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Ideas Box Puerto Rico: Library for STEM & Leadership
Commitment by Libraries Without Borders
In 2019, Libraries Without Borders (LWB) committed to working with Hivecube and partners to bring the first hurricane-resistant, solar powered, pop-up library (Ideas Box) and makerspace in the world to Loíza, Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria destroyed many community spaces, increasing isolation, fueling desperation and powerlessness, and prompting many to leave Puerto Rico in search of better economic, social and civic opportunities. LWB will involve residents in the design of the Ideas Box, and train eight community members to lead workshops, providing access to space, books, and digital tools. LWB anticipates offering two workshops per week, on topics such as blockchain technology, coding, and virtual reality, ultimately delivering 48 workshops and reaching 120 residents. By the end of the commitment, a trained community leader will be hired to manage programming for the community. This project will promote civic engagement, provide educational opportunities, and enhance the leadership capacity of residents, to foster a sustainable, long-term recovery.
Libraries Without Borders
HiveCube; Link Puerto Rico; Centro Comunal la 23 en Loíza; Taller Salud; Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust; Scuba Dogs Society; Libros 787; Response Innovation Lab; The Rotary Club of San Juan, Puerto Rico; EPIC Makerspace; Creator Academy (Academia de Creadores); Rotary Club of Sierra Madre
Libraries Without Borders (LWB) commits to working with Hivecube and partners to bring the first hurricane-resistant, solar powered, pop-up library (Ideas Box) and makerspace in the world to Loíza, Puerto Rico. The Ideas Box will provide a physical place where residents can host workshops, access books and digital tools, and participate in sustainable recovery programming. Located in the Centro Comunal Sector La 23 of Loíza, this space will serve approximately 100 families.
LWB will conduct a community assessment to identify resident needs, assets and resources. LWB will then solicit input from residents via a Town Hall, involving them in the design process for the new library. LWB and partners will incorporate community feedback into the design and Hivecube will hire two local part-time employees to support the retrofit and design needed for the library's infrastructure.
The Ideas Box will provide access to digital tools (including 3D printers and VR headsets) and internet connectivity. LWB will train eight community members on facilitation and technical support for the Ideas Box, with the goal of engaging at least four to lead workshops in the six-month period following their training. By the end of the commitment, one of those community leaders will be trained to take on a full-time role managing programming for the community. LWB anticipates offering two workshops per week, ultimately delivering 48 workshops and reaching 120 residents by the end of the year, when they will also conduct a Town Hall to collect feedback.
Through community partnerships, LWB anticipates covering workshops on blockchain technology, coding and design thinking, virtual reality, marine health and microplastics, and will also offer interactive 3D printing and Arduino workshops. Technical workshops will comprise of modules specifically designed to promote participants' mastery of skills.
The Ideas Box will provide community-based organizations and local residents alike space to develop skills, borrow tools, lead workshops, organize events, and ultimately regain a sense of normalcy.
April – May 2019: Community Needs Assessment of Loíza and 1st Town Hall for Stakeholder Input on Program Design
June 2019: Retrofit and Redesign of Ideas Box; Hivecube will bring on two part-time temporary positions for support; Begin community leader facilitator training (two-week intensive)
July – December 2019: Beginning of program: Host launch event with trained community leaders; Begin hosting at least two workshops per week, coordinating with trained community leaders and partners
November – December 2019: Monitoring and Evaluation of Program (program continues during M&E) (capturing attendance per workshop; recurring students; recurring facilitators); Begin training community leader to take on full time permanent role in leading the program
January - February 2020: 2nd Town Hall for Stakeholder Input on the Redesigned Ideas Box & Assessment
Hurricane Maria had overwhelming impact on Puerto Rico's electrical grid and exposed the dilapidated conditions of its water and sewage systems. In addition, the storm destroyed much of Puerto Rico's social infrastructure—shared spaces like parks, playgrounds, gardens, child care centers, churches, athletic fields, and other areas where people forge significant and abiding connections. Similarly, the storm led to the closure of 1,000 schools and an additional 1,200 small businesses—cafes, barbershops, bookstores—that had previously served as "safe spaces" where community members could come together to cultivate mutual support and collaboration. Although many schools and businesses aim to re-open, the reality is that some may have closed their doors for good.
The lack of social infrastructure and lingering unrest in Puerto Rico's educational system extend beyond the loss of schools and shared public spaces. These conditions, if unaddressed, will dampen morale and undermine the prospect of a sustainable recovery. In the absence of places like libraries, parks, barber shops and cafes—the very lifeblood of communities—many people experience increased isolation and mental health problems. Similarly, such conditions lead to higher crime and issues with community cohesion (Klinenberg 2018). In turn, these circumstances often fuel feelings of desperation and powerlessness, which may prompt some Puerto Ricans to leave the island in search of better economic, social and civic opportunities.
Prioritizing social infrastructure in disaster relief and recovery efforts, in addition to addressing immediate needs such as food, water, and shelter, will be the key to recovery in Puerto Rico. As schools start to reopen and public services resume, shared spaces like community centers and libraries will play a critical role in helping residents regain a sense of normalcy and stability after disaster. By encouraging exchange, fostering trust, promoting civic engagement, providing educational opportunities, and enhancing the leadership capacity of residents, these shared spaces will allow communities to lay the groundwork for a sustainable, long-term recovery.
Libraries Without Borders is seeking financial as well as media support, specifically in raising awareness of the redesigned Ideas Box beyond humanitarian circles. The team is also seeking partnerships that can support the continued expansion of the program. LWB has partnered with Hivecube to redesign and manufacture solar-powered, hurricane-resistant pop-up libraries—the first of their kind in the world. The team hopes to develop a pop-up library and makerspace model that can be replicated across Puerto Rico and throughout the Western Hemisphere. LWB seeks to ensure that all subsequent pop-up libraries are manufactured solely in Puerto Rico, thus creating long-term, full-time employment and workforce development opportunities for the island's residents. With subsidies from public and private sectors, the pop-up library and makerspace Libraries Without Borders is willing to share expertise around implementing a similar community-based program, including finding local partners and training local leaders.
On May 25th to 26th, Libraries Without Borders (LWB) hosted Empréndete Loíza, the first-ever make-a-thon to take place on the island of Puerto Rico. This two-day event will kick off the Ideas Box program, which will provide the residents of Loíza with opportunities to learn new skills and engage with STEM topics in an interactive manner. This will also serve as an opportunity for residents to provide feedback and their ideas on retrofitted Ideas Box. From virtual reality tutorials to design thinking workshops, the make-a-thon will offer collaborative workshops, networking sessions, and hands-on activities that promote STEM learning, as well as encourage innovation, entrepreneurship, and the creative arts. It will also give participants the chance to demonstrate their new skills by competing to develop a device, product, business model, or prototype that can have a positive social impact in Loíza. Following Empréndete Loíza, LWB will work with community leaders to launch a summer camp for local youth, which is slated to begin in July.


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Q: Why method overriding is required?
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*As if you extend the class and override the method then what will be the difference between new method and overridden method, except same name and method signature .

*In the below code class A has some method parentMethod() and the same is overridden in class B by extending class A.
I want to know what is the difference between overridden method and a new method except the name and why we need to go for overridden method with classes.
class A {
    void parentMethod(){
       //some code
    }
}

class B extends A {
    void parentMethod() { //overridden method
        //some overridden code
    }
    void childMethod() {//new method
        //some new code
    }
}

A: Overriding is used when you have two classes with very similar code. Some of the code is different so you want to have some common code and some abstract methods that can be changed from variation to variation. The variations will turn into abstract classes that extend your base class. Read more here https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/abstract.html.

A: Override method use with example is explained below.
You can use it where you want to use the same "method name" and "signature" but need to give new code functionality.
Check the below code where,
1. class "Car" is there.
2. created default method for car as "myHorn()".
3. created new class as "Ferrari".
4. overriden the method "myHorn(), as for car i want to use new horn.
5. now for all cars you can create override the "myHorn()" method and customize code.

