We The People Are Being Brainwashed

By Dr. Tim G Williams

We the people! How many times have we heard this phrase? Yet, our Democracy is anything but. In truth the United States in nothing more than a fascist state. We would be wise to remember that fascism operates a corporate state under the guise of a democracy. Fascism is nothing more than Corporatism, the merger of state and corporate power.

For decades now the United States has been a fascist state. By 2019 the degree of which our fascism will have evolved far more advanced than Nazi Germany was right before and during World War II. It should be noted that the main stream media keeps referring to the United States as a democracy of free enterprise capitalism with individual privacy and property rights. Our so called democracy {Fascism} has evolved to the point that it is far more advanced than anything Germany or Italy was in the 1930's till the end of World War II that our system of fascism actually appears benevolent.

To the sober person the question arises how could the United States so drastically change into nothing more than an advanced stage of Fascism? The answer lies in reverse semantics or the changes of our political and governing system. A system going in reverse instead of improving and fostering equality of all instead of the oligarchy form of government that has evolved.

The American people believe that the United States is a true democracy. We have been taught that the United States is a representative democracy responsible to the people. We view democracy to equal human freedom. We hear the word democracy all the time from politicians and the media. The political elite have embedded the word democracy into the public's psyche. What the political elite have done keeps the people imagining that they are free. We are being brainwashed because everybody keeps saying we are a democracy.

Today, American democracy is actually a front for fascism. The word democracy now is just a key political word that glosses over that America in now a fascist state. When we hear the word Democracy it is now used in psychological so called warfare against the people. It is used to impress upon Americans that they are free. This, when in actuality the government has tightened it's grip on everything and everybody in America today. When we the people imagine that we are free the political system can and does impose restrictions that have in every essence made us less free.

We had better be careful and realize what the United States has become. When mental democracy is used as a psychological weapon of the state it motivates the people to obey the state. Remember George Orwell's 1984. Well "Big Brother" today is our government. The reality today in many aspects is a far cry from what we are led to believe. When you buy a home you really don't own it. Private property rights are nonexistent today.

What is more troubling is that just recently Bayer and Monsanto agreed to a merger. The pharmaceutical giant with the worlds largest producer of GMO seeds sets a prime example of how far the corporate reach has become. This merger will have lasting repercussions that will be felt not only here in the United States but all around the world. What this merger means is that the industrialization of food will be complete. We are being brainwashed to believe that this merger will be beneficial for all. This when in actuality will not only cause more health related problems thus more money flowing into big pharma but will put so many small independent farmers out of business. Think of the price of food today, well in the months and years ahead this merger will in fact cause the cost of living to skyrocket. Poverty will run rampant while the corporate state reaps billions.

The food that will be available could actually be programmed like subliminal messages that occur on your TV screens. We could very well be brainwashed by food and or by medicine. That is just more of the continuation of the fascist state we live in. The future does looks bleak. There is a way to rid the United States of the fascist state we are in. But, as long as we have leaders in our government who are beholden to the corporate state and a political system so corrupt the chances of eradicating fascism out of our democracy will be impossible.

Blackjack Rules: Learn a Simple Basic Strategy Before You Play - Here's How

By Dennis J Occhino

Blackjack rules are important to understand when playing this casino table game. If played properly by using a simple Basic Strategy, the house advantage is very low, at about 0.5%.

The game is played on a table containing multiple decks of cards. (Usually six or eight). The cards are dealt from a device called a shoe or a CSM (continuous shuffle machine) by the house dealer in the casino.

The objective is for a player to have a completed hand totaling 21 or closer to 21 than the dealer's hand. Any player's or dealer's hand with a sum over 21 is a bust and therefore loses.

The card values are:

2 through 9 - count as their face value

10 through King - count as a ten value

Aces - count as eleven or one

How to Play

Playing is simple. After you placing an initial wager, two cards are dealt face up to each player. The dealer also takes two cards, one face up and one down, known as a hole card.

Based on the strength of the player's hand and the value of the dealer's up card, the player must make one of five options:

Stand - If the player has a strong hand such as a 10, 8 totaling 18, s/he would stand by taking no additional cards.

Hit - If the player has a weak hand such as 8, 5 totaling 13, s/he may hit by requesting additional card(s).

Split - If the two cards are of equal value such as an 8, 8 the player can split by playing two hands for an additional wager.

Double Down - Player may elect to double down by requesting only one card after doubling his/her wager. One example would be a 7, 4 totaling 11. The player would hope to receive any 10-value card to make a total of 21.

