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MATTER! 2. Liquid 3. Gas 1. Solid This fixed,closely packed arrangement of
particles causes a solid to have a definite
shape and volume. Because it's particles are free to move, a liquid
has no definite shape. However, it does have a definite volume. As they move,gas particles spread apart,filling all available space. Thus, a gas has no definite shape or volume. Examples: Pencils or paper Examples: Water or lemonade Examples: Water vapor or steam Changes of State 1. Evaporation When the surface of a liquid escapes into the air. Example: When a puddle evaporates. 2. Condensation When the particles of a gas lose enough heat to form a liquid. Example: The water on the mirror after you shower. 3. Melting A change from a solid to a liquid. Example: Ice cream melting on a hot day. 4. Freezing A change from a liquid to a solid. Example: Freezing homemade popcicles. Elements are pure substances made up of one kind of atom, and can be separated in nuclear reactions. Atoms are tiny structures found in all matter.Most substances contain many different atoms. Only the elements contain only one kind of atom. Elements Elements, Atoms and Compounds Example: A gold atom. Compounds Example: Salt is made up of sodium and chlorine. Homogeneous Mixtures Substances spread evenly throughout. Example: Black coffee. Heterogeneous Mixtures Substances don't spread out evenly. Example: Chocolate chip ice cream. By: Kamryn Pechatsko Example: Gold Mass, Volume and Density The measurement of the amount of matter in an object. Example: When you weigh something on a triple-beam balance. The amount of space that mater occupies. Example: A fish tank full of water. Density: Relates the mass of a material in a given volume. Example: Checking to see if an object floats or sinks. Finding Density To find density, you divide the mass of the object by the volume. Potential and Kinetic Energy The energy of moving matter. Example: Running a race. The energy is stored in an object. Example: When you are about to dive off of a diving bored. Forms of Energy 1.Nuclear Energy The energy that is stored in the nuclei of atoms. Example: A nuclear power plant 2. Mechanical Energy The energy of movement. Example: Walking 3.Chemical Energy Energy that is stored in the bonds between the atoms of compounds. Example: Eating a healthy breakfast 4.Electrical Energy The energy of moving electrons. Example: A lamp 5.Electro-magnetic Energy Energy that travels through space as electrical and magnetic waves. Example: Sunlight 6.Thermal Energy The energy of moving atoms of matter. Example: When you drink hot chocolate. 3 Main States of Matter Atoms Compounds are made up of two or more kinds of atoms chemically bonded that can be separated in nuclear reactions. Compounds are also pure. Mixtures Density Mass Volume Kinetic Energy Potential Energy There are 7 Main Forms of Energy 7. Sound Energy A form of mechanical energy that starts with a vibration in matter. Example: When you talk. Motion, Speed and Direction Motion Speed Direction Motion was the result of speed and direction of the parachute. Speed was determined by air resistance and the mechanics of the parachute. Direction was determined by gravity and the position of the drop.
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Crime / Thriller Released in 2010, starring Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm.

Doug MacRay tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his heists, with the life he is living. With the FBI looking for enough evidence to arrest him and his crew, they have to stay one step ahead. But when Doug wants to quit someone else has other plans. Can Doug pull one last job before he leaves town or will everything fall apart first?

I enjoyed this. I wasn’t expecting much, the creepy nun portrayed on the dvd cover didn’t draw me in, it was only in reading the synopsis that I became interested. I may not have been thrilled at the character played by Ben Affleck, but I have to admit, he did a great job of it.


Can You Raise Your Child Free From Dogma?

Many modern families make it their aim to raise their child as a blank slate, upon which the sovereign child makes his own choices, forms his own opinions, finds his own identity, and writes his own story. The archipelago child: free to be uninfluenced and untouched by a point of view. There are two approaches: I, the parent, will not introduce any dogma into my child’s mind therefore avoiding the creation of a bias or I, the parent, will offer a glimpse into all dogmas so that my child can infer what they may and gather whatever pieces to make a unified whole. The result will be a cultured, unbiased, sensitive and understanding person.

Let’s explore this with intellectual honesty, is it possible to fulfill either of these approaches? With the first approach the parent is ultimately relinquishing their parenting and resting their child in wait for some outside influence (dogma) to impress their mind. It takes the culpability out of the job of parenting. The parent with the first approach, down the line, could say “hey, I didn’t impress any beliefs on my child, he decided to believe it on his own, I am blameless.” Or, from a different perspective, the parent with the first approach is explicitly culpable for not introducing the best, the correct, worldview. But this implies transcendent truth, that there is a right and a wrong. There is. I’ll get to that later. With regard to the second approach, is it humanly possible to expose your child to all dogmas and theories that exist let alone the meaningful parts of them in their entire applicable context? I think any thinking person would have to conclude no. So if you’re leaving out certain ideologies then are you not unwittingly shaping your child’s ideas, in other words, submitting your child to dogma?

Let’s examine the first principle a child learns as they grow up: no and yes.  It is a valuable principle!

They desire something that they shouldn’t have because it’s not in their best interest. They desire to avoid a nap but the parent knows a nap reduces fatigue, resets their mood, lends itself to growth, etc. The very first dogma a parent will introduce their child to is multi-faceted. First, it establishes the parent’s outside authority on the child. Parents represent God to small children. Second, it establishes truths and the right and wrong way to behave in accordance with the truth.

I, the parent, know what’s best for you at 1 year old, what is best for you is a nap because it will reduce fatigue and help you grow. Child, it is right that you fight your natural desire to resist a nap and wrong that you give in to your nature. This is the first, elementary dogma you introduce your child to. Fight your natural desires for the sake of your life. Does this sound extreme? If a child doesn’t learn obedience to truths that restrain their desires then they may fall subject to a burnt hand on the stove or hit by a car for not looking both ways or even more complicated and tragic events.

Right off the bat you’ve established right and wrong. But some parents, being exposed to and educated by enlightened utopian theories, will negate the most primitive, basic common sense and appointed authority and decide that there is no such thing as right and wrong, only opinion. Madcap opinions that are evolving, unauthoritative, lawless and meaningless. After all how do you write law on one man’s opinion since, following this theory, one man’s principles aren’t gathered from any outside authority or transcendent truth? Law is written using precedent, wisdom of the elders, and inalienable truths. Following this false, destructive idea parents work to undo the structure they’ve raised their child with. Once their child is a teenager they will say “everything I’ve told you about right and wrong is my own opinion. Forget it. Be free child. Make up your own truths and life choices.” Or, perhaps they will raise their child ‘open-minded’ from birth. Whatever the child desires she will work through on her own with some intrinsic knowledge she has that is superior to an adult’s long-forged, accumulated wisdom. So open-minded that her brain falls out.

What is it that motivates people to find dogma repugnant? One thing. When one establishes that this way is the right way, it means someone else’s finding is wrong. If there’s a good then there is a bad. It creates grouping, ranking, a pecking order. How audacious. How cocky. It creates limitations, failures, hurt feelings. How can we ever objectively know when a way is right? Especially if it hurts someone else’s feelings. That’s the second truth your child will learn after no and yes: life is not fair. From birth we are born with disadvantages, some of which will be impossible to overcome. The fact that we are born into a material body that is hurtling toward entropy makes our life unfair. This machine of a body will fail us and someone else’s machine will be better. So too about the principles of life and how they match/mismatch our desires. Is a principle untrue if it’s at odds with my nature? Or is it that my nature is a beast that needs the principle to groom it? How? Which principles are right?

What’s right for a moody, exhausted child?

That’s how simple truth really is. One just needs eyes to see.

