. If you need to arrive later and still would like supper, let us know.
Q. Do the adults pay the same?
A. Yes, all of our activities are offered to the adults too.
Q. What time is departure on Sunday?
A. Our activities are over at noon, 12:30 at the latest.
If you have questions that have not been answered here, please email or call us directly and we would be happy to help.


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Nature volume 75, pages351–352(1907)Cite this article
(1) THE greater part of the first report is occupied with an elaborate memoir by Drs. Thomas and Breinl on trypanosomes, trypanosomiasis, and sleeping sickness. It comprises a description of cases of sleeping sickness, a full account of inoculation experiments with the Trypnosoma gambiense, from which the conclusion is formulated that the trypanosomes of sleeping sickness of Uganda and of the Congo Free State and of trypanosomiasis are identical, together with an account of the pathological anatomy and histology of trypanosomiasis, the action of various drugs on trypanosomes, and experiments with the trypanosomes of surra, mal de caderas, dourine, &c.
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Watch: Bibi Reveals Things About Himself That You Never Knew
by Phil Schneider January 15, 2023
written by Phil Schneider January 15, 2023 3324 views
Benjamin Netanyahu is the most successful Prime Minister Israel has seen in the last few decades. He jumped into politics when he was around 30 years old, and has seen a meteoric rise towards his election as Prime Minister in his mid 40's. He has served longer than any other sitting Prime Minister, including David Ben-Gurion.
In the mid 80's, when Menachem Begin stepped down from power, Yitzhak Shamir took over the job as Prime Minister of Israel. Shamir served for several terms and was not known for his speaking skills, especially in English. That opened up a major opening for young and eloquent English speakers to represent Israel. Enter the young Benjamin Netanyahu. He was not only eloquent. He was able to speak about nearly everything with an enormous understanding of Israel's place in history and the need for Israel to take care of its security needs – first and foremost.
Following a stint as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Netanyahu served as the Assistant Foreign Minister to Moshe Arens. The Madrid conference was one of the first international conferences where Benajmin Netanyahu was the major spokesman for the State of Israel. Although not much came of that conference, it established Netanayhu's credentials among many followers of the State of Israel.
When it comes to politics, Netanyahu is a poker player that is second to none. Actually, one of the main points of criticism leveled against him is that he does not allow anyone to gain too much power. Before they become too powerful, he kneecaps them and retains his hold on the leadership.
But time and again, no leader is able to garner as much support in national elections as Benjamin Netanyahu. He is a young 72-year-old and seems primed to lead Israel for many years to come.
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Meredith Beats Analyst Estimates on EPS
Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool, AOL.com
Jul 31st 2013 9:08PM
Meredith (NYS: MDP) reported earnings on July 25. Here are the numbers you need to know.
The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended June 30 (Q4), Meredith met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.
Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue grew. GAAP earnings per share grew.
Margins grew across the board.
Revenue details
Meredith booked revenue of $387.0 million. The five analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected to see revenue of $384.1 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 3.3% higher than the prior-year quarter's $374.5 million.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.
EPS details
EPS came in at $0.75. The six earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ averaged $0.72 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.75 for Q4 were 12% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.67 per share.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.
Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 62.6%, 150 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 15.0%, 40 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 8.7%, 70 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $355.5 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.50.
Next year's average estimate for revenue is $1.48 billion. The average EPS estimate is $2.79.
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WASHINGTON, DC - After the Trump Administration signaled it will fail to impose enforceable federal drinking water limits on two toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other health and environmental threats, a bipartisan group of 20 U.S. Senators, including U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action.
In an effort to protect public health, the Senators sent a letter urging the federal agency to develop federal drinking water standards for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) – substances in a group known as PFAS -- as part of EPA's national management plan for this class of chemicals.
Elevated levels of PFAS, a class of man-made chemicals that have been manufactured since the 1950s and are often found in non-stick, waterproof, and stain resistant products, may be contaminating drinking water in 33 states nationwide, including Rhode Island. PFAS have been linked to a variety of cancers, weakened immunity, and other serious health problems.
The letter also requests that the EPA provide briefings on the agency's efforts on this issue, as well as regular updates on the progress of those efforts.
The Senators' letter comes in response to a report that the EPA's Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler has signed off on a national management plan that would leave PFAS unregulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
In 2017, Reed helped secure a five-year, $8 million federal grant to enable the University of Rhode Island (URI) to establish a research center on chemical pollutants in drinking water to test for PFAS in private wells and better understand how the chemicals contaminate groundwater, the food chain and, ultimately, humans. Reed, who also serves on the Armed Services Committee, helped include a provision in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring a study on the health implications of PFAS in drinking water, as well as a $10 million authorization in the Fiscal Year 2019 NDAA to study the potential health impact of emerging contaminants in water supplies.
In addition to Reed, the bipartisan letter was also signed by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Tom Carper (D-DE), Tom Udall (D-NM), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Thom Tillis (R-NC).
We write to you regarding recent media reports citing that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not intend to establish enforceable drinking water standards for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as part of the agency's national management plan for this class of chemicals. If this is accurate, EPA's inaction would be a major setback to states and affected communities. Therefore, we urge you to develop enforceable federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS as well as institute immediate actions to protect the public from contamination from additional per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
As you are aware, PFAS chemicals have emerged as a widespread contaminant in drinking water sources in several communities across the nation. While the risks associated with PFAS exposure are still being uncovered, studies have linked these unregulated emerging contaminants to a number of adverse health effects. On May 19, 2016, the EPA established lifetime health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS. These health advisories, however, are non-enforceable and deprive states of much-needed federal guidance on how to determine and implement effective drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS chemicals.
In the absence of federal standards, states have been forced to create their own drinking water regulations for PFAS. This uncoordinated process has led to a patchwork of conflicting drinking water standards and guidelines in nine states with widely varying maximum contaminant levels. Moreover, the varying levels of standards have caused confusion among regulated entities and affected communities who wonder if their regulations are sufficient.
Federal safe drinking water standards are critical to addressing public concerns and allow for states to focus their efforts and limited resources on implementation and compliance assurance. Without enforceable drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, it is doubtful that a national management strategy will sufficiently confront the challenges PFAS chemicals pose to states and affected communities. This decision would also fail to consider ongoing interagency efforts to determine the human health implications of contamination from PFAS, including the nationwide study being conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. We urge you to ensure that EPA's National PFAS Management Plan includes a commitment to develop federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act. We also request that EPA provide briefings to our offices on the agency's efforts on this issue, as well as regular updates on the progress of those efforts.
Safe drinking water is essential to the health and well-being of every American. And while our nation's water quality is among the highest in the world, we now face a serious challenge: aggressively addressing the health and environmental threats connected with PFAS. We believe it is imperative that the EPA show leadership and help protect American families from these harmful materials. We thank you for your attention to this important matter and look forward to your timely response.


