As runners, we often measure our success by the clock. We rate our run in distances and times. We can lose motivation to keep running as we compare our progress with that of others who appear better. Many of us are conditioned to believe that for a run to be successful we need to be pushing our body to our physical limits.
It is a pity that running is now an additional stress for so many people and has become another pressure on an already long to-do list. Surely running should be something to look forward to than just another task we "have" to do?
If you are a slave to running technology or feel as if you are losing your running mojo, I challenge you to leave the ego, the watch and the headphones at home and look at your running differently this summer. It's time to make our running more mindful.
Mindfulness is everywhere these days. We hear of mindful walking, mindful eating, mindful colouring and mindfulness apps and classes are popping up everywhere. The benefits of mindfulness have been well documented.
Decreasing anxiety while helping us to improve sleep, mood, creativity, cognitive function, body awareness and general wellness should be enough incentive for anyone to give mindfulness a chance.
However, many of us are so busy that we don't make time to experiment with mindfulness; yet we do try to fit in a run. If you can't sit still to meditate, why not try to incorporate mindfulness into your run?
Being mindful when running is simply a matter of trying to focus on one thing. When running we are often distracted. We think about the end of the run, our dinner, and our plans for tomorrow. Very often we don't think at all about what we are doing at that given moment. In this regard, recreational runners could learn a lot from elite athletes, who train their minds to focus as well as their legs to run. They are not thinking about finishing the race or standing on the podium; they are focused on the current step. Their mind isn't wandering.
Pick one focus from the list below and commit to thinking about it as much as you can on your next run. Settle into a comfortable pace and keep returning your mind to the focus as you become distracted.
Ignore pace and choose a route you know well. I don't expect you to maintain the focus for the entire run. However, whenever you catch your mind drifting, bring your attention back to that focus and start again.
Listen: What sounds do you hear on your run? Count them. You will be surprised by how many noises you have not noticed before, and how loud they are.
Look: If you are in the countryside, notice how many different flowers you pass. On a busy road, how many silver cars drive pass? In a busy pedestrian area, how many different shades of blue do you see on other runners and walkers? Notice how your awareness of your environment improves.
Breathe: Become aware of your breath. Instead of disguising it by playing your music louder, follow your breath. You might be breathing through your nose or mouth, deep into your stomach or light into your chest and back. Don't try to alter it, but pay attention to it.
Relax: Feel your skeleton long and tall, and let the arms and legs feel loose and free. Keeping the limbs relaxed will help your breathing and allow tension from the day leave the body rather than overwork the limbs when running. Notice what parts of your body find it hard to relax.
Technique: Pick one element of your running technique and aim to practise it for as much of the run as you can remember.
Count: Count your steps, the number of cars, the number of breaths or even the number of other runners you pass. Focusing on looking for the next one keeps your mind on the task at hand.
Thank: List everything you are grateful for today that you normally take for granted. Start with all the parts of your body that are functioning properly to help you run today. Move outside your body and be grateful for everything in your environment and everyone who has helped you be where you are today. Use your run as a chance to remember and appreciate them all.
Rhythm: Run to the beat. Anyone familiar with Chirunning knows how important the metronome beat can be to keeping our running light, effortless and even. Set your running metronome to 180 beats per minute and focus on keeping your steps in line with the rhythm.
It takes time, effort and a lot of determination to run mindfully. Initially, it can be harder than pushing your body physically, because your ego can kick in and you may be tempted to pick up pace as you see other runners. Be strong and remember the goal of your run.
Don't waste your run stressing about speed and distance. Notice how running feels when these metrics no longer apply.
You might just start to get a lot more out of your running than ever before. Surely that is worth a try.
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Headlong Theatre and The Curve, Leicester
Northern Stage, Newcastle, and touring
By an odd coincidence, just as I began to write this review, I received David Chadderton's review of the Manchester Library Theatre's production of Wilde's most well known play, The Importance of Being Earnest. There could not be a greater contrast.
Telling the story of the beheading of John the Baptist at the request of Salome, daughter of Herodias, as her reward for dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils for the Tetrarch Herod Antipas, the play is full of imagery which owes much to the Song of Solomon (and with more than a touch of the French symboliste poets: Wilde was living in Paris and had recently met with Mallarmé when the wrote the play) and is suffused by the same eroticism. But beneath this surface aestheticism there are more basic emotions at play: lust rather than love, jealousy and hatred.
It is on these basic emotions that director Jamie Lloyd and his designer Soutra Gilmour focus and, rather than the sumptuous palace required by the stage directions ("A great terrace in the Palace of Herod, set above the banqueting-hall. Some soldiers are leaning over the balcony. To the right there is a gigantic staircase, to the left, at the back, an old cistern surrounded by a wall of green bronze. The moon is shining very brightly"), we are presented with a grungy, post-apocalyptic stretch of black, oily sand, surrounded by a metal walkway and scaffolding with a large manhole cover in the middle, the cistern in which Iokanaan, the Baptist, is imprisoned. It's all very Mad Max and in odd contrast to the words of Salome's second speech: "How sweet is the air here! I can breathe here!"
The costumes are grey, quasi-military with a suggestion of dilapidation. Smoke hangs in the air and the lighting is harsh, from large numbers of parcans with their hard-edged beams rather than the softer light of most stage lanterns. This is a far cry from the expected glamour of the Tetrarch's palace.
When Salome appears, she is dressed in a one-piece, almost battledress outfit, zipped up the front; a zip which is soon unfastened to reveal her underwear. Sexuality replaces sensuality, especially when she fondles her crotch. It is blatant sexuality, and yet Zawe Ashton gives her a kind of confused innocence, as if her display is learned rather than the natural whiles of the seductress. This reflects the words she says on her first entrance: "Why does the Tetrarch look at me all the while with his mole's eyes under his shaking eyelids? It is strange that the husband of my mother looks at me like that. I know not what it means. Of a truth I know it too well."
The same kind of duality is evident in the Dance of the Seven Veils. Dressed like a street walker, with inexpertly applied make-up, she brings on a large boom box, toys with its aerial as if with a penis, dances as if taking part in a music video, does a very inexpert strip (definitely not a striptease) and then quickly puts her clothes back on. And all this while standing on the manhole cover. Erotic it is not.
But Herod, like his wife Herodias in clown white face, certainly finds it so as he masturbates through his trousers as she dances.
He, too, is a mass of contradictions: quite happy to kill people for no reason, obsessed with his step-daughter/niece, swilling wine by the gallon, and yet afraid of Iokanaan and desperately squirming to persuade her to any other reward than what she has asked for.
The grunge element is continued in the royals' costumes and even in drinking: wine is poured from jerry cans into unadorned simple metal cups, reminiscent of the sort of thing a soldier might carry.
All of the elements of lust, sexual obsession, incest, jealousy and hatred - and the culminating necrophilia - are thrust into the audience's faces with no attempt at subtlety and almost carry us along with them - almost, because there are moments - and quite a few of them - where what we see is at total variance with what we hear. I was left feeling I'd been to two plays, one I was watching and one I was listening to.
Runs at Northern Stage until 12th June, then moving to Brighton and Hampstead.
Philip Fisher reviewed this production at Hampstead.
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

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The first European Gull Screeching Championship was held in Adinkerke, Belgium on March 24, with screeches and squawks galore. People from across Europe participated in the strange competition, with each providing their own variations of the high-pitched bird calls. The final winners were Reggy Laatsch, 31, from Amsterdam and Bregje Iding, 21, from Hasselt in Belgium. The event had no grand prize as such beyond the glory of being an expert gull imitator, and a basket of Belgian beers. Jan Seys, from the Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (Flanders Marine Institute) commented on the event: "[People have] come together to make the best imitation of the sound of a gull, which sounds quite stupid, but it is real science. "Before you can really imitate a gull, you have to make nice observations otherwise you'll never make it."


