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Among the difficulties with untreated PTSD is it slowly expands. Depression is a result of PTSD. PTSD is an anxiety disorder that has existed since mankind's outset.

It's understood that in case treatment is received by you you've got a lot ability overcome the indicators of PTSD. Caregivers utilize attachment-facilitating interventions.

Events are more likely to cause PTSD when they involve a serious threat to a individual's life or security. In such examples, for many people , untreated stress can readily be understood as a cause of physical discomfort medically treatable problems.

The caregivers enact these very same principals. Reactive Attachment Disorder is often misdiagnosed by mental health professionals who don't have the training and experience treating and evaluating children and grownups.

Dyadic and Therapy

Therapy has to be experiential. It's an evidence-based therapy, meaning that there's been empirical study published in journals that are peer-reviewed.

Only an skilled and trained therapist can offer attachment therapy. Treatment with the most suitable diet and the supplementation leads to symptom resolution for patients with Pyroluria assuming that they keep consuming a suitable healthier diet and taking the nutritional supplements.

Mental illness Not is it feasible to assess and/or treat a mental wellness populace without also interfacing with forensic issues such as legal violations, Courts, violence, sex-related behavior problems, delinquency, criminal activity, Blameless because Madness, chemical abuse, and others. Plainly, the organization and also St. Jude are convinced of the lifetime advantages of scrapbooking. The press reporters of these outlets rush in despair to locate any kind of warm-bodied mental wellness expert that they can talk to when a crisis happens or a national information occasion influences the psyche of the nation. People that are psychologically healthy are at a lower risk for numerous health issues. In advanced American psychological wellness facilities, one is starting to discover the advancement of peer support system and peer coaches. Psychological wellness experts have actually established that if finding out impairments and/or social, psychological and behavior troubles are identified at a very early age, it is better for the child's very own future, along with for the society at large. Illness problem: Sadly, there are also some disease conditions that could terribly affect a person's mental health. It was located that the response time throughout the examination was greater, if plants existed in the computer system lab. In The U.S.A., advisors must take on the lonely role of the psychological medical care consumer's only support group, therefore teach them the necessities of life while leaving emotional treatment to the medical professional. For the mental healthcare receiver, one have to identify that housing is important to almost every feature in life and also seeking out real estate in a sanctuary is far better than ending up on the streets. Mental disorder could obstruct even standard communications with family, good friends, as well as coworkers. Physical Aspects - Injury to the head, either in youth or adulthood can trigger long-term mental disorder to happen. Additionally, peer advisors humanize the face of mental medical care for every individual customer; the treatment comes to be relatable as well as believable since it is coming from the mouth of someone with the mentee's identical diagnosis who has picked themselves up, cleaned themselves off, as well as made a success of themselves with the recommended treatment strategy. Psychological alertness may be raised by the discipline and power that it needs to avoid all sources of food and also drink during the time while one is not eating. Today's psychiatry favors day treatment centers where there are less staff members as well as an enhanced focus on team treatment rather than specific therapy, which paved the training course for midway residences along with permitting individuals with mental disorder to go house in the evening and also still get therapy throughout the day. The plummeting degrees of estrogen can additionally influence the health of your reproductive organs. Make this basic newsletter nothing greater than psychological health and wellness pointers, seasonal tales, good sense right reasoning, and also write-ups so great that readers think twice not to fold it up into their pocket. Sufferers of terror attacks or terrible crime likewise occasionally create either permanent or short-term mental illnesses as an outcome of their encounters. Most of the times do not have of appropriate & prompt information is the significant source of confusion amongst individuals suffering from psychological conditions. You could also experience mental disturbances due to drug abuse or drug addiction as well. Ecological Elements - Ultimately, mental disorder could be either temporarily or permanently triggered by ecological factors. Mental disease hinders your capability to carry out regular tasks, foster healthy and balanced connections, or manage rage or tension. In innovative American psychological health facilities, one is starting to notice the growth of peer support system and peer mentors. Mental health and wellness specialists have developed that if discovering impairments and/or social, emotional and behavior issues are diagnosed at an early age, it is much better for the youngster's own future, in addition to for the culture at huge. Illness condition: Regrettably, there are additionally some condition problems that could badly affect a person's psychological health. It was located that the reaction time during the test was higher, if plants existed in the computer laboratory. Virginia Lohr at Washington University executed a computer based test on students, and also noted that the systolic blood pressure was lower, and measured the performance degree. Role of physical wellness in ensuring reason: A sound body ensures a sound mind. Yet, stats reveal that a person in 4 individuals experience some mental health problem or the various other each year. Likewise, an address will certainly be called for to discover employment and to receive social protection insurance policy settlements if the certifications for such repayments are fulfilled, therefore making real estate critical to mental health and wellness recuperation. In addition, peer mentors humanize the face of mental healthcare for every individual consumer; the treatment ends up being relatable and believable because it is coming from the mouth of someone with the mentee's identical medical diagnosis who has actually selected themselves up, cleaned themselves off, and made a success of themselves with the prescribed therapy plan.

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There is an increasing realization that our knowledge of world history-and how it all fits together-is far from perfect. Here, Christopher Lascelles aims to fill the big gaps in our historical knowledge with a book that is easy to follow and assumes little prior knowledge of past events. He doesn't aim to come up with groundbreaking new theories on why things occurred, but rather gives a broad overview of the generally accepted version of events so that non-historians will feel less ignorant when discussing the past.

While this book explores world history from the Big Bang to the present day, it principally covers key people, events, and empires since the dawn of the first civilizations in and around 3500 BC. Epic in scope but refreshingly concise, A Short History of the World is an excellent place to start to bring your historical knowledge up to scratch.

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plant lust joins forces with multiple nurseries who have a reputation for excellent selection, plant quality, and shipping reliability. When you order from us, we match your order with a nursery that has available stock, and is best situated to ship to your location.

If you're new to mail ordering plants, you may be surprised to learn that it's quite expensive to ship one or two plants. It usually costs a minimum of $15-22 to ship that first plant in the box. However, the shipping price doesn't rise much as you add more plants to the same box, so the best economy comes from placing a larger order. If you decide to add to your open order, we can adjust your shipping costs accordingly, if you drop us a line.

Our sales operation new, and our system is not yet smart enough to display how many nurseries are shipping to you. If you order from multiple nurseries, your shipping charges are calculated from each nursery, which can add up in a hurry. If you have any questions, or need help optimizing your order for best shipping prices, feel free to get in touch at and we will be happy to help.

We ordinarily ship once per week, early in the week, to avoid plants sitting in delivery centers over the weekend. Our suppliers ship via USPS, UPS, or FedEx, depending on the best service available to our shippers' locations. After plants ship, we send you a tracking number so you know when to expect your delivery.

If weather conditions risk the health of plants, or other complications arise, we may recommend delaying shipping. If you need a plant by a specific date, drop us a note so we can work something out, or refund your order if we can't ship in time.

Plants are measured by the size of the container they grow in. You will be able to preview the container size of all plants in your shopping cart before you place your order. Some nurseries like to ship plants in their original containers, while others remove plants from containers and place the soil and rootball in a bag. This information will be included in your shopping cart.

Many mail order nurseries ship smaller plants than you would find at a local retail nursery for the best shipping prices. Some suppliers ship plants as small as 2" pots. 4" pots are a common mail order size.

We have some suppliers who specialize in shipping larger plants, between 1 and 5 gallons, which is something of an art form. The heavier the plant, and the larger box size required, the costlier it is to ship.

Plants need to be freed from packaging as quickly as possible, since a delay of a day or two can easily kill the plant. Unpack your plants promptly, and offer some TLC, including water. Let them get used to the elements in a sheltered location.

