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Follow-up: Antonia Tully – “Educația sexuală și sexualizarea copiilor. Situația în Marea Britanie” (Catedrala Sfântul Iosif, 2015.03.17)

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Follow-up: Antonia Tully - "Educația sexuală și sexualizarea copiilor. Situația în Marea Britanie" (Catedrala Sfântul Iosif, 2015.03.17)

În data de 17 martie a avut loc conferința “Educația sexuală și sexualizarea copiilor. Situația în Marea Britanie”, ținută de Antonia Tully, coordonatoarea programului „Safe at School” (În siguranță, la școală) al Societății pentru Protecția Copilului Nenăscut (SPUC), Londra. Este mamă a 6 copii. Prin campania „Safe at School”, Antonia Tully a sprijinit părinții din Marea Britanie în relația lor cu școala și autoritățile privind orele de educație sexuală. A vorbit la nenumărate adunări publice, prezentând situația reală din școlile britanice.

Conferința a fost organizată de Asociația Provita Media și Asociația Medicilor Catolici București.

La noi în țară, Strategia Națională de Sănătate pe perioada 2014-2020 prevede și programul de Educație pentru sănătate care cuprinde Educația sexuală conform programei OMS.

Antonia Tully - Educatia sexuala in Marea Britanie 000 - (3)-mic

Mai jos, fotografii + video + prezentarea de la eveniment.

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The Hobbit (film series)

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Regarding The Hobbit (film series): The movie puts emphasis on family, closely knit relationships. “You are not alone. You belong with us”. There’s nothing stopping them. In the beginning, Bilbo Baggins is reluctant. After he joins the “tribe”, nothing stops them from doing good. They take risk, they show courage and guts. They fight, they’re not afraid. They’re good and do nice things. Good prevails. (I’m still watching the movie, maybe I’ll update things after it ends) Update: see, here, in Romanian »

How to handle notes?

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I jot things down a lot. I tend to write lots of notes. Some insights from this? You’ll likely forget 60-80% of the things you don’t jot down. Some people claim they don’t have creativity. I think, more likely, they don’t have a good notes system. Let’s say you write on the phone. It’s best that at the end of the day you revisit your notes, and write them again. You’ll note better this time, not in a hurry. Let’s say you go to a meeting, you take some notes. It’s best to rewrite them at the end of the meeting. Create rituals and keep them. :) You’ll get better with those rituals. Depending on the time after witch you re-read your notes, you should write quite a few details initially. Give more details than necessary, it’s the better option.

How to “get” the drive and energy to work? How to make yourself love work?

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There are two basic solutions: Enjoy the process more than you love the outcome. Some call this “passion” (see the talk at the end of the blog post for details on the word “passion”). So, you should love the work, even if others would find it hard/difficult. Like I love the Internet. Like I love to write. Like I love to talk with others. I would do these even if I would lose on other fronts. I could take a training which would require lots of efforts. I could browse the Internet hours and days. I could write a lot. I am enjoying the process a lot. For this, even if you don’t get instant feed-back on your work, you should still be able to do a good job. Enjoy the outcome more than you enjoy the process. Find a meaning. It’s best to find an inner meaning, a greater goal (do good in the world, get to heavens, leave your mark, be the someone you always wanted to be). If not, find external meaning. Help others. Educate. Be part of something. Be accountable. Take responsibility. Have a family. Join a volunteering association. Mentor someone. The motivation (internal or external) can beat the forces trying to stop you. For this, find something which gives you some feed-back. So, if you feel low, you don’t feel like working, find either something you love doing or work on your motivation. About the word “passion” The word “passion” comes from: 1125–75; Middle English  (< Old French ) < Medieval Latin passiōn-  (stem of passiō ) Christ’s sufferings onthe cross, any of the Biblical accounts of these (> late Old English passiōn ), special use of Late Latin passiō suffering, submission, derivative of Latin passus,  past participle of patī  to suffer, submit; see -ion (source) “Passion” …

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How much is too much when steeping tea for health benefits?

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“Steeping your tea allows you to impart the nutrients found in the tea leaves to the water or liquid you are steeping the leaves in; however, over-steeping imparts more nutrients and flavors from the tea leaves, according to a study published in a 2007 issue of the “Journal of Chromatography.” Over-steeping your tea may result in bitter tea, but this can be avoided by utilizing a proper temperature to brew the tea. This means 106 degrees Fahrenheit for green tea and 200 degrees Fahrenheit for black tea, according to Planet Tea. Over-steeping imparts more of the antioxidant properties of the tea into the liquid you consume. These antioxidants, such as ECGC, have been researched in regards to cancer prevention. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine states that this research has shown that green tea drinkers have decreased risk of cancers such as breast, stomach and skin.” (Health Benefits of Over-Steeping Tea | LIVESTRONG.COM) Also, 175°F = 79.4°C 195°F = 90.6°C 205°F = 96.1°C 208°F = 97.8°C

Small WordPress trick to change from small letters to big letters

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Let’s say you use WordPress.

You may know, for SEO purposes, it’s better to redirect a user visiting:

site.com/BigLetterURL to:

site.com/bigletterurl

You should be enforcing small URLs to all users, for SEO.

Note: there is a high likelihood that this script will give errors on very big web sites and old web sites (asking for a Big Letter CSS file, and receving a small one). Try to use it on new web sites, where you can instantly see if anything goes wrong.

You also have the option of implementing rel=canonical, which give you 70-80% of the results of the current solution

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Fury (2014) – a philosophical movie of war heroes preferring to chat rather than fight!

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I just saw Fury (2014), at a recommendation of a friend. Most reviews focus on the military aspects of fighting, the implausible scenario of fighting, some on the cruelty of the characters, some on the cliches of the characters of their behaviors. My focus is on something else – the lack of pragmatism in an American soldier: A battalion of SS fighters are coming their way, and they spend around 5 minutes deciding – “should we stay? Yes, I stay! I don’t know! Should I stay”. They prepare a little and then they finally enter the tank. And they talk about 10 minutes. “Isn’t this great? Let’s drink. Life is good. Haha, this is so funny!”. It was unbelievable. At some point, the rookie of the team tells them “Hey, the Germans were coming!”. They thought they were about to be killed, and they forgot to check if the Germans were coming. They weren’t even looking. All this while being pretty sure that they are about to be killed. Then there’s the final scene in the fights, where Brad Pitt enters the tank and they talk for a while. Nothing much, just philosophies. He says he’s sorry. This is happening with the tank being surrounded by Germans, guns firing, and all. And two characters talk about war. (they could be shot any minute with anti-tank weapons) I didn’t think they were at war. We, Romanians, have a song called “Miorita”. It has been translated. Anyhow, the poem is about giving up life, and considering death like a wedding. …

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How to “sell” your crowdfunding project?

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Let’s say you have an idea, and you need some financing. You consider the project you have will benefit more people in the society, and it has a social aspect. You want to get people involved, to find out about your project and to make them invest in you, in the hope of your project being successful and benefiting even more people.

For example, let’s say you invent a cool gadget for mobile phones, you have all the basic details setup, you know how the end product will look like, but you need money to produce it and distribute it. You call for help on the Internet, you write a project and you plan to post it online (hint – 6 Top Crowdfunding Websites: Which One Is Right For Your Project? – Forbes).

How will you promote this?

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