All posts by nedhamson

Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Where Do YOU Belong??!! – Ex-Gringo

In deciding which company size and environment are best suited for you and your career aspirations, it is important to review all of the options available; along with their plusses and minuses. Working for an International, a National, a local, a friend’s, a family or one’s own company/business all provide a variety of questions and concerns that will assist one in deciding “Where They Belong”. Source: Where Do YOU Belong??!! – Ex-Gringo

Pet Prosthetics Get a Boost From 3D Printing – Boone Ashworth 12.21.2020 07:00 AM — Just Sayin’

New modeling software is helping animal health experts develop more customizable prosthetics for pets with missing limbs. Still, not all legs are created equal. Photograph: Dive Design Consider the three-legged dog. Maybe you own one, or have seen them in the park or in any of the  billions of Dodo videos about them. Lopsided yet resilient, they evoke a kind of fawning […]

Pet Prosthetics Get a Boost From 3D Printing – Boone Ashworth 12.21.2020 07:00 AM — Just Sayin’

The Joshua Bell Experiment (Video)

Bombay Ficus

Over ten years ago, a short, unassuming article was published in one of America’s leading newspapers, the Washington Post. It was about a social experiment that highlighted some harsh truths about the society we live in. Most of the mid-level bureaucrats disembark at L’Enfant Plaza station, located in the heart of federal Washington. On Friday, 12 January 2007, as people slurped coffee and scarfed down doughnuts, as they scurried off to work, an inconspicuous man, in jeans and a T-shirt, stood next to a dustbin inside the station playing a violin.

In a city like Mumbai, it would not be considered highly dignified for someone to play music on the street. The perception in the States is different. They are not part of the aristocracy, but not considered impoverished either. They are just seen as street performers, who can at times attract quite a crowd and media attention.

If you…

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How to Make Mashed Turnips for a Fantastic Holiday Side Dish

Buckle up everybody, for I am here to defend and exalt turnips. In fact, I’d go so far as to claim that turnips, when mashed, are better than their potato counterparts, and a far more interesting vehicle for gravy. Cooked turnips are firm yet velvety, slightly nutty, and bring a bit more oomph to your holiday spread. But, full disclosure, my not all of my turnip-eating Christmases have been merry.

Source: How to Make Mashed Turnips for a Fantastic Holiday Side Dish

Orange County obliterates its COVID-19 records – Los Angeles Times

The 4,606 new coronavirus infections announced Sunday shattered the county’s previous one-day high of 3,445, according to data compiled by The Times. There have been 3,000-plus new daily cases logged countywide only five times throughout the entire pandemic — all since Dec. 13.

“The number of infections in our county, in our surrounding counties, has been rising every day,” Dr. Clayton Chau, Orange County’s health officer and Health Care Agency director, said last week. “Every day, we break the record, the number of people who have been infected. So I’m pleading with the community: Please, please do not gather. And make sure you follow the public health guidance because our hospitals are now bombarded.” Source: Orange County obliterates its COVID-19 records – Los Angeles Times

Perdoar e deixar ir

”Forgive, not because your enemies deserve forgiveness. But, because you are the one who needs peace ”.

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Perdoe, não porque seus inimigos merecem perdão. Mas, porque você é quem precisa de paz “.

Eu desconheço o autor dessa citação, mas quero dizer a você que ela corrobora com o seu bem-estar, a sua saúde mental e emocional ao mesmo tempo.

Você é do tipo de pessoa que tem dificuldades para perdoar? Perdão exige sacrifício. Para você perdoar alguém, uma pessoa que te feriu, você precisa organizar interiormente, muita coisa. Não é fácil você chegar e dizer ” eu te perdoo!”. Parece que falando assim, digo perdoando com ‘facilidade’, essa fala vai para o lado da incompreensão. Não, as coisas não funcionam assim dessa maneira. Primeiro, existe um sofrimento, uma ferida aberta e que precisa cicatrizar. Todavia, Quem melhor pode curar essa ferida é você. Não espere que o outro tenha uma atitude nobre de chegar até você, sentar frente a frente, e falar sobre as causas…

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Failure isn’t Fatal

Saania's diary - reflections, learnings, sparkles

Nothing good is ever given to us easily. When we are on the verge of something, there is always a chance for failure as there is for success. In fact, most of the times, things never go perfectly as planned!

I often look back at the times I wasn’t doing too well at school. I moved countries and was finding it exceedingly difficult to catch up on all of the work I had missed. This was simply devastating for me because I had never seen myself going through this before, ever. I was always regarded as a great student.

The more I let myself feel the overwhelming anxiety of failure, the worse things seemed to get. But over time, the more I pushed myself to bounce back again, the more I saw how the whole world began to help me. My teachers helped me, my friends helped me, my parents…

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