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Critical Thinking: Are Some Universities Making People Mentally And Emotionally Weak?

If someone stays up to date with the news, they may have heard about the kinds of things that have been taking place at universities around the world. One could read news papers, watch TV, and use social media to stay up to date with what goes on at these institutions.

A Closer Look

For one thing, one may have heard about how students are now being given 'safe spaces', with this being a way to protect them from 'offensive' words or 'hate speech', for instance. Additionally, they may have read about certain speakers who have been banned from speaking there.

Also, perhaps one has heard about the instance where a student completely lost all self-control because she was wasn't protected from Halloween costumes. While something like this can sound a bit extreme, it is far from the exception.

The Purpose

Hearing about these kinds of things can make one wonder what the purpose of a university is, as it can seem as though some of these institutions serve a different purpose. Regardless of what someone studies there, it could be said that they should be open to being challenged, be curious, and want to learn about different things.

Ultimately, this is not somewhere where someone should be if they don't want to have their views and beliefs challenged. If they only want to spend time with people who agree with them, they shouldn't have gone there in the first place.

A Big Difference

It is then going to be vital for one to be able to handle different views and opinions, without feeling as though their life is under threat. This will allow them to question the validity of their own beliefs and to find to out why another person would believe what they believe.

Yet, even though they will be challenging the other person's views, they can still treat them with respect. Each person will be challenging what the other believes, as opposed to trying to end their life.

Impersonal

There can be times when this will be challenging, and it can even feel threatening, but one can focus on the fact that they are more than what they believe. What is going on it their mind will change over time; this is just part of life.

The challenge is when one ends up getting too attached to what they believe, and finds it hard to let go and to embrace another way of seeing something. When this happens, their minds need to be right can be more important than anything else.

The Only Thing That Matters

So, unless one is able to step back and to observe their minds need to be right, they are going to be nothing more than a slave. One is then not using their mind, their mind is using them.

Now, if one is at university and they are completely attached to what their mind believes, they are going to stop themselves from being able to truly embrace this experience. They will have gone in with a closed mind and they will leave with a closed mind.

A Waste of Time

A few years of their life will end up being wasted, and they might even be in a lot of debt afterwards. One will have been given a great opportunity to expand their mind and to grow, but they won't have taken it with both hands.

And if someone like this sees themselves as oppressed and not as 'privileged' as others, they are not going to realise how 'privileged' they are to be able to go to university. In addition to the negative effect this will have on their own life, they can make it a lot harder for the people who do want to learn.

The Cause

However, while it would be easy to focus on how certain students behave; this is only going to be part of the problem. What needs to be looked into is why these universities put up with this kind of behaviour.

But, if students are seen as 'consumers' as Joanna Williams has pointed out, there is going to be no reason for them challenge students in any way. The priority for the people who run these institutions will be to do whatever they can to please the people who are paying them money.

A Different Purpose

Thus, instead of providing somewhere where people will be able to grow and develop, they will be providing a completely different environment; an environment that is more like a day care centre than a place of learning. Making students feel comfortable is going to be the priority, meaning that anything that might challenge them will be off limits.

One way of looking at this would be to say that a university like this is more feminine than masculine. The masculine energy is made up of many traits, and the need to challenge ideas and others is one of them; whereas a big part of the feminine energy is about affirmation, and this is a very different approach.

A Deeper Look

It would be easy to focus purely on what that certain universities are doing, but this wouldn't take into account why someone would be in a position where they desperately need to be affirmed and are unable to handle anything that challenges them. Physically, someone like this can look like an adult, but emotionally, they can feel like a needy child.

Maybe, someone like this didn't receive the kind of care that they needed during the beginning of their life, with this being the reason why they expect a university to give them special treatment. The special treatment that they needed as a child wouldn't have been provided.

Unmet Childhood Needs

There would have been the needs that were not met during this time in their life and they probably would have experienced trauma in the process. This would have stopped them from being able to develop the ability to regulate their own emotions.

The trauma within them can be triggered whenever they hear something that they don't agree with, thereby causing them to feel as though their life is under threat. Their need to control and silence others is then a way for them to try to stop themselves from being overwhelmed by their own emotions.