I'll be working on the assumption that the general scientific consensus is correct and that the evidence does, indeed, point inescapably towards the fact that we are primates with a well-developed frontal lobe and cerebrum for thinking abstractly and critically and that special creation is, for all intents and purposes, inaccurate at best.
I believe that objectively good and objectively bad moral "oughts" can be discerned through Science. The is/ought Hume's Law would seem to indicate that Science can only tell us what is, but if we define morality as "that which is best for the highest degree of human well-being," then I do believe that we can determine what is best for human well-being and subsequently that which we "ought" to do.
Morality, like Chess, has objectively good and objectively bad moves if we define the objective as winning the game. We "ought" to do that which is objectively good an "ought not" do that which is objectively bad, according to the current rules as that is what gets us closer to our objective.
Now, if the rules of chess had been anything other than what they are, for example, the Objective was to lose you Queen as quickly as possible, there would still be objectively good and objectively bad movements, but they would be different than what they are today. Would this still be a form of objective morality?
My goal, here, is not to argue whether or not I'm correct in my views on morality. Thanks.
This is the Sam Harris route to ignoring the difficulties with defining an objective morality (I assign it to him as he was, as far as I can tell, the most vocal and prominent early advocate of this position).
There's no doubt that science is a wonderful tool for providing us with information about many things. That it would have a lot to say about well being of humans is unsurprising.
The problems come when you start asking why: why well-being instead of happiness? Why just humans? How can you quantify it in a way that is correct, not just easy / measurable? How do you combine scores from different humans?
Harris dodges the question, essentially saying, "Wait, wait, wait. There are easy cases--malaria unambiguously decreases human well-being, and science will tell us that!"
This also ignores the point. Yes, there are easy cases, and they're already easy without this supposed framework for morality. Almost nobody seriously advocates for letting malaria run rampant or for spreading it. But there are other common problems, like increasing wealth disparities or the conflict between economic growth and environmental degradation or whether it is noble or evil to publicize the plight of starving children in Africa where you simply must answer many of these why questions.
So, science is an awesome tool, and we can apply it to help us answer questions of morality, but it doesn't tell us that the metric should be "human well-being" any more than it tells us it should be "distance from the earth's core".
If morality is to be about humans at all, and if existence is better than non-existence, your morality had better not ever recommend a course of action that leads to extinction of humans.
Because of this, the closest thing to a scientifically objective morality is something like this: things are good to the extent that they maximize the chances for indefinite survival of human life (if not possible, fall back to other life in proportion to how closely related it is); things are bad to the extent to that they jeopardize it.
And it's not fully objective, either; that's just the behavior that the universe rewards with continued existence. Nor is it clear that it's enough to build a comprehensive morality. But, from what I've seen, it's about as far as one can get when leaning on science alone.
The 'How on earth would you define "best"' angle is obvious, and already taken. And some form of that is the right answer.
But even if you defined best, in the best possible way, and we all agreed, there are still two huge obstacles left.
1) Kuhn: Science is a succession of models, those models will continue to change. Things that seemed to be best, given the same standard, under one model, may turn out to be ill-conceived when the model changes. And you cannot predict how the model will change.
Feyerabend: Beyond that, you cannot know what parts of science are stable by looking at the current state or the historical trend. So you cannot really guess what science is safe to use. You need some meta-decision about how to measure the risks and rewards of relying upon science without genuine probabilities available. "Act on what you believe at the moment" is just a religious decision -- a faith that the universe is somehow honest with you.
2) Neitsche: What is good for the mass is seldom good for the species. If human morality works like evolution, then it relies for progress on some individual making new models out of what is currently a disadvantage. Favoring the whole, or even favoring each individual, will limit our uniqueness by removing disadvantages, and restricts the menu of disadvantages that might be the right basis for forward thinking. "Choose your delusion" requires some really unhappy schizophrenics from time to time, to point out just how stupid sanity occasionally becomes.
So what is good for the present humans may be bad for future humans, and you need another meta-decision making process to balance the forward movement of the process against its present stability.
The Hari Seldon question -- Whether to value real or potential humanity more.
A common theistic-objective response to this (CS Lewis is the first to come to mind) goes something like: someone created the rules of chess, so who created these rules of morality? Either there are no rules, or you are saying that we as a society made the rules, in which case what you've proposed is not an objective morality but a subjective morality. It is subjective because different cultures have different norms for how to behave/achieve the greatest good/avoid causing embarrassment/etc.
Hayek wrote about something similar to what you mention (he referred to these organically defined rules as laws, and the rules created by design by the government he called legislation). But he was also very explicit that these rules could (indeed, should!) change over time, and thus are subjective.
There's the example from Herodotus about the one culture whose "current rules" got them "closer to [their] objective" by burning their dead, the other culture who did likewise by eating their dead, and who found each other's ideas of morality regarding treatment of the dead abhorrent. Quite clearly, this could not be an objective morality.
"that which is best for the highest degree of human well-being,"
This is not objective at all. Would what makes the sadist and the child molester and the necrophiliac "Well" be worthy of doing?. It is based on the subjective and arbitrary standard of wellness but as I said wellness and morality do not automatically equate to each other.
You may think that you have a good grasp on what wellness a person should have but there is many instances of truly evil people doing bad things though thinking they are doing good. This will not lead to a greater tomorrow it will just enable evil to decide on any arbitrary view of well being to justify any evil act.
This is even if we avoid the many problems and pitfalls you may encounter with the views of the first paragraph.
The is/ought distinction tells you that you cannot define a normative term without recursively refering to an other normative term. Here you do not escape the problem: you eliminate an "ought" for a "best", but what is best? Similarly, in chess, you have to specify the goal and the rules.
The point of naturalizing morality is not that once the norms are given, the means can be objective (everyone agrees with that). A moral is objective if the goals and norms are specified objectively.
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Recently I received the following email from a frequent guest; it is so fun to find stories like these where past guest find each other in so many different places.
