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Reflections on Amal Totkay
By: Syeda Anum Fatima
Tags: Help, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay, Totkay, Comfort Zone

As a Pakistani brought up kid, I have experienced various kinds of alternatives or shortcuts to make my plans work. We call it “Totkay”. It has been adapted by every other Pakistani or you can say desi households where this term has no lesser meaning as well as value. As I am going further in my Amal Fellowship, for my surprise there are totkay too! yes, these are Amal Totkay to let us grow our skills more conveniently.

Below are the Amal Totkay to shape our life and to achieving milestones.

Out of these five totkay, my favorite one is Getting Out of My Comfort Zone which I am now able to implement in my life as well. Before getting into Amal Fellowship, I was much hesitant to ask anything in my class or to answer something but gradually I’m making it possible of myself to participate more proactively in class and say my heart out which I thought, could never do. Getting out of my comfort zone has also enabled me to ask for help from others which is itself a reflection of another Amal Totka that is Ask People Help.

Now I’m trying to act upon all the totkas given by Amal Academy to further polish my skills and get assertive results.
you’re doing it all wrong…
By: Lizzie Klingsporn
Tags: Help, Advice, Wellness, Life, Mental Health

i’ve found new ways to improve my wellbeing and live my life to the fullest(ish). so here’s my advice.

(of course this won’t apply to everyone or be the exact answer to all your questions, but it’s a start)

reevaluate your sleep habits

because i lucked out this semester having my earliest class at 10:50am, i used to sleep until 10am or later every. single. day. that meant i was getting anywhere from 9 to 11 hours of sleep a night. sounds great, doesn’t it? not exactly.

despite being surrounded by sunny weather and best friends, i was still feeling off. i felt tired and not as productive. and then it dawned on me that maybe i was sleeping TOO much. ding ding ding.

now i try to wake up around 8-8:30am on school days, which means i’m getting closer to 8 hours of sleep. this is much healthier for me. i feel 10x better waking up and getting an earlier start to my day. who would’ve thought that sleep would be negatively affecting my lifestyle? not me, but here we are!

2. combat your sweet cravings

i’m the type of person that no matter what i eat, i am always craving something sweet after. i always want to snack on whatever i can get my hands on. however, this isn’t super healthy for me.

i’ve discovered that chewing gum soon after a meal helps prevent these intense cravings. (now i’m not saying to chew gum as a way to avoid eating altogether) it keeps me preoccupied for a long period of time, so i’m less tempted to eat that chocolate staring me in the face.

another idea if you’re not that into chewing gum is mio energy. add some to your water as a simple alternative to sweets. (my personal favorite flavors are strawberry watermelon and black cherry)

i still have trouble with nighttime cravings and snacking, so i’m working that one out :) help me if you have answers.

3. eat breakfast

“bUt iM NoT a bReaKFasT pERsOn” well now you are.

seriously, though. first semester, i ate breakfast every day (usually eggs and toast). when i got to school this semester at the same time i wasn’t waking up until 10am, i wouldn’t really eat breakfast either. i relied on a granola bar and maybe some coffee to hold me over until lunchtime.

your body needs breakfast! it boosts your metabolism and improves your energy levels. my go-to right now, since it’s a little hard to make eggs and toast in a dorm room, is oatmeal. you can add fruit to it or change it however you desire, but i think it’s a great way to start my day.

4. f*ck the number on the scale

half a year ago i was 10 pounds lighter than i am today. but half a year ago i also wasn’t properly nourishing or strengthening my body. at first i was scared seeing the number on the scale rise, but then i realized it doesn’t even matter because 1) i’m working on my body through weight training and eating better and 2) it literally does. not. matter. my main goal is to feel good and to be healthy. so what if i weigh more? the number is irrelevant and often deceiving, so don’t let it discourage you from your own goals.

that’s all i have for today ❤

“stop doing what keeps hurting”
Getting closer to your Mega project
By: Alisha Shabbir
Tags: Help, Amal Mega Project, Helping Others, Megaprojects

We can help poor people by: Give them support, give them a hand or a hug. Give them moral support, show love, respect and make them aware that someone really cares about them. Give them economic support: Ordinary people can help poor people by giving economic support.

Today I am going to share my experience of meeting poor but skilful women of our society who live their lives with proud by working to support their families.

skilful women

Few minutes of last year has totally changed my life. Here I share my story of being inspired by some skilful women of backward areas.

My mother was a school teacher and she used to go to teach in a backward area where people did not know about the concept of education specially women were unaware of their rights because there was no school there before and my mother was first person who opened the school in that area.