Conclusion

One way to find out what someone's early years were like is to pay attention to how they behave as an adult. There is a lot more to it than this and this time in someone's life can be irrelevant, but it is a starting point.

If someone finds it hard to experience self-control, and they want to settle themselves down, they might need to reach out for external support. This can be provided by a therapist or a healer.

Prolific writer, author, and coach, Oliver JR Cooper, hails from England. His insightful commentary and analysis covers all aspects of human transformation, including love, partnership, self-love, and inner awareness. With over one thousand six hundred in-depth articles highlighting human psychology and behaviour, Oliver offers hope along with his sound advice.

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Inner Guidance: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Look Outside For Answers?

By Oliver JR Cooper

It can be easy for someone to believe that they wouldn't know anything if it wasn't for their time in the education system. The information that they were fed during this time in their life would then have played a big part in who they are today.

Taking this into account, it would have been as though one was a blank slate and the information that was poured into them was part of what enabled them to function. This is likely to have been a time when one wasn't encouraged to bring forth what was within them.

A Waste of Time

Nevertheless, if one was just a blank slate, then there would have been no reason for this to take place. These authority figures around them at the time would have known what was right for them.

Additionally, their caregivers may have acted as though they knew what was best for them when they were not at school. Therefore, after they had received guidance from these people, they would have been able to live their own live.

No Different

This is then going to be a very similar approach to what would happen if one wanted to drive a car or to use a piece of machinery, for instance. They won't know anything, so they will need someone else to show them what to do.

It could then be said that their mind is the only part of them that will know anything, and this part of them will have been programmed by what has taken place externally. One is then nothing more than a machine.

The Wisdom Body

This can sound accurate, but what it would overlook is that one's mind is not the only part of them that knows anything. In addition to their mind, there is what is taking place in their body.

The information that is found here also relates to who they really are, as opposed to who they have been conditioned to be. Here, one can feel connected to all that is, and being in touch with their body can allow them to just know things.

The First Step

When someone has a strong connection to their body, they will be aware of what their true needs and feelings are. From here, they will be able to reach out for the information that they need to move forward.

For example, one could have a strong need to assist others and this could mean that they will want to become a nurse. What is within them will have caused then to take this step and this is why they will want to go to university, for instance.

Backwards

On the other hand, if one isn't in touch with their body and their mind is where their attention resides, they can end up wanting to do something for the wrong reason. Through being in their mind, they can be more cornered with pleasing others.

One can then end up doing something for the wrong reason, and this can cause them to engage in the wrong type of training. Pleasing others might make them feel good in the short-term, but it won't do a lot for them in the long-term.

A Time and A Place

Information from the outside world is going to play a part, yet this information is not supposed to replace the information that is within them. In the same way as a supplement is not supposed to replace a real meal.

However, if someone has been brought up in a culture that is all about adding information and not bringing information out of people, it is going to be normal for this to take place. In many ways, this is like stopping a plant from being able to produce its own flowers and adding false ones instead.

Completely Misguided

One's time in the education system would have primarily been about getting them to think like everyone else. Thus, not only would they have the same uniform as everyone else; they would also have developed the same views.

This kind of education is about control, meaning that it is fear-based, and it gets people ready to join a rotten system. Still, although the kind of conditioning that someone receives is going to play a big part in whether or not they are in touch with their body's wisdom, there is something else that can play a part.

A Big Impact

If someone has experienced trauma, it can cause them to disconnect from their body and to lose touch with their inner guidance in the process. So, if one was brought up in an environment that was abusive, it could have caused them to leave their body.

Living it their mind will be what feels safe, and this would have taken place without them needing to think about it. The downside to this is that while this will be what feels safe, it will stop them from being able to tune into their inner guidance.

Out of Balance

Consequently, one can live a life that is not very fulfilling; they might even believe that their life has no meaning. Being this way will make them look outside for guidance - it could seem as though the answers they need are 'out there'.

One could then look towards some kind of guru or someone with a well-developed intellect to give them the answers that they desperately need. If they were to ask someone who has their feet firmly on the ground, they might be encouraged to look within themselves.

Awareness

If one can relate to this, and they want to develop a strong connection with their body, it might be a good idea for them to reach out for external support. This is something that can be provided by a therapist or a healer.

