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Have you heard about Autogenic Training as a stress management or anxiety control technique? If you haven’t, you should look into it. Since I learned this stress management technique in 1977, I have been using it, with great results, for my relaxation practice.

Autogenic Training was first developed in 1928 in Germany. There has been a lot of research regarding the success of using Autogenic Training Phrases with stress/anxiety related disorders like: panic/anxiety, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, GI disorders, chronic pain, and many other health challenges that are created or made worse by stress. Most of the research and reports are written in French or German so for English speakers this technique may be less familiar. I learned about Autogenics while in training for my career in biofeedback in 1977 and have been using this technique as my personal stress management strategy ever since. It took 6-8 weeks of regular (daily) use for me to get the higher levels of benefit. The skills of relaxation and awareness require at least this amount of practice no matter which stress management technique you try…. so be patient.

Autogenic Training requires that you repeat 6 basic phrases until you feel the desired results. With practice this can be abbreviated into a much shorter period of time. Now, it takes me only about 5 minutes of repeating the phrases to get to the level of relaxation that I desire. This leaves me 10-15 minutes to enjoy the state of deep relaxation in my 15-20 minute relaxation/meditation period. The positive effects of this relaxation generally last for the whole day, at this stage of my life. The 6 basic phrases include:

Begin with a mood phrase to ‘get you in the mood to relax’ by slowly repeating… “I am at peace with myself and fully relaxed.” (Eventually, this phrase will trigger a lot of the relaxation.

1. “My right arm is heavy” (repeated at least 3 times or longer until you can feel your muscles start to relax.) Then change to, “My left arm is heavy” (repeated 3 or more times.) Then relax your legs as you repeat, “My right leg is heavy” repeat 3 or more times. Then switch to, “My left leg is heavy” repeated. Finally, repeat “My neck and shoulders are heavy.” The arms will usually be easier to relax than your legs. The neck and shoulders are generally more difficult for most people and may take as long as 6-12 weeks of practice before you get them to relax.

2. Repeat, “My right arm is warm” (repeated at least 3 or more times to allow the warmth of blood to flow more freely down your arm into your hand and fingers.) Change to, “My left arm is warm” and repeat until you feel warmth or a pulse or a tingling feeling in your hands. Then say, “My right leg is warm” and repeat. Then, “My left leg is warm” repeat. Finally, repeat, “My neck and shoulders are warm” repeat, though this may require many practice sessions.

3. The next phrase to repeat is “My heart beat is calm and regular” repeated to slow your heart rate.

4. Next phrase is “My breathing is calm and regular” repeated slowly.

5. Then say, “My stomach region is warm and calm” and repeat to relax your abdomen.

6. Last phrase to relax the muscles of your head and face is “My forehead is cool and calm” repeated until your forehead and jaw can start to relax.

The return phrase to repeat at the end is, “I am refreshed and alert” repeated and with taking a deep breath.
I will usually say the 6 relaxation phrases and then sit quietly to enjoy the relaxation before I awaken with the “return” phrase. Also, combining these phrases with temperature training biofeedback makes for powerful step before beginning an anxiety control visualization or a desensitization process.

Give it a try. I have seen this technique work very well with many people who could benefit from stress and anxiety management.

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  1. I used this technique over 30 years ago with a very good teache called Velta Wilson. It helped me with my stress and Agoraphobia, it git me back to work after a very long stint of mental illness. I am now starting to use the yoga again. I very much agree to give it a try.

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国武七海さんの全体運とは？ 控えめで大人しく目立たない気質ですが、人脈形成の資質がとても高いので、縁する誰にでも好かれる兆しにあります。

She has a modest, docile, and low-key disposition, but she has a very high ability to form connections, so there are signs that she is appreciated by everyone she meets. She is a character who gains great trust and popularity among friends just by maintaining cooperation and seeking a wish. It should not be taken seriously, but on rare occasions we tend to seek stimuli and changes, straying from society. Your good luck will skyrocket as your deep trust will lead to the resolution of your difficulties. It is a lucky life for Nanami Kunitake because she has been through hardships since she was young. 【Google 翻訳】

国武七海さんの恋愛運と結婚運とは？ 親しみがあり誰からも頼られやすいキャラクターですが、天邪鬼なので誤解を招くことになります。

Although she is a friendly character that anyone can trust, she is tricky because she is Amanojaku. You will end up in a family that is likely to be down on its luck and you will spend your time in an environment devoid of humanity. Love is a sign that it is difficult to progress as expected, and blind love can lead to ruin. If you have bad family luck and are not blessed with good humanity, and if you do not have an environment in which you can settle even after marriage, your life after marriage will be prone to disasters. If you keep striving for humanity, you'll be safe at 40. If you can keep your feet on the ground and live solidly, you will meet the best of friends. 【Google 翻訳】

国武七海さんの社会性や仕事の命運とは？ 信念を貫く強い意志と独立心があり、独特な信頼によって援助者が増える運命です。

It is intended to increase the number of supporters with strong will and independent spirit who stick to belief and unique confidence. Even if you are willing to help others, it is a sign that interests and pleasures alternate, and your heart gets tired. Volunteering and working in contact with nature are ideal jobs, and if you fight for self-development without hesitation, you will earn the trust of your elders and peers. When starting a business or changing jobs, you should be able to achieve great results. Although he is talented as a leader, he is small and suddenly lonely. Let others judge you sometimes. 【Google 翻訳】

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Pollution Pods Let You Know How Bad Is The Air Pollution

Have you ever wondered visiting Norway’s Tautra island, New Delhi, Sao Paolo, Beijing, and London in just one hour? Well, it seems impossible but a British artist Michael Pinsky somehow made it possible with his newest work, virtually.

Pinsky built an architectural work inspired by the works of Buckminster Fuller, a notable architect and environmental writer who pioneered geodesic dome. Converting the inspiration into his own creation, Pinsky is building “pollution pods” in the middle of London.

Starting from April 22, any visitors coming to and local people living in London is given the chance to ‘visit’ those cities. The pollution pods actually will not give you the experience visiting those famous cities’ attractions, but at least will give you the experience to feel the air quality in those cities.

It might not give you beautiful background for your selfies, and that is never going to be the purpose of it in the first place. But you are expected to be more aware of air pollution that happens in our cities, compared to the pure and fresh Tautra island’s air.

