I would like to install and use a GoDaddy SSL certificate in order to avoid the web browser security warning when starting PRTG's web interface. How can I achieve this?
SSL certificates are used to encrypt data so that unauthorized persons cannot access sensitive data like passwords from your PRTG installation. Furthermore, SSL certificates ensure that you are connected to the correct server. The encryption of traffic already works after initially installing PRTG.
PRTG Network Monitor contains a default SSL certificate for its web server. This way all communication between your browser and PRTG is encrypted using SSL and you can securely use the web interface through HTTPS.
However, this certificate does not match the DNS name (or IP address) of your PRTG installation and, thus, web browsers will always show a warning message when they connect to PRTG's web server.
In order to avoid browser warnings, you can install a trusted certificate for the PRTG web server. A well-known issuer for SSL certificates is GoDaddy. This article will show you prerequisites, how to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for your PRTG server, how to get a certificate from GoDaddy, and how you prepare the collected files for the use in PRTG.
You need a tool to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and a corresponding private key. In this article we will show how to generate these files with OpenSSL.
If not done yet, install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package. You will need it in order to avoid an error message when trying to run OpenSSL. You can download it here. Please follow the instructions there.
Download and install Win64 OpenSSL Light (or the Win32 version, according to your Windows version). You can get it here. Open the downloaded executable and follow the installation instructions. By default, all OpenSSL files will be installed into the C:\Openssl-Win64 folder (or C:\OpenSSL, according to the chosen version).
The PRTG Certificate Importer combines and converts all files issued by a certificate authority (CA) automatically for the use with PRTG and saves the certificate files into the correct path on your PRTG server. Find more information about this freeware tool and download it here.
Most important: Provide the correct Common Name. This has to be the DNS name or IP address that you want to securely use with the webserver of PRTG.
Leave the challenge password blank, i.e., enter a dot (.). You can do the same with email address and optional company name.
Go to the webpage of GoDaddy and navigate to Products | SSL & Security | SSL Certificates.
Purchase the most suitable SSL certificate. Standard SSL with Single Domain should be fine. A Wildcard certificate would protect your URL and an unlimited number of its subdomains. See this page for more information. You can find more instructions about the process of purchasing at GoDaddy's.
Activate the SSL credit after purchasing. You can find detailed instructions here. We will summarize and apply the steps to PRTG specific issues in the following.
Log in to your GoDaddy account, "Visit My Account", and go to the Products tab.
Click on SSL Certificates and on Set Up for the respective credit. It will be activated afterwards.
Click on Launch for this SSL and open Credits on the left.
Select the appropriate hosting type, that is for PRTG Third Party or Dedicated Server or Virtual Private Server (VPS) without Simple Control Panel.
Paste the CSR into the field which is provided in GoDaddy's web interface now.
Finish the request providing further necessary information (three times Next). Then the verifying process of your application takes place which will take some time.
After the validation has finished, you can find your SSL certificate in your GoDaddy account manager.
Open SSL Certificates and click on Launch for the created certificate. You will see a page with contents and details of the certificate.
Download the ZIP file containing all necessary files by clicking the corresponding button in the header bar.
Select the server type. For PRTG choose Apache. Click on Download and save the ZIP file on your system. It will contain both the certificate you requested and additional certificates.
Extract the files to some temporary folder.
Download and run the PRTG Certificate Importer. This tool will automatically combine and convert all certificate files correctly for PRTG. Go on with Step 5.
We do not recommend that you manually import certificates!
Use the PRTG Certificate Importer for this step.
Open the PRTG Certificate Importer and follow the steps there.
Provide the path to the downloaded certificate files and to the private key (located in the \bin subfolder of OpenSSL).
Finish if the validation was successful and switch PRTG to a secure HTTPS server.
Now you can access your PRTG web interface using HTTPS.
Note: We do not recommend that you manually import certificates. Please use the PRTG Certificate Importer.
Copy the files you have created into the /cert subfolder of your PRTG installation. Important notice: Make a copy of the existing PRTG cert files for backup purposes!
Make a backup copy of these files as well before using them in PRTG.
Ensure the PRTG web server SSL. You can check this in the PRTG Administration Tool, tab Web Server. Select Secure HTTPS server (Port 443) or Expert configuration: Use SSL encryption to use a secure web server with SSL encryption.
Restart the PRTG core service and access your PRTG web server using HTTPS.
If you cannot start PRTG anymore with the new certificate, please try to load the certificate with OpenSSL. Please see this page for a list of available OpenSSL commands.
If this test works and you did not use the PRTG Certificate Importer but imported the certificate manually, ensure that you created and copied all necessary into the right folder. Also make sure that your private key is decrypted. You can check this by opening the key file in an editor. If it is not decrypted, there will be a line stating that the key is encrypted.
You can also revert to your backed up certificate files.
Win64 OpenSSL Lite is no longer available as the website offering it appears to be defunct. I would like to know what is your requirement for using Go Daddy Certificates?
Thank you for your question! The web page Win32 OpenSSL as linked above works without any problems, as well as the download of Win64 OpenSSL Light. Perhaps it was offline only for a short time, so please try again.