One day, I visited my mother’s school for helping her in the school and I accidently met mothers of students there. They took me with them to their houses and I saw that they were living in that area with proud and happiness that no one knows how they fulfil their needs of life. After some discussion they told me that they could sew clothes of different designs and asked them if they want they could show me their clothes. They became very happy and excited and ran to show their clothes which they sewed. They sewed them beautifully with modern designs. I was very impressed by them that they did not learn that skill from any professional institute but they made such a good and professional designs. I appreciated them a lot and saw smiles on their faces which make me realise that we never thought of such people who did not able to go to school and did not have any kind of support to live a good life. They live their lives by working in other people’s houses and did not asked any one for help. After listening their stories and seeing their beautifully designed dresses I came back home.
Amal Totkay
By: Arshman Tariq
Tags: Help, Growth Mindset, Amal Academy, Faith, Comfort Zone

While going through the course of ‘Entrepreneurship’ I realized that this learning just doesn’t belong to entrepreneurs, but this is a learning for all, and it is very important to have a ‘Entrepreneurial Mindset’. Amal totkay were a summary of tips towards a growth mindset.

I really like all five tips towards a growth mindset, To be successful in any domain there is huge need of self confidence/self trust as explained in tip 1,when we give confidence to ourselves we are actually moving towards our goal, and to think creatively we have to come out of our comfort zone and have to develop new habits because no one is perfect and to get success we have to work rightly towards it as explained in tip 2 and tip 3.Sometimes we all face problems and instead of asking for help we keep our problems to our selves and that actually causes mental frustration and causes depression, as explained in tip 4 we should seek help if we are in difficult situation because asking for help doesn’t make us a weak person, and lastly to adapt new habits we sometimes have to pretend/act of adopting those habits so that we can adapt them in real life as explained in tip 5.

Now I’m realizing that to achieve my goal I have to adopt all these 5 tips because lets be honest I get worried about my goal but the steps that I have to take towards that I’m not working on that so if I really want to achieve those I have to work on these tips.

From all these tips my favorite one was ‘Self-talk’ . Without having faith on ourselves we cannot work towards our goal. Even in failures when we lose hope on ourselves, we just give up, but in failure when we back up ourselves and show faith on ourselves we can actually succeeded.

As I have shared my favorite tip, I’m implementing that right now, because I have received my result of one subject and I didn’t do well in that and I made myself realize that now what’s done is done and I got the lesson through that failure and next time I’ll make sure that this doesn't happen, I showed faith in myself .So, I’m implementing that tip already.

It is a bit difficult to work on all tips together, but if we start working on them one by one and start implementing them together slowly, gradually we’ll be able to have a growth mindset.
A stepping stone
By: Divya Warrier
Tags: Women, Help, Self Love, Empowerment

I was doing some visual research when I came across this small poem that said, “If all girls started loving each other instead of competing and doubting themselves, the world would be so much more beautiful.” As I was reading this little poem, many moments when I felt insecure about myself came to my mind. Times I felt my skin color is not good enough, not pretty enough, not enough boobs, not enough, not enough, not enough. The poem ended but the number of moments didn’t.

A colleague of mine asked me to go with her to a lingerie store. I tagged along. As we entered, there was a wide variety of bras and underwear of various sizes. My colleague looked at my baggy clothes and told me, “Dude, you should start wearing a push-up bra.” I was confused and asked why. And her answer was, “Because guys like it.” I didn’t say anything and left after the shopping was done. I went home and stood in front of the mirror, became the most bad ass person ever with brutal comebacks. But, what’s the use now?! The moment is gone when I could’ve told her all these things but I said nothing. It made me feel that maybe, us, women are competing with each other first before competing and fighting with the world.

I also came across times when I looked at my female acquaintances and friends with judgement for the way they dressed, their hairdo, their nails, the way they eat and what not. I made fun of them in front of our male friends whereas I could’ve taken that opportunity to take the others down together as a team. But, I didn’t because I was too busy making myself feel better with all the absurd jokes. I was too busy enjoying the little validation and satisfaction I got from collectively feeling better than her.

I am still trying to figure out the need for this validation, the need to pull down another female to feel better. How does that even make sense, I don’t know. But, eradication of this absurdity is the future. Love yourself, your body and embrace it. Let yourself be a stepping stone and encouragement for the growth of other women. The world will be much more beautiful and simple.
Better get helped by a friend on iMiMatch than take a “Lyft”.
By: Fletcher Daire
Tags: Help, Life, Life Lessons, Friendship, Uber

That night around 2 a.m., Alison Turkos did something we’ve all done a million times. She ordered a Lyft on her phone. But the next morning, Alison woke up feeling exhausted. Her body ached. And when she replayed the night before, she couldn’t quite remember getting back to her apartment and going to bed. When she got up the next morning, she clicked on the app and the previous night’s receipt appeared. She’d ordered the Lyft to bring her from one spot in Brooklyn to another but the price tag was $107.95. She thought she was reading it wrong. That’s when she saw the map of the route the car took that night. It had taken her to New Jersey!

