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Inclusive cultural show #UNLABEL featured musicians and dancers with special needs
The CSR Journal - December 21, 2021
For the third year in a row, #Unlabel, the flagship talent event of Bengaluru-based NGO 'Mitra for Life,' showcases talented people with Autism and other special needs. The event was organised by Mitra for Life with the goal of allowing the young performers to be recognised as artists rather than people with special needs. The...
How BoAt Succeeded As A Brand?
How BoAt Succeeded As A Brand? The music industry is seeing no bounds lately. This is because of the demand in the market for headphones, earbuds and other audibles. But the audibles are not just for the purpose of listening to music anymore. It has become more of a lifestyle need and is not less...
Merits, Demerits of Bill to Mandate Spending of 25% CSR Funds for Upkeep of Monuments
Hency Thacker - December 7, 2021
India is a country of varied heritage and culture. The rich history of the country is commemorated by many monuments spread across its expanse. The cultural and emotional value of these monuments and other cultural aspects is tremendous for Indians. This is why, its conservation, restoration and protection is the subject matter in the...
CSR: KFC India supports and sponsors Indian Deaf cricket teams
The CSR Journal - December 3, 2021
Furthering their efforts to build visibility and growth for the sport of deaf cricket in the country, KFC India today announced a partnership with the Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA). The joint announcement was made today by Sumit Jain, President, Indian Deaf Cricket Association and Moksh Chopra, Chief Marketing Officer, KFC India along with...
CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India kickstarts 'Art for Hope' fest in support of traditional artisans and small art businesses
The CSR Journal - October 29, 2021
Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the philanthropic and CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India, today inaugurated the much-awaitedArtisan Fest to encourage traditional artisans and small art businesses to capitalise their art works during this festive season. HMIF is organising a four-day trade exhibition cum sale market at 'Museo Camera Centre of Photographic Arts', Shri Ganesh...
CSR: Hyundai Art for Hope will support 25 artists with a grant of Rs. 1 lakh each
Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd. has announced a new CSR initiative 'Art for Hope'. Art for Hope is a dedicated CSR program to encourage artists across various domains like Digital Arts, Crafts, Multidisciplinary Arts, Performance Arts and Visual Arts. 25 artists, with a community art project concept...
Amentum Working at the Grassroots to Elevate the Standard of Indian Javelin Across the Country
The CSR Journal - October 5, 2021
The recent grand success of India's javelin throwers at the Olympics and Paralympics is far from being a sudden development or a mere stroke of luck. It is, in fact, a result of dedicated efforts of players and organisations like Amentum, which are working to encourage the development of the sport at the grassroots...
Ganesh Chaturthi 2021 – Online darshan and sustainable innovations
The CSR Journal - September 10, 2021
As much as Ganesh Chaturthi is an important festival, it is essential that the celebrations in 2021 be conducted by keeping in mind the Covid-19 safety protocols. Even with intimate celebrations at home, with extended family members or friends, it is important to wear double masks, maintain social distance and sanitize yours hands every...
National Handloom Day 2021 – Buy local, support weavers
Union Minister of Textiles Piyush Goyal will inaugurate the Weavers Service Centre (WSC) at Raigarh on Kotra Road bypass virtually on August 7. Darshna Vikram Jardosh, the Union Minister of States for Textiles, will also be present. The event is being held as part of the National Handloom Day. August 7 was chosen as the...
Girl Power is Gold Power by Kotak Mahindra Bank CSR and Gopichand Academy celebrates mettle of women athletes
The CSR Journal - July 9, 2021
As the Indian contingent gets ready to represent the country in the greatest sporting spectacle on earth, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) and Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation (Gopichand Academy) launched the Girl Power is Gold Power campaign to celebrate the spirit of all the women athletes taking part. The Girl Power is Gold Power campaign...
Top CSR Projects for Sports in India
Hency Thacker - July 7, 2021
Sports in India have a very rich history. Even before the British invasion, sports was very prominent in various classes of society. Its popularity has gained famous sportspersons with a lot of love and appreciation. They serve as an inspiration to the youth, who are keen to follow them in every facet of life....


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NYC / NYS Congestion Pricing 3.0
NYS Senators Liz Krueger & Brad Hoylman Host Community Transit Discussion
March 5, 2018 / Midtown Manhattan / Manhattan Neighborhoods / Manhattan Business / News Analysis & Opinion / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
It was a cool Thursday evening as I made my way to the CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown. The CUNY Graduate Center is located on Fifth Avenue just north of 34th Street kiddy-corner from the Empire State Building.
I was headed to a community discussion about the public transit crisis facing NYC. I suppose, not surprising, was that one of the Congestion Pricing representatives, Alex Matthiessen, was there to present. Alex started out the conversation with a presentation of the new Congestion Pricing Plan, which is now called Fix NYC, telling us how this Congestion Pricing plan was different from the two prior ones floated by the Bloomberg Administration and by Mattheissen's Move NY group a few years back.
Click here to read our report about NYC Congestion Traffic Pricing posted in March 2016 when we took a pretty in-depth view at who has been pushing this plan [consultancies & businesses that will profit from the infrastructure build out], how much of the London implementation revenue went back into improvements in that city [about 50%], how congestion pricing didn't reduce traffic, but time shifted traffic in a New Jersey bridge / tunnel implementation [they had claimed emissions reductions and used a 'green' label to promote the last version of this plan], and other important things to consider regarding implementing a 'new and improved' congestion pricing system along the East River Bridges.
CLICK here for the rest of our report on NYC Congestion Traffic Pricing forum organized by NYS Senator Liz Krueger at the CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown.
March 5, 2018 / Midtown Manhattan / Manhattan Neighborhoods / Manhattan Business / News Analysis & Opinion / Manhattan Buzz NYC. Continued.
Matthiessen started by telling us things we all know, from firsthand use of the century-old subway system, that is the backbone of the NYC public transit system – namely that it's crowded and has been slowing down due to capacity constraints, maintenance and improvements like the installation of the new signaling system which should enable the MTA to insert more cars on the track.
He then switched to the tolling on the bridges used by private motorists, where he talked about the toll structure, which he characterized as 'unfair', telling us that the motorists who use the East River Bridges are getting a free ride. I couldn't help but think that many of the motorists, who generally work and / or live in the boroughs, pay pretty huge sums of money in property or business taxes and / or rent, so to characterize them as getting a free ride didn't seem to factor in the whole scenario.
He then showed us the 'Fix NYC' plan which would change these rates, raising them for the East River Bridges and for Manhattan riders south of 60th Street, while reducing them for the bridges heading to New Jersey or upstate New York. The last piece of his presentation included a timeline for the implementation of this plan, which included:
1)	Identifying 'transit deserts' where public transit isn't that effective.
2)	Imposing added fees on for hire vehicles like taxies, Uber and others operating in the south of 60th Street Manhattan zone.
3)	Set up and begin operating tolls on all East River bridges, with some possible exceptions.
4)	'Lock boxing' the revenue so that it can't be used for other political agendas.
What I found interesting about the 'Fix NYC' plan versus the prior version, the 'Move NY' plan was:
1)	That they weren't making the misleading claims previously proffered about saving the environment by reducing traffic.