To paraphrase GK Chesterton, when a person chooses not to believe in (and follow) what’s right, it’s not that they believe in nothing, it’s that they believe in anything. The mind is not a vacuum. Some thing will fill it: religious dogma, the culture’s dogma or the State’s dogma. There is no such thing as dogma free. Start teaching your child the truth or another force, benevolent or malevolent, will start indoctrinating your child for you.

Can You Raise Your Child Free From Dogma?

Death The Great Leveler

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Theologian John Piper says it deftly here:

Death The Great Leveler

Play me that Mountain Music: out of many, one

“You’ve got to have smelt a lot of manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.” –Hank Williams Sr.

Country music has become the subject of the quintessential ‘eyeroll’ of the 21st Century. It, as well as the South in general has become the pariah of the intellectual hipster and the urban Progressive. Those that have hung onto a respect or even downright like of country music are thought to be one of the following: either an unintelligent clueless mainstream suburbanite or an unintelligent inbreeding red neck yokel. Either way they have extremely bad taste and are not sophisticated!

They are not as cool as we.

What’s a travesty about all this is that Country music is a deeply American creation, E Pluribus Unum, that has influence from the Calvinist morals of the Puritans, the folk songs and ballads of the emigrating English, Scot and Irish settlers to the Appalachians, the Jazz, Gospel and Blues from the Black community, and Ranchera from the Mexican community. Country music always had history and heritage entrenched in its bones while navigating the rootlessness of the new frontier. It was one of the first genres of music to speak plain about death and suffering, especially around the Civil War, while music at that time was often too syrupy in its sentimentality. Country music embraced the rugged, drawing on the reverent. It was born out of a time of perseverance and fortitude. Life was not cozy and affluent as it is now. You worked hard and you barely got by but by the grace of God. Mourning was a very acute emotion. Death and suffering was a cloak over the rural working South.

My pocketbook is empty

And my heart is filled with pain

I’m a thousand miles away from home

Just waiting for a train.

-Jimmie Rodgers

As I said, Country music is one of the clearest examples of Southern working-class attitudes toward life and death. Evangelical hymns and sermons in the rural South fostered Country Music. The Protestants that founded America brought a deeply devout way of thinking that included Reformed Theology (Calvinism) advocating greater purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety. They were archaic survivalists coming from State control in England, Lowland Scotland and Ulster Northern Ireland. They are familiar with being ostracized and believe in the strength of the family as a survivalist method but also as a deeply religious value. Southerners mourn in their songs. They mourn their wife, their lover, and their children, even their dog. In modern times this is heckled and laughed at but unlike the Northeast in the 19th Century who established institutions to avoid suffering and death, the South digested tragedy, mourned suffering, always looking to the afterlife, the eternal. To the struggling Southerner who was deeply poor with low mortality rates and a laborers stoicism death, if God wills it, was often a relief, for the Lord is on the other side. Interestingly, suicide rates in the South were strikingly low. There was an understanding of our status as human beings, fallen, in need of regeneration, of the love for community to shoulder the suffering together and to live with Godly dignity, not suppressing suffering but accepting it.

Blues music, though that term was not coined yet, was born out of the black laborer slave community. The earliest blues-like music was a functional expression, rendered in a call-and-response style without accompaniment or harmony and unbounded by the formality of any particular musical structure that was rooted in the African American spirituals. It was later when the southern, black, ex-slave population was acculturated to a considerable degree by and among their Scots-Irish “redneck” neighbors. A common trait among Blues in the Black community and Country in the rural White community is both were generally regarded as poor people music, separate from the upper- and middle-classes. Which speaks to the bourgeoisie attitude, in fact prejudice, that still infects the intellectual and Progressive minds of today.

By the 1920’s broadcast radio made exposure for country music more available and the first country ‘hit’ was in 1923; Fiddlin’ John Carson’s album. By the late 20’s the fiddle and guitar began replacing the traditional banjo. The Appalachian dulcimer, mandolin, and harmonica also turned up on the scene. The Great Depression forced many rural whites into industrial areas where the genre was influenced by modern Blues and Gospel music with the sub-genre Boogie Woogie which was Blues with a dance beat focus.

In the 1930’s Texas-Oklahoma region Country started developing an influence from Swing-Jazz and came to feature the steel guitar. In the 1940’s Honky-Tonk music developed including a steel guitar-fiddle combination with its roots in Western Swing and the Ranchera music of Mexico. Also during the 1940’s Bluegrass emerged out of a nostalgic yearning to bring Country music back to its roots. Nashville was established as Country music’s studio city with the help of Hank Williams. The term “Country and Western music” (later shortened to “Country music”) was adopted by the recording industry in 1949 to replace the derogatory label “Hillbilly music” that was coined in 1925.

By the 50’s and 60’s Country music was a full blown commercial success with the advancement of Rockabilly that some describe as a combination of Country and Rhythm and Blues as others describe it as a blend of Bluegrass and Rock-n-roll of which Elvis Presley is the most notorious example.

The 1970’s saw Outlaw music rise up with music recorded outside the corporate Nashville sound from such artists as Willy Nelson. Southern Rock also established during this period blending Bluegrass and Boogie with Rock producing such artists as Lynyrd Skynyrd.  The gap between Country music and Pop narrowed during this time as the electric guitar took prominence. By the 80’s and 90’s country went pop. Today there is a multi-genre diversity in Country music with inclusion of Pop, Rock, Hip hop, even Techno.

One can say Country music as it is today bares no resemblance to the Americana it evolved from but he would have to be intellectually honest about all genres of music as they stand today. Popular culture and commercial sales changed music. All music. Nothing is what it was but one could argue that the soul of the music still lingers in the unconscious backdrop of the Country song. What music more clearly shows its soul than Country in which you will still catch its artists singing of God, family, community, suffering, death and mourning, reverence and humility, and perseverance? And heck, modernity introduced into the music the luxury of fun, aint nothin’ wrong with that.

Play me that Mountain Music: out of many, one

Got Anxiety?

But is it all futile?

How to find meaning?

Got Anxiety?

What Does God Really Want From You?

I keep six honest serving men

(they taught me all I knew);

Their names are What and Why and When

And How and Where and Who.

What Does God Really Want From You?


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Investors have spent much of the past year and a half panicking about American Airlines' (NASDAQ:AAL) unit revenue trajectory, amid rising competition from ultra-low-cost carriers.

What they really should be worried about is American Airlines' cost performance. Unit revenue is gradually starting to recover due to slowing industry capacity growth and improving conditions in Brazil -- although the impact of Brexit is still to be seen. By contrast, American Airlines increased its unit cost guidance for the second time this year on Wednesday, raising serious questions about its cost discipline.

Cost guidance rises once

At the beginning of 2016, American Airlines projected that its mainline adjusted unit costs (excluding fuel and special items) would rise a relatively modest 1%-3% this year. However, since then, the company's cost estimates have increased significantly.

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American Airlines has increased its cost guidance twice this year. Image source: American Airlines.

American raised its cost outlook for the first time in April. At that point, it expected mainline adjusted cost per available seat mile to rise 3%-5% for the full year. There were two main reasons for the increased cost guidance.

First, American Airlines' dispatchers ratified a new contract agreement that month, locking in big raises that went into effect immediately. Second, American Airlines decided in late March to implement a 5% profit sharing plan beginning this year. Based on the company's 2015 adjusted pre-tax profit of $6.3 billion, a 5% profit sharing payout would have exceeded $300 million.

Cost guidance rises again

On Tuesday, American Airlines increased its cost guidance yet again. The company now expects mainline adjusted unit costs to rise 4%-6% for the full year, including a 6%-8% increase in Q3 and a 5%-7% increase in Q4.