Class Car{
//parent class method having default horn
void myHorn(){
System.out.println("peeee..peeeee.peee");
}
}

class Ferrari extends Car{
//overridden method using same method and overriding horn
void myHorn(){
System.out.println("fuuuuuuuuuuu..fuuuuuuuuuu");
}
}

class Swift extends Car{
//Creating object of Swift class and calling  method of Class "'Car"
Swift car = new Swift();
//if want to use default horn
car.myHorn();
}
}

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With ODI series wins against Pakistan, India and South Africa in 2015, Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha looks at the changes that are helping the side move forward. Following his appointment in May 2014, Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha had a crucial role overseeing the side's World Cup campaign and three successful home series thereafter. On the final day of the second Test against South Africa, which was abandoned due to a wet outfield, Hathurusingha spoke to ESPNcricinfo about the side's results in the last seven months, the change in the team's mindset, how he spotted Soumya Sarkar and his future plans for the team.
The last few months have been great for you. How do you feel having coached this side since last year? It gives me great satisfaction at the way the boys responded to the challenges that we had before with us, and then changed the culture we had before, believing in themselves mainly. I was very satisfied as coach.
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'Rebel II' is a Giclée print by contemporary artist Delphine Lebourgeois. Printed onto Hahnemuhle Photorag Paper, and hand finished with Gold Ink, the print is from a limited edition of 20 and is signed and numbered by the artist.
Contemporary French artist Delphine Lebourgeois is known for her illustrative aesthetic, incorporating a wide range of media and material within her process including digital elements, collage, pencil, pen, watercolour, and screen print. With sources ranging from Renaissance master Botticelli to the contemporary comic strip, Lebourgeois blends high and low culture for a playful and often irreverent aesthetic.
A band of stern, space-age super-heroines stand in choreographed configuration, decked out in matching cowls and costumes, a cosmic shield in each hand. But there's a rebel among them, a fun-loving super-girl, spinning a hula hoop and clad head-to-toe in pink. A snapshot that tells a thousand different tales, 'Stellar Baby 2018' is truly the art of our age.
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Typical Winters Grey day – early morning trail to myself with just an Owl hooting away for company. Upside was the wind which had backed off and it was definitely a few degrees warmer. In conditions such as these I can ride down almost in a trance but I have to say on entering the Padstow Car Park that trance was soon broken with the sights and sounds of the Sand Lorries and machinery which were going full bore.
That must have really woken me up because I suddenly realised that I was not threading my way past fishing boats and lobster pots previously winterised in the car park. With Padstow now increasingly a winter tourist destination storing boats in the car park is not an option. Most of the Trawlers are now wintered in the vast blue shed at the side of the car park which makes good secure sense given the equipment on board nowadays.
It's not just that the days are drawing out but when you see adverts for Snowdrop Sundays up at Pencarrow early February that you realise time is cracking on. We have a couple of hundred bikes to build, we have the Store to reroof and with Half Term just around the corner it is all systems go.


Sophia Reis said she was left "embarrassed" and had a nervous breakdown at work after she failed a security check on August 30.
The 46-year-old customer service adviser described the experience with Santander Bank as "the last straw" after claiming she had been discriminated against on a number of occasions in the past.
Miss Reis told the Press Association this was not the first time she had faced difficulties - with shops banning her from entering at certain times because they did not want people "complaining that you are here".
"They said my voice did not match my profile because it sounded like a man on the phone and not a woman.
"I was crying my eyes out and I am not that type of person at all. I am a very courteous person and I am outgoing but to feel that way when all I asked was for my money to be transferred - I feel mistreated."
She told the Press Association: "I've told people this is the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"In my previous job, my employer had a problem with who I am and then in the eight weeks I was unemployed, I applied for over 400 jobs - something like 50 to 70 a day.
"I had countless interviews and would never get the job - and then my last interview I went as a man and I got the job, and that's where I work now."
Speaking of how she felt when her card was declined in Tesco, Miss Reis said: "You can imagine the embarrassment. I was almost in tears and I was absolutely fuming.
"They eventually managed to unblock my card so I returned to work - I had a nervous breakdown at work and I was shaking like a leaf.
"For the first time in my life I felt embarrassed of who I am."
"When verifying customers are who they say they are we have to balance our duty to protect the security of their accounts."
She added: "If a customer rings up with their banking credentials they should be able to pass security with no problems.


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KāingaNgā Kaupapa | What's OnNewsPrevious years2009Council agrees on road submission
Council agrees on road submission
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The Kāpiti Coast District Council has agreed on the details of their submission to NZTA on the expressway options, Mayor Jenny Rowan said today.
"We propose completion of the two-lane Western Link, continued improvements to the rail network for passengers and freight and improvements to State Highway 1 to remove impediments to traffic flow including, removing traffic lights and four laning as and when necessary.
"Based on NZTA's own traffic projections, this set of options provides the Minister with the long term 50-year solution he is seeking to the roading issues through Kāpiti. It will cause the least disruption to people's lives and be finished earlier than his five to 10-year timeline" Mayor Jenny Rowan said.
"The Council was strong in its view there is no need for the State Highway to be of a motorway / expressway standard through Kāpiti," the Mayor said.
"We believe there are significant improvements which can be delivered in a proactive rather than reactive way."
However, it took the casting vote of the Mayor for the Council to accept that, if NZTA chooses to proceed with a motorway, the eastern option is the least unacceptable. It still requires serious mitigation of the effects of the current proposal.
"We believe the proposition we're presenting to NZTA and the Minister is one where the two-lane Western Link will take 24% of traffic off the State Highway in less than four years, less time than it will take to even finish planning and design of any other option," Mayor Rowan said.
"Then there's the opportunity for NZTA to deal quickly with the main choke point of Waikanae lights, where a Te Moana Road underpass and removal of the traffic lights is urgently required with the extension of train services to Waikanae in 12 months time. Follow that with a larger project to deal with the Paraparaumu traffic lights and that extends the time horizon considerably and removes the main congestion points.
"The Council's resolution refers to four-laning as and when necessary. We believe the four-laning required can be undertaken over time and staged to minimise disruption to through traffic and to properties with boundaries on the state highway.
"The Council's submission accepts the necessity for a bypass at Ōtaki but proposes some moderate changes to the route and the intersections to improve the outcomes for the Ōtaki economy and for the local residents.
"We're confident we have a package which will help the Minister achieve his objectives faster and with less disruption," Jenny Rowan said.
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WHY Our Stories Matter
July 24, 2015 Terence	6 Comments
I wrote yesterday about the new attention some theologians are paying to "narrative theology", which draws on people's life experience in their real world situations as a source for theological reflection. The importance of this was highlighted in the Rome study day for selected bishops from Germany, France and Switzerland in preparation for the 2015 Family Synod, when a third of the programme (and two of the six papers) were devoted to it.
One of these papers, by Prof Dr Alain Thomasett SJ of the University of Paris, had the title "Taking into account of the history and biographical developments of the moral life and the pastoral care of the family". In this paper, Thomasett tackles head on the challenge presented by what Catholic doctrine describe as "intrinsically evil" sexual acts, and the difficulties this doctrine presents for many Catholics in real life situation. This difficulty certainly troubles gay and lesbian Catholics, but not only them. (Thomasett also refers directly to those who have divorced and remarried, who will be a central focus of the Synod, and to married couples practicing contraception). The key to resolving the problem, he argues, lies in making a firm distinction between objective judgement of the acts, and the moral culpability of the people, which can only be assessed in the context of their particular situations and purpose.
An example he quotes outside of the sexual context is that of homicide. Objectively, taking a human life is an obviously evil act. Subjectively however, the context may change that. "Is it self-defence, an accident, a crime of passion, a murder, premeditated or otherwise?". In the same way, he points out, that "objectively", doctrine refuses to recognize remarriage after divorce because that is seen as adulterous – but there is a big distinction between a casual adulterous relationship between two people still married to their original spouses, and a new, loving and committed partnership between two people who for one reason or another cannot rebuild their first marriages, and now want to start a new life and new family.
Throughout his discussion, he emphasises the importance of personal conscience for the people involved, and also the importance of the wider Church paying greater attention to the "sensus fideii".
The paper fully deserves close attention: but unfortunately have been published only in French, German and Italian. As there is not yet a reliable English version available, I have now posted my own (rough) translation from the original French, in three parts:
"Intrinsically Evil" and Moral Judgements: the Subjective Perspective
"Intrinsically Evil" and Moral Assessments: Historical Developments
"Intrinsically Evil" Acts and Pastoral Care"
"Intrinsically Evil" Acts: Pastoral Guidelines
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Water for Joss Stone's Soul
David Burke, R2/Rock'n'Reel, July 2015
"PEOPLE WOULD SAY, 'So, who do you think you are singing these soul music songs when you are 16 and you're white and you're from Devon?' That came up in my life for about five years, every interview I did. Now they've stopped doing that, which is great, because I guess more soul music has come out of different types of people. But at the time it was like, God they give me some shit for that. I got really bored of it."
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News Oct 18, 2018 | Original Story from the University of Helsinki.
Maternal gut and breast milk microbiota affect infant gut antibiotic resistome and mobile genetic elements. Katariina Pärnänen, Antti Karkman, Jenni Hultman, Christina Lyra, Johan Bengtsson-Palme, D. G. Joakim Larsson, Samuli Rautava, Erika Isolauri, Seppo Salminen, Himanshu Kumar, Reetta Satokari & Marko Virta. Nature Communicationsvolume 9, Article number: 3891 (2018), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06393-w.