2)	They continued not to discuss the expense of the implementation and operation, nor about what percentage of the proceeds will actually make it to funding public transit improvements [not that I would necessarily believe the 'estimates', as in political implementations they are all too frequently underestimated on the cost side and overestimated on the revenue side].
3)	And none of this really 'fixes' the public transit system, which Matthiessen originally highlighted in the beginning of the presentation – as the subways and buses – not so much the roads. I understand that the buses use the roads, but it's important to note that buses represent less than 25% of public transit rides.
So, while the 'Fix NYC' doesn't seem to really fix anything, it does appear to be a very expensive method of taxing people for something for which they are already paying in their state and local taxes. Matthiessen told us the plan would raise $1.5 billion, but did not present that as a 'net of costs' number. He compared it with other taxation methods like raising gas, sales, auto registration or millionaires' tax [proposed by Mayor de Blasio], which would cost very little to implement as the infrastructure and operating costs for collecting those taxes are already in place.
Following Matthiessen's presentation, a panel of speakers came onto the stage. Each then gave a short presentation of who they were and what they're working on related to NYC's transit problem.
First up was Polly Trottenberg who is the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation. She began by telling us what public transit the city controls versus what is controlled by the state.
Update April 11, 2018 / I was going to continue by providing full coverage, but ran out of time / resource prior to the NYS budget vote which took place on March 31st. Congestion pricing was not included in the bill, so I'll hold onto the remaining transit information for another time or possibly in another story. I took a pretty comprehensive look at Congestion Traffic Pricing in NYC, as well as generally, in March of 2016; and I believe the report still remains relevant and contains a significant amount of hard data / facts for those interested in learning more about the topic.
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Thinset mortar can help level different tile thicknesses.
Glass tiles make excellent borders to many tile designs. They can be paired with stone or ceramic tiles, and work beautifully with traditional tiles such as white subway. Install the main or field tile first; you can add the border later.
Measure the wall where the tiles will be installed. Mark off an area on the floor or a table nearby that is the same size and shape.
Lay out the tiles in this area in the pattern you want to install. Take note if the glass tiles are thinner than the ceramic tiles they will complement.
Cut a piece of wood the same size as the glass tiles to act as a spacer. Install the subway tiles, leaving a gap for the glass tiles and testing it with the wood spacer. If the glass tiles are thinner than the ceramic, coat the area where the glass will be installed with thinset mortar at the same time you spread the thinset for the subway tiles. If the tiles are of the same thickness, leave this area bare.
Let the subway tiles set up for about an hour. Spread a thin layer of thinset mortar over the backs of the glass tiles and press them into the remaining space. If the glass is thinner than the subway tiles, this layer of thinset goes go on top of the first layer, adding additional thickness.
Let the entire installation dry for 48 hours, then spread grout over both the subway tiles and the glass at the same time with a grout float. Let the grout dry 10 minutes, then wash the tiles with a grout sponge.
If you are adding glass mosaics, keep the glass on its netting or paper face. Cut the backing material between the tiles to get the number of rows desired and install the border 12 inches at a time.
Asaff, Sarabeth. "How to Add a Glass Tile Border to White Subway Tiles." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/add-glass-tile-border-white-subway-tiles-33945.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.


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Q: NameError: name 'attrgetter' is not defined Hi I am trying to sort list of dictionaries and using attrgetter to sort but it's showing attrgetter not defined.
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A: attrgetter is part of the stdlib in the operator module, not a builtin. As such, you need to import attrgetter from operator.
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Google drops open Talk for closed Hangouts
There's been a lot of back-and-forth going on now that Google has announced intentions to replace Talk, the open standards supporting instant messaging service, with proprietary Hangouts. While Talk works with the XMPP industry standard which allows cross-platform use, Hangouts will be completely closed and proprietary. In other words, if you want to talk to someone on Hangouts, that person must be using Hangouts as well.
Needless to say, this hasn't been going over so well in the FOSS community. Over at Linux Advocates, Dietrich Schmitz ran up a "Red Flag" and declared, "This should be a BIG concern for everyone. Google has removed transparency from a major component used by millions in electronic communication. Google+ Hangouts is proprietary and there is now NO Transparency. No one except Google knows how the code is written or what it does or doesn't do."
Hyperbole aside, this is a big deal. It also may very well be much ado about nothing.
As expected, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has jumped into the fray, urging Google to integrate XMPP support into the new implementation. Good for them, that's why they're there, and we certainly need to be pushing Google (and anyone else developing software of any kind) in the direction of openness.
However, as PCWorld reports, Google makes a strong case to support the reasoning behind their move:
"'Over the past several years, we've worked to bring the world an open messaging system, but no company has been willing to join our efforts,' she [an unnamed Google spokesperson] wrote…
"'After seven years, it's evident that the rest of the industry is not moving to embrace this open system. If at some point in the future, the industry shows interest, we would then be open to discussions about developing an interface that's designed for modern needs'…"
We have no reason to doubt there is validity to Google's claims; we've been down this road before. Although the XMPP Standards Foundation executive director Peter Saint-Andre has been wagging a finger at Google on Twitter ("Google can stop supporting XMPP, but it's impossible for them to kill it. That's the beauty of distributed technologies!"), neither he nor his organization has directly addressed Google's claims–probably because they're true.
Again, we've been down this road before. We've been waiting for Linux Standard Base to become a functional reality for so long we no longer believe it possible–and that's a project being run entirely by FOSS loving Linux folks. XMPP requires the cooperation of everyone from AOL (who has their own problems) to Yahoo and Google–each company having an agenda tied to dollars and cents.
Good intentions and an obviously good idea sometimes isn't enough to overcome all obstacles.
Techrights gives UEFI Forum an earful on Secure Boot
We learned this week that Roy Schestowitz over at Techrights was able to give the folks at the UEFI Forum (presumably in the UK) a piece of FOSS mind when he was asked to drop by for "an interview for exchange of thoughts and ideas." Evidently, things went well.
"To summarise some of the key points, it was agreed that 'secure' boot only gives UEFI Forum a lot of negative publicity. Other issues were raised, but none else got the same amount of coverage. I had not prepared notes, mostly because the goal was to focus on freedom and not to deviate from that. UEFI Forum's President was understanding. He said I was asking the right questions and did acknowledge that some of my concerns were legitimate…"
We attempted to get in touch with Mr. Schestowitz for more information but were unable to do so.
Shuttleworth says good things about Windows 8
We've always said that Mark Shuttleworth is bound and determined to make Canonical Ubuntu the Linux version of Microsoft Windows. We've also said this isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, the best way to get entrenched Windows users to move over to the Penguin is to offer them an experience that's very Windows like. That doesn't mean the rest of us have to use it, eh?
Anyway, this week the folks at Softpedia reported that at Ubuntu Open Week, Shuttleworth was asked for his opinion on Windows 8, to which he replied:
"'Bold choices, right vision, stumbled at the gate but the race is just beginning. Change is hard and the vision of convergence is the right one, so I respect Microsoft for seeing that and focusing on that.
