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Guilt Free Mummy
Posted bypamperedprincesslaura April 21, 2020 Posted inUncategorized
Krista is a mother of 8 (4 children and 4 step children ) plus a grandmother to 5, living in Hay, NSW and has her own blog Postcards from my Life. Krista descends from a succession of very strong and independent women and she discusses the how the expectations have impacted own life and motherhood.
https://kristaschade.wixsite.com/postcardsfrommylife
My mother is a dynamo, an absolute powerhouse of a woman, and has shown all her children the importance of independence and forging a unique place in the world. She taught us the value of dedication to our community.
My family has a proud history of strong women.
Mum trained as a nurse and moved from Sydney's beaches to Broken Hill when she undertook her midwifery training, before moving to the small Riverina town of Hay, supposedly for six months. Some 50 years later she is enjoying retirement on that same small town, having met and married a hometown boy, my dad, and making Hay her home.
Before I was born, mum became the baby health clinic nurse, and returned to her career as she went on to have further children. She was (and still is) the person in our town who other parents turned to, for advice, for comfort or to share worries. Throughout her career Mum has made a positive difference in people's lives, sometimes literally saving their life. That places a lot of expectation on someone who has been, at one time or another, a brash teen mum, a married mum, a scared single mum, a shaky step-mum, and always a fumbling, mistake ridden human. I am always conscious of working on being better, and it is because of my families support and my mother's example to follow.
Mum's mother Bess raised five children and worked to support her family alongside her husband, my grandfather, sewing and working from home to supplement the family income, in a time when women considered supplicants to their spouses. She too was a strong and fiercely independent woman, who did not suffer fools lightly, and ruled the roost alongside my gentle and wonderfully eccentric Dadgran Bob.
I grew up hearing stories about Bess's mum, Granny Manns and my mother's holidays in outback NSW at Granny's place, in what sounds like a revolving door of cousins and friends dispatched to the tiny timber home outside Cobar for school holidays. Mum talks about her with love, describing her as a small woman, who took the harsh living in her stride. Throughout her lifetime Granny raised 12 children and buried two more with sorrowful grace; one in infancy and another as a young man, following a drowning that could have destroyed a lessor parent. Granny Manns also buried two husbands; unexpectedly she became a widow with two young daughters, one of who was Bess, before re-marrying and enjoying a long marriage with her brother-in-law.
As you can see, my family has given me, and my two sisters, some very big shoes to fill. (I should also mention we sisters have a great dad and wonderful brother who both share a deliciously dry wit, and who I would be lost without, but for the purposes of this article I have only chatted with my sisters about the women in our lives, and our daughters. Bear with me and I think you will soon see the theme here)
I have a daughter of my own, and now she has a daughter as well, and over the past few years I have watched my girl take on secondary study and second jobs, then apprenticeships, industry training and marriage and motherhood. She runs her own business and I am fortunate to be part of the sounding board she uses as she builds her own empire.
I am proud – so proud! – when I watch her strive and question and accomplish and worry and triumph and despair, but for a while now a small voice in the back of my head has been saying "Is it too much? Have we done this to you?"
Mum guilt is not new. An internet search instantly returns countless articles and studies discussing the complicated emotions women feel when juggling family and career, or family and no career, or no family and career, or any of the endless combinations of guilt.
It's not that men don't feel stress and pressure; that's not my discussion point here. As I age, I find myself not only feeling troubled by the choice I have made for my children, but whether the efforts to try to outwardly display a strong superwoman persona is affecting our daughters and granddaughters.
Have my efforts to meet the standards of the amazing women who have led our family before me, have I unwittingly passed on additional unfair pressures on my daughter?
I discussed this with my sisters, both mothers to daughters themselves, but I kept my questions deliberately vague to begin with, because I didn't want to sway their thinking at all. Both told me mum guilt was a usual part of their lives, a constant worry as they raised their girls. When I asked about them to explain the women in our family both immediately responded with descriptions such as 'strong', 'inspiring' and a 'force to be reckoned with'. Both expressed a real sense of pride about belonging to a family of determined and hard-working role models.
I asked if they saw these traits as a negative or positive influence on themselves and their girls and their responses were rapid; both told me the trait was overwhelmingly positive and had installed resilience and independence in their daughters.
By now I was considering that my worries were my own, and I was starting to feel more than a bit foolish.
I took a deep breath and sent a missive to our group message, explaining how I had been feeling, and that I was planning to try and unpack these emotions in a piece of writing. (I present to you – the piece.)
The replies from my sisters were sprinkled with CAPS LOCK and face palm or sad face emojis.
"Oh my GOSH. Yes!"
"When you point it out like that, it really hits home.."
"I feel like I'm just treading water a lot of the time."
"How did mum do it all without letting on everything that was going on in the background?"
Wow. Talk about dropping a bombshell on my unsuspecting siblings.
I recently travelled with my mother and spent time with her younger sister, my aunt, and I casually raised the topic with them both. My mother immediately scoffed and downplayed her own achievements, but as we chatted and strolled to Aunty LA's favourite coffee shop, they both shared their memories of Bess and Granny Manns. My aunt had a very successful career herself prior to retirement but the sisters equally recalled the expectation to perform to Bess' high and rock-solid standards.
"I did feel most loved when I was achieving."
I have pondered their words, marinated my reflections and my sister's thoughts for a few weeks, and am at the point where I know what I want for my family, and what I was hoping to achieve here.
I want the people in this article to feel incredibly proud of their accomplishments, no matter what they are, but to lessen the pressure on themselves to be anything other than their authentic selves.
I want anyone reading this to feel the same pride and know that while guilt is not new and it has its own place in keeping us empathetic, is should not be the over-riding emotion.
Guilt can't control us. It is but one of the sentiments that we feel in our soul, but we cannot allow it to be the loudest.
When guilt is quietened we will be able to hear the sweeter sounds of pride, joy and delight. In ourselves and our strong girls.
Shekinah
Guilt Free Mummy, Blog at WordPress.com.