When running the BClipboard::Clear1 test, the UnitTester application crashes. The debug log (attached to the ticket) shows the error to be "state: Call (The clipboard must be locked before proceeding.)".
I checked the original BeBook and it says of the Clear call that it should return B_ERROR when the clipboard is not locked. The code of BClipboard however makes a jump into the debugger at this point. This seems incorrect.
UnitTester-1567-debug-25-05-2016-22-27-58.report (24.2 KB) - added by markh 3 years ago.
0001-Fix-12799-Make-BClipboard-compatible-with-BeOS-again.patch (5.0 KB) - added by markh 3 years ago.
0001-Fix-12799-Enable-elf-symbol-patching-for-Haiku.patch (2.0 KB) - added by markh 3 years ago.
Looked up the documentation on the Clear function in the new HaikuBook (https://api.haiku-os.org/classBClipboard.html#ab761d1164ce410618671312d2f9d6e70), which says something different again: B_NOT_ALLOWED: The clipboard is not locked.
Are we deviating on this level from BeOS?
The docs at api.haiku-os.org are "reverse engineered" from the code. They reflect the current behavior, not always the expected one.
In http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/commit/src/kits/app/Clipboard.cpp?id=76441bab6ebb9132d0bb0ab623087bd2b9e861e0 , AssertLocked() was changed to call debugger(), but Clear() was not adjusted to call IsLocked() instead.
The fix is simply adjusting Clear() to use IsLocked(), and adjusting the docs (they are also in the source tree in docs/user/) to match the correct (BeOS-compatible) behavior.
The _AssertLocked function is a private function that is only called by the functions that want to know if it is locked or not. There does not appear to be a good reason to call the debugger in _AssertLocked.
I would propose either returning the functionality of that procedure to the first revision you mentioned (simply return IsLocked) or eliminating the function altogether as it seems a bit pointless.
Regarding the return value of Clear (and Commit and Revert), the BeBook status that it should return B_ERROR if the object is not locked and B_OK otherwise. Even the old code did not seem to do that. It depended on what the MakeEmpty call would do. I'm not sure what BeOS actually does here. I would think we should follow the BeBook here and always return B_OK if the object is locked.
Added a patch that implements the functions as described in the BeBook. However, even on BeOS R5 this does not work as described and crashes with the details showing that the "clipboard must be locked before proceeding".
Other option is to keep it as what actually happens on BeOS/Haiku and get the tests and documentation fixed. The commit http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/commit/src/tests/kits/app/bclipboard?id=9ed278d6645a43d2a2d54ec57cff815299349e32 mentions that cppunit supports catching debugger invocations, but that does not seem to work as far as I can tell. This seems to be the reason the current unit tests are failing.
Ok, if it did the same on BeOS (hit the debugger call), we probably wan tto keep that and the _AssertLocked. It would be nice to note in a comment that this was checked against BeOS and that the Be Book is not entirely correct.
It's possible to enable and disable the debugger with enable_debugger() / disable_debugger(). If the debugger is disabled, the return values will probably match the Be Book, but we'd have to check to make sure.
I don't know how cppunit is configured to catch debugger calls, if that doesn't work it should be fixed. disable_debugger could work but then I don't know how it could check that the debugger function was actually called.
I did some digging into the source and found what Ingo was referring to. He added elf symbol patching support for catching debugger calls, but it was only enabled if building from BeOS x86. I changed the Jamfile to also enable it from Haiku, but had to move one include from a cpp file to a header file. If this can be avoided that would be better, but I did not see how I could get that to work.
With these changes, the BClipboard tests pass again as is. There is still the problem that the documentation is incorrect and the code implies that B_NOT_ALLOWED will be returned if the clipboard is not locked, but it may be better to patch that separately.
Is there something that needs to be done before this patch can be committed?
Had to revert the change, it was failing on the buildbots (e.g. http://buildbot.haiku-os.org/builders/haiku-master-x86/builds/2767).
I updated the patch. I accidentally broke all non Haiku builds. This should fix it, but I don't have any non Haiku build machines to test it on.
I don't either -- can someone else test?


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A 20ª edição anual do Festival Internacional de Cinema de Berlim foi realizado entre os dias 26 de junho a 6 de julho de 1970. Nenhum dos filmes em competição nesta edição foram premiados, isso deu-se por uma controvérsia em torno da participação do longa-metragem o.k., de Michael Verhoeven, pois foi descrito como "anti-guerra".

Júri
As seguintes pessoas foram anunciados como jurados do festival:
 George Stevens (chefe do júri)
 Klaus Hebecker
 David Neves
 Véra Volmane
 Billie Whitelaw
 Alberto Lattuada
 Dušan Makavejev
 Gunnar Oldin
 Manfred Durniok

Filmes em competição
Os seguintes filmes estavam em competição:

Ligações externas
 Festival Internacional de Cinema de Berlim 1970  no FilmAffinity
Festival Internacional de Cinema de Berlim 1970  no Berlinale

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Festivais de filmes de 1970

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Q: How to get the month name using Dictionary in C#? I have implemented the first three letters of the month to full name of the month in get Full Month function it is returned based on three letters .
But how to implemented in Dictionary concept Any one simplify modify this code given below code:
  **public static string getFullMonth(string mthname)
        {
            string Mthname = "";
            switch (mthname.ToUpper())
            {
                case "JAN":
                    Mthname ="January";
                    break;
                case "FEB":
                    Mthname = "February";
                    break;
                case "MAR":
                    Mthname = "March";
                    break;
                case "APR:":
                    Mthname = "April";
                    break;
                case "MAY":
                    Mthname = "May";
                    break;
                case "JUN":
                    Mthname = "June";
                    break;
                case "JUL":
                    Mthname = "July";
                    break;
                case "AUG":
                    Mthname = "August";
                    break;
                case "SEP":
                    Mthname = "September";
                    break;
                case "OCT":
                    Mthname = "October";
                    break;
                case "NOV":
                    Mthname = "November";
                    break;
                case "DEC":
                    Mthname = "December";
                    break;

                default:
                    Console.WriteLine("Invalid grade");
                    break;
            }
            return Mthname;
        }**

A:
simplify this code given below code

Yes, don't use a dictionary at all:
public static string GetFullMonth(string englishShortMonthName)
{
    CultureInfo englishCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
    if (DateTime.TryParseExact(englishShortMonthName, "MMM", englishCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out DateTime dt))
        return dt.ToString("MMMM", englishCulture);
    return englishShortMonthName;
}

Read about the month ("M", "m") format specifier

A: Look up Dictionary syntax.  Ultimately you're looking for something like this:
var monthNames = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
    { "JAN", "January" },
    { "FEB", "February" },
    ...
}

A: Please find complete solution
public static string getFullMonth(string mthname)
{
    var monthNames = new Dictionary<string, string>
    {
              { "JAN", "January" },
              { "FEB", "February" },
                 ...
    }
    return monthNames[mthname];
}

But above code looks weird So You should create dictionary globally and initialize in constructor.
Add only below line in getFullMonth function.
return monthNames[mthname];

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A very short post to let you know I've just begun working on new music!
The very early stages of working on a new album are some of my favorite moments in the album-making process: I usually know where I want to be headed, but there is a world of difference between audio daydreaming and tangible sonic reality. So it's a thrill to install new pieces of gear and get the first feel of how simultaneously challenging and fun the exploration of sound is going to be: everything still needs to be understood in depth, tested in all possible combinations, until slowly, those sonic glimpses start to gel into actual music. This is only part of the setup I intend to use, and there's already so much to explore in there: whenever I see those 5 Moogerfoogers together, the French expression "brochette de Moogerfoogers" ("Moogerfooger skewer") comes to my mind!
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Oginalii is a Nashville-based rock band with a dense sound that's impossible to pin down. One minute they're psychedelically lulling you into a druggy head-bob, and the next they're ripping sludge rock, making you want to throw a beer can and light a cigarette in a dimly lit basement.
Oginalii premiered their video for the single "Red" off of their debut EP earlier in March at Huffington Post, who categorized them as "Dead Weather-meets-Elle King," while the band's impressive guitar work has also garnered them comparison to the likes of Queens of the Stone Age and Led Zeppelin. Not terrible company to keep.
Oginalii released their sophomore EP, The Grey, on October 20. No, this isn't an EP inspired by the Liam Neeson Alaskan survival movie, though if there was a genre called "wolf-punch rock," this might be that sound. The Grey was produced and engineered by Curtis Roush of Bright Light Social Hour in his studio on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, and mixed and mastered by Erik Wofford (Black Angels, Holy Wave, Explosions in The Sky, Pure X….etc.).


