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1 in 70 people carries the genes for albinism.

It often surfaces when parents are related. Maybe it's a small village and they don't know they're cousins.

You did the right thing.

Companies that test often do so to get free work from people, or some other reason besides actually using it in a decision.

And just because you submit the right answers, that doesn't guarantee you anything. If people are gaming the test so easily, what makes you think everything else isn't gamed?

Furthermore, what if they weed you out at the next stage? What if you get weeded out in the job because of skills you misrepresented? What if you cause the company to lose money?

Think about all the crooked politicians blocking Nigeria's rise. Do you want to be that guy? I hope not.

Some people make the wrong decision out of desperation and suffering. I can't fault them. But when you have a choice, you can't just give up.

Wow. Inappropriate.

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Akposy:
Homemade strawberry ice cream.

Looks more like Italian custard or gelato, which is far better than ice cream.

Junnior:
Since his career has ended, he decided to settle down. Well, I wish him conjugal bliss.

I still bump "Shake Body."

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It's not complicated.

"Hi, how are you? I was [insert activity], and I noticed you [their activity that caught your attention]. I'm feeling you and I'd like to get to know you a little better. Would you like to go for [some coffee, a bite to eat, a run, a drink, or whatever]?"

They're just people. Treat them with respect. Don't act thirsty. Don't have an attitude. The worst that can happen is she says "no." Big deal. Just say "Awright, cool" and move on. If she acts like an a-hole, just laugh and walk off because she's probably a bird that will make someone miserable.

Don't listen to this degenerate.

Keep being a respectable human being, and you'll meet someone like yourself who appreciates you as you are.

I see why no woman wants you, and you're probably contemplating h0mos3xuality.

The fact that you believe this says more about you than women. It shows you're a m0ron or mentally ill. No intelligent, sane person actually believes this.

No adult should be unable to cook regardless of gender. I can't really take someone seriously who can't cook, it's ignorant and immature. And people who can't cook tend to eat unhealthy and look unhealthy. I can't imagine marrying someone like that.

Mariangeles:
Oh my!

You get mind sha...

Or coffee or peanut butter ice cream

Cool.

To all medical professionals, thank you.

The journey of resilience
Developing resilience is a personal journey, and you should use your knowledge of your own children to guide them on their journey. An approach to building resilience that works for you or your child might not work for someone else.

If your child seems stuck or overwhelmed and unable to use these tips, you may want to consider talking to someone who can help, such as a psychologist or other mental health professional. Turning to someone for guidance may help your child strengthen resilience and persevere during times of stress or trauma.

Resilience and elementary school children
Elementary school children may be starting to form new friend groups and participate in new activities as they come into their own. As they start to study subjects about the world outside of their homes, they look to teachers as well as to parents to make them feel safe and to help sort it all out.

Make sure your child has a place where they can feel safe, whether that is home or school (ideally, both would feel safe).

Talk to your children. When they have questions, answer them honestly and with reassurance that includes simple statements that let them know you are taking actions to keep them safe and are there to take care of them. Listen to their concerns and fears when they address them with you and let them know you are there for them.

When there is a situation outside of the home that is frightening, limit the amount of news your children watch or listen to. There is always the possibility that they misinterpret what they see or hear on the news. You don’t need to hide what’s happening in the world from your children, but neither do they have to be exposed to constant stories that fuel their fears. Check in on their understanding of what they have been exposed to.

Realize that extra stressors may heighten normal daily stresses. Your children might normally be able to handle a failed test or teasing, but be understanding that they may respond with anger or bad behavior to stress that normally wouldn’t rattle them. Reassure them that you just want what is best for them and that you are there for them.

Resilience and middle school children
Even without larger traumas, middle school can be an especially difficult time for many children as they struggle to meet extra academic demands and avoid new social pitfalls. They look to teachers and friends as well as to parents to make them feel safe.

Reinforce empathy and help your child keep perspective. If your child falls into the shifting of social groups that form in middle school, help them understand that other children may be feeling just as lonely and confused, and help them to see beyond the current situation.

Talk with your child about your own feelings during times of extraordinary stress. Your children may be old enough to appreciate hearing about your own thoughts and feelings, but also the ways in which you cope. Share how the ways you cope are helpful to you, but also find techniques that may benefit your child.

Resilience and high schoolers
Although your teens may tower over you, they still are young and can keenly feel the fear and uncertainty of both the normal stresses of being a teen, as well as events in the world around them. Emotions may be volatile and close to the surface during teen years, and finding the best way to connect to your teen can be difficult.