How Alison got back to her house that night and why she was feeling all achy and exhausted, still remains a mystery. She has spent the last two years trying to uncover the truth about what happened and trying to hold someone accountable. Had she been kidnapped and brought back? Had she been assaulted? Was she mentally unstable? Of course not! The receipt proved that wrong. What exactly happened that night after a young lady picked up her phone, ordered a Lyft, and the car came and picked her up? Nobody knows, but for immigrants on iMiMatch, such stories to them are alien. Immigrants on iMiMatch hardly make use of Lyft or Uber to take care of their transportation from one place to another. This is simply because they have each other.

As immigrants on iMiMatch are connecting with and becoming friends with one another, they are helping and driving their friends wherever they want to go. The trust established between immigrants on iMiMatch is what makes it easy for them to count on each other. Immigrants on iMiMatch who do not have cars or who encounter break downs are not finding themselves in situations like Alison’s because of a Lyft drive. No! They are coming and going safety from their various destinations because those who drive them are friends and they can be trusted.
Top 24+ Moving On Quotes to Help You Forward and Letting Go
Tags: Help, Forward, Letting Go, Quotes, Moving On

1. Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.

2. When things go wrong, don’t go with them.

3. I want someone who is …. DTF ………….Dedicated Trustworthy & Faithful.

4. EGO is the only requirement to destroy any relationship. So SKIP the E and Let it GO.

5. Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.

6. Crying doesn’t indicate that you’re weak. Since birth, it has been a sign that you’re alive.

7. An average person, lies 10 times a day. And the most common lie is “I AM FINE”.

8. Admit it, you are not the same person you were a year ago.

9. Sometimes the last thing you want to hear is the first thing you need to hear.

10. Your LIFE is a PUZZLE, don’t waste your time trying to place ppl where they don’t fit.

11. And one fine day when i slept without checking your last seen, It was the day I finally started to move on.

12. Mission one accomplished, I woke up.

13. At the end of the day, remind yourself that you did the best you could do and that is good enough.

14. Beautiful things happen in your life when you distance yourself from all the negative things.

15. Let it hurt. Let it bleed. Let it heal. And let it go.

16. Don’t ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday. Let it go.

17. Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve

18. Never accept anything less than you deserve to remember, you teach people how to treat you

19. Cutting people from your life does not mean you hate them, it simply means, you respect yourself.

20. Sometimes the worst place you can be is in your own head.

21. You can be a good person with a kind heart and still say no.

22. Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.

23. The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.

24. Expect more from yourself and less from others.

25. Things always get better with time, just wait and see.

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A Gust of Wind
By: Kim Lloyd
Tags: Help, Helping Others, Fitness, Patience

In the book “Tattoos on the Heart,” Father Gregory Boyle tells the story of a young man battling a heroin addiction.

In counseling the boy, he says “you have to crawl before you can walk and walk before you can run.”

To which the boy replies with tears in his eyes, “But I know I can fly. I just need a gust of wind.”

I was listening to the book on my drive down to the gym yesterday and paused it after he told this story. I couldn’t listen to anything else.

It was one of those lines that landed on my heart.

I know I can fly. I just need a gust of wind.

We all want to run before we can walk.

Restraint is so difficult.

We know in the world of health and fitness that adopting a restrictive diet or trying to work out five days a week, in the beginning, is often the recipe for failure. We decide to run a 5k and bust out 20 miles in a week and then our bodies break down and we find ourselves battling injuries because we didn’t have the patience to pace ourselves.

We adopt a no carb diet only to find ourselves gorging on a piece of cake seven days in to the 30 day plan.

We know that in order for behavioral change to stick, we have to start slow, and stack one block at a time.

We have to crawl before we can walk.

We know this.

But it’s that last line from the boy that pulls so hard at me.

Crawl before we can walk, yes. Stacking the blocks one at a time, yes.

“But I know I can fly.”

What this boy is speaking to, is potential.

The definition of potential is “latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.”

I believe we all have it within us to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. It’s up to us to determine what that means.

And yet..

“I just need a gust of wind.”

I think we sometimes beat ourselves up over our own potential. Do you know the number one comment I hear from clients whenever I ask what we can do to help support them in the process?

“Nothing. It’s not you. It’s me. I just need to do a better job.

I know what I need to do, I just need to do it.”

To those clients I’d say no.

Stop being so hard on yourself.

Yes you have the potential. You know you can fly. I know you can fly.

Sometimes you just need a little gust of wind.

Let someone else be that gust of wind for you.
How Curiosity Can Make Us Kind?
By: Hassan Siddiqui
Tags: Help, Support, Observation, Curiosity, Kindness

Curiosity Is Not Just About Questioning!

Photo By Anniespratt On Unsplash

When we will be curious we will not simply tell people that they are bad. But we will look for the reason what makes them bad. When we will be curious we will not tell people that they can’t do it. But we will look for ways about how they can do what they want to do. Curiosity forces us to think beyond the limits. Actually, curiosity helps us to find what is hidden. When we will be curious we will not hate people because they are poor, we will look for the reason behind their poverty. And then we will find ways to help them we will ask ourselves how we can help and then we will do it “help”.