Here is a list of our friends around the world! Great places that you need to check while you are travelling.
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The Reporter has managed to get a brief phone interview with Belmopan resident Clement Mangar, recovering at the Western Regional Hospital after he was shot in the chest and abdomen last night. Mangar told us that he knows exactly who the gunman is, and knows also that it is related to an incident at a home in Maya Mopan last Friday.
He claims that he is the one who is building the home which Recondev is trying to break down in Maya Mopan. Mangar says he has already provided the gunman's name to Police.


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China's Export-Import Bank to invest USD 10 billion into Ukraine's agricultural sector
0 Published: 27 Sep 2011
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Ukrainian News Agency | 27 September 2011
Chinese Export-Import Bank is in talks with the Government of the Ukraine for its involvement in the financial operation of the land market in the Ukraine.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food Supplies says that Chinese Export-Import Bank is ready to invest USD 10 billion into agricultural sector of Ukraine, the ministry said.
According to the report, respective statement was made by Agrarian Policy and Food Supplies Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk after his visit to China within Ukrainian delegation headed by Serhii Arbuzov, the chairman of the National Bank.
In frames of the visit, the Ukrainian delegation met with president of the China's bank.
At the meeting with the president of the bank, the sides discussed financing of infrastructure and agricultural investment projects in Ukraine and also participation of the Chinese bank in financial operation in the land market of Ukraine.
Soon, the bank intends to send a workgroup to Ukraine to permanently co-operation with Ukrainian partners.
Prysiazhniuk also met with board chairman of the Chinese national corporation for development of agriculture.
The sides discussed prospects and conditions of co-operation of the corporation and Ukraine in agriculture.
Representatives of the corporation in October intend to visit Ukraine to meet with representatives of State Food-Grain Corporation and cattle breeding and fishing enterprises.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in August, a workgroup was created formed of the State Food-Grain Corporation of Ukraine state-run enterprise, Kyiv bank and the Chinese National Machine Building Industry and General Contracts.
Original source: UNA


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Our product line is growing and so is our community!
We added "double dates" of our Decadent Date (almond-filled and enrobed in dark chocolate) and of our Date With Ginger (also in dark chocolate). Local coffee roasters Phil & Sebastian were the first to take a chance on this package size and really got us on track to finalize our double package.
It takes more time than people realize to find the right package; develop the creative for a label; find the label that will work; and then there are the lovely little trays that the product sits on – these must be certified food safe for direct contact. Each detail can lead to days and weeks before a product is ready to hit the shelves. But they're out! And we could not be happier about the response.
We also have these double dates at Mountain Mercato in Canmore . This lovely specialty food store in Canmore is worth the trip! Not only can you shop the market for several unique items, but also sit and enjoy delicious homemade soups, salads, panini's and of course, yummy pastries!
It is at this location that we've introduced our new Play Date! This date is truly a taste experience with ground pistachios and almonds combined with lavender and lemon. Finally, we drizzle pure white chocolate on top! It looks and tastes like fun! This date can turn any bad mood around!


