#Do i have the position‚ means‚ or proper space to do that? no. but longterm goals are cool hfkshvg

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cat bit up my arm Gwah

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Am I the only one who doesn’t like that they’ve given away Cassie’s Wonder Girl title and set this new character up as the future Wonder Woman out of nowhere? I’ve always seen Wonder Woman as Cassie’s future, and I feel like the comics definitely pointed towards that. But now there’s this new character who I don’t feel has earned it. And honestly? I feel the same way about Jon being seen as a shoo-in for taking over as Superman. And I love Jon! (At least I did before he got aged up. Now I’m sadly either indifferent or annoyed depending on the day) But I feel like Superman has always been Kon’s future, and now it’s been given to someone else. So where does that leave them? Kon’s no longer seen as one of the main Supers, Superman isn’t his future, and now he’s been shunted onto the Suicide Squad. When you introduce new characters this way, eventually older characters get pushed out of their spots to give ‘legitimacy’ to the newer ones.

Sorry for ranting! This got a bit away from me. Apparently I’m more upset about this than I thought I was!

Don’t be sorry, I totally get you!

I rewrote this multiple times to try to keep it short but I had some tangentially related thoughts, that got long.

To me the big problems with these hero legacies is... if you’re not gonna ever let go of your main big characters, then the characters who are considered ‘in line’ for the titles are....  just going to perpetually be ‘in line’. 

Because I mean, DC is never gonna actually kill/retire Bruce, Diana, or Clark permanently in the main timeline. They make the company too much money. Even if creatively it’d be cool, DC still wants to be financially successful. So their legacies are always going to be people in line for something that will only come to pass in like special events, or alternate futures, or for smaller periods of time etc etc.

Setting up a character to be in this ‘waiting’ position can be cool, again that’s how a lot of sidekicks are. But, it’s understandable that after a while, keeping the same character in this ‘waiting’ position kinda halts them from becoming anything more, and it could get boring. So introducing new characters who might approach the position in a different way, and bring new life to it, definitely can make sense to do! 

BUT if you’re going to introduce new characters to be in these ‘waiting for the legacy’ positions, you need to be damn sure you have a PLAN for the characters who were doing so previously!

Dick and Donna and Wally had all already moved on from their titles by the time Tim, Cassie, and Bart came around. (Dick was Nightwing, Donna I believe was going by ‘Darkstar’ when Cassie was introduced, and Wally was the rare case where he DID actually become his mentor’s old role longterm, since Barry was dead for a pretty long time after Crisis on Infinite Earths) (also Sorry Kon but you get left out at this part because there was no Superboy in that generation) (also rip Jason but Tim is more relevant to this discussion, Jason falls outside of either of these generations and especially is tricky with the whole death and resurrection thing, but he was out of the Robin/potential future Batman position too by Tim’s time because of death. and when he came back he did his own thing) This allowed Robins and Wonder Girls to not really step on each other’s toes, and Bart initially using the Impulse name instead of Kid Flash anyways distanced himself further.

Later though we saw what can happen when a new person comes into a role before the previous person was ready to give it up, aka the whole Tim & Damian fiasco. But, because Tim still had a solo book as Red Robin that allowed him to continue developing a distinct role and begin to establish himself while Damian did his own thing as Robin separately, it turned out relatively okay! Until that reboot hit and Tim just became stagnant as hell due to de-aging and backstory tampering. Because they just fucked with his character so bad and then have had to spend Rebirth trying to fix it. 

And now with Cassie & Yara we’re entering this period of a similar ‘new person present in the role while the previous person is still around’ situation, except... the previous person in the role isn’t being given a space to continue to grow and create their own legacy like Tim was starting to do in Red Robin. 

Yara is going to be getting a solo and Cassie’s not... anywhere. That’s what concerns me. If Cassie was at least still going to be in like a team book, be in a place that would allow her to keep being explored as a character and hopefully start to maybe find a new distinct path of her own since Yara is now the one in line for Wonder Woman, then I wouldn’t mind as much. Giving Cassie a different direction could be really cool for her! But when that’s super not the case, like how it seems right now, it just makes me sad because Cassie’s really going into limbo. 

Kon & Jon’s situation is messy as hell because of Kon not existing for a while, and rapid aging etc but DC has made it pretty clear by placing Jon right with Clark and shoving Kon into the Suicide Squad which one is the main Superboy they’re interested in exploring and having be the next in line for Superman. And even though it sucks that the Suicide Squad of all places is where they’re putting Kon, at least he IS in a book that will maybe allow them to work on keeping him distinct and maybe finding a new direction? I just wish it was a different book.

And with Kon specifically its complicated even more than the Bat legacy or the Wonder legacy because Kon was literally created to be Superman one day. We can compare being a sidekick to being in line for a legacy in other cases, but Kon was never even a sidekick, he was always the clone created to take over for Superman. So for him of all people, taking away that legacy is even heavier. And I don’t even want to say it’s bad necessarily, because a lot of stuff Kon has done has been ‘trying to be my own distinct person from Clark’, but again if you want to explore him going down a different path the answer isn’t to just make a new Superboy and shove Kon off into a corner.