Talk with them whenever you can, even if it seems they don’t want to talk. Sometimes the best time to talk may be when you are in the car together; sometimes it may be when you are doing chores together, allowing your teen to focus on something else while they talk. When they have questions, answer them honestly but with reassurance. Ask them their opinion about what is happening and listen to their answers.

Find a place that your teen can create as their safe place, whether it’s their bedroom or somewhere they find comfort. In high school, emotions can intensify, and rejection, taunting, or bullying can also be present. A space of their own can serve as a constant and a place for them to have as their own. Your children may prefer to be with their friends rather than spend time with you, but be ready to provide lots of family time for them when they need it and set aside family time that includes their friends.

When stressful things are happening in the world at large, encourage your teen to take “news breaks,” whether they are getting news from the television, magazines or newspapers, or online. Use what they’re seeing and hearing as a catalyst for discussion. Teens may act like they feel immortal, but at bottom they still want to know that everything will be ok. Having honest discussions of your fears and expectations can help your high schooler learn to express their own fears. If your teen struggles with words, encourage them to use journaling or art to express emotions.

Many teens are already feeling extreme highs and lows because of hormonal levels in their bodies; added stress or trauma can make these shifts seem more extreme. Be understanding of feelings and emotions, but also be firm when teens respond to stress with angry or sullen behavior. Reassure your child that they will be ok and you are looking out for their best interest.

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6. Move toward your goals
Teach your child to set reasonable goals and help them to move toward them one step at a time. Establishing goals will help children focus on a specific task and can help build the resilience to move forward in the face of challenges. At school, break down large assignments into small, achievable goals for younger children, and for older children, acknowledge accomplishments on the way to larger goals.

7. Nurture a positive self-view
Help your child remember ways they have successfully handled hardships in the past and help them understand that these past challenges help build the strength to handle future challenges. Help your child learn to trust themselves to solve problems and make appropriate decisions. At school, help children see how their individual accomplishments contribute to the wellbeing of the class as a whole.

8. Keep things in perspective and maintain a hopeful outlook
Even when your child is facing very painful events, help them look at the situation in a broader context and keep a long-term perspective. Although your child may be too young to consider a long-term look on their own, help them see that there is a future beyond the current situation and that the future can be good. An optimistic and positive outlook can enable children to see the good things in life and keep going even in the hardest times. In school, use history to show that life moves forward after bad events, and the worst things are specific and temporary.

9. Look for opportunities for self-discovery
Tough times are often when children learn the most about themselves. Help your child take a look at how whatever they’re facing can teach them “what am I made of.” At school, consider leading discussions of what each student has learned after facing a tough situation.

10. Accept change
Change often can be scary for children and teens. Help your child see that change is part of life and new goals can replace goals that have become unattainable. It is important to examine what is going well, and to have a plan of action for what is not going well. In school, point out how students have changed as they moved up in grade levels and discuss how that change has had an impact on the students.

Resilience and preschool children
Very young children will only recently have mastered the skills of walking and talking, and they may not be able to express their anxieties and fears. Although you may think they are too young to understand what is happening, even very young children can absorb frightening events from the news or from conversations they overhear.

Watch your children for signs of fear and sadness they may not be able to put into words. Have your children become extra clingy or needing more hugs than usual? Have your children started old habits after you thought they had outgrown the behavior? Are they suddenly more irritable? They may be feeling the pressure of what is going on in the world around them. Use play to help your children express their fears and encourage them to use art or pretend games to express what they may not be able to put into words.

Use family time like a security blanket for your children: wrap them up in family closeness and make sure your children have lots of family time. During times of stress and change, spend more time with your children playing games, reading to them, or just holding them close.

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https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience/guide-parents-teachers

We tend to idealize childhood as a carefree time, but youth alone offers no shield against the emotional hurts, challenges, and traumas many children face. Children can be asked to deal with problems ranging from adapting to a new classroom or online schooling to bullying by peers or even struggles at home. Add to that the uncertainties that are part of growing up in a complex world, and childhood can be anything but carefree. The ability to thrive despite these challenges arises from the skills of resilience.

The good news is that resilience skills can be learned.

Building resilience—the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress—can help our children manage stress and feelings of anxiety and uncertainty. However, being resilient does not mean that children won’t experience difficulty or distress. Emotional pain, sadness, and anxiety are common when we have suffered major trauma or personal loss, or even when we hear of someone else’s loss or trauma.