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Katy Milkman on the Science of Change
The Wharton professor and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative discusses her new book aimed at helping individuals and managers inspire meaningful, lasting shifts in behavior.
Professor Katy Milkman (Photograph by Peter Murphy)
If you've ever tried to change or encourage it in the people you manage, you know how hard it is. There are countless resources that aim to help — to boost productivity, exercise, healthy eating, or savings. But chances are, you're still not where you want to be. In How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, Wharton's James G. Dinan Professor and Behavior Change for Good Initiative co-director Katy Milkman explains why. The crucial thing that many of us get wrong? Our strategy. Change, Milkman has learned, comes most readily when you understand what's standing between you and success and tailor your solution to that roadblock. In this Q&A, she discusses her book and the science of change.
What was your path to dissecting how our daily decisions affect our prosperity and our happiness, ultimately leading you to study how people change their behaviors?
Initially, I did a lot of what I like to call "me-search" — studying topics that related to my personal foibles. But that all changed about a decade ago when I saw a pie chart that kept me up at night for weeks afterward. The chart broke down the most common causes of premature death in the United States. And it showed that roughly 40 percent of premature deaths are the result of personal behaviors we can change — seemingly small daily decisions about eating, drinking, exercise, smoking, sex, and vehicle safety. They add up, producing hundreds of thousands of fatal cancers, heart attacks, and accidents each year. I've never seen a similar breakdown of how our daily decisions accumulate when it comes to productivity, happiness, savings, or educational outcomes, but it's easy to guess that it's not just health where the little things pile up fast. Recognizing that my research on behavior change could potentially make a real dent in such meaningful problems has fueled me ever since.
" Whatever the challenge, identifying it and developing a tailored strategy to surmount it is key," says Milkman.
If you can't persuade people to alter their behavior by telling them that change is simple, cheap, and good for them, what magical ingredient will do the trick?
I have many answers to that question, but the most important is "It depends." The surest path to success is not one size-fits-all. When policymakers, organizations, or scientists apply a one-size-fits-all strategy to change behavior, the results are mixed. But when they start by asking what stands in the way of progress — say, why their employees aren't saving enough money or getting flu shots — and then develop targeted strategies to change behavior, the results tend to be far better.
The obstacles to change are highly variable. Your obstacle might be forgetfulness, or a lack of confidence, or a desire to take the path of least resistance, or the tendency to succumb to temptation. And we sometimes face more than just one obstacle. But whatever the challenge, identifying it and developing a tailored strategy to surmount it is key. My book is organized to help readers do just that. Each chapter highlights a common obstacle to change and shares the strategies that science has proven are most effective for toppling that particular challenge.
What work did you do with Google to develop tools for nudging better decisions and productivity? What did you discover?
After a visit to the company's headquarters, I saw an opportunity to help encourage Google employees to build more stable exercise habits. I pitched a low-cost strategy that I and my longtime collaborator, Harvard Business School professor John Beshears, were convinced could work.
How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (Portfolio/Penguin Random House) will be available May 4 through Wharton School Press and other book retailers. As part of WSP's Meet the Authors series, visit the Wharton School LinkedIn page for a live conversation with Milkman and marketing professor Peter Fader on May 11, 11:30 a.m.– 12 p.m. ET.
John and I suspected that visiting the gym or building any other habit in a very consistent way — always at the same time on a strict routine — would produce more lasting behavior change than exercising less consistently even at the same frequency. To test this, we ran a study with collaborators measuring more than 2,500 Googlers' attendance at on-site gyms during a month when we offered them rewards for exercise and for roughly 40 weeks thereafter. At the outset, participants told us the time when it was most convenient for them to exercise. And some employees were paid for exercising at that same time each day, while others were paid a bit less for exercising anytime.
When the data came back, we were startled by what we learned. The Googlers we'd encouraged to hit the gym at a consistent time essentially built a habit around exercising only at that precise time. We had accidentally turned them into inflexible automatons. If they couldn't make it to the gym at their regular time, they were unlikely to go at all, either during or after our experiment. But both during and after our study, the employees we'd rewarded for exercising on a more flexible schedule kept working out more at other times, too, not just at the time they'd identified as most convenient. They had very clearly learned how to get to the gym even when their original plans fell through, and overall, that produced a "stickier" exercise habit.
I think this is one of the most important discoveries I've made in my research career. Forming stable routines helps build habits, but if we want to form the "stickiest" possible habits, we need to learn how to roll with the punches so we can be flexible when life throws us a curveball. Too much rigidity is the enemy of a good habit.
You write about how timing is critically important to change — people are more open to changing when they feel they have a fresh start. Besides New Year's, what are other moments that inspire new beginnings?
Surveys show that new beginnings offer a kind of psychological "do-over": People feel distanced from their past failures; they feel like a different person with reason to be optimistic about the future.
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My research with UCLA professor Hengchen Dai GRW15 who was my PhD advisee at Wharton once upon a time — and Wharton Senior Fellow Jason Riis has shown that people are more likely to pursue change on dates that feel like new beginnings. Undergraduates are more likely to visit the gym not only in January, but also earlier in the week, after a school holiday, at the beginning of a new semester, and after their birthdays — except after 21st birthdays, and I'll let you guess why. We also found an uptick in online goal setting and in "diet" searches on Google in January, on Mondays, and after holiday breaks, and people's birthdays were linked with more goal-setting, too. Anecdotally, we also know that meaningful life moments, such as getting over a major illness, moving to a new city, becoming a parent, or even just getting a radical new haircut, can spur change.
The one tricky thing to keep in mind is that not everyone benefits from a fresh start. While fresh starts are helpful for kick-starting change, they can also be unwelcome disrupters of well-functioning routines. Anyone seeking to maintain good habits should beware.
How is forgetfulness the silent killer of our goals? How do we overcome flaking out?
In a classic study from 1885, German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus estimated that we forget nearly half of the new information we've attempted to store in memory within 20 minutes. One obvious way to overcome forgetting is to create reminders. And if you can arrange to schedule a reminder that will appear at the very moment when you should act, do so posthaste. But unfortunately, unless a reminder comes at that precise moment when you need to follow through, you're likely to forget again.
When you can't time a reminder perfectly, you can help yourself remember by forming a detailed plan with a cue to act. It's as simple as filling in the blanks in the sentence "When ___ happens, I'll do ___." Often when we make plans, we don't focus on what will trigger us to act. Instead, we focus on what we intend to do. For instance, a typical plan to improve oral hygiene might be: "I'm going to start flossing more." But research shows it's vital to link that intention with a cue, like a specific time, place, or action, so the cue will jog your memory. If you want to floss more regularly, a helpful tweak to your plan would be to say, "Every night after brushing my teeth, I'm going to floss." My collaborators and I have proven that simply prompting employees to form these kinds of concrete, cue-based plans for getting vaccinated at a workplace flu-shot clinic can significantly and costlessly increase the rate at which employees get inoculated.
What do you hope readers take away from your book?
My hope is that How to Change will help readers better understand what's standing in their way at work and at home and how to overcome it. The book uses cutting-edge scientific research to offer solutions to the most common internal barriers to change. If readers leave with just one takeaway, I hope it will be that one-size-fits-all strategies don't work nearly as well as tailored attacks if you want to achieve your biggest goals.
Published as "The Change Agent's Handbook" in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of Wharton Magazine.
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Welcome to Married Life: Here's to a New Year!
I'm not a fan of New Year's Resolutions. On reflection recently I think I finally figured out why. Resolutions are so easily broken and then it seems like you should just give up. I think I prefer goals. Goals are something to work towards, but you usually don't give up on your goals just because you've had a set back. With that in mind here are some goals, bloggy and otherwise, for my new year.
* Join Beth Moore's Siesta Scripture Memory Team. It's only 2 verses a month, plus I got one of the cute spirals and I hope that helps the motivation... I already have 2 verses picked out for January and one memorized. Getting a head start should help, right? So Lindsay, please keep me accountable! Not that I plan to be able to go to Houston next January, but I think this is a good thing anyway!
* Make this Photo Prayer calendar to pray for my husband. He's asked me to do this and I have, but not religiously (sorry, couldn't resist that pun!). I need something to help me stay on task and I think this fits the bill. I just got the photos with my latest order so I'll put it together when I get home.
* Be better about keeping up with the Bible study materials each week. We're doing our yearly Beth Moore study starting this week and I have done 6... and never finished one. I want to make this a goal and not get side tracked. It will mean re-prioritizing my life a bit, but I think I need that too.
* In terms of life... Brian says I always complain that I haven't gotten anything done. And a lot of days that's how I feel. It's hard to compare a life without kids and having everything accomplished at the end of the day that you'd planned, to a day with 2 small boys that was interrupted by one disaster after another. Or even a normal day where the focus should be more on being with them and less on the stuff that won't really matter in the end. Curtains? Pshaw! =) But I will get them done, just not need to stress out about it anymore. I'm giving myself a Mom pass and not feeling guilty about what doesn't get done.
However... the Mom pass does not apply to my body! It doesn't help that as I write this I'm sitting in the kitchen where my sister-in-law is finishing a wedding cake and there are plenty of cake scraps and extra frosting... But New Year's Day is a new day and this will be both a goal and a resolution!
* Go swimming at the Y once a week and try to get in at least one other workout day (child care permitting)! Also, the eating of much more fruits and veggies needs to happen... it's so much easier in the summer when we have our awesome Farmer's Market. And I think I really need to gain some self-discipline around the holidays. Sweet tooth be gone!
* I'm hoping to get to go to the Rocky Mountain School of Photography workshop in March with my father-in-law! I've never gone to any photography class, workshop, or anything. I hope it's not too overwhelming.
* Beyond that I'd really like to be able to get some more paying jobs for my photography. I'm not exactly sure how to do that, but making myself a better photographer is a good start!
*I'm going to do a 365 photography blog this year or maybe a Flickr set since I should probably learn more about that medium. I'm thinking I may not start today... (although I could, I'm going to that wedding so certain to take many photos) but sometime soon. And I may not post every day, but the goal is to take pictures every day and post them eventually.
I'm sure I could think of lots more things to add to this list, but I think this is a good start. Happy New Year everyone, here's to a great 2011! And happy 5 years of blogging to me!
=D I love this post. I love how you clarify the difference between resolutions and goals. I wholeheartedly agree! I dislike making resolutions. They are so easy to forget and walk away from. GOALS are much more reasonable.
I like all of your goals. (Esp. that holiday sweet tooth be gone!) I have such a hard time around the holidays but an easier time in the summer for the same reason as yourself - Farmer's Market and all the wonderful yummy fresh things that are available!
I look forward to continuing to get to know you on your blog! =D Happy bloggy anniversary as well it seems!
Yes! I will try to hold you accountable--and would love it if you would do the same! I am sitting down right now to figure out how to post my verse to the LPM blog. I can't decide if I should use the verse that has literally been keeping going the past two weeks (Ex. 14:14) or if I should chose one I have not already memorized... I am getting excited for the Beth Moore study as well, I have done this one, but know I will learn a lot and hopefully retain more this time.
I also love that you are "fairly certain it's me that has gone in another direction"
I need to get my act together with God too!


