#Best Practice

[kawuli]

y'know, more places should do this.

[malarkey-to-my-heart]

i love this delightful pun! and also, i'm adopting this as best-practice moving forward

Hot queer spaces tip: never trust any spot that has fewer than 2 fat and hairy people present!! You have no idea what other problems the space has if they can’t even meet the bear minimum

[mumblesplash]

comics as an art form make me insane. they’re so difficult to do well. there’s so many different ways to make sequential art work and most of them are deeply unintuitive. onomatopoeia that feels completely ridiculous to put down often reads seamlessly. panels on a page become a fractally nested image composition challenge that’s only possible to lose because if you do a good job no one will notice. you have to direct the readers’ eyes on a specific path across the page but also account for the fact that they won’t follow it. comic time isn’t linear. if the order of events isn’t crystal clear the story becomes incomprehensible. sometimes you need to do this on purpose. all this for a medium almost universally considered less effective than animation and less respectable than plain text. even its own name doesn’t take it seriously

[fuerst-von-plan1]

Effektive Strategien für die digitale Transformation in der IT

Die digitale Transformation ist für viele Unternehmen, insbesondere in der IT-Branche, zu einem zentralen Thema geworden. Sie umfasst nicht nur technologische Veränderungen, sondern auch einen tiefgreifenden Wandel in der Unternehmenskultur und der Arbeitsweise. Um die Herausforderungen und Chancen der digitalen Transformation effektiv zu meistern, sind strategische Ansätze und bewährte Praktiken…

[thebutton88-blog]

Spiritual Warfare: Stupidity, Malice, Responsibility, and Resisting the Powers and Principalities.

Spiritual Warfare is one of those topics that gets people either all hot and bothered or makes them scoff and turn their noses up. But I think the reality of spiritual warfare is not ghost-busting or fighting demons like a Marvel character. Spiritual warfare is about the kingdom of God revealing itself in this world. It is about the proclamation that Christ is Lord above all earthly rulers,…

[malarkey-to-my-heart]

I read this post... eight years ago? and I started to do this very thing. It's been so good for my friendships, partnerships, coworkers! It creates so much safety! watching someone suddenly breathe easier because you let them know that it's okay to say no to you feels amazing. I think about this post many times a week!

I really can’t stress enough how important it is to talk to your friends, family members, and partners regularly about their right to set boundaries, even ones that inconvenience you.

We absolutely live in a hierarchial abuse culture where people can and do impose their will on each other in a million tiny ways. A lot of people just expect it - they’ll make choices according to the assumption that you, too, are invested in controlling them to whatever degree - because unless you consciously make a point not to be, it’s possible that you are.

In a healthy relationship people ask for consent often - “Do you want to do this? Are you comfortable with this? Is there anything you think we should change about this plan?” And then, they clarify that negative answers are totally normal and okay.

Checking in can sound like, “Hey, you know I love doing X but if you ever don’t want to you know that’s okay, right?” It’s paying attention to nonverbal cues that someone is uncomfortable and giving them an out - “You don’t seem excited about this party, I want you to know it totally won’t be a big deal if you’d rather not.”

In a healthy relationship there’s a huge difference between “no” and “you shouldn’t have asked”. “No” is normal and expected and it’s assumed that sometimes it will be the response. There’s an intentional effort not to punish each other for not always giving each other what you want.

Normalize “no” in all your relationships. Seek it out! Give people extra opportunities to say no! And accept it. Recognise that it’s a good sign when your loved ones feel safe enough to not agree to things they don’t want out of fear of your reaction.

Just - check in. I don’t care what kind of relationship it is, don’t assume people know it’s safe to say no to you unless you remind them and show them regularly. Making space for healthy boundaries is one of the most important things to communicate with the people that you care about.

[businessfotos]

Die ultimative Checkliste für perfekte Fotos

Habe ich Ihre Aufmerksamkeit? Gut. Es dürfte allen Lesern vollkommen klar sein, dass es keine endgültige, vollständige Auflistung aller Tips geben kann, die zuverlässig zu perfekten Fotos führt. Fotografie ist eine Reise, man mäandert von Thema zu Thema, probiert Techniken und Stile und sucht die packenden Motive für herausstechende Fotos. Von der Erwartung, kontinuierlich perfekte Fotos zu…

[andreaklasbodyfitness]

The Truth About Creatine for Women: Benefits, Side Effects, and Best Practice

Although creatine has for years been closely associated with strength training and enhancing general performance, this is not exclusively a men's preserve. Here is the truth about using creatine for women: more women are now coming up with its probable benefits from this quite popular supplement. In this blog post, we will look into the benefits possible from creatine supplementation in women, side effects, and best practices for safe use.

What is Creatine?

Creatine is a naturally occurring compound found in small amounts in certain foods and produced by the body, primarily in the liver, kidneys, and pancreas. It is basically a mixture of three amino acids: arginine, glycine, and methionine. The primary site for creatine storage in the human body is muscle tissue. It is there that it plays a vitally important role in producing ATP, the cell's principal energy carrier.