"'I think they left their actual desktop too much in the past (Win 7.5) and they pushed their tablet too much to the foreground (tiles with a mouse),' stated Mark Shuttleworth."
Mark Shuttleworth
We also learned this week from PCWorld (and practically every other tech site on the planet) that after nearly nine years, Shuttleworth has closed Ubuntu's "Bug#1" which stated "Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant to fix."
If you want to know why it's considered fixed, you can read Mr. Shuttleworth's remarks here for yourself. Or, you can save yourself the trouble and read what a Ubuntu user had to say: "The closure comment reads like something agreed to as part of a deal with Microsoft."
Yep. Does.
Samsung opening R&D facility in Nokia's hometown
Last week we learned that a bunch of out-of-work Nokia workers have banded together to create an impressive looking phone running an implementation of MeeGo/Mer called Sailfish, which they plan to bring to market later this year.
Wait a minute! That means there are a lot of highly talented tech folks hanging around Finland looking for work. It also means they know a lot about smartphones–probably more than the big-brains in Nokia's front office who've bet the farm on Windows.
It seems this has occurred to Samsung.
On Wednesday we learned from CNET that the smartphone and tablet giant is planing to open a research and development plant on June 13 in Espoo, Finland–the same town that houses Nokia's corporate headquarters.
If true, this makes us very happy. It's pretty obvious that Nokia won't be returning to it's old glory for quite some time, if ever. It's nice to see there will be some jobs for the good folks put out of work by management's shortsightedness.
DrupalCon coders help Oklahoma City
This really should've been included in last week's news review, but we didn't learn about it until this weekend by way of the Portland, Oregon Business Journal. It's a great positive story, one that reflects well on our community, so we had to give it some space here, even if we are a little late.
Last week, after tornados devastated Moore and other Oklahoma City suburbs, some coders attending DrupalCon in Portland, pulled an all-nighter to do what they could to help:
"The 70-plus DrupalCon attendees teamed with FEMA representatives on an all-night hack-a-thon to develop a website to assist in the recovery. The result is help4ok.org, where volunteers wishing to help in the recovery can coordinate rides to prevent area roads from becoming clogged. The site also helps connect volunteers with homeowners who are willing to house out-of-towners."
Below is a video of the coders in action coordinating their efforts from the DrupalCon organization:
We'd like to offer our heartfelt thanks to the coders who took part in this hack-a-thon and used their abilities for the greater good. Great going!
DrupalCon, a biannual event centered around the open source Drupal content management system, ended last Friday. An estimated 630,000 attended the event.
Happy birthday Groklaw!
Finally, we'd like to send out happy birthday hugs and wishes to PJ and the whole gang over at Groklaw, which has been online for a decade as of May 28th. PJ's dedication, born out of her love of Linux and free software, is an inspiration to us all–and we mean that sincerely. Thank you, PJ. Thank you Groklaw. Our lives would be less rich without you. You give us more than just legal explanations.
Well, that does it for another week. See you next week–same time, same station–for another Week in Review. In the meantime, may the FOSS be with you…
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If youre going to give Groklaw love, then Prof.Mark Webbink
deserves some too now.
The Google excuse makes no sense. Supporting XMPP can only serve freedom and bring others towards that goal. Its actually a pathetic excuse for them going the closed route since they could have done XMPP with Hangouts, it was NOT a technical decision.
Only excuse more pathetic is FLyboy's reason for closing bug#1.
and that paranoid comment after that was just plain stupid. I dont doubt for a minute that FLyboy would make a deal with MS but I can not for a second even imagine that this benign and most likely unknown geek joke would demand any kind of retraction. too much weed makes you paranoid. and stupid. Yep. Does.
FOSS Force
@Smithers We couldn't agree with you more about Mr. Webbink and Groklaw. For anyone who hasn't been to Groklaw in the last few years and doesn't know who Mark Webbink is, read our coverage from May 17, 2011 – and don't be too concerned about the part that says PJ's leaving. She's still there.
http://fossforce.com/2011/05/groklaw-to-continue-without-pj/
As to Mark Shuttleworth–we never meant to imply that Ubuntu has made some sort deal with Microsoft in our tongue-in-cheek coverage of "Bug#1." Our inclusion of the quote was an aside. Yup, it did sound like something from an agreement. But we didn't mean to imply that it was. Sorry if it seemed that way to you.
Canonical's New Bug #1: Android Has Majority Market Share | Techrights
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Physician organizations blast 'supercommittee' inaction
The federal Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to reach agreement on a deficit-reduction proposal, which means that doctors still face a 27% cut in Medicare payments effective January 1. Predictably, the decision elicited strong reactions from organizations representing primary care physicians. Read what the organizations are saying on your behalf and their suggestions for future action.
Predictably, the federal Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction's failure to reach agreement on a deficit-reduction proposal, which means that doctors still face a 27% cut in Medicare payments effective January 1, elicited strong reactions from organizations representing primary care physicians.
Here's what the organizations are saying on your behalf:
"The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has dropped the ball by failing to agree on federal budget cuts demanded by the Budget Reduction Act of 2011," Glen R. Stream, MD, MBI, FAAFP, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), said in a statement. "In doing so, they have also condemned millions of elderly and disabled Americans to continued health insecurity."
Stream pointed out that the committee's inaction not only allows the continuation of the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that determines Medicare payments to doctors; it also triggers a mandatory additional 2% reduction in 2013.
"Without a comprehensive approach, Congress merely continues a cycle of threats to physician practices' financial viability, last-minute reprieves, and continued procrastination," he added.
Virginia L. Hood, MBBS, MPH, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), said in a statement: "Left in the wreckage of the 'supercommittee' process are plans to automatically impose unprecedented cuts in healthcare programs-cuts that will within weeks endanger Medicare beneficiaries' and military families' access to care, and later, cause unsustainable cuts to many other critical programs to reduce disease, protect public health and safety, and ensure that patients have access to doctors."
The ACP called for Congress to "prevent the January 1 SGR cut, stabilize physician payments, and support the transition to new physician payment models, and reform federal healthcare programs in a fiscally and socially responsible way while ensuring continued funding for critical healthcare programs."
Peter W. Carmel, MD, president of the American Medical Association (AMA), said in a statement: "The AMA is deeply concerned that continued instability in the Medicare program, including the looming 27% cut scheduled for January 1, will force many physicians to limit the number of Medicare and TRICARE patients they can care for in their practices. Congress has ignored the reality that short-term patches have grown the problem immensely. The cost of repealing the formula has grown 525% in the past 5 years and will double again in the next 5 years.
"The vast majority of Americans, 94%, say that the looming Medicare physician payment cut is a serious problem. Congress must act within the next few weeks to replace the Medicare physician payment formula and implement a fiscally responsible foundation for Medicare."
The AAFP, ACP, and AMA all had expressed varying degrees of support for the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act framework offered in mid-November by Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pennsylvania). That plan had sought to stabilize the Medicare doctor payment model over several years by repealing the current formula while testing new payment and delivery models.