There are likely two main reasons for this additional increase in American Airlines' cost profile. First, American has decided to reduce its capacity plans to better match demand. It now intends to increase its mainline capacity about 1% this year, compared to its initial plan to grow capacity by about 2%. Lower capacity means higher unit costs, as fixed expenses are spread over fewer passengers.

The second reason is related to the first. Due in part to lower growth projections for the next few years, American Airlines decided in May to accelerate the retirement of 37 jets to the 2017-2019 period. The company will likely need to report higher depreciation costs from now until those planes leave its fleet.

American Airlines needs to fix this soon

In the past few years, the legacy carriers have frequently stated that they want to keep non-fuel unit cost growth at or below the rate of inflation -- which they usually estimate at 2%. Clearly, American Airlines will be nowhere close in 2016.

This comes after mainline non-fuel unit costs rose 4.2% in 2015 (excluding special items). But at least 2015's cost inflation could be traced largely to a 23% pilot pay increase that went into effect that year. By contrast, the 2016 cost creep seems more broad-based.

American Airlines ought to be reaping cost synergies from the US Airways merger by now. Instead, mainline head count has risen by nearly 10% since the merger was completed, even though American's revenue is expected to be slightly lower in 2016 than it was during 2013.

In fact, American Airlines went on a hiring spree in 2015, as described by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Part of its head-count increase was meant to improve reliability. Other employees were hired to help smooth the transition to a new reservations system last October.

With most major integration activities now complete, American should be able to cut costs by reducing its head count, but this hasn't happened so far. Meanwhile, American's chief rival Delta Air Lines generates the same revenue -- with higher reliability -- despite having about 15% fewer mainline employees.

Particularly given its penchant for "upgauging" to larger jets within its fleet, American Airlines should be able to operate more capacity with less labor. Management needs to demonstrate a clear plan for doing so as soon as possible.


"If I have to use one saying to describe why Pixar succeed, I think it would be never compromised. We do not issue the works which we think they are not good enough."- CEO of Pixar, Edwin Catmull. For those who have the aesthetic view, there is nothing more painful than a compromise. Whether it would be a person, one thing or money. Compromise would erode strength. It is the most noblest to refuse compromise.


Courses of action when your client breaches the rules

Breaching the SIS Act happens more often than you would think. Most instances are honest mistakes or just a case of trustees not understanding their obligations. The question is: how and when do we fix it?

The ATO encourages trustees to work with their appointed SMSF professionals including their SMSF auditor to rectify an issue as soon as possible. Given the ATO has focused their compliance activities on reported unrectified breaches, it is in the funds’ best interest to rectify the contravention and to provide the rectification details to the auditor for inclusion on the audit contravention report (ACR) to be lodged with the tax office.

The ATO also encourages trustees to voluntarily disclose any unrectified contraventions, using the SMSF early engagement and voluntary disclosure service. A form SMSF regulatory contravention disclosure can be completed and lodged by mail, fax or email. The ATO is aiming to provide a written response within 28 days.

This service promises that the ATO will not commence an audit based on an ACR, where the issue has been fully resolved via this voluntary disclosure process. Trustees who use this service before the ATO commences an audit will also have the disclosure taken into account in determining enforcement action and remission of penalties.

If an ACR is inevitable, work quickly with your client and ensure the rectification plan is acceptable to the auditor before proceeding, and then provide the rectification information to the auditor before the due date for ACR lodgement.

This timing becomes the challenge, as trustees are required to engage the auditor at least 45 days before the annual return is due for lodgement. The auditor is required to complete the audit within 28 days of receiving all information from the trustee. If there is a reportable contravention, the auditor must lodge the ACR within 28 days of the audit being completed.

My office doesn’t lodge ACRs early. We always allow the trustee the full 28 days from the date of the draft ACR to communicate their rectification plans for inclusion in the final ACR to be lodged with the ATO.

However, 28 days won’t always be enough time, so the sooner the trustee advises you there is a problem, the more likely it will be to achieve a rectified result. A common lengthy rectification is where the fund buys a property but the title is registered incorrectly, resulting in a breach of SIS because it is not in the name of the fund trustee. There are considerations to stamp duty exemptions, solicitors and the titles office to be taken into account and it will generally take more than 28 days to rectify.

The next question is, how do we fix the breach? This will depend on the situation and the seriousness of the contravention. If the breach is determined to be immaterial by your auditor, there may be nothing further required. The auditor would normally communicate the issue to the trustee in the form of a management letter. For example, if the trustee failed to lodge the annual tax return by the due date for the fund, a management point may be communicated.

The next level of audit breach is where the audit report part A or part B is qualified but no ACR is received. If it is a part B qualification, it is required to be communicated to the ATO via a question in the annual tax return but as it doesn’t meet the ACR reporting requirements, there is no ACR required to be lodged. Rectifications may be required in this situation but again they tend not to be too onerous. For example, if the fund bank account was overdrawn during the year and the cause doesn’t meet one of the borrowing exceptions. The account was then brought back into funds 14 days later when a $4,000 deposit was received. The amount was significant enough to be a breach of SIS but not significant enough to require reporting by ACR.

Care should be taken, however, not to repeat the breach after being made aware of the issue, as this can lead to a reportable contravention in the following year for repeat behaviour regardless of the amount and the level of materiality.

Then we get to the contraventions that require an ACR to be lodged with the ATO. The requirement to report is tested as follows:

  1. If the fund is less than 15 months old – Report all contraventions over $2,000
  2. If the fund fails the SMSF definition – Report
  3. If the trustee is repeating a previously advised specified breach – Report
  4. If a breach from a previous year is still not rectified – Report
  5. If the trustee fails to meet a statutory time limit by 14 days or more – Report
  6. If the contravention is greater than 5 per cent of the total asset value – Report
  7. If the contravention value is greater than $30,000 – Report

The first test is to ensure new trustees receive assistance and education early in the process. However, it does result in the reporting of minor and rectified contraventions, such as an investment being in the wrong name that is rectified before year end.

The ACRs received by the ATO are then determined to be low-, medium- or high-risk depending on the situation. A low-risk ACR would be one that was rectified and usually will receive a letter basically instructing trustees not to repeat the contravention.

If the ACR is determined to be a medium risk, the trustee will receive a call from the ATO within two weeks of the ACR being lodged. The best approach for all trustees receiving an ACR is to ensure your clients are ready to talk to the ATO. They need to demonstrate an understanding of the contravention and the rectification undertaken or planned. If the matter has been rectified and the ATO is satisfied with the outcome of the call, no further action will result.

However, failure by the trustee to discuss the contravention with the ATO when called will result in the ACR being determined to be a higher risk and usually a full audit will follow together with administrative penalties. Any administrative penalties applied are based on the ATO’s findings during their audit and not on the reported contraventions by the auditor. The ATO has also indicated they don’t have discretion in applying the penalties but trustees can request remission of penalties if circumstances exist for consideration.

By Alice Stubbersfield, director, Adept Super Pty Ltd

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Mozi , was a philosopher who lived in China during the Hundred Schools of Thought period . He founded the school of Mohism and argued strongly against Confucianism and Daoism. During the Warring States Period, Mohism was actively developed and practiced in many states, but fell out of favour when the Qin Dynasty came to power. During that period many Mohist classics were ruined when Qin Shihuang carried out the burning of books and burying of scholars. The importance of Mohism further declined when Confucianism became the dominant school of thought during the Han Dynasty, disappearing by the middle of the Western Han Dynasty.