Before placing an order, check the conditions a plant requires, including zone, water needs, soil needs, and sun requirements. If you're an avid gardener, these may already be familiar to you. If not, we are happy to answer questions that come up as you shop.

We stand behind our plants being correctly identified and healthy. In the shipping process, there may be minor damage. In general, you can expect to receive a healthy root system that will fully rebound from any shipping stress.

Some plants show some normal shipping stress, from which they will recover in time. If there's any question, send us a photo, and we will offer advice, or determine if a plant is doomed and needs to be replaced.

In shipping living things, occasionally there are issues. UPS/USPS/FedEx sometimes lose a package or get delayed, which kills a plant. In that case, we will offer to refund or replace the plant, depending on individual supplier policy.

We do ask that you immediately notify us if it appears that there's a problem with an order. There are many variables that affect a plant's health after it gets delivered, so we can't guarantee plants beyond the initial delivery time period.

We currently ship in the US only. Our suppliers will occasionally make an exception for a very large order, but ever-changing customs requirements and shipping delays are par for the course, and we are unable to guarantee safe delivery, even though shipping can get quite expensive.

Let us know if we can help you with any other questions.

Happy Gardening from team plant lust!


Chrystia Freeland on Russia's Transition to Capitalism

published 7 years ago by TVO

Journalist Chrystia Freeland is the author of "Sale of The Century" which covers Russia's journey from communism to capitalism. The transition caused a huge drop in the standard of living for the average Russian but was also responsible for the birth of the super-wealthy oligarchs, who were given control of the country's natural resources in return for their political support. (Originally aired May 2005)

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Jacque Fresco: Futurist

Mr. Fresco’s background includes industrial design and social engineering, as well as being a forerunner in the field of Human Factors. Mr. Fresco has worked as both designer and inventor in a wide range of fields spanning from bio-medical innovations to totally integrated social systems.

The Venus Project reflects the culmination of Mr. Fresco’s life work: the integration of the best of science and technology into a comprehensive plan for a new society based on human and environmental concern. It is a global vision of hope for the future of humankind in our technological age.

What is The Venus Project?

They operate out of a 21.5-acre Research Center located in Venus, Florida.

At present we are left with very few alternatives. The answers of yesterday are no longer relevant. Either we continue as we have been with our outmoded social customs and habits of thought, in which case our future will be threatened, or we can apply a more appropriate set of values that are relevant to an emergent society.

The Venus Project proposes a system in which automation and technology would be intelligently integrated into an overall holistic socioeconomic design where the primary function would be to maximize the quality of life rather than profit.

Experience tells us that human behavior can be modified, either toward constructive or destructive activity. This is what The Venus Project is all about – directing our technology and resources toward the positive, for the maximum benefit of people and planet, and seeking out new ways of thinking and living that emphasize and celebrate the vast potential of the human spirit. We have the tools at hand to design and build a future that is worthy of the human potential. The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of our culture. What follows is not an attempt to predict what will be done, only what could be done. The responsibility for our future is in our hands, and depends on the decisions that we make today. The greatest resource that is available today is our own ingenuity.

While social reformers and think tanks formulate strategies that treat only superficial symptoms, without touching the basic social operation, The Venus Project approaches these problems somewhat differently. We feel we cannot eliminate these problems within the framework of the present political and monetary establishment. It would take too many years to accomplish any significant change. Most likely they would be watered down and thinned out to such an extent that the changes would be indistinguishable.

The Venus Project advocates an alternative vision for a sustainable new world civilization unlike any social system that has gone before. Although this description is highly condensed, it is based upon years of study and experimental research by many, many people from many scientific disciplines.

They propose a fresh, holistic approach – one that is dedicated to human and environmental concerns. It is an attainable vision of a bright and better future, one that is appropriate to the times in which we live, and both practical and feasible for a positive future for all the world’s people.

One of the basic premises of The Venus Project is that we work towards having all of the Earth’s resources as the common heritage of all the world’s people. Anything less will simply result in a continuation of the same catalog of problems inherent in the present system.

Throughout history, change has been slow. Successive groups of incompetent leaders have replaced those that preceded them, but the underlying social and economic problems remain because the basic value systems have gone unaltered. The problems we are faced with today cannot be solved politically or financially because they are highly technical in nature. There may not even be enough money available to pay for the required changes, but there are more than enough resources. This is why The Venus Project advocates the transition from a monetary-based society to the eventual realization of a resource-based global economy.

We realize to make the transition from our present culture, which is politically incompetent, scarcity-oriented and obsolete, to this new, more humane society will require a quantum leap in both thought and action.

An Obsolete Monetary System

The money-based system evolved centuries ago. All of the world’s economic systems – socialism, communism, fascism, and even the vaunted free enterprise system – perpetuate social stratification, elitism, nationalism, and racism, primarily based on economic disparity. As long as a social system uses money or barter, people and nations will seek to maintain the economic competitive edge or, if they cannot do so by means of commerce they will by military intervention. We still utilize these same outmoded methods.

Our current monetary system is not capable of providing a high standard of living for everyone, nor can it ensure the protection of the environment because the major motive is profit. Strategies such as downsizing and toxic dumping increase the profit margin. With the advent of automation, cybernation, artificial intelligence and out sourcing, there will be an ever-increasing replacement of people by machines. As a result, fewer people will be able to purchase goods and services even though our capability to produce an abundance will continue to exist.

Our technology is racing forward yet our social designs have remained relatively static. In other words cultural change has not kept pace with technological change.

Our present, outmoded political and economic systems are unable to apply the real benefits of today’s innovative technology to achieve the greatest good for all people, and to overcome the inequities imposed upon so many. Our technology is racing forward yet our social designs have remained relatively static. In other words cultural change has not kept pace with technological change. We now have the means to produce goods and services in abundance for everyone.

Unfortunately, today science and technology have been perted from achieving the greatest good for reasons of self-interest and monetary gain through planned obsolescence sometimes referred to as the conscious withdrawal of efficiency. For example, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, whose function is presumed to be conducting research into ways of achieving higher crop yields per acre, actually pays farmers not to produce at full-capacity. The monetary system tends to hold back the application of these methods that we know would best serve the interests of people and the environment.

In a monetary system purchasing power is not related to our capacity to produce goods and services. For example, during a depression, there are computers and DVD’s on store shelves and automobiles in car lots, but most people do not have the purchasing power to buy them. The earth is still the same place; it is just the rules of the game that are obsolete and create strife, deprivation and unnecessary human suffering.

A monetary system developed years ago as a device to control human behavior in an environment with limited resources. Today money is used to regulate the economy not for the benefit of the general populace, but for those who control the financial wealth of nations.

Resource Based Economy

All socio-economic systems, regardless of political philosophy, religious beliefs, or social customs, ultimately depend upon natural resources, i.e. clean air and water, arable land and the necessary technology and personnel to maintain a high standard of living.

Simply stated, a resource-based economy utilizes existing resources rather than money and provides an equitable method of distributing these resources in the most efficient manner for the entire population. It is a system in which all goods and services are available without the use of money, credits, barter, or any other form of debt or servitude.

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources; today our practice of rationing resources through monetary methods is irrelevant and counter productive to our survival. Modern society has access to highly advanced technologies and can make available food, clothing, housing, medical care, a relevant educational system, and develop a limitless supply of renewable, non-contaminating energy such as geothermal, solar, wind, tidal, etc. It is now possible to have everyone enjoy a very high standard of living with all of the amenities that a prosperous civilization can provide. This can be accomplished through the intelligent and humane application of science and technology.

When education and resources are made available to all people without a price tag, there would be no limit to the human potential. Although this is difficult to imagine, even the wealthiest person today would be far better off in a resource based society as proposed by The Venus Project. Today the middle classes live better than kings of times past. In a resource based economy everyone would live better than the wealthiest of today.