Then Bart & Irey’s situation’s unique because neither of them are really reported to be showing up in anything right now, but technically there’s two Impulses too since Irey was yeeted back into existing a while ago. So that’s a thing. (and it’s tricky because right before the reboot when Irey had become Impulse, Bart was Kid Flash so that didn’t contradict anything, but now Wallace is Kid Flash, so it puts Bart in an awkward situation)

But yeah essentially, I think it’s understandably frustrating. If DC had a clear plan for the Tim/Kon/Cassie/Bart generation right now then I wouldn’t mind the strong push on the newer characters now being the ones in line to fulfill the legacies/roles. It’s just that these guys are mostly getting left behind or being stuck without a proper place to develop, which sucks a lot.

Again, at least Kon is in an ongoing book, and we know we’re getting one Tim story that the description mentions him “looking for a new purpose” so that’s definitely the right idea/on the right track, but I just don’t want Cassie and Bart to get left behind. 

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Note:  click through the photos and gifs above to read the captions.

I’ve been promising for ages now that I’d make a post about the hoofcare changes we’ve made to our program in 2017, and now that the days are getting shorter I’ve had a bit more downtime to actually do it!  So here goes - it is long and I struggled with how to organize it, hopefully those of you who were interested don’t mind wading through all of this information :P

Over the past year I have transitioned every horse in my care out of metal shoes.  This was a decision that we made based on research demonstrating that the conclusiveness of metal shoes is harmful to equine joints in the longterm.  

Since making the switch, I have noticed a drastic positive change in my horses.  Some of the back tightness and stiffness in some of the horses, which I had long accommodated to saddle fit issues and had been working with a saddle fitter to fix, suddenly cleared up - every single horse’s back improved this year, with softer and better developed muscles - the good ones got better, and the ones with some issues got significantly better.  I believe that chiropractic/bodywork care is not an “extra” cost but a necessary part of maintaining equine athletes, as this is the only domesticated animal that we SIT ON and expect to perform, so I continue to have my vet check my horses regularly and work with me to determine each horse’s training program.  However, since making the switch out of metal shoes, my vet hasn’t had as much to adjust when he checks the horses.  This is the most marked change, and it’s not one that I expected.  It’s been dramatic enough that I am completely sold on going metal-free.

Another change that I have noticed is improved balance and posture (this, of course, ties into the back softness) in a way that has improved clarity of gait.  There is often this idea that horses which are pacey will be better with longer hooves and heavier shoes - this belief is the reason why we have so many shoeing regulations in our sport, to prevent people from cheating or compromising equine welfare to achieve higher scores.  However, paceyness and trottiness are both body issues - exaggerating hoof angles or shoe weight does not fix the root of the problem.  Fixing the balance of the hoof, rolling back the toe, and making the horse more comfortable through their backs and muscles has trickled down into the gaits - now, on shorter toes and composite shoes or hoof boots (which are LIGHTER than the metal shoes that most of us use in this sport), horses that had a tendency towards paceyness and trottiness have become much more supple and balanced.  Now, of course, this is along with a careful foundational dressage program and fitness program, so I’m not saying that you can throw composite shoes on your horse and all of his training issues and chronic back issues will magically be fixed - but for a horses already in a solid, compassionate program, this change has given them a serious boost.

Finally, I’ve noticed that the horses seem a little more confident and cheerful working out of metal shoes, although they were already confident and cheerful - again, it’s like the change has given them a boost.  They’ve got more cushion when their hoof hits the ground, and it’s something they reacted to immediately in a positive way.  The first time I rode each horse in the composite shoes or hoof boots, I was amazed by how different the horses felt - in a good way!  It’s a bit like riding on air, and it’s a more secure feeling because the hooves don’t slide when they hit the ground.  

So, now that I’ve opened with the benefits I’ve seen in my horses since making this change, I’ll get into the details of what I’m using, why I’m using it, etc.  

First, some background information:

Last year, myself, Amy Goddard, and Kathy Sierra submitted a proposal to the USIHC Board (before I was elected to the BOD) requesting that composite shoes and hoof boots be allowed in sport competition.  We made this proposal in response to new (and even some older) research that demonstrates that non-metal hoof protection reduced concussion on our horses’ joints, and improves their chances at soundness and good longevity.  I had kept my horses in metal shoes for many years and had not suffered serious ill effects from it as some have (no early onset arthritis, tendon issues, hoof ailments, etc.), I think because of my focus on conditioning and strong foundational dressage work - however, I made a promise to myself and my horses that I will always be open-minded to new findings, and that I will change my ways when I see that something else may be better for my animals’ welfare.  The proposal was sent on to FEIF, the international governing body for Icelandic sport, where it was approved on an experimental period for the 2017 show season.  Almost immediately, I sought out to find a farrier that could help me transition my horses over to nonmetal hoof protection.

My search led me to Common Ground Hoofcare.  Annie and Jeremiah are EXTREMELY qualified professionals who are 100% focused on equine welfare.  They’ve dedicated themselves to a never-ending quest to further their knowledge and improve their craft, and as a result they are very open-minded and educated.  Their approach produces sound, comfortable athletes and their methods are backed up by the best and most current research we have available.  As new information becomes available, they adapt their practices to include it.  These are the kind of equestrian professionals that I like to work with.  

Best of all, THEY TRAVEL!  They can probably come to you!  They travel around the Midwest, Kentucky, etc. to offer their services and are willing to expand their territory, although they prefer to stick mainly to the East Coast.  They’re also able to recommend other trimmers and farriers that they respect, if they can’t cover your area.  I repeat, THEY CAN COME TO YOU, OR HELP YOU FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN.