Most historians believe that Mozi was a member of the lower artisan class who managed to climb his way to an official post. Mozi was a native of the , although for a time he served as a minister in the . Like Confucius, Mozi was known to have maintained a school for those who desired to become officials serving in the different ruling courts of the Warring States.

Mozi was a master engineer and craftsman, designing everything from mechanical birds to wheeled, mobile "cloud ladders" used to besiege city walls . Though he did not hold a high official position, Mozi was sought out by various rulers as an expert on fortification, and managed to attract a large following during his lifetime which rivaled that of Confucius. His followers – mostly technicians and craftspeople – were organized in a disciplined order that studied both Mozi's philosophical and technical writings.

Though Mozi's school faded into obscurity after the Warring States period, he was studied again two millennia after his death: Both the revolutionaries of 1911 and the saw in him a surprisingly modern thinker who was stifled early in Chinese history.

In contrast to those of Confucius, Mozi's moral teachings emphasized self-reflection and authenticity rather than obedience to ritual. He observed that we often learn about the world through adversity . By reflecting on one's own successes and failures, one attains true self-knowledge rather than mere conformity with ritual. Mozi exhorted the gentleman to lead a life of asceticism and self-restraint, renouncing both material and spiritual extravagance.

Like Confucius, Mozi idealized the Xia Dynasty and the ancients of Chinese mythology, but he criticized the Confucian belief that modern life should be patterned on the ways of the ancients. After all, he pointed out, what we think of as "ancient" was actually innovative in its time, and thus should not be used to hinder present-day innovation . Though Mozi did not believe that history necessarily progresses, as did Han Fei Zi, he shared the latter's critique of . Mozi believed that people were capable of changing their circumstances and directing their own lives. They could do this by applying their senses to observing the world, judging objects and events by their causes, their function, and their historical basis. This was the "three-prong method" Mozi recommended for testing the truth or falsehood of statements. His students later expanded on this to form the .

Mozi tended to evaluate actions based on whether they provide benefit to the people, which he measured in terms of an enlarged population , a prosperous economy, and social order. Similar to the Western , Mozi thought that actions should be measured by the way they contribute to the "greatest good of the greatest number." With this criterion Mozi denounced things as diverse as offensive warfare, expensive funerals, and even and which he saw as serving no useful purpose. Mozi did not reject to music in principle--"It's not that I don't like the sound of the drum" --but because of the heavy tax burden such activities placed on commoners and also due to the fact that officials tended to indulge in them at the expense of their duties.

Mozi tried to replace what he considered to be the long-entrenched Chinese over-attachment to family and structures with the concept of 兼愛 → ''jian ai'' which can be translated as "impartial caring" or "universal love". In this, he argued directly against Confucians who had argued that it was natural and correct for people to care about different people in different degrees. Mozi, by contrast, argued people in principle should care for all people equally, a notion that philosophers in other schools found absurd, as they interpreted this notion as implying no special amount of care or duty towards one's parents and family. Overlooked by those critics, however, is a passage in the chapter on "Self-Cultivation" which states "When people near-by are not befriended, there is no use endeavoring to attract those at a distance." This point is also precisely articulated by a Mohist in a debate with Mencius where the Mohist argues in relation to carrying out universal love, that "We begin with what is near." Also, in the first chapter of the writings of Mozi on universal love, Mozi argues that the best way of being filial to one’s parents is to be filial to the parents of others. The foundational principle is that benevolence, as well as malevolence, is requited, and that one
will be treated by others as one treats others. Mozi quotes a popular passage from the to bring home this point: "When one throws to me a peach, I return to him a plum."
One’s parents will be treated by others as one treats the parents of others. In pursuing this line of argument, Mozi was directly appealing to the idea of in social relations. Also of note is that Mozi differentiated between "intention" and "actuality" thereby placing a central importance on the will to love even though in practice it may very well be impossible to bring benefit to everyone.

In addition, Mozi argued that benevolence comes to human beings “as naturally as fire turns upward or water turns downward”, provided that persons in position of authority illustrate benevolence in their own lives. Furthermore, Mozi’s basic argument concerning universal love asserts that universal love is supremely practical, this argument directed against those who objected that love could not be put into practice.

Mozi also held a belief in the power of ghosts and spirits, although he is often thought to have only worshipped them pragmatically. In fact, in his discussion on ghosts and spirits, he remarks that even if they did not exist, communal gatherings for the sake of making sacrificial offering would play a role in strengthing social bonds. Furthermore, for the will of heaven was that people should love one another, and that mutual love by all would bring benefit to all. Therefore, it was in everyone's interest that they love others "as they love themselves." Heaven should be respected because failing to do so would subject one to punishment. For Mozi, heaven was not the amoral, mystical Nature of the Taoists. Rather, it was a benevolent, moral force that rewarded the good and punished the evil, similar to the Christian/Islamic idea of God. Thus he writes that "Bo-ai is the way of heaven", since "heaven nourishes and sustains all life without regard to status". Mozi's ideal of government, which advocated a meritocracy based on talent rather than background, also followed his idea of heaven.

Works and Influence

From a modern point of view, Mozi's philosophy was at once more advanced and less so than that of Confucius. His concept of "jian-ai" embraced a broader idea of human community than the Confucians, but he is less tolerant than Confucius in his condemnation of all that is not directly "useful", neglecting the humanizing functions of art and music. Zhuangzi, who criticized both the Confucians and the Mohists, had this in mind in his parables on the "uselessness of the useful". Of course, this insistence on usefulness comes from a time when war and famine were widespread and could well have made all cultural activities look frivolous.

Mohism and Science

According to Joseph Needham, ''Mozi'' contains the following sentence: 'The cessation of motion is due to the opposing force ... If there is no opposing force ... the motion will never stop. This is as true as that an ox is not a horse.' which, he claims, is a precursor to . ''Mozi'' also contains speculations in optics and mechanics that are similarly strikingly original, although their ideas were not taken up by later Chinese philosophers. The Mohist tradition is also highly unusual in Chinese thought in that it devoted time to developing principles of logic, similar to those of Aristotle. For example, it describes the difference between necessary condition and sufficient condition .

Further reading

*Yi-pao Mei , ''Motse, the Neglected Rival of Confucius'' , is a general study of the man and his age, his works, and his teachings, with an extensive bibliography.

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Website of the Laceby History Group

The Vikings

So for 300 years these people lived in comparitive peace, until from 800 AD onwards the Vikings (Norwegians and Danish) started their raids. The Humber was an ideal means to get into the hinterland, and settlements like Laceby would have attracted their attention. The raids went on until 870 AD when the Vikings decided to . settle in this part of England, and became so firmly established that by 886 AD Laceby would have been in the "Danelaw", an area covering half of England that the Vikings had taken over from the Anglo Saxons.

The Vikings called the people of our area the Suthan Hymbre - (South Humbrians).


This week on Loaded Dice Cast we review the ins, outs and what-have-yous of the strategies of the Big 2 in terms of the moving pictures medium.  We compare the history, approaches, success, properties and characters both on the small and big screen.  Arrow versus Agents of SHIELD, Superman Versus Captain America, BATMANNNNNN, and universe building.  Vince provides our guest review this week talking about Takenoko, a charming game about consuming fuel to power a species saving sex machine.  Our draft covers the mash up of popular TV shows and popular comic characters.

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Children’s Singing Lessons

The Benefits of Singing Lessons

At Melbourne Voiceworks, our primary focus for children is to foster their love of singing from the very first lesson. We strive to continually inspire young vocalists, whilst simultaneously working to instil correct vocal techniques, provide a strong music foundation, and facilitate the development of a healthy self-esteem and confidence.