From Smog To Diesel

The exhibition of pollution pods in London will be the second exhibition of the artwork, after similar project has been exhibited in Trondheim back in June 2017.  Trondheim was chosen to be the perfect place to hold the first exhibition since it is near to the ‘fresh air sample’ island, Tautra.

Like mentioned before, the work of Pinsky will not give you selfies with beautiful scenery of those cities. The point is, the artist expects you to compare how much differences you can notice between the pure and fresh air in the Trondheim, that will be included in one of the pods, and those mentioned big cities.

Pollution pods installation is the climax of Climart project, a scientific project aimed to see whether visual arts can affect our perception toward pollution and climate change. This project has been supported by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

“My job is to do an artwork in the way I always do and not to alter it because of the study, otherwise it makes the study unsound,” said Pinsky whose artwork proposal has been chosen as the one to be supported by NTNU among other 120 submissions.

April 22 was chosen to be the perfect date since the day will be celebrated by people all around the world as the “Earth Day”. Instead of celebrating it with balloons, which will be polluting our earth more, every person in London can just visit the artwork.

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Starmus2017_PollutionPods-TSK. Image by Trondheim

Pollution pods can be said as an artistic way to campaign the challenging and controversial topic, climate change and pollution. Campaigning through artwork is pretty common nowadays, and Pinsky himself identifies as one of those artists to be included in the motion.

“My work has always been quite political. My primary objective is about pushing the boundaries of what art can do and how it functions on a political, intellectual and aesthetic level,” the artist told CNN. This way, he wants his artwork not only appreciated as a mere art, but also a propagator for public to realize how much damage we have caused to the earth.

The Climart team, as the main sponsor of this eco-consciousness-based art project, have done a series of works to choose the most effective artwork to be presented. They have worked since 2015 during the ArtCOP festival in Paris and measure almost every single detail of the suggested concepts as far as measuring brain activity of selected participants.

And after more than 2 years of tight selection process, in June 2017 the team led by Christian Klockner chose Pinksy to be the one participating in their project. Not only because Pinksy himself has always been quite political in his works, but also because the artist has impressed them with the concept of pollution pods.

Scientific Purpose

Pollution Pods. Image by Trondheim

Not only having sole purpose to be an artwork that show the visitors global condition of air pollution, the pollution pods project in Trondheim has also acted as an effective data collector for NTNU’s study. The visitors required to fill an extensive survey which was collected and analyzed by the researchers.

But before filling up the survey, the visitors were asked to experience the bad air condition in New Delhi, smog in Sao Paolo and Beijing, and vehicle pollution in London by entering each pod. Before and after entering those pods, the visitors need to deeply inhale the diesel engine pollution in Trondheim for comparison too.

“So far in our studies, we have found that artists are increasingly responding to the threat of climate change within their work. What we expect to see in this project is that art, which is less dogmatic than scientific texts or political discussion, speaks to people on a more emotional level,” said Klockner.

By embracing two aspects of human tendency, science and arts, they hope the message will spread faster, wider and more effective. Not only that, by showing public that arts and science can go hand in hand in this project, Klockner and Pinksy hope that their coalition will inspire future similar coalitions.

“The most important thing in this project is to understand whether art can change the behavior of people and perhaps, from our studies, artists will take up our ideas and use them in the creation of new art pieces,” Klockner said.

The Second Show

Pollution Pods by Michael Pinsky at Somerset. Image by marcoverch

Being the second exhibition of his pollution pods, the exhibition in London also includes additional features. The first is Choropleth, a color-changing flag which will be standing alongside the pods that will change color based on the amount of ultraviolet radiation it receives.

The flag will have a Union Jack pattern and color at first, but after exposed to some amount of ultraviolet light from the sun, it will change its color in real time from the original red, white and blue to grey and black.

Not only that, the exhibition will also feature Somerset House’s secret coalholes which will give the visitors information about mushrooms. Visitors can explore the coalholes to witness how mushrooms are being grown, thanks to educational project brought by Edible Utopia.

So, if you are planning on visiting London this week, make sure to not miss the Earth Day exhibition by Pinksy.

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Your weeknight spaghetti with meatballs | Food | Woolworths SA

Explore Latest Review Relevant to Dinner Recipes, Chicken Wrap, and Woolworths Meatball Pasta Bake Recipe, Your weeknight spaghetti with meatballs | Food | Woolworths SA.

Few dishes will hit the spot quite like a hearty dish of spaghetti meatballs on a weeknight. This version is beyond easy to put together – and you can go a bit ‘extra’ on it as well.

Your weeknight spaghetti with meatballs:
To make the meatballs, either panfry 12 beef meatballs until cooked through or place them in a casserole, top with 375 ml Woolworths Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce (and a jar of roasted cherry tomatoes if you want) and bake at 180C until cooked through and bubbly.
Meanwhile, cook 500 g spaghetti in salted water until al dente. Combine the sauce, meatballs and pasta and mix well to coat.
Tip: for some flavour boosting, scatter with caper berries, fresh basil pesto and grated pecorino or other hard cheese.

Serves 4–6
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes

The weekend/indulgent version:
Follow all the same steps as the above, but take it one step further by drizzling with tomato puree for extra moisture. Add a handful of rosa tomatoes and press in slices of mozzarella cheese. Bake at 200C until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Dig in!

Healthy Low Fat Low Calorie Dinner Recipes For Weight Loss

I always appear to serve up our whole yearly allowance of Savory Mince around Christmas. It is essential watching what you eat and just how much you consume and making smarter, healthier choices.

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Or you can utilize a flour tortilla and fill to make a soft taco. It’s simple to do a web search for Thanksgiving menu concepts. Cool: Put it in the fridge for about 3 days. Barbecued chicken thighs and drumsticks are delicious.

Sick of preparing foods whole day through and yet not substantial? Mommies love preparing supper at home rather than going out and purchase canned products to decrease time in cooking. However are they cooking the ideal food? When an other half and the kids arrive home, they quickly go to the cooking area and look for the food they expect after a tiring day. So, it will be the partner’s conscience if she cooked and served food to her hubby and kids the foods that are absence of nutrients and hazardous to eat. Think of if you were the mom and you can not give what your household should have to have at the table that is in some way quiet frustrating. A healthy, low fat and low calorie dinner will be enough for the family to share together.