In a resource based society, the measure of success would be based on the fulfillment of one’s inpidual pursuits rather than the acquisition of wealth, property and power.

The Choice Is Ours To Make

Human behavior is subject to the same laws as any other natural phenomenon. Our customs, behaviors, and values are byproducts of our culture. No one is born with greed, prejudice, bigotry, patriotism and hatred; these are all learned behavior patterns. If the environment is unaltered, similar behavior will reoccur.

Source: http://www.thevenusproject.com/

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Prosecution, Police Injustice Unraveled in Riveting “West of Memphis” Documentary

West of Memphis offers a gripping insight into how those who administer justice can be complicit in egregious injustice. Get the DVD and support Truthout by clicking here.

West of Memphis.(Image: Sony Pictures.)Director Amy Berg’s West of Memphis is a searing indictment of prosecution misconduct in the conviction of three poor white teenagers for the barbarous 1993 murders of three young boys. Three young men, vulnerable to prosecution because they were – according to one person interviewed in the film – “white trash” (and therefore powerless and subject to stereotype by the justice system and mass media) spent 18 years in prison. Berg’s carefully documented account makes a riveting argument for the innocence of Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin – and how their conviction served the interests of those within the justice system, but not justice.

What emerges in West of Memphis (the case also was covered in a series of three HBO documentaries, the Paradise Lost series, and is the subject of a fictionalized account, Devil’s Knot, by Canadian director Atom Egoyan, released this year) is a portrait of a justice system based on political self-interest, laziness, ineptitude and closing a case at all costs. Up to the moment that the three convicted defendants were released, key judicial players, members of the prosecution and politicians had an interest in maintaining the validity of the original conviction despite evidence that had emerged to the contrary.

Berg, in her director’s notes to the film, describes corruption within judicial systems using the phrase “just us.” She elaborates that “the term encapsulates the idea that rather than an equitable court of justice, there are only authorities who control the system.”

Truthout regularly exposes acts of injustice meted out by the “justice system.” Usually they involve powerless people as targets – or advocates who challenge the status quo. The latter was covered extensively by Truthout in the case of Tim DeChristopher,
who spent nearly two years in federal prison for, in essence (despite the technical charges), becoming a national spokesperson to resist climate change, the fossil fuel industry and political lackeys.

In the case of the horrific killings of three 8-year-olds in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993, the criminal justice system resorted to using explosive but unproven charges of satanic cult murders. Given that the crime was so ghastly, the police needed to offer up defendants to the public, even if based on the flimsiest of “proof.” Meanwhile, the chief prosecutor resorted to apparent perjury to sway the jury and called upon a highly unqualified pathologist to errantly corroborate “evidence.”

The law enforcement and judicial system known as “just us” not infrequently has a lot to gain in trumping up a case, particularly when there are political futures at stake for prosecutors and judges. The police are motivated to pin the crime on someone and satisfy the public desire for vengeance and closure. When evidence to the contrary arises, the circle of “just us” closes tightly around itself and refuses to admit error.

Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin were fortunate in that Echols’ wife, Lorri Davis, was unrelenting in seeking out those who could prove his innocence. West of Memphis was initiated by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and his collaborator and wife, Fran Walsh. They sought out Berg who writes that she was persuaded to take on the exhaustively researched documentary because, “I understood that this was a story that not only exposed a frightening failure of justice within our legal system, but exposed a judicial culture where innocence did not matter.”

In 2010, the Arkansas Supreme Court found grounds for a retrial. However, facing the uncertainty of many in the justice system still wanting to convict them, Misskelley, Echols and Baldwin had their lawyers negotiate rarely used Alford pleas with the state of Arkansas. This allowed them to assert their innocence but also allowed the prosecution to maintain their guilt. The agreement allowed them to be released in August 2011 based on their time served in prison without exonerating them.

Although the film presents evidence that a relative may have been responsible for the murders, neither the West Memphis Police Department nor prosecutors pursued the case any further. Prosecutors and the police generally make it a policy never to admit mistakes or misconduct, therefore the real guilty parties – in wrongful convictions such as the Memphis Three – sometimes go free.

The release of the Memphis Three from prison is bittersweet. They are free again but still officially guilty of child murder.

Furthermore, without the attention of celebrities, films and books that brought a national focus on their case, they likely would be in prison still, with Echols – who was given the death sentence – perhaps executed by now.

“West of Memphis” is a damning documentary of how easily the justice system can be manipulated to fulfill the motives of law enforcement and prosecutors.

After its mesmerizing unraveling of a gross injustice, one is left thinking about how many persons are serving time or have been executed who have never had the Klieg lights of Hollywood focused on their wrongful convictions.


Livestock management

Management of livestock must take into account variable seasonal factors, fluctuating markets and declining terms of trade. The most successful producers have a good knowledge of market requirements, matching product quality to suit. There are many factors that can determine the productivity and profitability of a livestock enterprise. These include the supply and quality of feedstuffs, the use of the most appropriate genetics, ensuring high health standards, optimising housing or environmental conditions, meeting quality assurance requirements, and having a sound knowledge of market requirements. This requires good communication along the value chain.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development has technical expertise in a range of areas related to livestock management but acknowledges that there are many other sources of information that producers should be encouraged to seek out. There are many grower groups who play an important role in encouraging discussion amongst producers to improve adoption of new technology, as do private consultants and university scientists.

  • Techniques to reduce livestock greenhouse gas emissions may also increase livestock productivity and resilience.

  • Agriculture is responsible for 14% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions and is the dominant source of methane and nitrous oxide, accounting for 56% and 73%, respectively, of Australia’s emission

  • Rangeland regeneration has the potential to sequester large amounts of carbon because of the large areas involved. Pastoral regeneration would also have extensive environmental benefits.


Before Breaking The Glass Ceiling, Women Must Climb The Maternal Wall

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Growing up we are taught all about the glass ceiling. I distinctly remember sitting in a class my senior year of college that was actually called 'women in leadership.'  We studied the progress women had already made in the workplace, the ways women were expected to adapt to a "man's world,” and quite honestly how to join the elusive old boys club.

The glass ceiling is a decades-old term, first used in 1984 when Xennials (1977-1985) and older Millennials were still babies themselves. As young girls growing up in the 80s and 90s, we were bombarded by images of professional women donning power suits with shoulder pads as they forged a path to success. It was an arguably dire time for both fashion and women’s careers. What we saw were professional women appropriating masculinity to look the part and be taken seriously in traditionally male-dominated environments, only to be thwarted as they reached the pinnacle.

We carried these images into our education, surpassing men in college graduation rates in 2014, and entering our professional lives believing we would be the generation to break down the glass ceiling, once and for all. Our determination to focus on the progress at the top is often what ignites and fuels our careers and also for many of us, delayed our desires to start having children. But as we ascend to the heights of our childhood dreams, many women, including myself, find themselves blindsided by the giant wall that rises in the middle of their career, the maternal wall.

The maternal wall not only comes out of nowhere but it impedes our ability to get anywhere near the glass ceiling. Joan C. Williams, Professor of Law and the Author who conceived the phrase, maternal wall, cautions that “women who have been very successful may suddenly find their proficiency questioned once they become pregnant, take maternity leave, or adopt flexible work schedules. Their performance evaluations may plummet, and their political support evaporates.”