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$141,000 stolen after ATM employees leave bag of cash on New Jersey lawn
Image: Mashable composite, Corbis
By Max Knoblauch 2015-07-28 22:36:19 UTC
If your job is to load up ATM machines with cash, you have one job: don't leave it unattended on a lawn.
Two employees of ATMForUs.com in Mahwah, New Jersey, had a nightmare become a reality on Monday. One employee left an unmarked bag containing $141,000 in cash on a lawn as he was reloading ATMs, and when they returned to the scene 15 minutes later to retrieve it, the bag was gone.
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The employee, who was leaving a business with the cash, set down one bag of cash on the lawn as he placed another bag in the trunk of the car. But instead on retrieving the second bag from the lawn, they drove away to fill other ATMs.
Surveillance footage of the area from CBS shows a white van pulling up to the lawn and taking the bag after the employee left the small bag on the lawn. The search is still on for the person who took the money.
"It was really just a stroke of luck, or misfortune, for [the employees] that this van happened to be driving by shortly after the money was left at the curb," a spokesperson for the Mahwah police told CBS New York.
According to police, after the employee who left the bag on the lawn returned to the scene and realized it wasn't there, he "panicked" and an ambulance was called.
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Can humour make students love statistics?
Andy Field, winner of the Society's Book Award, on how he makes use of eels, quails and lap dancers in his teaching
Many psychology students find themselves riddled with fear, boredom and often both at the prospect of learning statistics. Statistics anxiety and a lack of motivation are often cited as major obstacles to learning statistics, but what can be done to overcome these difficulties? This article looks at some of the problems we face when teaching statistics to psychologists, and asks whether humour is a useful tool to engage students and reduce their anxiety. It turns out that there is little evidence for humour as an effective tool to assist learning at all, and that using humour can be a double-edged sword!
I've just finished reading Chris Frith's brilliant Making Up the Mind, the most recent winner of the British Psychological Society's Book Award. In this book, Professor Frith distils a diverse collection of research from every corner of psychology into a coherent theory of the mind. It's a book full of wonders for both the layman and the experienced psychologist and is everything an award-winning book should be. In comparison, the previous year's winner – my 800 page re-description of the t-test (Discovering Statistics Using SPSS) – seems, well, a little undeserving to say the least.
To add insult to injury, no sooner had I won the award with a book that simply describes how to do statistics rather than distil all of science into a beautiful and elegant new theory, it was time to write a new edition. I spent most of last year writing this and, as with the previous two editions, I have simply done what comes naturally and hoped for the best. However, my bemusement at winning the award has made me question why the book has been so successful. Although I probably should have done this before embarking on a new edition, I recently decided that it was about time that I read some of the literature on good teaching practice to see whether I'm doing it right.
So this article is my attempt to summarise what I have discovered about the use of humour in teaching. There is rather more written about sociology students, so I have unashamedly drawn upon the sociology teaching literature. However, there are similarities between sociology and psychology students: both have similar interests (although psychology majors tend to have higher school grades, Lunneborg & Lunneborg, 1991) and have comparable views of the scientific model (Caffrey & Lile, 1976).
Numbers are the beast
Psychology students are enrolled on courses that, to the layperson, shouldn't obviously involve a detailed knowledge of statistics. Teaching them poses a unique set of difficulties. Ask anyone who teaches statistics to undergraduate psychologists and they will regale you with tales of students who are anxious, bored, unmotivated and constantly wondering why they are being tortured with statistics when they hoped to spend three years analysing their friends on a leather couch. Conners et al. (1998) identified four main problems in teaching statistics to undergraduate psychologists: motivation, statistics anxiety, performance extremes (students tend to be either brilliant or hopeless at statistics so at what level do you pitch the material?), and making learning last. Arguably the latter two of these problems will be eased by addressing motivation and anxiety.
Maths anxiety and motivation are frequently cited as major obstacles in teaching statistics to social scientists. Bessant (1992) wrote that anxiety was 'one of the most significant barriers that instructors encounter while teaching statistics' (p.143). Similarly, Blalock (1987) assumed that students arrive with a 'considerable fear of anything with the slightest quantitative flavor to it' (p.164) and proposed that overcoming fears should be a primary goal in teaching statistics.
Remarkably though, data supporting this assumption about anxiety is hard to unearth. One recent study, suggests that 25.1 per cent of sociology students reported being 'very anxious' and 32.8 per cent 'anxious' about taking a statistics course (DeCesare, 2007). Another cites values of two thirds to four fifths of graduate students experiencing uncomfortable levels of statistics anxiety (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003). Significantly more women than men report being anxious, and lower expected course grades predicted higher levels of reported anxiety (DeCesare, 2007). Although this shows that the majority of students are anxious about statistics, it is not the case that they all are.
The effects of statistics anxiety on course performance are clear. A positive attitude to statistics has been found to enhance performance on introductory statistics courses (Elmore & Vasu, 1980), whereas statistics anxiety causally decreases performance (Benson, 1989; Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003). Statistics anxiety affects a student's ability to understand research articles, and to analyse and interpret statistical data, and it reduces memory efficiency when trying to understand and learn new statistical material (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003).
Motivation for learning statistics can be low because students perceive the topic as unconnected to their chosen degree, which leads them to believe it is unimportant (Paxton, 2006). This perception could be exacerbated if the link to research methods is not directly made in core psychology courses. Statistics anxiety is also intrinsically linked to motivation: It is likely to reduce students' self-efficacy, which reduces their achievement expectancies, and make them likely to give up when confronted with challenging material (Paxton, 2006). In the wider context this anxiety and reduced motivation might prevent some very gifted students from pursuing careers in psychology because they feel that a lack of confidence with statistics might prevent them from doing their job effectively or lead colleagues to perceive them as 'stupid'. Although the obvious examples are research or academic posts, a great many psychology careers make use of the fundamental research skills that are the backbone of the British Psychological Society's core undergraduate curriculum.