The shoes approved by FEIF included the Duplo composite shoe, and the Easyboot glove and Easyboot Epic.  I chose to shoe my competition horses (and one of my boarders also chose to shoe her horse) in Duplos, straight-nailed on as opposed to glue although glueing them on is also an option (nails were my personal choice in this case).  For my other horses - our lesson horses and horses in training - we decided to leave the horses barefoot and work them in the Easyboot Epics.  Since then, I have experimented with glueing on the Duplos, and with Epona Shoes.  Below I’ll write about my experiences with composite shoes and hoof boots, broken down into the questions that people have most frequently been asking me:

Duplo Composite Shoes

The Duplo shoes are a composite shoe, made of a kind of bouncy, plastic-y material with a metal core.  As I said above, they can be glued or straight-nailed on, or a combination of glue and nails.  They come in a variety that has side-clips, and a variety that does not.  We have been using the variety that does not have side clips.

The Duplo shoes have been absolutely fantastic for the kind of riding I do with my Icelandic competition horses.  I cross-train with distance riding, and my competition horses do a 15 mile ride once per week mainly on tough, hilly, hard-packed dirt roads.  Additionally, we usually do 1-2 days per week of dressage work in the arena, one day of work per week without a rider (longeing/in-hand or ponying on the roads and trails), but the bulk of our training is conducted on the dirt roads.  I put serious miles on my horses, but take the time to condition them carefully and work them correctly using a strong foundation of classical dressage.  The Duplo shoes have been an improvement over metal shoes in every single way, for every facet of what I do with my horses.  Below are some of the things I have been asked about:

Resets - How do they hold up when you’re riding at speed on those abrasive roads the way we Icelandic riders so often like to do?  I’ll put it this way - I think I can count on one hand the amount of time my Vigri and I have gotten a reset out of a pair of metal shoes.  We ride a LOT and usually our metal shoes are useless after one 4-5 week cycle.  We have been getting at least one and sometimes TWO resets out of the Duplos.  TWO!  Because they don’t slide when they make contact with the ground the way metal shoes do, they hold up unbelievably well, even with very tough riding.

Are they slippery on grass?  NO!  Much less slippery than metal shoes!  Vigri and Spönn were both shod in Duplos when they won blue ribbons at a hunter pace this summer at GMHA, and that hunter pace was mostly on grass footing. If anything, they’re grippier than metal shoes!

Gaits - Do the Duplo shoes negatively impact the gaits (tölt and pace)?  Not for me - however because I am focused on postural rehabilitation and dressage, I do not use hoof length or shoeing tricks to enhance or patch up holes in my horse’s gaits.  So I was not concerned that the shoes would mess up their gaits.  With good dressage and a proper trim, this shouldn’t be an issue at all, regardless of whether horses are barefoot, in hoof boots, shod in composites, or shod in metal.  Gaits should come from the body, not the feet.  See above, photos of Spönn pacing in her Duplos and Vigri competing in his.  

Heelboots - can they be used with these shoes?  Yes they can!  There is a part of the shoe that covers the frog, however because the shoe is flexible it is easy to get the little triangle of the heelboot into that space if you want to use heelboots for protection.

Trim cycles - is there any difference with the Duplos?  Yes, in that the Duplo shoe is going to maintain its shape and not warp with the hoof the way a metal shoe will, this does mean that horses ought to be kept to a 4 week cycle.  Which is really the ideal schedule for a shod horse anyway - going longer results in excessive hoof length that can put strain on the tendons, ligaments, and joints.

Can they be studded for winter use?  YES, and Duplo even makes a studded variety!  I can’t wait to try them out this winter!!

What about Epona shoes?  I like Epona shoes fine, but not for a humid climate.  The Duplos have these bumpy, grippy patches that keep them from sliding around on the hoof.  I have tried Epona shoes on a horse here and because of the way the hoof was expanding and contracting in the humidity, and the slippery material of the shoe, the shoe ended up moving around too much and breaking up the nail holes.  I also did find the Epona shoes to be slippery on grass and on the dirt roads.  In my opinion based on my experience, the Duplo is the better choice for our climate here in the Northeast and for our terrain in the mountains of Vermont, and for the level/amount of riding I do.

Benefits - have you noticed any benefits in the 6+ months you have been using these shoes?  YES, I absolutely have.  I have been able to cut my chiropractic/bodywork bills for my horses in half.  Their muscles, backs, and joints are just happier!  I’m getting better relaxation and freedom in my horse’s movements.  At the recent competition in Kentucky (where I did have to reshoe my horses in metal just before the show because FEIF’s experimental allowance period ended in September), Dr. Gloria Verrecchio said that my Vigri was in the best shape she’d ever felt him in.  She has been giving him bodywork tuneups after the long trailer ride to Kentucky for three years now, and this year he was much softer and better developed - I attribute some of that to the Duplo shoes, as they’ve reduced concussion and stress on his joints and allowed him to relax and develop his muscles better.  I’m getting improved movement from all of my horses, who seem more comfortable and more willing to offer me a little something extra.  Spönn paces better in her Duplos than she does in metal shoes.  Overall I am highly impressed with the Duplo shoes, and the way they make my horses feel.  I hope that they get approved longterm by FEIF so that I never have to compete in metal again!