Retro is purported to be the very best place in Bournemouth to get Lebanese food. Found Steak Fajitas on Charminster Road, this restaurant’s blue-chequered and green entrance is challenging to miss. Inside, you’ll discover a friendly and energetic staff waiting to serve you such chicken dishes as shish taouk and farruji meshwi or grilled lamb cutlets. For lunch, Retro provides up a few of the most unique sandwiches in the area like lahem (lamb) meshwi or grilled Halloumi cheese served with cucumber slices. “Fish of the Day” and set menu specials also are available daily.

I matured camping with my family routinely. We pulled an outdoor camping trailer and liked the convenience to establish camp rapidly and bring the basics with us. I still keep in mind nights spent playing cards together and cooking over the grill. We found out to Chicken Pasta constantly be prepared to leave early, because my daddy loved to leave the night or day before we prepared. He would simply get excited and wish to go early. Pretty cute, huh?

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. In a big pan, drizzle your olive oil, and permit it to warm up. Then position your garlic in to saute a bit. After it’s sizzling pretty well, you wish to add your eggplant, zucchini, and mushrooms.

Well every supper is made up of the components that enter into it. When it concerns easy Dinner Recipes for the family, we need to stick with fast cooking, easy ingredients. We utilize a guideline in picking active ingredients. When cooking with kids, is it something they can cook by following directions and with minimum guidance. We wish to be able to assign them a cooking job and have it be basic enough for them to persevere to completion. In order to attain that, we have to follow the K.I.S.S. concept right from choosing our ingredients.

A couple of hours later, my other half and I were feasting on a few of the tastiest steaks we have ever eaten. The sluggish cooker technique will deal with balltips, round steak, and other tougher cuts of meat. Usually flank steak is sliced across the grain. With the slow cooking approach, nevertheless, you cut with the grain or shred the meat. Everyone in the household will enjoy this flavorful dish.

When you are picking where to purchase your cuts of meat from, always use a respectable and well relied on company to guarantee that you are purchasing a high quality cut that is jam-packed loaded with flavour.

Filet mignon steaks do not normally find their method to the yard barbeques owing to their steep rates. I can not think of why individuals are paying out $50 or a lot more for your Weber Q, with barely any in the includes.

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Tea’s Combat: Weightloss, Anxiety, Cholesterol, High bp

 “Kava kava Tea has been used to treat anxiety/nervous disorders, migraines, hyperactivity in children, insomnia, menstrual cramps, UTI and bladder problems.  Kava was used by the Germans in the 1890s for pharmaceuticals relating to blood pressure; before then, it was utilized by the Polynesians”, based on collected research at A 2 Z Health, Beauty and Fitness.

Today, Kava is used as a non-addictive way to sooth nerves and relax. In , small recommended doses, no side effects have been found for Kava. However, large dosages of Kava can have a sedative effect, which means that one should avoid alcohol, driving, and operating heavy machinery when taking heavy amounts. Talk to your doctor before consuming Kava tea if you have liver disease.

The “kava” lactones, which are the plant chemicals that produce the desired effects, have been studied in the use of relaxing stiff muscles by blocking signals in the user’s nerves.”

Additional safety studies have been done on Kava.  Negative research has been denounced by Polynesian countries who have used  the plant’s health benefit’s for 3000 years.  Leading others to put into question how the plant is processed and sold  in such countries as Germany and Switzerland.  It should also be noted that the Polynesian lifestyle has been recognized for their longevity, to which Kava has been a contributing factor.

Black Tea  is grown from a tree in higher elevations of China, India, Japan, Sri Lanka. The healing benefits of  black tea has been used throughout history for medicinal purposes. It helps relieve diarrhea, lowers cholesterol levels and helps prevent tooth decay. The tea has a therapeutic effect on gastric and intestinal illnesses because of its tannins. To get the maximum benefit for diarrhea let the tea steep for a full 15 minutes.

Black teaimproves circulation,  by opening the capillaries and normalizing blood pressure (bp).  Benefits are noticed by simply drinking 2 cups of black tea 2x’s a day for 3 weeks.  Additional benefits are contributed to the theophylline in black tea that helps improve cholesterol levels. It also has been known to expand the airways, improving on easier breathing for asthmatics.  Black tea also helps with preventing tooth decay due to the Fluoride, a trace element found in black tea, which strengthens tooth enamel.

Oolong Tea  is made by allowing the raw leaves to sun-wilted and bruise, which exposes their juices to the air, so the leaves oxidise and start to turn brown like a cut fruit. They oxidise only partially, giving them a rich, floral flavour. The tea is then dried fully; locking in the rich flavors that oolong tea is known to offer. Oolong’s unique drying process creates a tea that has many metabolic stimulating attributes, therefore, it comes in a wide range of tastes and aromas from teas very close in taste to green tea to those very close to black tea.

Health Benefits

Oolong tea burns over 157% more fat than Green Tea and has become the most popular tea designed to accelerate weigh loss!!!  Drinking two cups of Oolong tea every day helps shed stubborn pounds by boosting your metabolism and blocking the fattening effects of carbohydrates.

Large quantities of polyphenol in Oolong tea:

  • • promotes strong, healthy teeth;
    • improves cognitive functioning and mental well-being;
    • preventing eczema, allergies
    • clarifies your skin, giving it a healthy, radiant glow and
    • strengthens your immune system.
  • Studies show in Japan and USA that it may be an effective adjunct to treating Type 2 Diabetes.

Only three teas have been discussed, however, many varieties are known to bring a wide range of health benefits.  So end your day by unwinding with a cup of Chamomile tea.

By: Kimberly Crocker

Literature Research

  • Safety of Kava
  • Anon. FDA Issues Warning on Kava Suplement. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 26, 2002.
  • Anon. Kava Use Not Linked to Liver Damage, Report Says. Vitamin Retailer, April 2002.
  • Anon. NNFA Releases Expert Analysis of Kava Safety. Whole Foods, April 2002.
  • Blumenthal, Mark. The Safety of Kava Questioned. Whole Foods, March 2002.
  • Duke, James A. Dr. Duke’s Essential Herbs. New York: St. Martin’s Paperbacks. 2001.