Diagram showing how qualification is obtained for Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup until 2009–10 season.
The Heineken Cup is open to clubs in the RaboDirect Pro12 (originally the Celtic League), Aviva Premiership and the Top 14. The Italian Super 10 competition also sent clubs into the Heineken Cup through 2009–10, but no longer does so after the Celtic League expanded to include Italian franchises. Clubs that do not qualify for the Heineken Cup can enter the European Challenge Cup.
Starting with the 2009–10 season, the remaining two places in the 24-team tournament for the following season are filled by the winners of the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup. If a trophy winner has already qualified for the Heineken Cup by virtue of its league position, that country will receive an extra Heineken Cup place (assuming that the country has an extra team that can take up a place; Scotland has only two top-level professional teams, as does Italy since the 2010–11 season). However, England and France are capped at seven Heineken Cup places each. If either country produces the winners of both European cups, the last place will be filled by the highest ERC-ranked club not of that nation to not have otherwise qualified. The latter rule also applies if one of Scotland's two Pro 12 teams wins a European trophy. London Wasps could have benefited if either Clermont or Edinburgh had won the 2011–12 Heineken Cup, but both those clubs lost in the semi-finals, ending Wasps' hopes of a Heineken Cup lifeline.
One team came from France, England or Italy; this place was allocated to the country whose team progressed further in the previous season's Heineken Cup. For example, because Leicester progressed further in the 2008–09 competition than any French or Italian team, there were seven English teams in the 2009–10 competition.
The final team was the winner of a play-off between the best placed team in the Celtic League (then sponsored as Magners League) who had not already qualified, and the best placed semi-finalist in the Italian Super 10. The play-off was a single match, which took place alternately in Italy or the home of the Magners League side. In 2007–08, this play-off was scheduled to take place before the Italian Super 10 semi-finals, so no Italian team was nominated to take part. This meant that the Magners League nominee, the Newport Gwent Dragons, qualified without a playoff.
A proposal has been made that, in future, rather than Ireland, Wales and Scotland each sending their top-placed teams in the Celtic League/Pro 12 to the Heineken Cup, the top teams from the league as a whole should be sent, regardless of nationality.
The 2005–06 final at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff between Munster and Biarritz.
Each nation nominates one of their teams as top seed; these teams are drawn in separate pools.
Each nation supplies at most one team to each pool, except where England or France supply seven teams in total; in this case, the seventh team drawn will appear in a pool with one other team from that nation. In some cases (such as for the 2007/2008 season) the unseeded Italian and Scottish teams may also deliberately be drawn in different pools.
From the 2008–09 season, there is more structure to the pools. The competing 24 teams are ranked based on past performance using the European club ranking from the ERC and arranged into four tiers of six teams, with the reigning champion automatically appearing in the top tier. Each pool receives one team at random from each tier; again, this is subject to the restriction that each pool cannot contain more than one team from each competing nation, except where France or England supply seven teams.
Four points are awarded for a win and two points for a draw. A bonus point is awarded for a loss by seven points or fewer, or for scoring four tries or more. The six pool winners (ranked 1–6 by number of points scored) and two best placed runners-up (ranked seven and eight) qualify for the quarter-finals. Teams ranked one to four have home advantage. The three next-best placed runners up qualify, starting with the 2009/10 season, for the knock-out stages of the European Challenge Cup.
The quarter-finals are: team 1 v team 8; team 2 v team 7; team 3 v team 6; team 4 v team 5.
The quarter-finals are played at the home stadiums of the higher-seeded clubs, or sometimes at a larger stadium in or near the host team's city. The semi-finals, on the other hand, are always played at nominally neutral venues. Each of the two semi-final venues are in the country of the first team out of the hat when the draw is made. For example, in 2004, Munster v Wasps was played at Lansdowne Road in Dublin, while Toulouse v Biarritz was played in Bordeaux.
However, the neutrality requirement is satisfied simply by the designated home team playing outside of its normal stadium. Both 2005 semi-finals were held in the host's home city; Leicester Tigers v Toulouse was held at Walkers Stadium in Leicester, not far from Leicester's normal home of Welford Road, while Stade Français v Biarritz was played at Parc des Princes in Paris, across the street from Stade's normal home field. The semifinal venue must also meet the following additional criteria; it must have a capacity of at least 20,000 and it must be in the same country as the designated home team.
However, the European Rugby Cup, which organises the competition, may allow exceptions, such as with Biarritz, located in a city less than 20 km from the Spanish border, being allowed to host their 2006 and 2010 semi-finals across the border at Estadio Anoeta in Donostia-San Sebastián (which is the closest stadium to Biarritz that meets the requirements). During pool stages, these requirements are further relaxed; for example, Bourgoin hosted Munster in Switzerland at Stade de Genève, Geneva in the 2006–07 competition, and Stade Français planned to take their 2009–10 home fixture against Ulster to Belgium's largest stadium, King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, but that fixture was canceled and moved to Paris after heavy snowfall in Brussels on the intended matchday. Brussels' Heineken Cup debut would have to wait until 2012–13, when Saracens took their home match against Racing Métro to that city.
Saracens have also unsuccessfully sought to take pool matches to Cape Town in both 2011–12 and 2012–13, and to the New York City area in 2012–13.
The final is held at a predetermined site.
Without English clubs, the 1998–99 tournament revolved around France, Italy and the Celtic nations. Sixteen teams took part in four pools of four. French clubs filled the top positions in three of the groups and for the fourth consecutive year a French club, in the shape of Colomiers from the Toulouse suburbs, reached the final. Despite this it was to be Ulster's year as they beat Toulouse (twice) and reigning French champions Stade Français on their way to the final at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Ulster then carried home the trophy after a 21–6 win over Colomiers in front of a capacity 49,000 crowd.
English clubs returned in 1999–2000. The pool stages were spread over three months to allow the competition to develop alongside the nations' own domestic competitions, and the knockout stages were scheduled to take the tournament into the early spring. For the first time clubs from four different nations – England, Ireland, France and Wales – made it through to the semi-finals. Munster's defeat of Toulouse in Bordeaux ended France's record of having contested every final and Northampton Saints' victory over Llanelli made them the third English club to make it to the final. The competition was decided with a final between Munster and Northampton, with Northampton coming out on top by a single point to claim their first major honour.
Munster reached the 2001–02 final with quarter-final and semi-final victories on French soil against Stade Français and Castres. Leicester pipped Llanelli in the last four, after the Scarlets had halted Leicester's 11-match Heineken Cup winning streak in the pool stages. A record crowd saw Leicester become the first side to successfully defend their title.
From 2002, the European Challenge Cup winner now automatically qualified for the Heineken Cup. Toulouse's victory over French rivals Perpignan in 2003 meant that they joined Leicester as the only teams to win the title twice. Toulouse saw a 19-point half-time lead whittled away as the Catalans staged a dramatic comeback in a match in which the strong wind and showers played a major role, but Toulouse survived to win.
The tenth Heineken Cup final saw the inaugural champions Toulouse battle with rising stars Stade Français when Murrayfield was the first Scottish venue to host the final. Fabien Galthié's Paris side led until two minutes from the end of normal time before Frédéric Michalak levelled the contest for Toulouse with his first penalty strike. He repeated this in the initial stages of extra time and then sealed his side's success with a superb opportunist drop-goal. Toulouse became the first team to win three Heineken Cup titles.
The 2006–07 Heineken Cup would be distributed to over 100 countries following Pitch International's securing of the rights. That season was the first time in the history of the competition that two teams went unbeaten in pool play, with both Llanelli Scarlets and Biarritz doing so. Biarritz went into their final match at Northampton Saints with a chance to become the first team ever to score bonus-point wins in all their pool matches, but were only able to score two of the four tries needed. Leicester defeated Llanelli Scarlets to move into the final at Twickenham, with the possibility of winning a Treble of championships on the cards, having already won the EDF Energy Cup and the Guinness Premiership. However, Wasps won the final 25 points to 9 in front of a tournament record 81,076 fans.
In the 2008 final, Munster won the cup for their second time ever by beating Toulouse at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.
The sixteenth Heineken Cup tournament in 2011 resulted in an Irish province lifting the title for the fourth time in six years as Leinster recorded their second triumph in the competition. They defeated former multiple Heineken Cup winners Leicester and Toulouse in the quarter and semi finals. At the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, in front of 72,000 spectators, Leinster fought back from a 22–6 half-time deficit in the final against Northampton Saints, scoring 27 unanswered points in 26 second-half minutes, winning 33–22 in one of the tournament's greatest comebacks. Jonathan Sexton won the man-of-the-match award, having scored 28 of Leinster's points total, which included two tries, three conversions, and four penalties.
The Heineken Cup would be reduced from 24 to 20 teams.
Six sides each would qualify from the Premiership, Top 14, and Pro12, based on league position. The remaining two Heineken Cup places would go to the nations that win the previous season's Heineken and Challenge Cups.
All remaining sides from the three leagues—a total of 18—would play in the Challenge Cup, which would remain at 20 teams.
A completely new third-tier competition would be launched, covering emerging European rugby nations such as Georgia, Portugal, Russia and Spain. The top two teams from this competition would take up the remaining two Challenge Cup places.
Negotiations for a new competition agreement are currently ongoing.
Bold type – Players involved in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, as well as their current clubs, as long as they have competed with that club in the Heineken Cup.
Italics – Players not involved in this season's competition, but still active at club level.
Note also that in the case of career statistics, only those clubs for which each player appeared in the Heineken Cup are listed.
This lists average attendances for each season's Heineken Cup competition and, where available, total attendance for each season, and the highest attendance for that season. Typically, the final is the most-attended single match, as it is generally held in a larger stadium than any club's home venue.
The 2009 final was only the third most-attended match that season. The most-attended match was a semi-final between Irish rivals Leinster and Munster played in Croke Park in Dublin. The attendance of 82,208 set what was then a world record for a club match in the sport's history. Second on that season's list was a pool match between Stade Français and Harlequins that drew 76,569 to Stade de France in Paris (a venue that Stade Français has used for select home matches since 2005).
While the 2010-11 tournament's highest attended match was unsurprisingly the final, the second-highest attended match of 55,000 was notable in that it was held in Spain. Perpignan hosted Toulon in Barcelona, Spain before a sellout crowd at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
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A stupid question maybe, but I just picked up my new 2018 Type R. They did not provide an owners manual unfortunately but are sending me one in a couple of weeks. How to I turn on the rev matching function or is it on automatically in all three driving modes? Thanks for any comment.


These images are breathtaking. I have always loved the scent of lavender. It is relaxing and soothing and seems to calm me when I am stressed.
Drunk as a tea, lavender is a natural treatment for anxiety and headaches. It also soothes tummy upsets and cold lavender tea can be used as an effective mouthwash.
A warm lavender compress placed on the chest can help congestion, while breathing in the steam of lavender (place the hot lavender tea in a bowl and cover your head with a towel) helps breathing.
To help you sleep, make a small pillow and fill it with dried lavender leaves and buds. Slip this inside your regular pillow and you will find the soothing fragrance helps calms you at the end of the day and promotes a restful night's sleep.
Use lavender is in the kitchen - both as a cleanser and as a cooking ingredient! Add lavender oil to your favorite cleaner to give it more cleaning power, and to fill your kitchen with a fresh fragrance. When you mop the floor, sprinkle lavender oil in the water and you will have a sweet smelling antiseptic mop.
When it comes to cooking, you can use lavender oil, tea, or the leaves and flowers. But the easiest way to begin is to make lavender sugar. Just place two teaspoons of dried lavender, or three short lavender sprigs, in the bottom of a clean glass jar. Pour over enough caster sugar to fill the jar and cap tightly. Leave for a few days and the sugar will have taken up the fragrance of the lavender. Use like vanilla sugar in cake and cookie recipes, and you will have a tantalizing new flavor to add to your repertoire.
This is a recipe which I love! It is for Lavender shortbread cookies!
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the lavender, mint and lemon zest. Combine the flour, cornstarch and salt; mix into the batter until well blended. Divide dough into two balls, wrap in plastic wrap and flatten to about 1inch thick. Refrigerate until firm, about 1hour.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Cookie stamps will work well on these too. Place on cookie sheets.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, just until cookies begin to brown at the edges. Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Wonderful pics! I also love lavender! Thanks for sharing!
I am also a Lavender blogger! I would love to share some of this information on my blog soon! And your photos are amazing! Thank you!
I, too, love lavendar, and never have enough in this house. Whenever I smell it, I feel so relaxed. Especially in the tub.