Although I have no desire to be a harbinger of despair, the problems we face with student motivation and anxiety are likely to be getting worse. Undergraduate psychology students' core mathematical skills are on the decline: a 1992 cohort outperformed a 2002 cohort on measures of calculation, algebraic reasoning, graphical interpretation, proportionality and ratio, probability and sampling, and estimation (Mulhern & Wylie, 2004). In the same study there was evidence that the 1992 cohort underperformed compared with a 1984 cohort on a subset of these measures. If students have any insight into their abilities then they will be less confident and, consequently, more anxious about statistics courses than in the past. It is increasingly important, therefore, to strive to engage students in statistical material in a way that decreases anxiety and increases motivation.
Why was Spearman embarrassed?
In winning the award, my book Discovering Statistics Using SPSS was praised for its refreshing style that engages students in statistics. If you believe the publisher's blurb for the new edition then its success is attributable to 'Andy's humorous and self-deprecating style and the book's host of characters' which apparently 'make the journey entertaining as well as educational'. So the main cannons in my armoury appear to be humour and self-loathing. Certainly, humour was the hare that I pursued like a hungry greyhound in this new edition. In the past I have invented datasets around bizarre examples from my imagination, but always feared that this might sidetrack students from the research process. This time I tried to find real research that would entertain (some might say offend) as well as inform. I found myself accelerating uncontrollably down an icy slope of ejaculating quails, oriental men with eels up their anus, ovulating lap dancers (see box) and fake vaginas filled with fake sperm. Much as this passion for the bizarre keeps me motivated and calm when writing the book, does humour keep students motivated and calm about statistics?
There is a remarkably small literature about using humour in teaching and textbooks. It is, to be fair, difficult to study. Apart from anything else, one person's hilarious joke is another person's tumbleweed rolling across the lecture theatre (or worse still, complaint to the vice chancellor about levels of decency). There is a long-held belief that humour in public speaking is a good thing, and that the information gained by an audience is enhanced by humour. The assumption is that humour increases attention and, therefore, learning. However, when comparing humorous and non-humorous speeches there is conflicting evidence about whether humour improves information retention (Gruner, 1967). There seems little doubt that students want humour: 96.6 per cent of students reported that they would want an 'ideal' teacher to use humour often or occasionally (Epting et al., 2004) and student evaluations of teachers' effectiveness and appeal are positively related to their use of humour (Bryant et al., 1980). But does humour actually work, as an educational tool for reducing anxiety and improving learning?
Schacht and Stewart (1990) evaluated a statistics course that used humorous cartoons as a means to reduce statistics anxiety. They found that not only did students perceive the cartoons as having reduced their anxiety, but scores on the maths anxiety rating scale significantly diminished from pre- to post-course. However, there was no control course that did not use cartoons, so it is unclear whether the use of cartoons was the causal agent in reducing anxiety. Astonishingly, this was the only study I managed to find that looked at the use of humour to reduce statistics anxiety.
In terms of assisting learning, there are some studies (although not specific to statistics teaching) suggesting that humour can be a useful tool in facilitating learning. A study on children manipulated televised educational programmes so that they contained clips of humorous programmes (such as The Muppet Show) or non-humorous inserts placed such that they didn't interrupt an educational point. Results showed that children learnt more from educational films containing humorous inserts compared to films containing non-humorous inserts or no inserts (Zillmann et al., 1980). The authors concluded that the humorous inserts increased learning by improving attention. These humorous inserts were fairly randomly interspersed within the educational content and were unrelated to the material to be learned. Kaplan and Pascoe (1977) systematically manipulated whether humour in a lecture was related to the topic being taught, was un-related, or was a mix of the two. Compared to lectures with no humour, concepts presented humorously were not better remembered immediately after the lecture, but were at six-week follow up. This suggests that humour can be a useful tool in making learning last (one of the four obstacles mentioned earlier). However, the effect that humour had was concept-specific; unlike in Zillmann et al.'s study, humour did not improve overall learning, only recall of the specific concepts that were described using humour. One strategic approach to teaching statistics might, therefore, be to use humour selectively when explaining particularly difficult constructs.
By the way, in case you're wondering:?Spearman's mum caught him ranking.
The sad clown
If we assume, based on the limited evidence available, that humour can be a useful way to reduce statistics anxiety and improve learning then we need to also consider the pitfalls. The research so far conducted on the use of humour has, by necessity, been fairly limited. There are numerous styles of humour, and the extent to which humour can be a useful tool probably depends on the extent to which the teacher's personality lends itself to being funny.
There is very little research that has tried to pick apart the effects of different styles of humour. One exception is Bryant et al.'s (1980) study, in which humour characteristics of lecturers were categorised. They found very interesting gender differences. For male tutors:
I humour was overall associated with effectiveness;
I funny stories were better than jokes, riddles or puns;
I spontaneous humour was more effective than prepared humour;
I humour related to the topic being taught was better than unrelated humour;
I hostile/aggressive humour and nonsense humour correlated with effectiveness but sexual humour did not; and
I effectiveness was correlated with humour that involved characters other than the tutor or students.
For female tutors, however, the picture was very different. Overall, the use of humour was not associated with effectiveness, and the use of puns
had a detrimental relationship with effectiveness. No other humour characteristics correlated with effectiveness for female tutors. The authors suggest that these gender differences may stem from students' gender stereotypes of appropriate behaviour in the classroom; however, nearly 30 years on from the study this explanation probably has less credibility. It would be interesting to see whether these gender differences hold up in a more contemporary setting.
Moving away from face-to-face teaching, it is also important to ascertain whether humour is a useful tool in teaching materials and textbooks (and, of course, this is a pertinent personal issue on the eve of the release of my new tome). I was delighted to discover that chapters from humorous textbooks are rated by students as more enjoyable (Klein et al., 1982). This delight waned upon glancing at the table showing data that humorous book chapters did not significantly improve learning, interest, persuasiveness, and the desire to read more. The delight swung to horror as the article revealed that the credibility of the author was inversely related to the amount of humour used. Oh dear, I probably won the 2007 book award because the judges enjoyed it and not because they learnt anything from it.
