Societe Generale's China economist Wei Yao said recently, "Chinese banks are looking down the barrel of a staggering $1.7 trillion — worth of losses". Hyaman Capital's Kyle Bass calls China a "$34 trillion experiment" which is "exploding", where Chinese bank losses "could exceed 400% of the U.S. banking losses incurred during the subprime crisis".
In literally a "WTF Chart of the Day" on September 11, 2017, it was reported that the central bank of Japan now holds 75% of all ETFs. No, not 'owns units in three out of four ETFs' — the Bank of Japan now owns three quarters of all assets by market value in all Japanese exchange traded funds.
Market turnover on the three Chinese exchanges jumped from a daily average of about $78 billion in February to a peak of $261 billion on April 22, 2016 — exceeding the GDP of Ireland. By comparison, Nasdaq's daily turnover peaked in early 2000 at $150 billion.
Unless the government steps in, it's increasingly more likely that the project will go the way of the Wiggins Island coal export terminal, the fraught development originally conceived by Glencore and seven other project partners in 2008, at the literal top of the market for coal. Since conception, three of the project's original proponents — Caledon Coal, Bandanna Energy and Cockatoo Coal — have gone into administration. Only one of the project's three stages has been completed, at twice the estimated cost. The five remaining take-or-pay owners have been left with more than US$4 billion in debt to repay and hope is fading on any any chance of refinancing before it all falls due.
Already at the time of the GFC, Australian households were at 160% debt to net disposable income, 30% more indebted than American households at their peak, but then things really went crazy.
I am not sure who is getting the last laugh here, because as we subsequently found out, many of those Chinese borrowed the money to buy these houses from Australian banks, using fake statements of foreign income. Indeed, according to the AFR, this was not sophisticated documentation — Australian banks were being tricked with photoshopped bank statements that can be bought online for as little as $20.
Indeed Digital Finance Analytics estimated in a October 2017 report that 910,000 households are now estimated to be in mortgage stress where net income does not covering ongoing costs. This has skyrocketed up 50% in less than a year and now represents 29.2% of all households with mortgages in Australia (or 9% of all households). Things are about to get real.
The government loves Australians buying up houses, particularly new apartments, because in the short term it stimulates growth — in fact it's the only thing really stimulating GDP growth.
At Fairfax — whose latest half year 2017 financial results had Domain Group EBITDA at $57.3 million and the entire Australian Metro Media which includes Australia's premier mastheads Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, Digital Ventures, Life and Events EBITDA at $27.7 million — property is clearly the most important section of all.
In between holding up this 26 year old train driving property tycoon as something to aspire to, Jennifer has penned other noteworthy articles, such as "No surprise the young support lock-out laws" which parroted incredulous propaganda claiming that young people supported laws designed to shut down places where young people go — Sydney's major entertainment districts.
As if the Australian economy needed further headwinds, the developer-enamoured evangelical right have crucified NSW's night time economy. Reactionary puritans and opportunists alike seized on some unfortunate incidents involving violence to simply close the economy at night. NSW State Government, City of Sydney, Casinos, NSW Police, public health nannies, property-crazy media and, of course, property developers had the collective interest to manufacture and blow up a fake health & safety issue to create lockout laws — and then instituted broad night time economic terraforming policies designed to herd patrons to large casinos so they could become permanent monopoly owners of the night time economy in Sydney and Brisbane, while conveniently damaging the balance sheets of small businesses located in competing entertainment areas, so the property could be demolished and turned into apartment blocks.
Property watching at Fairfax has become a fetish. Almost on a daily basis Lucy Macken, Domain's Prestige Property Reporter, publishes a gossip column of who bought what house, complete with the full address and photos of the exterior and interior and any financial information she can glean about them. I know of one person whose house was robbed — completely cleaned out — shortly after Macken published their full address. Perhaps that was a coincidence, but I am utterly amazed that Fairfax senior management allows this column to exist given the risks it poses to the people whose houses and private details are splashed across its pages.
Fairfax, to be fair, is not without its fair share of great journalists, albeit a species rapidly becoming extinct, who are very well aware of what is really going on. Elizabeth Farrelly writes, "Just when you thought the government couldn't get any madder or badder in its overarching Mission Destroy Sydney — when it seemed to have flogged every floggable asset, breached every democratic principle, whittled every beloved park, disempowered every significant municipality and betrayed every promise of decency, implicit or explicit — it now wants to remove council planning powers. The excuse, naturally, is 'probity'. Somehow we're meant to believe that locally elected people are inherently more corrupt than those elected at state level, and that this puts local decision-making into the greedy mitts of Big Developers".
Even more shocking, in the month of January 2017, the number of first home buyers in the whole of New South Wales was 1,029 — the lowest level since mortgage rates peaked in the 1990s. Half of those first home buyers rely upon their parents for equity.
This whole process doesn't seem too hard when you take a look at what is on offer. While the federal government recently removed around 200 occupations from the Skilled Occupations List, including such gems as Amusement Centre Manager (149111), Betting Agency Manager (142113), Goat Farmer (121315), Dog or Horse Racing Official (452318), Pottery or Ceramic Artist (211412) and Parole Officer (411714) — you can still immigrate to Australia as a Naturopath (252213), Baker (351111), Cook (351411), Librarian (224611) or Dietician (251111).
While some of these students are studying technical degrees that are vitally needed to power the future of the economy, a cynic would say that the majority of this program is designed as a crutch to prop up housing prices and government revenue from taxation in a flagging economy. After all, it doesn't look that hard to borrow 90% of a property's value from Australian lenders on a 457 visa. Quoting directly from one mortgage lender, "you're likely to be approved if you have at least a year on your visa, most of your savings already in Australia and you have a stable job in sought after profession" — presumably as sought after as an Amusement Centre Manager. How much the banks will be left to carry when the market turns and these students flee the burden of negative equity is anyone's guess.
Foreign investment across all countries into real estate as a whole was the largest sector for foreign investment approval at $112 billion, accounting for around 50% of all FIRB approvals by value and 97% by count across all sectors — agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, tourism — you name it in 2015–16.
If you look at businesses as a whole, Company tax hasn't moved from $68 billion in the last three years — our companies are not making more profits. This country is sick.
As a sign of how addicted to taxing you the government has become, look at the myriad of taxes on cars — high import duties, stamp duty and a luxury car tax — these were designed to protect a car manufacturing industry which doesn't exist anymore. Yet the government is still increasing them. We closed the last factory this year. These taxes are not only blatant cash grabs but serve to stifle the deployment of electric cars, which have hit a dead end in Australia. Likewise, the taxes on textile and footwear imports were originally designed to protect our textiles, an industry that has now collapsed and that lost 30% of its manufacturing workers this year.
How they think they can raise $15 billion in taxes per year on cigarettes — a product that costs a cent per stick to make and will retail for almost $2 a stick in 2020 — without creating a thriving black market, another Pablo Escobar and throwing hundreds, perhaps thousands of people in jail, who will decide unwisely to participate in that black market, astounds me. But that's how the government decides to plug the hole in its accounts instead of cutting spending.
Here's a crazy idea: the dominant government revenue line is income tax. Income tax is generated from wages. Education has always been the lubricant of upward mobility, so perhaps if we find ways to encourage our citizens to study in the right areas — for example science & engineering — then maybe they might get better jobs or create better jobs and ultimately earn higher wages and pay more tax.