One of the subject of debates of every touring motorcyclist in India has been Group Riding vs Solo Riding. Very often, it has been people from the former who migrate to the latter, owing to a host of issues - most of them personal. Me, well, I'm of the breed who rides in both categories, albeit I try my best to keep my group limited to a maximum of 3, excluding me. Why?
More the people. More the personalities. More the issues. I'll get back to that later.
You see, we have grown up looking at posters of people in their 40s riding Harleys with tall handlebars along an American freeway. The very essence of group riding for us has been "brotherhood", which these leather wearers swear by, but rarely exhibit. At one point of our motorcycling life, we have dreamt of riding like that, get a photo clicked and then post it online with captions - "Enjoying freedom with my brothers". Hah!
Both the sides here have their pros and cons. None holds advantage over the other. No matter how hard you debate and argue, at the end of the day it comes down to your personal choice. For some, that choice has worked. For some, it hasn't.
You want to ride in a group? Sure. But what if people don't ratify your choice of destination? What if someone has issues with starting at 4 in the morning?
You want to ride solo? Go on. What happens if you get a flat tyre or worn out clutch cable? What happens if, god forbidding, you get pasted on the ground by a SUV with black alloys?
The essence of group motorcycling in India is pretty different from everywhere else, I feel. You have these people called "Marshals" (Person with the most expensive bike or most wrinkles) who stay at the end of the convoy, by its side and at its front. Very cool. Most biking "clubs" make it a point to carry a professional photographer along because hey, who's going to fetch us the eyeballs? Very cooler. Then you have this system of adorning your bike with flags/boards and obnoxious stuff like that. Very coolest.
Are you riding a motorcycle for leisure or going for a war with an infantry brigade?
The problem is this. A person with a motorcycle with a higher cubic capacity than you automatically decides it to be his birthright to tell you how to ride, when to ride, why to ride and where to ride. This is a fact. I have personally experienced this nonsense. Hell, I have seen these "Marshals" using whistles in the parking lots of restaurants directing people to park their bike facing the exit and not the conventional way. For the love of god!
A good friend who was part of a riding club of a cult Indian motorcycling brand says this - "It was the beginning of my group riding days and I was riding along with them on an overcast day. I saw one of the riders from our group by the side of the road staring at his engine. I pulled over as well to check on him. You would expect the marshal to stop by and help, right? That's his duty! He didn't. He rode past as we were invisible. I helped the poor guy fix his cable and we moved on. When we reached the pit-stop, they had already left without us. When we finally reached the destination, they had reached 1.5 hours before us. When I asked the Marshal why didn't he stop, he replied - "My job is to make sure everyone rides in formation and doesn't slow down". Needless to say, that was the last time I rode with that group.
Fortunately, good sense prevailed and I began to ride with like minded people from an automotive website I'm part of. Here's the catch. These people - I made it a point to know them enough to ride with them. In other words, I rode with my friends, rather than co-riders. The end result? I knew their every move on the road, I knew their tastes and most of all, they put their unanimous trust on me to decide on a destination and plan the ride. Why? Only and only because they had become my friends way before they became my co-riders. This is something that doesn't happen in brand sponsored rides at all.
Take him to a fort and he will crib - "Bhai, kahan khandar mein le aaye"?
Do a long ride and he will whine - "Itni garmi mein ride nahin karna chahiye tha."
Take a couple of extra photo stops because the landscape is beautiful - "Abe chalo yaar, yeh kya ghaas phoos ka photo le rahe ho?"
This fellow will stop after every 50 kms for a cigarette. Even if you stop for a moment to check the route on the GPS, he will light one up and waste a good 15 minutes. Because "baat shaat bhi toh karni hai".
Stop for tea, stop for route check, stop for photographs - this one dude will always be on his phone without giving a damn to the etiquette. Replying to his wife holds more priority there. Only a "Hmm" will be his acknowledgement to the conversation even if the topic is of him being a douchebag.
This is the most important type. Pay close attention. When you make a plan, this fellow will be the first to raise his hand and confirm. As the day of the ride comes closer, you'll observe he has suddenly gone silent on the WhatsApp group and as if to make you feel like Nostradamus, he will text the night before the ride at 11 PM - "Won't be able to make it. Not feeling well/Plans with Wife/Late night party/Sunday ko rakh lete." Needless to say, I abhor them the most.
There will be this dude who will constantly go on braying about how expensive his helmet is, how difficult it was to import his jacket, how AliExpress stuff is not genuine, how he is planning to buy a new balaclava because the new one stinks. On and on - They will squeeze the patience out of you.
However, as much as Group Riding has it's drawbacks, it has an equal number of advantages as well. Think about it. You have someone to watch your back in case things go south. You have someone to swap bikes with if you feel monotonous. You have someone to chat with at a place where there's not a soul in sight. Last but not the least, you have someone to click your photos for that ever elusive perfect display picture!
- James Dickey from "Cherrylog Road"
Solo motorcycling, for me, is the art of riding a motorcycle on the motivation of your instincts, the inspiration of your passion and the fearlessness of your confidence. I have met and known many such riders whose courage baffles me. When they ride, they ride for themselves.
A friend of mine who owns a Triumph Bonneville and rides with groups probably once a decade has this to say - "Freedom is my motivation for riding alone. No fears, no prejudices. Solo riding is not that difficult, I feel. Instead of thinking what could go wrong, think what can go right! My mantra is simple - Plan with pessimism, Ride with optimism. My wife is my eternal pillion on my rides. We enjoy our solitude. We enjoy the thrill of our motorcycle. I guess that's what motorcycling for me is all about".
I don't ride solo much. I do it only when I feel I need to get my head sorted and that's something I do only when I'm alone. One of the beauties of solo motorcycling for me is that you have the freedom to stop when you want, ride when you want, photograph what you want and gaze at the ghaas phoos as much as you want.
Returning from a solo ride has always given me a sense of realisation and confidence. On the broader spectrum, it has made me a wiser motorcyclist. It has made me aware of what I was missing and what I am missing. To know the value and importance of everything in life is very crucial, I feel. We often realise that once the train has left the station.
Solo riding, which undoubtedly has colossal risks, can be perfected with immaculate planning, belief in self and most importantly, belief in your motorcycle. It's the true test of your machine - whether it disappoints your or not.
As I mentioned earlier, at the end of the day, it's your personal choice that matters here. If you're the outgoing, extrovert type who has no issues with varying personalities, go for group motorcycling. My suggestion here - Ride with friends rather than strangers or co-riders. It is very important to know the road behaviour of the people in the group.
As for my lone wolves, well, plan your ride out as if you're planning a heist. Make no scope of error. Be punctual and on schedule. Keep your motorcycle in tip-top condition and carry the basic tools, first aid and gear required. Congratulations, you just became the Bear Grylls of Motorcyclists!
Good luck & Godspeed to all.
Spot on obversations, enjoyed reading it. Had a good laugh because I could relate to most types. Keep 'em coming!
Well written Barca! Agree with your observations on the group vs solo ride syndrome that most of us go through at some point. Convenience is what really matters for people going solo and the sense of accomplishment after a solo ride is worth the risks. A group ride has its advantages as well especially the sense of camaraderie with like minded riders and somebody to cover your back if the going gets tough.
Very well written BarcaLad. You had me in splits with point number 2.
Keep such articles coming. Very refreshing.
Too many people can actually make travel un-fun. The lesser and closer the group the better.
I like riding solo than riding group. My father joined a group riding, and he wanted me to join. But I always refused. I like the feeling I choose whether I go rather than arguing with the other options.