One of the most devastating medical conditions that many families are faced with is having children suffering from autism. There have been studies that show that many of the children that suffer from this disease have a reduced blood flow to the brain which is clinically known as cerebral Hypoperfusion. Research has shown that as many as 86% of autistic children can be affected by it.
The problem is that not enough oxygen is available to support the brain cells so it can affect their speech and ability to focus. However, researchers are still unclear as to what actually causes this condition but there are some indicators that it may be an inflammation. What has been interesting as part of the research that has been done is that there is some correlation between gastro- intestinal tract inflammation and autism.
In attempts to give autistic children a better quality of life the treatment of hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been introduced. There are several reasons why this has been utilized as it is believed that it helps to remove the toxins from the body such as the heavy metals that can be found there. It has also been noted that it can help reduce the inflammation to those areas of the brain that are not getting the proper amount of oxygen that it needs. It also has the ability to build new brain capillaries. In addition to all of this, it can help to reduce the inflammation in the intestinal tract that is so commonly present in autistic children.
Many of the parents of autistic children that have been subject to the hyperbaric oxygen therapy have reported that the children seem to sleep better and they appear to be more affectionate and calm. Some have noticed that there's been an improvement in the child's focus and attention and they seem more aware of their surroundings and some are able to speak better.


Bertha Guntle (maiden name Bertha Strzelecki) born and raised in Shenandoah, passed away Friday May 24th. She is survived by her two sons, Jim and Mark and their families. She will be buried in St. Casimir Cemetery, Friday May 31st after an 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in St. Casimir Church, Shenandoah.


LONDON: Everton have completed the signing of midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin from Manchester United for a fee that could rise to 24 million pounds, the Merseyside club said on Thursday.
The 27-year-old France international was signed from Southampton for 25 million pounds in 2015, but became a peripheral figure under United manager Jose Mourinho, making only eight appearances this season.
He said in a club statement that he was relishing the prospect of being reunited with Everton manager Ronald Koeman, with whom he worked for one season at Southampton.
"There is a manager in place here that I know, I know he can get the best out of me, I know his style and how he likes to play football. He was very good with me from the start and I enjoyed playing football under him," Schneiderlin said.
"He was very good for me and, obviously, he was a massive player in his playing days and you can only learn from the best. At Southampton he gave me some great advice to keep improving every day and it was a pleasure to work with him."
Everton said the midfielder had signed a four-and-a-half-year deal for an initial 20 million pounds fee, which could rise to 24 million.
The move comes days after Koeman urged the Everton board to back him in the transfer market after Saturday's FA Cup exit at home to Leicester City.
Everton let slip a one-goal lead at Goodison Park with Nigerian striker Ahmed Musa's second-half double enough to condemn the Merseyside club to a 2-1 third round defeat and the likelihood of another season without silverware.
"I'm very pleased because I know the player, I know the qualities of the player, I know him as a person and he's really desperate to come to Everton -- and that's what we need," Koeman said.
Schneiderlin's move has enabled fellow midfielder Tom Cleverley to join Watford on loan with a view to a permanent transfer.
Everton said the 27-year-old, who moved to Goodison Park from Manchester United in July 2015, had joined their Premier League rivals for the rest of the season with an option for Watford to buy.