The lack of curiosity makes our mind dumb. That’s why it is needed. When we will see a thief we will not beat him or we will not put him in jail, we will think about why he is a thief, what problems he is facing in life and how we can help to fulfil his/her needs. We make fun when we see weak people, but when we will be curious we will not do it. We will ask them what makes them powerless in this modern world and we will make them powerful. Our curiosity will give us a chance to question and to contribute to society.

When we will look at someone who is silent and sad. we will not say you are a sad-soul or boring person. But we will explore the reasons, we will ask which reasons are making humans silent and sad. Maybe we will look at ourselves too. If we will get extra money we will not spend it on unnecessary things but we will ask ourselves how we can use our money to fill someone’s stomach who is hungry. But it all will start from questioning, and it all will start will observation. And in this way, we will be kind and caring for people.

When we will observe, we will be able to question and to contribute…
A Helping Hand
By: Jonathan Carroll
Tags: Help, Apps, Handicap, Generosity

A true story from a friend.

Roger is a blind businessman.

Roger told us a story of being at a charity gala event — 8–10 people around a table. He’s having a good chat with his neighbor, who he discovers is a big finance guy…After a while, he needs to go to the toilet and realizes his wife has left the table, so he asks someone at the table to volunteer to walk him there. His table neighbor volunteers. They walk very slowly but his table neighbor knows exactly how best to guide him, how to hold his arm and warn him about upcoming obstacles etc. Roger is on the brink of telling him they don’t need to walk so slowly when they get there. They are chatting the whole time. The helpful neighbor knows exactly how to guide Roger around the restroom. Waits for him and walks him back to the table. When he gets back, his wife is there and says in his ear: “It’s nice to see the handicapped helping the handicapped”. He has no idea what she is talking about. Turns out his friendly neighbor suffered a terrible stroke a while back. His whole left side was completely paralyzed, face, arm (which he couldn’t move) and his left leg, which he struggled with (hence the slow walking). Roger had no idea.
The Truth About Self Help
By: Bradley Heal
Tags: Help, Self, Truth, Self Improvement

The Real Truth About Self Help Is People Actually Don’t Want To Help Themselves. The Far Majority Of People Are Happy Or Unhappy With Where They’re In There Life And They Use A Story To Justify Why They’re Where They’re Completely Unaware Of It. It’s Not So Much They Don’t Want To Help Themselves But Don’t Have The Mindset To Be Open To Even Consider To Help Themselves.

To Many People Say No Before They Say Yes. They’re Simply Not Even Going To Consider The Possibilities Of A Yes. The First Rule Is Never Say No For The Other Party Or Person As That Is A Guaranteed No. But Saying Yes And Being Open To Getting A Yes Or No Is Much Better Mindset To Have. You’ll Learn If You Get No’s And Hopefully With Reflection You’ll Grow.

Use Your Time To Invest In Yourself And Your Future. Use Money To Do The Same. You Always Want To Keep Learning And Growing Otherwise You Might Is Well Call It A Day Now. Do Whatever You Want To Do. That’s What Life’s About Doing What You Want To Do Whenever You Want To Do It.
How Will ME.mory Help Caregivers?
Tags: Caregivers, Help, Helping Others, Caregiver Support, Caregiver Service

Cheers All,

Thomas here!

At this strange time in global developments, given the upended nature of daily life, Nick suggested to me in our conversations that we write blog entries on ME.mory’s potential usefulness once it becomes available in a wider sense for members of the general public. This struck me as a great idea.

So, I have decided to write posts for the foreseeable future on how ME.mory can improve the quality of life of its users by placing myself in their shoes.

This writing will be based partly on the testimony of our users in their feedback and partly on what are considered the “pain points” of particular groups of people.

Here are the groups in their likely order of presentation-by-entry, potentially with altering/editing, including other groups to be identified along the way:

Caregivers Need-based users Medical staff Parents Healthcare companies Want-based users Investors The ME.mory team

Now, let’s get into the utility of ME.mory for caregivers overall.

Have you been playing Words with Friends given social distancing? I certainly have.

One of the populations which ME.mory is intended to assist are caregivers. These people should be thought of as those who help others with their Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), although they do not have training to do so nor are they paid to do so.

ME.mory will prove to be a valuable tool for caregivers given their unique role in the lives of need-based users requiring their assistance. They are but one source of care in a network of healthcare and so informative tools such as ME.mory will allow them to share accurate information with professionals.

A key difference should be made here between caregivers and parents, in that caregivers are likely to be assisting those in declining states of health and/or independence. Parents are aiding their children, children who typically are expected to grow into increasing levels of independence from their parents.