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How one can Disable Overflow in WordPress (Take away Horizontal Scroll)

Do you wish to disable overflow in your WordPress web site?

A horizontal scroll bar seems when a component on that web page is just too huge to show and overflows past the display. Most WordPress themes don’t use horizontal scrolling as a result of it might break your web site format and confuse customers.

On this article, we are going to present you a straightforward and fast technique to disable overflow in WordPress and take away the horizontal scroll bar.

What Causes Horizontal Scroll Bar or Overflow in WordPress

When organising your WordPress website, it is very important make it user-friendly and accessible for everybody.

WordPress will present a horizontal scrollbar if a component is wider than your web site format. That is known as ‘overflow.’ Having a horizontal scroll bar can break your design and make your web site much less user-friendly.

An online web page with each horizontal and vertical scroll bars may be disorienting for the customer and turn into arduous to navigate. It can lead to folks leaving your web site inflicting decrease conversions and gross sales.

Disabling overflow may be useful for you as it would make your web site extra user-friendly and intuitive.

Disabling the overflow is a particularly straightforward course of. With that in thoughts, let’s check out how one can simply disable the overflow horizontal scroll bar in WordPress.

Technique 1: Including the CSS Snippet utilizing Theme Customizer

You’ll be able to disable overflow in WordPress by merely including a CSS code within the ‘Further CSS’ choice of the theme customizer.

All it’s a must to do is go to the WordPress dashboard and click on Look » Customise.

Word: You would possibly see Look » Editor as an alternative of Customise. This implies your theme makes use of the full-site editor (FSE) as an alternative of the Theme Customizer, and you must try our information on how to fix the missing theme customizer or use Method 2 under.

Choose Additional CSS option from theme customizer

When you’re on the Customise web page, click on on the ‘Further CSS’ choice after which merely copy and paste the next code.

html, physique {
	max-width: 100%;
	overflow-x: hidden;

When you’ve pasted the code, any overflow shall be eliminated, and also you’ll be capable of see it utilized in your web site’s dwell preview pane.

Don’t neglect to click on on the ‘Publish’ button on the high of the web page if you’re carried out!

Paste CSS code in Additional CSS field

Technique 2: Including The CSS Snippet Utilizing WPCode

You may also add the CSS through code snippet utilizing the WPCode plugin.

WPCode is the preferred code snippet plugin, utilized by over 1 million web sites. We advocate this technique as this plugin makes it straightforward so as to add customized code to WordPress with out having to edit any of your theme information.

So the very first thing it’s essential to do is set up and activate the WPCode plugin in your web site. For extra particulars, you’ll be able to see our step to step information on how to install a WordPress plugin.

When you’ve activated the plugin, it would add a brand new menu merchandise labeled Code Snippets to your WordPress admin bar. Click on it, and you may be taken to the ‘All Snippets’ web page.

Go forward and click on on the ‘Add New’ button so as to add your CSS code.

Go to Code Snippets and click Add New

Now that you simply’re on the ‘Add Snippet’ web page, you’ll be able to both search the WPCode snipept library, or you can begin from scratch with your personal. That’s what you’ll do right here.

Merely hover over ‘Add Your Customized Code (New Snippet)’ and click on on ‘Use Snippet.’

Click Use Snippet button

When you’re on the ‘Create Customized Snippet’ web page, begin by coming into a title in your code snippet. That is for you solely, and it may be something that helps you determine the code.

Subsequent, you’ll have to pick out the ‘Code Kind’ from the drop-down menu on the precise. Word that WPCode doesn’t provide an choice for CSS, so that you’ll have to click on on the choice ‘Common Snippet.’

Select Universal Snippet as Code Type

Subsequent, all it’s a must to do is copy and paste the next CSS code snippet into the ‘Code Preview’.

It can appear like this when you’ve pasted the code:

Paste your CSS code in WPCode

After that, scroll all the way down to the ‘Insertion’ part. Right here, you’ll discover two choices, ‘Auto Insert’ and ‘Shortcode.’

You’ll select the ‘Auto Insert’ choice in order that your code shall be routinely inserted and executed in your web site.

Choose an Insertion mode

Nonetheless, should you simply wish to disable the horizontal scroll bar on some particular pages, you should use the conditional logic choice in WPCode to solely present the snippet on particular web page.

Alternatively, you should use the WPCode Pro model to load snippets on particular put up pages utilizing the Block Editor.

When you’ve chosen your choice, go to the highest of the web page and toggle the swap from ‘Inactive’ to ‘Lively’ within the high proper nook.

Then, simply click on the ‘Save Snippet’ button.

Save your CSS snippet

That’s it! You simply eliminated any horizontal overflow scroll bars in your web site.

We hope this text helped you discover ways to disable the overflow in your WordPress web site. You may additionally wish to see our knowledgeable picks of must-have WordPress plugins to grow your site, and our newbie’s information on how to create a contact form in WordPress.

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Influential activists, policymakers, academics and artists convene to prevent sexual violence in the Western Balkans and Turkey

Influential activists, policymakers, academics and artists convene to prevent sexual violence in the Western Balkans and Turkey
With You, the ‘mourning protest’ coordinated by the ‘Different and Equal’ organization in Tirana, Albania. March 2019. Credit: Different and Equal

Some 150 representatives of national civil society organizations, government officials, youth and artists from the Western Balkans and Turkey settled on the next key steps for advancing national and regional commitments to end sexual violence at a virtual conference held on 10 March. The regional conference, organized by UN Women in partnership with the Women Against Violence Europe Network (WAVE), under the EU-funded regional programme “Ending violence against women: Implementing Norms, Changing Minds,” examined critical policy recommendations to prevent and respond to sexual violence in the region and outlined key actions to accelerate their implementation.

Chloe Laurens-Dinsdale, Policy Officer for Fundamental Rights for the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), European Commission, highlighted the European Union’s role in promoting concrete action to fight all forms of violence against women and girls: “We’re assisting countries at national and regional level in eliminating violence against women, including sexual violence, and in delivering on their own commitments to support gender equality. But, as we all know, more efforts are required. We need to do more and better. We expect governments to [position] gender equality and the elimination of gender-based violence as top priorities in their agendas. Violence against women is a major obstacle to gender equality, which is one of the EU’s fundamental values and a Commission priority.”