The AMA has posted on its Web site a "Medicare Participation Kit" that details participation, nonparticipation, and opting-out choices for doctors. Physicians have until December 31 to modify their Medicare participation status, and the organization suggests that doctors wait a few weeks, until the immediate future of the SGR is clearer, to decide on their preferred status.
When a similar cut last threatened physicians, MedicalEconomics published a series of articles containing expert advice on ways you can strengthen your practice to withstand factors beyond your control. The articles discuss front office staffing and technology (www.MedicalEconomics.com/frontoffice), practice valuation (www.MedicalEconomics.com/dividends), accounting and finances (www.MedicalEconomics.com/acct-fin), and efficiency through operations (www.MedicalEconomics.com/operations).
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Our primary endpoint is the difference between plasma adrenaline levels during the hyper/hypoventilation technique and the strength ventilation technique within the HTR group.
Blood will be collected into chilled lithium-heparin tubes and will immediately be placed on ice and centrifuged at 2.000 x g for 10 min at 4 degrees celsius after which plasma will be stored at -80 degrees celsius until analysis. Plasma adrenaline is measured using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with fluorometric detection. The investigators will compare levels during the hyper/hypoventilation technique and plasma adrenaline levels during the strength ventilation technique within the EIN, STR and SIN groups.
Blood will be collected into chilled lithium-heparin tubes and will immediately be placed on ice and centrifuged at 2.000 x g for 10 min at 4 degrees celsius after which plasma will be stored at -80 degrees celsius until analysis. Plasma adrenaline is measured using HPLCy with fluorometric detection. The investigators will compare differences in plasma adrenaline levels during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups.
EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) anticoagulated blood will centrifuged immediately at 2.000 x g for 10 min at 4 degrees calcium after which plasma will be stored at -80 degrees until analysis. Concentration of [cytokine] will be measured using a simultaneous Luminex assay according to the manufacturer`s instructions (Milliplex; Millipore). The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Body temperature will be measured using an infrared tympanic thermometer (FirstTemp Genius 2; Sherwood Medical). The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Heart rate will be recorded with a three-lead electrocardiogram on a Philips MP50 patient monitor. The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Blood pressure will be measured on a Philips MP50 patient monitor through a 20-gauge arterial catheter. The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Analysis of leukocyte counts and differentiation will be performed in EDTA anticoagulated blood using routine analysis methods also used for patient samples (flow cytometric analysis on a Sysmex XE-5000). The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Blood will be collected in serum-separating tubes and allowed to clot at room temperature for a minimum of 30 min. Subsequently, samples are centrifuged at 2,000 × g for 10 min at 4 °C, after which serum is stored at −80 °C until analysis. Cortisol levels will be determined using a routine analysis method also used for patient samples (electrochemiluminescent immunoassay on a Modular Analytics E170 (Roche Diagnostics). The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Blood will be collected into chilled lithium-heparin tubes and will immediately be placed on ice and centrifuged at 2.000 x g for 10 min at 4 degrees celsius after which plasma will be stored at -80 degrees celsius until analysis. Plasma noradrenaline is measured using HPLCy with fluorometric detection. The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Blood gas parameters are analyzed in lithium heparin anticoagulated arterial blood using CG4+ cartridges and a point-of-care i-STAT blood gas analyzer (Abbott). The investigators will compare differences between hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation within HTR, EIN, STR and SIN groups as well as differences during hyper/hypoventilation or strength ventilation between HTR, EIN, and SIN groups.
Pain thresholds before start training/instruction, during each of the breathing techniques, and at the end of the experimental day, objectified with Quantitive Sensory Testing by a dedicated, trained member of the studyteam.
Inflammatory cytokines play a pivotal role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and innovative non-pharmacological therapies aimed at limiting cytokine production are highly warranted. Adrenaline, a neurotransmitter of the autonomic sympathetic nervous system, attenuates cytokine production. Along these lines, endogenous modulation of sympathetic activity could limit inflammation and therefore represent a treatment modality that would empower RA patients to exert self-control over disease activity. However, both the autonomic nervous system and the inflammatory response are regarded as systems that cannot be voluntarily influenced. Nevertheless, results from two recent studies demonstrate that this is possible through techniques developed by 'iceman' Wim Hof, namely meditation, exposure to cold, and breathing exercises. Hof himself and healthy volunteers trained by him were able to voluntarily activate the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in adrenaline release and subsequent suppression of the inflammatory response during experimental human endotoxemia (a model of systemic inflammation elicited by administration of lipopolysaccharide [LPS] in healthy volunteers). Interestingly, while having been taught all three techniques, during the endotoxemia experiment the trained subjects (like Hof himself) predominantly practiced the breathing exercises consisting of two different techniques. A `hyper/hypoventilation` technique, characterized by cycles of hyperventilation followed by breath retention and a `strength ventilation` technique consisting of deep inhalations and exhalations followed by breath holding. These techniques resulted in intermittent hypoxia and cyclic shifts in acid-base balance. Based on these observations and previous studies, the investigators hypothesize that these breathing techniques account for the increased production of adrenaline and thus for the suppressed inflammatory response but it is unclear which of these two techniques is most important.
The main objective of the study is to compare the increase in plasma adrenaline levels during the two different breathing techniques in a group of healthy volunteers trained by Hof. Also, the investigators investigate whether it is necessary to be trained by Hof and if a relatively short instruction instead of the extensive training is sufficient. Additionally, the investigators want to evaluate the influence of the training and breathing techniques on pain thresholds.
Subjects are asked to hyperventilate for an average of 30 breaths. Subsequently, the subjects exhaled and hold their breath for approximately 2 minutes ("retention phase"). The duration of breath retention will be entirely at the discretion of the subject himself. Breath retention is followed by a deep inhalation breath, that will be held for 10 s. Subsequently a new cycle of hyper/hypoventilation begins.
This exercise consists of deep inhalations and exhalations in which every inhalation and exhalation is followed by breath holding for 10 s, during which the subject tightens all his body muscles.
The `Hoftraining` group (HTR): a group of subjects (n=10) that will be trained extensively by mr. Hof and his team in both hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation breathing techniques. Total time training is 8 days.
The `extensive instruction` group (EIN): a group of subjects (n=10) that will receive an extensive instruction course supervised by the research team (in absence of Mr. Hof) in both hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation breathing techniques.
The `short training` group (STR): a group of subjects (n=10) that will receive only a short training of 1 hour (immediately prior to the study) by Mr. Hof and his team in both hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation breathing techniques.
The `short instruction` group (SIN): a group of subjects (n=10) that will receive no training, but only an short instruction course of 1 hour (immediately prior to the study) supervised by the research team (in absence of Mr. Hof) in both hyper/hypoventilation and strength ventilation breathing techniques.
Kox M, van Eijk LT, Zwaag J, van den Wildenberg J, Sweep FC, van der Hoeven JG, Pickkers P. Voluntary activation of the sympathetic nervous system and attenuation of the innate immune response in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 May 20;111(20):7379-84. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1322174111. Epub 2014 May 5.