We should be encouraging more people into engineering, not discouraging them by making their degrees ridiculously expensive. In my books, the expected net present value of future income tax receipts alone from that person pursuing a career in technology would far outweigh the short sighted sugar hit from making such a degree more costly — let alone the expected net present value of wealth creation if that person decides to start a company. The technology industry is inherently entrepreneurial, because technology companies create new products and services.
For a start, we need to elaborately transform the commodities we produce into higher end, higher margin products. Manufacturing contributes 5% to GDP. In the last ten years, we have lost 100,000 jobs in manufacturing. Part of the problem is that the manufacturing we do has largely become commoditised while our labour force remains one of the most expensive in the world. This cost is further exacerbated by our trade unions — in the case of the car industry, the government had to subsidise the cost of union work practices, which ultimately failed to keep the industry alive. So if our people are going to cost a lot, we better be manufacturing high end products or using advanced manufacturing techniques otherwise other countries will do it cheaper and naturally it's all going to leave.
I recently heard a speech by the Chief Scientist of Australia where he held up a smashed avocado on toast as a prime example of Australian innovation. Yes, smashed avocado on toast. I am not sure which Australian company has the patent on smashed avocados on toast — it's too surreal to even think about.
A semiconductor fabrication plant on the other hand, makes automation of the mine possible. It powers the robotics, the AI and the software — not just for the iron ore mine, but factories and businesses all over the world. It's the real productivity and wealth multiplier. It's a long term sustainable, competitive advantage. Smart and efficient resource extraction is just an application of this technology.
We live in a monumental time in history where technology is remapping and reshaping industry after industry — as Marc Andreessen said "Software is eating the world!" — many people would be well aware we are in a technology gold rush.
I've come to the conclusion that it's actually all too hard to fix — and I came to this conclusion a while ago as I was writing some suggestions for the incoming Prime Minister on technology policy. I had a good think about why we are fundamentally held back in Australia from major structural change to our economy to drive innovation.
In Australia, the average person in the street might think that the way that you get into the Prime Minister's office is by being elected by the people. Since 1966, this has only been true about a third of the time.
In fact, of the 15 Prime Ministers since Menzies, only five have come into the office via being elected by the people from opposition. Yes, only five since 1966. They were Gough Whitlam in 1972, Bob Hawke in 1983, John Howard in 1996, Kevin Rudd in 2007 and Tony Abbott in 2013.
Now how the sixteenth Prime Minister will pick their team is completely crazy. The problem is section 64 of the Constitution. This is the part that says that federal Ministers — members of the executive — must sit in Parliament. This is nuts.
A little while ago I was sent an essay by Paul Graham of YCombinator, the greatest technology incubator in the world entitled "How to make Pittsburgh into a Startup Hub". The main thesis of this essay was to make it somewhere that 25–29 year olds want to live — build restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs- places that young people want to be.
"It's not just that they are being paid well, it's that it's a backwater and they consider it as two moves — they have to move once to get over there but more importantly when they finish they have to move back and it's hard from them to break back in being out of the action.


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Poster Series 2016: Designers Go Rogue
By Emily Zalla
Hyperquake has been through some changes over the last few years—new faces, a full rebrand, a new website, and growth of our leadership. But throughout the many shifts, we've stayed grounded by our core values.These words have stayed the same for many years, and each fresh face that walks in our door brings new meaning to the phrases. Even after 30 years, we are still guided and driven by our ability to shift, incite passion, be real, and respect.
Toward the end of 2016, our design team wanted to do something different to celebrate the end of the year, and to thank our Creative Director and Design Director for another year of good times and good work at Hyperquake.
Our team of 6 designers created a poster series in our spare time, each of us designing around a single core value. The only parameters we set were these: (1) Your word/phrase must appear on the poster. (2) Choose from one of three papers (French Brown Box, Whip Cream and Black Licorice). (3) Use only three ink colors (black, white and metallic gold). Beyond those parameters, we were free to explore any method of image-making we wanted.
"Simplify" by senior designer Chris Mock & "Incite Passion" by designer Andria Mierzwiak
"Evolve or Fade Away" by designer Emily Zalla & "Be Real" by designer Sarah Faulkner
"Do Good" by design intern Kaitlyn Eleniak & "Shift" by senior designer Dustin Blankenship
The project was a reminder of the diverse talent and style of our team. We had a poster design built entirely with the Illustrator pen tool in one line weight; another collaged from vintage textbooks; one drawn in Sharpie; another 3D-modeled in Blender; one made up of halftoned portraits; and another comprised of custom lettering. They go together, somehow, but they certainly don't match. It's a hanging reminder of how lucky we are to learn from each other's expertise and passions.
Thanks to the generosity of DIY Printing's open studio, and the expertise of a couple of our team members who screenprint there regularly, each designer was able to print his or her own poster by hand. We had plenty of failed test prints—and actually, some of those looked cooler than the perfect prints—but after 8 sessions of nighttime printing, we had the complete set. Stop by the agency to see it in person!
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Changes in cell membrane morphology of colon cancer cells (HCT116) after treatment with azurin derived hexapeptide 4 by AFM and STEM.
A6-amino acid peptide fragment of the azurin molecule was observed to act on HCT116 cancerous cells and cell death was brought by apoptosis in vitro. Integrity of the cell membrane is an indispensable prerequisite for preserving the biological characteristics of a cell. In this study, changes in the morphology and ultrastructure of HCT116 (human colon carcinoma) was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Transmissiom Electron Microscope (STEM) before and after treatment with the azurin derived hexapeptide. In response to hexapeptide addition, the microstructure of the cell membrane of HCT116 cell displayed changes. With increase in reaction time, the degree of morphological changes on the surface of cell membrane increased. These changes included increase in the fluctuation of the surface components of the cell membrane, and roughness of cell. Cell viability was done by MTT assay. Analysis of the cell membrane root-mean-square (RMS) roughness showed that under the action of hexa peptide, RMS values for the cell membranes of HCT 116 cell type increased with time thus positively correlating to the reaction time. This work is of high significance for the visual diagnosis of early stage of apoptosis in colon cancer cells in response to azurin derived hexapeptide, The use of AFM and STEM can be a rapid and sensitive visual method for studying the interaction between cells and drug.
Azurin derived hexa peptide, HCT116, human colon carcinoma, Atomic force microscope, STEM, interaction.


As evidenced by the firing of Hank Williams Jr from Monday Night Football and the unmitigated trampling of his First Amendment rights, it has become quite apparent that the NFL has moved dangerously far to the left. In the NFL, just as in our country, one can have his liberties forsaken only because he dares to disagree with the powers that be.
In that light, it is easy to see that we are on the verge of losing our football to un-American ideals. Therefore it is time to start a new football league, a football league for those of us that value the fundamental rights of our great, God-blessed nation–a Real American Football League.
We will make sure that all television partners show our National Anthem before each game.
Players will be eligible for the draft after graduating high school and before they have been indoctrinated by the liberal universities.
A team that scores a touchdown will retain possession of the ball. Why should we reward a team's failure by giving that team the ball? Possession of the ball must be earned, not simply given away out of some communist idea of "fairness." How is it fair to take the ball away from a successful team?
We do not need the approval of the liberal elites in New York or the "entertainment" moguls in Los Angeles for our league to survive. We will have teams only in hard-working, American cities from the real America. No Beltway insiders in Washington, D.C., no union-thugs/Obama-cronies in Chicago, no Ivy Leaguers in Boston, no "alternative-lifestyle" lovers in San Francisco needed, just real Americans like you and me.