I have tried to summarise what little evidence there is that humour can be a useful teaching tool for reducing statistics anxiety and improving learning. The most glaring conclusion that stems from this review is that a lot more research is needed, and within contemporary settings. There is little research on the use of humour in teaching, and what little there is now relatively dated and does not fully explore the influences of different forms of humour, the placement of humour and how well the humour aligns to the concepts being taught. There is also a massive lacuna in research on the use of humour to reduce statistics anxiety, and whether reductions in statistics anxiety moderate improvements in performance that arise from the use of humour.
Finally, we need to know more about how humour interacts with the personality of the lecturer. It seems naive to assume that humour is universally a good thing –
it will work for some people and not for others. A prescription of how to deliver humorous examples can probably never be found and there is no substitute for teachers and writers finding their own voice.
There are also potential pitfalls in using humour. Two that we know of are that using humour doesn't always improve your effectiveness or appeal (it seems to depend upon your gender), and that it reduces student perceptions of your genius. However, there is tentative evidence that humour might be a useful way to reduce statistics anxiety, and concept-related humour can probably be a useful way to enhance learning. If you're going to try humour in your teaching, it is better to tell anecdotes about people other than you or your students, and avoid sexual themes (like ejaculating quails, ovulating lap dancers and eels).
Finally, ignore me, because, apparently, I have no academic credibility.
Andy Field is in the Department of Psychology, University of Sussex
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Blalock, H.M. (1987). Some general goals in teaching statistics. Teaching Sociology, 15(2), 164–172.
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describe AOP do
  context 'method filters, nested param filter' do

    context 'single param' do
      before do
        class_under_test.new_method :filter1 do | a |
          2 * a
        end
        class_under_test.new_method :filter2 do | a |
          a.succ
        end
        class_under_test.new_method :main1 do | a |
          a.succ
        end
        class_under_test.param_filter :main1, [:filter1, :filter2]
      end
      it{ expect( subject.main1 1 ).to eq 5 }
    end # context 'single param'

    context 'multiple params' do
      before do
        class_under_test.new_method :filter1 do | *a |
          a.reject(&:odd?)
        end
        class_under_test.new_method :filter2 do | *a |
          a.map(&:succ)
        end
        class_under_test.new_method :main2 do | *a |
          a.join
        end
        class_under_test.param_filter :main2, :filter2
        class_under_test.param_filter :main2, :filter1
      end
      it{ expect( subject.main2 2, 3, 4 ).to eq "35" }
    end # context 'multiple params'

    context 'blox are not touched, geometry can be changed' do
      before do
        class_under_test.new_method :filter4 do | a, b |
          [a + b,a - b]
        end
        class_under_test.new_method :filter5 do |a, b|
          a + b
        end
        class_under_test.new_method :main4 do | a, &blk |
          blk.( a )
        end
        class_under_test.param_filter :main4, [:filter5, :filter4]
      end
      it{ expect( subject.main4( 1, 2 ){|x| 10*x } ).to eq 20  }
    end # context 'blox are not touched'
  end # context 'method filters, nested param filter'
end

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Freedom of Speech in Ireland: Analytical Essay
Topics: Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech is a contentious subject. Academically, it can be argued as both good and bad for society, with the right to freely express your opinion being marred by the court's responsibility to protect the reputation of Irish citizens. The media provides the largest platform for people's opinions and therefore, must be highly regulated, however, there is no distinct and separate law for the media. As Marie McGonagle mentioned 'In short, media law is that myriad of laws that relate to the media and affect media activities.'[1] The Irish democracy has always been one to try and protect the right to free speech, with the government almost never exercising their ability to censor certain items in the media despite the Constitution expressly mentioning that the rights to freedom of speech and expression 'are not absolute and therefore authorises their restriction in support of other rights.'[2] While a 97 out of 100 rating may seem high, it can be viewed as quite accurate to the Irish judiciary and their leniency towards preventing the suppression of their citizen's opinions.
One point in favour of Freedom House's assessment of the state of media freedoms in Ireland, is how the Irish Judiciary and the Irish Government are continually ensuring that the law accurately represents the current social views of their population. This is an important element of Irish law as if the judiciary does not uphold the views of the people, the rigidity of the law will ensure the development of an unhappy and unrepresented population. If the law doesn't accurately mirror the views of it's citizens, then their voice isn't being heard and their freedom of expression can be seen as limited. An important component to bring into play here is the tendency of the court to allow a potentially insulting and defamatory statement to stand if it is for the good of the public. If the general population's views are not considered, then this defence is moot. A perfect example is the recent blasphemy referendum. This was on Article 40.6.1 of the Constitution, and a vote on whether the word 'blasphemous' should have been removed. Once the public vote had been decided in favour of the removal, the phrase was absolved by President Higgins. By listening to the opinions of their people and ensuring the law accurately represents them, the Irish judiciary is always able to determine whether potentially defamatory statements were for the good of the public depending on their views on the very essence of it.
A case that highlights the desire of the Irish judiciary to evolve the law alongside the views of the people is Reynolds v Malocco, the latter being a disgraced ex solicitor who made a defamatory statement about the plaintiff saying he was a 'gay bachelor' and was 'tolerating the sale of illegal drugs in his club.' The defendant represented himself and argued that his use was of the term 'gay' was in the sense of the old-fashioned meaning light and happy. Justice Kelly dismissed this argument stating that the modern meaning had displaced the former one, keeping with the current social views.
Defamation is a major element of media law. It is defined, by the Collin's dictionary, as 'the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad or untrue about them.' The word reputation is hard to define. David Howarth wrote 'Although acknowledging that there is something called 'reputation', the protection of which has to be balanced against the competing value of freedom of speech, it failed to ask what precisely 'reputation' is and why it might be valuable.'[3] It has been noted, however, that the term reputation is 'an integral and important part of the dignity of the individual. It also forms the basis of many decisions in a democratic society which are fundamental to its well-being'[4]. A statement will only be deemed defamatory if it tends to injure one's reputation in the eyes of reasonable members of society.