Surrender - (Where permitted.) When a player has a very weak hand against a dealer's strong hand, he/she may surrender the hand for ½ of the wager. One example would be a player with 15 and a dealer showing a 10 or ace up.

Per standard rules, a dealer must draw to a hand total up to 16 and stand (no draw) on a total of 17 or higher.

Note that the 17 rule varies between casinos. Some jurisdictions permit a dealer draw to a soft 17, (Ace + 6) others require a stand on all 17's. Drawing a card with a soft 17 always aids the casino. Standing on all 17's aids the player(s).

All winning hands, except for Blackjack, pay even money. A Blackjack is a two-card hand containing an Ace and any ten-value card. That payout is 3 to 2. Some casinos have reduced the BJ payout to 6 to 5. Stay away from the 6/5 games if possible. Here's why:

Players receive an average of about four Blackjacks per hour. With a 3/2 payout at a $10 minimum table, the total win is $60, whereas a 6/5 payout would only net you $48. That's a $12 loss per hour at a 6/5 table!

Simple Basic Strategy

Prior to playing, it is important to learn basic strategy. It is easy to comprehend and with a little practice your money can last longer at the table. Basic strategy cards are available in most casino gift shops. You can also find them on-line. Most casinos do not object to any player using the cards for reference while playing. Blackjack strategy applied properly is extremely important when playing the game.

The strategy is a blueprint for players that can greatly reduce the house edge to the aforementioned. It is easy to learn, though it does require some practice.

As previously mentioned, correct strategy is always based on the strength of the player's two card hand against the value of the dealer's up card. When applying this method, the player always assumes that the dealer has a ten- value card in the hole. Hence, the following strategy should be used whenever playing: Blackjack strategy applied properly is extremely important when playing the game.

Prior to Playing

Rules do vary between casinos so players should first scout the tables to look for liberal rules. In many jurisdictions the rules are posted at the table. If you do not see them, ask. Here is what to look for:

Split any pair

Double down on any two cards

Re-splitting allowed

Double after split allowed

Dealer stands on all 17's

Surrender permitted

Here is the Simple Basic Strategy:

Player Hard Hands, (no Ace) if You Have:

8 or less, always hit.

9, double if dealer has 3 through 6, otherwise hit.

10, double if dealer has 2 through 9, otherwise hit.

11, Double against dealer 2 through 10, hit against Ace.

12, hit against 2 or 3, stand against 4 through 6, otherwise hit.

13 through 16, stand against 2 through 6, otherwise hit.

17 through 21, always stand.

Player Soft Hands, (one Ace) if You Have:

Ace 2 or 3, double against 5 or 6, otherwise hit.

Ace 4 or 5, double against 4 through 6, otherwise hit.

Ace 6, double against 3 through 6, otherwise hit.

Ace 7, stand against 2, 7 or 8, double against 3 through 6, otherwise hit.

Ace 8 or 9, always stand.

Player Pairs, if You Have:

Aces or eights, always split.

Twos or threes, split against 2 through 7, otherwise hit.

Fours, split against 5 or 6, otherwise hit.

Fives, double against 2 through 9, otherwise hit.

Sixes, split against 2 through 6, otherwise hit.

Sevens, split against 2 through 7, otherwise hit.

Nines, split against 2 through 6 and 8 or 9. Stand against 7, 10 or Ace.

Tens, always stand.

Blackjack side bets are also available at almost every table. Although tempting, the house edge increases a great deal when these options are selected, some into double digits. Always keep in mind that your bankroll is at a greater risk of a quicker depletion when making these inviting side bets.

Remember that no matter which game you choose, the house always has the edge over the long term. The benefit of applying proper strategy is to increase your chances for short term gain.

Good Luck!

Copyright � - Dennis J. Occhino - All rights reserved

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How Private Investigators Use Social Media To Conduct Online Investigations

By Alexandra Debray

The online world is quite similar to the digital world in certain aspects: you can make a name for yourself online, cause trouble, commit crimes, get noticed by the police, and get monitored by detectives to catch you in the act.

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn contain large amounts of data. This is the reason why online search can also bring up the most accurate information. For this reason, it is crucial for users to get familiar with the advanced search options that are available on some of the big-name social media networks.

Facebook

Being the most popular social media site in the world, Facebook also has the most extensive social search in the entire Internet. It allows people to make queries based on over 40 different dimensions, making it function like its own search engine. It combines the big data that is then compiled on its population of a billion users. It's also an ideal place to start an online investigation.