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Critical Thinking: Does Identity Politics Stop People From Having To Think For Themselves?

By Oliver JR Cooper

For a little while now, there has been something called 'identity politics,' and one way of looking at this would be to say that this is a way of viewing the world. Everyone is seen as belonging to a particular gender, race, religion or sexual orientation.

What this means is that it is not important what would benefit people in general; what matters is looking after a particular group. Therefore, people are not seen as individuals; they are seen as being part of a group that is either oppressed or part of a group that oppresses others.

Two Options

Once someone believes that they belong to a certain group, it can cause them to go one of two ways. Either they will believe that they are being held back, or they will believe that they are holding other people back.

The former can then feel angry and full of rage, and the latter can end up feeling guilty and ashamed. One person will see themselves as a victim and the other will see themselves as a perpetrator.

Divide and Conquer

Instead of bringing people together, so that they can make the world a better place; this is something that just divides people. The energy that could be used to transform the planet is being wasted.

As a result of this, identity politics can be seen as a great way to distract people and to make them believe that they have very little in common. Yet, if someone is told to focus on what they don't have in common with people who belong to another group, this is to be expected.

An Ulterior Motive

It could be said that there are certain people in this planet who want people to fight amongst themselves. What this does is allow these people to maintain control and to stop their fellow humans being from experiencing heaven on earth.

However, while it would be easy to believe that these kinds of people have all the power that would overlook the part that people play in keeping their power structure alive. With that said, why would someone buy into identity politics?

One Thing

It has been said that human beings have an in-group preference, and this causes people to identify with people who look like them or who have a similar approach to life. This can be seen as something that relates to a human beings primal nature - something that happens without the need for someone to use their brain.

There are likely to be plenty of people who gravitate towards a group because of this, and this could show that they have an aversion to thinking. What is going on for someone at an emotional level is also going to play a part here.

The Oppressed

If someone was to identity with a group that is said to be 'oppressed' by another group, there is the chance that they are not an empowered human being. Their early years may have been a time when they were victimised by others, and this could relate to what their parent/s did.

Being told that they are victims is then going to match up with how they see themselves already. And through seeing themselves in this way, they could have a sense of entitlement, which will make them believe that they deserve to be given special treatment and resources.

The Oppressor

On the other hand, if someone was to identify with a group that is said to 'oppress' others, they could also be a disempowered human being. The beginning of their life might have also been a time when they were treated badly.

Thus, as they already feel guilty and ashamed of who they are, there will be no reason for them to push back against the people who abuse them for belonging to a particular group. This will be what feels comfortable, and the abuse that they receive from others can be no different to how they treat themselves.

An Escape

What someone like this can then do is end up abusing people who are said to belong to a group that oppresses others, with this being a way for then to feel better about themselves. They can believe that they are paying back the debt that they owe to the groups that they are oppressing.

Someone like this is going to lack a strong sense of self and they will also be a self-hating human being. One can make out that they are virtuous for doing this, even though they are only behaving in this manner to manage their own pain.

A Lack of Empathy

Yet, regardless of whether one sees themselves as belonging to a group that is oppressed or oppresses others, they are going to find it hard to connect to truly others. When they see someone, they will either be put into one box or they will be out into another.

This is going to stop them from being able to see that they are an individual; an individual that has their own needs and feelings. Not only this, the reality is that this person is going to have had moments in their life that were good and moments that were not - the group that they supposedly belong to is going to be irrelevant.

Mental Laziness

Being this way has a lot in common with someone who has disconnected from their own issues, so they end up seeing their issues in other people - they are going to be projecting their reality onto everyone else. Ultimately, identity politics stops someone from living in the present moment and causes them to be stuck in their head.

After someone's mind has been infiltrated by this way of viewing the world - and this is something that can probably happen in a few days or less - they won't need to engage their brain. They will have a ready-made way of looking at the world and an answer as to why the world is the way it is.

Conclusion

This is then similar to how someone can do a weekend course in something and then see themselves as an expert. What can be different is that someone can see themselves as being morally superior when they have given their mind over to identity politics.

It has been said that thinking is one of the hardest things to do, with this being the reason why it is often avoided. The trouble is that if one blindly adheres to a certain viewpoint, they can end up doing more harm than good.