When the couple sitting next to us came in I knew I knew her, but could not for the life of me figure out from where. Bruce thought the man's voice in particular was familiar, but couldn't place it. Turns out they are Fleming's from Richmond/Midlothian whom we met twice at Mountain Song when they were there to attend the Chateau Morrisette beach fling event. AND, to top it off, the couple sitting next to them overheard our conversation and she is from Floyd, They were married there and her father still owns his farm near Chateau Morrissette. He was raised here in Richmond near us and knows our house. They now live in the Fan district here. Unfortunately, we didn't get their names in the rush to check out, but hope to run into them again at the next Camden's Dogtown dinner.
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Below is a selection of articles on the complicity of the US and the UK in the war in Yemen, negotiating further arms deal with the royal family that only fans the flames of the onslaught in the starving nation. Please share this selection far and wide.
Three Years of Saudi Bombings: Let's Call An End to War Profiteering in Yemen
By Catherine Shakdam, March 26, 2018
Three years of an implacable and murderous military campaign that witnessed the death of over 15,000 people – of which mostly unarmed civilians; saw the destruction of civilian infrastructures to the point where Yemen's health and sanitation systems have all but collapsed; and architected a humanitarian blockade that led to a grand famine and the spread of diseases.
UK Complicit in the Destruction of Yemen. £4.6 billion of UK Weapons to Saudi Arabia Since Beginning of Bombing Campaign
By Andrew Smith, March 26, 2018
The situation has been described by UN agencies as 'the worst humanitarian crisis in the world' with over 22 million people in need of assistance. The last year has seen the humanitarian catastrophe getting worse: Save the Children estimates that 50,000 children died in 2017 alone as a result of the crisis.
6,700 More U.S. Missiles for Saudi Arabia to Shoot at Yemeni Kids
By Colonel Ann Wright, March 26, 2018
Following a failed attempt by three senators to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war against Yemen, the State Department announced a sale of 6,700 missiles to Saudi Arabia, Ann Wright reports.
Senate Rejects Ending US Support for Saudi Aggression in Yemen
By Stephen Lendman, March 21, 2018
Already the region's poorest country, years of war caused the world's severest humanitarian crisis, over 80% of Yemenis dependent on way inadequate amounts of aid to survive.
US-backed Saudi air, sea and land blockades prevent enough essentials to life from entering the country.
Yemen's Humanitarian Catastrophe: The Lesson the Trump Administration Has Failed to Learn About Yemen
By Eric Eikenberry and Kate Kizer, March 15, 2018
From former Secretary of State John Kerry to his successor, Rex Tillerson, U.S. officials have insisted "this is not our war" and emphasize that a political settlement is the only way to end it. However, U.S. actions – consisting of continuous, unchecked U.S. political and military support for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are leading bombing missions that indiscriminately target Yemeni civilians already struggling under Houthi rebel rule – hardly support this position.
Yemen: Peace on the Horizon?
By Andrew Korybko, March 03, 2018
The Houthis and the former President of South Yemen introduced somewhat similar peace proposals for ending the War on Yemen.
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Probably the most popular trail in Chaco Culture National Historical Park is the 5.1 mile Pueblo Alto Loop, or at least the first sections of it, as far as an overlook of Pueblo Bonito (2 mile round trip) or the ancient ruins of Nuevo Alto and adjacent Pueblo Alto (3.2 mile round trip); the outer part of the loop passes less of interest so is rather quieter, though no part of the trail is particularly busy. The hike begins at the parking area for Pueblo del Arroyo beside Chaco Wash, first heading downstream a short distance along an old vehicle track to Kin Kletso, another impressive, well preserved ruin on the valley floor. From here, a path forks north, climbing the cliffs and following the plateau rim for a while then turning away from the canyon, crossing the mesa top to the two ruins, one of which retains relatively tall walls, while the other, although larger, is unexcavated, and has only low remnants. There is not too much see here, but the site is remote, windswept and evocative. The remainder of the loop returns to the canyon edge, giving elevated views of two of Chaco's largest pueblos (Chetro Ketl and Pueblo Bonito). Apart from the initial short climb, the loop is easy, fairly level, though hot and exposed in summer, and the hike takes between two and four hours. The mesa top has a reasonable selection of wildflowers in summer but not quite as many species as on the valley floor.
17 views along the Pueblo Alto Trail.
Parking for the hike is at the west end of the park road; most people are here to visit adjacent Pueblo del Arroyo or Kin Kletso a little way further west along the disused vehicle track (formerly the main park entrance route), but this is also the start point for the 3.6 mile Penasco Blanco Trail as well as the Pueblo Alto Trail.
0.3 miles from the trailhead, the first point of interest is Kin Kletso ('yellow house'), a smallish (by Chacoan standards), rectangular pueblo lined by quite high walls at one side, containing five kivas and about 65 rooms, most now ground floor only, though the structure originally had three storys. The masonry is typically neat, and complex, incorporating stones of varying sizes. A path loops all round the site, though no rooms may be entered. The Pueblo Alto Trail forks north on the far side, up a short boulder slope and through a shady, slot-like crevice, which was also used by the ancient tribes, and leads to the canyon rim, 100 feet above the valley floor. The surroundings are mostly bare surfaces of light brown Cliff House Sandstone, and fairly level, but with slightly higher land visible further north. Kin Kletso looks different when seen from above since the elevation gives a much better overview, allowing the scale and symmetry to be fully appreciated; further along the loop, similar perspectives are provided for two other major ruins (Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl).
The cairned path follows close to the rim, moving southeastwards, encountering several notable sites (marked by NPS signs), including a stone circle, an ancient terrace and a collection of shrimp burrows. These are petrified casts; straight, dark-colored, tubular fossils gradually eroding out of the softer bedrock, and can be seen in many locations all the way along the trail, which next winds around a few gullies and reaches a very short spur to an overlook of Pueblo Bonito. Just after this is a junction with the start of the 3.1 mile loop section, the two branches signed 0.6 miles to Pueblo Alto (north) and 0.6 miles to Chetro Ketl Overlook (east).
Turning north, the path turns away from the rim, now running over soil rather than rock, up to the top level of the mesa, passing a short section of Chacoan steps and an ancient road fragment, this not much to look at. The land flattens out as the route nears Nuevo Alto, or New Alto, a compact, 32 room, relatively recent (late 12th century) ruin, and Pueblo Alto, 450 feet east. This is much larger - 370 by 250 feet, and has the D shape common to some of the valley floor sites, but here all the walls are very low, and most of the original 130 rooms and 18 kivas are no longer visible. But the views are extensive, especially to the north, where the land slopes down gradually down to the next valley, and it is possible to see many miles over this part of the San Juan basin. On the east side of Pueblo Alto is a fenced-off area, containing an unexcavated midden.
Beyond Pueblo Alto, the path, now somewhat narrower, proceeds southeast over sandy flats and descends a little to within sight of the rim of Chaco Canyon, winding round a wide, sheer-walled basin, one feature here being Jackson Stairway, a series of steps cut in a near vertical rock face. The trail bends southeast again, back towards the main valley, dropping down to the lower plateau level via another narrow crack, then crosses the basin and comes close to the canyon edge. There is one more marked overlook, of Chetro Ketl, before arriving back at the junction, at the start of the loop. From here, the trailhead is 0.8 miles away.