The search criteria on Facebook comprehensively covers a lot of a person's basic information. This would include name, gender, and date of birth. Facebook also enables search by dimensions related to the following:

Education

Work

Location

Position

Concentration

In addition, likes and interests are also searchable. They can range from what the subject likes, the groups they belong, the apps that they used, and the people they are following.

If other Facebook users recognize the name of anyone that the target has a relationship with, like their friends, or their family, private investigators can also use this information in their online search. For example, users can search based on the name of the target's spouse, parents, siblings or children.

Previously, users were able to prevent their Facebook profiles from being visible in searches by adjusting their privacy settings. However, this feature is no longer available. The team at Facebook has just announced that users can no longer hide their profile.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is another viable avenue for conducting an online investigation, depending on the information that has been provided about a subject. The information that you use can then be cross-referenced from the information found on Facebook.

LinkedIn offers a variety of different search categories that are made available to everyone to search on. These categories would include a user's current location, company, industry, previous companies, and the school they attended. Upgrading to a premium LinkedIn account can enable you to access additional categories like LinkedIn groups joined, interests, and company size.

LinkedIn also allows members to see other users who have viewed their profile. Users who are conducting online investigations need to be wary of this feature, especially if their investigation is covert.

Hiring an experienced Private Investigator

Conducting an online private investigation without much experience can have negative results. Not knowing exactly what you are doing can cause you more harm than good. So to help you with your research, you should consider hiring a private investigator to do the job for you. A private investigator that is experienced with online private investigation is knowledgeable with accessing private database that can be used to online and offline. The techniques that they use may involve making contact and reaching out to the subject and conducting covert surveillance.

Please call 0455-495-826 and look for Alexandra Debray, the founder and operator of CSI Melbourne. A licensed private investigator who specialises in domestic and matrimonial matters.

Your Child's Healthy Heart

By Piotr Dariusz Makowski

As your child grows, he or she is developing the habits that will last a lifetime. What you do now to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity will affect your child's health forever. It's important for you to examine your lifestyle right now and find ways that you can help your heart to stay healthy.

It's crucial that you lead by example. Children learn much more by what they see you do than by what you tell them. So it doesn't do any good for you to tell your child about the dangers of smoking while you have a cigarette hanging out of your mouth.

Start by looking at what kind of example you're setting for your child. Do you need to stop smoking? Do you need to eat more fruits and vegetables? Look around your home to see if you're providing a positive, healthy environment that will set your child up for a healthy heart.

For example, your child should never be exposed to second-hand smoke. You should also provide a large variety of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and lean protein for your child's diet. In addition, physical activity should be a part of every day life.

Encourage your child to turn off the television or video games and play outside. Riding a bike, skateboarding, and simply throwing a ball with friends is a great way to get physical activity. You don't have to tell your child to "exercise". If you encourage him to play, he'll automatically get what he needs.

You can also help your child by having family time that's devoted to physical activity and good nutrition. You don't have to make a lesson out of it; you simply have to do it. For example, your family may want to plant a vegetable garden in the backyard.

You'll use physical activity to tend the garden and you'll have fresh produce that's heart healthy. You may also want to take a stroll around the neighborhood as a family. As often as you can, walk to run your errands instead of driving.

Childhood is the perfect time to set up healthy habits for your child. If your child enjoys eating a variety of foods and gets a lot of physical activity, she'll be more likely to continue those practices as an adult.

When you're at work, you tend to be focused on the task at hand. That can put your health on the back burner. But if you're serious about keeping your heart healthy, you can use work time to an advantage. There are plenty of simple things you can do to make work a healthy place.

Whenever possible, you should take the stairs instead of the elevator. This allows your body to get some extra physical activity built in. Now, if you work on the 25th floor, you may not want to walk up all those stairs.

Instead, you can try taking the elevator to the 23rd floor and walking up two floors. Once that becomes easier, you can add a floor at a time. Eventually you may find that you can challenge yourself to walking the whole thing - you just can't be in a hurry.

Many workplaces offer gym facilities for employees. You can use your lunch break or come to work early to exercise. You can also hit the gym at the end of the day before you go home. If you're job doesn't offer this amenity, but you'd still like to work out at a gym find one that's between your home and work so that it's convenient to stop on your way home.