Staff at Melbourne Voiceworks are vibrant, encouraging, patient, and supportive.  We work with children at a pace appropriate to them, enabling them to experience the true joy of singing in a relaxed and nurturing environment.

Music & Cognitive Function

Researchers have linked music studies to improved cognitive function, academic performance and an increase in IQ. Due to the increased neuroplasticity (adaptability) of young brains, young children have an exceptional ability to pick up concepts quickly and with ease.

Learning music has been proven in many studies to enhance a child’s learning in areas outside of music, providing them with transferrable skills that can be applied to other areas of life and learning.  Music speeds up the development of speech and reading skills, increases focus and attention, and enhances auditory processing.

Dr. Mark Tramo, assistant professor of neurology at Harvard University Medical school, reports that “music performance involves many cognitive, perceptual and motor skills.”  and further reports that “These skills can be transferred to different kinds of intellectual activities.”

Lesson Structure

Staff at Melbourne Voiceworks assist children in developing key concepts such as the ability to sing rhythmically (in time), to sing in tune (sing the correct notes), how to best utilise the breath, and techniques that are geared toward developing, strengthening, and supporting the longevity of the voice.

Children are guided though relevant warm-ups, scales & arpeggios, technical exercises specific to their needs, and songs appropriate to their age, taste and technical ability.

Music Theory

Music theory is an important component to learning any instrument, including the voice. Melbourne Voiceworks encourages a fun, interactive approach to theory, and utilises tactile methods to facilitate a students’ understanding and proficiency in basic music notation.

Students are not required to have any prior knowledge of music theory concepts, as we will take each student through everything they need to know at a pace appropriate to the child.

Practice Guidelines for Children

In the early stages of learning to sing, we strongly encouraged parents to be involved in assisting their child’s development of a regular practice regime from the time of their first lesson.

A regular practice routine is an important part of assisting students in their continued progress and development, and directly impacts their sense of achievement, helps them build confidence in their growing abilities, and ensures continued satisfaction and enjoyment of singing.


August 17, 2017

Premiership: In the beginning

The English Premier League is the most lucrative football competition in the world. It was formed on 20 February, 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football league First Division to break away from the former league that was founded in 1888 and take advantage of a Television rights deal.

It appears to be a great move because the deal is now worth £1 billion a year domestically, going by the 2013-14 agreement with BskyB and BT Group. It is bound to get even bigger with new contracts coming up very soon.

The League generates 2.2 billion euros per year in domestic and international TV rights. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. This figure is believed to be more than this when you consider the numerous viewing centres in Nigeria and other countries.

While 47 clubs have competed in the competition since inception in 1992, only six clubs have won the title. Manchester United won it more than any club, 13 times. Chelsea have won it five times, Arsenal, three times, Manchester City (2), Blackburn Rovers (1) and Leicester City (1).

The league will have two new members this season with the promotion of Brighton and Huddersfield.

TWENTY-TWO clubs started the first season in 1992-93.The first goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2-1 win against Manchester United. The Manchester club eventually emerged title winners in that season.

In 1995, the number of clubs competing in the Premier League was reduced to 20, following FIFA’s insistence that domestic leagues reduce the number of games played per season. Four teams were relegated and only two were promoted in a bid to make up the requested number of games domestic clubs play per season.


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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

On the potentially habitable moons of Jupiter discovered suspicious activity

The American space Agency NASA has announced a press conference at which experts will tell about a discovery made during observations of Europe, a moon of Jupiter. As reported, new data show highly unusual activity on the satellite, which has long been considered one of the most suitable for the origin of life the celestial bodies in the Solar system.

photo: Gennady Cherkasov

New data on the processes occurring on the satellite, as reported, were obtained using the Hubble space telescope. The conference declared astrophysicists of NASA, is scheduled for September 26 and to be held at 21 o’clock Moscow time.

As reported in a press release, a mysterious activity presumably is connected with the subsurface ocean of Europa. This ocean of liquid water hidden beneath the ice, has long attracted the attention of many researchers by itself, the water is one of the key conditions for the emergence of life, and it is possible that it can be dissolved and the other components required for the emergence of the first living organisms.

How seriously scientists refer to the probability of the existence of life on Europa shows, including the final phase of the mission recently reached the orbit of Jupiter probe “Yunona”. When the probe completes its work, it will be sent to the gas giant’s atmosphere is due to the fact that otherwise it can accidentally collide with Europe and other major moons of Jupiter, thereby violating the “purity” of future experiments on the search for these cosmic objects living organisms.

We will remind, recently the specialists from laboratory of jet movement NASA in Pasadena conducted a simulation, which showed that the under-ice ocean on Europa may be similar to the Earth’s oceans and the chemical composition, and what is happening in it processes, and hence, the chances of birth in this life can be considered very significant.

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The Society meets Wednesday evenings at 7PM in Taylor 120.

The purpose of this Society is:

* To increase the skills and abilities of students interested in philosophy by practicing and exercising critical and philosophical thinking, and by informing and introducing those new to the study of philosophy to the methods of philosophy as an academic and personal discipline.

* To provide an avenue of learning not just for students, but for faculty and the University at large, and to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue on relevant philosophical topics so as to create a University-wide forum.

* To promote discourse with other institutions of higher learning by promoting debate and an exchange of ideas with professors and students of other Universities.

* To provide a safe, wholesome atmosphere for individuals to discuss philosophical topics with students of common interests, and form friendships based on the love and pursuit of wisdom.

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Private cooking lesson: greens, quinoa and fish, the menu

I created these two meals for a couple in Pacifica, they will choose one, or both, to make while I stay with them during a weekend in July. I’ll be creating the other meals for our weekend together and will post the info, soon. Here are their goals…. 1. to minimize cooking time while maximizing […]

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Sinking Fund

Sinking Fund Plans

The purpose of this report is to provide an independent analysis of the requirements for expenditure and contributions towards the Sinking Fund of the complex with a 15 year projection.  A sinking fund is set up by the Body Corporate / Owners Corporation to cover the costs of future capital expenses, which include for example, painting the building, driveway refurbishment, replacement of common property items like carpets, roofing and guttering and lift overhauls.

A sinking fund forecast report provides the committee with budget information as follows;

Estimates the year in which the maintenance is likely to occur
Estimates the cost of the maintenance in the year of occurrence

What Happens if the Levies Are Set Too Low?

The person who sells first before major expenditure effectively steals from the Owner’s Corporation or Body Corporate.

Buildings and complexes are generally described as being inanimate objects. But we at QBM who are passionate about buildings think that they can almost be described as “living and breathing” structures.

Building change over time and are affected by age, internal stresses within the building, the elements and usage. It is these changes that can result in significant deterioration to the complex and the buildings making up the complex.

Each year, owners of a complex are effectively using part of the life of the building’s components as all components will require upgrade or replacement over time. Thus each owner should pay their fair share of the usage of the complex.

When levies are set too low, owners are not paying for their usage of the complex. Thus when the time comes for upgrades and replacement, the then current owners have to pay for the past usage by previous owners.

This is unfair and can be classed as “legally stealing”.

The Sinking Fund Report

A correctly prepared Sinking Fund Plan will identify the expected maintenance and upgrade works required over time to ensure the complex does not deteriorate.

A deteriorated complex is much less valuable than a complex in peak condition.

The report will provide not only the expected maintenance and upgrades works, but will give reasonable estimates of the likely cost of such works. The total cost of such works would then be divided by the number of Lot Entitlements to give the proposed levies due from each lot owner.

