Lovewins: November 2018

Thousands of men, women, and children have journeyed thousands of miles to escape the highest homicide rate in the world and extreme poverty, simply for the chance to make their case for asylum. A chance to live somewhere, anywhere where they can be safe and make a living.

Seeking asylum at a port of entry is not a crime, and in fact is protected by both US and International law. However, authorities at legal border crossings have been limiting the number of people who can request asylum. Only 40 to 100 people are allowed each day. And there is currently a backlog of over 750,000 pending cases in US courts. And this backlog when the number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally is actually the lowest in more than a decade according to the Pew Research latest report. There’s no excuse.

"People in the caravans who want to request asylum, they're looking at months to even be heard first by U.S. authorities, and then for that claim to be processed can take months or even years”

So thousands of asylum seekers with nothing but the shirts on their back and children on their shoulders are desperately knocking on our door, and we’ve purposely slowed down our system so much that it’ll take months before we even ask, “Who’s there?”

Does that adhere to the intent of US asylum law? And it definitely does NOT make us safer. What do think desperate people will do if we treat them like dirt and squelch their hopes of getting asylum legally?

There is a crisis at our border, but it’s an administrative crisis of our own inefficiencies to be able to process cases in a timely fashion. Instead of sending our military, Trump should be sending administrative immigration officials to solve the massive backlog of pending asylum cases. - Merrilee Chapin Avila

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” - 🗽
FACT CHECK: What's Happening On The U.S.-Mexico Border?

Mexico says migrants have right to seek U.S. asylum, rejects closing border
Reproductive Choice is About Much More than Abortion
President Trump Says He's Too Intelligent To Believe In Climate Change
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed
Trump dismisses the economic impact of climate change — except at his golf course
Think The Migration Crisis Is Bad? Climate Change Will Make It Far Worse
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Gets Fact-Checked Live On Air By CNN
Geraldo Rivera Calls Out Fox News for Its Heartless and Demeaning Coverage of Immigrants
Trump storms ahead with Medicaid work rules, even though they're disastrous for enrollees
Trump suggests without evidence that some tear-gassed migrants were ‘grabbers’ who took others’ children
US nixed FBI checks on staff at migrant teen detention camp
Why tear gas, lobbed at migrants on the southern border, is banned in warfare
Activists, Politicians React With Horror At Border Scenes Of Tear-Gassed Children
How You Can Help as Migrant Caravans Arrive at the U.S. Border
There Is No Neutral Stance on Racism

Spread love wherever you go. Let no one come to you without leaving happier. - Mother Teresa

“The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is.” ~Parker J. Palmer
The Gift of Presence, The Perils of Advice

Every heart breaks, so it can let more light in. - Buddha Doodles

To offer myself compassion when experiences outside of my control trigger emotional pain. So hard to let go, but like you, I do my best to breathe through it one moment at a time. It's not easy, but remember to love yourself no matter what. - xoxo mollycules

Japanese Americans know well the dangers of misused census data
We frame California's history as romantic more than xenophobic. We need to feel the shame
15 Shocking Facts About Asian American History They Never Taught You in School
Hot Pot, Curry And Sushi: How America Celebrated Thanksgiving
42 percent of new cancer patients lose their life savings
Meth Use Is Rising In Boston, Intensifying The Opioid Crisis
The Story Behind The Worst Measles Outbreak In The European Union
Harvard University student becomes first DACA recipient to win Rhodes Scholarship

Be the same person privately, publically, and personally. be your true self. - @bossbabe.inc

No matter how good a person you are, you are evil in someone's story. - unknown

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Where The Suburbs Moved Left — And How The Shift Swung Elections
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dishes It Right Back To Lindsey Graham In Twitter Tiff
‘It’s only talk’ is a rotten rationalization for Trump support "Trump is an awful president both because of what he has done and for the effect his words have on our democracy. The moral nihilism inherent in this Republican defense of Trump (i.e., nothing he says matters) is indicative of the intellectual and moral rot that has destroyed a major political party" - Jennifer Rubin
Maybe They’re Just Bad People "It’s tempting for those of us who interpret politics for a living to overstate the importance of competing philosophies. We shouldn't forget the enduring role of sheer vanity." - Michelle Goldberg
It’s time to break up wealth dynasties in the U.S.
Bankrupt Sears wants to give executives up to $25 million in bonuses
The Deficit Grew Because Trump’s a Republican, Not Because He’s an Idiot
The Monopolization of America
In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise

My vibe is my currency. I'm wealthy. I can have anything I want. I walk into situations designed to serve me. I stay in the flow of serendipity. I think and then I experience. I keep my mind focused on what I desire. - thealignedapp

More love. More patience. More humour. More hugs.