Alia El-Yassir, Regional Director of UN Women’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, emphasized the importance of following through on commitments to end violence against women: “We would like to re-energize the discussion around the right of women to live a life free of violence by renewing existing commitments as well as making new commitments to respond to and prevent sexual violence in the region – commitments that make ending violence against women a plausible reality in the region and can pave the way for important lessons learned for other countries in Europe and worldwide.”

Stephanie Futter-Orel, Executive Manager of WAVE Network, explained that most women who experience physical and/or sexual violence decide not to report the incident to the police or other authorities: “The low rate of women survivors asking for help can be attributed to several reasons, including the fact that women’s specialist support services are not available across and throughout all countries. Ensuring short- and long-term support and sensitive responses by trained staff is crucial when supporting victims of sexual violence.”

The conference also featured the participation of Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, who emphasized that prevention of requires addressing shortcomings in the criminalization and normalization of sexual violence: “It also requires ending the rampant impunity for such acts in many parts of the world and the removal of the obstacles that many women face in order to access meaningful reparations, which should strive to be truly transformative. All countries should aspire to the extent possible to challenge, rather than reinforce, pre-existing structural inequalities and gender stereotypes that may be at the root cause of the violence that women experience.”

During a moderated panel discussion, government officials from the Western Balkans and Turkey identified five key recommendations for preventing and responding to sexual violence:

  • Establish specialist services and institutional frameworks to support survivors of sexual violence
  • Build institutional capacity to exchange ideas and to learn from each other, which is crucial to stakeholder collaboration
  • Break the silence surrounding sexual violence and create spaces for women to tell their own stories without fear of consequence or societal judgment
  • Set up stable and sustainable financial support so that support services for women survivors of sexual violence function continuously and without interruption
  • Include men in addressing this societal problem to ensure that everyone in society is part of the solution.

Moreover, Gordana Čomić, Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue from Serbia, highlighted future steps aimed at tackling sexual violence: “Women survivors of sexual violence must be supported and encouraged by State institutions as well as NGOs. Also, a special part of the human rights strategy will be devoted to women’s human rights, by establishing departments, mechanisms and persons at all levels of government – from the local to the national level – who will monitor the fulfilment of women’s human rights and levels of violence against women.”

Conference attendees also heard from award-winning British-Turkish novelist and activist Elif Shafak about the importance of enabling women survivors of violence to tell their stories without backlash: “Our voices matter, our stories matter, but our silence also matters. And unfortunately, sexual violence and systemic rape are massive silences within our cultures. So how do we make the invisible more visible? How do we empower the disempowered? And how do we humanize people who have been dehumanized? As a storyteller, stories are an important way to approach this question, because when we hear each other’s stories, we realize that we’re not alone.”

The event concluded with youth perspectives on tackling sexual violence against women and the need for everyone, especially men, to take action so that women and girls are equal in all aspects of life.

“Young people must not live in silence, shame and obliviousness about these issues,” concluded the WAVE Youth Ambassador from North Macedonia, Stefan Petrovski. “Too much of our time has been spent on making violence a taboo topic and something we address when damage has already been done. We are already late when it comes to preventing violence, but we are never too late to draw the line and build a safer world for new generations.”


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When it comes to managing implicit long-term market expectations, the Fed could declare victory now. The 5-year equilibrium inflation rate calculated using Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIP
S) and nominal bonds, has (again) fallen to the 2% level (of course, since the Fed is majority owner of nominal bonds and TIPS, it can do with this number what it wishes by buying or selling nominal bonds and inflation-linked bonds, so this indicator should be taken with a HUGE grain of skepticism).

The recent low in the 5-year 5-year forward balance was around 1.4% at the height of COVID, and the high was 2.4% in early 2022, before the Fed pivoted aggressively to crush inflation and inflation expectations. Recall that during the 2008 financial crisis, TIPS were sold off aggressively as illiquidity and deflation fears surfaced and pushed the breakeven down to around 1.5%. TIPS don’t act like Treasuries should when there’s an exit race.

The Pyrrhic victory over breakeven inflation was costly. In the United States, wealthy asset owners were of course shocked. Those who cannot afford expensive food and gasoline also lose their purchasing power. And those in the middle, who contribute loyally to their retirement plans, find that their nest eggs are worth about 20 to 30% less than at the start of the year. Everyone starts to suffer. Internationally, rising short-term rates in the United States are translating into strong dollar strength, forcing countries like Sri Lanka through what is effectively a revolution. The damage is just beginning to appear, on a global scale.

Although interest rates are mostly raised at the next Fed meeting by at least 75 basis points, the severe inversion of the yield curve, where short-term yields are now higher than almost all Longer maturities suggest the market is pricing in a lot of things, including the global economy, breaking down in the coming months. A real crisis could force the Fed to pivot and go neutral at a minimum and maybe even talk about easing if things get worse. Because those who insist on the fact that the Fed will cure inflation even if it means throwing the economy away do not understand the fact that “monetary policy is the servant of fiscal policy”, to use the words of Paul McCulley. In other words, a political entity that will buckle under the weight of political pressure when Washington complains about a deflating economy. The Fed faces two future constraints: high inflation and cratering markets.

So what’s going to precipitate the pivot I was talking about? Simply an excuse to say that the stability of financial markets has become more of a threat than the economy can bear. As with earthquakes, there are already signs of these precursor phenomena of increased illiquidity. The rapid disappearance of liquidity in many different markets suggests that we are on the brink of financial market catastrophe if more financial stress is exerted on the economy.

The Fed knows it. If they really wanted to slow the economy, there is a way to do it beyond just raising rates. This would include outright asset sales. The trillions in longer-term Treasuries and mortgage transfers they bought during the frantic stimulus to the economy in recent years could be sold off to suck up more long-term cash than just raising rates. . But selling assets into a bottomless pit of illiquidity can also destroy confidence. So I don’t think large-scale asset sales are likely to happen anytime soon.

Back to TIPS.

What is more likely to happen is a compromise. The trade-off might look like this: reported inflation will be FORCED lower. Maybe inflation is stabilizing between 5 and 6%. And because bringing realized inflation down from the recent 9.1% to 2% in a short period can only happen with a deep recession that no one wants, the Fed is slowly starting to telegraph that if 2% is the target long-term inflation, the short-term target is something like 4%. I guess policymakers won’t want to define “long-term” or “short-term” too precisely to retain maximum flexibility.