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10-year sinking fund plans

The Act states that the Sinking Fund Budget must allow for raising a reasonable capital amount to provide for both the necessary and reasonable spending from the sinking fund for the financial year and also to reserve an appropriate proportional share of amounts necessary to be accumulated meeting anticipated major expenditure over, at least the next 9 years.


Thailand at a crossroads following death of King Bhumibol, says Prayut

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha speaks to the media after a cabinet meeting in Bangkok on Oct 18, 2016.

BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand is at a crossroads following the death of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday (Oct 21), urging Thais to stick together and become a "leading country".

King Bhumibol, 88, died on Oct 13 at a Bangkok hospital. Many public events in the country have been cancelled and most people are wearing black after the military-led government declared a year of mourning.

Prem Tinasulanonda, 96, the leader of the powerful Privy Council, has assumed the role of regent until Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn becomes king.

The ruling junta has sought to reassure the country that the king's death will not derail plans for a return to democratic rule, which include a general election in late 2017. General Prayut has stressed that business and government should carry on as normal.

He told officials at a seminar on Friday that Thais face two starkly different paths for their future without King Bhumibol, who ruled for seven decades and was seen as a father figure by many people.

"His majesty has not left us. He is still in the earth, the water, the air," Gen Prayut said.

"Our country is between two paths: one is failure. The second is that we can all help create history in Thailand," he said. "Let us not forget Thailand has had a monarchy for 700 to 800 years. We have managed to survive because of the monarchy. Though the world is changing we must not forget our roots."

Sensitivity over the role of the monarchy in Thailand has risen since the king's death and there have been growing calls on social media for critics of the royal family who live abroad to be brought back to face justice.

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The government said on Tuesday (Oct 18) it would ask other countries to extradite people suspected of insulting the monarchy.

Criticism of the king, queen, heir or regent is a crime in Thailand that is punishable by up to 15 years in prison for each offence committed.

Thailand's central bank governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said on Friday that the economy was recovering gradually but that"some businesses, such as entertainment, could be affected" by the year of mourning.

"Foreigners are watching which way we will go," Gen Prayut said on Friday. "We have to prepare to be a leading country."


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Typography from Paper to Cinema

FROM PAPER TO SCREEN is a short animation by Thibault de Fournas. That first component  explores the development of typography on paper ( the basic rules) and then is followed by a presentation of the evolution of the use of typography in cinema.

Using  sound and animated text & imagery, the whole piece effectively becomes  visual kinetic poetry .

The pieces of Music used were:
Clair de Lune – Debussy
Shoot the Piano Player: Poursuite  a composition by
Georges Delerue is performed by – Hugh Wolff & London Sinfonietta .

21th Century Machine - Mystery Map List  Caslon, William, Roman typefaces (specimen).

Yo Will !: Dezzy & Emilia text it out

It is the end of the school year and the exams and assignments are rolling in. One of my students who is doing a n independent ENG4U course was required to compose a contemporary media conversation based on dialogue & situation from  Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Othello“. This is  part of what she produced.

Emilia: hey dez, i really have 2 talk 2 u! Msg me when you come online. (3:05pm)

Dezzy: what up em? Hope it’s not something serious lol i totally bombed a math test today and i’m not really in the mood for any more bad stuff. (3:35pm)

Emilia: well i hate 2 b the bearer of bad news… (3:36pm)

Dezzy: tell me! (3:36pm)

Emilia: kay,when school ended today i was supposed to be meeting up with iago so he could walk me home (not like he seems to enjoy it) and i found him in a pretty heated conversation with othello. I wanted 2 no what they were talking about so i hid and listened.(3:39pm)

I saved the full version as a pdf. Re-imagining of Shakespeare’s works has been going on for a long time. This is quite fitting, considering how much of the Bards work was inspired/borrowed from earlier sources. If students can take the current vernacular and use  their own media literacy to express their understanding of older more established forms of literature should we not give them that opportunity.

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we introduce media literacy for the 21st century.

Of course a further challenge would then to explore with your students what is lost and gained in this re-interpretation. How does the contemporary language and its related cultural values, beliefs & ideologies alter the message ? In what way does the codes and conventions of the medium construct a different reality ? Has the target audience been changed ?  Will would want know how you would make a living using this medium to tell the story – identify a business interest/model using the TOAD triangle.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets III & XXIX

A presentation to demonstrate visual literacy and the media principle, “ All mass media constructs reality” . The choice of images and their combination creates a context  that extends the sonnet.  The messages of the sonnet has now been modified by this context (constructed reality). In doing so the following media principles have been demonstrated.

All mass media contain values and beliefs.

All mass media contain intended and unintended messages.

This exercise is an example of how we can engage students in media literacy and related visual literacy skills. We can then connect media literacy skills to our specific subject material and related areas of knowledge & understanding and skills & application.

In this case, the first step is to get the students to interpret the sonnet in terms of the extended context. How have the graphic, colours, and images influenced the interpretation of the sonnets. The next step is to get the students to create their own visual context and explain how it impacts on the poetry. Next would be for the students to work with other poetry they have studied.

Extended activity could include the following areas:

A. popular songs-lyrics – 1. cover art and CD packaging  2. music video

B. Haiku and Haiga

C. Students generate their own poetry and produce their own graphics.

Here are two other examples of visual literacy applied to theatre / drama.

For more information on how these images were produced and used see my photo blog post: News from the Front Lines .


Tuesday Thoughts: Autism, Hurricanes, and Mud

A big theory in autism research involves what is called prenatal stress, or maternal stress.  The idea is that a stressful event, such as a hurricane, experienced during a woman’s pregnancy may lead to an increased risk of her child having autism. Several studies supporting this idea have been published.  For example, one of my advisor’s papers, published in 2005, demonstrated that the experience of stressors during a specific time period during pregnancy (weeks 21 to 32) may be related to an increased risk of autism.  Stressors were assessed via surveys and included events like the death of a spouse or being fired from a job.

Confusingly, however, these results conflict with those of very recent studies.   It seems this idea may not be as simple as originally thought. This past June, a paper was published that did not find an increased risk of autism associated with prenatal stress.  This study examined many of the same stressors experienced by pregnant women as those of the above paper, yet the authors did not find the same results.

Results from another study, presented at the 2012 International Meeting for Autism Research, further complicate this picture.  The study examined the incidence of autism in children of mothers who experienced psychosocial stressors, such as physical abuse, during pregnancy.  The twist is that physical abuse experienced during pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk of autism.  Instead, children of women who experienced fear of their partner or physical or emotional abuse in the years just before giving birth had a higher risk of autism.

Why did two very similar studies produce opposite results? Why does it seem that physical abuse during pregnancy is not associated with autism when abuse beforehand is? Many reasons may lie beneath these conflicting and confusing results.  Potentially, gene variants associated with autism are playing a role alongside prenatal stress in causing this disorder. Or different techniques used to carry out the above studies may have contributed to the differing findings. Otherwise, the reasons are about as clear as mud.  For now, the best we can do is put on our finest analytical goggles, jump into the data, and start sorting through the mud.

Photo source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79008

Tuesday Thoughts: Pieces of the Puzzle

The world of autism research has been hopping lately with several new studies claiming to explain potential causes of autism and the apparent increasing incidence of this disorder.  The media, including major publications, has jumped on board with the excitement about these findings.

One study outlines the potential of increased age in fathers to heighten the risk of autism in their children.  The authors of this study explain that older dads pass on more small DNA mutations to their children than do younger dads, a difference which may explain some cases of autism.  Considering that, in the population studied, the average paternal age has increased over time, it’s easy to see how the authors also conclude that increased paternal age may contribute to the increasing incidence of autism.