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Charlie Gard's parents want to take him to the US for an experimental treatment – which the courts have repeatedly ruled against.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has offered to help Charlie Gard – a baby with a rare genetic disorder who is due to be taken off life support after courts ruled further treatment would prolong his suffering.
"If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the UK and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so," he said in a tweet.
The parents of Charlie Gard, who is 10 months old and has brain damage, had been fighting to take him to the United States for an experimental treatment for his extremely rare form of mitochondrial disease, but lost their case in British courts and the European Court of Human Rights.
"President Trump has offered to help the family in this heartbreaking situation," Helen Ferre, White House director of media affairs, said in a statement.
The Italian term used – "curare" – can be translated as "care for" or "treat" but the Vatican press office could not provide an official translation into English.
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Recently a first-page Google search for "grass fed beef" provided a listing for a John Robbins blog. Obviously, a lot of folks are reading his blog and for sure it directly impacts us. One might assume his comments would be a good thing for grass-fed beef, ranchers and farmers, and the American consumer. But, hold on there partner, that is not the case. John's commentary slides around between facts, myths, religious beliefs, and outright distortions. So, unless one really knows something about nutrition, ranching, grass-fed meat, the conventional food industry, and such, they would be inclined to think John Robbins' blog is good information. Since that is not the case, I have responded.
Some weeks ago I tried to leave a response on the John Robbins blog, but I cannot find its posting. So, since I have my own forum (one of the good things about the Internet) I am going to post one of my typical straight-talk essays right here where he can't edit me out of the picture (assuming he did).
My response may offend many who want to believe the worst about American agriculture and the American food industry. But those folks are beyond being idiotic because all they do is sit around and complain through their mouthful of food. And they are so lazy they want to blame American agriculture and the American food industry for their chronic diseases instead of taking measures into their own hands by educating themselves and changing the foods they eat. Anyone wanting to do just that, can do it. Therefore I'll address both parties: the nut case John Robins and the misguided members of the American mob.
I will provide quotes from the John Robbins blog in bold italics followed by my response.
Feeding grain to cattle has got to be one of the dumbest ideas in the history of western civilization.
You can't take a beef calf from a birth weight of 80 pounds to 1,200 pounds in a little more than a year on grass. It takes enormous quantities of corn, protein supplements, antibiotics and other drugs, including growth hormones.
This is partially true. Based on 100% grass, it may take 550 to 900 days, depending on the quality of the grass, for a calf to reach 1,200 pounds. On the other hand, cattle breeders routinely raise registered bull calves to 1,100 to 1,200 pounds in 12 months. At first the calves are at their mother's side on pasture for 205 days without any supplements whatsoever. Then they are put on test where they are fed a grain-based ration while on pasture and/or being fed a high quality hay for 160 days. Absolutely no antibiotics, other drugs, or growth hormones are administered.
Switching a cow from grass to grain is so disturbing to the animal's digestive system that it can kill the animal if not done gradually and if the animal is not continually fed antibiotics. These animals are designed to forage, but we make them eat grain, primarily corn, in order to make them as fat as possible as fast as possible.
Yes, switching a ruminant's feed from forage to grain has to happen gradually. But cattle to not require antibiotics to do that. The reason the switch must take up to four weeks is that the bacteria in the rumen has to change with the feed. The bacteria that works best with forage does a poor job with grains. Since the bacteria is crucial to the digestive process, it has to change before the "nutrients" from the corn can be utilized. I repeat, this process does not require antibiotics.
John complains that ranchers "make them eat grain, primarily corn, in order to make them as fat as possible." Then on the other hand he recommends that people eat whole grains for health?!?! He is so out of touch that he doesn't understand that the feeding of grain to people causes obesity in people just like it does cattle.
Many of us think of "corn-fed" beef as nutritionally superior, but it isn't. A cornfed cow does develop well-marbled flesh, but this is simply saturated fat that can't be trimmed off. Grassfed meat, on the other hand, is lower both in overall fat and in artery-clogging saturated fat. A sirloin steak from a grainfed feedlot steer has more than double the total fat of a similar cut from a grassfed steer. In its less-than-infinite wisdom, however, the USDA continues to grade beef in a way that rewards marbling with intra-muscular fat.
To say having Omega-3 in meat is a disadvantage because of how it impacts the flavor is misleading. When people look at a steak, they assume a certain flavor which is the typical bland, flavorless, greasy flavor that all grain-fed meats have. If the flavor differs from their visual clues, it can make them think the taste if "off." That is only natural. But if people eat something about ten times, 90% of them begin to believe the new taste is normal. And if someone is focused on eating for their health, usually they are motivated to eat what is correct, not that which tastes "traditional" or is "real tasty."
This statement is half right. Michael Pollen wrote the popular book Omnivores Dilemma. About ten years ago he wrote an article for the New York Times Sunday Supplement titled Power Steer. In that article he said he bought one steer, that someone else raised, to "experience first hand" what it was like. He is no more a cattleman than President Obama.
In addition to consuming less energy, grassfed beef has another environmental advantage — it is far less polluting. The animals' wastes drop onto the land, becoming nutrients for the next cycle of crops. In feedlots and other forms of factory farming, however, the animals' wastes build up in enormous quantities, becoming a staggering source of water and air pollution.
What's Feedlot Manure Worth as Fertilizer?
The cruelties of modern factory farming are so severe that you don't have to be a vegetarian or an animal rights activist to find the conditions to be intolerable, and a violation of the human-animal bond.
Statements like this are designed to inflame the ignorant masses. I would rather keep animals in their natural environment. But in actual fact, animals in confinement are like people on welfare. Everything is provided, they love the feed, they are protected from the cruel world, and they get to visit with their buddies. Compare feedlots to cities where people live in high densities such as New York City with it's 26,403 people per square mile (41.25 people per acre and an acre is only 208 feet by 208 feet).
Furthermore, the idea that people who depend on the animals they raise for their livelihood routinely mistreat their charges is idiotic nonsense. Yes, you will always be able to find stupid people doing stupid things (like John promoting a vegetarian existence) but that doesn't mean the idiots are the norm.
Pastured animals sometimes graze on land that has been treated with synthetic fertilizers and even doused with herbicides.
Synthetic fertilizers are chemical compounds. The chemicals are those that plants require in order to thrive. For instance, nitrogen is one "chemical" often found in fertilizers. It is one of the cornerstones of life. Nitrogen is an element – a single atom. Now tell me, what is the difference between nitrogen in ammonium nitrate made by man or the nitrogen in ammonium nitrate made by organisms as they consume organic matter? Right, they are the same thing.
The idea that ranchers douse their pastures with herbicides is another ridiculous misleading, fear mongering accusation. Yes, some ranchers will use herbicides for weed control – especially noxious weeds. And like all agricultural chemical applications they are applied conservatively and wisely. First of all, applicators must be licensed. Secondly, all applications are very, very expensive. Unlike people in cities who can easily afford to put heavy applications of chemicals on their yards, ranchers and farmers have to be conservative if they want to have a chance to make a profit. And, unlike many organic toxins, agricultural chemical applications are designed for the food production industry and they break down easily within the environment.
Grass-fed beef is typically more expensive, but I'm not at all sure that's a bad thing. We shouldn't be eating nearly as much meat as we do. While there are surely many advantages to grassfed beef over feedlot beef, this is still not a food that I, for one, am able to recommend.
It All Began in the Sea . . .
Western rangelands are vast, but not nearly vast enough to sustain America's 100 million head of cattle. There is no way that grassfed beef can begin to feed the meat appetites of people in the United States, much less play a role in addressing world hunger. Grassfed meat production might be viable in a country like New Zealand with its geographic isolation, unique climate and topography, and exceedingly small human population. But in the world as it is today, I am afraid that grassfed beef is a food that only the wealthy elites will be able to consume in any significant quantities.
Cattle are grazed in all 50 states. Only 20.2 million cattle are raised west of the 103 degree west longitude line. That puts 77.8 million head east of that line. In most cases cattle are kept on the least productive lands while more productive soils are used for grain and vegetable production.