EasyBoot Epics

I resisted hoof boots for a long time because I thought they looked clunky, I worried they would fall off or mess up my horse’s gaits, etc.  The EasyBoot Epics have dispelled all of my concerns.  They are fabulous.  They are essentially the same thing as the EasyBoot Glove, except that they use a cable to close whereas on the Glove, you hammer them on or sometimes people even glue them on.  I like the EasyBoot Epics because they allow my horses to live barefoot when they aren’t working, which is the healthiest thing for a horse with healthy hooves.  Living bare allows the hoof to expand and contract as it should, and allows us to keep the horse in a very balanced trim without having to attach something to the bottom of the hoof.  The Epics fit snuggly - before I ride I clean out my horse’s hooves, and slip the Epics over their hooves.  Sometimes, they do need a knock with a mallet because you do want them to fit snuggly.  Then you just velcro the gator and snap down the cable, and you’re good to go.  Here are some of the questions I’ve received about the Easyboot Epics:

Do they change the horse’s gaits/way of going?  This was my biggest concern.  And the answer is yes - in every single one of my horses, they have improved their gaits.  I think this is because they make the horse more comfortable and confident than they are in metal shoes.  Horses with a tendency to get a bit pacey or trotty both began to offer clearer tölt.  Again with these boots, the horse’s just aren’t needing the chiropractic or bodywork they once needed.  

Can you use them only in front?  Yes you can, but that may change the balance of your horse, because then their front feet will weigh more.  For Icelandic competition, you must have them on both the fronts and backs if you are using them.

Do they stay on?  If they fit, yes - but there is a small catch.  Your horse’s boot size may change throughout a trim cycle!  That took me a little while to figure out.  Particularly on the front hooves, after a fresh trim my horses are often a size smaller than they are towards the end of the cycle.  So if your horse measures a 0 after a trim, you might want to buy a set of 1s as well to use towards the end of the cycle.  I have had boots come off when they were fitted to my horses at the end of a cycle, and I put them on after a fresh trim.  Also, if the boots get very wet, they’re more likely to come off when you’re going fast in canter or fast tempo tölt or pace, if they are even a little bit too big.  But as long as they are the correct size, you will not have problems.

How long do they last?  My farriers told me that if I’m riding regularly, to expect about 3 months from each boot.  So far that has been pretty spot on, except for horses in lighter training.  Eventually, just like shoes, they do wear out.

Does the gator rub the pasterns?  Not on any one of my horses and we have done a fair amount of distance riding using these, through water crossings and mud etc. with no issues.

Are they hard to put on?  They can be hard to put on in the beginning when they are brand new.  But they quickly get easier to put on.  There is also a learning curve, in the beginning its a bit awkward, but now I can put them on all of my horses very quickly, in about 2 minutes to get them on all 4 hooves.

Do the horses like them?  They seem to.  We only had one horse walk a bit funny when they were first put on, but she quickly adjusted.  None of the horses have acted displeased with the boots and all have improved in them so I would say that the horses do like them.

If anyone has any further questions about my experiences with composite shoes or hoof boots in this past year, feel free to ask!  It is my hope that these shoes will get approved by FEIF to be permanently included as acceptable shoeing for Icelandic sport, but even if they don’t get approved, I can say without a doubt that my horses will be wearing composites or hoof boots from now on.  If I must put metal on them for shows, I will do what I did for the KY show and shoe them in metal just before the show and pull shoes immediately after, but I hope that FEIF will see that there is no reason to ban composite shoes and hoof boots from competition, and that allowing them is a great step for equine welfare.

EDIT, November 18, 2017:

We have now studded both the Easyboot Epics and the Duplo shoes for winter use, and I have ridden in both in all gaits including canter on the icy roads and in the snowy ring.  I am very pleased with how both are working, although I am finding the Duplos slightly more stable.  I would say based on my observations so far that having the Easyboot Epics fit PERFECTLY becomes especially important when using them in winter like this, because as the boot bites into the ground, if its moving around at all on the hoof that will surely be an issue.  Ours are fitted well and have been working out nicely.  Below are two photos of a studded Duplo shoe (attached to the hoof with both glue and nails - fewer nails than would be used without glue), and one photo of a studded Easyboot Epic.

I am thrilled that I will be able to use these all winter long!!

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How To Clear Your Mind To Get Creative Ideas--

CREATIVE THINKING 101

Can resourceful believing and maybe even spontaneity originate in an extremely coordinated tactic? Certainly! By way of instance, in the event you see amazing comedians closely, then you are going to observe they have selected habits of the mind. The many spontaneous kinds becoming improved with training, for the reason that they truly are educating their wisdom to discover the comedy in scenarios.

In an identical style, you could train your self to get greater resourceful thinking. Simply begin fostering the most suitable customs on the mind. Why don't you begin educating the human mind now, using some basic methods?

Creative-thinking Methods

Desire the thoughts of the journalist that is creative? Start re-designing all you visit. Imagine far better cars and trucks, more rapidly means to function food better lighting bulbs. In the event you try so every single day for about three weeks, then it is going to wind up a custom.

Wish to function as whoever consistently has anything exciting to mention? Teach to take a look at matters from some other perspectives. What will the Buddha say about it? How does a Martian visualize it? What is the contrary standpoint? The purpose is not to inquire about the other absurd inquiries, yet to inquire further, to find out what intriguing thoughts effect. Try so before it's a custom, and you are always going to have anything exciting to improve a dialog.

Desire orderly imagination? Set a sentence about all forty cards10 nouns, 10 verbs, 10 adjectives, and also 10 random phrases. Shuffle, take care of 4 cards and compose a 4-line poem with among that language in just about every line. My spouse has received poems printed which have been born using this specific technique. Your brain will locate a special use for virtually any word should you make use of this technique usually.