Let’s assume for discussion that long term means 10 years and short term means 2-3 years. If this is the possible path of inflation, what is the best way for investors to position their portfolios?

A little over a year ago I wrote in this forum why you shouldn’t look for TIPS to protect yourself from inflation (here). But my growing view now is that TIPS, which had already been offered at insane price levels by the Fed and retail ETFs, could begin to offer asymmetric protection and total return potential as well. This is mainly because they have lost a lot of value recently.

TIPS are theoretically an insurance against inflation. But insurance is only effective when the price of that insurance is relatively cheap. When TIPS were trading at deeply negative real yields due to frantic buying by the Fed and retail investors, they were “negative insurance” against inflation. This is why, while inflation has risen sharply, the prices of TIPS and TIPS funds have fallen instead of rising. The pure duration effect of rising real yields, which had inflated the price of TIPS, killed the benefit of the so-called inflation protection. But are we at a stage where TIPS are becoming attractive again?

Let’s take a few examples.

First, just a simple 2 year maturity TIPS. Currently, this TIPS has an actual yield of 0.10%. But the real return earned by an investor is the sum of the real return and the rate of inflation (lots of details about this on the site of the Direct cash). Principal and coupon are adjusted for inflation. So as inflation increases, the principal also increases and the coupon is paid on the increased principal. If we add inflation of 9%, then yes, this bond returns, instantly, in annualized terms, approximately 9.10% (Source: Bloomberg). Good enough. How about a year? If we look at a year and attach probabilities to the various outcomes for actual returns (the way I did this is to use the probability distribution of nominal returns as implied by the market) we can calculate prices of the scenario based on hypothetical yield changes and coupon income. Then we can weight the results with the probabilities of getting the expected return.

If inflation averages 9%, the “expected value” of the annual coupon yield and possible variation in yields is approximately 9.81%. What if inflation averaged 5%? The expected return drops to around 6.5% over the next year. And if inflation miraculously drops to 2%, that bond will still have an expected total return of 3.8%. For an inflation rate of 0%, the total return is about 2%, and you need to have an outright deflation of -2% for this TIPS to have a zero return. There is no magic here, just bond calculations and the incorporation of the total return principles of roll-down, carry and pull-to-par.

Running the same numbers for a 10-year maturity TIPS, we find that at 9% inflation the expected annualized return for a one-year horizon is 10.5%, at 5% inflation in average over the period, the expected total return is 7.1%, at 2% inflation 4.5%, at 0% inflation 2.75% and at -3% inflation (deflation), the expected return is 0 on the horizon. Again, no magic, just bond calculations and an average over implied market probabilities.

So in summary, buying inflation insurance through TIPS was extremely unattractive just a few months ago when the Fed invaded the TIPS market and retail investors followed them like pipers, and dealers ran the Fed and got stuck with TIPS; today, the fact that TIPS have lost so much value due to the unwinding of surplus, as inflation rises, makes them attractive again as fixed income instruments. In effect, the market punished holders of high-priced TIPS by forcing real yields high and prices low. Just when inflation spreads and peaks, voila, the price of insurance becomes cheap again.

If a fumbling and panicked Fed raises rates too quickly and aggressively, I suspect the economy will crash and real yields will fall sharply. TIPS should do well from their current starting point, as they are bonds after all and bonds rally when yields fall. On the other hand, if the Fed stays behind the inflation curve and lets inflation rise, TIPS will offset the higher inflation in terms of higher coupon and principal. That’s why they are called TIPS after all.

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OAEC offers two internship positions each year in our 49 year-old biointensive organic gardens. The gardens are a rich setting for experiential learning. Interns learn all aspects of gardening while working closely with OAEC’s Garden Manager. We are looking for those who really want to learn from working in the Mother Garden and take their experience out into the world.

Internship Details:
2023 internships begin in late January and end in mid-December. The work week is 24 hours. OAEC garden interns typically work full days Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, with a few exceptions. Ample vacation, holiday, and sick time off is provided. In exchange for their work, all interns are given a private, cozy place to live, community meals, access to a fully-stocked kitchen, pantry, and on-site garden veggies and orchard. Interns also receive free participation in the OAEC Permaculture Design Course, as well as a $300 monthly stipend.

Interns fully participate in the life of the residential community, including contributing to the regular cooking and chore rotations, and community meals. All land residents and staff, including interns, are required to be vaccinated against Covid 19.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Garden interns are involved in all aspects of gardening, including:
- Seed Sowing
- Transplanting
- OAEC Nursery & Plant Sale assistance
- Bed Preparation & Planting
- Composting
- Hand Watering & Drip Irrigation
- Weeding
- Pruning, Trellising & Fertilizing
- Harvesting
- Certified Organic Data Management
- Seed Saving and Processing
- Orchard Care

Education & Experience:

- An excitement and desire to learn gardening through hands-on experience is essential.
- Prior gardening experience is helpful but not necessary.
- We are looking for motivated, self-starting people who can be comfortable occasionally working alone, and who also enjoy working with volunteers.
- Physical stamina is a must. We work outside rain or shine!

Application Instructions:

Deadline to apply is October 15th. E-mail the following application materials to

Complete the Garden_Intern_Application-2023 form (found at
Include a cover letter, resume and list of references
A picture of yourself is requested, yet not required

We encourage garden internship applicants to attend a Garden Volunteer Day at OAEC sometime in September or October. This is a great way to meet us, see the garden, and get a feel for the work, especially if you’ve never been here before. On the RSVP page, please indicate that you are applying to the garden internship.

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More than 28% of global tablets shipped are ‘white box’

Research from Strategy Analytics shows that while Apple with its iPad and Samsung with its Galaxy Tabs might be some of the big names in the tablet industry, it is actually the no-name cheaper devices which are dominating the market.

13.3m of these ‘white box’ devices shipped during Q1 2016 in what the research house stated was the “worst quarter since 2012” for the tablet market.

Apple iPad’s decline not new

While Strategy Analytics shows Apple’s shipment market share declining by 19% year-over-year, hunting around for more data on the subject shows that the vendor has seen its share shrink for a few years now.