Brown bagging it can also save your heart and your money. Bringing your lunch every day is likely to be healthier than eating out. It's also far less expensive than eating out. You may even want to keep some standard snacks in your desk or the work refrigerator so you don't have to pack something every day. Packing your lunch the night before will help you to get out the door quickly in the morning.

Enlisting your coworkers in an exercise group can also be a great way to add physical activity to your day. Get together a group of people who want to walk on their lunch break or after work. You can help motivate one another on tough days.

Taking public transportation, where possible, is another great way to stay heart healthy. You'll get more activity walking to and from the bus or train stop than you would by taking your car. You'll also be doing something good for the environment.

Finally, when you're at work stay away from tobacco use. If you don't smoke, you want to stay away from second-hand smoke. And if you're trying to quit smoking, you may find that smoking is difficult to stop when you're around coworkers who smoke. You might want to find somewhere else to go during breaks where you won't be tempted to try it.

In very serious cases of blockage, heart bypass surgery may need to be performed. This creates a bypass around the blockage in the heart and can prevent heart attacks from occurring.

Atherosclerosis Explained

By Piotr Dariusz Makowski

Throughout your lifetime fat and cholesterol mix together with other material and begin to line the walls of your blood vessels. This mixture is called plaque. As time passes, the plaque becomes hard and gets thicker. This causes your blood vessels to become more narrow and can even completely block them if it goes untreated.

As you can imagine, it's difficult for blood to pass through these narrow vessels. As a result, stress is put on the heart. This leads to heart disease and can eventually cause a heart attack if there's blockage in the actual coronary blood vessels themselves.

In addition, pieces of the hardened plaque can actually separate from the walls and break away. When this happens the small piece flows through the blood vessels and can actually cause a heart attack or even a stroke.

In addition, blood clots can form around the rogue piece of plaque and block blood flow even further. The clots can also travel to the brain, heart, or lungs. The tragic result of this may be as serious as a stroke, heart attack, or pulmonary embolism.

Unfortunately, there are rarely symptoms of atherosclerosis until you have a serious issue such as chest pain or even a heart attack. Early stages of it can sometimes be heard through a stethoscope, but usually more extensive testing is required to diagnose hardening of the arteries.

The good news is that if you catch it early, there's plenty you can do to keep it from getting worse. Your doctor may prescribe a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet in order to reduce the amount of cholesterol and fat in your blood. You may also need to increase your physical activity and work to lose some weight.

In more serious cases, medication may be required to help lower cholesterol and even thin the blood to prevent clots. Surgical intervention through angioplasty is also a treatment option. A procedure called endarterectomy can be performed to actually remove some of the plaque from the vessel walls, though this isn't as common.

In very serious cases of blockage, heart bypass surgery may need to be performed. This creates a bypass around the blockage in the heart and can prevent heart attacks from occurring.

Automatic Defibrillators at Home and at Work

One of the most important advances in emergency response is the development of the automatic defibrillator. This is a device that helps to electronically stimulate the heart to beat if someone is having a heart attack.

In the past, first responders had to rely on CPR to keep the blood pumping through the body until help arrived, but now a trained person can actually begin a procedure to start the heart.

Automatic external defibrillators (AED) are very user friendly. They come with two self-stick pads that are attacked the chest in specific areas. Then you press a button on the machine to begin the process.

The machine analyzes the heartbeat and tells the responder what to do. For example, if there's no shockable heart rhythm, the machine will tell you to continue to administer CPR.

The machine will also intermittently check the heart rate by telling you to stop CPR and wait. If it finds a shockable rhythm, it will tell you to clear everyone away from the person and press the button to administer the electricity. It will then measure the heartbeat and give you instructions for what to do next.

Defibrillators can be found in many workplaces and on airplanes. They allow someone to get quick medical treatment while waiting for an ambulance to arrive. AEDs have been shown to increase chances of survival from a heart attack by 50-74%. It's also possible to purchase one for your home, though they cost over a thousand dollars at this time.

One thing that's critical is that you receive the proper training to use the AED. Along with using the AED, you may need to perform CPR. If CPR is performed incorrectly, it can lead to injury.

You can receive training in both AED and CPR at your local American Heart Association or American Red Cross. This training is relatively inexpensive and is lifesaving. You may also want to talk to someone in your workplace about investing in an AED for the office as well as training the entire staff to use it.

Before the AED came into existence, people could only perform CPR. CPR isn't designed to restart the heart; it only helps to keep oxygen moving throughout the tissues of the body until medical help arrives.