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COLUMBIA -- The S.C. House approved a revised, smaller $6.7 billion budget Tuesday, cutting $488 million from state agencies, colleges and programs.
No changes were made to the budget cuts House budget writers approved last week. Those cuts are a response to falling state revenues because of the national economic slowdown.
Democrats only briefly debated raising the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax before shelving the proposal without a vote.
House members argued some programs should be spared from part of the proposed cuts, including a nonprofit group that oversees treatment of the disabled and two state magnet schools for the arts and sciences.
State Rep. James Harrison, R-Richland, argued against eliminating money for advocates for the disabled. Harrison said Protection and Advocacy for People With Disabilities had worked on behalf of a relative. The group provides oversight to state agencies that care for the disabled.
But House Majority Leader Jim Merrill, R-Berkeley, said the Legislature's ability to approve budget cuts this week depends on an agreement between House and Senate leaders on acceptable cuts.
"If we begin down this road by each cherry-picking things that are extremely important to us, we're going to end up in a world of hurt," Merrill said.
If legislators do not act quickly, House leaders said, the State Budget and Control Board could have to make across-the-board budget cuts. State law requires the board to act within 15 days of state economists reducing their estimate of the state's expected revenue.


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My name is Janice Liu and I'm from Vancouver, Canada. Our company is based in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. I grew up in Vancouver, lived in Montreal during my uni years as well as in Berlin and Amsterdam.
Why did you decide to open a vintage store online?
I decided to open a vintage store because from a business stand point, it's definitely a niche market that few sites are focused on. On a personal level, it gave me a reason to go picking, which I've always loved to do.
Where does the name Shoppalu come from? Does it have a specific meaning?
It's named after my friend Palu, who's an incredibly cool person. I wanted something cute that rolled off the tongue, without sounding pretentious or arrogant.
What do you think makes your store stand out amongst all the other vintage stores?
We're solely online, which definitely differentiates us. We also alter pieces that are too dated. I know many other vintage stores feel that may strip the piece of it's true history, but to us a little tweak goes a long way and really modernize these pieces.
What do you think is the ultimate vintage fashion statement at the moment?
Some favorites from your store right now?
This trench used to be floor length and super 80s. We shortened it, and took out the shoulder pads. The level of fabrication that clothes used to be made with is seen in the quality of this piece.
This piece is super super cool. The suede patchwork and Italian hardware makes this piece quite timeless. The color-block definitely proves that trends do come rolling back.
Pretty obsessed with these felted leggings. Audrey Cantwell, is a designer from Montreal who creates quality, one-of-a-kind pieces.
Would you consider Shoppalu's price range to be affordable or pure luxury? Why?
Definitely afordable. We plan to bring in a more luxurious range of goods in our new section for the next few seasons to come, but our vintage pieces will always be affordable.
Why did you decide to add new brands to your site as well?
I want to provide our customer with new and old pieces. We're essentially trying to cater to the girl that styles with both and loves both equally, like Alexa Chung or Kate Bosworth.
Shoppalu photos by Sara Traore.


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Q: Python- how to convert lines in a .txt file to dictionary elements? Say I have a file "stuff.txt" that contains the following on separate lines:
    q:5
    r:2
    s:7
I want to read each of these lines from the file, and convert them to dictionary elements, the letters being the keys and the numbers the values.
So I would like to get
    y ={"q":5, "r":2, "s":7}
I've tried the following, but it just prints an empty dictionary "{}"
y = {}
infile = open("stuff.txt", "r")
z = infile.read()
for line in z:
    key, value = line.strip().split(':')
    y[key].append(value)
print(y)
infile.close()

A: try this:
d = {}
with open('text.txt') as f:
    for line in f:
        key, value = line.strip().split(':')
        d[key] = int(value)

You are appending to d[key] as if it was a list. What you want is to just straight-up assign it like the above.
Also, using with to open the file is good practice, as it auto closes the file after the code in the 'with block' is executed.

A: There are some possible improvements to be made. The first is using context manager for file handling - that is with open(...) - in case of exception, this will handle all the needed tasks for you.
Second, you have a small mistake in your dictionary assignment: the values are assigned using = operator, such as dict[key] = value.
y = {}
with open("stuff.txt", "r") as infile:
    for line in infile:
        key, value = line.strip().split(':')
        y[key] = (value)

print(y)

A: Python3:
with open('input.txt', 'r', encoding = "utf-8") as f:
    for line in f.readlines():
        s=[] #converting strings to list
        for i in line.split(" "):
            s.append(i)
        d=dict(x.strip().split(":") for x in s) #dictionary comprehension: converting list to dictionary
        e={a: int(x) for a, x in d.items()} #dictionary comprehension: converting the dictionary values from string format to integer format
        print(e)