StatCounter, for instance, shows the number of Apple devices currently in circulation around the globe falling by 10% between 2013 and 2016.

Good news for Android?

Many ‘white box’ tablets run Android OS, and while overall devices running the operating system has seen declining shipments also, around 30m Android tablets were sold during Q1 2016 according to Strategy Analytics.

This follows on from data released in late 2015 showing 68% of globally shipped tablets running Android and predicting that those running the operating system will still dominate at least up until 2019.

Unstable market?

It’s certainly an interesting time for the tablet market. While it has broadly been a bad quarter for global shipments, vendors such as Chinese manufacturer Huawei have seen terrific growth of 66% year-over-year during Q1 2016 – and its operating system of choice? Windows.

There are, I think, a few sureties though. ‘White box’ devices will continue to be first choice for many tablet buyers, in particular when we think about the influence Asia and specifically China has on how the global tablet market develops.

For ‘white box’ manufacturers in Asia, I expect they will be somewhat enthused that if priced competitively enough such devices can easily compete with the bigger brands.

And Huawei will no doubt be feeling it can compete in the market too.


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What are the Dimensions of a Basketball Court? Every Thing You Need To Know

Basketball courts come in all shapes and sizes, as various leagues across the world have their signature stadiums, complexes, and outdoor courts in the park. Wherever there is a desire to play, there will be a court of some size to play on. Here is a look at the dimensions of 2 popular leagues of basketball, the competitive high school leagues and the prestigious National Basketball Association.

Difference Between NBA and High School Court Size

After a quick initial glance at both an NBA and high school court, it may appear they are the same. However, while they are similar in many aspects, there are some differences that affect how the game is played. While watching the games on TV, basketball fans could potentially mistake the courts as the same, as the differences between NBA and high school courts are very subtle. The most important difference is the court size, as the courts in high school are smaller than NBA courts. This makes sense as high school players are smaller and less experienced than NBA players, so their courts must have shorter 3 point lines and overall dimensions. You can look at it from the other perspective as well, as NBA players would get crowded up on a high school sized court, and constantly drain 3 point shots as the 3 point line is considerably further from the hoop in the pros. Due to perspective, a NBA and high school basketball court could look the same on TV, but in reality, there are many differences.

How Long is a Basketball Court

As discussed above, different levels of play have different court dimensions, and all leagues will be covered. The smallest court is played in junior high school/middle school leagues, measuring at 74x52 feet. As one can imagine, it is the smallest court size as the players are the smallest and youngest and need time to develop and grow accustomed to the highschool and college sized court. The next smallest court size are the high school courts, and their dimensions are 84x50 feet. This is a drastic change from junior high, as this court size more closely resembles the NBA dimensions. Both men and women in the NCAA share the same court dimensions, as their field of play measures 94x50. International court dimensions are interesting, as they are different from NBA and college, but only the slightest bit. An international court comes in at 91’10”x 49’2.5”, making it just a few feet smaller than NCAA’s dimensions.  It’s fascinating to think about if players notice the subtle changes in the court size when coming to an international league from college basketball. Lastly, in both the NBA and WNBA, courts measure 94x50 feet, the same dimensions used by all colleges. As you can see, courts in all leagues have similar lengths and widths, and it makes you wonder if players are able to tell the difference when making their way up to the NBA and other professional leagues.

How Many Feet is a Free Throw Line and Three Point Line?

Just like the size of the court, the length of the free throw line and three point line from the hoop varies depending on which league you are watching or playing in. In junior high and high school leagues, the length of the 3 point line is 19.75 feet all the way around. Because of the shorter distance, some of the best high school teams in the nation create the most exciting games to watch because they have the ability to knock down constant 3 pointers, resulting in exciting back and forth action. College basketball’s 3 point line is just a foot longer at 20.75 feet. Because junior high, high school, and NCAA have shorter 3 point lines, it allows the distance to be the same around the entire perimeter of the 3 point line. In the NBA, WNBA, and international leagues, the distance in the corners are shorter than the rest of the arc. In international play and the WNBA, the length from the corners is 21.65 feet while it is 22.15 feet at the longest point. In the NBA, the distance is 22 feet from the corners and 23.75 feet at the longest.

Basketball Court Dimension
In all levels of play (except international), the distance of the free throw line is the same, 15 feet. The distance in international basketball is just a bit longer at 16.08. As players grow older and more experienced, average free throw percentage goes up as the shot is almost a guaranteed make in the NBA if you are decent at shooting. Of course, there is one or two guys per team that have abysmal shooting form, but since the distance hasn’t changed since junior high, there’s a good chance they have made one or two in their career.

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When Do You Rotate In Volleyball?

The rotation in Volleyball is an action by which the players rotate in the different positions of the field. This is given so that all the players play various roles, both as forwards and as backs. Of course, it will ONLY be rotated when we win the point to the contrary. That is, if we are serving and we win the point, we continue serving without rotating. But when the other team serves and we win that point, we will rotate and serve, see Step 1 to get started.

Step 1:

BE AWARE OF THE SIX COURT POSITIONS: Each team's side of the volleyball court will have two rows of three players each, for a total of six spots. Although the players rotate clockwise, the positions are labeled counter-clockwise. They are as follows:
Position 1: The right-back, where is the serving player
Position 2: In front of the right-back, just in front of the right show.
Position 3: In the center of the act, to the left of the front right.
Position 4: The left front, to the left of the center front.
Position 5: The left-back, in front of the left front
Position 6: Behind the middle front, in the middle back.

Step 2:

KNOW YOUR POSITION ON THE TEAM: Court position is where you are standing on the court, which changes with every rotation; your position on the team is your set role and does not change. Here are the six positions: The setter The outside-hitter The middle-blocker DS The Libero

Step 3:

KNOW WHEN TO ROTATE: Rotate when you side out. A side-out is when your opponent has the serve, but your team wins the point. In Volleyball, you turn clockwise. If your team wins when the other team is serving, then the person in the front right moves to the right-back, turning into the new server. You do not rotate if your team is serving, and you win a point remains in the exact position. After serving from position 1, a player will rotate to position 6 (middle back), position 5 (left back), position 4 (left front), and finally position three (middle front), and finally to position two (right front) before returning to position 1. Remember that each player only rotates once the team gains the service point; the next time each player spins will be after the other team wins control of the ball and loses the point.