ATP serves as the source for instant energy production during high-intensity, short-duration events like sprinting and weightlifting. With creatine supplementation, the muscles will pack more stores of creatine phosphate. As a result, performance in explosive events will greatly improve, and athletes will gain more strength and recover quicker. It has, therefore, been one of the very popular supplements among athletes and those training to take their training to another level. 

Creatine Side Effects for Females

Creatine is very famous for its ability to enhance athletic performance and aid in muscle growth. As with most other supplements, it's also known to have side effects. Women have reported the following common side effects: 

Weight Gain: It causes water retention in muscles, which often results in increased weight. This, however, is temporary and may not matter to a lot of people using creatine for performance gains.

Digestive Issues: Generally, most women report that they experience some amount of bloating, gassiness, or stomach discomfort, which is likely to be more frequent with high dosages of creatine.

Muscle Cramps: Some individuals reported muscle cramps, although this appears to be less frequent and can likely also be minimized by appropriate hydration.

It is always important to start off with a lower dosage to ascertain tolerance and increase it gradually if deemed necessary.

Benefits of Creatine Supplementation for Women

Women also reap huge benefits from creatine supplementation, particularly those involved in intense workouts. Among the major advantages are:

Improved Strength and Power: This food supplement increases the availability of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which yields energy during short, high-intensity bouts of exercise, the component necessary for the production of strength and power.

Better Recovery: Creatine allows one to recover faster during periods between workouts with lesser degrees of muscle soreness, thereby improving general performance.

Increased Muscle Mass: By taking it regularly, creatine could result in increased muscle mass because it raises the quantity of water the muscles hold and improves workout performance.

What Does Creatine Do for Women?

Creatine increases energy production at the cellular level. This increase is most important during powerful and intensive workouts. For women, this means:

Higher Resistance Performance: Since it increases the energy available for muscles, creatine helps in effective workouts and achieves better gains in strength and endurance.

Better Growth: Creatine supports muscle protein synthesis and raises muscle water content. These two factors, combined, contribute to muscle growth over time.

Improved Brain Function: Some research also indicates that creatine may offer some mental benefits, such as an improvement in mental clarity and focus. 

Is Creatine Safe?

For the most part, creatine is considered safe for women as long as recommended guidelines are followed. Nevertheless, here are some things to keep in mind:

Professional Advice: Consult a health professional before taking any new supplement. This holds utmost importance if there are any underlying health issues.

Adequate Hydration: The reason for this assertion could be due to the fact that creatine increases water retention in muscles.

Dosing Instructions: Following the recommended dosages will minimize all the possible side effects.

FAQs

How to Use Creatine for Women?

Creatine is taken in two steps: a loading phase of 20 grams per day for 5-7 days. Smaller dosages are then used for a maintenance phase of 3 to 5 grams per day. However, some women take their daily dose without the loading phase. They take a constant dose of 3 to 5 grams a day and avoid the side effects that may be caused by this supplement.

Does Creatine Help Women Build Muscle?

Yes, creatine will help women build muscle by increasing muscle hydration and workout performance, thereby leading to better strength gains and muscle growth over time.

Why Are More Women Taking Creatine?

More women are using creatine for workout enhancement since it has proven to improve performance, enhance recovery from muscle workouts, and promote muscle growth.

Who Should Not Take Creatine?

Additionally, creatine needs to be ruled out in people with pre-existing medical conditions, such as kidney disease. Pregnant or lactating women should not take creatine unless otherwise advised by a healthcare professional.

At Andrea Klas Fitness, we understand how the unique physiology of women impacts their fitness journey. We will help individualize the guidance on individual terms and provide support so you are optimized for results with supplements like creatine. Contact us now!

[linneajospeh]

Tax Filing For Small Businesses Best Practice

For small businesses, effective tax filing begins with maintaining organized records throughout the year. Use accounting software to track income and expenses, ensuring all receipts are documented. Understand your business structure to determine tax obligations, and take advantage of available deductions and credits. Plan for estimated taxes to avoid penalties, and consider hiring a tax professional offering tax planning for business owners in Fort Worth TX for complex situations. Regularly review tax law changes to stay compliant and optimize your filing process.

[malcified]

Today on #malcified I’d like to share this sketch called #innerhealing on #sustainability and a few words.

Sustainability: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. - UN

Our indiscriminate use of each other, land, and natural resources at a rate faster and greater than it can naturally replenish is demonstrated in our daily life as well.

- A culture of use and dispose - food, products, humans, animals, land, plants, resources…everything!