The AED allows people to begin the process of trying to restart the heart. This increases not only chances of survival, but it also minimizes the risk of damage to the body from oxygen deprivation.

Professional Web Designers

By John Dacor

Reasons to Engage Professional Web Designers for Success in Business:

Having recognized the benefits of digitization of business, every organization looks to being visible and having an impressive presence on the Wide World Web. This not only is accessible across national boundaries and borders, but it also ensures a highly vibrant global clientele. One of the most important factors that contribute to such visibility is having a website that reflects the business, attracts visitors, converts the visitors to prospective customers and most importantly ensures that the prospective customers become 'repeat' customers. To achieve this level in business, it is essential that Professional web designers be given the responsibility of creating a website that promotes business growth.

There are many reasons why engaging the services of the web designer is beneficial and some of those reasons include:

The business is reflected by a highly responsive, automated and interactive website which has a higher potential to attract customers.

The professional designers are more likely to be familiar with the latest, state -of -the -art technologies that go into the making of an impressive and user-friendly website.

On engaging the services of the web designer or a web designing company, the website is likely to be updated regularly, which would include the latest information regarding the organization, the business, and related information.

New ideas and concepts are included on the website, making it extremely modern and contemporary. This attracts the viewer to spend some more time on the website, thereby providing the opportunity to convert the visitor into a prospective customer.

Designers are basically artistic in nature and hence, their aesthetic skills come to the fore when creating a website. Their color combinations, graphics, and the other imagery do wonders to the visitors to attract them. Therefore, by engaging the services of the web designers, there is an assurance that the website that is created is a boon to the organization and its business.

Website designers apart from being aesthetically inclined also possess an in-depth knowledge of technology and are highly computer savvy, as they are trained for it. Therefore, the organization is ensured that an extremely user-friendly interface is in place as well as it has just the right material that does not clutter the pages, nor makes it jarring for the viewers.

Factors to look for when engaging the web designer:

When engaging the services of the web designer, there are some factors that make the entire process of engaging their services in achieving the results of their services worthwhile.

Firstly, the qualification and experience of the designer engaged to create a website is important. It is through experience that the designer becomes aware of the pros and cons of various technologies, compatibility of the technology with the different kinds of interfaces and the languages that can be used.

Secondly, knowledge and skill are important factors too, as the web designer is better equipped to offer suggestions and ideas to enhance the quality and the look of the website. Apart from the physicality of the website, the web designer would be able to offer suggestions on the technological aspects of the website, the various pages of the website and the user-friendliness of the website.

Therefore, by engaging the services of the designer for the website creation, every organization is assured of a surge in their business towards success and profitability. If you are looking for that kind of development and progress in your business, browse through these pages to know more about our web designers and the superior quality work that we do. Call us to be effectively visible on the internet! Our Contact Us page provides all the details. So email us, chat with us or call us! We shall attend to all your needs instantly! Our impeccable customer service is ever ready to talk to you and put you through to our competent   Affordable Web Design Service so that you are attended to immediately!

Minimalism and Maximalism, What Is Maximalist Web Design?

By Paul Lambden

Since the mid-2000s, the driving trend behind web design has been minimalism. Minimalist web design is based on the idea that less is more when it comes to creating an attractive, easy to navigate website.

However, thanks to new advances in software and code creation, a new movement towards maximalism is starting to take hold. So what is Maximalist Web Design?

If minimalism is basic shapes, a monochrome palette, and using only what is necessary, maximalism is the opposite. A grander, more involved approach that is associated with excess, extravagance, and a diversity of aesthetics that is aimed towards breaking the rules and creating a more vibrant result. In terms of web design, this means taking full advantage of the new software and codes that are available to designers, so they can break the mould of the current minimalist effort.

Incorporating maximalist principles when designing a logo or a website can help your brand stand out from the crowd due to the bolder nature of the colour choices and layouts. Facebook or Instagram are good examples of how your brand can stand out, as while scrolling down their news feed your logo and design styles are likely going to jump off the page in comparison with the light or pastel colour choices that have been made by other companies in the last few years.

Of course, maximalism runs the danger of being too colourful, too garish, and too over-the-top. Unlike its minimalist counterpart which is always a safe choice, it's possible to go too far and create a backlash that did not need to occur. This is why the movement away from minimalist web design is not a fast one, at least not yet, because of the potential of turning off visitors.

Attributes of maximalism

There are certain attributes that makes maximalist web design separate from the current trend of minimalism. One attribute is that the world beyond web design, including fashion, is embracing this new trend which means that web designers are in-step with current events that makes their creations even more profound.