Star of David, please come back to us.

A physician’s warning on the keto diet
Dietary Changes Now Proven to Effectively Treat Major Depression
Harvard study shows the surprising impact of intermittent fasting on the aging process
THE LESS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SCIENCE, THE MORE AFRAID OF GMOS THEY ARE
Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong
Thanks To Science, You Can Eat An Apple Every Day
Chinese Scientist Says He's First To Create Genetically Modified Babies Using CRISPR
Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies
World’s First Genetically Edited Babies Claimed in China
Dangerous Infection Tied To Hospitals Now Becoming Common Outside Them

GM to lay off up to 14K workers, close as many as 5 plants
Unemployment Is Really Low. So Why Can't These People Find Jobs?
G.M. to Idle Plants and Cut Thousands of Jobs as Sales Slow
GM to cut workers, idle U.S. manufacturing plants
The GM Layoffs Sure Look Like A Broken Trump Promise
GM Announces Cuts At Car Assembly Plants In Michigan, Ohio, Canada
GM to slash jobs and production, cancel some car models
Ford Prepares for Mass Layoffs After Losing $1 Billion to Trump's Trade Tariffs, Report Says
How Trump’s trade wars are affecting American farmers
Amazon workers strike in Germany, Spain on Black Friday

Why Does Andrew Zimmern Get to Create the Next P.F. Chang’s?
Lingerie Startup ThirdLove Takes Out Full-Page New York Times Ad Slamming Victoria’s Secret 🔥
Thanks for nothing, Trump. Trade war has cranberry growers seeing red
As Immigrant Farmworkers Become More Scarce, Robots Replace Humans
Harvesting in a trade war: U.S. crops rot as storage costs soar
Huge U.S. trade deficit with China may prevent Trump and Xi from year-end deal

The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial
Trump Administration’s Strategy on Climate: Try to Bury Its Own Scientific Report
'I don't believe it': Trump dismisses grim government report on climate change
Trump rejects findings of U.S. government climate change report
Trump on climate change report: 'I don't believe it'
The White House Hopes You Were Too Busy Shopping to Hear About Its Horrifying Climate Change Report
I was wrong on climate change. Why can’t other conservatives admit it, too?
New U.S. Climate Assessment Forecasts Dire Effects On Economy, Health
The deadliest, most destructive wildfire in California’s history has finally been contained
Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil
The Top Lung Cancer Causes (Besides Smoking)
Real And Fake Christmas Tree Sellers Fight For American Hearts And Minds
Many California Farmworkers Forced To Stay Behind During The Wildfires

A lot of data to clean up at work......so thank you Leslie for good company.. with lot of tears...

The Mistake I Made With My Grieving Friend
Managing Fear In An Unsafe World

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Perspective That Comes With Motherhood
I used to think I was calm and in control. Then I had children
How Loneliness Is Tearing America Apart
Why My Best Friend And I Decided To Move In Together And Co-Mother Our Children
Americans who find meaning in these four areas have higher life satisfaction
7 Things You Can Do With Your Partner Early On To Establish Unconditional Love
Life is Too Short for Fake Cheese and Fake Friends

More Meaning, Less Stress: 8 Memory Making Christmas Traditions that Discourage Materialism
If you’re wondering why you’ve lost friends in adulthood, this is probably why
Singled Out: The Cultural Bias Against Single People

When Your Greatest Romance Is A Friendship
A Guide to Ghosting: What It Looks Like and How to Avoid Doing It

陳奕迅 Eason Chan - 《無條件》MV

The roots of America's democracy problem

We've been infected with this idea that love is an emotion only felt between two people. But love is universal. An energy. A contagious force. A gift. To offer money to a homeless man is to love. To save a worm from the sun is to love. To smile at a stranger is love. To be grateful, to be hopeful, to be brave, to be forgiving, to be proud, is to love. - A.R. Lucas