In other words, the extent of involvement likely increases for caregivers while it likely decreases for parents. Yet there are a variety of options, even if we only focus on eldercare. (Link: https://www.mentalhelp.net/elder-care/what-types-of-eldercare-are-available/)

Caregivers may be able to see what need-based populations do not, as relates to the extent of memory difficulties encountered by them. Caregivers may know from experience how the person they provide care for typically gets tripped up, and could make note in ME.mory if their typical behaviors change and to what extent. This information can later be shared with others or referred to by that caregiver for consideration over time.

The use of ME.mory by caregivers (and parents) initially surprised us, but now that we remain aware of the utility of ME.mory for this set of users we intend to adjust ME.mory features to cater to their needs too.

Are you a caregiver? Please reach out to us. We welcome your feedback and suggestions on how ME.mory may be better able to assist you.

Thank you.
Hello,
By: Theodor Bischler
Tags: Help, 2d Animation, 2d

Hello,

I would like to start off by saying that your tools, Nima and Flare are AMAZING! They are really the best I could find, exactly what I wanted. They are easy to use, intuitive, free and powerful. Just perfect.

But I have a little problem with Nima. I didn't find any other ways to contact you, so here I am. I hope you will read this. So, my problem is, when exporting my animation to an image sequence (PNG or GIF), the website crashes (see here: https://imgur.com/a/LfHcjm4). I would like to know if it a problem with my computer, my internet or if I’m just doing something wrong, or if it is a problem with your tool.

I did notice something interesting which may make you understand the problem: when exporting, the blue line showing the time (I don’t know what it’s called) in the timeline goes past my selected work area. Furthermore, when exporting the number of frames are a way to high. I tried to export a very small animation of 0:40 seconds at 60 per seconds, and it displayed it had to export 599 frames! I recorded my screen to show the problem: https://imgur.com/a/3Q2Haq4.

As you may have seen in the video, I also get a message from Nima saying: “Saving is taking a bit longer than usual. Please don’t close your browser until this message has disappeared”

I would like to know if this problem is known because I couldn’t find any information about this on the internet and if there is a workaround for exporting into sequences of images.

Thank you in advance.

PS: If you need more information, please contact me at “theodorbischler@gmail.com”
Hi Joe Waltman!
By: Dioinny Lista
Tags: Help, Bitcoin, Venezuela

Hi Joe Waltman!

I found your article very interesting, however, my answer is directed to a question I could not find on your site https://www.givecrypto.org/.

What is the selection process to be an ambassador for your organization?

I currently have extensive knowledge about Digital Marketing, social media, Facebook Ads campaigns, graphic design, e-commerce, sales and assistance in charitable organizations.

I know that all this knowledge can be useful to support your campaign in countries like Venezuela, country to which it belongs. My girlfriend speaks English perfectly. I would like to have a meeting with you to be able to further boost your organization and do something for my country.

I come from a high class area, however I have now lived with people who do not have a high lifestyle, I would like to help the community of my country with medicines, meals, supports in their urbanizations that lack security among others.

All this would be important for all of us and even more so that there will be no political party between the media, sincerely I think that a great campaign as ambassador would try to educate how bitcoin changes people’s lives, besides Venezuelans are not very aware How to save on bitcoin more than anything in popular areas, I think it would be good to attack those areas to increase trade and help.

Thanks!
An Introduction To Stockpicking For You
Tags: Help, Self Help, Money, Business, Investing

Introduction: I have written over 150 stock picks since 2015, most of them “don’t buy this stock at this price”. My Buy opinions have compounded by more than 20%.

If you had followed my stockpicks with $1,000 since 2015 you would have collected 5–10% in dividend cash and have doubled your first $1,000 investment to $2,073.

Let’s begin.

We’ll begin with the big idea here — to get you richer. Maybe you are not even rich yet, but you can get a leg up by saving money and having your money working for you. The art and the craft of intelligently picking stocks to buy is simple enough anyone who passed elementary math can do it.

The cardinal rule for making money in stocks is the same as in any business: Buy low, sell high!

This manual is the playbook for getting a good deal on your stock investments.

Everything you need to know about stocks from the bottom-up is covered in this book!

Get the answers to:

What is the stock market?

Why does the stock market exist?

How do people like me make money in the stock market?

Where does the money go when I lose in stocks?

How do I know I am getting the right, low, price for a stock?

When do I sell the stocks I buy?

And so much more..

People Who Have Made It In Stocks

Thousands of everyday people have lifted themselves out of the rat race and gathered great wealth for their families through the art of buying low and selling high in the stock market.

Famous names in this area include Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger, who have made substantially all of their enormous wealth from scratch through the art of buying low and selling high in stocks. Did you know the famous Oracle of Omaha ran a series of investment pools (popularly known as Hedge Funds) and made other people rich along the way? Well its true — that’s how Warren Buffett made it into the real big leagues of the uber rich. If he had stayed on his own, investing his own savings into his stock picks over the years, he’d only have become a millionaire one hundred times over. Maybe that doesn’t entice you..?