This league will be about football, not politics. Therefore team nicknames will not be limited to meaningless, PC, liberal-approved words. All teams in the Real American Football leagues will be named after proud, noble American animals, and/or Indians.
No doubt bringing this idea to realization will be a long, treacherous journey (but so was Moses'). The NFL and MSM will ridicule and try to quash our ideas and our liberties. But we real Americans are strong. As we gain momentum, Americans will understand that our football is the true American sport and will abandon the National Football League for the promised land of Real American Football.
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Across Michigan trial courts are approaching how they sentence juvenile lifers who are eligible for resentencing hearings in different ways. Two areas of particular concern is how they sentence those who were previously sentenced for two counts of first-degree murder for premeditated murder and felony murder for the death of a single victim, and those who were previously sentenced for felony murder and the underlying felony (e.g., armed robbery, larceny, etc.).
Some courts are resentencing people for both of the murder charges and allowing the underlying felony sentence to remain the same. Some are dismissing one of the murder charges and allowing the underlying felony sentence to remain the same. And, others are resentencing for one of the murder charges as well as resentencing for the underlying felony.
Even judges from the same county are treating cases differently. The problem with all three scenarios is that they are all wrong.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ("MCOA") has ruled that sentences for both premeditated murder and felony murder which arise out of the death of a single victim, and sentences for both felony murder and the underlying felony (e.g., armed robbery, larceny, etc.), violate the double jeopardy protections of the United States and Michigan Constitution. They are plain-errors that seriously affected the fairness, integrity, and public reputation of judicial proceedings that resulted in incorrect judgments of sentence. According to the MCOA the proper remedy for these double jeopardy violations is for the trial court to do the following:
(1) Vacate the underlying felony which was used to elevate the murder charge to felony murder (e.g., armed robbery, larceny, etc.); and (2) Modify the judgment of conviction and sentence to specify that the person's conviction is for one count and one sentence of first-degree murder supported by two theories: premeditated murder and felony.
(People v. Gimotty, 216 Mich App 254, 259-260 (1996); and People v. Bigelow, 229 Mich App 218, 221-222 (1998) (special panel)). The following cases specifically apply to vacating armed robbery when it is the predicate felony to felony murder: People v. Jackson, 100 Mich App 146 (1980); People v. Harding, 443 Mich 693, 795 (1993); and People v. Carter, 1998 Mich App LEXIS 1698 (1998) (unpublished).
Rather than seek to be resentenced for underlying felony charges juvenile lifers being resentenced should only request resentencing for the felony murder charge and not the underlying felony. Instead of requesting resentencing for the underlying felony they should request that it be vacated because it is an unconstitutional sentence they should have never received from the onset according to the MCOA.
Trial courts cannot ignore unconstitutional double jeopardy sentences at resentencing hearings. Refusal to vacate the unlawful sentence will be viewed as an abuse of discretion resulting in reversible error if it becomes necessary for the MCOA to review the abdication of a sentencing court's responsibility. It would also result in additional court hearings, the wasteful use of time and resources, and unnecessary costs to taxpayers.
Over the past year approximately 100 juvenile lifers have been released and 45 have been safely paroled back to the community. They are being productive citizens, most are working, and none have violated the conditions of their parole. Their conduct reflects decades long established statistics that people originally sentenced to life without parole have a less than 1% rate of recidivating. The average term-of-year sentence they received when resentenced is 31 years in line with previous rulings made by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled six years ago that sentencing courts are required "to take into account how children are different, and how those differences counsel against irrevocably sentencing them to a lifetime in prison."
(Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 480 (2012)). The court went on state in a separate ruling two years ago that "the penological justifications for life without parole collapse in light of the distinctive attributes of youth" and that only persons who are "incapable of change" can be candidates for a life without parole sentence. (Montgomery v. Louisiana, 136 S Ct 718, 734 (2016)).
Two years ago the MCOA also stated that in sentencing a juvenile, a trial court must begin its analysis with the understanding that life without parole sentences are "unequivocally appropriate only in rare cases." They added, in implementing "stern rebuke of Miller [v. Alabama] and Montgomery [v. Louisiana], the sentencing court must operate under the notion that more likely than not, life without parole is not proportionate." (People v. Hyatt, 316 Mich App 368, 420 (2016)).
Over two-thirds of Michigan's juvenile lifers still await sentencing rehearings. Despite prosecutors' misguided efforts to seek life without parole sentences for the remaining juvenile lifers in defiance of the guidance provided by the U.S. Supreme Court sentencing courts will make the final determination what sentences are actually imposed. It is a very fluid situation right now but soon things will be accelerated with the anticipated ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court regarding whether a judge or jury gets to decide which prisoners can receive life without parole sentences. The court ruling is expected to be made before July.
Sentencing courts exercised the rule of law to sentence over 360 juveniles to death-by-incarceration sentences decades ago. It is now time that they enforce the rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court governing juvenile lifer resentencing hearings with the same vigor moving forward when revisiting these cases. They can acknowledge the stern rebuke of the nation's high court to do the right thing and simultaneously correct the double jeopardy issues which have compounded the miscarriages of justice that have occurred.
Unconstitutional sentences cannot be camouflaged to appear as anything other than they truly are: misapplications or violations of the law. They remain unconstitutional until they are remedied in full and brought in line with U.S. Supreme Court rulings and established law of this state. In the words of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Justice delayed is justice denied."
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Parents play an important role in fostering creativity in their children during childhood and beyond — and you can do this not only with offline play but also by encouraging the right online activities. Some of the world's leading researchers and educators have weighed in with their suggestions on how to encourage behavior that develops creativity. (Read Part 1 in this two-part series here.)
Discover the Magic of Fantasy
Fantasy is a prevalent part of childhood, from watching fantastical films to reading fantastical stories to pretending to be fantastical characters.
"Some adults might think that engaging in fantasy is a frivolous or even harmful activity for children's development, but recent research is starting to show that it has important links with children's cognitive development," says Oxford Brookes University principal lecturer Louise Bunce, PhD.
In one study, for example, children who naturally enjoyed engaging in more fantastical activities were found to produce more ideas when asked to name as many red things as possible, and they could act out more ways of moving across a room, such as dancing or cart-wheeling. According to Bunce, "This may be because engaging in fantasy and being creative both involve producing novel ideas that are not tied to reality."
Imagination also offers a path to help kids boost creativity for fun and to overcome challenges.
"As much as there is outside, I tell kids there's that much and more on the inside," says author Charlotte Reznick, PhD.
Reznick recommends breathing exercises that can help kids transport themselves to faraway lands, where they can ask for help with life's trials in creative ways.
"One shy girl received the gift of a speak-up necklace, while another fearful boy dreamed up a giant white dragon wrapped around his bed allowing him to drift off to sleep, and a teen imagined visiting the Hall of Knowledge to figure out the best way to write an innovative essay," Reznick says. "These simple tools are bound to inspire."
Wander and Wonder — in Real Life
As inspiring as the digital realm can be, there's little out there that can compete with the real world. Studies have shown that engaging with nature, taking a walk or riding a bicycle can encourage creative thinking.
"Find ways each day to allow your child to wander and wonder outdoors," says professor of psychology Dacher Keltner, PhD. "Build a history with favorite parks, places of nature or places in cities to go to and explore."
Rather than labeling and explaining everything, Keltner suggests asking questions that point to mysteries and encouraging children to interact with their environments using all five senses.
University of Arkansas assistant professor Darya L. Zabelina, PhD, agrees, highlighting outdoor activities and unstructured free time as essential tools that can help facilitate more creative thinking.