This bias that working mothers encounter undermines the advancement of their careers, and unfortunately, isn’t limited to the office. In fact, Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends reports that 60% of Americans believe that children are better off with at least one parent at home. Among those, nearly half feel a child fares better having the mom stay home. Clearly, this sentiment is a widely-held cultural belief.  And one that can quickly derail careers, even with the best of intentions.  Managers, believing they are respecting the time they feel a mother needs with their children, can deny mothers opportunities to take on new projects, to attend influential career-building networking events or to meet with new clients.  Recently, a client shared that during her company's re-organization her manager was excited to share that he had secured her a new position with more flexibility and that was less demanding.  However, this new role would mean she would be layered underneath an addition level of leadership. She was devastated and took this role as a demotion. When she expressed her concern, her manager was shocked she wasn't thrilled.  This is an example of the downshift that often occurs for women in their careers.  And as a new report from Goldman Sachs on the gender pay gap highlights, while women may choose to 'downshift' their careers, but we also need to recognize that many times women are being steered into positions with lower profiles, pay and promotion prospects.

If we don't address this obstacle smack-dab in the middle of women's careers, we'll continue to see minimal progress and rampant gender inequality. According to the World Economic Forum, at the rate we’re going now, it will take another 217 years to achieve gender parity. We must face the maternal wall head-on and scale it inch by inch. Here are four steps to expedite the process:

  1. Equal leave for new parents - If working fathers take parental leave, we can challenge the notion that males are the breadwinners and females are caretakers. It’s the perhaps the surest way to even the playing field at both home and the office. By supporting working fathers and encouraging them to take their entire parental leave, it normalizes the paradigm that both men and women will be out of the office for periods of time to raise their children.  It decreases hiring and promotion bias that is tied to the concerns that a woman of a certain age will not be as committed to their career and will be more unavailable.
  2. Support for Childcare - Women are still disproportionately tasked with childcare duties. According to Pew Research Center: "One reason mothers are more likely than fathers to say it’s harder to get ahead in the workplace may be that women are much more likely than men to experience a variety of family-related career interruptions. About four-in-ten working mothers (42%) say that at some point in their working life, they had reduced their hours in order to care for a child or other family member, while just 28% of working fathers say they had done the same..."
  3. Address Maternal Bias - Companies must be willing to address implicit bias in the workplace and train managers to not only identify it but learn about ways to navigate it. If we confront the underlying bias and bring it to the surface, we give women a chance to realize their fullest potential without bearing the load of prejudice and discrimination that can hold a working mother back.
  4. Flexibility vs. face-time culture - Working mothers need one thing from their employers to successfully integrate work and family: flexibility. By no means is flexibility code for opting out or off-ramping, instead, it allows all working parents, especially new mothers a chance to bond with their baby during a critical time while also acclimating back to office life. It's a crucial step and perhaps the most important in retaining female employees. If a company strikes the right balance between offering a flex schedule while incorporating key moments for face-time (i.e., networking events, exposure to high-level executives and mentors), the leadership pipeline remains open, and women have the opportunity to advance.

For working mothers zipping along their career paths, having a baby and hitting the maternal wall is quite the shocker. While it's still possible to shatter the glass ceiling, the maternal wall brings a new set of unexpected challenges that hinder progression. There are ways to climb the wall, but it takes more than just the determination of career-driven mothers. Managers in the office and partners at home must engage and explore the steps necessary to accelerate a working mother's career while helping her integrate family life. And if we can get women to the top of the maternal wall, it just might be the perfect launching point to propel them through the glass ceiling.

Mary Beth Ferrante is CEO of Live.Work.Lead. and drives organizations to provide better support for working parents, especially new moms. Download her whitepaper and follow her on Instagram.

I’m a mom, consultant, career coach and speaker fiercely advocating for millennial working parents. As a former SVP in the finance industry, I always valued growing my ...


behavioral and Mental Health in Saudi Arabia

behavioral and Mental Health in Saudi Arabia

Layla AL-Darwish

HCM 500

Saudi Electronic University

Evolution of Mental Illness

Lack of Psychiatric hospitals

Two psychiatric hospitals by

Lack of psychiatric research

Lack of psychiatrists

Treatment through religious faith healing

(Koenig et al., 2014).

Up until 1950s, there were psychiatric hospitals in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Considerably, this was rooted t the fact that the country had established itself from the nomadic societies whereby it was barely 20 years old (Koenig et al., 2014). The first psychiatric hospital was the Taif Mental Hospital in Sahar which was an hour drive from mecca, the cradle of Islam. By 1980, two psychiatric hospitals were built to serve an estimated [population of 6-8 million people (Koenig et al., 2014). Significantly, psychiatric research was underdeveloped as no institution sought to ascertain how the Islamic pilgrimage affected the mental state of both the visitors and the residents of KSA. Additionally, U.S trained psychiatrists had to be recruited to improve the quality of mental health primary care in the country. During this time, the treatment of those with mental illness particularly those diagnosed with the condition in the rural areas entailed religious faith healing (Koenig et al., 2014).

Evolution of Mental Illness (cont.)

Increasing psychiatric

disorders amongst women

Modification of primary

care approaches

Impact of legal issues

Over filled hospitals

(Koenig et al., 2014).

Notably, psychological conditions for women was increasing relative to that of men. Varying factors were cited including probable conflict with the western culture and the fact that women were more willing to seek psychiatric care compared to men thus the perception that this gender had a high prevalence of the condition. Additionally, professions highlighted the need for modifying the western methods of primary care delivery as it was not effective in this country (Koenig et al., 2014). Considerably, legal issues impacted how psychiatric care was practiced whereby psychiatrists would be punished if they released a psychotic patient early from the hospital only to end up causing assaults. Therefore, the psychiatrists were reluctant to release patients resulting in over filled hospitals, especially those with long term chronic conditions (Koenig et al., 2014).

Evolution of Mental Illness (cont.)

Use of medication and lack of psychotherapy

Underdeveloped educational institutions

No Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Prevalence of mental health problems today

Availability of healthcare providers

(Koenig et al., 2014)

Considerably, anti-psychotic drugs were often used this time. However, the psychiatrists did not use psychotherapy even to the chronically ill mental health patients. Additionally, the educational institutions were underdeveloped as they only taught few lecture on organic brain syndrome and depression (Koenig et al., 2014). Significantly, there was No Electroconvulsive Therapy primarily because most of the professionals were not well-trained in psychiatry. Significantly, mental health problems are highly prevalent in KSA today thus heightening the need for healthcare services development and reforms. Unlike the past, mental health services and facilities are available in the country, an aspect that signifies their dedication to combat the problem (Koenig et al., 2014).

Structure of Care and Access

MOH is the major government provider of healthcare

244 hospitals, 2037 primary healthcare centers

Referral hospitals

Security forces medical hospitals

National guard health affairs

(Almalki, Fitzgerald & Clark, 2011)

Under the Saudi Arabia healthcare system, the government is the major provider of healthcare services in the country. The ministry of health is the major healthcare provider whereby it comprises of 244 hospitals and 2037 primary healthcare centers (Almalki, Fitzgerald & Clark, 2011). The MOH has all levels of healthcare thus addressing patient’s needs (Almalki, Fitzgerald & Clark, 2011). Under the government are additional agencies such as the referral hospitals and Security forces medical hospitals that provide healthcare services to defined populations such as their employees and the dependents. Additionally, the agencies provide healthcare needs during emergencies or disasters.

Structure of Care and Access (cont.)

The Private sector

All levels of healthcare

Accounts for 21.2% of

healthcare services.

Enhanced access of

healthcare services

(Almalki, Fitzgerald & Clark, 2011).

Figure1: Saudi health care system design and functioning

Source: (Almalki et al 2011)

The private sector contributes to the provision of healthcare services in KSA whereby it accounts for 21.2% of the primary care services provided in the country (Almalki, Fitzgerald & Clark, 2011). The existence of both public and private heath sector highlights that the population has a greater access to health care services in the country. Primarily this is due to the advancement of healthcare services together with other factors such as accessible public education, better life conditions, increased health awareness within the community and significant improvements in health indicators (Almalki, Fitzgerald & Clark, 2011).