If we want to give kids a jumpstart, it's not about flashcards or tutors. It's about basic attachment and human connection. Let's teach kids social emotional skills when they are little. -unknown

Understand that energy is everything and everything is energy, and what yo out out and let in affects your world, our world. Protect your energy at all cost, protect your heart and soul, for none of them can be destroyed and none of them should be tamed down. There is power in what you feel, power in what you love and how you share love, power in your words and actions, in your thoughts and being. You are what you feel, what you say, what you present to yourself when you're alone. You are you and what yo feel can sometimes be the most powerful thing in the world. Stay positive, my sweet friends, your energy is everything. - R. M. Drake

It is nice to be told you're beautiful or hot or whatever, but i'd love to hear someone say that I make things easier, that they're happy I exist, they don't know what to do without me, I'm strong, that stye hope we never lose each other, that they're proud o fee, that I have something to offer. Compliments don't always have to be about appearance. - Kirlby Shaylll

Happiness , not in another place but this place. Not for another hour, but this hour. - Walt Whitman

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new. - Socrates

Family dysfunction rolls down from generation to generation, like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path until one person in one generation has the courage to turn and face the flames. That person brings peace to their ancestors and spares the children that follow - Terry Real

Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again. Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping. And he vision what was planted in my brain, still remains. Within the sound of silence. - Simon & Garfunkel

Make sure everybody in your boat is rowing and not drilling holes hone you're not looking. Know your circle.

Monday, November 26, 2018

Self care is not selfish. You can not serve from an empty vessel. - Eleanor Brownn

You will never speak to anyone more than you speak to yourself in your head. Be kind to yourself. - tinybuddha.com

Report: FBI Classifies Washington-Oregon Proud Boys As Extremist Group
Last year, 137 women were killed by someone they knew — each day
Neo-Nazis Are Organizing Secretive Paramilitary Training Across America
The women killed on one day around the world
Decades After Clashing With The Klan, A Thriving Vietnamese Community In Texas
Students Who Made Apparent Nazi Salute in Photo Won’t Be Punished
God is 'neither male or female' says Archbishop of Canterbury
Documenting Hate: New American Nazis
'They Ordered Me To Get An Abortion': A Chinese Woman's Ordeal In Xinjiang
FBI: Proud Boys recruiting in the Northwest
Swastika Defaces Duke University Mural Honoring Synagogue Shooting Victims
Nazi symbol drawn over mural honoring synagogue shooting victims at Duke University

The Decline and Fall of the Zuckerberg Empire
'They Know I'm Different': Deportee Struggles In Iraq After Decades Living In U.S.
More Than a Third of Female Suicides Are Committed by Indian Women
For the first time, researchers say Facebook can cause depression
Hidden in L.A. suburbia, wrenching poverty preys on children and destroys dreams
Do You Have a Moral Duty to Leave Facebook?

Trump defends tear gas on migrants as photos of children crying, fleeing prompt outrage
Lindsey Graham Accuses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Of Comparing Refugee Caravan To Holocaust
The GOP is now the party of neo-Confederates
‘These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas.’
'Thank you President T': Trump tweets as holiday break ends
Twitter Users Pummel Lindsey Graham For Supporting U.S.-Mexico Border Closure
U.S. closes Mexican border crossing, repels some migrants with tear gas
Children 'Screaming and Coughing in the Mayhem' as Trump Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas Into Mexico
San Ysidro border crossing closed for hours; U.S. officials fire tear gas at migrants
Trump ‘has no legal authority’ to make asylum-seekers stay in Mexico
US agents fire tear gas as some migrants try to breach fence
How we can help the migrant caravan
On Thanksgiving Eve, Facebook Acknowledges Details of Times Investigation
What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?
Memos to Nobody: Inside the work of a neglected fed agency
Liberals aren’t stupid. Conservatives aren’t racist. The people we disagree with are not our enemies
Nancy Pelosi Just Showed Us Why She’s the Democratic Leader
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‏trolls Fox News in Spanish and it is glorious
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SLAMS REPUBLICAN COMMENTATORS FOR DOCTORING HER LIVESTREAMS TO 'SOW DOUBT IN MY INTELLIGENCE'

Touchdown on Mars! NASA Lands Its InSight Spacecraft
NASA Will Land A Spacecraft On Mars Today - Here's How To Watch Live