There are three acres of farmland for every U.S. citizen and 8.4 acres for every New Zealander. About 46.3% of U.S. farmland is devoted to crops. In New Zealand 74.67% of the land is devoted to grasslands and pastures. Consequently that country exports grass-fed livestock products worldwide. In addition their grass-fed meats (as well as the grass-fed meats from Argentina, Brazil, and many other countries) are less expensive than America's grain-fed meats. The idea that grass-fed meats are only for the elites like John Robbins is ridiculous.
We do not yet have studies that tell us what percentage of the health problems associated with eating beef would be reduced or eliminated by the eating of grassfed beef. . . . While grassfed beef and other pastured animal products have many advantages over factory farm and feedlot products, it's important to remember that factory farm and feedlot products are an unmitigated disaster. Almost anything would be better.
Yes, there are numerous studies that prove that people are far healthier if their EFAs are balanced properly – which would replicate the EFAs for all grass-fed critters. BUT, one cannot just eat grass-fed beef and expect that alone to overcome the deficiencies caused by continuing to eat whole grains, beans, soybeans, seeds, nuts, and other horrible foods which John recommends everyone to do. Grass-fed meats are only a part, but a critical part, of the diet which is required to eat like a caveman. Eating like a caveman means we are eating the same foods man ate for all of time prior to the invention of grain farming.
But I wouldn't get too carried away and think that as long as it's grassfed then it's fine and dandy. Grassfed products are still high in saturated fat (though not as high), still high in cholesterol, and are still devoid of fiber and many other essential nutrients. They take less toll on the environment, but the land on which the animals graze still must often be irrigated, thus using up dwindling water resources, and it may be fertilized with petroleum-based fertilizers.
The foundation food for all animal life is the green leaf, it is not fiber. Since the bottom of the food chain for a grass-fed critter is a green leaf (just like wild fish) grass-fed meats are the world's most perfect food for man. That's because they will have all the nutrients required for optimal body function in perfect balance. People who eat mostly grass-fed meats will have perfect blood lipid profiles. People who eat grain and nuts will have horrible blood lipid profiles.
In addition, all forms of "fertilizer" are chemical or they wouldn't work. To say petroleum-based fertilizers are a bad thing is ludicrous and baseless nonsense. (Petroleum was originally a plant and/or an animal.) When farmers and ranchers apply fertilizers they sample their soils and apply the chemicals (plants look at them as nutrients) that the soils are missing for optimal plant production.
The American West is currently used for grazing livestock. More than two-thirds of the entire land area of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho is used for rangeland. Just about the only land that isn't grazed is in places that for one reason or another can't be used by livestock—inaccessible areas, dense forests and brushlands, the driest deserts, sand dunes, extremely rocky areas, cliffs and mountaintops, cities and towns, roads and parking lots, airports, and golf courses. In the American West, virtually every place that can be grazed, is grazed. The results aren't pretty. As one environmental author put it, "Cattle grazing in the West has polluted more water, eroded more topsoil, killed more fish, displaced more wildlife, and destroyed more vegetation than any other land use."
This is so ridiculous it's hard to imagine that anyone would believe it. But just in case someone does, here I go again. John left out Oregon, Washington, and California from his list. Maybe that's because those states have a smaller percentage of government land and they raise many crops other than cattle. There are 12.27 million head of cattle in the eight states John listed. That is 12.5% of the national cow herd.
Government land is land the early settlers did not claim. They claimed all the land they could make a living on though. Of the land that is privately owned in the states in John's list above, a significant portion of it is used to grow crops other than cattle. That part he left off. In fact, for our country as a whole, 46.3% of all farmland is used for crop production. Only 5.9% of all farmland is irrigated.
Because settlers claimed the good land, what was left has became primarily the government's grazing lands. Obviously, they are not very productive. Some of that land is absolutely unproductive. But cattlemen do lease government grazing land and graze cattle on it. Now if you visit an Animal Science school at any of the good universities anywhere, their range management specialists will show you example after example where good range management has greatly improved the open range. Since universities give Doctorates in range management, don't expect me to explain how it works in this essay. Just take my word for it, today modern range management works for the environment, for cattle, for wildlife, for cattleman, and for the American consumer.
Just the same though, if the nation's cattle herd is increased significantly because of more demand for grass-fed beef, the number of cattle placed on the government's rangeland will not increase except on the margin. Most of the expansion will take place on more productive land, land that is now used to grow the horrible grains John thinks we should all eat. Grain production comes mainly from the most productive rangelands because all grains are a product of a grass plant. All domestic livestock (including chickens, ducks, pigs, rabbits, etc.) eat grass.
To bring cows to market weight on rangeland alone would require each animal to spend not six months foraging, but several years, greatly multiplying the damage to western ecosystems.
Cattlemen will not use the aired rangelands as a primary grazing system for finishing cattle. They do not do it now and they will not do it in the future. Yes, in some rare years where forage growth is exceptional, or in certain some small favorable ecosystems, finishing cattle on rangeland is possible. But in no way is the arid rangeland of the western states as effective as are the pasture lands east of the 103 degree west longitude line or in grain growing areas west of that line. Remember, grain is the seed of a grass plant, so all of the land used for grain production is actually superior pasture land.
What "Wildlife Services" actually does is kill any creature that might compete with or threaten livestock. . . . . The price that western lands and wildlife are paying for grazing cattle is hard to exaggerate. Conscientious management of rangelands can certainly reduce the damage, but widespread production of grassfed beef would only multiply this already devastating toll.
I'll quote the NASD Wildlife website here. "The mission of USDA APHIS Wildlife Services (WS) is to provide Federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist. WS conducts program delivery, research, and other activities through its Regional and State Offices, the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) and its Field Stations, as well as through its National Programs."
Most of the public lands in the West, and especially the Southwest, are what you might call 'cow burnt.' Almost anywhere and everywhere you go in the American West you find hordes of cows. . . . They are a pest and a plague.
While grassfed beef certainly has advantages over feedlot beef, another answer is to eat less meat. If as a society we did this, then the vast majority of the public lands in the western United States could be put to more valuable — and environmentally sustainable — use. Much of the western United States is sunny and windy, and could be used for large-scale solar energy and wind-power facilities.
Now you may think that large-scale solar energy and wind-power facilities are environmental niceties, but you are in a minority. Then on the other hand, just like the petroleum industry has always been able to coexist with the cattle industry, so can your favorite industries. So why not have two industries (renewable energy and renewable food) instead of one?
Grassfed beef does not just come to you straight from God's Green Earth. It also comes to you via the slaughterhouse. . . . . The lives of grassfed livestock are more humane and natural than the lives of animals confined in factory farms and feedlots, but their deaths are often just as terrifying and cruel. If they are taken to a conventional slaughterhouse, they are just as likely as a feedlot animal to be skinned while alive and fully conscious, and just as apt to be butchered and have their feet cut off while they are still breathing — distressing realities that tragically occur every hour in meat-packing plants nationwide.
In the old days the Indians used to stampede buffalo herds off cliffs. Then those waiting at the bottom of the cliff would process the severely injured animals. What you just described as a process in today's slaughter houses is in actual fact something that was done by Indians hundreds of years ago. I know you don't understand this, but today slaughter houses operate to far higher standards, and what you described only resides in your fertile imagination or in that of a demented person.
Modern kill floors are the most humane killing machines ever. They are clean, kills are instantaneous, and no animal is processed alive. Yes, the kill is so quick that often the dead carcases are still twitching as the skinning process starts. But trust me, nobody in their right mind would want to put a knife to an animal that was still alive. Cattle are fully capable of killing people in a flash.
I can assure you that Temple Grandin, one of the most respected and most famous people in agriculture, could set you straight. She is an authority on the kill and her cattle handling facilities are in most large plants. In addition, most large meat packers, and even their biggest customers, hire her to assure that both the plants and the USDA inspectors get it done right. So the level of sophistication in the modern kill is beyond reproach. If you don't believe that, contact Temple Grandin and ask her to give you a tour of a kill facility. She would be happy to oblige.