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Famous People Who Have Used Hypnosis
A few people you may have heard of who have used hypnosis…
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) physicist – was known to have his hypnosis sessions every afternoon. His theory of relativity came to him during one of these sessions. He also used trance states to develop his ideas.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) used post-hypnotic suggestions in order to stay awake all night and avoid tiredness during W.W.II.
Mozart (1756-91) composed the famous opera "Cosi fan tutte" while hypnotized.
Thomas Edison used hypnosis.
Car manufacturer and billionaire, Henry Ford was a loyal hypnosis client.
Jackie Kennedy Onassis used hypnotherapy to relive and let go of tragic events in her life.
Princess Diana used hypnosis for public speaking and confidence.
Prince Harry used hypnosis to quit smoking.
Chopin (1810-1849) pianist and composer both took classes in hypnosis at the University of Strasbourg.
Mark Knopfler, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Ashton Kutcher and Charlize Theron also beat their smoking habit through hypnosis.
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Airlines, used hypnosis to prepare for his round-the-world trip in a hot air balloon.
Martha Stewart – Hypnosis eradicated Martha's recurring nightmares of jail.
The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson used hypnosis for stress reduction.
Cary Grant overcame insomnia with hypnosis.
Johnny Mathis overcame stage fright with hypnosis
Winona Ryder used Hypnosis to Quit Smoking.
Sylvester Stallone worked with hypnotist while filming Rocky in 1975.
Mel Gibson underwent hypnosis to help him deal with his problems.
Courtney Love used hypnosis to control weight.
Bruce Willis used hypnosis to help stop his stuttering.
Michael Jackson sought help with hypnosis to overcome musical mental blocks and to aid relaxation.
Samuel L Jackson used hypnosis to stop smoking.
Daryl Hannah used hypnosis to end her debilitating stage fright.
Kelly Rippa of the TV show Regis & Kelly, used hypnosis to overcome her fear of flying.
Hollywood actor Aaron Eckhart has credited hypnosis with changing his life forever after he used the practice to give up smoking and alcohol.
Lloyd Bridges (of "Sea Hunt"), was hypnotized by Pat Collins.
Kevin Costner flew his personal hypnotist to Hawaii to cure his seasickness.
Pitching great Sandy Koufax used hypnosis to reduce his smoking habit.
Steve Allen and Linda Christian became board-rigid across chairs in cataleptic trances.
Florence Henderson of the Brady Bunch resolved her fear of flying through hypnotherapy. "I took classes on hypnosis and eventually became a certified hypnotherapist,"
Billy Joel used hypnosis.
Britney Spears used hypnosis.
Helen Reddy is an Australian-American singer and actress … and now practices as a clinical hypnotherapist and motivational speaker.
Tony Curtis removed his fear of flying with hypnosis.
Orson Wells was also a hypnotist.
Ventriloquist Paul Winchell was also a hypnotist.
James Earl Jones famous actor and voice of Darth Vader (Star Wars) and Mufasa (Lion King) used hypnosis to overcome stuttering.
Dolly Parton, the country singer/song-writer used hypnosis to improve her song writing ability.
Lilly Tomlin a famous American and Canadian comedian used hypnosis to become more creative in her comedy writing and performing.
Lana Turner married her 7th husband who was a hypnotist. The marriage ended after only six months. Dr. Dante a hypnotist went to prison after putting out a contract killing of another hypnotist.
Hitler was trained in hypnosis. As we know, Hitler was a successful hypnotist. (He became blind during WWI but regained his sight with the aid of hypnosis.) Once Hitler had gained sufficient expertise in hypnosis, he had the Gestapo shoot his hypnotist instructor (1933).
And… you might ask yourself, what do all these people have in common?
Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, Kevin Weekes, Guillame Latendresse, Fred Richards, Dorothy Hamill, Kerri Strug, Greg Louganis, Tiger Woods, Ronnie Lott, Jack Youngblood, Kirk Gibson, Bonnie Baun, Lance Armstrong, Mohammed Ali, Jack Nicholas, Gertrude Ederle, Nancy Kerrigan, Billie Jean King, Dale Earnhardt, Allison Rodger, Mike Brearly, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Steve Collins, Nigel Benn, Frank Bruno, Ingemar Johansson, Ken Norton, Iwan Thomas, Ian Woosnam, Greg Louganis, Billy Mills, Ozzie Smith, Steve Booker, Michael Jordan, Ingemar Johannson, Los Angeles Lakers, Rod Carew, Jimmy Connors, Mary Lou Retton, Chicago White Sox, Phil Jackson, Chicago Bulls, Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Maury Wills, Don Sutton, Mark Mcguire, Greg Louganis, Steve Stone, Boomer Esiason, Freeman Mitchell, Talmadge Griffiths, Andre Agassi, Shaquille O'Neal, Frank Bruno, Kobe Bryant, Andy Cole, Dexter Jackson, Dan Lugar, Adam Nelson, Bill Buckner, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dorian Yates, Corey Everson, Shannon Bahrke, Jim Eisenreich, Adam Nelson, Ivan Thomas, Deanna Rushworth, Damion Easley, Tommy "t2 Guns" Griffith, Jeff Jaeger, Bill Bates, Vincent Hancock, Bob Reese, New York Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Blue Jays, Montréal Canadians… and thousands of professional athletes belonging to the NBA, NHL, CFL, AFL, MLB, NASCAR, World Olympic Teams, MMA, UFC, WBC, WBA, WTI, ATP, PGA, UCI…
They all used sports hypnosis!
To say that sports hypnosis is starting to go mainstream is a bit of an understatement. Sports hypnosis has actually been used by athletes for many decades. For example, the Russian Olympic team took 11 hypnotists with them to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
In The Beijing 2008 Olympics USA Olympic Skeet Gold Medalists worked with a hypnotist.
England cricket captain Mike Brearley consulted a Sports Hypnotherapist to improve his game.
Gaganjeet Bhullar qualified for the 2009 British Open by using Golf Hypnosis administrated by a hypnotherapist to program a winning mind set.
Boxing hypnosis has been used by many Champions throughout the years:
In 1996 Steve Collins beat Chris Eubank for the World Boxing Organization's Super-middleweight title. Much of his sports success being attributed to the focusing of attention created by hypnosis. Collins was programmed to deliver two punches to Eubank's one. In the fight Eubank threw 300 punches, Collins threw over 600.
Nigel Benn, WBC Super Middleweight Champion and Frank Bruno, WBC Heavyweight Champion both used Sports hypnosis for Boxing performance enhancement.
In 1959 Swedish boxer Ingmar Johannson used Hypnosis to take the heavyweight boxing title from Floyd Patterson, he floored Patterson seven times in the third round before knocking him out.
In 1967, a dentist, Dr. Raymond Abrezol, guided the Swiss ski team to achieving Olympic gold medals using hypnotic techniques.
In 1973 Ken Norton used hypnosis to defeat Muhammed Ali. Ali then also began using hypnosis.
Hypnosis help Billy Mills win his gold medal in Olympics 1964.
Short stop Ozzie Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals used hypnosis
1959 Ingmar Johnson used a hypnotist before defeating Floyd Patterson for the boxing heavyweight championship.
1973, heavily the underdog, Ken Norton used hypnosis to not only defeat Muhammed Ali, but also break his jaw.
1976 Rod Carew used hypnosis to cure a nagging injury that almost ended his career.
Jimmy Connors used hypnosis before all of his U.S. Open victories.
In 1984 Mary Lou Retton used hypnosis to prepare for the Los Angeles Olympics.
In 1983 the Chicago White Sox hired a hypnotist and made the playoffs.
Phil Jackson used hypnosis with all his championship basketball teams with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.
In baseball Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Maury Wills, Don Sutton, and Mark McGuire all report using hypnosis to prepare for games.
Tiger Woods is an excellent example of an incredible athlete who has used hypnosis to achieve a phenomenal level of success in golf. He has reportedly been utilizing powerful self-hypnosis techniques since his early teens.
Michael Jordan Probably the best basketball player of all time. He used hypnosis in his team the Chicago Bulls.
Jack Nicklaus (golf pro) openly claims that hypnotherapy and visualization techniques are the sole reason for his improved levels of concentration during play.
Andre Agassi, the famous tennis player used hypnosis to win 17 gold masters. Energy, control, focus, strength and power.
Rod Carew This baseball player used hypnosis to make him one of the best players ever.
Shaquille O'neal This excellent basketball player used hypnosis with the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant for better aim energy and skill.
Frank Bruno used hypnosis during his boxing career to focus on winning each fight.
Andy Cole footballer used hypnosis to become the 2nd best goal scorer.
Dexter Jackson used hypnosis in 2008 to become the Mr.Olympia Winner.
Dan Luger used hypnosis often to lead the edge in the world of rugby.
Tiger Woods often used hypnosis to keep away distractions.
Adam Nelson won numerous gold and silver Olympic medals for shot putting with the help of hypnosis.
Bill Buckner, World famous top pro baseball player with many titles and credits used hypnosis to win.
Steve Hooker, Olympic Gold Medalist Pole Vault holder used hypnotism to win a gold medal in Beijing.
Jimmy Conners took advantage of the power of hypnosis and won 148 titles and 8 grand slams.
Kevin McBride This top Irish boxer beat Tyson with the aid of hypnosis and extra mind Power.
Shannon Bharke Olympic free style skier became a World cup champion and silver medalist with the help of hypnosis.
Cory Everson Female bodybuilder won the Miss Olympia over six times. Cory uses mind power and hypnosis to shape her physique.
Dorian Yates This massive British bodybuilder won the Mr. Olympia 7 times beating Arnold using hypnosis.
The Pittsburg Steelers used hypnosis.
Walton Glenn Eller, of Katy, Texas won the Gold Medal and set two Olympic Records in Men's Double Trap with hypnosis.
Top Equestrian Winners at Wellington use hypnosis to boost their wins.
The entire 1983 Chicago White Sox team used hypnosis to help win their division and reach the playoffs that year.
Chuck Clausen (former coach of the Philadelphia Eagles) used hypnosis.
Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender Kevin Weekes and center Brad Richards) NHL hockey players spoke of their use of hypnotism in the St. Petersburg Times.
Shannon Bahrke, Olympic mogul skier discussed on the official NBC Olympic website about her and the Olympics team use of hypnosis.
Bill Buckner professional major league baseball player for the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers used hypnosis to become one of the best hitters in the MLB.
Jim Eisenreich professional major league baseball player for the Minnesota Twins used hypnosis to get over nervousness.
Adam Nelson Olympic Silver Medalist in shot put spoke to NPR about using hypnotism to win Olympic medals.
Ivan Thomas won the 400m world cup race after using hypnosis.
Deana Rushworth a PGA Golf professional uses hypnosis to work on her mental game.
Damion Easley a famous Anaheim Angles and Detroit Tigers Major League
Baseball player became a public speaker using hypnosis.
Professional boxer Tommy "2 guns" Griffith used hypnotism to prepare for fights.
Jeff Jaeger NFL kicker for the Oakland Raiders used hypnosis to perform better.
Bill Bates NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys also used hypnosis to perform better.
Vincent Hancock became an Olympic Gold Medalist in Skeet Shooting using hypnosis.
Bob Reese, the head trainer and hypnotherapist of the New York Jets uses relaxation and visualization techniques to reprogram his players.
Olympic skater Dorothy Hamill utilized hypnosis.
Mark McGuire has used a sports psychologist/hypnotist.