Timeouts are a dated and ineffective parenting strategy. So what’s a good alternative?
Tantrums and Meltdowns - My Secret For Staying Calm When My Kids Aren't
Is Self Soothing the Biggest Con of New Parenthood?
Trauma in childhood leads to empathy in adulthood
How dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction
Yes, parenting is hard. But it gets better.
FBI Warns Parents About the Dangers of Connected Smart Toys
All your parenting problems solved by the internet
Can the arts create better people? This Philadelphia Orchestra musician thinks so.
Social media isn’t destroying pre-teens. Here’s the real problem.
Regular Exercise May Keep Your Body 30 Years ‘Younger’
Turns Out Monkey Bars And Kickball Might Be Good For The Brain
The Backlash Against Screen Time at School

We have to break the cycle of hurting children and sending them into adulthood as hurting humans who believe that children must be hurt to grow into healthy humans. A hurting human is not a healthy human, and a hurting humanity cannot create a healthy peaceful world. - L.R. Krost

It's by going down in the abyss that we recover the treasure of life. - Joseph Campbell

I am but a handful of half unfulfilled dreams. Bruised and broken expectations bursting at the seams. A mouthful of words that spend lifetimes trying to get out. A mind in a constant battle between self love and self doubt. - r.m. broderick

Make sure everybody in your boat is rowing not and drilling holes when you're not looking. Know your circle. - unknown

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Understand that even an "understanding heart" grows tired of being always understanding and never understood. - A. Jay

Never apologize for distancing yourself from toxic people who think they can degrade you. - Debbie C.

Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret, or fear. - unknown

Living away is a white privilege option.

Why I Left The U.S. 20 Years Ago... And Why I Won’t Be Coming Back
I'm an American living in Sweden. Here's why I came to embrace the higher taxes.
How to build a paradise for women. A lesson from Iceland
搬到坪洲，他們愛上「不方便」
Screw you Ashton Applewhite: How I Learned to Stop Looking Good “For My Age”
You can’t characterize human nature if studies overlook 85 percent of people on Earth
Canadian public opinion of U.S. hits 38-year low: survey
去年貧窮人口升至137.7萬　每5個港人1個窮

THE GRINCH

Children do well they can. - Ross W. Greene

Begin each day with a grateful heart. - unknown

Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. - Walt Whitman

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. - C.S. Lewis

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Samsung Apologizes To Ill Workers, Promises To Compensate Them
De Beers is fighting ‘fake’ diamonds from China, but who’s the real fake?
Can 'voluntary colonialism' stop migration from Africa to Europe?
China blacklists millions of people from booking flights as 'social credit' system introduced
Dolce & Gabbana say sorry, in Chinese, after race row
Taiwan votes on 10 referendums this week. Here’s what you need to know.
Dolce & Gabbana founders ask Chinese people for forgiveness after ‘racist outburst’
Japan Is Giving Away 8 Million Abandoned Houses — Here's How to Get One
Specter of Meddling by Beijing Looms Over Taiwan’s Elections
Indian health minister claims cancer is caused by sins from a past life

The death of small businesses in big cities, explained
Clark County Food Bank ranked No. 7 in nation
The Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America
Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment
A $9 trillion corporate debt bomb is 'bubbling' in the US economy
More Restaurants and Cafés Refuse to Accept Cash — That’s Not a Good Thing “Just because you don’t have a piece of plastic, you can’t get a sandwich?”
The Phillips curve may be broken for good
Kenneth Rogoff wrote the book on getting rid of paper money
The American Economy Is Rigged
Renting is better than owning to build wealth — if you’re disciplined to invest as well

John Oliver makes the complete, unvarnished case for accepting Syrian refugees

Thankful- EXACTLY

Remember when you wanted what you currently have. - unknown

無論結果如何，總是有人開心有人落寞。相信自己比什麼都重要明天將是全新的一天 - #一句話的力量

Pathological Consumption Has Become So Normalised That We Scarcely Notice It
Choose Love: the shop where customers buy gifts for refugees
The Curse Of Black Friday
Resisting Consumerism, One Discounted Shirt At A Time
Stop Forcing Employees To Work On Holidays Opening on Thanksgiving Day is yet another demonstration of how little retailers value their employees, writes MIT Professor Zeynep Ton.