Other studies recently published, and then reviewed in The New York Times, implicate heightened maternal immune response in the development of autism in the womb.  Infections such as the flu seem to bring about an exaggerated immune response in some pregnant women, leading to disruptions in the development of their children.  Many studies have demonstrated a relationship between this prenatal immune system dysregulation and autism.

What’s missing in the media’s interpretations of these studies?  In the midst of flashy results, the fact that autism is still largely unexplained gets pushed out of the picture.  Although there seem to be breakthroughs on the horizon, the studies outlined above may only account for a fraction of the cases of autism. These findings and their implications are just pieces of the puzzle.

Science writer Virginia Hughes stated in a recent piece,  “how many times do researchers have to say, ‘The cause of autism is really complicated’ before journalists and the public accept that the disorder can’t be explained by a gene, a brain scan, a father’s age, a gluten-rich diet or risk factor du jour?”

I share Hughes’s sentiments.  We are dealing with what seems like a mega-10,000 piece puzzle, and we’ve yet to find all the pieces.  When we’ve gathered as may as we can, then, and only then, will we be able to put them together and start to explain.

Tuesday Thoughts: the blame game

My question is: Should we be playing this blame game?


Barefoot Pink Moscato, California (1.5L)

Barefoot Pink Moscato is a perfect option for those hot summer evenings! It provides the traditional flavors and aromas of Moscato with additional sweet layers of vibrant red fruit. Aromas of Mandarin orange and sweet jasmine crash into each other to create a deliciously sweet sea of pink goodness. Subtle flavors of cherry, raspberry, and pomegranate wash ashore in this flavorful experience.


How To Get Relief From Bunion Pain

Buying new shoes is always fun. Remember as a child you were bought new shoes and just had to leave the store wearing them? As it is impossible to avoid any inherited foot problems, care should be taken not to promote any condition which may be likely to occur later. It is extremely important to learn how to care for your feet at a young age. Therefore, you should teach your children the importance of wearing shoes which are stylish as well as comfortable. Since the latest fashion trends will sometimes see them wearing shoes which may cause damage, correct sizing by a professional is very important. Podiatry can also be called as branch of allied health which is devoted to diagnosis, the prevention and the medical treatment of every disorder of ankle, foot and lower region. These podiatrists are trained to identify these conditions along with treating its biomechanical issues which has led to the injury or have caused decrease in performance. They specialize in every kind of foot related problems which also includes injuries to muscles, joint, ligaments and tendon. They also look after the skin and nail issues like callus, blisters, fungal infections, ingrown toe nails and every systemic disease which manifest itself in the foot like the neurological and diabetes conditions. Heel pain is also often related to fashionable shoes. Believe it or not, both high heels and really low heels can cause this problem. Ballet style shoes and flimsy sandals have no support and almost no heel. This can lead to excess tension on a big ligament on the bottom of the foot called the plantar fascia. As you walk around in these shoes, the ligament tugs away, irritating the heel bone where this ligament attaches. This leads to a common form of heel pain called plantar facscitis. This is by far the most common cause of pain in the bottom of the heel in women. Arthritis in the big toe joint can be hereditary but also due to structural abnormalities of the foot. Most patients notice a gradual enlargement of the big toe joint with bumps on the top and side of the joint. However, many times it’s only with increased exercise or activity levels that they may notice increased pain, achiness and sometimes swelling of the joint. If the condition continues to progress, causing pain and decreased function, despite the conservative treatment, surgery is then recommended. The severity of the condition at that time will determine which surgical procedure to do. Meanwhile, the other bone related to this condition, which creates a need for bunion splints, is the big toe, which is dislocated in the direction of the other four toes. The displacement can happen either over or under the second toe. Bone inside the forefront begins to stick out. In some instances, skin atop this projection can result in a callus. Fortunately, a bunion splint is available to relieve the pain that bunions cause. Wearing this tool and making some basic changes to your shoes, can help to treat these lumps and prevent them from occurring in the future. You can easily find these splints on the Internet.bunion pain relief home remedies Presence of Pain? Pain and discomfort is the most common reason to seek treatment. Pain directly on the bunion is a symptom of direct shoe pressure. Joint pain suggests arthritic degeneration. Pain on the ball of the foot is concerning for altered foot biomechanics and a sign of a bigger problem. Pain should not be ignored. Interference with Activity? Some people wait until a bunion interferes with activities before seeking medical treatment and I think this is a mistake. Impact activities (such as running, tennis) may be more challenging to perform. If left ignored, simple everyday walking may become problematic. You should take measures that keep you active and healthy. Stay healthy and fit in this fast pacing life is truly a big challenge, especially for working professionals. They should spend at least one hour daily in workout, jogging and other physical work to keep their health maintain. However, due to lack of time and late night working, it becomes difficult for them. If you are also one of them, then you are advised to look for an experienced fitness coach or personal trainer in your city. There was a new tube of this cream sitting in the bathroom, and my friend told me that, if I wanted it, I could take it as partial payment for helping him. Should the problem have progressed beyond the point where external help can realign the joint and prevent further damage, the podiatric professional may recommend surgery. Depending upon the severity of the problem, the procedure may be a simple bunionectomy (in which only the bony protrusion is removed), or it may be more involved, necessitating cutting the bone and realigning of the joint. Who can help me? The American College of Foot & Ankle Orthopedics & Medicine (ACFAOM) stands ready to help you find a podiatric physician in your area. Simply click on our foot-help-finder link to find the professional who can help determine the most effective treatment. Hallux rigidis affects the same joint on the big toe, however whilst aggravated by excess pressures on the joints, it is not directly caused by this. It is actually a form of osteoarthritis, and affects the joints and the cartilage, which becomes degraded over time. The toe becomes stiff and inflexible and can become swollen and painful. Due to the location and appearance, many people incorrectly diagnose the problem as a bunion. Toe pain causes can be varied, and diagnosis at home difficult. Whilst Big toe pain can usually be treated effectively and cheaply at home, an accurate diagnosis helps to ensure the most effective treatment is taken. The little toe exercise requires the smallest of movement but can be quite challenging. The exercise strengthens your feet and the muscles that run from the little toe up the side of your legs. These muscles are important for keeping your arches lifted and your ankles stable so your weight is evenly distributed on both sides of your feet. To do this exercise, stand up and curl all the toes of one foot off the floor. Touch the little toe only to the floor and then raise it back up again with the other toes. Do the desired number of reps and then repeat with your other foot. bunion pain while running


Measurement in Research

The core of any research is measurement. It can be defined as the method of assigning numbers to things. It is essential in research as everything has to be reduced to numbers.

Assigning numbers to properties of things is easy. However, it is quite difficult in other cases. Measuring social conformity or intelligence is much complex than measuring weight, age or financial assets, which can be directly measured directly with some standard unit of measurement. Measurement tools of abstract/qualitative concepts are not standardized, and the results are not very accurate.

A clear understanding of the level of measurement of variables is important in research because it is the level, which determines what type of statistical analysis has to be conducted. The collected data can be classified into distinct categories. If there are limited categories, then they are known as discrete variables. If there are unlimited categories, they are known as continuous variables. The nominal level of measurement describes these categorical variables. Nominal variables include demographic properties like sex, race, religion, etc. This is considered as the most basic level of measurement. No ranking or hierarchy is present in this level.

The variables that can be sequenced in some order of importance can be described by the ordinal level. Opinions and attitude scales or indexes in the social sciences are ordinal in nature. Ex.: Upper, middle, and lower class. In this case, the order is known; however, the interval between the values is not meaningful.