"Research shows that creative thinking activates the Default Mode Network, which is a set of brain regions that activate when we're internally focused," she explains. "When focused on the digital screen, we are by definition focused externally, thus decreasing the opportunity for us to engage in creative thinking."
A number of studies show that creative people are more open-minded, and that even perceptually, they have more broad attention, so engaging in activities that help to access that open-mindedness can facilitate creative thinking.
Focus on the Joy in the Journey
Creativity involves taking risks and making mistakes, which naturally can be anxiety-inducing. Neuroscientist, operatic soprano and University of San Francisco assistant professor Indre Viskontas, PhD, recommends helping kids learn to appreciate the process of creativity rather than letting them get hung up on outcomes.
"Studies show that external rewards — like gifts or candy — can dampen creativity by devaluing the process," Viskontas says. "If a kid thinks they're working at something just to get the reward, it's not as fun. But if the fun is the work itself, as is the case for so many creative tasks, then both effort and imagination flourish."
As author and University of Delaware professor Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD, puts it, "Creativity begins with experimentation."
What happens next is just as important, though. Generating new ideas is only the first step, and it's important for parents to encourage their children to find their creative voice and follow their vision.
"Whether in the arts (12 publishers rejected "Harry Potter") or science (ulcers are not caused by stress), creativity at this level requires perseverance and grit," Golinkoff says. "Creativity is not just for geniuses; it's something we use every day."
Make it a Family Affair
Creativity is contagious, and when children show a resistance to engaging in certain activities like schoolwork, it's up to parents to draw them in.
"This past week, my first-grade daughter pushed her chair away from the table when it was time to do math," says Music with Lindsey YouTube creator Lindsey Judd. "I searched my mind for a creative way to bring her back. Her small toys were on the table — the answer!
"I joyfully asked if she wanted to cover each answer she completed with a toy. We could then reveal each answer by removing each toy. She loved it. Math was no longer about her just completing facts but transformed into a way for her to exercise her own creativity."
Learning what interests their children and students can offer parents a deep reservoir from which to draw when their creativity is called upon. But parents shouldn't feel that they have to go it alone. They can also encourage their kids to exercise their creativity by connected with communities of interest, especially online.
"Whether they're fan creators remixing anime or 'Harry Potter' content, or young game designers in Roblox or Minecraft, kids are inspired not only by the work of professional creators, but perhaps more importantly by other kids like them whom they can emulate," says author and director of the Connected Learning Lab at UC Irvine Mimi Ito, PhD. "For parents who want to foster creativity, I would encourage them to support connection to positive online creative communities that are centered on their children's interests, such as Scratch for creative coding, game design in Roblox or Little Big Planet, fan art in DeviantArt or videos for TikTok or YouTube."
Embrace Changes
Creativity comes in many forms, and it's up to parents to explore the full spectrum with their children as they grow and evolve.
"Children are strikingly creative when encouraged by loving, observant adults," says Alice Sterling Honig, PhD, Syracuse University professor emerita of child development. "Give a child a necktie and she or he may conjure how to use it as a seatbelt, a sash, a leash for a doggie, a tail for a kite and further. Play dreamy music like 'The Skater's Waltz,' and toddlers move their bodies in graceful, creative ways."
Honig says that with gentle support, children can unleash creativity early in a myriad of domains and ways, with an unlimited array of materials and gadgets.
"Nurture their budding talents," she encourages.
Parents should also be aware that children's creativity levels may naturally fluctuate with time.
"Developmental research has found that children's creative thinking ability tends to decline during middle childhood," says Manish Saggar, PhD. "However, this decline has not been consistently demonstrated, and the underlying neural and behavioral factors that affect fluctuations in children's creative thinking ability remain uncharacterized."
To help get to the bottom of this mystery, Saggar and his colleagues conducted a longitudinal study investigating the neurobehavioral basis of creative thinking ability during middle childhood in a sample of 48 children.
"We found that although some children show a classic decline in creative ability, others exhibit a significant increase in creativity over time. These trajectories were not associated with differences in intelligence, age or sex, but rather other developmentally relevant constructs, including heightened externalizing behavior (i.e., rule-breaking and aggression)."
In the end, the experts agree that creativity is for everyone, and the earlier parents encourage it in their children, the more beneficial it will be in the long run. Creative kids lead to creative adults, and the kind of problem-solving skills that children begin honing in their youth will inevitably come in handy down the line, whether they're writing a symphony, figuring out an algebra problem, pitching a startup, designing a website or solving a major societal problem.
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The Sky Dao Abandoned Mountain was situated at the southeast area of Golden Supremacy Kingdom, and it was a luxuriant and towering mountain that continued for a few tens of thousands of kilometers.
Compared to the Darchu Dynasty, this Golden Supremacy Kingdom was undoubtedly much larger. It covered a vast territory and possessed abundant resources, and it was a rich land that fostered outstanding talents. The forces of cultivators within the kingdom was rather formidable, and they were distributed into over 20 first-rate powers that were of varying sizes, causing it to be flourishing and prosperous.
Corona City neighbored the Sky Dao Abandoned Mountain, and it was the most flourishing enormous city in the southeast area of Golden Supremacy Kingdom. Marquis Wen's Estate was situated here, and the Marquis Wen Tianshuo was a renowned Earthly Immortal Realm expert.
Recently, along with the imminent arrival of the Junior Marquis, Wen Hua's, 14th birthday, Corona City was bustling to the extreme, and cultivators were frequently arriving in the city.
To the members of the Golden Supremacy Kingdom, the age of 14 meant adulthood.
The Junior Marquis Wen Hua who was about to become 14 was born with the Goldstar Body, and he was a genius young man that was renowned throughout the city. So his ceremony of adulthood would naturally be exceedingly grand and received the attention of many powers.
Most importantly, the Marquis Wen Tianshuo had already decided that once the 14th birthday of the Junior Marquis passed, he would select a power for the Junior Marquis to join, and he would stop restraining or supervising him.
So there was no lack of experts from various powers that has come over after hearing the news, and they hoped to take the Junior Marquis, Wen Hua, as their disciple. After all, if a sect wanted to expand and strengthen itself, then it could never do without the entrance of fresh blood.
On the other hand, the Junior Marquis was born with the Goldstar Body, and he was intelligent, resolute, and mature. A genius young man like this was absolutely a good seedling that was one in a million, and there was no power that wouldn't be moved.
Of course, sects that possessed the confidence and qualifications to take Wen Hua as a disciple were first-rate powers or above, because ordinary powers were utterly unable to receive the acknowledgement of the Marquis Wen Tianshuo.
After all, Wen Tianshuo was an Earthly Immortal Realm expert, so how could he possibly take a fancy to an ordinary power?
That's the Sky Dao Abandoned Mountain.
A treasure vessel flashed through the sky and stopped within the clouds. Chen Xi stood upright at the stem while looking at the lofty mountain that rose and fell continuously in the distance, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion in his heart. This Sky Dao Abandoned Mountain has a beautiful landscape with rivers close to the mountain, and it converges the spirit energy of the heavens and the earth. It's absolutely a rare place of good fortune.
If it wasn't for the Sky Dao Palace being annihilated overnight, the vicinity of this mountain would probably be even more prosperous, and it would absolutely be a supreme paradise of cultivation in the hearts of all cultivators. Chen Xi stared at it for a short moment before his gaze swept downwards, causing a magnificent and enormous city to be reflected within his eyes.