Remedy Problems Creatively

Perhaps you have learned about trouble solving processes such as for example"traits list," and also"notion mix" More creative-thinking will not originate in only knowing the processes, even though. You must utilize these till they eventually become part of one's habitual thinking procedure.

The picture you would like to devise a new fresh bike. In the event you have qualified the head at"premise hard," you are going to routinely start to inquire things such as, "Are brakes mandatory?" "Can it need to really go outside" Whatif the"bicycle" was inside, and pedaling it conducted into a video monitor? You might"steer" by way of boundless diverse moments.

You won't necessarily have fantastic thoughts, however, you are going to have adequate thoughts to make it even more probable you'll discover a one. This"impulsive" imagination will probably soon be due to one's brain practice exercise. Why don't you begin growing those customs of resourceful believing?

10 STEP TO CLEAR THINKING

Is it true that the head sometimes feels like a tv channel you can not quite listen to? You understand there is an intriguing program on - or a couple, but everything is mixed with static. Imagine if you can"listen in" at is going to possess clear believing should you like to buy? Try out a number of these next.

10 Obvious Expecting Methods And Tips

1. Have a Stroll. Science will gradually prove to be always an excellent means to better the attribute of one's believing, however, do not await that evidence. Are there plenty of different motives to have a stroll anyhow?

2. Avoid sugar. In the event, you would like to comprehend what mind coughing is, then consume a sugary donut in an empty tummy then conduct mathematics issues twenty-five seconds after. That which you can encounter, together side this"sugar " is mind fog. At-least put off sugars and carbs that are simple if you ought to believe plainly.

3. Arranged space signifies evident believing. It really is uncommon that somebody is able to work in a jumble. Organized doing work distance means that you won't ever possess the notion"where's the fact that..." deflecting mind.

4. Get much better slumber. Sleep conditions differ, nevertheless the very least for many is around five hrs. Some undergo whenever they rest then 8 hrs. The investigation, however, signifies that following having a certain minimal volume, the standard of slumber is significantly essential to regular brain functioning.

5. Try out working. No more moment; point? Simply shut your mind relax, and see your breath for a short time. Recall your head will ramble, however always reunite your focus to a breath. Five moments with them and later you are going to truly feel that a hike on your brainpower.

6. Conquer your"intellect ." See out your occupied mind. Why not a telephone you want to make was bothering you personally, just underneath understanding. Locate those phobias, also do something to allow them to go. By way of instance, make your telephone, or set it onto a list, and also the thoughts will allow with this to get the time being. Merely visiting an issue and declaring, "There is nothing that I could do about any of it till Friday," will frequently discontinue unconscious stressing.

7. Tend not to consume booze. At the least do not drink a lot of. Whilst moderate levels could be conducive to imaginative thinking, all of the signs claim it is awful for its longterm wellness of the mind.

8. Make conclusions fast. Absolutely nothing will get in the form of obvious thinking as several dozen conclusions hanging around un-made. If absolutely nothing else, then pick when you are going to make your choice.

9. Get air. Go out and breath deeply through your nose again. You will receive yourself a fantastic dose of oxygen for the mind, and also the reversal of the environment might help to clear your brain.

10. Meet your bodily wants. Clear believing is simpler for those who are not overly hungry, hungry, tired, or sexy.

You may believe more certainly launching now. There are more than just ten manners, nevertheless, you only have to make a couple of these custom to really have an even more potent mind. Why don't you take it to a couple of straight today?

7 STEPS TO SUCCESS

Now you are in possession of a smart thought hidden someplace at the rear part of the mind which you can not wait around to try out. The inquiry would be, you might not wish to put it out into the lighting? What can inspire one to emphasize their own creative, inspiring juices into their own extreme taste?

Were you aware it consistently will help to decide on a time limitation into your goals? Establish up yourself therefore that you may reach the maximum tasks at record time. By way of instance, mowing the yard in an hour or so previous to the huge sport on television. The positive and correct attitude at everything you need to do would make matters less difficult, and more enjoyable.

It is easy. In the event you start allowing a bit of favorable believing then you definitely may start to appreciate factors that you just don't ever believe feasible. Believing huge is really the Way and also what built our region booming. It's possible for you to comply with other amazing people in America who tapped in their own innovative intellect and started to item enormous.

Uncover some tips to make it on your own very first week of chance believing even in case you are simply sitting on your favorite sofa. The head is continuously on the job for you personally. Harness involved with it has amazing resources whilst doing regular pursuits.

1. Act. You have to take enthusiastic actions in the direction of living your own life through designing. Talk is economical. Motion = residue at the lender of the authentic future. My mum (most likely quoting another person ) consistently mentioned, "Action speaks louder than words". Without actions, fire is emptiness.

Desires become reality once you only start with trying out mind, then along with your own hands-on. Of course, should the notion simplifies or falters you always have the option to return straight back to it till you end it? Thomas Edison and his Fantasy Team experienced to return to this thought of the bulb and also re-calculate it 1,000 days until the earliest running light-bulb starts off to mild the whole world.

2. Really like. Dedicate yourself. Then dedicate for all those that you would like to harshly generate a lifetime you may adore. Rather than responding, devote to making the spirit and spirit out of love as opposed to concern. The Dream will probably be there, however, a fantasy it's still a fantasy with no movement. Be astounded since the conversion starts.