Financing of Mental Healthcare

Financed by the government

4% of the healthcare budget

is for use in mental health services

78% of mental health expenditure

goes to health institutions

Free access to psychotropic medications and non-drug psychological services

(Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013).

Mental health financing is a powerful tool as this shapes the quality of primary care provision in the country. Mental health care in KSA is financed by the government whereby 4% of the healthcare budget of the MOH is directed to the use f mental health care (Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013). Additionally, 78% of mental health expenditure is directed to mental health hospitals. Through this, the public has free access to psychotropic medications and other non-drug psychological and social services (Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013).

Intervention through Policy and Research

Implementation of the Mental Health Act

Streamline the delivery of mental health care services

Implementation of the MHA after research on what other countries offer

Establishment of policies and procedures

(Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013)

Recently, the KSA government enacted the mental health act to address key areas including improving access to mental health care, ensuring less restrictive level of care, preservation of the patients rights, streamlining competence, ensuring accreditation of facilities and professionals, enforcing mental health laws and establishment of mechanists for enactment of these provisions (Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013). Notably, the MHA was implemented after reviewing what other countries were dong globally.

Preventative Measures Enacted By Governmental And Nongovernmental Entities

Health educations,

Increase awareness

Managing the burden

of the condition

Continuous professional

Development of community

health facilities

(Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013).

The high prevalence of mental health In KSA requires robust preventive strategies to increase awareness about the condition. Heath education is often used to increase awareness at the community level thereby urging members to seek primary care at the health institutions (Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013). This enhances ease in managing the condition at the community (Almutairi, 2015). additionally, the government is seeking to develop community mental health facilities to enhance accessibility of care. Significantly, both the government and NGOs have embarked on continuous professional development for nurses, social workers, psychology staff and other psychiatric professionals t improve their knowledge and skills.

Preventative Measures Enacted By Governmental And Nongovernmental Entities (cont.)

Changing negative attitudes

Increasing attention on human rights

Empowering mental health services

Implementation of community care

Implementation of the MHA

(Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013).

WHO has proposed varying measures for the prevention and management f mental health care in KSA (Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013). Primarily, this entails changing negative attitude by increasing awareness of the condition, in creasing attention on human rights to avoid violation of patients, empowering the mental health services through the adoption f effective strategies and implementation of community care to replace the outdated inpatient psychiatric hospitalization (Qureshi, AlHabeeb & Koenig, 2013). Additionally, the mental heath act emphasizes the provision of quality care to enhance effective management of patients (Almutairi, 2015).

Underdeveloped health system in the past

High prevalence of mental health illness

Increased access to primary care services

Financial support to enhance access of care

Prevention measures

(Koenig et al., 2014).

Initially, KSA had an underdeveloped health care system as the country originated from nomadic societies. The high prevalence of mental health illness in the community heightened the need for developing a robust health care system. Currently, the government finances the health care sector thereby resulting in increased access to primary care services. Additionally, the government and NGOs have embarked on implementing preventive ,erasures such as health education and continual development of professional skills to promote healthcare regulation (Koenig et al., 2014).

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If I slip on my neighbor’s icy sidewalk, can I file an insurance claim against them?

This is a tough question to answer definitively because, on the one hand, city ordinances and common courtesy require homeowners to clear and sand or salt their driveways, sidewalks and stoops. Not complying is negligent and puts other people at risk. At the same time, pedestrians have a duty to take care when they know or suspect that pavement may by icy. Neighborhood sidewalks often go uncleared, so walkers should exercise caution.

A much stronger case can typically be made against a business that fails to secure the approach and entrance to its front door. Customers have an expectation that they will not slip and fall while patronizing a business. Failing to fulfill that expectation can be cited as negligence in a personal injury insurance claim or civil lawsuit.

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Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment

Many people in the world suffer with mood disorders, such as depression, or depressive disorder. It is the most common psychological disorder and its symptoms are often subtle. In America, 3.4% of Americans suffer from major depression and 9% of Americans reported that they are occasionally depressed (Hendrick, 2010). People suffering with depression have difficulty performing their daily routines and have a difficult time recovering from the disorder. Therefor it is important to identify depression and seek treatment prior to letting it affect lives.

Often depression is mistaken with "feeling down" and the disorder goes undiagnosed. This leads to the questions "What is depression?" Symptoms of depression include overwhelming sadness, the loss of interest in activities, feelings of worthlessness and experiencing excessive guilt and even thoughts of suicide. Often depression is accompanied with psychosomatic disorder, an illness with valid physical basis caused by anxiety and stress (Morris & Maisto, 2005). This causes symptoms such as headaches, digestive problems or other physical complaints that do not go away or subside with treatment. People experiencing these problems must seek medical help from a professional.

The physician may use written screening tests, such as the Beck Depression Inventory, and ask about recent events in the patient's life, as well as family history of depression. This will determine the degree and frequency of the symptoms, as well as the severity of the depression. The physician will also want to evaluate preexisting life threatening conditions, such as heart attacks, strokes and cancer, which often lead to depression. A physical exam is also necessary to check for any unknown medical issues that may be the cause of depression (Hook, 2010). In the future, physicians may be able to use an electrocardiogram, or ECG, to diagnose depression. Researchers at Monash University's Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia have developed a method to diagnose people with central nervous system disorders within an hour (Nauert, 2009).

There are many different methods of treatment for depression. They vary from antidepressant medications, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychotherapy including interpersonal therapy, psychodynamic therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.

There are several different types of antidepressants, but majority of the antidepressants are in the following classes: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs; serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, or SNRIs; tricyclic antidepressants, or TCAs; and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, or MAOIs. Doctors prescribing these medications must determine which drug will be most suitable for the patient, as each patient's depression can be cause by different neurotransmitters and the physician may even prescribe a combination of drugs. The three neurotransmitters that can cause depression due to an imbalance are norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine (Chang, 2011).

Antidepressants also have a downfall; one out of every five people taking antidepressants experience withdrawal after discontinuing use. Researchers are still unclear as to why this happens, because they are not supposed to be addictive. Some believe that discontinuing the medication abruptly

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A short story of finding oneself

A while ago I stumbled on an old documentary of Dick Proenneke on YouTube. It's a fascinating story of a man who lived alone for nearly thirty years in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin he had constructed by hand near the shore of Twin Lakes. His story inspired me to create a video based on his narration.

I've also been paying attention more to sound design on videos that captivate me. It's a subconscious subtlety that really immerses you into the story. Once I realized just how important sound can be in a video (along with the visuals themselves) I wanted to challenge myself in the editing process. I wanted to create a short story that was both melancholy and inspiring at the same time while immersing the viewer into the landscapes with natural sounds. Special thanks to Scot Gilmore for letting me film him.


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A matter of shame

On this World Press Freedom Day(3rd May) three instances from the last fortnight haunt me repeatedly.

A quote attributed to journalist RanaAyyub went viral after Kathua and Unnao, where she is supposedly defending child rapists. Of course the quote was fake. But as it happens with most fake news, it went viral like a forest fire.

Abuse on social media isn’t new for Ayub. But this time around, it reached a new low. She was threatened with rape, her photo was morphed.

Ravish Kumar wrote a Facebook post condemning what happened with RanaAyub. He too was abused on WhatsApp and phone calls after his number was made public. Even after Ravish divulged the numbers harassing him, authorities have still not taken any action.

And the third instance pertains to an editor from Bastar. Kamal Shukla, who edits a weekly “BhoomkalSamachar” committed the sin of sharing a cartoon critical of the Supreme Court judgement on Loya. He has been charged with sedition.