Sometimes I have to think a lot about how I am going to present this material to you, the audience, because from my perspective on this stock picking thing.. picking winning stocks is like shooting fish in a barrel! And I want to make it that easy for you, too. So I decided to call this book The Elephantine Book Of Stock Picking.

And hey.. when there is an elephant in the room, who’s talking about it? All the partygoers are worried everyone else already knows about the elephant and will call you an idiot for mentioning it. But I tell you what, if you’re trekking through the jungle of life.. You can do a lot worse than riding on the back of an elephant!

So, I invite you to continue with this manual and learn the art of buying low and selling high in stocks.

Terren

Get my book The Art Of Stockpicking For Common And Uncommon People

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‘Kind Words’
Tags: Help, Love, Words, Family, Kindness

‘Kind Words’

Kind words are now a rarity these days but actually they have a lot of power hidden in them. Someone’s bad day can be a little bit better if you praise them or least give them a calm smile. A small thank you to the bus conductor or your milk man can lighten up their mood and make them feel light.

Recently, I was travelling in a bus and then at a T point, a child maybe of 15 years boarded the bus and asked the conductor to drop him two kilometers from that point. The conductor was very rude and threatened him to get off the bus as it wasn’t going to stop for him. Moreover, the boy wasn’t willing to pay for such a small distance as he was also from a poor family. In the heated conversation he said, “ Taauji maan jao please. Bhaut jaroori kaam hai.” Taauji, in hindi means father’s elder brother. He basically asked him to please let him board the bus as it was very urgent for him. The conductor immediately was a little less rude and allowed him for those two kilometers.

In this short span, I realized how, very kindly he referred him as Taauji and conductor heart melted. That day, I realized the power of kind words. Maybe the boy just said that he can board the bus without paying but those kind words actually softened the conductor’s heart.
Wondering What To Put In Your Balikbayan Boxes? Read This
Tags: Help, Filipino, Advice, Gifts, Family

Balikbayan boxes for Filipinos working abroad are not only about boxes with goods. It represents the sweat and tears of working while fighting homesickness. It stands for their hard work to earn money to provide a better future for their loved ones.

And for some OFWs, it is their way of consolation for being away. For the families left in the Philippines, it’s their chance to feel the gifts carefully selected by someone they miss so much.

We value every reason you have on sending one. Thus, we provided this guide on what to put inside your Balikbayan boxes:

1. Chocolates

Pinoys are into sweets. Hershey’s Kisses, Toblerone, M&Ms, etc. are expensive for ordinary families in the Philippines. It is just found in the “sale” shelves abroad and considered as a cheap commodity. Thus, balikbayan boxes are considered complete with these bunches of chocolates and candies.

2. Canned goods

You might want to do a little shift from the common canned goods. From sardines and mackerel into imported corned beef and luncheon meat, sausages and spreads for your family.

3. Toys

Aside from candies and chocolates, toys can surely bring out the widest smiles on kids’ faces. Toys you can give are stuffed toys, remote control cars, jigsaw puzzles. Educational toys are perfect too.

4. Cosmetics and body products

There are specific personal care products that are unavailable for some Filipino families. So, put those baby lotions, moisturizers, hand creams, soaps, and shampoo in big containers in your balikbayan boxes.

5. Shoes and apparel

I bet these are the most requested items from your families. Some shoe and bag models are not locally available in the Philippines. So, once they wear those Nike Air Max, Skechers, and other popular brands, it might boost their self-esteem.

6. Vitamins and other health supplements

These are perfect for your parents or other older family members. Remember, prevention is better than a cure. An ideal way to express that you care.

7. Miscellaneous items

Items like kitchen utensils, shoe racks, flower vases, picture frames, etc. must have some worth back home. Therefore, don’t hesitate to include them in your balikbayan box. Once you’re back in the Philippines, these will remind you of your hardships overseas.

Take note that your balikbayan boxes are measured by volume and not by their weight. So put everything you think reasonable and allowed by the Bureau of Customs. In fact, space inside might cause damage to the box while in transit, so make sure you secure everything well.
If Anyone Has a Second…This Might End Up Helping You
By: Dj Barnes
Tags: Help, Mental Health, Disorders, Depression

There’s this series called 13 Reasons Why, and there’s this song that’s played in it called Die a Little. It’s by YUNGBLUD, a talented young musician.

That song has taught me so many things, it’s been a sort of anthem for me. So if anyone has a second…

I want people to stop directing me to the suicide prevention line. I want people to stop sending me websites that say “You’ll be okay!!” in cheery colours and bright sun cartoons. If you’ve ever felt like this…please say something. I’ve struggled for 2 years, and none of it has gotten easier. If I cut too deep, someone will see, so I have to go shallow and bloodless. This is dark, especially for me, since I’ve learned to hide it so well, to wear the mask until I’m on my own. And yes, there are times when I can’t go through the day, hiding behind my fakeness, so I’ll hide in the stall and hold myself, since no one else will hold me.