3. Are Living. Adopt minutes and chances. Realize and adopt the exact notion that all instant is ideal irrespective of its own outcome. Every single time you strike something which may possibly appear as well EX-treme why don't you provide it a chance anyway. Watch whether it is going to do the job. You may be startled with all the consequences. In the event that you don't subsequently opt to utilize the instant to learn out of this and also make the proper change. Learning and increasing from failures and mistakes is just part of residing.

4. Be thankful. Dwell absolutely in an area of gratitude. Learn how to make use of exactly what you need on your palms and make usage of it at the constructive method. Prerequisite may be the mother of innovation. Have you been trapped with no something that you had and needed to make do with somebody different? (MacGyver, by the well-known television show that is fabled for this!) How thankful were you aware you had the ability to fix your circumstance? Slipping into neediness will wind up not as a customer once you over repeatedly shift involving away and gratitude from poverty awareness.

5. Be Passionate. Utilize a Fireplace Formulation of Recognize/Reevaluate/Restore in area of this Shoulda/Woulda/Coulda whirlwind. The prior is centered on enhanced comprehension and prosperity as the latter is targeted on lack and scarcity. Since you experience tasks or people which can seem tougher in simply scaling the peak of this Himalayas, then let yourself understand the endeavor is at least as crucial as offering orders out into your own beneficiaries. You'd prefer to be passionate!

6. Chuckle. Keep comedy at the forefront of the idea, laughing and with your self if potential. You might wind up quite amusing once you flake out! I've to observe that a comic go starving although his jokes are equally 'older as great-grandma'. Lifestyle has much to supply to let yourself mope about yourself shame. Humor is quite desirable, really fervent: life-giving.

7. Find out Your Goal. Consider that you're the architect of one's fate. Knowing how you intend to get recalled whenever you move out of that life is still an extremely driving drive. The purpose of being is seemingly easy to be truly a fantastic parent as complicated as finding amazing remedies.

When you yourself are in possession of a formidable purpose nobody will simply take your own ardent long run out of you personally anyhow for you personally! Indeed, for as long since there is still breath within the entire body, there isn't any limit to how far it is possible to accomplish during a lifetime. Detecting and after your own aim will make it possible for one to enjoy the workout. Celebrate from the discovery which behaving in your own creative thoughts' mind is satisfying with your goal. See what stream right into place together with flawless, ardent accuracy.

Activate your favorable believing. Stretch your own imagination. Think larger than you truly feel comfy. Act-on your own mind. The amount 1 trick this would be activity. Now you would like to begin practicing those ways.

Consider that: It's regrettable that many individuals do not make use of a pc for the reason that it looks overly intricate to start making use of. Or even they simply keep putting it off until a convenient moment. All these are only a few limitations you could install on their own. Constraints and collapse to behave on suggestions and chances leave lots of being a dimbulb at a darkened corner.

Warn! You're not likely to darkness. You want to know more about living a life of love and purpose. The lovely, ingenious notion in you're going to be published. You want to know more about achieving so as you're reading this specific report. Luckily in the event that you genuinely desire something, then the will to reach it's going to start your imaginative head to work out a manner.

You want simply to begin with to behave in your own urge to generate. Act now! Make your road into imagination and abide by your own goal. Simply take the very first step now using a favorable frame of mind.

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Thoughts on street art and gentrification.

According to some, street art plays a large role in the first stages of gentrification. Those who are schooled in urban planning will have sophisticated explanations of how cities grow and shift, evolve and devolve. For the layperson like myself, gentrification is often described as having a formula. Artists and artisans move into a neighbourhood where the rental is cheap and/or plenty of industrial spaces are available for workshops. The surfaces of that neighbourhood experience an injection of creativity: mural pieces and street art, spilling over and out of art studios. Then come the (hipster) coffee shops, and once an area is suitably trendy, the retailers arrive followed by developers and more corporate elements.

Some imagine this process to be a positive evolution. They say that buildings require investment to keep from falling into disrepair and that the city doesn’t want to be sitting with dilapidated building stock. An argument for gentrification says that if an area upgrades its buildings, if there is a growing interest in an area, if there is increased economic activity and better service delivery in that area, surely this would benefit the local community.

Here’s the crux, the locals don’t usually get to stay. When gentrification pushes out people who can no longer afford the rising rates and rentals or when newly priced properties are sold to developers without legislation, evicting tenants who have lived in those properties for most of their lives or uprooting family businesses that have been part of an area’s heritage for years, gentrification is no longer a process of upliftment for all. Of course this happens all over the world where market forces are left to their own devices, but when it happens in a South African city like Cape Town, it has the double blow of perpetuating an already unjust apartheid spatial layout.

Anti-gentrification voices have claimed that street artists effectively act as agents for rich property developers – a statement that might seem heavy-handed. Is it possible to imagine an injection of creativity in an area (and by that I also mean creative collaboration and education) without the casting aside of heritage and those who already live there? Within the realms of possibility, of course this must be achievable but what are some of the things that need to be in place to ensure locals stay and reap the benefits?

Other major cities around the world have areas where rent regulations are in place. Simply put: rental prices have a ceiling i.e. you cannot charge above a fixed rental amount for a certain type of unit. The percentage that rentals increase per year is also capped. In South Africa, new legislation (The Rental Housing Amendment Act) will open the way for rent regulation but this has yet to come into effect. Perhaps we aren’t applying the necessary pressure or educating ourselves properly on how this could work and manifest.