Kox M, Stoffels M, Smeekens SP, van Alfen N, Gomes M, Eijsvogels TM, Hopman MT, van der Hoeven JG, Netea MG, Pickkers P. The influence of concentration/meditation on autonomic nervous system activity and the innate immune response: a case study. Psychosom Med. 2012 Jun;74(5):489-94. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182583c6d.
Use of caffeine or alcohol within 1 day prior to the experimental day.
Surgery or trauma with significant blood loss or blood donation within 3 months prior to the experimental day.
Participation in another clinical trial within 3 months prior to the experimental day.
C reactive protein (CRP) > 20 mg/L, White blood count (WBC) > 12x109/L, or clinically significant acute illness, including infections, within 4 weeks before the experimental day.


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Today is which is a good date to get on the long & winding road to solving your balance problem ... Have you ever felt dizzy, lightheaded, or as if the room were spinning around you? These can be very troublesome sensations. If the feeling happens often, it could be a sign of a balance problem. Balance problems are among the most common reasons that older adults seek help from a doctor.
A "problem with balance" is a more common medical condition than you would think what with an estimated 15 percent (or more) of American adults having a troubling problem-with-balance or dizziness issues during the past year.
The part of the inner ear responsible for balance is the labyrinth. To maintain your body's position, the labyrinth interacts with other systems in the body, such as the eyes, bones and joints.
Falls and fall-related injuries, such as hip fracture, can have a serious impact on an older person's life. If you fall, it could limit your activities or make it impossible to live independently. Many people often become more isolated after a fall.
In BPPV, small calcium particles in the inner ear become displaced and hit the inner ear balance sensors, causing dizziness. The reason they become displaced is not known; the cause may be an inner ear infection, head injury, or aging.


6to4 tunneling with Shorewall can be used to connect your IPv6 network to another IPv6 network over an IPv4 infrastructure. It can also allow you to experiment with IPv6 even if your ISP doesn't provide IPv6 connectivity.
More information on Linux and IPv6 can be found in the Linux IPv6 HOWTO. Details on how to setup a 6to4 tunnels are described in the section Setup of 6to4 tunnels.
6to4 tunnels provide a good way to introduce yourself to IPv6. Shorewall6 was developed on a network whose only IPv6 connectivity was an 6to4 Tunnel; that network is described in the remainder of this section. What is shown here requires Shorewall6 4.2.4 or later.
I have created an init script to make the job of configuring your firewall for IPv6 easier.
The script is installed in /etc/init.d and configures ipv6, including a 6to4 tunnel, at boot time. Note that the script is included in the Shorewall6 distribution but is not installed in /etc/init.d by default. The RPMs from shorewall.net, install the file in the package documentation directory.
The script works on OpenSuSE 11.0 and may need modification for other distributions. On OpenSuSE, the script is installed by copying it to /etc/init.d/ then running the command 'chkconfig --add ipv6'.
ADDRESS4 - A static IPv4 address on your firewall that you want to use for the tunnel.
SLA - The identity of the first local sub-network that you want to assign to the interfaces listed in INTERFACES. Normally one (0001).
GATEWAY - The default IPv6 gateway. For 6to4, this is ::192.88.99.1.
Here is the configuration after IPv6 is configured; the part in bold font is configured by the /etc/init.d/ipv6 script.
You will notice that sit1, eth2 and eth4 each have an IPv6 address beginning with 2002: -- All 6to4 IPv6 addresses have that in their most significant 16 bits. The next 32-bits (ce7c:92b4) encode the IPv4 ADDRESS (206.124.146.180). So once you start the 6to4 tunnel, you are the proud owner of 280 IPv6 addresses! In the case shown here, 2002:ce7c:92b4::/48. The SLA is used to assign each interface in INTERFACES, a subnet of 264 addresses; in the case of eth2, 2002:ce7c:92b4:1::/64.
That way, if radvd starts before Shorewall6, it will continue to run.
You will note that the public IPv6 address of eth2 (2002:ce7c:92b4:2:2a0:ccff:fedb:31c4) was formed by concatenating the prefix for eth2 shown in radvd.conf (2002:ce7c:92b4:2) and the lower 64 bits of the link level address of eth2 (2a0:ccff:fedb:31c4). You will also notice that the address 2002:ce7c:92b4:2:2a0:ccff:fedb:31c4 appears in the RDNSS clauses in radvd.conf; that causes my server to be automatically configured as a DNS server.
The default route is described using the link level address of eth2 on the firewall (fe80::2a0:ccff:fed2:353a).
In May 2009, I rebuilt the above firewall using Debian GNU/Linux and decided to configure IPv6 using the /etc/network/interfaces file.
That file produces the following IPv6 network.
If neither of those work from your firewall and from any local IPv6 systems that you have behind your firewall, do not go any further until one of them does work. If you ask for help from the Shorewall team, the first question we will ask is 'With Shorewall6 cleared, can you ping6 kame or freenode?'.
The Shorewall6 configuration on my firewall is a very basic three-interface one.
Both allow you access to the IPv6 network even though your ISP doesn't offer native IPv6 connectivity.
I converted to a 6in4 Tunnel from Hurricane Electric in April of 2010. Converting from the 6to4 tunnel configuration above to a 6in4 tunnel from HE took less than an hour.
We want systems in the 2002:100:333::/64 subnetwork to be able to communicate with the systems in the 2002:488:999::/64 network. This is accomplished through use of the /etc/shorewall/tunnels file and the "ip" utility for network interface and routing configuration.
Unlike GRE and IPIP tunneling, the /etc/shorewall/policy, /etc/shorewall/interfaces and /etc/shorewall/zones files are not used. There is no need to declare a zone to represent the remote IPv6 network. This remote network is not visible on IPv4 interfaces and to iptables. All that is visible on the IPv4 level is an IPv4 stream which contains IPv6 traffic. Separate IPv6 interfaces and ip6tables rules need to be defined to handle this traffic.
This entry in /etc/shorewall/tunnels opens the firewall so that the IPv6 encapsulation protocol (41) will be accepted to/from the remote gateway.
On both systems, restart Shorewall and issue the configuration commands as listed above. The systems in both IPv6 subnetworks can now talk to each other using IPv6.


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Get your popcorn ready for a binge-watching marathon of all things organization! Netflix has picked up Marie Kondo's transformative decluttering method, KonMari, for 8 episodes!
While there are a variety of methods out there to declutter, edit, and organize your belongings, Marie's first book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up resonated with thousands launching it to the #1 spot on the New York Bestseller's List. Her method is simple --- determine whether items will stay or go with a yes or no question: does it spark joy? Marie divides the possessions in five categories and homeowners systematically move through each category until every item that remains is one that sparks joy.
Want to give it a try? I should warn you, her style isn't for the faint at heart….or the indecisive. Her method is ruthless in order to strip your home of all the things that weigh you down, physically and emotionally.
There is no room for buts or ifs in KonMari. Just yes or no. And this is where the magic of the bestseller can, at times, allude its reader. If you find yourself instinctively delaying your decision to answer yes or no, and reaching for another item instead, then this isn't for you. And that's okay.