The Junior Marquis Wen Hua? Let me see exactly what sort of young genius he is. I hope he doesn't disappoint me… Chen Xi put the treasured vessel away amidst his mutters, and then he drifted down to the ground before walking towards the city.
As soon as he entered the city, a wave of clamorous noise assaulted his face, and everywhere that met the eye were stores, restaurants, teahouses, medicine stores, medicinal pill stores, precious treasure pavilions, and so on and so forth. All of them were exquisite, richly ornamented, and had endless streams of people moving up and down. It was countless times more flourishing and prosperous than Silken City.
The streets were filled with discussions about the Junior Marquis, Wen Hua's, 14th birthday. Obviously, everyone in Corona City was paying most attention to this.
Chen Xi placed his hands behind his back as he walked in through the bustling streets, and he heard a great deal of similar discussions all along the way, causing him to be unable to refrain from frowning. The various powers have sent experts to recruit disciples? If it's like this, then it'll probably be slightly troublesome to take Wen Hua as my disciple.
After that, he shook his head. Even though he'd left the sect this time for the sake of completing those two tests of the sect, he didn't intend to act perfunctorily on the matter of taking a disciple.
Forget it. What I hear may be false, but what I see is true. I'll head over to Marquis Wen's Estate first and see exactly what sort of nature Wen Hua has. If he's unable to obtain my acknowledgement, then worse comes to worse, I can just walk away. Chen Xi pondered briefly before heading directly towards Marquis Wen's Estate.
Group after group of guards were standing before the grand entrance to the estate, and all of them were actually Rebirth Realm cultivators. Moreover, all of them were emanating strength, and they were top figures amongst their peers.
Especially the old man that led the groups. He was a Nether Transformation Realm cultivator, and he had a cold expression as he stood proudly before the entrance with a bearing that was heavy like a mountain, causing others to not dare cause trouble upon catching sight of him.
At this moment, people were moving about and going in and out of the entrance. All these people had come to congratulate the Junior Marquis on his 14th birthday, and it caused the estate to seem extremely bustling.
"May I ask Fellow Daoist why you've come to Marquis Wen's Estate?" Chen Xi was stopped by a guard when he wanted to step into the estate. It couldn't be helped, he was truly too young in appearance. Moreover, he was all alone and had an extremely unfamiliar face, so it was impossible for him to not draw attention.
"To take a disciple." Chen Xi spoke calmly, and he didn't care about the guard's attitude.
"You…take a disciple?" The guard stared with eyes wide open and sized Chen Xi up from head to toe once again with a doubtful expression.
"All visitors are guests, let him through!" The old man in the lead suddenly waved his hand and spoke.
The guard was stunned, and then he moved aside sulkily.
Chen Xi cupped his hands at the old man before walking in.
"Manager Wu, that kid's identity hasn't been examined, how could you let him leave?" That guard was extremely puzzled, and he asked the old man.
"That young man is an expert, and his cultivation is at least at the Nether Transformation Realm. Such a figure might be a top figure from a great sect." The old man replied indifferently.
"It can't be, right?" That guard was astonished.
"I've inspected countless people in my life, and I've never misjudged a person. On the other hand, you… Hah, you're still too young." The old man shook his head and smiled before falling silent.
The guard puckered his lips with an indifferent expression.
Right when Chen Xi had just entered Marquis Wen's Estate, a young woman and two old servants arrived successively.
The young woman was Baili Yan. But her current attire was much more simple and clean. She wore a violet colored dress, her jet black hair hung loosely on her shoulder, and she revealed a gorgeous face. She was like a hibiscus that emerged out of clear water, a carving of nature, and she revealed natural beauty.
"Looks like this fellow intends to take Wen Hua as his disciple…" Baili Yan pondered for a moment before suddenly moving towards Marquis Wen's Estate as well.
Even though her dressing was simple, it was impossible for it to conceal her innate beauty. The noble aura she'd fostered since a young age caused every single move of hers to carry an aura of insufferable arrogance that allowed no disobedience. Coupled with the two old servants with heavy bearings that followed behind her, even the old man that led the group was alarmed at the instant she appeared at the entrance of the estate.
The outcome was that Baili Yan's group directly entered the estate without any problems.
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Even I felt a trace of terror when facing those two old servants behind this young woman. They're probably at the Earthly Immortal Realm. Who exactly are they? Could they be distinguished guests from the 10 great immortal sects?" When Baili Yan and the others left, the old man that led the group was still extremely shocked in his heart, and he seemed to be distracted.
"Manager Wu, you've inspected countless people in your life, so have you discerned their origins?" That guard from before couldn't refrain from asking.
Manager Wu frowned. He was pondering about this as well, but he couldn't think of a reasonable explanation.
"Go report of this matter to the Marquis." Manager Wu pondered for a short moment before instructing right away.
The guard revealed a serious expression and didn't dare dally before rushing off.
The estate was extremely large and occupied a vast area. After Chen Xi entered the estate, he walked along a trail and passed through an ancient forest before arriving in the depths of a garden along with some other guests.
Once he arrived here, the trees here had become sparse, and the ground was covered in a grass that seemed like a mattress. There was an extremely large and clear lake ahead, and it was like an enormous gem lay there.
At this moment, numerous guests were gathered here. There were experts of the various powers that had graceful bearings, local renowned seniors, but it was mostly filled with young geniuses. They were aged from a little over ten to over 20 years old, and every single one of the were extraordinary. Many of them seemed outstanding with a single glance, and some were even eminent geniuses with shocking auras.
"These are the most outstanding young disciples in Corona City, and they could be considered to have gained advantage from the birthday celebration of the Junior Marquis and were able to gather here this time. Whether they will be chosen by an expert of the various powers and taken as a disciple will depend on their own ability." A middle aged man laughed lightly and was chatting with his friend by his side.
Chen Xi came to a sudden understanding and sighed with emotion in his heart. This Wen Tianshuo can be said to be a broad minded person. The 14th birthday of his son caused the various powers to end experts over, and he used this opportunity to gather all the outstanding disciples in Corona City here. It's equivalent to giving them a fortuitous encounter, and if they're able to grab ahold of it, then they might be able to soar into the sky and become a dragon.
"Work hard! I, Chen Yan, can surely do it!" Right when Chen Xi was sizing up the surroundings, a voice that was weak to the point of being almost impossible to hear sounded out by his ears.
Chen Xi was slightly stunned and turned over to look. He saw a weak and dark skinned young man in simple clothes by his side, and the young man had just clenched his fists tightly with a firm expression.
When the young man noticed Chen Xi's gaze, a wisp of embarrassment instantly suffused his face, and he seemed to be slightly shy and lowered his head.
A very simple young man. This was Chen Xi's first feeling when he saw Chen Yan.


Yes, I know, I should not say "low season" anymore! But May is not exactly the summer either... May is normally just about the quietest month for tourism in Phuket, coming after the end of the high season, after Easter and before the European summer holidays. In terms of weather, this is the month of change, but even now on the 20th we have not seen the real southwest winds blowing. Still calm and hot with some heavy showers, very humid. The last few days have seen plenty of sun, mixed with light rain and occasional heavier downpours - yes, not great weather but on the other hand it's not stopped us from doing what we want. You have to be a little flexible and bend with the weather at this time of year.