As the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, the area around the hulking corpse of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant continues to exude a horrible fascination. Arkadiusz Podniesinski is one of thousands of photographers and journalists drawn there since the crisis began in March 2011. In 2015 his first photo report from the area attracted millions of views around the world.
Podniesinski brought to Japan his experience of chronicling the aftermath of the world's worst nuclear accident in Chernobyl, which he first visited in 2008. It was, he noted, people, not technology that was responsible for both disasters. Japanese politicians, he adds, are offended by comparisons with Chernobyl. Still, rarely for a foreign report on Fukushima, his work was picked up by Japanese television (on the liberal channel TBS), suggesting there is a hunger for this comparative perspective.
Podniesinski's first trip strengthened his belief in the "catastrophic consequences of nuclear disasters." Apart from the suffering caused by the disruption of so many lives (160,000 people remain homeless or displaced), there is the struggle to return contaminated cities and towns to a state where people can live in them again. Billions of dollars have already been spent on this cleanup and much more is to come: The latest rehabilitation plan by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. puts the total bill for compensation alone at 7.08 trillion yen, or nearly $60 billion.
Thirty years after Chernobyl's reactor exploded, Ukrainians have long come to terms with the tragedy that befell them, he writes. The dead and injured have been forgotten. A 2-billion-Euro sarcophagus covering the damaged reactor is nearly complete. The media returns to the story only on major anniversaries. What, he wonders, will become of Fukushima? Last year, Naraha became the first town in Fukushima Prefecture to completely lift an evacuation order imposed after the triple meltdown. But despite rebuilding much of the town's infrastructure and spending millions of dollars to reduce radiation, the local authorities have persuaded only a small number of people to permanently return there.
Exactly a year has passed since my first visit to Fukushima. A visit which strengthened my belief of how catastrophic the consequences of nuclear disasters can be. A visit that also highlighted how great the human and financial efforts to return contaminated and destroyed cities to a state suitable for re-habitation can be.
The report on the Fukushima zone through the eyes of a person who knows and regularly visits Chernobyl received a great deal of interest in the international community. Viewed several million times and soon picked up by traditional media around the world, it became for a moment the most important topic on Fukushima. I was most pleased, however, by the news that the coverage also reached Japan, where it not only caused quite a stir (more on that another time) but also made me realise just how miniscule Japanese knowledge about the current situation in Fukushima is.
As a result, over the last year I started to go to Fukushima more often than to Chernobyl. This is hardly surprising for another reason. 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl disaster, so the majority of Ukrainians have long since come to terms with the tragedy. The dead and injured have been forgotten. The same is true for media interest, which is only revived on the occasion of the round, 30th anniversary of the disaster. In addition, after nearly 10 years and 2 billion euros, work on the new sarcophagus is finally coming to an end, and soon a storage site for radioactive waste and a 227-ha radiological biosphere reserve will be established.
Will the decommissioning of the power plant in Fukushima also take 30 years and end with the construction of a sarcophagus? Will the contaminated and deserted towns located around the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi power plant be called ghost towns and resemble Chernobyl's Pripyat? Finally, will Fukushima become a popular place for dark tourism like Chernobyl and be visited by thousands of tourists every year?
The Japanese, particularly politicians and officials, do not like and are even offended by comparisons between Fukushima and Chernobyl. It is, however, difficult not to do so when analogies are visible everywhere. While the fact that the direct causes of the disasters are different, the result is almost identical. A tragedy for the hundreds of thousands of evacuated residents, hundreds of thousands of hectares of land contaminated, and decades of time and billions of dollars devoted to eliminating the results of the disaster. And the first cases of thyroid cancer.
The situation in Fukushima resembles a fight against time or a test of strength. The government has devoted billions of dollars to decontaminating the area and restoring residents to their homes. They must hurry before the residents completely lose hope or the desire to return. Before the houses collapse or people are too old to return to. In addition, the authorities soon intend to stop the compensation paid to residents, which according to many of them will be an even more effective "encouragement" for them to return. Deprived of financial support, many residents will have no other choice but to return. Many young families are not waiting for any government assistance. They decided long ago to leave in search of a new life free of radioactive isotopes. They will surely never return.
But radiation is not the only problem that the authorities must worry about. The evacuated residents worry about the lack of schools, hospitals and shops. About the public infrastructure, which has not been sufficiently rebuilt. It must be adapted to the needs of older people, who, after the departure of so many young people from the zone, will now be the majority. However, the evacuees are most afraid of loneliness, as few of their family members, friends and neighbours have decided to return.
Can the authorities manage to convince the residents to return? Has critical mass been exceeded, after which evacuees will learn from others and return? The authorities are doing everything they can to convince residents that the sites are safe for people. They open towns, roads and railway stations one after another. Unfortunately, despite this, residents still do not want to return. A recent survey confirms that there is a huge gap between the government's current policies and the will of the affected residents. Only 17.8% want to return, 31.5% are unsure and 48% never intend to return.
During my first visit to Fukushima, I met Naoto Matsumura, who defied official bans and returned to the closed zone to take care of the animals abandoned there by farmers fleeing radiation. Matsumura has taken in hundreds of animals, saving them from inevitable death by starvation or at the hands of the merciless officials forcing farmers to agree to kill them. Thanks to his courage and sacrifice, Matsumura soon became known as the Guardian of Fukushima's Animals.
Matsumura was not able to help all of the animals, however. According to the farmer, a third of them died of thirst, unable to break free of the metal beams in barns, wooden fences or ordinary kennels. Matsumura took me to one such place.
Not all appreciate Matsumura's sacrifice and courage. Many people believe that helping these animals, which sooner or later would have ended up on a plate, is not worth the risk the farmer is exposing himself to. Matsumura always has the same answer for them – there is a fundamental difference between killing animals for food and killing animals who are no longer needed due to radiation.
I also returned to Masami Yoshizawa, who like Naoto Matsumura decided to illegally return to the closed zone to take care of the abandoned animals. Shortly after the disaster, some of the farmer's cows began to develop mysterious white spots on their skin. According to Yoshizawa, they are the result of radioactive contamination and the consumption of radioactive feed.
Yoshizawa's farm is located 14 km from the destroyed power plant. From this distance, the buildings of the plant are not visible, but its chimneys can be seen. And, as Yoshizawa says – one could also see [and hear] explosions in the power plant as well as radioactive clouds that soon pass over his farm. Consequently, nearly half of the nearly 20,000 inhabitants of the town of Namie were evacuated to Tsushima, located high in the nearby mountains. But soon people began to flee from there when it turned out that the wind blowing in that direction contaminated the area even more. As a result of the radioactive contamination in Fukushima, a new generation known as the hibakusha has arisen. Up to now, this name was only given to people who were victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now this concept has also been applied to victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. As Yoshizawa says – of the 120 surveyed hibakusha, he ranks third in Namie in terms of the amount of radiation doses received.
When protesting against the construction and re-starting of subsequent nuclear power plants, Yoshizawa does not bring his cows along anymore. Instead, he has a car festooned with banners that pulls behind it a small trailer with a metal model of a cow. "I have a strong voice and can scream louder than die-hard right wingers!" explains Yoshizawa. "I'm a cowboy, a cow terrorist, a kamikaze!" he adds in a loud voice, presenting an example of his capabilities. "We are not advocating violence, we don't kill people, we are not aggressive. We are political terrorists," he concludes calmly. And after a moment, he invites us to a real protest. The occasion of the planned opening of the railway station is to be attended by Prime Minister Sinzo Abe himself.
The protest goes peacefully indeed. Yoshizawa first drives round the city to which the Prime Minister is soon to arrive. Driving his car, he shouts into the microphone, "When a fire broke out in the reactors, TEPCO employees fled. The fire was extinguished by the young men of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces. Why were you not able to control the power plant you built?" He continued immediately, "Today the Prime Minister is coming here. Let's get up and greet Abe. Let's show Abe not only the beautifully prepared railway station, let him also see the dark side of the city. For 40 years, we supplied electricity to Tokyo. Our region only could support Japan's economic development. And now we suffer. Tales about the safety of nuclear power plants are a thing of the past," Yoshizawa concludes. When the moment of the Prime Minister's arrival approaches and the crowds grow larger, policemen and the Prime Minister's security detail approach the farmer. They order him to take down his banners and leave the site. Yoshizawa obeys, but carries out their commands without haste. As if deliberately trying to prolong their presence, hoping to have time to meet and "greet" the Prime Minister.
As always, a major part of my trip to Fukushima is devoted to visits to no-go zones. Obtaining permission to enter and photograph the interior is still difficult and very time-consuming. However, it is nothing compared to the search for owners of the abandoned properties, persuade them to come, show their houses and discuss the tragic past.
Sometimes, however, it's different. Such as in the case of Tatsuo and Kazue Kogure, who with the help of Japanese television agreed to take me to Tomioka, where they ran a small but popular bar. It was not only a place to eat and drink sake, but also to sing karaoke with the bar's owners.
Unfortunately the city, and with it the bar, stood in the way of the radioactive cloud and had to be closed. Earlier, I saw many similar bars and restaurants. Overgrown, smelly, full of mould, debris and scattered items. This place, however, is different. It is distinguished by its owners, who despite age and the tragedy they experienced, did not give up and opened a new bar outside the radioactive zone. Mr and Mrs Kogure not only showed me the abandoned bar, but also invited me to their new one.
Unfortunately, the reality shocked even the firefighters, who had to cope with tasks they had never practised. For example, with cooling the reactors. Even the repeatedly practised evacuation procedures for the residents were often ineffective and resulted in the opposite of the desired effect. It turned out that the data from SPEEDI (System for Predicting Environmental Emergency Dose Information), whose tasks included forecasting the spread of radioactive substances, was useless and did not reach the local authorities. As a result, many residents were evacuated for more contaminated sites and unnecessarily endangered by the additional dose of radiation.
The monthly work schedule at the fire station in Tomioka (no-go zone). Firefighter Naoto Suzuki shows the training session on how to help people exposed to radiation planned for the day before the disaster. A committee meeting to provide information in the event of a fire in the nuclear reactors was planned for 14 March.
Firefighters' dispatch. Local firefighting tasks in Tomioka were managed from here.
In the spring of this year, thanks to the help and support of many people, particularly the local authorities, evacuated residents and even a monk, I was also able to see many interesting places mostly located in the closed zones in Tomioka, Okuma, Futaba and Namie. Although five years have passed since the disaster, most of them still remain closed and many valuable objects can still be found there. Due to this, I have decided not to publish information that could aid in locating them.
Ending my series of travels around Fukushima, I return to Tomioka to see the thing for which the city is most famous and its residents most proud – one of the longest and oldest cherry blossom tunnels in Japan. For the residents of Tomioka, cherry trees have always been something more than just a well-known tourist attraction or the historic symbol of the town. Not only did they admire the aesthetic attributes of the flowers, but they were also part of their lives, organised festivals, meetings and the topic of family conversations.
The natural beauty and powerful symbolism as well as their constant presence in Japanese arts have made cherry trees become an icon of Japanese cultural identity. They signal the arrival of spring, the time for renewal and the emergence of new life. In the spiritual sense, they remind us of how beautiful, yet tragically short and fragile, life is – just like the blooming cherry blossoms that fall from the tree after just a few days.
The nuclear irony of fate meant that this Japanese symbol of new, nascent life today blooms in the contaminated and lifeless streets of Tomioka. Will the city and its residents be reborn, along with the cherry trees blossoming in solitude and silence? Undoubtedly, the last word shall belong to them alone.
David McNeill writes for The Irish Times, The Economist and other publications. An Asia-Pacific Journal editor, he is a coauthor of Strong in the Rain: Surviving Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Palgrave Macmillan).