My organizing company is no stranger to "KonMari Gone Wrong" inquiries. American culture is very different from the Japanese culture on which Marie bases her organizing magic. Bridging the gap to a foreign method can get a bit complicated. We're all about choices, options, and variety here in the States. We're also serious about the amount of things we accumulate in order to live life the way we prefer. It's not bad, it's just our culture. As a result, we stumble over the possible elimination of things that are NECESSARY but bring us ZERO joy. Clients reach out to us at this crossroad, surrounded by piles of a KonMari category they can't seem to reduce, let alone organize.
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First, be honest with yourself. Are you ready for a ruthless and complete purge? Have you come to a place in your life where you hear yourself saying, "I can't live like this anymore! I need a radical change if I'm ever going to get to XYZ!" Do you fully trust yourself to make these decisions and then live with the consequences? If you are, then you'll abound with joy. Living with less means making room for the things that matter. By eliminating the items that emotionally and physically weigh you down, you'll have the energy and mental bandwidth to reach higher than ever before. It will be glorious!
But if you're not ready for something so extreme, select a method that better fits your personality, lifestyle, and goals. There is NO SHAME in choosing a different path. Your reduction might not be as dramatic, but you can always reduce again at a later date.
Second, find an accountability partner. Endeavoring to minimize your things is going to be hard, no matter what method you choose. Find someone like a pro organizer or type-A friend to keep you moving forward even when you feel overwhelmed. If you choose KonMari, Marie Kondo offers an app to track your progress!
Third, allow for deviations. Progress is better than perfection. If you KonMari 90% of your belongings and delay decisions on 10%, you're still moving toward your goal. You can always come back to that category and re-test your items for joy. If you get stuck or realize the method you've chosen is not a good fit for you, call someone who can help you navigate the next steps. Sometimes all you need is a fresh perspective to clarify direction.
Upstate Clutter Coach supports a variety of methods (including KonMari), tailoring them to the needs, lifestyles, and goals for each client. You can read more about different methodologies on the blog or check out our suggested reading list.
It's January 1st! You know what that means? Time to officially pack up the holidays. Yes, I know the holidays were fun, but if we don't start packing up now with our last day left off work, we might put it off for a few more weeks.
It's part of a theme and that theme wasn't employed this go around. If you have items in your containers that fall into this category, then buy additional bins. Keep your themes separate so that you know exactly what you have and what you still need to purchase the next time you plan to use that theme.
It's not your style. Maybe it used to be your style, or maybe it was a gift from someone that you feel guilty tossing. Either way, if it's yester-you or never-you, then it needs to NOT be in the container any more. Donate the items that still have life left in them.
It's broken. That strand of lights you're saving….you have my permission to just let that go. If your containers have broken holiday décor that you intended to repair but haven't up to this point, acknowledge the fact that your life is filled with more important and joyful things than repair work, and that it's okay to let those broken things go. Consider calling a "scapper" to pick up any items containing metal like artificial Christmas trees or those old lights.
You didn't have time. You have to ask yourself a hard question when your leftovers fit in this category: are the items too time consuming EVERY year or was this year just different? If this year was different because of scheduling conflicts or unavoidable drama, hold on to those items for one more season. However, if the items include ornate decorations that require lots of ladder time that you can't pull off anymore because you've got three kids at your ankles….well, then I think you know the answer. Let it go.
The biggest mistake I see year after year is clients purchasing the LARGEST container possible to corral their holiday items. Clients fall prey to this trap because they think they're winning by only needing ONE container. The problem they never see coming is how cumbersome a 150qt tub is to lug around the house, into the attic, out to the shed, or down into the basement.
It is better to use smaller bins that can easily be carried by one person. I'm a huge fan of bins less than 60 quarts. Wreaths should be kept in special containers to preserve their shape. Ornaments break less often in containers like these. To save time next winter, pack your polished silver in silver bags. Wrapping your lights around something like this or a sheet of thick cardboard will save you lots of time too. No one likes untangling lights! I'm also a HUGE fan of tree bags if you've got an artificial, pre-lit that you want to keep in good shape for years to come.
Most people use the same decorations in the same areas of their homes each year. The tree goes in the front living room along with the swag over the fireplace. The menorah goes on the dining room buffet. The colored lights always go on that tree in the front yard. You get the idea. As you repack your decorations, pack all the things that typically go in that zone or area TOGETHER. This will save you time unpacking and decorating next winter. It will also help you remember which items broke this year and what you'll need to replace.
As you pull down the decorations from each space, take a moment to evaluate their appearance. Was this their last year? Can that wreath make it one more year? Do not pack up ANYTHING you do not plan to use next winter. Endeavor to help yourself be more productive in eleven months by making those hard decisions now. Make lists of what will need replacing and place those lists in your Sunday Basket to look for in after-holiday clearance sections OR store the list at the top of each container so you'll see it as soon as you begin unpacking next winter.
Can you believe the holiday season is upon us?! My inbox is bursting with coupon codes and freebies from companies hoping for a sale. And while I'd love to buy ALL the things, it's just not practical. So instead of piling boxes of toys under the tree or on the table, here are a few ideas that will WOW your loved ones without a lot of clutter.
If your recipient enjoys a favorite hobby, create a gift certificate to do it together. Heading to the hills for a hike on their favorite trail, tagging along to (window) shop the outlets, or hanging out at the firing range are all great ways to spend time together.
Do you possess a unique skill like playing an instrument, decorating cakes, woodworking, or crocheting? Create a gift certificate providing time to teach that skill to your recipient. I know you won't be able to teach ALL of it, but consider it an introduction. You can also reach out to local artisans, fitness studios, or online course companies to purchase a gift certificate for a class. Groupon is a great place to look for discounted classes.
There are hundreds of FREE, online templates for little books you can staple together or tie up with a pretty ribbon. They're great gifts for all ages, but particularly the young and the old. Include acts of service like reading books together, using the REALLY messy finger paint, mowing the lawn, taking out the trash, or prepping meals ahead of time.
No matter who you are, you've got old data on obsolete technology that you want to save. Your loved ones are no exception. You can transfer the data yourself if you've got the hardware/software or you can purchase a gift certificate for your loved one to have it done elsewhere. IMemories, SouthTree, and Costco offer these services.
Grab some of your favorite drinks, print a copy of the menu, and toss in some items that you'll need for your night out.
Foster conversation around the dinner table with printed conversation starters. Find a fun box at your local craft store or Goodwill to store the cards in and wrap with a pretty bow.
If you've got a knack for creating beautiful bouquets, use that talent to spread some joy! Purchase vases at Goodwill and flowers from your grocer to create one of a kind arrangements!
Create wooden trivets, whip together a scarf and mitten set, or sew up a blanket using your recipient's favorite colors or patterns. Grab a piece of reclaimed wood (possibly from your deck project earlier this year) and give it new life with vinyl lettering.
Does your loved one love the environment? Pick up some new recycling containers for their garage or help them to build a composting bin out back. Give seed packets or baby plants to children.
Do you love to bake? Whip up something tasty like mini-loaves or assorted cookie tins to give out during the holidays. Include the recipe with your treats so that the memory of your gift remains long after the goodies are gone.