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Wow, my friend! This is the third Major Arcana card of the week again. We are living in interesting times! The Archer asks you to commit to a new path, be bold with your choices and picture the life you want to live. When you commit to your dreams arrival point it's the Archer taking aim and sending his arrows of desire out to meet the target. You can hit a Bulls Eye with this cards help today. Focus, get clear and commit yourself, commit your time, heart, belief and effort to heading towards a destination you want – then let the arrow fly. All that is yours, all that is meant to be is happening, trust what you have in your life and still ask for more.
Share it with a friend or write for yourself, make a bold prediction of what's possible in the New Year for you and set the arrow on its journey.
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If you search Google News for "Soledad O'Brien," the host of CNN's "Starting Point," you'll notice a recurring theme: the story is almost always about an argument, and the quotes in the headline are almost always hers.
But don't get too down over poor Soledad. The romance may have been fleeting, but we had fun.
So let's remember the good times.
Like that time Soledad pretended to know what critical race theory was, dismissing and attacking her guest while waiting for the interns to whisper a Wikipedia entry into her earpiece and get her off the hook.
Remember that? She invited Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Joel Pollak on her show, told him that his correct summary of Critical Race Theory — that it holds that "the civil rights movement was a sham and that white supremacy is the order and it must be overthrown" — was incorrect: "That is a critical misreading… there is no white supremacy in that," Soledad said. Then, when challenged, she ducked and dived until she was able to conjure a paraphrased Wikipedia definition.
Or that time just after, when Soledad brought an expert online to say the embattled CNN host was correct (so "stop tweeting me") — even though the expert's own book contradicted that little alibi.
Or that time The Politico was so engaged by her feisty morning demeanor that they made a montage to put at the top of their article; or that time they were so enamored with her face, that they made a triptych of her adorable expressions.
We guess that's what she did for her series on Critical Race Theory.
And what she did here, and here, and there.
We'll sure miss that hard-hitting reporting.
For a little over one year, those who tuned in enjoyed sharing their mornings with Soledad as she triumphed over facts, vanquished ratings and berated those insolent Republicans. But now, finally, she has been taken from us. And while we're going to have to assume that Soledad's impact on the United States won't be lasting, and while we sure know for sure that she didn't teach us anything new, we can say with certainty that she reminded us of a few important lessons.
Like being an opinionated pundit has it's place –and its not when pretending to be a reporter.
And writing fluff pieces about how being an opinionated pundit is actually hard-hitting reporting, isn't hard-hitting reporting.
And even though being a pundit is cool, being a stupid pundit is often short-lived.
But we're sure we'll see her again.


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North Korea says it test launched missiles from train
January 14, 2022, 6:47 p.m. ·4 min read
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday said it test-launched ballistic missiles from a train in what was seen as an apparent retaliation against fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden administration.
The report by the North state media came a day after South Korea's military said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.
The launch came hours after Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry issued a statement berating the United States for imposing new sanctions over the North's previous tests and warned of stronger and more explicit action if Washington maintains its "confrontational stance."
North Korea in recent months has been ramping up tests of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defenses in the region amid pandemic-related border closures and a freeze in nuclear diplomacy with the United States.
Some experts say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going back to a tried-and-true technique of pressuring the United States and neighbors with missile launches and outrageous threats before offering negotiations meant to extract concessions.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Friday's exercise was aimed at checking the alert posture of its army's rail-borne missile regiment. The troops swiftly moved to the launch site after receiving the missile-test order on short notice and fired two "tactical guided" missiles that accurately struck a sea target, the report said.
The North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper published photos of what appeared to be two different missiles soaring above from rail cars engulfed in smoke.
Cheong Seong-Chang, an analyst at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea, said the North likely staged a launch that hadn't been previously planned to demonstrate its opposition toward U.S. sanctions.
The missiles fired from rail cars appeared to be a solid-fuel short-range weapon the North has apparently modeled after Russia's Iskander mobile ballistic system. First tested in 2019, the missile is designed to be maneuverable and fly at low altitudes, which potentially improve their chances of evading and defeating missile systems.
The North first launched these missiles from a train in September last year as part of its efforts to diversify its launch options, which now includes various vehicles and may eventually include submarines depending on the country's progress in its pursuit of such capabilities.
Firing a missile from a train could add mobility, but some experts say North Korea's simple rail networks running through its relatively small territory would be quickly destroyed by enemies during a crisis.
The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five North Koreans over their roles in obtaining equipment and technology for the North's missile programs in its response to the North's previous tests this month.
The announcement by the Treasury Department came just hours after North Korea said Kim oversaw a successful test of a hypersonic missile on Tuesday that he claimed would greatly increase the country's nuclear "war deterrent." Tuesday's test was North Korea's second demonstration of its purported hypersonic missile in a week.
Hours before Friday's launch, the KCNA carried a statement attributed to an unidentified spokesperson of the North's Foreign Ministry, who insisted that the new sanctions underscore hostile U.S. intent aimed at "isolating and stifling" the North.
The spokesperson warned of a stronger reaction if Washington continues its "confrontational stance."
Hypersonic weapons, which fly at speeds in excess of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, could pose a crucial challenge to missile defenses because of their speed and maneuverability.
Such weapons were on a wish-list of sophisticated military assets Kim unveiled early last year along with multi-warhead missiles, spy satellites, solid-fuel long-range missiles and submarine-launched nuclear missiles.
Still, experts say North Korea would need years and more successful and longer-range tests before acquiring a credible hypersonic system.
A U.S.-led diplomatic push aimed at convincing North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program collapsed in 2019 after the Trump administration rejected the North's demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.
Kim has since pledged to further expand a nuclear arsenal he clearly sees as his strongest guarantee of survival, despite the country's economy suffering major setbacks amid pandemic-related border closures and persistent U.S.-led sanctions.
His government has so far rejected the Biden administration's call to resume dialogue without preconditions, saying that the United States must first abandon its "hostile policy," a term Pyongyang mainly uses to describe sanctions and combined U.S.-South Korea military exercises.
Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press
N.B.'s plan to get more hospital patients into long-term care long overdue, say operators
Special care home operators say a plan by the province to move hospital patients into long-term care facilities faster is a welcome move, but long overdue. The government announced recently that it would work with long-term care homes to create emergency care beds for hospital patients currently waiting to be placed in a home. The province says it's part of efforts to alleviate pressure on the health-care system at a time when New Brunswick is seeing a record level of hospitalizations due to COV
Accessibility of Pfizer pill in Canada raises ethical questions
Recently approved antiviral pill 'paxlovid' has been dubbed a game-changer. Despite this, concerns persist about the accessibility of the pill and who should be getting it first. Bioethicist Kerry Bowman shares insight on the issue
Kenney relieves justice minister of duties, orders investigation into police call
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has relieved Justice Minister Kaycee Madu of his duties after it came to light that Madu called Edmonton's police chief about a traffic ticket. Kenney says while all parties agree Madu never asked Chief Dale McFee to cancel the ticket last March, there's a bigger issue at play. "It's essential the independent administration of justice is maintained," Kenney said in an announcement on Twitter late Monday. "That's why I will appoint a respected independent i
Military dealing with more than 10,000 unfilled positions amid growing pressures
OTTAWA — New figures show the Canadian Armed Forces are struggling with a growing shortage of personnel even as the military faces more and more demands at home and abroad. While the military is supposed to have just over 100,000 troops at full strength, new Defence Department figures show it was short about 12,000 regular force troops and reservists at the end of November. The shortfall is worse than at the end of 2020, when military was short about 7,000 troops as the onset of the pandemic for
City of Edmonton won't compensate restaurant owners after police damaged building
The owners of a downtown Edmonton restaurant say the City of Edmonton has not compensated them for nearly $3,000 in damages police caused during an arrest outside the restaurant this summer. Kelsey Danyluk, who owns Tzin Wine and Tapas with her husband Glenn Quinn, said she received a phone call from the restaurant's alarm company around midnight on Aug. 10. When she arrived on 104th Street at about 1 a.m., she found broken glass and damaged tiles. The restaurant's facade and outdoor speaker sys
WASHINGTON (AP) — During his first year in office, President Joe Biden took action on a number of his key campaign promises, from rebuilding U.S. alliances globally to distributing vaccines across America and the world. But others remain works in progress or dependent on Congress to address. That's particular true of his promises to reform the nation's immigration system, where Biden is caught between the demands of his Democratic base and Latino voters and the realities of a steep influx of mig
Town of Inuvik closes offices, stops short of a lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise
The Town of Inuvik is closing its offices as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, but councillors stopped short of declaring a voluntary lockdown in light of the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer's (OCPHO) latest announcement about cases in the community. In a press release Jan. 18, the OCPHO said there is community spread in Inuvik, and they are currently seeing a "significant increase" in cases in the Beaufort-Delta community of about 3,300 people. The same is true of Fort Smith, in the South Slave. I
Tories urged to reconsider compromise on documents about fired scientists
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a self-appraisal that didn't always fit with the facts, President Joe Biden on Wednesday made the dubious assertion that he's outperformed all expectations on the pandemic in his first year and inflated his contribution to COVID-era economic growth. A look at some of Biden's comments in a news conference that stretched for nearly two hours: PANDEMIC BIDEN on COVID-19: "I didn't overpromise. I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen." THE FACTS: That's a