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Home Remedies for Dealing With Diarrhea

By Anand Kumar

Diarrhea is a dreadful condition and some of its symptoms are frequent passing of fluid faeces, abdominal pain, nausea, dehydration and bloating. It generally takes like two to four days for diarrhea and its symptoms to completely vanish and this is largely dependent on the intensity of the condition. You can get rid of diarrhea naturally and the following tips will be of great help.

Use Ginger

You can grate a little piece of ginger, add a teaspoon of honey to it and eat the mixture in order to boost digestion. It is important to avoid taking water immediately after eating the mixture. Alternatively, you can drink ginger tea, two to three times daily. How do you make ginger tea? Cut one little piece of ginger into slices and put them into a cup of water. Boil the water for some minutes and leave the mixture to infuse for about an hour. You should then strain it, add honey and drink it. If you cannot lay your hands on fresh ginger, you can make use of powdered one.

Yogurt Remedy

Researchers have discovered that yogurt, especially the one with live bacterial cultures like lactobacilus acidophilus and bifidobacterium, can be very effective for treating diarrhea at home. These live cultures destroy the microorganism causing the disease and replace it with good ones. Two bowls of yogurt is enough everyday and you can eat banana with it in order to get a better result.

Fenugreek Seeds

You can also make use of fenugreek seeds because they contain mucilage in high proportion and mucilage is a powerful anti-diarrheal agent. You can chew one teaspoon of fenugreek seeds with a tablespoon of yogurt to get relieved. Alternatively, you can mix a half teaspoon each of fenugreek seeds as well as cummin seeds with two tablespoons of yogurt. Blend the mixture and take it three times everyday.

Eat Bananas

Ripe bananas contain pectin in high proportion and pectin is a soluble fiber that fights diarrhea. Bananas are also high in potassium, an electrolyte that boosts the functioning of the digestive system. You should eat a couple of bananas everyday and you will discover that it will improve your condition.

Chamomile Tea

Chamomile is an antispasmodic agent which is effective for relieving abdominal disorders associated with diarrhea and it reduces intestinal inflammation. In order to make chamomile tea, you should soak one teaspoon each of chamomile flowers and peppermint leaves in a cup of boiling water. Leave it for ten minutes, strain it and drink the tea a number of times daily. You can also drink green tea which is very beneficial for the optimal functioning of your digestive system.

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Different Encryption Algorithm

By Dhiraj Kumar Ray

There are basically 2 different types of encryption - Asymmetric and Symmetic Encryption. This both encryption is supported by Java.

Different encryption algorithms that supports java are:

1. DES - with Key size of 56-bit, DES is considered as slower encryption algorithm.

2. Triple DES - it engages the key size of 112/168, but provides equivalent security of 80/112, which makes it a slower one too.

3. AES - it reserves the key size of 128-bit, 198-Bit and 256-bit which is considered as a faster algorithm. Though it is a faster one, its speed depends on the Key Size.

4. Blowfish - with key size of 128-bit up to 448-bit, it's considered as a better, faster algorithm. Blowfish is now superseded by Twofish.

5. RC4 - Key size from 40-bit to 1024-bit, RC4 is the fastest java supported encryption algorithm.

Now when it comes to choose between these different encryption techniques, DES and Triple DES are outdated.

The best algorithms are the ones which are shipped with Java.

DES and 3DES have been outdated and known to be cracked without a key, so you should skip them.

AES is the industry standard as of now as it allows 128 bit encryption. Here is an example of AES Encryption in java

Apart from that if you're trying to encrypt a password, you should use a hash function to create hash of the encrypted password string. MD5 hash is used mostly for this. When comparing you can encrypt the input password, hash it with MD5 and compare it with the value stored in the database under password.

However MD5 hash is easily crackable, but provides a first line of defence against cryptanalysis.

Following is an example that uses AES encryption.

public static String encrypt(String key, String initVector, String value) {
try {
IvParameterSpec iv = new IvParameterSpec(initVector.getBytes("UTF-8"));
SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(key.getBytes("UTF-8"), "AES");

Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING");
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, skeySpec, iv);

byte[] encrypted = cipher.doFinal(value.getBytes());
System.out.println("encrypted string: "
+ Base64.encodeBase64String(encrypted));

return Base64.encodeBase64String(encrypted);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}

return null;
}

The most secure encryption algorithm--and the most impossible to construct in real life--is an infinite, one-time pad XOR ciphered onto the plaintext.