Ireland introduced the Defamation Act (2009) to shed some light on this important topic. It was followed by the British version, the Defamation Act 2013, which Alastair Mullis and Andrew Scott mentioned was 'intended to allow scientists, online commentators, non-governmental organisations and others to introduce facts, criticism, comment and condemnation into public discussions without undue fear that their contributions will result in legal repercussions.'[5] Ireland and the United Kingdom have always been very close in the standards they set for their citizens so it can be seen as likely that if the UK is attempting to loosen their grip on the freedom of speech of their citizens, Ireland may be set to follow, which points to the rating by Freedom House being an accurate one. However, an important part of the Defamation Act 2009, is that, through Article 6.5, defamation is 'actionable without proof of special damage.'[6] This means that a plaintiff need not prove actual loss. So, while the Irish judiciary seems reluctant to suppress any freedom of speech by its citizens, they also ensure that falling into the category of a defamatory statement is easier than it seems. Along with the maximum damages being increased to €50,000, this may act as a deterrent to potential journalists and writers etc, which in itself is restricting the freedom of expression, though not expressly.
Eoin Carolan and Ailbhe O'Neill mentioned how, previously, 'it was argued for many years that the Irish law of defamation attached insufficient importance to the media's freedom of expression and was weighted far too heavily in favour of the individual's right to a good name.'[7] This statement in itself seems to completely undermine the point made by Freedom House in their current rating, however, the two also went on to say that 'in more recent decades, however, there occurred something of a shift in the legal protection provided by the media's freedom of expression.' The Defamation Act 2009 plays a huge part in this. O'Dowd said, 'the Act something not far short of a complete restatement of the law of defamation.'[8] Ireland's recent emergence as a country comfortable with the freedom of speech can be associated with the changes the 2009 Act made to the available defences. For starters, the fair and reasonable publication was introduced on matters of public interest. Section 26 states that it will be a defence if the defendant proves that the statement made was published 'in good faith' and 'in the course of…. the discussion of a subject of benefit to the public', while being a 'fair and reasonable' publishing. The introduction of a new defence seems to highlight the judiciary's desire to create more freedom for the Irish citizens by giving them more opportunities to defend their point of view. The defence of honest opinion also backs this claim with the defendant simply having to prove that they honestly believed in what they were publishing. Furthermore, the Act also introduced the defence of innocent publication where the defendant only need prove that they were not an author, editor or publisher of the statement, they took reasonable care in relation to its publication and they had no knowledge that what they did attributed to the publication of the statement.
All the defences mentioned in the above paragraph, would encourage me to agree with Freedom House's assessment of Freedom of Speech within the Irish media. However, there is one major element that may have been overlooked in their review, Irish media ownership. The market for Irish media can almost be called oligopolistic. A few select major enterprises seem to run a large portion of each form of media. Take RTÉ for example. In a recent study by the Advisory Group, it was found that they had 'almost 70% of the market in national radio'[9] and was 'the only supplier of terrestrial television in Ireland up until the late 1990's.'[10] It is almost impossible for there to be complete freedom of speech if all news articles and information is coming from the one source. This creates a monopoly effect, ensuring that RTÉ essentially controls what people read and hear. A country that has only one real source of information cannot be considered true freedom.
This is also the case with Irish newspapers. Regional and local newspapers seem to hold reasonable market shares, however, the picture for Sunday papers 'was different with Independent News Media's wholly owned publications constituting 48% of the market share'[11] which increased to 92.2% upon 'the inclusion of publications which Independent News Media had an interest in (as opposed to wholly owned).'[12] A monopoly of this magnitude can potentially restrict a population's ability to have their own opinion due to it being swayed by the information produced by a single newspaper. Since there are very little alternatives available, citizen's will only be able to base their opinion on the articles that Independent News Media publish. This goes against the core values of the freedom to express your opinions. If your opinions are only based on what you are allowed to see they lose their identity as 'your' opinions and become something else entirely.
A quick point worth mentioning is whether or not the Irish control over the freedom of expression should be tightened. There was a recent event where an interracial couple were brought under fire when they featured in a Lidl billboard advertisement. What followed was a myriad of racial abuse and vulgar comments online. In a recent interview with Ryan Tubridy, the couple spoke of how, due to the amount of death threats they had received, they had considered moving to the UK despite calling Ireland their home and expressing a desire to never leave. Events like these point to the need for a tighter hold on the freedom of social media and how people can express their opinions online. The freedom associated with social media can be incredibly harmful if it is used for the wrong purposes and therefore begs the question: what can be done to try and prevent it?
Overall, I feel the rating given by Freedom House to Irelands ability to create freedom of speech might be a little high. As a country, we pride ourselves in ensuring that there are multiple defences available in a defamation case and that the current social views are mirrored in legislation and common law. However, with a major element like the potential monopoly throughout Irish media ownership, it must be noted that there is an available wiggle room for the Irish rating to drop slightly. Our judiciary will most likely still favour promoting freedom of speech however the recent Lidl billboard fiasco also calls into question the effectiveness of the current law surround freedom of speech on social media and makes me question: is it time to tighten the noose even further?
Marie McGonagle, 'Media Law' (2nd Edition)
Howarth, David 'Libel: Its Purpose and Reform' (2011) 74 Modern Law Review 845 – 877 < '>https://www-jstor-org.ucd.idm.oclc.org/stable/41302636?pq-origsite=summon&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents> (Accessed 31 October 2019)
Reynolds v Times Newspaper Ltd [2001] 2 AC 127, 201. (Lord Nicholls)
Mullis, Alastair and Scott, Andrew 'Tilting at Windmills: the Defamation Act 2013'(2014) 77 Modern Law Review 87 < '>https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-2230.12057> (Accessed 31 October 2019)
The Defamation Act 2009
Eoin Carolan and Ailbhe O'Neill, 'Media Law in Ireland' (2nd Edition)
O'Dowd, T. John 'Ireland's New Defamation Act' [2009] 2 Journal of Media Law 173, 182.