The Invention of Thanksgiving
21 Pictures That Prove Black Friday Should Be Banned In America

Friday, November 23, 2018

Which Love Language Is Most Popular? It Depends On Your Gender, A Hinge Study Finds
Foes your Mother’s Love Life Can Affect Your Own? A New Study Says It Can
Probiotics Found To Be Ineffective For Easing Symptoms Of Kids' Stomach Bugs
Is It Normal To Spend Every Night Together But Not Live Together? An Expert Weighs In
Puberty for the Middle-Aged
12 Secrets to Teaching Your Child How to Manage Their Emotions
Be a Strength-Based Parent
Seeing Behind “Bad” Behavior
Study links restricting screen time for kids to higher mental performance
‘Bare Minimum Parenting’ May Be Better For You And Your Kids
Many babies don't sleep through the night as soon as parents expect, study says
Baby Won’t Sleep Through the Night? You’re Not Alone , Iove my kid, what I don't love was all shaming from his father.

Four years of research shows that 3D printers emit hazardous microparticles–which can embed themselves in your lungs forever. What an unprecedented study found about 3D printing’s dangers.
'I think we all need answers': Community worries over anhydrous ammonia plan
Bezos Gift To Portland Nonprofit Means Big Boost In Help For Homeless Families
How Technology Is Transforming the Chinese Countryside: An Interview With Xiaowei Wang
Optimized Prime: How AI And Anticipation Power Amazon's 1-Hour Deliveries
Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal Via, The Atlanic
Instead of Giving Billions to Amazon, We Could Just Cancel Student Debt
Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal Via, the City lab
Can A River Ferry Relieve Portland Traffic?
BlackBerry is buying Cylance for $1.4 billion to continue its push into cybersecurity
An all-American industry changes the all-American way
Why Ford Is Getting Into The Scooter Business

Dalai Lama: We need an education of the heart
True to Myself – Parshat Vayishlach 5779
Breathe In My Life, Breathe Out My Gratitude
Generosity does not require material abundance. When I think back on the many people who have been so generous toward me, I never think of money or “things.” Instead, I think of the way they gave me their presence, their confidence, their affirmation, support, and blessing — all gifts of “self” that any of us can give. - PARKER J. PALMER

Giving thanks to what we have

Everyday I am thankful for nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into family, dreams that durned into reality, and likes that turned into love. - tinybuddha.com

When you love what you have, you have everything you need. - unknown

These Columbia Gorge hikes just reopened: Angels' Rest, Wahkeena Falls, Larch Mountain, Horsetail Falls
Scenic route to Multnomah Falls reopens after Eagle Creek Fire

Often it isn't the initiating trauma that create seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after. - S. Kelly Harrell

Plight of the Funny Female
How working less could solve all our problems. Really.
I am so thankful for this beautiful chaos that is motherhood
Why You Should Teach Your Kids The Real Words For Private Parts
Fighting the patriarchy one grandpa at a time
OUR CHILDREN’S BUSYNESS IS NOT A BADGE OF HONOUR (AND WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE IT)
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10 reasons why Finland's education system is the best in the world
Instructors Spend ‘Emotional Labor’ in Diversity Courses, and Deserve Credit for It

How Political Opinions Change
Clark County man believed killed by tribe on isolated Indian island
Vancouver lawmaker pushes to raise smoking age to 21
Desmond Tutu awards international peace award to Parkland students
America Is Ignoring A Huge Part Of Trump’s Crackdown On Immigrants

"A family can be more than just blood ties. ... There's nothing to say that family can't be people who we interact with, who we love, who take care of one another. - Kristina Scharp

Oregon, Washington state parks will be free for Black Friday

Hugging

The average length of a hug between two people is 3 seconds. But the researchers have discovered something fantastic. When a hug lasts 20 seconds, there is a therapeutic effect on the body and mind. The reason is that a sincere embrace produces a hormone called "oxytocin", also known as the love hormone. This substance has many benefits in our physical and mental health, helps us, among other things, to relax, to feel safe and calm our fears and anxiety. This wonderful tranquilizer is offered free of charge every time we have a person in our arms, who cradled a child, who cherish a dog or a cat, that we are dancing with our partner, the closer we get to someone or simply hold the Shoulders of a friend.
A famous quote by psychotherapist Virginia Satir goes, “We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.” Whether those exact numbers have been scientifically proven remains to be seen, but there is a great deal of scientific evidence related to the importance of hugs and physical contact. Here are some reasons why we should hug:

1. STIMULATES OXYTOCIN

Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter that acts on the limbic system, the brain’s emotional centre, promoting feelings of contentment, reducing anxiety and stress, and even making mammals monogamous. It is the hormone responsible for us all being here today. You see this little gem is released during childbirth, making our mothers forget about all of the excruciating pain they endured expelling us from their bodies and making them want to still love and spend time with us. New research from the University of California suggests that it has a similarly civilising effect on human males, making them more affectionate and better at forming relationships and social bonding. And it dramatically increased the libido and sexual performance of test subjects. When we hug someone, oxytocin is released into our bodies by our pituitary gland, lowering both our heart rates and our cortisol levels. Cortisol is the hormone responsible for stress, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

2. CULTIVATES PATIENCE

Connections are fostered when people take the time to appreciate and acknowledge one another. A hug is one of the easiest ways to show appreciation and acknowledgement of another person. The world is a busy, hustle-bustle place and we’re constantly rushing to the next task. By slowing down and taking a moment to offer sincere hugs throughout the day, we’re benefiting ourselves, others, and cultivating better patience within ourselves.

3. PREVENTS DISEASE

Affection also has a direct response on the reduction of stress which prevents many diseases. The Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine says it has carried out more than 100 studies into touch and found evidence of significant effects, including faster growth in premature babies, reduced pain, decreased autoimmune disease symptoms, lowered glucose levels in children with diabetes, and improved immune systems in people with cancer.

4. STIMULATES THYMUS GLAND

Hugs strengthen the immune system. The gentle pressure on the sternum and the emotional charge this creates activates the Solar Plexus Chakra. This stimulates the thymus gland, which regulates and balances the body’s production of white blood cells, which keep you healthy and disease free.

5. COMMUNICATION WITHOUT SAYING A WORD

Almost 70 percent of communication is nonverbal. The interpretation of body language can be based on a single gesture and hugging is an excellent method of expressing yourself nonverbally to another human being or animal. Not only can they feel the love and care in your embrace, but they can actually be receptive enough to pay it forward to others based on your initiative alone.

6. SELF-ESTEEM

Hugging boosts self-esteem, especially in children. The tactile sense is all-important in infants. A baby recognizes its parents initially by touch. From the time we’re born our family’s touch shows us that we’re loved and special. The associations of self-worth and tactile sensations from our early years are still imbedded in our nervous system as adults. The cuddles we received from our Mom and Dad while growing up remain imprinted at a cellular level, and hugs remind us at a somatic level of that. Hugs, therefore, connect us to our ability to self love.

7. STIMULATES DOPAMINE

Everything everyone does involves protecting and triggering dopamine flow. Low dopamine levels play a role in the neurodegenerative disease Parkinson’s as well as mood disorders such as depression. Dopamine is responsible for giving us that feel-good feeling, and it’s also responsible for motivation! Hugs stimulate brains to release dopamine, the pleasure hormone. Dopamine sensors are the areas that many stimulating drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine target. The presence of a certain kinds of dopamine receptors are also associated with sensation-seeking.

8. STIMULATES SEROTONIN

Reaching out and hugging releases endorphins and serotonin into the blood vessels and the released endorphins and serotonin cause pleasure and negate pain and sadness and decrease the chances of getting heart problems, helps fight excess weight and prolongs life. Even the cuddling of pets has a soothing effect that reduces the stress levels. Hugging for an extended time lifts one’s serotonin levels, elevating mood and creating happiness.

9. PARASYMPATHETIC BALANCE

Hugs balance out the nervous system. The skin contains a network of tiny, egg-shaped pressure centres called Pacinian corpuscles that can sense touch and which are in contact with the brain through the vagus nerve. The galvanic skin response of someone receiving and giving a hug shows a change in skin conductance. The effect in moisture and electricity in the skin suggests a more balanced state in the nervous system – parasympathetic. Embrace, embrace with your heart.~~