Big Colours: Perhaps the most recognisable attribute of this new trends is the use of big, bold colour schemes. The more, the merrier it seems in terms of how colours can be combined to make new, exciting compositions. For web designers, this new, bold use of colours has opened a new world of possibilities.

Bold Textures: By mixing colour with layers of palette, it creates a more vibrant presentation that makes for an eye-catching design. The textures which are now seen in backgrounds and in sections of pages provides designers with a way of drawing attention to certain areas in a direct manner.

Brave Combinations: This new approach is not only enhancing colours and textures, but also creating new combinations of images, graphics, and technology that catches the eye and creates a new, over-the-top look.

Another attribute is that going all-out means a greater variety of choices. Because of the new software programs, you can choose to make each website distinct, attractive, as eye-catching as possible. Considering that change always creates positive waves, the timing of this new movement could not be better.

It should be noted that minimalism and maximalism often switch places every ten to fifteen years which can be seen in fashion trends from different decades. After all, the 1980s was a bold change from the 1970s in terms of colour, texture, and overall appearance. The same can be said for maximalist web design which is now taking the place of minimalist web design which has dominated since the mid-2000s.

Body Language in Sports

By Ronni Cohen

Messaging

Aristotle said that man is a "social animal" and a "linguistic animal." This convention is so anchored in our perception that it is hard to believe when psychologists claim that 90% of our communication is not verbal at all.

The meaning of this fact is simple - we communicate and transmit many messages, without uttering a word. Chazal (the old Talmudic sages) said that life and death are in the hands of the tongue, but as soon as we realize that 90% of our communication is nonverbal, we must also be aware of the messages we convey in our nonverbal communication and how they affect those around us.

How do athletes get better?

Players learn to pass, kick, shoot, attack, stop, change direction, close running lines and many other skills. As they improve these skills, they become better and more effective in the game. They improve these skills for two reasons:

Nonverbal communication in sports

If the psychologists are not mistaken and 90% of our communication is indeed nonverbal, why not apply the method of sports improvement even in relation to nonverbal communication? After all, this is a critical skill for the team's strength, which also affects the field during the game, during timeouts or breaks, in the dressing room and in training. The use of nonverbal communication in the group takes place at each meeting of the team players and throughout the encounter. The responsibility of the players and coaches is also, and perhaps first and foremost, to be aware of themselves and learn to communicate in a positive way.

Negative body language and team composition

I believe (mainly in children and youth departments) that a team must let go of a player, no matter how good he is, if he constantly "poisons" the group atmosphere with a negative body language. I also believe that a coach, no matter how good he is, whose body language regularly expresses negative messages to his players, shouldn't coach children and teens.

Universal body language

Studies indicate that body language is a universal language that crosses cultures, genders or physical limitations. When a blind-born athlete wins a competition, for example, he raises his hands in the air and looks up - although he has never seen anyone else express the sense of joy in winning this way. When that blind athlete loses, he pulls himself together, drops his shoulders and puts his hands on his face in a gesture of pain. Try to remember how soccer fans respond to the loss of their team - that's right, everyone responds the same way and "grabs the head" with both hands.

The myth of positive body language

There is a false myth, claiming that only players with a positive body language walk upright, open their shoulders, look straight and express their feelings with sharp, vigorous movements. This body language, claims the myth, expresses a winning attitude and can be seen looking at well-known winners such as Michael Jordan, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo. These players are a model indeed. But not for everyone.

Body Language Models

Every person is motivated by different motivations and the difference between people must be respected. Therefore, one must also accept a different body language: less external, but present. This body language expresses peace of mind and focus on action, and is clearly represented by players such as Messi, Iniesta, Nowitzki and Tim Duncan. Does anyone suspects that Messi or Tim Duncan are not Winners? Their teammates have come to know how they express positivity or winning attitude, and so does the audience. There is a wide variety of legitimate positive nonverbal body language expressions, and each player can find what is right for him. What he can't do any more in modern sports is being unaware of his nonverbal communication, or being aware of his negative nonverbal communication - and sticking to it nonetheless.