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Vaccination rollout in Canada got off to a slow start, but is now recovering
Coronavirus infection rates in Canada's largest state have reached record highs as they warn hospitals that they are likely to be overwhelmed.
A committee of experts said that if public health measures were weak and vaccination coverage did not rise, Ontario's infectious diseases could increase by 600% by June.
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A public health expert advising the Ontario government said a stay-at-home order would be required for at least six weeks to control the current Covid wave, and vaccinations would be given 100,000 times a day. I am.
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Why did it suddenly worsen?
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Despite ongoing vaccination, a panel of experts warned that the number of new cases in Ontario could reach 30,000 a day. It is a state of 14 million people, 38% of Canada's total population.
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Currently, a field hospital is set up in the parking lot of one of Toronto's major hospitals.
Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford will announce new measures later on Friday.
How about a vaccination campaign?
After a slow start, the pace of vaccination is now accelerating. Canada quickly purchased an inventory of vaccines, but until recently, deployment lags behind other developed countries.
Currently, 9 million Canadians are vaccinated at least once.
There was a lot of news on Friday. Modana said it would cut its next shipment to Canada by almost half, to 650,000, but Pfizer plans to supply another 8 million after reaching the New Deal with the Canadian government.
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He will, Yael - good that he can choose! And Happy Birthday to Ron!
I like the photograph Yael. You have a good eye. Happy Birthday to the boy and good luck with the present.
Thank you Rachel, It was almost evening with not enough light but i could not miss that moment.
Happy Birthday to Ron. Let us know what you bought for him. My 6 yr old grandson loves Lego....it keeps him quiet for hours!..and anything train related!
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Thank you, I shall tell him.
And a big balloon in his hand.
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Thank you Sue.I take all my photos with my old iPhone 5.
And a lot of worries and fear for Grandmother.
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Q: Translating WebApp with vue-i18n without changing URL What would be the best implementation of i18n. It's for a webapp so I don't want to update the url based on locale.
I am using nuxt frameworks so I researched nuxt-i18n but that's not possible without updating the url.

A: in nuxt.config.js/ts
i18n: {
...
strategy: 'no_prefix',
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}

to change the locale, use something like:
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}

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Energy Buzzes at Bhutan Echoes' First Spoken Word Open Mic Night
As a part of Bhutan Echoes' monthly program to promote and support local engagement, we hosted a Spoken Word Open Mic Night at Mojo Park on December 26th. This event included a live performance by the talented Yakam band, music guru Mr. Kamer Singh, writers, and poets from the Royal Thimphu College.
The purpose of this program was to celebrate young people, their voices and provide a platform for expression and creativity.
Yakam is a group of five young talented Bhutanese artists and musicians. Their glitz and performance shook the night, the ease with which performers were able to tap into themselves and draw out their natural talent was effortless. The words danced and rolled off their tongue in the most fluent way, which allowed their performance to have a powerful and distinct effect on the audience.
Mr. Kamer Singh, a leader of Indian classical music who has extensive experience in teaching music in India as well as in Bhutan, performed at the open mic. He was selected by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (Ministry of External Affairs) as the Teacher of Indian Music for the Nehru Wangchuck Cultural Centre of the Embassy of India in 2019. He performed a beautiful song in Dzongkha, which captured the hearts of the Bhutanese audience, who all sang along with him.
In addition, we had eight wonderful students from Royal Thimphu College from the English Department who shared their original work as part of the poetry reading session.
Open-mics are an opportunity for shared creativity and are communal. It can be daunting to perform on stage, especially to share one's personal experiences or emotions with strangers via song or poem. However, the atmosphere was filled with a sense of encouragement, acceptance, and appreciation for those who were willing to share their talent and creativity. The spoken word open mic was a fun and enjoyable evening for both performers and the audience.
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"It was delightful. I got to share my own poetry in a safe space and I got to experience the wonderful poetry of my peers," Dechen Wangmo, a participant states. "This was my first time reciting in an informal setting, there is something different about the kind of energy and liveliness."
Sangay Thinley, a spectator, said his favorite part of the poetry reading session is learning from other poets. "There are a lot of talented writers in the community, I like hearing everyone's style," he said. "No individual writes the same way, and I feel like I can learn more by hearing more styles. It's all wonderful stuff."
Producer Kitso Pelmo said, "It's a chance to share your work and listen to others, there's so much talent out there and we want young people to feel free to express themselves. To be brave and excited enough in what you can create yourself and share it with other people, I think that's always positive."
Ultimately, the Spoken Word Open Mic Night was successful and Bhutan Echoes plans to host many more similar events.
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Yet there are some trends that will bubble up higher to the surface, whether your B2B firm is involved in marketing, social, tech, or software.
Here are some key trends to keep an eye on next year.
In 2015, storytelling established itself as the new, hot marketing trend. Suddenly, companies discovered they had to be creative, engaging and entertaining if they wanted to capture the attention of time-strapped clients.
In 2016, storytelling will remain important but it is evolving with the emergence of visual storytelling. A good example is cinemagraphs, which are photographs that feature small and repeated movement occurs. Toronto-based Flixel has become one of the leading cinemagraph players as its technology is being used by brands such as America's Top Model and A&E.
Instagram is another visual storytelling vehicle being enthusiastically embraced by brands that recognize the power of photographs and videos to engage consumers. Another fast-growing player is Canva, which has levelled the playing field by making it easier and cheaper to create visual storytelling assets such as graphics and infographics.
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Just when it looked like podcasts looked antiquated, they have come roaring back to life. Their newfound sexiness may have to do with the popularity of podcasts such as Startup and Serial,, or it could be that forward-thinking businesses are looking for ways to be different and interesting.
Whatever the reason, podcasts are hot because they provide startups with the opportunity to tell stories to a captive audience. PostBeyond is a startup that has jumped on the podcast bandwagon. Check out one of its recent podcasts here.