Step 4:

KNOW WHEN TO SUB OUT: When you reach a certain point in the game, depending on your level of play and position, you may either stay in the game or be subbed out with another player—specific rotation. If you are a front-row player (setter, outside hitter, or middle blocker), you may substitute with a back-row when you get to right back; you may be able to serve and then sub out (DS or Libero). When the back row players reach their limit, they will be replaced by front row players on the left front.

Step 5:

BE AWARE OF WHERE TO MOVE DURING ROTATIONS: You can move after the server makes contact with the ball to improve your position. For example, if you're a setter in the left front, you can move to the right front after the server makes contact to be in the best location for your position. This is the same for previous positions too. Middle blockers will always try to run to the center front; outside hitters will try to run to the front left, and so on. Just keep in mind that you are not allowed to move until the ball is served. Players in the backcourt are not permitted to move to the net to block or spike and must stay on the court to perform all attacking actions behind the attack line. Because this rule is in effect, skilled spikers cannot dominate in all six court rotations.

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Understanding the importance of history in a person’s life

Understanding the importance of history in a person’s life

Whenever some hear about history, the majority of people think of boring classrooms and lectures. Everybody feels that history is useless and it doesn’t affect much in a person’s life. Some think that learning about history and historical events is a waste of time. Some even strongly suggest people not indulge in history and learn things necessary for life like science and technology. But the reality is very different, history as important as mathematics or science. A person should know about their past and know all the important things in their country or their region. This is something that gives a person identity and personality. The importance of history can not be described in a word, but a person can it through examples.

Identity crisis:

If a person is asked from which country they are originally from, for example. It will be very simple to respond to that question; based on their ethnicity, an individual may simply state that they are Indian or American. But what happens when an individual starts worrying about their identity? What, for example, is the concept of India? What is America? And that is where heritage comes into play; it is the total of all the feelings, past incidents, and stories that have occurred in a nation. So, if you’re ever in confusion about their life, a person should dig and explore their history or past. Then only will they get an idea of their identity and what they are? Some people don’t give these ideas thought, and these are the same people who face identity crises later on in their life. If an individual doesn’t want these identity crises to happen, they should take up those history books.

History and humanity:

If a person says that they think history is boring or is very monotonous, they have never been taught history properly because history is by virtue one of the most interesting topics to study. Knowing all the important things in the past and learning about all the important leaders who led humanity this far is very interesting and insightful. One can say the world’s future is pretty much dependent on the past; this is why the world is still divided into different nations and countries. And this is also the same thing that forms ideologies and brings people together. So learning history is like a mixed fruit basket; one may never know what they will get. It helps in bringing closer together; it gives a sense of compassion and friendship among people. In short, this is what makes humanity closer.

Real history:

History is really fun; one can say that it is like arts. Knowing this that other people don’t know is a good way to start a conversation with people. This is what draws individual attention towards other people.

So in conclusion, people should learn and explore history if they can.

Three important points about humanity are discussed!

Three important points about humanity are discussed!

Humanity is one particular aspect of human beings that forces him to do some things related to the help following peace stop hating and to feed hungry people on the various streets of the local town. All these things generally come under the word of humanity, which is very much in the hearts of every people who used to live with a variety of people around in their surroundings.

However, there are so many incidents in the world when humanity got damaged with their human being. The human only decreases all the amount of humanity by doing some wrong activities like fighting with each other, hating people, backstabbing, etc. Unfortunately, all the things do not end here only. Many people also do some wrong kind of activities that mainly affect the overall percentage of humanity, not well.

We need to know a few basics as human beings want to save humanity over this Earth. You need to follow some basics that will help increase humanity among the hearts of the people and save this world for the future aspects where there is no hate and cruelty exists.

Follow honest policy in life to become a better human

  • One particular saying is that honesty is the best policy, and it is very well suited for humanity. If you follow honesty most of the time in your every word, you will do some unique work that is very good for humanity’s existence over this particular Earth.
  • Whenever you do any Miss behave with any person around you should shutter the values of humanity which are not at all in useful for you as a human who also lives on this very Earth with a variety of peoples, and you may also get the same kind of Taste which you recently are done with a particular person.

Give donation on a regular basis

  • It is your fundamental duty to give your actual money in the donation as an honest human being. Some so many persons regularly need some amount of money to live their life. If you helped all those persons, you would improve humanity in yourself and others who are getting help with your money. You might want to play some บาคาร่า online to earn extra money that you can go on and donate.
  • You can contact some unique welfare societies that are always ready to do well for all those who need money, food, and shelter. You need to give some part of your virtual money that you and after so much of hard work in your working places to become a good human who feeds their family and looks at the poor you cannot read property just because of the lack of money.

Give clothes and shelter to the needed persons

  • Giving clothes to the poor is also the best way to enhance your humanity and encourage other people who are not doing any Charity with their virtual money.

In the end, I would say that all the above things about humanity are going to help you out in improving your overall basic knowledge about the same.

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Working at Comcast: Meet Chris, a Network Engineer

Welcome back to “Working at Comcast,” a peek into the working life at Comcast. This week, we head to Mount Laurel, New Jersey to meet with Chris–a Network Engineer working to enhance Comcast’s network infrastructure.

There are no average days for Network Engineers at Comcast. From problem solving sessions to developing custom software solutions, engineers company wide – including Chris – are constantly growing their skillsets, while building one of the largest computer networks in the U.S.

“You don’t stop learning at any point in your career,” Chris says. “It is one continuous chain of learning new things and keeping up to date.”

Chris is currently working on a software program that emulates Comcast’s vast network so engineers can build and test new solutions before deploying them in the field. He develops in Python and Perl on a daily basis and finds extra time to experiment and build tools in the lab.

In addition to his job, Chris is the proud father of a young daughter – who shows great interest in potentially becoming a Network Engineer herself one day.

“I really would like female engineers to apply for jobs in network engineering,” Chris says, “Especially because I have a young daughter who is remarkably bright and has an aptitude for the electronics that I’ve been teaching her… there are opportunities for everybody.”

Check out Chris’ “Realistic Job Preview” below to see how network engineers build out the infrastructures that keep Comcast running:

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