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From tomorrow, any player that opts into the program and contributes at least $200,000 in rake over a twelve-month period across any poker game type will be eligible to join the exclusive club.
Full Diamond Club Elite members will earn themselves $16,000 VIP packages to the Caribbean Poker Party held annually in The Bahamas, along with entry into November's MILLIONS Online worth $10,300.
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partypoker will also reward players with $10,000 in cash upon reaching the 50% milestone ($100,000), along with a further $20,000 cash bonus once the full $200,000 rake target is reached.
To celebrate the launch of the program, the first two players to earn $200,000 in rake via either cash games or SIT & GO JACKPOTS will both receive 100% cashback, fixed up until 31 January 2020.
The "Diamond Club Elite" forms an extension of partypoker's main VIP program, "Diamond Club".
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#4 What makes a dog a perfect ESA for old-aged people? - 2021 Guide
Emotional support animals play a crucial role in the lives of people who suffer from the symptoms of different mental disorders. Old-aged people are the victims of depression and stress due to feelings of loneliness. To alleviate the symptoms of mental disorders, an ESA Letter provides companionship, love, and support to old-aged people. These people can cope with depression, isolation, and loneliness by keeping ESA dogs with them. Dogs are proved to be great friends to those who have lost their spouses. They can provide feelings of relaxation to the people who suffer from a financial crisis or go through the tough events of life. Old-aged people keep ESA dogs so that they can get emotional support from them. ESA dogs are also associated with the promotion of health and happiness in seniors. They are the best treatment for all those older people who have some sort of emotional or physical illness. Dogs provide support in both cases to the people.
There are different animals that can be kept as emotional support animals. Before keeping any animal, people need to get an emotional support dog letter from a mental health professional who possesses a practical license. The mental health professional first examines the condition of a patient and assigns an ESA according to the prevailing situation. Most of the time, doctors do not provide ESA letters because they consider that ESA is not enough to treat the patient. Many recommend ESA to people along with therapy and medication. It is the decision of the patient which animal he wants to keep with him. Doctors can also provide recommendations in this context but dogs are the most efficient and common emotional support animals that people love to keep.
ESA Dog for Mental Health
ESA dogs can promote hormonal changes in the brain of old-aged people. They help increase the production of serotonin, prolactin, and oxytocin in the body. The production of all these hormones decreases the level of depression and stress in people. All these hormones are related to happiness among people. Due to these hormones, older people feel calm and happy when they are with ESA dogs. In canine diet can dogs eat blueberries? Yes they can. Blueberry is a healthy fruit. Old-aged people love to keep dogs as emotional support animals due to the amazing mental health benefits associated with them. Depression is very common among people at this age due to isolation and loneliness. It is because their family and friends cannot visit them on a regular basis. With time, their energy starts to decrease and they become less active. Such people also become alone due to the death of their spouses. ESA dogs help older people to get out of their shells and make them as communicative as they were at a young age. Research has proved that older people who are around others, live an active life, or have pets are more mentally healthy as compared to others.
Mental stimulation can be achieved by keeping an ESA dog in the house. An ESA letter for housing provides the opportunity to keep the ESA dog in the home without facing any sort of difficulty. Dogs are considered as the most beneficial emotional support animal as compared to others due to their loyal companionship. Old-aged people usually suffer from the disease of Alzheimer's or dementia, and ESA dogs can provide them relief from the stress and different symptoms of the disease. ESA dogs help their owners to overcome the symptoms by calming them and alleviating their moods. The appetite of the old-aged people can be improved by living and playing with ESA dogs.
ESA Dog for Physical Health
The chances of heart disease can be reduced among people if they keep ESA dogs with them. Old-aged people can get physical exercise when they go for a walk with their ESA dogs. This physical exercise can improve mobility and turn the lifestyle of these people into a healthy one. In delicious fruits, can dogs eat strawberries? Yes, Strawberries are full of energy. Cortisol is a stress hormone that gets reduced among older people when they live with their ESA dogs. Older people perform different chores of ESA dogs, which keep them healthy and active. Dogs have the ability to sense whether their owners are sad or not. In case of a sad or crisis situation, they provide comfort and affection to the owners.
Overall well-being and purpose of life of old aged people get improved by living with an ESA dog. ESA dogs change the meaning of the life of these people. Old-aged people start to live happily because they find good support, companionship, and love. Due to the unique characteristics of dogs, they can be kept in the home as therapy dogs, service dogs, or ESAs. Not only old-aged people, but anyone can feel happy and healthy by living with an ESA dog.
Along with the above-mentioned characteristics of ESA dogs, there are many other benefits. Most of the house owners do not allow their tenants to keep different types of animals with them. But the dog is such an animal that does not get rejected by any owner and all permits to keep it in the house without any restriction. It can be easily brought to public places because other people are not afraid of dogs nor do dogs harm them. It is also easy to travel on flights with ESA dogs because they do not disturb the passengers and stay with their owners. However, a legitimate ESA letter is required for the dog to enjoy all these perks.
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Emotional support animals play a crucial role in the lives of people who suffer from the symptoms of different mental disorders. Old-aged people are the victims of depression and stress due to feelings of loneliness. To alleviate the symptoms of mental disorders, an ESA Letter provides companionship, love, and support to old-aged people. These people can cope with depression, isolation, and loneliness by keeping ESA dogs with them. Dogs are proved to be great friends to those who have lost their spouses. They can provide feelings of relaxation to the people who suffer from a financial crisis or go through the tough events of life. Old-aged people keep ESA dogs so that they can get emotional support from them. ESA dogs are also associated with the promotion of health and happiness in seniors. They are the best treatment for all those older people who have some sort of emotional or physical illness. Dogs provide support in both cases to the people.