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An Insider's Guide to Working with Influencers to Sell Your Product with Alexandra Jimenez, Ep #26
Carey Green2019-10-31T23:57:16-04:00October 31st, 2019|Podcast|
Would you love to work with social media influencers and bloggers but are unsure where to start? The influencer world provides a unique opportunity to promote and sell products. If you think it may be a good fit for your particular product—what's holding you back? Alexandra Jimenez joins Kevin in this episode of Maximizing Ecommerce to talk about the intersection of Amazon and influencers.
Alexandra started as a blogger and influencer and has built up a following of 1 million unique visitors to her blog monthly. She then launched an Amazon business she promotes on her site—and is making a 7-figure income. To hear about her impressive accomplishments, don't miss this episode!
This episode of #MaximizingEcommerce is an insider's guide to working with influencers to sell your product with @TravlFashnGirl. If you're ready to work with influencers, but don't know where to start—this is the episode for you! #Influencers… Click To Tweet
Outline of This Episode
[5:15] Kevin introduces Travel Fashion Girl, Alexandra Jimenez.
[9:20] How did Alexandra get started?
[12:15] Why she launched her site
[16:50] Utilizing the Amazon Associates model
[20:00] Partnership Proposal gone awry
[25:00] Driving traffic to Amazon with a blog
[29:00] Two reasons' Alexandra sells on Amazon
[30:40] Launching a physical product
[36:55] International shipping
[41:15] How to reach out to an influencer
[47:15] Where do you get started?
[53:45] Who is ranking on Google for topics/products?
[56:00] Ads on Google and Pinterest
[1:01:10] Connect with Alexandra
Why Alexandra created the Travel Fashion Girl blog
Alexandra had the opportunity to work for an SEO agency alongside a web-developer and a social media manager. She learned the ins-and-outs of keyword research and how to drive traffic organically to a website. Alexandra launched her website as she was learning industry tactics to drive traffic to a blog, and it's part of why it's been so successful.
It was optimized from day one.
At the time, she had been an avid long-term backpacker for almost 5 years. She was traveling the world and struggling with properly packing her luggage. No one wants to constantly deal with overweight or hard to manage bags while traveling. Her goal was to enable women to travel light while packing everything they needed—for short trips or year-long journey's. Now, seven years later, she's built a sustainable business.
The Amazon Associate world and affiliate marketing
When Alexandra started blogging, she linked to products on her site as an Amazon Associate. If someone clicked the affiliate link on her site and purchased the product on Amazon she would receive a 4-8% commission on the sale. It was a consistent revenue stream that allowed her to track data.
She knew what people liked, what purchases were being made, and even what colors were chosen most often.
Her website was a goldmine of information. She also had a unique advantage: people came to her site to shop. What if she could leverage the data she had gathered and begin selling a product? She had dreamt for years of selling her own packing cubes and luggage—could she make it happen?
Keep listening as Kevin and Alexandra chat about the Amazon Associate program, driving traffic to Amazon, and why she chose Amazon over other platforms.
@TravlFashnGirl is a blogger and influencer who has built a following of 1 million unique visitors and a 7-figure income. To hear about her impressive accomplishments—and what you can do—don't miss this episode of #MaximizingEcommerce!… Click To Tweet
Launching a physical product
Alexandra only recently started selling physical products. She struggled with the process because she had no real experience in the manufacturing industry. She spent time feeling out the market and desperately trying to find someone to partner with her, with no success. Soshe made a bold move. She went live on Facebook and told her audience that regardless of how well it sold, she was going to launch her products.
During a two week pre-sale, she sold 660 packing cube sets.
She didn't make a profit on any of those sales, but what she learned was invaluable. She realized that shipping products herself was not an easy task, and was in fact quite costly. It gave her unique insight into quality control and customer service. She quickly realized that using Amazon's platform would streamline the process for her and allow her to focus where she was needed.
How to reach out to social media influencers
According to Alexandra, reaching out to influencers through social media is like approaching a random person on the street to come mow your lawn. There's no established relationship, yet you're asking someone to carry out something very personal. Alexandra has developed a system that she suggests you use:
When reaching out, use the person's name—not just "blogger". It's more personal and isn't immediately rejected as spam.
Point out the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) and why they are the perfect fit for your product. Be very specific and detailed and provide all relevant information
Tell them exactly where your product(s) are sold and how potential customers can access it.
Ask to send them a product, free of charge, with no strings attached.
Be genuine and don't come across as shady. She points out that you can't assume that someone will want to work with you. They may also charge a fee for reviewing your product, so be sure to be prepared to ask what they charge—not everyone wants to work for free product.
Kevin and Alexandra round out the podcast covering what level of influencer to reach out to, how to find the right influencer for your product, and the topic of Google and Pinterest ads.
Do you know how to properly connect with social media influencers? How do you get your message to stand out? @TravlFashnGirl covers this and much more in this episode of #MaximizingEcommerce. #SocialMediaMarketing #SocialMedia #Influencers… Click To Tweet
Resources & People Mentioned
Become an Amazon Associate
International Checklist
Connect with Alexandra Jimenez
Travel Fashion Girl
Compass Rose Travel Accessories
www.YouTube.com/maximizingecommerce
www.Facebook.com/maximizingecommerce
www.Twitter.com/maxecom
Would you love to work with social media influencers but are unsure where to start? @TravlFashnGirl joins Kevin in this episode of #MaximizingEcommerce to talk about the intersection of Amazon and influencers. #SocialMediaMarketing #Influencers… Click To Tweet @TravlFashnGirl guest stars in this episode of #MaximizingEcommerce to talk about all things influencer. From her beginnings as a blogger to running a 7-figure business, we've got it covered! #SocialMediaMarketing #SocialMedia #Influencers… Click To Tweet
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Hear is Some Information about Shri Tripura Sundari Temple in Banswara Rajasthan India.
The Shri Tripura Sundari Temple is Located in Talwara Town near Banswara Rajasthan.The temple was built in 1501 A.D abd built by Maharaja Dhanya Manikya Debbarma.The temple id dedicated to Goddesh Shri Tripura Sundari.The presiding deity is Goddess Lalita Tripura Sundari (meaning the beauty of the three worlds) who is one of the forms of Goddess Shakti.In this temple two identical images of the same deity inside the temple. One is Chhotima which is around 2 feet in height and the other Tripura Sundari which is of 5 feet. Tripura Sundari Temple is also known as Kurma Pith because the shape of the temple is similar to that of tortoise.
The Goddess with eighteen arms is seen inside the sanctum on a lion statue. The idol is made of reddish black Kastic pathar. Shri Yantra (the symbol of Hindu tantra) is built at her feet. Tripura Sundari is so called because she is seen in her three different forms such as that of a lion, peacock and seated on a lotus, and appears as Kumarika, a young girl in the morning; as an attractive young- maid in the mid-day, and an adult woman in the evening. The backdrop of the main shrine is carved with the winter images of the nine Durga. There are also shrines dedicated to Hanuman which is seen at the entrance and Neeelkanth Mahadev at the backside. The Kalyan Sagar Lake in the eastern side of the temple adds to its beauty.
The shrine of the goddess on its lion steed 'Bhagvati Tripura Sundari' is a statue with Eighteen arms. The huge eight armed shrine of 5 ft. , wields a variety of weapons. The winter images of the nine Durga are inscribed in the background of the main shrine. At the holy feet of the goddess is built a ' Shri Yantra' known for its mystical powers. The goddess in her three different forms such as that of a lion, peacock and seated on a lotus, gives appearance as 'Kumarika' , a lass, in the morning; that of an attractive and full bloomed young maid in the mid day, and a complete adult woman in the evening; which is why she is called 'Tripura Sundari'.Sitting before the mystifying shrine of great beauty and justre, the visitors get absorbed in endlessly for hours.
By Road : Tripura Sundari Temple is located about 55 km from Agartala, the capital city of Tripura, and 3 km from Udaipur which is the district Head-Quarter of the South Tripura district. National Highway 44 connects Tripura with many north- eastern states by road. Bus services are available from Silchar, Guwahati, Karimganj and Shillong.
By Train : The Nearest Railway station is Golsar Station(38 Km) .
By Air : The Nearest Airport is Agartala Airport (114 Km).


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