These three developments are enough to explain why India has slipped from 136 to 138 in the Press Freedom Index.

Reporters Without Frontiers’ report puts India only ahead of countries like Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, China and the likes. For a country that boasts of being the largest democracy, it is a shameful tag to carry.

Of course, one cannot pin the entire blame on the current government. Even during the tenure of Jawaharlal Nehru, the press did have frosty moments with the government, but Pandit ji always stood by press freedom. However, Indira Gandhi inflicted the first real wound by enforcing the emergency. But after a resounding defeat, she came around. It was followed by Rajiv Gandhi’s defamation bill to suffocate journalists, but he too had to step back after a backlash. And now we have the Modi government that has made press its biggest enemy. Interestingly, all the three governments mentioned above have had entire majority.

However, where the Modi government stands out is the brazen celebration and justification of curtailing the freedom of the press through coinages like news traders and presstitutes. Modi has long held a grudge against the media, for he believes he has been treated unfairly since 2002. And as a result, he has not held a single press conference and the interviews he has given have been palpably scripted.

To teach media a lesson that refused to fall in line, Modi-led BJP used social media as a tool to defame and victimise journalists. Swati Chaturvedi’s book “I Am A Troll” documents that.

What RanaAyub or Ravish have been enduring is what is experienced by most prominent media personalities like BarkhaDutt, SagarikaGhose, Rohini Singh, Neha Dixit and so on. Female journalists are especially targeted below the belt. Among the male journalists, RajdeepSardesai, SiddharthVardarajan, Kumar Ketkar and many more are their favourites. Sardesai was even physically attacked in the United States. I have myself experienced that poison for the past five years on Twitter. A fake profile of mine had tweeted “I will walk nude if Modi becomes PM.” And even today, this tweet crops up when I criticise the Modi government.

The viciousness of this government towards the media is unprecedented. Not to forget the recently issued and withdrawn circular on fake news by I and B minister SmritiIrani and her stand about digital media. In spite of the targeted harassment, brave journalists have weathered it and continued their work.

But GauriLankesh couldn’t even do that. The radical forces emboldened after this government came to power are alleged to have killed her. The silver lining is that the murder at least triggered outrage. But what about the journalist working in regional languages? 12 of them have been killed in the past year. Bihar’s Rajiv Ranjan, Tripura’s ShantanuBhaumik, Sai Reddy from Chattisgarhwere among the ones briefly discussed. Others merely faded into the oblivion.

Rural journalist, on the one hand is fighting the government, and on the other, has to deal with corrupt law and order officials. They are exposed from all the sides. In fact, the accusation is that Jagendra Singh was burnt alive by the police.

Over the past three years, 90 journalists were attacked, according an official response in RajyaSabha . A committee in Maharashtra that tracks such attacks says 218 of them have transpired only in Maharashtra. I have been at the receiving end of Narayan Rane and Shiv Sena’s goons on number of occasions. Maharashtra, interestingly, is the first state to have enforced the law protecting journalists. But it is awaiting the president’s signature.

The tragedy is that life of a media person in India has become cheap. And when he or she isn’t killed, they are threatened with defamation cases and Rs 100 crore suits. Caravan and Wire are recent examples. SanatanSantha has recently charged me with two Rs 11 crore cases in Goa. Smita Thackeray’s 20 year old claim against me is still going on. Knowing the cases last forever in India, they have become a tool to squeeze out every ounce of journalists determination.

Moving on from journalists, media owners are being bought and how. In the past four years, Modi has located their missing spine well. Just look at the the editors and reporters who have lost their jobs after the new government came to power. Plus, ads worth a lot of money are another incentive to be spineless. Front pages of newspapers are commonly sold to big advertisers.

Overall, the forecast is claustrophobic for independent press. But digital media has thrown up a lifeline for those with a spine. And it can only thrive on the backing of the society at large. There are still enough journalists out there with a spine. They won’t throw in the towel just yet.

Roots of Social Darwinism

By Amir Suhail Wani

August Comte, the forefather of modern sociology divided human history into three stages, “the theological stage, when events of the universe are interpreted in terms of divine powers, the metaphysical stage in which we find no mention of specific Gods (Although external forces are still referred to in order to explain events)and the stage of positivism, where events are explained in terms of common laws deduced from observation and calculation without having recourse to spirit, God or external power’’. Positivist philosophy is a technical term applied by Comte to his view of the world. He believed that human mind should confine itself to actual facts or phenomenon. Comte’s central thrust was to apply scientific methods to the study of society. Positivism, therefore says Patrick “really amounts to this: Science is the final stage of human thought” Comte’s positivism thus amounts to epiphenomenalism, restraining humans to abstain to look behind the phenomenon into their root causes. Such an approach shifted the gaze of man from metaphysical causes to mere physical events.

Time and again the slogan was raised that “All knowledge that is factual is connected with experiences, in such a way that verification or direct or indirect confirmation is possible”. Such a view had long lasting ramifications on almost all subjects of human interest and it provided a new matrix for the re-synthesis of human thought. One of the most important emergent consequences of this doctrine was the mechanical interpretation of life. The first step in this direction was taken by Charles Darwin, who posited that all living species evolved from a single cell that emerged on the earth 3.8 million years ago. Organic evolutionists believe that the study of animal life shows higher and lower species exist, which range from unicellular to multicellular organisms. When these observations are linked with the fossils preserved in different layers of earth’s crust, it is revealed (to evolutionists) that higher forms of life have actually emerged from the lower forms. Thus it deems man as the decedent of apes, which apart from its biological aspects has some serious philosophical consequences. We shall not go into the details of evolution, neither its acceptance nor rejection; however, we shall see that how it has led to the downfall of human values and created a podium for what can be called as the descent of man68.But the spontaneous origin of life governed by laws of probability is something which no rational being can accept. Thus Prof. Leslie Orgel, an evolutionist of repute from the University of San Diego confesses in 1994 issue of Scientific American magazine confesses that:-

“It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids both of which are structurally complex arose spontaneously in the same place at the same time. Yet it also seems impossible to have one without the other. And so, at first glance, one might have to conclude that life could never, in fact, have originated by chemical means.

The philosophical ramifications of the theory of evolution are still far reaching. We can approach it in two directions, either as an ascent of man or as the descent of man, the former being positive approach while the latter being negative Darwinian approach. For, to say that man emerged from lower forms of life implies a rhetoric degeneration of the pedestal that man occupies. It can also be said that man is the climax of process of evolution and occupies the highest place in the hierarchy of creation. Even if it is assumed, for time being that the theory of evolution has some credibility, even then it has no scope either to deny the existence of creator nor to demote man from his pedestal. In former case, can be argued that if evolution is correct then the God works like this and evolution is one among his many means to bring existence out of naught. In argument to second statement, it can be exampled that the origin of things hardly matters when it comes to its real ends. As an example, stars are created out of miniscule and unworthy atoms of hydrogen and helium, but when it comes to their purposive nature, the stars lit the entire universe. It is pertinent to quote Allama lqbal in this regard, who said:-

“The fact that the higher emerges out of the lower does not rob the higher of its worth and dignity. It is not the origin of a thing that matters, it is the capacity, the significance and the final reach of the emergent that matter- indeed the evolution of life shows that though in the beginning, the mental is dominated by the physical, the mental, as it grows in power, tends to dominate the physical and may eventually rise to a position of complete independence”

There are other versions of evolution like that of spiritual evolution, cosmic evolution, which believes that evolution means the adoption of life to the energy patterns of universe or in other words to harmonize oneself with the laws of nature. In Islamic lexicon, this is termed as “Submitting to Shariah or divine law”. It also believes that things have to have some causes before they start assuming phenomenal form and since man strives for higher values these values must exist. Thus this evolution doesn’t stop at man, but takes entire cosmos into its fold, while simultaneously striving towards never ending vistas. The second part of this vision deals with the evolution of universe tracing back its origin to big bang and investigating its time evolution through different cosmic time scales’. There is also another version of evolution called creative evolution, to which we will come after a while. Thus on the whole we have seen that the evolutionary picture of man, as interpreted by Darwinists reduces man to an amoral biped with no sense of higher values. Such an interpretation of Evolution has often brought it into strong clash with the religion and the doctrine has been refuted, not merely on dogmatic but on sound rational basis.