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Angry Trump lashes judges on Thanksgiving
James Comey subpoenaed, willing to ‘answer all questions’ if hearing is open and public
Trump demands judicial 'common sense,' shrugs off Roberts
Trump’s Lies Are a Virus, and News Organizations Are the Host
Trump has told more than 6,420 lies as president, and his total abandonment of truth is eroding American democracy as we know it
Trump reportedly ‘afraid’ to visit troops in combat zone
Right-leaning nonprofit paid Whitaker more than $1.2 million
After Years Covering Hillary’s Abuses Of Power, Sean Hannity Not Interested In Trump Plan To Prosecute Enemies
White House Issues New 'Rules' For Press Corps After Acosta Battle
Chief Justice Roberts Issues Rare Rebuke To Trump; Trump Fires Back
Ohio considers total ban on abortion and death penalty for women found guilty
Donald Trump Lashes Out At Chief Justice John Roberts Over Immigration Rulings
In rare rebuke, Chief Justice Roberts slams Trump for comment about 'Obama judge'
Judge notes 'sad irony' of men deciding abortion rights as he blocks Mississippi abortion law
Education Department found indications of deceptive practices by Navient — and kept quiet
Racial Controversy Stirs Mississippi Senate Runoff
Chief Justice Roberts Issues Rare Rebuke To Trump
Roberts criticizes Trump for 'Obama judge' asylum comment
U.S. Judge Strikes Down Mississippi Law That Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks
Betsy DeVos Is Working Hard to Make Student Loan Forgiveness an Impossibility

6 tactics to help you turn heated dinner arguments into real conversations
How To Navigate The Holidays When You're Estranged From Your Family

The true story of the first Thanksgiving and what it meant
This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims
What Educators Need To Know About Teaching Thanksgiving
Here’s What Your Part Of America Eats On Thanksgiving
'Thank You, America': A Crowdsourced Holiday Poem That's A Blessing To Read
Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving

Inaction over climate change is shameful
Norway Becomes World’s First Country to Ban Deforestation
There's so much CO2 in the atmosphere that planting trees can no longer save us
Climate Change Slows Oil Company Plan To Drill In The Arctic
It's now cheaper to build a new wind farm than to keep a coal plant running
Map shows haze in Philly came from California wildfire smoke

More than 80,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says
What's The Responsibility Of Doctors When It Comes To Yemen?
Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
Plagued By War and Famine, Yemen Is 'No Longer A Functioning State,' Journalist Warns

There's growing evidence that eating fat won't make you fat, but sugar will
CDC says U.S. abortion rate plunged in decade ending 2015
Public Perspectives on Food Risks
Cap'n Crunch Cereal Recalled For Salmonella Scare
Investigators Tracking Latest Romaine Lettuce Outbreak Are Feeling Some Deja Vu
Romaine Lettuce Is Unsafe To Eat, Should Be Thrown Out: CDC
Chickenpox Outbreak Hits N.C. Private School With Low Vaccination Rates
Americans, Canadians are warned not to eat romaine lettuce
The Science Is Clear: Dirty Farm Water Is Making Us Sick
Gobble, Gobble? U.S. Turkey Production Growth Slowed In Last Decade
Romaine lettuce warning: CDC says E. coli outbreak has sickened 32 people in 11 states
Romaine lettuce is not safe to eat, CDC warns U.S. consumers
Not just sugar: You might be eating your way to pre-diabetes and not even know it
Anti-vaccine community behind North Carolina chickenpox outbreak
Pioneer Woman Vintage Floral / Teal Dipping Bowl: as high as 6,140 ppm Lead
Nutrition research is deeply biased by food companies. A new book explains why. How did dark chocolate become a health food? Nestle, Mars and Hershey funded studies that promoted its health benefits.
Which Kinds of Foods Make Us Fat?
Juice is terrible for children. Why do we keep giving it to them?
FDA and USDA lay out their shared regulatory plan for cell-cultured meat

運氣眷顧有勇氣的人，如果你不去嘗試，永遠不會知道，自己可以完成什麼。- #一句話的力量

"Remember that your child needs to disagree. It's part of growing. The better the parent the more the child dares to disagree." - Magda Gerber

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Survey reveals how the Americans see Romania

We've Reached the End of White Christian America
Texas Students Will Now Learn That Slavery Was ‘Central’ to the Civil War
A Family Tree With Roots Deep In Slavery
Nazis Explain Why They Became Nazis
Why teaching World War I is crucial in 2018
Verdict On Khmer Rouge Leaders Is First To Officially Acknowledge Regime's Genocide