On Sunday we planned to head to Rawai Beach and hire a longtail for a bit of island hopping - there are a number of small islands within easy reach such as Koh He, Koh Bon and Koh Kaew. The weather was certainly rather grey, looked like rain, but once we reached Rawai we thought "Let's Do It!" - we hired a boat from Mr Chin and I can recommend his service - his mobile is 081 6072427. The price was to be 1300 Baht to go to Koh Kaew and then back via Koh Bon. The trip will be blogged soon on Jamie's Phuket! Weather certainly was grey - a light drizzle fell most of the morning, but the sea was pretty calm and a bit of drizzle did not spoil a nice little trip.
A couple of lazy days followed - Monday was a bit rainy - we had some jobs to do around town such as sorting our car insurance and buying some new glasses. We lunched at Kaewjai and shopped at the "Expo" indoor market in Phuket Town - lots of clothes. We drove around Sapan Hin and sat in the car staring at the sea as some heavier rain fell - hey this is like a day at the seaside in England! Tuesday was equally lazy. The morning sun made we want to just sit and relax all day... my adventurous parents headed to Mai Khao Beach right in the north of Phuket. We bummed around at home and bought some new garden furniture.
Today has seen a lot more sunshine. We did a little temple tour - I am a big fan of temples! I took the folks to Wat Sri Sunthon just south of Thalang in the center of Phuket island - there is a huge reclining Buddha there on the roof of one of the temple buildings. Dark skies threatened and it rained a bit as we drove 15 minutes to Wat Phra Tong.
The evening is the same - I can see blue sky and dark clouds from my window right now... we don't care it it rains - we're all heading out to the Phuket Brewery for dinner to celebrate dad's 69th birthday! Happy Birthday!


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On October 15, 2017 October 15, 2017 By M D P BradleyIn Novel Writing Journey - 1st Novel, UncategorizedLeave a comment
The big news of the week was that I finished the 'Script Outline' draft of my military sci-fi book. The working title is 'Maelstrom 1: Valkyrie', because who writes less than a trilogy nowadays? Seriously, though, there's definitely more than one book in the idea behind it, and this first book only takes things up to a certain point.
The Script Outline (I'm using capitals there because capitals make it a 'thing') has taken a lot longer than it was supposed to, but I'm not yet completely distraught about that. I had hopes of publishing in November, but as long as it's before the end of the year, I guess that's okay. And, either way, having found a copy of my old novel, Promenade, to mercilessly edit down and put out there – well, it might be better to push that to market first and perhaps leave this until the New Year, when I might be most of the way through a second instalment. In fact, as I write, I've literally just talked myself into that.
Anyway, as I was saying, I'm not so worried about how long the Script Outline has taken, as the point of it was to hopefully do away with a draft while simultaneously completing a detailed (as it turns out, very detailed) outline. The idea is that my next (1st, I guess) draft will be a lot better than an ordinary first draft would be, that I will have already learned many of the things I need to learn about the story. Well, that's what I'm sticking with.
My hope is that, after this, I'll have an editing / proofing draft, and then a final draft via a proof reader, and BOOM… book. This is not how I will ideally work on every book, as I'd at least like to have a proper 'editors' draft before proofreading, but that is simply going to be too expensive this time around.
As for Promenade, trust me when I say that book has already been mercilessly edited for many years before now, as it was originally completed in 2002. Although, like some poor, mistreated captive, it has barely seen the light of day, read by only a handful of people that weren't its creator. No… no proof reading for Promenade, that one's going to be the guinea pig, and the sooner I can shove it out onto the market, the better.
I'm actually quite daunted by putting my script version of the Maelstrom book into Scrivener, as I'm now starting to do. I know it's going to reveal all those research / world building / background and character points that I've failed to adequately explore as I've gone along. The whole thing is going to look like a mess, and I'm going to have about three times as much work as I thought I would have, I know it! However, I also know that, somewhere on he other side of all that, is a book and a story world I can keep exploring. Plus, it might even be fun along the way. For one thing, as I wrote the last pages of the script, I was surprised by how many things just seemed to slot quite neatly into place, and it's a great feeling on a book when that stuff starts to happen.
You wouldn't think I've been writing books for years, would you? But when it's your own, somehow it makes you feel more like a newbie. Not sure why, would have expected that to work the other way around, if anything. Plus… sci-fi. Somehow, military sci-fi is quite intimidating. I've never properly written sci-fi before, and, I don't know… there's definitely more fear of getting stuff wrong.
Couple of other things to finish of this slightly rambling post:
'Constitution' by Nick Webb. I was very critical about this in a previous post, mainly because the set-up stage of the book felt like Battlestar Galactica rehashed. I would just like to say that, although I haven't changed my mind about that aspect of it, the book has nonetheless turned into a superb read. Am currently a little over three-quarters through, and have found myself really drawn to the characters and the situation, and the pace is just electric – not to mention some situations that are h-a-r-s-h on the characters. Always gotta love that.
And finally, Alpha Smart Neo 2. I'm writing this post on one of these wonderfully retro little beasts. They're like eighties tech, but made in the zeros, or later. I'm currently just using it as a plug-in keyboard on my phone. I don't know quite why I'm doing this, my laptop is just upstairs, except for the fact that I just like writing this way. It also has its own little LCD screen, and can – literally – 'write' it to MS Word – or anything else – when plugged into a PC later on.
Maybe I love using this rather outmoded technology because I grew up in the 80s. Speaking of which… can't wait for season 2 of Stranger things later this month!
Illness, Inspiration, Writing to Market and when does that go too far?
On October 1, 2017 October 1, 2017 By M D P BradleyIn Novel Writing Journey - 1st NovelLeave a comment
Not the best week; my winter flu/cold thing came in early autumn instead. I lost a good day and a half to it, and that left me struggling just to get my freelance commitments done. The book, therefore, did not move forward a great deal again this week.
What I did manage to do was restructure the outline for the last bit of the book. It was somehow simultaneously vague and overly-long and convoluted. Part of that involved sitting down and writing more about what my 'bad guys' were actually like – what they are, where they came from, how they've got to the point where they are poised to wreak havoc on human civilisation.
So I'm counting the positives; which, I'm discovering, is important when obstacles to progress present themselves. Keeps me motivated.
Also, I've been enjoying some great sci-fi inspiration. It's been the 15th anniversary of the Firefly TV series this last week, and they played episodes and then the Serenity film on, I think, the Sci-Fi Channel. I only watched the film and about half an episode of the series, but it reminded me of how truly awesome it was. The film, in my opinion, is pretty much perfect.
Also, we have Netflix. I usually put on an episode of something later in the evening, and recently it has been the 2nd series of The Expanse. I loved the 1st series for its noir-ish mystery and the purely Sol System setting. In the 2nd series, the story has become larger and more (in a slightly Game of Thrones-esque way) political, but it's still a great watch.
The pre-interstellar setting really fascinates me, as most sci-fi (including my own novel) involves interstellar travel. Yet, what happens when we as a race come to explore the solar system is likely to be a more interesting and relevant question for our near future. And, I believe, might force better creative thinking if I chose to write a novel in that setting.
In The Expanse, there are three distinct groups of people. Predictably, two of these are Earth and a seceded Mars, but the third are an underclass known as 'Belters', who are primarily miners from the asteroid belt. They see themselves as separate to the 'Inners' of Mars and Earth, have some of their own language or terms, and usually a distinctly different accent.
Another thing that can't help but inspire and inform me, particularly as what I'm writing is at least partially 'military sci-fi', is the rebooted Battlestar Galactica of a decade or so ago.
Now, I subscribe to Chris Fox's YouTube channel. He talks and writes about writing, then puts these theories into practice with his own fiction, some of which has been military sci-fi. I read his book about writing to market and used those principles when thinking about the sort of book I wanted to write.
