The consulate wasn’t bad work. I was an administrative assistant in the political affairs section, and I spent the time research domestic U.S. politics in the Midwest, writing, and setting up appointments for diplomatic staff with local politicians. Working out the office politics between the ...
Finally, once you are confident about the basics of how theory and action go together, you can get more nuanced and begin to automate your behaviors, so that you don’t have to stop and consciously take care of every detail while you are driving. Internalizing the theory makes the practice...
Zen, Vajrayana, Tibetan, or Theravada. It is likely that your discovery of the dharma will come from various sources and in my way of thinking this may be an advantage, allowing you to customize your practice based on different texts. As ...
According to the Pew Research, About a third of American teenagers send more than a hundred texts a day. And many of them, almost most of them, are more likely to text their friends than they are to talk to them face to face. There’s this great piece in The Atlantic. It was writt...
This data trove was first reported by security researchers at Singapore-basedGroup-IB, which dubbed the campaign “0ktapus” for the attackers targeting organizations using identity management tools fromOkta.com. “This case is of interest because despite using low-skill methods it was able to com...
Of course I do. What disgusts me is how our politicians used this story, and I think used Dr. Blasey Ford to further their agenda rather than handling the accusation appropriately. And of course, this story makes me rethink Emma’s accusing the priest of molestation, and about the mistakes...
If you make a strong statement in a text, they may not reply for a while. They need time and some space to process what you’ve said. Be patient; don’t bombard them with more texts or calls. Not getting immediate reply text messages does not necessarily mean that they’re not intere...
Some BJP politicians have even intervened on behalf of those accused of such crimes, whether by paying for their lawyers or defending their actions. “We won’t remain silent if somebody tries to kill our mother — we are ready to kill and be killed,” one BJP parliamentarian commented on ...
etiquette books proliferated during this time as self-help manuals for middle-class strivers who wished to be able to visit court and mix comfortably with their social betters. Schools and tutors adopted such texts to help children learn the conduct necessary for rising in the world and getting...
The idea that it is necessary to create needs and regulate demand was a pillar of the New Deal, Roosevelt's response to the Depression; consequently, advertising and industrial design, emerging during the period, competed with commercial agents, politicians, and scientists in demand creation and ...