A restorative process, is for the state to develop as much affordable housing as possible in an area that is gentrifying so that if worse comes to worst and people are evicted, at least they have options to stay in the neighbourhood where they have jobs, where their children attend school and where they are part of a community.

Since the state is constitutionally required to reverse our legacy of spatial injustice, when will we see the City of Cape Town deliver substantially on inner city affordable and inclusionary housing? When will we see proper legislation that provides incentives and/or requirements for private developers to include a percentage of affordable housing in their developments?  In Cape Town, local government says it has plans for social housing developments at six different locations in Salt River and Woodstock, but we all need to get behind this drive to ensure it happens. We also need to get people thinking creatively and changing perceptions of what affordable housing looks like and how it works, educating ourselves along the way. What is inclusionary housing? What is mixed income housing? What is cross subsidization? What is a social housing institution (SHI) and how does it manage such housing?

Working to solve our housing crisis is to the benefit and social health of everyone who lives here. According to Cape Town urban planners, the city can and should densify; mixed neighbourhoods are healthy neighbourhoods; we must prevent urban sprawl; we must reverse spatial injustice; and we must give those on the city’s outskirts affordable inner city living options.

Another route, and this is admittedly a longer shot, is to appeal to the better sides of property developers. No one should be buying property without knowing the full story of those in residence. If evicting people is inevitable to the development (which, hopefully, is already sensitively planned with regards to what it will bring to the neighbourhood) developers should be thinking long and hard about what they are planning to do to accommodate those people, or to put it simply, how they are planning to avoid ruining their lives. Naming and shaming/callout culture is also one option as bad reputation is bad for business. Realistically though, this would need legislation.

If neighbourhoods are improved (exactly what ‘improvement’ looks like is up for debate), it should be for those who live there and plan to stay living there. Giving colour and creativity to an area shouldn’t necessarily result in a certain type of development, there should be other potential outcomes and futures. 

But what about in the interim between our current situation and this imagined future we need to create?  Woodstock is already well into the throes of gentrification, with stories of the pain of eviction. What about artists and their positionality during a time when the rumblings of gentrification are now being felt in the adjacent Salt River?  Does one simply abstain from creating work in this area in the event one is an ‘agent’ for property developers? Would all artists agree to not work in the area? From my limited personal experience, it seems as though many street artists are the sorts of people that don’t need to be sensitised; collaborating with communities with regards to what people would like in their public spaces, is something that these artists do regularly. Asking the local community what they would like is one thing, abstinence is another. And if one wants to be clearcut about it, if it is a matter of personal morality, then erasing one’s own existing work in a gentrifying area, ala Blu, is something that should be considered.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/19/why-we-painted-over-berlin-graffiti-kreuzberg-murals

Such actions may or may not slow the processes of gentrification down, but would they really be an effective longterm deterrent for development? Would gentrification go ahead regardless, considering the prime location of Salt River and how ‘the gentrification wave’ so to speak, has a life of its own?

In essence, does cutting off the branch of a tree (if that were even possible) solve a problem that is in actuality at its root - in this case the root being how our property market is structured and unregulated?

An alternative is to show up and join the conversation by using one’s work to help create a different vision. Movements need mass consciousness, and who better to provide the necessary traction for those movements than those who decorate public space?  

When it comes to the processes of gentrification, if street/public artists have agency, they might be able to use that agency to help popularise what is needed to remedy spatial injustice. That goes for the public at large - one can be anti-gentrification but that won’t stop gentrification. One can be idealistic and say that an area should remain untouched, but one’s words won’t hold gentrification back unless one is simultaneously finding positive movements to get behind that counter the process or mitigate its effects. 

The choice is up to the artist as to how political they want their work to become, but we need to see the issue at its source and not blame street art for a problem that needs to be tackled at its root.

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Latinx residents fear the toll coronavirus is taking on their lives and community

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Latinx residents fear the toll coronavirus is taking on their lives and community

She looked to her husband for help. He immediately called an ambulance — and Briones was admitted at a hospital in South Texas, where she stayed for almost a month to recover from what she came to learn was Covid-19. She described contracting the virus as the worst experience she’s ever had.

“It’s just a horrible experience to go through,” she told Appradab, through tears. “I wish upon no one to go through it.”

Briones is one of thousands of people who identify as Latinx who have suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The shifting surge in outbreaks to the South and West will likely exacerbate the disparate effects of COVID-19 for people of color,” KFF wrote in its report, published Friday. “Hispanic people may be particularly hard hit as outbreaks rise in these areas.”

People who identify as Latinx are four times more likely to be hospitalized than White people, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say the Hispanic community has been disproportionately hurt by the coronavirus pandemic due to their jobs as essential workers and multigenerational living conditions.

And as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the US, many Latinos say they are growing more concerned for their lives and their community.

Texas border communities hit hard

In Texas’ Hidalgo County — where 92.5% of the county’s 860,000 residents identify as Latinx — data shows just how hard Covid-19 has hit the Latinx community.

The county, which is on the border, reported 20 Covid-19 deaths and 1,274 new cases on Friday. That brings the total number of deaths in the county to 123 people and the number of infections to 7,334.

“Several months ago, I warned of a potential tsunami if we did not take this more seriously,” Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Corez said in a news release. “The tsunami is here.”

County officials have said in notifications to residents in the past few weeks that hospitals have reached capacity. Residents are strongly encouraged to stay home, as health care facilities race to add more ICU beds in anticipation for more people with complications from the virus.