Also, as Fast Company wrote, the payoff for advertisers is enormous—one survey of 300,000 podcast listeners found that 63 percent bought something a host had promoted on a show.
It was not that long ago that firms were told they had to become publishers. As a result, a growing number of brands are creating content to point where the market is being overwhelmed.
This isn't to suggest content marketing is losing its appeal. Instead, content will need to be personalized so it is relevant and topic to specific consumers. This personalization will be driven by data collection and aggregation, which will provide startups with in-depth insight into a consumer's needs and interest.
Some other trends to watch in 2016 include data (yes, Big Data is getting bigger!), mobile and influencer marketing (keep an eye on Toronto-based Influitive, fast becoming a market leader) as startups look for different ways to capture the spotlight.
What do you see as the leading startup marketing trends in 2016?


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Damned If You Demo, Damned If You Don't
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As of this writing, there are at least seven YouTube videos, all with more than 100,000 views, tracking pratfalls and slapstick glitches found in FIFA 12—the latest entry in the most acclaimed and respected sports video game series of the past three years. All of these come from regular users playing a demo version that released two weeks ago.
This had to have brought back some bad memories in Burnaby, British Columbia, where FIFA is made and where NBA Elite 11 was made. Elite released its demo version this time last year. That title was utterly derailed by an infamous glitch video that pulled maybe half of the views of this FIFA 12 compilation.
NBA Elite's blooper reel saw Andrew Bynum standing at midcourt in a T-pose. FIFA 12's has Lionel Messi hopping on one foot with a grotesquely twisted left leg, an egregious four-player dive sequence embarrassing even to Italians, and two guys who can't even get the kick off right.
EA Sports' New "Dive" Feature In FIFA 12 Could Have Been More Subtle
When you put out a football game every year (American or European), you're faced with the…
Now, let's be real. As ridiculous as all that is, FIFA was never remotely in danger of the same fate as NBA Elite. FIFA is the dominant product in its class, the top-selling sports game globally, and holds a vast reservoir of trust with gamers and critics alike. IGN just rated the game a 9.5. Some people might have had a miserable week when management asked what the hell this video was all about, but that title's still going to kick ass galore.
Still, for FIFA or any other game, demo versions of a sports title are one of the worst cattle calls in video gaming. There's no place to go but down, especially in games with a free-flowing, continually contested objective (hockey, soccer, basketball) where anything can happen. That's why we see this sort of thing around this time of year. A game that's largely driven by set pieces (American football, baseball) or restricted player areas (tennis) has an easier time managing the action, with fewer variables.
NHL 12 Goes Five-Hole on a ... Defenseman
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Demo versions of a sports title are one of the worst cattle calls in video gaming. There's no place to go but down.
It also doesn't help that sports video games, and their demos, are judged by an outside standard other genres don't face: They're attempting to simulate something normal people encounter every day, whether in person at a stadium or on their television set. There's also an enormous sample size of prior experience informing the public's opinion of what looks credible and what doesn't. Space marines chainsawing aliens is a different story. Demos of other games may be evaluated for the fairness and balance of their gameplay or the responsiveness of their controls and animations, but the "this kind of thing never happens" complaint, which sports games battle constantly, is largely irrelevant unless their gameplay is really broken.
And yet, against this stacked deck, publishers still must run out an incomplete version of their game, oftentimes one that is a month older than the code shipping on the disc in a couple of weeks. While demonstration versions are expected now for nearly every genre, none get the kind of advance scrutiny that the sports titles do. Enthusiast sites routinely post detailed impressions of sports game demos. The evaluation is very gameplay-driven, very focused on refinements or fixes made to the previous version, less so on new features, as usually the demo is simply a match from the basic play-now mode. In console gaming, the most common analogue I can find in other genres is when a first-person shooter is in its multiplayer beta. PC games generally have more robust beta releases that give a bigger picture of the game, of course.
To not release a demo version would be worse than releasing anything but an obviously broken one. It would be seized upon as a statement of zero confidence in one's own product, and with multimillion-dollar licenses riding on the outcome, it's almost suicidal.
It's not to say demos have no usefulness. Even if, at best, they deliver an underwhelmed reaction or heavily nitpicked feedback, they can function as a kind of short-term beta period, especially given sports' publishers' tendency to release a game and then patch its problems. Indeed, NBA Live 10, the predecessor of NBA Elite 11, returned solid review scores, and was helped further by a patch one month later that developers said drew on feedback and telemetry from the game's demo. Funny enough, invited FPS multiplayer betas, ostensibly meant to balance and troubleshoot a work in progress, are often slagged for being glorified demos with a velvet rope out front; a sports title's demo, advertised and acknowledged as such, is likewise slagged for being a beta on-the-cheap.
Play a sports demo and ask yourself if you had fun with it, big picture. On the finer points, take it with a grain of salt, because you are not getting everything. It may seem like sports demos should be more representative of the final product than a shooter that offers maybe one chapter out of its campaign mode, or a tutorial from an action RPG. They aren't. They're outdated by almost a month, and they're also not in a controlled environment like a single level of scripted encounters.
It also makes sense that, in a title downloaded by the millions and played millions more times, all with unique outcomes, even a small percentage of errors encountered by a small percentage of those with the wherewithal to capture them will seem quite large in whole numbers and YouTube views. Especially as comment culture fixates on the negative almost to the exclusion of the positive.
That doesn't excuse an error or a defect, but these things don't vanish into the ether, either. Someone's assigned to the problem, assuming it hasn't been corrected in the revisions between the demo's release and the final gold master copy. People will drive themselves crazy trying to replicate it. Any visual information is scoured and reported. I've seen this, in my own home. I got a pre-alpha demonstration of NBA 2K12 a month ago, and when a glitch appeared—a warping player who blocked a shot, nothing egregious—we paused and replayed it a few times, and the producer tapped out a message on his BlackBerry and sent it.
"I know how to fix that," he said.
He wasn't happy to see it, but he was glad he did. So was I.