Active communication = cohesion

Try once to do the following experiment: Watch a basketball game without sound and pay particular attention to the nonverbal communication of the players. In no time you will notice how the players communicate using physical gestures without words: often you will see a player raise his eyebrows to indicate to his friend that he is ready for a move. A point guard will turn his chest toward the player he wants to give the ball to, half a second before the actual delivery - and thus send him a message to be ready. The chin and eyes also become effective communication tools when the hands hold the ball. Pay attention how the shooting players lifts his thumb in the air to mark his appreciation after a good assist, or the pats on the buttocks. All these examples demonstrate the effectiveness and power of positive nonverbal communication. This kind of communication attests to an understanding between the players and high group cohesion. This good communication can also help an inferior team beat a better team.

The body language of each individual is derived from his or her level of self-awareness, personality, and mental abilities. If you know how hard it is to change physical habits in the game, such as keeping a low body, maintaining stability during delivery, and scanning the area before getting the ball, you will understand how difficult it is to change embodied sub-conscious patterns - body language patterns that we have become accustomed to.

How do you change a negative body language?

When a coach or a player feels that their body language is negative, they must change it. This change will not only improve the atmosphere in training and games but also make the team better. Anyone who can receive support from a psychologist who specializes in communications should do so.

If you are a coach and cannot assign players such an escort, you can still drive a change process based on the following points:

Psychological understanding - Understanding the effect of particular skill on their play creates the motivation to work hard and improve
Physical practice - they work hard and thus improve

Present the importance of team communication at the first training sessions
Learn and diagnose, during the first trainings, the body language of each player in your team
When you summarize the training sessions, also refer to the energy level. Set a score scale for the level of energy that trainings should be conducted in. When the team fails to achieve that index, react decisively.
Find videos of players with a negative body language and players with a positive body language. Show them to your players and analyze the feelings and messages they receive. In the first stage, analyses of a third person are more effective. Find varied examples and try to avoid the classic and familiar, e.g. Michael Jordan and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Develop a mutual language with your players. After they'll express identification with a player with a positive body language, remind them, during training sessions, how the player behaves or his name
film players who failed to make a change and edit the negative body language expressions to create a short clip. show them the clip in private, and discuss with them their feelings. Sometimes such a reflection would do the trick
Make it clear that they are allowed to feel "fake" at first. That the gap between what they feel and what they express is legitimate. However, what they express is more important because it affects the team
If the player has not been able to get rid of his negative body language, refer him for professional help and take a clear position on this subject

The Incredible Sandalwood Oil Benefits for Skin Care

By Renish Patel

Sandalwood tree is a part of the Santalaceae family and it is often called East Indian Sandalwood. A type of hemiparasitic evergreen in nature it requires root systems belonging to other trees to join in order to grow. Sandalwood heartwood is used to obtain sandalwood essential oil. For more than four thousand years, Sandalwood oil has been in use by individuals and industries to prepare cosmetics and fragrances due to its truly exotic scent. Further, the oil has been used widely for spiritual, meditative, and personal care purposes. Extraction of the oil is done with the help of mature wood steam distillation. In most cases, sandalwood trees aged between 40 and 80 are utilized. Generally, the older a tree, the more oil it can make available. Also, older trees are able to produce oil having better aroma compared to younger trees.

Benefits of Sandalwood Oil for Skin

1. Antiseptic Properties
Sandalwood oil can act as a reliable antiseptic, giving you the option to apply it both externally and internally. It can protect your ulcers and internal wounds from getting infected. It can also protect boils, sores, pimples and other such skin conditions from catching infection.

2. Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Sandalwood essential oil can provide a kind of cooling and relieving effect when it comes to digestive, circulatory, nervous, excretory, and brain inflammation. In most cases, such inflammations occur as a result of antibiotic side effects, wounds, poisonings, insect bites, fevers, and infections.

3. Astringent Properties
Gum, skin, and muscle contraction can be induced by the essential oil, and so, it can be used to obtain tighter skin and better strength of muscle.

4. Deodorizing Properties
The oil can be used to get rid of bad body odor, too.

5. Disinfectant Properties
Sandalwood essential oil is used in many sprays, evaporators, disinfectants, sticks, and fumigants because of its ability to keep small insects and microbes away by its smell.

6. Emollient Properties

The oil can, further, relieve inflammations, reduce irritation, cure infections, soothe skin and promote fresh and cooling effect.

How to Use Sandalwood Oil for Skin

1. Massaging
Add 3 sandalwood oil drops in one teaspoon of your favourite skin care oil and massage the area. You can make your massage more sensual by including one drop of rose or jasmine.

2. Facial Rejuvenation
To reduce dry skin on your face, you can mix 8 sandalwood oil drops, 4 germanium oil drops, and an ounce of good skin care oil together, and apply the mixture.