If you're talking about Public-key cryptography, which is the type of encryption you'd be worried about in most Internet applications, in one type that has been validated and not intentionally weakened, key length matters much more than the strength or weakness of the algorithm.

Some algorithms allow up to a certain size key, so you want ones that have unlimited key length. Doing a quick search, I can't find any that directly support it.

Since it's the only hash that supports unlimited key sizes, there will probably be some based on SHA-3 once it's fully implemented. http://www.devglan.com http://www.devglan.com/corejava/java-aes-encypt-decrypt

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Angular 5 (Upgrade Your Project From an Older Version to Angular 5)

By Nimish Goel

Hey coders, if you are still working on angular 2, 4 then it is the time to upgrade your application to angular 5. Angular 5 (also called Pentagonal-donut) has a lot of new features better performance, small bundling.

If you want to update your old angular 2 application to angular 5, then this tutorial is for you.

Upgrading from angular 2, 4 to angular 5 is not too hard task because there are very few breaking changes. The Angular team has also put a handy tool to make upgrading from any version to angular 5, as simple as possible.

Here are the few points to keep in mind when upgrading your application:

Rename your project's all tags to tags as the element has been deprecated since v4.

You will have to upgrade all of your angular packages to version 5.0, run the following command:

$ npm install @angular/{animations,common,compiler,compiler-cli,core,forms,http,platform-browser,platform-browser-dynamic,platform-server,router}@5.0.0

# or, using Yarn:

$ yarn add @angular/{animations,common,compiler,compiler-cli,core,forms,http,platform-browser,platform-browser-dynamic,platform-server,router}@5.0.0

Angular 5 now also depends on TypeScript 2.4.2 and RxJS 5.5.2, so you'll have to upgrade those package as well.

npm install <a href="mailto:typescript@2.4.2">typescript@2.4.2</a> --save-exact

If you rely on the date, currency, decimal, or percent pipes, in 5 you will see minor changes to the format. For applications using locales other than en-us you will need to import it and optionally locale_extended_fr from @angular/common/i18n_data/locale_fr and registerLocaleData(local). For more information on pipes breaking changes: stackoverflow.com/a/47263949/2810015

Use of implements instead of extends with any lifecycle events: Ensure you don't use extends OnInit, or use extends to any lifecycle event. Instead, use implements.

Switch from HttpModule and the Http service to HttpClientModule and the HttpClient service. HttpClient simplifies the default ergonomics (You don't need to map to json anymore and remove any map(res => res.json()) calls, which are no longer needed.) and now supports typed return values and interceptors.

Here's a quick example of the old syntax:

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';

import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';

import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

import 'rxjs/add/operator/filter';

import 'rxjs/add/operator/do';

@Component({... })

export class AppComponent extends OnInit {

myObs = Observable.of('Hello', 'Alligator', 'World!');

ngOnInit() {

this.myObs

.do(x => console.log('The do operator is the do operator!'))

.filter(x => x.length > 8)

.map(x => x.toUpperCase())

.subscribe(x => console.log(x));

}

... and the same example with the new lettable operator syntax becomes:

import { of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';

import { map, filter, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';

@Component({... })

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

myObs = of('Hello', 'Alligator', 'World!');

ngOnInit() {

this.myObs

.pipe(

tap(x => console.log('The do operator is now tap!')),

filter(x => x.length > 8),

map(x => x.toUpperCase())

)

.subscribe(x => console.log(x));

}

Read more about how to upgrade your application to AG5
https://onlyforcoder.blogspot.in/2017/11/angular5QuickStart.html

AG5 features:
https://onlyforcoder.blogspot.in/2017/11/angular5Features-Pentagonal-donutfeatures.html

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Critical Thinking: Are Some Universities Making People Mentally And Emotionally Weak?

Inner Guidance: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Look Outside For Answers?

Critical Thinking: Does Identity Politics Stop People From Having To Think For Themselves?

Home Remedies for Dealing With Diarrhea

Different Encryption Algorithm

Angular 5 (Upgrade Your Project From an Older Version to Angular 5)

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