The formulation of the theory of evolution was a turning point in the evolution of human thought. The way, this theory was interpreted removed God from the cosmic screen. Thus Julian Huxley, in his book Religion without revelation remarked that “Newton showed that God did not control the movement of the planets. Laplace in his famous aphorism affirmed that astronomy had no need of God hypothesis; Darwin and Pasteur between them did the same for biology”. Such interpretations paved the ground for materialists and deprived humans of the spiritual element which had been an inspiring factor in evolution of civilizations. This materialistic doctrine took different forms in different sectors of life. In physical sciences it came to be concluded that the universal phenomenon are governed by strict and immutable laws of physics, with no intervention of creator. In biology, as shown above it was precluded that life emerged from De novo without the intervention of creator. So much of determinism, it was concluded that even the realms of human free will are subject to laws of mechanics (Laplace). This was the picture of philosophy and the framework of human understanding that existed in and prior to 1860.

The philosophy was further reinforced by Karl Marx, via his famous doctrines of capitalism and Marxism. It is said of Marx that he gave to history what Darwin gave to biology. Marx claimed that he had discovered the laws of social evolution which govern our present, past and future of our social dynamics as the laws of physics govern the overall history of physical phenomenon. In other words, he established social and physical sciences on same stand. As the laws of physical universe are immutable to any human intervention, so are the laws of social evolution unchangeable and follow a definite course on their own, without any active participation of man. Further he professed that all social phenomenon are a consequence of class conflict. As Manifesto of the communist party puts it, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles .

Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary reconstruction of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes.” Apart from his views on social history or economic system, which remain a subject of controversy, Marx presented a picture of man that deserves special mention. Marx referred to humans as Gattungswesen, translated as “species essence” By this Marx meant that humans are capable of making or shaping their own nature to a great extent. As Erich Fromm notes “For Marx’s philosophy, which has found its most articulate expression in the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, the central issue is that of the existence of the real individual man, who is what he does, and whose “nature” unfolds and reveals itself in history. But in contrast to Kierkegaard and others, Marx sees man in his full concreteness as a member of a given society and of a given class, aided in his development by society, and at the same times its captive. The full realization of man’s humanity and his emancipation from the social forces that imprison him is bound up, for Marx, with the recognition of these forces, and with social change based on this recognition.

(The author is a freelance columnist with bachelors in Electrical Engineering and a student of comparative studies with special interests in Iqbaliyat & mystic thought. He contributes a weekly column for this newspaper that appears every Monday. He can be reached at:

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BY Shabbir Aariz

Respect is more valuable than praise and we are told ‘respect others and you will be respected’. Not bad but because of this, one is likely to become obsessed with pleasing everyone else, ignoring one’s own self for having been guided to a thinking that any importance if accorded to one’s own self, is something wrong to do. But everything in your life depends on how you treat yourself as the self-respect is at the root of everything that you will ever do, how you treat yourself and allow everyone else to treat you and it is always important not put yourself last.

Self-respect is neither to be confused with an inflated ego or self-esteem or over confidence. One can have little self-respect while acting with self esteem by conducting himself in the manner that makes him very successful. If one has a bad day, one falls an easy prey to blame, guilt, depression, despair and stress and with that the self-esteem also is at a risk of disappearance that once had inflated one’s ego, given also the feeling of being very special and important. Respecting oneself is not all about that. Respecting one’s own self is nothing to do with being conceited or self centered and egoist….. in fact it does the quite opposite. Self-respect is all about discovering one’s worth and having its deep sense and showing the worthiness of giving and receiving love and respect. It is a belief about one’s own worth and value. One needs to admit and acknowledge to oneself that one deserves not to be treated poorly but with respect and have the courage to stand up for oneself while being treated in a manner that is less than what one really deserves. It is an ability to adjust one’s life after knowing one’s worth on one’s own terms and isolating people treating one poorly. It is being able to never saying ‘yes’ while wanting to say ‘no’ and letting others know the same. It never makes a person bad but respectable and strong. It has to do with feelings people experience that come from their sense of worthiness or unworthiness. It is about having the ability to put a halt to any attempt that is aimed at taking one for granted.

When one learns to love oneself and treat others with respect that gives one an amazing inner satisfaction. It is not ego which would mean only to respect yourself. Self-respect means to be able to sacrificing personal interest for greater good. In one’s relationship with anyone, respect is an important quality and there is no exception when it comes to one’s relationship to oneself. It is about having a sense of honor and dignity about yourself, your choices, decisions and your life. It is about treating others well and knowing that by doing so, others will treat you well in return. It keeps us on track in our lives. It is really interesting to teach others how to treat us.

It has to be viewed differently than self esteem which is the feeling of knowing we can conduct ourselves well out there in the world. We can be good at our job and know that our families are thriving due to our leadership. Outwardly we are successful in at least some of the ways our society defines success. But it is very possible to experience self esteem without any self-respect. It is that deeper, inner feeling about ourselves. Self esteem is earned undoubtedly by proving ourselves that we can achieve positive results in our various life tasks. Self-respect is also earned……. It is an inside job that nobody can do for us. It can neither be bought nor can another person bestow it upon us. It is not until we truly love and respect ourselves, that we can begin to believe that we are worthy of another person’s love and respect. It is the most important thing we either have it or don’t have, because it forms the keystone of how we treat ourselves and how we allow others to treat us. The only thing we can change already resides within us—such as our preferences, our attitudes towards ourselves and life in general—-we can come out of our feelings of ‘victim’ by acknowledging that we do actually have enough control over many aspects of our lives. No one can make you feel badly about yourself without your permission. Don’t say yes while you want to say no and if you do so, you teach others to take you for granted and treat you poorly. With this faith and conviction, you are neither arrogant, nor an egoist or selfish but a giver of love, care, compassion and respect because you equally want to amass all that in return.

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Women in our society

By Irshad Ahmed Bhat & Zahid Sultan Magray

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a women”.
Simone De Beauvoir.

Discrimination against women and girls is a pervasive and long running phenomenon that characterizes society at large. Beyond economic figures and financial abstractions a particularly heinous manifestation of toxic patriarchal society is violence against women; rape is undoubtedly one such horrible crime.

Rape happens everywhere: it happens inside homes, families, in education institutions, in neighbourhood, in police stations, in towns, villages and its incidence is increasing in India after every passing day. In fact, in India, rape is fourth most common crime against women. Gender equality performance of India like other south Asian countries is dismal. World economic forum Global Gender Gap report 2018 ranked India at 142 out of 149 countries on economic participation and opportunity gap.

Protest whether in physical or virtual space against such crimes is important because it shakes the conscience of society, brings people close to change, makes them feel part of the change. And there is certainly good chance that widely held wave of protests in wake of three year old Sumbal minor ‘ s rape case will lead to some expected results after widespread Outrage. But what is need is to ask ourselves; why did rape of female child, college going daughters, girls at working places or married mother’s occur cutting across age differences? It is important to protest but it is not something that occurs by itself. It is a part of continuing & embedded violence in society that targets women on daily basis that needs to be looked upon. Selective sex abortions, female infanticide , male child preference , dowry related case , workplace sexual harassment , physical violence, physiological violence , intimate partner violence , sexual violence and structural violence against women are what makes such crimes a normalcy. It is this culture that leads to such violence against women & pervasive sexism.