How Christians co-opted the winter solstice
Chicago food bank gets hand from Barack Obama with Thanksgiving prep
Barack Obama ‘Crashes’ Chicago Food Bank To Help Out For Thanksgiving
Obama visits Chicago food bank ahead of Thanksgiving

Parents With Picky Eaters Will Lose Their Sh*t Watching This Kraft Thanksgiving Ad
How Thanksgiving helps Asian-Americans celebrate their culture and identity
The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday
Apple’s Gorgeously Detailed Holiday Ad Has a Moral That All Creatives Should Take to Heart
Turkey And Tamales: People Of Color Share Their Multicultural Thanksgivings
Playing Christmas music? In November?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Knows Exactly How to Smack Down Bad-Faith Arguments
Sarah Palin’s Attempt To Mock Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Fumble’ Backfires On Twitter
Trump wanted to order Justice Dept to prosecute Clinton, Comey: New York Times
Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration's Asylum Ban
Virginia Could Be The State To Give Women Equal Rights Nationwide
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers
Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business last year
The Media Barely Covered One of the Worst Storms to Hit U.S. Soil
There are now more than 14,000 immigrant kids in federal custody—a new record
US election turnout highest for 104 years
Trump Proposes a New Way Around Birth Control Mandate: Religious Exemptions and Title X
HBCUs Set Foundation for Black Politicians in Key Positions
One Lesson From The Midterms: The 'Latino Vote' Is Up For Grabs
Election shows how gerrymandering is difficult to overcome

Saudi Arabia Accused of Torturing Women’s-Rights Activists in Widening Crackdown on Dissent
Trump defies calls to punish crown prince for writer's death
With Khashoggi decision, Trump places strategic interests above human rights
Opinion: Trump's Saudi Statement Is A Moral Abdication And Strategic Failure
Saudi Arabia bans journalist for criticising Donald Trump
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s case for Saudi solidarity
Trump’s defense of Khashoggi’s Saudi murderers will stain him (and America) forever
'Maybe He Did, Maybe He Didn't': Trump Defends Saudis, Downplays U.S. Intel
Ohio House again passes “heartbeat bill” abortion ban
Why polygamy breeds civil war
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

Seth Meyers Mocks Fox News’ Laura Ingraham for Making Ocasio-Cortez Look Good
George Conway: Republican Party has become a 'personality cult' under Trump
White House turnover costs taxpayers more than money

No Bed Of Roses, No Pleasure Cruise: 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

'You Better Own This': How Rami Malek Came To Embody Freddie Mercury

WHY THE 'MODEL MINORITY' ENDS WITH SECOND-GENERATION ASIAN-AMERICANS
For a different take on “Crazy Rich Asians”, cross the Pacific
One of Stan Lee’s last superheroes was inspired by a Chinese pop star
Stan Lee's Powerful 1968 Essay About the Evils of Racism Is Still Necessary Today "Bigotry and racism are among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today."
Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Toolkit for Combatting Racism in Schools
I Love America. That’s Why I Have to Tell the Truth About It
UC Berkeley Law School Dean to rename Boalt Hall due to John Boalt’s legacy of anti-Chinese racism
Cards Against Humanity buys area of US border to prevent Trump building his wall
Generation Z Is The Most Racially And Ethnically Diverse Yet
Early Benchmarks Show ‘Post-Millennials’ on Track to Be Most Diverse, Best-Educated Generation Yet

Toms Founder Blake Mycoskie Announces $5 Million Donation to End Gun Violence

Wisdom for today: Gratitude, the simple and profound feeling of being thankful, is the foundation of all generosity…Generosity requires that we relinquish something, and this is impossible if we are not glad for what we have. — Sallie Tisdale, “As If There is Nothing to Lose”

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

‘Unwanted subject’: What led a Kirkland yogurt shop to call police on a black man
Puget Sound orcas are in town, chasing chum and wowing ferry riders
Orcas thrive in a land to the north. Why are Puget Sound's dying?
Portland Is Trying To Help People Return To Gentrified Areas. Austin Has Similar Plans.
Missed red flags kept predators in Clark County schools
Anti-LGBT group targets Battle Ground sex ed
Oregon Jail Has Released Inmates To Save Space For ICE Detainees
More states should follow Washington and vote by mail
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler: 'Cannot wait' for term to be over