There are different animals that can be kept as emotional support animals. Before keeping any animal, people need to get an emotional support dog letter from a mental health professional who possesses a practical license. The mental health professional first examines the condition of a patient and assigns an ESA according to the prevailing situation. Most of the time, doctors do not provide ESA letters because they consider that ESA is not enough to treat the patient. Many recommend ESA to people along with therapy and medication. It is the decision of the patient which animal he wants to keep with him. Doctors can also provide recommendations in this context but dogs are the most efficient and common emotional support animals that people love to keep.

ESA Dog for Mental Health

ESA dogs can promote hormonal changes in the brain of old-aged people. They help increase the production of serotonin, prolactin, and oxytocin in the body. The production of all these hormones decreases the level of depression and stress in people. All these hormones are related to happiness among people. Due to these hormones, older people feel calm and happy when they are with ESA dogs. In canine diet can dogs eat blueberries? Yes they can. Blueberry is a healthy fruit. Old-aged people love to keep dogs as emotional support animals due to the amazing mental health benefits associated with them. Depression is very common among people at this age due to isolation and loneliness. It is because their family and friends cannot visit them on a regular basis. With time, their energy starts to decrease and they become less active. Such people also become alone due to the death of their spouses. ESA dogs help older people to get out of their shells and make them as communicative as they were at a young age. Research has proved that older people who are around others,  live an active life, or have pets are more mentally healthy as compared to others.

Mental stimulation can be achieved by keeping an ESA dog in the house. An ESA letter for housing provides the opportunity to keep the ESA dog in the home without facing any sort of difficulty. Dogs are considered as the most beneficial emotional support animal as compared to others due to their loyal companionship. Old-aged people usually suffer from the disease of Alzheimer's or dementia, and ESA dogs can provide them relief from the stress and different symptoms of the disease. ESA dogs help their owners to overcome the symptoms by calming them and alleviating their moods. The appetite of the old-aged people can be improved by living and playing with ESA dogs.

ESA Dog for Physical Health

The chances of heart disease can be reduced among people if they keep ESA dogs with them. Old-aged people can get physical exercise when they go for a walk with their ESA dogs. This physical exercise can improve mobility and turn the lifestyle of these people into a healthy one. In delicious fruits, can dogs eat strawberries? Yes, Strawberries are full of energy. Cortisol is a stress hormone that gets reduced among older people when they live with their ESA dogs. Older people perform different chores of ESA dogs, which keep them healthy and active. Dogs have the ability to sense whether their owners are sad or not. In case of a sad or crisis situation, they provide comfort and affection to the owners.

Overall well-being and purpose of life of old aged people get improved by living with an ESA dog. ESA dogs change the meaning of the life of these people. Old-aged people start to live happily because they find good support, companionship, and love. Due to the unique characteristics of dogs, they can be kept in the home as therapy dogs, service dogs, or ESAs. Not only old-aged people, but anyone can feel happy and healthy by living with an ESA dog.

Along with the above-mentioned characteristics of ESA dogs, there are many other benefits. Most of the house owners do not allow their tenants to keep different types of animals with them. But the dog is such an animal that does not get rejected by any owner and all permits to keep it in the house without any restriction. It can be easily brought to public places because other people are not afraid of dogs nor do dogs harm them. It is also easy to travel on flights with ESA dogs because they do not disturb the passengers and stay with their owners. However, a legitimate ESA letter is required for the dog to enjoy all these perks.

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National-Level Football Tournament Takes Place in Jaffna for the First Time in 30 Years
For the first time in 30 years, a national-level football tournament, the "Champion of Champions Trophy" took place recently at the Durayappah Stadium in Jaffna with a large number of fans attending the game.
According to the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL), it organised the tournament for the first time because of the great enthusiasm that exists in the Northern Province for football.
The football teams of the Sri Lanka Navy and the Sri Lanka Army competed for the "Champion of Champions Trophy" where the Army team won 5-4 over the Navy team in a penalty shoot-out.
The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Football Association Mr. Ranjith Rodrigo said the reason behind organising the tournament, in addition to encouraging interest in the sport in the Northern Province, was to promote reconciliation through sports in a community that has suffered from 30 years of war.
Mr. Rodrigo also said that the FFSL would like to encourage youngsters in the Northern and Eastern Provinces to take up football in a serious manner, and organising these types of tournaments would provide them with an opportunity to start training towards becoming national and international-level athletes. Mr. Rodrigo was very optimistic about achieving this target due to the thousands of fans who gathered at the Durayappah Stadium to watch the tournament. (HC/llrc)
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