10 tips for building resilience in children and teens

1. Make connections
Teach your child the importance of engaging and connecting with their peers, including the skill of empathy and listening to others. Find ways to help children foster connectivity by suggesting they connect to peers in-person or through phone, video chats, and texts. It’s also important to build a strong family network. Connecting with others provides social support and strengthens resilience.

2. Help your child by having them help others
Children who may feel helpless can feel empowered by helping others. Engage your child in age-appropriate volunteer work or ask for assistance yourself with tasks that they can master. At school, brainstorm with children about ways they can help others in their class or in grades below.

3. Maintain a daily routine
Sticking to a routine can be comforting to children, especially younger children who crave structure in their lives. Work with your child to develop a routine, and highlight times that are for school work and play. Particularly during times of distress or transition, you might need to be flexible with some routines. At the same time, schedules and consistency are important to maintain.

4. Take a break
While some anxiety can motivate us to take positive action, we also need to validate all feelings. Teach your child how to focus on something that they can control or can act on. Help by challenging unrealistic thinking by asking them to examine the chances of the worst case scenario and what they might tell a friend who has those worries. Be aware of what your child is exposed to that can be troubling, whether it’s through the news, online, or overheard conversations. Although schools are being held accountable for performance or required to provide certain instruction, build in unstructured time during the school day to allow children to be creative.

5. Teach your child self-care
Teach your child the importance of basic self-care. This may be making more time to eat properly, exercise, and get sufficient sleep. Make sure your child has time to have fun, and participate in activities they enjoy. Caring for oneself and even having fun will help children stay balanced and better deal with stressful times.

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Build resilience in your children, like muscle and health.

From the American Psychological Association:

Resilience guide for parents and teachers
https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience/guide-parents-teachers

I think it's also important for you to lead by example.

They should start with the criminals calling themselves politicians.

Rich, generally speaking, is when you don't have to work to live comfortably.

But being comfortable is not being rich.

There's research that says a salary of about $65k-105k (annually) in the US is basically "comfortable" or peak satisfaction. So whatever metrics they used to arrive at that can (generally) be applied to arrive at the Nigerian equivalent. The difference being culture and lifestyle of course.

Are they going to return the revenue they stole from Africa too?

She bleached herself, and posed for a photo wearing a jacket and no bra. She shouldn't be advising anyone.

cmecproblem:
Start by asking him if that's what he WANTS.

If his son doesn't like it, I'm sure he won't force him. It's good to expose kids to different things, even stuff they don't like, so they can have enriching experiences, discover talents, and take on new challenges.

While his son learns about this, who knows what other great things he'll learn that have nothing to do with coding.

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https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2021/04/28/wellseley-man-shuren-qin-guilty-smuggling-hydrophones-china

A Wellesley man from China pleaded guilty in Boston federal court Wednesday to charges of illegally exporting $100,000 worth of anti-submarine devices to a Chinese military university, federal prosecutors say.

Shuren Qin, 44, was arrested and charged in the summer of 2018. He pleaded guilty to ten counts, including conspiracy to unlawfully export objects, visa fraud, money laundering, and smuggling hydrophones to Northwestern Polytechnical University. Hydrophones are devices used to detect and monitor sound underwater.

Beginning around July 2015 and continuing through December 2016, Qin used his company LinkOcean Technologies to help smuggle at least 60 hydrophones to the university without the proper export licenses from the Department of Commerce, according to the Department of Justice.

Officials say he directly communicated with the university to export those items. They say his company didn’t tell the American hydrophone manufacturer where the devices were going and filed false end-user info with the U.S. government.

The Department of Justice also says that Qin engaged in visa fraud in July 2016. He was admitted to the U.S. on an immigrant investor visa program in 2014. Officials say he lied about not committing any crimes since becoming a conditional permanent resident.

They say he also lied to federal agents twice about LinkeOcean’s customers. In a November 2017 interview with Customs and Border Protection, he said he only exported instruments that attach to buoys, but many items he exported have military applications.

He later told investigators in a July 2018 interview that none of his customers were on the DOC’s Entity List, a blacklist of foreign parties deemed as risks to national security. Officials say he exported goods to two Chinese military universities, which are both on the Entity List.

Prosecutors also allege that Qin exported unmanned surface vehicles and robotic boats to Chinese entities between 2015 and 2018, totaling $8 million in goods, according to Reuters. Qin only admitted to the charges of exporting the hydrophones.

Prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison sentence on the low end of the 87 to 108 months he faces, according to Reuters.