Everyone is getting the flyers for pricey meal prep companies that send you boxes with the exact ingredients you need. You can gift someone the same service and take it one step further by assembling the ingredients. Make balls of chocolate chip cookie dough, freeze them on a cookie sheet, then drop them into Ziploc bags by the dozen. Write baking directions on the bag and give these with an entrée you've assembled in a bag or metal tin. Busy people LOVE a good homemade meal. When you can't deliver a hot meal to their doorstep, give them a prepped freezer meal that only requires thawing and baking.
Use these printable tickets when you don't know which movie you'll see together; or simply pick up the tickets in advance. Wrap them in a box and include some snacks like Mike & Ikes or chocolate covered pretzels.
While giving a mixed tape might be a thing of the past, you can still give the gift of music online through gift cards and subscriptions. All kinds of apps exist for educational games, recipe organization, home inventories, and data storage. Purchase the app, set it up for your recipient, and then teach them how to use it.
Treat the men in your life to an old-fashioned hot shave at the new barber shop in town. Women love manicures and pedicures. Check your local Groupon for deals! If giving a gift certificate doesn't feel like "enough," add in a few items that go along with your theme like a fancy can of shaving cream or some nail polish and a manicure set. You can find gift items like these at TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Home At Last, Target, and many others.
Open the door for intense shoulder-to-shoulder time when you give the gift of puzzles. Pick a design that reflects a memory you share with your recipient(s) or select something they personally would enjoy. Dollar Tree carries a variety of puzzles made just for kids, as well 1000-piecers for the braver souls.
This idea isn't so fancy, but it's great for the practical people in your life who aren't big gift-givers. Pay for an oil change, spray for weeds/pests, or repair a leaky faucet for your recipient. Women would love for someone to come and help them pick out paint colors, clean the baseboards, decorate for the holidays, organize their pantry, or babysit their kiddos!
Make a one-time donation or "adopt an animal" at a zoo for a fun, clutter-free gift. The non-profit will most likely send you a picture or literature that you can include with your gift. The only caution here is to make sure the sponsorship or donation is for a cause your recipient appreciates.
You can conduct them yourself or find a local tour guide to introduce your gift recipient to the treasures at the local museum, behind the scenes at your zoo, through the gardens of an old plantation, or even historical landmarks in a nearby city.
Print off a map or a list of items your recipient will need to search for. Maybe it's a list of famous barbecue joints, playgrounds, or statues. Include clues or facts in your treasure hunt and consider joining your recipient on the hunt to make memories together. You'll have to do a bit of planning on the front end to pull this off, but it's well worth the effort.
How many times have you seen those adorable mail sorters on Pinterest, TJ Maxx shelves, or even at your local thrift store? They're all the rage, but many times families purchase these trendy boxes and end up donating them because of one simple reason: they don't know how to use them. The boxes become a dumping ground rather than a source of organization and function.
Ciao paper piles! Today you'll learn how to create and maintain order using a super simple system that looks great and is easy on your wallet.
Step 1: Invest in a small mail sorter. There are hundreds of styles to choose from, but I recommend a divided bin so that you can create some categories. If you've chosen a basket with no dividers based on your home décor, then invest in some clear poly envelopes or an expanding file folder.
Step 2: Place the organizer in an accessible location. The most common mistake folks make (and the reason why their system fails) is that they keep the mail sorter where it "looks good" rather than where it "works well." Keeping your bin near the spot where you store your keys or purse is a great idea because you KNOW it's a spot frequently passed when coming inside the home.
Step 4: Place the mail in the appropriate categories. My favorite (and most used) categories are: to read, to pay/respond, to file/access later, and to get rid of. Magazines and other periodicals need to be read, or you need to stop subscribing. Make a point to have a home for those items right when they come in the door. You can always move these "to read" items to a different location in your home, but for now, make it easy on yourself —- you're short on time and that mail needs to get sorted. Items that require a response from you whether it's payment or confirmation, will need a separate home within your sorter so you remember that these are the top priority items. To file/access later items may include tax documents, insurance policies, or other factual material that you will actually access at least once a year. Finally the "get rid of" pile will need to find its way to the trash, recycle, or shred bin within your home.
Step 5: Make time to empty your mail sorter. This is the #2 reason why mail sorters turn into paper piles. If you never go through the mail, the system will definitely fail. Ideally, it's best to go through your mail categories daily, but if you're pressed for time, then choose one day each week like Saturday. To properly empty your sorter, start with the most important category first: to pay/respond. Open the first envelope, complete the required action, file any paperwork you know you'll need to reference in the future, and then discard the rest. Then pick up the next envelope in that stack and repeat the process.
If you're ready for a long-term solution for those paper piles (and mail sorters), check out our Sunday Basket Workshop! We'll sit down with you and help you tackle the papers with a proven system to clear the clutter.
Struggling to get your kids to actually do their chores? Welcome to parenthood. If chore-charts and stickers aren't working for you, you'll want to read this.
Recently, our oldest daughter participated in Boosterthon to earn money for her school. I've never seen her get so excited to support a cause she didn't immediately benefit from, but she was all-in! So I asked myself, "Why?" Why would this five year old want so desperately to earn pledges that paid based on the number of laps she'd run around a track?
The rewards were motivating to her.
Both the goal and the rewards were attainable.
In other words, she wanted to succeed because success made sense.
Now, what if I told you that someone took those same principles and turned them into an app to help children and teens achieve their goals at home? It's true. FamilyTech.com has created a simple, fun app to help your children, teens, and even your spouse complete all those boring, but necessary, tasks.
Creating your account, adding the kids, and assigning chores couldn't be easier. The system asks for a birthdate and will suggest age appropriate chores to help you get started. You can also enter your own chores as well as attach a photo to each chore for children who can't yet read.
A well-defined goal will help your child understand what is expected of them. Keep it simple like "put napkins on the table" or "make your bed." Each chore is given a completion date, so that your children know how soon they'll need to do the task. You can choose to "auto approve" the chore, which means that as soon as the chore is completed, the reward is issued. Or you can select to manually approve the each chore. In the case of the latter, you'll receive a notification from Mother Shp (no "i") that the chore has been finished, but you'll need to click "approve" on your end before the reward is released on the child or teen interface. Although I like saving time anywhere I can, checking up on a child's performance demonstrates support, concern, and love. Our kids better understand our expectations when we have the time to create a healthy dialogue about how a chore should be done and how it actually completed. Talking with and encouraging kids is well worth the added minutes of manual approval.
The final feature (and probably the most exciting for your little ones) is the reward assignment. Each chore you create will reward your child with the amount of points determined by you. The points contribute toward a larger prize that will be "unlocked" once they have enough points. One of our clients is rewarding her son with a date to the frozen yogurt shop! Teens might earn a bump in allowance or extra privileges.
Your children can monitor their progress on the kid-side of the app. Login is ridiculously simple (for little people in particular), and ages 3-12 will be able to play games, watch videos, and reveal different monsters as they earn points. The app has the feel of FunBrain.com, but the power of Boosterthon in your living room!