If anyone has ever thought they could take an Oscar for hiding their depression and faking their life, please say something. I feel like I’m repeating myself, but I know that depression is a problem in the world, especially among people my age…so why can’t I find someone who understands what I’m trying to say?

I want help, but not the help some rando on the phone will try to give me.

We are the lonely ones

A little love from DJ
mini apocalypse
By: Amanda Myeza
Tags: Help, South African News Online, Apocalypse, Africa, South Africa

I live in South Africa, more specifically in Pinetown in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Growing up this was probably my favourite place on Earth, well probably after Amsterdam of course. I don't think I would have changed anything about where I lived, yes every place has its issue and in my neighbourhood, our transport is overpriced, parents and grandparents are overworked and your relatives are more likely to bewitch than watch you succeed, I know this sounds a little ridiculous and but I sill love my hood even with all of that. I thought I had seen it all until a couple of days ago more specifically when the mayhem started, Saturday evening when my unconventional but lovable neighbourhood turned into a semi warzone. While it all started small as some form of protest like all terrible things usually do, people started looting the only real supermarket we had ever really had and just like every bad situation everything escalated in a matter of hours, people went from looting a small supermarket to looting and burning down factories, supermarket, and even major malls. As I write this I can hear what almost sounds like gunshots, from where you may ask, while our “lovely” president has decided to deploy soldiers into the cities that have been affected by this travesty. I think this is a great idea but the only downside to this whole thing is that for one, soldiers in my country don't really have any self-control and I'm not sure if it is what they are taught in the army or its part of the brief they were given or it's just because they have no sympathetic bone in their G.I. Joe looking bodies, no offence to G.I. Joe. I wish there was a solution to all of this and the worst part is that now black people are not being allowed in any of the stores that have survived, emergency services aren't working, people are dying left and right but nobody seems to care. If there is a solution that arises it's either it will be too late or the corrupt officials will ignore us like they always do. Please pray for us.
There is such a thing as too little too late
By: Shormee Mukherjee
Tags: Help, Helping Others, Talks, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness

We, at the Ugly Mug, have always been a proponent of healthy conversation around mental health, illnesses and other associated issues. It is extremely important that there be a healthy space where one can be themselves and feel at ease. A place, where they can come with any and all of their doubts and worries, regardless of what they are or how they sound. A space, where there is no judgement or censure.

We encourage people to come in with their smallest of whines and cribs as the second one starts to repress all of them down is the second when it starts to build up and fester within one’s mindscape and give rise to the monster that we commonly know as depression. Often times, the conversation needs to happen well before the darkness associated with depression seeps into one’s brains. Often times, any help provided after diagnosis seems like its too little too late. That’s why The Ugly Mug strives to perpetuate a healthy habit of conversation and helpfulness among the members of the community.

The second event of The Ugly Mug was held on the 21st August 2019. It was an informal event where we, the members of the Ugly Mug stayed up all night writing notes of encouragement and support to all the members of our College which were then pasted on their doors so it could be the first thing they saw in the morning. The notes varied in their content but all of them aimed at raising awareness towards the concept of depression. The notes also detailed the meeting times and venues for the month of September so that anyone who wanted to, could just walk in and any time.
Any help?
Tags: Help, Depression, Cairis, Grief, Miscarriage

Things that have helped me so far after my miscarriage (though I know its early days & only time really helps), hopefully may help you too:

* 5HTP supplement from holland & barratt (works really well & quick!)

* Homeopathic ignatia (4 times a day) / aconite for shock

* Rescue remedy pastilles

* Lighting a candle at home & every church with them in

* Hot bath with essential oils (patchouli / neroli is for grief)

* Doing other things you can’t during pregnancy —having sushi, alcohol etc.

* Nice meals out (where there are few children so posh places)

* Minibreak to the coast (more an oldies town than seaside) & being outside

* Buying some memorial jewellery

* Writing poems & blogs (not always posted straight away)

* Joining Miscarriage association facebook group & other discussion groups

* Messaging my friends who have experienced it

* Making a memory frame with my scan etc. in.

* Meditation usually works but I haven’t been able to do so have been doing very focused activities like Swimming instead).

* Attending support groups: https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/how-we-help/support-groups/

* The ball in a box grief explanation: https://www.indy100.com/article/grief-viral-thread-lauren-herschel-ball-in-box-analogy-death-8792541

Please comment anything that’s helped you & I haven’t tried.
How can I help?
By: Marta Mangiarulo
Tags: Help, Schools, Helping Others, Language Learning, Volunteering

If we all volunteered for just an hour per year, think of the difference we could make. No lengthy commitments, no hassle trying to find a volunteer opportunity, just an hour to share your expertise.