Get him a laptop and tablet, and some games. There's a number of video games (mobile and desktop) that require coding. Get him some age-appropriate and fun ones. Don't get the educational ones that are structured as lessons. You want him to be engaged and not even realize he's studying.

When he's a little older and more interested in real coding, you can put him on one of those coding competition websites. At this point, he'll need some coding textbooks. Just download the relevant stuff based on what he wants to do.

Princedapace:
So, black Americans shouldn't call them selves Americans, right?

You should call yourself an ídiot.

Medical.

Free it. You should also figure out if it's hunting on your property. You don't want those things lurking. Maybe be careful where you feed the dogs or how you store trash.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-china-readies-tencent-penalty-040755419.html

China is preparing a substantial fine for Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) as part of its sweeping antitrust clampdown on the country’s internet giants, but it is likely to be less than the record $2.75 billion penalty imposed on Alibaba earlier this month, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

(Reuters) - China is preparing a substantial fine for Tencent Holdings as part of its sweeping antitrust clampdown on the country's internet giants, but it is likely to be less than the record $2.75 billion penalty imposed on Alibaba earlier this month, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Tencent should expect a penalty of at least 10 billion yuan ($1.54 billion), significant enough for the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) to make an example of it, both people said.

Tencent faces penalties for not properly reporting past acquisitions and investments for antitrust reviews, an offence with a fine capped at 500,000 yuan per case, and for anticompetitive practices in some of its businesses, with music streaming in particular focus, said the sources.

Neither SAMR nor Tencent immediately responded to Reuters' requests for comment.

"The attitude from the regulator is that unlike Alibaba you are not the biggest target here, but it would be impossible not to penalise Tencent now that the campaign is in action," said one of the people.

China has in recent months sought to curb the economic and social power of its once loosely regulated internet giants, in a clampdown backed by President Xi Jinping.

Tencent and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd are China's two biggest tech conglomerates, with market values of $776 billion and $642 billion, respectively.

Earlier this month, SAMR imposed its record fine on Alibaba after an investigation found the e-commerce firm had abused its dominant market position for several years.

Tencent's vast businesses include video games, content streaming, social media, advertising and cloud services.

SAMR's investigation partly focuses on Tencent Music Entertainment Group, which was spun off and listed in the United States in late 2018, two of the people and an additional two sources close to the business said. Tencent Music Entertainment did not immediately respond to request for comment.

The regulator has informed Tencent that it should expect a fine, give up exclusive music rights, and may even be forced to sell the acquired Kuwo and Kugou music apps, said the people.

However, Tencent's core businesses, video games and WeChat, are likely to remain intact, said one of the people.

STREAMING STRANGLEHOLD

Tencent Music, China's answer to Spotify, acquired competitor apps Kugou and Kuwo in 2016, and pursued exclusive streaming rights with record labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group and Warner Music Group Corp.

It then sublicensed some of the rights to competitors including NetEase Cloud Music, which complained that the arrangement was unfair and prices too high.

SAMR launched a probe into Tencent Music in 2018 but dropped it in 2019 after the company agreed to stop renewing some of the exclusive rights, which normally expire after three years, two sources told Reuters previously.

However, it kept exclusive rights to Jay Chou, the most influential pop star in the Chinese-speaking world, using it as a competitive edge against smaller rivals NetEase Cloud Music and Alibaba-backed Xiami Music.

SAMR has told Tencent Music that it should expect to give up some of the remaining exclusive rights, two of the people said.

It may also be required to sell Kugou and Kuwo to competitors or other investors, one of the options being proposed to senior government officials in Beijing, three sources said.

A forced sale of those units would set a precedent and might be hard to execute, two of them cautioned.

Final confirmation of Tencent's punishment will need a nod from China's central leadership, the people said.

Tencent is lobbying for a more lenient penalty, they added.

"Tencent doesn't mind paying a hefty fine and is willing to pay more if it needs to, as long as its core businesses remain intact," said one of the people, referring to its video games and WeChat app units.

Last month, Reuters reported that Tencent will need to meet certain conditions in its plan to merge Huya and Douyu, two leading video game streaming platforms, including giving up exclusivity to broadcast Tencent games to competing streaming sites.

SAMR said this week it is investigating Tencent-backed Meituan over claims the food delivery giant forced vendors to use their platform exclusively, the same offence Alibaba was penalised for.

The opinion of an institution in a country with mārijuana bars and legal human tr4fficking is irrelevant.