You won't find videos, games, or fun monsters on teen version Landra, but you will find a clean interface that teaches your teen the economy of housekeeping in a simple "Do vs Get" mode. Landra is FREE and gives your teen the opportunity to view the chores you've assigned from Mother Shp as well as add their own. Under the "Get" tab, your teen can request specific rewards like coffee, movie night out, screen time, or suggest their own. The visual support is just as strong in Landra as in Chore Monster, so it's great for teens with low reading levels too.
And when you didn't think it could get any better….Family Tech created Honey Do. Keeping up a home is often a shared task. This app allows you to communicate in a no-nag fashion about those home projects. While I'm not super motivated by points or the idea of forcing my better half to work around the house, the concept is novel. Create rewards for your significant other based on their love language or bucket-lists.
In conclusion, I've been all-around impressed by these FREE apps and our girls (ages 5 and 3) are LOVING it. If you're struggling to get your child or teen to do their chores, it's worth checking out. Leave a comment below about your experience.
Is Your Home Ready for Back to School?
It's that time of year. While some of us love shopping for them, others simply cringe. The sheer amount of items required for the beginning of the year drives some parents even to the point of insanity. Finding the exact set of Crayola markers seems impossible, and of course, you would need the 8 pack for one child and the 10 pack for the other. On July 31st, grab a banker's box (or large Amazon box) for each child to contain all those required back-to-school items. (If your kids are little, I'd keep these boxes up high or behind locked doors so the crayons and new lunch box don't disappear before mid August.) Toss your school supply list into the box so you'll know where to find it when you're ready to brave the crowds (or order online in the comfort of your PJs). If your kiddos require uniforms or signed paperwork, store it in the box too. The box will be emptied once the year begins, so this is simply your way of momentarily containing the chaos.
When you go through the basket (on Tuesdays or Thursdays), you're going to sort it into three piles: things to read or review, things to sign and return, and graded art or school work. The things you'll need to read and review might be that month's lunch menu or the sport's schedule. Keep these items in a folder, binder, or command center area where you can readily access them if you need them. The things that need to be signed and returned, need to be signed and returned. Finally that art and school work. Notice I said graded. (The homework should be completed daily and then returned to the teacher so it can come back home a second time with a big fat A+.) Your child's teacher sends this stuff home because they don't have space to display it all. Make sure your kid(s) understand that the same principle rings true in your home: your walls can only hold so much. Help your child select one or two items a week to save as examples of the work that gives them the greatest sense of pride or accomplishment. In full disclosure, I don't do this part each week; I wait until the end of the month and still recommend that we only choose one or two items to keep. Store these items in memory boxes divided by grade. Helping your child to determine WHY they want to keep an item and understand LIMITATIONS of space is of critical importance to developing strong decision-making skills. You'll also thoroughly enjoy the conversations shared as you go through these projects.
Getting a solid start on the school year will enable your family to keep chugging along when the book reports and science fair projects begin. In fact, you'll be able to spend more time with each other, talking about the things that bring you joy rather than arguing with your fourth grader about where the permission slip went. You'll be able to breathe. You'll be able to sleep. You'll even be able to smile. Here's to the next few weeks of prep, fellow parents!
Get more back to school tips in our latest magazine feature with Belle Magazine! You won't want to miss it!


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How did you feel on your first Eid in US? If you felt out of place, 'American Eid' will feel quite relatable
American Eid – a Disney Launchpad short film written and directed by Aqsa Altaf – is a story about a child, Ameena, who is celebrating her first Eid in the US, and finds out that she has to go school on her favorite holiday in her new country.
By Faisal Saeed June 11, 2021
Every year hundreds of Pakistani Muslims move to United States or other foreign countries for work or other reasons. Many feel out of place during their initial days in an alien country. Their emotions reach to a peak spot when the adults have to work and minors have to go to school on Eid or other religious festivals.
What's worse for Ameena is that her sister is trying hard to adjust to her new environment and is ready to shed her Pakistani culture and Muslim identity to make new friends. Meanwhile, Ameena while refusing to accept the change, tries to make this holiday a special one, and starts a petition to make Eid a public school holiday.
The director Aqsa, through this story, has tried to depict how such Pakistanis feel when they have to move to a foreign country and adjust to a different lifestyle.
The movie does has a happy ending, with the entire family of Ameena making the best out of difficult situation, depicting how Pakistani expats try to make the best out of these situations. For all such viewers American Eid will be a relatable and meaningful experience.
American Eid is part of Disney+ exciting new series 'Launchpad Shorts'. The series includes five other films based on individual creators' perceptions of the theme "discover."
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Topics: Entertainment, Pakistan, Disney Plus, Immigration, Short Films, Eid, Expats
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Do check out the other authors performing their own Q&As, there are some fascinating people participating.
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RAAIDA MANNAA
A communications and social innovation expert with more than twelve years of experience, Raaida Mannaa is the Global Advocacy and Partnerships Manager for the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), the only international organization with a primary aim to promote, strengthen and celebrate the development of volunteering globally. She is the Director of CLAVE, a forward-looking network of companies promoting corporate volunteering for the sustainable development of Latin America.
With a background in journalism and executive production, her career has been oriented to using the influence of storytelling to address social inequality, empowering agents of change committed to develop creative ways to positively impact their communities. Raaida is the Founding Curator of the Barranquilla Hub of the Global Shapers Community, a network of exceptional young people created by initiative of the World Economic Forum. In January 2014, she was chosen as one of the 50 Shapers representing the voice of youth at the Annual Meeting of the Forum at Davos, being the first and only Colombian woman under 30 to ever participate in the event.
Raaida has led and developed a number of projects and initiatives in over 60 countries in all regions of the world, building strategic multi-sector partnerships and robust intercultural networks, and working with senior leaders, public figures, and the community at the grassroots level. Selected as a member of the Iberoamerican Leaders Program and the StartingBloc network, she co-founded socialBaq, an organization fostering innovation processes through human-centered design methodologies. socialBaq is recognized as the first social enterprise in the city of Barranquilla in Colombia, and a unique model for the country's Caribbean region.
International speaker, including global formats like TEDx, Creative Mornings, FuckUp Nights and TVMorfosis, Raaida has served in the International Board of Directors of organizations like Partners of the Americas, a nonprofit connecting people, governments and organizations across borders, developing lasting solutions to the hemisphere's toughest challenges. She serves on the group of International Chairs for Global Dignity, an initiative promoting a worldwide conversation about the importance of dignity as a basic human principle, and is a member of the Alumni Council of University of Cambridge's Judge Business School.
Born in the Colombian Caribbean in a household with Lebanese and Brazilian background, Raaida has a multicultural perspective, a curious spirit and a strong commitment to promote social inclusion. Selected as part of the first group of Coordinating Ambassadors at One Young World, she co-founded red2021, a campaign linking youth volunteering commitments. She also served as one of the Communications Coordinators for the Wake Up Call, an activism movement that engaged 27.000 people from 84 countries in one day.
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New York Film Academy
*Diploma in Urban Documentary Films Production (2009)
Universidad del Norte and the Colombian Film Development Fund *Masters in Journalism (2007 - 2008) Magna cum laude
Universidad San Pablo CEU and Unidad Editorial Media Group
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