At 1hour, we start with the concept of giving one hour of your time. Therefore, there is no commitment to give more (although we do find that people get hooked and want to come back again!)

We work with skilled volunteers and partner with schools and organisations looking for help. In the digital age that we all live in, you can make a difference from your home office. With a simple hour-long video call, you can share your expertise. To them, just an hour of your time could help to inspire future generations and enable schools to find external speakers with ease.

Volunteering online is simple — here’s how.

Firstly, you need to sign up here and let us know your skills.

Once signed up, you’ll then be able to look for digital volunteering opportunities to help schools offer extra subjects to their offering in the form of taster sessions. Don’t worry, we will support you along the way with resources to help plan your session, and connect you to a network of like-minded peers.

We’ve listed a few examples below to give you an idea — but the possibilities are endless. You could:

Teach coding to school children

Photo by Hitesh Choudhary on Unsplash

for example:

Basic Scratch, Python, Java, etc programming

Internet safety

Day in the life of a programmer, games developer, etc

Teach languages to school children

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for example:

Give a taster into languages not currently available at the school

Talk about the specific country/culture where the language comes from

Help children prepare for foreign languages certifications or practice the language

Teach personal finance to school children

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for example:

Teach basic concepts about money and finances

Talk about the way technology is changing finance and making it easier to understand

Teach basic concepts about consumer psychology and purchase behaviours

These are just a few examples, but there are many ways you can volunteer online to share your knowledge and be a guest speaker in the classroom.

Sign up here to list your skills and connect to schools who’d love your help.

1hour is all it takes. Make a difference today.
Multifunctional stratum-proxy for hashrate measurement
By: Vladimir Fiseisky
Tags: Bitcoin Mining, Tech, Bitcoin Hashrate, Bitcoin, Mining Pool

Stratum-proxy principles of operation

Stratum-proxy principles of operation

Proxy uses the following algorithm. A worker connects to a proxy. A proxy waits for three seconds for a worker’s command. If there’s no command, the proxy breaks worker connection. If the worker starts sending commands, the proxy starts JSON-RPC connection, creates worker’s session and awaits authorization. When a worker sends an authorization command, the core searches the SQLite database for authorization data. In case it exists, the core knows which pool to connect a worker to. The core raises JSON-RPC connection to a pool, authorizes and synchronizes the condition of worker and a pool. As soon as the condition synchronization requires worker reboot, the core memorizes the worker session descriptor in an internal base and breaks worker connection. Pool connection, however, does not break. The worker reconnects immediately and sends the previous session descriptor. The core recovers the session; the worker receives correct extranonce1 and extranonce2_size values. Then the proxy sends new work from the pool and synchronizes the difficulty, and sends new shares from the worker. At the same time, metrics and hashrate evaluation is carried out. Metrics are published via web server.

The proxy supports connection to a limited number of pools. It’s required by the necessity to provide the correct connection between pool address, mining algorithm and a divider, enabled in hashrate evaluation. Thus, the proxy calculates the divider itself basing on the pool a worker is connected to. The connection of pools, algorithms and dividers is also stored at the SQLite database. The basic pool set is initialized on the first proxy launch.
Ethereum, XRP, and Litecoin Seem Ready for Lift-Off
Tags: Bitcoin Mining, Bitcoin Wallet, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency Investment, Crytocurrency

Ethereum Bounces Off Strong Support

Following a substantial bull rally that saw ETH prices surge over 146%, Ethereum reached an exhaustion point on the 15th of last month. Since then, the smart contracts giant took a 27% nosedive that allowed it to test its 50-day exponential moving average for support.

Thus far, it seems like this EMA will prevent Ether from a further decline. The drop bounced off this significant support level, with the price surging 15% in the past few days.

XRP Trades Within a Pivotal Range

45-years trading veteran Peter Brandt forecasted that XRP was bound for a steeper correction on Feb. 20. Although the technical analyst was expecting a retracement that would take this cryptocurrency to $0.21, it seems like the setup trendline presented by the TD sequential indicator was able to hold.

As a matter of fact, throughout the last two weeks this support barrier has been tested four different times, preventing XRP from a further drop.

Litecoin Sits at a Make-or-Break Point

Litecoin heavily benefited from the industry-wide bull run from the start of the year. This cryptocurrency saw its price appreciate over 116% since then. However, on Feb. 13 it appears to have reached a market top.

Reaching this exhaustion point ignited an increase in the selling pressure behind LTC, causing it to drop over 33%. The significant bearish impulse allowed it to hit the 50% Fibonacci retracement level.

Based on Gann’s 50% retracement theory, this Fibonacci level presents a crucial opportunity to “buy the dip.” If Litecoin is able to bounce off this area with enough volume behind it, it could surge and surpass recent yearly highs.

Credit : https://cryptobriefing.com/ethereum-xrp-litecoin-seem-lift-off/

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