Modern women still encounter widespread gender inequality and often internalise conservative attitudes towards women’s social role. Society at large is stagnating under the veneer of modernity which further internalised these behaviours among women. Famous feminist Simon de Beauvoir said, “one is not born, but rather becomes, a women”. She was referring to the notion of social construction of a person as a women. In the second sex, De Beauvoir sketches a kind of existential history of a women’s life. A story of a women’s attitudes her body and bodily functions changes over years, and of how society influences this attitude. Here De Beauvoir raises the core question of female embodiment; are the supposed disadvantages of the female body actual disadvantages which exist objectively in all societies, or are they merely judged to be disadvantaged by our society? Paul Sartre observed that whatever we perceive, including other people, is rendered as an “object” to our gaze and is defined by us. De Beauvoir takes up this idea of Paul Sartre and applies it to men’s perception of women. The very concept of women, argues De Beauvoir, is a male concept. Women is always, ‘other’ because male is the ‘seer’: he is subject and she is the object. The meaning of what it is to be a women is given by man. This timelessness observation is all relevant and holds good in our society without an iota of doubt.

Similarly, Masculinity is also related to the notion of becoming a man in a sexists, misogynist world. It is a stereotype or social construct. Not all men are violent or aggressive .it is the pursuit of power that public consciousness is being moulded to uphold the notion of destructive, brutal or aggressive aspect of manhood. The industrialization has also created a havoc by bringing into the cult of exploitation, exclusion and stratification while creating straight Jacket role for being a man or women through inflexible sexual racial division of labour. Vulgar depiction of male dominance and focus on male privileges & entitlements is creating a culture of misogyny.

Addressing a crime like rape needed a comprehensive holistic approach to maintain and support gender equality at interpersonal, family, society, country or at global level by combating domestic violence against women, ensuring progressive institutional & legal procedures, imparting Education on gender equity from primary to university level in collaboration with religious community, structural reforms to end bias towards women. A vibrant grassroots women’s network is needed to push policy makers and communities to step up actions on gender equality, to ensure accountability on legislation addressing violence against women. Similarly, In Muslim society, The Quranic command for ensuring women right and their protection, fair and equal treatment needs to be rejuvenated and emphasized, and Muslim mainstream scholarship must address such pressing issues

What makes judiciary in India hesitant to intrude by criminalising marital rape or rapes in general, it is here that structure of caste, and culture and sexuality inhabit women’s freedom with fatal consequences. To seek justice (Punitive) for rape victims in such a culture is little more than melodrama. More importantly, the real task is to shift attitudes towards sexual violence, not just to victims’ post-facto but more importantly to accept that rapists are a product of a society to which we all as a society are responsible in one or other way.

It is about a society, how it creates, perpetuates and sustains the mind-set that leads to rape like crimes and how such privileges intensify this centuries old violence. Women do not choose to think about their bodies and bodily processes negatively. Rather they are being forced to do so as a result of being embedded in a toxic patriarchal society. And half of the descendants of Eva are deprived and marginalized by rest male fellows of their legitimate share.
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The “External Forcing Mechanisms” follow the “Internal Forcing Mechanisms” of Part I

MILANKOVICH CYCLEORBITAL VARIATIONS:  This is the production of the Milankovitch Cycles. These are variations in the orbit of the Earth, the tilt of the  axis rotation, and the procession of Earth’s axis within the present Ice Age which is the last couple of million years. These cycles have a large impact on climate and are notable for their correlation to glacial and interglacial periods, the advance and retreat of the Sahara, and their appearance in the records of rock layers.

SOLAR OUTPUT:  The Sun is the predominant source of energy to the Earth, and other sources include energy from the Earth’s core, and heat from the decay of radioactive compounds. The core is 4,000 miles below the Earth’s surface and contains hot spots like hot springs, volcanoes, and geysers. Three to four billions years ago, the Sun emitted only 70% as muc;h power as it does today. Following this period for approximately four (4) billion years, the energy output of the Sun increased and atmospheric composition changed. Over the next four (4) billion years, the energy output of the Sun increased and atmospheric composition changed. Over the next five (5) billion years, the Sun’s ultimate death, as it becomes a red planet and then a white dwarf, shall have large effects on climate, with the red giant phase possibly ending any life on Earth that survives until that time. SPIRITUALLY, this shall have no impact on human life as humans shall have already balanced their duality and left the Earth’s domain.

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                                                                                TECTONIC PLATES

PLATE MOVEMENTS:  Over millions of years, the motion of the oceans’  plates generate the shape and feature of the Earth’s surface. This can effect both global and local patterns of climate and atmosphere/ocean circulation. The position of the continents influences patterns of ocean circulation. The locations of the seas are important in controlling the transfer of heat and moisture across the globe and determines global climate. The size of continents is also important. A larger supercontinent shall, therefore, have more area in which climate is strongly seasonal than shall several smaller continents or islands. The continent of Lemuria, now Madagaskar (located in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of South Africa, and adjacent to Australia) is a reference to this. See Mu/Lemuria, Chapters 1 and 2, of “The Larger Spiritual Order & Universal Scheme of Things-Simplified“. Madagaskar is the home of the Lemur which was once called Lemuria or Mu (more ancient).

erte ale volcano Erte Ale, Ethiopa is the only volcano that has two (2) lava                                                                     lakes

VOLCANISM:  On average, large eruptions occur several times per century and cause cooling by partially blocking the transmission of solar radiation to the Earth’s surface, for a few years. Small eruptions impact the atmosphere only subtly…smaller eruptions occur at a much higher frequency so therefore have a significant impact on Earth’s atmosphere. Over very long periods of time, smaller eruptions release carbon dioxide from the Earth’s crust and mantle (see above image) counteracting the uptake by sedimentary rocks and other geological carbon dioxide sinks (sponges) that release carbon dioxide at night. They include storage in trees, oceans, and the earth. The U. S. Geological Survey estimates are that volcanic emissions are at a much lower level than the effects of current human activities.

HUMAN INFLUENCES:  There is strong credible evidence, based on multiple research documentation, that climate is changing, and these changes are in large part caused by human activities. This evidence and scientific research have stood firm in the face of serious scientific debate and careful evaluation of alternative explanations. Of most concern is the CO2 released from fossil fuel combustion, aerosols, and the CO2 released by cement manufacture. Other factors which affect climate variables include land use, ozone depletion, animal agriculture which cause manure and release carbon mainly at night, and deforestation by humans.

In the past, the question was “how can hydrogen be isolated with minimum energy and no fossil fuels”? Hydrogen in water was either locked in with oxygen or carbon dioxide. Hydrogen is extracted from fossil fuels like natural gas by burning them which releases carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas…this would not be feasible. Water can also be split into hydrogen using electricity in a process known as hydrolysis…this was inefficient and required large amounts of power.

Now, there is a process known as “Wave Energy” which is more efficient than solar or wind power. It can power a radio frequency generator (shown). Wave Energy has been proven to work by the Carnegie Perth Wave Energy Project in Australia using Zero-Emission Wave Energy for taking salt out of water for consumption, and the wave energy of the swells also turn the energy into electricity. For greater details, see:

Spiritual changes that shall occur in the 21st Century (see previous post) may reflect to a degree the extent of the change in climate destabilization. It is the Spiritual human viewpoint that shall have a significant application toward the change in climate. The Universal Life Force containing electromagnetic energy shall then partially play into the destabilization of the Earth’s climate.

More detailed physical evidence shall be shared in the next post of “Climate DeStabilization & Spiritual Influence” – Part III

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