3. Glowing Skin
Skin radiance can be improved by putting one or two drops of the oil to your moisturizer.

4. Bath Relaxation
Take several oil drops and massage them into your back of the neck and your temple to have calming effect on your mind. You can also add a few drops of the oil to warm bathwater.

5. Compressing Effect
To help your dry or reddened skin become hydrated and cool, apply warm sandalwood compress over it.

What Are the Reasons Behind the Growth in AI Revenue?

By Gunjan Dogra

Revolution in AI Techniques:

Over the past many years, Artificial Intelligence revolution has provided the quality response for the different range of technologies. I am going to explain main reasons for the growth in its revenue. Functions of speech recognition, face detection, fingerprint recognition and much more are operating quite accurate because of Deep learning techniques. Deep Learning technique is based on the Artificial Neural Networks. Achievement in this field can be judged by its different products like a novel technique for Image Recognition, Object Detection and Prediction System for the stock market. Advances in image recognition have extended the limitations of medical treatment. Moreover, it is helping in reading X-rays, and predicting disease through improved services. Also, it is inspired by the natural intelligence of humans but now AI revolution has changed everything. It could lead to layoff, as it is overtaking human in many fields. The above graph shows the upcoming revenue for the next coming years. This will lead to highly profitable gain for the industry.

The following implementations are somehow causing the sudden growth in AI companies:

1) Implementation of Machine Learning: Object detection means analyzing the content of photos such as individual objects, faces, logos and text on them using a computer-aided cognition model. With the help of object detection, one can minimize the risk of any incident by detecting the presence of another object. Using latest technologies it can be performed in the live work environment. Within a single image, there are a lot of objects inside it, a good model can easily identify each object by extracting key visual features from an image. Different application area of object detection is Facial Biometrics, Motion Detector, Object Recognition and Text Recognition.

Any image recognition algorithm would take an image or its patch as input, an output will be the object in the image. In other words, the output will be a class label. How does an image recognition algorithm know the contents of an image? Well, you have to train the algorithm to learn the differences between different classes. If you want to find cats in images, you need to train an image recognition algorithm with thousands of images of cats and thousands of images of backgrounds that do not contain cats. Needless to say, this algorithm can only understand objects/classes it has learned.

2) Changed Technology: Today we have shifted our technology from analog to digital data communication and storage, which makes the change a convinient approach. Nowadays, robotics has made many advantages in the robots designing. They are able to take physical interaction of human being as a useful information. They can react to any physical interaction to perform the output task. This technology has made the change in robotics which has become an advantageous component in the era of Artificial Intelligence.

3) Meet Consumer's Expectations: From time to time, customer's need and expectation grow. Though industries are there to deal with digital data, this data is in huge amount and sometimes poor technologies may fail to handle and accomplish the goals with this data. Here comes an AI into play. High complex big data can be easily managed and handled with the aid of Artificial Intelligence. After dealing with huge data it produces better customer experience. It has brought customer's expectations into reality which leads to great demand in industries. Facebook, Pinterest, Netflix and Google are some of the real time and effective examples to demonstrate the above fact.

4) Decision Making: By applying machine learning algorithms the power of machines has increased. These algorithms made machines able to make decisions by itself. AI has changed the scenario of decision making for business. Deep Learning has been widely used for decision making when the dataset is huge. As a demonstration Amazon has done the partnership with Microsoft to uplift projects based on Deep Learning. This reflects how effective Deep Learning is in Decision Making and handling high computation task. In today's scenario TensorFlow, Keras has become an integral part from the business point of view. Fast and powerful processing using algorithm based tasks are applied in business for better customer satisfaction.

With all these benefits and advantages of this technology, it has proved itself a trending way for overcoming traditional issues of data handling and analytics. Thus, the growth of AI is making a path. From the study, it can be stated that market value of AI is growing due to advanced technology like Prediction System, Recommendation System etc. Up to 2021, the revenue will reach approximately $10000 Million which will be a rapid growth for the industry. AI could boost average profitability rates by 38% and lead to an economic increase of US $14 TN by 2035 with its innovative ideas. Google is exploring all aspects of machine learning with classical algorithms. It has overcome different challenges of research and technical tasks which leads to its greater demand and revenue as well.

Due to applications like Recommendation System and   Prediction System demand for AI is increasing day by day. Enterprises are moving further for such services to improve their profit. Research work is still continued in this area to get the peak of benefits from it.