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Q: app engine datastore auto-clears every time project runs Every time I run my project (eith dev_appserver.py myapp or manage.py runserver in django), the datastore will be cleared. I have persisted the data by model.put() or model.save() in django. In the current session, I can see the data in the admin page, but next time I run the project, all previous datastore is lost.
I know app engine has the --clear_datastore run condition, but i dont't want this feature.
By the way, where is there a local datastore file?

A: you can use the --datastore_path=/datastore/path/dev_appserver.datastore parameter with dev_appserver.py
--blobstore_path=/path/to/blobstore/folder is an option too.

A: in fact the --datastore_path= is not the best flag to use because it only sets part of the storage options
The best IMHO is:
--storage_path=...
Path at which all local files (such as the Datastore, Blobstore files, Google Cloud Storage Files, logs, etc) will be stored, unless overridden by --datastore_path, --blobstore_path, --logs_path, etc.
found at https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/devserver?csw=1


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Q: Silly question about elementary notions of Gravity and Electricity Consider then a book at rest in outer space. Obviously the book has a quantity of Mass and is Neutral with respect of Electric charge.So,Newtonian Gravity says that this very book generates a field called Gravitational field, or the Gravitational Mass (Gravitational Charge) generates Gravity.
Suppose now that this book "earn" some Electric charge. So, again, this book generates a field called Electric field, or the Electric charge generates Electricity.

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*Is it correct what I said about the concept of charge (of gravity and electricity)?

*A electron generates gravitational field?


Have you ever noticed that our babies usually cry when they listen to the crying of another baby? It can't be just a pure reaction to noise, but it's a sensation.
Let's think about the adults. When someone in front of us is unhappy or frustrated or upset; we also start feeling the same way.
However, being able to "notice and absorb" another person's feelings doesn't inevitably reach to caring behavior. Empathy is learned.
"Our son, Aaron, was 16 months old when we took him to our relative's place. They have a kid, Ethan, of the same age. As they were enjoying each other's company and playing together, both boys suddenly stood in front of the same toy. I thought of it to be natural initially, but after some time everyone noticed the screams coming from a playroom. Both the kids were actually fighting to keep that toy. That situation was so embarrassing", Jennifer was telling her story with teary eyes.
This incident is not a new one. In fact, all of us must be prepared to face this situation ones in life.
We frequently spend the toddler years with stubborn statements of "Mine!" and "Me!" But below to that is a growing realization that other people also have the feelings.
Kids assuredly learn about humanity and empathy from getting it and from observing other people doing it, but that is usually not sufficient.
Below given are few methods to grow a caring and compassionate child.
Even the talkative kids may not have the correct words to explain some of the roaring emotions they meet. We must try to bring up emotions and feelings in regular conversations with kids so that they get to know the appropriate words.
These exchanges during communication might help reinforce James's developing awareness of others' emotions and feelings, and make him familiar with the words to explain them.
Our kids love the spotlight, therefore try to make kids the center of their lesson.
I usually pull out an old photo album or video just to point the pictures or clips of my son. I reveal his feelings in words like you looking happy in this photo, you used to be calm at the time I shoot this video, or why are you looking so cranky in this picture?
I do nothing other than labelling his feelings. It is the best way to improve my kid's vocabulary and to develop a caring personality in him.
Our kids develop empathy when they watch us interacting with other people. Thus, we must try to be as humble as possible in front of our kids.
The way we communicate with others, the words and tone we use while speaking; kids absorb everything.
We must use every single opportunity to show sympathy and compassion.
If we carefully look at it, we notice that toddlerhood is perhaps the first time in our kid's life that her/his wishes and ours are not eternally in sync.
When our children are babies, we feed them when they are hungry. But now, if they are hungry and want to eat only a big piece of that particular cake—we might not allow them.
Many parents find it difficult to handle this situation, but I see an opportunity in it.
It is a perfect time to teach our kid about the variations. We can tell them how different people could have different views, thoughts, and opinions. Similarly, emotions and feelings could vary from person to person.
These three methods are so useful and curated from my personal experience. If you follow any other strategy to grow a kid who actually cares about others, then please use the comment box to share with us those strategies.