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Love Takes a Swim Part 40 by Dellani Oakes
Kai is persuaded to play the guitar and sing, making Epiphany very happy. Paisley is astounded that he can sing so well.
"Thank you," she said, tears in her eyes. "How did you know I absolutely love that song?"
"Didn't have a clue. But I do, too. Any requests?"
Epiphany nodded, glancing at Toby. "Could you play Epiphany by Staind?"
The guitarist was already playing before Kai sat back down. He put his arm around Paisley and started to sing. His voice was sweeter, more mellow than the guy from Staind. By the time he got to the first chorus, all the women were in tears. The guy on rhythm harmonized with him, adding a dimension to the song that Paisley hadn't realized was missing, until that moment. The harmonica added a haunting accompaniment. By the time they were finished, Epiphany was sobbing, clutching her stomach. Toby held her, talking quietly.
"Damn, I didn't mean to make you cry!" Kai said, hopping from his seat. "She okay?"
He could see the young woman was in pain. His mind kicked into professional mode, and he squatted by her chair. She took a deep breath, blowing out slowly.
"You in labor?" he asked quietly.
"I don't know. I might be. I haven't felt good all day, but I didn't want to disappoint Toby. He wanted to give me this party…."
"Any bleeding? Water break?"
He went through a list of symptoms while he took her pulse. It was racing. Another pain contorted her features. Less than five minutes apart.
"Party's over, my friends. I think we're gonna have a baby." Kai whipped out his cellphone and walked toward the house in order to get a better signal.
The nearest hospital was 20 minutes away. The nearest fire station was five. He wasn't sure Epiphany could wait 20 minutes, plus the ride. He didn't really want to transport her himself, so he called the professionals. Not that he wasn't, but he'd never delivered a baby solo, and he didn't really want to start tonight—not when he'd been drinking. Grant you, it was only one beer, but this was his friend's baby. God forbid anything went wrong.
The call placed, he went back to Epiphany's side. "Can you walk, hon?"
She shook her head. Kai and Toby carried her back to the house. She had three more contractions by the time they got her there. Toby's mother got towels and they laid her on the couch. It was a good thing they'd covered it because her water broke a few seconds later.
Fortunately, right after that, the paramedics arrived. Kai went out to greet them, giving them his report.
"You think she's gonna have it now?" the lead paramedic, Drew said.
He heard Epiphany scream inside.
"Get these people out of here," he told the others. "Show me," he told Kai.
Toby's parents had already started clearing people off the beach, ushering them around the outside of the house. They went quickly, excited at the prospect that the baby was coming as planned. They didn't mind that the party was over, they were too happy for the new parents. Soon, they were gone.
Paisley wasn't sure what to do. She wasn't part of the family, nor was she a friend, but Epiphany insisted on holding her hand, whenever she had a contraction. Toby supported her back as she pushed and Kai coached her, keeping her calm. Toby's parents stood side by side, out of the way, watching as their grandson was born.
Drew talked to Epi, telling her what to do, assuring her she was doing a great job.
"Glove up," he told Kai.
"Hurry. You wanna catch or not?"
"Shut up, kid, and get your ass over here." Drew laughed at Kai's stunned expression. "Paying attention to what I've been doing?"
Kai washed his hands with betadine, and put on gloves quickly, taking Drew's position. He was a little embarrassed seeing so much of Toby's fiancée, but she was past caring. Drew took his place by Epi's side, as Kai told her when to push.
"You're doing great, Epi. Give me another, sweetheart."
Screaming loudly, she pushed hard.
"He's crowned. Give me good one."
Roaring with effort, she pushed hard and the baby's shoulders popped out. It was then Kai saw the cord around the baby's neck. He slipped it over the head, moving it out of the way quickly. The little one struggled, gasping. At least his face wasn't blue, he was a nice, healthy pink, under all the muck. Drew nodded, his expression serene.
"Give me another good push, darlin' and we'll have us a baby!"
Epiphany clutched Toby's shirt, pulling his chest hairs. Her other hand crushed Paisley's fingers. Taking a deep breath, she waited for the next contraction, bellowing as she pushed. The baby popped out, landing in Kai's hands.
"Congratulations, it's a boy!" He laid the baby on Epiphany's abdomen.
Kai tied off the cord and had Toby cut it while Drew took care of the afterbirth. Paisley watched as the baby was wrapped in warm blankets, and they prepared Epiphany for transport. The ambulance backed up to the door and she was put on a gurney. The new family were loaded in the ambulance and headed to the hospital.
Love Takes a Swim
← First Meeting – Continued – from Feel the Heat ~ A Love Under the Sun Romance by Dellani Oakes


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Il senecione comune (nome scientifico Senecio vulgaris L., 1753) è una specie di pianta angiosperma dicotiledone della famiglia delle Asteraceae (sottofamiglia Asteroideae).

Etimologia
Il nome generico (Senecio) deriva dal latino senex che significa "vecchio uomo" e fa riferimento al ciuffo di peli bianchi (pappo) che sormonta gli acheni, che ricorda la chioma di un vecchio. L'epiteto specifico (vulgaris = comune) fa riferimento alla sua diffusa distribuzione.

Il binomio scientifico attualmente accettato (Senecio vulgaris) è stato proposto da Carl von Linné nella pubblicazione "Species Plantarum" del 1753.

Descrizione

Habitus. L'altezza di questa pianta varia da 2 a 4 dm. La forma biologica è terofita scaposa (T scap), ossia sono piante erbacee che differiscono dalle altre forme biologiche poiché, essendo annuali, superano la stagione avversa sotto forma di seme, sono inoltre munite di asse fiorale eretto e spesso privo di foglie. Queste piante possiedono al loro interno delle sostanze chimiche quali i lattoni sesquiterpenici e gli alcaloidi pirrolizidinici. Da giovani possono presentarsi irregolarmente o scarsamente tomentose.

Radici. Le radici sono radichette secondarie da fittone.

Fusto.
 Parte ipogea: la parte sotterranea è un fittonante.
 Parte epigea: la parte aerea del fusto è eretta, ascendente e ramoso-corimbosa in alto. Può essere fragile. Di solito ogni pianta produce un solo stelo.

Foglie. Le foglie si dividono in due tipi: basali e cauline. Quelle basali sono poco picciolate con lamina spatolata e sono del tipo lobato o pennatopartita. Dimensione: larghezza 2 cm; lunghezza 7 cm. Le foglie lungo il fusto (quelle cauline) sono disposte in modo alterno e sono semi-amplessicauli. La lamina è a contorno lanceolato-lineare. Il tipo di foglia è pennatopartita con segmenti ottusi oppure dentati. Lungo i nervi sono ragnatelose.

Infiorescenza. Le sinflorescenze sono composte da numerosi piccoli capolini (da 8 a 20) organizzati in formazioni corimbose. I capolini a volte sono penduli prima della fioritura. La struttura dei capolini è quella tipica delle Asteraceae: un peduncolo sorregge un involucro cilindrico-piriforme composto da brattee disposte su due ranghi (quelle esterne triangolari da 8 a 12 con apice nero o completamente nere; circa 21 quelle interne allungate che dopo la fioritura sono ribattute o pendenti), che fanno da protezione al ricettacolo più o meno piano e nudo (senza pagliette) sul quale s'inseriscono i fiori del disco tubulosi (quelli periferici (ligulati) sono più o meno assenti). Dimensioni dell'involucro: larghezza 3 – 6 mm; lunghezza 6 – 7 mm. Dimensione del capolino: 5 – 8 mm. Dimensione delle brattee interne: 4 – 6 mm (quelle esterne son circa ¼ di quelle interne).