The South Texas Medical System in Weslaco — which is also near the border — converted conference rooms and shelf spaces to ICU areas as it continues to see an influx of coronavirus patients. They also set up a tent to handle any overflow patients, where they can treat up to 20 additional patients on top of the other areas inside the emergency department.

“The staff here, everyone is exhausted, and the patients here are very sick,” Pablo Loredo, South Texas Health Emergency Department Nurse Director of Welasco & Alamo, told Appradab’s Brianna Keilar last week.

Wesley Robinson, the assistant chief nursing officer of the South Texas Health System, told Appradab the medical system “began seeing patients arrive on July 1, by July 3 they were incredibly sick — now we’re at the point where we’ve reached well over 100% capacity.”

Some experts point to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to prematurely reopen the state’s economy as a reason why the virus spread so quickly.

“And that is because at the time that the (Trump) administration insisted on opening the economy where they weren’t prepared,” Dr. Joseph B. McCormick, an epidemiologist at the Brownsville campus of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, told Appradab. “We didn’t fit any of the criteria that were recommended when the economy was open.”

On June 25, Abbott announced he was pausing any further phases to reopen the state as cases surged.

McCormick said Texas was doing a “pretty good job until everybody decided it was time to reopen the economy.”

“And we were not prepared to do that because we didn’t have the wherewithal to do the contact tracing,” he added. “We didn’t have testing to be able to do this.”

McCormick emphasized how Covid-19 doesn’t just affect someone when they’ve tested positive — the virus can have longlasting effects on a person.

‘Frontline troops’ more at risk

Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, told Appradab he’s seen his own employees and their families suffer from Covid-19. Even some of his own family members have tested positive for the virus, he said.

The organization, one of the largest and oldest Hispanic organizations, has been working to help its members combat the effects of the virus. The latest effort included asking Abbott to mandate masks in public spaces across the state, a move he made this month.

“The Latino workforce is the essential frontline troops,” Garcia said. “They’re the ones that are picking the vegetables that we have. They’re the ones that are working at the meat packing plants to make sure that you have a steak at your table. They’re the ones that are working in the construction areas to make sure our freeways stay open and clear. They’re the ones that are the truck drivers. They’re the ones that the grocery stores.”

Because Latino workers “can’t work from home and they’re getting sick,” he said. “They’re out.”

He said he’s worried about the longterm effects this will have on the community.

“From a health perspective, we’re seeing many grandparents and parents pass away, hospitals bursting at the seams in Houston. They’ve already reached capacity,” he said. “This requires immediate federal and state intervention. It can not be done by a nonprofit organization like LULAC. It’s going to require a community wide effort.”

Frankie Miranda, president of the Hispanic Federation, a national Latino organization that supports Hispanic families and communities, said Latinos are “dying at a higher rate because we have no other choice.”

“They are essential services,” Miranda told Appradab in May, “and now they are not enjoying the protections that maybe in other industries people can have.”

A lack of access to adequate health care

During a town hall in May, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) said while progress has been made under the Affordable Care Act, there are “still too many Latinos who don’t have health care.”

“And that means they don’t get the health care primary checkups they need to detect illnesses, and then those illnesses, ultimately with this pandemic, can be more than a serious health challenge, they can become deadly,” he said.

According to McCormick, many Latino workers in these essential jobs are also less likely to visit a doctor for a multitude of reasons, including a lack of health insurance or lack of time. But the community also has a high percentage of people with underlying conditions, McCormick said, noting diabetes in Hispanics is especially “quite high.”

Dr. Rojelio Mejia, an infectious disease scientist at Baylor College of Medicine, said morbidities — like diabetes, smoking, obesity and high blood pressure — which are prevalent in Latinx communities, contribute to the challenges with Covid-19.

“Just looking at the population itself, there’s a higher percentage of people who have more comorbidities,” Mejia told Appradab. “And then when they get, if they get exposed, they get infected, they can have a worse outcome than someone who doesn’t have these morbidities or is not a Latino person and they have relatively good health.”

For San Antonio native Beverly Barboza-Guerrero, visiting the doctor after being diagnosed with coronavirus in early June didn’t really help.

She had followed all proper protocols, but after a social-distanced trip to South Padre Island, she began feeling the symptoms. She visited the emergency room twice, but had no luck getting advice from doctors to help her feel better.

“I mean, we try to think back, like, what did we do wrong?” the 30-year-old told Appradab, recalling her symptoms. She said she felt 10 times worse than when she had the flu in November.

“It just felt like I couldn’t breathe in,” she said. “It felt like if I go to sleep, like I’m not going to wake up. Like, it just felt, it felt ugly,” she said. “(One day) I woke up and I told my wife, I need to go to the hospital. There’s something not right. I need to go to the hospital. I really cannot breathe.”

The ER doctor, she said, told her to “to just take Tylenol and just make sure you’re resting, you know, make sure you’re quarantining.”

Another issue people are encountering, especially in Latinx communities, is false negatives for Covid-19.

Antibody tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past with Covid-19 might be wrong up to half the time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance.

In response to the surge in coronavirus cases in these hotspots, including south Texas, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday the launch of new testing sites in three hotspots — Jacksonville, Florida; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Edinburg, Texas.

The sites will offer 5,000 tests per city each day, according to HHS.

Briones said she hopes people make the effort to stay home and educate themselves about the virus.

“You need to do it, you know,” she said, “because I have a feeling it’s going to be for a long while, we’re going to be like this.”

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Details, Fiction and Car Wash Dublin

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