-The global workforce sufferring from #burnouts due to extreme workloads and overworking

- Inadequate and ineffective #worklifebalance measures where #HumanResources (#HR) departments have weak autonomy, functioning purely as a target-driven business process

- Businesses striving to accomplish ever-growing unrealistic revenue, investor returns, and profit projections, cutting costs and compromising on health, safety, security, well-being of its employees - full-time, part-time, and contract staff

- Hiring #Thirdpartyserviceproviders (#TPSP) without performing adequate #DueDiligence, that compromise on major #legal #compliance, #reputational, #environmental #humanrights #riskfactors by procuring cheap labor and raw materials from jurisdictions without proper #humanrights awareness, laws, and historical background, countries without appropriate #governance, Governmental frameworks like #sustainabilitypolicy, #climatepolicy #Laborlaws and support frameworks, corporate #ESG frameworks, #environmentallaws, #regulations, #judiciary, #enforcement and #implementation frameworks and systems

-consumeristic and materialistic society focused purely on indiscriminate production and consumption, with no/less awareness of their individual #carbonfootprint, of #responsibleconsumption (#SDG12)

-#throwawaysociety where single-use disposable items are expected, #unboxing and other trash-generating practices are glorified, ephemeral products and goods are preferred to life-time durable ones.

The list goes on…

Maybe, our behavior has something to do with the way we look and feel about ourselves. We’re all maybe consciously and unsconsciously insecure about some aspect of our life.

Maybe, when we feel good and appreciated from within, we appreciate and look after our surroundings well. So, working on being more compassionate, content, and appreciative of ourselves is a good place to begin, then maybe, together, we can do better.

Seeking an inner healing for each of us!

Regardless, only the beings present now and in the future shall suffer from our own over-indulgence. The land, nature, oceans, whatever we call them, have been here long before and shall evolve and replenish from our relentless onslaught, eventually. With or without us.

[wisdomfish]

"The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering and the most comfortable way of dying."

~ John Flavel

[theirreverentgentleman]

Working In Good Faith: A Necessary Requirement

Every successful conversation, business interaction, or random encounter all have something in common. In this particular circumstance that commonality is working in good faith. What is good faith? For our purposes it means that both sides are open to a multitude of outcomes or are open to finding a solution that works for both parties. Why is good faith necessary for success? Good faith is a…

[remy-labelle-purple]

I recommend also taking copious notes as you disassemble. What order you took the pieces off in, from where, and if in retrospect you think it would have been easier to take this part off first and then that other part.

Hey, I wanted to ask, how you took track of your sewing machine parts?

I recently got a Pfaff K from 1909. She still sews fine, but I think it would do her good if I could get her a "spa day"

But I'm absolutely petrified of not being able to build her together after cleaning. Did you have a guide for yours, or did you take pictures?

Here she is btw, I juts love her:

And thank you in advance for your time :)

Oh that's lovely! What a fabulous foot pedal!

I didn't have any guide, since I couldn't find much of any info on my particular machine online, so yeah I just took a lot of pictures. (The manual does have an illustration of all the parts, but they're all separate so it wasn't much help.)

I took lots of before pictures of all the parts from multiple angles, and if there was a bit that came off and had smaller parts attached to it then I took more pictures before taking them off.

I also laid out the pieces in groups so I'd know which bits went together, and put the screws right next to the bits they attached to.

(I'm fortunate to have a table space where I can lay machine bits on paper towels knowing nobody will disturb them, but if you have any pets that might then it may be a good idea to sort them into little boxes or ziploc bags or something. I imagine these would be great fun for a cat to push onto the floor.)

All this made it pretty easy to put everything back together!

There was one screw I couldn't get out which prevented me from removing the long bits on the inside, but I think if I had I could have gotten them back in alright with enough careful wiggling. It was also REALLY REALLY HARD to get the wheel off, and the hinges, but I eventually managed.

There are a few tools that would have made it easier, like the guy in this video uses, but I managed okay with just some screwdrivers and veeery carefully bopping a few things gently with a ball peen hammer padded with rags. He also had to use wrenches for some parts, but my machine only had screws, or else I would have needed to borrow wrenches.

The most confusing bit was actually this ruffler attachment, which I also took apart and cleaned & oiled.

I took pics of it from every angle first, and I'm glad I did because it was not as intuitive to reassemble as the machine itself.

I should have measured exactly where things attached on the needle & presser foot bar, but didn't think to. But it was ok because the screws had left little dents in the surface, so I was able to get things lined up where they had been.

Good luck with your machine!

[unfug-bilder]

Tja ... wer solche Bubenstücke plant, sollte nun wirklich wissen, dass eine bestens gefüllte Kriegskasse unentbehrlich ist, um wieder auf freien Fuß zu kommen. Sich dabei aus lauter Gier allein auf die Manager-Haftpflicht zu verlassen ist mehr als fahrlässig.

[fuerst-von-plan1]

Effektive Governance von KI-Anwendungen in der Tourismusbranche

Die Anwendung von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der Tourismusbranche eröffnet zahlreiche Möglichkeiten zur Optimierung von Dienstleistungen, zur Verbesserung der Kundenerfahrung und zur Effizienzsteigerung von Geschäftsprozessen. Allerdings bringt die Implementierung von KI auch spezifische Herausforderungen mit sich, insbesondere im Bereich der Governance. Die effektive Verwaltung von…

[techyalexjain]

[Blog]Fixed Asset Tracking: Master Guide @AssetCues

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