Fiori.  I fiori sono tetra-ciclici (formati cioè da 4 verticilli: calice – corolla – androceo – gineceo) e pentameri (calice e corolla formati da 5 elementi). Sono inoltre ermafroditi, più precisamente i fiori del raggio (quelli ligulati e zigomorfi) sono femminili; mentre quelli del disco centrale (tubulosi e actinomorfi) sono bisessuali o a volte funzionalmente maschili.

 Formula fiorale:
 */x K , [C (5), A (5)], G 2 (infero), achenio

 Calice: i sepali del calice sono ridotti ad una coroncina di squame.

 Corolla: nella parte inferiore i petali della corolla sono saldati insieme e formano un tubo. In particolare le corolle dei fiori del disco centrale (tubulosi) terminano con delle fauci dilatate a raggiera con cinque lobi. Nella corolla dei fiori periferici (ligulati) il tubo si trasforma in un prolungamento ligulato (molto breve se presente), terminante più o meno con cinque dentelli. Il colore delle corolle di norma è giallo. Lunghezza dei fiori: 7 mm.

 Androceo: gli stami sono 5 con dei filamenti liberi. La parte basale del collare dei filamenti può essere dilatata. Le antere invece sono saldate fra di loro e formano un manicotto che circonda lo stilo. Le antere normalmente sono senza coda ("ecaudate"). La struttura delle antere è di tipo tetrasporangiato, raramente sono bisporangiate. Il tessuto endoteciale è radiale o polarizzato. Il polline è tricolporato (tipo "helianthoid").

 Gineceo: lo stilo è biforcato con due stigmi nella parte apicale. Gli stigmi sono troncati; possono avere un ciuffo di peli radicali o in posizione centrale; possono inoltre essere ricoperti da minute papille; altre volte i peli sono di tipo penicillato. Le superfici stigmatiche sono due e separate. L'ovario è infero uniloculare formato da 2 carpelli.

 Antesi: tutto l'anno.

Frutti. I frutti sono degli acheni con pappo. La forma degli acheni è più o meno affusolata. La superficie è percorsa da alcune coste longitudinali con ispessimenti marginali, e può essere glabra o talvolta pubescente. Non sempre il carpoforo è distinguibile. Il pappo, persistente o caduco, è formato da numerose setole snelle e bianche (lisce o barbate); le setole possono inoltre essere connate alla base. Lunghezza degli acheni: 1 – 2 mm. Lunghezza del pappo: 5 mm.

Biologia
Impollinazione: l'impollinazione avviene tramite insetti (impollinazione entomogama tramite farfalle diurne e notturne).
Riproduzione: la fecondazione avviene fondamentalmente tramite l'impollinazione dei fiori (vedi sopra). Il ciclo di questa pianta è comunque breve (2 o 3 mesi) per cui nell'anno sono presenti diverse generazioni. Questa pianta ha un buon successo di germinazione: 100% appena il seme cade a terra, e 87% dopo 3 anni di quiescenza.
Dispersione: i semi (gli acheni) cadendo a terra sono successivamente dispersi soprattutto da insetti tipo formiche (disseminazione mirmecoria). In questo tipo di piante avviene anche un altro tipo di dispersione: zoocoria. Infatti gli uncini delle brattee dell'involucro (se presenti) si agganciano ai peli degli animali di passaggio disperdendo così anche su lunghe distanze i semi della pianta. Inoltre per merito del pappo il vento può trasportare i semi anche a distanza di alcuni chilometri (disseminazione anemocora). Da test di laboratorio si è constatato che i semi possono disperdersi fino a 2 – 3 metri dalla pianta madre

Distribuzione e habitat

Geoelemento: il tipo corologico (area di origine) è   Euri-Mediterraneo ma in seguito considerato Cosmopolita.

Distribuzione:  è una pianta comunissima in tutto il territorio italiano; ma anche nel resto dell'Europa (a parte la zona delle Alpi Dinariche). Si trova anche nel Nord America e Sud America (non equatoriale), Africa (Macaronesia e zone mediterranee del nord) e Asia temperata.

Habitat: l'habitat tipico di questa specie sono gli incolti presso le abitazioni e le colture come orti, vigneti, oliveti, mais e patate (è considerata specie infestante); ma anche ambienti ruderali, strade dimesse, scarpate, vicinanze dei corsi d'acqua, schiarite e strade forestali, parchi e viali. Il substrato preferito è sia calcareo che siliceo con pH neutro, alti valori nutrizionali del terreno che deve essere mediamente umido.

Distribuzione altitudinale: sui rilievi queste piante si possono trovare fino a 1800 ; frequentano quindi i seguenti piani vegetazionali: montano e collinare oltre a quello planiziale (a livello del mare) e in parte anche quello subalpino.

Fitosociologia

Areale alpino
Dal punto di vista fitosociologico alpino questa sottospecie appartiene alla seguente comunità vegetale:
 Formazione: delle comunità terofitiche pioniere nitrofile
 Classe: Stellarietea mediae

Areale italiano
Per l'areale completo italiano la specie di questa voce appartiene alla seguente comunità vegetale:
 Macrotipologia: vegetazione erbacea sinantropica, ruderale e megaforbieti
 Classe: Chenopodio-stellarienea Rivas Goday, 1956
 Ordine: Urtico-scrophularietalia peregrinae Brullo ex Biondi, Blasi, Casavecchia & Gasparri in Biondi, Allegrezza, Casavecchia, Galdenzi, Gasparri, Pesaresi, Vagge & Blasi, 2014
 Alleanza: Veronico-Urticion urentis Brullo, 1985

Descrizione. L'alleanza Veronico-Urticion urentis è relativa alle comunità infestanti gli agrumeti, a ciclo invernale-primaverile. Questa cenosi si sviluppa in ambienti ombreggiati (l'ombreggiamento è determinato dall'ampia e densa chioma degli alberi di agrumi), con suoli profondi e ben nitrificati. Il piano bioclimatico è quello termomediterraneo. L'alleanza è distribuita nel Mediterraneo centrale ed orientale ed è stata segnalata in Sicilia e nella Penisola Balcanica.

Specie presenti nell'associazione: Urtica membranacea, Fumaria capreolata, Oxalis pes-caprae, Galium aparine, Parietaria diffusa, Sonchus oleraceus, Mercurialis annua, Bromus sterilis, Stellaria neglecta, Senecio vulgaris, Avena barbata, Brassica rapa, Veronica persica e Urtica urens.

Altre alleanze e associazioni per questa specie sono:
 Ornithogalo corsici-Trifolienion subterranei.

Sistematica
La famiglia di appartenenza di questa voce (Asteraceae o Compositae, nomen conservandum) probabilmente originaria del Sud America, è la più numerosa del mondo vegetale, comprende oltre 23.000 specie distribuite su 1.535 generi, oppure 22.750 specie e 1.530 generi secondo altre fonti (una delle checklist più aggiornata elenca fino a 1.679 generi). La famiglia attualmente (2021) è divisa in 16 sottofamiglie; la sottofamiglia Asteroideae è una di queste e rappresenta l'evoluzione più recente di tutta la famiglia.