Variables that have more or less equal intervals are described by the interval level of measurement. Crime rates come under this measurement level. Temperature is also an interval variable. Here, the interval between variables can be interpreted; but, ratios are not meaningful.

Ratio level describes variables that have equal intervals and a reference point. Measurement of physical dimension such as weight, height, distance, etc. falls under this level.

Techniques Involved in Defining a Problem

 i.  State the problem in a general way:

ii.  Understand the nature of the problem:

iii. Survey the available literature:

iv.  Go for discussions for developing ideas:

v.  Rephrase the research problem into a working proposition:

Selecting the Problem/Subject of Research

Problems Encountered by Researchers in India

Lack of Scientific Training: The research methodology is not systematic. Many researchers undertake research work without having actual knowledge of the research methods. They just look for similar studies and copy the methodologies listed in it. Even the research guides do not have a thorough knowledge of the various methodologies. This scenario warrants the need for some sort of short-term training to be imparted to researchers prior to undertaking research activities.

Insufficient Interaction: There is no proper interaction between researchers and the business establishments, government institutions, etc. This leads to a great deal of data going untapped. Interaction programs should be organized between researchers and other institutions on a regular basis. This will highlight what issues need to be researched, what data is required for conducting research, and how the study will be useful.

Lack of Confidence: Most of the business establishments are of the opinion that, researchers can misuse the data provided by them. As such, they are reluctant to divulge details of their company. This affects the research studies for which that particular data may be of utmost importance. Thus, confidence-building measures should be adopted, which will convince the business units that their data will be put to productive purposes, and will not be misused in any manner by the researcher.

Lack of Code of Conduct: No specific code of conduct exists for the researchers, which leads to inter-departmental and inter-university rivalries.

Inadequate Assistance: Researchers in India have to cope with the non-availability of adequate and timely secretarial assistance, which affects the schedule of their research study.

Improper Library Management: The libraries are not managed systematically. Much of the precious time of the researchers is spent in looking for books, reports, newspapers, etc. rather than searching relevant information from them.

High Cost of Publishing: Once their research is completed, the researchers have to look for a means to publish it. Publishing in international journals is highly expensive. This discourages most of the researchers from taking up research work.

Criteria of Good Research

Although the research works and studies differ in their form and kind, they all still meet on the common ground of scientific methods employed by them. Hence, scientific research is expected to satisfy the following criteria:

i.  The aim of the research should be clearly mentioned, along with the use of common concepts.

ii.  The procedures used in the research should be adequately described, in order to permit another researcher to repeat the research for further advancement, while maintaining the continuity of what has already been done.

iii.  The researchs procedural design should be carefully planned to obtain results that are as objective as possible.

iv.  The flaws in the procedural design should be sincerely reported by the researcher to correctly estimate their effects upon the findings.

v.  The data analysis should be adequate to reveal its significance.

vi.  The methods used during the analysis should be appropriate.

vii.  The reliability and validity of the concerned data should be checked carefully.

viii. The conclusions are needed to be confined and limited to only those data, which are justified and adequately provided by the research.

ix.  In case, the researcher is experienced and has a good reputation in the field of research, greater confidence in research is warranted.

In other words, we can state the qualities of a good research” as following:

1)  Systematic - This states that the research is structured with some specified steps, which are to be followed in a specified sequence, according to the well defined set of rules. Systematic characteristic of the research does not actually rule out creative thinking, but it does discourage the use of guessing and intuition in order to arrive at conclusions.

2)  Logical - This states that the research is guided by the rules of logical reasoning, and that the logical process of induction and deduction are essential while conducting a research. Induction is the process of reasoning from a part to the whole; while, deduction is the process of reasoning from some premise to a conclusion that follows from that very premise. Besides, logical reasoning enables the research to be more meaningful in the context of decision making.

3)  Empirical - This states that the research is basically related to one or more aspects of a real situation. Moreover, it deals with the concrete data, which provides a base for the external validity of research results.

4) Replicable - This states that the research results should be allowed verification by replicating their study, to thus build a sound basis for decisions.

Among all the previously discussed sampling techniques, the most widely and effectively used techniques include Deliberate Sampling and Simple Random Sampling.

1. Deliberate Sampling

It is a kind of non-probability sampling that involves the selection of components based on factors excluding random chance. This type of sampling involves the chance of unequal selection of members of the population. Hence, it is not reliable to assume that the sample represents the target population completely, as it might be possible that the researcher intentionally chose the individuals to participate in the study.

Deliberate sampling method is useful for case studies, pilot studies, qualitative research, and hypothesis development. This sampling technique is generally applied in studies, which are not interested in the parameters of the total population. For example, if you are interested to find out the particular reaction of some students on the devaluation of the rupee, then instead of asking the opinions of all students in various college/universities of Delhi, you may deliberately ask only the student leaders of a particular college/university.

Deliberate sampling method is more preferred as it is easy, quick, and cost-effective. However, the findings of the sample survey cannot be universal to the entire population as the sample is not representative. Since there is no set criterion for sample selection, there is a scope for research being persuaded by the preference of the researcher.

2.  Simple Random Sampling

It is a kind of probability sampling, which provides each member of the population with a calculable and non-zero probability of selection in the sample. Since every member is given an equal chance of being selected, this type of sampling is thus considered as a reliable way of selecting a sample from a given population.

The benefits of simple random sampling can be obtained when the target population size is small, homogeneous, and not much information is available regarding the population. For example, if we have a list of 70 heads of households, each having a unique number. We want to select 30 random households from this list. By the help of a random number table, we select consecutive 2-digit numbers from the table. If a random number matches a household’s number, then that household will be added to the list of selected households. Similarly, if a random number does not match a household’s number (e.g., if it is greater than 70), then it is not added to the list of selected households. Each random number that is used is crossed out to avoid repetition. In this way, we continue to select households until we have 30.

Simple random sampling is quite advantageous as it is free of classification error and needs minimum innovative knowledge of the population. However, this sampling method is usually not preferred as it becomes crucial to list every item in the population prior to the sampling and requires a huge sampling frame, which can result in massive sampling calculations and extreme costs.

Types of Sampling

Sampling can be basically categorized into probability and non-probability sampling. In probability sampling, each and every element of the population has a probability of being selected in the sample, i.e., the probability can be accurately measured. Whereas, in non-probability sampling, not all elements have a chance of being selected in the sample, i.e., their probability cannot be accurately measured.

The commonly used sampling methods are given below:

»  Deliberate sampling: It is a non-probability sample design in which the researcher purposively or deliberately selects certain units of the universe to form a sample that would represent the universe. In other words, it is a sampling with a purpose. It is also known as purposive sampling.

»  Simple random sampling: It is a probability sample design where each and every element has an equal probability of being selected in the sample. It is also known as chance sampling.

»  Systematic sampling: In this method, elements from a large population are selected at periodic intervals according to a random starting point, i.e., every nth element is selected for the sample, where n can be any random position of an element.

»  Stratified sampling: In this method, the researcher divides the entire population into different subgroups or strata, and then randomly selects elements proportionally from the strata to include in the sample.

»  Quota sampling: It is a non-probability sample in which the researcher selects random units for a sample according to certain given criteria or quota. In other words, elements are selected according to pre-specified criteria in such a way that the sample represents the same characteristics of the population under study.

Preparing the Research Design

Important factors to remember while preparing the research design:

  • Objectives of the research study;
  • Means of obtaining the information;
  • Tools for data collection;
  • Data analysis (qualitative and quantitative);
  • Time available for each stage of the research; and
  • Cost involved for the research.

Development of working hypothesis

Extensive literature survey