I have no problem with that. To me, putting certain things in a novel, following a few tropes about character archetypes, how the cover should look, etc. is not a big deal. It doesn't make me feel uncomfortable or dirty. I'm here to make a career writing my own fiction if I can, and I've been ghostwriting for long enough to see how this is. I think it's everything that comes after you make those decisions about tropes that counts.
I've started reading Constitution by Nick Webb, as Chris Fox spoke about it as one of the independently published top sellers in military sci-fi on Kindle when he was writing Write to Market. It seemed like a good idea to read it as a study on what works. I quickly found myself appalled, however, about some of Nick Webb's use of tropes. It's way too Battlestar Galactica.
It could be the aging ship's Captain (okay, in BSG he was an Admiral) on the edge of retirement, giving the thinly-veiled speech about readiness as, unseen, the enemy prepares to strike. Or perhaps his alcoholic, hard-ass XO best friend with the frayed uniform. Perhaps the implacable enemy who inexplicably broke off the war 75 (40 in BSG) years ago. Maybe the veteran vessel of the conflict in the process of being turned into a floating museum when the old enemy comes back, and the mostly decommissioned fighters on the flight deck. I'm only just over a third of the way through, but I'm waiting to see if something happens to the new vessels' electronics when the fleet meets them in battle.
I mean, COME ON!
There's tropes and there's something that borders on plagiarism. Sure, you can't write any sort of book in isolation from what has gone before, and nor should you. It's natural, I would even say 'healthy', to reference things that you love and that inspire you. I know I do:
The crew of one of the two vessels in my book have got a bit of the Serenity crew about them. The captain of that same vessel is a little reminiscent of the captain from the Ketty Jay novels. A little. And I'm sure my military ship commander trying to get out from under the shadow of her traitor father isn't entirely original – although I can't quite think where I got that from. Can anyone remind me?
But to borrow so much from one source is, surely, just plain wrong. Isn't it?
Yet this novel was very successful – the sort of success I am currently only dreaming of – and it's got me thinking about what that means. I'm sure Nick Webb did a lot of other things right to be as successful as he was with this book. And I'm enjoying Constitution so far, although it's not exactly rocking my world, or anything. I just feel there's a line I don't want to cross, whatever the potential benefit might be, between hitting tropes and making vague homage, to something that would leave a bad taste in my mouth.
You can emulate without copying. I mean, what if the XO was addicted to pain meds from an old injury, for instance? Straight away there's an extra bit of possible story there, and the character has a similar flaw without it feeling like such a direct pull from BSG.
I don't know, am I just too concerned about this?
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Signpost India Private Limited has bagged the tender to operate public bicycle sharing service under under Public Private Partnership model by the Davanagere Smart City.
The company will operate the cycle service for the period of 10 years. Davanagere would be the third city after Thane in Maharashtra, Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh and the first city in India to enable electric bicycle along with self-cycling ones, on sharing basis using the Coo Rides mobile phone app, said the company in a statement.
"We are targeting to achieve at least 10,000 rides a month with the existing fleet strength of 200 bicycles, with network of 20 docking stations in this southern city. We expect close to 10,000 users to sign-up as members and contribute to lower carbon emission as responsible citizens," said Shripad Ashtekar, Managing Director, Signpost India.
The project to be operational by August, is enabled by ParXsys MoBliT Systems – the mobility technology arm of Signpost India using patented technology developed inhouse including hardware, software and mechanical design and development, the statement said.


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"And [you] are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister."—Colossians 1:23 (NKJV)
As Paul wrote to the Church of Colosse, he saw fit to remind them of something. And that something was what he had experienced and learned first-hand as he traversed the ancient world: the transcendent nature of the gospel, "which was preached to every creature under heaven."
We see this truth progressively unfold as we read through the Book of Acts. At first, the message of the gospel was something a small band of Jewish men and women believed and shared with other Jews living in and around Jerusalem. It was powerful, dynamic, and life-changing, but it was primarily a Jewish experience.
Then, something phenomenal happened. The gospel was taken out beyond the Jewish center of life and began to circulate in the region of Samaria. This was astounding at the time because, to the Jewish mind, Samaritans were looked down upon as spiritual half-breeds. They shared a similar heritage, but the Samaritans weren't considered to be true believers by the Jewish establishment. So, it broke more than a few barriers when it became clear that the gospel was taking root there.
But this was nothing compared to the astounding revelation that this same gospel, which was born in Jerusalem, was also able to grow and flourish in the least likely of places.
Here's what we routinely see throughout the Book of Acts: the light of the gospel is carried into the darkest of places, spiritually speaking. It was transforming lives in places known for ritualistic human sacrifice and prostitution, places that you'd never associate with godliness. And yet, rather than being extinguished, the light of the gospel spread like wildfire, bringing the light of God's truth and love to mankind's midnight.
This is what Paul reminds the people of Colosse of. He calls them back to the transcendent power of the gospel, capable of bringing the hope of salvation to anyone, anywhere, including Colosse!
Know this, the gospel isn't limited. The forces of darkness will attempt to block it, ban it, and banish it, but it's a seed capable of growing in any environment. Why? Because it comes from the God who is over all the earth. As Christians, we bear a message capable of touching and transforming the entire world.
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David: Yoko, when tanabata is over, what do you do with the bamboo?
Yoko: When I was younger, we threw them in the river, but now we burn them. On July 8th, we will gather all the bamboo at the castle site and have a bonfire.
Sho: Because it's the highest place in our town!
Yoko: I liked it better when we threw the bamboo into the river. But I also like this new idea. We now turn our wishes into smoke and send them to the sky.
David: Sounds great! Can you take me there, Sho? Miki can join us, too.
Sho: I can come, but Miki has a tennis tournament.
Sho: Yes. It really is.
Q: Why can't Miki join Sho and David for burning the bamboo?
A: Because she has a tennis tournament.
Because it's the highest place in our town!
I liked it better when we threw the bamboo into the river.
◆ Do you know Mt. Asahidake? It's the highest mountain in Hokkaido.
◆ Have you ever been to Gion? It's the most popular tourist spot in Kyoto.
(解答) Do you know Sanja-matsuri? It's the most exciting festival in Tokyo.
Yoko: On July 8th, we will gather all the bamboo at the castle site and have a bonfire.
Yoko: I liked it better when we threw the bamboo into the river.
This is the most beautiful song in our country.


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China-India Demilitarized Zone Upsets Defense Officials In Delhi
Kartik Sud Follow on Twitter Send an email February 28, 2021
(This was originally posted in Bloomberg by Sudhi Ranjan Sen)
After the deadliest fighting in decades, India and China are setting up demilitarized areas along their Himalayan border — a move that has rankled some members of India's security establishment.
Soldiers from both countries for now will no longer patrol a nine-kilometer (six-mile) stretch on the north bank of Pangong Tso, a glacial lake some 14,000 feet above sea level where troops clashed last year, according to two Indian officials aware of the developments. The agreement would result in India pulling back from strategic high ground occupied in a stealth operation last August, they said.
The move followed the creation of a similar demilitarized zone last year some 150 kilometers away along the Galwan river, where 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops were killed in brutal hand-to-hand combat. That escalation on June 15, the first time casualties were reported along the disputed frontier since 1975. China only acknowledged the deaths on Feb. 19.