Filogenesi
Il genere di questa voce appartiene alla sottotribù Senecioninae della tribù Senecioneae (una delle 21 tribù della sottofamiglia Asteroideae). La struttura della sottotribù è molto complessa e articolata (è la più numerosa della tribù con oltre 1.200 specie distribuite su un centinaio di generi) e al suo interno sono raccolti molti sottogruppi caratteristici le cui analisi sono ancora da completare. Il genere di questa voce è il principale della sottotribù con quasi 1500 specie. Nell'ambito della filogenesi delle Senecioninae Senecio è polifiletico e molti sue specie sono attualmente "sparse" tra gli oltre 100 generi della sottotribù. Senecio s.str. è posizionato più o meno alla base della sottotribù  (è uno dei primi generi che si sono separati).

La specie  Senecio vulgaris è individuata dai seguenti caratteri specifici:
 il portamento è annuale erbaceo;
 il diametro dell'involucro è di 3 - 6 mm;
 l'apice delle brattee involucrali è nero;
 nella maggioranza dei casi i fiori sono tutti tubulosi;
 gli acheni sono lunghi 1,5 - 2 mm.

Il numero cromosomico di S. vulgaris è: 2n = 40 (tetraploide).

Variabilità
Questa è una specie variabile soprattutto nei seguenti caratteri:
 ciclo biologico: nelle zone fredde tende ad essere bienne;
 altezza: si possono trovare individui di pochi centimetri tanto da essere confusi con la specie Senecio leucanthemifolius (ma solo in Sicilia);
 ramificazione: più o meno densa;
 foglie: nelle stazioni aride le foglie tendono ad essere più carnose e glabre;
 fiori ligulati: normalmente sono assenti, ma in alcuni casi sono presenti;
 indumento: in Sardegna sono stati trovati individui molto pelosi (var. tyrrhenus Fiori - non riconosciuta nelle checklist più recenti)
 squame esterne: possono essere ridotte come nelle specie siciliane (var. siculus Guss. - non riconosciuta nelle checklist più recenti)

Per questa specie è riconosciuta la seguente varietà presente nel nord dell'Europa (e forse in Sicilia):
 Senecio vulgaris L. subsp. denticulatus (O.F.Müll.) P.D.Sell  (1967)

Sinonimi
Sono elencati alcuni sinonimi per questa entità:
 Jacobaea vulgaris (L.) Claus
 Senecio vulgaris var. villosus  Iverus

Specie simili
La specie di questa voce può facilmente essere confusa con la specie Senecio sylvaticus. La tabella seguente ne evidenzia le diversità.

Usi

Tutte le parti di questa pianta sono tossiche (la tossina colpisce in particolare il fegato). Alcuni mammiferi come i conigli non sembrano esserne danneggiati, mentre alcuni uccelli mangiano le foglie e i semi.

Farmacia
 Sostanze presenti: senecionina, resine varie, inulina, glucosio e sali di potassio.
 Proprietà curative:
 antielmintica (elimina svariati tipi di vermi o elminti parassiti);
 antiscorbutica (combatte lo scorbuto con la presenza di vitamine);
 emmenagoga (regola il flusso mestruale);
 vasocostrittrice (restringe i vasi sanguigni aumentandone la pressione);
 cardiotonica (regola la frequenza cardiaca);
 diaforetica (agevola la traspirazione cutanea).
 Parti usate: la pianta intera sotto forma di infusi, tinture e sciroppi.

Cucina
In alcune zone si usano le giovani foglie come insalata, anche se questo è sconsigliabile vista la tossicità della pianta.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Specie di Senecio
 Specie italiane di Senecio

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
  Senecio vulgaris Royal Botanic Gardens KEW - Database
 Senecio vulgaris Catalogazione floristica - Università di Udine
 Senecio vulgaris eFloras Database
 Senecio vulgaris Flora delle Alpi Marittime Database
 Senecio vulgaris Erbe e fiori del Cuneese

 Senecio vulgaris IPNI Database

Asteroideae
Taxa classificati da Linneo

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This is a 1969 Honda CT90 / Trail 90 with 738 original miles. It was purchased new in Anderson, SC just 20 miles away from where it was used daily in commuting back and forth to classes at Clemson University in 1969/1970. The woman that bought it new kept it for more than 40 years in her Clemson garage.
The CT90 was another example of Honda paying attention to what American buyers wanted. Honda focused their attention on versatility, ease of use, and reliable engineering. The CT90/Trail 90 came years before the first 3-wheeler or ATC (All Terrain Cycle). These odd looking machines had a 4 speed transmission with super-low gearing and a simple, yet effective automatic clutch. Not only was the transmission fitted with a centrifugal clutch hub that would engage the crankshaft gear with the input shaft at a predetermined RPM, each movement of the shifter opened clutch plates like those used in a manual clutch. Brilliant – the bike would engage like an automatic in a car from stopped, but then gear changes were accomplished smoothly and without damage through the use of a manual clutch throw-out system activated by the very movement of the gear selector. The design is worth taking a look at, I was and still am impressed with the simple yet effective system.
The versatility and popularity of these Trail 90's were likely the beginnings for many aftermarket product companies. Notice the heavy-duty rack for example – early hunting magazines showed deer and other game being hauled from the deepest woods on Trail 90's. The 1969 as shown in these photos is the first year of the 'dual-range' transmission. Earlier models had 2 rear sprockets and supplied an extra section of chain and master link so that it's user could lengthen and move the chain to the larger sprocket for the super-low gearing needed for deep woods riding and hauling game. This was the first, true Dual Sport. The canteen (gasoline canister) you see in some photos was not offered until 1973, but I loved the accessory and added one to this earlier model. These little Trail 90's have graced the front and rear bumpers of RV's, trucks, and station wagons for decades.
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Want more business? Do not kid thyself!
In this fast paced business world, your product is not unique; your service is not unique. You are the unique differentiator in your marketplace. Yes, your process may be unique. However, you are the unique person who influences your prospect to engage in your process; right?
When you read the words self-promote? What is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it a negative reaction? Do you feel disdain or jealousy towards people who self-promote? Do you "get" that it is important, but are still uncomfortable with the concept?
We can distort and contort the selling process to make it more palatable all day long. We can call ourselves anything we want to call ourselves – but salespeople. However, the quicker people accept the fact emotionally and mentally that they are selling something and it's okay, the faster they will move into success.
When we solve people's problems for a profit we are salespeople. Cosmetic surgeons, dentists and lawyers are selling all day long. This does not diminish their profession in anyway. They are in a "for-profit" business that requires selling. The people who are tone deaf around the fact that they are salespeople are suffering and will continue to suffer under the "fixed" mindset.
Role Rejection Call Reluctance is toxic in many industries – financial services and insurance in particular. Role Rejection Call Reluctance is where people have discomfort and shame around being in sales.
Admittedly, there are many salespeople out in the market who have underdeveloped skills. Why do we identify when them, opposed to identifying with the Pros?
Mindset is what differentiates the amateurs from the professional salesperson. Mindset is your set of beliefs about you, your product, your service, your market, your prospects, your ability to influence prospects, your ability to engage, your ability to have prospects open up and share their situation, etc.
When people experience Call Reluctance, they are in a "fixed" mindset. Guess what? You can shift your mindset! Yes, indeed, it is so possible.
How about adopting this mindset: "I am a professional lead generator who happens to sell ______________ (fill in the blank.) What happens after this shift? You will experience prospecting as an adventure! WoW! That's when you become emotionally resilient and unstoppable.
*Research by George Dudley and Shannon Goodson, Behavioral Sciences Research Press.


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