STICK JOCKEY
Stick Jockey is Kotaku's column on sports video games. It appears Saturdays.


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Five tips on how to stay safe in this scorching summer!
Anandhalekshmi Nair, Ahmedabad: While it may be good for the soul to soak up some sun after a long winter, it can mean trouble for your skin. Hot weather can lead to skin problems like heat rash. Sun damage can lead to premature aging, dry skin, dark spots or pigmentation, wrinkles and even skin cancer over time. So how can we have fun in the sun and still protect our skin?
Here are my five musts for being sun-smart in the summertime.
The skin is the largest and most vulnerable organ we possess, so we need to get in the habit of taking care. It is affected the most in the summer heat and can be harmed by constant sun exposure, whether or not you see a burn. Use of a sunscreen with the accurate SPF can help prevent skin cancer by protecting you from the harmful ultraviolet rays.
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For example, if your skin turns red after 10 minutes in the sun, a sunscreen with SPF 15 should allow you to spend 150 minutes (2.5 hours) in the sun. No matter how quickly or slowly you tend to burn, it is recommended to use a sunscreen that is at least SPF 30.???????
Summer is the best season for a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. Include at least two servings of fruits and vegetables to your daily diet. Fruit smoothies and milkshakes are easy to make. Just toss some fruits and milk into your blender and you have a healthy and filling snack. Add some form of curd or yogurt in your meals. Buttermilk is another great cooler. Having a glass of buttermilk or chaas just before stepping out into the sun helps prevent dehydration. Use sabza (tulsi seeds) in your drinks -- this has a very cooling effect on the body.
In the excruciating heat of summer, cut the intake of fried food like vadas, samosas, chips, bhajias, farsans, etc. because fat has a thermal effect on your body. Avoid sugary foods, especially honey and molasses, and stick to natural sugars available from fruits and veggies. Reduce intakes of heaty vegetables and fruits, like spinach, radish, hot peppers, onions, garlic, beetroot, pineapple, grapefruit and ripe mangoes. Do not drink very chilled liquids. They do not really help cool you down in summers. Drinking really cold liquids when feeling hot may lead to a slight constriction of the blood vessels in the skin and decrease heat loss, which is not advisable when trying to cool down.
Skincare in summer calls for special attention because during the summer season the skin's natural oils start flowing freely which makes it appear dull, oily and blemished. Dirt sticks on oily skin and gets trapped in your skin pores, thus, causing bacterial infections that result in pimples, acne and other unwanted eruptions. In addition, the increased susceptibility to the UV rays of the sun not just results in skin tanning, but also increases dark patches and wrinkles. Natural remedies are the best way to remove sunburn and skin tan.
With the start of summer, it is recommended that you start using homemade sandalwood and fuller's earth (multani mitti) pack on your face. Apply them once in a week or once in two weeks. These can absorb all extra oil from your skin's surface. Sandalwood makes your skin soft, smooth, and supple. Mix the pack with rose water and use it. Rose water is a natural astringent and will be helpful in reducing redness from your face. Make a resolution that you will use rose water twice a day to clean your oily skin well.
Keep in mind that wearing a high SPF sunscreen does not mean that you should avoid other protective measures, like staying in the shade, minimizing your time in the sun, and wearing protective clothing. Usage of sunglasses, hats and other accessories minimizes the UV radiations from reaching your body. Opt for a wide-brimmed hat instead of caps because it provides complete protection to your entire face.
Last but not the least, DRINK WATER. The body retains salt in the organic form found in fruits and veggies; the inorganic salt, meanwhile, is digested and needs to be thrown out of the body. And this is why you need to drink water. It is a key ingredient in keeping the body cool. With high humidity levels, sweat will not evaporate quickly. This prevents the body from releasing heat in an efficient manner. This is why it is necessary to hydrate and drink water, even when you are not thirsty. Increase water intake regardless of your activity levels. It also helps one avoid putting on unnecessary calories.


Grabbing a beer while at a baseball game is as American as preferring football to baseball. But when it comes to getting the best value on your brews, not all playing fields are even.
Using info from The Marketing Report, our friends at VinePair constructed this infographic ranking different baseball stadiums on the price per ounce of a small beer. The luckiest fans are those of the Los Angeles Angels. Not only has their team pulled ahead of the Astros in the AL West, their ballpark also slings the cheapest suds at only 28 cents per ounce. With a deal like that, LA Angles fans can drink enough to forget that they are unfortunately actually in Anaheim.
Meanwhile, Boston Red Sox fans are getting the worst possible deal in a couple ways. Not only have the Sox ridden a seven game losing streak to the worst record in the American League, their beers are wicked expensive: 65 cents per ounce, a full 15 cents more expensive than the next most expensive team, their much-hated rivals the New York Yankees. Looks like the Yankees win once again.
Also, a consolation prize to fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks: Your team has been an embarrassment for the last two seasons, but at least you still have one reason to go to the ballpark – the league's second cheapest beers. Apparently, you can get a 14 ounce beer for $4 somewhere at Chase Field. That's ridiculously cheap. Someone must have been sitting out in the sun too long.


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LONG BEACH – Coach Jenny Hilt-Costello's Long Beach State women's tennis team wraps up its fall schedule by taking part in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association West Region, getting under way this morning at the Barnes Tennis Center Complex in Point Loma.
The event, held on a 24-court facility, concludes Monday.
"We're hoping to build upon the successes we had during our first two tournaments (in Berkeley and Fullerton)," Costello said Wednesday afternoon.
Senior Deborah Armstrong and junior Anais Dallara have combined for doubles championships at the Cal/Nike Invitational and the Fullerton Invitational. Dallara won the singles crown at Fullerton two weekends ago.
Costello is hoping the work and accomplishments of the fall will continue into the spring season when the 49ers try to wrest the Big West Conference crown from UCIrvine.
"And this event will also give the girls opportunities to play against some (nationally) ranked opponents, which can help with their rankings in the spring," she said.