While the pullback has calmed tensions for the moment, some members of India's security establishment believe the creation of non-militarized areas work in Beijing's favor, according to the officials, who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations. They said China raised suspicions by objecting to an Indian proposal for both countries to patrol the area around the lake on alternate days on the grounds that it would affect Beijing's sovereignty.
Indian defense and security officials had raised their concerns about the area around Pangong Tso with the government but it opted for a speedy disengagement. On Feb. 10 the two countries began rolling back soldiers, tanks and artillery guns that were stationed around the lake in rifle range of each other for nearly 10 months.
The Indian army, Defense Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office didn't immediately reply to requests for comment.
China's Foreign Ministry said the creation of non-militarized zones along the border was "made up by the media" in response to questions. On Friday in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the situation on the ground "significantly eased" after the disengagement.
"The two sides should cherish this hard won momentum and consolidate existing outcomes, maintain momentum for consultation and further ease the situation," he said at a regular briefing.
Distrust between the two militaries could lead to further misunderstandings, according to Sushant Singh senior fellow at the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research and author of "Mission Overseas: Daring Operations by Indian Military.
"The model of buffer zones is temporary and full of challenges," he said. "More importantly, India's options are limited in case China — a much bigger military power — violates the agreement."
If the demilitarized areas end up keeping the peace, they could become a model for how India and China deal with a border nearly as long as the one between the U.S. and Mexico. Nationalism stoked by the fighting has had an economic impact, with Modi's government banning hundreds of Chinese apps, slowing approvals for Chinese investment and strengthening security ties with the U.S., Japan and Australia.
Still, while the demilitarized zones are aimed at preventing clashes of the sort that erupted last summer, the competing claims between the two sides remain, officials said. And a previous experiment with creating a demilitarized zone on the border with China has shown that it's not a guarantee of peace.
An 80-square-kilometer (31-square-mile) patch of pasture land along the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and the Indian border state of Uttarakhand was the first to be set aside as no-man's-land in the 1950s. Yet that has failed to prevent conflict in the area, according to Jayadeva Ranade, a member of India's National Security Council Advisory Board and head of the New Delhi-based Centre for China Analysis and Strategy.
"Uttarakhand border continues to be a hot spot," he said. "Beijing's track record of respecting agreements is poor."
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Hepatitis (hep C) is a form of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis C causes acute and chronic liver disease. Hepatitis C is transmitted when the virus in infected blood from one person infects another person. Hepatitis C disease is caused by a virus termed HCV (a single strand RNA virus) that infects liver cells. Hepatitis C was referred to in older scientific publications as non-A or non-B hepatitis.
Casual contact (including exposure to saliva and skin to skin such as with a handshake or) rarely, if ever, can transmit hepatitis C virus.
The incubation period (time from exposure to the virus to symptom development) for hep C is variable. The time period may vary from about 2 weeks to 6 months with 6-10 weeks being the average time span. However, about 80% of those infected may not develop acute symptoms.
About 70% to 90% of infected people do not clear the virus and become chronic carriers. Tests for diagnosing hepatitis C virus include detecting antibodies to the virus and a PCR test that detects virus antigens.
Hepatitis C is spread person-to-person usually by direct contact with another person's blood who is infected with hepatitis C virus. Individuals that share needles are at a high risk to become infected. Surgical and other instruments that are not properly decontaminated can also spread hepatitis C to others. Moreover, some patients that receive organ transplants from individuals that have the virus, but no symptoms, can transmit the disease to the organ transplant recipient.
Treatments are usually long-term (for example, 12-24 weeks ) and a person is not considered "cured" until 6 months have passed with no virus detected in their blood samples. Treatments are varied according to the individual's disease.
Let your doctor know if you shared needles with someone or you have had contact with anyone who has been diagnosed with hepatitis C.
If a person is known to have hepatitis C and develops severe nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and/or mental status changes (confusion or unresponsiveness, for example), they should be evaluated in an emergency department immediately.
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* I know lots of you guys don't like mayo, and I don't use it often. But when you're scrambling eggs or making bakes like these -- the texture is amazing. We use mayo that's made with olive oil that contains half the fat and calories of a traditional blend.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil an 8 x 8 inch casserole dish and set aside.
Chop your veggies, then sauté them on the stove, starting with the garlic. Add the mushrooms and cook for a few minutes, until softened. Then add the greens and wilt. You don't want the mushrooms super soft just yet. Season with salt and pepper.
Whisk your eggs with the mayo or milk, then toss in the shredded cheese and cooked veggies. Mix until combined. Then pour into your prepared casserole dish.
Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the top is lightly golden brown and the middle is set. Let cool a while before slathering on the hot sauce.
This meal's a good one to modify using whatever odds and ends you might find in your fridge. You can pretty much toss any vegetables or cheese in the mix. Frittatas tend to keep well for around 5 days when stored in an airtight container. You can eat it cold or heat up again for several minutes at 350 degrees F.
And my favorite way to enjoy this egg bake? Between two slices of crusty bread.


In the world of online casino games, roulette offers high-action and the opportunity to win big. What most players don't realize is that there are actually a number of different types of roulette games that can be played online for free or for real money. In the United States, the most popular version of roulette is American Roulette. In this version of the game, the roulette wheel has one extra slot for the 00. This gives the game a slightly higher house edge with all the same betting options as French and European roulette.
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From living in a small shack to millionaire at 23: The story of Kgopotso Mmutlane
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- Kgopotso Mmutlane went from living a small shack to buying a double story home
- At the age on just 23, he already established himself as a millionaire
- But, his journey was not easy and he lost a lot of money along the way
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We all love reading success stories, especially when it is about someone who came from nothing and made something of themselves.
An example of such a story is 23-year-old Kgopotso Mmutlane, a young man who came from humble beginnings and managed to turn himself into a millionaire.
Mmutlane was born in a small village outside Burgersfort Town in the Limpopo province. He added his family was very poor and they lived in a small shack.
Photo credit: Kgopotso Mmutlane/Facebook
"I was born in a poor family. I grew up in a very warm Christian family where we were all staying in a small shack with both parents.", he said.
However, he added his dad always provided and not one night did he go to sleep hungry- but, seeing other people live in beautiful homes while his family stayed in a shack motivated him to succeed in life.
At first, he secretly pursued a music career, performing as a DJ- which earned him the nickname "DJ Coach Tsekeleke".
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According to the young entrepreneur, he hid his music career from his parents because they were worried something would happen to him on the streets or in the clubs.
The Citizen reported he then turned his focus to Forex trading after a friend, Merika Mphogo, introduced him to it in 2016, while he was still a pupil at Leolo High School.
According to Mmutlane, he went to research Forex trading after his conversation with Mphogo, where he saw an opportunity to make a lot of money.
Photo credit: The Citizen
Today, he is one of South Africa's youngest self-made millionaires- all thanks to Forex trading.
But, his journey was not without its challenges. In the first stages of trading, Mmutlane lost R15 000, the money he would have used to study further.
He realized Forex Trading was a lot harder than people 'sold' it to be, and he needed the necessary knowledge and mentorship to succeed in it.
With the right keys to succeed, Mmutlane gave it another shot and he has not looked back since. Briefly.co.za learned he then went on to start up his own company, Forex Broker Killer Institution- which helps others achieve their dreams.
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A series of drop tests with iPhone 5 on different surfaces were conducted. Watch the videos to see how the iPhone 5 is protected by the amazing Impact Protection Screen Protector of RhinoShield. We performed face down drops as this is the most vulnerable type of drops that kills and shatters the screen.